23. Anṣār
Musnad Ahmad 21087No grade recorded
سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قُلْتُ: الرَّجُلُ يُجَامِعُ أَهْلَهُ فَلَا يُنْزِلُ؟ قَالَ: يَغْسِلُ مَا مَسَّ الْمَرْأَةَ مِنْهُ وَيَتَوَضَّأُ وَيُصَلِّي.
✧ I asked the Messenger of God ﷺ, saying: 'A man has intercourse with his wife but does not ejaculate?' He said: 'He should wash whatever of him touched the woman, perform ablution, and pray.'
Musnad Ahmad 21088Sahih
حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ، عَنْ أُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ. فَذَكَرَ مَعْنَاهُ
✧ Hishām b. ʿUrwa narrated to us, from his father, from Abū Ayyūb, from Ubayy b. Kaʿb, who said: I asked the Messenger of God ﷺ. And he mentioned its meaning.
Musnad Ahmad 21089No grade recorded
عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي الَّذِي يَأْتِي أَهْلَهُ ثُمَّ لَا يُنْزِلُ، يَغْسِلُ ذَكَرَهُ، وَيَتَوَضَّأُ
✧ From the Messenger of God ﷺ concerning the one who has intercourse with his wife and then does not ejaculate: he should wash his penis and perform ablution.
Musnad Ahmad 21090Sahih
بَلَغَنِي عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ بْنِ زَيْدٍ حَدِيثٌ وَهُوَ بِأَرْضِ الرُّومِ، قَالَ: فَلَقِيتُ أَبَا أَيُّوبَ فَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ أُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ: إِذَا جَامَعَ الرَّجُلُ امْرَأَتَهُ ثُمَّ أَكْسَلَ، فَلْيَغْسِلْ مَا أَصَابَ الْمَرْأَةَ مِنْهُ ثُمَّ لِيَتَوَضَّأْ.
✧ Word reached me of a ḥadīth from Abū Ayyūb b. Zayd while he was in the land of the Romans. He said: I met Abū Ayyūb and he narrated to me from Ubayy b. Kaʿb that the Messenger of God ﷺ said: 'When a man has intercourse with his wife and then withdraws without ejaculating, let him wash whatever of him touched the woman, then perform ablution.'
Musnad Ahmad 21091Sahih
أُنْزِلَ الْقُرْآنُ عَلَى سَبْعَةِ أَحْرُفٍ
✧ The Qur'an was sent down in seven modes of recitation.
Musnad Ahmad 21092Sahih
أَقْرَأَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ آيَةً، وَأَقْرَأَهَا آخَرَ غَيْرَ قِرَاءَةِ أُبَيٍّ، فَقُلْتُ: مَنْ أَقْرَأَكَهَا؟ قَالَ: أَقْرَأَنِيهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ. قُلْتُ: وَاللهِ لَقَدْ أَقْرَأَنِيهَا كَذَا وَكَذَا، قَالَ أُبَيٌّ: فَمَا تَخَلَّجَ فِي نَفْسِي مِنَ الْإِسْلَامِ مَا تَخَلَّجَ يَوْمَئِذٍ، فَأَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ، قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَلَمْ تُقْرِئْنِي آيَةَ كَذَا وَكَذَا؟ قَالَ: بَلَى، قَالَ: فَإِنَّ هَذَا يَدَّعِي أَنَّكَ أَقْرَأْتَهُ كَذَا وَكَذَا؟ فَضَرَبَ بِيَدِهِ فِي صَدْرِي، فَذَهَبَ ذَاكَ، فَمَا وَجَدْتُ مِنْهُ شَيْئًا بَعْدُ، ثُمَّ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: أَتَانِي جِبْرِيلُ وَمِيكَائِيلُ [عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلَامُ]، فَقَالَ جِبْرِيلُ: اقْرَأِ الْقُرْآنَ عَلَى حَرْفٍ. فَقَالَ مِيكَائِيلُ: اسْتَزِدْهُ، قَالَ: اقْرَأْهُ عَلَى حَرْفَيْنِ. قَالَ: اسْتَزِدْهُ، حَتَّى بَلَغَ سَبْعَةَ أَحْرُفٍ. قَالَ: كُلٌّ شَافٍ كَافٍ
✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ taught me a verse, and another man was taught it in a recitation different from Ubayy's. I said: 'Who taught you that?' He said: 'The Messenger of God ﷺ taught it to me.' I said: 'By God, he taught it to me as such-and-such.' Ubayy said: Nothing crept into my soul about Islam like what crept into it that day. So I came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: 'O Messenger of God, did you not teach me such-and-such a verse?' He said: 'Yes.' He said: 'Then this man claims that you taught it to him as such-and-such.' He struck his hand on my chest, and that doubt disappeared; I felt nothing of it afterward. Then the Messenger of God ﷺ said: 'Jibrīl and Mīkāʾīl (peace be upon them both) came to me. Jibrīl said: Recite the Qur'an in one mode. Mīkāʾīl said: Ask for more. He said: Recite it in two modes. He said: Ask for more, until it reached seven modes. He said: Each is sufficient and complete.'
Musnad Ahmad 21093Sahih
مَا حَكَّ فِي صَدْرِي شَيْءٌ مُنْذُ أَسْلَمْتُ إِلَّا أَنِّي قَرَأْتُ آيَةً
✧ Nothing has troubled my heart since I embraced Islam except that I recited a verse.
Musnad Ahmad 21094Sahih
مَا أَنْزَلَ اللهُ [عَزَّ وَجَلَّ] فِي التَّوْرَاةِ وَلَا فِي الْإِنْجِيلِ مِثْلَ أُمِّ الْقُرْآنِ، وَهِيَ السَّبْعُ الْمَثَانِي، وَهِيَ مَقْسُومَةٌ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ عَبْدِي، وَلِعَبْدِي مَا سَأَلَ
✧ Allah (Mighty and Majestic) has not sent down in the Torah or the Gospel anything like the Mother of the Qur'an. It is the seven oft-repeated verses, and it is divided between Me and My servant, and My servant shall have what he asks for.
Musnad Ahmad 21095No grade recorded
أَلَا أُعَلِّمُكَ سُورَةً مَا أُنْزِلَ فِي التَّوْرَاةِ، وَلَا فِي الزَّبُورِ، وَلَا فِي الْإِنْجِيلِ، وَلَا فِي الْقُرْآنِ مِثْلُهَا؟ قُلْتُ: بَلَى. قَالَ: فَإِنِّي أَرْجُو أَنْ لَا أَخْرُجَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ الْبَابِ حَتَّى تَعَلَّمَهَا، ثُمَّ قَامَ رَسُولُ اللهِ [ ﷺ ]، فَقُمْتُ مَعَهُ، فَأَخَذَ بِيَدِي، فَجَعَلَ يُحَدِّثُنِي حَتَّى بَلَغَ قُرْبَ الْبَابِ، قَالَ: فَذَكَّرْتُهُ، فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، السُّورَةَ الَّتِي قُلْتَ لِي؟ قَالَ: فَكَيْفَ تَقْرَأُ إِذَا قُمْتَ تُصَلِّي؟ فَقَرَأَ بِفَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ، قَالَ: هِيَ هِيَ، وَهِيَ السَّبْعُ الْمَثَانِي وَالْقُرْآنُ الْعَظِيمُ الَّذِي أُوتِيتُ بَعْدُ
✧ Shall I not teach you a surah the like of which has not been sent down in the Torah, nor in the Zabur, nor in the Gospel, nor in the Qur'an? I said: Yes. He said: I hope that I will not leave through that door until you learn it. Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood up, and I stood up with him. He took me by the hand and began talking to me until he reached near the door. He said: Then I reminded him, and I said: O Messenger of Allah, the surah you told me about? He said: How do you recite when you stand to pray? He recited the Opening of the Book. He said: It is it, it is it, and it is the seven oft-repeated verses and the Great Qur'an which I was given afterwards.
Musnad Ahmad 21096Sahih
زُهَيْرٌ فِي حَدِيثِهِ النَّاسَ بِرَأْيِهِ فِي الَّذِي يُجَامِعُ وَلَا يُنْزِلُ فَقَالَ أَعْجِلْ بِهِ فَأُتِيَ بِهِ فَقَالَ يَا عَدُوَّ نَفْسِهِ أَوَ قَدْ بَلَغْتَ أَنْ تُفْتِيَ النَّاسَ فِي مَسْجِدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ بِرَأْيِكَ؟ قَالَ مَا فَعَلْتُ وَلَكِنْ حَدَّثَنِي عُمُومَتِي عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ أَيُّ عُمُومَتِكَ؟ قَالَ أُبَيُّ بْنُ كَعْبٍ قَالَ زُهَيْرٌ وَأَبُو أَيُّوبَ وَرِفَاعَةُ بْنُ رَافِعٍ فَالْتَفَتُّ إِلَى مَا يَقُولُ هَذَا الْفَتَى وَقَالَ زُهَيْرٌ فِي حَدِيثِهِ مَا يَقُولُ هَذَا الْغُلَامُ فَقُلْتُ كُنَّا نَفْعَلُهُ فِي عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ فَسَأَلْتُمْ عَنْهُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ؟ قَالَ كُنَّا نَفْعَلُهُ عَلَى عَهْدِهِ فَلَمْ نَغْتَسِلْ قَالَ فَجَمَعَ النَّاسَ وَأَصْفَقَ النَّاسُ عَلَى أَنَّ الْمَاءَ لَا يَكُونُ إِلَّا مِنَ الْمَاءِ إِلَّا رَجُلَيْنِ عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ وَمُعَاذَ بْنَ جَبَلٍ قَالَا إِذَا جَاوَزَ الْخِتَانُ الْخِتَانَ فَقَدْ وَجَبَ الْغُسْلُ قَالَ فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ إِنَّ أَعْلَمَ النَّاسِ بِهَذَا أَزْوَاجُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَى حَفْصَةَ فَقَالَتْ لَا عِلْمَلِي فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَى عَائِشَةَ فَقَالَتْ إِذَا جَاوَزَ الْخِتَانُ الْخِتَانَ وَجَبَ الْغُسْلُ قَالَ فَتَحَطَّمَ عُمَرُ يَعْنِي تَغَيَّظَ ثُمَّ قَالَ لَا يَبْلُغُنِي أَنَّ أَحَدًا فَعَلَهُ وَلَا يَغْتَسِلُ إِلَّا أَنْهَكْتُهُ عُقُوبَةً
✧ Zuhayr said in his hadith: The people according to his own opinion regarding the one who has intercourse but does not ejaculate. He said: Bring him quickly. So he was brought, and he said: O enemy of yourself, have you reached the point that you give legal opinions to the people in the mosque of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ according to your own opinion? He said: I did not do that, but my uncles narrated to me from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He said: Which of your uncles? He said: Ubayy b. Ka'b. Zuhayr said: And Abu Ayyub and Rifa'a b. Rafi'. So I turned to what this young man was saying. And Zuhayr said in his hadith: What this boy is saying. I said: We used to do it during the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He said: Did you ask the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about it? He said: We used to do it during his time and we did not perform ghusl. He said: So he gathered the people, and the people agreed that water is only required from water, except for two men: 'Ali b. Abi Talib and Mu'adh b. Jabal, who said: When the circumcised parts meet, ghusl becomes obligatory. He said: 'Ali said: O Commander of the Believers, the most knowledgeable of the people about this are the wives of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. So he sent to Hafsa, and she said: I have no knowledge. Then he sent to 'A'isha, and she said: When the circumcised parts meet, ghusl becomes obligatory. He said: 'Umar became furious, meaning angry, then he said: Let it not reach me that anyone does it and does not perform ghusl, or I will inflict a severe punishment on him.
Musnad Ahmad 21097No grade recorded
عَنْ أُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ
✧ From Ubayy b. Ka'b.
جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، عَمِلْتُ اللَّيْلَةَ عَمَلًا، قَالَ: مَا هُوَ؟ قَالَ: نِسْوَةٌ مَعِي فِي الدَّارِ قُلْنَ لِي: إِنَّكَ تَقْرَأُ وَلَا نَقْرَأُ، فَصَلِّ بِنَا. فَصَلَّيْتُ ثَمَانِيًا وَالْوِتْرَ. قَالَ: فَسَكَتَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، قَالَ: فَرَأَيْنَا أَنَّ سُكُوتَهُ رِضًا بِمَا كَانَ.
✧ A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "O Messenger of Allah, I performed an act last night." The Prophet asked, "What is it?" He replied, "There were women with me in my house, and they told me that you don't recite the evening prayer. So, I led them in prayer and I prayed eight units of prayer and also the witr prayer." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ remained silent, and then he said, "We considered his silence as his approval of what he had done."
Musnad Ahmad 21099Accepted
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَوَاهُ.
✧ That the Prophet ﷺ cauterized him.
Musnad Ahmad 21100Sahih
أَنَّ الْفُتْيَا الَّتِي كَانُوا يَقُولُونَ: الْمَاءُ مِنَ الْمَاءِ، رُخْصَةٌ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ رَخَّصَ بِهَا فِي أَوَّلِ الْإِسْلَامِ، ثُمَّ أَمَرَنَا بِالِاغْتِسَالِ بَعْدَهَا.
✧ That the legal ruling they used to state, 'Water is from water,' was a concession that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ granted in the early days of Islam, then he commanded us to perform ghusl after that.
Musnad Ahmad 21101Sahih
أَنَّ الْفُتْيَا الَّتِي كَانُوا يُفْتُونَ بِهَا فِي قَوْلِهِمُ: الْمَاءُ مِنَ الْمَاءِ، رُخْصَةٌ كَانَ أُرْخِصَ بِهَا فِي أَوَّلِ الْإِسْلَامِ، ثُمَّ أُمِرْنَا بِالِاغْتِسَالِ بَعْدَهَا.
✧ That the legal ruling they used to give with their saying, 'Water is from water,' was a concession that was granted in the early days of Islam, then we were commanded to perform ghusl after that.
Musnad Ahmad 21102Sahih
21427 21489 21102 - حَدَّثَنَا خَلَفُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ، عَنْ يُونُسَ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ سَهْلٍ، عَنْ أُبَيٍّ نَحْوَهُ
✧ 21427 21489 21102 - Khalaf b. al-Walid narrated to us, Ibn al-Mubarak narrated to us, from Yunus, from al-Zuhri, from Sahl, from Ubayy, something similar.
Musnad Ahmad 21103Sahih
قَالَ ابْنُ شِهَابٍ: قَالَ سَهْلُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ: وَكَانَ قَدْ بَلَغَ خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً حِينَ تُوُفِّيَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ، وَسَمِعَ مِنْهُ: أَخْبَرَنِي أُبَيُّ بْنُ كَعْبٍ. وَذَكَرَ نَحْوَهُ
✧ Ibn Shihab said: Sahl b. Sa'd said: He was fifteen years old when the Prophet ﷺ died, and he heard from him: Ubayy b. Ka'b informed me. And he mentioned something similar.
Musnad Ahmad 21104Sahih
أَنَّ الْفُتْيَا الَّتِي كَانُوا يُفْتُونَ بِهَا رُخْصَةٌ، كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ رَخَّصَ فِيهَا فِي أَوَّلِ الْإِسْلَامِ، ثُمَّ أَمَرَ بِالِاغْتِسَالِ بَعْدُ
✧ That the legal ruling they used to give was a concession. The Prophet ﷺ granted it in the early days of Islam, then he commanded ghusl afterwards.
Musnad Ahmad 21105Sahih
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ جَعَلَهَا رُخْصَةً لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ لِقِلَّةِ ثِيَابِهِمْ، ثُمَّ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ نَهَى عَنْهَا بَعْدُ
✧ That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ made it a concession for the believers because of the scarcity of their garments. Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade it afterwards.
Musnad Ahmad 21106Sahih
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ سُئِلَ عَنِ الْمَسْجِدِ الَّذِي أُسِّسَ عَلَى التَّقْوَى، فَقَالَ: هُوَ مَسْجِدِي.
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked about the mosque founded on piety, and he said: It is my mosque.
Musnad Ahmad 21107Sahih
الْمَسْجِدُ الَّذِي أُسِّسَ عَلَى التَّقْوَى: مَسْجِدِي هَذَا
✧ The mosque founded on piety is this mosque of mine.
قُلْتُ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ: وَأُولاتُ الأَحْمَالِ أَجَلُهُنَّ أَنْ يَضَعْنَ حَمْلَهُنَّ. لِلْمُطَلَّقَةِ ثَلَاثًا، وَلِلْمُتَوَفَّى عَنْهَا ؟ قَالَ: هِيَ لِلْمُطَلَّقَةِ ثَلَاثًا وَلِلْمُتَوَفَّى عَنْهَا.
✧ I said to the Prophet ﷺ: 'And those who are pregnant, their term is that they deliver their burden'—is it for the woman divorced thrice or the one whose husband has died? He said: It is for the woman divorced thrice and the one whose husband has died.
Musnad Ahmad 21109Sahih
أَنَّهُ تَمَارَى هُوَ وَالْحُرُّ بْنُ قَيْسِ بْنِ حِصْنٍ الْفَزَارِيُّ فِي صَاحِبِ مُوسَى [عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ] الَّذِي سَأَلَ السَّبِيلَ إِلَى لُقِيِّهِ، فَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ: هُوَ خَضِرٌ. إِذْ مَرَّ بِهِمَا أُبَيُّ بْنُ كَعْبٍ، فَنَادَاهُ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ فَقَالَ: إِنِّي تَمَارَيْتُ أَنَا وَصَاحِبِي هَذَا فِي صَاحِبِ مُوسَى [عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ] الَّذِي سَأَلَ السَّبِيلَ إِلَى لُقِيِّهِ، فَهَلْ سَمِعْتَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَذْكُرُ شَأْنَهُ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: بَيْنَا مُوسَى [عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ] فِي مَلَأٍ مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، إِذْ قَامَ إِلَيْهِ رَجُلٌ، فَقَالَ: هَلْ تَعْلَمُ أَحَدًا أَعْلَمَ مِنْكَ؟ قَالَ: لَا. قَالَ: فَأَوْحَى اللهُ [تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى] إِلَيْهِ: عَبْدُنَا خَضِرٌ. فَسَأَلَ مُوسَى [عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ] السَّبِيلَ إِلَى لُقِيِّهِ، وَجَعَلَ اللهُ [تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى] لَهُ الْحُوتَ آيَةً، فَقِيلَ لَهُ: إِذَا فَقَدْتَ الْحُوتَ فَارْجِعْ فَإِنَّكَ سَتَلْقَاهُ. قَالَ ابْنُ مُصْعَبٍ فِي حَدِيثِهِ: فَنَزَلَ مَنْزِلًا فَقَالَ مُوسَى [عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ] لِفَتَاهُ: آتِنَا غَدَاءَنَا لَقَدْ لَقِينَا مِنْ سَفَرِنَا هَذَا نَصَبًا. فَعِنْدَ ذَلِكَ فَقَدَ الْحُوتَ، فَارْتَدَّا عَلَى آثَارِهِمَا قَصَصًا، فَجَعَلَ مُوسَى [عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ] يَتَّبِعُ أَثَرَ الْحُوتِ فِي الْبَحْرِ. قَالَ: فَكَانَ مِنْ شَأْنِهِمَا مَا قَصَّ اللهُ [تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى] فِي كِتَابِهِ
✧ He argued with al-Hurr b. Qays b. Hisn al-Fazari about the companion of Moses ﷺ, whom he asked for a way to meet. Ibn Abbas said: He is Khidr. Then Ubayy b. Ka'b passed by them, and Ibn Abbas called him and said: My companion here and I have argued about the companion of Moses ﷺ, whom he asked for a way to meet. Have you heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ mention his story? He said: Yes, I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: While Moses ﷺ was among a group of the Children of Israel, a man stood up to him and said: Do you know anyone more knowledgeable than you? He said: No. He said: So Allah (blessed and exalted is He) revealed to him: Our servant Khidr. Moses ﷺ asked for a way to meet him, and Allah (blessed and exalted is He) made the fish a sign for him. It was said to him: When you lose the fish, turn back, for you will meet him. Ibn Mus'ab said in his narration: He stopped at a place, and Moses ﷺ said to his servant: Bring us our meal; we have certainly met with fatigue from this journey of ours. At that moment he lost the fish, so they retraced their footsteps, following their tracks. Moses ﷺ began to follow the trace of the fish in the sea. He said: Then their story was as Allah (blessed and exalted is He) related in His Book.
Musnad Ahmad 21110Sahih
جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى عُمَرَ فَقَالَ: أَكَلَتْنَا الضَّبُعُ -، قَالَ مِسْعَرٌ: يَعْنِي السَّنَةَ - قَالَ: فَسَأَلَهُ عُمَرُ: مِمَّنْ أَنْتَ؟ فَمَا زَالَ يَنْسُبُهُ حَتَّى عَرَفَهُ، أَنَّهُ هُوَ مُوسِرٌ، فَقَالَ عُمَرُ: لَوْ أَنَّ لِامْرِئٍ وَادِيًا أَوْ وَادِيَيْنِ لَابْتَغَى إِلَيْهِمَا ثَالِثًا. فَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ: وَلَا يَمْلَأُ جَوْفَ ابْنِ آدَمَ إِلَّا التُّرَابُ، ثُمَّ يَتُوبُ اللهُ عَلَى مَنْ تَابَ. فَقَالَ عُمَرُ لِابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ: مِمَّنْ سَمِعْتَ هَذَا؟ قَالَ: مِنْ أُبَيٍّ. قَالَ: فَإِذَا كَانَ بِالْغَدَاةِ، فَاغْدُ عَلَيَّ. قَالَ: فَرَجَعَ إِلَى أُمِّ الْفَضْلِ، فَذَكَرَ ذَلِكَ لَهَا، فَقَالَتْ: وَمَا لَكَ وَلِلْكَلَامِ عِنْدَ عُمَرَ؟ وَخَشِيَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ أَنْ يَكُونَ أُبَيٌّ نَسِيَ، فَقَالَتْ أُمُّهُ: إِنَّ أُبَيًّا عَسَى أَنْ لَا يَكُونَ نَسِيَ. فَغَدَا إِلَى عُمَرَ وَمَعَهُ الدِّرَّةُ، فَانْطَلَقَا إِلَى أُبَيٍّ فَخَرَجَ أُبَيٌّ عَلَيْهِمَا، وَقَدْ تَوَضَّأَ، فَقَالَ: إِنَّهُ أَصَابَنِي مَذْيٌ، فَغَسَلْتُ ذَكَرِي أَوْ فَرْجِي - مِسْعَرٌ شَكَّ - فَقَالَ عُمَرُ: أَوَيُجْزِئُ ذَلِكَ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ. قَالَ: سَمِعْتَهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ. قَالَ: وَسَأَلَهُ عَمَّا قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ، فَصَدَّقَهُ
✧ A man came to Umar and said: The hyena has eaten us—Mis'ar said: meaning the year of famine. Umar asked him: Who are you from? He kept asking about his lineage until he recognized him, that he was wealthy. Umar said: If a person had a valley or two valleys, he would seek a third. Ibn Abbas said: And nothing fills the belly of the son of Adam except dust, then Allah relents to whoever repents. Umar said to Ibn Abbas: From whom did you hear this? He said: From Ubayy. He said: Then in the morning, come to me. He returned to Umm al-Fadl and mentioned that to her. She said: What do you have to do with speaking in Umar's presence? Ibn Abbas feared that Ubayy might have forgotten. His mother said: Ubayy is not likely to have forgotten. In the morning he went to Umar, who had his whip with him, and they set off to Ubayy. Ubayy came out to them, having performed ablution, and said: I had a discharge of prostatic fluid, so I washed my penis or my private part—Mis'ar was unsure. Umar said: Is that sufficient? He said: Yes. He said: Did you hear it from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ? He said: Yes. He also asked him about what Ibn Abbas had said, and he confirmed it.
Musnad Ahmad 21111Sahih
جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى عُمَرَ يَسْأَلُهُ، فَجَعَلَ عُمَرُ يَنْظُرُ إِلَى رَأْسِهِ مَرَّةً، وَإِلَى رِجْلَيْهِ أُخْرَى، هَلْ يَرَى عَلَيْهِ مِنَ الْبُؤْسِ شَيْئًا، ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهُ عُمَرُ: كَمْ مَالُكَ؟ قَالَ: أَرْبَعُونَ مِنَ الْإِبِلِ، قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ: فَقُلْتُ: صَدَقَ اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ، لَوْ كَانَ لِابْنِ آدَمَ وَادِيَانِ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ، لَابْتَغَى الثَّالِثَ، وَلَا يَمْلَأُ جَوْفَ ابْنِ آدَمَ إِلَّا التُّرَابُ، وَيَتُوبُ اللهُ عَلَى مَنْ تَابَ. فَقَالَ عُمَرُ: مَا هَذَا؟ فَقُلْتُ: هَكَذَا أَقْرَأَنِيهَا أُبَيٌّ. قَالَ: فَمُرَّ بِنَا إِلَيْهِ، قَالَ: فَجَاءَ إِلَى أُبَيٍّ فَقَالَ: مَا يَقُولُ هَذَا؟ قَالَ أُبَيٌّ: هَكَذَا أَقْرَأَنِيهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ. قَالَ: أَفَأُثْبِتُهَا؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ. فَأَثْبَتَهَا
✧ A man came to Umar asking him for help. Umar began looking at his head once and at his feet another time, to see if he showed any sign of poverty. Then Umar said to him: How much wealth do you have? He said: Forty camels. Ibn Abbas said: I said: Allah and His Messenger have spoken the truth. If the son of Adam had two valleys of gold, he would seek a third, and nothing fills the belly of the son of Adam except dust, and Allah relents to whoever repents. Umar said: What is this? I said: This is how Ubayy taught me to recite it. He said: Then take us to him. He went to Ubayy and said: What is this one saying? Ubayy said: This is how the Messenger of Allah ﷺ taught me to recite it. He said: Should I affirm it? He said: Yes. So he affirmed it.
Musnad Ahmad 21112Sahih
أَنَّ أُبَيًّا قَالَ لِعُمَرَ: يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، إِنِّي تَلَقَّيْتُ الْقُرْآنَ مِمَّنْ تَلَقَّاهُ - وَقَالَ عَفَّانُ: مِمَّنْ يَتَلَقَّاهُ - مِنْ جِبْرِيلَ [عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ] وَهُوَ رَطْبٌ.
✧ Ubayy said to Umar: O Commander of the Believers, I received the Qur'an from the one who received it—Affan said: from the one who was receiving it—from Gabriel ﷺ, while it was fresh.
Musnad Ahmad 21113No grade recorded
آخِرُ آيَةٍ نَزَلَتْ: لَقَدْ جَاءَكُمْ رَسُولٌ مِنْ أَنْفُسِكُمْ الْآيَةَ
✧ The last verse revealed was: 'There has certainly come to you a Messenger from among yourselves...' the verse.
Musnad Ahmad 21114Sahih
قُلْتُ لِابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ: إِنَّ نَوْفًا الشَّامِيَّ يَزْعُمُ أَوْ يَقُولُ: لَيْسَ مُوسَى صَاحِبُ خَضِرٍ مُوسَى بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ. قَالَ: كَذَبَ نَوْفٌ عَدُوُّ اللهِ. حَدَّثَنِي أُبَيُّ بْنُ كَعْبٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ: أَنَّ مُوسَى [ ﷺ ] قَامَ فِي بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ خَطِيبًا، فَقَالُوا لَهُ: مَنْ أَعْلَمُ النَّاسِ ؟ قَالَ: أَنَا. فَأَوْحَى اللهُ [تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى] إِلَيْهِ أَنَّ لِي عَبْدًا أَعْلَمَ مِنْكَ. قَالَ: رَبِّ فَأَرِنِيهِ. قَالَ: قِيلَ: تَأْخُذُ حُوتًا فَتَجْعَلُهُ فِي مِكْتَلٍ، فَحَيْثُمَا فَقَدْتَهُ فَهُوَ ثَمَّ. قَالَ: فَأَخَذَ حُوتًا فَجَعَلَهُ فِي مِكْتَلٍ، وَجَعَلَ هُوَ وَصَاحِبُهُ يَمْشِيَانِ عَلَى السَّاحِلِ، حَتَّى أَتَيَا الصَّخْرَةَ، رَقَدَ مُوسَى [عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ] وَاضْطَرَبَ الْحُوتُ فِي الْمِكْتَلِ، فَوَقَعَ فِي الْبَحْرِ، فَحَبَسَ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ جِرْيَةَ الْمَاءِ، فَاضْطَرَبَ الْمَاءُ فَاسْتَيْقَظَ مُوسَى، فَقَالَ لِفَتَاهُ: آتِنَا غَدَاءَنَا لَقَدْ لَقِينَا مِنْ سَفَرِنَا هَذَا نَصَبًا، وَلَمْ يُصِبِ النَّصَبَ حَتَّى جَاوَزَ الَّذِي أَمَرَهُ اللهُ [تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى] بِهِ، قَالَ: فَقَالَ: أَرَأَيْتَ إِذْ أَوَيْنَا إِلَى الصَّخْرَةِ فَإِنِّي نَسِيتُ الْحُوتَ وَمَا أَنْسَانِيهُ إِلا الشَّيْطَانُ فَارْتَدَّا عَلَى آثَارِهِمَا قَصَصًا، فَجَعَلَا يَقُصَّانِ آثَارَهُمَا، فَاتَّخَذَ سَبِيلَهُ فِي الْبَحْرِ سَرَبًا. قَالَ: أَمْسَكَ عَنْهُ جِرْيَةَ الْمَاءِ، فَصَارَ عَلَيْهِ مِثْلُ الطَّاقِ، فَكَانَ لِلْحُوتِ سَرَبًا وَكَانَ لِمُوسَى [عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ] عَجَبًا، حَتَّى انْتَهَيَا إِلَى الصَّخْرَةِ، فَإِذَا رَجُلٌ مُسَجًّى عَلَيْهِ ثَوْبٌ، فَسَلَّمَ مُوسَى عَلَيْهِ، فَقَالَ: وَأَنَّى بِأَرْضِكَ السَّلَامُ؟ قَالَ: أَنَا مُوسَى. قَالَ: مُوسَى بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، أَتَّبِعُكَ عَلَى أَنْ تُعَلِّمَنِي مِمَّا عُلِّمْتَ رُشْدًا قَالَ: يَا مُوسَى، إِنِّي عَلَى عِلْمٍ مِنَ اللهِ [تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى] لَا تَعْلَمُهُ، وَأَنْتَ عَلَى عِلْمٍ مِنَ اللهِ عَلَّمَكَهُ اللهُ. فَانْطَلَقَا يَمْشِيَانِ عَلَى السَّاحِلِ فَمَرَّتْ سَفِينَةٌ، فَعَرَفُوا الْخَضِرَ، فَحُمِلَ بِغَيْرِ نَوْلٍ فَلَمْ يُعْجِبْهُ، وَنَظَرَ فِي السَّفِينَةِ، فَأَخَذَ الْقَدُومَ يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَكْسِرَ مِنْهَا لَوْحًا، فَقَالَ: حُمِلْنَا بِغَيْرِ نَوْلٍ، وَتُرِيدُ أَنْ تَخْرِقَهَا لِتُغْرِقَ أَهْلَهَا؟ قَالَ أَلَمْ أَقُلْ إِنَّكَ لَنْ تَسْتَطِيعَ مَعِيَ صَبْرًا قَالَ: إِنِّي نَسِيتُ. وَجَاءَ عُصْفُورٌ فَنَقَرَ فِي الْبَحْرِ، قَالَ الْخَضِرُ: مَا يَنْقُصُ عِلْمِي وَلَا عِلْمُكَ مِنْ عِلْمِ اللهِ [تَعَالَى]، إِلَّا كَمَا نَقَصَ هَذَا الْعُصْفُورُ مِنْ هَذَا الْبَحْرِ. فَانْطَلَقَا حَتَّى إِذَا أَتَيَا أَهْلَ قَرْيَةٍ اسْتَطْعَمَا أَهْلَهَا فَأَبَوْا أَنْ يُضَيِّفُوهُمَا، فَرَأَى غُلَامًا، فَأَخَذَ رَأْسَهُ فَانْتَزَعَهُ، فَقَالَ: أَقَتَلْتَ نَفْسًا زَكِيَّةً بِغَيْرِ نَفْسٍ لَقَدْ جِئْتَ شَيْئًا نُكْرًا قَالَ أَلَمْ أَقُلْ لَكَ إِنَّكَ لَنْ تَسْتَطِيعَ مَعِيَ صَبْرًا - قَالَ سُفْيَانُ: قَالَ عَمْرٌو: وَهَذِهِ أَشَدُّ مِنَ الْأُولَى - قَالَ: فَانْطَلَقَا، فَإِذَا جِدَارٌ يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَنْقَضَّ فَأَقَامَهُ، وَأَرَانَا سُفْيَانُ بِيَدَيْهِ فَرَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ هَكَذَا رَفْعًا، فَوَضَعَ رَاحَتَيْهِ، فَرَفَعَهُمَا بِبَطْنِ كَفَّيْهِ رَفْعًا فَقَالَ: لَوْ شِئْتَ لاتَّخَذْتَ عَلَيْهِ أَجْرًا قَالَ هَذَا فِرَاقُ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنِكَ - قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ: كَانَتِ الْأُولَى نِسْيَانًا - فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: يَرْحَمُ اللهُ مُوسَى، لَوْ كَانَ صَبَرَ حَتَّى يُقَصَّ عَلَيْنَا مِنْ أَمْرِهِ
✧ I said to Ibn Abbas: Nawf al-Shami claims or says that the Moses who was the companion of Khidr was not Moses of the Children of Israel. He said: Nawf, the enemy of Allah, has lied. Ubayy b. Ka'b narrated to me from the Prophet ﷺ: Moses ﷺ stood among the Children of Israel as a preacher, and they said to him: Who is the most knowledgeable of people? He said: I am. Allah (blessed and exalted is He) revealed to him that He had a servant who was more knowledgeable than he. He said: My Lord, show him to me. It was said: Take a fish and put it in a basket; wherever you lose it, he will be there. He took a fish and put it in a basket. He and his companion walked along the shore until they came to the rock. Moses ﷺ slept, and the fish flopped in the basket, then fell into the sea. Allah held back the flow of water for it, and the water became like an arch, and the fish made a tunnel. Moses woke up and said to his servant: Bring us our meal; we have certainly met with fatigue from this journey of ours. He had not felt fatigue until he had passed beyond the place Allah (blessed and exalted is He) had commanded him. He said: Did you see when we retired to the rock? Indeed I forgot the fish, and none made me forget it except Satan. So they retraced their footsteps, following their tracks, and it took its way into the sea in a tunnel. He said: Allah held back the flow of water from it, and it became like an arch, and it was a tunnel for the fish and a wonder for Moses ﷺ. When they reached the rock, they found a man covered with a garment. Moses greeted him, and he said: How can there be peace in your land? He said: I am Moses. He said: Moses of the Children of Israel? He said: Yes. He said: May I follow you so that you teach me of what you have been taught, right guidance? He said: O Moses, I have knowledge from Allah (blessed and exalted is He) that you do not know, and you have knowledge from Allah that He taught you. They set off walking along the shore. A ship passed by, and they recognized Khidr, so they carried him without fare. He did not like it. He looked in the ship and took an axe, intending to break a plank from it. He said: They carried us without fare, and you want to make a hole in it to drown its people? He said: Did I not say that you would never be able to have patience with me? He said: I forgot. A sparrow came and pecked in the sea. Khidr said: My knowledge and your knowledge do not diminish from the knowledge of Allah (exalted is He) except as this sparrow has diminished from this sea. They set off until they came to the people of a town and asked its people for food, but they refused to offer them hospitality. He saw a boy and took hold of his head and pulled it off. He said: Have you killed an innocent soul without a soul? You have certainly done a terrible thing. He said: Did I not say that you would never be able to have patience with me?—Sufyan said: Amr said: And this is more severe than the first. He said: They set off, and there was a wall about to collapse, so he set it straight. Sufyan showed us with his hands, raising them like this, placing his palms, and raising them with the palms upward. He said: If you wished, you could have taken a payment for it. He said: This is the parting between me and you. Ibn Abbas said: The first was forgetfulness. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: May Allah have mercy on Moses; if he had been patient, we would have been told more of his story.
Musnad Ahmad 21115No grade recorded
لَوْ شِئْتَ لَتَخِذْتَ عَلَيْهِ أَجْرًا
✧ If you wished, you could have taken a payment for it.
Musnad Ahmad 21116Sahih
فَإِذَا جِدَارٌ يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَنْقَضَّ فَأَقَامَهُ. قَالَ بِيَدِهِ فَرَفَعَهُمَا رَفْعًا
✧ Then there was a wall about to collapse, so he set it straight. He gestured with his hand and raised them high.
Musnad Ahmad 21117Sahih
حَتَّى إِنَّ نَوْفًا يَزْعُمُ أَنَّ مُوسَى [ ﷺ ] لَيْسَ بِصَاحِبِ الْخَضِرِ. قَالَ: فَقَالَ: كَذَبَ عَدُوُّ اللهِ ! حَدَّثَنَا أُبَيُّ بْنُ كَعْبٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ: قَامَ مُوسَى [عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ] خَطِيبًا فِي بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، فَسُئِلَ: أَيُّ النَّاسِ أَعْلَمُ؟ قَالَ: أَنَا. فَعَتَبَ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ، إِذْ لَمْ يَرُدَّ الْعِلْمَ إِلَيْهِ، قَالَ: بَلْ عَبْدٌ لِي عِنْدَ مَجْمَعِ الْبَحْرَيْنِ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ مِنْكَ. قَالَ: أَيْ رَبِّ، فَكَيْفَ لِي بِهِ؟ قَالَ: خُذْ نُونًا، فَاجْعَلْهُ فِي مِكْتَلٍ، ثُمَّ انْطَلِقْ، فَحَيْثُمَا فَقَدْتَهُ فَهُوَ ثَمَّ. فَانْطَلَقَ مُوسَى وَمَعَهُ فَتَاهُ يَمْشِيَانِ، حَتَّى انْتَهَيَا إِلَى الصَّخْرَةِ، فَرَقَدَ مُوسَى [عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ] وَاضْطَرَبَ الْحُوتُ فِي الْمِكْتَلِ، فَخَرَجَ فَوَقَعَ فِي الْبَحْرِ، فَأَمْسَكَ اللهُ عَنْهُ جِرْيَةَ الْمَاءِ مِثْلَ الطَّاقِ، وَكَانَ لِلْحُوتِ سَرَبًا. - وَقَالَ سُفْيَانُ: فَعَقَدَ الْإِبْهَامَ وَالسَّبَّابَةَ، وَفَرَّجَ بَيْنَهُمَا - قَالَ: فَانْطَلَقَا حَتَّى إِذَا كَانَ مِنَ الْغَدِ، قَالَ مُوسَى لِفَتَاهُ: آتِنَا غَدَاءَنَا لَقَدْ لَقِينَا مِنْ سَفَرِنَا هَذَا نَصَبًا قَالَ: وَلَمْ يَجِدِ النَّصَبَ حَتَّى جَاوَزَ حَيْثُ أُمِرَ. قَالَ ذَلِكَ مَا كُنَّا نَبْغِ فَارْتَدَّا عَلَى آثَارِهِمَا قَصَصًا يَقُصَّانِ آثَارَهُمَا. قَالَ: وَكَانَ لِمُوسَى أَثَرُ الْحُوتِ عَجَبًا، وَلِلْحُوتِ سَرَبًا
✧ Even Nawf claims that Moses ﷺ was not the companion of Khidr. He said: The enemy of Allah has lied! Ubayy b. Ka'b narrated to us from the Prophet ﷺ: Moses ﷺ stood as a preacher among the Children of Israel and was asked: Which of the people is most knowledgeable? He said: I am. Allah reproached him for not attributing knowledge to Him, saying: Rather, there is a servant of Mine at the meeting of the two seas who is more knowledgeable than you. He said: O Lord, how can I find him? He said: Take a fish and put it in a basket, then set out; wherever you lose it, he will be there. Moses set out with his servant, walking, until they reached the rock. Moses ﷺ slept, and the fish flopped in the basket, got out, and fell into the sea. Allah held back the flow of water from it like an arch, and it was a tunnel for the fish.—Sufyan said: He joined the thumb and forefinger and spread them apart.—They set off until the next day, Moses said to his servant: Bring us our meal; we have certainly met with fatigue from this journey of ours. He said: He had not felt fatigue until he had passed beyond where he was commanded. He said: That is what we were seeking. So they retraced their footsteps, following their tracks, tracing their footprints. He said: The trace of the fish was a wonder for Moses, and it was a tunnel for the fish.
Musnad Ahmad 21118No grade recorded
كُنَّا عِنْدَهُ، فَقَالَ الْقَوْمُ: إِنَّ نَوْفًا الشَّامِيَّ يَزْعُمُ أَنَّ الَّذِي ذَهَبَ يَطْلُبُ الْعِلْمَ لَيْسَ مُوسَى بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ. وَكَانَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ مُتَّكِئًا، فَاسْتَوَى جَالِسًا، فَقَالَ: كَذَلِكَ يَا سَعِيدُ؟ قُلْتُ: نَعَمْ، أَنَا سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ ذَاكَ. فَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ: كَذَبَ نَوْفٌ، حَدَّثَنِي أُبَيُّ بْنُ كَعْبٍ: أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ: رَحْمَةُ اللهِ عَلَيْنَا وَعَلَى صَالِحٍ، رَحْمَةُ اللهِ عَلَيْنَا، وَعَلَى أَخِي عَادٍ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: إِنَّ مُوسَى [عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ] بَيْنَا هُوَ يَخْطُبُ قَوْمَهُ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ: مَا فِي الْأَرْضِ أَحَدٌ أَعْلَمُ مِنِّي. وَأَوْحَى اللهُ [تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى] إِلَيْهِ: إِنَّ فِي الْأَرْضِ مَنْ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ مِنْكَ، وَآيَةُ ذَلِكَ أَنْ تَزَوَّدَ حُوتًا مَالِحًا، فَإِذَا فَقَدْتَهُ، فَهُوَ حَيْثُ تَفْقِدُهُ. فَتَزَوَّدَ حُوتًا مَالِحًا، فَانْطَلَقَ هُوَ وَفَتَاهُ، حَتَّى إِذَا بَلَغَ الْمَكَانَ الَّذِي أُمِرُوا بِهِ، فَلَمَّا انْتَهَوْا إِلَى الصَّخْرَةِ، انْطَلَقَ مُوسَى يَطْلُبُ، وَوَضَعَ فَتَاهُ الْحُوتَ عَلَى الصَّخْرَةِ وَاضْطَرَبَ، فَاتَّخَذَ سَبِيلَهُ فِي الْبَحْرِ سَرَبًا، قَالَ فَتَاهُ: إِذَا جَاءَ نَبِيُّ اللهِ حَدَّثْتُهُ. فَأَنْسَاهُ الشَّيْطَانُ، فَانْطَلَقَا فَأَصَابَهُمْ مَا يُصِيبُ الْمُسَافِرَ مِنَ النَّصَبِ وَالْكَلَالِ، وَلَمْ يَكُنْ يُصِيبُهُ مَا يُصِيبُ الْمُسَافِرَ مِنَ النَّصَبِ وَالْكَلَالِ، حَتَّى جَاوَزَ مَا أُمِرَ بِهِ، فَقَالَ مُوسَى لِفَتَاهُ: آتِنَا غَدَاءَنَا لَقَدْ لَقِينَا مِنْ سَفَرِنَا هَذَا نَصَبًا، قَالَ لَهُ فَتَاهُ: يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ، أَرَأَيْتَ إِذْ أَوَيْنَا إِلَى الصَّخْرَةِ فَإِنِّي نَسِيتُ أَنْ أُحَدِّثَكَ، وَمَا أَنْسَانِيهُ إِلا الشَّيْطَانُ، فَاتَّخَذَ سَبِيلَهُ فِي الْبَحْرِ سَرَبًا، قَالَ: ذَلِكَ مَا كُنَّا نَبْغِ. فَرَجَعَا عَلَى آثَارِهِمَا قَصَصًا، يَقُصَّانِ الْأَثَرَ، حَتَّى انْتَهَيَا إِلَى الصَّخْرَةِ، فَأَطَافَ بِهَا، فَإِذَا هُوَ مُسَجًّى بِثَوْبٍ لَهُ، فَسَلَّمَ عَلَيْهِ، فَرَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ، فَقَالَ لَهُ: مَنْ أَنْتَ؟ قَالَ: مُوسَى. قَالَ: مَنْ مُوسَى؟ قَالَ: مُوسَى بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ. قَالَ: أُخْبِرْتُ أَنَّ عِنْدَكَ عِلْمًا، فَأَرَدْتُ أَنْ أَصْحَبَكَ. قَالَ: إِنَّكَ لَنْ تَسْتَطِيعَ مَعِيَ صَبْرًا. قَالَ: سَتَجِدُنِي إِنْ شَاءَ اللهُ صَابِرًا وَلا أَعْصِي لَكَ أَمْرًا. قَالَ: فَكَيْفَ تَصْبِرُ عَلَى مَا لَمْ تُحِطْ بِهِ خُبْرًا؟ قَالَ: قَدْ أُمِرْتُ أَنْ أَفْعَلَهُ. قَالَ: سَتَجِدُنِي إِنْ شَاءَ اللهُ صَابِرًا. قَالَ: فَإِنِ اتَّبَعْتَنِي فَلا تَسْأَلْنِي عَنْ شَيْءٍ حَتَّى أُحْدِثَ لَكَ مِنْهُ ذِكْرًا. فَانْطَلَقَا حَتَّى إِذَا رَكِبَا فِي السَّفِينَةِ، خَرَجَ مَنْ كَانَ فِيهَا، وَتَخَلَّفَ لِيَخْرِقَهَا، قَالَ: فَقَالَ لَهُ مُوسَى: تَخْرِقُهَا لِتُغْرِقَ أَهْلَهَا لَقَدْ جِئْتَ شَيْئًا إِمْرًا، قَالَ: أَلَمْ أَقُلْ إِنَّكَ لَنْ تَسْتَطِيعَ مَعِيَ صَبْرًا ؟ قَالَ لا تُؤَاخِذْنِي بِمَا نَسِيتُ وَلا تُرْهِقْنِي مِنْ أَمْرِي عُسْرًا. فَانْطَلَقَا حَتَّى إِذَا أَتَوْا عَلَى غِلْمَانٍ يَلْعَبُونَ عَلَى سَاحِلِ الْبَحْرِ، وَفِيهِمْ غُلَامٌ لَيْسَ فِي الْغِلْمَانِ غُلَامٌ أَنْظَفَ - يَعْنِي مِنْهُ - فَأَخَذَهُ فَقَتَلَهُ، فَنَفَرَ مُوسَى [عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ] عِنْدَ ذَلِكَ، وَقَالَ: أَقَتَلْتَ نَفْسًا زَكِيَّةً بِغَيْرِ نَفْسٍ لَقَدْ جِئْتَ شَيْئًا نُكْرًا قَالَ أَلَمْ أَقُلْ لَكَ إِنَّكَ لَنْ تَسْتَطِيعَ مَعِيَ صَبْرًا قَالَ: فَأَخَذَتْهُ ذَمَامَةٌ مِنْ صَاحِبِهِ، وَاسْتَحْيَا، فَقَالَ: إِنْ سَأَلْتُكَ عَنْ شَيْءٍ بَعْدَهَا فَلا تُصَاحِبْنِي قَدْ بَلَغْتَ مِنْ لَدُنِّي عُذْرًا فَانْطَلَقَا حَتَّى إِذَا أَتَيَا أَهْلَ قَرْيَةٍ لِئَامًا، اسْتَطْعَمَا أَهْلَهَا، وَقَدْ أَصَابَ مُوسَى [عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ] جَهْدٌ، فَلَمْ يُضَيِّفُوهُمَا، فَوَجَدَا فِيهَا جِدَارًا يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَنْقَضَّ فَأَقَامَهُ، قَالَ لَهُ مُوسَى مِمَّا نَزَلَ بِهِمْ مِنَ الْجَهْدِ: لَوْ شِئْتَ لاتَّخَذْتَ عَلَيْهِ أَجْرًا قَالَ هَذَا فِرَاقُ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنِكَ. فَأَخَذَ مُوسَى [عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ] بِطَرَفِ ثَوْبِهِ فَقَالَ: حَدِّثْنِي. فَقَالَ: أَمَّا السَّفِينَةُ فَكَانَتْ لِمَسَاكِينَ يَعْمَلُونَ فِي الْبَحْرِ وَكَانَ وَرَاءَهُمْ مَلِكٌ يَأْخُذُ كُلَّ سَفِينَةٍ غَصْبًا، فَإِذَا مَرَّ عَلَيْهَا، فَرَآهَا مُنْخَرِقَةً، تَرَكَهَا، وَرَقَّعَهَا أَهْلُهَا بِقِطْعَةِ خَشَبَةٍ، فَانْتَفَعُوا بِهَا. وَأَمَّا الْغُلَامُ، فَإِنَّهُ كَانَ طُبِعَ يَوْمَ طُبِعَ كَافِرًا، وَكَانَ قَدْ أُلْقِيَ عَلَيْهِ مَحَبَّةٌ مِنْ أَبَوَيْهِ، وَلَوْ أَطَاعَاهُ لَأَرْهَقَهُمَا طُغْيَانًا وَكُفْرًا، فَأَرَدْنَا أَنْ يُبْدِلَهُمَا رَبُّهُمَا خَيْرًا مِنْهُ زَكَاةً وَأَقْرَبَ رُحْمًا، وَوَقَعَ أَبُوهُ عَلَى أُمِّهِ فَعَلِقَتْ، فَوَلَدَتْ مِنْهُ خَيْرًا مِنْهُ زَكَاةً وَأَقْرَبَ رُحْمًا. وَأَمَّا الْجِدَارُ فَكَانَ لِغُلامَيْنِ يَتِيمَيْنِ فِي الْمَدِينَةِ وَكَانَ تَحْتَهُ كَنْـزٌ لَهُمَا وَكَانَ أَبُوهُمَا صَالِحًا فَأَرَادَ رَبُّكَ أَنْ يَبْلُغَا أَشُدَّهُمَا وَيَسْتَخْرِجَا كَنْـزَهُمَا رَحْمَةً مِنْ رَبِّكَ وَمَا فَعَلْتُهُ عَنْ أَمْرِي ذَلِكَ تَأْوِيلُ مَا لَمْ تَسْطِعْ عَلَيْهِ صَبْرًا
✧ We were with him when the people said: “Nawf al-Shāmī claims that the one who went seeking knowledge was not Mūsā of the Children of Israel.” Ibn ʿAbbās had been reclining, so he sat up straight and said: “Is that so, Saʿīd?” I said: “Yes, I heard him say that.” Ibn ʿAbbās said: “Nawf lied. Ubayy b. Kaʿb narrated to me that he heard the Prophet ﷺ say: ‘May Allah’s mercy be upon us and upon Ṣāliḥ. May Allah’s mercy be upon us and upon the brother of ʿĀd.’ Then he said: ‘While Mūsā ﷺ was one day addressing his people, he said to them: “There is no one on earth more knowledgeable than I.” Allah (Blessed and Exalted) revealed to him: “There is on earth one more knowledgeable than you, and the sign of that is that you should take along a salted fish, and when you miss it, he will be where you miss it.” So he took along a salted fish and set out, he and his servant, until when they reached the place they had been commanded to, and when they came to the rock, Mūsā went off seeking while his servant placed the fish on the rock and it stirred and made its way into the sea as a tunnel. His servant said: “When the Prophet of Allah comes, I will tell him.” But Satan made him forget, and they went on, and they were afflicted by what afflicts the traveler of fatigue and exhaustion, and it did not afflict him what afflicts the traveler of fatigue and exhaustion until he passed beyond what he had been commanded. Mūsā said to his servant: “Bring us our midday meal; we have certainly met with fatigue in this journey of ours.” His servant said to him: “O Prophet of Allah, do you see when we took shelter at the rock? Indeed I forgot to tell you, and none made me forget it except Satan, and it made its way into the sea as a tunnel.” He said: “That is what we were seeking.” So they retraced their footsteps, following the trail, until they ended up at the rock, and he went around it, and there he was covered with a garment of his. He greeted him, and he raised his head and said to him: “Who are you?” He said: “Mūsā.” He said: “Which Mūsā?” He said: “Mūsā of the Children of Israel.” He said: “I was informed that you have knowledge, so I wanted to accompany you.” He said: “You will never be able to bear with me patiently.” He said: “You will find me, if Allah wills, patient, and I will not disobey any command of yours.” He said: “How can you bear patiently what you do not encompass in knowledge?” He said: “I have been commanded to do it.” He said: “You will find me, if Allah wills, patient.” He said: “If you follow me, do not ask me about anything until I myself mention it to you.” So they set out, until when they boarded the ship, those in it came out, and he stayed behind to scuttle it. He said, Mūsā said to him: “Have you scuttled it to drown its people? You have certainly done a grave thing.” He said: “Did I not say that you would never be able to bear with me patiently?” He said: “Do not take me to task for what I forgot, and do not burden me in my affair with hardship.” So they went on, until when they came upon boys playing on the seashore, and among them was a boy, and there was no boy among the boys cleaner than him, and he took hold of him and killed him. Mūsā ﷺ recoiled at that and said: “Have you killed a pure soul for no soul? You have certainly done a terrible thing.” He said: “Did I not tell you that you would never be able to bear with me patiently?” He said: He felt shame before his companion and was embarrassed, and said: “If I ask you about anything after this, do not keep me as a companion; you have attained from me an excuse.” So they went on, until when they came to the people of a town, they asked its people for food, and Mūsā ﷺ was afflicted with hardship, but they refused to offer them hospitality. They found in it a wall about to collapse, so he set it upright. Mūsā said to him, because of the hardship that had befallen them: “If you had wished, you could have taken a payment for it.” He said: “This is the parting between me and you.” Mūsā ﷺ took hold of the edge of his garment and said: “Tell me.” He said: “As for the ship, it belonged to poor people working at sea, and behind them was a king seizing every ship by force, so when he passed by it and saw it damaged, he left it alone, and its people patched it with a piece of wood and benefited from it. As for the boy, he was created on the day he was created as a disbeliever, and love from his parents had been cast upon him, and had they obeyed him, he would have overwhelmed them with transgression and disbelief, so we wanted their Lord to replace him for them with one better in purity and nearer in mercy. His father had intercourse with his mother and she conceived and gave birth to one better than him in purity and nearer in mercy. As for the wall, it belonged to two orphan boys in the city, and beneath it was a treasure for them, and their father had been righteous, so your Lord wanted them to reach their full strength and extract their treasure as a mercy from your Lord. I did not do it of my own accord. That is the interpretation of what you could not bear patiently.”’"
Musnad Ahmad 21119Sahih
إِنَّا لَعِنْدَ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ فِي بَيْتِهِ إِذْ قَالَ: سَلُونِي. فَقُلْتُ: أَبَا عَبَّاسٍ - جَعَلَنِي اللهُ فِدَاكَ - بِالْكُوفَةِ رَجُلٌ قَاصٌّ يُقَالُ لَهُ: نَوْفٌ، يَزْعُمُ أَنَّهُ لَيْسَ مُوسَى بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ ! أَمَّا عَمْرُو بْنُ دِينَارٍ، فَقَالَ: كَذَبَ عَدُوُّ اللهِ. وَأَمَّا يَعْلَى بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ، فَقَالَ: قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ: حَدَّثَنِي أُبَيُّ بْنُ كَعْبٍ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: إِنَّ مُوسَى رَسُولَ اللهِ [عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ] ذَكَّرَ النَّاسَ يَوْمًا، حَتَّى إِذَا فَاضَتِ الْعُيُونُ، وَرَقَّتِ الْقُلُوبُ وَلَّى، فَأَدْرَكَهُ رَجُلٌ، فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، هَلْ فِي الْأَرْضِ أَحَدٌ أَعْلَمُ مِنْكَ؟ قَالَ: لَا. قَالَ: فَعُتِبَ عَلَيْهِ؛ إِذْ لَمْ يَرُدَّ الْعِلْمَ إِلَى اللهِ [تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى]، فَأَوْحَى اللهُ إِلَيْهِ: أَنَّ لِي عَبْدًا أَعْلَمُ مِنْكَ. قَالَ: أَيْ رَبِّ، وَأَيْنَ ؟ قَالَ: مَجْمَعُ الْبَحْرَيْنِ. قَالَ: أَيْ رَبِّ، اجْعَلْ لِي عَلَمًا أَعْلَمُ ذَلِكَ بِهِ، قَالَ لِي عَمْرٌو: قَالَ: حَيْثُ يُفَارِقُكَ الْحُوتُ. وَقَالَ يَعْلَى: خُذْ حُوتًا مَيِّتًا حَيْثُ يُنْفَخُ فِيهِ الرُّوحُ. فَأَخَذَ حُوتًا فَجَعَلَهُ فِي مِكْتَلٍ، قَالَ لِفَتَاهُ: لَا أُكَلِّفُكَ إِلَّا أَنْ تُخْبِرَنِي حَيْثُ يُفَارِقُكَ الْحُوتُ. قَالَ: مَا كَلَّفْتَنِي كَثِيرًا. فَذَلِكَ قَوْلُهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى: وَإِذْ قَالَ مُوسَى لِفَتَاهُ يُوشَعَ بْنِ نُونَ. لَيْسَتْ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ قَالَ: فَبَيْنَا هُوَ فِي ظِلِّ صَخْرَةٍ فِي مَكَانٍ ثَرْيَانٍ، إِذْ تَضَرَّبَ الْحُوتُ وَمُوسَى نَائِمٌ، قَالَ فَتَاهُ: لَا أُوقِظُهُ، حَتَّى إِذَا اسْتَيْقَظَ، نَسِيَ أَنْ يُخْبِرَهُ، وَتَضَرَّبَ الْحُوتُ حَتَّى دَخَلَ الْبَحْرَ، فَأَمْسَكَ اللهُ [تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى] عَلَيْهِ جِرْيَةَ الْبَحْرِ، حَتَّى كَأَنَّ أَثَرَهُ فِي حَجَرٍ - فَقَالَ لِي عَمْرٌو: وَكَأَنَّ أَثَرَهُ فِي حَجَرٍ، وَحَلَّقَ إِبْهَامَيْهِ وَاللَّتَيْنِ تَلِيَانِهِمَا - لَقَدْ لَقِينَا مِنْ سَفَرِنَا هَذَا نَصَبًا، قَالَ: قَدْ قَطَعَ اللهُ [تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى] عَنْكَ النَّصَبَ - لَيْسَتْ هَذِهِ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ - فَأَخْبَرَهُ، فَرَجَعَا فَوَجَدَا خَضِرًا [عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ] فَقَالَ لِي عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي سُلَيْمَانَ: عَلَى طِنْفِسَةٍ خَضْرَاءَ عَلَى كَبِدِ الْبَحْرِ. قَالَ سَعِيدُ بْنُ جُبَيْرٍ: مُسَجًّى ثَوْبَهُ، قَدْ جَعَلَ طَرَفَهُ تَحْتَ رِجْلَيْهِ، وَطَرَفَهُ تَحْتَ رَأْسِهِ، فَسَلَّمَ عَلَيْهِ مُوسَى فَكَشَفَ عَنْ وَجْهِهِ، وَقَالَ: هَلْ بِأَرْضِكَ مِنْ سَلَامٍ؟ مَنْ أَنْتَ؟ قَالَ: أَنَا مُوسَى. قَالَ: مُوسَى بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ. قَالَ: فَمَا شَأْنُكَ؟ قَالَ: جِئْتُ لِتُعَلِّمَنِي مِمَّا عُلِّمْتَ رُشْدًا. قَالَ: أَمَا يَكْفِيكَ أَنَّ أَنْبَاءَ التَّوْرَاةِ بِيَدِكَ، وَأَنَّ الْوَحْيَ يَأْتِيكَ يَا مُوسَى؟ إِنَّ لِي عِلْمًا لَا يَنْبَغِي أَنْ تَعْلَمَهُ، وَإِنَّ لَكَ عِلْمًا لَا يَنْبَغِي أَنْ أَعْلَمَهُ. فَجَاءَ طَائِرٌ فَأَخَذَ بِمِنْقَارِهِ، فَقَالَ: وَاللهِ مَا عِلْمِي وَعِلْمُكَ فِي عِلْمِ اللهِ إِلَّا كَمَا أَخَذَ هَذَا الطَّائِرُ بِمِنْقَارِهِ مِنَ الْبَحْرِ. حَتَّى إِذَا رَكِبَا فِي السَّفِينَةِ - وَجَدَا مَعَابِرَ صِغَارًا تَحْمِلُ أَهْلَ هَذَا السَّاحِلِ إِلَى هَذَا السَّاحِلِ -، عَرَفُوهُ، فَقَالُوا: عَبْدُ اللهِ الصَّالِحُ - فَقُلْنَا لِسَعِيدٍ: بِأَجْرٍ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، لَا يَحْمِلُونَهُ بِأَجْرٍ، فَخَرَقَهَا، وَدَقَّ فِيهَا وَتِدًا، قَالَ مُوسَى: أَخَرَقْتَهَا لِتُغْرِقَ أَهْلَهَا لَقَدْ جِئْتَ شَيْئًا إِمْرًا - قَالَ: قَالَ مُجَاهِدٌ نُكْرًا -، قَالَ أَلَمْ أَقُلْ إِنَّكَ لَنْ تَسْتَطِيعَ مَعِيَ صَبْرًا، وَكَانَتِ الْأُولَى نِسْيَانًا، وَالثَّانِيَةُ شَرْطًا، وَالثَّالِثَةُ عَمْدًا. قَالَ: لا تُؤَاخِذْنِي بِمَا نَسِيتُ وَلا تُرْهِقْنِي مِنْ أَمْرِي عُسْرًا. فَلَقِيَا غُلَامًا فَقَتَلَهُ. - قَالَ يَعْلَى بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ: قَالَ سَعِيدُ بْنُ جُبَيْرٍ: وَجَدَا غِلْمَانًا يَلْعَبُونَ، فَأَخَذَ غُلَامًا كَافِرًا كَانَ ظَرِيفًا، فَأَضْجَعَهُ، ثُمَّ ذَبَحَهُ بِالسِّكِّينِ - قَالَ: أَقَتَلْتَ نَفْسًا زَكِيَّةً لَمْ تَعْمَلْ بِالْحِنْثِ؟! فَانْطَلَقَا، فَوَجَدَا جِدَارًا يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَنْقَضَّ فَأَقَامَهُ، قَالَ سَعِيدٌ بِيَدِهِ هَكَذَا، وَرَفَعَ يَدَهُ، فَاسْتَقَامَ. قَالَ يَعْلَى: فَحَسِبْتُ أَنَّ سَعِيدًا قَالَ: فَمَسَحَهُ بِيَدِهِ، فَاسْتَقَامَ - قَالَ: لَوْ شِئْتَ لاتَّخَذْتَ عَلَيْهِ أَجْرًا - قَالَ سَعِيدٌ: أَجْرًا نَأْكُلُهُ -. قَالَ: وَكَانَ يَقْرَؤُهَا: وَكَانَ وَرَاءَهُمْ، وَكَانَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ يَقْرَؤُهَا: أَمَامَهُمْ مَلِكٌ. يَزْعُمُونَ عَنْ غَيْرِ سَعِيدٍ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: هَذَا الْغُلَامُ الْمَقْتُولُ يَزْعُمُونَ أَنَّ اسْمَهُ جَيْسُورُ. قَالَ: يَأْخُذُ كُلَّ سَفِينَةٍ غَصْبًا، وَأَرَادَ إِذَا مَرَّتْ بِهِ أَنْ يَدَعَهَا لِعَيْبِهَا، فَإِذَا جَاوَزُوا أَصْلَحُوهَا، فَانْتَفَعُوا بِهَا. مِنْهُمْ مَنْ يَقُولُ: سَدُّوهَا بِقَارُورَةٍ، وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ يَقُولُ: بِالْقَارِ. وَكَانَ أَبَوَاهُ مُؤْمِنَيْنِ، وَكَانَ كَافِرًا، فَخَشِينَا أَنْ يُرْهِقَهُمَا طُغْيَانًا وَكُفْرًا، فَيَحْمِلَهُمَا حُبُّهُ عَلَى أَنْ يُتَابِعَاهُ عَلَى دِينِهِ، فَأَرَدْنَا أَنْ يُبْدِلَهُمَا رَبُّهُمَا خَيْرًا مِنْهُ زَكَاةً وَأَقْرَبَ رُحْمًا، هُمَا بِهِ أَرْحَمُ مِنْهُمَا بِالْأَوَّلِ الَّذِي قَتَلَهُ خَضِرٌ
✧ We were with ʿAbd Allāh b. ʿAbbās in his house when he said: “Ask me.” I said: “Abā ʿAbbās, may Allah make me your ransom, in Kufa there is a storyteller called Nawf who claims that it was not Mūsā of the Children of Israel.” As for ʿAmr b. Dīnār, he said: “The enemy of Allah lied.” As for Yaʿlā b. Muslim, he said: Ibn ʿAbbās said: “Ubayy b. Kaʿb narrated to me, saying: ‘The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Mūsā, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, reminded the people one day, until when eyes overflowed and hearts softened, he turned away. A man caught up with him and said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, is there anyone on earth more knowledgeable than you?’ He said: ‘No.’ He was reproached for that, because he did not refer knowledge back to Allah (Blessed and Exalted). Allah revealed to him: ‘I have a servant more knowledgeable than you.’ He said: ‘O Lord, where?’ He said: ‘The meeting of the two seas.’ He said: ‘O Lord, make for me a sign by which I may know that.’ ʿAmr said to me: He said: ‘Where the fish leaves you.’ Yaʿlā said: ‘Take a dead fish where the spirit is breathed into it.’ So he took a fish and placed it in a basket and said to his servant: ‘I only require you to inform me where the fish leaves you.’ He said: ‘You have not required much of me.’ That is His saying, Blessed and Exalted: ‘And when Mūsā said to his servant Yūshaʿ b. Nūn.’” This is not from Saʿīd b. Jubayr. He said: “While he was in the shade of a rock in a moist place, the fish stirred while Mūsā was sleeping. His servant said: ‘I will not wake him,’ until when he woke, he forgot to inform him. The fish stirred until it entered the sea, and Allah (Blessed and Exalted) held back the flow of the sea for it, so that its trace was as if in stone.” ʿAmr said to me: “And its trace was as if in stone,” and he interlocked his thumbs and the two fingers next to them. “We have certainly met with fatigue in this journey of ours.” He said: “Allah (Blessed and Exalted) has removed fatigue from you.” This is not from Saʿīd b. Jubayr. He informed him, and they returned and found Khiḍr ﷺ. ʿUthmān b. Abī Sulaymān said to me: “On a green carpet on the surface of the sea.” Saʿīd b. Jubayr said: “Wrapped in his garment, having placed one end under his feet and the other under his head.” Mūsā greeted him, and he uncovered his face and said: “Is there peace in your land? Who are you?” He said: “I am Mūsā.” He said: “Mūsā of the Children of Israel?” He said: “Yes.” He said: “What is your business?” He said: “I have come so that you may teach me of what you have been taught, right guidance.” He said: “Is it not enough for you that the reports of the Torah are in your hand and that revelation comes to you, O Mūsā? I have knowledge that you should not know, and you have knowledge that I should not know.” A bird came and took with its beak and said: “By Allah, my knowledge and your knowledge in the knowledge of Allah are only like what this bird has taken with its beak from the sea.” Until when they boarded the ship, they found small ferries carrying the people of this shore to this shore. They recognized him and said: “The righteous servant of Allah.” We said to Saʿīd: “For a fare?” He said: “Yes, they would not carry him for a fare.” He scuttled it and drove a peg into it. Mūsā said: “Have you scuttled it to drown its people? You have certainly done a grave thing.” He said: Mujāhid said: “A terrible thing.” He said: “Did I not say that you would never be able to bear with me patiently?” The first was forgetfulness, the second a condition, and the third deliberate. He said: “Do not take me to task for what I forgot, and do not burden me in my affair with hardship.” They met a boy and he killed him. Yaʿlā b. Muslim said: Saʿīd b. Jubayr said: “They found boys playing, and he took hold of a disbelieving boy who was handsome, laid him down, and slaughtered him with a knife.” He said: “Have you killed a pure soul that had not committed sin?” They went on and found a wall about to collapse, so he set it upright. Saʿīd said with his hand like this, and he raised his hand and it straightened. Yaʿlā said: I think Saʿīd said: “He wiped it with his hand and it straightened.” He said: “If you had wished, you could have taken a payment for it.” Saʿīd said: “A payment we could eat.” He said: He used to read it: “And behind them,” and Ibn ʿAbbās used to read it: “before them was a king.” They claim on the authority of other than Saʿīd that he said: “This slain boy, they claim his name was Jaysūr.” He said: “Seizing every ship by force,” and he intended, when it passed by him, to leave it because of its defect, and when they had passed beyond, they repaired it and benefited from it. Some of them say: “They plugged it with a bottle,” and others say: “with pitch.” His parents were believers and he was a disbeliever, and we feared that he would overwhelm them with transgression and disbelief, and their love for him would carry them to follow him in his religion, so we wanted their Lord to replace him for them with one better in purity and nearer in mercy, one more merciful to them than the first whom Khiḍr killed.”’"
Musnad Ahmad 21120Sahih
بَيْنَمَا مُوسَى [عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ] فِي قَوْمِهِ يُذَكِّرُهُمْ بِأَيَّامِ اللهِ - وَأَيَّامُ اللهِ: نِعَمُهُ وَبَلَاؤُهُ - إِذْ قَالَ: مَا أَعْلَمُ فِي الْأَرْضِ رَجُلًا خَيْرًا مِنِّي - أَوْ أَعْلَمَ مِنِّي- ! قَالَ: فَأَوْحَى اللهُ [تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى] إِلَيْهِ: إِنِّي أَعْلَمُ بِالْخَيْرِ مَنْ هُوَ أَوْ عِنْدَ مَنْ هُوَ، إِنَّ فِي الْأَرْضِ رَجُلًا هُوَ أَعْلَمُ مِنْكَ، قَالَ: يَا رَبِّ، فَدُلَّنِي عَلَيْهِ. فَقِيلَ لَهُ: تَزَوَّدْ حُوتًا مَالِحًا، فَفَعَلَ، ثُمَّ خَرَجَ فَلَقِيَ الْخَضِرَ، فَكَانَ مِنْ أَمْرِهِمَا مَا كَانَ، حَتَّى كَانَ آخِرُ ذَلِكَ، مَرُّوا بِالْقَرْيَةِ اللِّئَامِ أَهْلُهَا، فَطَافَا فِي الْمَجَالِسِ، فَاسْتَطْعَمَا فَأَبَوْا أَنْ يُضَيِّفُوهُمَا. ثُمَّ قَصَّ عَلَيْهِ النَّبَأَ، نَبَأَ السَّفِينَةِ، وَأَنَّهُ إِنَّمَا خَرَقَهَا؛ لِيَتَجَوَّزَهَا الْمَلِكُ فَلَا يُرِيدُهَا، وَأَمَّا الْغُلَامُ فَطُبِعَ يَوْمَ طُبِعَ كَافِرًا، كَانَ أَبَوَاهُ عَطَفَا عَلَيْهِ فَلَوْ أَنَّهُ أَدْرَكَ، لَأَرْهَقَهُمَا طُغْيَانًا وَكُفْرًا، وَأَمَّا الْجِدَارُ فَكَانَ لِغُلامَيْنِ يَتِيمَيْنِ فِي الْمَدِينَةِ
✧ While Mūsā ﷺ was among his people reminding them of the days of Allah—and the days of Allah are His favors and His afflictions—he said: “I do not know any man on earth better than me—or more knowledgeable than me!” He said: Allah (Blessed and Exalted) revealed to him: “I know better who is good, or where he is. There is a man on earth more knowledgeable than you.” He said: “O Lord, guide me to him.” It was said to him: “Take along a salted fish,” and he did. Then he went out and met Khiḍr, and what happened between them happened, until the end of it: they passed by the town whose people were stingy, and they went around in the gatherings and asked for food, but they refused to offer them hospitality. Then he related to him the story, the story of the ship, and that he scuttled it only so that the king would pass it by and not want it. As for the boy, he was created on the day he was created as a disbeliever; his parents had been affectionate toward him, and had he reached maturity, he would have overwhelmed them with transgression and disbelief. As for the wall, it belonged to two orphan boys in the city.
Musnad Ahmad 21121Sahih
الْغُلَامُ الَّذِي قَتَلَهُ الْخَضِرُ طُبِعَ كَافِرًا
✧ About the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, the boy who was killed by Al-Khidr was sealed as a disbeliever. Abu Al-Rabi'i added in his narration that if he had lived longer, he would have caused great oppression and disbelief to his parents.
Musnad Ahmad 21122Sahih
الْغُلَامُ الَّذِي قَتَلَهُ صَاحِبُ مُوسَى [عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ] طُبِعَ يَوْمَ طُبِعَ كَافِرًا
✧ The boy whom the companion of Mūsā ﷺ killed was created on the day he was created as a disbeliever.
Musnad Ahmad 21123Sahih
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَرَأَ: إِنْ سَأَلْتُكَ عَنْ شَيْءٍ بَعْدَهَا فَلا تُصَاحِبْنِي قَدْ بَلَغْتَ مِنْ لَدُنِّي عُذْرًا.
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ recited: “If I ask you about anything after this, do not keep me as a companion; you have attained from me an excuse.”
Musnad Ahmad 21124Sahih
أَنَّهُ قَرَأَ: قَدْ بَلَغْتَ مِنْ لَدُنِّي عُذْرًا. يُثَقِّلُهَا
✧ He recited: “You have attained from me an excuse,” making it heavy.
Musnad Ahmad 21125Sahih
أَنَّ جِبْرِيلَ لَمَّا رَكَضَ زَمْزَمَ بِعَقِبِهِ، جَعَلَتْ أُمُّ إِسْمَاعِيلَ تَجْمَعُ الْبَطْحَاءَ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: رَحِمَ اللهُ هَاجَرَ أُمَّ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، لَوْ تَرَكَتْهَا لَكَانَتْ مَاءً مَعِينًا.
✧ When Jibrīl struck Zamzam with his heel, the mother of Ismāʿīl began gathering the pebbles, and the Prophet ﷺ said: “May Allah have mercy on Hājar, the mother of Ismāʿīl. Had she left it, it would have been flowing water.”
Musnad Ahmad 21126No grade recorded
كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا دَعَا لِأَحَدٍ بَدَأَ بِنَفْسِهِ، فَذَكَرَ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ مُوسَى فَقَالَ: رَحْمَةُ اللهِ عَلَيْنَا وَعَلَى مُوسَى، لَوْ كَانَ صَبَرَ لَقَصَّ اللهُ تَعَالَى عَلَيْنَا مِنْ خَبَرِهِ، وَلَكِنْ قَالَ: إِنْ سَأَلْتُكَ عَنْ شَيْءٍ بَعْدَهَا فَلا تُصَاحِبْنِي قَدْ بَلَغْتَ مِنْ لَدُنِّي عُذْرًا
✧ Whenever the Messenger of Allah ﷺ supplicated for someone, he began with himself. One day he mentioned Mūsā and said: “May Allah’s mercy be upon us and upon Mūsā. Had he been patient, Allah (Exalted) would have related to us more of his story, but he said: ‘If I ask you about anything after this, do not keep me as a companion; you have attained from me an excuse.’”
Musnad Ahmad 21127Sahih
21454 21516 21127 - حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجٌ، وَأَبُو قَطَنٍ عَمْرُو بْنُ الْهَيْثَمِ قَالَا: حَدَّثَنَا حَمْزَةُ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، عَنْ أُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، مَعْنَاهُ
✧ 21454 21516 21127 - Ḥajjāj and Abū Qaṭan ʿAmr b. al-Haytham narrated to us; they said: Ḥamza narrated to us, from Abū Isḥāq, from Saʿīd b. Jubayr, from Ibn ʿAbbās, from Ubayy b. Kaʿb, from the Prophet ﷺ, with its meaning.
Musnad Ahmad 21128Sahih
فِي قَوْلِهِ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى: وَذَكِّرْهُمْ بِأَيَّامِ اللهِ قَالَ: بِنِعَمِ اللهِ [تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى].
✧ Regarding His saying, Blessed and Exalted: “And remind them of the days of Allah,” he said: “Of the favors of Allah (Blessed and Exalted).”
Musnad Ahmad 21129Sahih
21456 21518 21129 - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْعَنْبَرِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ الطَّيَالِسِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبَانَ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، عَنْ أُبَيٍّ نَحْوَهُ وَلَمْ يَرْفَعْهُ
✧ 21456 21518 21129 - ʿAbd Allāh narrated to us; Abū ʿAbd Allāh al-ʿAnbarī narrated to us; Abū al-Walīd al-Ṭayālisī narrated to us; Muḥammad b. Abān narrated to us, from Abū Isḥāq, from Saʿīd b. Jubayr, from Ibn ʿAbbās, from Ubayy, similarly, but he did not raise it to the Prophet.
Musnad Ahmad 21130Sahih
كَانَ إِذَا ذَكَرَ الْأَنْبِيَاءَ بَدَأَ بِنَفْسِهِ، فَقَالَ: رَحْمَةُ اللهِ عَلَيْنَا، وَعَلَى هُودٍ، وَعَلَى صَالِحٍ.
✧ Whenever he mentioned the prophets, he began with himself and said: “May Allah’s mercy be upon us, and upon Hūd, and upon Ṣāliḥ.”
Musnad Ahmad 21131No grade recorded
مَارَانِي رَجُلٌ مِنْ بَنِي فَزَارَةَ فِي الرَّجُلِ الَّذِي اتَّبَعَهُ مُوسَى [عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ]، فَقُلْتُ: هُوَ الْخَضِرُ [عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ]، وَقَالَ الْفَزَارِيُّ: هُوَ رَجُلٌ آخَرُ. فَمَرَّ بِنَا أُبَيُّ بْنُ كَعْبٍ، قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ: فَدَعَوْتُهُ، فَسَأَلْتُهُ: سَمِعْتَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَذْكُرُ الَّذِي تَبِعَهُ مُوسَى [عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ] ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: بَيْنَمَا مُوسَى جَالِسٌ فِي مَلَإٍ مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَجُلٌ: هَلْ أَحَدٌ أَعْلَمُ بِاللهِ [تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى] مِنْكَ؟ قَالَ: مَا أَرَى. فَأَوْحَى اللهُ إِلَيْهِ: بَلَى، عَبْدِي الْخَضِرُ. فَسَأَلَ السَّبِيلَ إِلَيْهِ، فَجَعَلَ اللهُ [تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى] لَهُ الْحُوتَ آيَةً إِنِ افْتَقَدَهُ، وَكَانَ مِنْ شَأْنِهِ مَا قَصَّ اللهُ [تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى]
✧ A man from Banū Fazārah argued with me about the man whom Mūsā ﷺ followed. I said, 'He is al-Khaḍir ﷺ.' The Fazārī said, 'He is another man.' Then Ubayy b. Kaʿb passed by us. Ibn ʿAbbās said: I called him and asked him, 'Did you hear the Messenger of Allah ﷺ mention the one whom Mūsā ﷺ followed?' He said, 'Yes. I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: While Mūsā was sitting among a group of the Children of Israel, a man said to him, "Is there anyone more knowledgeable about Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He) than you?" He said, "I do not think so." Then Allah revealed to him, "Indeed, My servant al-Khaḍir." So he asked for the way to him, and Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He) made the fish a sign for him: if he lost it [he would find him]. And his affair was as Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He) related.'
Musnad Ahmad 21132No grade recorded
مَا حَكَّ فِي صَدْرِي شَيْءٌ مُنْذُ أَسْلَمْتُ، إِلَّا أَنِّي قَرَأْتُ آيَةً، وَقَرَأَهَا رَجُلٌ غَيْرَ قِرَاءَتِي، فَأَتَيْنَا النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ: قُلْتُ: أَقْرَأْتَنِي آيَةَ كَذَا وَكَذَا؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، قَالَ: فَقَالَ الْآخَرُ: أَلَمْ تُقْرِئْنِي آيَةَ كَذَا وَكَذَا؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، أَتَانِي جِبْرِيلُ وَمِيكَائِيلُ فَقَعَدَ جِبْرِيلُ عَنْ يَمِينِي، وَمِيكَائِيلُ عَنْ يَسَارِي، فَقَالَ جِبْرِيلُ: اقْرَأِ الْقُرْآنَ عَلَى حَرْفٍ. فَقَالَ مِيكَائِيلُ: اسْتَزِدْهُ. حَتَّى بَلَغَ سَبْعَةَ أَحْرُفٍ كُلُّهَا شَافٍ كَافٍ.
✧ Nothing has disturbed my chest since I embraced Islam, except that I recited a verse and another man recited it differently from my recitation. So we went to the Prophet ﷺ. He said: I said, 'Did you teach me to recite such-and-such a verse?' He said, 'Yes.' Then the other man said, 'Did you not teach me to recite such-and-such a verse?' He said, 'Yes. Jibrīl and Mīkāʾīl came to me. Jibrīl sat on my right and Mīkāʾīl on my left. Jibrīl said, "Recite the Qurʾān according to one ḥarf." Mīkāʾīl said, "Ask him for more," until it reached seven aḥruf, each of them sufficient and healing.'
Musnad Ahmad 21133Sahih
مَا دَخَلَ قَلْبِي شَيْءٌ مُنْذُ أَسْلَمْتُ
✧ Nothing has entered my heart since I embraced Islam.
Musnad Ahmad 21134Sahih
مَا دَخَلَ قَلْبِي مُنْذُ أَسْلَمْتُ مَعْنَاهُ
✧ Nothing has entered my heart since I embraced Islam; its meaning.
Musnad Ahmad 21135No grade recorded
فُرِجَ سَقْفُ بَيْتِي وَأَنَا بِمَكَّةَ، فَنَزَلَ جِبْرِيلُ، فَفَرَجَ صَدْرِي، ثُمَّ غَسَلَهُ مِنْ مَاءِ زَمْزَمَ، ثُمَّ جَاءَ بِطَسْتٍ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ مَمْلُوءًا حِكْمَةً وَإِيمَانًا، فَأَفْرَغَهَا فِي صَدْرِي ثُمَّ أَطْبَقَهُ.
✧ The roof of my house was split open while I was in Makkah, and Jibrīl descended. He split open my chest, then washed it with Zamzam water. Then he brought a basin of gold filled with wisdom and faith, poured it into my chest, and then closed it.
Musnad Ahmad 21136Sahih
إِنَّ اللهَ [تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى] أَمَرَنِي أَنْ أَعْرِضَ الْقُرْآنَ عَلَيْكَ، قَالَ: وَسَمَّانِي لَكَ رَبِّي [تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى] ؟ قَالَ: بِفَضْلِ اللهِ وَبِرَحْمَتِهِ فَبِذَلِكَ فَلْتَفْرَحُوا هَكَذَا قَرَأَهَا أُبَيٌّ.
✧ Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He) commanded me to present the Qurʾān to you. He said, 'And did my Lord (Blessed and Exalted is He) name me to you?' He said, 'By the bounty of Allah and His mercy; so in that let them rejoice' — thus Ubayy recited it.
Musnad Ahmad 21137Sahih
قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: يَا أُبَيُّ، أُمِرْتُ أَنْ أَقْرَأَ عَلَيْكَ سُورَةَ كَذَا وَكَذَا. قَالَ: قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ وَقَدْ ذُكِرْتُ هُنَاكَ؟! قَالَ: نَعَمْ، قَالَ: فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: يَا أَبَا الْمُنْذِرِ، فَفَرِحْتَ بِذَلِكَ؟ قَالَ: وَمَا يَمْنَعُنِي، وَاللهُ [تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى] يَقُولُ: قُلْ بِفَضْلِ اللهِ وَبِرَحْمَتِهِ فَبِذَلِكَ فَلْتَفْرَحُوا هُوَ خَيْرٌ مِمَّا تَجْمَعُونَ
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me, 'O Ubayy, I have been commanded to recite to you such-and-such a sūrah.' He said: I said, 'O Messenger of Allah, and I have been mentioned there?!' He said, 'Yes.' He said: I said to him, 'O Abū al-Mundhir, did you rejoice at that?' He said, 'What would prevent me, when Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He) says: Say, "In the bounty of Allah and in His mercy — in that let them rejoice. It is better than what they accumulate."'
Musnad Ahmad 21138Sahih
لَا تَسُبُّوا الرِّيحَ، فَإِذَا رَأَيْتُمْ مِنْهَا مَا تَكْرَهُونَ، فَقُولُوا: اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّا نَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ خَيْرِ هَذِهِ الرِّيحِ، وَمِنْ خَيْرِ مَا فِيهَا، وَمِنْ خَيْرِ مَا أُرْسِلَتْ بِهِ، وَنَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ هَذِهِ الرِّيحِ، وَمِنْ شَرِّ مَا فِيهَا، وَمِنْ شَرِّ مَا أُرْسِلَتْ بِهِ.
✧ Do not curse the wind. If you see from it what you dislike, say: 'O Allah, we ask You for the good of this wind, the good of what is in it, and the good of what it has been sent with; and we seek refuge in You from the evil of this wind, the evil of what is in it, and the evil of what it has been sent with.'
Musnad Ahmad 21139Sahih
لَا تَسُبُّوا الرِّيحَ، فَإِنَّهَا مِنْ رَوْحِ اللهِ [تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى]، وَسَلُوا اللهَ خَيْرَهَا، وَخَيْرَ مَا فِيهَا، وَخَيْرَ مَا أُرْسِلَتْ بِهِ، وَتَعَوَّذُوا بِاللهِ مِنْ شَرِّهَا، وَشَرِّ مَا فِيهَا، وَشَرِّ مَا أُرْسِلَتْ بِهِ.
✧ Do not curse the wind, for it is from the mercy of Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He). Ask Allah for its good, the good of what is in it, and the good of what it has been sent with; and seek refuge in Allah from its evil, the evil of what is in it, and the evil of what it has been sent with.
Musnad Ahmad 21140Sahih
صَلَّى بِنَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ الْفَجْرَ وَتَرَكَ آيَةً، فَجَاءَ أُبَيٌّ وَقَدْ فَاتَهُ بَعْضُ الصَّلَاةِ، فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ قَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، نُسِخَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ، أَوْ أُنْسِيتَهَا؟ قَالَ: لَا، بَلْ أُنْسِيتُهَا.
✧ The Prophet ﷺ led us in the dawn prayer and omitted a verse. Ubayy came after he had missed part of the prayer. When he finished, he said, 'O Messenger of Allah, has this verse been abrogated, or did you forget it?' He said, 'No, rather I forgot it.'
Musnad Ahmad 21141Sahih
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ يُوتِرُ بِ سَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الْأَعْلَى، و قُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ، و قُلْ هُوَ اللهُ أَحَدٌ.
“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to perform Witr and recite: ‘Glorify the Name of your Lord the Most High.’, [Al-A’la (87)] ‘Say: O you disbelievers!” [Al-Kafirun (109)] and ‘Say: Allah is One.”. [Al-Ikhlas (112)] (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1171)
Musnad Ahmad 21142Sahih
كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَقْرَأُ فِي الْوَتْرِ بِـ سَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الْأَعْلَى، وَ قُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ، وَ قُلْ هُوَ اللهُ أَحَدٌ، فَإِذَا سَلَّمَ قَالَ: سُبْحَانَ الْمَلِكِ الْقُدُّوسِ. ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ
Ubayy bin Ka'b said: "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to recite in Witr: "Glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most High;" and "Say: O you disbelievers!;' and 'Say: He is Allah, (the) One.' And when he said the salam, he would say: Subhanal-Malikil-Quddus (Glory be to the Sovereign, the Most Holy) three times." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1729)
Musnad Ahmad 21143Hasan
21470 21532 21143 - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ، حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحِيمِ الْبَزَّازُ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عُمَرَ الضَّرِيرُ الْبَصْرِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرُ بْنُ حَازِمٍ، عَنْ زُبَيْدٍ، عَنْ ذَرٍّ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ مِثْلَهُ. كذا في طبعة جمعية المكنز الإسلامي، وفي طبعة مؤسسة الرسالة
✧ 21470 21532 21143 - ʿAbdullāh narrated to us, Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥīm al-Bazzāz narrated to me, Abū ʿUmar al-Ḍarīr al-Baṣrī narrated to us, Jarīr b. Ḥāzim narrated to us, from Zubayd, from Dharr, from Saʿīd b. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān, from his father, from Ubayy b. Kaʿb, from the Prophet ﷺ, the like of it. Thus in the edition of the Islamic Treasure Society, and in the edition of Muʾassasat al-Risālah.
Musnad Ahmad 21144Sahih
كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُعَلِّمُنَا إِذَا أَصْبَحْنَا: أَصْبَحْنَا عَلَى فِطْرَةِ الْإِسْلَامِ، وَكَلِمَةِ الْإِخْلَاصِ، وَسُنَّةِ نَبِيِّنَا مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ، وَمِلَّةِ أَبِينَا إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَنِيفًا مُسْلِمًا، وَمَا كَانَ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ، وَإِذَا أَمْسَيْنَا مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to teach us, when we entered the morning, to say: 'We have entered the morning upon the fiṭrah of Islam, the word of sincerity, the Sunnah of our Prophet Muḥammad ﷺ, and the religion of our father Ibrāhīm, ḥanīf and Muslim, and he was not of the polytheists.' And when we entered the evening, the like of that.
Musnad Ahmad 21145Sahih
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ ذَكَرَ الدَّجَّالَ فَقَالَ: إِحْدَى عَيْنَيْهِ كَأَنَّهَا زُجَاجَةٌ خَضْرَاءُ، وَتَعَوَّذُوا بِاللهِ [تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى] مِنْ عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ.
✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ mentioned the Dajjal and said: One of his eyes is like a green glass. And seek refuge in God [Blessed and Exalted] from the punishment of the grave.
Musnad Ahmad 21146Sahih
أَنَّهُ ذُكِرَ الدَّجَّالَ عِنْدَهُ، فَقَالَ: عَيْنُهُ خَضْرَاءُ كَالزُّجَاجَةِ، فَتَعَوَّذُوا بِاللهِ مِنْ عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ.
✧ The Dajjal was mentioned in his presence, and he said: His eye is green like glass, so seek refuge in God from the punishment of the grave.
Musnad Ahmad 21147Sahih
21474 21536 21147 - حَدَّثَنَا وَهْبُ بْنُ جَرِيرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ حَبِيبِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي الْهُذَيْلِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبْزَى، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ خَبَّابٍ، عَنْ أُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي الدَّجَّالِ، فَذَكَرَ مِثْلَهُ. كذا في طبعة جمعية المكنز الإسلامي، وفي طبعة مؤسسة الرسالة
✧ 21474 21536 21147 - Wahb b. Jarir narrated to us, Shu'bah narrated to us, from Habib b. al-Zubayr, from Abd Allah b. Abi al-Hudhayl, from Abd al-Rahman b. Abza, from Abd Allah b. Khabbab, from Ubayy b. Ka'b, who said: The Messenger of God ﷺ said about the Dajjal... and he mentioned the like of it. Thus in the edition of Jam'iyyat al-Makniz al-Islami, and in the edition of Mu'assasat al-Risalah.
Musnad Ahmad 21148Sahih
سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ أَبِي الْهُذَيْلِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبْزَى، عَنْ أُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ مِثْلَهُ. وَلَمْ يُذْكَرْ خَلَّادٌ فِي حَدِيثِهِ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ خَبَّابٍ. كذا في طبعة جمعية المكنز الإسلامي، وفي طبعة مؤسسة الرسالة
✧ I heard Abd Allah b. Abi al-Hudhayl, from Abd al-Rahman b. Abza, from Ubayy b. Ka'b, from the Prophet ﷺ, the like of it. Khallad did not mention Abd Allah b. Khabbab in his narration. Thus in the edition of Jam'iyyat al-Makniz al-Islami, and in the edition of Mu'assasat al-Risalah.
Musnad Ahmad 21149No grade recorded
قَرَأْتُ آيَةً، وَقَرَأَ ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ خِلَافَهَا، فَأَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقُلْتُ: أَلَمْ تُقْرِئْنِي آيَةَ كَذَا وَكَذَا؟ قَالَ: بَلَى، فَقَالَ ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ: أَلَمْ تُقْرِئْنِيهَا كَذَا وَكَذَا؟ فَقَالَ: بَلَى، كِلَاكُمَا مُحْسِنٌ مُجْمِلٌ، قَالَ: فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: فَضَرَبَ صَدْرِي، فَقَالَ: يَا أُبَيُّ بْنَ كَعْبٍ، إِنِّي أُقْرِئْتُ الْقُرْآنَ [فَقِيلَ لِي عَلَى حَرْفٍ أَوْ عَلَى حَرْفَيْنِ قَالَ فَقَالَ الْمَلَكُ الَّذِي مَعِيَ: عَلَى حَرْفَيْنِ] فَقُلْتُ: عَلَى حَرْفَيْنِ؟ فَقَالَ: عَلَى حَرْفَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلَاثَةٍ؟ فَقَالَ الْمَلَكُ الَّذِي مَعِي: عَلَى ثَلَاثَةٍ. فَقُلْتُ: عَلَى ثَلَاثَةٍ، حَتَّى بَلَغَ سَبْعَةَ أَحْرُفٍ، لَيْسَ مِنْهَا إِلَّا شَافٍ كَافٍ، إِنْ قُلْتَ: غَفُورًا رَحِيمًا، أَوْ قُلْتَ: سَمِيعًا عَلِيمًا، أَوْ عَلِيمًا سَمِيعًا، فَاللهُ كَذَلِكَ مَا لَمْ تَخْتِمْ آيَةَ عَذَابٍ بِرَحْمَةٍ، أَوْ آيَةَ رَحْمَةٍ بِعَذَابٍ
✧ I recited a verse, and Ibn Mas'ud recited it differently, so I went to the Prophet ﷺ and said: Did you not teach me to recite such-and-such a verse? He said: Yes. Then Ibn Mas'ud said: Did you not teach me to recite it such-and-such? He said: Yes. Both of you are good and do well. He said: Then I said to him: He struck my chest, and he said: O Ubayy b. Ka'b, the Quran was recited to me, and it was said to me: Upon one harf or upon two harfs? He said: The angel who was with me said: Upon two harfs. So I said: Upon two harfs? He said: Upon two harfs or three? The angel who was with me said: Upon three. So I said: Upon three, until it reached seven ahruf, of which there is none except that it is sufficient and healing. If you say: Ghafuran Rahiman (Forgiving, Merciful), or you say: Sami'an 'Aliman (Hearing, Knowing), or 'Aliman Sami'an (Knowing, Hearing), then God is thus as long as you do not conclude a verse of punishment with mercy, or a verse of mercy with punishment.
Musnad Ahmad 21150Sahih
قَرَأْتُ آيَةً وَقَرَأَ ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ خِلَافَهَا، فَأَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ
✧ I recited a verse, and Ibn Mas'ud recited it differently, so I went to the Prophet ﷺ.
Musnad Ahmad 21151Sahih
قَرَأْتُ آيَةً، وَقَرَأَ ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ خِلَافَهَا، وَقَرَأَ رَجُلٌ آخَرُ خِلَافَهَا، فَأَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ
✧ I recited a verse, and Ibn Mas'ud recited it differently, and another man recited it differently, so I went to the Prophet ﷺ.
Musnad Ahmad 21152Sahih
سَمِعْتُ رَجُلًا يَقْرَأُ، فَقُلْتُ: مَنْ أَقْرَأَكَ؟ قَالَ: رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ. فَقُلْتُ: انْطَلِقْ إِلَيْهِ، فَأَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ، فَقُلْتُ: اسْتَقْرِئْ هَذَا. فَقَالَ: اقْرَهُ، فَقَرَأَ، فَقَالَ: أَحْسَنْتَ، فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: أَوَلَمْ تُقْرِئْنِي كَذَا وَكَذَا؟ قَالَ: بَلَى، وَأَنْتَ قَدْ أَحْسَنْتَ، فَقُلْتُ بِيَدَيَّ: قَدْ أَحْسَنْتَ مَرَّتَيْنِ. قَالَ: فَضَرَبَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بِيَدِهِ فِي صَدْرِي، ثُمَّ قَالَ: اللَّهُمَّ أَذْهِبْ عَنْ أُبَيٍّ الشَّكَّ. فَفِضْتُ عَرَقًا وَامْتَلَأَ جَوْفِي فَرَقًا، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: يَا أُبَيُّ، إِنَّ مَلَكَيْنِ أَتَيَانِي، فَقَالَ أَحَدُهُمَا: اقْرَأْ عَلَى حَرْفٍ. فَقَالَ الْآخَرُ: زِدْهُ. فَقُلْتُ: زِدْنِي. قَالَ: اقْرَأْ عَلَى حَرْفَيْنِ. فَقَالَ الْآخَرُ: زِدْهُ. قُلْتُ: زِدْنِي. قَالَ: اقْرَأْ عَلَى ثَلَاثَةٍ. فَقَالَ الْآخَرُ: زِدْهُ. فَقُلْتُ: زِدْنِي. قَالَ: اقْرَأْ عَلَى أَرْبَعَةِ أَحْرُفٍ، قَالَ الْآخَرُ: زِدْهُ. قُلْتُ: زِدْنِي. قَالَ: اقْرَأْ عَلَى خَمْسَةِ أَحْرُفٍ، قَالَ الْآخَرُ: زِدْهُ. قُلْتُ: زِدْنِي. قَالَ: اقْرَأْ عَلَى سِتَّةٍ، قَالَ الْآخَرُ: زِدْهُ. قَالَ: اقْرَأْ عَلَى سَبْعَةِ أَحْرُفٍ. فَالْقُرْآنُ أُنْزِلَ عَلَى سَبْعَةِ أَحْرُفٍ
✧ I heard a man reciting, and I said: Who taught you to recite? He said: The Messenger of God ﷺ. I said: Let us go to him. So I went to the Prophet ﷺ and said: Ask this man to recite. He said: Recite. So he recited, and he said: You have done well. Then I said to him: Did you not teach me to recite such-and-such? He said: Yes, and you have also done well. So I gestured with my hands: You have said “you have done well” twice. He said: Then the Prophet ﷺ struck my chest with his hand and said: O God, remove doubt from Ubayy. I broke out in a sweat and my chest was filled with fear. Then the Messenger of God ﷺ said: O Ubayy, two angels came to me. One of them said: Recite upon one harf. The other said: Add to him. I said: Add to me. He said: Recite upon two huruf. The other said: Add to him. I said: Add to me. He said: Recite upon three. The other said: Add to him. I said: Add to me. He said: Recite upon four huruf. The other said: Add to him. I said: Add to me. He said: Recite upon five huruf. The other said: Add to him. I said: Add to me. He said: Recite upon six. The other said: Add to him. He said: Recite upon seven huruf. Thus the Quran was revealed upon seven huruf.
Musnad Ahmad 21153Sahih
أَتَانِي مَلَكَانِ، فَقَالَ أَحَدُهُمَا لِلْآخَرِ: أَقْرِئْهُ. قَالَ: عَلَى كَمْ؟ قَالَ: [عَلَى] حَرْفٍ. قَالَ: زِدْهُ. قَالَ: حَتَّى بَلَغَ سَبْعَةَ أَحْرُفٍ
✧ He raised it to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "Two angels came to me, and one of them said to the other, 'Teach him'. The other angel asked, 'How much?' He said, 'One letter.' He said, 'Increase it.' He said, 'Until it reached seven letters'."
Musnad Ahmad 21154Sahih
إِنَّ مِنَ الشِّعْرِ حِكْمَةً
✧ Indeed, there is wisdom in some poetry.
Musnad Ahmad 21155Sahih
إِنَّ مِنَ الشِّعْرِ حِكْمَةً
✧ Indeed, there is wisdom in some poetry.
Musnad Ahmad 21156No grade recorded
إِنَّ مِنَ الشِّعْرِ حِكْمَةً
✧ Indeed, there is wisdom in some poetry.
Musnad Ahmad 21157Sahih
21484 21546 21157 - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ مَرْوَانَ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْأَسْوَدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ يَغُوثَ، عَنْ أُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ. فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ. قَالَ أَبِي: وَوَافَقَهُ ابْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ، يَعْنِي: اتَّفَقَا عَلَى عُرْوَةَ، وَلَمْ يَقُولَا: أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ
✧ 21484 21546 21157 - Abd al-Razzaq narrated to us, Ma'mar informed us, from al-Zuhri, from Urwah, from Marwan b. al-Hakam, from Abd al-Rahman b. al-Aswad b. Abd Yaghuth, from Ubayy b. Ka'b, who said: I heard the Messenger of God ﷺ, and he mentioned the hadith. My father said: Ibn al-Mubarak agreed with him, that is, they both agreed on Urwah, and they did not say Abu Bakr b. Abd al-Rahman.
Musnad Ahmad 21158No grade recorded
إِنَّ مِنَ الشِّعْرِ حِكْمَةً.
✧ Indeed, in poetry there is wisdom.
Musnad Ahmad 21159No grade recorded
إِنَّ مِنَ الشِّعْرِ حِكْمَةً
✧ Indeed, in poetry there is wisdom.
Musnad Ahmad 21160Sahih
21488 21550 21160 - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو مُكْرَمٍ، وَأَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ قَالَا: حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ، عَنْ يُونُسَ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ مَرْوَانَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْأَسْوَدِ، عَنْ أُبَيٍّ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ مِثْلَهُ
✧ 21488 21550 21160 - 'Abd Allah narrated to us: Abu Mukram and Abu Bakr b. Abi Shaybah narrated to me, both saying: Ibn al-Mubarak narrated to us, from Yunus, from al-Zuhri: Abu Bakr b. 'Abd al-Rahman informed me, from Marwan, from 'Abd al-Rahman b. al-Aswad, from Ubayy, from the Prophet ﷺ, the like of it.
Musnad Ahmad 21161Sahih
21489 21551 21161 - حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عُمَرَ، أَخْبَرَنَا يُونُسُ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ مَرْوَانَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْأَسْوَدِ، عَنْ أُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ مِثْلَهُ
✧ 21489 21551 21161 - 'Uthman b. 'Umar narrated to us: Yunus informed us, from al-Zuhri: Abu Bakr b. 'Abd al-Rahman informed me, from Marwan, from 'Abd al-Rahman b. al-Aswad, from Ubayy b. Ka'b, from the Prophet ﷺ, the like of it.
Musnad Ahmad 21162Sahih
أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ مَرْوَانَ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْأَسْوَدِ، أَنَّ أُبَيًّا أَخْبَرَهُ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مِثْلَهُ
✧ Abu Bakr b. 'Abd al-Rahman informed me, from Marwan b. al-Hakam, from 'Abd al-Rahman b. al-Aswad, that Ubayy informed him from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, the like of it.
Musnad Ahmad 21163Sahih
21491 21553 21163 - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ، حَدَّثَنِي عَمْرٌو النَّاقِدُ، حَدَّثَنَا الْحَجَّاجُ بْنُ أَبِي مَنِيعٍ الرُّصَافِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا جَدِّي عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَبِي زِيَادٍ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، أَخْبَرَهُ أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ هِشَامٍ، عَنْ مَرْوَانَ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ، أَنَّ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ الْأَسْوَدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ يَغُوثَ، أَخْبَرَهُ عَنْ أُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ أَخْبَرَهُ، عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مِثْلَهُ. كذا في طبعة جمعية المكنز الإسلامي، وفي طبعة مؤسسة الرسالة
✧ 21491 21553 21163 - 'Abd Allah narrated to us: 'Amr al-Naqid narrated to me: al-Hajjaj b. Abi Mani' al-Rusafi narrated to us: my grandfather 'Ubayd Allah b. Abi Ziyad narrated to us, from al-Zuhri: Abu Bakr b. 'Abd al-Rahman b. al-Harith b. Hisham informed him, from Marwan b. al-Hakam, that 'Abd al-Rahman b. al-Aswad b. 'Abd Yaghuth informed him, from Ubayy b. Ka'b, who informed him, from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, the like of it. Thus in the edition of the Islamic Treasures Association, and in the edition of Mu'assasat al-Risalah.
Musnad Ahmad 21164Sahih
سَمِعْتُ أَبَا بَكْرِ بْنَ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ الْأَسْوَدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ يَغُوثَ يَقُولُ: سَمِعْتُ أُبَيَّ بْنَ كَعْبٍ يَقُولُ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ فَذَكَرَهُ. وَلَمْ يَذْكُرْ فِيهِ مَرْوَانَ
✧ I heard Abu Bakr b. 'Abd al-Rahman say: I heard 'Abd al-Rahman b. al-Aswad b. 'Abd Yaghuth say: I heard Ubayy b. Ka'b say: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, and he mentioned it. And he did not mention Marwan in it.
Musnad Ahmad 21165Sahih
وَحَدَّثَنِي أَبُو مَعْمَرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ مَرْوَانَ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْأَسْوَدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ يَغُوثَ، عَنْ أُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ. فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ. قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ: هَكَذَا حَدَّثَنَاهُ أَبُو مَعْمَرٍ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ سَعْدٍ. وَقَالَ فِيهِ: عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْأَسْوَدِ، وَخَالَفَ أَبُو مَعْمَرٍ رِوَايَةَ مَنْ رَوَاهُ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ سَعْدٍ؛ لِأَنَّهُ رَوَاهُ عَدَدٌ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ سَعْدٍ، وَقَالُوا فِيهِ: عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْأَسْوَدِ. كذا في طبعة جمعية المكنز الإسلامي، وفي طبعة مؤسسة الرسالة
✧ And Abu Ma'mar narrated to me: Ibrahim b. Sa'd narrated to us, from Ibn Shihab, from Abu Bakr b. 'Abd al-Rahman, from Marwan b. al-Hakam, from 'Abd al-Rahman b. al-Aswad b. 'Abd Yaghuth, from Ubayy b. Ka'b, from the Prophet ﷺ, and he mentioned the hadith. Abu 'Abd al-Rahman said: Thus Abu Ma'mar narrated it to us, from Ibrahim b. Sa'd. And he said in it: from 'Abd al-Rahman b. al-Aswad. And Abu Ma'mar contradicted the narration of those who narrated it from Ibrahim b. Sa'd, because a number narrated it from Ibrahim b. Sa'd and said in it: from 'Abd Allah b. al-Aswad. Thus in the edition of the Islamic Treasures Association, and in the edition of Mu'assasat al-Risalah.
Musnad Ahmad 21166Sahih
خَرَجْتُ مَعَ زَيْدِ بْنِ صُوحَانَ، وَسَلْمَانَ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ، حَتَّى إِذَا كُنَّا بِالْعُذَيْبِ الْتَقَطْتُ سَوْطًا، فَقَالَا لِي: أَلْقِهِ. فَأَبَيْتُ، فَلَمَّا قَدِمْتُ الْمَدِينَةَ لَقِيتُ أُبَيَّ بْنَ كَعْبٍ، فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لَهُ، فَقَالَ: الْتَقَطْتُ مِائَةَ دِينَارٍ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، فَسَأَلْتُهُ ؟ فَقَالَ: عَرِّفْهَا سَنَةً. فَعَرَّفْتُهَا سَنَةً، فَلَمْ أَجِدْ أَحَدًا يَعْرِفُهَا. قَالَ: فَقَالَ: اعْرِفْ عَدَدَهَا، وَوِعَاءَهَا، وَوِكَاءَهَا، ثُمَّ عَرِّفْهَا سَنَةً، فَإِنْ جَاءَ صَاحِبُهَا، وَإِلَّا فَهِيَ كَسَبِيلِ مَالِكَ.
✧ I went out with Zayd b. Suhan and Salman b. Rabi'ah, and when we were at al-'Udhayb I picked up a whip. They said to me, 'Throw it away.' I refused. Then when I arrived in Madinah, I met Ubayy b. Ka'b and mentioned that to him. He said, 'I picked up a hundred dinars in the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and asked him about it. He said, "Announce it for a year." I announced it for a year but found no one who recognized it.' He said, 'So he said, "Note its number, its container, and its tie, then announce it for a year. If its owner comes, then (return it); otherwise, it is like the way of your property."'
Musnad Ahmad 21167Sahih
غَزَوْتُ مَعَ زَيْدِ بْنِ صُوحَانَ، وَسَلْمَانَ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ فَوَجَدْتُ سَوْطًا، فَأَخَذْتُهُ، فَقَالَا لِي: اطْرَحْهُ. فَقُلْتُ: لَا، وَلَكِنْ أُعَرِّفُهُ، فَإِنْ وَجَدْتُ مَنْ يَعْرِفُهُ، وَإِلَّا اسْتَمْتَعْتُ بِهِ. فَأَبَيَا عَلَيَّ، وَأَبَيْتُ عَلَيْهِمَا، فَلَمَّا رَجَعْنَا مِنْ غَزَاتِنَا، حَجَجْتُ، فَأَتَيْتُ الْمَدِينَةَ، فَلَقِيتُ أُبَيَّ بْنَ كَعْبٍ، فَذَكَرْتُ لَهُ قَوْلَهُمَا، وَقَوْلِي لَهُمَا، فَقَالَ: وَجَدْتُ صُرَّةً فِيهَا مِائَةُ دِينَارٍ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، فَأَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَذَكَرْتُ لَهُ ذَلِكَ، فَقَالَ: عَرِّفْهَا حَوْلًا، فَعَرَّفْتُهَا حَوْلًا، فَلَمْ أَجِدْ مَنْ يَعْرِفُهَا، فَأَتَيْتُهُ، فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: لَمْ أَجِدْ مَنْ يَعْرِفُهَا، فَقَالَ: عَرِّفْهَا حَوْلًا. ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ وَلَا أَدْرِي قَالَ لَهُ ذَلِكَ فِي سَنَةٍ أَوْ فِي ثَلَاثِ سِنِينَ، فَقَالَ لِي فِي الرَّابِعَةِ: اعْرِفْ عَدَدَهَا، وَوِكَاءَهَا، فَإِنْ وَجَدْتَ مَنْ يَعْرِفُهَا، وَإِلَّا فَاسْتَمْتِعْ بِهَا.
✧ I went on a military expedition with Zayd b. Suhan and Salman b. Rabi'ah, and I found a whip; I took it. They said to me, 'Throw it away.' I said, 'No, but I will announce it. If I find someone who recognizes it, then (I will return it); otherwise I will benefit from it.' They refused, and I refused them. When we returned from our expedition, I performed Hajj and came to Madinah. I met Ubayy b. Ka'b and mentioned to him their statement and my statement to them. He said, 'I found a purse containing a hundred dinars in the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. I came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and mentioned that to him. He said, "Announce it for a year." I announced it for a year but found no one who recognized it. I came to him and said, "I found no one who recognizes it." He said, "Announce it for a year." Three times, and I do not know whether he said that to him in one year or in three years. Then he said to me the fourth time, "Note its number and its tie. If you find someone who recognizes it, then (return it); otherwise, benefit from it."'
Musnad Ahmad 21168Sahih
كُنَّا حُجَّاجًا، فَوَجَدْتُ سَوْطًا فَأَخَذْتُهُ، فَقَالَ الْقَوْمُ: تَأْخُذُهُ! فَلَعَلَّهُ لِرَجُلٍ مُسْلِمٍ، قَالَ: فَقُلْتُ: أَوَلَيْسَ لِي أَخْذُهُ، فَأَنْتَفِعَ بِهِ، خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَنْ يَأْكُلَهُ الذِّئْبُ؟ فَلَقِيتُ أُبَيَّ بْنَ كَعْبٍ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لَهُ، فَقَالَ: أَحْسَنْتَ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: الْتَقَطْتُ صُرَّةً فِيهَا مِائَةُ دِينَارٍ، فَأَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لَهُ، فَقَالَ: عَرِّفْهَا حَوْلًا. فَعَرَّفْتُهَا حَوْلًا، ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُهُ، فَقُلْتُ: قَدْ عَرَّفْتُهَا حَوْلًا، فَقَالَ: عَرِّفْهَا سَنَةً أُخْرَى. ثُمَّ قَالَ: انْتَفِعْ بِهَا وَاحْفَظْ وِكَاءَهَا، وَخِرْقَتَهَا، وَأَحْصِ عَدَدَهَا، فَإِنْ جَاءَ صَاحِبُهَا
✧ We were pilgrims, and I found a whip, so I took it. The people said, 'You take it! Perhaps it belongs to a Muslim man.' He said: I said, 'Is it not permissible for me to take it and benefit from it, better than that a wolf should eat it?' I met Ubayy b. Ka'b and mentioned that to him. He said, 'You did well.' Then he said, 'I picked up a purse containing a hundred dinars. I came to the Prophet ﷺ and mentioned that to him. He said, "Announce it for a year." I announced it for a year. Then I came to him and said, "I have announced it for a year." He said, "Announce it for another year." Then he said, "Benefit from it, but preserve its tie and its cloth, and count its number. If its owner comes..."'
Musnad Ahmad 21169No grade recorded
الْتَقَطْتُ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مِائَةَ دِينَارٍ، فَأَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ: عَرِّفْهَا سَنَةً فَعَرَّفْتُهَا سَنَةً، ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُهُ، فَقُلْتُ: قَدْ عَرَّفْتُهَا سَنَةً. قَالَ: عَرِّفْهَا سَنَةً أُخْرَى، فَعَرَّفْتُهَا سَنَةً أُخْرَى، ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُهُ فِي الثَّالِثَةِ، فَقَالَ: أَحْصِ عَدَدَهَا، وَوِكَاءَهَا، وَاسْتَمْتِعْ بِهَا
✧ I picked up a hundred dinars in the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. I came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and he said, 'Announce it for a year.' I announced it for a year. Then I came to him and said, 'I have announced it for a year.' He said, 'Announce it for another year.' I announced it for another year. Then I came to him the third time, and he said, 'Count its number and its tie, and benefit from it.'
Musnad Ahmad 21170Sahih
اعْرِفْ عَدَدَهَا، وَوِعَاءَهَا، وَوِكَاءَهَا، وَاسْتَمْتِعْ بِهَا، فَإِنْ جَاءَ صَاحِبُهَا، فَعَرَفَ عِدَّتَهَا، وَوِكَاءَهَا، فَأَعْطِهَا إِيَّاهُ
✧ Know its number, its container, and its tie, and make use of it. If its owner comes and recognizes its number and its tie, then give it to him.
Musnad Ahmad 21171Sahih
كُنْتُ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ، فَدَخَلَ رَجُلٌ، فَقَرَأَ قِرَاءَةً أَنْكَرْتُهَا عَلَيْهِ، ثُمَّ دَخَلَ آخَرُ، فَقَرَأَ قِرَاءَةً سِوَى قِرَاءَةِ صَاحِبِهِ، فَقُمْنَا جَمِيعًا، فَدَخَلْنَا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، إِنَّ هَذَا قَرَأَ قِرَاءَةً أَنْكَرْتُهَا عَلَيْهِ، ثُمَّ دَخَلَ هَذَا، فَقَرَأَ قِرَاءَةً غَيْرَ قِرَاءَةِ صَاحِبِهِ، فَقَالَ لَهُمَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: " اقْرَآ " فَقَرَآ، قَالَ: " أَصَبْتُمَا " فَلَمَّا قَالَ لَهُمَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ الَّذِي قَالَ، كَبُرَ عَلَيَّ، وَلَا إِذْ كُنْتُ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ، فَلَمَّا رَأَى الَّذِي غَشِيَنِي، ضَرَبَ فِي صَدْرِي، فَفِضْتُ عَرَقًا، وَكَأَنَّمَا أَنْظُرُ إِلَى اللهِ [تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى] فَرَقًا، فَقَالَ: يَا أُبَيُّ، إِنَّ رَبِّي [تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى] أَرْسَلَ إِلَيَّ: أَنِ اقْرَأِ الْقُرْآنَ عَلَى حَرْفٍ، فَرَدَدْتُ إِلَيْهِ: أَنْ هَوِّنْ عَلَى أُمَّتِي، فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيَّ: أَنِ اقْرَأْهُ عَلَى حَرْفَيْنِ، فَرَدَدْتُ إِلَيْهِ: أَنْ هَوِّنْ عَلَى أُمَّتِي، فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيَّ: أَنِ اقْرَأْهُ عَلَى سَبْعَةِ أَحْرُفٍ، وَلَكَ بِكُلِّ رَدَّةٍ مَسْأَلَةٌ تَسْأَلُنِيهَا قَالَ: قُلْتُ: اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِأُمَّتِي، اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِأُمَّتِي، وَأَخَّرْتُ الثَّالِثَةَ لِيَوْمٍ يَرْغَبُ إِلَيَّ فِيهِ الْخَلْقُ، حَتَّى إِبْرَاهِيمُ [عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ السَّلَامُ].
✧ I was in the mosque when a man entered and recited a recitation I disapproved of. Then another entered and recited a recitation different from his companion's. We all stood and went in to the Messenger of God ﷺ. I said: O Messenger of God, this one recited a recitation I disapproved of, then this one entered and recited a recitation different from his companion's. The Prophet ﷺ said to the two of them: "Recite." They recited. He said: "You have both done well." When the Prophet ﷺ said what he said, it weighed heavily on me, more than when I was in the pre-Islamic ignorance. When he saw what came over me, he struck my chest, and I broke out in sweat, as if I were looking at God [Blessed and Exalted] in fear. He said: O Ubayy, my Lord [Blessed and Exalted] sent to me: Recite the Quran according to one recension. I replied to Him: Make it easy for my community. He sent to me: Recite it according to two recensions. I replied to Him: Make it easy for my community. He sent to me: Recite it according to seven recensions, and for every reply you have one request to ask of Me. He said: I said: O God, forgive my community. O God, forgive my community. I postponed the third for a day when all creation will turn to me, even Abraham ﷺ.
Musnad Ahmad 21172Sahih
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ عِنْدَ أَضَاةِ بَنِي غِفَارٍ، قَالَ: فَأَتَاهُ جِبْرِيلُ [عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ] فَقَالَ: إِنَّ اللهَ [تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى] يَأْمُرُكَ أَنْ تُقْرِئَ أُمَّتَكَ الْقُرْآنَ عَلَى حَرْفٍ، قَالَ: " أَسْأَلُ اللهَ مُعَافَاتَهُ وَمَغْفِرَتَهُ، وَإِنَّ أُمَّتِي لَا تُطِيقُ ذَلِكَ "، ثُمَّ أَتَاهُ الثَّانِيَةَ، فَقَالَ: إِنَّ اللهَ [تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى] يَأْمُرُكَ أَنْ تُقْرِئَ أُمَّتَكَ الْقُرْآنَ عَلَى حَرْفَيْنِ، فَقَالَ: " أَسْأَلُ اللهَ مُعَافَاتَهُ وَمَغْفِرَتَهُ، إِنَّ أُمَّتِي لَا تُطِيقُ ذَلِكَ "، ثُمَّ جَاءَهُ الثَّالِثَةَ، فَقَالَ: إِنَّ اللهَ يَأْمُرُكَ أَنْ تُقْرِئَ أُمَّتَكَ الْقُرْآنَ عَلَى ثَلَاثَةِ أَحْرُفٍ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: " أَسْأَلُ اللهَ مُعَافَاتَهُ وَمَغْفِرَتَهُ، فَإِنَّ أُمَّتِي لَا تُطِيقُ ذَلِكَ "، ثُمَّ جَاءَهُ الرَّابِعَةَ فَقَالَ: إِنَّ اللهَ [تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى] يَأْمُرُكَ أَنْ تُقْرِئَ أُمَّتَكَ الْقُرْآنَ عَلَى سَبْعَةِ أَحْرُفٍ، فَأَيُّمَا حَرْفٍ قَرَؤُوا عَلَيْهِ فَقَدْ أَصَابُوا
✧ The Prophet ﷺ was at the water of Banu Ghifar. He said: Gabriel ﷺ came to him and said: God [Blessed and Exalted] commands you to make your community recite the Quran according to one recension. He said: "I ask God for His pardon and forgiveness, indeed my community cannot bear that." Then he came to him a second time and said: God [Blessed and Exalted] commands you to make your community recite the Quran according to two recensions. He said: "I ask God for His pardon and forgiveness, indeed my community cannot bear that." Then he came to him a third time and said: God commands you to make your community recite the Quran according to three recensions. The Messenger of God ﷺ said: "I ask God for His pardon and forgiveness, for my community cannot bear that." Then he came to him a fourth time and said: God [Blessed and Exalted] commands you to make your community recite the Quran according to seven recensions; whichever recension they recite according to, they have done well.
Musnad Ahmad 21173Sahih
وَلَنُذِيقَنَّهُمْ مِنَ الْعَذَابِ الأَدْنَى دُونَ الْعَذَابِ الأَكْبَرِ قَالَ: الْمُصِيبَاتُ وَالدُّخَانُ قَدْ مَضَيَا، وَالْبَطْشَةُ وَاللِّزَامُ.
✧ "And We will surely let them taste the nearer punishment before the greater punishment"—he said: the calamities and the smoke have passed, and the seizure and the inevitable.
كُنْتُ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، فَجَاءَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ فَقَالَ: يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ، إِنَّ لِي أَخًا وَبِهِ وَجَعٌ ! قَالَ: " وَمَا وَجَعُهُ؟ " قَالَ: بِهِ لَمَمٌ، قَالَ: " فَائْتِنِي بِهِ " فَوَضَعَهُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ، فَعَوَّذَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بِفَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ وَأَرْبَعِ آيَاتٍ مِنْ أَوَّلِ سُورَةِ الْبَقَرَةِ، وَهَاتَيْنِ الْآيَتَيْنِ: وَإِلَهُكُمْ إِلَهٌ وَاحِدٌ وَآيَةِ الْكُرْسِيِّ، وَثَلَاثِ آيَاتٍ مِنْ آخِرِ سُورَةِ الْبَقَرَةِ، وَآيَةٍ مِنْ آلِ عِمْرَانَ: شَهِدَ اللهُ أَنَّهُ لا إِلَهَ إِلا هُوَ، وَآيَةٍ مِنَ الْأَعْرَافِ: إِنَّ رَبَّكُمُ اللهُ الَّذِي خَلَقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأَرْضَ، وَآخِرِ سُورَةِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ: فَتَعَالَى اللهُ الْمَلِكُ الْحَقُّ، وَآيَةٍ مِنْ سُورَةِ الْجِنِّ: وَأَنَّهُ تَعَالَى جَدُّ رَبِّنَا، وَعَشْرِ آيَاتٍ مِنْ أَوَّلِ وَالصَّافَّاتِ، وَثَلَاثِ آيَاتٍ مِنْ آخِرِ سُورَةِ الْحَشْرِ، " و قُلْ هُوَ اللهُ أَحَدٌ وَالْمُعَوِّذَتَيْنِ، فَقَامَ الرَّجُلُ كَأَنَّهُ لَمْ يَشْتَكِ قَطُّ.
✧ I was with the Prophet ﷺ when a Bedouin came and said: O Prophet of God, I have a brother who is ill. He said: "What is his illness?" He said: He has a touch of madness. He said: "Bring him to me." So he placed him before him, and the Prophet ﷺ sought protection for him with the Opening of the Book, four verses from the beginning of Surat al-Baqarah, these two verses: "And your God is one God," the Verse of the Throne, three verses from the end of Surat al-Baqarah, a verse from Al Imran: "God bears witness that there is no god but He," a verse from al-A'raf: "Indeed your Lord is God who created the heavens and the earth," the end of Surat al-Mu'minun: "Exalted is God, the True King," a verse from Surat al-Jinn: "And that exalted is the majesty of our Lord," ten verses from the beginning of al-Saffat, three verses from the end of Surat al-Hashr, and "Say: He is God, One," and the two protective suras. The man stood up as if he had never complained at all.
Musnad Ahmad 21175Sahih
أَنَّ جِبْرِيلَ [عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ] أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَهُوَ فِي أَضَاةِ بَنِي غِفَارٍ، فَقَالَ: يَا مُحَمَّدُ، إِنَّ اللهَ يَأْمُرُكَ أَنْ تَقْرَأَ الْقُرْآنَ عَلَى حَرْفٍ، فَلَمْ يَزَلْ يَزِيدُهُ حَتَّى بَلَغَ سَبْعَةَ أَحْرُفٍ.
✧ Gabriel ﷺ came to the Prophet ﷺ while he was at the water of Banu Ghifar and said: O Muhammad, God commands you to recite the Quran according to one recension. He kept increasing him until it reached seven recensions.
Musnad Ahmad 21176Sahih
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ أَتَاهُ جِبْرِيلُ [عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ] فَقَالَ: إِنَّ اللهَ [تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى] يَأْمُرُكَ أَنْ تُقْرِئَ أُمَّتَكَ الْقُرْآنَ عَلَى سَبْعَةِ أَحْرُفٍ، فَأَيُّمَا حَرْفٍ قَرَؤُوا عَلَيْهِ فَقَدْ أَصَابُوا
✧ The Prophet ﷺ was visited by Gabriel ﷺ, who said: God [Blessed and Exalted] commands you to make your community recite the Quran according to seven recensions; whichever recension they recite according to, they have done well.
Musnad Ahmad 21177Sahih
أَنَّ جِبْرِيلَ [عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ] أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَهُوَ بِأَضَاةِ بَنِي غِفَارٍ، فَقَالَ: إِنَّ اللهَ [تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى] يَأْمُرُكَ أَنْ تُقْرِئَ أُمَّتَكَ الْقُرْآنَ عَلَى حَرْفٍ وَاحِدٍ. فَقَالَ: " أَسْأَلُ اللهَ مُعَافَاتَهُ وَمَغْفِرَتَهُ "، فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ إِلَى أَنْ قَالَ: إِنَّ اللهَ يَأْمُرُكَ أَنْ تُقْرِئَ أُمَّتَكَ الْقُرْآنَ عَلَى سَبْعَةِ أَحْرُفٍ، فَمَنْ قَرَأَ حَرْفًا مِنْهَا، فَهُوَ كَمَا قَالَ
✧ Gabriel ﷺ came to the Prophet ﷺ while he was at the water of Banu Ghifar and said: God [Blessed and Exalted] commands you to make your community recite the Quran according to one recension. He said: "I ask God for His pardon and forgiveness." He mentioned the hadith until he said: God commands you to make your community recite the Quran according to seven recensions; so whoever recites one of them, it is as he said.
انْتَسَبَ رَجُلَانِ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، فَقَالَ أَحَدُهُمَا: أَنَا فُلَانُ بْنُ فُلَانِ بْنِ فُلَانٍ، فَمَنْ أَنْتَ لَا أُمَّ لَكَ ؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: انْتَسَبَ رَجُلَانِ عَلَى عَهْدِ مُوسَى عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ، فَقَالَ أَحَدُهُمَا: أَنَا فُلَانُ بْنُ فُلَانٍ - حَتَّى عَدَّ تِسْعَةً - فَمَنْ أَنْتَ لَا أُمَّ لَكَ ؟ قَالَ: أَنَا فُلَانُ بْنُ فُلَانٍ ابْنُ الْإِسْلَامِ. قَالَ: فَأَوْحَى اللهُ إِلَى مُوسَى عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: إِنَّ هَذَيْنِ الْمُنْتَسِبَيْنِ، أَمَّا أَنْتَ أَيُّهَا الْمُنْتَمِي، أَوِ الْمُنْتَسِبُ إِلَى تِسْعَةٍ فِي النَّارِ فَأَنْتَ عَاشِرُهُمْ، وَأَمَّا أَنْتَ يَا هَذَا الْمُنْتَسِبُ إِلَى اثْنَيْنِ فِي الْجَنَّةِ، فَأَنْتَ ثَالِثُهُمَا فِي الْجَنَّةِ
✧ Two men traced their lineages in the time of the Messenger of God ﷺ. One of them said: I am so-and-so son of so-and-so son of so-and-so; who are you, may you have no mother? The Messenger of God ﷺ said: Two men traced their lineages in the time of Moses ﷺ. One of them said: I am so-and-so son of so-and-so—until he counted nine—who are you, may you have no mother? He said: I am so-and-so son of so-and-so, the son of Islam. He said: Then God revealed to Moses ﷺ: These two who traced their lineages; as for you, O you who traced your lineage to nine in the Fire, you are the tenth of them. And as for you, O this one who traced your lineage to two in Paradise, you are the third of the two in Paradise.
Musnad Ahmad 21179No grade recorded
كُنْتُ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ، فَدَخَلَ رَجُلٌ فَصَلَّى، فَقَرَأَ قِرَاءَةً أَنْكَرْتُهَا عَلَيْهِ، فَدَخَلَ رَجُلٌ آخَرُ فَصَلَّى، فَقَرَأَ قِرَاءَةً سِوَى قِرَاءَةِ صَاحِبِهِ، فَلَمَّا قَضَيْنَا الصَّلَاةَ، دَخَلْنَا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، إِنَّ هَذَا قَرَأَ قِرَاءَةً أَنْكَرْتُهَا عَلَيْهِ، فَدَخَلَ هَذَا، فَقَرَأَ قِرَاءَةً سِوَى قِرَاءَةِ صَاحِبِهِ، فَقَالَ لَهُمَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: " اقْرَؤُوا " فَقَرَؤُوا، فَقَالَ: " قَدْ أَحْسَنْتُمْ " فَسَقَطَ فِي نَفْسِي مِنَ التَّكْذِيبِ، وَلَا إِذْ كُنْتُ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ، فَلَمَّا رَأَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَا قَدْ غَشِيَنِي، ضَرَبَ صَدْرِي، قَالَ: فَفِضْتُ عَرَقًا، وَكَأَنَّمَا أَنْظُرُ إِلَى رَبِّي [تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى] فَرَقًا، فَقَالَ لِي: " أُبَيٌّ، إِنَّ رَبِّي [تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى] أَرْسَلَ إِلَيَّ، فَقَالَ لِي: اقْرَأْ عَلَى حَرْفٍ، فَرَدَدْتُ إِلَيْهِ: أَنْ هَوِّنْ عَلَى أُمَّتِي، فَرَدَّ إِلَيَّ: أَنِ اقْرَأْ عَلَى حَرْفَيْنِ، فَرَدَدْتُ إِلَيْهِ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ: أَنْ هَوِّنْ عَلَى أُمَّتِي، فَرَدَّ عَلَيَّ: أَنِ اقْرَأْ عَلَى سَبْعَةِ أَحْرُفٍ، وَلَكَ بِكُلِّ رَدَّةٍ رَدَدْتُكَهَا سُؤْلَكَ أُعْطِيكَهَا، فَقُلْتُ: اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِأُمَّتِي، اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِأُمَّتِي، وَأَخَّرْتُ الثَّالِثَةَ لِيَوْمٍ يَرْغَبُ إِلَيَّ فِيهِ الْخَلْقُ حَتَّى إِبْرَاهِيمُ [عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ]
✧ I was in the mosque when a man entered and prayed, reciting a recitation I disapproved of. Then another man entered and prayed, reciting a recitation different from his companion's. When we finished the prayer, we went in to the Messenger of God ﷺ. I said: O Messenger of God, this one recited a recitation I disapproved of, then this one entered and recited a recitation different from his companion's. The Messenger of God ﷺ said to the two of them: "Recite." They recited. He said: "You have done well." Doubt fell into my heart, more than when I was in the pre-Islamic ignorance. When the Messenger of God ﷺ saw what had come over me, he struck my chest. He said: I broke out in sweat, as if I were looking at my Lord [Blessed and Exalted] in fear. He said to me: "Ubayy, my Lord [Blessed and Exalted] sent to me and said: Recite according to one recension. I replied to Him: Make it easy for my community. He replied to me: Recite according to two recensions. I replied to Him three times: Make it easy for my community. He replied to me: Recite according to seven recensions, and for every reply I gave you, you have a request which I will grant you. I said: O God, forgive my community. O God, forgive my community. And I postponed the third for a day when all creation will turn to me, even Abraham ﷺ.
Musnad Ahmad 21180Hasan
كُنْتُ أَنَا وَأُبَيٌّ، وَأَبُو طَلْحَةَ جُلُوسًا، فَأَكَلْنَا لَحْمًا وَخُبْزًا، ثُمَّ دَعَوْتُ بِوَضُوءٍ فَقَالَا: لِمَ تَتَوَضَّأُ ؟ فَقُلْتُ: لِهَذَا الطَّعَامِ الَّذِي أَكَلْنَا. فَقَالَا: أَنَتَوَضَّأُ مِنَ الطَّيِّبَاتِ؟! لَمْ يَتَوَضَّأْ مِنْهُ مَنْ هُوَ خَيْرٌ مِنْكَ؟
✧ I, Ubayy, and Abu Talhah were sitting, and we ate meat and bread. Then I called for water for ablution. They said: Why are you performing ablution? I said: For this food we ate. They said: Do we perform ablution from good things? Did one better than you not perform ablution from it?
Musnad Ahmad 21181Sahih
قُلْتُ لِأُبَيٍّ: إِنَّ عَبْدَ اللهِ يَقُولُ فِي الْمُعَوِّذَتَيْنِ. فَقَالَ: سَأَلْنَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْهُمَا فَقَالَ: " قِيلَ لِي، فَقُلْتُ، فَأَنَا أَقُولُ كَمَا قَالَ ".
✧ I said to Ubayy: Abdullah says concerning the two protective suras. He said: We asked the Messenger of God ﷺ about them, and he said: "It was said to me, and I said; so I say as he said."
Musnad Ahmad 21182No grade recorded
سَأَلْتُ أُبَيَّ بْنَ كَعْبٍ، عَنِ الْمُعَوِّذَتَيْنِ فَقَالَ: سَأَلْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ عَنْهُمَا فَقَالَ: قِيلَ لِي. فَقُلْتُ لَكُمْ، فَقُولُوا، قَالَ أُبَيٌّ: فَقَالَ لَنَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ، فَنَحْنُ نَقُولُ
✧ I asked Ubayy b. Kaʿb about the Muʿawwidhatayn. He said: I asked the Prophet ﷺ about them, and he said: “It was said to me, so I said to you, so say.” Ubayy said: So the Prophet ﷺ said to us, and we say.
Musnad Ahmad 21183Sahih
سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَنِ الْمُعَوِّذَتَيْنِ، فَقَالَ: " قِيلَ لِي، فَقُلْتُ" قَالَ أُبَيٌّ: فَقَالَ لَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ. فَنَحْنُ نَقُولُ
✧ I asked the Messenger of God ﷺ about the Muʿawwidhatayn (the two chapters seeking refuge), and he said: “It was said to me, so I said.” Ubayy said: The Messenger of God ﷺ said to us, so we say.
Musnad Ahmad 21184Sahih
21512 21574 21184 - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، عَنِ الزُّبَيْرِ بْنِ عَدِيٍّ، عَنْ أَبِي رَزِينٍ، عَنْ زِرِّ بْنِ حُبَيْشٍ، عَنْ أُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ بِمِثْلِهِ
✧ It was narrated to us by ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. Mahdī, from Sufyān, from al-Zubayr b. ʿAdī, from Abū Razīn, from Zirr b. Ḥubaysh, from Ubayy b. Kaʿb, similarly.
Musnad Ahmad 21185Sahih
سَأَلْتُ أُبَيًّا، عَنِ الْمُعَوِّذَتَيْنِ، فَقَالَ: إِنِّي سَأَلْتُ عَنْهُمَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ. قَالَ: " فَقِيلَ لِي، فَقُلْتُ: فَأَمَرَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، فَنَحْنُ نَقُولُ
✧ "I asked Ubayy about the two protective surahs (Al-Falaq and An-Nas), and he said that he also asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about them. He said that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ instructed us to recite them."
Musnad Ahmad 21186Sahih
قُلْتُ لِأُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ: إِنَّ ابْنَ مَسْعُودٍ كَانَ لَا يَكْتُبُ الْمُعَوِّذَتَيْنِ فِي مُصْحَفِهِ، فَقَالَ: أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ
✧ I said to Ubayy b. Kaʿb: Ibn Masʿūd did not write the Muʿawwidhatayn in his codex. He said: I bear witness that the Messenger of God ﷺ [informed me that they are part of the Qur’an].
Musnad Ahmad 21187Sahih
21515 21577 21187 - حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ، عَنْ عَاصِمٍ، عَنْ زِرٍّ عَنْ أُبَيٍّ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ نَحْوَهُ. <متن_مخفي ربط="8213081" نص="قُلْتُ لِأُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ إِنَّ ابْنَ مَسْعُودٍ كَانَ لَا يَكْتُبُ الْمُعَوِّذَتَيْنِ فِي مُصْحَفِهِ فَقَالَ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ
✧ ʿAffān narrated to us, Abū ʿAwānah narrated to us, from ʿĀṣim, from Zirr, from Ubayy, from the Prophet ﷺ, similarly. I said to Ubayy b. Kaʿb: Ibn Masʿūd did not write the Muʿawwidhatayn in his codex. He said: I bear witness that the Messenger of God ﷺ.
Musnad Ahmad 21188Sahih
كَانَ عَبْدُ اللهِ يَحُكُّ الْمُعَوِّذَتَيْنِ مِنْ مَصَاحِفِهِ، وَيَقُولُ: إِنَّهُمَا لَيْسَتَا مِنْ كِتَابِ اللهِ [تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى]
✧ Abdullah used to recite the Mu'awwizatayn (Verses of Protection) from his copies of the Quran and say that they are not from the book of Allah.
Musnad Ahmad 21189Sahih
قُلْتُ لِأُبَيٍّ: إِنَّ أَخَاكَ يَحُكُّهُمَا مِنَ الْمُصْحَفِ. - قِيلَ لِسُفْيَانَ: ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ؟ فَلَمْ يُنْكِرْ - قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ: " قِيلَ لِي، فَقُلْتُ. فَنَحْنُ نَقُولُ كَمَا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ
✧ I said to my father: "Indeed, your brother is taking them from the Mus'haf." It was said to Sufyan ibn Mas'ud, "Is that true?" He did not deny it. He said, "I asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and he said, 'It was said to me, so I said it.' " Sufyan said, "He used to seek refuge for both of them, and they are not in the Mus'haf of Ibn Mas'ud. He would make them a means of seeking protection for al-Hasan and al-Husayn, but he did not recite them in any part of his prayer. So he thought they were two surahs for seeking refuge and persisted in his belief. Those who came after him confirmed that they are from the Qur'an, so they preserved them and entrusted them to him."
Musnad Ahmad 21190Sahih
تَذَاكَرَ أَصْحَابُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ لَيْلَةَ الْقَدْرِ، فَقَالَ أُبَيٌّ: أَنَا وَالَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ غَيْرُهُ أَعْلَمُ أَيَّ لَيْلَةٍ هِيَ، هِيَ اللَّيْلَةُ الَّتِي
✧ The companions of the Messenger of God ﷺ discussed the Night of Decree. Ubayy said: I—by the One besides whom there is no deity—know which night it is. It is the night that.
Musnad Ahmad 21191Sahih
لَيْلَةُ سَبْعٍ وَعِشْرِينَ هِيَ [اللَّيْلَةُ] الَّتِي
✧ The twenty-seventh night, it is the night that.
Musnad Ahmad 21192Sahih
لَيْسَ لَهَا شُعَاعٌ
✧ It has no rays.
Musnad Ahmad 21193Sahih
سَأَلْتُ أُبَيًّا قُلْتُ: أَبَا الْمُنْذِرِ، إِنَّ أَخَاكَ ابْنَ مَسْعُودٍ يَقُولُ: مَنْ يَقُمِ الْحَوْلَ يُصِبْ لَيْلَةَ الْقَدْرِ. فَقَالَ: يَرْحَمُهُ اللهُ، لَقَدْ عَلِمَ أَنَّهَا فِي شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ، وَأَنَّهَا لَيْلَةُ سَبْعٍ وَعِشْرِينَ. قَالَ: وَحَلَفَ. قُلْتُ: وَكَيْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ ذَلِكَ؟ قَالَ: بِالْعَلَامَةِ أَوْ بِالْآيَةِ الَّتِي
✧ "That day, the sun rises with no rays."
Musnad Ahmad 21194Sahih
قُلْتُ لِأُبَيٍّ: أَخْبِرْنِي عَنْ لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ، فَإِنَّ ابْنَ أُمِّ عَبْدٍ كَانَ يَقُولُ: مَنْ يَقُمِ الْحَوْلَ يُصِبْهَا ! قَالَ: يَرْحَمُ اللهُ أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، قَدْ عَلِمَ أَنَّهَا فِي رَمَضَانَ، وَأَنَّهَا لِسَبْعٍ وَعِشْرِينَ، وَلَكِنَّهُ عَمَّى عَلَى النَّاسِ لِكَيْ لَا يَتَّكِلُوا، فَوَالَّذِي أَنْزَلَ الْكِتَابَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ، إِنَّهَا فِي رَمَضَانَ لَيْلَةُ سَبْعٍ وَعِشْرِينَ. قَالَ: قُلْتُ: يَا أَبَا الْمُنْذِرِ، وَأَنَّى عَلِمْتَهَا؟ قَالَ: بِالْآيَةِ الَّتِي أَنْبَأَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، فَعَدَدْنَا وَحَفِظْنَا، فَوَاللهِ إِنَّهَا لَهِيَ - مَا يَسْتَثْنِي -. قُلْتُ لِزِرٍّ: مَا الْآيَةُ؟ قَالَ: إِنَّ الشَّمْسَ تَطْلُعُ غَدَاةَ إِذٍ كَأَنَّهَا طَسْتٌ، لَيْسَ لَهَا شُعَاعٌ.
✧ I said to Ubayy: Tell me about the Night of Decree, for Ibn Umm ʿAbd used to say, “Whoever stands in prayer the whole year will attain it.” He said: May God have mercy on Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥmān. He knew that it is in Ramadan and that it is on the twenty-seventh, but he concealed it from the people so that they would not rely on it. By the One who sent down the Book upon Muhammad, it is in Ramadan, on the night of the twenty-seventh. I said: O Abū al-Mundhir, how did you know it? He said: By the sign which the Messenger of God ﷺ told us. We counted and memorized. By God, it is indeed that—without exception. I said to Zirr: What is the sign? He said: The sun rises on that morning like a basin, without rays.
Musnad Ahmad 21195Sahih
لَيْلَةُ الْقَدْرِ، وَاللهِ إِنِّي لَأَعْلَمُهَا، - قَالَ شُعْبَةُ: وَأَكْثَرُ عِلْمِي هِيَ اللَّيْلَةُ الَّتِي أَمَرَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِقِيَامِهَا - هِيَ لَيْلَةُ سَبْعٍ وَعِشْرِينَ
✧ Ubayy said: By Allah, I know which night the Night of Decree is. Shu‘bah said: Most of my knowledge is that it is the night which the Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded us to stand in prayer during; it is the twenty-seventh night. Shu‘bah only doubted about this wording: “It is the night which the Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded us…” And a companion of mine related it to me from him.
Musnad Ahmad 21196Sahih
إِنَّهَا لَيْلَةُ سَبْعٍ وَعِشْرِينَ، وَإِنَّهَا لَهِيَ هِيَ - مَا يُسْتَثْنَى - بِالْآيَةِ الَّتِي
✧ It is the night of the twenty-seventh, and it is indeed that—without exception—by the sign that.
Musnad Ahmad 21197No grade recorded
قُلْتُ لِأُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ: أَبَا الْمُنْذِرِ، أَخْبِرْنِي عَنْ لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ، فَإِنَّ صَاحِبَنَا - يَعْنِي ابْنَ مَسْعُودٍ - كَانَ إِذَا سُئِلَ عَنْهَا، قَالَ: مَنْ يَقُمِ الْحَوْلَ يُصِبْهَا. فَقَالَ: يَرْحَمُ اللهُ أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، أَمَا وَاللهِ لَقَدْ عَلِمَ أَنَّهَا فِي رَمَضَانَ، وَلَكِنْ أَحَبَّ أَنْ لَا يَتَّكِلُوا، وَإِنَّهَا لَيْلَةُ سَبْعٍ وَعِشْرِينَ - لَمْ يَسْتَثْنِ -. قُلْتُ: أَبَا الْمُنْذِرِ، أَنَّى عَلِمْتَ ذَلِكَ؟ قَالَ: بِالْآيَةِ الَّتِي قَالَ لَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: صُبْحَةَ لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ تَطْلُعُ الشَّمْسُ لَا شُعَاعَ لَهَا، كَأَنَّهَا طَسْتٌ حَتَّى تَرْتَفِعَ
✧ I said to Ubayy b. Kaʿb: O Abū al-Mundhir, tell me about the Night of Decree, for our companion—meaning Ibn Masʿūd—when asked about it would say, “Whoever stands in prayer the whole year will attain it.” He said: May God have mercy on Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥmān. By God, he knew that it is in Ramadan, but he loved that they should not rely on it. And it is the night of the twenty-seventh—without exception. I said: O Abū al-Mundhir, how did you know that? He said: By the sign that the Messenger of God ﷺ told us: On the morning of the Night of Decree, the sun rises without rays, like a basin, until it rises high.
Musnad Ahmad 21198Sahih
قُلْتُ لِأُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ: أَبَا الْمُنْذِرِ، أَخْبِرْنِي عَنْ لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ. فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ. قَالَ: فَقُلْتُ: يَا أَبَا الْمُنْذِرِ، أَنَّى عَلِمْتَ ذَلِكَ؟ قَالَ: بِالْآيَةِ الَّتِي أَخْبَرَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ
✧ I said to Ubayy b. Kaʿb: O Abū al-Mundhir, tell me about the Night of Decree. He mentioned the hadith. I said: O Abū al-Mundhir, how did you know that? He said: By the sign that the Messenger of God ﷺ told us.
لَوْلَا سُفَهَاؤُكُمْ لَوَضَعْتُ يَدَيَّ فِي أُذُنَيَّ، ثُمَّ نَادَيْتُ: أَلَا إِنَّ لَيْلَةَ الْقَدْرِ فِي رَمَضَانَ فِي الْعَشْرِ الْأَوَاخِرِ، فِي السَّبْعِ الْأَوَاخِرِ، قَبْلَهَا ثَلَاثٌ، وَبَعْدَهَا ثَلَاثٌ، نَبَأُ مَنْ لَمْ يَكْذِبْنِي، عَنْ نَبَإِ مَنْ لَمْ يَكْذِبْهُ
✧ Were it not for your foolish ones, I would have placed my hands over my ears and then called out: “Verily, the Night of Decree is in Ramadan, in the last ten, in the last seven, with three before it and three after it—as reported by one who has not lied to me, from the report of one who was not lied to.”
Musnad Ahmad 21200Hasan
أَنَّهُ قَالَ فِي لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ: مَنْ يَقُمِ الْحَوْلَ يُصِبْهَا. فَانْطَلَقْتُ حَتَّى قَدِمْتُ عَلَى عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَفَّانَ، وَأَرَدْتُ لُقِيَّ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مِنَ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ وَالْأَنْصَارِ، قَالَ عَاصِمٌ: فَحَدَّثَنِي أَنَّهُ لَزِمَ أُبَيَّ بْنَ كَعْبٍ، وَعَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ عَوْفٍ، فَزَعَمَ أَنَّهُمَا كَانَا يَقُومَانِ حِينَ تَغْرُبُ الشَّمْسُ، فَيَرْكَعَانِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ الْمَغْرِبِ. قَالَ: فَقُلْتُ لِأُبَيٍّ - وَكَانَتْ فِيهِ شَرَاسَةٌ -: اخْفِضْ لَنَا جَنَاحَكَ رَحِمَكَ اللهُ، فَإِنِّي إِنَّمَا أَتَمَتَّعُ مِنْكَ تَمَتُّعًا. فَقَالَ: تُرِيدُ أَنْ لَا تَدَعَ آيَةً فِي الْقُرْآنِ إِلَّا سَأَلْتَنِي عَنْهَا ! قَالَ: وَكَانَ لِي صَاحِبَ صِدْقٍ، فَقُلْتُ: يَا أَبَا الْمُنْذِرِ
✧ He said regarding the Night of Decree: “Whoever stands in prayer the whole year will attain it.” So I set out until I came to Uthman b. Affan, and I wanted to meet the Companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ among the Muhajirun and the Ansar. Asim said: He narrated to me that he kept close to Ubayy b. Kaʿb and Abd al-Rahman b. Awf, and he claimed that the two of them used to stand when the sun set and pray two rakʿahs before Maghrib. He said: I said to Ubayy—and there was some roughness in him—“Lower your wing for us, may Allah have mercy on you, for I only wish to benefit from you.” He said: “You want not to leave any verse in the Quran without asking me about it!” He said: And he was a true friend to me, so I said: “O Abu al-Mundhir.”
Musnad Ahmad 21201Sahih
مَنْ تَبِعَ جِنَازَةً حَتَّى يُصَلَّى عَلَيْهَا، وَيُفْرَغَ مِنْهَا، فَلَهُ قِيرَاطَانِ، وَمَنْ تَبِعَهَا حَتَّى يُصَلَّى عَلَيْهَا فَلَهُ قِيرَاطٌ، وَالَّذِي نَفْسُ مُحَمَّدٍ بِيَدِهِ لَهُوَ أَثْقَلُ فِي مِيزَانِهِ مِنْ أُحُدٍ
✧ Whoever follows a funeral until the prayer is offered over it and it is concluded, for him are two qirats; and whoever follows it until the prayer is offered, for him is one qirat. By the One in Whose hand is the soul of Muhammad, it is heavier in his scale than Uhud.
Musnad Ahmad 21202Hasan
إِنَّ اللهَ [تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى] أَمَرَنِي أَنْ أَقْرَأَ عَلَيْكَ الْقُرْآنَ. قَالَ: فَقَرَأَ: لَمْ يَكُنِ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ. قَالَ: فَقَرَأَ فِيهَا: وَلَوْ أَنَّ ابْنَ آدَمَ سَأَلَ وَادِيًا مِنْ مَالٍ فَأُعْطِيَهُ لَسَأَلَ ثَانِيًا، وَلَوْ سَأَلَ ثَانِيًا فَأُعْطِيَهُ لَسَأَلَ ثَالِثًا، وَلَا يَمْلَأُ جَوْفَ ابْنِ آدَمَ إِلَّا التُّرَابُ، وَيَتُوبُ اللهُ عَلَى مَنْ تَابَ، وَإِنَّ ذَلِكَ الدِّينَ عِنْدَ اللهِ الْحَنِيفِيَّةُ، غَيْرُ الْمُشْرِكَةِ، وَلَا الْيَهُودِيَّةِ، وَلَا النَّصْرَانِيَّةِ، وَمَنْ يَفْعَلْ خَيْرًا فَلَنْ يُكْفَرَهُ
✧ “Verily, Allah [Blessed and Exalted] commanded me to recite the Quran to you.” He said: So he recited: “Those who disbelieved from among the People of the Book…” He said: He recited in it: “If the son of Adam were to ask for a valley of wealth and be given it, he would ask for a second; and if he asked for a second and were given it, he would ask for a third. Nothing fills the belly of the son of Adam except dust, and Allah turns in mercy to whoever repents. And verily, that religion with Allah is the upright Hanifiyyah—not the polytheistic, nor the Jewish, nor the Christian—and whoever does good will never have it denied.”
Musnad Ahmad 21203Hasan
قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: إِنَّ اللهَ [تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى] أَمَرَنِي أَنْ أَقْرَأَ عَلَيْكَ، قَالَ: فَقَرَأَ عَلَيَّ: لَمْ يَكُنِ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ وَالْمُشْرِكِينَ مُنْفَكِّينَ حَتَّى تَأْتِيَهُمُ الْبَيِّنَةُ رَسُولٌ مِنَ اللهِ يَتْلُو صُحُفًا مُطَهَّرَةً فِيهَا كُتُبٌ قَيِّمَةٌ وَمَا تَفَرَّقَ الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتَابَ إِلا مِنْ بَعْدِ مَا جَاءَتْهُمُ الْبَيِّنَةُ. إِنَّ الدِّينَ عِنْدَ اللهِ الْحَنِيفِيَّةُ غَيْرُ الْمُشْرِكَةِ، وَلَا الْيَهُودِيَّةِ، وَلَا النَّصْرَانِيَّةِ، وَمَنْ يَفْعَلْ خَيْرًا فَلَنْ يُكْفَرَهُ. قَالَ شُعْبَةُ: ثُمَّ قَرَأَ آيَاتٍ بَعْدَهَا، ثُمَّ قَرَأَ: " لَوْ أَنَّ لِابْنِ آدَمَ وَادِيَانِ مِنْ مَالٍ لَسَأَلَ وَادِيًا ثَالِثًا، وَلَا يَمْلَأُ جَوْفَ ابْنِ آدَمَ إِلَّا التُّرَابُ "، قَالَ: ثُمَّ خَتَمَهَا بِمَا بَقِيَ مِنْهَا.
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me: “Verily, Allah [Blessed and Exalted] commanded me to recite to you.” He said: So he recited to me: “Those who disbelieved from among the People of the Book and the polytheists were not to be parted until the clear proof came to them—a Messenger from Allah reciting purified pages, in which are upright scriptures. And those who were given the Book did not become divided except after the clear proof came to them. Verily, the religion with Allah is the upright Hanifiyyah—not the polytheistic, nor the Jewish, nor the Christian—and whoever does good will never have it denied.” Shuʿbah said: Then he recited some verses after it, then he recited: “If the son of Adam had two valleys of wealth, he would ask for a third, and nothing fills the belly of the son of Adam except dust.” He said: Then he ended it with what remained of it.
Musnad Ahmad 21204Sahih
لَقِيَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ جِبْرِيلُ [عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ] عِنْدَ أَحْجَارِ الْمِرَاءِ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لِجِبْرِيلَ: إِنِّي بُعِثْتُ إِلَى أُمَّةٍ أُمِّيِّينَ، فِيهِمُ الشَّيْخُ الْعَاسِي، وَالْعَجُوزُ الْكَبِيرَةُ، وَالْغُلَامُ. قَالَ: فَمُرْهُمْ فَلْيَقْرَؤُوا الْقُرْآنَ عَلَى سَبْعَةِ أَحْرُفٍ
✧ Jibril ﷺ met the Messenger of Allah ﷺ at the stones of al-Mira’. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to Jibril: “I have been sent to an unlettered nation, among them the old man, the elderly woman, and the young boy.” He said: “Then command them to recite the Quran in seven ahruf.”
Musnad Ahmad 21205Sahih
لَقِيَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ جِبْرِيلَ [عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ] عِنْدَ أَحْجَارِ الْمِرَاءِ.
✧ Jibril ﷺ met the Messenger of Allah ﷺ at the stones of al-Mira’.
كَمْ تَقْرَؤُونَ سُورَةَ الْأَحْزَابِ ؟ قَالَ: بِضْعًا وَسَبْعِينَ آيَةً. قَالَ: لَقَدْ قَرَأْتُهَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مِثْلَ الْبَقَرَةِ أَوْ أَكْثَرَ مِنْهَا، وَإِنَّ فِيهَا آيَةَ الرَّجْمِ
✧ I have read it with the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ, similar to Al-Baqarah or more than it, and indeed it contains the verse of stoning.
قَالَ لِي أُبَيُّ بْنُ كَعْبٍ: كَأَيِّنْ تَقْرَأُ سُورَةَ الْأَحْزَابِ ؟ أَوْ كَأَيِّنْ تَعُدُّهَا؟ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لَهُ: ثَلَاثًا وَسَبْعِينَ آيَةً. فَقَالَ: قَطُّ؟ لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُهَا، وَإِنَّهَا لَتُعَادِلُ سُورَةَ الْبَقَرَةِ، وَلَقَدْ قَرَأْنَا فِيهَا: " الشَّيْخُ وَالشَّيْخَةُ، إِذَا زَنَيَا فَارْجُمُوهُمَا الْبَتَّةَ نَكَالًا مِنَ اللهِ وَاللهُ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٌ
✧ Ubayy b. Kaʿb said to me: “How many verses do you recite of Surah al-Ahzab, or how many do you count it?” He said: I said to him: “Seventy-three verses.” He said: “Ever? I have seen it when it was equal in length to Surah al-Baqarah, and we used to recite in it: ‘The old man and the old woman, if they commit adultery, stone them both absolutely as a punishment from Allah, and Allah is All-Knowing, All-Wise.’”
قُلْتُ لِأُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ: لَوْ مُتْنَ نِسَاءُ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ كُلُّهُنَّ، كَانَ يَحِلُّ لَهُ أَنْ يَتَزَوَّجَ؟ قَالَ: وَمَا يُحَرِّمُ ذَاكَ عَلَيْهِ؟ قَالَ قُلْتُ: لِقَوْلِهِ: لا يَحِلُّ لَكَ النِّسَاءُ مِنْ بَعْدُ قَالَ: إِنَّمَا أُحِلَّ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ ضَرْبٌ مِنَ النِّسَاءِ
✧ I said to Ubayy b. Kaʿb: “If all the wives of the Prophet ﷺ died, would it be lawful for him to marry?” He said: “What would prohibit that for him?” I said: “Because of His saying: ‘Women are not lawful for you after this.’” He said: “It was only a certain category of women that was made lawful for the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.”
Musnad Ahmad 21209Sahih
أَتَيْتُ الْمَدِينَةَ، فَدَخَلْتُ الْمَسْجِدَ، فَإِذَا أَنَا بِأُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ فَأَتَيْتُهُ، فَقُلْتُ: يَرْحَمُكَ اللهُ أَبَا الْمُنْذِرِ، اخْفِضْ لِي جَنَاحَكَ، - وَكَانَ امْرَأً فِيهِ شَرَاسَةٌ - فَسَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ، فَقَالَ: لَيْلَةُ سَبْعٍ وَعِشْرِينَ. قُلْتُ: أَبَا الْمُنْذِرِ، أَنَّى عَلِمْتَ ذَلِكَ؟ قَالَ: بِالْآيَةِ الَّتِي
✧ On the night of the twenty-seventh, I said to Abu Al-Mundhir, "How did you know that?" He said, "By the verse that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ informed us about." So we counted and memorized it. The sign of that is when the sun rises in the morning, it appears like a cooking container with no rays until it rises.
Musnad Ahmad 21210Sahih
لَيْلَةُ الْقَدْرِ لَيْلَةُ سَبْعٍ وَعِشْرِينَ
✧ The Night of Decree is the night of the twenty-seventh.
Musnad Ahmad 21211Sahih
لَيْلَةُ الْقَدْرِ لَيْلَةُ سَبْعٍ وَعِشْرِينَ، لِثَلَاثٍ يَبْقَيْنَ
✧ The Night of Decree is the night of the twenty-seventh, when three remain.
Musnad Ahmad 21212Sahih
كَانَ ابْنُ عَمٍّ لِي شَاسِعَ الدَّارِ، فَقُلْتُ: لَوْ أَنَّكَ اتَّخَذْتَ حِمَارًا أَوْ شَيْئًا؟ فَقَالَ: مَا يَسُرُّنِي أَنَّ بَيْتِي مُطَنَّبٌ بِبَيْتِ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ، قَالَ: فَمَا سَمِعْتُ مِنْهُ كَلِمَةً أَكْرَهَ إِلَيَّ مِنْهَا. قَالَ: فَإِذَا هُوَ يَذْكُرُ الْخُطَا إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ، فَسَأَلَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ: إِنَّ لَهُ بِكُلِّ خَطْوَةٍ دَرَجَةً.
✧ A cousin of mine lived far away, so I suggested, "Why don’t you get a donkey or something for transportation?" He replied, "I wouldn’t like it if my house was next to the house of Muhammad ﷺ." I found this statement from him quite unpleasant. Then it turned out that he was referring to the steps taken to the mosque. So he asked the Prophet ﷺ, who said, "For every step he takes, there is a degree (of reward)."
Musnad Ahmad 21213Sahih
أَمَا إِنَّ لَكَ مَا احْتَسَبْتَ
✧ Indeed, you have what you sought in reward.
Musnad Ahmad 21214Sahih
كَانَ رَجُلٌ بِالْمَدِينَةِ لَا أَعْلَمُ رَجُلًا كَانَ أَبْعَدَ مِنْهُ مَنْزِلًا - أَوْ قَالَ: دَارًا - مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ مِنْهُ، فَقِيلَ لَهُ: لَوِ اشْتَرَيْتَ حِمَارًا، فَرَكِبْتَهُ فِي الرَّمْضَاءِ وَالظُّلُمَاتِ، فَقَالَ: مَا يَسُرُّنِي أَنَّ دَارِي - أَوْ قَالَ: مَنْزِلِي - إِلَى جَنْبِ الْمَسْجِدِ. فَنَمَى الْحَدِيثُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ: " مَا أَرَدْتَ بِقَوْلِكَ: مَا يَسُرُّنِي أَنَّ مَنْزِلِي - أَوْ قَالَ: دَارِي - إِلَى جَنْبِ الْمَسْجِدِ؟ " قَالَ: أَرَدْتُ أَنْ يُكْتَبَ إِقْبَالِي إِذَا أَقْبَلْتُ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ، وَرُجُوعِي إِذَا رَجَعْتُ إِلَى أَهْلِي. قَالَ: " أَعْطَاكَ اللهُ تَعَالَى ذَلِكَ كُلَّهُ "، " أَوْ أَنْطَاكَ اللهُ مَا احْتَسَبْتَ أَجْمَعَ. أَوْ: أَنْطَاكَ اللهُ [تَعَالَى] ذَلِكَ كُلَّهُ مَا احْتَسَبْتَ أَجْمَعَ
✧ There was a man in Madinah—I do not know of any man whose dwelling (or he said: house) was farther from the mosque than his. It was said to him: 'If only you would buy a donkey to ride in the heat and the darkness.' He said: 'It would not please me that my house (or he said: my dwelling) be next to the mosque.' The report reached the Messenger of God ﷺ, and he said: 'What did you intend by your saying: It would not please me that my dwelling (or he said: my house) be next to the mosque?' He said: 'I intended that my going be recorded when I go to the mosque, and my return when I return to my family.' He said: 'God, exalted is He, has granted you all of that,' or 'God has given you all that you hoped for in its entirety,' or: 'God, exalted is He, has given you all of that, all that you hoped for in its entirety.'
Musnad Ahmad 21215Sahih
كَانَ رَجُلٌ يَأْتِي الصَّلَاةَ، فَقِيلَ لَهُ: لَوِ اتَّخَذْتَ حِمَارًا يَقِيكَ الرَّمْضَاءَ وَالشَّوْكَ وَالْوَقَعَ ! - قَالَ شُعْبَةُ: وَذَكَرَ رَابِعَةً -. قَالَ: مَحْلُوفُهُ، مَا أُحِبُّ أَنَّ طُنُبِي بِطُنُبِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ. فَذُكِرَ ذَلِكَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ، فَقَالَ: " لَكَ مَا نَوَيْتَ أَوْ قَالَ: " لَكَ أَجْرُ مَا نَوَيْتَ ". شُعْبَةُ يَقُولُ ذَلِكَ
✧ There was a man who used to come to prayer. It was said to him: 'If only you would get a donkey to protect you from the heat, the thorns, and the stumbling.' Shu'bah said: And he mentioned a fourth. He said: 'I swear by Him—I would not love that my tent rope be adjacent to the tent rope of the Messenger of God ﷺ.' That was mentioned to the Prophet ﷺ, and he said: 'You shall have what you intended,' or he said: 'You shall have the reward of what you intended.' Shu'bah says that.
Musnad Ahmad 21216Sahih
كَانَ رَجُلٌ مَا أَعْلَمُ مِنَ النَّاسِ مِنْ إِنْسَانٍ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ مِمَّنْ يُصَلِّي الْقِبْلَةَ أَبْعَدَ بَيْتًا مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ مِنْهُ. قَالَ: فَكَانَ يَحْضُرُ الصَّلَوَاتِ كُلَّهُنَّ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: لَوِ اشْتَرَيْتَ حِمَارًا تَرْكَبُهُ فِي الرَّمْضَاءِ وَالظَّلْمَاءِ ! قَالَ: وَاللهِ مَا أُحِبُّ أَنَّ بَيْتِي بِلِزْقِ مَسْجِدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ. قَالَ: فَأَخْبَرْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ، فَسَأَلَهُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ، فَقَالَ: يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ، لِكَيْمَا يُكْتَبَ أَثَرِي، وَرُجُوعِي إِلَى أَهْلِي، وَإِقْبَالِي إِلَيْهِ، أَوْ كَمَا قَالَ. قَالَ: " أَنْطَاكَ اللهُ ذَلِكَ كُلَّهُ"، أَوْ أَعْطَاكَ مَا احْتَسَبْتَ أَجْمَعَ " أَوْ كَمَا قَالَ
✧ There was a man—I know of no person among the people of Madinah who prayed toward the qiblah whose house was farther from the mosque than his. He used to attend all the prayers with the Prophet ﷺ. I said to him: 'If only you would buy a donkey to ride in the heat and the darkness.' He said: 'By God, I would not love that my house be adjacent to the mosque of the Messenger of God ﷺ.' He said: So I informed the Messenger of God ﷺ, and he asked him about that. He said: 'O Prophet of God, so that my footsteps may be recorded, and my return to my family, and my coming to it,' or as he said. He said: 'God has given you all of that,' or 'He has given you all that you hoped for in its entirety,' or as he said.
Musnad Ahmad 21217Sahih
كَانَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ بَيْتُهُ أَقْصَى بَيْتٍ فِي الْمَدِينَةِ، فَكَانَ لَا تَكَادُ تُخْطِئُهُ الصَّلَاةُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ. قَالَ: فَتَوَجَّعْتُ لَهُ، فَقُلْتُ: يَا فُلَانُ، لَوْ أَنَّكَ اشْتَرَيْتَ حِمَارًا يَقِيكَ حَرَّ الرَّمْضَاءِ، وَيَقِيكَ مِنْ هَوَامِّ الْأَرْضِ! قَالَ: وَاللهِ مَا أُحِبُّ أَنَّ بَيْتِي بِطُنُبِ بَيْتِ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ. قَالَ: فَحَمَلْتُ حِمْلًا حَتَّى أَتَيْتُ بِهِ نَبِيَّ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ، فَدَعَاهُ، فَقَالَ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ، وَذَكَرَ أَنَّهُ يَرْجُو فِي أَثَرِهِ الْأَجْرَ، فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: إِنَّ لَكَ مَا احْتَسَبْتَ
✧ There was a man from the Anṣār whose house was the farthest house in Madinah. He would hardly ever miss prayer with the Messenger of God ﷺ. I felt sorry for him and said: 'O so-and-so, if only you would buy a donkey to protect you from the heat of the ground and from the creatures of the earth.' He said: 'By God, I would not love that my house be next to the house of Muhammad ﷺ.' He said: So I carried the news until I brought it to the Prophet of God ﷺ and informed him. He called him, and he said the like of that, and mentioned that he hoped for reward in his footsteps. The Prophet ﷺ said to him: 'Indeed, you shall have what you hoped for.'
Musnad Ahmad 21218No grade recorded
أَنَّ رَجُلًا اعْتَزَى فَأَعَضَّهُ أُبَيٌّ بِهَنِ أَبِيهِ فَقَالُوا مَاكُنْتَ فَحَّاشًا قَالَ إِنَّا أُمِرْنَا بِذَلِكَ حَدِيثُ أَبِي الْعَالِيَةِ الرِّيَاحِيِّ عَنْ أُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ
✧ That a man boasted of his lineage, so Ubayy bit his tongue at his father's penis, and they said: 'You were not one given to obscenity.' He said: 'We were commanded to do that.' Ḥadīth of Abū al-ʿĀliyah al-Riyāḥī from Ubayy b. Kaʿb.
أَنَّ الْمُشْرِكِينَ قَالُوا لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ: يَا مُحَمَّدُ، انْسُبْ لَنَا رَبَّكَ، فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى: قُلْ هُوَ اللهُ أَحَدٌ اللهُ الصَّمَدُ لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ كُفُوًا أَحَدٌ
✧ That the polytheists said to the Prophet ﷺ: 'O Muhammad, describe to us your Lord,' so God, blessed and exalted is He, revealed: {Say: He is God, the One; God, the Eternal; He did not beget nor was He begotten; and there was none equal to Him.}
Musnad Ahmad 21220No grade recorded
بَشِّرْ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةَ بِالسَّنَاءِ وَالرِّفْعَةِ، وَالدِّينِ وَالنَّصْرِ، وَالتَّمْكِينِ فِي الْأَرْضِ " وَهُوَ يَشُكُّ فِي السَّادِسَةِ، قَالَ: " فَمَنْ عَمِلَ مِنْهُمْ عَمَلَ الْآخِرَةِ لِلدُّنْيَا، لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ فِي الْآخِرَةِ نَصِيبٌ
✧ Give glad tidings to this community of eminence, elevation, religion, victory, and being established in the earth—and he was uncertain about the sixth. He said: 'Whoever among them does the work of the Hereafter for the sake of the world will have no share in the Hereafter.'
Musnad Ahmad 21221Accepted
21550 21612 21221 - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الْمُقَدَّمِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا مُعْتَمِرُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ الثَّوْرِيُّ، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ الْخُرَاسَانِيِّ، عَنِ الرَّبِيعِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ، عَنْ أَبِي الْعَالِيَةِ عَنْ أُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ
✧ 21550 21612 21221 - ʿAbdullāh narrated to us, Muḥammad b. Abī Bakr al-Muqaddamī narrated to us, Muʿtamir b. Sulaymān narrated to us, Sufyān al-Thawrī narrated to us, from Abū Salamah al-Khurāsānī, from al-Rabīʿ b. Anas, from Abū al-ʿĀliyah, from Ubayy b. Kaʿb, from the Prophet ﷺ.
Musnad Ahmad 21222Hasan
بَشِّرْ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةَ بِالسَّنَاءِ وَالرِّفْعَةِ وَالنَّصْرِ، وَالتَّمْكِينِ فِي الْأَرْضِ، فَمَنْ عَمِلَ مِنْهُمْ عَمَلَ الْآخِرَةِ لِلدُّنْيَا لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ فِي الْآخِرَةِ نَصِيبٌ
✧ Give glad tidings to this community of eminence, elevation, and victory, and of being established in the earth. Whoever among them does the work of the Hereafter for the sake of the world will have no share in the Hereafter.
Musnad Ahmad 21223Accepted
بَشِّرْ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةَ بِالسَّنَاءِ وَالنَّصْرِ وَالتَّمْكِينِ، فَمَنْ عَمِلَ مِنْهُمْ عَمَلَ الْآخِرَةِ لِلدُّنْيَا لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ فِي الْآخِرَةِ نَصِيبٌ.
from thr Prophet ﷺ who said, "Give glad tidings to this nation of honor, victory, and stability. Yet, whoever does a deed of the Hereafter for the sake of the world, he will have no share of it in the Hereafter."
Musnad Ahmad 21224Sahih
بَشِّرْ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةَ بِالسَّنَاءِ وَالتَّمْكِينِ فِي الْبِلَادِ، وَالنَّصْرِ، وَالرِّفْعَةِ فِي الدِّينِ، وَمَنْ عَمِلَ مِنْهُمْ بِعَمَلِ الْآخِرَةِ لِلدُّنْيَا، فَلَيْسَ لَهُ فِي الْآخِرَةِ نَصِيبٌ
✧ Give glad tidings to this community of eminence, establishment in the lands, victory, and elevation in religion. Whoever among them does the work of the Hereafter for the sake of the world will have no share in the Hereafter.
انْكَسَفَتِ الشَّمْسُ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، وَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ صَلَّى بِهِمْ فَقَرَأَ بِسُورَةٍ مِنَ الطُّوَلِ، ثُمَّ رَكَعَ خَمْسَ رَكَعَاتٍ وَسَجْدَتَيْنِ، ثُمَّ قَامَ الثَّانِيَةَ، فَقَرَأَ بِسُورَةٍ مِنَ الطُّوَلِ، وَرَكَعَ خَمْسَ رَكَعَاتٍ، وَسَجَدَ سَجْدَتَيْنِ، ثُمَّ جَلَسَ كَمَا هُوَ مُسْتَقْبِلَ الْقِبْلَةِ يَدْعُو حَتَّى انْجَلَى كُسُوفُهَا.
✧ The sun eclipsed during the time of the Messenger of God ﷺ, and the Messenger of God ﷺ led them in prayer. He recited a long surah, then bowed five times and prostrated twice. Then he stood for the second unit, recited a long surah, bowed five times, and prostrated twice. Then he sat as he was, facing the qiblah, supplicating until the eclipse cleared.
أَنَّهُمْ جَمَعُوا الْقُرْآنَ فِي مَصَاحِفَ فِي خِلَافَةِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ، فَكَانَ رِجَالٌ يَكْتُبُونَ وَيُمْلِي عَلَيْهِمْ أُبَيُّ بْنُ كَعْبٍ، فَلَمَّا انْتَهَوْا إِلَى هَذِهِ الْآيَةِ مِنْ سُورَةِ بَرَاءَةٌ: ثُمَّ انْصَرَفُوا صَرَفَ اللهُ قُلُوبَهُمْ بِأَنَّهُمْ قَوْمٌ لا يَفْقَهُونَ، فَظَنُّوا أَنَّ هَذَا آخِرُ مَا أُنْزِلَ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ، فَقَالَ لَهُمْ أُبَيُّ بْنُ كَعْبٍ: إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَقْرَأَنِي بَعْدَهَا آيَتَيْنِ: لَقَدْ جَاءَكُمْ رَسُولٌ مِنْ أَنْفُسِكُمْ عَزِيزٌ عَلَيْهِ مَا عَنِتُّمْ حَرِيصٌ عَلَيْكُمْ بِالْمُؤْمِنِينَ رَءُوفٌ رَحِيمٌ، إِلَى وَهُوَ رَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: هَذَا آخِرُ مَا أُنْزِلَ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ. قَالَ: فَخَتَمَ بِمَا فَتَحَ بِهِ بِـ اللهُ الَّذِي لا إِلَهَ إِلا هُوَ وَهُوَ قَوْلُ اللهِ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى: وَمَا أَرْسَلْنَا مِنْ قَبْلِكَ مِنْ رَسُولٍ إِلَّا يُوحَى إِلَيْهِ أَنَّهُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنَا فَاعْبُدُونِ.
✧ "That this is the last of what was revealed from the Quran. Ubayy ibn Ka'b said to them, 'Indeed, the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ, recited to me after it two verses: 'There has certainly come to you a Messenger from among yourselves. Grievous to him is what you suffer; [he is] concerned over you and to the believers is kind and merciful.' [Quran 9:128] until 'And He is the Lord of the Great Throne.' [Quran 9:129]. Then he said, 'This is the last of what was revealed from the Quran.' He said, 'It was sealed with what was opened with, 'In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Especially Merciful.' And it is the saying of Allah, blessed and exalted, 'And We did not send before you, [O Muhammad], any messenger except that We revealed to him that, 'There is no deity except Me, so worship Me.' [Quran 21:25]."
فِي قَوْلِهِ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى: هُوَ الْقَادِرُ عَلَى أَنْ يَبْعَثَ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَابًا مِنْ فَوْقِكُمْ. الْآيَةَ. قَالَ: هُنَّ أَرْبَعٌ، وَكُلُّهُنَّ عَذَابٌ، وَكُلُّهُنَّ وَاقِعٌ لَا مَحَالَةَ، فَمَضَتِ اثْنَتَانِ بَعْدَ وَفَاةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ بِخَمْسٍ وَعِشْرِينَ سَنَةً، فَأُلْبِسُوا شِيَعًا، وَذَاقَ بَعْضُهُمْ بَأْسَ بَعْضٍ، وَبَقِيَ ثِنْتَانِ وَاقِعَتَانِ لَا مَحَالَةَ: الْخَسْفُ وَالرَّجْمُ.
✧ Regarding His saying, blessed and exalted is He: {He is able to send upon you a punishment from above you...}—the verse. He said: They are four, and all of them are punishment, and all of them will surely occur. Two passed twenty-five years after the death of the Messenger of God ﷺ: they were made into factions and some of them tasted the might of others. Two remain that will surely occur: the sinking and the stoning.
الْخَسْفُ وَالْقَذْفُ
✧ The sinking and the pelting.
Musnad Ahmad 21229Hasan
لَمَّا كَانَ يَوْمُ أُحُدٍ، قُتِلَ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ أَرْبَعَةٌ وَسِتُّونَ رَجُلًا، وَمِنَ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ سِتَّةٌ، فَقَالَ أَصْحَابُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ: لَئِنْ كَانَ لَنَا يَوْمٌ مِثْلُ هَذَا مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ لَنُرْبِيَنَّ عَلَيْهِمْ، فَلَمَّا كَانَ يَوْمُ الْفَتْحِ، قَالَ رَجُلٌ لَا يُعْرَفُ: لَا قُرَيْشَ بَعْدَ الْيَوْمِ. فَنَادَى مُنَادِي رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ: أَمِنَ الْأَسْوَدُ وَالْأَبْيَضُ إِلَّا فُلَانًا وَفُلَانًا نَاسًا سَمَّاهُمْ، فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى: وَإِنْ عَاقَبْتُمْ فَعَاقِبُوا بِمِثْلِ مَا عُوقِبْتُمْ بِهِ وَلَئِنْ صَبَرْتُمْ لَهُوَ خَيْرٌ لِلصَّابِرِينَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: "نَصْبِرُ وَلَا نُعَاقِبُ
✧ On the day of Uhud, sixty-four men of the Anṣār were killed, and six of the Muhājirūn. The Companions of the Messenger of God ﷺ said: If we ever have a day like this against the polytheists, we will surely exceed what they did to us. When the day of the conquest came, a man who was not known said: No Quraysh after today. Then the caller of the Messenger of God ﷺ called out: Safety for the black and the white except so-and-so and so-and-so — people he named. Then God, Blessed and Exalted, sent down: And if you punish, then punish with the like of what you were punished with, but if you are patient, it is surely better for the patient. The Messenger of God ﷺ said: We will be patient and not punish.
Musnad Ahmad 21230Hasan
أَنَّهُ أُصِيبَ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ أَرْبَعَةٌ وَسِتُّونَ، وَأُصِيبَ مِنَ الْمُهَاجِرِينِ سِتَّةٌ وَحَمْزَةُ، فَمَثَّلُوا بِقَتْلَاهُمْ، فَقَالَتِ الْأَنْصَارُ: لَئِنْ أَصَبْنَا مِنْهُمْ يَوْمًا مِنَ الدَّهْرِ لَنُرْبِيَنَّ عَلَيْهِمْ. فَلَمَّا كَانَ يَوْمُ فَتْحِ مَكَّةَ نَادَى رَجُلٌ لَا يُعْرَفُ: لَا قُرَيْشَ بَعْدَ الْيَوْمِ. فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ تَعَالَى عَلَى نَبِيِّهِ ﷺ: وَإِنْ عَاقَبْتُمْ فَعَاقِبُوا بِمِثْلِ مَا عُوقِبْتُمْ بِهِ [الْآيَةَ] فَقَالَ نَبِيُّ اللهِ ﷺ: " كُفُّوا عَنِ الْقَوْمِ
✧ On the day of Uhud, sixty-four of the Anṣār were struck, and six of the Muhājirūn were struck, along with Ḥamzah. They mutilated their slain. The Anṣār said: If we ever strike them one day in time, we will surely exceed what they did. When the day of the conquest of Makkah came, a man who was not known called out: No Quraysh after today. Then God, Exalted, sent down upon His Prophet ﷺ: And if you punish, then punish with the like of what you were punished with [the verse]. The Prophet of God ﷺ said: Withhold from the people.
Musnad Ahmad 21231Hasan
إِنْ يَدْعُونَ مِنْ دُونِهِ إِلا إِنَاثًا قَالَ: مَعَ كُلِّ صَنَمٍ جِنِّيَّةٌ
✧ They call upon besides Him none but females [Qurʾān 4:117]. He said: With every idol there is a female jinn.
Musnad Ahmad 21232No grade recorded
فِي قَوْلِ اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: وَإِذْ أَخَذَ رَبُّكَ مِنْ بَنِي آدَمَ مِنْ ظُهُورِهِمْ ذُرِّيَّاتِهِمْ وَأَشْهَدَهُمْ عَلَى أَنْفُسِهِمْ الْآيَةَ. قَالَ: جَمَعَهُمْ فَجَعَلَهُمْ أَرْوَاحًا، ثُمَّ صَوَّرَهُمْ، فَاسْتَنْطَقَهُمْ فَتَكَلَّمُوا، ثُمَّ أَخَذَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْعَهْدَ وَالْمِيثَاقَ، وَأَشْهَدَهُمْ عَلَى أَنْفُسِهِمْ أَلَسْتُ بِرَبِّكُمْ؟ قَالَ: فَإِنِّي أُشْهِدُ عَلَيْكُمُ السَّمَاوَاتِ السَّبْعَ، وَالْأَرَضِينَ السَّبْعَ، وَأُشْهِدُ عَلَيْكُمْ أَبَاكُمْ آدَمَ [عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ] أَنْ تَقُولُوا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ: لَمْ نَعْلَمْ بِهَذَا، اعْلَمُوا أَنَّهُ لَا إِلَهَ غَيْرِي، وَلَا رَبَّ غَيْرِي فَلَا تُشْرِكُوا بِي شَيْئًا، إِنِّي سَأُرْسِلُ إِلَيْكُمْ رُسُلِي يُذَكِّرُونَكُمْ عَهْدِي وَمِيثَاقِي، وَأُنْزِلُ عَلَيْكُمْ كُتُبِي. قَالُوا: شَهِدْنَا بِأَنَّكَ رَبُّنَا وَإِلَهُنَا، لَا رَبَّ لَنَا غَيْرُكَ، وَلَا إِلَهَ لَنَا غَيْرُكَ. فَأَقَرُّوا بِذَلِكَ، وَرُفِعَ عَلَيْهِمْ آدَمُ يَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهِمْ، فَرَأَى الْغَنِيَّ وَالْفَقِيرَ، وَحَسَنَ الصُّورَةِ، وَدُونَ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ: رَبِّ لَوْلَا سَوَّيْتَ بَيْنَ عِبَادِكَ؟! قَالَ: إِنِّي أَحْبَبْتُ أَنْ أُشْكَرَ. وَرَأَى الْأَنْبِيَاءَ فِيهِمْ مِثْلُ السُّرُجِ، عَلَيْهِمُ النُّورُ، خُصُّوا بِمِيثَاقٍ آخَرَ فِي الرِّسَالَةِ وَالنُّبُوَّةِ، وَهُوَ قَوْلُهُ تَعَالَى: وَإِذْ أَخَذْنَا مِنَ النَّبِيِّينَ مِيثَاقَهُمْ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ: " عِيسَى ابْنِ مَرْيَمَ " كَانَ فِي تِلْكَ الْأَرْوَاحِ فَأَرْسَلَهُ إِلَى مَرْيَمَ، فَحَدَّثَ عَنْ أُبَيٍّ أَنَّهُ دَخَلَ مِنْ فِيهَا
✧ Regarding the saying of God, Mighty and Majestic: And when your Lord took from the Children of Adam, from their loins, their descendants and made them bear witness against themselves [Qurʾān 7:172] — the verse. He said: He gathered them and made them spirits, then formed them, then made them speak, and they spoke. Then He took from them the covenant and the solemn pledge, and made them bear witness against themselves: Am I not your Lord? He said: Indeed, I call upon the seven heavens and the seven earths to witness against you, and I call upon your father Adam ﷺ to witness against you, lest you say on the Day of Resurrection: We were unaware of this. Know that there is no god but Me and no lord but Me, so do not associate anything with Me. I shall send My messengers to you to remind you of My covenant and My solemn pledge, and I shall send down My books upon you. They said: We bear witness that You are our Lord and our God; we have no lord other than You and no god other than You. They affirmed that. Adam was raised above them, looking at them. He saw the rich and the poor, the beautiful in form and those less than that, and said: My Lord, would that You had made Your servants equal! He said: I love to be thanked. He saw the prophets among them like lamps, upon them was light, singled out with another covenant concerning the message and prophethood. That is His saying, Exalted: And when We took from the prophets their covenant [Qurʾān 33:7] up to His saying: Jesus son of Mary. He was among those spirits, so He sent him to Mary. It was narrated from Ubayy that he entered from her mouth.
Musnad Ahmad 21233Hasan
أَنَّ رَجُلًا اعْتَزَى بِعَزَاءِ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ، فَأَعَضَّهُ وَلَمْ يَكْنِهِ، فَنَظَرَ الْقَوْمُ إِلَيْهِ، فَقَالَ لِلْقَوْمِ: إِنِّي قَدْ أَرَى الَّذِي فِي أَنْفُسِكُمْ، إِنِّي لَمْ أَسْتَطِعْ إِلَّا أَنْ أَقُولَ هَذَا، إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَمَرَنَا: إِذَا سَمِعْتُمْ مَنْ يَعْتَزِي بِعَزَاءِ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ فَأَعِضُّوهُ، وَلَا تَكْنُوا
✧ A man boasted with the boasting of the Age of Ignorance, so he told him to bite his father's penis, without using a euphemism. The people looked at him, and he said to the people: I see what is in your hearts. I could not help but say this. The Messenger of God ﷺ commanded us: When you hear someone boasting with the boasting of the Age of Ignorance, tell him to bite his father's penis, and do not use euphemisms.
Musnad Ahmad 21234Hasan
رَأَيْتُ رَجُلًا تَعَزَّى عِنْدَ أُبَيٍّ بِعَزَاءِ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ، افْتَخَرَ بِأَبِيهِ فَأَعَضَّهُ بِأَبِيهِ، وَلَمْ يَكْنِهِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهُمْ: أَمَا إِنِّي قَدْ أَرَى الَّذِي فِي أَنْفُسِكُمْ، إِنِّي لَا أَسْتَطِيعُ إِلَّا ذَلِكَ، سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: مَنْ تَعَزَّى بِعَزَاءِ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ فَأَعِضُّوهُ، وَلَا تَكْنُوا
✧ I saw a man boasting in the presence of Ubayy with the boasting of the Age of Ignorance, boasting of his father. So he told him to bite his father's penis, without using a euphemism. Then he said to them: Indeed, I see what is in your hearts. I can only do that. I heard the Messenger of God ﷺ say: Whoever boasts with the boasting of the Age of Ignorance, tell him to bite his father's penis, and do not use euphemisms.
Musnad Ahmad 21235Hasan
21564 21626 21235 - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ يُونُسَ، عَنْ عَوْفٍ، عَنِ الْحَسَنِ، عَنْ عُتَيٍّ، عَنْ أُبَيٍّ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ مِثْلَهُ
✧ 21564 21626 21235 - ʿAbd Allāh narrated to us: Abū Bakr b. Abī Shaybah narrated to us: ʿĪsā b. Yūnus narrated to us, from ʿAwf, from al-Ḥasan, from ʿUtayy, from Ubayy, from the Prophet ﷺ, the like of it.
Musnad Ahmad 21236Hasan
أَنَّ رَجُلًا تَعَزَّى بِعَزَاءِ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ. فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ، قَالَ أُبَيٌّ: كُنَّا نُؤْمَرُ: إِذَا الرَّجُلُ تَعَزَّى بِعَزَاءِ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ، فَأَعِضُّوهُ بِهَنِ أَبِيهِ وَلَا تَكْنُوا
A man gave himself ˹self aggrandizing˺ honorifics as of those of the pre-Islamic period of ignorance (jahiliyyah), and then the hadith was mentioned. Ubayy said: We were instructed that if a man gave himself honorifics as of those of the pre-Islamic, we should tell him to 'bite his father's private part' and do not use ˹such an honorific˺ as a cognomen (kunyah)."
Musnad Ahmad 21237Hasan
كُنَّا نُؤْمَرُ إِذَا اعْتَزَى رَجُلٌ
✧ We were commanded that when a man boasts
لِلْوُضُوءِ شَيْطَانٌ يُقَالُ لَهُ: الْوَلَهَانُ، فَاتَّقُوهُ " أَوْ قَالَ: " فَاحْذَرُوهُ
✧ For ablution there is a devil called al-Walahān, so beware of him” or he said: “so be on guard against him.”
Musnad Ahmad 21239Hasan
إِنَّ مَطْعَمَ ابْنِ آدَمَ جُعِلَ مَثَلًا لِلدُّنْيَا، وَإِنْ قَزَّحَهُ وَمَلَّحَهُ، فَانْظُرُوا إِلَى مَا يَصِيرُ
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Verily, the food of the son of Adam has been made as a metaphor for this world. And if he spoils and salts it, then look at what becomes of it."
رَأَيْتُ شَيْخًا بِالْمَدِينَةِ يَتَكَلَّمُ، فَسَأَلْتُ عَنْهُ فَقَالُوا: هَذَا أُبَيُّ بْنُ كَعْبٍ. فَقَالَ: إِنَّ آدَمَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ لَمَّا حَضَرَهُ الْمَوْتُ، قَالَ لِبَنِيهِ: أَيْ بَنِيَّ، إِنِّي أَشْتَهِي مِنْ ثِمَارِ الْجَنَّةِ، فَذَهَبُوا يَطْلُبُونَ لَهُ، فَاسْتَقْبَلَتْهُمُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ، وَمَعَهُمْ أَكْفَانُهُ وَحَنُوطُهُ، وَمَعَهُمُ الْفُؤُوسُ وَالْمَسَاحِي وَالْمَكَاتِلُ، فَقَالُوا لَهُمْ: يَا بَنِي آدَمَ، مَا تُرِيدُونَ وَمَا تَطْلُبُونَ؟ -أَوْ مَا تُرِيدُونَ وَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ؟ - قَالُوا: أَبُونَا مَرِيضٌ فَاشْتَهَى مِنْ ثِمَارِ الْجَنَّةِ. قَالُوا لَهُمُ: ارْجِعُوا، فَقَدْ قُضِيَ قَضَاءُ أَبِيكُمْ. فَجَاؤُوا، فَلَمَّا رَأَتْهُمْ حَوَّاءُ عَرَفَتْهُمْ، فَلَاذَتْ بِآدَمَ، فَقَالَ: إِلَيْكِ [إِلَيْكِ] عَنِّي، فَإِنِّي إِنَّمَا أُوتِيتُ مِنْ قِبَلِكِ، خَلِّي بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ مَلَائِكَةِ رَبِّي تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى. فَقَبَضُوهُ وَغَسَّلُوهُ وَكَفَّنُوهُ وَحَنَّطُوهُ، وَحَفَرُوا لَهُ، وَأَلْحَدُوا لَهُ، وَصَلَّوْا عَلَيْهِ، ثُمَّ دَخَلُوا قَبْرَهُ فَوَضَعُوهُ فِي قَبْرِهِ، وَوَضَعُوا عَلَيْهِ اللَّبِنَ، ثُمَّ خَرَجُوا مِنَ الْقَبْرِ، ثُمَّ حَثَوْا عَلَيْهِ التُّرَابَ، ثُمَّ قَالُوا: يَا بَنِي آدَمَ هَذِهِ سُنَّتُكُمْ
✧ I saw an old man in Madinah speaking, and I asked about him. They said: This is Ubayy b. Kaʿb. He said: When death came to Adam ﷺ, he said to his sons: O my sons, I desire some of the fruits of Paradise. They went to seek them for him, but the angels met them, carrying his shrouds and his embalming spices, and with them axes, shovels, and baskets. They said to them: O children of Adam, what do you want and what do you seek? — or: What do you want and where are you going? — They said: Our father is ill and desires some of the fruits of Paradise. They said to them: Return, for your father's term has been decreed. So they came back. When Eve saw them, she recognized them and clung to Adam. He said: Away from me! Away! For I have only been afflicted because of you. Leave me alone with the angels of my Lord, Blessed and Exalted. So they took his soul, washed him, shrouded him, embalmed him, dug a grave for him, made a niche in it, prayed over him, then entered his grave and placed him in it, and laid bricks over him. Then they came out of the grave and poured earth over him. Then they said: O children of Adam, this is your practice.
جَاءَتِ الرَّاجِفَةُ تَتْبَعُهَا الرَّادِفَةُ، جَاءَ الْمَوْتُ بِمَا فِيهِ
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The earthquake comes followed by the aftershock, and then death comes with all that it entails."
Musnad Ahmad 21242Hasan
قَالَ رَجُلٌ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ جَعَلْتُ صَلَاتِي كُلَّهَا عَلَيْكَ؟ قَالَ: إِذًا يَكْفِيَكَ اللهُ [تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى] مَا أَهَمَّكَ مِنْ دُنْيَاكَ وَآخِرَتِكَ
A man said, "O Messenger of Allah, what do you suggest if I were to dedicate all of my ṣalāt (duʿāʾ) for you?" He said, "˹If you do this˺ Allah will make it sufficient for what concerns you in this world or your Hereafter."
Musnad Ahmad 21243Sahih
مَثَلِي فِي النَّبِيِّينَ كَمَثَلِ رَجُلٍ بَنَى دَارًا فَأَحْسَنَهَا، وَأَكْمَلَهَا، وَتَرَكَ فِيهَا مَوْضِعَ لَبِنَةٍ لَمْ يَضَعْهَا، فَجَعَلَ النَّاسُ يَطُوفُونَ بِالْبُنْيَانِ وَيَعْجَبُونَ مِنْهُ، وَيَقُولُونَ: لَوْ تَمَّ مَوْضِعُ هَذِهِ اللَّبِنَةِ ! فَأَنَا فِي النَّبِيِّينَ مَوْضِعُ تِلْكَ اللَّبِنَةِ !
✧ About the Prophets, ﷺ, he said: "My example among the Prophets is like a man who built a house and made it beautiful and complete, except for one missing brick. People would go around the construction and admire it, saying, 'If only that one brick was placed, then I would be in the ranks of the Prophets, occupying the place of that missing brick.'"
Musnad Ahmad 21244Sahih
مَثَلِي فِي النَّبِيِّينَ كَمَثَلِ رَجُلٍ ابْتَنَى دَارًا فَأَحْسَنَهَا وَأَجْمَلَهَا وَأَكْمَلَهَا، وَتَرَكَ مِنْهَا مَوْضِعَ لَبِنَةٍ لَمْ يَضَعْهَا، فَجَعَلَ النَّاسُ يَطُوفُونَ بِالْبُنْيَانِ وَيَعْجَبُونَ وَيَقُولُونَ: لَوْ تَمَّ مَوْضِعُ هَذِهِ اللَّبِنَةِ
✧ My likeness among the prophets is that of a man who built a house and made it beautiful, pleasing, and complete, but left in it the place of one brick which he did not put in. People began to go around the building, marveling and saying: If only the place of this brick were filled.
Musnad Ahmad 21245Sahih
إِذَا كَانَ يَوْمُ الْقِيَامَةِ، كُنْتُ إِمَامَ النَّبِيِّينَ وَخَطِيبَهُمْ، وَصَاحِبَ شَفَاعَتِهِمْ غَيْرَ فَخْرٍ
✧ When the Day of Resurrection comes, I will be the leader of the prophets, their spokesman, and the intercessor for them, without boasting.
Musnad Ahmad 21246Sahih
لَوْلَا الْهِجْرَةُ لَكُنْتُ امْرَأً مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ، وَلَوْ سَلَكَ النَّاسُ وَادِيًا - أَوْ شِعْبًا - لَكُنْتُ مَعَ الْأَنْصَارِ
✧ Were it not for the hijrah, I would have been a man of the Anṣār. If the people took a valley—or a mountain pass—I would be with the Anṣār.
Musnad Ahmad 21247Sahih
إِذَا كَانَ يَوْمُ الْقِيَامَةِ، كُنْتُ إِمَامَ النَّبِيِّينَ
✧ When the Day of Resurrection comes, I will be the leader of the prophets.
Musnad Ahmad 21248Sahih
كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَقْرُبُ إِلَى جِذْعٍ إِذْ كَانَ الْمَسْجِدُ عَرِيشًا، وَكَانَ يَخْطُبُ إِلَى ذَلِكَ الْجِذْعِ، فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، هَلْ لَكَ أَنْ نَجْعَلَ لَكَ شَيْئًا تَقُومُ عَلَيْهِ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ حَتَّى يَرَاكَ النَّاسُ وَتُسْمِعَهُمْ خُطْبَتَكَ؟ قَالَ: " نَعَمْ " فَصَنَعَ لَهُ ثَلَاثَ دَرَجَاتٍ اللَّاتِي عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ. فَلَمَّا صُنِعَ الْمِنْبَرُ، وَوُضِعَ فِي مَوْضِعِهِ الَّذِي وَضَعَهُ فِيهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، فَلَمَّا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَأْتِيَ الْمِنْبَرَ مَرَّ عَلَيْهِ، فَلَمَّا جَاوَزَهُ خَارَ الْجِذْعُ، حَتَّى تَصَدَّعَ وَانْشَقَّ، فَرَجَعَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَمَسَحَهُ بِيَدِهِ حَتَّى سَكَنَ، ثُمَّ رَجَعَ إِلَى الْمِنْبَرِ، وَكَانَ إِذَا صَلَّى صَلَّى إِلَيْهِ. فَلَمَّا هُدِمَ الْمَسْجِدُ وَغُيِّرَ، أَخَذَ ذَاكَ الْجِذْعَ أُبَيُّ بْنُ كَعْبٍ، فَكَانَ عِنْدَهُ حَتَّى بَلِيَ وَأَكَلَتْهُ الْأَرَضَةُ، وَعَادَ رُفَاتًا
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to stand by a palm trunk when the mosque was a mere arbor, and he would deliver the sermon standing by that trunk. A man from among his companions said, “O Messenger of Allah, would you like us to make something for you to stand on on Friday so that the people can see you and hear your sermon?” He said, “Yes.” So he made for him the three steps that are on the minbar. When the minbar was made and placed in the spot where the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had put it, and when he wanted to go to the minbar he passed by the trunk. When he passed beyond it, the trunk moaned until it cracked and split. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came back and wiped it with his hand until it fell silent, then he returned to the minbar. And when he prayed, he used to pray facing it. When the mosque was demolished and altered, Ubayy b. Kaʿb took that trunk and kept it with him until it decayed and was eaten by termites and became dust.
Musnad Ahmad 21249Sahih
إِذَا كَانَ يَوْمُ الْقِيَامَةِ، كُنْتُ إِمَامَ النَّاسِ وَخَطِيبَهُمْ، وَصَاحِبَ شَفَاعَتِهِمْ وَلَا فَخْرَ
✧ When the Day of Resurrection comes, I will be the leader of mankind, their spokesman, and the intercessor for them, without boasting.
Musnad Ahmad 21250No grade recorded
بَيْنَا نَحْنُ صُفُوفًا خَلْفَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي الظُّهْرِ أَوِ الْعَصْرِ، إِذْ رَأَيْنَاهُ يَتَنَاوَلُ شَيْئًا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ وَهُوَ فِي الصَّلَاةِ لِيَأْخُذَهُ، ثُمَّ تَنَاوَلَهُ لِيَأْخُذَهُ، ثُمَّ حِيلَ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَهُ، ثُمَّ تَأَخَّرَ وَتَأَخَّرْنَا، ثُمَّ تَأَخَّرَ الثَّانِيَةَ وَتَأَخَّرْنَا، فَلَمَّا سَلَّمَ، قَالَ أُبَيُّ بْنُ كَعْبٍ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، رَأَيْنَاكَ الْيَوْمَ تَصْنَعُ فِي صَلَاتِكَ شَيْئًا لَمْ تَكُنْ تَصْنَعُهُ. قَالَ: إِنَّهُ عُرِضَتْ عَلَيَّ الْجَنَّةُ بِمَا فِيهَا مِنَ الزَّهْرَةِ، فَتَنَاوَلْتُ قِطْفًا مِنْ عِنَبِهَا لِآتِيَكُمْ بِهِ، وَلَوْ أَخَذْتُهُ لَأَكَلَ مِنْهُ مَنْ بَيْنَ السَّمَاءِ وَالْأَرْضِ، لَا يَنْتَقِصُونَهُ، فَحِيلَ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَهُ، وَعُرِضَتْ عَلَيَّ النَّارُ، فَلَمَّا وَجَدْتُ حَرَّ شُعَاعِهَا تَأَخَّرْتُ، وَأَكْثَرُ مَنْ رَأَيْتُ فِيهَا النِّسَاءُ اللَّاتِي إِنِ اؤْتُمِنَّ أَفْشَيْنَ، وَإِنْ سَأَلْنَ أَحْفَيْنَ، [قَالَ أَبِي] قَالَ زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ عَدِيٍّ: أَلْحَفْنَ - وَإِنْ أُعْطِينَ لَمْ يَشْكُرْنَ، وَرَأَيْتُ فِيهَا لُحَيَّ بْنَ عَمْرٍو يَجُرُّ قُصْبَهُ، وَأَشْبَهُ مَنْ رَأَيْتُ بِهِ مَعْبَدُ بْنُ أَكْثَمَ " قَالَ مَعْبَدٌ: أَيْ رَسُولَ اللهِ، يُخْشَى عَلَيَّ مِنْ شَبَهِهِ، فَإِنَّهُ وَالِدٌ؟ قَالَ: " لَا، أَنْتَ مُؤْمِنٌ وَهُوَ كَافِرٌ"، "وَهُوَ أَوَّلُ مَنْ جَمَعَ الْعَرَبَ عَلَى الْأَصْنَامِ
✧ While we were in rows behind the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in the ẓuhr or ʿaṣr prayer, we saw him reaching for something in front of him while in prayer to take it, then he reached for it again to take it, then he was prevented from it. Then he stepped back and we stepped back, then he stepped back a second time and we stepped back. When he said the salām, Ubayy b. Kaʿb said, “O Messenger of Allah, we saw you today doing something in your prayer that you had not been doing.” He said, “Paradise with its splendor was presented to me, and I reached for a bunch of its grapes to bring to you. Had I taken it, all who are between heaven and earth would have eaten from it without diminishing it. But I was prevented from it. And the Fire was presented to me; when I felt the heat of its blaze, I stepped back. The majority of those I saw in it were women who, when entrusted, divulge secrets; when asked, they are relentless in asking—[my father said] Zakariyyā b. ʿAdī said: they are importunate—and when given, they are ungrateful. I also saw in it Luḥayy b. ʿAmr dragging his intestines, and the person I saw most resembling him is Maʿbad b. Aktham.” Maʿbad said, “O Messenger of Allah, should I fear from his resemblance, for he is a father?” He said, “No, you are a believer and he is a disbeliever. And he was the first to unite the Arabs on idol worship.”
21580 21642 21251 - حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ، حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ -يَعْنِي ابْنَ عَمْرٍو - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنِ الطُّفَيْلِ بْنِ أُبَيٍّ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ مِثْلَهُ
✧ 21580 21642 21251 - Aḥmad b. ʿAbd al-Malik narrated to us, ʿUbayd Allāh—meaning Ibn ʿAmr—narrated to us, ʿAbd Allāh b. Muḥammad narrated to us, from al-Ṭufayl b. Ubayy, from his father, from the Prophet ﷺ, the like of it.
Musnad Ahmad 21252Sahih
كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي إِلَى جِذْعٍ إِذْ كَانَ الْمَسْجِدُ عَرِيشًا، وَكَانَ يَخْطُبُ النَّاسَ إِلَى جَانِبِ ذَلِكَ الْجِذْعِ، فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، هَلْ لَكَ أَنْ أَجْعَلَ لَكَ مِنْبَرًا تَقُومُ عَلَيْهِ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ، حَتَّى يَرَى النَّاسُ خُطْبَتَكَ؟ قَالَ: " نَعَمْ" فَصَنَعَ لَهُ ثَلَاثَ دَرَجَاتٍ، هِيَ الَّتِي عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ. فَلَمَّا قُضِيَ الْمِنْبَرُ، وَوُضِعَ فِي مَوْضِعِهِ الَّذِي وَضَعَهُ فِيهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، بَدَا لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ يَقُومَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ الْمِنْبَرِ، فَمَرَّ إِلَيْهِ، فَلَمَّا أَنْ جَاوَزَ الْجِذْعَ الَّذِي كَانَ يَخْطُبُ إِلَيْهِ وَيَقُومُ إِلَيْهِ، خَارَ ذَلِكَ الْجِذْعُ، حَتَّى تَصَدَّعَ وَانْشَقَّ، فَنَزَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَمَّا سَمِعَ صَوْتَ الْجِذْعِ، فَمَسَحَهُ بِيَدِهِ، ثُمَّ رَجَعَ إِلَى الْمِنْبَرِ، وَكَانَ إِذَا صَلَّى مَعَ ذَلِكَ مَالَ إِلَى الْجِذْعِ. يَقُولُ الطُّفَيْلُ: فَلَمَّا هُدِمَ الْمَسْجِدُ وَغُيِّرَ، أَخَذَ أَبُوهُ - أُبَيُّ بْنُ كَعْبٍ - ذَلِكَ الْجِذْعَ، فَكَانَ عِنْدَهُ فِي بَيْتِهِ حَتَّى بَلِيَ وَأَكَلَتْهُ الْأَرَضَةُ، وَعَادَ رُفَاتًا
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray next to a palm tree trunk when the mosque was made of date palm leaves. He also used to deliver his sermon to the people beside that trunk. A man from his companions said, "O Messenger of Allah, shall I make a minbar (pulpit) for you to stand on during Friday sermons so that the people can see and hear you better?" The Prophet ﷺ agreed, so he built a minbar with three steps, which the Prophet ﷺ used for his sermons. When the minbar was completed and placed where the Prophet ﷺ intended to use it, he approached it. However, as he moved past the palm tree trunk he used to stand beside and approached the new minbar, the trunk made a sound and seemed to mourn. It quivered and split. Upon hearing this, the Prophet ﷺ descended from the minbar and touched the trunk with his hand in a comforting manner. Then he returned to the minbar. During his prayers, the Prophet ﷺ would sometimes lean towards the trunk. Ṭufayl said that when the mosque was later rebuilt, and its structure changed, his father Abū Ubayy b. Kaʿb took possession of that palm tree trunk and kept it in his house until it deteriorated and eventually turned to dust.
Musnad Ahmad 21253Sahih
إِذَا كَانَ يَوْمُ الْقِيَامَةِ، كُنْتُ إِمَامَ النَّبِيِّينَ وَخَطِيبَهُمْ، وَصَاحِبَ شَفَاعَتِهِمْ غَيْرَ فَخْرٍ
✧ When the Day of Resurrection comes, I will be the leader of the prophets, their spokesman, and the intercessor for them, without boasting.
Musnad Ahmad 21254Sahih
لَوْلَا الْهِجْرَةُ لَكُنْتُ امْرَأً مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ، وَلَوْ سَلَكَ الْأَنْصَارُ وَادِيًا -أَوْ قَالَ: شِعْبًا - لَكُنْتُ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ
✧ Were it not for the hijrah, I would have been a man of the Anṣār. If the Anṣār took a valley—or he said: a mountain pass—I would be among the Anṣār.
وَأَلْزَمَهُمْ كَلِمَةَ التَّقْوَى" قَالَ: " لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ
✧ And He bound them to the word of piety.” He said: “There is no god but Allah.”
Musnad Ahmad 21256Sahih
إِذَا كَانَ يَوْمُ الْقِيَامَةِ، كُنْتُ إِمَامَ النَّبِيِّينَ وَخَطِيبَهُمْ، وَصَاحِبَ شَفَاعَتِهِمْ وَلَا فَخْرَ ".
✧ When the Day of Resurrection comes, I will be the leader of the prophets, their spokesman, and the intercessor for them, without boasting."
Musnad Ahmad 21257Sahih
لَوْلَا الْهِجْرَةُ لَكُنْتُ امْرَأً مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ، وَلَوْ سَلَكَ الْأَنْصَارُ وَادِيًا -أَوْ شِعْبًا - لَكُنْتُ مَعَ الْأَنْصَارِ
✧ Were it not for the hijrah, I would have been a man of the Anṣār. If the Anṣār took a valley—or a mountain pass—I would be with the Anṣār.
Musnad Ahmad 21258Sahih
لَوْلَا الْهِجْرَةُ لَكُنْتُ امْرَأً مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ، وَلَوْ سَلَكَ النَّاسُ شِعْبًا -أَوْ قَالَ: وَادِيًا - لَكُنْتُ مَعَ الْأَنْصَارِ ".
✧ Were it not for the Hijrah, I would have been a man of the Anṣār; and if the people were to travel through a mountain pass—or he said: a valley—I would be with the Anṣār.
Musnad Ahmad 21259Sahih
إِذَا كَانَ يَوْمُ الْقِيَامَةِ، كُنْتُ إِمَامَ النَّبِيِّينَ وَخَطِيبَهُمْ، وَصَاحِبَ شَفَاعَتِهِمْ غَيْرَ فَخْرٍ
✧ On the Day of Resurrection, I will be the leader of the prophets, their spokesman, and the possessor of their intercession—without boasting.
Musnad Ahmad 21260No grade recorded
كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي إِلَى جِذْعٍ، وَكَانَ الْمَسْجِدُ عَرِيشًا، وَكَانَ يَخْطُبُ إِلَى جَنْبِ ذَلِكَ الْجِذْعِ، فَقَالَ رِجَالٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، نَجْعَلُ لَكَ شَيْئًا تَقُومُ عَلَيْهِ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ، حَتَّى تَرَى النَّاسَ -أَوْ قَالَ: حَتَّى يَرَاكَ النَّاسُ - وَحَتَّى يَسْمَعَ النَّاسُ خُطْبَتَكَ؟ قَالَ: "نَعَمْ"، فَصَنَعُوا لَهُ ثَلَاثَ دَرَجَاتٍ، فَقَامَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ كَمَا كَانَ يَقُومُ، فَصَغَا الْجِذْعُ إِلَيْهِ، فَقَالَ لَهُ: " اسْكُنْ"، ثُمَّ قَالَ لِأَصْحَابِهِ: "هَذَا الْجِذْعُ حَنَّ إِلَيَّ "، فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: اسْكُنْ، إِنْ تَشَأْ غَرَسْتُكَ فِي الْجَنَّةِ، فَيَأْكُلُ مِنْكَ الصَّالِحُونَ، وَإِنْ تَشَأْ أُعِيدُكَ كَمَا كُنْتَ رَطْبًا ". فَاخْتَارَ الْآخِرَةَ عَلَى الدُّنْيَا، فَلَمَّا قُبِضَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ دُفِعَ إِلَى أُبَيٍّ، فَلَمْ يَزَلْ عِنْدَهُ حَتَّى أَكَلَتْهُ الْأَرَضَةُ
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray facing a palm trunk, and the mosque was an arbor, and he would deliver the sermon beside that trunk. Some men among his companions said: O Messenger of Allah, shall we make something for you to stand on on Friday so that you can see the people—or he said: so that the people can see you—and so that the people can hear your sermon? He said: "Yes." So they made three steps for him. The Prophet ﷺ stood as he used to stand, and the trunk inclined toward him. He said to it: "Be still." Then he said to his companions: "This trunk yearned for me." The Prophet ﷺ then said to it: "Be still. If you wish, I will plant you in Paradise and the righteous will eat from you; and if you wish, I will return you as you were, fresh." So it chose the Hereafter over this world. When the Prophet ﷺ passed away, it was given to Ubayy, and it remained with him until termites consumed it.
أَنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ كَانَ جَرِيئًا عَلَى أَنْ يَسْأَلَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ أَشْيَاءَ لَا يَسْأَلُهُ عَنْهَا غَيْرُهُ، فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، مَا أَوَّلُ مَا رَأَيْتَ مِنْ أَمْرِ النُّبُوَّةِ؟ فَاسْتَوَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ جَالِسًا، وَقَالَ: لَقَدْ سَأَلْتَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ! إِنِّي لَفِي صَحْرَاءَ ابْنُ عَشْرِ سِنِينَ وَأَشْهُرٍ، وَإِذَا بِكَلَامٍ فَوْقَ رَأْسِي، وَإِذَا رَجُلٌ يَقُولُ لِرَجُلٍ: أَهُوَ هُوَ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ. فَاسْتَقْبَلَانِي بِوُجُوهٍ لَمْ أَرَهَا لِخَلْقٍ قَطُّ، وَأَرْوَاحٍ لَمْ أَجِدْهَا مِنْ خَلْقٍ قَطُّ، وَثِيَابٍ لَمْ أَرَهَا عَلَى أَحَدٍ قَطُّ، فَأَقْبَلَا إِلَيَّ يَمْشِيَانِ، حَتَّى أَخَذَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا بِعَضُدِي، لَا أَجِدُ لِأَخْذِهِمَا مَسًّا، فَقَالَ أَحَدُهُمَا لِصَاحِبِهِ: أَضْجِعْهُ، فَأَضْجَعَانِي بِلَا قَصْرٍ وَلَا هَصْرٍ، وَقَالَ أَحَدُهُمَا لِصَاحِبِهِ: افْلِقْ صَدْرَهُ، فَهَوَى أَحَدُهُمَا إِلَى صَدْرِي، فَفَلَقَهَا فِيمَا أَرَى بِلَا دَمٍ وَلَا وَجَعٍ، فَقَالَ لَهُ: أَخْرِجِ الْغِلَّ وَالْحَسَدَ، فَأَخْرَجَ شَيْئًا كَهَيْئَةِ الْعَلَقَةِ، ثُمَّ نَبَذَهَا فَطَرَحَهَا، فَقَالَ لَهُ: أَدْخِلِ الرَّأْفَةَ وَالرَّحْمَةَ، فَإِذَا مِثْلُ الَّذِي أَخْرَجَ يُشْبِهُ الْفِضَّةَ، ثُمَّ هَزَّ إِبْهَامَ رِجْلِي الْيُمْنَى، فَقَالَ: اغْدُ وَاسْلَمْ، فَرَجَعْتُ بِهَا أَغْدُو بِهِ رِقَّةً عَلَى الصَّغِيرِ وَرَحْمَةً لِلْكَبِيرِ
✧ Abu Hurayrah was bold in asking the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about things no one else would ask him. He said: O Messenger of Allah, what was the first thing you saw of the matter of prophethood? The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sat up straight and said: You have asked, Abu Hurayrah! I was in the desert, ten years and some months old, when suddenly there was speech above my head, and there was a man saying to another: Is it he? He said: Yes. They came toward me with faces I had never seen in any creature, spirits I had never found in any creature, and garments I had never seen on anyone. They approached me walking until each of them took hold of my upper arm, and I felt no touch from their taking. One of them said to his companion: Lay him down. So they laid me down without force or pressure. One of them said to his companion: Split open his chest. One of them leaned over my chest and split it, as I perceived, without blood or pain. He said to him: Remove rancor and envy. So he removed something like a leech, then threw it away and discarded it. He said to him: Instill kindness and mercy. Then there was something like what he had removed, resembling silver. Then he shook the big toe of my right foot and said: Go forth and be safe. So I returned with it, showing tenderness toward the young and mercy toward the old.
Musnad Ahmad 21262Sahih
وَقَفْتُ أَنَا وَأُبَيُّ بْنُ كَعْبٍ فِي ظِلِّ أُجُمِ حَسَّانَ، فَقَالَ لِي أُبَيٌّ: أَلَا تَرَى النَّاسَ مُخْتَلِفَةً أَعْنَاقُهُمْ فِي طَلَبِ الدُّنْيَا؟ قَالَ: قُلْتُ: بَلَى. قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: يُوشِكُ الْفُرَاتُ أَنْ يَحْسِرَ عَنْ جَبَلٍ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ، فَإِذَا سَمِعَ بِهِ النَّاسُ سَارُوا إِلَيْهِ، فَيَقُولُ مَنْ عِنْدَهُ: وَاللهِ لَئِنْ تَرَكْنَا النَّاسَ يَأْخُذُونَ فِيهِ لَيَذْهَبَنَّ، فَيَقْتَتِلُ النَّاسُ، حَتَّى يُقْتَلَ مِنْ كُلِّ مِائَةٍ تِسْعَةٌ وَتِسْعُونَ
I was standing along with Ubayy b. Kaʿb and he said: The opinions of the people differ in regard to the achievement of worldly ends. I said: Yes, of course. Thereupon he said: I heard Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: The Euphrates would soon uncover a mountain of gold and when the people would bear of it they would flock towards it but the people who would possess that (treasure) (would say): If we allow these persons to take out of it they would take away the whole of it. So they would fight and ninety-nine out of one hundred would be killed. Abu Kamil in his narration said: I and Ubayy b. Kaʿb stood under the shade of the battlement of Hassan. (Using translation from Muslim 2895)
Musnad Ahmad 21263Sahih
يُوشِكُ الْفُرَاتُ أَنْ يَحْسِرَ عَنْ جَبَلٍ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ
✧ The Euphrates is about to uncover a mountain of gold.
Musnad Ahmad 21264Sahih
أَتَيْتُ الْمَدِينَةَ لِلُقِيِّ أَصْحَابِ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ فِيهِمْ رَجُلٌ أَلْقَاهُ أَحَبَّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ أُبَيٍّ فَأُقِيمَتِ الصَّلَاةُ وَخَرَجَ عُمَرُ مَعَ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقُمْتُ فِي الصَّفِّ الْأَوَّلِ فَجَاءَ رَجُلٌ فَنَظَرَ فِي وُجُوهِ الْقَوْمِ فَعَرَفَهُمْ غَيْرِي فَنَحَّانِي وَقَامَ فِي مَكَانِي فَمَا عَقِلْتُ صَلَاتِي فَلَمَّا صَلَّى قَالَ يَا بُنَيَّ لَا يَسُوءُكَ اللهُ فَإِنِّي لَمْ آتِكَ الَّذِي أَتَيْتُكَ بِجَهَالَةٍ وَلَكِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ لَنَا كُونُوا فِي الصَّفِّ الَّذِي يَلِينِي وَإِنِّي نَظَرْتُ فِي وُجُوهِ الْقَوْمِ فَعَرَفْتُهُمْ غَيْرَكَ ثُمَّ حَدَّثَ فَمَا رَأَيْتُ الرِّجَالَ مَتَحَتْ أَعْنَاقَهَا إِلَى شَيْءٍ مُتُوحَهَا إِلَيْهِ قَالَ فَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ هَلَكَ أَهْلُ الْعُقْدَةِ وَرَبِّ الْكَعْبَةِ أَلَا لَاعَلَيْهِمْ آسَى وَلَكِنْ آسَى عَلَى مَنْ يَهْلِكُونَ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَإِذَا هُوَ أُبَيٌّ وَالْحَدِيثُ عَلَى لَفْظِ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ دَاوُدَ
✧ I came to Madinah to meet the companions of Muhammad ﷺ, and there was no man among them I was more eager to meet than Ubayy. The prayer was called, and Umar came out with the companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. I stood in the first row. A man came, looked at the faces of the people, recognized them but not me, moved me aside, and stood in my place. I could not focus on my prayer. When he finished praying, he said: My son, may Allah not grieve you. I did not do to you what I did out of ignorance, but the Messenger of Allah ﷺ told us: Be in the row that is closest to me. I looked at the faces of the people and recognized them, except for you. Then he spoke, and I have never seen men stretch their necks toward anything as they stretched them toward him. He said: I heard him say: The people of the knot have perished, by the Lord of the Ka'bah. Indeed, I do not grieve for them, but I grieve for the Muslims who will perish. And that man was Ubayy. The hadith is in the wording of Sulayman b. Dawud.
Musnad Ahmad 21265Hasan
صَلَّى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الصُّبْحَ، فَقَالَ: " شَاهِدٌ فُلَانٌ؟" فَقَالُوا: لَا. فَقَالَ: "شَاهِدٌ فُلَانٌ؟" فَقَالُوا: لَا. فَقَالَ: "شَاهِدٌ فُلَانٌ؟ "فَقَالُوا: لَا. فَقَالَ: إِنَّ هَاتَيْنِ الصَّلَاتَيْنِ مِنْ أَثْقَلِ الصَّلَوَاتِ عَلَى الْمُنَافِقِينَ، وَلَوْ يَعْلَمُونَ مَا فِيهِمَا لَأَتَوْهُمَا وَلَوْ حَبْوًا، وَالصَّفُّ الْمُقَدَّمُ عَلَى مِثْلِ صَفِّ الْمَلَائِكَةِ، وَلَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ فَضِيلَتَهُ لَابْتَدَرْتُمُوهُ، وَصَلَاةُ الرَّجُلِ مَعَ الرَّجُلِ أَزْكَى مِنْ صَلَاتِهِ وَحْدَهُ، وَصَلَاتُهُ مَعَ رَجُلَيْنِ أَزْكَى مِنْ صَلَاتِهِ مَعَ رَجُلٍ، وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرَ فَهُوَ أَحَبُّ إِلَى اللهِ [تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى]
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed the dawn prayer, then said: "Is so-and-so present?" They said: No. He said: "Is so-and-so present?" They said: No. He said: "Is so-and-so present?" They said: No. He said: These two prayers are among the heaviest prayers for the hypocrites. If they knew what is in them, they would come to them even crawling. The front row is like the row of the angels. If you knew its virtue, you would race to it. A man's prayer with another man is purer than his prayer alone, and his prayer with two men is purer than his prayer with one man. The more people, the more beloved it is to Allah [Blessed and Exalted].
Musnad Ahmad 21266Hasan
صَلَّى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْفَجْرَ، فَلَمَّا صَلَّى قَالَ: " شَاهِدٌ فُلَانٌ؟ "فَسَكَتَ الْقَوْمُ، قَالُوا: نَعَمْ، وَلَمْ يَحْضُرْ. فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: إِنَّ أَثْقَلَ الصَّلَاةِ عَلَى الْمُنَافِقِينَ صَلَاةُ الْعِشَاءِ وَالْفَجْرِ، وَلَوْ يَعْلَمُونَ مَا فِيهِمَا لَأَتَوْهُمَا وَلَوْ حَبْوًا، وَإِنَّ الصَّفَّ الْأَوَّلَ عَلَى مِثْلِ صَفِّ الْمَلَائِكَةِ، وَلَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ فَضِيلَتَهُ لَابْتَدَرْتُمُوهُ، إِنَّ صَلَاتَكَ مَعَ رَجُلَيْنِ أَزْكَى مِنْ صَلَاتِكَ مَعَ رَجُلٍ، وَصَلَاتَكَ مَعَ رَجُلٍ أَزْكَى مِنْ صَلَاتِكَ وَحْدَكَ، وَمَا كَثُرَ فَهُوَ أَحَبُّ إِلَى اللهِ [تَعَالَى]
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed the dawn prayer. When he finished, he said: "Is so-and-so present?" The people fell silent. They said: Yes, but he is not present. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: The heaviest prayers for the hypocrites are the evening prayer and the dawn prayer. If they knew what is in them, they would come to them even crawling. The first row is like the row of the angels. If you knew its virtue, you would race to it. Your prayer with two men is purer than your prayer with one man, and your prayer with one man is purer than your prayer alone. The more people, the more beloved it is to Allah [Exalted].
Musnad Ahmad 21267Hasan
صَلَّى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ صَلَاةَ الصُّبْحِ يَوْمًا
✧ One day the Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed the dawn prayer.
Musnad Ahmad 21268Hasan
21598 21660 21268 - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوْنٍ الزِّيَادِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ -يَعْنِي ابْنَ زِيَادٍ - عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ، [عَنْ أَبِيهِ] عَنْ أُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ. فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ
✧ 21598 21660 21268 - Abdullah narrated to us, Abu Bakr Muhammad b. Abdullah b. Ja'far narrated to us, Abu Awn al-Ziyadi narrated to us, Abdul Wahid—meaning Ibn Ziyad—narrated to us, from al-A'mash, from Abu Ishaq, from Abdullah b. Abi Basir, [from his father], from Ubayy b. Ka'b, from the Prophet ﷺ. Then he mentioned the hadith.
Musnad Ahmad 21269Hasan
صَلَّى بِنَا- أَوْ لَنَا - رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ صَلَاةَ الْغَدَاةِ، ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ عَلَيْنَا بِوَجْهِهِ فَقَالَ: شَاهِدٌ فُلَانٌ؟
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed with us—or for us—the morning prayer, then turned his face toward us and said: Is so-and-so present?
Musnad Ahmad 21270Hasan
قَدِمْتُ الْمَدِينَةَ، فَلَقِيتُ أُبَيَّ بْنَ كَعْبٍ. فَذَكَرَ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ
✧ I came to Madinah and met Ubayy b. Ka'b. Then he mentioned something similar.
Musnad Ahmad 21271Hasan
صَلَّى نَبِيُّ اللهِ ﷺ الْغَدَاةَ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: شَاهِدٌ فُلَانٌ؟
✧ The Prophet of God ﷺ prayed the morning prayer, then said: “Is so-and-so present?”
Musnad Ahmad 21272Hasan
لَوْ يَعْلَمُ النَّاسُ مَا فِي الْعِشَاءِ وَصَلَاةِ الْغَدَاةِ مِنَ الْفَضْلِ فِي جَمَاعَةٍ لَأَتَوْهُمَا وَلَوْ حَبْوًا
✧ "Indeed, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'If people knew the excellence of the `Isha' prayer and the Fajr prayer in congregation, they would come to them even if they had to crawl.'"
Musnad Ahmad 21273Hasan
صَلَّى بِنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ صَلَاةَ الْفَجْرِ، فَلَمَّا قَضَى الصَّلَاةَ، رَأَى مِنْ أَهْلِ الْمَسْجِدِ قِلَّةً، فَقَالَ: شَاهِدٌ فُلَانٌ؟ قُلْنَا: نَعَمْ. حَتَّى عَدَّ ثَلَاثَةَ نَفَرٍ، فَقَالَ: " إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ مِنْ صَلَاةٍ أَثْقَلُ عَلَى الْمُنَافِقِينَ مِنْ صَلَاةِ الْعِشَاءِ الْآخِرَةِ، وَمِنْ صَلَاةِ الْفَجْرِ.
✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ prayed the dawn prayer with us. When he finished the prayer, he saw that the people in the mosque were few, so he said: “Is so-and-so present?” We said: “Yes.” He counted until three people, then said: “There is no prayer heavier upon the hypocrites than the late evening prayer and the dawn prayer.”
Musnad Ahmad 21274Hasan
صَلَّى بِنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ صَلَاةَ الصُّبْحِ، فَلَمَّا قَضَى صَلَاتَهُ، أَقْبَلَ عَلَيْنَا بِوَجْهِهِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: إِنَّ أَثْقَلَ الصَّلَوَاتِ عَلَى الْمُنَافِقِينَ [هَاتَيْنِ الصَّلَاتَيْنِ]
✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ prayed the morning prayer with us. When he finished his prayer, he turned his face toward us, then said: “The heaviest prayers upon the hypocrites are these two prayers.”
Musnad Ahmad 21275Sahih
مَنْ قَرَأَ بِـ قُلْ هُوَ اللهُ أَحَدٌ، فَكَأَنَّمَا قَرَأَ بِثُلُثِ الْقُرْآنِ
✧ Whoever recites “Qul huwa Allahu ahad” (Sūrat al-Ikhlāṣ), it is as if he has recited a third of the Qur’an.
Musnad Ahmad 21276Sahih
الصَّلَاةُ فِي الثَّوْبِ الْوَاحِدِ سُنَّةٌ، كُنَّا نَفْعَلُهُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَلَا يُعَابُ عَلَيْنَا. فَقَالَ ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ: إِنَّمَا كَانَ ذَاكَ إِذْ كَانَ فِي الثِّيَابِ قِلَّةٌ، فَأَمَّا إِذْ وَسَّعَ اللهُ، فَالصَّلَاةُ فِي الثَّوْبَيْنِ أَزْكَى
✧ Praying in a single garment is a sunnah. We used to do it with the Messenger of God ﷺ, and it was not held against us. Ibn Masʿūd said: “That was only when garments were scarce. Now that God has granted abundance, praying in two garments is purer.”
Musnad Ahmad 21277Sahih
21607 21669 21277 - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ، وَحَسَنُ بْنُ مُوسَى، وَعَفَّانُ قَالُوا: حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ ثَابِتٍ وَقَالَ عَفَّانُ: أَخْبَرَنَا ثَابِتٌ - عَنْ أَبِي رَافِعٍ، عَنْ أُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ
✧ 21607 21669 21277 - ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. Mahdī, Ḥasan b. Mūsā, and ʿAffān narrated to us, saying: Ḥammād b. Salamah narrated to us, from Thābit—and ʿAffān said: Thābit informed us—from Abū Rāfiʿ, from Ubayy b. Kaʿb, that the Messenger of God ﷺ
Musnad Ahmad 21278Sahih
21609 21671 21278 - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ سَعِيدٍ الْجُرَيْرِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي السَّلِيلِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ رَبَاحٍ، عَنْ أُبَيٍّ
✧ 21609 21671 21278 - ʿAbd al-Razzāq narrated to us: Sufyān informed us, from Saʿīd al-Jurayrī, from Abū al-Salīl, from ʿAbd Allāh b. Rabāḥ, from Ubayy.
Musnad Ahmad 21279Hasan
بَعَثَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مُصَدِّقًا عَلَى بَلِيٍّ وَعُذْرَةَ، وَجَمِيعِ بَنِي سَعْدِ بْنِ هُذَيْمِ بْنِ قُضَاعَةَ. - [ قَالَ أَبِي ] وَقَالَ يَعْقُوبُ فِي مَوْضِعٍ آخَرَ: مِنْ قُضَاعَةَ -. قَالَ: فَصَدَّقْتُهُمْ، حَتَّى مَرَرْتُ بِآخِرِ رَجُلٍ مِنْهُمْ، وَكَانَ مَنْزِلُهُ وَبَلَدُهُ مِنْ أَقْرَبِ مَنَازِلِهِمْ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ بِالْمَدِينَةِ. قَالَ: فَلَمَّا جَمَعَ إِلَيَّ مَالَهُ لَمْ أَجِدْ عَلَيْهِ فِيهَا إِلَّا ابْنَةَ مَخَاضٍ، يَعْنِي: فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ أَنَّهَا صَدَقَتُهُ قَالَ: فَقَالَ: ذَاكَ مَا لَا لَبَنَ فِيهِ وَلَا ظَهْرَ، وَايْمُ اللهِ مَا قَامَ فِي مَالِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَلَا رَسُولٌ لَهُ قَطُّ قَبْلَكَ، وَمَا كُنْتُ لِأُقْرِضَ اللهَ [تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى] مِنْ مَالِي مَا لَا لَبَنَ فِيهِ وَلَا ظَهْرَ، وَلَكِنْ هَذِهِ نَاقَةٌ فَتِيَّةٌ سَمِينَةٌ فَخُذْهَا. قَالَ: فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: مَا أَنَا بِآخِذٍ مَا لَمْ أُومَرْ بِهِ، فَهَذَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مِنْكَ قَرِيبٌ، فَإِنْ أَحْبَبْتَ أَنْ تَأْتِيَهُ فَتَعْرِضَ عَلَيْهِ مَا عَرَضْتَ عَلَيَّ فَافْعَلْ، فَإِنْ قَبِلَهُ مِنْكَ قَبِلَهُ، وَإِنْ رَدَّهُ عَلَيْكَ رَدَّهُ. قَالَ: فَإِنِّي فَاعِلٌ. قَالَ: فَخَرَجَ مَعِي، وَخَرَجَ بِالنَّاقَةِ الَّتِي عَرَضَ عَلَيَّ، حَتَّى قَدِمْنَا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، قَالَ: فَقَالَ لَهُ: يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ، أَتَانِي رَسُولُكَ لِيَأْخُذَ مِنِّي صَدَقَةَ مَالِي، وَايْمُ اللهِ مَا قَامَ فِي مَالِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَلَا رَسُولٌ لَهُ قَطُّ قَبْلَهُ، فَجَمَعْتُ لَهُ مَالِي، فَزَعَمَ أَنَّ عَلَيَّ فِيهِ ابْنَةَ مَخَاضٍ، وَذَلِكَ مَا لَا لَبَنَ فِيهِ وَلَا ظَهْرَ، وَقَدْ عَرَضْتُ عَلَيْهِ نَاقَةً فَتِيَّةً سَمِينَةً لِيَأْخُذَهَا فَأَبَى عَلَيَّ ذَلِكَ. وَقَالَ: هَا هِيَ هَذِهِ قَدْ جِئْتُكَ بِهَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ خُذْهَا. قَالَ: فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: ذَلِكَ الَّذِي عَلَيْكَ، فَإِنْ تَطَوَّعْتَ بِخَيْرٍ قَبِلْنَاهُ مِنْكَ، وَآجَرَكَ اللهُ فِيهِ قَالَ: فَهَا هِيَ ذِهْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، قَدْ جِئْتُكَ بِهَا فَخُذْهَا. قَالَ: فَأَمَرَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِقَبْضِهَا، وَدَعَا لَهُ فِي مَالِهِ بِالْبَرَكَةِ
✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ sent me as a zakat collector to Baliyy, ʿUdhrah, and all of Banū Saʿd b. Hudhaym b. Quḍāʿah.—[My father] said: And Yaʿqūb said in another place: “of Quḍāʿah.”—He said: I collected zakat from them until I came to the last man among them. His dwelling and land were among the closest of their dwellings to the Messenger of God ﷺ in Madinah. He said: When he gathered his wealth for me, I found upon it only a bint makhāḍ (a one-year-old female camel)—that is, I informed him that it was due as zakat. He said: The man said: “That is one with no milk and no riding capability. By God, neither the Messenger of God ﷺ nor any messenger of his has ever stood over my wealth before you. I would not lend God [Blessed and Exalted] from my wealth what has no milk and no riding capability. But here is a young, fat she-camel—take it.” He said: I said to him: “I will not take what I was not commanded to take. The Messenger of God ﷺ is near you. If you wish, go to him and present what you presented to me. If he accepts it from you, it is accepted, and if he returns it to you, it is returned.” He said: “Indeed, I will do that.” He said: He set out with me, bringing the she-camel he had offered me, until we came to the Messenger of God ﷺ. He said: He said to him: “O Prophet of God, your messenger came to me to take the zakat of my wealth. By God, neither the Messenger of God ﷺ nor any messenger of his has ever stood over my wealth before him. I gathered my wealth for him, and he claimed that I owe a bint makhāḍ, which is one with no milk and no riding capability. I offered him a young, fat she-camel to take, but he refused me that.” Then he said: “Here it is—I have brought it to you, O Messenger of God; take it.” He said: The Messenger of God ﷺ said to him: “That is what is due upon you. But if you voluntarily give something better, we accept it from you, and God will reward you for it.” He said: “Here it is, O Messenger of God; I have brought it to you—take it.” He said: The Messenger of God ﷺ ordered that it be taken, and he supplicated for blessing in his wealth.
Musnad Ahmad 21280Hasan
قَالَ عُمَارَةُ: وَقَدْ وُلِّيتُ صَدَقَاتِهِمْ فِي زَمَنِ مُعَاوِيَةَ، فَأَخَذْتُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ الرَّجُلِ ثَلَاثِينَ حِقَّةً لِأَلْفٍ وَخَمْسِمِائَةِ بَعِيرٍ عَلَيْهِ
✧ ʿUmārah said: “I was put in charge of their zakat in the time of Muʿāwiyah, and I took from that man thirty ḥiqqahs for one thousand five hundred camels that he owed.”
21613 21675 21281 - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ، وَأَبُو سَلَمَةَ الْخُزَاعِيُّ قَالَا: حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ ثَابِتٍ، عَنِ الْجَارُودِ بْنِ أَبِي سَبْرَةَ، عَنْ أُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ، قَالَ الْخُزَاعِيُّ فِي حَدِيثِهِ: قَالَ لِي أُبَيُّ بْنُ كَعْبٍ:
✧ 21613 21675 21281 - ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. Mahdī and Abū Salamah al-Khuzāʿī narrated to us, saying: Ḥammād b. Salamah narrated to us, from Thābit, from al-Jārūd b. Abī Sabrah, from Ubayy b. Kaʿb—al-Khuzāʿī said in his narration: Ubayy b. Kaʿb said to me:
أَنَّهُ دَخَلَ رَجُلٌ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ: " مَتَى عَهْدُكَ بِأُمِّ مِلْدَمٍ ؟ - وَهُوَ حَرٌّ بَيْنَ الْجِلْدِ وَاللَّحْمِ -" قَالَ: إِنَّ ذَلِكَ لَوَجَعٌ مَا أَصَابَنِي قَطُّ، قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: مَثَلُ الْمُؤْمِنِ مَثَلُ الْخَامَةِ، تَحْمَرُّ مَرَّةً وَتَصْفَرُّ أُخْرَى
✧ A man entered upon the Prophet ﷺ, and he said: “When did you last see Umm Mildam?”—meaning a fever that is a heat between the skin and the flesh. The man said: “That is a pain that has never afflicted me.” The Messenger of God ﷺ said: “The likeness of the believer is that of a fresh stalk: it turns red once and yellow another.”
Musnad Ahmad 21283Accepted
أَنَّ عُمَرَ أَرَادَ أَنْ يَنْهَى عَنْ مُتْعَةِ الْحَجِّ، فَقَالَ لَهُ أُبَيٌّ: لَيْسَ ذَاكَ لَكَ، قَدْ تَمَتَّعْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَلَمْ يَنْهَنَا عَنْ ذَلِكَ، فَأَضْرَبَ عَنْ ذَلِكَ عُمَرُ. وَأَرَادَ أَنْ يَنْهَى عَنْ حُلَلِ الْحِبَرَةِ؛ لِأَنَّهَا تُصْبَغُ بِالْبَوْلِ. فَقَالَ لَهُ أُبَيٌّ: لَيْسَ ذَلِكَ لَكَ، قَدْ لَبِسَهُنَّ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَلَبِسْنَاهُنَّ فِي عَهْدِهِ
✧ ʿUmar wanted to prohibit tamattuʿ in Hajj, but Ubayy said to him: “That is not for you. We performed tamattuʿ with the Messenger of God ﷺ, and he did not prohibit us from that.” So ʿUmar abandoned that. And he wanted to prohibit ḥibarah garments because they are dyed with urine, but Ubayy said to him: “That is not for you. The Prophet ﷺ wore them, and we wore them during his time.”
Musnad Ahmad 21284Sahih
أَقْبَلَ هُوَ وَنَفَرٌ مَعَهُ، فَوَجَدُوا سَوْطًا، فَأَخَذَهُ صَاحِبُهُ، فَلَمْ يَأْمُرُوهُ وَلَمْ يَنْهَوْهُ، فَقَدِمْتُ الْمَدِينَةَ، فَلَقِيَنَا أُبَيُّ بْنُ كَعْبٍ فَسَأَلْنَاهُ، فَقَالَ: وَجَدْتُ مِائَةَ دِينَارٍ فِي زَمَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، [فَسَأَلْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ ] فَقَالَ: عَرِّفْهَا حَوْلًا فَكَرَّرَ عَلَيْهِ، حَتَّى ذَكَرَ أَحْوَالًا ثَلَاثَةً، فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، فَقَالَ: "شَأْنُكَ بِهَا
✧ He came back with a group of people with him, and they found a whip. Its owner took it, and they neither ordered him nor forbade him. Then I arrived in Madinah, and Ubayy b. Ka'b met us, so we asked him. He said: I found a hundred dinars at the time of the Prophet ﷺ, [so I asked the Prophet ﷺ] and he said: 'Announce it for a year.' He repeated that to him until he mentioned three years. I said: 'O Messenger of God,' and he said: 'It is your affair with it.'
Musnad Ahmad 21285No grade recorded
يَا بِلَالُ، اجْعَلْ بَيْنَ أَذَانِكَ وَإِقَامَتِكَ نَفَسًا يَفْرُغُ الْآكِلُ مِنْ طَعَامِهِ فِي مَهَلٍ، وَيَقْضِي الْمُتَوَضِّئُ حَاجَتَهُ فِي مَهَلٍ
✧ O Bilal, put between your adhan and your iqamah a pause so that the eater may finish his food at leisure and the one performing wudu may finish his need at leisure.
21619 21681 21286 - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ، حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحِيمِ الْبَزَّازُ، أَخْبَرَنَا قُرَّةُ بْنُ حَبِيبٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا مُعَارِكُ بْنُ عَبَّادٍ الْعَبْدِيُّ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي الْجَوْزَاءِ، عَنْ أُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ: " يَا بِلَالُ " فَذَكَرَ نَحْوَهُ
✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ said: "O Bilal..." and he mentioned something similar.
Musnad Ahmad 21287Sahih
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَرَأَ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ بَرَاءَةٌ وَهُوَ قَائِمٌ يُذَكِّرُ بِأَيَّامِ اللهِ، وَأُبَيُّ بْنُ كَعْبٍ وِجَاهَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَأَبُو الدَّرْدَاءِ، وَأَبُو ذَرٍّ، فَغَمَزَ أُبَيَّ بْنَ كَعْبٍ أَحَدُهُمَا، فَقَالَ: مَتَى أُنْزِلَتْ هَذِهِ السُّورَةُ يَا أُبَيُّ ؟ فَإِنِّي لَمْ أَسْمَعْهَا إِلَّا الْآنَ! فَأَشَارَ إِلَيْهِ أَنِ اسْكُتْ، فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفُوا قَالَ: سَأَلْتُكَ مَتَى أُنْزِلَتْ هَذِهِ السُّورَةُ فَلَمْ تُخْبِرْنِي. قَالَ أُبَيٌّ: لَيْسَ لَكَ مِنْ صَلَاتِكَ الْيَوْمَ إِلَّا مَا لَغَوْتَ. فَذَهَبْتُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لَهُ، وَأَخْبَرْتُهُ بِالَّذِي قَالَ أُبَيٌّ، فَقَالَ: صَدَقَ أُبَيٌّ
✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ recited on Friday (the surah beginning with) Bara'ah while standing, reminding of the days of God. Ubayy b. Ka'b was facing the Prophet ﷺ, along with Abu al-Darda' and Abu Dharr. One of them nudged Ubayy b. Ka'b and said: 'When was this surah revealed, O Ubayy? For I have only just heard it now!' He gestured to him to be silent. When they finished, he said: 'I asked you when this surah was revealed, and you did not tell me.' Ubayy said: 'You have nothing from your prayer today except what you wasted in idle talk.' So I went to the Messenger of God ﷺ and mentioned that to him, and told him what Ubayy had said. He said: 'Ubayy spoke the truth.'
Musnad Ahmad 21288No grade recorded
فُرِجَ سَقْفُ بَيْتِي وَأَنَا بِمَكَّةَ، فَنَزَلَ جِبْرِيلُ [عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ] فَفَرَجَ صَدْرِي، ثُمَّ غَسَلَهُ مِنْ مَاءِ زَمْزَمَ، ثُمَّ جَاءَ بِطَسْتٍ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ مُمْتَلِئٍ حِكْمَةً وَإِيمَانًا، فَأَفْرَغَهَا فِي صَدْرِي، ثُمَّ أَطْبَقَهُ، ثُمَّ أَخَذَ بِيَدِي فَعَرَجَ بِي إِلَى السَّمَاءِ، فَلَمَّا جَاءَ السَّمَاءَ الدُّنْيَا، فَافْتَتَحَ، فَقَالَ: مَنْ هَذَا؟ قَالَ: جِبْرِيلُ. قَالَ: هَلْ مَعَكَ أَحَدٌ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، مَعِي مُحَمَّدٌ. قَالَ: أُرْسِلَ إِلَيْهِ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، فَافْتَحْ. فَلَمَّا عَلَوْنَا السَّمَاءَ الدُّنْيَا إِذَا رَجُلٌ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ أَسْوِدَةٌ، وَعَنْ يَسَارِهِ أَسْوِدَةٌ، وَإِذَا نَظَرَ قِبَلَ يَمِينِهِ تَبَسَّمَ، وَإِذَا نَظَرَ قِبَلَ يَسَارِهِ بَكَى، قَالَ: مَرْحَبًا بِالنَّبِيِّ الصَّالِحِ، وَالِابْنِ الصَّالِحِ. قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِجِبْرِيلَ [عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ]: مَنْ هَذَا؟ قَالَ: هَذَا آدَمُ وَهَذِهِ الْأَسْوِدَةُ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَشِمَالِهِ نَسَمُ بَنِيهِ، فَأَهْلُ الْيَمِينِ هُمْ أَهْلُ الْجَنَّةِ، وَالْأَسْوِدَةُ الَّتِي عَنْ شِمَالِهِ أَهْلُ النَّارِ، فَإِذَا نَظَرَ قِبَلَ يَمِينِهِ ضَحِكَ، وَإِذَا نَظَرَ قِبَلَ شِمَالِهِ بَكَى. قَالَ: ثُمَّ عَرَجَ بِي جِبْرِيلُ حَتَّى جَاءَ السَّمَاءَ الثَّانِيَةَ، فَقَالَ لِخَازِنِهَا: افْتَحْ. فَقَالَ لَهُ خَازِنُهَا مِثْلَ مَا قَالَ خَازِنُ السَّمَاءِ الدُّنْيَا، فَفَتَحَ لَهُ. قَالَ أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ: فَذَكَرَ أَنَّهُ وَجَدَ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ آدَمَ وَإِدْرِيسَ وَمُوسَى وَعِيسَى وَإِبْرَاهِيمَ [عَلَيْهِمُ الصَّلَاةُ السَّلَامُ]، وَلَمْ يَثْبُتْ لِي كَيْفَ مَنَازِلُهُمْ غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ ذَكَرَ أَنَّهُ وَجَدَ آدَمَ فِي السَّمَاءِ الدُّنْيَا، وَإِبْرَاهِيمَ فِي السَّمَاءِ السَّادِسَةِ، قَالَ أَنَسٌ: فَلَمَّا مَرَّ جِبْرِيلُ [عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ] وَرَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِإِدْرِيسَ قَالَ: مَرْحَبًا بِالنَّبِيِّ الصَّالِحِ وَالْأَخِ الصَّالِحِ. قَالَ: فَقُلْتُ: مَنْ هَذَا؟ قَالَ: هَذَا إِدْرِيسُ. قَالَ: ثُمَّ مَرَرْتُ بِمُوسَى فَقَالَ: مَرْحَبًا بِالنَّبِيِّ الصَّالِحِ، وَالْأَخِ الصَّالِحِ. قُلْتُ: مَنْ هَذَا؟ قَالَ: هَذَا مُوسَى. ثُمَّ مَرَرْتُ بِعِيسَى فَقَالَ: مَرْحَبًا بِالنَّبِيِّ الصَّالِحِ، وَالْأَخِ الصَّالِحِ. قُلْتُ: مَنْ هَذَا؟ قَالَ: هَذَا عِيسَى بْنُ مَرْيَمَ. قَالَ: ثُمَّ مَرَرْتُ بِإِبْرَاهِيمَ فَقَالَ: مَرْحَبًا بِالنَّبِيِّ الصَّالِحِ، وَالِابْنِ الصَّالِحِ. قُلْتُ: مَنْ هَذَا؟ قَالَ: هَذَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ [عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ]. قَالَ ابْنُ شِهَابٍ: وَأَخْبَرَنِي ابْنُ حَزْمٍ: أَنَّ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ، وَأَبَا حَبَّةَ الْأَنْصَارِيَّ يَقُولَانِ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: " ثُمَّ عُرِجَ بِي حَتَّى ظَهَرْتُ بِمُسْتَوًى أَسْمَعُ صَرِيفَ الْأَقْلَامِ.
✧ The roof of my house was opened while I was in Makkah, and Gabriel ﷺ descended and opened my chest, then washed it with water from Zamzam. Then he brought a golden basin full of wisdom and faith, poured it into my chest, then closed it. Then he took me by the hand and ascended with me to the heaven. When he came to the lowest heaven, he asked for it to be opened. It was said: 'Who is this?' He said: 'Gabriel.' It was said: 'Is there anyone with you?' He said: 'Yes, Muhammad is with me.' It was said: 'Has he been sent for?' He said: 'Yes, so open.' When we ascended to the lowest heaven, there was a man with dark figures on his right and dark figures on his left. When he looked to his right he smiled, and when he looked to his left he wept. He said: 'Welcome to the righteous prophet and the righteous son.' I said to Gabriel: 'Who is this?' He said: 'This is Adam, and these dark figures on his right and left are the souls of his descendants. The people of the right are the people of Paradise, and the dark figures on his left are the people of the Fire. So when he looks to his right he laughs, and when he looks to his left he weeps.' Then Gabriel ascended with me until he came to the second heaven and said to its keeper: 'Open.' Its keeper said to him the like of what the keeper of the lowest heaven had said, and he opened for him. Anas b. Malik said: He mentioned that he found in the heavens Adam, Idris, Moses, Jesus, and Abraham (peace be upon them), but it was not firmly established for me how their stations were, except that he mentioned that he found Adam in the lowest heaven and Abraham in the sixth heaven. Anas said: When Gabriel ﷺ and the Messenger of God ﷺ passed by Idris, he said: 'Welcome to the righteous prophet and the righteous brother.' I said: 'Who is this?' He said: 'This is Idris.' Then I passed by Moses, and he said: 'Welcome to the righteous prophet and the righteous brother.' I said: 'Who is this?' He said: 'This is Moses.' Then I passed by Jesus, and he said: 'Welcome to the righteous prophet and the righteous brother.' I said: 'Who is this?' He said: 'This is Jesus son of Mary.' Then I passed by Abraham, and he said: 'Welcome to the righteous prophet and the righteous son.' I said: 'Who is this?' He said: 'This is Abraham ﷺ.' Ibn Shihab said: And Ibn Hazm informed me that Ibn 'Abbas and Abu Habba al-Ansari said: The Messenger of God ﷺ said: "Then I was taken up until I appeared at a level where I could hear the scratching of the pens."
Musnad Ahmad 21289Sahih
أَقْبَلْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَنَزَلْنَا ذَا الْحُلَيْفَةِ، فَتَعَجَّلَتْ رِجَالٌ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ، وَبَاتَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَبِتْنَا مَعَهُ، فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحَ سَأَلَ عَنْهُمْ فَقِيلَ: تَعَجَّلُوا إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ فَقَالَ: تَعَجَّلُوا إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ وَالنِّسَاءِ! أَمَا إِنَّهُمْ سَيَدَعُونَهَا أَحْسَنَ مَا كَانَتْ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: " لَيْتَ شِعْرِي، مَتَى تَخْرُجُ نَارٌ مِنَ الْيَمَنِ مِنْ جَبَلِ الْوِرَاقِ، تُضِيءُ مِنْهَا أَعْنَاقُ الْإِبِلِ بُرُوكًا بِبُصْرَى كَضَوْءِ النَّهَارِ
✧ We came back with the Messenger of God ﷺ and camped at Dhu al-Hulayfah. Some men hurried ahead to Madinah, while the Messenger of God ﷺ spent the night and we spent the night with him. When morning came, he asked about them and was told: 'They hurried ahead to Madinah.' He said: 'They hurried to Madinah and the women! Indeed, they will leave it in the best state it has ever been.' Then he said: 'Would that I knew when a fire will come out from Yemen, from the mountain of al-Wiraq, by which the necks of camels kneeling at Busra will be illuminated like daylight.'
Musnad Ahmad 21290Sahih
21623 21685 21290 - حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو، حَدَّثَنَا زَائِدَةُ، عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مُرَّةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ الْبَكْرِيِّ، عَنْ حَبِيبِ بْنِ حِمَازٍ، عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ قَالَ: كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ. فَذَكَرَ مَعْنَاهُ
✧ We were with the Messenger of God ﷺ... and he mentioned its meaning.
كُنْتُ أَخْدُمُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ، ثُمَّ آتِي الْمَسْجِدَ إِذَا أَنَا فَرَغْتُ مِنْ عَمَلِي، فَأَضْطَجِعُ فِيهِ فَأَتَانِي النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَوْمًا وَأَنَا مُضْطَجِعٌ، فَغَمَزَنِي بِرِجْلِهِ، فَاسْتَوَيْتُ جَالِسًا، فَقَالَ لِي: يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ، كَيْفَ تَصْنَعُ إِذَا أُخْرِجْتَ مِنْهَا؟ فَقُلْتُ: أَرْجِعُ إِلَى مَسْجِدِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَإِلَى بَيْتِي. قَالَ: " فَكَيْفَ تَصْنَعُ إِذَا أُخْرِجْتَ مِنْهَا ؟ "فَقُلْتُ: إِذًا آخُذَ سَيْفِي، فَأَضْرِبَ بِهِ مَنْ يُخْرِجُنِي. فَجَعَلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَدَهُ عَلَى مَنْكِبِي، فَقَالَ: "غَفْرًا يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ -ثَلَاثًا - بَلْ تَنْقَادُ مَعَهُمْ حَيْثُ قَادُوكَ، وَتَنْسَاقُ مَعَهُمْ حَيْثُ سَاقُوكَ، وَلَوْ عَبْدٌ أَسْوَدُ. قَالَ أَبُو ذَرٍّ: فَلَمَّا نُفِيتُ إِلَى الرَّبَذَةِ، أُقِيمَتِ الصَّلَاةُ، فَتَقَدَّمَ رَجُلٌ أَسْوَدُ كَانَ فِيهَا عَلَى نَعَمِ الصَّدَقَةِ، فَلَمَّا رَآنِي أَخَذَ لِيَرْجِعَ وَلِيُقَدِّمَنِي، فَقُلْتُ: كَمَا أَنْتَ، بَلْ أَنْقَادُ لِأَمْرِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ
✧ I used to serve the Prophet ﷺ, then I would come to the mosque when I finished my work and lie down in it. One day the Prophet ﷺ came to me while I was lying down; he nudged me with his foot, and I sat up straight. He said to me: 'O Abu Dharr, how will you act if you are expelled from it (Madinah)?' I said: 'I will return to the mosque of the Prophet ﷺ and to my house.' He said: 'Then how will you act if you are expelled from it?' I said: 'Then I will take my sword and strike with it whoever expels me.' The Prophet ﷺ placed his hand on my shoulder and said: 'Forgiveness, O Abu Dharr - three times - rather, you will comply with them wherever they lead you, and you will be driven along with them wherever they drive you, even if it is a black slave.' Abu Dharr said: When I was exiled to al-Rabadhah and the prayer was established, a black man who was there in charge of the camels of zakat stepped forward. When he saw me, he began to step back to put me forward, but I said: 'Stay as you are; rather, I comply with the command of the Messenger of God ﷺ.'
الْإِسْلَامُ ذَلُولٌ، لَا يُرْكَبُ إِلَّا ذَلُولًا
✧ Islam is submissive; it is only mounted by one who is submissive.
اثْنَانِ خَيْرٌ مِنْ وَاحِدٍ، وَثَلَاثَةٌ خَيْرٌ مِنَ اثْنَيْنِ، وَأَرْبَعَةٌ خَيْرٌ مِنْ ثَلَاثَةٍ، فَعَلَيْكُمْ بِالْجَمَاعَةِ، فَإِنَّ اللهَ [عَزَّ وَجَلَّ] لَنْ يَجْمَعَ أُمَّتِي إِلَّا عَلَى هُدًى
✧ Two are better than one, and three are better than two, and four are better than three. So keep to the congregation, for God (Mighty and Majestic) will not unite my community except upon guidance.
إِذَا أَحَبَّ أَحَدُكُمْ صَاحِبَهُ، فَلْيَأْتِهِ فِي مَنْزِلِهِ، فَلْيُخْبِرْهُ أَنَّهُ يُحِبُّهُ لِلهِ. وَقَدْ جِئْتُكَ فِي مَنْزِلِكَ.
✧ When one of you loves his companion, let him go to him in his dwelling and tell him that he loves him for the sake of God. And indeed I have come to you in your dwelling.
Musnad Ahmad 21295Sahih
أَنَّهُ مَرَّ بِعُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ، فَقَالَ: نِعْمَ الْفَتَى غُضَيْفٌ. فَلَقِيَهُ أَبُو ذَرٍّ فَقَالَ: أَيْ أَخِي، اسْتَغْفِرْ لِي. قَالَ: أَنْتَ صَاحِبُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، وَأَنْتَ أَحَقُّ أَنْ تَسْتَغْفِرَ لِي ! فَقَالَ: إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ يَقُولُ: نِعْمَ الْفَتَى غُضَيْفٌ، وَقَدْ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: إِنَّ اللهَ [عَزَّ وَجَلَّ] ضَرَبَ بِالْحَقِّ عَلَى لِسَانِ عُمَرَ وَقَلْبِهِ. قَالَ عَفَّانُ: عَلَى لِسَانِ عُمَرَ يَقُولُ بِهِ.
✧ He passed by 'Umar b. al-Khattab, who said: 'What an excellent young man Ghudayf is!' Then Abu Dharr met him and said: 'O my brother, ask forgiveness for me.' He said: 'You are a companion of the Messenger of God ﷺ, and you are more entitled to ask forgiveness for me!' He said: 'I heard 'Umar b. al-Khattab say: "What an excellent young man Ghudayf is!" And the Messenger of God ﷺ said: "God (Mighty and Majestic) has struck truth upon the tongue of 'Umar and his heart." 'Affan said: 'Upon the tongue of 'Umar, by which he speaks.'
Musnad Ahmad 21296Sahih
كُنْتُ أَمْشِي مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ: لَغَيْرُ الدَّجَّالِ أَخْوَفُنِي عَلَى أُمَّتِي قَالَهَا ثَلَاثًا. قَالَ: قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، مَا هَذَا الَّذِي غَيْرُ الدَّجَّالِ أَخْوَفُكَ عَلَى أُمَّتِكَ؟ قَالَ: " أَئِمَّةً مُضِلِّينَ.
✧ "I was walking with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and he said, 'Among the dangers that concern me the most for my ummah (community) is the misguiding leaders.' He repeated it three times. I asked him, 'O Messenger of Allah, what is it that worries you about this misguiding leader for your ummah?' He replied, 'Misguiding leaders.'"
Musnad Ahmad 21297Sahih
كُنْتُ مُخَاصِرَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ يَوْمًا إِلَى مَنْزِلِهِ، فَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ: غَيْرُ الدَّجَّالِ أَخْوَفُ عَلَى أُمَّتِي مِنَ الدَّجَّالِ" فَلَمَّا خَشِيتُ أَنْ يَدْخُلَ، قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَيُّ شَيْءٍ أَخْوَفُ عَلَى أُمَّتِكَ مِنَ الدَّجَّالِ؟ قَالَ: " الْأَئِمَّةَ الْمُضِلِّينَ
✧ One day I was walking with the Prophet ﷺ, holding his arm, to his house, and I heard him say: "Other than the Dajjal, there is something I fear more for my nation than the Dajjal." When I feared he would enter, I said: "O Messenger of Allah, what thing do you fear more for your nation than the Dajjal?" He said: "The misleading leaders."
Musnad Ahmad 21298Sahih
قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ، أَلَا أَدُلُّكَ عَلَى كَنْزٍ مِنْ كُنُوزِ الْجَنَّةِ؟ قُلْ: لَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللهِ
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me: "O Abu Dharr, shall I not guide you to a treasure from the treasures of Paradise? Say: There is no might nor power except with Allah."
Musnad Ahmad 21299Sahih
أُوتِيتُ خَمْسًا لَمْ يُؤْتَهُنَّ نَبِيٌّ كَانَ قَبْلِي: نُصِرْتُ بِالرُّعْبِ فَيُرْعَبُ مِنِّي الْعَدُوُّ مَنْ مَسِيرَةِ شَهْرٍ، وَجُعِلَتْ لِيَ الْأَرْضُ مَسْجِدًا وَطَهُورًا، وَأُحِلَّتْ لِيَ الْغَنَائِمُ، وَلَمْ تَحِلَّ لِأَحَدٍ كَانَ قَبْلِي، وَبُعِثْتُ إِلَى الْأَحْمَرِ وَالْأَسْوَدِ، وَقِيلَ لِي: سَلْ تُعْطَهْ، فَاخْتَبَأْتُهَا شَفَاعَةً لِأُمَّتِي، وَهِيَ نَائِلَةٌ مِنْكُمْ -إِنْ شَاءَ اللهُ- مَنْ لَقِيَ اللهَ [عَزَّ وَجَلَّ] لَا يُشْرِكُ بِهِ شَيْئًا
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "I have been given five things which no prophet before me was given: I have been granted victory through terror, for a distance of one month's journey; the earth has been made a place of worship and a means of purification for me; booty has been made lawful for me, and it was not made lawful for anyone before me; I have been given the ability to intercede on behalf of my Ummah (nation), and every prophet was sent only to his own people, whereas I have been sent to all of mankind; and it will be said on the Day of Resurrection, 'Ask, and you will be granted, intercede and your intercession will be accepted.'"
Musnad Ahmad 21300Sahih
تَغِيبُ الشَّمْسُ تَحْتَ الْعَرْشِ، فَيُؤْذَنُ لَهَا فَتَرْجِعُ، فَإِذَا كَانَتْ تِلْكَ اللَّيْلَةُ الَّتِي تَطْلُعُ صَبِيحَتَهَا مِنَ الْمَغْرِبِ لَمْ يُؤْذَنْ لَهَا، فَإِذَا أَصْبَحَتْ قِيلَ لَهَا: اطْلُعِي مِنْ مَكَانِكِ. ثُمَّ قَرَأَ: هَلْ يَنْظُرُونَ إِلا أَنْ تَأْتِيَهُمُ الْمَلائِكَةُ أَوْ يَأْتِيَ رَبُّكَ أَوْ يَأْتِيَ بَعْضُ آيَاتِ رَبِّكَ
✧ The sun sets beneath the Throne, and permission is granted to it, so it returns. But on that night when it rises from the west the following morning, permission will not be granted to it. When morning comes, it will be told: 'Rise from your place.' Then he recited: 'Do they await except that the angels should come to them or your Lord should come or that there come some of the signs of your Lord?'
Musnad Ahmad 21301Sahih
مَنْ صَامَ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ مِنْ كُلِّ شَهْرٍ، فَقَدْ صَامَ الدَّهْرَ كُلَّهُ.
✧ Whoever fasts three days of every month has fasted the entire age.
إِنَّ الْعَيْنَ لَتُولَعُ الرَّجُلَ بِإِذْنِ اللهِ، حَتَّى يَصْعَدَ حَالِقًا، ثُمَّ يَتَرَدَّى مِنْهُ.
✧ The evil eye can afflict a man by Allah's permission, until he climbs a high place and then falls from it.
Musnad Ahmad 21303Hasan
خَرَجَ إِلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ: " أَتَدْرُونَ أَيُّ الْأَعْمَالِ أَحَبُّ إِلَى اللهِ [عَزَّ وَجَلَّ] ؟ " قَالَ قَائِلٌ: الصَّلَاةُ وَالزَّكَاةُ، وَقَالَ قَائِلٌ: الْجِهَادُ ؟ قَالَ: إِنَّ أَحَبَّ الْأَعْمَالِ إِلَى اللهِ [عَزَّ وَجَلَّ]، الْحُبُّ فِي اللهِ، وَالْبُغْضُ فِي اللهِ
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came out to us and said: "Do you know which actions are most beloved to Allah, Mighty and Majestic?" One person said: "Prayer and zakah," and another said: "Jihad?" He said: "The most beloved of actions to Allah, Mighty and Majestic, is loving for the sake of Allah and hating for the sake of Allah."
Musnad Ahmad 21304Sahih
كُنْتُ كَافِرًا، فَهَدَانِي اللهُ لِلْإِسْلَامِ، وَكُنْتُ أَعْزُبُ عَنِ الْمَاءِ وَمَعِي أَهْلِي، فَتُصِيبُنِي الْجَنَابَةُ، فَوَقَعَ ذَلِكَ فِي نَفْسِي، وَقَدْ نُعِتَ لِي أَبُو ذَرٍّ، فَحَجَجْتُ فَدَخَلْتُ مَسْجِدَ مِنًى فَعَرَفْتُهُ بِالنَّعْتِ، فَإِذَا شَيْخٌ مَعْرُوقٌ آدَمُ، عَلَيْهِ حُلَّةٌ قِطْرِيٌّ، فَذَهَبْتُ حَتَّى قُمْتُ إِلَى جَنْبِهِ وَهُوَ يُصَلِّي، فَسَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَلَمْ يَرُدَّ عَلَيَّ، ثُمَّ صَلَّى صَلَاةً أَتَمَّهَا وَأَحْسَنَهَا وَأَطْوَلَهَا، فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ رَدَّ عَلَيَّ قُلْتُ: أَنْتَ أَبُو ذَرٍّ؟ قَالَ: إِنَّ أَهْلِي لَيَزْعُمُونَ ذَلِكَ. قَالَ: كُنْتُ كَافِرًا فَهَدَانِي اللهُ لِلْإِسْلَامِ، وَأَهَمَّنِي دِينِي، وَكُنْتُ أَعْزُبُ مِنَ الْمَاءِ وَمَعِي أَهْلِي، فَتُصِيبُنِي الْجَنَابَةُ، فَوَقَعَ ذَلِكَ فِي نَفْسِي. قَالَ: هَلْ تَعْرِفُ أَبَا ذَرٍّ؟ قُلْتُ: نَعَمْ. قَالَ: فَإِنِّي اجْتَوَيْتُ الْمَدِينَةَ - قَالَ أَيُّوبُ: أَوْ كَلِمَةً نَحْوَهَا - فَأَمَرَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِذَوْدٍ مِنْ إِبِلٍ وَغَنَمٍ، فَكُنْتُ أَكُونُ فِيهَا، فَكُنْتُ أَعْزُبُ مِنَ الْمَاءِ وَمَعِي أَهْلِي فَتُصِيبُنِي الْجَنَابَةُ، فَوَقَعَ فِي نَفْسِي أَنِّي قَدْ هَلَكْتُ، فَقَعَدْتُ عَلَى بَعِيرٍ مِنْهَا، فَانْتَهَيْتُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ نِصْفَ النَّهَارِ، وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ فِي ظِلِّ الْمَسْجِدِ، فِي نَفَرٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ، فَنَزَلْتُ عَنِ الْبَعِيرِ، وَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، هَلَكْتُ. قَالَ: " وَمَا أَهْلَكَكَ؟ " فَحَدَّثْتُهُ فَضَحِكَ، فَدَعَا إِنْسَانًا مِنْ أَهْلِهِ، فَجَاءَتْ جَارِيَةٌ سَوْدَاءُ بِعُسٍّ فِيهِ مَاءٌ، مَا هُوَ بِمَلْآنَ، إِنَّهُ لَيَتَخَضْخَضُ، فَاسْتَتَرْتُ بِالْبَعِيرِ، فَأَمَرَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ رَجُلًا مِنَ الْقَوْمِ فَسَتَرَنِي فَاغْتَسَلْتُ، ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُهُ فَقَالَ: إِنَّ الصَّعِيدَ الطَّيِّبَ طَهُورٌ مَا لَمْ تَجِدِ الْمَاءَ، وَلَوْ إِلَى عَشْرِ حِجَجٍ، فَإِذَا وَجَدْتَ الْمَاءَ فَأَمْسِسْ بَشَرَتَكَ
✧ I was a disbeliever, and Allah guided me to Islam. I used to be far from water while my family was with me, and I would become junub. That weighed on my mind. Abu Dharr had been described to me, so I performed Hajj and entered the mosque of Mina, and I recognized him by the description. There was a lean, dark-skinned old man wearing a Qatari garment. I went and stood beside him while he was praying. I greeted him, but he did not respond to me. Then he prayed a prayer that he completed, perfected, and lengthened. When he finished, he responded to me. I said: 'Are you Abu Dharr?' He said: 'My family claims that.' He said: 'I was a disbeliever, and Allah guided me to Islam. My religion concerned me. I used to be far from water while my family was with me, and I would become junub. That weighed on my mind.' He said: 'Do you know Abu Dharr?' I said: 'Yes.' He said: 'I found the climate of Madinah disagreeable' – Ayyub said: 'or a word like it' – 'so the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ordered for me a small herd of camels and sheep, and I would be with them. I used to be far from water while my family was with me, and I would become junub. It occurred to me that I had perished. So I mounted one of the camels and reached the Messenger of Allah ﷺ at midday while he was sitting in the shade of the mosque among a group of his companions. I dismounted from the camel and said: "O Messenger of Allah, I have perished." He said: "What has destroyed you?" I told him, and he laughed. He called someone from his household, and a black slave girl came with a wooden bowl containing water, not full, it was splashing. I hid behind the camel, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ordered a man from the group to screen me, so I washed. Then I came to him, and he said: "Clean earth is a means of purification as long as you do not find water, even for ten years. When you find water, then touch your skin with it."'
Musnad Ahmad 21305Sahih
كُنْتُ أَعْزُبُ عَنِ الْمَاءِ فَتُصِيبُنِي الْجَنَابَةُ، فَلَا أَجِدُ الْمَاءَ فَأَتَيَمَّمُ، فَوَقَعَ فِي نَفْسِي مِنْ ذَلِكَ، فَأَتَيْتُ أَبَا ذَرٍّ فِي مَنْزِلِهِ فَلَمْ أَجِدْهُ، فَأَتَيْتُ الْمَسْجِدَ، وَقَدْ وُصِفَتْ لِي هَيْئَتُهُ، فَإِذَا هُوَ يُصَلِّي فَعَرَفْتُهُ بِالنَّعْتِ، فَسَلَّمْتُ فَلَمْ يَرُدَّ عَلَيَّ حَتَّى انْصَرَفَ، ثُمَّ رَدَّ عَلَيَّ فَقُلْتُ: أَنْتَ أَبُو ذَرٍّ؟ قَالَ: إِنَّ أَهْلِي يَزْعُمُونَ ذَاكَ. فَقُلْتُ: مَا كَانَ أَحَدٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ أَحَبَّ إِلَيَّ رُؤْيَتُهُ مِنْكَ. فَقَالَ: قَدْ رَأَيْتَنِي. فَقُلْتُ: إِنِّي كُنْتُ أَعْزُبُ عَنِ الْمَاءِ فَتُصِيبُنِي الْجَنَابَةُ، فَلَبِثْتُ أَيَّامًا أَتَيَمَّمُ، فَوَقَعَ فِي نَفْسِي مِنْ ذَلِكَ أَوْ أَشْكَلَ عَلَيَّ! فَقَالَ: أَتَعْرِفُ أَبَا ذَرٍّ؟ كُنْتُ بِالْمَدِينَةِ فَاجْتَوَيْتُهَا، فَأَمَرَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِغُنَيْمَةٍ، فَخَرَجْتُ فِيهَا فَأَصَابَتْنِي جَنَابَةٌ، فَتَيَمَّمْتُ بِالصَّعِيدِ، فَصَلَّيْتُ أَيَّامًا، فَوَقَعَ فِي نَفْسِي مِنْ ذَلِكَ حَتَّى ظَنَنْتُ أَنِّي هَالِكٌ، فَأَمَرْتُ بِنَاقَةٍ لِي -أَوْ قَعُودٍ - فَشُدَّ عَلَيْهَا، ثُمَّ رَكِبْتُ، فَأَقْبَلْتُ حَتَّى قَدِمْتُ الْمَدِينَةَ، فَوَجَدْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فِي ظِلِّ الْمَسْجِدِ فِي نَفَرٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ، فَسَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْهِ، فَرَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ وَقَالَ: " سُبْحَانَ اللهِ، أَبُو ذَرٍّ؟ ! " فَقُلْتُ: نَعَمْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، إِنِّي أَصَابَتْنِي جَنَابَةٌ فَتَيَمَّمْتُ أَيَّامًا، فَوَقَعَ فِي نَفْسِي مِنْ ذَلِكَ حَتَّى ظَنَنْتُ أَنِّي هَالِكٌ. فَدَعَا [رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لِي] بِمَاءٍ، فَجَاءَتْ بِهِ أَمَةٌ سَوْدَاءُ فِي عُسٍّ يَتَخَضْخَضُ، فَاسْتَتَرْتُ بِالرَّاحِلَةِ، وَأَمَرَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ رَجُلًا فَسَتَرَنِي، فَاغْتَسَلْتُ، ثُمَّ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ، إِنَّ الصَّعِيدَ الطَّيِّبَ طَهُورٌ، مَا لَمْ تَجِدِ الْمَاءَ وَلَوْ فِي عَشْرِ حِجَجٍ، فَإِذَا قَدَرْتَ عَلَى الْمَاءِ فَأَمِسَّهُ بَشَرَتَكَ
✧ I used to be far from water and would become junub, and I would not find water, so I would perform tayammum. That weighed on my mind, so I went to Abu Dharr's house but did not find him. I went to the mosque, and his appearance had been described to me. There he was praying, and I recognized him by the description. I greeted him, but he did not respond to me until he finished. Then he responded to me. I said: 'Are you Abu Dharr?' He said: 'My family claims that.' I said: 'No one among the people was more beloved to me to see than you.' He said: 'You have seen me.' I said: 'I used to be far from water and would become junub, and I would remain for days performing tayammum, and that weighed on my mind or became unclear to me!' He said: 'Do you know Abu Dharr? I was in Madinah and found its climate disagreeable, so the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ordered for me a small flock of sheep. I went out with it and became junub, so I performed tayammum with clean earth and prayed for days. That weighed on my mind until I thought I had perished. So I ordered a she-camel of mine – or a young camel – to be saddled, then I rode and came until I reached Madinah. I found the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in the shade of the mosque among a group of his companions. I greeted him, and he raised his head and said: "Glory be to Allah, Abu Dharr?!" I said: "Yes, O Messenger of Allah. I became junub and performed tayammum for days, and that weighed on my mind until I thought I had perished." So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ called for water for me, and a black slave girl brought it in a wooden bowl, splashing. I hid behind the mount, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ordered a man to screen me, so I washed. Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "O Abu Dharr, clean earth is a means of purification as long as you do not find water, even for ten years. When you are able to use water, then touch your skin with it."'
Musnad Ahmad 21306Sahih
أَخَّرَ عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ زِيَادٍ الصَّلَاةَ، فَسَأَلْتُ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ الصَّامِتِ، فَضَرَبَ فَخِذِي، قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ خَلِيلِي أَبَا ذَرٍّ فَضَرَبَ فَخِذِي، وَقَالَ: سَأَلْتُ خَلِيلِي يَعْنِي النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ: صَلِّ [الصَّلَاةَ] لِمِيقَاتِهَا، فَإِنْ أَدْرَكْتَ فَصَلِّ مَعَهُمْ، وَلَا تَقُولَنَّ: إِنِّي قَدْ صَلَّيْتُ فَلَا أُصَلِّي
✧ Ubayd Allah b. Ziyad delayed the prayer, so I asked Abdullah b. al-Samit, and he struck my thigh and said: 'I asked my close friend Abu Dharr, and he struck my thigh and said: I asked my close friend, meaning the Prophet ﷺ, and he said: Pray the prayer at its appointed time. If you are present, then pray with them, and do not say: I have already prayed, so I will not pray.'
Musnad Ahmad 21307Sahih
إِنَّ أَحْسَنَ مَا غُيِّرَ بِهِ هَذَا الشَّيْبُ الْحِنَّاءُ وَالْكَتَمُ
✧ The best thing with which to change this gray hair is henna and katam.
Musnad Ahmad 21308Sahih
خَرَجْنَا حُجَّاجًا، فَلَمَّا بَلَغْنَا الرَّبَذَةَ قُلْتُ لِأَصْحَابِي: تَقَدَّمُوا وَتَخَلَّفْتُ، فَأَتَيْتُ أَبَا ذَرٍّ وَهُوَ يُصَلِّي فَرَأَيْتُهُ يُطِيلُ الْقِيَامَ، وَيُكْثِرُ الرُّكُوعَ وَالسُّجُودَ، فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَقَالَ: مَا أَلَوْتُ أَنْ أُحْسِنَ، إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: مَنْ رَكَعَ رَكْعَةً أَوْ سَجَدَ سَجْدَةً رُفِعَ بِهَا دَرَجَةً، وَحُطَّتْ عَنْهُ بِهَا خَطِيئَةٌ
✧ We set out as pilgrims, and when we reached al-Rabadha, I said to my companions: 'Go ahead,' and I stayed behind. I went to Abu Dharr while he was praying, and I saw him prolonging the standing and increasing the bowing and prostrating. I mentioned that to him, and he said: 'I did not fail to do well. I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: Whoever bows a bowing or prostrates a prostration is raised a degree by it and a sin is erased from him by it.'
Musnad Ahmad 21309No grade recorded
كَانَ أَبُو ذَرٍّ يُغَلِّظُ لِمُعَاوِيَةَ قَالَ: فَشَكَاهُ إِلَى عُبَادَةَ بْنِ الصَّامِتِ وَإِلَى أَبِي الدَّرْدَاءِ، وَإِلَى عَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِ، وَإِلَى أُمِّ حَرَامٍ فَقَالَ: إِنَّكُمْ قَدْ صَحِبْتُمْ كَمَا صَحِبَ، وَرَأَيْتُمْ كَمَا رَأَى، فَإِنْ رَأَيْتُمْ أَنْ تُكَلِّمُوهُ. ثُمَّ أَرْسَلَ إِلَى أَبِي ذَرٍّ فَجَاءَ فَكَلَّمُوهُ، فَقَالَ: أَمَّا أَنْتَ يَا أَبَا الْوَلِيدِ، فَقَدْ أَسْلَمْتَ قَبْلِي، وَلَكَ السِّنُّ وَالْفَضْلُ عَلَيَّ، وَقَدْ كُنْتُ أَرْغَبُ بِكَ عَنْ مِثْلِ هَذَا الْمَجْلِسِ، وَأَمَّا أَنْتَ يَا أَبَا الدَّرْدَاءِ، فَإِنْ كَادَتْ وَفَاةُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ تَفُوتَكَ، ثُمَّ أَسْلَمْتَ فَكُنْتَ مِنْ صَالِحِي الْمُسْلِمِينَ، وَأَمَّا أَنْتَ يَا عَمْرُو بْنَ الْعَاصِ، فَقَدْ جَاهَدْتَ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، وَأَمَّا أَنْتِ يَا أُمَّ حَرَامٍ، فَإِنَّمَا أَنْتِ امْرَأَةٌ وَعَقْلُكِ عَقْلُ امْرَأَةٍ، وَمَا أَنْتِ وَذَاكَ ؟ قَالَ: فَقَالَ عُبَادَةُ: لَا جَرَمَ لَا جَلَسْتُ مِثْلَ هَذَا الْمَجْلِسِ أَبَدًا
✧ Abu Dharr used to speak harshly to Mu'awiya. He complained about him to Ubada b. al-Samit, Abu al-Darda', Amr b. al-As, and Umm Haram, saying: 'You have accompanied as he accompanied, and you have seen as he saw. If you see fit, speak to him.' Then he sent for Abu Dharr, and he came, and they spoke to him. He said: 'As for you, O Abu al-Walid, you accepted Islam before me, and you have seniority and virtue over me, and I would have desired for you to be above such a gathering. As for you, O Abu al-Darda', the death of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ almost missed you, then you accepted Islam and were among the righteous Muslims. As for you, O Amr b. al-As, you struggled alongside the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. As for you, O Umm Haram, you are only a woman, and your intellect is the intellect of a woman, and what have you to do with that?' He said: 'Ubada said: No doubt, I will never sit in such a gathering again.'
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَنْ أَخْلَصَ قَلْبَهُ لِلْإِيمَانِ، وَجَعَلَ قَلْبَهُ سَلِيمًا، وَلِسَانَهُ صَادِقًا، وَنَفْسَهُ مُطْمَئِنَّةً، وَخَلِيقَتَهُ مُسْتَقِيمَةً، وَجَعَلَ أُذُنَهُ مُسْتَمِعَةً، وَعَيْنَهُ نَاظِرَةً، فَأَمَّا الْأُذُنُ فَقِمْعٌ، وَالْعَيْنُ مُقِرَّةٌ بِمَا يُوعِي الْقَلْبُ، وَقَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَنْ جَعَلَ قَلْبَهُ وَاعِيًا
✧ He has indeed succeeded who makes his heart sincere for faith, makes his heart sound, his tongue truthful, his soul tranquil, his nature upright, makes his ear attentive and his eye observant. The ear is a funnel and the eye is a confirmation of what the heart retains. And he has indeed succeeded who makes his heart mindful.
Musnad Ahmad 21311Sahih
يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ، لَوْ عَمِلْتَ قُرَابَ الْأَرْضِ خَطَايَا وَلَمْ تُشْرِكْ بِي شَيْئًا، جَعَلْتُ لَكَ قُرَابَ الْأَرْضِ مَغْفِرَةً
✧ O son of Adam, if you were to commit sins as much as would fill the earth, but did not associate anything with Me, I would grant you forgiveness as much as would fill the earth.
لَا تَزَالُ أُمَّتِي بِخَيْرٍ مَا عَجَّلُوا الْإِفْطَارَ وَأَخَّرُوا السُّحُورَ
✧ My ummah will remain in goodness as long as they hasten the iftar and delay the suhur.
Musnad Ahmad 21313Sahih
قُلْتُ لِأَبِي ذَرٍّ: لَوْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ لَسَأَلْتُهُ. قَالَ: وَمَا كُنْتَ تَسْأَلُهُ؟ قَالَ: كُنْتُ أَسْأَلُهُ هَلْ رَأَى رَبَّهُ [عَزَّ وَجَلَّ] ؟ قَالَ: فَإِنِّي قَدْ سَأَلْتُهُ فَقَالَ: قَدْ رَأَيْتُهُ نُورًا، أَنَّى أَرَاهُ ؟!
✧ I said to Abu Dharr: If I had seen the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, I would have asked him. He said: What would you have asked him? I said: I would have asked him whether he saw his Lord [mighty and majestic]. He said: I indeed asked him, and he said: I saw Him as light. How could I see Him?!
Musnad Ahmad 21314Sahih
أُعْطِيتُ خَمْسًا لَمْ يُعْطَهُنَّ أَحَدٌ قَبْلِي: بُعِثْتُ إِلَى الْأَحْمَرِ وَالْأَسْوَدِ، وَجُعِلَتْ لِيَ الْأَرْضُ طَهُورًا وَمَسْجِدًا، وَأُحِلَّتْ لِيَ الْغَنَائِمُ وَلَمْ تَحِلَّ لِأَحَدٍ قَبْلِي، وَنُصِرْتُ بِالرُّعْبِ فَيُرْعَبُ الْعَدُوُّ وَهُوَ مِنِّي مَسِيرَةَ شَهْرٍ، وَقِيلَ لِي: سَلْ تُعْطَهْ، فَاخْتَبَأْتُ دَعْوَتِي شَفَاعَةً لِأُمَّتِي، فَهِيَ نَائِلَةٌ مِنْكُمْ -إِنْ شَاءَ اللهُ [تَعَالَى] - مَنْ لَمْ يُشْرِكْ بِاللهِ شَيْئًا
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "I have been given five things that no one before me was given. I was sent to the red and black people. The earth has been made pure for me as a place of prayer and purification. The spoils of war have been made lawful for me, and they were not lawful for anyone before me. I have been given victory through awe, and my enemy is made fearful of me even from a distance of one month of travel. It was said to me, 'Ask and you will be given,' and I have kept my prayer as an intercession for my Ummah. It will be a means of nearness for some of you, by the will of Allah, for those who do not associate anything with Allah."
Musnad Ahmad 21315Sahih
حَدَّثَنَا الصَّادِقُ الْمَصْدُوقُ ﷺ فِيمَا يَرْوِي عَنْ رَبِّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: الْحَسَنَةُ بِعَشْرِ أَمْثَالِهَا أَوْ أَزِيدُ، وَالسَّيِّئَةُ بِوَاحِدَةٍ أَوْ أَغْفِرُ، وَلَوْ لَقِيتَنِي بِقُرَابِ الْأَرْضِ خَطَايَا مَا لَمْ تُشْرِكْ بِي، لَقِيتُكَ بِقُرَابِهَا مَغْفِرَةً
✧ The truthful, the believed ﷺ narrated to us, relating from his Lord, mighty and majestic, that He said: A good deed is rewarded tenfold or I increase it, and a bad deed is punished once or I forgive it. And if you meet Me with sins as much as would fill the earth, as long as you do not associate anything with Me, I will meet you with forgiveness as much as that.
Musnad Ahmad 21316Sahih
21649 21711 21316 - حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ، عَنْ عَاصِمٍ، عَنِ الْمَعْرُورِ بْنِ سُوَيْدٍ عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ الصَّادِقَ الْمَصْدُوقَ ﷺ. فَذَكَرَ مَعْنَاهُ
✧ 21649 21711 21316 - 'Affan narrated to us: Abu 'Awana narrated to us, from 'Asim, from al-Ma'rur b. Suwayd, from Abu Dharr, who said: I heard the truthful, the believed ﷺ. Then he mentioned its meaning.
Musnad Ahmad 21317Sahih
قَعَدْتُ إِلَى نَفَرٍ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ، فَجَاءَ رَجُلٌ فَجَعَلَ يُصَلِّي: يَرْكَعُ وَيَسْجُدُ، ثُمَّ يَقُومُ، ثُمَّ يَرْكَعُ وَيَسْجُدُ لَا يَقْعُدُ، فَقُلْتُ: وَاللهِ مَا أَرَى هَذَا يَدْرِي يَنْصَرِفُ عَلَى شَفْعٍ أَوْ وِتْرٍ. فَقَالُوا: أَلَا تَقُومُ إِلَيْهِ فَتَقُولَ لَهُ؟! قَالَ: فَقُمْتُ فَقُلْتُ: يَا عَبْدَ اللهِ، مَا أَرَاكَ تَدْرِي تَنْصَرِفُ عَلَى شَفْعٍ أَوْ عَلَى وِتْرٍ ؟ قَالَ: وَلَكِنَّ اللهَ يَدْرِي، سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: مَنْ سَجَدَ لِلهِ سَجْدَةً، كَتَبَ اللهُ لَهُ بِهَا حَسَنَةً، وَحَطَّ بِهَا عَنْهُ خَطِيئَةً، وَرَفَعَ لَهُ بِهَا دَرَجَةً " فَقُلْتُ: مَنْ أَنْتَ؟ فَقَالَ: أَبُو ذَرٍّ. فَرَجَعْتُ إِلَى أَصْحَابِي فَقُلْتُ: جَزَاكُمُ اللهُ مِنْ جُلَسَاءَ شَرًّا، أَمَرْتُمُونِي أَنْ أُعَلِّمَ رَجُلًا مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ
✧ "I sat with a group of Quraysh and a man approached, and he began praying, bowing, prostrating, then standing, then bowing, and prostrating again without sitting. So, I said, "By Allah, I don't see him responding to Shaf' or Witr prayers." They said, "Why don't you approach him and ask him?" So, I stood up and said, "O Abdullah, I don't see you responding to Shaf' or Witr prayers." He said, "Certainly, Allah knows. I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, 'Whoever prostrates to Allah in a single prostration, Allah writes for him a good deed, erases a sin for him, and raises him in rank.' So, I said, "Who are you?" He replied, "Abu Dharr." So, I returned to my companions and said, "May Allah reward you for the worst company. You ordered me to teach a man from the companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ."
Musnad Ahmad 21318Sahih
ثَلَاثَةٌ لَا يُكَلِّمُهُمُ اللهُ، وَلَا يَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهِمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ، وَلَا يُزَكِّيهِمْ، وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ. قَالَ: قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، مَنْ هُمْ ؟ خَسِرُوا وَخَابُوا. قَالَ: فَأَعَادَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ، قَالَ: " الْمُسْبِلُ، وَالْمُنَفِّقُ سِلْعَتَهُ بِالْحَلِفِ الْكَاذِبِ - أَوِ الْفَاجِرِ -، وَالْمَنَّانُ
✧ There are three whom Allah will not speak to, nor look at on the Day of Resurrection, nor purify them, and they will have a painful punishment. He said: I said: O Messenger of Allah, who are they? They have lost and failed. He said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ repeated it three times, then said: The one who lets his garment hang below the ankles, the one who sells his goods by a false oath—or a wicked oath—and the one who reminds others of his favors.
لَأَنْ أَحْلِفَ عَشْرَ مِرَارٍ أَنَّ ابْنَ صَائِدٍ هُوَ الدَّجَّالُ، أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ أَنْ أَحْلِفَ مَرَّةً وَاحِدَةً أَنَّهُ لَيْسَ بِهِ. قَالَ: وَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بَعَثَنِي إِلَى أُمِّهِ، قَالَ: سَلْهَا كَمْ حَمَلَتْ بِهِ؟ قَالَ: فَأَتَيْتُهَا، فَسَأَلْتُهَا، فَقَالَتْ: حَمَلْتُ بِهِ اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ شَهْرًا. قَالَ: ثُمَّ أَرْسَلَنِي إِلَيْهَا، فَقَالَ: " سَلْهَا عَنْ صَيْحَتِهِ حِينَ وَقَعَ " قَالَ: فَرَجَعْتُ إِلَيْهَا فَسَأَلْتُهَا، فَقَالَتْ: صَاحَ صَيْحَةَ الصَّبِيِّ ابْنِ شَهْرٍ. ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: " إِنِّي قَدْ خَبَأْتُ لَكَ خَبْئًا. قَالَ: خَبَأْتَ لِي خَطْمَ شَاةٍ عَفْرَاءَ وَالدُّخَانَ. قَالَ: فَأَرَادَ أَنْ يَقُولَ: الدُّخَانَ فَلَمْ يَسْتَطِعْ، فَقَالَ: الدُّخُّ الدُّخُّ. فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: " اخْسَأْ، فَإِنَّكَ لَنْ تَعْدُوَ قَدْرَكَ
✧ To swear ten times that Ibn Sa'id is the Dajjal is more beloved to me than to swear once that he is not. He said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent me to his mother and said: Ask her how long she was pregnant with him. I went to her and asked her, and she said: I was pregnant with him for twelve months. Then he sent me to her again, saying: Ask her about his cry when he was born. I returned to her and asked her, and she said: He cried the cry of an infant of one month. Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him: I have hidden something for you. He said: You have hidden for me the snout of a dust-colored sheep and the smoke. He wanted to say "the smoke" but could not, so he said: dukh, dukh. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Be off! You will never exceed your bounds.
Musnad Ahmad 21320Sahih
سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: أَيُّ الْكَلَامِ أَفْضَلُ؟ قَالَ: " مَا اصْطَفَاهُ اللهُ [عَزَّ وَجَلَّ] لِعِبَادِهِ: سُبْحَانَ اللهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked: Which speech is most excellent? He said: What Allah [mighty and majestic] has chosen for His servants: "Glory be to Allah and praise be to Him."
Musnad Ahmad 21321Sahih
لَوْ أَنَّ عَبْدِي اسْتَقْبَلَنِي بِقُرَابِ الْأَرْضِ خَطَايَا، اسْتَقْبَلْتُهُ بِقُرَابِهَا مَغْفِرَةً
✧ If My servant were to meet Me with sins as much as would fill the earth, I would meet him with forgiveness as much as that.
Musnad Ahmad 21322Sahih
مَا يَسُرُّنِي أَنَّ لِي أُحُدًا ذَهَبًا، أَمُوتُ يَوْمَ أَمُوتُ وَعِنْدِي مِنْهُ دِينَارٌ أَوْ نِصْفُ دِينَارٍ، إِلَّا أَنْ أَرْصُدَهُ لِغَرِيمٍ
✧ It would not please me to have gold equal to Mount Uhud, such that I die on the day I die and still have a dinar or half a dinar of it—unless I set it aside for a debtor.
Musnad Ahmad 21323Sahih
يَقْطَعُ صَلَاةَ الرَّجُلِ إِذَا لَمْ يَكُنْ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ كَآخِرَةِ الرَّحْلِ: الْمَرْأَةُ وَالْحِمَارُ وَالْكَلْبُ الْأَسْوَدُ ". قُلْتُ: مَا بَالُ الْأَسْوَدِ مِنَ الْأَحْمَرِ؟ قَالَ: ابْنَ أَخِي، سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَمَا سَأَلْتَنِي، فَقَالَ: " الْكَلْبُ الْأَسْوَدُ شَيْطَانٌ
✧ The prayer of a man is cut off if there is not in front of him something like the back of a saddle: a woman, a donkey, and a black dog. I said: What about the black dog as opposed to a red one? He said: O son of my brother, I asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ just as you asked me, and he said: The black dog is a devil.
Musnad Ahmad 21324Sahih
يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ، صَلِّ الصَّلَاةَ لِوَقْتِهَا، فَإِنْ أَتَيْتَ النَّاسَ وَقَدْ صَلَّوْا كُنْتَ قَدْ أَحْرَزْتَ صَلَاتَكَ، وَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُونُوا صَلَّوْا صَلَّيْتَ مَعَهُمْ، وَكَانَتْ لَكَ نَافِلَةً
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "O Abu Dharr, perform the prayer at its appointed time. If you come to the people and they have already prayed, then you have indeed fulfilled your prayer. But if they have not prayed, then you should pray with them, and it will be a voluntary prayer for you."
Musnad Ahmad 21325Sahih
رَكِبَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ حِمَارًا وَأَرْدَفَنِي خَلْفَهُ، وَقَالَ: يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ، أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ أَصَابَ النَّاسَ جُوعٌ شَدِيدٌ، لَا تَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ تَقُومَ مِنْ فِرَاشِكَ إِلَى مَسْجِدِكَ، كَيْفَ تَصْنَعُ؟ " قَالَ: اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ. قَالَ: " تَعَفَّفْ ". قَالَ: " يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ، أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ أَصَابَ النَّاسَ مَوْتٌ شَدِيدٌ، يَكُونُ الْبَيْتُ فِيهِ بِالْعَبْدِ - يَعْنِي الْقَبْرَ - كَيْفَ تَصْنَعُ؟ " قُلْتُ: اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ. قَالَ: " اصْبِرْ ". قَالَ: " يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ، أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ قَتَلَ النَّاسُ بَعْضُهُمْ بَعْضًا - يَعْنِي - حَتَّى تَغْرَقَ حِجَارَةُ الزَّيْتِ مِنَ الدِّمَاءِ كَيْفَ تَصْنَعُ؟ " قَالَ: اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ. قَالَ: " اقْعُدْ فِي بَيْتِكَ، وَأَغْلِقْ عَلَيْكَ بَابَكَ " قَالَ: فَإِنْ لَمْ أُتْرَكْ؟ قَالَ: " فَأْتِ مَنْ أَنْتَ مِنْهُمْ فَكُنْ فِيهِمْ " قَالَ: فَآخُذُ سِلَاحِي؟ قَالَ: " إِذًا تُشَارِكُهُمْ فِيمَا هُمْ فِيهِ، وَلَكِنْ إِنْ خَشِيتَ أَنْ يَرُوعَكَ شُعَاعُ السَّيْفِ، فَأَلْقِ طَرَفَ رِدَائِكَ عَلَى وَجْهِكَ حَتَّى يَبُوءَ بِإِثْمِهِ وَإِثْمِكَ
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ rode a donkey and seated me behind him. He said: “O Abu Dharr, what do you think if severe hunger strikes the people, so that you cannot get up from your bed to your mosque—how will you act?” I said: Allah and His Messenger know best. He said: “Keep yourself chaste.” He said: “O Abu Dharr, what do you think if severe death strikes the people, in which a house contains a servant—meaning the grave—how will you act?” I said: Allah and His Messenger know best. He said: “Be patient.” He said: “O Abu Dharr, what do you think if people kill one another—meaning—until the stones of Zayt are flooded with blood, how will you act?” He said: Allah and His Messenger know best. He said: “Sit in your house and bolt your door.” I said: What if I am not left alone? He said: “Then go to those of whom you are one, and be among them.” I said: Shall I take up my weapon? He said: “Then you would share with them in what they are in; but if you fear that the flash of the sword will terrify you, throw the edge of your cloak over your face, so that he bears his sin and your sin.”
Musnad Ahmad 21326Sahih
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ، قَالَ لَهُ: يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ، إِذَا طَبَخْتَ فَأَكْثِرِ الْمَرَقَةَ، وَتَعَاهَدْ جِيرَانَكَ " أَوِ " اقْسِمْ بَيْنَ جِيرَانِكَ
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him: “O Abu Dharr, when you cook, increase the broth, and look after your neighbors,” or “distribute among your neighbors.”
Musnad Ahmad 21327Sahih
قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، مَا آنِيَةُ الْحَوْضِ؟ قَالَ: وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ، لَآنِيَتُهُ أَكْثَرُ مِنْ عَدَدِ نُجُومِ السَّمَاءِ وَكَوَاكِبِهَا فِي اللَّيْلَةِ الْمُظْلِمَةِ الْمُصْحِيَةِ، آنِيَةُ الْجَنَّةِ، مَنْ شَرِبَ مِنْهَا لَمْ يَظْمَأْ آخِرَ مَا عَلَيْهِ، يَشْخُبُ فِيهِ مِيزَابَانِ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ، مَنْ شَرِبَ مِنْهُ لَمْ يَظْمَأْ، عَرْضُهُ مِثْلُ طُولِهِ، مَا بَيْنَ عَمَّانَ إِلَى أَيْلَةَ، مَاؤُهُ أَشَدُّ بَيَاضًا مِنَ اللَّبَنِ، وَأَحْلَى مِنَ الْعَسَلِ
✧ I said: O Messenger of Allah, what are the vessels of the Hawd? He said: “By the One in whose hand is my soul, its vessels are more numerous than the number of the stars of the sky and its planets on a dark, clear night. They are the vessels of Paradise. Whoever drinks from it will never thirst again, as long as he lives. Two spouts from Paradise pour into it. Whoever drinks from it will never thirst. Its width is like its length—the distance between Amman and Ayla. Its water is whiter than milk and sweeter than honey.”
Musnad Ahmad 21328Hasan
صَلَّى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَيْلَةً، فَقَرَأَ بِآيَةٍ حَتَّى أَصْبَحَ، يَرْكَعُ بِهَا وَيَسْجُدُ بِهَا: إِنْ تُعَذِّبْهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ عِبَادُكَ وَإِنْ تَغْفِرْ لَهُمْ فَإِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ. فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحَ قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، مَا زِلْتَ تَقْرَأُ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ حَتَّى أَصْبَحْتَ، تَرْكَعُ بِهَا وَتَسْجُدُ بِهَا! قَالَ: إِنِّي سَأَلْتُ رَبِّي [عَزَّ وَجَلَّ] الشَّفَاعَةَ لِأُمَّتِي، فَأَعْطَانِيهَا وَهِيَ نَائِلَةٌ -إِنْ شَاءَ اللهُ- لِمَنْ لَا يُشْرِكُ بِاللهِ [عَزَّ وَجَلَّ] شَيْئًا
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed one night and recited a single verse until morning, bowing with it and prostrating with it: “If You punish them, they are Your servants; and if You forgive them, You alone are the Almighty, the All-Wise.” When morning came, I said: O Messenger of Allah, you kept reciting this verse until morning, bowing with it and prostrating with it! He said: “I asked my Lord [Mighty and Majestic] for intercession for my ummah, and He granted it to me. It is attainable—if Allah wills—for whoever does not associate anything with Allah [Mighty and Majestic].”
Musnad Ahmad 21329No grade recorded
قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ، أَيُّ جَبَلٍ هَذَا؟ قُلْتُ: أُحُدٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ. قَالَ: " وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ مَا يَسُرُّنِي أَنَّهُ لِي ذَهَبًا قِطَعًا، أُنْفِقُهُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ، أَدَعُ مِنْهُ قِيرَاطًا " قَالَ: قُلْتُ: قِنْطَارًا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ؟ قَالَ: " قِيرَاطًا " قَالَهَا ثَلَاثَ مِرَارٍ. ثُمَّ قَالَ: " يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ، إِنَّمَا أَقُولُ الَّذِي أَقَلُّ، وَلَا أَقُولُ الَّذِي هُوَ أَكْثَرُ
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me: “O Abu Dharr, which mountain is this?” I said: Uhud, O Messenger of Allah. He said: “By the One in whose hand is my soul, it would not please me to have it as pieces of gold that I spend in the path of Allah, leaving from it a qirat.” I said: A qintar, O Messenger of Allah? He said: “A qirat,” saying it three times. Then he said: “O Abu Dharr, I only say what is less, and I do not say what is more.”
Musnad Ahmad 21330No grade recorded
إِذَا قَامَ أَحَدُكُمْ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ، فَإِنَّ الرَّحْمَةَ تُوَاجِهُهُ، فَلَا يَمْسَحِ الْحَصَى
✧ When one of you stands for prayer, mercy faces him, so he should not wipe the pebbles.
Musnad Ahmad 21331Sahih
قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَيُّ الْعَمَلِ أَفْضَلُ؟ قَالَ: إِيمَانٌ بِاللهِ [تَعَالَى] وَجِهَادٌ فِي سَبِيلِهِ قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، فَأَيُّ الرِّقَابِ أَفْضَلُ؟ قَالَ: " أَنْفَسُهَا عِنْدَ أَهْلِهَا، وَأَغْلَاهَا ثَمَنًا " قَالَ: فَإِنْ لَمْ أَجِدْ؟ قَالَ: " تُعِينُ صَانِعًا، أَوْ تَصْنَعُ لِأَخْرَقَ " قَالَ: فَإِنْ لَمْ أَسْتَطِعْ؟ قَالَ: " كُفَّ أَذَاكَ عَنِ النَّاسِ، فَإِنَّهَا صَدَقَةٌ تَصَدَّقُ بِهَا عَنْ نَفْسِكَ.
✧ I said: O Messenger of Allah, which deed is best? He said: “Faith in Allah [Exalted] and striving in His path.” I said: O Messenger of Allah, which slave is best to free? He said: “The most precious to his owners and the highest in price.” He said: What if I cannot find one? He said: “Help a craftsman, or make something for an unskilled person.” He said: What if I cannot? He said: “Refrain your harm from people, for it is a charity you give on behalf of yourself.”
Musnad Ahmad 21332No grade recorded
إِذَا قَامَ أَحَدُكُمْ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ فَإِنَّ الرَّحْمَةَ تُوَاجِهُهُ، فَلَا يُحَرِّكِ الْحَصَى " أَوْ " لَا يَمَسَّ الْحَصَى ".
✧ When one of you stands for prayer, mercy faces him, so he should not move the pebbles,” or “he should not touch the pebbles.”
Musnad Ahmad 21333Sahih
سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ: أَيُّ مَسْجِدٍ وُضِعَ فِي الْأَرْضِ أَوَّلُ؟ قَالَ: " الْمَسْجِدُ الْحَرَامُ " قُلْتُ: ثُمَّ أَيٌّ؟ قَالَ: " ثُمَّ الْمَسْجِدُ الْأَقْصَى " قُلْتُ: كَمْ بَيْنَهُمَا؟ قَالَ: " أَرْبَعُونَ سَنَةً " قُلْتُ: ثُمَّ أَيٌّ؟ قَالَ: ثُمَّ حَيْثُمَا أَدْرَكْتَ الصَّلَاةَ فَصَلِّ، فَكُلُّهَا مَسْجِدٌ.
✧ I asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ: Which mosque was placed on earth first? He said: “The Sacred Mosque.” I said: Then which? He said: “Then the Aqsa Mosque.” I said: How much time between them? He said: “Forty years.” I said: Then which? He said: “Then wherever prayer overtakes you, pray, for all of it is a mosque.”
Musnad Ahmad 21334Hasan
قَالَ عُمَرُ: مَنْ حَاضِرُنَا يَوْمَ الْقَاحَةِ ؟ فَقَالَ أَبُو ذَرٍّ: أَنَا، أَمَرَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِصِيَامِ الْبِيضِ الْغُرِّ: ثَلَاثَ عَشْرَةَ، وَأَرْبَعَ عَشْرَةَ، وَخَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ.
✧ Umar said: Who among us was present on the day of al-Qahah? Abu Dharr said: I was. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded him to fast the bright white days: the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth.
Musnad Ahmad 21335No grade recorded
إِنَّ رَجُلًا قَالَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ، فَأَمَرَهُ بِصِيَامِ ثَلَاثَ عَشْرَةَ، وَأَرْبَعَ عَشْرَةَ، وَخَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ.
✧ "About Musa ibn Talhah Muhammad."
Musnad Ahmad 21336Sahih
كُنْتُ أَمْشِي خَلْفَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ: أَلَا أَدُلُّكَ عَلَى كَنْزٍ مِنْ كُنُوزِ الْجَنَّةِ؟ قُلْتُ: بَلَى. قَالَ: " لَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللهِ ".
"The Messenger of Allah (saas) said to me: "Shall I not tell you of a treasure which is one of the treasures of Paradise?' I said: 'Yes, O Messenger of Allah.' He said: 'La hawla wa la quwwata illa billah (There is no power and no strength except with Allah).'" (sahih) (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3825)
Musnad Ahmad 21337Sahih
إِنَّ مِنْ أَحْسَنِ مَا غَيَّرْتُمْ بِهِ الشَّيْبَ الْحِنَّاءَ وَالْكَتَمَ
✧ Among the best things with which you have changed grey hair are henna and katam.
Musnad Ahmad 21338Sahih
إِنَّ أَحْسَنَ مَا غُيِّرَ بِهِ الشَّيْبُ الْحِنَّاءُ وَالْكَتَمُ.
✧ The best thing with which grey hair is changed is henna and katam.
Musnad Ahmad 21339Sahih
أَتَيْتُ أَبَا ذَرٍّ فَلَمْ أَجِدْهُ، وَرَأَيْتُ الْمَرْأَةَ فَسَأَلْتُهَا فَقَالَتْ: هُوَ ذَاكَ فِي ضَيْعَةٍ لَهُ، فَجَاءَ يَقُودُ - أَوْ يَسُوقُ - بَعِيرَيْنِ قَاطِرًا أَحَدَهُمَا فِي عَجُزِ صَاحِبِهِ، فِي عُنُقِ كُلِّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا قِرْبَةٌ، فَوَضَعَ الْقِرْبَتَيْنِ، قُلْتُ: يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ، مَا كَانَ مِنَ النَّاسِ أَحَدٌ أَحَبَّ إِلَيَّ أَنْ أَلْقَاهُ مِنْكَ، وَلَا أَبْغَضَ إِلَيَّ أَنْ أَلْقَاهُ مِنْكَ ! قَالَ: لِلهِ أَبُوكَ، وَمَا يَجْمَعُ هَذَا؟ ! قَالَ: قُلْتُ: إِنِّي كُنْتُ وَأَدْتُ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ، وَكُنْتُ أَرْجُو فِي لِقَائِكَ أَنْ تُخْبِرَنِي أَنَّ لِي تَوْبَةً وَمَخْرَجًا، وَكُنْتُ أَخْشَى فِي لِقَائِكَ أَنْ تُخْبِرَنِي أَنَّهُ لَا تَوْبَةَ لِي. فَقَالَ: أَفِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ؟ قُلْتُ: نَعَمْ. فَقَالَ: عَفَا اللهُ عَمَّا سَلَفَ. ثُمَّ عَاجَ بِرَأْسِهِ إِلَى الْمَرْأَةِ فَأَمَرَ لِي بِطَعَامٍ، فَالْتَوَتْ عَلَيْهِ، ثُمَّ أَمَرَهَا فَالْتَوَتْ عَلَيْهِ حَتَّى ارْتَفَعَتْ أَصْوَاتُهُمَا، قَالَ: إِيهًا، دَعِينَا عَنْكِ، فَإِنَّكُنَّ لَنْ تَعْدُونَ مَا قَالَ لَنَا فِيكُنَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ. قُلْتُ: وَمَا قَالَ لَكُمْ فِيهِنَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ ؟ قَالَ: الْمَرْأَةُ ضِلَعٌ، فَإِنْ تَذْهَبْ تُقَوِّمُهَا تَكْسِرْهَا، وَإِنْ تَدَعْهَا فَفِيهَا أَوَدٌ وَبُلْغَةٌ "، فَوَلَّتْ فَجَاءَتْ بِثَرِيدَةٍ كَأَنَّهَا قَطَاةٌ، فَقَالَ: كُلْ وَلَا أَهُولَنَّكَ إِنِّي صَائِمٌ، ثُمَّ قَامَ يُصَلِّي فَجَعَلَ يُهَذِّبُ الرُّكُوعَ وَيُخَفِّفُهُ، وَرَأَيْتُهُ يَتَحَرَّى أَنْ أَشْبَعَ أَوْ أُقَارِبَ، ثُمَّ جَاءَ فَوَضَعَ يَدَهُ مَعِي فَقُلْتُ: إِنَّا لِلهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ! فَقَالَ: مَا لَكَ؟ فَقُلْتُ: مَنْ كُنْتُ أَخْشَى مِنَ النَّاسِ أَنْ يَكْذِبَنِي، فَمَا كُنْتُ أَخْشَى أَنْ تَكْذِبَنِي. قَالَ: لِلهِ أَبُوكَ، إِنْ كَذَبْتُكَ كِذْبَةً مُنْذُ لَقِيتَنِي. فَقَالَ: أَلَمْ تُخْبِرْنِي أَنَّكَ صَائِمٌ، ثُمَّ أَرَاكَ تَأْكُلُ! قَالَ: بَلَى، إِنِّي صُمْتُ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ مِنْ هَذَا الشَّهْرِ، فَوَجَبَ لِي أَجْرُهُ وَحَلَّ لِيَ الطَّعَامُ مَعَكَ.
✧ I went to visit Abu Dharr, but I couldn't find him. I saw his wife and asked her about him. She said, "He is in his farm, driving or leading two camels, one of which carries a load on its back, while the other carries a load around its neck." I said, "O Abu Dharr, there is no one among the people whom I love to meet more than you, and there is no one whose meeting I hate to miss more than you." He said, "May Allah be your father, what brought you here?" I said, "During the time of ignorance, I committed some sins and I was hoping that in meeting you, you would inform me whether there is any chance for my repentance and a way out for me. And I was also afraid that in meeting you, you would tell me that there is no chance for my repentance." He asked, "During the time of ignorance?" I said, "Yes." Then he said, "May Allah forgive what is past." After that, he swung his head to the woman and ordered her to bring some food. So she brought some dates for him, and he took them and started to eat. Then Abu Dharr explained the statement of the Prophet ﷺ regarding the woman. He said, "If she goes to straighten it, she will break it, and if she leaves it, then it will be a means of seduction." So, she left her hair as it was, and it was as if there were birds' nests in it. Abu Dharr said, "Keep away from women, as I am fasting." Then he stood up and prayed. I saw him performing a perfect rukoo' (bowing) and a perfect sujood (prostration). Then I saw him looking to see if he had eaten enough or if there was any food remaining. Afterwards, he placed his hand on mine and said, "We belong to Allah and to Him we shall return." I said, "What is the matter with you?" He replied, "I am afraid that due to the severe hunger you may tell me something which is not true." I said, "I am afraid that it might be a lie if I said I am fasting while you see me eating." He said, "Allah is your father, if I lied to you once I met you, then why didn't you tell me that you were fasting when I saw you eating?" I said, "Yes, I am fasting these three days of the month, so I accepted the food with you."
Musnad Ahmad 21340Sahih
لَقِيتُ أَبَا ذَرٍّ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: بَلَغَنِي عَنْكَ أَنَّكَ تُحَدِّثُ حَدِيثًا عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ ؟ فَقَالَ: أَمَا إِنَّهُ لَا تَخَالُنِي أَكْذِبُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ بَعْدَ مَا سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْهُ، فَمَا الَّذِي بَلَغَكَ عَنِّي؟ قُلْتُ: بَلَغَنِي أَنَّكَ تَقُولُ: ثَلَاثَةٌ يُحِبُّهُمُ اللهُ، وَثَلَاثَةٌ يَشْنَؤُهُمُ اللهُ [عَزَّ وَجَلَّ] قَالَ: قُلْتُهُ: وَسَمِعْتُهُ. قُلْتُ: فَمَنْ هَؤُلَاءِ الَّذِينَ يُحِبُّ اللهُ؟ قَالَ: " الرَّجُلُ يَلْقَى الْعَدُوَّ فِي الْفِئَةِ، فَيَنْصِبُ لَهُمْ نَحْرَهُ حَتَّى يُقْتَلَ أَوْ يُفْتَحَ لِأَصْحَابِهِ، وَالْقَوْمُ يُسَافِرُونَ فَيَطُولُ سُرَاهُمْ حَتَّى يُحِبُّوا أَنْ يَمَسُّوا الْأَرْضَ، فَيَنْزِلُونَ فَيَتَنَحَّى أَحَدُهُمْ، فَيُصَلِّي حَتَّى يُوقِظَهُمْ لِرَحِيلِهِمْ، وَالرَّجُلُ يَكُونُ لَهُ الْجَارُ يُؤْذِيهِ جِوَارُهُ، فَيَصْبِرُ عَلَى أَذَاهُ حَتَّى يُفَرِّقَ بَيْنَهُمَا مَوْتٌ أَوْ ظَعْنٌ ". قُلْتُ: وَمَنْ هَؤُلَاءِ الَّذِينَ يَشْنَؤُهُمُ اللهُ؟ قَالَ: " التَّاجِرُ الْحَلَّافُ - أَوْ قَالَ: الْبَائِعُ الْحَلَّافُ - وَالْبَخِيلُ الْمَنَّانُ، وَالْفَقِيرُ الْمُخْتَالُ
✧ I met Abu Dharr and said to him: It has reached me that you narrate a hadith from the Messenger of God ﷺ? He said: Indeed, do not think that I would lie about the Messenger of God ﷺ after what I heard from him. So what is it that has reached you from me? I said: It has reached me that you say: Three whom God loves, and three whom God [Mighty and Majestic] abhors. He said: I said it and I heard it. I said: Who are these whom God loves? He said: "A man who meets the enemy in the midst of the armed group and bares his chest to them until he is killed or victory is achieved for his companions; a group of people traveling for a long time at night until they love to touch the ground, so they dismount and one of them withdraws and prays until he wakes them for their departure; and a man who has a neighbor who harms him with his proximity, and he bears patiently with his harm until death or departure separates them." I said: And who are these whom God abhors? He said: "The swearing trader—or he said: the swearing seller—the miserly boaster, and the poor arrogant one."
Musnad Ahmad 21341Sahih
أَتَيْتُ أَبَا ذَرٍّ قُلْتُ: مَا مَالُكَ؟ قَالَ: لِي عَمَلِي [لِي عَمَلِي]. قُلْتُ: حَدِّثْنِي. قَالَ: نَعَمْ، قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: مَا مِنْ مُسْلِمَيْنِ يَمُوتُ بَيْنَهُمَا ثَلَاثَةٌ مِنْ أَوْلَادِهِمَا لَمْ يَبْلُغُوا الْحِنْثَ، إِلَّا غَفَرَ اللهُ لَهُمَا.
✧ I came to Abu Dharr and said: What is your wealth? He said: I have my deeds [I have my deeds]. I said: Narrate to me. He said: Yes. The Messenger of God ﷺ said: There are no two Muslims between whom three of their children die without reaching the age of sin, except that God forgives them both.
Musnad Ahmad 21342Sahih
إِذَا قَامَ أَحَدُكُمْ يُصَلِّي، فَإِنَّهُ يَسْتُرُهُ إِذَا كَانَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ مِثْلُ آخِرَةِ الرَّحْلِ، فَإِذَا لَمْ يَكُنْ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ مِثْلُ آخِرَةِ الرَّحْلِ، فَإِنَّهُ يَقْطَعُ صَلَاتَهُ الْحِمَارُ وَالْمَرْأَةُ وَالْكَلْبُ الْأَسْوَدُ ". قُلْتُ: يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ، مَا بَالُ الْكَلْبِ الْأَسْوَدِ مِنَ الْكَلْبِ الْأَحْمَرِ مِنَ الْكَلْبِ الْأَصْفَرِ؟ قَالَ: يَا ابْنَ أَخِ، سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَمَا سَأَلْتَنِي، فَقَالَ: " الْكَلْبُ الْأَسْوَدُ شَيْطَانٌ
✧ When one of you stands to pray, he is screened if there is in front of him something like the back of a saddle. If there is not in front of him something like the back of a saddle, then his prayer is cut off by a donkey, a woman, and a black dog." I said: O Abu Dharr, what is the matter with the black dog compared to the red dog and the yellow dog? He said: O son of my brother, I asked the Messenger of God ﷺ just as you asked me, and he said: "The black dog is a devil."
Musnad Ahmad 21343Sahih
إِنِّي أُوتِيتُهُمَا مِنْ كَنْزٍ مِنْ بَيْتٍ تَحْتَ الْعَرْشِ، وَلَمْ يُؤْتَهُمَا نَبِيٌّ قَبْلِي
✧ I was given them both from a treasure from a house beneath the Throne, and no prophet before me was given them.
Musnad Ahmad 21344Sahih
أُعْطِيتُ خَوَاتِيمَ سُورَةِ الْبَقَرَةِ مِنْ بَيْتِ كَنْزٍ مِنْ تَحْتِ الْعَرْشِ، لَمْ يُعْطَهُنَّ نَبِيٌّ قَبْلِي
✧ I was given the closing verses of Surah al-Baqarah from a treasure house from beneath the Throne; no prophet before me was given them.
Musnad Ahmad 21345Sahih
أُعْطِيتُ خَوَاتِيمَ سُورَةِ الْبَقَرَةِ مِنْ بَيْتِ كَنْزٍ مِنْ تَحْتِ الْعَرْشِ، لَمْ يُعْطَهُنَّ نَبِيٌّ قَبْلِي
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "I have been given the rings of Surah Al-Baqarah from a treasure under the throne, and no prophet before me was given them."
Musnad Ahmad 21346Sahih
أَلَا أَدُلُّكَ عَلَى كَنْزٍ مِنْ كُنُوزِ الْجَنَّةِ؟ لَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللهِ
✧ Shall I not direct you to a treasure from the treasures of Paradise? There is no might and no power except with God.
Musnad Ahmad 21347Sahih
كُنْتُ أَمْشِي مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِي حَرَّةِ الْمَدِينَةِ عِشَاءً، وَنَحْنُ نَنْظُرُ إِلَى أُحُدٍ، فَقَالَ: " يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ "، قُلْتُ: لَبَّيْكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ. قَالَ: مَا أُحِبُّ أَنَّ أُحُدًا ذَاكَ عِنْدِي ذَهَبًا، أُمْسِي ثَالِثَةً وَعِنْدِي مِنْهُ دِينَارٌ إِلَّا دِينَارًا أَرْصُدُهُ لِدَيْنٍ، إِلَّا أَنْ أَقُولَ بِهِ فِي عِبَادِ اللهِ هَكَذَا " وَحَثَا عَنْ يَمِينِهِ، وَبَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ، وَعَنْ يَسَارِهِ. قَالَ: ثُمَّ مَشَيْنَا فَقَالَ: " يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ، إِنَّ الْأَكْثَرِينَ هُمُ الْأَقَلُّونَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ، إِلَّا مَنْ قَالَ هَكَذَا وَهَكَذَا وَهَكَذَا " وَحَثَا عَنْ يَمِينِهِ، وَبَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ، وَعَنْ يَسَارِهِ. قَالَ: ثُمَّ مَشَيْنَا فَقَالَ: " يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ، كَمَا أَنْتَ حَتَّى آتِيَكَ " قَالَ: فَانْطَلَقَ حَتَّى تَوَارَى عَنِّي، قَالَ: فَسَمِعْتُ لَغَطًا وَصَوْتًا، قَالَ: فَقُلْتُ: لَعَلَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عُرِضَ لَهُ، قَالَ: فَهَمَمْتُ أَنْ أَتْبَعَهُ، ثُمَّ ذَكَرْتُ قَوْلَهُ: " لَا تَبْرَحْ حَتَّى آتِيَكَ "، فَانْتَظَرْتُهُ حَتَّى جَاءَ، فَذَكَرْتُ لَهُ الَّذِي سَمِعْتُ، فَقَالَ: " ذَاكَ جِبْرِيلُ [عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ] أَتَانِي فَقَالَ: مَنْ مَاتَ مِنْ أُمَّتِكَ لَا يُشْرِكُ بِاللهِ شَيْئًا دَخَلَ الْجَنَّةَ "، قَالَ: قُلْتُ: وَإِنْ زَنَى وَإِنْ سَرَقَ؟ قَالَ: " وَإِنْ زَنَى وَإِنْ سَرَقَ ".
✧ I was walking with the Prophet ﷺ in the lava field of Madinah in the evening, and we were looking at Uhud. He said: "O Abu Dharr," I said: At your service, O Messenger of God. He said: I would not love that Uhud over there be gold for me, such that a third of it remains with me and I have from it a dinar, except a dinar I set aside for a debt, unless I distribute it among the servants of God like this," and he gestured with his hand to his right, in front of him, and to his left. He said: Then we walked on, and he said: "O Abu Dharr, the ones with the most wealth are the ones with the least reward on the Day of Resurrection, except for one who says like this and like this and like this," and he gestured with his hand to his right, in front of him, and to his left. He said: Then we walked on, and he said: "O Abu Dharr, stay where you are until I come to you." He said: So he went off until he disappeared from me. He said: I heard a murmur and a sound. He said: I said: Perhaps the Messenger of God ﷺ was confronted. He said: I thought about following him, then I remembered his words: "Do not move until I come to you." So I waited for him until he came, and I mentioned to him what I had heard. He said: "That was Gabriel ﷺ. He came to me and said: Whoever dies from your nation not associating anything with God will enter Paradise." He said: I said: Even if he commits adultery and steals? He said: "Even if he commits adultery and steals."
Musnad Ahmad 21348Sahih
كَانَ يَسْقِي عَلَى حَوْضٍ لَهُ، فَجَاءَ قَوْمٌ، فَقَالَ: أَيُّكُمْ يُورِدُ عَلَى أَبِي ذَرٍّ، وَيَحْتَسِبُ شَعَرَاتٍ مِنْ رَأْسِهِ؟ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ: أَنَا. فَجَاءَ الرَّجُلُ فَأَوْرَدَ عَلَيْهِ الْحَوْضَ فَدَقَّهُ، وَكَانَ أَبُو ذَرٍّ قَائِمًا فَجَلَسَ ثُمَّ اضْطَجَعَ، فَقِيلَ لَهُ: يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ، لِمَ جَلَسْتَ ثُمَّ اضْطَجَعْتَ؟ قَالَ: فَقَالَ: إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ لَنَا: إِذَا غَضِبَ أَحَدُكُمْ وَهُوَ قَائِمٌ فَلْيَجْلِسْ، فَإِنْ ذَهَبَ عَنْهُ الْغَضَبُ وَإِلَّا فَلْيَضْطَجِعْ
✧ He was watering at a trough of his when some people came. He said: Which of you will bring water to Abu Dharr's trough and count some hairs from his head as a reward? A man said: I will. The man came and brought water to the trough and broke it. Abu Dharr was standing, so he sat down, then lay down. It was said to him: O Abu Dharr, why did you sit down and then lie down? He said: The Messenger of God ﷺ said to us: When one of you becomes angry while standing, let him sit; if the anger leaves him, then good, otherwise let him lie down.
Musnad Ahmad 21349Sahih
قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: هَلْ لَكَ فِي كَنْزٍ مِنْ كَنْزِ الْجَنَّةِ؟ قُلْتُ: نَعَمْ. قَالَ: " لَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللهِ
✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ said to me: Would you like a treasure from the treasures of Paradise? I said: Yes. He said: "There is no might and no power except with God."
Musnad Ahmad 21350Hasan
مَنْ كَانَ مِنْكُمْ صَائِمًا مِنَ الشَّهْرِ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ، فَلْيَصُمِ الثَّلَاثَ الْبِيضَ
✧ Whoever among you is fasting three days of the month, let him fast the three white days.
Musnad Ahmad 21351Sahih
أَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ فِي ظِلِّ الْكَعْبَةِ، فَقَالَ: هُمُ الْأَخْسَرُونَ وَرَبِّ الْكَعْبَةِ، هُمُ الْأَخْسَرُونَ وَرَبِّ الْكَعْبَةِ "، فَأَخَذَنِي غَمٌّ وَجَعَلْتُ أَتَنَفَّسُ، قَالَ: قُلْتُ: هَذَا شَرٌّ حَدَثَ فِيَّ، قَالَ: قُلْتُ: مَنْ هُمْ، فِدَاكَ أَبِي وَأُمِّي؟ قَالَ: " الْأَكْثَرُونَ إِلَّا مَنْ قَالَ فِي عِبَادِ اللهِ هَكَذَا وَهَكَذَا وَهَكَذَا، وَقَلِيلٌ مَا هُمْ. مَا مِنْ رَجُلٍ يَمُوتُ فَيَتْرُكُ غَنَمًا أَوْ إِبِلًا أَوْ بَقَرًا لَمْ يُؤَدِّ زَكَاتَهَا، إِلَّا جَاءَتْ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ أَعْظَمَ مَا تَكُونُ وَأَسْمَنَ، حَتَّى تَطَأَهُ بِأَظْلَافِهَا، وَتَنْطِحَهُ بِقُرُونِهَا، حَتَّى يُقْضَى بَيْنَ النَّاسِ، ثُمَّ تَعُودُ أُولَاهَا عَلَى أُخْرَاهَا "، وَقَالَ ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ: " كُلَّمَا نَفِدَتْ أُخْرَاهَا عَادَتْ عَلَيْهِ أُولَاهَا ".
✧ I came to the Messenger of God ﷺ while he was in the shade of the Kaaba. He said: "They are the losers, by the Lord of the Kaaba; they are the losers, by the Lord of the Kaaba." I was seized with distress and began to breathe heavily. He said: I said: This is something bad that has happened to me. He said: I said: Who are they, may my father and mother be your ransom? He said: "The ones with the most wealth, except for one who says regarding the servants of God like this and like this and like this, and such are few. There is no man who dies leaving sheep, camels, or cattle without paying their zakat, except that they will come on the Day of Resurrection as large and fat as they ever were, trampling him with their hooves and goring him with their horns, until judgment is passed among the people, then the first of them will return upon the last of them." And Ibn Numayr said: "Whenever the last of them are exhausted, the first of them return upon him."
Musnad Ahmad 21352Sahih
كُنْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ حِينَ وَجَبَتِ الشَّمْسُ فَقَالَ: يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ، تَدْرِي أَيْنَ تَذْهَبُ الشَّمْسُ؟ قُلْتُ: اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ. قَالَ: " فَإِنَّهَا تَذْهَبُ حَتَّى تَسْجُدَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْ رَبِّهَا [عَزَّ وَجَلَّ]، فَتَسْتَأْذِنَ فِي الرُّجُوعِ، فَيُؤْذَنَ لَهَا، وَكَأَنَّهَا قَدْ قِيلَ لَهَا: ارْجِعِي مِنْ حَيْثُ جِئْتِ، فَتَرْجِعَ إِلَى مَطْلِعِهَا، فَذَلِكَ مُسْتَقَرُّهَا " ثُمَّ قَرَأَ: وَالشَّمْسُ تَجْرِي لِمُسْتَقَرٍّ لَهَا
✧ I was with the Messenger of God ﷺ in the mosque when the sun set, and he said: O Abu Dharr, do you know where the sun goes? I said: God and His Messenger know best. He said: "It goes until it prostrates before its Lord [Mighty and Majestic], then it seeks permission to return, and permission is granted to it, as if it is said to it: Return from where you came, so it returns to its rising place; that is its resting place." Then he recited: "And the sun runs to a fixed resting place for it."
بَيْنَمَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَخْطُبُ إِذْ قَامَ إِلَيْهِ أَعْرَابِيٌّ فِيهِ جَفَاءٌ، فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَكَلَنَا الضَّبُعُ. فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: غَيْرُ ذَلِكَ أَخْوَفُ لِي عَلَيْكُمْ حِينَ تُصَبُّ عَلَيْكُمُ الدُّنْيَا صَبًّا، فَيَا لَيْتَ أُمَّتِي لَا يَتَحَلَّوْنَ الذَّهَبَ ".
✧ While the Prophet ﷺ was delivering a sermon, a coarse Bedouin stood up to him and said, “O Messenger of God, the hyena has eaten us (our livestock).” The Prophet ﷺ said, “Other than that is what I fear more for you: when worldly wealth is poured upon you abundantly. Would that my community not wear gold as adornment.”
Musnad Ahmad 21354No grade recorded
اتَّقِ اللهَ حَيْثُمَا كُنْتَ، وَأَتْبِعِ السَّيِّئَةَ الْحَسَنَةَ تَمْحُهَا، وَخَالِقِ النَّاسَ بِخُلُقٍ حَسَنٍ
✧ Fear God wherever you are, follow up a bad deed with a good deed and it will erase it, and treat people with good character.
Musnad Ahmad 21355Sahih
ثَلَاثَةٌ يُحِبُّهُمُ اللهُ، وَثَلَاثَةٌ يُبْغِضُهُمُ اللهُ، أَمَّا الَّذِينَ يُحِبُّهُمُ اللهُ [عَزَّ وَجَلَّ]: فَرَجُلٌ أَتَى قَوْمًا فَسَأَلَهُمْ بِاللهِ وَلَمْ يَسْأَلْهُمْ بِقَرَابَةٍ بَيْنَهُمْ، فَمَنَعُوهُ، فَتَخَلَّفَ رَجُلٌ بِأَعْقَابِهِمْ فَأَعْطَاهُ سِرًّا، لَا يَعْلَمُ بِعَطِيَّتِهِ إِلَّا اللهُ، وَالَّذِي أَعْطَاهُ. وَقَوْمٌ سَارُوا لَيْلَتَهُمْ حَتَّى إِذَا كَانَ النَّوْمُ أَحَبَّ إِلَيْهِمْ مِمَّا يُعْدَلُ بِهِ، نَزَلُوا فَوَضَعُوا رُؤُوسَهُمْ، فَقَامَ يَتَمَلَّقُنِي وَيَتْلُو آيَاتِي. وَرَجُلٌ كَانَ فِي سَرِيَّةٍ فَلَقُوا الْعَدُوَّ فَهُزِمُوا، فَأَقْبَلَ بِصَدْرِهِ حَتَّى يُقْتَلَ أَوْ يَفْتَحَ اللهُ لَهُ. وَالثَّلَاثَةُ الَّذِينَ يُبْغِضُهُمُ اللهُ: الشَّيْخُ الزَّانِي، وَالْفَقِيرُ الْمُخْتَالُ، وَالْغَنِيُّ الظَّلُومُ
✧ Three whom God loves, and three whom God hates. As for those whom God loves: a man who came to a people and asked them by God, and did not ask them by any kinship between them, but they refused him. Then a man remained behind at their heels and gave him secretly, no one knowing of his gift except God and the one to whom he gave it. A group who traveled through their night until sleep became dearer to them than anything else it might be weighed against; they dismounted and laid down their heads, but one man arose, seeking My favor and reciting My verses. And a man who was in a raiding party; they met the enemy and were routed, but he advanced with his chest until he was killed or God granted him victory. And the three whom God hates: the adulterous old man, the arrogant poor man, and the oppressive rich man.
Musnad Ahmad 21356No grade recorded
إِنَّ اللهَ [عَزَّ وَجَلَّ] يُحِبُّ ثَلَاثَةً وَيُبْغِضُ ثَلَاثَةً: يُبْغِضُ الشَّيْخَ الزَّانِيَ، وَالْفَقِيرَ الْمُخْتَالَ، وَالْمُكْثِرَ الْبَخِيلَ. وَيُحِبُّ ثَلَاثَةً: رَجُلٌ كَانَ فِي كَتِيبَةٍ، فَكَرَّ يَحْمِيهِمْ حَتَّى قُتِلَ، أَوْ فَتَحَ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ، وَرَجُلٌ كَانَ فِي قَوْمٍ فَأَدْلَجُوا فَنَزَلُوا مِنْ آخِرِ اللَّيْلِ، وَكَانَ النَّوْمُ أَحَبَّ إِلَيْهِمْ مِمَّا يُعْدَلُ بِهِ، فَنَامُوا، وَقَامَ يَتْلُو آيَاتِي وَيَتَمَلَّقُنِي، وَرَجُلٌ كَانَ فِي قَوْمٍ فَأَتَاهُمْ رَجُلٌ يَسْأَلُهُمْ بِقَرَابَةٍ بَيْنَهُمْ وَبَيْنَهُ، فَبَخِلُوا عَنْهُ، وَخَلَّفَ بِأَعْقَابِهِمْ، فَأَعْطَاهُ حَيْثُ لَا يَرَاهُ إِلَّا اللهُ وَمَنْ أَعْطَاهُ
✧ Indeed God [Mighty and Majestic] loves three and hates three: He hates the adulterous old man, the arrogant poor man, and the wealthy miser. And He loves three: a man who was in a battalion and charged back to protect them until he was killed, or God granted him victory; a man who was among a people who traveled by night, then dismounted at the end of the night—when sleep was dearer to them than anything else it might be weighed against—so they slept, but he arose reciting My verses and seeking My favor; and a man who was among a people to whom a man came asking them by kinship between them and him, but they were stingy toward him, and he remained behind at their heels and gave him where none saw him except God and the one to whom he gave.
Musnad Ahmad 21357Sahih
إِنَّ اللهَ يُبْغِضُ
✧ Indeed God hates.
Musnad Ahmad 21358Sahih
مَا مِنْ مُسْلِمَيْنِ يَمُوتُ لَهُمَا ثَلَاثَةٌ مِنَ الْوَلَدِ لَمْ يَبْلُغُوا الْحِنْثَ، إِلَّا أَدْخَلَهُمُ اللهُ الْجَنَّةَ بِفَضْلِ رَحْمَتِهِ إِيَّاهُمْ
✧ No two Muslims have three children die who have not reached the age of accountability, except that God will admit them to Paradise by the bounty of His mercy toward them.
إِنْ مَرَّ رَجُلٌ عَلَى بَابٍ لَا سِتْرَ لَهُ غَيْرِ مُغْلَقٍ فَنَظَرَ، فَلَا خَطِيئَةَ عَلَيْهِ، إِنَّمَا الْخَطِيئَةُ عَلَى أَهْلِ الْبَيْتِ
✧ If a man passes by a door that has no curtain and is not closed, and looks, there is no sin upon him; the sin is only upon the people of the house.
Musnad Ahmad 21360Sahih
مَنْ عَمِلَ حَسَنَةً فَلَهُ عَشْرُ أَمْثَالِهَا أَوْ أَزِيدُ، وَمَنْ عَمِلَ سَيِّئَةً فَجَزَاؤُهَا مِثْلُهَا أَوْ أَغْفِرُ، وَمَنْ عَمِلَ قُرَابَ الْأَرْضِ خَطِيئَةً، ثُمَّ لَقِيَنِي لَا يُشْرِكُ بِي شَيْئًا، جَعَلْتُ لَهُ مِثْلَهَا مَغْفِرَةً، وَمَنِ اقْتَرَبَ إِلَيَّ شِبْرًا اقْتَرَبْتُ إِلَيْهِ ذِرَاعًا، وَمَنِ اقْتَرَبَ إِلَيَّ ذِرَاعًا اقْتَرَبْتُ إِلَيْهِ بَاعًا، وَمَنْ أَتَانِي يَمْشِي أَتَيْتُهُ هَرْوَلَةً
✧ Whoever does a good deed will have ten times its like, or more. Whoever does an evil deed, its recompense is the like of it, or I forgive. Whoever does nearly the earth’s fill of sin, then meets Me without associating anything with Me, I will grant him the like of it in forgiveness. Whoever draws near to Me a handspan, I draw near to him a cubit. Whoever draws near to Me a cubit, I draw near to him a fathom. Whoever comes to Me walking, I come to him at a run.
Musnad Ahmad 21361Hasan
لَقَدْ تَرَكَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ ﷺ وَمَا يُحَرِّكُ طَائِرٌ جَنَاحَيْهِ فِي السَّمَاءِ إِلَّا أَذْكَرَنَا مِنْهُ عِلْمًا
✧ Muhammad ﷺ has left us, and no bird moves its wings in the sky except that it reminds us of some knowledge from him.
Musnad Ahmad 21362Sahih
إِنَّ أَحْسَنَ مَا غُيِّرَ بِهِ الشَّيْبُ الْحِنَّاءُ وَالْكَتَمُ
✧ The best things with which gray hair is changed are henna and katam.
Musnad Ahmad 21363Sahih
قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، ذَهَبَ الْأَغْنِيَاءُ بِالْأَجْرِ يُصَلُّونَ وَيَصُومُونَ وَيَحُجُّونَ! قَالَ: وَأَنْتُمْ تُصَلُّونَ وَتَصُومُونَ وَتَحُجُّونَ قُلْتُ: يَتَصَدَّقُونَ وَلَا نَتَصَدَّقُ! قَالَ: " وَأَنْتَ فِيكَ صَدَقَةٌ؛ رَفْعُكَ الْعَظْمَ عَنِ الطَّرِيقِ صَدَقَةٌ، وَهِدَايَتُكَ الطَّرِيقَ صَدَقَةٌ، وَعَوْنُكَ الضَّعِيفَ بِفَضْلِ قُوَّتِكَ صَدَقَةٌ، وَبَيَانُكَ عَنِ الْأَرْثَمِ صَدَقَةٌ، وَمُبَاضَعَتُكَ امْرَأَتَكَ صَدَقَةٌ. قَالَ: قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، نَأْتِي شَهْوَتَنَا وَنُؤْجَرُ؟! قَالَ: " أَرَأَيْتَ لَوْ جَعَلْتَهُ فِي حَرَامٍ، أَكَانَ تَأْثَمُ ؟ " قَالَ: قُلْتُ: نَعَمْ. قَالَ: " فَتَحْتَسِبُونَ بِالشَّرِّ وَلَا تَحْتَسِبُونَ بِالْخَيْرِ ؟!.
✧ I said, “O Messenger of God, the wealthy have taken the reward: they pray, fast, and perform Hajj!” He said, “And you also pray, fast, and perform Hajj.” I said, “They give charity, but we do not give charity!” He said, “And in you there is charity: your removing a bone from the road is charity; your guiding someone on the way is charity; your helping the weak by your extra strength is charity; your speaking clearly for the one with defective speech is charity; and your having intercourse with your wife is charity.” He said: I said, “O Messenger of God, we come to our desire and are rewarded?!” He said, “Have you considered if you placed it in what is forbidden—would you be sinning?” He said: I said, “Yes.” He said, “So you reckon the evil, but you do not reckon the good?!”
Musnad Ahmad 21364Sahih
كُنَّا عِنْدَ بَابِ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ، وَفِينَا أَبُو ذَرٍّ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: صَوْمُ شَهْرِ الصَّبْرِ وَثَلَاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ مِنْ كُلِّ شَهْرٍ، صَوْمُ الدَّهْرِ، وَيُذْهِبُ مَغْلَةَ الصَّدْرِ. قَالَ: قُلْتُ: وَمَا مَغْلَةُ الصَّدْرِ؟ قَالَ: " رِجْسُ الشَّيْطَانِ.
✧ We were at the door of Muʿāwiyah b. Abī Sufyān, and among us was Abū Dharr. He said: I heard the Messenger of God ﷺ say, “Fasting the month of patience and three days of every month is the fasting of a lifetime, and it removes the filth of the chest.” He said: I said, “And what is the filth of the chest?” He said, “The impurity of Satan.”
Musnad Ahmad 21365Hasan
أَنَّهُ قَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، مَا الصَّوْمُ؟ قَالَ: " قَرْضٌ مَجْزِيٌّ
✧ He said: O Messenger of God, what is fasting? He said: "A loan that is repaid."
Musnad Ahmad 21366Sahih
كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا أَخَذَ مَضْجَعَهُ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ قَالَ: اللَّهُمَّ بِاسْمِكَ نَمُوتُ وَنَحْيَا، وَإِذَا اسْتَيْقَظَ قَالَ: " الْحَمْدُ لِلهِ الَّذِي أَحْيَانَا بَعْدَ مَا أَمَاتَنَا وَإِلَيْهِ النُّشُورُ
✧ When the Messenger of God ﷺ lay down at night, he would say: O God, by Your name we die and we live. And when he woke up, he would say: "Praise be to God who gave us life after He caused us to die, and to Him is the resurrection."
Musnad Ahmad 21367Sahih
يَا عِبَادِي، كُلُّكُمْ مُذْنِبٌ إِلَّا مَنْ عَافَيْتُ، فَاسْتَغْفِرُونِي أَغْفِرْ لَكُمْ، وَمَنْ عَلِمَ أَنِّي أَقْدِرُ عَلَى الْمَغْفِرَةِ فَاسْتَغْفَرَنِي بِقُدْرَتِي غَفَرْتُ لَهُ وَلَا أُبَالِي، وَكُلُّكُمْ ضَالٌّ إِلَّا مَنْ هَدَيْتُ، فَاسْتَهْدُونِي أَهْدِكُمْ، وَكُلُّكُمْ فَقِيرٌ إِلَّا مَنْ أَغْنَيْتُ، فَاسْأَلُونِي أُغْنِكُمْ. وَلَوْ أَنَّ أَوَّلَكُمْ وَآخِرَكُمْ، وَحَيَّكُمْ وَمَيِّتَكُمْ، وَرَطْبَكُمْ وَيَابِسَكُمُ، اجْتَمَعُوا عَلَى أَشْقَى قَلْبٍ مِنْ قُلُوبِ عِبَادِي، مَا نَقَصَ فِي مُلْكِي جَنَاحَ بَعُوضَةٍ، وَلَوِ اجْتَمَعُوا عَلَى أَتْقَى قَلْبِ عَبْدٍ مِنْ عِبَادِي، مَا زَادَ فِي مُلْكِي جَنَاحَ بَعُوضَةٍ. وَلَوْ أَنَّ أَوَّلَكُمْ وَآخِرَكُمْ، وَحَيَّكُمْ وَمَيِّتَكُمْ، وَرَطْبَكُمْ وَيَابِسَكُمُ، اجْتَمَعُوا فَسَأَلَنِي كُلُّ سَائِلٍ مِنْهُمْ، مَا بَلَغَتْ أُمْنِيَّتُهُ، فَأَعْطَيْتُ كُلَّ سَائِلٍ مِنْهُمْ مَا سَأَلَ، مَا نَقَصَنِي كَمَا لَوْ أَنَّ أَحَدَكُمْ مَرَّ بِشَفَةِ الْبَحْرِ فَغَمَسَ فِيهَا إِبْرَةً ثُمَّ انْتَزَعَهَا، كَذَلِكَ لَا يَنْقُصُ مِنْ مُلْكِي؛ ذَلِكَ بِأَنِّي جَوَادٌ مَاجِدٌ صَمَدٌ، عَطَائِي كَلَامٌ، وَعَذَابِي كَلَامٌ، إِذَا أَرَدْتُ شَيْئًا فَإِنَّمَا أَقُولُ لَهُ كُنْ فَيَكُونُ
✧ O My servants, all of you are sinners except those I have pardoned, so ask My forgiveness and I will forgive you. Whoever knows that I am able to forgive and asks My forgiveness by My power, I will forgive him and I do not care. All of you are astray except those I have guided, so ask Me for guidance and I will guide you. All of you are poor except those I have enriched, so ask Me and I will enrich you. If the first of you and the last of you, your living and your dead, your fresh and your dry, were to come together upon the most wretched heart of any of My servants, that would not diminish My dominion by even a mosquito's wing. And if they were to come together upon the most pious heart of any servant among My servants, that would not increase My dominion by even a mosquito's wing. If the first of you and the last of you, your living and your dead, your fresh and your dry, were to come together and every one of them were to ask Me until his hopes were fulfilled, and I were to give every asker among them what he asked, that would not diminish Me, just as if one of you were to pass by the shore of the sea and dip a needle into it and then withdraw it—so too would it not diminish My dominion. That is because I am Magnanimous, Glorious, Eternal; My giving is a word, and My punishment is a word. When I want something, I merely say to it: Be, and it is.
Musnad Ahmad 21368Hasan
إِنَّ اللهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ يَقُولُ: يَا عَبْدِي، مَا عَبَدْتَنِي وَرَجَوْتَنِي، فَإِنِّي غَافِرٌ لَكَ عَلَى مَا كَانَ فِيكَ، وَيَا عَبْدِي إِنْ لَقِيتَنِي بِقُرَابِ الْأَرْضِ خَطِيئَةً مَا لَمْ تُشْرِكْ بِي، لَقِيتُكَ بِقُرَابِهَا مَغْفِرَةً
✧ God, Mighty and Majestic, says: O My servant, as long as you worship Me and hope in Me, I am forgiving to you for whatever is in you. O My servant, if you meet Me with an earth-full of sins, as long as you do not associate anything with Me, I will meet you with an earth-full of forgiveness.
Musnad Ahmad 21369Sahih
أَنَّهُ قَالَ ذَلِكَ بِأَنِّي جَوَادٌ وَاجِدٌ مَاجِدٌ إِنَّمَا عَطَائِي كَلَامٌ
✧ He said: That is because I am Magnanimous, Resourceful, Glorious; My giving is but a word.
قَامَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَكَلَتْنَا الضَّبُعُ يَعْنِي السَّنَةَ. قَالَ: غَيْرُ ذَلِكَ أَخْوَفُ لِي عَلَيْكُمُ: الدُّنْيَا، إِذَا صُبَّتْ عَلَيْكُمْ صَبًّا، فَيَا لَيْتَ أُمَّتِي لَا يَلْبَسُونَ الذَّهَبَ
✧ A bedouin stood up to the Messenger of God ﷺ and said: O Messenger of God, the hyena has devoured us—meaning the drought. He said: Other than that, I fear more for you: the world, when it is poured upon you abundantly. Would that my community would not wear gold.
Musnad Ahmad 21371Sahih
أَنَّ أَبَا ذَرٍّ، أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَقَدْ أَجْنَبَ، فَدَعَا لَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بِمَاءٍ، فَاسْتَتَرَ وَاغْتَسَلَ، ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهُ: إِنَّ الصَّعِيدَ الطَّيِّبَ وَضُوءُ الْمُسْلِمِ، وَإِنْ لَمْ يَجِدِ الْمَاءَ عَشْرَ سِنِينَ، وَإِذَا وَجَدَ الْمَاءَ فَلْيُمِسَّهُ بَشَرَتَهُ، فَإِنَّ ذَلِكَ هُوَ خَيْرٌ
✧ Abu Dharr came to the Prophet ﷺ in a state of major ritual impurity. The Prophet ﷺ called for water for him, and he concealed himself and bathed. Then he said to him: Pure earth is the ablution of the Muslim, even if he does not find water for ten years. But when he finds water, let him apply it to his skin, for that is better.
إِنَّكُمْ فِي زَمَانٍ عُلَمَاؤُهُ كَثِيرٌ، خُطَبَاؤُهُ قَلِيلٌ، مَنْ تَرَكَ فِيهِ عُشَيْرَ مَا يَعْلَمُ هَوَى، أَوْ قَالَ: هَلَكَ، وَسَيَأْتِي عَلَى النَّاسِ زَمَانٌ يَقِلُّ عُلَمَاؤُهُ وَيَكْثُرُ خُطَبَاؤُهُ، مَنْ تَمَسَّكَ فِيهِ بِعُشَيْرِ مَا يَعْلَمُ نَجَا
✧ You are in a time whose scholars are many and whose orators are few. Whoever in it abandons a tenth of what he knows, he falls into desire—or he said: he is ruined. A time will come upon people when its scholars are few and its orators are many; whoever in it clings to a tenth of what he knows will be saved.
Musnad Ahmad 21373Hasan
لَمَّا حَضَرَتْ أَبَا ذَرٍّ الْوَفَاةُ، قَالَتْ: بَكَيْتُ، فَقَالَ: مَا يُبْكِيكِ؟ قَالَتْ: وَمَا لِي لَا أَبْكِي وَأَنْتَ تَمُوتُ بِفَلَاةٍ مِنَ الْأَرْضِ، وَلَا يَدَ لِي بِدَفْنِكَ، وَلَيْسَ عِنْدِي ثَوْبٌ يَسَعُكَ فَأُكَفِّنَكَ فِيهِ. قَالَ: فَلَا تَبْكِي وَأَبْشِرِي، فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: لَا يَمُوتُ بَيْنَ امْرَأَيْنِ مُسْلِمَيْنِ وَلَدَانِ أَوْ ثَلَاثَةٌ فَيَصْبِرَانِ وَيَحْتَسِبَانِ، فَيَرَيَانِ النَّارَ أَبَدًا. وَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: " لَيَمُوتَنَّ رَجُلٌ مِنْكُمْ بِفَلَاةٍ مِنَ الْأَرْضِ يَشْهَدُهُ عِصَابَةٌ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ". وَلَيْسَ مِنْ أُولَئِكَ النَّفَرِ أَحَدٌ إِلَّا وَقَدْ مَاتَ فِي قَرْيَةٍ أَوْ جَمَاعَةٍ، وَإِنِّي أَنَا الَّذِي أَمُوتُ بِفَلَاةٍ، وَاللهِ مَا كَذَبْتُ وَلَا كُذِبْتُ
✧ When death came to Abu Dharr, she said: I wept. He said: What makes you weep? She said: How should I not weep when you are dying in a desolate land, and I have no means to bury you, and I have no garment that would cover you to shroud you in it. He said: Do not weep, and rejoice, for I heard the Messenger of God ﷺ say: No two Muslim spouses lose two or three children and remain patient, seeking reward, but that they will never see the Fire. And I heard the Messenger of God ﷺ say: "A man among you will surely die in a desolate land, witnessed by a band of believers." There is no one of those people but has died in a village or among a group, and I am the one who will die in a desolate land. By God, I have not lied, nor was I lied to.
Musnad Ahmad 21374Sahih
مَنْ تَقَرَّبَ إِلَى اللهِ [عَزَّ وَجَلَّ] شِبْرًا، تَقَرَّبَ إِلَيْهِ ذِرَاعًا، وَمَنْ تَقَرَّبَ إِلَى اللهِ ذِرَاعًا، تَقَرَّبَ إِلَيْهِ بَاعًا، وَمَنْ أَقْبَلَ عَلَى اللهِ [عَزَّ وَجَلَّ] مَاشِيًا، أَقْبَلَ اللهُ إِلَيْهِ مُهَرْوِلًا ". وَاللهُ أَعْلَى وَأَجَلُّ، وَاللهُ أَعْلَى وَأَجَلُّ، وَاللهُ أَعْلَى وَأَجَلُّ
✧ Whoever draws near to God [Mighty and Majestic] by a span, He draws near to him by a cubit. Whoever draws near to God by a cubit, He draws near to him by an arm's length. Whoever comes to God [Mighty and Majestic] walking, God comes to him at a hastening pace." And God is Most High and Most Majestic, and God is Most High and Most Majestic, and God is Most High and Most Majestic.
مَنْ زَنَّى أَمَةً لَمْ يَرَهَا تَزْنِي، جَلَدَهُ اللهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ بِسَوْطٍ مِنْ نَارٍ
✧ Whoever accuses a slave woman of fornication without seeing her fornicate, God will flog him on the Day of Resurrection with a whip of fire.
Musnad Ahmad 21376Sahih
جِئْنَا مِنْ جِنَازَةٍ، فَمَرَرْنَا بِأَبِي ذَرٍّ، فَقَالَ: كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي سَفَرٍ، فَأَرَادَ الْمُؤَذِّنُ أَنْ يُؤَذِّنَ لِلظُّهْرِ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: " أَبْرِدْ "، ثُمَّ أَرَادَ أَنْ يُؤَذِّنَ، فَقَالَ لَهُ: " أَبْرِدْ " وَالثَّالِثَةَ، أَكْبَرُ عِلْمِي شُعْبَةُ قَالَ لَهُ: حَتَّى رَأَيْنَا فَيْءَ التُّلُولِ، قَالَ [قَالَ]: إِنَّ شِدَّةَ الْحَرِّ مِنْ فَيْحِ جَهَنَّمَ، فَإِذَا اشْتَدَّ الْحَرُّ فَأَبْرِدُوا بِالصَّلَاةِ
✧ We came from a funeral and passed by Abu Dharr. He said: We were with the Messenger of God ﷺ on a journey, and the muezzin wanted to give the call to prayer for the noon prayer. The Messenger of God ﷺ said: "Delay it." Then he wanted to give the call, and he said to him: "Delay it." And the third time—the most I know is that Shuʿba said: until we saw the shadow of the hillocks. He said: The intensity of the heat is from the blast of Hell, so when the heat becomes intense, delay the prayer until it cools.
Musnad Ahmad 21377Hasan
الْحَسَنَةُ عَشْرٌ أَوْ أَزِيدُ، وَالسَّيِّئَةُ وَاحِدَةٌ أَوْ أَغْفِرُهَا، فَمَنْ لَقِيَنِي لَا يُشْرِكُ بِي شَيْئًا، بِقُرَابِ الْأَرْضِ خَطِيئَةً، جَعَلْتُ لَهُ مِثْلَهَا مَغْفِرَةً
✧ A good deed is ten or more, and an evil deed is one or I forgive it. So whoever meets Me without associating anything with Me, even with an earth-full of sins, I shall make for him the like of it in forgiveness.
Musnad Ahmad 21378Sahih
يَقْطَعُ صَلَاةَ الرَّجُلِ إِذَا لَمْ يَكُنْ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ مِثْلُ آخِرَةِ الرَّحْلِ: الْمَرْأَةُ، وَالْحِمَارُ، وَالْكَلْبُ الْأَسْوَدُ. قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِي ذَرٍّ: مَا بَالُ الْكَلْبِ الْأَسْوَدِ مِنَ الْكَلْبِ الْأَحْمَرِ؟ قَالَ: يَا ابْنَ أَخِي، سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَمَا سَأَلْتَنِي، فَقَالَ: " الْكَلْبُ الْأَسْوَدُ شَيْطَانٌ
✧ A man's prayer is cut off if there is not in front of him something like the back of a saddle: a woman, a donkey, or a black dog. He said: I said to Abu Dharr: What about the black dog as opposed to the red dog? He said: O nephew, I asked the Messenger of God ﷺ just as you asked me, and he said: "The black dog is a devil."
Musnad Ahmad 21379Sahih
قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، الرَّجُلُ، يُحِبُّ الْقَوْمَ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ يَعْمَلَ بِأَعْمَالِهِمْ؟ قَالَ: أَنْتَ يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ مَعَ مَنْ أَحْبَبْتَ قَالَ: قُلْتُ: فَإِنِّي أُحِبُّ اللهَ وَرَسُولَهُ. يُعِيدُهَا مَرَّةً أَوْ مَرَّتَيْنِ
✧ I said: O Messenger of God, what about a man who loves a people but cannot do the deeds they do? He said: "You, O Abu Dharr, are with the one you love." He said: I said: Indeed, I love God and His Messenger. He repeated it once or twice.
Musnad Ahmad 21380Sahih
أَنَّهُ قَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، الرَّجُلُ يَعْمَلُ الْعَمَلَ فَيَحْمَدُهُ النَّاسُ عَلَيْهِ، وَيُثْنُونَ عَلَيْهِ بِهِ؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: تِلْكَ عَاجِلُ بُشْرَى الْمُؤْمِنِ
✧ He said, "O Messenger of Allah, a man does a good deed and people praise him and commend him for it." The Prophet ﷺ said, "That is the quick good news for the believer."
Musnad Ahmad 21381Sahih
أَوْصَانِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا طَبَخْتُ قِدْرًا أَنْ أُكْثِرَ مَرَقَتَهَا، فَإِنَّهُ أَوْسَعُ لِلْجِيرَانِ
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ advised me that if I cook a pot of soup, I should increase its broth, as it would be more sufficient for the neighbors.
أَتَانِي نَبِيُّ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَنَا نَائِمٌ فِي مَسْجِدِ الْمَدِينَةِ، فَضَرَبَنِي بِرِجْلِهِ، فَقَالَ: أَلَا أَرَاكَ نَائِمًا فِيهِ ؟ " قَالَ: قُلْتُ: يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ، غَلَبَتْنِي عَيْنِي. قَالَ: " كَيْفَ تَصْنَعُ إِذَا أُخْرِجْتَ مِنْهُ؟ " قَالَ: آتِي الشَّامَ الْأَرْضَ الْمُقَدَّسَةَ الْمُبَارَكَةَ. قَالَ: " كَيْفَ تَصْنَعُ إِذَا أُخْرِجْتَ مِنَ الشَّامِ ؟ " قَالَ: أَعُودُ إِلَيْهِ. قَالَ: " كَيْفَ تَصْنَعُ إِذَا أُخْرِجْتَ مِنْهُ؟ " قَالَ: مَا أَصْنَعُ يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ، أَضْرِبُ بِسَيْفِي؟! فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: " أَلَا أَدُلُّكَ عَلَى مَا هُوَ خَيْرٌ لَكَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ وَأَقْرَبُ رُشْدًا؟ تَسْمَعُ وَتُطِيعُ، وَتَنْسَاقُ لَهُمْ حَيْثُ سَاقُوكَ
✧ The Prophet of God ﷺ came to me while I was sleeping in the mosque of Madinah, and he struck me with his foot and said: "Do I not see you sleeping in it?" He said: I said: O Prophet of God, my eyes overcame me. He said: "What will you do when you are expelled from it?" He said: I will go to Syria, the holy blessed land. He said: "What will you do when you are expelled from Syria?" He said: I will return to it. He said: "What will you do when you are expelled from it?" He said: What shall I do, O Prophet of God? Shall I strike with my sword?! The Prophet ﷺ said: "Shall I not guide you to what is better for you than that and closer to right guidance? You will hear and obey, and you will be driven along with them wherever they drive you."
Musnad Ahmad 21383No grade recorded
كُنْتُ أَعْرِضُ عَلَيْهِ، وَيَعْرِضُ عَلَيَّ فِي السِّكَّةِ، فَيَمُرُّ بِالسَّجْدَةِ فَيَسْجُدُ. قَالَ: قُلْتُ: أَتَسْجُدُ فِي السِّكَّةِ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ. سَمِعْتُ أَبَا ذَرٍّ يَقُولُ: سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ: قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَيُّ مَسْجِدٍ وُضِعَ فِي الْأَرْضِ أَوَّلُ؟ قَالَ: " الْمَسْجِدُ الْحَرَامُ " قَالَ: قُلْتُ: ثُمَّ أَيٌّ؟ قَالَ: " ثُمَّ الْمَسْجِدُ الْأَقْصَى " قَالَ: قُلْتُ: كَمْ بَيْنَهُمَا؟ قَالَ: " أَرْبَعُونَ سَنَةً " قَالَ: ثُمَّ أَيْنَمَا أَدْرَكَتْكَ الصَّلَاةُ فَصَلِّ فَهُوَ مَسْجِدٌ
✧ I was reciting to him, and he was reciting to me in the street, and he passed by a verse of prostration and prostrated. He said: I said: Do you prostrate in the street? He said: Yes. I heard Abu Dharr say: I asked the Messenger of God ﷺ. He said: I said: O Messenger of God, which mosque was placed on earth first? He said: "Al-Masjid al-Haram." He said: I said: Then which? He said: "Then al-Masjid al-Aqsa." He said: I said: How much between them? He said: "Forty years." He said: Then wherever prayer overtakes you, pray, for it is a mosque.
Musnad Ahmad 21384Sahih
أَنَّهُ كَانَ مَعَ أَبِي ذَرٍّ فَخَرَجَ عَطَاؤُهُ وَمَعَهُ جَارِيَةٌ لَهُ، فَجَعَلَتْ تَقْضِي حَوَائِجَهُ. قَالَ: فَفَضَلَ مَعَهَا سَبْعٌ. قَالَ: فَأَمَرَهَا أَنْ تَشْتَرِيَ بِهِ فُلُوسًا. قَالَ: قُلْتُ لَهُ: لَوِ ادَّخَرْتَهُ لِلْحَاجَةِ تَنُوبُكَ أَوْ لِلضَّيْفِ يَنْزِلُ بِكَ. قَالَ: إِنَّ خَلِيلِي عَهِدَ إِلَيَّ: أَنْ أَيُّمَا ذَهَبٍ أَوْ فِضَّةٍ أُوكِيَ عَلَيْهِ، فَهُوَ جَمْرٌ عَلَى صَاحِبِهِ حَتَّى يُفْرِغَهُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ
✧ That he was with Abu Dharr, and his stipend came out, and with him was a slave girl of his, and she began to fulfill his needs. He said: There remained with her seven. He said: He ordered her to buy small coins with it. He said: I said to him: If only you had saved it for a need that might befall you or for a guest who might descend upon you. He said: My close friend ﷺ enjoined upon me that any gold or silver that is tied up is a burning coal upon its owner until he pours it out in the way of God, Mighty and Majestic.
Musnad Ahmad 21385Hasan
أَشَدُّ أُمَّتِي لِي حُبًّا: قَوْمٌ يَكُونُونَ - أَوْ يَخْرُجُونَ - بَعْدِي، يَوَدُّ أَحَدُهُمْ أَنَّهُ أَعْطَى أَهْلَهُ وَمَالَهُ وَأَنَّهُ رَآنِي
✧ The most intense love for me among my nation will be a people who come—or appear—after me; one of them would wish that he had given his family and his wealth and that he had seen me.
Musnad Ahmad 21386Sahih
إِنَّ أَحْسَنَ مَا غُيِّرَ بِهِ الشَّيْبُ الْحِنَّاءُ وَالْكَتَمُ
✧ Indeed, the best thing with which gray hair is changed is henna and katam.
Musnad Ahmad 21387Sahih
لَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللهِ مِنْ كُنُوزِ الْجَنَّةِ
✧ There is no might and no power except with God; it is from the treasures of Paradise.
Musnad Ahmad 21388Hasan
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَرَأَ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ، فَرَدَّدَهَا حَتَّى أَصْبَحَ: إِنْ تُعَذِّبْهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ عِبَادُكَ وَإِنْ تَغْفِرْ لَهُمْ فَإِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ
✧ That the Prophet ﷺ recited this verse and kept repeating it until morning: "If You punish them, they are Your servants; and if You forgive them, indeed You are the Mighty, the Wise."
Musnad Ahmad 21389Sahih
صَلِّ الصَّلَاةَ لِوَقْتِهَا
✧ Pray the prayer at its time.
Musnad Ahmad 21390No grade recorded
قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَيُّ مَسْجِدٍ وُضِعَ أَوَّلُ؟ قَالَ: " الْمَسْجِدُ الْحَرَامُ " قَالَ: قُلْتُ: ثُمَّ أَيٌّ؟ قَالَ: " ثُمَّ الْمَسْجِدُ الْأَقْصَى " قَالَ: قُلْتُ: كَمْ بَيْنَهُمَا؟ قَالَ: " أَرْبَعُونَ سَنَةً، ثُمَّ أَيْنَمَا أَدْرَكَتْكَ الصَّلَاةُ فَصَلِّ، فَهُوَ مَسْجِدٌ
✧ I said: O Messenger of God, which mosque was placed first? He said: "Al-Masjid al-Haram." He said: I said: Then which? He said: "Then al-Masjid al-Aqsa." He said: I said: How much between them? He said: "Forty years. Then wherever prayer overtakes you, pray, for it is a mosque."
Musnad Ahmad 21391Sahih
أَيُّ مَسْجِدٍ وُضِعَ فِي الْأَرْضِ أَوَّلُ؟
✧ Which mosque was placed first on earth?
Musnad Ahmad 21392Sahih
قُلْتُ لِأَبِي ذَرٍّ: لَوْ أَدْرَكْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ سَأَلْتُهُ. قَالَ: عَنْ أَيِّ شَيْءٍ؟ قُلْتُ: هَلْ رَأَيْتَ رَبَّكَ؟ فَقَالَ: قَدْ سَأَلْتُهُ، فَقَالَ: نُورٌ أَنَّى أَرَاهُ.
✧ I said to Abu Dharr, "If I had met the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, I would have asked him." He said, "About what?" I said, "Have you seen your Lord?" He said, "I have asked him and he responded, 'I saw a light. How could I see Him when He is on the path of affirmation?'"
Musnad Ahmad 21393Sahih
يُؤْتَى بِالرَّجُلِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ، فَيُقَالُ: اعْرِضُوا عَلَيْهِ صِغَارَ ذُنُوبِهِ. قَالَ: فَتُعْرَضُ عَلَيْهِ، وَيُخَبَّأُ عَنْهُ كِبَارُهَا. فَيُقَالُ: عَمِلْتَ يَوْمَ كَذَا وَكَذَا كَذَا وَكَذَا. وَهُوَ مُقِرٌّ لَا يُنْكِرُ، وَهُوَ مُشْفِقٌ مِنَ الْكِبَارِ. فَيُقَالُ: أَعْطُوهُ مَكَانَ كُلِّ سَيِّئَةٍ عَمِلَهَا حَسَنَةً. قَالَ: فَيَقُولُ: إِنَّ لِي ذُنُوبًا مَا أَرَاهَا! " قَالَ: قَالَ أَبُو ذَرٍّ: فَلَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ ضَحِكَ حَتَّى بَدَتْ نَوَاجِذُهُ
✧ A man will be brought on the Day of Resurrection, and it will be said: 'Show him his minor sins.' He said: They will be shown to him, while his major sins are concealed from him. It will be said: 'You did such-and-such on such-and-such a day, such-and-such.' He will acknowledge them without denial, fearful of the major ones. It will be said: 'Give him a good deed in place of every evil deed he committed.' He said: Then he will say: 'I have sins I do not see!' He said: Abu Dharr said: I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ laugh until his molars showed.
Musnad Ahmad 21394No grade recorded
21729 21790 21394 - حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ، عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى، عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ
✧ 21729 21790 21394 - We were told by Wakiʿ, we were told by al-Aʿmash, from Mujahid, from ʿAbd al-Rahman b. Abi Layla, from Abu Dharr, who said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said...
Musnad Ahmad 21395Sahih
قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ، انْظُرْ أَرْفَعَ رَجُلٍ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ قَالَ: فَنَظَرْتُ، فَإِذَا رَجُلٌ عَلَيْهِ حُلَّةٌ. قَالَ: قُلْتُ: هَذَا. قَالَ: قَالَ لِي: " انْظُرْ أَوْضَعَ رَجُلٍ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ " قَالَ: فَنَظَرْتُ، فَإِذَا رَجُلٌ عَلَيْهِ أَخْلَاقٌ. قَالَ: قُلْتُ: هَذَا. قَالَ: فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: " لَهَذَا عِنْدَ اللهِ أَخْيَرُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ مِنْ مِلْءِ الْأَرْضِ مِثْلِ هَذَا
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me: 'O Abu Dharr, look for the highest man in the mosque.' He said: I looked, and there was a man wearing a fine suit. He said: I said: 'This one.' He said: He said to me: 'Look for the lowest man in the mosque.' He said: I looked, and there was a man wearing worn-out clothes. He said: I said: 'This one.' He said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ then said: 'This one is better in the sight of Allah on the Day of Resurrection than the earth filled with the like of that one.'
Musnad Ahmad 21396Sahih
كُنْتُ أَمْشِي مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَقَالَ: يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ، ارْفَعْ رَأْسَكَ، فَانْظُرْ إِلَى أَرْفَعِ رَجُلٍ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ
✧ I was walking with the Prophet ﷺ in the mosque, and he said: 'O Abu Dharr, raise your head and look at the highest man in the mosque.'
Musnad Ahmad 21397No grade recorded
خَيْرٌ عِنْدَ اللهِ مِنْ قُرَابِ الْأَرْضِ مِثْلَ هَذَا.
✧ "And he said, 'Goodness in the sight of Allah is closer than this and that,' Abu Muawiyah said it from Zaid."
Musnad Ahmad 21398Sahih
21734 21795 21398 - وَحَدَّثَنَا مُعَاوِيَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا زَائِدَةُ، عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ، حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ مُسْهِرٍ، عَنْ خَرَشَةَ. فَذَكَرَهُ
✧ 21734 21795 21398 - We were told by Muʿawiya, we were told by Zaʾida, from al-Aʿmash, we were told by Sulayman b. Mushir, from Kharasha. Then he mentioned it.
Musnad Ahmad 21399Sahih
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: الْأَكْثَرُونَ هُمُ الْأَسْفَلُونَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ، إِلَّا مَنْ قَالَ بِالْمَالِ هَكَذَا وَهَكَذَا، وَهَكَذَا وَهَكَذَا، وَقَلِيلٌ مَا هُمْ
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Those with the most wealth will be the lowest on the Day of Resurrection, except one who gives of his wealth like this and like this, and like this and like this—and how few they are!'
Musnad Ahmad 21400Sahih
أَنَّهُ قَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَرَأَيْتَ الرَّجُلَ يَعْمَلُ الْعَمَلَ يُحِبُّهُ النَّاسُ عَلَيْهِ؟ قَالَ: تِلْكَ عَاجِلُ بُشْرَى الْمُؤْمِنِ.
It was said to Messenger of Allah ﷺ: What is your opinion about the person who has done good deeds and the people praise him? He said: It is glad tidings for a believer (which he has received in this mortal world). (Using translation from Muslim 2642a)
Musnad Ahmad 21401Sahih
مَا مِنْ صَاحِبِ إِبِلٍ وَلَا بَقَرٍ وَلَا غَنَمٍ لَا يُؤَدِّي زَكَاتَهَا، إِلَّا جَاءَتْ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ أَعْظَمَ مَا كَانَتْ وَأَسْمَنَهُ، تَنْطَحُهُ بِقُرُونِهَا وَتَطَؤُهُ بِأَخْفَافِهَا، كُلَّمَا نَفِدَتْ أُخْرَاهَا عَادَتْ عَلَيْهِ أُولَاهَا، حَتَّى يُقْضَى بَيْنَ النَّاسِ
✧ There is no owner of camels, cattle, or sheep who does not pay their zakat, but they will come on the Day of Resurrection as large and fat as they ever were, goring him with their horns and trampling him with their hoofs. Every time the last of them passes, the first of them returns to him, until judgment is passed between the people.
Musnad Ahmad 21402Sahih
سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَنِ الْكَلْبِ الْأَسْوَدِ الْبَهِيمِ، فَقَالَ: " شَيْطَانٌ.
✧ I asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about the solid black dog, and he said: 'A devil.'
Musnad Ahmad 21403No grade recorded
قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَوْصِنِي. قَالَ: اتَّقِ اللهَ حَيْثُمَا كُنْتَ، وَأَتْبِعِ السَّيِّئَةَ الْحَسَنَةَ تَمْحُهَا، وَخَالِقِ النَّاسَ بِخُلُقٍ حَسَنٍ ".
✧ I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, advise me.' He said: 'Fear Allah wherever you are, follow a bad deed with a good deed and it will erase it, and treat people with good character.'
Musnad Ahmad 21404Sahih
21740 21801 21404 - حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ، عَنْ رَجُلٍ، عَنْ خَرَشَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ
✧ 21740 21801 21404 - We were told by Wakiʿ, we were told by al-Aʿmash, from a man, from Kharasha, from Abu Dharr...
Musnad Ahmad 21405Sahih
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ قَالَ ابْنُ جَعْفَرٍ الْمَنَّانُ بِمَا أَعْطَى وَالْمُسْبِلُ إِزَارَهُ
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said... Then he mentioned the hadith. Ibn Jaʿfar said: the one who reminds others of what he has given, and the one who lets his lower garment hang below his ankles.
Musnad Ahmad 21406Sahih
سَأَلْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ عَنْ قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى: وَالشَّمْسُ تَجْرِي لِمُسْتَقَرٍّ لَهَا. قَالَ: مُسْتَقَرُّهَا تَحْتَ الْعَرْشِ.
✧ I asked the Prophet ﷺ about His saying, exalted is He: “And the sun runs to a fixed resting-place of its own.” He said: “Its resting-place is beneath the Throne.”
Musnad Ahmad 21407Sahih
انْظُرْ، فَإِنَّكَ لَيْسَ بِخَيْرٍ مِنْ أَحْمَرَ وَلَا أَسْوَدَ إِلَّا أَنْ تَفْضُلَهُ بِتَقْوَى
✧ Look, for you are not better than a red-skinned or a black-skinned person unless you surpass him in piety.
Musnad Ahmad 21408Sahih
ثَلَاثَةٌ لَا يُكَلِّمُهُمُ اللهُ: الْمَنَّانُ الَّذِي لَا يُعْطِي شَيْئًا إِلَّا مَنَّهُ، وَالْمُسْبِلُ إِزَارَهُ، وَالْمُنَفِّقُ سِلْعَتَهُ بِالْحَلِفِ الْفَاجِرِ
✧ Three people Allah will not speak to: the one who bestows favors but does not give anything without reminding of it, the one who lets his lower garment hang low, and the one who sells his goods by a false oath.
Musnad Ahmad 21409Sahih
إِخْوَانُكُمْ جَعَلَهُمُ اللهُ فِتْنَةً تَحْتَ أَيْدِيكُمْ، فَمَنْ كَانَ أَخُوهُ تَحْتَ يَدَيْهِ فَلْيُطْعِمْهُ مِنْ طَعَامِهِ، وَلْيَكْسُهُ مِنْ لِبَاسِهِ، وَلَا يُكَلِّفْهُ مَا يَغْلِبُهُ، فَإِنْ كَلَّفَهُ مَا يَغْلِبُهُ فَلْيُعِنْهُ عَلَيْهِ
✧ Your brothers whom Allah has placed as a trial under your hands: whoever has his brother under his hands should feed him from his own food, clothe him from his own clothing, and not burden him with what overcomes him. If he burdens him with what overcomes him, let him help him with it.
Musnad Ahmad 21410Sahih
لَمْ يَبْعَثِ اللهُ نَبِيًّا إِلَّا بِلُغَةِ قَوْمِهِ
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Allah did not send any prophet except in the language of his people."
Musnad Ahmad 21411Sahih
قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، سَبَقَنَا أَصْحَابُ الْأَمْوَالِ وَالدُّثُورِ سَبْقًا بَيِّنًا؛ يُصَلُّونَ وَيَصُومُونَ كَمَا نُصَلِّي وَنَصُومُ، وَعِنْدَهُمْ أَمْوَالٌ يَتَصَدَّقُونَ بِهَا وَلَيْسَتْ عِنْدَنَا أَمْوَالٌ. فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: أَلَا أُخْبِرُكَ بِعَمَلٍ إِنْ أَخَذْتَ بِهِ أَدْرَكْتَ مَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكَ، وَفُتَّ مَنْ يَكُونُ بَعْدَكَ، إِلَّا أَحَدًا أَخَذَ بِمِثْلِ عَمَلِكَ: تُسَبِّحُ خِلَافَ كُلِّ صَلَاةٍ ثَلَاثًا وَثَلَاثِينَ، وَتَحْمَدُ ثَلَاثًا وَثَلَاثِينَ، وَتُكَبِّرُ أَرْبَعًا وَثَلَاثِينَ ".
✧ I said: O Messenger of Allah, the wealthy people with abundant property have clearly surpassed us. They pray and fast as we pray and fast, and they have wealth with which they give charity while we have no wealth. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Shall I not tell you of a deed which, if you take it up, you will catch up with those before you and surpass those after you, except someone who does the like of your deed? Glorify Allah thirty-three times after every prayer, praise Him thirty-three times, and magnify Him thirty-four times.”
Musnad Ahmad 21412Sahih
كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ جَالِسًا فِي ظِلِّ الْكَعْبَةِ قَالَ: فَأَقْبَلْتُ، فَلَمَّا رَآنِي قَالَ: هُمُ الْأَخْسَرُونَ وَرَبِّ الْكَعْبَةِ، فَجَلَسْتُ فَلَمْ أَتَقَارَّ أَنْ قُمْتُ إِلَيْهِ، فَقُلْتُ: مَنْ هُمْ فِدَاكَ أَبِي وَأُمِّي؟ قَالَ: " هُمُ الْأَكْثَرُونَ مَالًا إِلَّا مَنْ قَالَ بِالْمَالِ هَكَذَا وَهَكَذَا وَهَكَذَا، وَقَلِيلٌ مَا هُمْ
✧ The Prophet ﷺ was sitting in the shade of the Kaʿbah. He said: I approached, and when he saw me he said: “They are the greatest losers, by the Lord of the Kaʿbah.” I sat down and could not remain still, so I went to him and said: Who are they, may my father and mother be your ransom? He said: “They are those with the most wealth, except one who says with his wealth thus and thus and thus, and few they are.”
Musnad Ahmad 21413Sahih
انْتَهَيْتُ إِلَى الرَّبَذَةِ، فَإِذَا أَنَا بِأَبِي ذَرٍّ قَدْ تَلَقَّانِي بِرَوَاحِلَ قَدْ أَوْرَدَهَا، ثُمَّ أَصْدَرَهَا، وَقَدْ أَعْلَقَ قِرْبَةً فِي عُنُقِ بَعِيرٍ مِنْهَا لِيَشْرَبَ وَيَسْقِيَ أَصْحَابَهُ، وَكَانَ خُلُقًا مِنْ أَخْلَاقِ الْعَرَبِ، قُلْتُ: يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ، مَا لَكَ؟ قَالَ: لِي عَمَلِي. قُلْتُ: إِيهٍ يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ، مَا سَمِعْتَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ؟ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: مَنْ أَنْفَقَ زَوْجَيْنِ مِنْ مَالِهِ ابْتَدَرَتْهُ حَجَبَةُ الْجَنَّةِ. قُلْنَا: مَا هَذَانِ الزَّوْجَانِ؟ قَالَ: " إِنْ كَانَتْ رِجَالًا فَرَجُلَانِ، وَإِنْ كَانَتْ خَيْلًا فَفَرَسَانِ، وَإِنْ كَانَتْ إِبِلًا فَبَعِيرَانِ، حَتَّى عَدَّ أَصْنَافَ الْمَالِ كُلِّهِ ".
✧ I came to al-Rabadhah and there was Abū Dharr meeting me with mounts that he had taken to water and brought back. He had hung a water-skin on the neck of one of the camels to drink and to give water to his companions, and that was one of the customs of the Arabs. I said: O Abū Dharr, what is with you? He said: I have my work. I said: Tell me, O Abū Dharr, what did you hear the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say? He said: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: “Whoever spends a pair from his wealth, the gatekeepers of Paradise will rush to meet him.” We said: What are these two pairs? He said: “If they are men, then two men; if they are horses, then two horses; if they are camels, then two camels,” until he counted all kinds of wealth.
Musnad Ahmad 21414Sahih
أَتَانِي آتٍ مِنْ رَبِّي [عَزَّ وَجَلَّ]، فَأَخْبَرَنِي -أَوْ قَالَ: فَبَشَّرَنِي. شَكَّ مَهْدِيٌّ - أَنَّهُ مَنْ مَاتَ مِنْ أُمَّتِي لَا يُشْرِكُ بِاللهِ شَيْئًا دَخَلَ الْجَنَّةَ قُلْتُ: وَإِنْ زَنَى، وَإِنْ سَرَقَ؟ قَالَ: " وَإِنْ زَنَى، وَإِنْ سَرَقَ
✧ Someone came to me from my Lord [Mighty and Majestic] and informed me—or he said: gave me glad tidings; Mahdī was uncertain—that whoever dies from my community not associating anything with Allah will enter Paradise. I said: Even if he commits adultery and steals? He said: “Even if he commits adultery and steals.”
Musnad Ahmad 21415Sahih
أَمَرَنِي خَلِيلِي ﷺ بِسَبْعٍ: أَمَرَنِي بِحُبِّ الْمَسَاكِينِ، وَالدُّنُوِّ مِنْهُمْ، وَأَمَرَنِي أَنْ أَنْظُرَ إِلَى مَنْ هُوَ دُونِي، وَلَا أَنْظُرَ إِلَى مَنْ هُوَ فَوْقِي، وَأَمَرَنِي أَنْ أَصِلَ الرَّحِمَ وَإِنْ أَدْبَرَتْ، وَأَمَرَنِي أَنْ لَا أَسْأَلَ أَحَدًا شَيْئًا، وَأَمَرَنِي أَنْ أَقُولَ بِالْحَقِّ وَإِنْ كَانَ مُرًّا، وَأَمَرَنِي أَنْ لَا أَخَافَ فِي اللهِ لَوْمَةَ لَائِمٍ، وَأَمَرَنِي أَنْ أُكْثِرَ مِنْ قَوْلِ: لَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللهِ، فَإِنَّهُنَّ مِنْ كَنْزٍ تَحْتَ الْعَرْشِ
✧ My beloved ﷺ commanded me with seven things: he commanded me to love the poor and draw near to them, he commanded me to look at those below me and not at those above me, he commanded me to maintain ties of kinship even if they turn away, he commanded me not to ask anyone for anything, he commanded me to speak the truth even if it is bitter, he commanded me not to fear in Allah the blame of any blamer, and he commanded me to say often: There is no power and no strength except with Allah, for they are from a treasure beneath the Throne.
Musnad Ahmad 21416Sahih
أَنَّهُ دَخَلَ عَلَى أَبِي ذَرٍّ وَهُوَ بِالرَّبَذَةِ، وَعِنْدَهُ امْرَأَةٌ لَهُ سَوْدَاءُ مُشْبَعَةً، لَيْسَ عَلَيْهَا أَثَرُ الْمَجَاسِدِ وَلَا الْخَلُوقِ. قَالَ: فَقَالَ: أَلَا تَنْظُرُونَ إِلَى مَا تَأْمُرُنِي بِهِ هَذِهِ السُّوَيْدَاءُ؟! تَأْمُرُنِي أَنْ آتِيَ الْعِرَاقَ، فَإِذَا أَتَيْتُ الْعِرَاقَ مَالُوا عَلَيَّ بِدُنْيَاهُمْ، وَإِنَّ خَلِيلِي ﷺ عَهِدَ إِلَيَّ أَنَّ دُونَ جِسْرِ جَهَنَّمَ طَرِيقًا ذَا دَحْضٍ وَمَزَلَّةٍ، وَإِنَّا [أَنْ] نَأْتِيَ عَلَيْهِ، وَفِي أَحْمَالِنَا اقْتِدَارٌ. وَحَدَّثَ مَطَرٌ أَيْضًا بِالْحَدِيثِ أَجْمَعَ فِي قَوْلِ أَحَدِهِمَا: أَنْ نَأْتِيَ عَلَيْهِ وَفِي أَحْمَالِنَا اقْتِدَارٌ. وَقَالَ الْآخَرَانِ: نَأْتِيَ عَلَيْهِ وَفِي أَحْمَالِنَا اضْطِمَّارٌ أَحْرَى أَنْ نَنْجُوَ مِنْ أَنْ نَأْتِيَ عَلَيْهِ وَنَحْنُ مَوَاقِيرُ
✧ He entered upon Abū Dharr while he was at al-Rabadhah, and with him was a black wife of his, plump, with no trace of fine clothes or perfume. He said: Will you not look at what this little black woman commands me to do? She commands me to go to Iraq, but if I go to Iraq they will incline to me with their worldly goods. My beloved ﷺ entrusted to me that before the bridge of Hell there is a path with slippery and stumbling places, and that we [should] come upon it while our loads are manageable. Maṭar also narrated the whole hadith with one of them saying: that we come upon it while our loads are manageable, and the other two said: that we come upon it while our loads are light, which is more likely for us to be saved than to come upon it while we are heavily burdened.
Musnad Ahmad 21417Sahih
يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ، " إِنَّهَا سَتَكُونُ عَلَيْكُمْ أَئِمَّةٌ يُمِيتُونَ الصَّلَاةَ، فَإِنْ أَدْرَكْتُمُوهُمْ فَصَلُّوا الصَّلَاةَ لِوَقْتِهَا، وَاجْعَلُوا صَلَاتَكُمْ مَعَهُمْ نَافِلَةً
✧ O Abū Dharr, “There will be over you leaders who kill the prayer. If you reach them, then pray the prayer at its time and make your prayer with them a supererogatory prayer.”
Musnad Ahmad 21418Sahih
يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ، إِنَّهَا سَتَكُونُ أَئِمَّةٌ
✧ O Abū Dharr, there will be leaders.
صُمْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ رَمَضَانَ، فَلَمْ يَقُمْ بِنَا شَيْئًا مِنَ الشَّهْرِ، حَتَّى إِذَا كَانَتْ لَيْلَةُ أَرْبَعٍ وَعِشْرِينَ قَامَ بِنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، حَتَّى كَادَ أَنْ يَذْهَبَ ثُلُثُ اللَّيْلِ، فَلَمَّا كَانَتِ اللَّيْلَةُ الَّتِي تَلِيهَا لَمْ يَقُمْ بِنَا، فَلَمَّا كَانَتْ لَيْلَةُ سِتٍّ وَعِشْرِينَ قَامَ بِنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، حَتَّى كَادَ أَنْ يَذْهَبَ شَطْرُ اللَّيْلِ. قَالَ: قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، لَوْ نَفَّلْتَنَا بَقِيَّةَ لَيْلَتِنَا هَذِهِ! قَالَ: لَا، إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ إِذَا قَامَ مَعَ الْإِمَامِ حَتَّى يَنْصَرِفَ حُسِبَ لَهُ قِيَامُ لَيْلَةٍ. فَلَمَّا كَانَتِ اللَّيْلَةُ الَّتِي تَلِيهَا لَمْ يَقُمْ بِنَا، فَلَمَّا أَنْ كَانَتْ لَيْلَةُ ثَمَانٍ وَعِشْرِينَ، جَمَعَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَهْلَهُ وَاجْتَمَعَ لَهُ النَّاسُ، فَصَلَّى بِنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، حَتَّى كَادَ يَفُوتُنَا الْفَلَاحُ. قُلْتُ: وَمَا الْفَلَاحُ ؟ قَالَ: السُّحُورُ، ثُمَّ لَمْ يَقُمْ بِنَا يَا ابْنَ أَخِي شَيْئًا مِنَ الشَّهْرِ
✧ We fasted with the Messenger of God ﷺ Ramadan, and he did not lead us in night prayer for any part of the month, until when it was the night of the twenty-fourth, the Messenger of God ﷺ led us in prayer until nearly a third of the night had passed. When it was the following night, he did not lead us. When it was the night of the twenty-sixth, the Messenger of God ﷺ led us in prayer until nearly half the night had passed. He said: I said, 'O Messenger of God, if only you would let us pray the remainder of this night of ours!' He said, 'No. Indeed, when a man stands with the imam until he finishes, the standing of a whole night is recorded for him.' Then when it was the following night, he did not lead us. Then when it was the night of the twenty-eighth, the Messenger of God ﷺ gathered his family and the people assembled for him, and the Messenger of God ﷺ led us in prayer until we almost missed the falah.' I said, 'And what is the falah?' He said, 'The suhur.' Then he did not lead us, O son of my brother, for any part of the month.
Musnad Ahmad 21420Sahih
إِنِّي حَرَّمْتُ عَلَى نَفْسِي الظُّلْمَ وَعَلَى عِبَادِي، أَلَا فَلَا تَظَالَمُوا، كُلُّ بَنِي آدَمَ يُخْطِئُ بِاللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ ثُمَّ يَسْتَغْفِرُنِي فَأَغْفِرُ لَهُ وَلَا أُبَالِي. وَقَالَ: يَا بَنِي آدَمَ، كُلُّكُمْ كَانَ ضَالًّا إِلَّا مَنْ هَدَيْتُ، وَكُلُّكُمْ كَانَ عَارِيًا إِلَّا مَنْ كَسَوْتُ، وَكُلُّكُمْ كَانَ جَائِعًا إِلَّا مَنْ أَطْعَمْتُ، وَكُلُّكُمْ كَانَ ظَمْآنَ إِلَّا مَنْ سَقَيْتُ، فَاسْتَهْدُونِي أَهْدِكُمْ، وَاسْتَكْسُونِي أَكْسُكُمْ، وَاسْتَطْعِمُونِي أُطْعِمْكُمْ، وَاسْتَسْقُونِي أَسْقِكُمْ. يَا عِبَادِي، لَوْ أَنَّ أَوَّلَكُمْ وَآخِرَكُمْ، وَجِنَّكُمْ وَإِنْسَكُمْ، وَصَغِيرَكُمْ وَكَبِيرَكُمْ، وَذَكَرَكُمْ وَأُنْثَاكُمْ - قَالَ عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ: وَعَيِيَّكُمْ وَبَيِّنَكُمْ - عَلَى قَلْبِ أَتْقَاكُمْ رَجُلًا وَاحِدًا، لَمْ تَزِيدُوا فِي مُلْكِي شَيْئًا، وَلَوْ أَنَّ أَوَّلَكُمْ وَآخِرَكُمْ، وَجِنَّكُمْ وَإِنْسَكُمْ، وَصَغِيرَكُمْ وَكَبِيرَكُمْ، وَذَكَرَكُمْ وَأُنْثَاكُمْ، عَلَى قَلْبِ أَكْفَرِكُمْ رَجُلًا، لَمْ تَنْقُصُوا مِنْ مُلْكِي شَيْئًا، إِلَّا كَمَا يَنْقُصُ رَأْسُ الْمِخْيَطِ مِنَ الْبَحْرِ
✧ I have forbidden oppression for Myself and for My servants, so do not wrong one another. Every son of Adam errs by night and day, then he seeks My forgiveness and I forgive him, and I do not care. And He said: O children of Adam, all of you were astray except those whom I guided, and all of you were naked except those whom I clothed, and all of you were hungry except those whom I fed, and all of you were thirsty except those whom I gave drink. So seek guidance from Me and I will guide you, seek clothing from Me and I will clothe you, seek food from Me and I will feed you, and seek drink from Me and I will give you drink. O My servants, if the first of you and the last of you, your jinn and your humans, your young and your old, your males and your females—'Abd al-Samad said: and your living and your dead—were all on the heart of the most God-fearing man among you, you would not add anything to My dominion. And if the first of you and the last of you, your jinn and your humans, your young and your old, your males and your females, were all on the heart of the most disbelieving man among you, you would not diminish anything from My dominion, except as the point of a needle diminishes the sea.
Musnad Ahmad 21421Sahih
قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَيُّ مَسْجِدٍ وُضِعَ فِي الْأَرْضِ أَوَّلُ؟ قَالَ: " الْمَسْجِدُ الْحَرَامُ " قَالَ: قُلْتُ: ثُمَّ أَيُّ؟ قَالَ: " ثُمَّ الْمَسْجِدُ الْأَقْصَى " قَالَ أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ: يَعْنِي بَيْتَ الْمَقْدِسِ. قَالَ: قُلْتُ: كَمْ بَيْنَهُمَا؟ قَالَ: " أَرْبَعُونَ سَنَةً، وَأَيْنَمَا أَدْرَكَتْكَ الصَّلَاةُ فَصَلِّ، فَإِنَّهُ مَسْجِدٌ
"I said: 'O Messenger of Allah! Which mosque was built first?' He said: 'Al-Masjid Al-Haram (in Makkah).' I said: 'Then which?' He said: 'then Al-Masjid Al-Aqsa (in Jerusalem).' I said: 'How many years between them?' He said: 'Forty years, but the whole earth is a mosque for you, so pray wherever you are when the time for prayer comes.'" (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 753)
Musnad Ahmad 21422Sahih
سَمِعْتُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ التَّيْمِيَّ. فَذَكَرَ مَعْنَاهُ:
✧ I heard Ibrahim al-Taymi, and he mentioned its meaning.
Musnad Ahmad 21423Sahih
أَخَّرَ ابْنُ زِيَادٍ الصَّلَاةَ، فَأَتَانِي عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ الصَّامِتِ، فَأَلْقَيْتُ لَهُ كُرْسِيًّا فَجَلَسَ عَلَيْهِ، فَذَكَرْتُ لَهُ صَنِيعَ ابْنِ زِيَادٍ، فَعَضَّ عَلَى شَفَتِهِ وَضَرَبَ فَخِذِي، وَقَالَ: إِنِّي سَأَلْتُ أَبَا ذَرٍّ كَمَا سَأَلْتَنِي، فَضَرَبَ فَخِذِي كَمَا ضَرَبْتُ فَخِذَكَ، وَقَالَ: إِنِّي سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَمَا سَأَلْتَنِي، فَضَرَبَ فَخِذِي كَمَا ضَرَبْتُ فَخِذَكَ فَقَالَ: صَلِّ الصَّلَاةَ لِوَقْتِهَا، فَإِنْ أَدْرَكَتْكَ مَعَهُمْ فَصَلِّ، وَلَا تَقُلْ: إِنِّي قَدْ صَلَّيْتُ وَلَا أُصَلِّي
✧ Ibn Ziyad delayed the prayer, so 'Abd Allah b. al-Samit came to me, and I placed a chair for him, and he sat on it. I mentioned to him what Ibn Ziyad had done, so he bit his lip and struck my thigh, and said: I asked Abu Dharr just as you asked me, and he struck my thigh just as I struck your thigh, and said: I asked the Messenger of God ﷺ just as you asked me, and he struck my thigh just as I struck your thigh, and said: Pray the prayer at its proper time, and if you catch it with them, then pray, and do not say, 'I have already prayed, so I will not pray.'
Musnad Ahmad 21424Sahih
إِذَا أَحَدُكُمْ قَامَ يُصَلِّي، فَإِنَّهُ يَسْتُرُهُ إِذَا كَانَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ مِثْلُ آخِرَةِ الرَّحْلِ، فَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ مِثْلُ آخِرَةِ الرَّحْلِ، فَإِنَّهُ يَقْطَعُ صَلَاتَهُ الْحِمَارُ وَالْمَرْأَةُ وَالْكَلْبُ الْأَسْوَدُ. قَالَ: فَقُلْتُ: يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ، مَا بَالُ الْكَلْبِ الْأَسْوَدِ مِنَ الْكَلْبِ الْأَحْمَرِ مِنَ الْكَلْبِ الْأَصْفَرِ؟ فَقَالَ: يَا ابْنَ أَخِي، سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَمَا سَأَلْتَنِي فَقَالَ: " الْكَلْبُ الْأَسْوَدُ شَيْطَانٌ
✧ When one of you stands to pray, he is shielded if there is in front of him something like the back of a saddle. If there is not in front of him something like the back of a saddle, then his prayer is cut off by a donkey, a woman, and a black dog. He said: I said, 'O Abu Dharr, what is it about the black dog as opposed to the red dog or the yellow dog?' He said, 'O son of my brother, I asked the Messenger of God ﷺ just as you asked me, and he said, "The black dog is a devil."'
Musnad Ahmad 21425Sahih
قَدِمْتُ الْمَدِينَةَ، فَبَيْنَا أَنَا فِي حَلْقَةٍ فِيهَا مَلَأٌ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ، إِذْ جَاءَ رَجُلٌ فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ، فَاتَّبَعْتُهُ حَتَّى جَلَسَ إِلَى سَارِيَةٍ، فَقُلْتُ: مَا رَأَيْتُ هَؤُلَاءِ إِلَّا كَرِهُوا مَا قُلْتَ لَهُمْ؟ فَقَالَ: إِنَّ خَلِيلِي أَبَا الْقَاسِمِ ﷺ دَعَانِي، فَقَالَ: " يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ " فَأَجَبْتُهُ، فَقَالَ: " هَلْ تَرَى أُحُدًا؟ " فَنَظَرْتُ مَا عَلَا مِنَ الشَّمْسِ، وَأَنَا أَظُنُّهُ يَبْعَثُنِي فِي حَاجَةٍ، فَقُلْتُ: أَرَاهُ. قَالَ: مَا يَسُرُّنِي أَنَّ لِي مِثْلَهُ ذَهَبًا أُنْفِقُهُ كُلَّهُ إِلَّا ثَلَاثَةَ الدَّنَانِيرِ
✧ I came to Madinah, and while I was in a circle in which there was a group of Quraysh, a man came and mentioned the hadith. I followed him until he sat by a pillar, and I said, 'I think these people disliked what you said to them.' He said, 'My intimate friend Abu al-Qasim ﷺ called me and said, "O Abu Dharr," so I answered him. Then he said, "Do you see Uhud?" So I looked at what was visible of the sun, thinking he was sending me on an errand, and I said, "I see it." He said, "It would not please me to have the like of it in gold and spend it all except three dinars."'
Musnad Ahmad 21426Sahih
مَا أُحِبُّ أَنَّ لِي مِثْلَ أُحُدٍ ذَهَبًا - قَالَ شُعْبَةُ: أَوْ قَالَ: مَا أُحِبُّ أَنَّ لِي أُحُدًا ذَهَبًا - أَدَعُ مِنْهُ يَوْمَ أَمُوتُ دِينَارًا أَوْ نِصْفَ دِينَارٍ، إِلَّا لِغَرِيمٍ
✧ I would not love to have the like of Uhud in gold—Shu'ba said: or he said, 'I would not love to have Uhud in gold'—leaving from it on the day I die a dinar or half a dinar, except for a creditor.
Musnad Ahmad 21427Sahih
أَنَّهُ ذَكَرَ أَشْيَاءَ يُؤْجَرُ فِيهَا الرَّجُلُ، حَتَّى ذَكَرَ لِي غِشْيَانَ أَهْلِهِ. فَقَالُوا: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَيُؤْجَرُ فِي شَهْوَتِهِ يُصِيبُهَا؟! قَالَ: أَرَأَيْتَ لَوْ كَانَ إِثْمًا، أَلَيْسَ كَانَ يَكُونُ عَلَيْهِ الْوِزْرُ؟! فَقَالُوا: نَعَمْ. قَالَ: " فَكَذَلِكَ يُؤْجَرُ
✧ He mentioned things for which a man is rewarded, until he mentioned to me having intercourse with his wife. They said, 'O Messenger of God, is he rewarded for his desire that he fulfills?!' He said, 'Do you think if it were a sin, would not the burden be upon him?' They said, 'Yes.' He said, 'So likewise he is rewarded.'
Musnad Ahmad 21428Sahih
أَوْصَانِي خَلِيلِي [عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ] بِثَلَاثٍ: اسْمَعْ وَأَطِعْ وَلَوْ لِعَبْدٍ مُجَدَّعِ الْأَطْرَافِ، وَإِذَا صَنَعْتَ مَرَقَةً فَأَكْثِرْ مَاءَهَا، ثُمَّ انْظُرْ أَهْلَ بَيْتٍ مِنْ جِيرَانِكَ فَأَصِبْهُمْ مِنْهُ بِمَعْرُوفٍ، وَصَلِّ الصَّلَاةَ لِوَقْتِهَا، إِذَا وَجَدْتَ الْإِمَامَ قَدْ صَلَّى فَقَدْ أَحْرَزْتَ صَلَاتَكَ، وَإِلَّا فَهِيَ نَافِلَةٌ
✧ My beloved friend ﷺ enjoined me with three things: Hear and obey even if it be to a slave with maimed limbs. And when you make a broth, make its water plentiful, then look to a household among your neighbors and give them some of it with kindness. And pray the prayer at its proper time; if you find that the imam has already prayed, then you have secured your prayer, otherwise it is supererogatory.
Musnad Ahmad 21429Sahih
إِنَّ أَحَبَّ الْكَلَامِ إِلَى اللهِ أَنْ يَقُولَ الْعَبْدُ: سُبْحَانَ اللهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ
✧ The most beloved words to God are for the servant to say: Glory be to God and with His praise.
Musnad Ahmad 21430Sahih
يَقْطَعُ الصَّلَاةَ إِذَا لَمْ يَكُنْ بَيْنَ يَدَيِ الرَّجُلِ مِثْلُ آخِرَةِ الرَّحْلِ: الْمَرْأَةُ وَالْحِمَارُ وَالْكَلْبُ الْأَسْوَدُ. فَقُلْتُ: مَا بَالُ الْأَسْوَدِ فِي الْأَحْمَرِ؟ ! فَقَالَ: سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَمَا سَأَلْتَنِي، فَقَالَ: " إِنَّ الْأَسْوَدَ شَيْطَانٌ
✧ The prayer is cut off if there is not in front of the man something like the back of a saddle: by a woman, a donkey, and a black dog. I said, 'What is it about the black as opposed to the red?' He said, 'I asked the Messenger of God ﷺ just as you asked me, and he said, "The black one is a devil."'
Musnad Ahmad 21431No grade recorded
لَقِيتُ أَبَا ذَرٍّ بِالرَّبَذَةِ وَعَلَيْهِ ثَوْبٌ، وَعَلَى غُلَامِهِ ثَوْبٌ. فَذَكَرَ مَعْنَاهُ
✧ I met Abu Dharr at al-Rabadha, wearing a garment, and his servant was wearing a garment. Then he mentioned its meaning.
Musnad Ahmad 21432Sahih
رَأَيْتُ أَبَا ذَرٍّ وَعَلَيْهِ حُلَّةٌ - قَالَ حَجَّاجٌ: بِالرَّبَذَةِ - وَعَلَى غُلَامِهِ مِثْلُهُ - قَالَ حَجَّاجٌ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى: فَسَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ - فَذَكَرَ أَنَّهُ سَابَّ رَجُلًا عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَعَيَّرَهُ بِأُمِّهِ، قَالَ: فَأَتَى الرَّجُلُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَذَكَرَ ذَلِكَ لَهُ، فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: إِنَّكَ امْرُؤٌ فِيكَ جَاهِلِيَّةٌ، إِخْوَانُكُمْ خَوَلُكُمْ، جَعَلَهُمُ اللهُ تَحْتَ أَيْدِيكُمْ، فَمَنْ كَانَ أَخُوهُ تَحْتَ يَدِهِ فَلْيُطْعِمْهُ مِمَّا يَأْكُلُ، وَلْيَكْسُهُ مِمَّا يَلْبَسُ، وَلَا تُكَلِّفُوهُمْ مَا يَغْلِبُهُمْ، فَإِنْ كَلَّفْتُمُوهُمْ فَأَعِينُوهُمْ عَلَيْهِ
✧ I saw Abu Dharr wearing a fine garment—Hajjaj said: at al-Rabadhah—and his servant had on the like of it. Hajjaj said another time: So I asked him about that. He mentioned that he had insulted a man during the time of the Messenger of God ﷺ and reviled him by his mother. He said: The man came to the Prophet ﷺ and mentioned that to him. The Prophet ﷺ said to him: “You are a man in whom there is ignorance. Your brothers are your servants; God has placed them under your hands. So whoever has his brother under his hand, let him feed him from what he eats, clothe him from what he wears, and do not burden them with what overcomes them. If you burden them, then help them.”
Musnad Ahmad 21433Sahih
أَتَانِي جِبْرِيلُ [عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ] فَبَشَّرَنِي
✧ Gabriel ﷺ came to me and brought me good news.
Musnad Ahmad 21434Sahih
بَشَّرَنِي جِبْرِيلُ [عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ] أَنَّهُ: مَنْ مَاتَ مِنْ أُمَّتِكَ لَا يُشْرِكُ بِاللهِ شَيْئًا دَخَلَ الْجَنَّةَ قَالَ: قُلْتُ: وَإِنْ زَنَى وَإِنْ سَرَقَ؟ قَالَ: " وَإِنْ زَنَى وَإِنْ سَرَقَ
✧ Gabriel ﷺ brought me good news that whoever of your community dies not associating anything with God will enter Paradise. He said: I said: Even if he commits adultery and steals? He said: “Even if he commits adultery and steals.”
Musnad Ahmad 21435Sahih
أُعْطِيتُ خَمْسًا لَمْ يُعْطَهُنَّ أَحَدٌ قَبْلِي: جُعِلَتْ لِي الْأَرْضُ طَهُورًا وَمَسْجِدًا، وَأُحِلَّتْ لِيَ الْغَنَائِمُ وَلَمْ تَحِلَّ لِنَبِيٍّ قَبْلِي، وَنُصِرْتُ بِالرُّعْبِ مَسِيرَةَ شَهْرٍ عَلَى عَدُوِّي، وَبُعِثْتُ إِلَى كُلِّ أَحْمَرَ وَأَسْوَدَ، وَأُعْطِيتُ الشَّفَاعَةَ، وَهِيَ نَائِلَةٌ مِنْ أُمَّتِي مَنْ لَا يُشْرِكُ بِاللهِ شَيْئًا
✧ I was given five things no one before me was given: the earth was made a place of purification and a mosque for me; spoils of war were made lawful for me and were not lawful for any prophet before me; I was aided with terror a month’s journey against my enemy; I was sent to every red and black; and I was granted intercession, which is attainable by anyone of my community who does not associate anything with God.
Musnad Ahmad 21436Sahih
ثَلَاثَةٌ لَا يُكَلِّمُهُمُ اللهُ [عَزَّ وَجَلَّ] يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ، وَلَا يَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهِمْ، وَلَا يُزَكِّيهِمْ. قَالَ: فَقَرَأَهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ ثَلَاثَ مِرَارٍ، قَالَ: فَقَالَ أَبُو ذَرٍّ: خَابُوا وَخَسِرُوا، وَخَابُوا وَخَسِرُوا، وَخَابُوا وَخَسِرُوا. قَالَ: مَنْ هُمْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ قَالَ: " الْمُسْبِلُ، وَالْمَنَّانُ، وَالْمُنَفِّقُ سِلْعَتَهُ بِالْحَلِفِ الْكَاذِبِ
✧ Three people God (Mighty and Glorious) will not speak to on the Day of Resurrection, nor look at them, nor purify them. He said: The Messenger of God ﷺ recited it three times. Abu Dharr said: They are lost and ruined, lost and ruined, lost and ruined. He said: Who are they, O Messenger of God? He said: “The one who lets his garment hang low, the one who reminds others of his favors, and the one who promotes his goods with a false oath.”
Musnad Ahmad 21437Hasan
قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: إِذَا صُمْتَ مِنْ شَهْرٍ ثَلَاثًا، فَصُمْ ثَلَاثَ عَشْرَةَ، وَأَرْبَعَ عَشْرَةَ، وَخَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ
✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ said to me: If you fast three days of a month, then fast the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth.
Musnad Ahmad 21438Hasan
21776 21837 21438 - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ، عَنْ مُنْذِرٍ الثَّوْرِيِّ، عَنْ أَشْيَاخٍ لَهُمْ عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ
✧ From Abu Dharr that the Messenger of God ﷺ...
Musnad Ahmad 21439Hasan
لَقَدْ تَرَكَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَمَا يَتَقَلَّبُ فِي السَّمَاءِ طَائِرٌ إِلَّا ذَكَّرَنَا مِنْهُ عِلْمًا
✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ left us, and no bird turns in the sky except that he mentioned to us some knowledge about it.
Musnad Ahmad 21440Hasan
21779 21840 21440 - حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجٌ، حَدَّثَنَا فِطْرٌ، عَنْ مُنْذِرِ، عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ الْمَعْنَى
✧ From Abu Dharr, with the same meaning.
Musnad Ahmad 21441Sahih
رَجَعْنَا مِنْ جِنَازَةٍ فَمَرَرْنَا بِزَيْدِ بْنِ وَهْبٍ، فَحَدَّثَ عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ قَالَ: كُنَّا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِي سَفَرٍ، فَأَرَادَ الْمُؤَذِّنُ أَنْ يُؤَذِّنَ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: " أَبْرِدْ "، ثُمَّ أَرَادَ أَنْ يُؤَذِّنَ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: " أَبْرِدْ " [ثُمَّ أَرَادَ أَنْ يُؤَذِّنَ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: أَبْرِدْ] قَالَهَا ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ. قَالَ: حَتَّى رَأَيْنَا فَيْءَ التُّلُولِ، فَصَلَّى، ثُمَّ قَالَ: إِنَّ شِدَّةَ الْحَرِّ مِنْ فَيْحِ جَهَنَّمَ، فَإِذَا اشْتَدَّ الْحَرُّ، فَأَبْرِدُوا بِالصَّلَاةِ
✧ We returned from a funeral and passed by Zayd b. Wahb, who narrated from Abu Dharr saying: We were with the Prophet ﷺ on a journey. The muezzin wanted to give the call to prayer, so the Prophet ﷺ said: “Wait for it to cool.” Then he wanted to give the call, and the Prophet ﷺ said: “Wait for it to cool.” [Then he wanted to give the call, and the Prophet ﷺ said: “Wait for it to cool.”] He said it three times. He said: Until we saw the shadow of the hillocks. Then he prayed and said: “The intensity of heat is from the blazing of Hell, so when the heat becomes intense, delay the prayer until it cools.”
Musnad Ahmad 21442No grade recorded
أَنَّ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنَ حُدَيْجٍ مَرَّ عَلَى أَبِي ذَرٍّ وَهُوَ قَائِمٌ عِنْدَ فَرَسٍ لَهُ، فَسَأَلَهُ: مَا تُعَالِجُ مِنْ فَرَسِكَ هَذَا؟ فَقَالَ: إِنِّي أَظُنُّ أَنَّ هَذَا الْفَرَسَ قَدِ اسْتُجِيبَ لَهُ دَعْوَتُهُ. قَالَ: وَمَا دُعَاءٌ لِبَهِيمَةٍ مِنَ الْبَهَائِمِ؟ قَالَ: وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ، مَا مِنْ فَرَسٍ إِلَّا وَهُوَ يَدْعُو كُلَّ سَحَرٍ فَيَقُولُ: اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ خَوَّلْتَنِي عَبْدًا مِنْ عِبَادِكَ، وَجَعَلْتَ رِزْقِي بِيَدِهِ، فَاجْعَلْنِي أَحَبَّ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ أَهْلِهِ وَمَالِهِ وَوَلَدِهِ
✧ "That this horse had his call answered." He said, "And what is the supplication of an animal compared to the supplication of animals?" He said, "By the One in whose hand is my soul, there is no horse that does not call upon every charm and say, 'O Allah, You have made me a servant among Your servants and You have made my sustenance in Your hand, so make me more beloved to him (the owner) than his family, wealth, and children.'" Abdullah ibn Ahmad said, "My father and 'Amr ibn al-Harith both agreed with him (ibn Shimasa)."
أَنَّهُ أَقْبَلَ مَعَ أَبِي ذَرٍّ، فَلَمَّا رَجَعَ تَقَطَّعَ النَّاسُ عَنْهُ، فَقُلْتُ: يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ، إِنِّي سَائِلُكَ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَمْرِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ. قَالَ: إِنْ كَانَ سِرًّا مِنْ سِرِّ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ لَمْ أُحَدِّثْكَ بِهِ. قُلْتُ: لَيْسَ بِسِرٍّ، وَلَكِنْ كَانَ إِذَا لَقِيَ الرَّجُلَ يَأْخُذُ بِيَدِهِ يُصَافِحُهُ؟ قَالَ: عَلَى الْخَبِيرِ سَقَطْتَ، لَمْ يَلْقَنِي قَطُّ إِلَّا أَخَذَ بِيَدِي، غَيْرَ مَرَّةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ، وَكَانَتْ تِلْكَ آخِرَهُنَّ، أَرْسَلَ إِلَيَّ فَأَتَيْتُهُ فِي مَرَضِهِ الَّذِي تُوُفِّيَ فِيهِ، فَوَجَدْتُهُ مُضْطَجِعًا فَأَكْبَبْتُ عَلَيْهِ، فَرَفَعَ يَدَهُ فَالْتَزَمَنِي ﷺ
✧ He came with Abu Dharr, and when he returned, the people dispersed from him. I said: O Abu Dharr, I will ask you about some matter of the Messenger of God ﷺ. He said: If it is a secret from the secrets of the Messenger of God ﷺ, I will not tell you. I said: It is not a secret, but when he met a man, did he take his hand and shake it? He said: You have come to one who knows. He never met me except that he took my hand, except once, and that was the last of them. He sent for me and I came to him in his illness in which he died. I found him lying down, so I leaned over him, and he raised his hand and embraced me ﷺ.
أَنَّهُ قَالَ لِأَبِي ذَرٍّ حِينَ سُيِّرَ مِنَ الشَّامِ. فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ، وَقَالَ فِيهِ: هَلْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَافِحُكُمْ إِذَا لَقِيتُمُوهُ؟ فَقَالَ: مَا لَقِيتُهُ قَطُّ إِلَّا صَافَحَنِي
✧ He said to Abu Dharr when he was sent from Syria. Then he mentioned the hadith, and said in it: Did the Messenger of God ﷺ shake your hand when you met him? He said: I never met him except that he shook my hand.
Musnad Ahmad 21445Sahih
كُنْتُ خَلْفَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ حِينَ خَرَجْنَا مِنْ حَاشِي الْمَدِينَةِ، فَقَالَ: يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ، صَلِّ الصَّلَاةَ لِوَقْتِهَا، وَإِنْ جِئْتَ وَقَدْ صَلَّى الْإِمَامُ كُنْتَ قَدْ أَحْرَزْتَ صَلَاتَكَ قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ، وَإِنْ جِئْتَ وَلَمْ يُصَلِّ صَلَّيْتَ مَعَهُ، وَكَانَتْ صَلَاتُكَ لَكَ نَافِلَةً، وَكُنْتَ قَدْ أَحْرَزْتَ صَلَاتَكَ. يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ، أَرَأَيْتَ إِنِ النَّاسُ جَاعُوا حَتَّى لَا تَبْلُغَ مَسْجِدَكَ مِنَ الْجَهْدِ، أَوْ لَا تَرْجِعَ إِلَى فِرَاشِكَ مِنَ الْجَهْدِ، فَكَيْفَ أَنْتَ صَانِعٌ؟ " قَالَ: قُلْتُ: اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ. قَالَ: " تَعَفَّفْ. قَالَ: يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ، أَرَأَيْتَ إِنِ النَّاسُ مَاتُوا حَتَّى يَكُونَ الْبَيْتُ بِالْعَبْدِ، فَكَيْفَ أَنْتَ صَانِعٌ؟ " قَالَ: قُلْتُ: اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ. قَالَ: " تَصْبِرُ ". قَالَ: يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ، أَرَأَيْتَ إِنِ النَّاسُ قُتِلُوا حَتَّى تَغْرَقَ حِجَارَةُ الزَّيْتِ مِنَ الدِّمَاءِ، كَيْفَ أَنْتَ صَانِعٌ؟ " قُلْتُ: اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ. قَالَ: " تَدْخُلُ بَيْتَكَ. قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، فَإِنْ أَنَا دُخِلَ عَلَيَّ؟ قَالَ: " تَأْتِي مَنْ أَنْتَ مِنْهُ " قَالَ: قُلْتُ: وَأَحْمِلُ السِّلَاحَ؟ قَالَ: " إِذًا شَارَكْتَ " قَالَ: قُلْتُ: كَيْفَ أَصْنَعُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ قَالَ: " إِنْ خِفْتَ أَنْ يَبْهَرَكَ شُعَاعُ السَّيْفِ، فَأَلْقِ طَائِفَةً مِنْ رِدَائِكَ عَلَى وَجْهِكَ يَبُؤْ بِإِثْمِكَ وَإِثْمِهِ
✧ I was behind the Prophet ﷺ when we left the outskirts of Madinah. He said: 'O Abu Dharr, pray the prayer at its proper time. If you come and the imam has already prayed, you will have secured your prayer before that. If you come and he has not prayed, pray with him, and your prayer will be a supererogatory prayer for you, and you will have secured your prayer.' O Abu Dharr, what do you think if people become so hungry that you cannot reach your mosque due to exhaustion, or cannot return to your bed due to exhaustion? What will you do?' I said: 'Allah and His Messenger know best.' He said: 'Keep yourself chaste.' He said: 'O Abu Dharr, what do you think if people die until a house is sold for a slave? What will you do?' I said: 'Allah and His Messenger know best.' He said: 'Be patient.' He said: 'O Abu Dharr, what do you think if people are killed until the stones of Zayt are flooded with blood? What will you do?' I said: 'Allah and His Messenger know best.' He said: 'Enter your house.' I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, what if someone enters upon me?' He said: 'Go to the one you belong to.' I said: 'And should I carry a weapon?' He said: 'Then you would have shared in it.' I said: 'What should I do, O Messenger of Allah?' He said: 'If you fear that the flash of the sword will overwhelm you, throw a part of your cloak over your face, so that he bears your sin and his own sin.'
Musnad Ahmad 21446Sahih
سَأَلْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ عَنْ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ حَتَّى سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ مَسْحِ الْحَصَى، فَقَالَ: وَاحِدَةً أَوْ دَعْ
✧ I asked the Prophet ﷺ about everything, until I asked him about wiping away pebbles. He said: 'Once, or leave it.'
Musnad Ahmad 21447Sahih
صُمْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ رَمَضَانَ، فَلَمْ يَقُمْ بِنَا [شَيْئًا مِنَ الشَّهْرِ] حَتَّى بَقِيَ سَبْعٌ، فَقَامَ بِنَا حَتَّى ذَهَبَ نَحْوٌ مِنْ ثُلُثِ اللَّيْلِ، ثُمَّ لَمْ يَقُمْ بِنَا اللَّيْلَةَ الرَّابِعَةَ، وَقَامَ بِنَا اللَّيْلَةَ الَّتِي تَلِيهَا، حَتَّى ذَهَبَ نَحْوٌ مِنْ شَطْرِ اللَّيْلِ. قَالَ: فَقُلْنَا: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، لَوْ نَفَّلْتَنَا بَقِيَّةَ لَيْلَتِنَا هَذِهِ؟! قَالَ: إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ إِذَا قَامَ مَعَ الْإِمَامِ حَتَّى يَنْصَرِفَ، حُسِبَ لَهُ بَقِيَّةُ لَيْلَتِهِ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَقُمْ بِنَا السَّادِسَةَ، وَقَامَ بِنَا السَّابِعَةَ. وَقَالَ: وَبَعَثَ إِلَى أَهْلِهِ، وَاجْتَمَعَ النَّاسُ، فَقَامَ بِنَا حَتَّى خَشِينَا أَنْ يَفُوتَنَا الْفَلَاحُ. قَالَ: قُلْتُ: وَمَا الْفَلَاحُ ؟ قَالَ: السُّحُورُ
✧ We fasted with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ during Ramadan, and he did not lead us in night prayer for anything of the month until seven nights remained. Then he led us until about a third of the night had passed. Then he did not lead us on the fourth night, but he led us on the following night until about half the night had passed. He said: We said: 'O Messenger of Allah, if only you would offer us supererogatory prayer for the rest of this night of ours!' He said: 'When a man stands with the imam until he finishes, the rest of his night is counted for him.' Then he did not lead us on the sixth night, but he led us on the seventh. He said: And he sent for his family, and the people gathered, and he led us until we feared we would miss the suhur. He said: I said: 'What is al-falah?' He said: 'The pre-dawn meal.'
Musnad Ahmad 21448No grade recorded
إِذَا قَامَ أَحَدُكُمْ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ، فَإِنَّ الرَّحْمَةَ تُوَاجِهُهُ، فَلَا تُحَرِّكُوا الْحَصَى
✧ When one of you stands for prayer, mercy faces him, so do not move the pebbles.
Musnad Ahmad 21449Sahih
جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَسَأَلَهُ، فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَيُّ الْأَعْمَالِ أَفْضَلُ؟ قَالَ: إِيمَانٌ بِاللهِ وَجِهَادٌ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ. فَقَالَ: أَيُّ الْعَتَاقَةِ أَفْضَلُ؟ قَالَ: " أَنْفَسُهَا. قَالَ: أَفَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ لَمْ أَجِدْ؟ قَالَ: " فَتُعِينُ الصَّانِعَ أَوْ تَصْنَعُ لِأَخْرَقَ. قَالَ: أَفَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ لَمْ أَسْتَطِعْ؟ قَالَ: " فَدَعِ النَّاسَ مِنْ شَرِّكَ؛ فَإِنَّهَا صَدَقَةٌ تَصَدَّقُ بِهَا عَنْ نَفْسِكَ
✧ A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and asked him, saying: 'O Messenger of Allah, which deeds are best?' He said: 'Faith in Allah and striving in the cause of Allah.' He said: 'Which slave is best to free?' He said: 'The most valuable.' He said: 'What if I cannot find one?' He said: 'Then help a craftsman or make something for an unskilled person.' He said: 'What if I cannot do that?' He said: 'Then refrain from harming people, for that is a charity you give to yourself.'
دَخَلَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ رَجُلٌ يُقَالُ لَهُ: عَكَّافُ بْنُ بِشْرٍ التَّمِيمِيُّ، فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: يَا عَكَّافُ، هَلْ لَكَ مِنْ زَوْجَةٍ؟ " قَالَ: لَا. قَالَ: وَلَا جَارِيَةٍ؟ قَالَ: " وَلَا جَارِيَةَ ". قَالَ: " وَأَنْتَ مُوسِرٌ بِخَيْرٍ؟ قَالَ: وَأَنَا مُوسِرٌ بِخَيْرٍ. قَالَ: " أَنْتَ إِذًا مِنْ إِخْوَانِ الشَّيَاطِينِ، لَوْ كُنْتَ فِي النَّصَارَى كُنْتَ مِنْ رُهْبَانِهِمْ، إِنَّ سُنَّتَنَا النِّكَاحُ، شِرَارُكُمْ عُزَّابُكُمْ، وَأَرَاذِلُ مَوْتَاكُمْ عُزَّابُكُمْ، أَبِالشَّيْطَانِ تَمَرَّسُونَ؟ مَا لِلشَّيْطَانِ مِنْ سِلَاحٍ أَبْلَغُ فِي الصَّالِحِينَ مِنَ النِّسَاءِ إِلَّا الْمُتَزَوِّجُونَ، أُولَئِكَ الْمُطَهَّرُونَ الْمُبَرَّؤُونَ مِنَ الْخَنَا، وَيْحَكَ يَا عَكَّافُ، إِنَّهُنَّ صَوَاحِبُ أَيُّوبَ وَدَاوُدَ وَيُوسُفَ وَكُرْسُفَ. فَقَالَ لَهُ بِشْرُ بْنُ عَطِيَّةَ: وَمَنْ كُرْسُفُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ قَالَ: " رَجُلٌ كَانَ يَعْبُدُ اللهَ بِسَاحِلٍ مِنْ سَوَاحِلِ الْبَحْرِ ثَلَاثَمِائَةِ عَامٍ، يَصُومُ النَّهَارَ وَيَقُومُ اللَّيْلَ، ثُمَّ إِنَّهُ كَفَرَ بِاللهِ الْعَظِيمِ فِي سَبَبِ امْرَأَةٍ عَشِقَهَا، وَتَرَكَ مَا كَانَ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ عِبَادَةِ اللهِ [عَزَّ وَجَلَّ]، ثُمَّ اسْتَدْرَكَهُ اللهُ بِبَعْضِ مَا كَانَ مِنْهُ فَتَابَ عَلَيْهِ، وَيْحَكَ يَا عَكَّافُ، تَزَوَّجْ، وَإِلَّا فَأَنْتَ مِنَ الْمُذَبْذَبِينَ. قَالَ: زَوِّجْنِي يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ. قَالَ: " قَدْ زَوَّجْتُكَ كَرِيمَةَ بِنْتَ كُلْثُومٍ الْحِمْيَرِيِّ
✧ A man called 'Akkaf b. Bishr al-Tamimi entered upon the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. The Prophet ﷺ said to him: 'O 'Akkaf, do you have a wife?' He said: 'No.' He said: 'Nor a slave woman?' He said: 'Nor a slave woman.' He said: 'And you are well-off with good?' He said: 'I am well-off with good.' He said: 'Then you are one of the brothers of the devils. If you were among the Christians, you would be one of their monks. Our sunnah is marriage. The worst of you are your unmarried, and the lowest of your dead are your unmarried. Do you rub against Satan? Satan has no weapon more effective against the righteous than women, except for the married. Those are the purified, the innocent of obscenity. Woe to you, O 'Akkaf, they are the wives of Ayyub, Dawud, Yusuf, and Kursuf.' Bishr b. 'Atiyya said to him: 'Who is Kursuf, O Messenger of Allah?' He said: 'A man who worshipped Allah on a shore of the sea for three hundred years, fasting by day and standing in prayer by night. Then he disbelieved in Allah the Almighty because of a woman he fell in love with, and he abandoned the worship of Allah, Mighty and Majestic, that he had been upon. Then Allah caught him with some of what he had done, and He accepted his repentance. Woe to you, O 'Akkaf, marry, otherwise you are among the wavering.' He said: 'Marry me, O Messenger of Allah.' He said: 'I have married you to Karimah bt. Kulthum al-Himyari.'
Musnad Ahmad 21451Sahih
كُنْتُ بِالْمَدِينَةِ فَإِذَا أَنَا بِرَجُلٍ يَفِرُّ النَّاسُ مِنْهُ حِينَ يَرَوْنَهُ، قَالَ: قُلْتُ: مَنْ أَنْتَ؟ قَالَ: أَنَا أَبُو ذَرٍّ صَاحِبُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ. قَالَ: قُلْتُ: مَا يُفِرُّ النَّاسَ [مِنْكَ]؟ قَالَ: إِنِّي أَنْهَاهُمْ عَنِ الْكُنُوزِ بِالَّذِي كَانَ يَنْهَاهُمْ عَنْهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ
✧ I was in Madinah when I saw a man whom people fled from when they saw him. I said: 'Who are you?' He said: 'I am Abu Dharr, the companion of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.' I said: 'Why do people flee from you?' He said: 'I forbid them from hoarding treasures, as the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to forbid them.'
Musnad Ahmad 21452Sahih
دَخَلْتُ بَيْتَ الْمَقْدِسِ، فَوَجَدْتُ فِيهِ رَجُلًا يُكْثِرُ السُّجُودَ، فَوَجَدْتُ فِي نَفْسِي مِنْ ذَلِكَ، فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ قُلْتُ: أَتَدْرِي عَلَى شَفْعٍ انْصَرَفْتَ أَمْ عَلَى وِتْرٍ ؟ قَالَ: إِنْ أَكُ لَا أَدْرِي فَإِنَّ اللهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ يَدْرِي. ثُمَّ قَالَ
✧ "I entered the Al-Aqsa Mosque and found a man who was constantly prostrating. I felt the urge to do the same. When he finished, I asked him, 'Do you know if you are leaving upon completion of a supererogatory act or an obligatory act?' He replied, 'I do not know, for Allah knows best.' Then he said, 'My beloved, Abu Al-Qasim ﷺ, informed me that whenever a servant prostrates to Allah, Allah elevates them in rank, removes a sin from them, and writes a good deed for them.' I asked, 'May Allah have mercy on you, please inform me of who you are.' He replied, 'I am Abu Dhar, the companion of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.' Then he came closer to me."
Musnad Ahmad 21453Sahih
أَنَّهُ لَقِيَ أَبَا ذَرٍّ وَهُوَ يَقُودُ جَمَلًا لَهُ، وَفِي عُنُقِهِ قِرْبَةٌ، فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: أَلَا تُحَدِّثُنِي حَدِيثًا سَمِعْتَهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ ؟ قَالَ: بَلَى، سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: مَا مِنْ مُسْلِمَيْنِ يَمُوتُ لَهُمَا ثَلَاثَةٌ مِنَ الْوَلَدِ لَمْ يَبْلُغُوا الْحِنْثَ، إِلَّا أَدْخَلَهُمَا اللهُ الْجَنَّةَ بِفَضْلِ رَحْمَتِهِ إِيَّاهُمْ. وَمَا مِنْ مُسْلِمٍ يُنْفِقُ مِنْ زَوْجَيْنِ مِنْ مَالِهِ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ، إِلَّا ابْتَدَرَتْهُ حَجَبَةُ الْجَنَّةِ
✧ He met Abu Dharr while he was leading a camel of his, with a water-skin on its neck. I said to him: 'Will you not tell me a hadith you heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ?' He said: 'Yes. I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: "There are no two Muslims who lose three children who have not reached the age of sin, but Allah will admit them to Paradise by the virtue of His mercy to them. And there is no Muslim who spends a pair of anything from his wealth in the cause of Allah, but the keepers of Paradise will rush to meet him."'
خَرَجْتُ إِلَى الرَّبَذَةِ، فَإِذَا أَبُو ذَرٍّ قَدْ جَاءَ، فَكَلَّمَ امْرَأَتَهُ فِي شَيْءٍ، فَكَأَنَّهَا رَدَّتْ عَلَيْهِ، وَعَادَ فَعَادَتْ، فَقَالَ: مَا تَزِدْنَ عَلَى مَا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: الْمَرْأَةُ كَالضِّلَعِ، فَإِنْ ثَنَيْتَهَا انْكَسَرَتْ، وَفِيهَا بَلْغَةٌ وَأَوَدٌ
✧ I went out to al-Rabadhah, and there was Abu Dharr, who had come. He spoke to his wife about something, and she answered him back, and he repeated, and she repeated. He said: 'You do nothing more than what the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "A woman is like a rib; if you try to straighten it, you break it, and in it there is enjoyment and crookedness."'
Musnad Ahmad 21455Sahih
يَقْطَعُ الصَّلَاةَ الْكَلْبُ الْأَسْوَدُ أَحْسَبُهُ قَالَ: وَالْمَرْأَةُ الْحَائِضُ. قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِي ذَرٍّ: مَا بَالُ الْكَلْبِ الْأَسْوَدِ؟ قَالَ: أَمَا إِنِّي قَدْ سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ ذَاكَ، فَقَالَ: " إِنَّهُ شَيْطَانٌ
✧ The prayer is cut off by a black dog — I think he said: and a menstruating woman. I said to Abu Dharr: 'What about the black dog?' He said: 'Indeed, I asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about that, and he said: "It is a devil."'
Musnad Ahmad 21456Accepted
قَامَ أَبُو ذَرٍّ فَقَالَ: يَا بَنِي غِفَارٍ، قُولُوا وَلَا تَخْتَلِفُوا، فَإِنَّ الصَّادِقَ الْمَصْدُوقَ حَدَّثَنِي أَنَّ النَّاسَ يُحْشَرُونَ عَلَى ثَلَاثَةِ أَفْوَاجٍ: فَوْجٌ رَاكِبِينَ طَاعِمِينَ كَاسِينَ، وَفَوْجٌ يَمْشُونَ وَيَسْعَوْنَ، وَفَوْجٌ تَسْحَبُهُمُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ عَلَى وُجُوهِهِمْ وَتَحْشُرُهُمْ إِلَى النَّارِ. فَقَالَ قَائِلٌ مِنْهُمْ: هَذَيْنِ قَدْ عَرَفْنَاهُمَا، فَمَا بَالُ الَّذِينَ يَمْشُونَ وَيَسْعَوْنَ؟ قَالَ: " يُلْقِي اللهُ الْآفَةَ عَلَى الظَّهْرِ، حَتَّى لَا يَبْقَى ظَهْرٌ، حَتَّى إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَيَكُونُ لَهُ الْحَدِيقَةُ الْمُعْجِبَةُ، فَيُعْطِيهَا بِالشَّارِفِ ذَاتِ الْقَتَبِ فَلَا يَقْدِرُ عَلَيْهَا
✧ Abu Dharr stood up and said: 'O Banu Ghifar, say and do not dispute, for the truthful one who is believed told me that people will be gathered in three groups: a group riding, well-fed, and clothed; a group walking and running; and a group whom the angels will drag on their faces and drive to the Fire.' A man among them said: 'We know these two, but what about those who walk and run?' He said: 'Allah will send a blight upon the animals, until no riding animal remains, so much so that a man will have a beautiful garden and give it for an old camel with a saddle, but he cannot get it.'
Musnad Ahmad 21457Sahih
مَرَرْتُ بِعُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ فَقَالَ: نِعْمَ الْغُلَامُ. فَاتَّبَعَنِي رَجُلٌ مِمَّنْ كَانَ عِنْدَهُ، فَقَالَ: يَا ابْنَ أَخِي، ادْعُ اللهَ لِي بِخَيْرٍ. قَالَ: قُلْتُ: وَمَنْ أَنْتَ يَرْحَمُكَ اللهُ؟ قَالَ: أَنَا أَبُو ذَرٍّ صَاحِبُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ. فَقُلْتُ: غَفَرَ اللهُ لَكَ، أَنْتَ أَحَقُّ أَنْ تَدْعُوَ لِي مِنِّي لَكَ! قَالَ: يَا ابْنَ أَخِي، إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ حِينَ مَرَرْتَ بِهِ آنِفًا يَقُولُ: نِعْمَ الْغُلَامُ، وَسَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: إِنَّ اللهَ وَضَعَ الْحَقَّ عَلَى لِسَانِ عُمَرَ، يَقُولُ بِهِ
✧ I passed by 'Umar b. al-Khattab, and he said: 'What a good young man.' A man who was with him followed me and said: 'O nephew, supplicate to Allah for good for me.' I said: 'Who are you, may Allah have mercy on you?' He said: 'I am Abu Dharr, the companion of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.' I said: 'May Allah forgive you, you are more deserving to supplicate for me than I for you!' He said: 'O nephew, I heard 'Umar b. al-Khattab say when you passed by just now: "What a good young man," and I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: "Allah has placed the truth upon the tongue of 'Umar, and he speaks by it."'
Musnad Ahmad 21458No grade recorded
إِنِّي لَأَقْرَبُكُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: إِنَّ أَقْرَبَكُمْ مِنِّي يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ، مَنْ خَرَجَ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا كَهَيْئَتِهِ يَوْمَ تَرَكْتُهُ عَلَيْهِ. وَإِنَّهُ وَاللهِ مَا مِنْكُمْ مِنْ أَحَدٍ إِلَّا وَقَدْ تَشَبَّثَ مِنْهَا بِشَيْءٍ غَيْرِي
✧ I am the closest of you on the Day of Resurrection to the Messenger of God ﷺ. I heard the Messenger of God ﷺ say: 'The closest of you to me on the Day of Resurrection is he who departs from this world in the same state as I left him.' And by God, there is none of you but has clung to something of it except me.
Musnad Ahmad 21459Sahih
كُنْتُ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ عَلَى حِمَارٍ وَعَلَيْهِ بَرْذَعَةٌ أَوْ قَطِيفَةٌ قَالَ: فَذَاكَ عِنْدَ غُرُوبِ الشَّمْسِ، فَقَالَ لِي: " يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ، هَلْ تَدْرِي أَيْنَ تَغِيبُ هَذِهِ؟ " قَالَ: قُلْتُ: اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ. قَالَ: فَإِنَّهَا تَغْرُبُ فِي عَيْنٍ حَامِيَةٍ، تَنْطَلِقُ حَتَّى تَخِرَّ لِرَبِّهَا [عَزَّ وَجَلَّ] سَاجِدَةً تَحْتَ الْعَرْشِ، فَإِذَا حَانَ خُرُوجُهَا أَذِنَ اللهُ لَهَا فَتَخْرُجُ فَتَطْلُعُ، فَإِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يُطْلِعَهَا مِنْ حَيْثُ تَغْرُبُ حَبَسَهَا فَتَقُولُ: يَا رَبِّ، إِنَّ مَسِيرِي بَعِيدٌ. فَيَقُولُ لَهَا: اطْلُعِي مِنْ حَيْثُ غِبْتِ. فَذَلِكَ حِينَ لَا يَنْفَعُ نَفْسًا إِيمَانُهَا
✧ I was with the Prophet ﷺ on a donkey, and on it was a pack-saddle or a blanket. He said: 'That was at sunset.' He said to me: 'O Abu Dharr, do you know where this sun goes?' I said: 'God and His Messenger know best.' He said: 'It goes and prostrates before its Lord [Mighty and Majestic] beneath the Throne. Then it asks permission, and permission is given to it. It is about to prostrate, but that will not be accepted from it. Then it asks permission, and permission is not given to it. It is said to it: "Return from where you came." So it rises from its setting place. That is His saying: "And the sun runs to its resting place. That is the decree of the Mighty, the Knowing" (Q 36:38).'
كُنَّا قَدْ حَمَلْنَا لِأَبِي ذَرٍّ شَيْئًا نُرِيدُ أَنْ نُعْطِيَهُ إِيَّاهُ، فَأَتَيْنَا الرَّبَذَةَ فَسَأَلْنَا عَنْهُ فَلَمْ نَجِدْهُ. قِيلَ: اسْتَأْذَنَ فِي الْحَجِّ، فَأُذِنَ لَهُ، فَأَتَيْنَاهُ بِالْبَلْدَةِ، وَهِيَ مِنًى فَبَيْنَا نَحْنُ عِنْدَهُ إِذْ قِيلَ لَهُ: إِنَّ عُثْمَانَ صَلَّى أَرْبَعًا. فَاشْتَدَّ ذَلِكَ عَلَى أَبِي ذَرٍّ، وَقَالَ قَوْلًا شَدِيدًا، وَقَالَ: صَلَّيْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَصَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ، وَصَلَّيْتُ مَعَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ، وَعُمَرَ. ثُمَّ قَامَ أَبُو ذَرٍّ فَصَلَّى أَرْبَعًا، فَقِيلَ لَهُ: عِبْتَ عَلَى أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ شَيْئًا ثُمَّ صَنَعْتَهُ! قَالَ: الْخِلَافُ أَشَدُّ، إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ خَطَبَنَا فَقَالَ: " إِنَّهُ كَائِنٌ بَعْدِي سُلْطَانٌ، فَلَا تُذِلُّوهُ، فَمَنْ أَرَادَ أَنْ يُذِلَّهُ فَقَدْ خَلَعَ رِبْقَةَ الْإِسْلَامِ مِنْ عُنُقِهِ، وَلَيْسَ بِمَقْبُولٍ مِنْهُ تَوْبَةٌ حَتَّى يَسُدَّ ثُلْمَتَهُ الَّتِي ثَلَمَ، وَلَيْسَ بِفَاعِلٍ، ثُمَّ يَعُودُ فَيَكُونُ فِيمَنْ يُعِزُّهُ ". أَمَرَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ لَا يَغْلِبُونَا عَلَى ثَلَاثٍ: أَنْ نَأْمُرَ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ، وَنَنْهَى عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ، وَنُعَلِّمَ النَّاسَ السُّنَنَ
✧ We had loaded something for Abu Dharr, intending to give it to him. We came to al-Rabadha and asked about him, but did not find him. It was said: 'He asked permission to go on Hajj, and permission was granted to him.' So we came to him at al-Balda, which is Mina. While we were with him, it was said to him: 'Uthman prayed four [rak'ahs].' That distressed Abu Dharr greatly, and he spoke harshly, saying: 'I prayed with the Messenger of God ﷺ, and he prayed two rak'ahs, and I prayed with Abu Bakr and Umar.' Then Abu Dharr stood up and prayed four rak'ahs. It was said to him: 'You criticized the Commander of the Believers for something, and then you did it yourself!' He said: 'Disagreement is more severe. The Messenger of God ﷺ addressed us and said: "There will be a ruler after me, so do not humiliate him. Whoever wants to humiliate him has removed the noose of Islam from his neck, and no repentance will be accepted from him until he repairs the breach he made, and he will not do it. Then he will return and be among those who honor him." The Messenger of God ﷺ commanded us not to be overpowered in three things: to enjoin good, to forbid evil, and to teach people the Sunnah.'
Musnad Ahmad 21461Sahih
إِنَّ خَلِيلِي ﷺ عَهِدَ إِلَيَّ: أَيُّمَا ذَهَبٍ أَوْ فِضَّةٍ أُوكِيَ عَلَيْهِ، فَهُوَ كَيٌّ عَلَى صَاحِبِهِ، حَتَّى يُفْرِغَهُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ إِفْرَاغًا
✧ My intimate friend ﷺ enjoined upon me: Any gold or silver that is hoarded, it is a brand on its owner until he pours it out completely in the way of God.
Musnad Ahmad 21462Sahih
أَنَّهُ أَخَذَ بِحَلْقَةِ بَابِ الْكَعْبَةِ، فَقَالَ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: لَا صَلَاةَ بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ حَتَّى تَغْرُبَ الشَّمْسُ، وَلَا بَعْدَ الْفَجْرِ حَتَّى تَطْلُعَ الشَّمْسُ، إِلَّا بِمَكَّةَ، إِلَّا بِمَكَّةَ
✧ He took hold of the ring of the door of the Ka'bah and said: I heard the Messenger of God ﷺ say: 'No prayer after the 'Asr until the sun sets, and no prayer after Fajr until the sun rises, except in Makkah, except in Makkah.'
Musnad Ahmad 21463Sahih
قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، الرَّجُلُ يُحِبُّ الْقَوْمَ وَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ يَعْمَلَ كَعَمَلِهِمْ! قَالَ: أَنْتَ يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ مَعَ مَنْ أَحْبَبْتَ. قُلْتُ: فَإِنِّي أُحِبُّ اللهَ وَرَسُولَهُ. قَالَ: " فَأَنْتَ يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ مَعَ مَنْ أَحْبَبْتَ
✧ I said: 'O Messenger of God, a man loves a people but cannot do what they do.' He said: 'You, O Abu Dharr, are with the one you love.' I said: 'I love God and His Messenger.' He said: 'You, O Abu Dharr, are with the one you love.'
Musnad Ahmad 21464Sahih
مَنْ مَاتَ لَا يُشْرِكُ بِاللهِ شَيْئًا دَخَلَ الْجَنَّةَ
✧ Whoever dies without associating anything with God enters Paradise.
Musnad Ahmad 21465Sahih
لَيْسَ مِنْ رَجُلٍ ادَّعَى لِغَيْرِ أَبِيهِ وَهُوَ يَعْلَمُهُ إِلَّا كَفَرَ، وَمَنِ ادَّعَى مَا لَيْسَ لَهُ فَلَيْسَ مِنَّا، وَلْيَتَبَوَّأْ مَقْعَدَهُ مِنَ النَّارِ، وَمَنْ دَعَا رَجُلًا بِالْكُفْرِ، أَوْ قَالَ: عَدُوُّ اللهِ، وَلَيْسَ كَذَلِكَ، إِلَّا حَارَ عَلَيْهِ
✧ There is no man who claims a father other than his own, knowing it, but he disbelieves. And whoever claims what is not his, he is not of us, and let him take his seat in the Fire. And whoever calls a man an infidel or says 'enemy of God,' and it is not so, it comes back upon him.
Musnad Ahmad 21466Sahih
أَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَعَلَيْهِ ثَوْبٌ أَبْيَضُ، فَإِذَا هُوَ نَائِمٌ، ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُهُ فَإِذَا هُوَ نَائِمٌ، ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُهُ وَقَدِ اسْتَيْقَظَ، فَجَلَسْتُ إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ: مَا مِنْ عَبْدٍ قَالَ: لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ، ثُمَّ مَاتَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ، إِلَّا دَخَلَ الْجَنَّةَ. قُلْتُ: وَإِنْ زَنَى وَإِنْ سَرَقَ؟! قَالَ: " وَإِنْ زَنَى وَإِنْ سَرَقَ. قُلْتُ: وَإِنْ زَنَى وَإِنْ سَرَقَ ؟! قَالَ: " وَإِنْ زَنَى وَإِنْ سَرَقَ " ثَلَاثًا. ثُمَّ قَالَ فِي الرَّابِعَةِ: " عَلَى رَغْمِ أَنْفِ أَبِي ذَرٍّ. قَالَ: فَخَرَجَ أَبُو ذَرٍّ يَجُرُّ إِزَارَهُ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ: وَإِنْ رَغِمَ أَنْفُ أَبِي ذَرٍّ. قَالَ: فَكَانَ أَبُو ذَرٍّ يُحَدِّثُ بِهَذَا بَعْدُ، وَيَقُولُ: وَإِنْ رَغِمَ أَنْفُ أَبِي ذَرٍّ
✧ I came to the Messenger of God ﷺ while he was wearing a white garment, and he was asleep. Then I came to him again, and he was asleep. Then I came to him and he had woken up, so I sat beside him. He said: 'No servant says: "There is no god but God," then dies upon that, but he enters Paradise.' I said: 'Even if he commits adultery and steals?' He said: 'Even if he commits adultery and steals.' I said: 'Even if he commits adultery and steals?' He said: 'Even if he commits adultery and steals,' three times. Then on the fourth he said: 'Despite Abu Dharr's nose.' Abu Dharr went out dragging his lower garment, saying: 'Even if Abu Dharr's nose is rubbed in the dust.' He would narrate this afterwards and say: 'Even if Abu Dharr's nose is rubbed in the dust.'
Musnad Ahmad 21467Hasan
أَنَّ أَبَا ذَرٍّ حَضَرَهُ الْمَوْتُ وَهُوَ بِالرَّبَذَةِ، فَبَكَتِ امْرَأَتُهُ، فَقَالَ: مَا يُبْكِيكِ؟ قَالَتْ: أَبْكِي أَنَّهُ لَا يَدَ لِي بِنَفْسِكَ، وَلَيْسَ عِنْدِي ثَوْبٌ يَسَعُكَ كَفَنًا. فَقَالَ: لَا تَبْكِي، فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ وَأَنَا عِنْدَهُ فِي نَفَرٍ يَقُولُ: لَيَمُوتَنَّ رَجُلٌ مِنْكُمْ بِفَلَاةٍ مِنَ الْأَرْضِ، يَشْهَدُهُ عِصَابَةٌ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ. قَالَ: فَكُلُّ مَنْ كَانَ مَعِي فِي ذَلِكَ الْمَجْلِسِ مَاتَ فِي جَمَاعَةٍ وَفُرْقَةٍ، فَلَمْ يَبْقَ مِنْهُمْ غَيْرِي، وَقَدْ أَصْبَحْتُ بِالْفَلَاةِ أَمُوتُ، فَرَاقِبِي الطَّرِيقَ، فَإِنَّكِ سَوْفَ تَرَيْنَ مَا أَقُولُ، فَإِنِّي وَاللهِ مَا كَذَبْتُ وَلَا كُذِبْتُ. قَالَتْ: وَأَنَّى ذَلِكَ وَقَدِ انْقَطَعَ الْحَاجُّ ؟ قَالَ: رَاقِبِي الطَّرِيقَ. قَالَ: فَبَيْنَا هِيَ كَذَلِكَ إِذَا هِيَ بِالْقَوْمِ تَخُدُّ بِهِمْ رَوَاحِلُهُمْ، كَأَنَّهُمُ الرَّخَمُ، فَأَقْبَلَ الْقَوْمُ حَتَّى وَقَفُوا عَلَيْهَا فَقَالُوا: مَا لَكِ؟ قَالَتِ: امْرُؤٌ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ تُكَفِّنُونَهُ وَتُؤْجَرُونَ فِيهِ ؟ قَالُوا: وَمَنْ هُوَ؟ قَالَتْ: أَبُو ذَرٍّ. فَفَدَّوْهُ بِآبَائِهِمْ وَأُمَّهَاتِهِمْ، وَوَضَعُوا سِيَاطَهُمْ فِي نُحُورِهَا يَبْتَدِرُونَهُ، فَقَالَ: أَبْشِرُوا، أَنْتُمُ النَّفَرُ الَّذِينَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: فِيكُمْ مَا قَالَ، أَبْشِرُوا، سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: مَا مِنِ امْرَأَيْنِ مُسْلِمَيْنِ هَلَكَ بَيْنَهُمَا وَلَدَانِ أَوْ ثَلَاثَةٌ، فَاحْتَسَبَا وَصَبَرَا فَيَرَيَانِ النَّارَ أَبَدًا. ثُمَّ قَدْ أَصْبَحْتُ الْيَوْمَ حَيْثُ تَرَوْنَ، وَلَوْ أَنَّ ثَوْبًا مِنْ ثِيَابِي يَسَعُنِي لَمْ أُكَفَّنْ إِلَّا فِيهِ، فَأَنْشُدُكُمُ اللهَ أَنْ لَا يُكَفِّنَنِي رَجُلٌ مِنْكُمْ كَانَ أَمِيرًا، أَوْ عَرِيفًا، أَوْ بَرِيدًا. فَكُلُّ الْقَوْمِ كَانَ قَدْ نَالَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ شَيْئًا، إِلَّا فَتًى مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ كَانَ مَعَ الْقَوْمِ قَالَ: أَنَا صَاحِبُكَ، ثَوْبَانِ فِي عَيْبَتِي مِنْ غَزْلِ أُمِّي، وَأَحَدُ ثَوْبَيَّ هَذَيْنِ اللَّذَيْنِ عَلَيَّ. قَالَ: أَنْتَ صَاحِبِي فَكَفِّنِّي
✧ Abu Dharr was attended by death while at al-Rabadha, and his wife wept. He said: 'What makes you weep?' She said: 'I weep because I cannot manage your burial, and I have no garment that would suffice as your shroud.' He said: 'Do not weep, for I heard the Messenger of God ﷺ one day while I was with him among a group saying: "A man among you will surely die in a desert plain, witnessed by a band of believers." All who were with me in that gathering have died in a group or dispersed, and none remains but me. I have now come to the desert to die. Watch the road, for you will soon see what I say. By God, I have not lied nor been lied to.' She said: 'How can that be when the pilgrims have stopped passing?' He said: 'Watch the road.' While she was thus, there came a group of men whose mounts were speeding, as if they were vultures. They approached and stopped at her. They said: 'What is the matter with you?' She said: 'A Muslim man [is dying]; will you shroud him and be rewarded?' They asked: 'Who is he?' She said: 'Abu Dharr.' They ransomed him with their fathers and mothers, and they placed their whips in their chests, racing to him. He said: 'Rejoice, you are the group about whom the Messenger of God ﷺ said what he said. Rejoice, I heard the Messenger of God ﷺ say: "No two Muslim parents lose two or three children, and they seek reward and are patient, but they will ever see the Fire." I have now become as you see. If any of my garments would suffice as my shroud, I would not be shrouded except in it. I adjure you by God not to shroud me if any of you has been a commander, an 'arif, or a courier.' All the men had held some such office except a young man from the Ansar who was with them. He said: 'I am your companion. I have two garments in my bag, spun by my mother, and one of these two garments I am wearing.' He said: 'You are my companion, so shroud me.'
Musnad Ahmad 21468Sahih
أَنَّهُ سَأَلَهُ عَنْ أَوَّلِ مَسْجِدٍ وُضِعَ لِلنَّاسِ، قَالَ: " مَسْجِدُ الْحَرَامُ ثُمَّ بَيْتُ الْمَقْدِسِ. فَسُئِلَ كَمْ بَيْنَهُمَا؟ قَالَ: " أَرْبَعُونَ عَامًا، وَحَيْثُمَا أَدْرَكَتْكَ الصَّلَاةُ فَصَلِّ، فَثَمَّ مَسْجِدٌ
✧ He asked him about the first mosque set up for people. He said: 'The Sacred Mosque, then the House of Jerusalem.' He was asked: 'How long between them?' He said: 'Forty years. And wherever prayer overtakes you, then pray, for that is a mosque.'
Musnad Ahmad 21469Sahih
قِيلَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ: ذَهَبَ أَهْلُ الْأَمْوَالِ بِالْأَجْرِ! فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: إِنَّ فِيكَ صَدَقَةً كَثِيرَةً. فَذَكَرَ فَضْلَ سَمْعِكَ، وَفَضْلَ بَصَرِكَ، قَالَ: " وَفِي مُبَاضَعَتِكَ أَهْلَكَ صَدَقَةٌ، فَقَالَ أَبُو ذَرٍّ: أَيُؤْجَرُ أَحَدُنَا فِي شَهْوَتِهِ؟ قَالَ: " أَرَأَيْتَ لَوْ وَضَعْتَهُ فِي غَيْرِ حِلٍّ، أَكَانَ عَلَيْكَ وِزْرٌ؟ " قَالَ: نَعَمْ. قَالَ: " أَفَتَحْتَسِبُونَ بِالشَّرِّ وَلَا تَحْتَسِبُونَ بِالْخَيْرِ
✧ It was said to the Prophet ﷺ: 'The wealthy have taken all the reward!' The Prophet ﷺ said: 'There is abundant charity in you.' He mentioned the virtue of your hearing and the virtue of your sight, and said: 'In your intimate relations with your wife there is charity.' Abu Dharr said: 'Is one of us rewarded for his desire?' He said: 'Do you not see that if you were to place it in what is unlawful, there would be a burden upon you?' He said: 'Yes.' He said: 'So do you count the evil and not count the good?'
Musnad Ahmad 21470Sahih
كُنْتُ قَاعِدًا مَعَ أُنَاسٍ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ، إِذْ جَاءَ أَبُو ذَرٍّ حَتَّى كَانَ قَرِيبًا مِنْهُمْ قَالَ: لِيُبَشَّرِ الْكَنَّازُونَ بِكَيٍّ مِنْ قِبَلِ ظُهُورِهِمْ يَخْرُجُ مِنْ قِبَلِ بُطُونِهِمْ، وَبِكَيٍّ مِنْ قِبَلِ أَقْفَائِهِمْ يَخْرُجُ مِنْ جِبَاهِهِمْ. قَالَ: ثُمَّ تَنَحَّى فَقَعَدَ، قَالَ: فَقُلْتُ: مَنْ هَذَا؟ قَالَ: أَبُو ذَرٍّ. قَالَ: فَقُمْتُ إِلَيْهِ، فَقُلْتُ: مَا شَيْءٌ سَمِعْتُكَ تُنَادِي بِهِ؟ قَالَ: مَا قُلْتُ لَهُمْ شَيْئًا إِلَّا شَيْئًا قَدْ سَمِعُوهُ مِنْ نَبِيِّهِمْ ﷺ. قَالَ: قُلْتُ لَهُ: مَا تَقُولُ فِي هَذَا الْعَطَاءِ؟ قَالَ: خُذْهُ، فَإِنَّ فِيهِ الْيَوْمَ مَعُونَةً، فَإِذَا كَانَ ثَمَنًا لِدِينِكَ فَدَعْهُ
✧ I was sitting with some people of Quraysh when Abu Dharr came until he was close to them. He said: Let the hoarders be given glad tidings of a branding from their backs that will emerge from their bellies, and a branding from the backs of their necks that will emerge from their foreheads. Then he stepped aside and sat down. I said: Who is this? They said: Abu Dharr. So I went to him and said: What is this thing I heard you proclaim? He said: I did not say anything to them except something they had heard from their Prophet ﷺ. I said to him: What do you say about this grant? He said: Take it, for in it today there is support; but if it becomes a price for your religion, then leave it.
إِنَّ الْعَيْنَ لَتُولَعُ الرَّجُلَ بِإِذْنِ اللهِ، يَتَصَعَّدُ حَالِقًا، ثُمَّ يَتَرَدَّى مِنْهُ
✧ Indeed, the eye may afflict a man by Allah's permission; he climbs up a high place, then falls from it.
Musnad Ahmad 21472Hasan
ابْنَ آدَمَ، إِنَّكَ مَا دَعَوْتَنِي وَرَجَوْتَنِي غَفَرْتُ لَكَ عَلَى مَا كَانَ مِنْكَ، ابْنَ آدَمَ إِنْ تَلْقَنِي بِقُرَابِ الْأَرْضِ خَطَايَا لَقِيتُكَ بِهَا مَغْفِرَةً بَعْدَ أَنْ لَا تُشْرِكَ بِي شَيْئًا، ابْنَ آدَمَ إِنَّكَ إِنْ تُذْنِبْ حَتَّى يَبْلُغَ ذَنْبُكَ عَنَانَ السَّمَاءِ، ثُمَّ تَسْتَغْفِرْنِي أَغْفِرْ لَكَ وَلَا أُبَالِي
✧ Narrated by the Prophet ﷺ from his Lord, He said: O son of Adam, as long as you invoke and hope in Me, I will forgive you for whatever sins you have committed, O son of Adam, even if your sins were to reach the clouds in the sky and then you seek My forgiveness, I will forgive you and I will not mind.
Musnad Ahmad 21473Sahih
قَالُوا: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، ذَهَبَ أَهْلُ الدُّثُورِ بِالْأُجُورِ، يُصَلُّونَ كَمَا نُصَلِّي، وَيَصُومُونَ كَمَا نَصُومُ، وَيَتَصَدَّقُونَ بِفُضُولِ أَمْوَالِهِمْ. قَالَ: فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: أَوَلَيْسَ قَدْ جَعَلَ اللهُ لَكُمْ مَا تَصَّدَّقُونَ؛ إِنَّ بِكُلِّ تَسْبِيحَةٍ صَدَقَةً، وَبِكُلِّ تَحْمِيدَةٍ صَدَقَةً، وَفِي بُضْعِ أَحَدِكُمْ صَدَقَةً. قَالَ: قَالُوا: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَيَأْتِي أَحَدُنَا شَهْوَتَهُ يَكُونُ لَهُ فِيهَا أَجْرٌ؟! قَالَ: " أَرَأَيْتُمْ لَوْ وَضَعَهَا فِي الْحَرَامِ، أَكَانَ عَلَيْهِ فِيهَا وِزْرٌ ؟ ! وَكَذَلِكَ إِذَا وَضَعَهَا فِي الْحَلَالِ كَانَ لَهُ فِيهَا أَجْرٌ. قَالَ عَفَّانُ: تَصَّدَّقُونَ، وَقَالَ: وَتَهْلِيلَةٍ وَتَكْبِيرَةٍ صَدَقَةً، وَأَمْرٍ بِمَعْرُوفٍ صَدَقَةً، وَنَهْيٍ عَنْ مُنْكَرٍ صَدَقَةً، وَفِي بُضْعٍ
✧ They said: O Messenger of Allah, the people of great wealth have taken the rewards: they pray as we pray, they fast as we fast, and they give charity from the surplus of their wealth. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Has Allah not given you that from which you may give charity? Indeed, every glorification is charity, every praise is charity, and in the sexual intercourse of one of you there is charity. They said: O Messenger of Allah, does one of us fulfill his desire and have a reward in it? He said: Do you see if he were to put it in what is forbidden, would there be a burden upon him? Similarly, if he puts it in what is lawful, he has a reward in it. 'Affan said: 'you may give charity', and he said: 'every declaration of oneness and every magnification is charity, commanding good is charity, forbidding evil is charity, and in sexual intercourse'.
Musnad Ahmad 21474Sahih
21813 21874 21474 - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو النَّضْرِ، حَدَّثَنَا مَهْدِيٌّ وَلَمْ يَذْكُرْ أَبَا الْأَسْوَدِ
✧ 21813 21874 21474 - Abu al-Nadr narrated to us, Mahdi narrated to us, and he did not mention Abu al-Aswad.
Musnad Ahmad 21475Sahih
يُصْبِحُ عَلَى كُلِّ سُلَامَى مِنْ أَحَدِكُمْ صَدَقَةٌ، وَكُلُّ تَسْبِيحَةٍ صَدَقَةٌ، وَتَهْلِيلَةٍ صَدَقَةٌ، وَتَكْبِيرَةٍ صَدَقَةٌ، وَتَحْمِيدَةٍ صَدَقَةٌ، وَأَمْرٌ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ صَدَقَةٌ، وَنَهْيٌ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ صَدَقَةٌ، وَيُجْزِئُ أَحَدَكُمْ مِنْ ذَلِكَ كُلِّهِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ يَرْكَعُهُمَا مِنَ الضُّحَى
✧ Every morning, for every joint of one of you there is charity: every glorification is charity, every declaration of oneness is charity, every magnification is charity, every praise is charity, commanding good is charity, forbidding evil is charity, and two rak'ahs that one of you prays in the forenoon suffice for all of that.
أَنَّهُ قَالَ لِأَبِي ذَرٍّ حِينَ سُيِّرَ مِنَ الشَّامِ، قَالَ: إِنِّي أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَسْأَلَكَ عَنْ حَدِيثٍ مِنْ حَدِيثِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، قَالَ: إِذًا أُخْبِرُكَ بِهِ إِلَّا أَنْ يَكُونَ سِرًّا. فَقُلْتُ: إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ بِسِرٍّ، هَلْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَافِحُكُمْ إِذَا لَقِيتُمُوهُ ؟ فَقَالَ: مَا لَقِيتُهُ قَطُّ إِلَّا صَافَحَنِي، وَبَعَثَ إِلَيَّ يَوْمًا وَلَسْتُ فِي الْبَيْتِ، فَلَمَّا جِئْتُ أُخْبِرْتُ بِرَسُولِهِ، فَأَتَيْتُهُ وَهُوَ عَلَى سَرِيرٍ لَهُ، فَالْتَزَمَنِي، فَكَانَتْ أَجْوَدَ وَأَجْوَدَ
✧ He said to Abu Dharr when he was sent away from Syria: I want to ask you about a hadith from the hadiths of the Prophet ﷺ. He said: Then I will tell it to you, unless it is a secret. I said: It is not a secret. Did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ shake hands with you when you met him? He said: I never met him except that he shook hands with me. One day he sent for me while I was not in the house, and when I came I was told of his messenger. So I went to him while he was on his bed, and he embraced me, and that was the best and best.
Musnad Ahmad 21477Sahih
قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، الرَّجُلُ يَعْمَلُ لِنَفْسِهِ فَيُحِبُّهُ النَّاسُ ؟ قَالَ: تِلْكَ عَاجِلُ بُشْرَى الْمُؤْمِنِ
✧ So I said, "O Messenger of Allah, what if a man works for himself and people love him?" He replied, "That is glad tidings for the believer."
Musnad Ahmad 21478Sahih
يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ، كَيْفَ أَنْتَ إِذَا بَقِيتَ فِي قَوْمٍ يُؤَخِّرُونَ الصَّلَاةَ عَنْ وَقْتِهَا ؟ " قَالَ: فَقَالَ لِي: صَلِّ الصَّلَاةَ لِوَقْتِهَا، فَإِنْ أَدْرَكْتَهُمْ لَمْ يُصَلُّوا فَصَلِّ مَعَهُمْ، وَلَا تَقُلْ: إِنِّي قَدْ صَلَّيْتُ وَلَا أُصَلِّي
✧ O Abu Dharr, how will you be when you remain among a people who delay the prayer from its time? He said to me: Pray the prayer at its time, and if you catch them and they have not prayed, then pray with them, and do not say: I have already prayed, so I will not pray.
Musnad Ahmad 21479Sahih
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ ضَرَبَ فَخِذَهُ، وَقَالَ لَهُ: " كَيْفَ أَنْتَ إِذَا بَقِيتَ فِي قَوْمٍ يُؤَخِّرُونَ الصَّلَاةَ؟ " ثُمَّ قَالَ: صَلِّ الصَّلَاةَ لِوَقْتِهَا، ثُمَّ انْهَضْ، فَإِنْ كُنْتَ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ حَتَّى تُقَامَ الصَّلَاةُ فَصَلِّ مَعَهُمْ
✧ The Prophet ﷺ struck his thigh and said to him: How will you be when you remain among a people who delay the prayer? Then he said: Pray the prayer at its time, then go. If you are in the mosque until the prayer is established, then pray with them.
لَقِيَ أَبُو ذَرٍّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ، وَجَعَلَ - أُرَاهُ قَالَ: - قَبِيعَةَ سَيْفِهِ فِضَّةً، فَنَهَاهُ، وَقَالَ أَبُو ذَرٍّ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: مَا مِنْ إِنْسَانٍ أَوْ قَالَ: أَحَدٍ تَرَكَ صَفْرَاءَ أَوْ بَيْضَاءَ إِلَّا كُوِيَ بِهَا
✧ Abu Dharr met Abu Hurayrah, and he had made—I think he said—the pommel of his sword of silver, so he forbade him. Abu Dharr said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: There is no person—or he said: no one—who leaves behind yellow (gold) or white (silver) except that he will be branded with it.
Musnad Ahmad 21481Sahih
ثَلَاثَةٌ لَا يُكَلِّمُهُمُ اللهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ، وَلَا يَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهِمْ، وَلَا يُزَكِّيهِمْ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ: الْمَنَّانُ بِمَا أَعْطَى، وَالْمُسْبِلُ إِزَارَهُ، وَالْمُنَفِّقُ سِلْعَتَهُ بِالْحَلِفِ الْكَاذِبِ
✧ Three people Allah will not speak to on the Day of Resurrection, nor look at them, nor purify them, and they will have a painful punishment: the one who reminds others of what he has given, the one who lets his lower garment hang down, and the one who sells his goods by a false oath.
Musnad Ahmad 21482Sahih
قِيلَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، ذَهَبَ أَهْلُ الدُّثُورِ بِالْأُجُورِ، يُصَلُّونَ كَمَا نُصَلِّي وَيَصُومُونَ كَمَا نَصُومُ، وَيَتَصَدَّقُونَ بِفُضُولِ أَمْوَالِهِمْ! فَقَالَ: أَوَلَيْسَ قَدْ جَعَلَ اللهُ لَكُمْ مَا تَصَّدَّقُونَ، إِنَّ بِكُلِّ تَسْبِيحَةٍ صَدَقَةً، وَبِكُلِّ تَكْبِيرَةٍ صَدَقَةً، وَبِكُلِّ تَهْلِيلَةٍ صَدَقَةً، وَبِكُلِّ تَحْمِيدَةٍ صَدَقَةً، وَأَمْرٌ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ صَدَقَةٌ، وَنَهْيٌ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ صَدَقَةٌ، وَفِي بُضْعِ أَحَدِكُمْ صَدَقَةٌ. قَالُوا: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، يَأْتِي أَحَدُنَا شَهْوَتَهُ وَيَكُونُ لَهُ فِيهَا أَجْرٌ؟ فَقَالَ: " أَرَأَيْتُمْ لَوْ وَضَعَهَا فِي الْحَرَامِ، أَلَيْسَ كَانَ يَكُونُ عَلَيْهِ وِزْرٌ أَوِ الْوِزْرُ ؟ " قَالُوا: بَلَى. قَالَ: " فَكَذَلِكَ إِذَا وَضَعَهَا فِي الْحَلَالِ، يَكُونُ لَهُ الْأَجْرُ
✧ It was said: O Messenger of Allah, the people of great wealth have taken the rewards: they pray as we pray, they fast as we fast, and they give charity from the surplus of their wealth! He said: Has Allah not given you that from which you may give charity? Indeed, every glorification is charity, every magnification is charity, every declaration of oneness is charity, every praise is charity, commanding good is charity, forbidding evil is charity, and in the sexual intercourse of one of you there is charity. They said: O Messenger of Allah, does one of us fulfill his desire and have a reward in it? He said: Do you see if he were to put it in what is forbidden, would there not be a burden upon him—or the burden? They said: Yes. He said: Similarly, if he puts it in what is lawful, he has the reward.
Musnad Ahmad 21483Hasan
مَنْ لَاءَمَكُمْ مِنْ خَدَمِكُمْ فَأَطْعِمُوهُمْ مِمَّا تَأْكُلُونَ، وَاكْسُوهُمْ مِمَّا تَلْبَسُونَ أَوْ قَالَ: تَكْتَسُونَ وَمَنْ لَا يُلَائِمُكُمْ فَبِيعُوهُ، وَلَا تُعَذِّبُوا خَلْقَ اللهِ [عَزَّ وَجَلَّ]
✧ Those of your servants who suit you, feed them from what you eat and clothe them from what you wear—or he said: what you clothe yourselves with. Those who do not suit you, sell them, and do not torment Allah's creation [Mighty and Majestic].
Musnad Ahmad 21484Sahih
عَلَى كُلِّ نَفْسٍ فِي كُلِّ يَوْمٍ طَلَعَتْ فِيهِ الشَّمْسُ صَدَقَةٌ مِنْهُ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ. قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، مِنْ أَيْنَ أَتَصَدَّقُ وَلَيْسَ لَنَا أَمْوَالٌ؟ قَالَ: " لَإِنَّ مِنْ أَبْوَابِ الصَّدَقَةِ التَّكْبِيرَ، وَسُبْحَانَ اللهِ، وَالْحَمْدُ لِلهِ، وَلَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ، وَأَسْتَغْفِرُ اللهَ، وَتَأْمُرُ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ، وَتَنْهَى عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ، وَتَعْزِلُ الشَّوْكَةَ عَنْ طَرِيقِ النَّاسِ وَالْعَظْمَ وَالْحَجَرَ، وَتَهْدِي الْأَعْمَى، وَتُسْمِعُ الْأَصَمَّ وَالْأَبْكَمَ حَتَّى يَفْقَهَ، وَتَدُلُّ الْمُسْتَدِلَّ عَلَى حَاجَةٍ لَهُ قَدْ عَلِمْتَ مَكَانَهَا، وَتَسْعَى بِشِدَّةِ سَاقَيْكَ إِلَى اللهْفَانِ الْمُسْتَغِيثِ، وَتَرْفَعُ بِشِدَّةِ ذِرَاعَيْكَ مَعَ الضَّعِيفِ، كُلُّ ذَلِكَ مِنْ أَبْوَابِ الصَّدَقَةِ مِنْكَ عَلَى نَفْسِكَ، وَلَكَ فِي جِمَاعِكَ زَوْجَتَكَ أَجْرٌ. قَالَ أَبُو ذَرٍّ: كَيْفَ يَكُونُ لِي أَجْرٌ فِي شَهْوَتِي؟! فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: " أَرَأَيْتَ لَوْ كَانَ لَكَ وَلَدٌ، فَأَدْرَكَ وَرَجَوْتَ خَيْرَهُ فَمَاتَ، أَكُنْتَ تَحْتَسِبُ بِهِ؟ " قُلْتُ: نَعَمْ. قَالَ: " فَأَنْتَ خَلَقْتَهُ؟ " قَالَ: بَلِ اللهُ خَلَقَهُ. قَالَ: " فَأَنْتَ هَدَيْتَهُ؟ " قَالَ: بَلِ اللهُ هَدَاهُ. قَالَ: " فَأَنْتَ [كُنْتَ] تَرْزُقُهُ؟ " قَالَ: بَلِ اللهُ كَانَ يَرْزُقُهُ. قَالَ: " كَذَلِكَ فَضَعْهُ فِي حَلَالِهِ وَجَنِّبْهُ حَرَامَهُ، فَإِنْ شَاءَ اللهُ أَحْيَاهُ، وَإِنْ شَاءَ أَمَاتَهُ، وَلَكَ أَجْرٌ
✧ For every soul, in every day in which the sun rises, there is a charity due from it for itself. I said: O Messenger of God, from where should I give charity when we have no wealth? He said: Among the gates of charity are the takbir (saying Allāhu akbar), and subḥān Allāh (glory be to God), and al-ḥamdu li-llāh (praise be to God), and lā ilāha illā Allāh (there is no god but God), and astaghfiru Allāh (I seek forgiveness from God), and you enjoin what is right, and you forbid what is wrong, and you remove a thorn, a bone, and a stone from people's path, and you guide the blind, and you make the deaf and the mute hear until he understands, and you direct the one seeking guidance to something he needs whose location you already know, and you hasten with the strength of your legs to the distressed one crying for help, and you lift with the strength of your arms together with the weak one. All of that is among the gates of charity from you for yourself. And you have a reward in your sexual intercourse with your wife. Abu Dharr said: How can I have a reward in my lust?! The Messenger of God ﷺ said: Do you not see that if you had a child, and he reached maturity and you hoped for his goodness, then he died, would you seek reward for it? I said: Yes. He said: Did you create him? He said: Rather, God created him. He said: Did you guide him? He said: Rather, God guided him. He said: Did you [used to] provide for him? He said: Rather, God used to provide for him. He said: Thus, place it in what is lawful for him and keep him away from what is forbidden for him. If God wills, He will give him life, and if He wills, He will cause him to die, and you will have a reward.
Musnad Ahmad 21485No grade recorded
قَدِمْتُ الْمَدِينَةَ وَأَنَا أُرِيدُ الْعَطَاءَ مِنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَفَّانَ، فَجَلَسْتُ إِلَى حَلْقَةٍ مِنْ حِلَقِ قُرَيْشٍ، فَجَاءَ رَجُلٌ عَلَيْهِ أَسْمَالٌ لَهُ قَدْ لَفَّ ثَوْبًا عَلَى رَأْسِهِ، قَالَ: بَشِّرِ الْكَنَّازِينَ بِكَيٍّ فِي الْجِبَاهِ، وَبِكَيٍّ فِي الظُّهُورِ، وَبِكَيٍّ فِي الْجُنُوبِ. ثُمَّ تَنَحَّى إِلَى سَارِيَةٍ، فَصَلَّى خَلْفَهَا رَكْعَتَيْنِ، فَقُلْتُ: مَنْ هَذَا؟ فَقِيلَ: هَذَا أَبُو ذَرٍّ. فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: مَا شَيْءٌ سَمِعْتُكَ تُنَادِي بِهِ؟ قَالَ: مَا قُلْتُ لَهُمْ إِلَّا شَيْئًا سَمِعُوهُ مِنْ نَبِيِّهِمْ ﷺ. فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: يَرْحَمُكَ اللهُ، إِنِّي كُنْتُ آخُذُ الْعَطَاءَ مِنْ عُمَرَ فَمَا تَرَى؟ قَالَ: خُذْهُ، فَإِنَّ فِيهِ الْيَوْمَ مَعُونَةً، وَيُوشِكُ أَنْ يَكُونَ دَيْنًا، فَإِذَا كَانَ دَيْنًا فَارْفُضْهُ
✧ I came to Madinah wanting the stipend from ʿUthmān b. ʿAffān, and I sat in a circle among the circles of Quraysh. Then a man came wearing tattered clothes, having wrapped a garment around his head. He said: Give glad tidings to the hoarders of wealth of a branding on the foreheads, and a branding on the backs, and a branding on the sides. Then he withdrew to a pillar and prayed two rakʿahs behind it. I said: Who is this? It was said: This is Abū Dharr. I said to him: What is the thing I heard you calling out? He said: I did not say to them anything except something they heard from their Prophet ﷺ. I said to him: May God have mercy on you. I used to take the stipend from ʿUmar, so what do you think? He said: Take it, for in it today there is assistance, and it is about to become a debt. When it becomes a debt, then abandon it.
Musnad Ahmad 21486Sahih
21825 21886 21486 - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كَامِلٍ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نَعَامَةَ السَّعْدِيُّ. فَذَكَرَهُ بِإِسْنَادِهِ وَمَعْنَاهُ، وَلَمْ يَذْكُرْ: إِلَّا شَيْئًا سَمِعُوهُ مِنْ نَبِيِّهِمْ ﷺ. وَلَا أُرَى عَفَّانَ إِلَّا وَهِمَ، وَذَهَبَ إِلَى حَدِيثِ أَبِي الْأَشْهَبِ؛ لِأَنَّ عَفَّانَ زَادَهُ، وَلَمْ يَكُنْ عِنْدَنَا
✧ 21825 21886 21486 - Abū Kāmil narrated to us, Ḥammād narrated to us, Abū Naʿāmah al-Saʿdī narrated to us. Then he mentioned it with its chain of narration and its meaning, but he did not mention: except something they heard from their Prophet ﷺ. And I do not think ʿAffān was mistaken except that he erred, and he went to the hadith of Abū al-Ashhab; because ʿAffān added it, and it was not with us.
Musnad Ahmad 21487Hasan
قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَوْصِنِي. قَالَ: إِذَا عَمِلْتَ سَيِّئَةً فَأَتْبِعْهَا حَسَنَةً تَمْحُهَا قَالَ: قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَمِنَ الْحَسَنَاتِ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ؟ قَالَ: " هِيَ أَفْضَلُ الْحَسَنَاتِ
✧ I said: O Messenger of God, advise me. He said: If you do an evil deed, follow it with a good deed that will erase it. He said: I said: O Messenger of God, is lā ilāha illā Allāh (there is no god but God) among the good deeds? He said: It is the best of good deeds.
Musnad Ahmad 21488Sahih
مَنْ عَمِلَ حَسَنَةً فَلَهُ عَشْرُ أَمْثَالِهَا أَوْ أَزِيدُ، وَمَنْ عَمِلَ سَيِّئَةً فَجَزَاؤُهَا مِثْلُهَا أَوْ أَغْفِرُ، وَمَنْ عَمِلَ قُرَابَ الْأَرْضِ خَطِيئَةً، ثُمَّ لَقِيَنِي لَا يُشْرِكُ بِي شَيْئًا، جَعَلْتُ لَهُ مِثْلَهَا مَغْفِرَةً، وَمَنِ اقْتَرَبَ إِلَيَّ شِبْرًا اقْتَرَبْتُ إِلَيْهِ ذِرَاعًا، وَمَنِ اقْتَرَبَ إِلَيَّ ذِرَاعًا اقْتَرَبْتُ إِلَيْهِ بَاعًا، وَمَنْ أَتَانِي يَمْشِي أَتَيْتُهُ هَرْوَلَةً
✧ Whoever does a good deed will have ten times its like or I increase it, and whoever does an evil deed, its recompense is the like of it or I forgive. And whoever commits an earthful of sins, then meets Me not associating anything with Me, I will make for him the like of it forgiveness. And whoever draws near to Me a handspan, I draw near to him a cubit; and whoever draws near to Me a cubit, I draw near to him a fathom; and whoever comes to Me walking, I come to him at a hastening pace.
Musnad Ahmad 21489Sahih
إِنَّ أَحْسَنَ مَا غُيِّرَ بِهِ الشَّيْبُ الْحِنَّاءُ وَالْكَتَمُ
✧ Indeed, the best thing with which gray hair is changed is henna and katam (a dye plant).
Musnad Ahmad 21490Sahih
يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ، إِنَّهُ سَيَكُونُ عَلَيْكُمْ أُمَرَاءُ يُؤَخِّرُونَ الصَّلَاةَ عَنْ مَوَاقِيتِهَا، فَإِنْ أَنْتَ أَدْرَكْتَهُمْ فَصَلِّ الصَّلَاةَ لِوَقْتِهَا " وَرُبَّمَا قَالَ: " فِي رَحْلِكَ ثُمَّ ائْتِهِمْ، فَإِنْ وَجَدْتَهُمْ قَدْ صَلَّوْا كُنْتَ قَدْ صَلَّيْتَ، وَإِنْ وَجَدْتَهُمْ لَمْ يُصَلُّوا، صَلَّيْتَ مَعَهُمْ فَتَكُونُ لَكَ نَافِلَةً
✧ O Abū Dharr, there will be over you rulers who will delay the prayer from its times. If you live to see them, pray the prayer at its time" — and sometimes he said: "in your dwelling — then go to them. If you find that they have prayed, you will have already prayed, and if you find that they have not prayed, pray with them and it will be a supererogatory prayer for you.
Musnad Ahmad 21491Sahih
انْتَهَيْتُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ فِي ظِلِّ الْكَعْبَةِ، فَلَمَّا رَآنِي مُقْبِلًا قَالَ: هُمُ الْأَخْسَرُونَ وَرَبِّ الْكَعْبَةِ فَقُلْتُ: مَا لِي ؟ لَعَلِّي أُنْزِلَ فِيَّ شَيْءٌ، مَنْ هُمْ فِدَاكَ أَبِي وَأُمِّي؟ قَالَ: " الْأَكْثَرُونَ أَمْوَالًا، إِلَّا مَنْ، قَالَ هَكَذَا. فَحَثَى بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ، وَعَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَعَنْ شِمَالِهِ. قَالَ: ثُمَّ قَالَ: " وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ، لَا يَمُوتُ أَحَدٌ مِنْكُمْ فَيَدَعُ إِبِلًا وَبَقَرًا وَغَنَمًا لَمْ يُؤَدِّ زَكَاتَهَا، إِلَّا جَاءَتْهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ أَعْظَمَ مَا كَانَتْ وَأَسْمَنَهُ، تَطَؤُهُ بِأَخْفَافِهَا، وَتَنْطَحُهُ بِقُرُونِهَا، كُلَّمَا نَفِدَتْ أُخْرَاهَا أُعِيدَتْ عَلَيْهِ أُولَاهَا، حَتَّى يُقْضَى بَيْنَ النَّاسِ
✧ I came to the Prophet ﷺ while he was sitting in the shade of the Kaʿbah. When he saw me approaching, he said: They are the greatest losers, by the Lord of the Kaʿbah. I said: What is wrong with me? Perhaps something was revealed about me. Who are they, may my father and mother be your ransom? He said: Those who have the most wealth, except one who does like this — and he scooped with his hands in front of him, and to his right and to his left. He said: Then he said: By the One in whose hand is my soul, no one of you dies leaving camels, cattle, and sheep on which he did not pay their zakah, except that they will come to him on the Day of Resurrection as large and fat as they ever were, trampling him with their hoofs and goring him with their horns. Every time the last of them passes, the first of them will be brought back to him, until judgment is passed between the people.
Musnad Ahmad 21492Sahih
إِنِّي لَأَعْرِفُ آخِرَ أَهْلِ النَّارِ خُرُوجًا مِنَ النَّارِ، وَآخِرَ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ دُخُولًا الْجَنَّةَ، يُؤْتَى بِرَجُلٍ فَيَقُولُ: نَحُّوا كِبَارَ ذُنُوبِهِ وَسَلُوهُ عَنْ صِغَارِهَا. قَالَ: فَيُقَالُ لَهُ: عَمِلْتَ كَذَا يَوْمَ كَذَا وَكَذَا، وَعَمِلْتَ كَذَا يَوْمَ كَذَا وَكَذَا. قَالَ: فَيَقُولُ: يَا رَبِّ، لَقَدْ عَمِلْتُ أَشْيَاءَ لَمْ أَرَهَا هُنَا! " قَالَ: فَضَحِكَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ حَتَّى بَدَتْ نَوَاجِذُهُ. قَالَ: " فَيُقَالُ لَهُ: فَإِنَّ لَكَ مَكَانَ كُلِّ سَيِّئَةٍ حَسَنَةً
" I know the last of the people of the Fire to depart from the Fire and the last of the people of Paradise to enter Paradise. A man will be brought forth and He ﷺ will say: 'Ask about his small sins and hide his large sins.' So it will be said to him: 'Did you do this and that on such and such a day, did you do this and that on such- and – such a day?'” He said: “Then it will be said to him; 'For each of your sins you shall have a reward.'” He ﷺ said: “So he will say: 'O Lord! I have done things that I do not see here.'” He (Abu Dharr) said: “I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ laugh until his molars were visible.” (Sahih) (Using translation from Tirmidhī 2596)
Musnad Ahmad 21493Sahih
يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ، ارْفَعْ بَصَرَكَ، فَانْظُرْ أَرْفَعَ رَجُلٍ تَرَاهُ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ. قَالَ: فَنَظَرْتُ، فَإِذَا رَجُلٌ جَالِسٌ عَلَيْهِ حُلَّةٌ، قَالَ: فَقُلْتُ: هَذَا. قَالَ: فَقَالَ: يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ، ارْفَعْ بَصَرَكَ فَانْظُرْ أَوْضَعَ رَجُلٍ تَرَاهُ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ: فَنَظَرْتُ، فَإِذَا رَجُلٌ ضَعِيفٌ عَلَيْهِ أَخْلَاقٌ، قَالَ: فَقُلْتُ: هَذَا. قَالَ: فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: " وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ، لَهَذَا أَفْضَلُ عِنْدَ اللهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ مِنْ قُرَابِ الْأَرْضِ مِثْلَ هَذَا
✧ O Abū Dharr, raise your eyes and look at the most elevated man you see in the mosque. He said: So I looked, and there was a man sitting wearing a fine suit. He said: I said: This one. He said: Then he said: O Abū Dharr, raise your eyes and look at the lowliest man you see in the mosque. So I looked, and there was a weak man wearing worn-out clothes. He said: I said: This one. He said: Then the Messenger of God ﷺ said: By the One in whose hand is my soul, this one is better in the sight of God on the Day of Resurrection than an earthful of the like of that one.
Musnad Ahmad 21494Hasan
إِنَّ أَشَدَّ أُمَّتِي لِي حُبًّا قَوْمٌ يَكُونُونَ أَوْ يَجِيئُونَ بَعْدِي، يَوَدُّ أَحَدُهُمْ أَنَّهُ أَعْطَى أَهْلَهُ وَمَالَهُ وَأَنَّهُ رَآنِي
✧ Indeed, the people of my community who love me most intensely are a people who will be, or will come, after me. One of them would wish that he had given his family and his wealth and that he had seen me.
Musnad Ahmad 21495No grade recorded
أَنَّهَا انْطَلَقَتْ مُعْتَمِرَةً، فَانْتَهَتْ إِلَى الرَّبَذَةِ فَسَمِعَتْ أَبَا ذَرٍّ يَقُولُ: قَامَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لَيْلَةً مِنَ اللَّيَالِي فِي صَلَاةِ الْعِشَاءِ، فَصَلَّى بِالْقَوْمِ، ثُمَّ تَخَلَّفَ أَصْحَابٌ لَهُ يُصَلُّونَ، فَلَمَّا رَأَى قِيَامَهُمْ وَتَخَلُّفَهُمُ انْصَرَفَ إِلَى رَحْلِهِ، فَلَمَّا رَأَى الْقَوْمَ قَدْ أَخْلَوُا الْمَكَانَ رَجَعَ إِلَى مَكَانِهِ فَصَلَّى، فَجِئْتُ فَقُمْتُ خَلْفَهُ، فَأَوْمَأَ إِلَيَّ بِيَمِينِهِ، فَقُمْتُ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ، ثُمَّ جَاءَ ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ فَقَامَ خَلْفِي وَخَلْفَهُ، فَأَوْمَأَ إِلَيْهِ بِشِمَالِهِ، فَقَامَ عَنْ شِمَالِهِ، فَقُمْنَا ثَلَاثَتُنَا يُصَلِّي كُلُّ رَجُلٍ مِنَّا بِنَفْسِهِ، وَيَتْلُو مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ مَا شَاءَ اللهُ أَنْ يَتْلُوَ، فَقَامَ بِآيَةٍ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ يُرَدِّدُهَا حَتَّى صَلَّى الْغَدَاةَ، فَبَعْدَ أَنْ أَصْبَحْنَا أَوْمَأْتُ إِلَى عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ أَنْ سَلْهُ: مَا أَرَادَ إِلَى مَا صَنَعَ الْبَارِحَةَ؟ فَقَالَ ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ بِيَدِهِ: لَا أَسْأَلُهُ عَنْ شَيْءٍ حَتَّى يُحَدِّثَ إِلَيَّ، فَقُلْتُ: بِأَبِي أَنْتَ وَأُمِّي، قُمْتَ بِآيَةٍ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ وَمَعَكَ الْقُرْآنُ؟! لَوْ فَعَلَ هَذَا بَعْضُنَا وَجَدْنَا عَلَيْهِ! قَالَ: دَعَوْتُ لِأُمَّتِي " قَالَ: فَمَاذَا أُجِبْتَ؟ أَوْ مَاذَا رُدَّ عَلَيْكَ؟ قَالَ: " أُجِبْتُ بِالَّذِي لَوِ اطَّلَعَ عَلَيْهِ كَثِيرٌ مِنْهُمْ طَلْعَةً تَرَكُوا الصَّلَاةَ قَالَ: أَفَلَا أُبَشِّرُ النَّاسَ؟ قَالَ: " بَلَى " فَانْطَلَقْتُ مُعْنِقًا قَرِيبًا مِنْ قَذْفَةٍ بِحَجَرٍ، فَقَالَ عُمَرُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، إِنَّكَ إِنْ تَبْعَثْ إِلَى النَّاسِ بِهَذَا نَكَلُوا عَنِ الْعِبَادَةِ. فَنَادَاهُ: " أَنِ ارْجَعْ. فَرَجَعَ، وَتِلْكَ الْآيَةُ: إِنْ تُعَذِّبْهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ عِبَادُكَ وَإِنْ تَغْفِرْ لَهُمْ فَإِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ
✧ She set out to perform ʿumrah, and when she reached al-Rabadhah, she heard Abū Dharr saying: The Prophet ﷺ stood one night during the ʿishāʾ prayer and prayed with the people. Then some of his companions remained behind praying. When he saw their standing and their remaining behind, he went back to his dwelling. When he saw that the people had left the place, he returned to his place and prayed. Then I came and stood behind him. He gestured to me with his right hand, so I stood on his right. Then Ibn Masʿūd came and stood behind me and behind him. He gestured to him with his left hand, so he stood on his left. The three of us stood praying, each man of us by himself, reciting from the Qurʾān as much as God willed him to recite. Then he stood with one verse of the Qurʾān repeating it until he prayed the dawn prayer. After we woke in the morning, I gestured to ʿAbd Allāh b. Masʿūd to ask him what he intended by what he did last night. Ibn Masʿūd said with his hand: I will not ask him about anything until he speaks to me. So I said: May my father and mother be your ransom, you stood with one verse of the Qurʾān while you have the Qurʾān with you?! If one of us did this, we would find fault with him! He said: I supplicated for my community. He said: So what were you answered? Or what was returned to you? He said: I was answered with that which, if many of them were to see it once, they would abandon the prayer. He said: Shall I not give glad tidings to the people? He said: Yes. So I set off hastening, about a stone's throw away, when ʿUmar said: O Messenger of God, if you send this to the people, they will fall short in worship. So he called to him: "Return." So he returned. And that verse was: 'If You punish them, they are Your servants, and if You forgive them, You are the Mighty, the Wise.'
Musnad Ahmad 21496Hasan
يَنْكُلُوا عَنِ الْعِبَادَةِ
✧ that they fall short in worship.
Musnad Ahmad 21497Sahih
إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ مِنْ فَرَسٍ عَرَبِيٍّ إِلَّا يُؤْذَنُ لَهُ مَعَ كُلِّ فَجْرٍ يَدْعُو بِدَعْوَتَيْنِ يَقُولُ: اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّكَ خَوَّلْتَنِي مَنْ خَوَّلْتَنِي مِنْ بَنِي آدَمَ، فَاجْعَلْنِي مِنْ أَحَبِّ أَهْلِهِ وَمَالِهِ إِلَيْهِ، أَوْ أَحَبَّ أَهْلِهِ وَمَالِهِ إِلَيْهِ
✧ There is no Arabian horse but that permission is given to it at every dawn to make two supplications, saying: 'O Allah, You have granted me to whomever You granted me among the children of Adam, so make me among the most beloved of his family and wealth to him, or the most beloved of his family and wealth to him.'
Musnad Ahmad 21498Sahih
قُلْتُ لِأَبِي ذَرٍّ: لَوْ كُنْتُ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ لَسَأَلْتُهُ. قَالَ: عَنْ أَيِّ شَيْءٍ؟ قُلْتُ: أَسْأَلُهُ: هَلْ رَأَى مُحَمَّدٌ رَبَّهُ؟ قَالَ: فَقَالَ: قَدْ سَأَلْتُهُ، فَقَالَ: نُورًا أَنَّى أَرَاهُ
✧ I said to Abu Dharr: If I had seen the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, I would have asked him. He said: About what? I said: I would ask him: Did Muhammad see his Lord? He said: I asked him, and he said: 'A light; how could I see Him?'
سَأَلْتُ أَبَا ذَرٍّ قُلْتُ: كُنْتَ سَأَلْتَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ؟ قَالَ: أَنَا كُنْتُ أَسْأَلَ النَّاسِ عَنْهَا! قَالَ: قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَخْبِرْنِي عَنْ لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ: أَفِي رَمَضَانَ هِيَ، أَوْ فِي غَيْرِهِ؟ قَالَ: بَلْ هِيَ فِي رَمَضَانَ " قَالَ: قُلْتُ: تَكُونُ مَعَ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ مَا كَانُوا، فَإِذَا قُبِضُوا رُفِعَتْ، أَمْ هِيَ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ؟ قَالَ: " بَلْ هِيَ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ قَالَ: قُلْتُ: فِي أَيِّ رَمَضَانَ هِيَ؟ قَالَ: " الْتَمِسُوهَا فِي الْعَشْرِ الْأُوَلِ، وَالْعَشْرِ الْأَوَاخِرِ. ثُمَّ حَدَّثَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَحَدَّثَ، ثُمَّ اهْتَبَلْتُ غَفْلَتَهُ، قُلْتُ: فِي أَيِّ الْعِشْرِينَ هِيَ؟ قَالَ: " ابْتَغُوهَا فِي الْعَشْرِ الْأَوَاخِرِ، لَا تَسْأَلْنِي عَنْ شَيْءٍ بَعْدَهَا. ثُمَّ حَدَّثَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَحَدَّثَ، ثُمَّ اهْتَبَلْتُ غَفْلَتَهُ، فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَقْسَمْتُ عَلَيْكَ بِحَقِّي عَلَيْكَ، لَمَا أَخْبَرْتَنِي فِي أَيِّ الْعَشْرِ هِيَ؟ قَالَ: فَغَضِبَ عَلَيَّ غَضَبًا لَمْ يَغْضَبْ مِثْلَهُ مُنْذُ صَحِبْتُهُ أَوْ صَاحَبْتُهُ، كَلِمَةً نَحْوَهَا، قَالَ: " الْتَمِسُوهَا فِي السَّبْعِ الْأَوَاخِرِ، لَا تَسْأَلْنِي عَنْ شَيْءٍ بَعْدَهَا
✧ I asked Abu Dharr; I said: Did you ask the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about the Night of Decree? He said: I was the one who asked people about it! He said: I said: O Messenger of Allah, tell me about the Night of Decree: is it in Ramadan or in another month? He said: 'Rather, it is in Ramadan.' He said: I said: Does it occur with the prophets as long as they live, and when they are taken it is lifted, or does it remain until the Day of Resurrection? He said: 'Rather, it remains until the Day of Resurrection.' He said: I said: In which part of Ramadan is it? He said: 'Seek it in the first ten and the last ten.' Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ spoke and spoke, and then I seized upon his inattention; I said: In which of the twenties is it? He said: 'Seek it in the last ten; do not ask me about anything after this.' Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ spoke and spoke, and then I seized upon his inattention and said: O Messenger of Allah, I adjure you by my right upon you to tell me in which of the ten it is. He became angry with me such as he had never become angry since I accompanied him - or accompanied him, a word like that - and said: 'Seek it in the last seven; do not ask me about anything after this.'
Musnad Ahmad 21500Sahih
يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَيُّ الْعَمَلِ أَفْضَلُ؟ قَالَ: " إِيمَانٌ بِاللهِ، وَجِهَادٌ فِي سَبِيلِهِ قَالَ: فَأَيُّ الرِّقَابِ أَفْضَلُ؟ قَالَ: " أَغْلَاهَا ثَمَنًا وَأَنْفَسُهَا عِنْدَ أَهْلِهَا. قَالَ: أَفَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ لَمْ أَفْعَلْ؟ قَالَ: " تُعِينُ صَانِعًا أَوْ تَصْنَعُ لِأَخْرَقَ. قَالَ: أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ ضَعُفْتُ؟ قَالَ: " تُمْسِكُ عَنِ الشَّرِّ، فَإِنَّهُ صَدَقَةٌ تَصَدَّقُ بِهَا عَلَى نَفْسِكَ
✧ O Messenger of Allah, which deed is best? He said: 'Faith in Allah and striving in His cause.' He said: Which slaves are best? He said: 'The most expensive in price and the most precious to their owners.' He said: What do you think if I cannot do that? He said: 'You help a craftsman or work for an unskilled person.' He said: What do you think if I am weak? He said: 'You refrain from evil, for that is a charity you give to yourself.'
Musnad Ahmad 21501Sahih
لَمَّا قَدِمَ أَبُو ذَرٍّ عَلَى عُثْمَانَ مِنَ الشَّامِ فَقَالَ: أَمَرَنِي خَلِيلِي ﷺ بِثَلَاثٍ: اسْمَعْ وَأَطِعْ وَلَوْ عَبْدًا مُجَدَّعَ الْأَطْرَافِ، وَإِذَا صَنَعْتَ مَرَقَةً فَأَكْثِرْ مَاءَهَا، ثُمَّ انْظُرْ أَهْلَ بَيْتٍ مِنْ جِيرَتِكَ فَأَصِبْهُمْ مِنْهَا بِمَعْرُوفٍ، وَصَلِّ الصَّلَاةَ لِوَقْتِهَا، فَإِنْ وَجَدْتَ الْإِمَامَ قَدْ صَلَّى فَقَدْ أَحْرَزْتَ صَلَاتَكَ، وَإِلَّا فَهِيَ نَافِلَةٌ
✧ When Abu Dharr came to Uthman from Syria, he said: My close friend ﷺ commanded me with three things: Hear and obey, even if the leader is a slave with mutilated limbs; and when you make a broth, increase its water, then look to a household of your neighbors and give them some of it with kindness; and pray the prayer at its proper time, and if you find that the imam has already prayed, you have secured your prayer, otherwise it is a supererogatory prayer.
Musnad Ahmad 21502Sahih
مَنْ شَرِبَ الْخَمْرَ لَمْ يَقْبَلِ اللهُ لَهُ صَلَاةً أَرْبَعِينَ لَيْلَةً، فَإِنْ تَابَ تَابَ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ، فَإِنْ عَادَ كَانَ مِثْلُ ذَلِكَ. فَمَا أَدْرِي أَفِي الثَّالِثَةِ أَمْ فِي الرَّابِعَةِ، قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: " فَإِنْ عَادَ كَانَ حَتْمًا عَلَى اللهِ [عَزَّ وَجَلَّ] أَنْ يَسْقِيَهُ مِنْ طِينَةِ الْخَبَالِ. قَالُوا: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، وَمَا طِينَةُ الْخَبَالِ ؟ قَالَ: " عُصَارَةُ أَهْلِ النَّارِ
✧ The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ, said, "Whoever drinks alcohol, Allah will not accept his prayer for forty nights. If he repents, Allah will accept his repentance. But if he returns to it, it will be the same. I don't know if it is on the third time or the fourth." The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ, said, "If he returns to it, it is certain that Allah will make him drink from the mud of Al-Khabal." They said, "O Messenger of Allah, what is the mud of Al-Khabal?" He said, "It is the essence of the people of the Hellfire."
قُلْتُ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ: إِنِّي أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَبِيتَ عِنْدَكَ اللَّيْلَةَ فَأُصَلِّيَ بِصَلَاتِكَ. قَالَ: " لَا تَسْتَطِيعُ صَلَاتِي. فَقَامَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَغْتَسِلُ، فَسُتِرُ بِثَوْبٍ وَأَنَا مُحَوِّلٌ عَنْهُ، فَاغْتَسَلَ، ثُمَّ فَعَلْتُ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ، ثُمَّ قَامَ يُصَلِّي وَقُمْتُ مَعَهُ، حَتَّى جَعَلْتُ أَضْرِبُ بِرَأْسِي الْجُدُرَاتِ مِنْ طُولِ صَلَاتِهِ، ثُمَّ أَذَّنَ بِلَالٌ لِلصَّلَاةِ فَقَالَ: " أَفَعَلْتَ؟ " قَالَ: نَعَمْ. قَالَ: [إِنَّكَ] يَا بِلَالُ، إِنَّكَ لَتُؤَذِّنُ إِذَا كَانَ الصُّبْحُ سَاطِعًا فِي السَّمَاءِ، وَلَيْسَ ذَلِكَ الصُّبْحَ، إِنَّمَا الصُّبْحُ هَكَذَا مُعْتَرِضًا. ثُمَّ دَعَا بِسَحُورٍ فَتَسَحَّرَ
✧ I said to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ: I want to spend the night at your place and pray as you pray. He said: 'You will not be able to pray as I pray.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ then got up to bathe, and he was screened by a cloth while I turned away from him, and he bathed, then I did the same, then he stood to pray and I stood with him, until I began to hit my head against the walls because of the length of his prayer. Then Bilal called the adhan for prayer, and he said: 'Did you do that?' He said: Yes. He said: 'O Bilal, you call the adhan when the dawn is shining in the sky, and that is not the dawn; rather, the dawn is like this, spread horizontally.' Then he called for suhur and ate it.
Musnad Ahmad 21504Sahih
هَلْ لَكَ فِي كَنْزٍ مِنْ كُنُوزِ الْجَنَّةِ؟ قَالَ: فَقُلْتُ: نَعَمْ. قَالَ: " لَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللهِ
✧ Would you like a treasure from the treasures of Paradise? I said: Yes. He said: 'There is no might and no power except with Allah.'
Musnad Ahmad 21505No grade recorded
يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ، إِنَّكَ مَا دَعَوْتَنِي وَرَجَوْتَنِي فَإِنِّي سَأَغْفِرُ لَكَ عَلَى مَا كَانَ فِيكَ، وَلَوْ لَقِيتَنِي بِقُرَابِ الْأَرْضِ خَطَايَا، لَلَقِيتُكَ بِقُرَابِهَا مَغْفِرَةً، وَلَوْ عَمِلْتَ مِنَ الْخَطَايَا، حَتَّى تَبْلُغَ عَنَانَ السَّمَاءِ، مَا لَمْ تُشْرِكْ بِي شَيْئًا، ثُمَّ اسْتَغْفَرْتَنِي لَغَفَرْتُ لَكَ، ثُمَّ لَا أُبَالِي
✧ O son of Adam, as long as you call upon Me and hope in Me, I will forgive you for what is in you, and even if you meet Me with an earthful of sins, I will meet you with an earthful of forgiveness, and even if you commit sins until they reach the clouds of the sky, as long as you do not associate anything with Me, then you seek My forgiveness, I will forgive you, and I do not care.
Musnad Ahmad 21506Hasan
21845 21906 21506 - حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ، حَدَّثَنَا مَهْدِيُّ بْنُ مَيْمُونٍ، عَنْ غَيْلَانَ بْنِ جَرِيرٍ، عَنْ شَهْرِ بْنِ حَوْشَبٍ، عَنْ مَعْدِي كَرِبَ، عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ مِثْلَهُ
✧ 21845 21906 21506 - Affan narrated to us, Mahdi ibn Maymun narrated to us, from Ghaylan ibn Jarir, from Shahr ibn Hawshab, from Ma'di Karib, from Abu Dharr, from the Prophet ﷺ, the like of it.
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ، قَالَ لِبِلَالٍ: أَنْتَ يَا بِلَالُ تُؤَذِّنُ إِذَا كَانَ الصُّبْحُ سَاطِعًا فِي السَّمَاءِ، فَلَيْسَ ذَلِكَ بِالصُّبْحِ، إِنَّمَا الصُّبْحُ هَكَذَا مُعْتَرِضًا. ثُمَّ دَعَا بِسَحُورِهِ فَتَسَحَّرَ، وَكَانَ يَقُولُ: لَا تَزَالُ أُمَّتِي بِخَيْرٍ مَا أَخَّرُوا السُّحُورَ، وَعَجَّلُوا الْفِطْرَ
✧ The Prophet ﷺ said to Bilal: 'O Bilal, you call the adhan when the dawn is shining in the sky, and that is not the dawn; rather, the dawn is like this, spread horizontally.' Then he called for his suhur and ate it. And he used to say: 'My community will continue to be in good as long as they delay the suhur and hasten the breaking of the fast.'
Musnad Ahmad 21508Sahih
لَا يَزَالُ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ مُقْبِلًا عَلَى الْعَبْدِ فِي صَلَاتِهِ مَا لَمْ يَلْتَفِتْ، فَإِذَا صَرَفَ وَجْهَهُ انْصَرَفَ عَنْهُ
✧ Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, continues to turn toward the servant in his prayer as long as he does not turn away; but when he turns his face away, He turns away from him.
بَايَعَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ خَمْسًا، وَوَاثَقَنِي سَبْعًا، وَأَشْهَدَ عَلَيَّ تِسْعًا: أَنْ لَا أَخَافَ فِي اللهِ لَوْمَةَ لَائِمٍ
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ made a covenant with me on five things, and made a firm pact with me on seven, and made me testify to nine: that I would not fear the blame of any blamer in the cause of Allah.
Musnad Ahmad 21510Sahih
لَمَّا كَانَ الْعَشْرُ الْأَوَاخِرُ اعْتَكَفَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ، فَلَمَّا صَلَّى النَّبِيُّ ﷺ صَلَاةَ الْعَصْرِ مِنْ يَوْمِ اثْنَيْنِ وَعِشْرِينَ، قَالَ: إِنَّا قَائِمُونَ اللَّيْلَةَ إِنْ شَاءَ اللهُ، فَمَنْ شَاءَ مِنْكُمْ أَنْ يَقُومَ فَلْيَقُمْ. وَهِيَ لَيْلَةُ ثَلَاثٍ وَعِشْرِينَ، فَصَلَّاهَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ جَمَاعَةً بَعْدَ الْعَتَمَةِ، حَتَّى ذَهَبَ ثُلُثُ اللَّيْلِ ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ، فَلَمَّا كَانَ لَيْلَةُ أَرْبَعٍ وَعِشْرِينَ لَمْ يُصَلِّ شَيْئًا وَلَمْ يَقُمْ، فَلَمَّا كَانَ لَيْلَةُ خَمْسٍ وَعِشْرِينَ قَامَ بَعْدَ صَلَاةِ الْعَصْرِ يَوْمَ أَرْبَعٍ وَعِشْرِينَ فَقَالَ: إِنَّا قَائِمُونَ اللَّيْلَةَ إِنْ شَاءَ اللهُ يَعْنِي لَيْلَةَ خَمْسٍ وَعِشْرِينَ فَمَنْ شَاءَ فَلْيَقُمْ. فَصَلَّى بِالنَّاسِ حَتَّى ذَهَبَ ثُلُثُ اللَّيْلِ، ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ، فَلَمَّا كَانَ لَيْلَةُ سِتٍّ وَعِشْرِينَ لَمْ يَقُلْ شَيْئًا وَلَمْ يَقُمْ، فَلَمَّا كَانَ عِنْدَ صَلَاةِ الْعَصْرِ مِنْ يَوْمِ سِتٍّ وَعِشْرِينَ قَامَ فَقَالَ: إِنَّا قَائِمُونَ إِنْ شَاءَ اللهُ، يَعْنِي لَيْلَةَ سَبْعٍ وَعِشْرِينَ فَمَنْ شَاءَ أَنْ يَقُومَ فَلْيَقُمْ. قَالَ أَبُو ذَرٍّ: فَتَجَلَّدْنَا لِلْقِيَامِ، فَصَلَّى بِنَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ حَتَّى ذَهَبَ ثُلُثَا اللَّيْلِ، ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ إِلَى قُبَّتِهِ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ، فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: إِنْ كُنَّا لَقَدْ طَمِعْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَنْ تَقُومَ بِنَا حَتَّى تُصْبِحَ. فَقَالَ: يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ، إِنَّكَ إِذَا صَلَّيْتَ مَعَ إِمَامِكَ وَانْصَرَفْتَ إِذَا انْصَرَفَ، كُتِبَ لَكَ قُنُوتُ لَيْلَتِكَ
✧ When the last ten days came, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ observed i'tikaf in the mosque. When the Prophet ﷺ prayed the 'Asr prayer on Monday the twenty-second, he said: 'We will stand in prayer tonight, if Allah wills. Whoever of you wishes to stand, let him stand.' That was the night of the twenty-third. The Prophet ﷺ prayed it in congregation after the 'atamah (night prayer), until a third of the night had passed, then he departed. On the night of the twenty-fourth, he did not pray anything and did not stand. On the night of the twenty-fifth, he stood after the 'Asr prayer on the day of the twenty-fourth and said: 'We will stand in prayer tonight, if Allah wills'—meaning the night of the twenty-fifth—'so whoever wishes, let him stand.' He prayed with the people until a third of the night had passed, then departed. On the night of the twenty-sixth, he said nothing and did not stand. Then at the time of the 'Asr prayer on the day of the twenty-sixth, he stood and said: 'We will stand in prayer, if Allah wills'—meaning the night of the twenty-seventh—'so whoever wishes to stand, let him stand.' Abu Dharr said: So we steeled ourselves for the standing, and the Prophet ﷺ prayed with us until two-thirds of the night had passed, then departed to his tent in the mosque. I said to him: 'We had hoped, O Messenger of Allah, that you would pray with us until morning.' He said: 'O Abu Dharr, if you pray with your imam and depart when he departs, the qunut of your night is recorded for you.'
Musnad Ahmad 21511Hasan
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ جَالِسًا، وَشَاتَانِ تَعْتَلِفَانِ، فَنَطَحَتْ إِحْدَاهُمَا الْأُخْرَى فَأَجْهَضَتْهَا. قَالَ: فَضَحِكَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، فَقِيلَ لَهُ: مَا يُضْحِكُكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ قَالَ: عَجِبْتُ لَهَا، وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ، لَيُقَادَنَّ لَهَا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was sitting while two sheep were feeding, and one of them butted the other and caused it to miscarry. Abu Dharr said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ laughed, and it was said to him: 'What makes you laugh, O Messenger of Allah?' He said: 'I marvel at her. By the One in whose hand is my soul, retaliation will surely be taken for her on the Day of Resurrection.'
كَلِمَاتٌ مَنْ ذَكَرَهُنَّ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ دُبُرَ كُلِّ صَلَاةٍ: اللهُ أَكْبَرُ، سُبْحَانَ اللهِ، وَالْحَمْدُ لِلهِ، وَلَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ، وَلَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللهِ، ثُمَّ لَوْ كَانَتْ خَطَايَاهُ مِثْلَ زَبَدِ الْبَحْرِ لَمَحَتْهُنَّ
✧ Words which, if one mentions them one hundred times after every prayer—Allah is Most Great, Glory be to Allah, and praise be to Allah, and there is no god but Allah alone with no partner, and there is no might and no power except with Allah—then even if his sins were like the foam of the sea, they would wipe them away.
Musnad Ahmad 21513Sahih
نَاجَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ لَيْلَةً إِلَى الصُّبْحِ، فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَمِّرْنِي. فَقَالَ: إِنَّهَا أَمَانَةٌ، وَخِزْيٌ وَنَدَامَةٌ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ، إِلَّا مَنْ أَخَذَهَا بِحَقِّهَا، وَأَدَّى الَّذِي عَلَيْهِ فِيهَا
✧ I conversed privately with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ one night until dawn, and I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, appoint me to command.' He said: 'It is a trust, and on the Day of Resurrection it is disgrace and regret, except for one who takes it with its due right and fulfills what is required of him in it.'
أَنَّ أَبَا سَالِمٍ الْجَيْشَانِيَّ أَتَى أَبَا أُمَيَّةَ فِي مَنْزِلِهِ، فَقَالَ: إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ أَبَا ذَرٍّ يَقُولُ: إِنَّهُ سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: إِذَا أَحَبَّ أَحَدُكُمْ صَاحِبَهُ فَلْيَأْتِهِ فِي مَنْزِلِهِ، فَلْيُخْبِرْهُ أَنَّهُ يُحِبُّهُ لِلهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ. وَقَدْ أَحْبَبْتُكَ فَجِئْتُكَ فِي مَنْزِلِكَ
✧ "Aba Salim Al-Jayshani came to Aba Umayah at his house and said, 'I heard Abu Dhar saying that he heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, 'If one of you loves his companion, let him go to him in his house and inform him that he loves him for the sake of Allah. And indeed, I love you, so I came to you at your house.'"
Musnad Ahmad 21515Hasan
مَنْ لَايَمَكُمْ مِنْ خَدَمِكُمْ فَأَطْعِمُوهُمْ مِمَّا تَأْكُلُونَ، وَاكْسُوهُمْ مِمَّا تَلْبَسُونَ، وَمَنْ لَا يُلَايِمُكُمْ مِنْ خَدَمِكُمْ فَبِيعُوا، وَلَا تُعَذِّبُوا خَلْقَ اللهِ [عَزَّ وَجَلَّ]
✧ Narrated by the Prophet ﷺ, he said: "Whoever from your servants serves you, then feed them with what you eat, and clothe them with what you wear. And whoever does not meet your standards from your servants, then sell them and do not torture the creation of Allah."
Musnad Ahmad 21516Hasan
إِنِّي أَرَى مَا لَا تَرَوْنَ، وَأَسْمَعُ مَا لَا تَسْمَعُونَ، أَطَّتِ السَّمَاءُ وَحُقَّ لَهَا أَنْ تَئِطَّ، مَا فِيهَا مَوْضِعُ أَرْبَعِ أَصَابِعَ إِلَّا عَلَيْهِ مَلَكٌ سَاجِدٌ، لَوْ عَلِمْتُمْ مَا أَعْلَمُ لَضَحِكْتُمْ قَلِيلًا وَلَبَكَيْتُمْ كَثِيرًا، وَلَا تَلَذَّذْتُمْ بِالنِّسَاءِ عَلَى الْفُرُشَاتِ، وَلَخَرَجْتُمْ عَلَى - أَوْ إِلَى - الصُّعُدَاتِ تَجْأَرُونَ إِلَى اللهِ. قَالَ: فَقَالَ أَبُو ذَرٍّ: وَاللهِ لَوَدِدْتُ أَنِّي شَجَرَةٌ تُعْضَدُ
✧ I see what you do not see, and I hear what you do not hear. The heaven groans, and it has a right to groan. There is not a space of four fingers in it but upon it is an angel prostrating. If you knew what I know, you would laugh little and weep much, and you would not take pleasure in women on beds, and you would go out to the high places, crying out to Allah. Abu Dharr said: By Allah, I wish I were a tree that is cut down.
Musnad Ahmad 21517Sahih
أَوْصَانِي حِبِّي بِخَمْسٍ: أَرْحَمُ الْمَسَاكِينَ وَأُجَالِسُهُمْ، وَأَنْظُرُ إِلَى مَنْ هُوَ تَحْتِي وَلَا أَنْظُرُ إِلَى مَنْ هُوَ فَوْقِي، وَأَنْ أَصِلَ الرَّحِمَ وَإِنْ أَدْبَرَتْ، وَأَنْ أَقُولَ بِالْحَقِّ وَإِنْ كَانَ مُرًّا، وَأَنْ أَقُولَ: لَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللهِ. يَقُولُ مَوْلَى غُفْرَةَ: لَا أَعْلَمُ بَقِيَ فِينَا مِنَ الْخَمْسِ إِلَّا هَذِهِ: قَوْلُنَا: لَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللهِ
✧ My beloved ﷺ enjoined upon me five things: to have mercy on the poor and sit with them; to look at one who is below me and not look at one who is above me; to maintain ties of kinship even if they turn away; to speak the truth even if it is bitter; and to say: 'There is no might and no power except with Allah.' The freedman of Ghufrah said: I do not know that any of the five remains among us except this one: our saying 'There is no might and no power except with Allah.'
Musnad Ahmad 21518Sahih
أَوْصَانِي حِبِّي بِثَلَاثٍ لَا أَدَعُهُنَّ إِنْ شَاءَ اللهُ أَبَدًا: أَوْصَانِي بِصَلَاةِ الضُّحَى، وَبِالْوِتْرِ قَبْلَ النَّوْمِ، وَبِصِيَامِ ثَلَاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ مِنْ كُلِّ شَهْرٍ
✧ My beloved ﷺ enjoined upon me three things which I shall never abandon, if Allah wills: he enjoined me to pray the Duha prayer, to pray Witr before sleeping, and to fast three days of every month.
Musnad Ahmad 21519Sahih
لَا تَحْقِرَنَّ مِنَ الْمَعْرُوفِ شَيْئًا، فَإِنْ لَمْ تَجِدْ، فَالْقَ أَخَاكَ بِوَجْهٍ طَلْقٍ
✧ Do not belittle any good deed, and if you find none, then meet your brother with a cheerful face.
Musnad Ahmad 21520Sahih
إِنَّكُمْ سَتَفْتَحُونَ مِصْرَ، وَهِيَ أَرْضٌ يُسَمَّى فِيهَا الْقِيرَاطُ، فَإِذَا فَتَحْتُمُوهَا فَأَحْسِنُوا إِلَى أَهْلِهَا، فَإِنَّ لَهُمْ ذِمَّةً وَرَحِمًا أَوْ قَالَ: ذِمَّةً وَصِهْرًا فَإِذَا رَأَيْتَ رَجُلَيْنِ يَخْتَصِمَانِ فِيهَا فِي مَوْضِعِ لَبِنَةٍ، فَاخْرُجْ مِنْهَا. قَالَ: فَرَأَيْتُ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ شُرَحْبِيلَ بْنِ حَسَنَةَ، وَأَخَاهُ رَبِيعَةَ يَخْتَصِمَانِ فِي مَوْضِعِ لَبِنَةٍ، فَخَرَجْتُ مِنْهَا
✧ You will conquer Egypt, and it is a land in which the qirat is named. When you conquer it, be good to its people, for they have protection and kinship—or he said: protection and in-law ties. If you see two men disputing in it over the place of a brick, leave it. He said: I saw 'Abd al-Rahman b. Shurahbil b. Hasanah and his brother Rabi'ah disputing over the place of a brick, so I left it.
Musnad Ahmad 21521Sahih
سَمِعْتُ أَبَا ذَرٍّ. فَذَكَرَ مَعْنَاهُ
✧ I heard Abu Dharr, and he mentioned its meaning.
إِنَّ اللهَ يَقْبَلُ تَوْبَةَ عَبْدِهِ أَوْ يَغْفِرُ لِعَبْدِهِ مَا لَمْ يَقَعِ الْحِجَابُ قِيلَ: وَمَا وُقُوعُ الْحِجَابِ؟ قَالَ: تَخْرُجُ النَّفْسُ وَهِيَ مُشْرِكَةٌ
✧ Indeed, Allah accepts the repentance of His servant, or forgives His servant, as long as the veil has not fallen. It was said: 'What is the falling of the veil?' He said: 'The soul departs while it is a polytheist.'
إِنَّ اللهَ [عَزَّ وَجَلَّ] لَيَغْفِرُ لِعَبْدِهِ مَا لَمْ يَقَعِ الْحِجَابُ. قَالُوا: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، وَمَا الْحِجَابُ؟ قَالَ: أَنْ تَمُوتَ النَّفْسُ وَهِيَ مُشْرِكَةٌ
✧ Indeed, Allah [Mighty and Majestic] forgives His servant as long as the veil has not fallen. They said: 'O Messenger of Allah, what is the veil?' He said: 'That the soul dies while it is a polytheist.'
وَقَالَا: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، وَمَا وُقُوعُ الْحِجَابِ؟ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ: إِنَّ اللهَ [عَزَّ وَجَلَّ] لَيَغْفِرُ لِعَبْدِهِ
✧ They both said: O Messenger of God, what is the falling of the veil? The Prophet ﷺ said: Indeed God [Mighty and Majestic] will forgive His servant.
Musnad Ahmad 21525Sahih
خَرَجْنَا مِنْ قَوْمِنَا غِفَارٍ، وَكَانُوا يُحِلُّونَ الشَّهْرَ الْحَرَامَ، أَنَا وَأَخِي أُنَيْسٌ وَأُمُّنَا، فَانْطَلَقْنَا حَتَّى نَزَلْنَا عَلَى خَالٍ لَنَا ذُو مَالٍ وَذُو هَيْئَةٍ، فَأَكْرَمَنَا خَالُنَا وَأَحْسَنَ إِلَيْنَا، فَحَسَدَنَا قَوْمُهُ، فَقَالُوا لَهُ: إِنَّكَ إِذَا خَرَجْتَ عَنْ أَهْلِكَ خَلَفَكَ إِلَيْهِمْ أُنَيْسٌ. فَجَاءَ خَالُنَا فَنَثَا عَلَيْهِ مَا قِيلَ لَهُ، فَقُلْتُ: أَمَّا مَا مَضَى مِنْ مَعْرُوفِكَ فَقَدْ كَدَّرْتَهُ، وَلَا جِمَاعَ لَنَا فِيمَا بَعْدُ. قَالَ: فَقَرَّبْنَا صِرْمَتَنَا فَاحْتَمَلْنَا عَلَيْهَا، وَتَغَطَّى خَالُنَا ثَوْبَهُ وَجَعَلَ يَبْكِي. قَالَ: فَانْطَلَقْنَا حَتَّى نَزَلْنَا بِحَضْرَةِ مَكَّةَ. قَالَ: فَنَافَرَ أُنَيْسٌ رَجُلًا عَنْ صِرْمَتِنَا وَعَنْ مِثْلِهَا، فَأَتَيَا الْكَاهِنَ، فَخَيَّرَ أُنَيْسًا فَأَتَانَا بِصِرْمَتِنَا وَمِثْلِهَا. وَقَدْ صَلَّيْتُ يَا ابْنَ أَخِي قَبْلَ أَنْ أَلْقَى رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ ثَلَاثَ سِنِينَ. قَالَ: فَقُلْتُ: لِمَنْ؟ قَالَ: لِلهِ. قَالَ: قُلْتُ: فَأَيْنَ تَوَجَّهُ؟ قَالَ: حَيْثُ وَجَّهَنِي اللهُ [عَزَّ وَجَلَّ]. قَالَ: وَأُصَلِّي عِشَاءً حَتَّى إِذَا كَانَ مِنْ آخِرِ اللَّيْلِ، أُلْقِيتُ كَأَنِّي خِفَاءٌ. [قَالَ أَبِي] قَالَ أَبُو النَّضْرِ: قَالَ سُلَيْمَانُ: كَأَنِّي خِفَاءٌ. قَالَ: يَعْنِي خِبَاءً، [حَتَّى] تَعْلُوَنِي الشَّمْسُ. قَالَ: فَقَالَ أُنَيْسٌ: إِنَّ لِي حَاجَةً بِمَكَّةَ، فَاكْفِنِي حَتَّى آتِيَكَ. قَالَ: فَانْطَلَقَ فَرَاثَ عَلَيَّ، ثُمَّ أَتَانِي فَقُلْتُ: مَا حَبَسَكَ؟ قَالَ: لَقِيتُ رَجُلًا يَزْعُمُ أَنَّ اللهَ [عَزَّ وَجَلَّ] أَرْسَلَهُ عَلَى دِينِكَ. قَالَ: فَقُلْتُ: مَا يَقُولُ النَّاسُ لَهُ؟ قَالَ: يَقُولُونَ: إِنَّهُ شَاعِرٌ وَسَاحِرٌ وَكَاهِنٌ، [قَالَ] وَكَانَ أُنَيْسٌ شَاعِرًا. قَالَ: فَقَالَ: قَدْ سَمِعْتُ قَوْلَ الْكُهَّانِ، فَمَا يَقُولُ بِقَوْلِهِمْ، وَقَدْ وَضَعْتُ قَوْلَهُ عَلَى أَقْرَاءِ الشِّعْرِ، فَوَاللهِ مَا يَلْتَئِمُ لِسَانُ أَحَدٍ أَنَّهُ شِعْرٌ، وَاللهِ إِنَّهُ لَصَادِقٌ، وَإِنَّهُمْ لَكَاذِبُونَ. قَالَ: فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: هَلْ أَنْتَ كَافِيَّ حَتَّى أَنْطَلِقَ فَأَنْظُرَ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، فَكُنْ مِنْ أَهْلِ مَكَّةَ عَلَى حَذَرٍ فَإِنَّهُمْ قَدْ شَنِفُوا لَهُ وَتَجَهَّمُوا لَهُ. وَقَالَ عَفَّانُ: شِئِفُوا لَهُ. وَقَالَ بَهْزٌ: سَبَقُوا لَهُ. وَقَالَ أَبُو النَّضْرِ: سَنَقُوا لَهُ. قَالَ: فَانْطَلَقْتُ حَتَّى قَدِمْتُ مَكَّةَ، فَتَضَعَّفْتُ رَجُلًا مِنْهُمْ، فَقُلْتُ: أَيْنَ هَذَا الرَّجُلُ الَّذِي تَدْعُونَهُ الصَّابِئَ؟ قَالَ: فَأَشَارَ إِلَيَّ، قَالَ: الصَّابِئُ، قَالَ: فَمَالَ أَهْلُ الْوَادِي عَلَيَّ بِكُلِّ مَدَرَةٍ وَعَظْمٍ، حَتَّى خَرَرْتُ مَغْشِيًّا عَلَيَّ، فَارْتَفَعْتُ حِينَ ارْتَفَعْتُ كَأَنِّي نُصُبٌ أَحْمَرُ، فَأَتَيْتُ زَمْزَمَ، فَشَرِبْتُ مِنْ مَائِهَا، وَغَسَلْتُ عَنِّي الدَّمَ، فَدَخَلْتُ بَيْنَ الْكَعْبَةِ وَأَسْتَارِهَا، فَلَبِثْتُ بِهِ - يَا ابْنَ أَخِي - ثَلَاثِينَ، مِنْ بَيْنِ يَوْمٍ وَلَيْلَةٍ، وَمَا لِي طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مَاءُ زَمْزَمَ، فَسَمِنْتُ حَتَّى تَكَسَّرَتْ عُكَنُ بَطْنِي، وَمَا وَجَدْتُ عَلَى كَبِدِي سُخْفَةَ جُوعٍ. قَالَ: فَبَيْنَا أَهْلُ مَكَّةَ فِي لَيْلَةٍ قَمْرَاءَ إِضْحِيَانَ وَقَالَ عَفَّانُ: إِصْحِيَانَ. وَقَالَ بَهْزٌ: إِضْحِيَانَ. وَكَذَلِكَ قَالَ أَبُو النَّضْرِ فَضَرَبَ اللهُ عَلَى أَصْمِخَةِ أَهْلِ مَكَّةَ، فَمَا يَطُوفُ بِالْبَيْتِ غَيْرُ امْرَأَتَيْنِ، فَأَتَتَا عَلَيَّ وَهُمَا تَدْعُوَانِ إِسَافَ وَنَائِلَ، قَالَ: فَقُلْتُ: أَنْكِحُوا أَحَدَهُمَا الْآخَرَ، فَمَا ثَنَاهُمَا ذَلِكَ. قَالَ: فَأَتَتَا عَلَيَّ فَقُلْتُ: وَهَنٌ مِثْلُ الْخَشَبَةِ، غَيْرَ أَنِّي لَمْ أَكْنِ. قَالَ: فَانْطَلَقَتَا تُوَلْوِلَانِ وَتَقُولَانِ: لَوْ كَانَ هَاهُنَا أَحَدٌ مِنْ أَنْفَارِنَا. قَالَ: فَاسْتَقْبَلَهُمَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ وَهُمَا هَابِطَانِ مِنَ الْجَبَلِ، فَقَالَ: مَا لَكُمَا؟ فَقَالَتَا: الصَّابِئُ بَيْنَ الْكَعْبَةِ وَأَسْتَارِهَا. قَالَا: مَا قَالَ لَكُمَا؟ قَالَتَا: قَالَ لَنَا كَلِمَةً تَمْلَأُ الْفَمَ. قَالَ: فَجَاءَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ هُوَ وَصَاحِبُهُ حَتَّى اسْتَلَمَ الْحَجَرَ، فَطَافَ بِالْبَيْتِ ثُمَّ صَلَّى. قَالَ: فَأَتَيْتُهُ فَكُنْتُ أَوَّلَ مَنْ حَيَّاهُ بِتَحِيَّةِ أَهْلِ الْإِسْلَامِ، فَقَالَ: عَلَيْكَ وَرَحْمَةُ اللهِ، مِمَّنْ أَنْتَ؟ قَالَ: قُلْتُ: مِنْ غِفَارٍ. قَالَ: فَأَهْوَى بِيَدِهِ فَوَضَعَهَا عَلَى جَبْهَتِهِ، قَالَ: فَقُلْتُ فِي نَفْسِي: كَرِهَ أَنِّي انْتَمَيْتُ إِلَى غِفَارٍ. قَالَ: فَأَرَدْتُ أَنْ آخُذَ بِيَدِهِ فَقَدَعَنِي صَاحِبُهُ، وَكَانَ أَعْلَمَ بِهِ مِنِّي. قَالَ: مَتَى كُنْتَ هَاهُنَا؟ قَالَ: [قُلْتُ: ] كُنْتُ هَاهُنَا مُنْذُ ثَلَاثِينَ، مِنْ بَيْنِ لَيْلَةٍ وَيَوْمٍ. قَالَ: [قُلْتُ: ] فَمَنْ كَانَ يُطْعِمُكَ؟ قُلْتُ: مَا كَانَ لِي طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مَاءُ زَمْزَمَ. قَالَ: فَسَمِنْتُ حَتَّى تَكَسَّرَ عُكَنُ بَطْنِي، وَمَا وَجَدْتُ عَلَى كَبِدِي سُخْفَةَ جُوعٍ. قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: إِنَّهَا مُبَارَكَةٌ، وَإِنَّهَا طَعَامُ طُعْمٍ. قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ: ائْذَنْ لِي يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ فِي طَعَامِهِ اللَّيْلَةَ. قَالَ: فَفَعَلَ. قَالَ: فَانْطَلَقَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ، وَانْطَلَقَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ، وَانْطَلَقْتُ مَعَهُمَا، حَتَّى فَتَحَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ بَابًا، فَجَعَلَ يَقْبِضُ لَنَا مِنْ زَبِيبِ الطَّائِفِ. قَالَ: فَكَانَ ذَلِكَ أَوَّلَ طَعَامٍ أَكَلْتُهُ بِهَا، فَلَبِثْتُ مَا لَبِثْتُ، ثُمَّ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: إِنِّي قَدْ وُجِّهْتُ إِلَى أَرْضٌ ذَاتُ نَخْلٍ، وَلَا أَحْسَبُهَا إِلَّا يَثْرِبَ، فَهَلْ أَنْتَ مُبَلِّغٌ عَنِّي قَوْمَكَ لَعَلَّ اللهَ [عَزَّ وَجَلَّ] أَنْ يَنْفَعَهُمْ بِكَ وَيَأْجُرَكَ فِيهِمْ ؟ قَالَ: فَانْطَلَقْتُ حَتَّى أَتَيْتُ أَخِي أُنَيْسًا، قَالَ: فَقَالَ لِي: مَا صَنَعْتَ؟ قَالَ: قُلْتُ صَنَعْتُ أَنِّي أَسْلَمْتُ وَصَدَّقْتُ. قَالَ: قَالَ: فَمَا بِي رَغْبَةٌ عَنْ دِينِكَ، فَإِنِّي قَدْ أَسْلَمْتُ وَصَدَّقْتُ، ثُمَّ أَتَيْنَا أُمَّنَا فَقَالَتْ: فَمَا بِي رَغْبَةٌ عَنْ دِينِكُمَا فَإِنِّي قَدْ أَسْلَمْتُ وَصَدَّقْتُ، فَتَحَمَّلْنَا حَتَّى أَتَيْنَا قَوْمَنَا غِفَارًا، فَأَسْلَمَ بَعْضُهُمْ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَقْدَمَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْمَدِينَةَ. وَقَالَ: يَعْنِي يَزِيدَ بِبَغْدَادَ. وَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ: إِذَا قَدِمَ. وَقَالَ بَهْزٌ: إِخْوَانُنَا نُسْلِمُ. وَكَذَلِكَ قَالَ أَبُو النَّضْرِ. وَكَانَ يَؤُمُّهُمْ خُفَافُ بْنُ إِيمَاءِ بْنِ رَحَضَةَ الْغِفَارِيُّ، وَكَانَ سَيِّدَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ. وَقَالَ بَقِيَّتُهُمْ: إِذَا قَدِمَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَسْلَمْنَا. فَقَدِمَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْمَدِينَةَ، فَأَسْلَمَ بَقِيَّتُهُمْ. قَالَ: وَجَاءَتْ أَسْلَمُ، فَقَالُوا: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، إِخْوَانُنَا، نُسْلِمُ عَلَى الَّذِي أَسْلَمُوا عَلَيْهِ، فَأَسْلَمُوا، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: غِفَارٌ غَفَرَ اللهُ لَهَا، وَأَسْلَمُ سَالَمَهَا اللهُ. وَقَالَ بَهْزٌ: كَانَ يَؤُمُّهُمْ إِيمَاءُ بْنُ رَحَضَةَ، وَقَالَ أَبُو النَّضْرِ: إِيمَاءٌ
✧ We departed from our people, Ghifar, who used to make lawful the sacred month: I, my brother Unays, and our mother. We set out until we stopped at a maternal uncle of ours who had wealth and good standing. Our uncle honored us and was good to us, but his people envied us. They said to him: When you are away from your family, Unays replaces you with them. Our uncle came and recounted to him what had been said. I said: As for the past of your kindness, you have muddied it, and there is no gathering for us after this. He said: So we gathered our small herd and loaded upon it, and our uncle covered himself with his garment and began to weep. He said: We departed until we stopped near Makkah. He said: Unays vied with a man for our herd and the like of it. They went to a soothsayer, who chose Unays, and he brought us our herd and its like. I had prayed, O son of my brother, for three years before I met the Messenger of God ﷺ. He said: I asked: To whom? He said: To God. He said: I said: In which direction do you face? He said: Wherever God [Mighty and Majestic] directs me. He said: I would pray the evening prayer until, when it was the end of the night, I would drop as if I were a cover. [My father said:] Abu al-Nadr said: Sulayman said: as if I were a cover, meaning a tent, until the sun rose over me. He said: Unays said: I have a need in Makkah, so suffice me until I come to you. He said: He departed and was delayed from me, then came to me. I said: What kept you? He said: I met a man who claims that God [Mighty and Majestic] sent him upon your religion. He said: I said: What do people say to him? He said: They say he is a poet, a sorcerer, and a soothsayer. He said: Unays was a poet. He said: I have heard the speech of soothsayers, and what he says is not like their speech. I placed his words against the modes of poetry, and by God, it does not fit on anyone's tongue that it is poetry. By God, he is truthful and they are liars. He said: I said to him: Will you suffice me so I can go and look? He said: Yes. Be on guard against the people of Makkah, for they have become hostile to him and shown grim faces to him. Affan said: they have abhorred him. Bahz said: they have preceded against him. Abu al-Nadr said: they have attacked him. He said: I departed until I came to Makkah, and I deemed one of them weak. I said: Where is this man whom you call the Sabian? He said: He pointed to me and said: The Sabian. He said: The people of the valley leaned upon me with every clod and bone until I fell unconscious. When I rose, I was like a red statue. I came to Zamzam, drank from its water, and washed the blood from myself. I entered between the Kaaba and its curtains and stayed there, O son of my brother, for thirty days and nights, having no food except Zamzam water. I grew fat until the folds of my belly broke apart, and I felt no pang of hunger on my liver. He said: While the people of Makkah were in a moonlit, clear night—Affan said: clear; Bahz said: bright; likewise Abu al-Nadr said—God struck upon the ear canals of the people of Makkah, so none circumambulated the House except two women. They came upon me while calling upon Isaf and Na'ilah. He said: I said: Marry one of them to the other. That did not deter them. He said: They came upon me and I said: A peg like a piece of wood, though I did not use a nickname. He said: The two women went away wailing and saying: If only someone from our group were here. He said: The Messenger of God ﷺ and Abu Bakr met them as they were descending from the mountain. He said: What is the matter with you two? They said: The Sabian is between the Kaaba and its curtains. He said: What did he say to you? They said: He said a word to us that fills the mouth. He said: The Messenger of God ﷺ and his companion came until he touched the Black Stone, circumambulated the House, then prayed. He said: I came to him and was the first to greet him with the greeting of the people of Islam. He said: And upon you and the mercy of God. From what people are you? He said: I said: From Ghifar. He said: He leaned with his hand and placed it on his forehead. He said: I said to myself: He disliked that I attributed myself to Ghifar. He said: I wanted to take his hand, but his companion prevented me, and he was more knowledgeable about him than I. He said: How long have you been here? I said: I have been here for thirty days and nights. He said: Who has been feeding you? I said: I had no food except Zamzam water; I grew fat until the folds of my belly broke, and I felt no pang of hunger on my liver. He said: The Messenger of God ﷺ said: It is blessed, and it is food that nourishes. Abu Bakr said: Permit me, O Messenger of God, to feed him tonight. He said: He did so. He said: The Prophet ﷺ departed, Abu Bakr departed, and I departed with them until Abu Bakr opened a door and began to take for us from the raisins of Ta'if. He said: That was the first food I ate there. I stayed for a while. Then the Messenger of God ﷺ said: I have been directed to a land of palm trees, and I think it is only Yathrib. Will you convey from me to your people, that God [Mighty and Majestic] may benefit them through you and reward you among them? He said: I departed until I came to my brother Unays. He said: He said to me: What have you done? I said: I have done that I submitted and believed. He said: He said: I have no desire to turn away from your religion, for I have submitted and believed. Then we came to our mother, and she said: I have no desire to turn away from your religion, for I have submitted and believed. We loaded up and came to our people, Ghifar, and some of them submitted before the Messenger of God ﷺ arrived in Madinah. He said: meaning Yazid in Baghdad. Some said: when he arrived. Bahz said: our brothers, we submit. Likewise Abu al-Nadr said. Khufaf b. Iyma' b. Rahadah al-Ghifari led them in prayer, and he was their chief that day. The rest of them said: When the Messenger of God ﷺ arrives, we will submit. The Messenger of God ﷺ came to Madinah, and the rest submitted. He said: Aslam came and said: O Messenger of God, our brothers; we submit upon that which they submitted. So they submitted. The Messenger of God ﷺ said: Ghifar, may God forgive it, and Aslam, may God keep it safe. Bahz said: Iyma' b. Rahadah led them in prayer, and Abu al-Nadr said: Iyma'.
Musnad Ahmad 21526Sahih
21866 21927 21526 - [حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ] حَدَّثَنَا هُدْبَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ الْمُغِيرَةِ. فَذَكَرَ نَحْوَهُ بِإِسْنَادِهِ:
✧ 21866 21927 21526 - [Abdullah narrated to us] Hudbah narrated to us, Sulayman b. al-Mughirah narrated to us, and he mentioned the like of it with its chain of transmission:
Musnad Ahmad 21527Sahih
قُلْتُ لِأَبِي ذَرٍّ: لَوْ أَدْرَكْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ لَسَأَلْتُهُ. قَالَ: وَعَمَّا كُنْتَ تَسْأَلُهُ؟ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُهُ: هَلْ رَأَى رَبَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ؟ قَالَ أَبُو ذَرٍّ: قَدْ سَأَلْتُهُ، فَقَالَ: نُورٌ أَنَّى أَرَاهُ
"I said to Abu Dharr: 'If I saw the Prophet ﷺ then I would asked him." He said: 'What is it that you would have asked him about?' I said: 'I would have asked him if Muhammad saw his Lord?' He said: 'I did ask him that, and he ﷺ said: I saw light.'" (Using translation from Tirmidhī 3282)
Musnad Ahmad 21528Sahih
كُنْتُ مَعَ أَبِي ذَرٍّ وَقَدْ خَرَجَ عَطَاؤُهُ وَمَعَهُ جَارِيَةٌ لَهُ، فَجَعَلَتْ تَقْضِي حَوَائِجَهُ وَقَالَ مَرَّةً: تُقَضِّي قَالَ: فَفَضَلَ مَعَهُ فَضْلٌ قَالَ: أَحْسِبُهُ قَالَ: سَبْعٌ قَالَ: فَأَمَرَهَا أَنْ تَشْتَرِيَ بِهَا فُلُوسًا. قُلْتُ: يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ، لَوِ ادَّخَرْتَهُ لِلْحَاجَةِ تَنُوبُكَ، وَلِلضَّيْفِ يَأْتِيكَ. فَقَالَ: إِنَّ خَلِيلِي عَهِدَ إِلَيَّ أَنْ: أَيُّمَا ذَهَبٍ أَوْ فِضَّةٍ أُوكِيَ عَلَيْهِ، فَهُوَ جَمْرٌ عَلَى صَاحِبِهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ، حَتَّى يُفْرِغَهُ إِفْرَاغًا فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ
✧ I was with Abu Dharr when his stipend came out, and with him was a slave girl of his. She began to fulfill his needs—and he said once: to carry out. He said: There remained with him a surplus, I think he said seven. He ordered her to buy with it fulus (small coins). I said: O Abu Dharr, if only you had saved it for a need that befalls you or for a guest who comes to you. He said: My beloved friend enjoined upon me that any gold or silver that is tied up is a live coal upon its owner on the Day of Resurrection until he pours it out completely in the cause of God.
Musnad Ahmad 21529Sahih
قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَيُّ الْكَلَامِ أَحَبُّ إِلَى اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ؟ قَالَ: مَا اصْطَفَاهُ لِمَلَائِكَتِهِ: سُبْحَانَ اللهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ، سُبْحَانَ اللهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ، ثَلَاثًا تَقُولُهَا
✧ I said: O Messenger of God, which speech is most beloved to God, Mighty and Majestic? He said: What He chose for His angels: Glory be to God and praise be to Him, Glory be to God and praise be to Him, three times you say it.
Musnad Ahmad 21530Sahih
بَلَغَنِي عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ حَدِيثٌ، فَكُنْتُ أُحِبُّ أَنْ أَلْقَاهُ، فَلَقِيتُهُ، فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ، بَلَغَنِي عَنْكَ حَدِيثٌ، فَكُنْتُ أُحِبُّ أَنْ أَلْقَاكَ فَأَسْأَلَكَ عَنْهُ. فَقَالَ: قَدْ لَقِيتَ فَاسْأَلْ. قَالَ: قُلْتُ: بَلَغَنِي أَنَّكَ تَقُولُ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: ثَلَاثَةٌ يُحِبُّهُمُ اللهُ [عَزَّ وَجَلَّ]، وَثَلَاثَةٌ يُبْغِضُهُمُ اللهُ [عَزَّ وَجَلَّ]. قَالَ: نَعَمْ. فَمَا إِخَالُنِي أَكْذِبُ عَلَى خَلِيلِي مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ - ثَلَاثًا يَقُولُهَا -. قَالَ: قُلْتُ: مَنِ الثَّلَاثَةُ الَّذِينَ يُحِبُّهُمُ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ؟ قَالَ: رَجُلٌ غَزَا فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ، فَلَقِيَ الْعَدُوَّ مُجَاهِدًا مُحْتَسِبًا، فَقَاتَلَ حَتَّى قُتِلَ، وَأَنْتُمْ تَجِدُونَ فِي كِتَابِ اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: إِنَّ اللهَ يُحِبُّ الَّذِينَ يُقَاتِلُونَ فِي سَبِيلِهِ صَفًّا. وَرَجُلٌ لَهُ جَارٌ يُؤْذِيهِ، فَيَصْبِرُ عَلَى أَذَاهُ وَيَحْتَسِبُهُ، حَتَّى يَكْفِيَهُ اللهُ إِيَّاهُ بِمَوْتٍ أَوْ حَيَاةٍ، وَرَجُلٌ يَكُونُ مَعَ قَوْمٍ فَيَسِيرُونَ حَتَّى يَشُقَّ عَلَيْهِمُ الْكَرَى وَالنُّعَاسُ، فَيَنْزِلُونَ فِي آخِرِ اللَّيْلِ فَيَقُومُ إِلَى وُضُوئِهِ وَصَلَاتِهِ. قَالَ: قُلْتُ: مَنِ الثَّلَاثَةُ الَّذِينَ يُبْغِضُهُمُ اللهُ؟ قَالَ: الْفَخُورُ الْمُخْتَالُ، وَأَنْتُمْ تَجِدُونَ فِي كِتَابِ اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: إِنَّ اللهَ لا يُحِبُّ كُلَّ مُخْتَالٍ فَخُورٍ، وَالْبَخِيلُ الْمَنَّانُ، وَالتَّاجِرُ أَوِ الْبَيَّاعُ الْحَلَّافُ. قَالَ: قُلْتُ: يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ، مَا الْمَالُ؟ قَالَ: فِرْقٌ لَنَا وَذَوْدٌ - يَعْنِي بِالْفِرْقِ: غَنَمًا يَسِيرَةً - قَالَ: قُلْتُ: لَسْتُ عَنْ هَذَا أَسْأَلُ، إِنَّمَا أَسْأَلُكَ عَنْ صَامِتِ الْمَالِ؟ قَالَ: مَا أَصْبَحَ لَا أُمْسِي، وَمَا أَمْسَى لَا أُصْبِحُ. قَالَ: [قُلْتُ] يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ، مَا لَكَ وَلِإِخْوَتِكَ قُرَيْشٍ؟ قَالَ: وَاللهِ لَا أَسْأَلُهُمْ دُنْيَا وَلَا أَسْتَفْتِيهِمْ عَنْ دِينِ اللهِ [تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى]، حَتَّى أَلْقَى اللهَ وَرَسُولَهُ. ثَلَاثًا يَقُولُهَا
I used to love to meet him, so I met him and said to him, "O Abu Dharr, tell me something about yourself that I may love to meet you and ask you about it." He said, "You have already met, so ask." I said, "I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, 'There are three whom Allah loves and three whom Allah hates.'" He said, "Yes, what prevents me from lying about my beloved Muhammad ﷺ three times." I said, "Who are the three whom Allah loves?" He said, "(1) A man who fights in the way of Allah, meeting the enemy as a fighter, hoping for reward, until he is killed. And you find in the Book of Allah, 'Indeed, Allah loves those who fight in His cause as if they are a compacted structure.' (2) And a man who has a neighbor who harms him, and he endures and seeks reward from Allah until Allah suffices him of it with death or life. (3) And a man who joins a group and practices with them until it becomes burdensome for them, so they camp at the end of the night, then he stands up for his ablution and prayer." I said, "Who are the three whom Allah hates?" He said, "(1) The arrogant, boastful person. And you find in the Book of Allah, 'Indeed, Allah does not like everyone self-deluded and boastful.' (2) The stingy, miserly person. (3) And the deceitful businessman." I said, "O Abu Dharr, what about wealth?" He said, "It is a means for us to divide and taste, meaning that we divide a small herd of sheep." I said, "I am not asking about this. I am only asking you about the silent wealth." He said, "I neither have morning nor evening, and what is evening is not morning." I said, "O Abu Dharr, what about you and your Quraishi brothers?" He said, "By Allah, I do not ask them for the world, nor do I seek their advice about the religion of Allah until I meet Allah and His Messenger three times and say these words."
Musnad Ahmad 21531Sahih
إِنَّ أُنَاسًا مِنْ أُمَّتِي سِيمَاهُمُ التَّحْلِيقُ، يَقْرَؤُونَ الْقُرْآنَ لَا يُجَاوِزُ حُلُوقَهُمْ، يَمْرُقُونَ مِنَ الدِّينِ كَمَا يَمْرُقُ السَّهْمُ مِنَ الرَّمِيَّةِ، هُمْ شَرُّ الْخَلْقِ وَالْخَلِيقَةِ
✧ Indeed some people of my community have as their mark the shaving of heads. They recite the Qur'an but it does not pass beyond their throats. They pass through the religion as the arrow passes through the target. They are the worst of creation and creatures.
Musnad Ahmad 21532Sahih
مَا أُحِبُّ أَنَّ لِي مِثْلَ أُحُدٍ ذَهَبًا، قَالَ شُعْبَةُ: أَوْ قَالَ: مَا أُحِبُّ أَنَّ لِي أُحُدًا ذَهَبًا، أَدَعُ مِنْهُ يَوْمَ أَمُوتُ دِينَارًا أَوْ نِصْفَ دِينَارٍ إِلَّا لِغَرِيمٍ
✧ I would not love to have the like of Uhud in gold—Shu'bah said: or he said: I would not love to have Uhud in gold—leaving from it on the day I die a dinar or half a dinar except for a debtor.
Musnad Ahmad 21533Sahih
أَذَّنَ مُؤَذِّنُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ بِالظُّهْرِ، فَقَالَ [النَّبِيُّ] ﷺ: أَبْرِدْ أَبْرِدْ أَوْ قَالَ: انْتَظِرِ انْتَظِرْ، وَقَالَ: إِنَّ شِدَّةَ الْحَرِّ مِنْ فَيْحِ جَهَنَّمَ، فَإِذَا اشْتَدَّ الْحَرُّ فَأَبْرِدُوا عَنِ الصَّلَاةِ. قَالَ أَبُو ذَرٍّ: حَتَّى رَأَيْنَا فَيْءَ التُّلُولِ
✧ The muezzin of the Messenger of God ﷺ called the call to prayer for Zuhr. The Prophet ﷺ said: Delay, delay, or he said: Wait, wait. And he said: The intensity of heat is from the blast of Hell, so when the heat becomes intense, delay the prayer until it cools. Abu Dharr said: Until we saw the shadow of the hillocks.
Musnad Ahmad 21534Sahih
بَيْنَمَا أَنَا فِي حَلْقَةٍ، إِذْ جَاءَ أَبُو ذَرٍّ، فَجَعَلُوا يَفِرُّونَ مِنْهُ. فَقُلْتُ: لِمَ يَفِرُّ مِنْكَ النَّاسُ؟ قَالَ: إِنِّي أَنْهَاهُمْ عَنِ الْكُنُوزِ الَّذِي كَانَ يَنْهَاهُمْ عَنْهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ
✧ While I was in a circle, Abu Dharr came, and they began to flee from him. I said: Why do people flee from you? He said: I forbid them from the treasures which the Messenger of God ﷺ forbade them.
Musnad Ahmad 21535Sahih
أَسْلَمُ سَالَمَهَا اللهُ، وَغِفَارٌ غَفَرَ اللهُ [تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى] لَهَا
✧ Aslam, may God keep it safe, and Ghifar, may God [Blessed and Exalted] forgive it.
Musnad Ahmad 21536Hasan
اتَّقِ اللهَ حَيْثُمَا كُنْتَ، وَخَالِقِ النَّاسَ بِخُلُقٍ حَسَنٍ، وَإِذَا عَمِلْتَ سَيِّئَةً فَاعْمَلْ حَسَنَةً تَمْحُهَا
✧ Fear God wherever you are, and treat people with good character, and when you do a bad deed, do a good deed that erases it.
Musnad Ahmad 21537Hasan
أَمَرَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ نَصُومَ ثَلَاثَ عَشْرَةَ، وَأَرْبَعَ عَشْرَةَ، وَخَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ
✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ commanded us to fast on the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth.
Musnad Ahmad 21538Hasan
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَامَ بِآيَةٍ لَيْلَةً يُرَدِّدُهَا
✧ The Prophet ﷺ stood up at night with a verse, repeating it.
Musnad Ahmad 21539Sahih
مَنِ اغْتَسَلَ أَوْ تَطَهَّرَ فَأَحْسَنَ الطُّهُورَ، وَلَبِسَ مِنْ أَحْسَنِ ثِيَابِهِ، وَمَسَّ مَا كَتَبَ اللهُ لَهُ مِنْ طِيبِ أَوْ دُهْنِ أَهْلِهِ، ثُمَّ أَتَى الْجُمُعَةَ فَلَمْ يَلْغُ، وَلَمْ يُفَرِّقْ بَيْنَ اثْنَيْنِ، غُفِرَ لَهُ مَا بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ الْجُمُعَةِ الْأُخْرَى
✧ Whoever performs ghusl or purifies himself and makes his purification well, and wears the best of his clothes, and applies what Allah has decreed for him of perfume or the oil of his household, then comes to the Friday prayer and does not engage in idle talk and does not separate two people, he will be forgiven for what is between him and the next Friday.
Musnad Ahmad 21540Sahih
يَا عِبَادِي، كُلُّكُمْ مُذْنِبٌ إِلَّا مَنْ عَافَيْتُ، فَاسْتَغْفِرُونِي أَغْفِرْ لَكُمْ، وَمَنْ عَلِمَ مِنْكُمْ أَنِّي ذُو قُدْرَةٍ عَلَى الْمَغْفِرَةِ فَاسْتَغْفَرَنِي بِقُدْرَتِي غَفَرْتُ لَهُ وَلَا أُبَالِي، وَكُلُّكُمْ ضَالٌّ إِلَّا مَنْ هَدَيْتُ، فَسَلُونِي الْهُدَى أَهْدِكُمْ، وَكُلُّكُمْ فَقِيرٌ إِلَّا مَنْ أَغْنَيْتُ، فَسَلُونِي أَرْزُقْكُمْ، وَلَوْ أَنَّ حَيَّكُمْ وَمَيِّتَكُمْ وَأَوَّلَكُمْ وَآخِرَكُمْ، وَرَطْبَكُمْ وَيَابِسَكُمُ اجْتَمَعُوا عَلَى قَلْبِ أَتْقَى عَبْدٍ مِنْ عِبَادِي، لَمْ يَزِيدُوا فِي مُلْكِي جَنَاحَ بَعُوضَةٍ، وَلَوْ أَنَّ حَيَّكُمْ وَمَيِّتَكُمْ، وَأَوَّلَكُمْ وَآخِرَكُمْ، وَرَطْبَكُمْ وَيَابِسَكُمُ اجْتَمَعُوا فَسَأَلَ كُلُّ سَائِلٍ مِنْهُمْ مَا بَلَغَتْ أُمْنِيَّتُهُ، أَعْطَيْتُ كُلَّ سَائِلٍ مَا سَأَلَ، لَمْ يَنْقُصْنِي إِلَّا كَمَا لَوْ مَرَّ أَحَدُكُمْ عَلَى شَفَةِ الْبَحْرِ، فَغَمَسَ إِبْرَةً ثُمَّ انْتَزَعَهَا، ذَلِكَ لِأَنِّي جَوَادٌ مَاجِدٌ وَاجِدٌ، أَفْعَلُ مَا أَشَاءُ، عَطَائِي كَلَامٌ، وَعَذَابِي كَلَامٌ، إِذَا أَرَدْتُ شَيْئًا فَإِنَّمَا أَقُولُ لَهُ: كُنْ فَيَكُونُ
✧ O My servants, all of you are sinners except those I have pardoned, so ask My forgiveness and I will forgive you. Whoever among you knows that I possess power over forgiveness and asks My forgiveness by My power, I will forgive him and I do not care. All of you are astray except those I have guided, so ask Me for guidance and I will guide you. All of you are poor except those I have enriched, so ask Me and I will provide for you. If your living and your dead, your first and your last, your young and your old were to unite with the heart of the most pious servant among My servants, they would not increase My dominion by even a mosquito's wing. And if your living and your dead, your first and your last, your young and your old were to unite and every asker among them were to ask for all that his hopes could reach, and I gave every asker what he asked, it would not diminish from Me any more than if one of you were to pass by the shore of the sea and dip a needle in it and then pull it out. That is because I am the Most Generous, the Most Majestic, the Self-Sufficient, I do whatever I will. My giving is a word, and My punishment is a word. When I want a thing, I only say to it: 'Be,' and it is.
Musnad Ahmad 21541Sahih
بَيْنَمَا أَنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ حِينَ وَجَبَتِ الشَّمْسُ. قَالَ: يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ، [تَدْرِي] أَيْنَ تَذْهَبُ الشَّمْسُ؟ قُلْتُ: اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ. قَالَ: فَإِنَّهَا تَذْهَبُ حَتَّى تَسْجُدَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْ رَبِّهَا عَزَّ وَجَلَّ، ثُمَّ تَسْتَأْذِنُ فَيُؤْذَنُ لَهَا، وَكَأَنَّهَا قَدْ قِيلَ لَهَا: ارْجِعِي مِنْ حَيْثُ جِئْتِ، فَتَطْلُعُ مِنْ مَكَانِهَا، وَذَلِكَ مُسْتَقَرٌّ لَهَا
✧ While I was with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in the mosque when the sun was setting, he said: 'O Abu Dharr, [do you know] where the sun goes?' I said: 'Allah and His Messenger know best.' He said: 'It goes until it prostrates before its Lord, Mighty and Majestic, then it asks permission and permission is granted to it. It is as if it were told: "Return from where you came," so it rises from its place, and that is its resting place.'
Musnad Ahmad 21542Sahih
مَرَرْتُ بِعُمَرَ وَمَعَهُ نَفَرٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ، فَأَدْرَكَنِي رَجُلٌ مِنْهُمْ فَقَالَ: يَا فَتَى، ادْعُ اللهَ لِي بِخَيْرٍ بَارَكَ اللهُ فِيكَ. قَالَ: قُلْتُ: وَمَنْ أَنْتَ رَحِمَكَ اللهُ؟ قَالَ: أَنَا أَبُو ذَرٍّ. قَالَ: قُلْتُ: يَغْفِرُ اللهُ لَكَ، أَنْتَ أَحَقُّ. قَالَ: إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ عُمَرَ يَقُولُ: نِعْمَ الْغُلَامُ. وَسَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: إِنَّ اللهَ [عَزَّ وَجَلَّ] وَضَعَ الْحَقَّ عَلَى لِسَانِ عُمَرَ، يَقُولُ بِهِ
✧ I passed by Umar and with him was a group of his companions. A man among them caught up with me and said: 'O young man, supplicate to Allah for good for me, may Allah bless you.' He said: 'I said: "Who are you, may Allah have mercy on you?" He said: "I am Abu Dharr." He said: 'I said: "May Allah forgive you, you are more deserving." He said: "I heard Umar say: 'What an excellent young man.' And I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: 'Indeed Allah [Mighty and Majestic] has placed the truth upon Umar's tongue, and he speaks with it.'"
Musnad Ahmad 21543Sahih
سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ قَوْلِ اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: وَالشَّمْسُ تَجْرِي لِمُسْتَقَرٍّ لَهَا. قَالَ: مُسْتَقَرُّهَا تَحْتَ الْعَرْشِ
✧ I asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about the saying of Allah, Mighty and Majestic: 'And the sun runs to a resting place for it.' He said: 'Its resting place is beneath the Throne.'
Musnad Ahmad 21544Sahih
ثَلَاثَةٌ لَا يُكَلِّمُهُمُ اللهُ، وَلَا يَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهِمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ، وَلَا يُزَكِّيهِمْ، وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ: الْمُسْبِلُ، وَالْمَنَّانُ، وَالْمُنَفِّقُ سِلْعَتَهُ بِالْحَلِفِ الْفَاجِرِ
✧ There are three whom Allah will not speak to, nor look at on the Day of Resurrection, nor purify them, and they will have a painful punishment: the one who lets his garment hang below his ankles, the one who reminds others of his favors, and the one who sells his goods by a false oath.
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ رَجَمَ امْرَأَةً، فَأَمَرَنِي أَنْ أَحْفِرَ لَهَا، فَحَفَرْتُ لَهَا إِلَى سُرَّتِي
✧ The Prophet ﷺ stoned a woman, and he commanded me to dig a grave for her, so I dug for her up to my navel.
أَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ، فَجَلَسْتُ فَقَالَ: يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ، هَلْ صَلَّيْتَ؟ قُلْتُ: لَا. قَالَ: قُمْ فَصَلِّ. قَالَ: فَقُمْتُ فَصَلَّيْتُ ثُمَّ جَلَسْتُ، قَالَ: يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ، تَعَوَّذْ بِاللهِ مِنْ شَرِّ شَيَاطِينِ الْإِنْسِ وَالْجِنِّ. قَالَ: قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، وَلِلْإِنْسِ شَيَاطِينُ؟! قَالَ: نَعَمْ. قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، الصَّلَاةُ. قَالَ: خَيْرٌ مَوْضُوعٌ، مَنْ شَاءَ أَقَلَّ وَمَنْ شَاءَ أَكْثَرَ. قَالَ: قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، فَالصَّوْمُ؟ قَالَ: قَرْضٌ مَجْزِيٌّ، وَعِنْدَ اللهِ مَزِيدٌ. قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، فَالصَّدَقَةُ؟ قَالَ: أَضْعَافٌ مُضَاعَفَةٌ. قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، فَأَيُّهَا أَفْضَلُ؟ قَالَ: جُهْدٌ مِنْ مُقِلٍّ، أَوْ سِرٌّ إِلَى فَقِيرٍ. قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَيُّ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ كَانَ أَوَّلُ؟ قَالَ: آدَمُ. قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، وَنَبِيٌّ كَانَ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، نَبِيٌّ مُكَلَّمٌ. قَالَ: قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، كَمِ الْمُرْسَلُونَ؟ قَالَ: ثَلَاثُمِائَةٍ وَبِضْعَةَ عَشَرَ، جَمًّا غَفِيرًا. وَقَالَ مَرَّةً: خَمْسَةَ عَشَرَ. قَالَ: قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، آدَمُ أَنَبِيٌّ كَانَ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، نَبِيٌّ مُكَلَّمٌ. قَالَ: قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَيُّمَا أُنْزِلَ عَلَيْكَ أَعْظَمُ؟ قَالَ: آيَةُ الْكُرْسِيِّ: اللهُ لا إِلَهَ إِلا هُوَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ
✧ I came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while he was in the mosque, and I sat down. He said: 'O Abu Dharr, have you prayed?' I said: 'No.' He said: 'Get up and pray.' He said: 'So I got up and prayed, then I sat down.' He said: 'O Abu Dharr, seek refuge in Allah from the evil of the devils among humans and jinn.' I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, are there devils among humans?' He said: 'Yes.' I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, what about prayer?' He said: 'It is the best thing prescribed; whoever wishes may do little, and whoever wishes may do more.' I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, what about fasting?' He said: 'It is a loan that is repaid, and with Allah is increase.' I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, what about charity?' He said: 'It is multiplied many times over.' I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, which of them is best?' He said: 'An effort from one with little, or a secret given to the poor.' I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, which of the prophets was the first?' He said: 'Adam.' I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, was he a prophet?' He said: 'Yes, a prophet who was spoken to.' I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, how many are the messengers?' He said: 'Three hundred and some tens, a great multitude.' And once he said: 'Fifteen.' I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, was Adam a prophet?' He said: 'Yes, a prophet who was spoken to.' I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, which verse that was sent down to you is the greatest?' He said: 'The Verse of the Throne: "Allah, there is no god but He, the Ever-Living, the Self-Subsisting."
جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَكَلَتْنَا الضَّبُعُ. قَالَ: غَيْرُ ذَلِكَ أَخْوَفُ عِنْدِي عَلَيْكُمْ مِنْ ذَلِكَ، أَنْ تُصَبَّ عَلَيْكُمُ الدُّنْيَا صَبًّا، فَلَيْتَ أُمَّتِي لَا يَلْبَسُونَ الذَّهَبَ
✧ A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: 'O Messenger of Allah, the hyena has eaten us.' He said: 'Something other than that is more fearful for you than that: that the world will be poured upon you abundantly. Would that my ummah do not wear gold.'
Musnad Ahmad 21548Sahih
يُصْبِحُ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ عَلَى كُلِّ سُلَامَى مِنَ ابْنِ آدَمَ صَدَقَةٌ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: إِمَاطَتُكَ الْأَذَى عَنِ الطَّرِيقِ صَدَقَةٌ، وَتَسْلِيمُكَ عَلَى النَّاسِ صَدَقَةٌ، وَأَمْرُكَ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ صَدَقَةٌ، وَنَهْيُكَ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ صَدَقَةٌ، وَمُبَاضَعَتُكَ أَهْلَكَ صَدَقَةٌ. قَالَ: قُلْنَا: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَيَقْضِي الرَّجُلُ شَهْوَتَهُ، وَتَكُونُ لَهُ صَدَقَةٌ؟! قَالَ: نَعَمْ، أَرَأَيْتَ لَوْ جَعَلَ تِلْكَ الشَّهْوَةَ فِيمَا حَرَّمَ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ، أَلَمْ يَكُنْ عَلَيْهِ وِزْرٌ؟ قُلْنَا: بَلَى. قَالَ: فَإِنَّهُ إِذَا جَعَلَهَا فِيمَا أَحَلَّ اللهُ [عَزَّ وَجَلَّ]، فَهِيَ صَدَقَةٌ. قَالَ: وَذَكَرَ أَشْيَاءَ صَدَقَةً صَدَقَةً. قَالَ: ثُمَّ قَالَ: وَيُجْزِئُ مِنْ هَذَا كُلِّهِ رَكْعَتَا الضُّحَى
✧ Every day each joint of the son of Adam owes charity. Then he said: 'Your removing harm from the road is charity, your greeting people is charity, your commanding good is charity, your forbidding evil is charity, and your intimate relations with your wife are charity.' We said: 'O Messenger of Allah, does one satisfy his desire and have charity for it?' He said: 'Yes, do you not see that if he placed that desire in what Allah has forbidden, would he have a burden of sin?' We said: 'Yes.' He said: 'So if he places it in what Allah [Mighty and Majestic] has permitted, it is charity.' He said: 'And he mentioned other things, charity after charity.' Then he said: 'And the two rakʿahs of Duha suffice for all of this.'
Musnad Ahmad 21549Accepted
عُرِضَتْ عَلَيَّ أَعْمَالُ أُمَّتِي حَسَنُهَا وَسَيِّئُهَا، فَوَجَدْتُ فِي مَحَاسِنِ أَعْمَالِهَا الْأَذَى يُمَاطُ عَنِ الطَّرِيقِ، وَوَجَدْتُ فِي مَسَاوِي أَعْمَالِهَا النُّخَاعَةَ تَكُونُ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ لَا تُدْفَنُ
✧ The deeds of my ummah, their good and their evil, were shown to me. Among the good deeds of my ummah I found removing harm from the road, and among the evil deeds I found phlegm in the mosque that is not buried.
Musnad Ahmad 21550Accepted
عُرِضَتْ عَلَيَّ أُمَّتِي بِأَعْمَالِهَا حَسَنَةً وَسَيِّئَةً، فَرَأَيْتُ فِي مَحَاسِنِ أَعْمَالِهَا، إِمَاطَةَ الْأَذَى عَنِ الطَّرِيقِ، وَرَأَيْتُ فِي سَيِّئِ أَعْمَالِهَا، النُّخَاعَةَ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ لَا تُدْفَنُ
"My nation was shown to me with their good deeds and bad deeds. Among their good deeds I saw a harmful thing being removed from the road. And among their bad deeds I saw sputum in the mosque that had not been removed." (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3683)
جَعَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَتْلُو عَلَيَّ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ: وَمَنْ يَتَّقِ اللهَ يَجْعَلْ لَهُ مَخْرَجًا حَتَّى فَرَغَ مِنَ الْآيَةِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ، لَوْ أَنَّ النَّاسَ كُلَّهُمْ أَخَذُوا بِهَا لَكَفَتْهُمْ. قَالَ: فَجَعَلَ يَتْلُوهَا، وَيُرَدِّدُهَا عَلَيَّ حَتَّى نَعَسْتُ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ، كَيْفَ تَصْنَعُ إِنْ أُخْرِجْتَ مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ؟ قَالَ: قُلْتُ: إِلَى السَّعَةِ وَالدَّعَةِ، أَنْطَلِقُ حَتَّى أَكُونَ حَمَامَةً مِنْ حَمَامِ مَكَّةَ. قَالَ: كَيْفَ تَصْنَعُ إِنْ أُخْرِجْتَ مِنْ مَكَّةَ؟ قَالَ: قُلْتُ: إِلَى السَّعَةِ وَالدَّعَةِ، إِلَى الشَّامِ وَالْأَرْضِ الْمُقَدَّسَةِ. قَالَ: فَكَيْفَ تَصْنَعُ إِنْ أُخْرِجْتَ مِنَ الشَّامِ؟ قَالَ: قُلْتُ: إِذًا وَالَّذِي بَعَثَكَ بِالْحَقِّ أَضَعَ سَيْفِي عَلَى عَاتِقِي. قَالَ: أَوَخَيْرٌ مِنْ ذَلِكَ؟ قَالَ: قُلْتُ: أَوَخَيْرٌ مِنْ ذَلِكَ ؟! قَالَ: تَسْمَعُ وَتُطِيعُ، وَإِنْ كَانَ عَبْدًا حَبَشِيًّا
✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ began reciting this verse to me: “And whoever fears God, He will make for him a way out,” until he finished the verse. Then he said, “O Abu Dharr, if all people were to act upon it, it would suffice them.” He said, “He kept reciting it and repeating it to me until I dozed off.” Then he said, “O Abu Dharr, how would you act if you were expelled from Madinah?” He said, “I said, ‘I would go to the open space and tranquility; I would depart until I become a pigeon among the pigeons of Makkah.’” He said, “How would you act if you were expelled from Makkah?” He said, “I said, ‘I would go to the open space and tranquility, to Syria and the Holy Land.’” He said, “Then how would you act if you were expelled from Syria?” He said, “I said, ‘Then, by the One who sent you with the truth, I would put my sword on my shoulder.’” He said, “Is there not something better than that?” He said, “I said, ‘Is there something better than that?!’” He said, “You hear and obey, even if he is an Abyssinian slave.”
أَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ، فَجَلَسْتُ إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ [لِي]: يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ، هَلْ صَلَّيْتَ؟ قُلْتُ: لَا. قَالَ: قُمْ فَصَلِّ. قَالَ: فَقُمْتُ فَصَلَّيْتُ، ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُهُ فَجَلَسْتُ إِلَيْهِ، فَقَالَ لِي: يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ، اسْتَعِذْ بِاللهِ مِنْ شَرِّ شَيَاطِينِ الْإِنْسِ وَالْجِنِّ. قَالَ: قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، وَهَلْ لِلْإِنْسِ مِنْ شَيَاطِينَ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ، أَلَا أَدُلُّكَ عَلَى كَنْزٍ مِنْ كُنُوزِ الْجَنَّةِ؟ قَالَ: قُلْتُ: بَلَى، بِأَبِي أَنْتَ وَأُمِّي. قَالَ: قُلْ: لَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللهِ، فَإِنَّهَا كَنْزٌ مِنْ كُنُوزِ الْجَنَّةِ. قَالَ: قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، فَمَا الصَّلَاةُ؟ قَالَ: خَيْرٌ مَوْضُوعٌ، فَمَنْ شَاءَ أَكْثَرَ وَمَنْ شَاءَ أَقَلَّ. قَالَ: قُلْتُ: فَمَا الصِّيَامُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ قَالَ: قَرْضٌ مَجْزِيٌّ. قَالَ: قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، فَمَا الصَّدَقَةُ؟ قَالَ: أَضْعَافٌ مُضَاعَفَةٌ، وَعِنْدَ اللهِ مَزِيدٌ. قُلْتُ: أَيُّهَا أَفْضَلُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ قَالَ: جُهْدٌ مِنْ مُقِلٍّ، أَوْ سِرٌّ إِلَى فَقِيرٍ. قُلْتُ: فَأَيُّمَا أَنْزَلَ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ عَلَيْكَ أَعْظَمُ؟ قَالَ: اللهُ لا إِلَهَ إِلا هُوَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ، حَتَّى خَتَمَ الْآيَةَ. قُلْتُ: فَأَيُّ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ كَانَ أَوَّلَ ؟ قَالَ: آدَمُ قُلْتُ: أَوَنَبِيٌّ كَانَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، نَبِيٌّ مُكَلَّمٌ. قُلْتُ: فَكَمِ الْمُرْسَلُونَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ قَالَ: ثَلَاثُمِائَةٍ وَخَمْسَةَ عَشَرَ، جَمًّا غَفِيرًا
✧ I came to the Messenger of God ﷺ while he was in the mosque, and I sat with him. He said [to me], “O Abu Dharr, have you prayed?” I said, “No.” He said, “Get up and pray.” He said, “So I got up and prayed, then I came to him and sat with him.” He said to me, “O Abu Dharr, seek refuge in God from the evil of the devils among humans and jinn.” He said, “I said, ‘O Messenger of God, are there devils among humans?’” He said, “Yes, O Abu Dharr. Shall I not guide you to a treasure among the treasures of Paradise?” He said, “I said, ‘Yes, may my father and mother be your ransom.’” He said, “Say: There is no might and no power except with God, for it is a treasure among the treasures of Paradise.” He said, “I said, ‘O Messenger of God, what is prayer?’” He said, “A good established matter; whoever wishes may do more, and whoever wishes may do less.” He said, “I said, ‘What is fasting, O Messenger of God?’” He said, “A loan that will be repaid.” He said, “I said, ‘O Messenger of God, what is charity?’” He said, “Multiplied many times over, and with God there is more.” I said, “Which is best, O Messenger of God?” He said, “Effort from one of little means, or a secret given to the poor.” I said, “Which verse that God, Mighty and Majestic, sent down to you is greatest?” He said, “God, there is no god but He, the Living, the Sustainer,” until he completed the verse. I said, “Which of the prophets was first?” He said, “Adam.” I said, “Was he a prophet, O Messenger of God?” He said, “Yes, a prophet who was spoken to.” I said, “How many messengers are there, O Messenger of God?” He said, “Three hundred and fifteen, a great multitude.”
Musnad Ahmad 21553No grade recorded
إِذَا قَامَ أَحَدُكُمْ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ اسْتَقْبَلَتْهُ الرَّحْمَةُ، فَلَا يَمَسَّ الْحَصَى وَلَا يُحَرِّكْهَا
✧ When one of you stands for prayer, mercy faces him, so let him not touch the pebbles or move them.
كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي سَفَرٍ، فَأَتَاهُ رَجُلٌ، فَقَالَ: إِنَّ الْأَخِرَ قَدْ زَنَى. فَأَعْرَضَ عَنْهُ، ثُمَّ ثَلَّثَ، ثُمَّ رَبَّعَ. فَنَزَلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَقَالَ مَرَّةً: فَأَقَرَّ عِنْدَهُ بِالزِّنَا، فَرَدَّدَهُ أَرْبَعًا، ثُمَّ نَزَلَ فَأَمَرَنَا فَحَفَرْنَا لَهُ حَفِيرَةً لَيْسَتْ بِالطَّوِيلَةِ، فَرُجِمَ فَارْتَحَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ كَئِيبًا حَزِينًا، فَسِرْنَا حَتَّى نَزَلَ مَنْزِلًا، فَسُرِّيَ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ لِي: يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ، أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى صَاحِبِكُمْ غُفِرَ لَهُ وَأُدْخِلَ الْجَنَّةَ
✧ We were with the Messenger of God ﷺ on a journey, and a man came to him and said, “The other one has committed fornication.” He turned away from him, then he repeated it a third time, then a fourth. The Prophet ﷺ descended—and one time he said: “He confessed fornication to him, and he repeated it four times—then he descended and ordered us, so we dug a pit for him that was not deep, and he was stoned. Then the Messenger of God ﷺ departed gloomy and sad, and we traveled until he stopped at a place, and the Messenger of God ﷺ was relieved. He said to me, “O Abu Dharr, did you not see that your companion was forgiven and admitted to Paradise?”
Musnad Ahmad 21555Sahih
قُلْتُ لِأَبِي ذَرٍّ: أَيُّ قِيَامِ اللَّيْلِ أَفْضَلُ؟ قَالَ أَبُو ذَرٍّ: سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَمَا سَأَلْتَنِي شَكَّ عَوْفٌ فَقَالَ: جَوْفُ اللَّيْلِ الْغَابِرِ - أَوْ نِصْفُ اللَّيْلِ -، وَقَلِيلٌ فَاعِلُهُ
✧ I said to Abu Dharr, “Which part of the night prayer is best?” Abu Dharr said, “I asked the Messenger of God ﷺ just as you asked me—Awf was uncertain—and he said, ‘The last part of the night—or the middle of the night—and few are those who do it.’”
Musnad Ahmad 21556Hasan
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ خَرَجَ زَمَنَ الشِّتَاءِ وَالْوَرَقُ يَتَهَافَتُ، فَأَخَذَ بِغُصْنَيْنِ مِنْ شَجَرَةٍ، قَالَ: فَجَعَلَ ذَلِكَ الْوَرَقُ يَتَهَافَتُ، قَالَ: فَقَالَ: يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ، قُلْتُ: لَبَّيْكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ. قَالَ: إِنَّ الْعَبْدَ الْمُسْلِمَ لَيُصَلِّي الصَّلَاةَ يُرِيدُ بِهَا وَجْهَ اللهِ، فَتَهَافَتُ عَنْهُ ذُنُوبُهُ كَمَا يَتَهَافَتُ هَذَا الْوَرَقُ عَنْ هَذِهِ الشَّجَرَةِ
✧ The Prophet ﷺ went out in winter while the leaves were falling, and he took hold of two branches of a tree. He said, “The leaves began to fall.” He said, “O Abu Dharr.” I said, “At your service, O Messenger of God.” He said, “When a Muslim servant prays a prayer, seeking thereby the face of God, his sins fall away from him just as these leaves fall from this tree.”
Musnad Ahmad 21557No grade recorded
فِي الْإِبِلِ صَدَقَتُهَا، وَفِي الْغَنَمِ صَدَقَتُهَا، وَفِي الْبَقَرِ صَدَقَتُهَا، وَفِي الْبُرِّ صَدَقَتُهُ
✧ In camels there is their zakah, in sheep there is their zakah, in cattle there is their zakah, and in wheat there is its zakah.
كَيْفَ أَنْتَ وَأَئِمَّةً مِنْ بَعْدِي يَسْتَأْثِرُونَ بِهَذَا الْفَيْءِ؟ ! قَالَ: قُلْتُ: إِذًا - وَالَّذِي بَعَثَكَ بِالْحَقِّ - أَضَعَ سَيْفِي عَلَى عَاتِقِي، ثُمَّ أَضْرِبَ بِهِ حَتَّى أَلْقَاكَ أَوْ أَلْحَقَ بِكَ. قَالَ: أَوَلَا أَدُلُّكَ عَلَى [مَا هُوَ] خَيْرٍ مِنْ ذَلِكَ؟ تَصْبِرُ حَتَّى تَلْقَانِي
✧ How will you be with leaders after me who will monopolize this war spoil?” He said, “I said, ‘Then, by the One who sent you with the truth, I will put my sword on my shoulder and strike with it until I meet you or join you.’” He said, “Shall I not guide you to what is better than that? Be patient until you meet me.”
يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ، كَيْفَ أَنْتَ عِنْدَ وُلَاةٍ يَسْتَأْثِرُونَ عَلَيْكَ بِهَذَا الْفَيْءِ؟ ! قَالَ: وَالَّذِي بَعَثَكَ بِالْحَقِّ، أَضَعُ سَيْفِي عَلَى عَاتِقِي، فَأَضْرِبُ بِهِ حَتَّى أَلْحَقَكَ. قَالَ: أَفَلَا أَدُلُّكَ عَلَى مَا هُوَ خَيْرٌ لَكَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ؟ تَصْبِرُ حَتَّى تَلْقَانِي
✧ O Abu Dharr, how will you be with rulers who will monopolize this war spoil over you?” He said, “By the One who sent you with the truth, I will put my sword on my shoulder and strike with it until I join you.” He said, “Shall I not guide you to what is better for you than that? Be patient until you meet me.”
Musnad Ahmad 21560Sahih
مَنْ خَالَفَ الْجَمَاعَةَ شِبْرًا، خَلَعَ رِبْقَةَ الْإِسْلَامِ مِنْ عُنُقِهِ
✧ Whoever opposes the community by a handspan has cast off the yoke of Islam from his neck.
Musnad Ahmad 21561Sahih
مَنْ فَارَقَ الْجَمَاعَةَ شِبْرًا، خَلَعَ رِبْقَةَ الْإِسْلَامِ مِنْ عُنُقِهِ
✧ Whoever separates from the community by a handspan has cast off the yoke of Islam from his neck.
Musnad Ahmad 21562Sahih
21902 21963 21562 - حَدَّثَنَا أَسْوَدُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ، عَنْ مُطَرِّفٍ، عَنْ أَبِي الْجَهْمِ، عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ وُهْبَانَ، عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ. فَذَكَرَ مِثْلَهُ
✧ 21902 21963 21562 - Aswad b. Amir narrated to us, Abu Bakr narrated to us, from Mutarrif, from Abu al-Jahm, from Khalid b. Wahban, from Abu Dharr, who said: The Messenger of God ﷺ said. Then he mentioned something similar.
Musnad Ahmad 21563Sahih
يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ، لَا تَوَلَّيَنَّ مَالَ يَتِيمٍ، وَلَا تَأَمَّرَنَّ عَلَى اثْنَيْنِ
✧ O Abu Dharr, do not take charge of an orphan's property, and do not seek command over two people.
Musnad Ahmad 21564Sahih
أُعْطِيتُ خَوَاتِيمَ سُورَةِ الْبَقَرَةِ مِنْ كَنْزٍ تَحْتَ الْعَرْشِ، وَلَمْ يُعْطَهُنَّ نَبِيٌّ قَبْلِي
✧ I was given the closing verses of Surat al-Baqarah from a treasure beneath the Throne, and no prophet before me was given them.
Musnad Ahmad 21565Hasan
الْحَسَنَةُ عَشْرٌ أَوْ أَزِيدُ، وَالسَّيِّئَةُ وَاحِدَةٌ أَوْ أَغْفِرُهَا، وَمَنْ لَقِيَنِي لَا يُشْرِكُ بِي شَيْئًا بِقُرَابِ الْأَرْضِ خَطِيئَةً، جَعَلْتُ لَهُ مِثْلَهَا مَغْفِرَةً
✧ A good deed is multiplied tenfold or more, and an evil deed is counted as one or I forgive it. Whoever meets Me having not associated anything with Me, with sins nearly filling the earth, I will grant him forgiveness of the same magnitude.
Musnad Ahmad 21566Sahih
قُمْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ لَيْلَةَ ثَلَاثٍ وَعِشْرِينَ فِي شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ، إِلَى ثُلُثِ اللَّيْلِ الْأَوَّلِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: لَا أَحْسَبُ مَا تَطْلُبُونَ إِلَّا وَرَاءَكُمْ. ثُمَّ قُمْنَا مَعَهُ لَيْلَةَ خَمْسٍ وَعِشْرِينَ إِلَى نِصْفِ اللَّيْلِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: لَا أُحْسَبُ مَا تَطْلُبُونَ إِلَّا وَرَاءَكُمْ فَقُمْنَا مَعَهُ لَيْلَةَ سَبْعٍ وَعِشْرِينَ حَتَّى أَصْبَحَ وَسَكَتَ
✧ We stood in prayer with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on the night of the twenty-third of Ramadan until the first third of the night. Then he said, "I do not think that what you seek is anything but behind you." Then we stood with him on the night of the twenty-fifth until half the night. Then he said, "I do not think that what you seek is anything but behind you." Then we stood with him on the night of the twenty-seventh until dawn, and he remained silent.
Musnad Ahmad 21567Accepted
عُرِضَتْ عَلَيَّ أَعْمَالُ أُمَّتِي حَسَنُهَا وَسَيِّئُهَا، فَوَجَدْتُ فِي مَحَاسِنِ أَعْمَالِهَا إِمَاطَةَ الْأَذَى عَنِ الطَّرِيقِ، وَوَجَدْتُ فِي مَسَاوِي أَعْمَالِهَا النُّخَاعَةَ
✧ The deeds of my ummah were presented to me, both their good and their bad. I found among the good deeds the removal of harmful things from the road, and I found among the bad deeds the phlegm.
Musnad Ahmad 21568Sahih
إِنَّ الصَّعِيدَ الطَّيِّبَ وَضُوءُ الْمُسْلِمِ، وَإِنْ لَمْ يَجِدِ الْمَاءَ عَشْرَ سِنِينَ، فَإِذَا وَجَدَهُ فَلْيُمِسَّهُ بَشَرَهُ، فَإِنَّ ذَلِكَ هُوَ خَيْرٌ
✧ Clean earth is a means of purification for a Muslim, even if he does not find water for ten years. But when he finds water, let him touch his skin with it, for that is better.
Musnad Ahmad 21569No grade recorded
مَنِ اغْتَسَلَ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ فَأَحْسَنَ الْغُسْلَ، ثُمَّ لَبِسَ مِنْ صَالِحِ ثِيَابِهِ، ثُمَّ مَسَّ مِنْ دُهْنِ بَيْتِهِ مَا كُتِبَ - أَوْ مِنْ طِيبِهِ -، ثُمَّ لَمْ يُفَرِّقْ بَيْنَ اثْنَيْنِ، كَفَّرَ اللهُ عَنْهُ مَا بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ الْجُمُعَةِ
✧ Whoever performs ghusl on Friday and does it well, then puts on his best clothes, then applies some of the oil of his household that has been recorded — or some of its perfume — and then does not separate two people, Allah will expiate for him the sins between that Friday and the next.
Musnad Ahmad 21570Sahih
يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ، اعْقِلْ مَا أَقُولُ لَكَ: لَعَنَاقٌ يَأْتِي رَجُلًا مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ، خَيْرٌ لَهُ مِنْ أُحُدٍ ذَهَبًا يَتْرُكُهُ وَرَاءَهُ. يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ، اعْقِلْ مَا أَقُولُ لَكَ: إِنَّ الْمُكْثِرِينَ هُمُ الْأَقَلُّونَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ، إِلَّا مَنْ قَالَ كَذَا وَكَذَا. اعْقِلْ يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ مَا أَقُولُ لَكَ، إِنَّ الْخَيْلَ فِي نَوَاصِيهَا الْخَيْرُ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ، أَوْ إِنَّ الْخَيْلَ فِي نَوَاصِيهَا الْخَيْرُ
✧ O Abu Dharr, understand what I say to you: A young goat that comes to a Muslim man is better for him than a mountain of gold that he leaves behind. O Abu Dharr, understand what I say to you: The wealthy are the poor on the Day of Resurrection, except those who say such and such. Understand, O Abu Dharr, what I say to you: The horse has good in its forelock until the Day of Resurrection, or the horse has good in its forelock.
Musnad Ahmad 21571Sahih
لَا يَرْمِي رَجُلٌ رَجُلًا بِالْفِسْقِ وَلَا يَرْمِيهِ بِالْكُفْرِ، إِلَّا ارْتَدَّتْ عَلَيْهِ إِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ صَاحِبُهُ كَذَلِكَ
✧ No man accuses another man of immorality or disbelief except that it returns upon him if his companion is not as he said.
أَيُّمَا رَجُلٍ كَشَفَ سِتْرًا فَأَدْخَلَ بَصَرَهُ مِنْ قَبْلِ أَنْ يُؤْذَنَ لَهُ، فَقَدْ أَتَى حَدًّا لَا يَحِلُّ لَهُ أَنْ يَأْتِيَهُ، وَلَوْ أَنَّ رَجُلًا فَقَأَ عَيْنَهُ لَهُدِرَتْ، وَلَوْ أَنَّ رَجُلًا مَرَّ عَلَى بَابٍ لَا سِتْرَ لَهُ فَرَأَى عَوْرَةَ أَهْلِهِ، فَلَا خَطِيئَةَ عَلَيْهِ، إِنَّمَا الْخَطِيئَةُ عَلَى أَهْلِ الْبَيْتِ
✧ Any man who lifts a curtain and looks inside before being given permission has committed an offense that is not permissible for him to commit. If a man were to gouge out his eye, it would be forfeited. But if a man passes by a door that has no curtain and sees the private area of its inhabitants, there is no sin upon him; the sin is upon the people of the house.
سِتَّةَ أَيَّامٍ، ثُمَّ اعْقِلْ يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ مَا أَقُولُ لَكَ بَعْدُ. فَلَمَّا كَانَ الْيَوْمُ السَّابِعُ، قَالَ: أُوصِيكَ بِتَقْوَى اللهِ فِي سِرِّ أَمْرِكَ وَعَلَانِيَتِهِ، وَإِذَا أَسَأْتَ فَأَحْسِنْ، وَلَا تَسْأَلَنَّ أَحَدًا شَيْئًا وَإِنْ سَقَطَ سَوْطُكَ، وَلَا تَقْبِضْ أَمَانَةً، وَلَا تَقْضِ بَيْنَ اثْنَيْنِ
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Six days, then abstain, O Abu Dharr, from what I am going to tell you after that." So, when the seventh day came, he said: "I advise you to have Taqwa (fear of Allah) in private and in public matters, and when you commit a wrong, rectify it, and do not ask anyone for anything. And even if your whip falls down, do not pick it up, and do not hold onto a trust, and do not judge between two people."
Musnad Ahmad 21574No grade recorded
قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: سِتَّةَ أَيَّامٍ، اعْقِلْ يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ مَا يُقَالُ لَكَ، إِلَّا أَنَّهُ قَالَ: وَلَا تُؤْوِيَنَّ أَمَانَةً، وَلَا تَقْضِيَنَّ بَيْنَ اثْنَيْنِ
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me: "Six days. Understand, O Abu Dharr, what is said to you." Except that he said: "Do not take charge of a trust, and do not judge between two people."
Musnad Ahmad 21575No grade recorded
قَدْ رَأَيْتُ أَصْحَابَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، فَمَا رَأَيْتُ بِأَبِي ذَرٍّ شَبِيهًا
✧ I have seen the companions of the Prophet ﷺ, and I have not seen anyone like Abu Dharr.
Musnad Ahmad 21576Sahih
أَخَذْتُ نُهَسًا بِالْأَسْوَافِ، فَأَخَذَهُ مِنِّي زَيْدُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ فَأَرْسَلَهُ وَقَالَ: أَمَا عَلِمْتَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ حَرَّمَ مَا بَيْنَ لَابَتَيْهَا
✧ I caught a snake in al-Aswaf, and Zayd b. Thabit took it from me and released it, saying, “Do you not know that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ declared sacred what lies between its two lava fields?”
Musnad Ahmad 21577Sahih
رَخَّصَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي بَيْعِ الْعَرَايَا أَنْ تُبَاعَ بِخَرْصِهَا كَيْلًا
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ granted a concession for the sale of araya to be sold by estimate for dried dates in measure.
Musnad Ahmad 21578Sahih
إِنِّي تَارِكٌ فِيكُمْ خَلِيفَتَيْنِ: كِتَابَ اللهِ، حَبْلٌ مَمْدُودٌ مَا بَيْنَ السَّمَاءِ وَالْأَرْضِ - أَوْ مَا بَيْنَ السَّمَاءِ إِلَى الْأَرْضِ - وَعِتْرَتِي أَهْلَ بَيْتِي، وَإِنَّهُمَا لَنْ يَتَفَرَّقَا حَتَّى يَرِدَا عَلَيَّ الْحَوْضَ
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Verily, I am leaving among you two steadfast things: the Book of Allah and my household, my Ahlul-Bayt. They will never separate from each other until they come to me at the Pond (of Al-Kawthar)."
دَخَلَ زَيْدُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ عَلَى مُعَاوِيَةَ فَحَدَّثَهُ حَدِيثًا، فَأَمَرَ إِنْسَانًا أَنْ يَكْتُبَهُ، فَقَالَ زَيْدٌ: إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ نَهَى أَنْ نَكْتُبَ شَيْئًا مِنْ حَدِيثِهِ. فَمَحَاهُ
✧ Zayd b. Thabit entered upon Mu'awiya and related a hadith to him, so he ordered someone to write it. Zayd said, “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ prohibited us from writing down anything of his hadith,” so he erased it.
Musnad Ahmad 21580Sahih
قَامَ أَوْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُطِيلُ الْقِيَامَ وَيُحَرِّكُ شَفَتَيْهِ، فَقَدْ أَعْلَمُ ذَلِكَ لَمْ يَكُنْ إِلَّا لِقِرَاءَةٍ، فَأَنَا أَفْعَلُهُ
✧ He stood—or the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to prolong the standing and move his lips, and he knew that it was only for recitation, so I do it.
Musnad Ahmad 21581Sahih
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ رَخَّصَ فِي بَيْعِ الْعَرَايَا أَنْ تُبَاعَ بِخَرْصِهَا، وَلَمْ يُرَخِّصْ فِي غَيْرِ ذَلِكَ
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ granted a concession for the sale of araya to be sold by estimate, and did not grant a concession for anything other than that.
Musnad Ahmad 21582Sahih
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ اتَّخَذَ حُجْرَةً فِي الْمَسْجِدِ مِنْ حَصِيرٍ، فَصَلَّى فِيهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَيَالِيَ، حَتَّى اجْتَمَعَ إِلَيْهِ نَاسٌ، ثُمَّ فَقَدُوا صَوْتَهُ، فَظَنُّوا أَنَّهُ قَدْ نَامَ، فَجَعَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ يَتَنَحْنَحُ لِيَخْرُجَ إِلَيْهِمْ، فَقَالَ: مَا زَالَ بِكُمُ الَّذِي رَأَيْتُ مِنْ صَنِيعِكُمْ، حَتَّى خَشِيتُ أَنْ يُكْتَبَ عَلَيْكُمْ، وَلَوْ كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمْ مَا قُمْتُمْ بِهِ، فَصَلُّوا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ فِي بُيُوتِكُمْ، فَإِنَّ أَفْضَلَ صَلَاةِ الْمَرْءِ فِي بَيْتِهِ إِلَّا الصَّلَاةَ الْمَكْتُوبَةَ
✧ The Prophet ﷺ made a small room in the mosque of a mat and prayed in it for several nights until some people gathered around him. Then they missed his voice and thought he had fallen asleep, so some of them began clearing their throats so he would come out to them. He said: “What I saw of your behavior has not ceased to concern me until I feared it would be made obligatory upon you. And if it had been made obligatory upon you, you would not have been able to fulfill it. So pray, O people, in your homes, for the best prayer of a person is in his home, except the prescribed prayer.”
Musnad Ahmad 21583Sahih
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ رَخَّصَ فِي بَيْعِ الْعَرَايَا بِخَرْصِهَا
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ granted a concession for the sale of araya by estimate.
Musnad Ahmad 21584Sahih
نَهَى عَنْ بَيْعِ الثَّمَرِ بِالتَّمْرِ، فَأَخْبَرَهُمْ زَيْدُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ رَخَّصَ فِي الْعَرَايَا
✧ He prohibited selling fresh dates for dried dates, so Zayd b. Thabit informed them that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ granted a concession for araya.
Musnad Ahmad 21585Sahih
تَسَحَّرْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، فَخَرَجْنَا إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ، فَأُقِيمَتِ الصَّلَاةُ، قُلْتُ: كَمْ كَانَ بَيْنَهُمَا؟ قَالَ: قَدْرُ مَا يَقْرَأُ الرَّجُلُ خَمْسِينَ آيَةً
✧ We took the pre-dawn meal with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, then we went out to the mosque and the prayer was begun. I said, “How much time was between the two?” He said, “The length of time it takes a man to recite fifty verses.”
Musnad Ahmad 21586Sahih
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ جَعَلَ الْعُمْرَى لِلْوَارِثِ
✧ The Prophet ﷺ made the 'umra for the heir.
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