4. Ali b. Abu Talib

1. Musnad Ahmad 562Hasan

   وَقَفَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِعَرَفَةَ فَقَالَ: هَذَا الْمَوْقِفُ، وَعَرَفَةُ كُلُّهَا مَوْقِفٌ وَأَفَاضَ حِينَ غَابَتِ الشَّمْسُ، ثُمَّ أَرْدَفَ أُسَامَةَ، فَجَعَلَ يُعْنِقُ عَلَى بَعِيرِهِ، وَالنَّاسُ يَضْرِبُونَ يَمِينًا وَشِمَالًا، يَلْتَفِتُ إِلَيْهِمْ وَيَقُولُ: السَّكِينَةَ أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ، ثُمَّ أَتَى جَمْعًا، فَصَلَّى بِهِمُ الصَّلَاتَيْنِ: الْمَغْرِبَ، وَالْعِشَاءَ، ثُمَّ بَاتَ حَتَّى أَصْبَحَ، ثُمَّ أَتَى قَزَحَ، فَوَقَفَ عَلَى قَزَحَ، فَقَالَ: هَذَا الْمَوْقِفُ، وَجَمْعٌ كُلُّهَا مَوْقِفٌ، ثُمَّ سَارَ حَتَّى أَتَى مُحَسِّرًا، فَوَقَفَ عَلَيْهِ، فَقَرَعَ نَاقَتَهُ، فَخَبَّتْ حَتَّى جَازَ الْوَادِيَ، ثُمَّ حَبَسَهَا. ثُمَّ أَرْدَفَ الْفَضْلَ، وَسَارَ حَتَّى أَتَى الْجَمْرَةَ، فَرَمَاهَا، ثُمَّ أَتَى الْمَنْحَرَ، فَقَالَ: هَذَا الْمَنْحَرُ، وَمِنًى كُلُّهَا مَنْحَرٌ. قَالَ: وَاسْتَفْتَتْهُ جَارِيَةٌ شَابَّةٌ مِنْ خَثْعَمَ، فَقَالَتْ: إِنَّ أَبِي شَيْخٌ كَبِيرٌ قَدْ أَفْنَدَ، وَقَدْ أَدْرَكَتْهُ فَرِيضَةُ اللهِ فِي الْحَجِّ، فَهَلْ يُجْزِئُ عَنْهُ أَنْ أُؤَدِّيَ عَنْهُ ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، فَأَدِّي عَنْ أَبِيكِ، قَالَ: وَقَدْ لَوَى عُنُقَ الْفَضْلِ، فَقَالَ لَهُ الْعَبَّاسُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، لِمَ لَوَيْتَ عُنُقَ ابْنِ عَمِّكَ ؟ قَالَ: رَأَيْتُ شَابًّا وَشَابَّةً، فَلَمْ آمَنِ الشَّيْطَانَ عَلَيْهِمَا. قَالَ: ثُمَّ جَاءَهُ رَجُلٌ، فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، حَلَقْتُ قَبْلَ أَنْ أَنْحَرَ ؟ قَالَ: انْحَرْ وَلَا حَرَجَ، ثُمَّ أَتَاهُ آخَرُ، فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، إِنِّي أَفَضْتُ قَبْلَ أَنْ أَحْلِقَ ؟ قَالَ: احْلِقْ، أَوْ قَصِّرْ وَلَا حَرَجَ. ثُمَّ أَتَى الْبَيْتَ، فَطَافَ بِهِ، ثُمَّ أَتَى زَمْزَمَ، فَقَالَ: يَا بَنِي عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ، سِقَايَتَكُمْ، وَلَوْلَا أَنْ يَغْلِبَكُمُ النَّاسُ عَلَيْهَا لَنَزَعْتُ بِهَا

   ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood at Arafah and said: This is the standing place, and all of Arafah is a standing place. He departed when the sun had set, then mounted Usamah behind him, and began urging his camel on, while the people were striking right and left. He turned to them and said: Calmness, O people. Then he came to Muzdalifah and prayed with them the two prayers: Maghrib and Isha. Then he stayed the night until morning, then came to Quzah and stood at Quzah and said: This is the standing place, and all of Muzdalifah is a standing place. Then he moved until he came to Muhassir and stopped there, then tapped his she-camel and she trotted until she crossed the valley, then he reined her in. Then he mounted al-Fadl behind him and traveled until he came to the Jamrah and threw pebbles. Then he came to the place of sacrifice and said: This is the place of sacrifice, and all of Mina is a place of sacrifice. He said: A young woman from Khath'am asked him for a ruling. She said: My father is an old man who has become senile, and the obligation of Allah in Hajj has reached him. Will it suffice for him if I perform it on his behalf? He said: Yes, perform it on behalf of your father. He said: He had turned al-Fadl's neck, and al-Abbas said to him: O Messenger of Allah, why did you turn the neck of your cousin? He said: I saw a young man and a young woman, and I did not trust Satan with them. He said: Then a man came to him and said: O Messenger of Allah, I shaved before I sacrificed. He said: Sacrifice, and there is no harm. Then another came to him and said: O Messenger of Allah, I performed the Ifadah before I shaved. He said: Shave or trim, and there is no harm. Then he came to the House and circumambulated it, then came to Zamzam and said: O Banu Abd al-Muttalib, your water-drawing rights. Were it not that the people would overpower you over it, I would draw water myself.

2. Musnad Ahmad 563Sahih

   بَوْلُ الْغُلَامِ يُنْضَحُ عَلَيْهِ، وَبَوْلُ الْجَارِيَةِ يُغْسَلُ، قَالَ قَتَادَةُ: هَذَا مَا لَمْ يَطْعَمَا، فَإِذَا طَعِمَا غُسِلَ بَوْلُهُمَا

   ✧ The urine of a boy is sprinkled with water, and the urine of a girl is washed. Qatadah said: This is as long as they have not eaten food; once they eat food, their urine is washed.

3. Musnad Ahmad 564Hasan

   أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَقَفَ بِعَرَفَةَ، وَهُوَ مُرْدِفٌ أُسَامَةَ بْنَ زَيْدٍ، فَقَالَ: هَذَا الْمَوْقِفُ، وَكُلُّ عَرَفَةَ مَوْقِفٌ، ثُمَّ دَفَعَ يَسِيرُ الْعَنَقَ، وَجَعَلَ النَّاسُ يَضْرِبُونَ يَمِينًا وَشِمَالًا، وَهُوَ يَلْتَفِتُ وَيَقُولُ: السَّكِينَةَ أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ، السَّكِينَةَ أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ، حَتَّى جَاءَ الْمُزْدَلِفَةَ، وَجَمَعَ بَيْنَ الصَّلَاتَيْنِ، ثُمَّ وَقَفَ بِالْمُزْدَلِفَةِ، فَوَقَفَ عَلَى قَزَحَ، وَأَرْدَفَ الْفَضْلَ بْنَ عَبَّاسٍ، وَقَالَ: هَذَا الْمَوْقِفُ، وَكُلُّ الْمُزْدَلِفَةِ مَوْقِفٌ، ثُمَّ دَفَعَ، وَجَعَلَ يَسِيرُ الْعَنَقَ، وَالنَّاسُ يَضْرِبُونَ يَمِينًا وَشِمَالًا، وَهُوَ يَلْتَفِتُ وَيَقُولُ: السَّكِينَةَ السَّكِينَةَ أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ، حَتَّى جَاءَ مُحَسِّرًا، فَقَرَعَ رَاحِلَتَهُ، فَخَبَّتْ، حَتَّى خَرَجَ، ثُمَّ عَادَ لِسَيْرِهِ الْأَوَّلِ حَتَّى رَمَى الْجَمْرَةَ، ثُمَّ جَاءَ الْمَنْحَرَ، فَقَالَ: هَذَا الْمَنْحَرُ، وَكُلُّ مِنًى مَنْحَرٌ. ثُمَّ جَاءَتْهُ امْرَأَةٌ شَابَّةٌ مِنْ خَثْعَمَ، فَقَالَتْ: إِنَّ أَبِي شَيْخٌ كَبِيرٌ، وَقَدْ أَفْنَدَ، وَأَدْرَكَتْهُ فَرِيضَةُ اللهِ فِي الْحَجِّ، وَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُ أَدَاءَهَا، فَيُجْزِئُ عَنْهُ أَنْ أُؤَدِّيَهَا عَنْهُ ؟ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: نَعَمْ، وَجَعَلَ يَصْرِفُ وَجْهَ الْفَضْلِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ عَنْهَا. ثُمَّ أَتَاهُ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ: إِنِّي رَمَيْتُ الْجَمْرَةَ، وَأَفَضْتُ وَلَبِسْتُ، وَلَمْ أَحْلِقْ ؟ قَالَ: فَلَا حَرَجَ، فَاحْلِقْ، ثُمَّ أَتَاهُ رَجُلٌ آخَرُ، فَقَالَ: إِنِّي رَمَيْتُ وَحَلَقْتُ وَلَبِسْتُ، وَلَمْ أَنْحَرْ ؟ فَقَالَ: لَا حَرَجَ، فَانْحَرْ. ثُمَّ أَفَاضَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، فَدَعَا بِسَجْلٍ مِنْ مَاءِ زَمْزَمَ فَشَرِبَ مِنْهُ، وَتَوَضَّأَ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: انْزِعُوا يَا بَنِي عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ، فَلَوْلَا أَنْ تُغْلَبُوا عَلَيْهَا لَنَزَعْتُ. قَالَ الْعَبَّاسُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنِّي رَأَيْتُكَ تَصْرِفُ وَجْهَ ابْنِ أَخِيكَ ؟ قَالَ: إِنِّي رَأَيْتُ غُلَامًا شَابًّا، وَجَارِيَةً شَابَّةً، فَخَشِيتُ عَلَيْهِمَا الشَّيْطَانَ

   ✧ The Prophet ﷺ stood at Arafah while Usamah b. Zayd was riding behind him, and said: This is the standing place, and all of Arafah is a standing place. Then he moved on at a brisk pace, and the people began striking right and left, while he turned and said: Calmness, O people; calmness, O people, until he came to Muzdalifah and combined the two prayers. Then he stood at Muzdalifah, stood at Quzah, and mounted al-Fadl b. Abbas behind him, and said: This is the standing place, and all of Muzdalifah is a standing place. Then he moved on, traveling at a brisk pace, and the people were striking right and left, while he turned and said: Calmness, calmness, O people, until he came to Muhassir, then he tapped his riding camel and she trotted until he exited, then he resumed his earlier pace until he threw pebbles at the Jamrah. Then he came to the place of sacrifice and said: This is the place of sacrifice, and all of Mina is a place of sacrifice. Then a young woman from Khath'am came to him and said: My father is an old man who has become senile, and the obligation of Allah in Hajj has reached him, but he cannot perform it. Will it suffice for him if I perform it on his behalf? The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Yes, and he began turning the face of al-Fadl b. Abbas away from her. Then a man came to him and said: I threw pebbles, did the Ifadah, and put on my clothes, but I did not shave. He said: There is no harm; shave. Then another man came to him and said: I threw pebbles, shaved, and put on my clothes, but I did not sacrifice. He said: There is no harm; sacrifice. Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ departed, called for a bucket of Zamzam water, drank from it, performed ablution, and said: Draw water, O Banu Abd al-Muttalib; were it not that you would be overpowered over it, I would draw water myself. Al-Abbas said: O Messenger of Allah, I saw you turning the face of your nephew. He said: I saw a young boy and a young girl, and I feared Satan for them.

4. Musnad Ahmad 565Graders disagree

   كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا عَوَّذَ مَرِيضًا قَالَ: أَذْهِبِ الْبَاسَ رَبَّ النَّاسِ، اشْفِ أَنْتَ الشَّافِي، لَا شِفَاءَ إِلَّا شِفَاؤُكَ، شِفَاءً لَا يُغَادِرُ سَقَمًا

   ✧ When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sought protection for a sick person, he would say: Remove the hardship, Lord of the people. Heal, for You are the Healer. There is no healing except Your healing, a healing that leaves no illness.

5. Musnad Ahmad 566Weak

   لَوْ كُنْتُ مُؤَمِّرًا أَحَدًا دُونَ مَشُورَةِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، لَأَمَّرْتُ ابْنَ أُمِّ عَبْدٍ

   The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ʿIf I were to appoint anyone to a position of authority without consulting the believers, I would have appointed Ibn Umm ʿAbd (Abdullah bin Masʿood).ʿ

6. Musnad Ahmad 567Sahih

   بَيْنَمَا نَحْنُ بِمِنًى إِذَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ يَقُولُ: إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ: إِنَّ هَذِهِ أَيَّامُ أَكْلٍ وَشُرْبٍ، فَلَا يَصُومُهَا أَحَدٌ وَاتَّبَعَ النَّاسَ عَلَى جَمَلِهِ يَصْرُخُ بِذَلِكَ

   ✧ While we were at Mina, Ali b. Abu Talib said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: These are days of eating and drinking, so no one should fast them. He followed the people on his camel, shouting that.

7. Musnad Ahmad 568Graders disagree

   مَنْ كَذَبَ فِي حُلْمِهِ كُلِّفَ عَقْدَ شَعِيرَةٍ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ

   ✧ Whoever lies about his dream will be required to tie a knot in a barley grain on the Day of Resurrection.

8. Musnad Ahmad 569Weak

   كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيِ الْفَجْرِ عِنْدَ الْإِقَامَةِ

   ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray the two rak'ahs of Fajr at the time of the Iqamah.

9. Musnad Ahmad 570Weak

   كَانَتْ لِي سَاعَةٌ مِنَ السَّحَرِ أَدْخُلُ فِيهَا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، فَإِنْ كَانَ قَائِمًا يُصَلِّي سَبَّحَ بِي، فَكَانَ ذَاكَ إِذْنَهُ لِي، وَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ يُصَلِّي أَذِنَ لِي

   ✧ I had a time before dawn when I would enter upon the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. If he was standing in prayer, he would say subhan Allah, and that was his permission for me. If he was not praying, he would permit me.

10. Musnad Ahmad 571Sahih

    أَتَانِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَنَا نَائِمٌ وَفَاطِمَةُ، وَذَلِكَ مِنَ السَّحَرِ، حَتَّى قَامَ عَلَى الْبَابِ فَقَالَ: أَلَا تُصَلُّونَ ؟ فَقُلْتُ مُجِيبًا لَهُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، إِنَّمَا نُفُوسُنَا بِيَدِ اللهِ، فَإِذَا شَاءَ أَنْ يَبْعَثَنَا بَعَثَنَا، قَالَ: فَرَجَعَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، وَلَمْ يَرْجِعْ إِلَيَّ الْكَلَامَ، فَسَمِعْتُهُ حِينَ وَلَّى يَقُولُ وَضَرَبَ بِيَدِهِ عَلَى فَخِذِهِ: وَكَانَ الإِنْسَانُ أَكْثَرَ شَيْءٍ جَدَلا

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to me while I was sleeping, and Fatimah too, and that was before dawn, until he stood at the door and said: Will you not pray? I answered him: O Messenger of Allah, our souls are in the hand of Allah; if He wills to raise us, He raises us. He said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ turned back and did not reply to me. I heard him as he turned away, striking his hand on his thigh and saying: 'But man is more than anything contentious.'

11. Musnad Ahmad 572Graders disagree

    كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَهْلُهُ يَغْتَسِلُونَ مِنْ إِنَاءٍ وَاحِدٍ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ and his household used to bathe from a single vessel.

12. Musnad Ahmad 573Weak

    بَعَثَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَى الْيَمَنِ، فَانْتَهَيْنَا إِلَى قَوْمٍ قَدْ بَنَوْا زُبْيَةً لِلْأَسَدِ، فَبَيْنَا هُمْ كَذَلِكَ يَتَدَافَعُونَ إِذْ سَقَطَ رَجُلٌ، فَتَعَلَّقَ بِآخَرَ، ثُمَّ تَعَلَّقَ رَجُلٌ بِآخَرَ حَتَّى صَارُوا فِيهَا أَرْبَعَةً، فَجَرَحَهُمُ الْأَسَدُ، فَانْتَدَبَ لَهُ رَجُلٌ بِحَرْبَةٍ، فَقَتَلَهُ، وَمَاتُوا مِنْ جِرَاحَتِهِمْ كُلُّهُمْ، فَقَامَ أَوْلِيَاءُ الْأَوَّلِ إِلَى أَوْلِيَاءِ الْآخِرِ، فَأَخْرَجُوا السِّلَاحَ لِيَقْتَتِلُوا، فَأَتَاهُمْ عَلِيٌّ عَلَى تَفِيئَةِ ذَلِكَ، فَقَالَ: تُرِيدُونَ أَنْ تَقَاتَلُوا وَرَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ حَيٌّ ؟ إِنِّي أَقْضِي بَيْنَكُمْ قَضَاءً إِنْ رَضِيتُمْ، فَهُوَ الْقَضَاءُ، وَإِلَّا حَجَزَ بَعْضُكُمْ عَنْ بَعْضٍ حَتَّى تَأْتُوا النَّبِيَّ ﷺ، فَيَكُونَ هُوَ الَّذِي يَقْضِي بَيْنَكُمْ، فَمَنْ عَدَا بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ، فَلَا حَقَّ لَهُ، اجْمَعُوا مِنْ قَبَائِلِ الَّذِينَ حَضَرُوا الْبِئْرَ رُبُعَ الدِّيَةِ، وَثُلُثَ الدِّيَةِ، وَنِصْفَ الدِّيَةِ، وَالدِّيَةَ كَامِلَةً، فَلِلْأَوَّلِ الرُّبُعُ لِأَنَّهُ هَلَكَ مَنْ فَوْقَهُ، وَلِلثَّانِي ثُلُثُ الدِّيَةِ، وَلِلثَّالِثِ نِصْفُ الدِّيَةِ، فَأَبَوْا أَنْ يَرْضَوْا، فَأَتَوُا النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَهُوَ عِنْدَ مَقَامِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، فَقَصُّوا عَلَيْهِ الْقِصَّةَ، فَقَالَ: أَنَا أَقْضِي بَيْنَكُمْ، وَاحْتَبَى، فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ: إِنَّ عَلِيًّا قَضَى فِينَا، فَقَصُّوا عَلَيْهِ الْقِصَّةَ، فَأَجَازَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent me to Yemen. We came upon a people who had dug a pit for a lion. While they were thus jostling, a man fell in, and he clung to another, then another man clung to another, until four of them ended up in it, and the lion wounded them. A man took up a spear against it and killed it, but they all died of their wounds. The kin of the first went to the kin of the last, and they drew weapons to fight each other. Ali came to them at that juncture and said: Do you want to fight while the Messenger of Allah ﷺ is alive? I will judge between you with a judgment; if you accept it, that is the judgment, and if not, let each of you hold back from the others until you go to the Prophet ﷺ, and he will be the one to judge between you. Whoever transgresses after that has no right. Collect from the tribes of those present at the pit a quarter of the blood money, a third of the blood money, half of the blood money, and the full blood money. The first gets a quarter because he perished above him, the second a third of the blood money, the third half of the blood money. They refused to accept, so they went to the Prophet ﷺ while he was at the Station of Ibrahim and told him the story. He said: I will judge between you, and he sat with his legs drawn up. A man from the people said: Ali judged among us, so they told him the story, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ approved of it.

13. Musnad Ahmad 574Weak

    وَلِلرَّابِعِ الدِّيَةُ كَامِلَةً

    ✧ And the fourth gets the full blood money.

14. Musnad Ahmad 575Sahih

    أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ طَرَقَهُ وَفَاطِمَةَ، فَقَالَ: أَلَا تُصَلُّونَ ؟ فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، إِنَّمَا أَنْفُسُنَا بِيَدِ اللهِ، فَإِذَا شَاءَ أَنْ يَبْعَثَنَا بَعَثَنَا، وَانْصَرَفَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ حِينَ قُلْتُ لَهُ ذَلِكَ، ثُمَّ سَمِعْتُهُ وَهُوَ مُدْبِرٌ يَضْرِبُ فَخِذَهُ، وَيَقُولُ: وَكَانَ الإِنْسَانُ أَكْثَرَ شَيْءٍ جَدَلا

    ✧ The Prophet ﷺ came to him and Fatimah at night and said: Will you not pray? I said: O Messenger of Allah, our souls are in the hand of Allah; if He wills to rouse us, He rouses us. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ turned away when I said that to him, then I heard him as he was leaving, striking his thigh and saying: 'But man is ever more quarrelsome than anything.'

15. Musnad Ahmad 576Weak

    أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَخَذَ بِيَدِ حَسَنٍ وَحُسَيْنٍ، فَقَالَ: مَنْ أَحَبَّنِي وَأَحَبَّ هَذَيْنِ وَأَبَاهُمَا وَأُمَّهُمَا، كَانَ مَعِي فِي دَرَجَتِي يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ took Hasan and Husayn by the hand and said: Whoever loves me and loves these two and their father and their mother will be with me in my rank on the Day of Resurrection.

16. Musnad Ahmad 577Graders disagree

    لَا تُنْكَحُ الْمَرْأَةُ عَلَى عَمَّتِهَا، وَلَا عَلَى خَالَتِهَا

    ✧ A woman may not be married in addition to her paternal aunt, nor in addition to her maternal aunt.

17. Musnad Ahmad 578Weak

    دَخَلْتُ عَلَى عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ - قَالَ حَسَنٌ: يَوْمَ الْأَضْحَى - فَقَرَّبَ إِلَيْنَا خَزِيرَةً، فَقُلْتُ: أَصْلَحَكَ اللهُ، لَوْ قَرَّبْتَ إِلَيْنَا مِنْ هَذَا الْبَطِّ ؟ يَعْنِي: الْوَزَّ، فَإِنَّ اللهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ قَدْ أَكْثَرَ الْخَيْرَ، فَقَالَ: يَا ابْنَ زُرَيْرٍ، إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: لَا يَحِلُّ لِلْخَلِيفَةِ مِنْ مَالِ اللهِ إِلَّا قَصْعَتَانِ، قَصْعَةٌ يَأْكُلُهَا هُوَ وَأَهْلُهُ، وَقَصْعَةٌ يَضَعُهَا بَيْنَ يَدَيِ النَّاسِ

    ✧ I entered upon Ali b. Abi Talib—Hasan said: on the Day of Sacrifice—and he brought us a meat and grain stew. I said: May Allah keep you well, if only you would bring us some of this duck—meaning goose—for Allah, Mighty and Majestic, has made abundant good. He said: O Ibn Zurayr, I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: The caliph is not permitted from the wealth of Allah except two bowls: a bowl that he and his household eat, and a bowl that he places before the people.

18. Musnad Ahmad 579Hasan

    مَا رَمِدْتُ مُنْذُ تَفَلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فِي عَيْنِي

    ✧ I have not suffered from eye inflammation since the Prophet ﷺ spat in my eye.

19. Musnad Ahmad 580Accepted

    كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُوتِرُ فِي أَوَّلِ اللَّيْلِ، وَفِي وَسَطِهِ وَفِي آخِرِهِ، ثُمَّ ثَبَتَ لَهُ الْوِتْرُ فِي آخِرِهِ

    The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray Witr at the beginning of the night and in the middle and at the end, then he persisted in praying it at the end of the night.

20. Musnad Ahmad 581Weak

    لَا تُدِيمُوا النَّظَرَ إِلَى الْمُجَذَّمِينَ، وَإِذَا كَلَّمْتُمُوهُمْ، فَلْيَكُنْ بَيْنَكُمْ وَبَيْنَهُمْ قِيدُ رُمْحٍ

    ✧ Do not keep looking at lepers, and when you speak to them, let there be between you and them the distance of a spear.

21. Musnad Ahmad 582Graders disagree

    قَالَ لِيَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: يَا عَلِيُّ، أَسْبِغِ الْوُضُوءَ، وَإِنْ شَقَّ عَلَيْكَ، وَلَا تَأْكُلِ الصَّدَقَةَ، وَلَا تُنْزِ الْحَمِيرَ عَلَى الْخَيْلِ، وَلَا تُجَالِسْ أَصْحَابَ النُّجُومِ

    ✧ The Prophet ﷺ said to me: O Ali, perform ablution thoroughly even if it is hard for you; do not consume charity; do not breed donkeys with horses; and do not sit with astrologers.

22. Musnad Ahmad 583Sahih

    أُتِيَ عَلِيٌّ بِكُوزٍ مِنْ مَاءٍ وَهُوَ فِي الرَّحَبَةِ، فَأَخَذَ كَفًّا مِنْ مَاءٍ، فَمَضْمَضَ وَاسْتَنْشَقَ وَمَسَحَ وَجْهَهُ وَذِرَاعَيْهِ وَرَأْسَهُ، ثُمَّ شَرِبَ وَهُوَ قَائِمٌ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: هَذَا وُضُوءُ مَنْ لَمْ يُحْدِثْ، هَكَذَا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَعَلَ

    ✧ Ali was brought a jug of water while he was in the open courtyard. He took a handful of water, rinsed his mouth and sniffed water, wiped his face, his forearms, and his head, then drank while standing. Then he said: This is the ablution of one who has not broken his wudu. This is how I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ do.

23. Musnad Ahmad 584Sahih

    مَنْ كَذَبَ عَلَيَّ مُتَعَمِّدًا، فَلْيَتَبَوَّأْ مَقْعَدَهُ مِنَ النَّارِ

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

24. Musnad Ahmad 585Hasan or sahih

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

    ʿThe last words of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ were: “Prayer, prayer! And fear Allah with regard to what your right hands possess, [i.e.female slaves].ʿ

25. Musnad Ahmad 586Sahih

    نَهَانِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ أَجْعَلَ خَاتَمِي فِي هَذِهِ السَّبَّاحَةِ، أَوِ الَّتِي تَلِيهَا

    ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ forbade me from putting my ring on this index finger or the one next to it.

26. Musnad Ahmad 587Sahih

    ثُمَّ شَهِدْتُ عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ يَوْمَ عِيدٍ، بَدَأَ بِالصَّلَاةِ قَبْلَ الْخُطْبَةِ، وَصَلَّى بِلَا أَذَانٍ وَلَا إِقَامَةٍ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَنْهَى أَنْ يُمْسِكَ أَحَدٌ مِنْ نُسُكِهِ شَيْئًا فَوْقَ ثَلَاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ

    ✧ Then I later witnessed Ali b. Abu Talib on the day of Eid: he began with the prayer before the sermon, and prayed without any adhan or iqama. Then he said: I heard the Messenger of God ﷺ forbidding anyone to keep back anything from his sacrificial animal beyond three days.

27. Musnad Ahmad 588Weak

    أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ خَيَّرَ نِسَاءَهُ الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةَ، وَلَمْ يُخَيِّرْهُنَّ الطَّلَاقَ

    ✧ The Prophet ﷺ gave his wives the choice of this world or the Hereafter, but he did not give them the choice of divorce.

28. Musnad Ahmad 589Weak

    خَيَّرَ نِسَاءَهُ بَيْنَ الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ، وَلَمْ يُخَيِّرْهُنَّ الطَّلَاقَ

    ✧ He gave his wives a choice between this world and the Hereafter, but he did not give them the choice of divorce.

29. Musnad Ahmad 590Hasan or sahih

    مَنْ قُتِلَ دُونَ مَالِهِ، فَهُوَ شَهِيدٌ

    ✧ Whoever is killed defending his property is a martyr.

30. Musnad Ahmad 591Sahih

    أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ يَوْمَ الْأَحْزَابِ: مَلَأَ اللهُ بُيُوتَهُمْ وَقُبُورَهُمْ نَارًا كَمَا شَغَلُونَا عَنِ الصَّلَاةِ الْوُسْطَى حَتَّى آبَتِ الشَّمْسُ

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

31. Musnad Ahmad 592Sahih

    نَهَى عَنْ نِكَاحِ الْمُتْعَةِ، وَعَنْ لُحُومِ الْحُمُرِ الْأَهْلِيَّةِ زَمَنَ خَيْبَرَ

    ✧ He forbade temporary marriage and the meat of domestic donkeys at the time of Khaybar.

32. Musnad Ahmad 593Sahih

    أَمَرَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ أَقْسِمَ بُدْنَهُ أَقُومُ عَلَيْهَا، وَأَنْ أَقْسِمَ جُلُودَهَا وَجِلَالَهَا، وَأَمَرَنِي أَنْ لَا أُعْطِيَ الْجَازِرَ مِنْهَا شَيْئًا، وَقَالَ: نَحْنُ نُعْطِيهِ مِنْ عِنْدِنَا

    ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ commanded me to distribute his camels, to take charge of them, and to distribute their hides and coverings. He also commanded me not to give the butcher any of it, and he said: We shall give him something from our own.

33. Musnad Ahmad 594Sahih

    سَأَلْنَا عَلِيًّا: بِأَيِّ شَيْءٍ بُعِثْتَ ؟ يَعْنِي: يَوْمَ بَعَثَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ مَعَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ فِي الْحِجَّةِ، قَالَ: بُعِثْتُ بِأَرْبَعٍ: لَا يَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ إِلَّا نَفْسٌ مُؤْمِنَةٌ، وَلَا يَطُوفُ بِالْبَيْتِ عُرْيَانٌ، وَمَنْ كَانَ بَيْنَهُ، وَبَيْنَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ عَهْدٌ، فَعَهْدُهُ إِلَى مُدَّتِهِ، وَلَا يَحُجُّ الْمُشْرِكُونَ وَالْمُسْلِمُونَ بَعْدَ عَامِهِمْ هَذَا

    We asked ʿAli ؓ With what were you sent, i.e., on the day the Prophet ﷺ sent you with Abu Bakr ؓ for Hajj? He said: I was sent with four things. No one will enter Paradise except a believing soul; no one should circumambulate the Ka’bah naked; whoever had a covenant with the Prophet ﷺ it would remain in effect until the agreed time; and the mushrikeen were not to perform Hajj with the Muslims after that year.

34. Musnad Ahmad 595Weak

    قَضَى مُحَمَّدٌ ﷺ: أَنَّ الدَّيْنَ قَبْلَ الْوَصِيَّةِ، وَأَنْتُمْ تَقْرَؤُونَ الْوَصِيَّةَ قَبْلَ الدَّيْنِ، وَأَنَّ أَعْيَانَ بَنِي الْأُمِّ يَتَوَارَثُونَ دُونَ بَنِي الْعَلَّاتِ

    ✧ Muhammad ﷺ ruled that the debt comes before the bequest, yet you recite the bequest before the debt, and that full brothers through the same mother inherit, rather than half-brothers through the father only.

35. Musnad Ahmad 596Accepted

    لَا أُعْطِيكُمْ وَأَدَعُ أَهْلَ الصُّفَّةِ تَلَوَّى بُطُونُهُمْ مِنَ الْجُوعِ

    ✧ I will not give you while I leave the people of the Suffa with their bellies churning from hunger.

36. Musnad Ahmad 597Hasan

    أَنَّهُ رَأَى رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَسْعَى بَيْنَ الصَّفَا وَالْمَرْوَةِ فِي الْمَسْعَى كَاشِفًا عَنْ ثَوْبِهِ، قَدْ بَلَغَ إِلَى رُكْبَتَيْهِ

    ✧ He saw the Messenger of God ﷺ walking briskly between Safa and Marwa in the walking course, with his garment uncovered and reaching his knees.

37. Musnad Ahmad 598Weak

    كُنْتُ آتِي النَّبِيَّ ﷺ، فَأَسْتَأْذِنُ، فَإِنْ كَانَ فِي صَلَاةٍ سَبَّحَ، وَإِنْ كَانَ فِي غَيْرِ صَلَاةٍ أَذِنَ لِي

    ✧ I used to come to the Prophet ﷺ and ask permission to enter. If he was praying, he would glorify God; if he was not praying, he would grant me permission.

38. Musnad Ahmad 599Sahih

    سَأَلْنَا عَلِيًّا: هَلْ عِنْدَكُمْ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ شَيْءٌ بَعْدَ الْقُرْآنِ ؟ قَالَ: لَا، وَالَّذِي فَلَقَ الْحَبَّةَ، وَبَرَأَ النَّسَمَةَ، إِلَّا فَهْمٌ يُؤْتِيهِ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ رَجُلًا فِي الْقُرْآنِ، أَوْ مَا فِي الصَّحِيفَةِ، قُلْتُ: وَمَا فِي الصَّحِيفَةِ ؟ قَالَ: الْعَقْلُ، وَفَكَاكُ الْأَسِيرِ، وَلَا يُقْتَلُ مُسْلِمٌ بِكَافِرٍ

    ✧ We asked Ali: Do you have anything from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ besides the Quran? He said: No, by the One who splits the grain and creates the soul, except understanding that Allah, Mighty and Majestic, gives a man in the Quran, or what is in the scroll. I said: What is in the scroll? He said: The blood-money, the ransom of the captive, and that a Muslim is not to be killed for a disbeliever.

39. Musnad Ahmad 600Sahih

    بَعَثَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنَا وَالزُّبَيْرَ وَالْمِقْدَادَ، فَقَالَ: انْطَلِقُوا حَتَّى تَأْتُوا رَوْضَةَ خَاخٍ، فَإِنَّ بِهَا ظَعِينَةً مَعَهَا كِتَابٌ، فَخُذُوهُ مِنْهَا، فَانْطَلَقْنَا تَعَادَى بِنَا خَيْلُنَا حَتَّى أَتَيْنَا الرَّوْضَةَ، فَإِذَا نَحْنُ بِالظَّعِينَةِ، قُلْنَا: أَخْرِجِي الْكِتَابَ ؟ قَالَتْ: مَا مَعِي مِنْ كِتَابٍ، قُلْنَا: لَتُخْرِجِنَّ الْكِتَابَ، أَوْ لَنُلْقِيَنَّ الثِّيَابَ، قَالَ: فَأَخْرَجَتِ الْكِتَابَ مِنْ عِقَاصِهَا، فَأَخَذْنَا الْكِتَابَ، فَأَتَيْنَا بِهِ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ، فَإِذَا فِيهِ: مِنْ حَاطِبِ بْنِ أَبِي بَلْتَعَةَ إِلَى نَاسٍ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ بِمَكَّةَ، يُخْبِرُهُمْ بِبَعْضِ أَمْرِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: يَا حَاطِبُ، مَا هَذَا ؟ قَالَ: لَا تَعْجَلْ عَلَيَّ، إِنِّي كُنْتُ امْرَأً مُلْصَقًا فِي قُرَيْشٍ، وَلَمْ أَكُنْ مِنْ أَنْفُسِهَا، وَكَانَ مَنْ كَانَ مَعَكَ مِنَ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ لَهُمْ قَرَابَاتٌ يَحْمُونَ أَهْلِيهِمْ بِمَكَّةَ، فَأَحْبَبْتُ إِذْ فَاتَنِي ذَلِكَ مِنَ النَّسَبِ فِيهِمْ أَنْ أَتَّخِذَ فِيهِمْ يَدًا يَحْمُونَ بِهَا قَرَابَتِي، وَمَا فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ كُفْرًا، وَلَا ارْتِدَادًا عَنْ دِينِي، وَلَا رِضًا بِالْكُفْرِ بَعْدَ الْإِسْلَامِ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: إِنَّهُ قَدْ صَدَقَكُمْ، فَقَالَ عُمَرُ: دَعْنِي أَضْرِبْ عُنُقَ هَذَا الْمُنَافِقِ، فَقَالَ: إِنَّهُ قَدْ شَهِدَ بَدْرًا، وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّ اللهَ قَدِ اطَّلَعَ عَلَى أَهْلِ بَدْرٍ، فَقَالَ: اعْمَلُوا مَا شِئْتُمْ، فَقَدْ غَفَرْتُ لَكُمْ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent me, along with al-Zubayr and al-Miqdad, saying: Go until you reach the garden of Khakh, for there is a woman with a letter. Take it from her. So we set off, our horses racing, until we reached the garden. There was the woman. We said: Bring out the letter. She said: I have no letter. We said: Either bring out the letter or we will strip off your clothes. So she brought out the letter from her braids. We took the letter and brought it to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. In it was: From Hatib b. Abi Balta'ah to some people among the polytheists in Makkah, informing them of some of the affairs of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: O Hatib, what is this? He said: Do not be hasty with me. I was a man attached to Quraysh by alliance, not one of their own. Those with you among the emigrants had relatives who protected their families in Makkah. Since I lacked that kinship among them, I wanted to gain favor with them so they would protect my relatives. I did not do this out of disbelief, nor apostasy from my religion, nor acceptance of disbelief after Islam. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: He has told you the truth. Umar said: Let me strike the neck of this hypocrite. He said: He was present at Badr. And what do you know? Perhaps Allah looked upon the people of Badr and said: Do as you wish, for I have forgiven you.

40. Musnad Ahmad 601Hasan

    أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ نَهَانِي عَنْ ثَلَاثٍ - قَالَ: فَمَا أَدْرِي لَهُ خَاصَّةً، أَمْ لِلنَّاسِ عَامَّةً -: نَهَانِي عَنِ الْقَسِّيِّ، وَالْمِيثَرَةِ، وَأَنْ أَقْرَأَ وَأَنَا رَاكِعٌ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade me three things—he said: I do not know whether that was for him specifically or for people generally—he forbade me from wearing qassi (a type of silk garment), from using purple saddle cushions, and from reciting while bowing.

41. Musnad Ahmad 602Hasan or sahih

    كُنْتُ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، فَأَقْبَلَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ، فَقَالَ: يَا عَلِيُّ، هَذَانِ سَيِّدَا كُهُولِ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ وَشَبَابِهَا بَعْدَ النَّبِيِّينَ وَالْمُرْسَلِينَ

    ✧ I was with the Prophet ﷺ when Abu Bakr and Umar approached. He said: O Ali, these two are the masters of the elder men of Paradise and its youth, after the prophets and messengers.

42. Musnad Ahmad 603Hasan

    أَرَدْتُ أَنْ أَخْطُبَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ ابْنَتَهُ، فَقُلْتُ: مَا لِي مِنْ شَيْءٍ فَكَيْفَ ؟ ثُمَّ ذَكَرْتُ صِلَتَهُ وَعَائِدَتَهُ، فَخَطَبْتُهَا إِلَيْهِ، فَقَالَ: هَلْ لَكَ مِنْ شَيْءٍ ؟ قُلْتُ: لَا، قَالَ: فَأَيْنَ دِرْعُكَ الْحُطَمِيَّةُ الَّتِي أَعْطَيْتُكَ يَوْمَ كَذَا وَكَذَا ؟ قَالَ: هِيَ عِنْدِي، قَالَ: فَأَعْطِهَا، قَالَ: فَأَعْطَيْتُهَا إِيَّاهُ

    ✧ I wanted to propose marriage to the daughter of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. I said: I have nothing. How then? Then I remembered his generosity and kindness, so I proposed to him. He said: Do you have anything? I said: No. He said: Where is your Hutami coat of mail that I gave you on such-and-such a day? He said: It is with me. He said: Then give it. So I gave it to him.

43. Musnad Ahmad 604Sahih

    أَنَّ فَاطِمَةَ أَتَتِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ تَسْتَخْدِمُهُ، فَقَالَ: أَلَا أَدُلُّكِ عَلَى مَا هُوَ خَيْرٌ لَكِ مِنْ ذَلِكَ ؟ تُسَبِّحِينَ ثَلَاثًا وَثَلَاثِينَ، وَتُكَبِّرِينَ ثَلَاثًا وَثَلَاثِينَ، وَتَحْمَدِينَ ثَلَاثًا وَثَلَاثِينَ، أَحَدُهَا أَرْبَعًا وَثَلَاثِينَ

    ✧ Fatimah came to the Prophet ﷺ asking for a servant. He said: Shall I not direct you to something better for you than that? Glorify Allah thirty-three times, magnify Him thirty-three times, and praise Him thirty-three times, one of them thirty-four.

44. Musnad Ahmad 605Fabricated

    إِنَّ اللهَ يُحِبُّ الْعَبْدَ الْمُؤْمِنَ الْمُفَتَّنَ التَّوَّابَ

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

45. Musnad Ahmad 606Sahih

    كُنْتُ رَجُلًا مَذَّاءً، فَكُنْتُ أَسْتَحْيِي أَنْ أَسْأَلَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ لِمَكَانِ ابْنَتِهِ، فَأَمَرْتُ الْمِقْدَادَ، فَسَأَلَهُ، فَقَالَ: يَغْسِلُ ذَكَرَهُ وَيَتَوَضَّأُ

    ✧ I was a man who emitted prostatic fluid frequently, and I felt too shy to ask the Messenger of Allah ﷺ because of his daughter. So I instructed al-Miqdad to ask him. He said: He should wash his private part and perform ablution.

46. Musnad Ahmad 607Sahih

    لَوْلَا أَنْ أَشُقَّ عَلَى أُمَّتِي لَأَمَرْتُهُمْ بِالسِّوَاكِ عِنْدَ كُلِّ صَلَاةٍ

    ✧ Were it not that I would burden my community, I would have commanded them to use the tooth-stick before every prayer.

47. Musnad Ahmad 608Weak

    كَانَ لِي مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مَدْخَلَانِ بِاللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ، وَكُنْتُ إِذَا دَخَلْتُ عَلَيْهِ وَهُوَ يُصَلِّي تَنَحْنَحَ، فَأَتَيْتُهُ ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ، فَقَالَ: أَتَدْرِي مَا أَحْدَثَ الْمَلَكُ اللَّيْلَةَ ؟ كُنْتُ أُصَلِّي، فَسَمِعْتُ خَشَفَةً فِي الدَّارِ، فَخَرَجْتُ، فَإِذَا جِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ، فَقَالَ: مَا زِلْتُ هَذِهِ اللَّيْلَةَ أَنْتَظِرُكَ، إِنَّ فِي بَيْتِكَ كَلْبًا، فَلَمْ أَسْتَطِعِ الدُّخُولَ، وَإِنَّا لَا نَدْخُلُ بَيْتًا فِيهِ كَلْبٌ، وَلَا جُنُبٌ، وَلَا تِمْثَالٌ

    ✧ I had access to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ at night and during the day. When I entered upon him while he was praying, he would clear his throat. I came to him one night, and he said: Do you know what the angel brought tonight? I was praying when I heard a noise in the house. I went out and there was Jibril ﷺ. He said: I have been waiting for you tonight. There is a dog in your house, so I could not enter. We do not enter a house in which there is a dog, or a person in a state of major ritual impurity, or an image.

48. Musnad Ahmad 609Graders disagree

    نَهَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ يُضَحَّى بِالْمُقَابَلَةِ، أَوْ بِمُدَابَرَةٍ، أَوْ شَرْقَاءَ، أَوْ خَرْقَاءَ، أَوْ جَدْعَاءَ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade sacrificing an animal with its ear slit in front, or with its ear slit from behind, or with a split ear, or with a perforated ear, or with a mutilated ear.

49. Musnad Ahmad 610Sahih

    لَا يُصَلَّى بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ إِلَّا أَنْ تَكُونَ الشَّمْسُ بَيْضَاءَ مُرْتَفِعَةً

    The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “No prayer should be offered after ʿAsr unless the sun is bright and still high.”

50. Musnad Ahmad 611Hasan or sahih

    نَهَانِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ أَقْرَأَ وَأَنَا رَاكِعٌ، وَعَنْ خَاتَمِ الذَّهَبِ، وَعَنِ الْقَسِّيِّ وَالْمُعَصْفَرِ

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

51. Musnad Ahmad 612Sahih

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

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

52. Musnad Ahmad 613Hasan

    أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَقَفَ بِعَرَفَةَ، وَهُوَ مُرْدِفٌ أُسَامَةَ بْنَ زَيْدٍ، فَقَالَ: هَذَا مَوْقِفٌ، وَكُلُّ عَرَفَةَ مَوْقِفٌ، ثُمَّ دَفَعَ، فَجَعَلَ يَسِيرُ الْعَنَقَ، وَالنَّاسُ يَضْرِبُونَ يَمِينًا وَشِمَالًا، وَهُوَ يَلْتَفِتُ وَيَقُولُ: السَّكِينَةَ أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ، السَّكِينَةَ أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ حَتَّى جَاءَ الْمُزْدَلِفَةَ، فَجَمَعَ بَيْنَ الصَّلَاتَيْنِ، ثُمَّ وَقَفَ بِالْمُزْدَلِفَةِ، فَأَرْدَفَ الْفَضْلَ بْنَ عَبَّاسٍ، ثُمَّ وَقَفَ عَلَى قُزَحَ، فَقَالَ: هَذَا الْمَوْقِفُ، وَكُلُّ الْمُزْدَلِفَةِ مَوْقِفٌ، ثُمَّ دَفَعَ فَجَعَلَ يَسِيرُ الْعَنَقَ، وَالنَّاسُ يَضْرِبُونَ يَمِينًا وَشِمَالًا، وَهُوَ يَلْتَفِتُ وَيَقُولُ: السَّكِينَةَ أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ، السَّكِينَةَ أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ، فَلَمَّا وَقَفَ عَلَى مُحَسِّرٍ قَرَعَ رَاحِلَتَهُ، فَخَبَّتْ بِهِ، حَتَّى خَرَجَتْ مِنَ الْوَادِي، ثُمَّ سَارَ سَيْرَتَهُ حَتَّى أَتَى الْجَمْرَةَ، ثُمَّ دَخَلَ الْمَنْحَرَ، فَقَالَ: هَذَا الْمَنْحَرُ، وَكُلُّ مِنًى مَنْحَرٌ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood at Arafah, with Usama b. Zayd riding behind him, and said: "This is a standing place, and all of Arafah is a standing place." Then he moved on, traveling at a brisk pace, while the people were urging their mounts right and left. He turned and said: "Calmness, O people! Calmness, O people!" until he came to al-Muzdalifah and combined the two prayers. Then he stood at al-Muzdalifah, with al-Fadl b. Abbas riding behind him, and stood at Quzah and said: "This is the standing place, and all of al-Muzdalifah is a standing place." Then he moved on, traveling at a brisk pace, while the people were urging their mounts right and left. He turned and said: "Calmness, O people! Calmness, O people!" When he stood at Muhassir, he urged his camel and it trotted until it came out of the valley. Then he continued his pace until he came to the Jamrah, then entered the slaughtering place and said: "This is the slaughtering place, and all of Mina is a slaughtering place."

53. Musnad Ahmad 614Weak

    لَا يُبْغِضُ الْعَرَبَ إِلَّا مُنَافِقٌ

    ✧ No one hates the Arabs except a hypocrite.

54. Musnad Ahmad 615Sahih

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

    ✧ Ali addressed us and said: "Whoever claims that we have anything to read besides the Book of Allah and this sheet—a sheet containing the ages of camels and matters of injuries—has lied." He said: "And in it: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Madinah is sacred between Ayr and Thawr. Whoever introduces an innovation in it or shelters an innovator, upon him is the curse of Allah, the angels, and all people. Allah will accept from him on the Day of Resurrection neither a ransom nor an equivalent. And whoever claims descent from other than his father or takes as patrons other than his masters, upon him is the curse of Allah, the angels, and all people. Allah will accept from him on the Day of Resurrection neither an equivalent nor a ransom. And the protection of the Muslims is one; the least of them may grant it."

55. Musnad Ahmad 616Sahih

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

    ✧ "If I narrate to you a hadith from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, falling from the sky is dearer to me than lying about him. But if I narrate to you from other than him, then I am a man who engages in war, and war is deception. I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: At the end of time, there will come people young in age, foolish in minds, who speak with the best words of creation. Their faith does not pass beyond their throats. Wherever you meet them, kill them, for killing them is a reward for the one who kills them on the Day of Resurrection."

56. Musnad Ahmad 617Sahih

    شَغَلُونَا عَنْ صَلَاةِ الْوُسْطَى، صَلَاةِ الْعَصْرِ، مَلَأَ اللهُ قُبُورَهُمْ وَبُيُوتَهُمْ نَارًا، ثُمَّ صَلَّاهَا بَيْنَ الْعِشَاءَيْنِ، بَيْنَ الْمَغْرِبِ وَالْعِشَاءِ

    ✧ "They distracted us from the middle prayer, the Asr prayer. May Allah fill their graves and their houses with fire." Then he prayed it between the two night prayers, between Maghrib and Isha.

57. Musnad Ahmad 618Sahih

    كَانَ رَجُلًا مَذَّاءً، فَاسْتَحْيَى أَنْ يَسْأَلَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ عَنِ الْمَذْيِ قَالَ: فَقَالَ لِلْمِقْدَادِ: سَلْ لِي رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَنِ الْمَذْيِ ؟ قَالَ: فَسَأَلَهُ، قَالَ: فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: فِيهِ الْوُضُوءُ

    ✧ He was a man who had much prostatic fluid, and he felt shy to ask the Prophet ﷺ about madhy. He said: "He said to al-Miqdad: Ask the Messenger of Allah ﷺ for me about madhy." He said: "So he asked him, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: In it is wudu."

58. Musnad Ahmad 619Graders disagree

    نَهَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ يَقْرَأَ الرَّجُلُ وَهُوَ رَاكِعٌ، أَوْ سَاجِدٌ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ prohibited a man from reciting while bowing or prostrating.

59. Musnad Ahmad 620Sahih

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

    ✧ I said: "O Messenger of Allah, why are you so particular about Quraysh and leave us?" He said: "Do you have anyone?" I said: "Yes, the daughter of Hamzah." He said: "She is not lawful for me; she is the daughter of my brother through suckling."

60. Musnad Ahmad 621Sahih

    كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ جَالِسًا، وَفِي يَدِهِ عُودٌ يَنْكُتُ بِهِ، قَالَ: فَرَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ، فَقَالَ: مَا مِنْكُمْ مِنْ نَفْسٍ إِلَّا وَقَدْ عُلِمَ مَنْزِلُهَا مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ وَالنَّارِ، قَالَ: فَقَالُوا: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، فَلِمَ نَعْمَلُ ؟ قَالَ: اعْمَلُوا، فَكُلٌّ مُيَسَّرٌ لِمَا خُلِقَ لَهُ، فَأَمَّا مَنْ أَعْطَى وَاتَّقَى وَصَدَّقَ بِالْحُسْنَى فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُ لِلْيُسْرَى وَأَمَّا مَنْ بَخِلَ وَاسْتَغْنَى وَكَذَّبَ بِالْحُسْنَى فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُ لِلْعُسْرَى

    ✧ One day the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was sitting with a stick in his hand, scratching the ground with it. He said: "He raised his head and said: There is none of you whose place in Paradise or Hell has not already been known." They said: "O Messenger of Allah, why then should we work?" He said: "Work, for everyone is facilitated for what he was created. As for one who gives and fears and believes in the best, We will ease him toward ease. But as for one who withholds and considers himself self-sufficient and denies the best, We will ease him toward hardship."

61. Musnad Ahmad 622Sahih

    بَعَثَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ سَرِيَّةً، وَاسْتَعْمَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَجُلًا مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ، قَالَ: فَلَمَّا خَرَجُوا، قَالَ: وَجَدَ عَلَيْهِمْ فِي شَيْءٍ، قَالَ: فَقَالَ لَهُمْ: أَلَيْسَ قَدْ أَمَرَكُمْ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ تُطِيعُونِي ؟ قَالَ: قَالُوا: بَلَى، قَالَ: فَقَالَ: اجْمَعُوا حَطَبًا، ثُمَّ دَعَا بِنَارٍ، فَأَضْرَمَهَا فِيهِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: عَزَمْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ لَتَدْخُلُنَّهَا، قَالَ: فَهَمَّ الْقَوْمُ أَنْ يَدْخُلُوهَا، قَالَ: فَقَالَ لَهُمْ شَابٌّ مِنْهُمْ: إِنَّمَا فَرَرْتُمْ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مِنَ النَّارِ، فَلَا تَعْجَلُوا حَتَّى تَلْقَوُا النَّبِيَّ ﷺ، فَإِنْ أَمَرَكُمْ أَنْ تَدْخُلُوهَا، فَادْخُلُوا، قَالَ: فَرَجَعُوا إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، فَأَخْبَرُوهُ فَقَالَ لَهُمْ: لَوْ دَخَلْتُمُوهَا مَا خَرَجْتُمْ مِنْهَا أَبَدًا، إِنَّمَا الطَّاعَةُ فِي الْمَعْرُوفِ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent out a military expedition and appointed a man from the Ansar as their commander. He said: "When they set out, he became angry with them about something. He said to them: Did not the Messenger of Allah ﷺ command you to obey me? They said: Yes. He said: Gather firewood. Then he called for fire and ignited it in it, then said: I adjure you, you must enter it. The people were about to enter it. A young man among them said to them: You fled to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ from the Fire, so do not hasten until you meet the Prophet ﷺ. If he commands you to enter it, then enter. So they returned to the Prophet ﷺ and informed him, and he said to them: If you had entered it, you would never have come out of it. Obedience is only in what is good."

62. Musnad Ahmad 623Hasan or sahih

    شَهِدْتُ جِنَازَةً فِي بَنِي سَلِمَةَ، فَقُمْتُ، فَقَالَ لِي نَافِعُ بْنُ جُبَيْرٍ: اجْلِسْ، فَإِنِّي سَأُخْبِرُكَ فِي هَذَا بِثَبْتٍ

    ✧ I attended a funeral among the Banu Salimah and stood up. Nafi b. Jubayr said to me: "Sit down, for I will inform you about this with certainty."

63. Musnad Ahmad 624Sahih

    إِنَّهُ قَدِمَ نَاسٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكُوفَةِ عَلَى عُثْمَانَ، فَأَخْبَرُوهُ بِمَا كَانَ مِنْ أَمْرِ الْوَلِيدِ - أَيْ: بِشُرْبِهِ الْخَمْرَ -، فَكَلَّمَهُ عَلِيٌّ فِي ذَلِكَ، فَقَالَ: دُونَكَ ابْنَ عَمِّكَ، فَأَقِمْ عَلَيْهِ الْحَدَّ، فَقَالَ: يَا حَسَنُ، قُمْ، فَاجْلِدْهُ، قَالَ: مَا أَنْتَ مِنْ هَذَا فِي شَيْءٍ، وَلِّ هَذَا غَيْرَكَ، قَالَ: بَلْ ضَعُفْتَ وَوَهَنْتَ وَعَجَزْتَ، قُمْ يَا عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ جَعْفَرٍ، فَجَعَلَ عَبْدُ اللهِ يَضْرِبُهُ، وَيَعُدُّ عَلِيٌّ، حَتَّى بَلَغَ أَرْبَعِينَ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: أَمْسِكْ - أَوْ قَالَ: كُفَّ - جَلَدَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَرْبَعِينَ، وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ أَرْبَعِينَ، وَكَمَّلَهَا عُمَرُ ثَمَانِينَ، وَكُلٌّ سُنَّةٌ

    ✧ Some people from the people of Kufa came to ʿUthmān and informed him of what had happened regarding al-Walīd—that is, his drinking wine. ʿAlī spoke to him about that, and he said, "Here is your cousin; carry out the prescribed punishment on him." He said, "O Ḥasan, get up and flog him." He said, "You have nothing to do with this; appoint someone else." He said, "Rather, you have become weak, feeble, and incapable. Get up, O ʿAbd Allāh b. Jaʿfar." ʿAbd Allāh began striking him while ʿAlī counted, until he reached forty. Then he said, "Stop"—or he said, "Refrain"—"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ flogged forty, Abū Bakr forty, and ʿUmar completed it to eighty, and each is a sunnah."

64. Musnad Ahmad 625Hasan

    دَخَلَ عَلَيَّ عَلِيٌّ بَيْتِي، فَدَعَا بِوَضُوءٍ، فَجِئْنَا بِقَعْبٍ يَأْخُذُ الْمُدَّ، أَوْ قَرِيبَهُ، حَتَّى وُضِعَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ، وَقَدْ بَالَ، فَقَالَ: يَا ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ، أَلَا أَتَوَضَّأُ لَكَ وُضُوءَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ ؟ قُلْتُ: بَلَى فِدَاكَ أَبِي وَأُمِّي، قَالَ: فَوُضِعَ لَهُ إِنَاءٌ، فَغَسَلَ يَدَيْهِ، ثُمَّ مَضْمَضَ، وَاسْتَنْشَقَ وَاسْتَنْثَرَ، ثُمَّ أَخَذَ بِيَدَيْهِ، فَصَكَّ بِهِمَا وَجْهَهُ، وَأَلْقَمَ إِبْهَامَهُ مَا أَقْبَلَ مِنْ أُذُنَيْهِ، قَالَ: ثُمَّ عَادَ فِي مِثْلِ ذَلِكَ ثَلَاثًا، ثُمَّ أَخَذَ كَفًّا مِنْ مَاءٍ بِيَدِهِ الْيُمْنَى، فَأَفْرَغَهَا عَلَى نَاصِيَتِهِ، ثُمَّ أَرْسَلَهَا تَسِيلُ عَلَى وَجْهِهِ، ثُمَّ غَسَلَ يَدَهُ الْيُمْنَى إِلَى الْمِرْفَقِ ثَلَاثًا، ثُمَّ يَدَهُ الْأُخْرَى مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ، ثُمَّ مَسَحَ بِرَأْسِهِ، وَأُذُنَيْهِ مِنْ ظُهُورِهِمَا، ثُمَّ أَخَذَ بِكَفَّيْهِ مِنَ الْمَاءِ، فَصَكَّ بِهِمَا عَلَى قَدَمَيْهِ، وَفِيهِمَا النَّعْلُ، ثُمَّ قَلَبَهَا بِهَا، ثُمَّ عَلَى الرِّجْلِ الْأُخْرَى مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ، قَالَ: فَقُلْتُ: وَفِي النَّعْلَيْنِ ؟ قَالَ: وَفِي النَّعْلَيْنِ، قُلْتُ: وَفِي النَّعْلَيْنِ ؟ قَالَ: وَفِي النَّعْلَيْنِ ؟ قُلْتُ: وَفِي النَّعْلَيْنِ ؟ قَالَ: وَفِي النَّعْلَيْنِ

    ✧ ʿAlī entered my house and asked for water for ablution. We brought a bowl that held a mudd or close to it, and it was placed before him. He had urinated. He said, "O Ibn ʿAbbās, shall I perform ablution for you as the Messenger of Allah ﷺ did?" I said, "Yes, may my father and mother be your ransom." He said: A vessel was placed before him, and he washed his hands, then rinsed his mouth, sniffed water into his nose, and blew it out. Then he took water with both hands and dashed it onto his face, inserting his thumb into the front of his ears. He said: Then he repeated that three times. Then he took a handful of water with his right hand and poured it onto his forelock, letting it run down his face. Then he washed his right hand up to the elbow three times, then his other hand likewise. Then he wiped his head and his ears from their backs. Then he took water with both palms and dashed it onto his feet, while he had sandals on, then turned them over with it, then did the same with the other foot. He said: I said, "Even with the sandals on?" He said, "Even with the sandals on." I said, "Even with the sandals on?" He said, "Even with the sandals on." I said, "Even with the sandals on?" He said, "Even with the sandals on."

65. Musnad Ahmad 626Sahih

    ذُكِرَ الْخَوَارِجُ، فَقَالَ: فِيهِمْ مُخْدَجُ الْيَدِ - أَوْ مُودَنُ الْيَدِ، أَوْ مُثَدَّنُ الْيَدِ - لَوْلَا أَنْ تَبْطَرُوا لَحَدَّثْتُكُمْ بِمَا وَعَدَ اللهُ الَّذِينَ يَقْتُلُونَهُمْ عَلَى لِسَانِ مُحَمَّدٍ [ ﷺ ]، قُلْتُ: أَنْتَ سَمِعْتَهُ مِنْ مُحَمَّدٍ [ ﷺ ] ؟ قَالَ: إِي وَرَبِّ الْكَعْبَةِ، إِي وَرَبِّ الْكَعْبَةِ، إِي وَرَبِّ الْكَعْبَةِ

    ✧ The Khawārij were mentioned, and he said, "Among them is a man with a maimed hand—or a defective hand, or a deformed hand. Were it not that you would become arrogant, I would tell you what Allah has promised through the tongue of Muḥammad ﷺ to those who kill them." I said, "Did you hear it from Muḥammad ﷺ ?" He said, "Yes, by the Lord of the Kaʿbah; yes, by the Lord of the Kaʿbah; yes, by the Lord of the Kaʿbah."

66. Musnad Ahmad 627Hasan

    كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُقْرِئُنَا الْقُرْآنَ مَا لَمْ يَكُنْ جُنُبًا

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

67. Musnad Ahmad 628Hasan

    قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، إِذَا بَعَثْتَنِي أَكُونُ كَالسِّكَّةِ الْمُحْمَاةِ، أَمِ الشَّاهِدُ يَرَى مَا لَا يَرَى الْغَائِبُ ؟ قَالَ: الشَّاهِدُ يَرَى مَا لَا يَرَى الْغَائِبُ

    I said: O Messenger of Allah ﷺ, when you send me on a mission, should I go and do what you tell me to do (with no delay) or witness and find out what someone who is not there cannot find out? He said: ʿWitness and find out what someone who is not there cannot find out.ʿ

68. Musnad Ahmad 629Sahih

    لَا تَكْذِبُوا عَلَيَّ، فَإِنَّهُ مَنْ يَكْذِبْ عَلَيَّ يَلِجِ النَّارَ

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

69. Musnad Ahmad 630Sahih

    لَا تَكْذِبُوا عَلَيَّ، فَإِنَّهُ مَنْ يَكْذِبْ عَلَيَّ يَلِجِ النَّارَ

    I heard ʿAli ؓ say: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Do not tell lies about me, for whoever tells lies about me will enter the Fire.”

70. Musnad Ahmad 631Sahih

    قَدْ رَأَيْنَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَامَ فَقُمْنَا، وَقَعَدَ فَقَعَدْنَا

    ✧ We saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ stand, so we stood; and he sat, so we sat.

71. Musnad Ahmad 632Sahih

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

    ✧ Angels do not enter a house in which there is a person in a state of major ritual impurity, nor an image, nor a dog.

72. Musnad Ahmad 633Hasan

    نَهَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ يُضَحَّى بِعَضْبَاءِ الْقَرْنِ، وَالْأُذُنِ

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

73. Musnad Ahmad 634Sahih

    نَهَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنِ الدُّبَّاءِ، وَالْمُزَفَّتِ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade the gourd and the pitch-coated vessel.

74. Musnad Ahmad 635Graders disagree

    لَعَنَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَشَرَةً: آكِلَ الرِّبَا، وَمُوكِلَهُ وَكَاتِبَهُ، وَشَاهِدَيْهِ، وَالْحَالَّ وَالْمُحَلَّلَ لَهُ، وَمَانِعَ الصَّدَقَةِ، وَالْوَاشِمَةَ، وَالْمُسْتَوْشِمَةَ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ cursed ten: the one who consumes ribā, the one who gives it, its scribe, and its two witnesses; the one who makes a woman lawful to her former husband and the one for whom that is done; the one who withholds zakāh; and the woman who tattoos and the one who asks to be tattooed.

75. Musnad Ahmad 636Graders disagree

    بَعَثَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَى الْيَمَنِ، وَأَنَا حَدِيثُ السِّنِّ، قَالَ: قُلْتُ: تَبْعَثُنِي إِلَى قَوْمٍ يَكُونُ بَيْنَهُمْ أَحْدَاثٌ، وَلَا عِلْمَ لِي بِالْقَضَاءِ ؟ قَالَ: إِنَّ اللهَ سَيَهْدِي لِسَانَكَ، وَيُثَبِّتُ قَلْبَكَ. قَالَ: فَمَا شَكَكْتُ فِي قَضَاءٍ بَيْنَ اثْنَيْنِ بَعْدُ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent me to Yemen while I was young. I said, "You are sending me to a people among whom there will be disputes, and I have no knowledge of judging?" He said, "Allah will guide your tongue and make your heart firm." He said: After that, I never doubted any judgment between two people.

76. Musnad Ahmad 637Hasan

    مَرَّ بِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، وَأَنَا وَجِعٌ، وَأَنَا أَقُولُ: اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كَانَ أَجَلِي قَدْ حَضَرَ، فَأَرِحْنِي، وَإِنْ كَانَ آجِلًا فَارْفَعْنِي، وَإِنْ كَانَ بَلَاءً، فَصَبِّرْنِي، قَالَ: مَا قُلْتَ ؟ فَأَعَدْتُ عَلَيْهِ، فَضَرَبَنِي بِرِجْلِهِ، فَقَالَ: مَا قُلْتَ ؟ قَالَ: فَأَعَدْتُ عَلَيْهِ، فَقَالَ: اللَّهُمَّ عَافِهِ، أَوِ اشْفِهِ، قَالَ: فَمَا اشْتَكَيْتُ ذَلِكَ الْوَجَعَ بَعْدُ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed by me while I was in pain, and I was saying, "O Allah, if my appointed time has come, give me rest; and if it is later, raise me up; and if it is a trial, give me patience." He said, "What did you say?" I repeated it for him, and he struck me with his foot and said, "What did you say?" He said: I repeated it for him, and he said, "O Allah, grant him well-being, or heal him." He said: After that, I never complained of that pain again.

77. Musnad Ahmad 638Hasan

    كُنْتُ شَاكِيًا، فَمَرَّ بِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، فَذَكَرَ مَعْنَاهُ، إِلَّا أَنَّهُ قَالَ: اللَّهُمَّ عَافِهِ، اللَّهُمَّ اشْفِهِ

    ✧ I was ill, and the Messenger of God ﷺ passed by me, and he mentioned its meaning, except that he said: O God, grant him well-being; O God, heal him.

78. Musnad Ahmad 639Hasan

    أَتَيْتُ عَلَى عَلِيٍّ أَنَا وَرَجُلَانِ، فَقَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَقْضِي حَاجَتَهُ، ثُمَّ يَخْرُجُ، فَيَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ، وَيَأْكُلُ مَعَنَا اللَّحْمَ، وَلَا يَحْجِزُهُ - وَرُبَّمَا قَالَ: يَحْجُبُهُ - مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ شَيْءٌ لَيْسَ الْجَنَابَةَ

    ✧ I came to 'Ali with two men, and he said: The Messenger of God ﷺ used to relieve himself, then come out and recite the Qur'an, and eat meat with us, and nothing prevented him—or perhaps he said: prevented him—from the Qur'an except major ritual impurity.

79. Musnad Ahmad 640Sahih

    خَيْرُ نِسَائِهَا مَرْيَمُ بِنْتُ عِمْرَانَ، وَخَيْرُ نِسَائِهَا خَدِيجَةُ

    ✧ The best of its women is Maryam bt. 'Imran, and the best of its women is Khadijah.

80. Musnad Ahmad 641Graders disagree

    سَمِعْتُ عَلِيًّا فِي الرَّحَبَةِ، وَهُوَ يَنْشُدُ النَّاسَ: مَنْ شَهِدَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَوْمَ غَدِيرِ خُمٍّ، وَهُوَ يَقُولُ مَا قَالَ ؟ فَقَامَ ثَلَاثَةَ عَشَرَ رَجُلًا، فَشَهِدُوا أَنَّهُمْ سَمِعُوا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ: مَنْ كُنْتُ مَوْلَاهُ فَعَلِيٌّ مَوْلَاهُ

    ✧ I heard 'Ali in al-Rahbah adjuring the people: Who witnessed the Messenger of God ﷺ on the day of Ghadir Khumm, saying what he said? Thirteen men stood up and testified that they heard the Messenger of God ﷺ saying: Whoever's mawla I am, 'Ali is his mawla.

81. Musnad Ahmad 642Sahih

    وَاللهِ إِنَّهُ لمِمَّا عَهِدَ إِلَيَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: أَنَّهُ لَا يُبْغِضُنِي إِلَّا مُنَافِقٌ، وَلَا يُحِبُّنِي إِلَّا مُؤْمِنٌ

    ʿAli ؓ said: By Allah, one of the things that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ promised me was that no one would hate me except a hypocrite and no one would love me except a believer.

82. Musnad Ahmad 643Accepted

    جَهَّزَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَاطِمَةَ فِي خَمِيلٍ، وَقِرْبَةٍ، وَوِسَادَةِ أَدَمٍ حَشْوُهَا لِيفُ الْإِذْخِرِ

    ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ equipped Fatimah with a velvet garment, a water skin, and a tanned leather cushion stuffed with idhkhir fibers.

83. Musnad Ahmad 644Weak

    انْطَلَقْتُ أَنَا وَالنَّبِيُّ ﷺ حَتَّى أَتَيْنَا الْكَعْبَةَ، فَقَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: اجْلِسْ، وَصَعِدَ عَلَى مَنْكِبَيَّ، فَذَهَبْتُ لِأَنْهَضَ بِهِ، فَرَأَى مِنِّي ضَعْفًا، فَنَزَلَ، وَجَلَسَ لِي نَبِيُّ اللهِ ﷺ وَقَالَ: اصْعَدْ عَلَى مَنْكِبَيَّ، قَالَ: فَصَعِدْتُ عَلَى مَنْكِبَيْهِ، قَالَ: فَنَهَضَ بِي، قَالَ: فَإِنَّهُ يُخَيَّلُ إِلَيَّ أَنِّي لَوْ شِئْتُ لَنِلْتُ أُفُقَ السَّمَاءِ حَتَّى صَعِدْتُ عَلَى الْبَيْتِ، وَعَلَيْهِ تِمْثَالُ صُفْرٍ، أَوْ نُحَاسٍ، فَجَعَلْتُ أُزَاوِلُهُ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ، وَعَنْ شِمَالِهِ، وَبَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ، وَمِنْ خَلْفِهِ، حَتَّى إِذَا اسْتَمْكَنْتُ مِنْهُ قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: اقْذِفْ بِهِ، فَقَذَفْتُ بِهِ، فَتَكَسَّرَ كَمَا تَتَكَسَّرُ الْقَوَارِيرُ، ثُمَّ نَزَلْتُ، فَانْطَلَقْتُ أَنَا وَرَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ نَسْتَبِقُ حَتَّى تَوَارَيْنَا بِالْبُيُوتِ خَشْيَةَ أَنْ يَلْقَانَا أَحَدٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ

    ✧ I set out with the Prophet ﷺ until we came to the Ka'bah. The Messenger of God ﷺ said to me: 'Sit,' and he climbed onto my shoulders. I tried to rise with him, but he sensed weakness in me, so he came down and sat for me, and the Prophet of God ﷺ said: 'Climb onto my shoulders.' He said: So I climbed onto his shoulders. He said: Then he lifted me up. He said: It seemed to me that if I wished I could touch the horizon of the sky, until I climbed onto the House, on which there was an idol of brass or copper. I began to work it from its right, its left, in front of it, and behind it, until I had a firm grip on it. The Messenger of God ﷺ said to me: 'Throw it down.' So I threw it down, and it shattered as glass shatters. Then I descended, and the Messenger of God ﷺ and I went off racing until we hid among the houses, fearing that someone might meet us.

84. Musnad Ahmad 645Weak

    الْمَهْدِيُّ مِنَّا أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ، يُصْلِحُهُ اللهُ فِي لَيْلَةٍ

    The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “The Mahdi is one of us’ Ahlal-Bait (the prophet’s family) and Allah will prepare him in one night”.

85. Musnad Ahmad 646Weak

    اجْتَمَعْتُ أَنَا وَفَاطِمَةُ وَالْعَبَّاسُ وَزَيْدُ بْنُ حَارِثَةَ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، فَقَالَ الْعَبَّاسُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، كَبِرَ سِنِّي، وَرَقَّ عَظْمِي، وَكَثُرَتْ مَئُونَتِي، فَإِنْ رَأَيْتَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَنْ تَأْمُرَ لِي بِكَذَا وَكَذَا وَسْقًا مِنْ طَعَامٍ فَافْعَلْ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: نَفْعَلُ، فَقَالَتْ فَاطِمَةُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، إِنْ رَأَيْتَ أَنْ تَأْمُرَ لِي كَمَا أَمَرْتَ لِعَمِّكَ فَافْعَلْ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: نَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ، ثُمَّ قَالَ زَيْدُ بْنُ حَارِثَةَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، كُنْتَ أَعْطَيْتَنِي أَرْضًا كَانَتْ مَعِيشَتِي مِنْهَا، ثُمَّ قَبَضْتَهَا، فَإِنْ رَأَيْتَ أَنْ تَرُدَّهَا عَلَيَّ، فَافْعَلْ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: نَفْعَلُ ذَاكَ، قَالَ: فَقُلْتُ أَنَا: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، إِنْ رَأَيْتَ أَنْ تُوَلِّيَنِي هَذَا الْحَقَّ الَّذِي جَعَلَهُ اللهُ لَنَا فِي كِتَابِهِ مِنْ هَذَا الْخُمُسِ، فَأَقْسِمَهُ فِي حَيَاتِكَ كَيْ لَا يُنَازِعَنِيهِ أَحَدٌ بَعْدَكَ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: نَفْعَلُ ذَاكَ، فَوَلَّانِيهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، فَقَسَمْتُهُ فِي حَيَاتِهِ، ثُمَّ وَلَّانِيهِ أَبُو بَكْرٍ، فَقَسَمْتُهُ فِي حَيَاتِهِ، ثُمَّ وَلَّانِيهِ عُمَرُ، فَقَسَمْتُهُ فِي حَيَاتِهِ حَتَّى كَانَتْ آخِرُ سَنَةٍ مِنْ سِنِي عُمَرَ، فَإِنَّهُ أَتَاهُ مَالٌ كَثِيرٌ

    ✧ I, Fatimah, al-'Abbas, and Zayd b. Harithah gathered before the Messenger of God ﷺ. Al-'Abbas said: O Messenger of God, I have grown old, my bones have thinned, and my expenses have increased. If you see fit, O Messenger of God, to order for me such-and-such a quantity of food, do so. The Messenger of God ﷺ said: 'We shall do it.' Fatimah said: O Messenger of God, if you see fit to order for me as you ordered for your uncle, do so. The Messenger of God ﷺ said: 'We shall do that.' Then Zayd b. Harithah said: O Messenger of God, you had given me land from which I made my living, then you took it back. If you see fit to return it to me, do so. The Messenger of God ﷺ said: 'We shall do that.' I said: O Messenger of God, if you see fit to entrust me with this right that God has assigned to us in His Book from this khums, I would distribute it during your lifetime so that no one may dispute it with me after you. The Messenger of God ﷺ said: 'We shall do that.' So the Messenger of God ﷺ entrusted it to me, and I distributed it during his lifetime. Then Abu Bakr entrusted it to me, and I distributed it during his lifetime. Then 'Umar entrusted it to me, and I distributed it during his lifetime, until the last year of 'Umar's reign, when a great amount of wealth came to him.

86. Musnad Ahmad 647Weak

    كَانَتْ لِي مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مَنْزِلَةٌ لَمْ تَكُنْ لِأَحَدٍ مِنَ الْخَلَائِقِ، إِنِّي كُنْتُ آتِيهِ كُلَّ سَحَرٍ، فَأُسَلِّمُ عَلَيْهِ حَتَّى يَتَنَحْنَحَ، وَإِنِّي جِئْتُ ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ، فَسَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْهِ، فَقُلْتُ: السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ، فَقَالَ: عَلَى رِسْلِكَ يَا أَبَا حَسَنٍ حَتَّى أَخْرُجَ إِلَيْكَ، فَلَمَّا خَرَجَ إِلَيَّ، قُلْتُ: يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ، أَغْضَبَكَ أَحَدٌ ؟ قَالَ: لَا، قُلْتُ: فَمَا لَكَ لَمْ تُكَلِّمْنِي فِيمَا مَضَى حَتَّى كَلَّمْتَنِي اللَّيْلَةَ ؟ قَالَ: إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ فِي الْحُجْرَةِ حَرَكَةً، فَقُلْتُ: مَنْ هَذَا ؟ فَقَالَ: أَنَا جِبْرِيلُ قُلْتُ: ادْخُلْ، قَالَ: لَا، اخْرُجْ إِلَيَّ، فَلَمَّا خَرَجْتُ قَالَ: إِنَّ فِي بَيْتِكَ شَيْئًا لَا يَدْخُلُهُ مَلَكٌ مَا دَامَ فِيهِ، قُلْتُ: مَا أَعْلَمُهُ يَا جِبْرِيلُ، قَالَ: اذْهَبْ، فَانْظُرْ، فَفَتَحْتُ الْبَيْتَ، فَلَمْ أَجِدْ فِيهِ شَيْئًا غَيْرَ جَرْوِ كَلْبٍ كَانَ يَلْعَبُ بِهِ الْحَسَنُ، قُلْتُ: مَا وَجَدْتُ إِلَّا جَرْوًا، قَالَ: إِنَّهَا ثَلَاثٌ لَنْ يَلِجَ مَلَكٌ مَا دَامَ فِيهَا أَبَدًا وَاحِدٌ مِنْهَا: كَلْبٌ، أَوْ جَنَابَةٌ، أَوْ صُورَةُ رُوحٍ

    ✧ I had a standing with the Messenger of God ﷺ that no one else among creation had. I used to come to him every pre-dawn and greet him until he cleared his throat. One night I came and greeted him, saying: Peace be upon you, O Prophet of God. He said: 'Wait a moment, O Abu al-Hasan, until I come out to you.' When he came out to me, I said: O Prophet of God, has someone angered you? He said: 'No.' I said: Then why did you not speak to me before, until you spoke to me tonight? He said: 'I heard a movement in the room, so I said: Who is this? He said: I am Jibril. I said: Enter. He said: No, come out to me. When I came out, he said: There is something in your house that no angel enters while it remains there. I said: I do not know of it, O Jibril. He said: Go and look. So I opened the house and found nothing in it except a puppy that al-Hasan was playing with. I said: I found nothing but a puppy. He said: These are three things: an angel will never enter as long as any one of them is present—a dog, major ritual impurity, or an image of a living being.'

87. Musnad Ahmad 648Weak

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

    ✧ He traveled with 'Ali and was in charge of his water container. When he came to Nineveh while heading to Siffin, 'Ali called out: 'Be patient, Abu 'Abd Allah; be patient, Abu 'Abd Allah, at the bank of the Euphrates.' I said: What is that? He said: I entered upon the Prophet ﷺ one day while his eyes were overflowing. I said: O Prophet of God, has someone angered you? What is the matter with your eyes overflowing? He said: 'Rather, Jibril left me a while ago and told me that al-Husayn will be killed at the bank of the Euphrates.' He said: Then he said: 'Would you like me to let you smell some of his earth?' I said: Yes. So he stretched out his hand, took a handful of earth, and gave it to me. I could not control my eyes from overflowing.

88. Musnad Ahmad 649Weak

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

    ✧ Shall I inform you of the best verse in the Book of God Almighty, which the Messenger of God ﷺ told us? 'Whatever misfortune befalls you is because of what your own hands have earned, and He pardons much.' I will explain it to you, O 'Ali: whatever afflicts you of illness, punishment, or trial in this world is because of what your hands have earned. God Almighty is too generous to double the punishment for them in the Hereafter. And whatever God Almighty pardons in this world, God Almighty is too forbearing to return after His pardon.

89. Musnad Ahmad 650Accepted

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

    ✧ We asked 'Ali about the Prophet's ﷺ voluntary prayers during the day. He said: 'You will not be able to keep them up.' We said: Tell us about them; we will take from them what we can. He said: When the Prophet ﷺ prayed Fajr, he would wait until the sun, from here—meaning from the east—was at the height it would be at the time of 'Asr from here—meaning from the west—then he would stand and pray two rak'ahs. Then he would wait until the sun, from here—meaning from the east—was at the height it would be at the time of Zuhr from here—meaning from the west—then he would stand and pray four rak'ahs. And four rak'ahs before Zuhr when the sun declined, two rak'ahs after it, and four rak'ahs before 'Asr, separating between each two rak'ahs with the greeting of peace upon the angels closest to God, the prophets, and those who followed them among the believers and Muslims. He said: 'Ali said: Those are sixteen rak'ahs, the voluntary prayers of the Prophet ﷺ during the day, and few are those who maintain them.

90. Musnad Ahmad 651Weak

    مِنْ كُلِّ اللَّيْلِ قَدْ أَوْتَرَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مِنْ أَوَّلِهِ، وَأَوْسَطِهِ، وَآخِرِهِ، فَثَبَتَ الْوِتْرُ آخِرَ اللَّيْلِ

    At different times of the night the Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed Witr at the beginning, in the middle and at the end. Then he settled on praying Witr at the end of the night.

91. Musnad Ahmad 652Accepted

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

    Witr is not an essential like regular prayer, but it is a Sunnah that was established by the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.

92. Musnad Ahmad 653Accepted

    أَوْتَرَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مِنْ أَوَّلِ اللَّيْلِ، وَآخِرِهِ، وَأَوْسَطِهِ، فَانْتَهَى وِتْرُهُ إِلَى السَّحَرِ

    ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ performed Witr at the beginning of the night, at its end, and in its middle, and his Witr extended until the pre-dawn.

93. Musnad Ahmad 654Sahih

    لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُنَا يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ، وَنَحْنُ نَلُوذُ بِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ أَقْرَبُنَا إِلَى الْعَدُوِّ، وَكَانَ مِنْ أَشَدِّ النَّاسِ يَوْمَئِذٍ بَأْسًا.

    ✧ We saw ourselves on the day of Badr, while we were taking refuge with the Messenger of God ﷺ, and he was the closest of us to the enemy. And he was among the most intense of the people that day in courage.

94. Musnad Ahmad 655Weak

    جَاءَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، إِنَّا نَكُونُ بِالْبَادِيَةِ، فَتَخْرُجُ مِنْ أَحَدِنَا الرُّوَيْحَةُ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: إِنَّ اللهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ لَا يَسْتَحْيِي مِنَ الْحَقِّ، إِذَا فَعَلَ أَحَدُكُمْ [ذَلِكَ] فَلْيَتَوَضَّأْ، وَلَا تَأْتُوا النِّسَاءَ فِي أَعْجَازِهِنَّ

    ✧ A bedouin came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: O Messenger of God, we are in the desert, and one of us passes a little wind. The Messenger of God ﷺ said: God, Mighty and Majestic, is not ashamed of the truth. When one of you does [that], let him perform ablution. And do not approach women in their anuses.

95. Musnad Ahmad 656Hasan

    أَيُّهَا الْمُصْحَفُ، حَدِّثِ النَّاسَ، فَنَادَاهُ النَّاسُ، فَقَالُوا: يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، مَا تَسْأَلُ عَنْهُ إِنَّمَا هُوَ مِدَادٌ فِي وَرَقٍ، وَنَحْنُ نَتَكَلَّمُ بِمَا رُوِينَا مِنْهُ، فَمَاذَا تُرِيدُ ؟ قَالَ: أَصْحَابُكُمُ هَؤُلَاءِ الَّذِينَ خَرَجُوا، بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَهُمْ كِتَابُ اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ، يَقُولُ اللهُ تَعَالَى فِي كِتَابِهِ فِي امْرَأَةٍ وَرَجُلٍ: وَإِنْ خِفْتُمْ شِقَاقَ بَيْنِهِمَا فَابْعَثُوا حَكَمًا مِنْ أَهْلِهِ وَحَكَمًا مِنْ أَهْلِهَا إِنْ يُرِيدَا إِصْلاحًا يُوَفِّقِ اللهُ بَيْنَهُمَا، فَأُمَّةُ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ أَعْظَمُ دَمًا وَحُرْمَةً مِنِ امْرَأَةٍ وَرَجُلٍ، وَنَقَمُوا عَلَيَّ أَنْ كَاتَبْتُ مُعَاوِيَةَ: كَتَبَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ، وَقَدْ جَاءَنَا سُهَيْلُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو، وَنَحْنُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ بِالْحُدَيْبِيَةِ حِينَ صَالَحَ قَوْمَهُ قُرَيْشًا، فَكَتَبَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ، فَقَالَ سُهَيْلٌ: لَا تَكْتُبْ بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ فَقَالَ: كَيْفَ تَكْتُبُ ؟ فَقَالَ: اكْتُبْ بِاسْمِكَ اللَّهُمَّ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: فَاكْتُبْ مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولُ اللهِ، فَقَالَ: لَوْ أَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ رَسُولُ اللهِ لَمْ أُخَالِفْكَ، فَكَتَبَ: هَذَا مَا صَالَحَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ قُرَيْشًا، يَقُولُ اللهُ تَعَالَى فِي كِتَابِهِ: لَقَدْ كَانَ لَكُمْ فِي رَسُولِ اللهِ أُسْوَةٌ حَسَنَةٌ لِمَنْ كَانَ يَرْجُو اللهَ وَالْيَوْمَ الآخِرَ، فَبَعَثَ إِلَيْهِمْ عَلِيٌّ، عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ عَبَّاسٍ، فَخَرَجْتُ مَعَهُ حَتَّى إِذَا تَوَسَّطْنَا عَسْكَرَهُمْ قَامَ ابْنُ الْكَوَّاءِ يَخْطُبُ النَّاسَ، فَقَالَ: يَا حَمَلَةَ الْقُرْآنِ، إِنَّ هَذَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عَبَّاسٍ، فَمَنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ يَعْرِفُهُ، فَأَنَا أُعَرِّفُهُ مِنْ كِتَابِ اللهِ مَا يَعْرِفُهُ بِهِ، هَذَا مِمَّنْ نَزَلَ فِيهِ، وَفِي قَوْمِهِ: قَوْمٌ خَصِمُونَ، فَرُدُّوهُ إِلَى صَاحِبِهِ، وَلَا تُوَاضِعُوهُ كِتَابَ اللهِ، فَقَامَ خُطَبَاؤُهُمْ، فَقَالُوا: وَاللهِ لَنُوَاضِعَنَّهُ كِتَابَ اللهِ، فَإِنْ جَاءَ بِحَقٍّ نَعْرِفُهُ لَنَتَّبِعَنَّهُ، وَإِنْ جَاءَ بِبَاطِلٍ لَنُبَكِّتَنَّهُ بِبَاطِلِهِ، فَوَاضَعُوا عَبْدَ اللهِ الْكِتَابَ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ، فَرَجَعَ مِنْهُمْ أَرْبَعَةُ آلَافٍ كُلُّهُمْ تَائِبٌ، فِيهِمُ ابْنُ الْكَوَّاءِ، حَتَّى أَدْخَلَهُمْ عَلَى عَلِيٍّ الْكُوفَةَ، فَبَعَثَ عَلِيٌّ إِلَى بَقِيَّتِهِمْ، فَقَالَ: قَدْ كَانَ مِنْ أَمْرِنَا، وَأَمْرِ النَّاسِ مَا قَدْ رَأَيْتُمْ، فَقِفُوا حَيْثُ شِئْتُمْ حَتَّى تَجْتَمِعَ أُمَّةُ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَكُمْ، أَنْ لَا تَسْفِكُوا دَمًا حَرَامًا، أَوْ تَقْطَعُوا سَبِيلًا، أَوْ تَظْلِمُوا ذِمَّةً، فَإِنَّكُمْ إِنْ فَعَلْتُمْ، فَقَدْ نَبَذْنَا إِلَيْكُمُ الْحَرْبَ عَلَى سَوَاءٍ، إِنَّ اللهَ لَا يُحِبُّ الْخَائِنِينَ. فَقَالَتْ لَهُ عَائِشَةُ: يَا ابْنَ شَدَّادٍ، فَقَدْ قَتَلَهُمْ، فَقَالَ: وَاللهِ مَا بَعَثَ إِلَيْهِمْ حَتَّى قَطَعُوا السَّبِيلَ وَسَفَكُوا الدَّمَ، وَاسْتَحَلُّوا أَهْلَ الذِّمَّةِ، فَقَالَتْ: آللهِ ؟ قَالَ: آللهِ الَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ لَقَدْ كَانَ. قَالَتْ: فَمَا شَيْءٌ بَلَغَنِي عَنْ [أَهْلِ الْعِرَاقِ] يَتَحَدَّثُونَهُ يَقُولُونَ: ذُو الثُّدَيِّ، وَذُو الثُّدَيِّ ؟ قَالَ: قَدْ رَأَيْتُهُ، وَقُمْتُ مَعَ عَلِيٍّ عَلَيْهِ فِي الْقَتْلَى، فَدَعَا النَّاسَ، فَقَالَ: أَتَعْرِفُونَ هَذَا ؟ فَمَا أَكْثَرَ مَنْ جَاءَ يَقُولُ: قَدْ رَأَيْتُهُ فِي مَسْجِدِ بَنِي فُلَانٍ يُصَلِّي، وَرَأَيْتُهُ فِي مَسْجِدِ بَنِي فُلَانٍ يُصَلِّي، وَلَمْ يَأْتُوا فِيهِ بِثَبَتٍ يُعْرَفُ إِلَّا ذَلِكَ، قَالَتْ: فَمَا قَوْلُ عَلِيٍّ حِينَ قَامَ عَلَيْهِ كَمَا يَزْعُمُ أَهْلُ الْعِرَاقِ ؟ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ: صَدَقَ اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ، قَالَتْ: هَلْ سَمِعْتَ مِنْهُ أَنَّهُ قَالَ غَيْرَ ذَلِكَ ؟ قَالَ: اللَّهُمَّ لَا، قَالَتْ: أَجَلْ، صَدَقَ اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ، يَرْحَمُ اللهُ عَلِيًّا إِنَّهُ كَانَ مِنْ كَلَامِهِ لَا يَرَى شَيْئًا يُعْجِبُهُ إِلَّا قَالَ: صَدَقَ اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ، فَيَذْهَبُ أَهْلُ الْعِرَاقِ يَكْذِبُونَ عَلَيْهِ، وَيَزِيدُونَ عَلَيْهِ فِي الْحَدِيثِ. كذا في طبعة جمعية المكنز الإسلامي، وفي طبعة مؤسسة الرسالة: نكتب. كذا في طبعة جمعية المكنز الإسلامي، وفي طبعة مؤسسة الرسالة: أهل الذمة.

    ✧ O mushaf, narrate to the people. The people called out to him and said: O Commander of the Faithful, what do you ask of it when it is only ink on paper, and we speak about what we have narrated from it? So what do you want? He said: These companions of yours who went out—between me and them is the Book of God, Mighty and Majestic. God the Exalted says in His Book concerning a woman and a man: 'And if you fear dissension between the two, send an arbitrator from his people and an arbitrator from her people; if they both desire reconciliation, God will bring about accord between them' (Qur'an 4:35). The community of Muhammad ﷺ is greater in blood and sacredness than a woman and a man. They condemned me for writing to Mu'awiya: 'Ali b. Abi Talib wrote.' Suhayl b. 'Amr came to us while we were with the Messenger of God ﷺ at al-Hudaybiya when he made peace with his people, Quraysh. The Messenger of God ﷺ wrote: 'In the name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate.' Suhayl said: Do not write 'In the name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate.' He said: How should we write? He said: Write 'In Your name, O God.' The Messenger of God ﷺ said: Then write 'Muhammad is the Messenger of God.' He said: If I knew that you were the Messenger of God, I would not have opposed you. So he wrote: 'This is what Muhammad b. 'Abd Allah has agreed with Quraysh.' God the Exalted says in His Book: 'You have in the Messenger of God a good example for whoever hopes in God and the Last Day' (Qur'an 33:21). 'Ali sent to them 'Abd Allah b. 'Abbas, and I went out with him until when we reached the middle of their camp, Ibn al-Kawwa' stood up addressing the people and said: O bearers of the Qur'an, this is 'Abd Allah b. 'Abbas. Whoever does not know him, I will introduce him from the Book of God by what he knows of it. He is among those about whom it was revealed, and about his people: 'a contentious people' (Qur'an 43:58). So return him to his companion, and do not engage him in debate over the Book of God. Their orators stood up and said: By God, we will debate him with the Book of God. If he comes with truth we recognize, we will follow him, and if he comes with falsehood, we will refute him with his falsehood. They debated the Book with 'Abd Allah for three days, and four thousand of them returned, all of them repentant, including Ibn al-Kawwa', until he brought them to 'Ali in Kufa. 'Ali sent to the rest of them and said: You have seen what has happened between us and the people. So stop wherever you wish until the community of Muhammad ﷺ gathers between us and you, that you do not shed forbidden blood, or cut off a road, or wrong a protected person. For if you do, we have declared war against you on equal terms. God does not love the treacherous. 'A'isha said to him: O Ibn Shaddad, he did kill them. He said: By God, he did not send against them until they cut off roads, shed blood, and violated protected people. She said: By God? He said: By God, besides whom there is no deity, it was so. She said: What about something that has reached me from the people of Iraq that they talk about, saying: 'the one with the breast,' the one with the breast? He said: I saw him, and I stood with 'Ali over him among the slain. He called the people and said: Do you recognize this one? Many came saying: I saw him in the mosque of Banu So-and-so praying, and I saw him in the mosque of Banu So-and-so praying, but they did not bring any clear proof about him except that. She said: What did 'Ali say when he stood over him, as the people of Iraq claim? He said: I heard him say: God and His Messenger have spoken the truth. She said: Did you hear him say anything else? He said: O God, no. She said: Yes, God and His Messenger have spoken the truth. May God have mercy on 'Ali. It was part of his speech that he did not see anything that pleased him except he said: God and His Messenger have spoken the truth. The people of Iraq go and fabricate lies against him and add to the hadith.

96. Musnad Ahmad 657Weak

    كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي جِنَازَةٍ، فَقَالَ: أَيُّكُمْ يَنْطَلِقُ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ، فَلَا يَدَعُ بِهَا وَثَنًا إِلَّا كَسَرَهُ، وَلَا قَبْرًا إِلَّا سَوَّاهُ، وَلَا صُورَةً إِلَّا لَطَّخَهَا ؟ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ: أَنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، فَانْطَلَقَ، فَهَابَ أَهْلَ الْمَدِينَةِ، فَرَجَعَ، فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ: أَنَا أَنْطَلِقُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، قَالَ: فَانْطَلِقْ، فَانْطَلَقَ، ثُمَّ رَجَعَ، فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، لَمْ أَدَعْ بِهَا وَثَنًا إِلَّا كَسَرْتُهُ، وَلَا قَبْرًا إِلَّا سَوَّيْتُهُ، وَلَا صُورَةً إِلَّا لَطَّخْتُهَا، ثُمَّ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: مَنْ عَادَ لِصَنْعَةِ شَيْءٍ مِنْ هَذَا، فَقَدْ كَفَرَ بِمَا أُنْزِلَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: لَا تَكُونَنَّ فَتَّانًا، وَلَا مُخْتَالًا، وَلَا تَاجِرًا إِلَّا تَاجِرَ خَيْرٍ، فَإِنَّ أُولَئِكَ هُمُ الْمَسْبُوقُونَ بِالْعَمَلِ

    ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ was at a funeral and said: Which of you will go to Madinah and not leave any idol there but break it, any grave but level it, and any image but deface it? A man said: I will, O Messenger of God. He went, but feared the people of Madinah and returned. 'Ali said: I will go, O Messenger of God. He said: Go. He went, then returned and said: O Messenger of God, I did not leave any idol but I broke it, any grave but I leveled it, and any image but I defaced it. Then the Messenger of God ﷺ said: Whoever returns to making any of these things has disbelieved in what was sent down upon Muhammad ﷺ. Then he said: Do not be a trial-monger, nor arrogant, nor a trader except a trader in good, for those are the ones outstripped in deeds.

97. Musnad Ahmad 658Weak

    وَلَا صُورَةً إِلَّا طَلَخَهَا، فَقَالَ: مَا أَتَيْتُكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، حَتَّى لَمْ أَدَعْ صُورَةً إِلَّا طَلَخْتُهَا، وَقَالَ: لَا تَكُنْ فَتَّانًا، وَلَا مُخْتَالًا

    ✧ And no image but I smeared it. He said: I did not come to you, O Messenger of God, until I had not left any image but I smeared it. And he said: Do not be a trial-monger, nor arrogant.

98. Musnad Ahmad 659Weak

    كَانَ يُوتِرُ عِنْدَ الْأَذَانِ، وَيُصَلِّي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ عِنْدَ الْإِقَامَةِ

    It was narrated from ‘Ali ؓ that the Prophet ﷺ used to pray Witr when the adhan was given and he prayed two rakʿahs when the iqamah was given.

99. Musnad Ahmad 660Graders disagree

    لَعَنَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ آكِلَ الرِّبَا، وَمُوكِلَهُ، وَشَاهِدَيْهِ، وَكَاتِبَهُ، وَالْوَاشِمَةَ، وَالْمُسْتَوْشِمَةَ، وَالْمُحِلَّ، وَالْمُحَلَّلَ لَهُ، وَمَانِعَ الصَّدَقَةِ، وَكَانَ يَنْهَى عَنِ النَّوْحِ

    ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ cursed the one who consumes usury, the one who gives it, its two witnesses, and its scribe, and the tattooer and the one who asks to be tattooed, and the one who permits an unlawful marriage and the one for whom it is permitted, and the one who withholds alms. And he used to forbid wailing.

100. Musnad Ahmad 661Weak

     يَا عَلِيُّ، إِنْ أَنْتَ وُلِّيتَ [هَذَا] الْأَمْرَ بَعْدِي، فَأَخْرِجْ أَهْلَ نَجْرَانَ مِنْ جَزِيرَةِ الْعَرَبِ

     ✧ O 'Ali, if you are given authority over this matter after me, then expel the people of Najran from the Arabian Peninsula.

101. Musnad Ahmad 662Graders disagree

     كُنْتُ رَجُلًا مَذَّاءً، فَسَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ: أَمَّا الْمَنِيُّ فَفِيهِ الْغُسْلُ، وَأَمَّا الْمَذْيُ فَفِيهِ الْوُضُوءُ

     ✧ I was a man who emitted a lot of prostatic fluid, so I asked the Messenger of God ﷺ. He said: As for semen, it requires a full bath; as for prostatic fluid, it requires ablution.

102. Musnad Ahmad 663Graders disagree

     نَهَى أَنْ يَرْفَعَ الرَّجُلُ صَوْتَهُ بِالْقِرَاءَةِ قَبْلَ الْعِشَاءِ وَبَعْدَهَا، يُغَلِّطُ أَصْحَابَهُ وَهُمْ يُصَلُّونَ

     It was narrated from ‘Ali ؓ that The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade raising the voice when reciting Qurʿan before or after Ishaʿ and causing others to make mistakes in recitation when praying.

103. Musnad Ahmad 664Sahih

     سَلِ اللهَ تَعَالَى الْهُدَى، وَالسَّدَادَ، وَاذْكُرْ بِالْهُدَى هِدَايَتَكَ الطَّرِيقَ، وَاذْكُرْ بِالسَّدَادِ تَسْدِيدَكَ السَّهْمَ

     ✧ Ask God the Exalted for guidance and rightness of aim. Remember with guidance your guidance of the way, and remember with rightness of aim your straight shooting of the arrow.

104. Musnad Ahmad 665Weak

     لَيْسَ مِنْ نَبِيٍّ كَانَ قَبْلِي إِلَّا قَدْ أُعْطِيَ سَبْعَةَ نُقَبَاءَ وُزَرَاءَ نُجَبَاءَ، وَإِنِّي أُعْطِيتُ أَرْبَعَةَ عَشَرَ وَزِيرًا نَقِيبًا نَجِيبًا، سَبْعَةً مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ، وَسَبْعَةً مِنَ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ

     ✧ There was no prophet before me but he was given seven chiefs, ministers, and nobles. And I was given fourteen ministers, chiefs, and nobles, seven from Quraysh and seven from the emigrants.

105. Musnad Ahmad 666Sahih

     بَعَثَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَى الْيَمَنِ، فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، إِنَّكَ تَبْعَثُنِي إِلَى قَوْمٍ هُمْ أَسَنُّ مِنِّي لِأَقْضِيَ بَيْنَهُمْ، قَالَ: اذْهَبْ، فَإِنَّ اللهَ تَعَالَى سَيُثَبِّتُ لِسَانَكَ، وَيَهْدِي قَلْبَكَ

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ sent me to Yemen. I said: O Messenger of God, you send me to people who are older than me to judge among them. He said: Go, for God the Exalted will make firm your tongue and guide your heart.

106. Musnad Ahmad 667Hasan

     مَرَّتْ إِبِلُ الصَّدَقَةِ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ: فَأَهْوَى بِيَدِهِ إِلَى وَبَرَةٍ مِنْ جَنْبِ بَعِيرٍ، فَقَالَ: مَا أَنَا بِأَحَقَّ بِهَذِهِ الْوَبَرَةِ مِنْ رَجُلٍ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ

     ✧ The camels of the alms tax passed by the Messenger of God ﷺ. He reached his hand to a hair from the side of a camel and said: I am no more entitled to this hair than any man among the Muslims.

107. Musnad Ahmad 668Weak

     بَيْنَمَا نَحْنُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ نُصَلِّي إِذِ انْصَرَفَ وَنَحْنُ قِيَامٌ، ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ وَرَأْسُهُ يَقْطُرُ، فَصَلَّى لَنَا الصَّلَاةَ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: إِنِّي ذَكَرْتُ أَنِّي كُنْتُ جُنُبًا حِينَ قُمْتُ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ لَمْ أَغْتَسِلْ، فَمَنْ وَجَدَ مِنْكُمْ فِي بَطْنِهِ رِزًّا، أَوْ كَانَ عَلَى مِثْلِ مَا كُنْتُ عَلَيْهِ، فَلْيَنْصَرِفْ حَتَّى يَفْرُغَ مِنْ حَاجَتِهِ، أَوْ غُسْلِهِ، ثُمَّ يَعُودُ إِلَى صَلَاتِهِ

     ✧ While we were praying with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, he left while we were standing. Then he returned with his head dripping, and led us in the prayer. Then he said: 'I remembered that I was in a state of major ritual impurity when I stood for prayer and did not perform ghusl. So whoever among you feels any movement in his stomach, or is in a state like mine, should leave until he finishes his need or his ghusl, then return to his prayer.'

108. Musnad Ahmad 669Weak

     673 680 669 - حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ، عَنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ زُرَيْرٍ، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ، فَذَكَرَ مِثْلَهُ

     ✧ A similar report is mentioned on the authority of 'Ali.

109. Musnad Ahmad 670Sahih

     سَمِعْتُ عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ يَنْشُدُ النَّاسَ، فَقَالَ: أَنْشُدُ اللهَ رَجُلًا مُسْلِمًا سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ يَوْمَ غَدِيرِ خُمٍّ مَا قَالَ، فَقَامَ اثْنَا عَشَرَ بَدْرِيًّا، فَشَهِدُوا

     ✧ I heard 'Ali b. Abu Talib adjuring the people, saying: 'I adjure by Allah any Muslim man who heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say on the day of Ghadir Khumm what he said.' Twelve men who had been at Badr stood up and testified.

110. Musnad Ahmad 671Sahih

     لَعَنَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ صَاحِبَ الرِّبَا، وَآكِلَهُ، وَكَاتِبَهُ، وَشَاهِدَيْهِ، وَالْمُحِلَّ، وَالْمُحَلَّلَ لَهُ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ cursed the one who consumes riba, the one who pays it, the one who writes it, its two witnesses, and the one who makes halal and the one for whom it is made halal.

111. Musnad Ahmad 672Hasan or sahih

     كُنْتُ مَعَ سَيِّدِي [مَعَ] عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ حَيْثُ قُتِلَ أَهْلُ النَّهَرَوَانِ، فَكَأَنَّ النَّاسَ وَجَدُوا فِي أَنْفُسِهِمْ مِنْ قَتْلِهِمْ، فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ: يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ، إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَدْ حَدَّثَنَا بِأَقْوَامٍ يَمْرُقُونَ مِنَ الدِّينِ كَمَا يَمْرُقُ السَّهْمُ مِنَ الرَّمِيَّةِ، ثُمَّ لَا يَرْجِعُونَ فِيهِ أَبَدًا، حَتَّى يَرْجِعَ السَّهْمُ عَلَى فُوقِهِ، وَإِنَّ آيَةَ ذَلِكَ أَنَّ فِيهِمْ رَجُلًا أَسْوَدَ مُخْدَجَ الْيَدِ، إِحْدَى يَدَيْهِ كَثَدْيِ الْمَرْأَةِ، لَهَا حَلَمَةٌ كَحَلَمَةِ ثَدْيِ الْمَرْأَةِ، حَوْلَهُ سَبْعُ هُلْبَاتٍ، فَالْتَمِسُوهُ، فَإِنِّي أُرَاهُ فِيهِمْ، فَالْتَمَسُوهُ، فَوَجَدُوهُ إِلَى شَفِيرِ النَّهَرِ تَحْتَ الْقَتْلَى، فَأَخْرَجُوهُ، فَكَبَّرَ عَلِيٌّ، فَقَالَ: اللهُ أَكْبَرُ، صَدَقَ اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ، وَإِنَّهُ لَمُتَقَلِّدٌ قَوْسًا لَهُ عَرَبِيَّةً، فَأَخَذَهَا بِيَدِهِ، فَجَعَلَ يَطْعَنُ بِهَا فِي مُخْدَجَتِهِ، وَيَقُولُ: صَدَقَ اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ، وَكَبَّرَ النَّاسُ حِينَ رَأَوْهُ وَاسْتَبْشَرُوا، وَذَهَبَ عَنْهُمْ مَا كَانُوا يَجِدُونَ

     ✧ I was with my master 'Ali b. Abu Talib when the people of al-Nahrawan were killed. It was as if the people felt uneasy about killing them. 'Ali said: 'O people, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ told us about a people who will pass through the religion as an arrow passes through the target, and then they will never return to it until the arrow returns to its notch. The sign of that is that among them is a black man with a deformed hand, one of his hands like a woman's breast, with a nipple like the nipple of a woman's breast, around it seven hairs. So search for him, for I think he is among them.' They searched and found him at the edge of the river under the slain. They brought him out, and 'Ali said: 'Allahu akbar. Allah and His Messenger have spoken the truth.' He had a bow of his own, which he took in his hand and began poking at the deformed limb, saying: 'Allah and His Messenger have spoken the truth.' The people said 'Allahu akbar' when they saw him and rejoiced, and their unease left them.

112. Musnad Ahmad 673Graders disagree

     لِلْمُسْلِمِ عَلَى الْمُسْلِمِ مِنَ الْمَعْرُوفِ سِتٌّ: يُسَلِّمُ عَلَيْهِ إِذَا لَقِيَهُ، وَيُشَمِّتُهُ إِذَا عَطَسَ، وَيَعُودُهُ إِذَا مَرِضَ، وَيُجِيبُهُ إِذَا دَعَاهُ، وَيَشْهَدُهُ إِذَا تُوُفِّيَ، وَيُحِبُّ لَهُ مَا يُحِبُّ لِنَفْسِهِ، وَيَنْصَحُ لَهُ بِالْغَيْبِ

     ✧ A Muslim owes another Muslim six acts of kindness: he greets him with salam when he meets him, responds to his sneeze, visits him when he is ill, answers his invitation, attends his funeral, and loves for him what he loves for himself, and advises him sincerely in his absence.

113. Musnad Ahmad 674Hasan

     678 685 674 - حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنٌ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْرَائِيلُ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، عَنِ الْحَارِثِ، فَذَكَرَ نَحْوَهُ بِإِسْنَادِهِ، وَمَعْنَاهُ

     ✧ A similar report is mentioned with the same chain and meaning.

114. Musnad Ahmad 675Weak

     لَا تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ حَتَّى يُلْتَمَسَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِي كَمَا تُلْتَمَسُ، أَوْ تُبْتَغَى، الضَّالَّةُ، فَلَا يُوجَدُ

     ✧ The Hour will not be established until a man from among my companions is sought as a lost animal is sought, but he will not be found.

115. Musnad Ahmad 676Sahih

     مَنِ اسْتَطَعْتُمْ أَنْ تَأْسِرُوا مِنْ بَنِي عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ، فَإِنَّهُمْ خَرَجُوا كُرْهًا

     ✧ Take captive whom you can from the Banu 'Abd al-Muttalib, for they have gone out unwillingly.

116. Musnad Ahmad 677Sahih

     وَتَجْعَلُونَ رِزْقَكُمْ أَنَّكُمْ تُكَذِّبُونَ، قَالَ: شِرْكُكُمْ: مُطِرْنَا بِنَوْءِ كَذَا وَكَذَا، بِنَجْمِ كَذَا وَكَذَا

     ✧ And you make your provision that you deny it. He said: Your association is: 'We were given rain by such-and-such a star, by such-and-such a star.'

117. Musnad Ahmad 678Weak

     كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُوتِرُ بِتِسْعِ سُوَرٍ مِنَ الْمُفَصَّلِ، قَالَ أَسْوَدُ: يَقْرَأُ فِي الرَّكْعَةِ الْأُولَى: أَلْهَاكُمُ التَّكَاثُرُ، و إِنَّا أَنْـزَلْنَاهُ فِي لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ، و إِذَا زُلْزِلَتِ الأَرْضُ، وَفِي الرَّكْعَةِ الثَّانِيَةِ: وَالْعَصْرِ، و إِذَا جَاءَ نَصْرُ اللهِ وَالْفَتْحُ، و إِنَّا أَعْطَيْنَاكَ الْكَوْثَرَ، وَفِي الرَّكْعَةِ الثَّالِثَةِ: قُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ، و تَبَّتْ يَدَا أَبِي لَهَبٍ، و قُلْ هُوَ اللهُ أَحَدٌ

     The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray Witr reciting nine surahs from Al-Mufassal. Aswad said: In the first rak’ah he would recite ʿThe mutual rivalry (for piling up of worldly things) diverts youʿ [At-Takathur 102] and “verily, We have sent it (this Qurʿan) down in the Night of Al-Qadr (Decree)ʿ [al-Qadr 97], and ʿWhen the earth is shaken with its (final) earthquakeʿ [az-Zalzalah 99]. In the second rakʿah he would recite ʿBy Al-‘Asr (the time)” [Al-ʻAsr 103] and ʿWhen there comes the Help of Allah (to you, O Muhammad against your enemies) and the Conquest (of Makkah)ʿ [An-Nasr 95] and “Verily. We have granted you (O Muhammad ﷺ) Al-Kawthar (a river in Paradise)ʿ [Al-Kawthar 108]. In the third rakʿah he would recite “Say (O Muhammad to these Mushrikoon and Kafiroon): ʿO Al-Kafiroon (disbelievers in Allah, in His Oneness, in His Angels, in His Books, in His Messengers, in the Day of Resurrection, and in Al Qadar)!” [Al-Kafiroon 109] and “Perish the two hands of Abu Lahab (an uncle of the Prophet ﷺ) and perish he!ʿ [Al-Masad 109] and ʿSay (O Muhammad ﷺ): “He is Allah, (the) One“ [Al-Ikhlas 112].

118. Musnad Ahmad 679Graders disagree

     أَنَّ أَمَةً لَهُمْ زَنَتْ، فَحَمَلَتْ، فَأَتَى عَلِيٌّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ، فَأَخْبَرَهُ، فَقَالَ لَهُ: دَعْهَا حَتَّى تَلِدَ - أَوْ تَضَعَ - ثُمَّ اجْلِدْهَا

     ✧ A slave woman of theirs committed adultery and became pregnant. 'Ali came to the Prophet ﷺ and informed him. He said to him: 'Leave her until she gives birth, then flog her.'

119. Musnad Ahmad 680Hasan

     اسْتَأْذَنَ ابْنُ جُرْمُوزٍ عَلَى عَلِيٍّ، فَقَالَ: مَنْ هَذَا ؟ قَالُوا: ابْنُ جُرْمُوزٍ يَسْتَأْذِنُ ؟ قَالَ: ائْذَنُوا لَهُ، لِيَدْخُلْ قَاتِلُ الزُّبَيْرِ النَّارَ، إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: إِنَّ لِكُلِّ نَبِيٍّ حَوَارِيًّا، [وَإِنَّ حَوَارِيَّ] الزُّبَيْرُ

     ✧ Ibn Jurmuz asked permission to enter upon 'Ali. He said: 'Who is this?' They said: 'Ibn Jurmuz is asking permission.' He said: 'Permit him, so that the killer of al-Zubayr may enter the Fire. I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: "Every prophet has a close disciple, and my close disciple is al-Zubayr."'

120. Musnad Ahmad 681Hasan

     اسْتَأْذَنَ ابْنُ جُرْمُوزٍ عَلَى عَلِيٍّ، وَأَنَا عِنْدَهُ، فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ: بَشِّرْ قَاتِلَ ابْنِ صَفِيَّةَ بِالنَّارِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ عَلِيٌّ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: إِنَّ لِكُلِّ نَبِيٍّ حَوَارِيًّا، وَحَوَارِيَّ الزُّبَيْرُ

     Ibn Jurmooz asked for permission to enter upon ʿAlī when I was with him, ‘Alَī said: Give the killer of Ibn Ṣafiyyah the tidings of Hellfire. Then ʿAlī said: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: "Every Prophet has a disciple, and my disciple is al-Zubayr." ʿAbdullāh said: my father said: I heard Sufyān say: A disciple is a supporter.

121. Musnad Ahmad 682Accepted

     أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ يُصَلِّي مِنَ الضُّحَى

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray the Duha prayer.

122. Musnad Ahmad 683Weak

     أَبْعَثُكَ فِيمَا بَعَثَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، أَمَرَنِي أَنْ أُسَوِّيَ كُلَّ قَبْرٍ، وَأَطْمِسَ كُلَّ صَنَمٍ

     ✧ I shall send you for the purpose for which the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent me: he commanded me to level every grave and to efface every idol.

123. Musnad Ahmad 684Hasan

     كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ ضَخْمَ الرَّأْسِ، عَظِيمَ الْعَيْنَيْنِ، هَدِبَ الْأَشْفَارِ، مُشْرَبَ الْعَيْنِ بِحُمْرَةٍ، كَثَّ اللِّحْيَةِ، أَزْهَرَ اللَّوْنِ، إِذَا مَشَى تَكَفَّأَ كَأَنَّمَا يَمْشِي فِي صُعُدٍ، وَإِذَا الْتَفَتَ الْتَفَتَ جَمِيعًا، شَثْنَ الْكَفَّيْنِ، وَالْقَدَمَيْنِ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ had a large head, large eyes, long eyelashes, eyes tinged with redness, a thick beard, and a fair complexion. When he walked, he leaned forward as if walking downhill, and when he turned, he turned with his whole body. He had rough palms and soles.

124. Musnad Ahmad 685Graders disagree

     كَانَ يُوتِرُ بِثَلَاثٍ

     It was narrated from ‘Ali ؓ that The Prophet ﷺ used to pray Witr with three raka’hs

125. Musnad Ahmad 686Weak

     قَرَأَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بَعْدَ مَا أَحْدَثَ، قَبْلَ أَنْ يَمَسَّ مَاءً

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ recited after he had broken his ablution, before touching water.

126. Musnad Ahmad 687Weak

     خَرَجْتُ، فَأَتَيْتُ حَائِطًا، قَالَ: فَقَالَ: دَلْوٌ وَتَمْرَةٌ، قَالَ: فَدَلَّيْتُ حَتَّى مَلَأْتُ كَفِّي، ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُ الْمَاءَ، فَاسْتَعْذَبْتُ يَعْنِي: شَرِبْتُ، ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ، فَأَطْعَمْتُهُ بَعْضَهُ، وَأَكَلْتُ أَنَا بَعْضَهُ

     ✧ I went out and came to a walled garden. He said: A bucket and a date. He said: I let down the bucket until I filled my palm, then I went to the water and found it sweet, meaning I drank. Then I came to the Prophet ﷺ and fed him some of it, and I ate some of it.

127. Musnad Ahmad 688Weak

     جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، فَقَالَ: إِنِّي نَذَرْتُ أَنْ أَنْحَرَ نَاقَتِي، وَكَيْتَ وَكَيْتَ ؟ قَالَ: أَمَّا نَاقَتُكَ فَانْحَرْهَا، وَأَمَّا كَيْتَ وَكَيْتَ، فَمِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ

     ✧ A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: I have vowed to slaughter my she-camel, and such-and-such. He said: As for your she-camel, slaughter it; but as for such-and-such, it is from Satan.

128. Musnad Ahmad 689Weak

     خَرَجَ عَلَيْنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ، فَسَأَلُوهُ عَنِ الْوَتْرِ قَالَ: فَقَالَ: أَمَرَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ نُوتِرَ هَذِهِ السَّاعَةَ، ثَوِّبْ يَا ابْنَ النَّبَّاحِ، أَوْ أَذِّنْ، أَوْ أَقِمْ

     ʿAli bin Abi Talib ؓ came out to us and they asked him about Witr. He said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded us to pray witr at this time. O Ibn An-Nabbah, give the adhan - or, say the iqamah.

129. Musnad Ahmad 690Hasan

     إِذَا تَقَدَّمَ إِلَيْكَ خَصْمَانِ، فَلَا تَسْمَعْ كَلَامَ الْأَوَّلِ حَتَّى تَسْمَعَ كَلَامَ الْآخَرِ، فَسَوْفَ تَرَى كَيْفَ تَقْضِي. قَالَ: فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ: فَمَا زِلْتُ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ قَاضِيًا

     ✧ When two litigants come before you, do not hear the speech of the first until you hear the speech of the other, for then you will see how to judge. Ali said: After that I remained a judge.

130. Musnad Ahmad 691Weak

     كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِذَا أَرَادَ سَفَرًا قَالَ: اللَّهُمَّ بِكَ أَصُولُ، وَبِكَ أَحُولُ، وَبِكَ أَسِيرُ

     ✧ When the Prophet ﷺ intended to travel, he would say: O Allah, by You I attack, by You I turn, and by You I travel.

131. Musnad Ahmad 692Graders disagree

     احْتَجَمَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، فَأَمَرَنِي أَنْ أُعْطِيَ الْحَجَّامَ أَجْرَهُ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ had cupping done, and he ordered me to give the cupper his wage.

132. Musnad Ahmad 693Weak

     أَمَرَنِي النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَنْ آتِيَهُ بِطَبَقٍ يَكْتُبُ فِيهِ مَا لَا تَضِلُّ أُمَّتُهُ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ، قَالَ: فَخَشِيتُ أَنْ تَفُوتَنِي نَفْسُهُ، قَالَ: قُلْتُ: إِنِّي أَحْفَظُ وَأَعِي، قَالَ: أُوصِي بِالصَّلَاةِ وَالزَّكَاةِ، وَمَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُكُمْ

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ ordered me to bring him a tablet on which he would write what his community would not go astray after him. He said: I feared that his soul would leave me. He said: I said: I memorize and retain. He said: I enjoin prayer and zakah and what your right hands possess.

133. Musnad Ahmad 694Graders disagree

     مَنْ كَذَبَ فِي حُلْمِهِ كُلِّفَ عَقْدَ شَعِيرَةٍ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ

     ✧ Whoever lies about his dream will be required to tie a knot in a barley grain on the Day of Resurrection.

134. Musnad Ahmad 695Weak

     إِنَّهُ سَيَكُونُ بَعْدِي اخْتِلَافٌ، أَوْ أَمْرٌ، فَإِنِ اسْتَطَعْتَ أَنْ تَكُونَ السِّلْمَ، فَافْعَلْ

     ✧ There will be after me disagreement, or a matter; if you are able to be the one at peace, then do so.

135. Musnad Ahmad 696Graders disagree

     إِنَّ اللهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ سَمَّى الْحَرْبَ عَلَى لِسَانِ نَبِيِّهِ خَدْعَةً

     ✧ Indeed, Allah, Mighty and Majestic, called war by the tongue of His Prophet a deception.

136. Musnad Ahmad 697Hasan or sahih

     الْحَرْبُ خَدْعَةٌ عَلَى لِسَانِ نَبِيِّكُمْ ﷺ

     ✧ War is deception, upon the tongue of your Prophet ﷺ.

137. Musnad Ahmad 698Sahih

     أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ أُهْدِيَتْ لَهُ حُلَّةٌ سِيَرَاءُ، فَأَرْسَلَ بِهَا إِلَيَّ، فَرُحْتُ بِهَا، فَعَرَفْتُ فِي وَجْهِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ الْغَضَبَ، قَالَ: فَقَسَمْتُهَا بَيْنَ نِسَائِي

     ✧ A striped silk suit was gifted to the Prophet ﷺ, so he sent it to me. I went out wearing it, and I recognized anger in the face of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He said: So I divided it among my women.

138. Musnad Ahmad 699Graders disagree

     مَنْ كَذَبَ فِي حُلْمِهِ كُلِّفَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ عَقْدَ شَعِيرَةٍ

     ✧ Whoever lies about his dream will be tasked on the Day of Resurrection with tying a knot in a barley grain.

139. Musnad Ahmad 700Graders disagree

     كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُوَاصِلُ إِلَى السَّحَرِ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to fast continuously until the pre-dawn time.

140. Musnad Ahmad 701Hasan or sahih

     عَلَّمَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا نَزَلَ بِي كَرْبٌ أَنْ أَقُولَ: لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ الْحَلِيمُ الْكَرِيمُ، سُبْحَانَ اللهِ، وَتَبَارَكَ اللهُ رَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ، وَالْحَمْدُ لِلهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ taught me, when a distress befell me, to say: There is no god but Allah, the Forbearing, the Generous. Glory be to Allah, and blessed is Allah, Lord of the Mighty Throne, and praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds.

141. Musnad Ahmad 702Hasan

     عَادَ أَبُو مُوسَى الْأَشْعَرِيُّ الْحَسَنَ بْنَ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ: فَدَخَلَ عَلِيٌّ، فَقَالَ: أَعَائِدًا جِئْتَ يَا أَبَا مُوسَى، أَمْ زَائِرًا ؟ فَقَالَ: يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، لَا بَلْ عَائِدًا، فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ: فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: مَا عَادَ مُسْلِمٌ مُسْلِمًا إِلَّا صَلَّى عَلَيْهِ سَبْعُونَ أَلْفَ مَلَكٍ مِنْ حِينَ يُصْبِحُ إِلَى أَنْ يُمْسِيَ، وَجَعَلَ اللهُ تَعَالَى لَهُ خَرِيفًا فِي الْجَنَّةِ، قَالَ: فَقُلْنَا: يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، وَمَا الْخَرِيفُ ؟ قَالَ: السَّاقِيَةُ الَّتِي تَسْقِي النَّخْلَ

     ✧ Abu Musa al-Ash'ari visited al-Hasan b. Ali when he was ill. He said: Then Ali entered and said: Have you come as a visitor to the sick, O Abu Musa, or as a caller? He said: O Commander of the Believers, no, rather as a visitor to the sick. Ali said: Indeed, I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: No Muslim visits a sick Muslim except that seventy thousand angels pray for him from the time he enters upon morning until he enters upon evening, and Allah, Exalted is He, grants him a kharrif in Paradise. He said: We said: O Commander of the Believers, what is the kharrif? He said: The water channel that irrigates the palm trees.

142. Musnad Ahmad 703Weak

     قَدِمَ عَلَى عَلِيٍّ قَوْمٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْبَصْرَةِ مِنَ الْخَوَارِجِ فِيهِمْ رَجُلٌ يُقَالُ لَهُ: الْجَعْدُ بْنُ بَعْجَةَ، فَقَالَ لَهُ: اتَّقِ اللهَ يَا عَلِيُّ، فَإِنَّكَ مَيِّتٌ، فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ: بَلْ مَقْتُولٌ، ضَرْبَةٌ عَلَى هَذَا تَخْضِبُ هَذِهِ - يَعْنِي: لِحْيَتَهُ مِنْ رَأْسِهِ - عَهْدٌ مَعْهُودٌ، وَقَضَاءٌ مَقْضِيٌّ، وَقَدْ خَابَ مَنِ افْتَرَى، وَعَاتَبَهُ فِي لِبَاسِهِ، فَقَالَ: مَا لَكُمْ وَلِلِبَاسِي، هُوَ أَبْعَدُ مِنَ الْكِبْرِ، وَأَجْدَرُ أَنْ يَقْتَدِيَ بِيَ الْمُسْلِمُ

     ✧ A group from the people of Basra, among the Khawarij, came to Ali. Among them was a man called al-Ja'd b. Ba'jah. He said to him: Fear Allah, O Ali, for you will die. Ali said: Rather, I will be killed. A strike upon this will dye this—meaning his beard—from his head. A covenant made and a decree decreed. And he who fabricates has failed. And he reproached him about his clothing, so he said: What concern is it of yours regarding my clothing? It is farther from pride and more deserving that a Muslim follow my example.

143. Musnad Ahmad 704Weak

     لَآتِيَنَّ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، فَلَأَسْأَلَنَّهُ عَمَّا سَمِعْتُ الْعَشِيَّةَ، قَالَ: فَجِئْتُهُ بَعْدَ الْعِشَاءِ، فَدَخَلْتُ عَلَيْهِ، فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ، قَالَ: ثُمَّ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: أَتَانِي جِبْرِيلُ [عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ]، فَقَالَ: يَا مُحَمَّدُ، إِنَّ أُمَّتَكَ مُخْتَلِفَةٌ بَعْدَكَ، قَالَ: فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: فَأَيْنَ الْمَخْرَجُ يَا جِبْرِيلُ ؟ قَالَ: فَقَالَ: كِتَابُ اللهِ تَعَالَى، بِهِ يَقْصِمُ اللهُ كُلَّ جَبَّارٍ، مَنِ اعْتَصَمَ بِهِ نَجَا، وَمَنْ تَرَكَهُ هَلَكَ - مَرَّتَيْنِ - قَوْلٌ فَصْلٌ، وَلَيْسَ بِالْهَزْلِ لَا تَخْتَلِقُهُ الْأَلْسُنُ، وَلَا تَفْنَى أَعَاجِيبُهُ، فِيهِ نَبَأُ مَا كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ، وَفَصْلُ مَا بَيْنَكُمْ، وَخَبَرُ مَا هُوَ كَائِنٌ بَعْدَكُمْ

     ✧ I will certainly go to the Commander of the Believers and ask him about what I heard this evening. He said: I came to him after the evening prayer and entered upon him, and he mentioned the hadith. He said: Then he said: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: Gabriel ﷺ came to me and said: O Muhammad, your nation will differ after you. He said: I said to him: Where is the way out, O Gabriel? He said: The Book of Allah, Exalted is He. By it Allah crushes every tyrant. Whoever holds fast to it is saved, and whoever abandons it is ruined—twice—a decisive statement, and it is not a jest. Tongues do not distort it, and its wonders do not cease. In it is the news of what was before you, and the decisive judgment of what is between you, and the report of what will come after you.

144. Musnad Ahmad 705Hasan or sahih

     دَخَلَ عَلَيَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَعَلَى فَاطِمَةَ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ، فَأَيْقَظَنَا لِلصَّلَاةِ، قَالَ: ثُمَّ رَجَعَ إِلَى بَيْتِهِ، فَصَلَّى هَوِيًّا مِنَ اللَّيْلِ، قَالَ: فَلَمْ يَسْمَعْ لَنَا حِسًّا، قَالَ: فَرَجَعَ إِلَيْنَا، فَأَيْقَظَنَا وَقَالَ: قُومَا فَصَلِّيَا، قَالَ: فَجَلَسْتُ وَأَنَا أَعْرُكُ عَيْنَيَّ، وَأَقُولُ: إِنَّا وَاللهِ مَا نُصَلِّي إِلَّا مَا كُتِبَ لَنَا، إِنَّمَا أَنْفُسُنَا بِيَدِ اللهِ، فَإِذَا شَاءَ أَنْ يَبْعَثَنَا بَعَثَنَا، قَالَ: فَوَلَّى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ، وَيَضْرِبُ بِيَدِهِ عَلَى فَخِذِهِ: مَا نُصَلِّي إِلَّا مَا كُتِبَ لَنَا، مَا نُصَلِّي إِلَّا مَا كُتِبَ لَنَا وَكَانَ الإِنْسَانُ أَكْثَرَ شَيْءٍ جَدَلا

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to me and Fatimah at night and woke us for prayer. He said: Then he returned to his house and prayed for a portion of the night. He said: He did not hear any sound from us. He said: He returned to us and woke us, saying: Get up and pray. He said: I sat up, rubbing my eyes, and said: By Allah, we do not pray except what is decreed for us. Our souls are only in the hand of Allah. When He wills to raise us, He raises us. He said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ turned away, saying, and striking his hand on his thigh: 'We only pray what is decreed for us, we only pray what is decreed for us. And man is the most argumentative of all things.'

145. Musnad Ahmad 706Accepted

     لَمَّا خَرَجَتِ الْخَوَارِجُ بِالنَّهْرَوَانِ قَامَ عَلِيٌّ فِي أَصْحَابِهِ، فَقَالَ: إِنَّ هَؤُلَاءِ الْقَوْمَ قَدْ سَفَكُوا الدَّمَ الْحَرَامَ، وَأَغَارُوا فِي سَرْحِ النَّاسِ، وَهُمْ أَقْرَبُ الْعَدُوِّ إِلَيْكُمْ، وَأَنْ تَسِيرُوا إِلَى عَدُوِّكُمْ أَنَا أَخَافُ أَنْ يَخْلُفَكُمْ هَؤُلَاءِ فِي أَعْقَابِكُمْ، إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: تَخْرُجُ خَارِجَةٌ مِنْ أُمَّتِي، لَيْسَ صَلَاتُكُمْ إِلَى صَلَاتِهِمْ بِشَيْءٍ، وَلَا صِيَامُكُمْ إِلَى صِيَامِهِمْ بِشَيْءٍ، وَلَا قِرَاءَتُكُمْ إِلَى قِرَاءَتِهِمْ بِشَيْءٍ، يَقْرَؤُونَ الْقُرْآنَ يَحْسَبُونَ أَنَّهُ لَهُمْ وَهُوَ عَلَيْهِمْ، لَا يُجَاوِزُ حَنَاجِرَهُمْ، يَمْرُقُونَ مِنَ الْإِسْلَامِ كَمَا يَمْرُقُ السَّهْمُ مِنَ الرَّمِيَّةِ، وَآيَةُ ذَلِكَ أَنَّ فِيهِمْ رَجُلًا لَهُ عَضُدٌ، وَلَيْسَ لَهَا ذِرَاعٌ، عَلَيْهَا مِثْلُ حَلَمَةِ الثَّدْيِ، عَلَيْهَا شَعَرَاتٌ بِيضٌ، لَوْ يَعْلَمُ الْجَيْشُ الَّذِينَ يُصِيبُونَهُمْ مَا لَهُمْ عَلَى لِسَانِ نَبِيِّهِمْ لَاتَّكَلُوا عَلَى الْعَمَلِ، فَسِيرُوا عَلَى اسْمِ اللهِ، فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ بِطُولِهِ

     ✧ When the Khawarij went out to al-Nahrawan, Ali stood among his companions and said: These people have shed forbidden blood and raided the people's livestock. They are the nearest enemy to you, and if you march against your enemy, I fear these will leave you in your rear. I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: A group will emerge from my nation. Your prayer is nothing compared to their prayer, nor your fasting compared to their fasting, nor your recitation compared to their recitation. They recite the Qur'an, thinking it is for them, but it is against them. It does not pass beyond their throats. They pass through Islam as an arrow passes through the target. The sign of that is that among them is a man with an upper arm but no forearm, on it is something like the nipple of a breast, on it are white hairs. If the army that fights them knew what was theirs on the tongue of their Prophet, they would rely on the deed. So march in the name of Allah. And he mentioned the hadith in full.

146. Musnad Ahmad 707Hasan

     وَاللهِ إِنَّا لَمَعَ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَفَّانَ بِالْجُحْفَةِ، وَمَعَهُ رَهْطٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الشَّامِ فِيهِمْ حَبِيبُ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ الْفِهْرِيُّ، إِذْ قَالَ عُثْمَانُ - وَذُكِرَ لَهُ التَّمَتُّعُ بِالْعُمْرَةِ إِلَى الْحَجِّ -: إِنَّ أَتَمَّ لِلْحَجِّ وَالْعُمْرَةِ أَنْ لَا يَكُونَا فِي أَشْهُرِ الْحَجِّ، فَلَوْ أَخَّرْتُمْ هَذِهِ الْعُمْرَةَ حَتَّى تَزُورُوا هَذَا الْبَيْتَ زَوْرَتَيْنِ كَانَ أَفْضَلَ، فَإِنَّ اللهَ تَعَالَى قَدْ وَسَّعَ فِي الْخَيْرِ، وَعَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ بِبَطْنِ الْوَادِي يَعْلِفُ بَعِيرًا لَهُ، قَالَ: فَبَلَغَهُ الَّذِي قَالَ عُثْمَانُ، فَأَقْبَلَ حَتَّى وَقَفَ عَلَى عُثْمَانَ، فَقَالَ: أَعَمَدْتَ إِلَى سُنَّةٍ سَنَّهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، وَرُخْصَةٍ رَخَّصَ اللهُ تَعَالَى بِهَا لِلْعِبَادِ فِي كِتَابِهِ، تُضَيِّقُ عَلَيْهِمْ فِيهَا، وَتَنْهَى عَنْهَا، وَقَدْ كَانَتْ لِذِي الْحَاجَةِ، وَلِنَائِي الدَّارِ، ثُمَّ أَهَلَّ بِحَجَّةٍ وَعُمْرَةٍ مَعًا، فَأَقْبَلَ عُثْمَانُ عَلَى النَّاسِ، فَقَالَ: وَهَلْ نَهَيْتُ عَنْهَا ؟ إِنِّي لَمْ أَنْهَ عَنْهَا، إِنَّمَا كَانَ رَأْيًا أَشَرْتُ بِهِ، فَمَنْ شَاءَ أَخَذَ بِهِ، وَمَنْ شَاءَ تَرَكَهُ

     ✧ By Allah, we were with Uthman b. Affan at al-Juhfah, and with him was a group from the people of Syria, among them Habib b. Maslamah al-Fihri, when Uthman said—and tamattu' with Umrah to Hajj was mentioned to him—: The most complete form of Hajj and Umrah is that they should not be in the months of Hajj. If you delayed this Umrah until you visit this House with two visits, it would be better. For Allah, Exalted is He, has been generous in goodness. And Ali b. Abu Talib was in the belly of the valley feeding a camel of his. He said: What Uthman said reached him, so he came until he stood before Uthman and said: Do you intend to take a Sunnah established by the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and a concession granted by Allah, Exalted is He, to the servants in His Book, and make it difficult for them and forbid it? It was for the one in need and for the one far from home. Then he entered into ihram for Hajj and Umrah together. Uthman turned to the people and said: Did I forbid it? I did not forbid it. It was only an opinion I suggested. Whoever wishes may take it, and whoever wishes may leave it.

147. Musnad Ahmad 708Hasan or sahih

     لَكَأَنِّي أَنْظُرُ إِلَى عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ وَهُوَ عَلَى بَغْلَةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ الْبَيْضَاءِ، حِينَ وَقَفَ عَلَى شِعْبِ الْأَنْصَارِ فِي حَجَّةِ الْوَدَاعِ، وَهُوَ يَقُولُ: أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ، إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: إِنَّهَا لَيْسَتْ بِأَيَّامِ صِيَامٍ، إِنَّمَا هِيَ أَيَّامُ أَكْلٍ وَشُرْبٍ وَذِكْرٍ

     ✧ It is as if I am looking at Ali b. Abi Talib, while he was on the white mule of the Messenger of God ﷺ, when he stopped at the mountain pass of the Ansar during the Farewell Pilgrimage, saying: O people, the Messenger of God ﷺ says: These are not days of fasting; they are only days of eating, drinking, and remembrance.

148. Musnad Ahmad 709Sahih

     مَا سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَجْمَعُ أَبَاهُ، وَأُمَّهُ لِأَحَدٍ غَيْرَ سَعْدِ بْنِ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ، فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ: ارْمِ يَا سَعْدُ، فِدَاكَ أَبِي وَأُمِّي

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

149. Musnad Ahmad 710Hasan or sahih

     نَهَانِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ - لَا أَقُولُ: نَهَاكُمْ - عَنْ تَخَتُّمِ الذَّهَبِ، [وَلُبْسِ] الْقَسِّيِّ وَالْمُعَصْفَرِ، وَقِرَاءَةِ الْقُرْآنِ وَأَنَا رَاكِعٌ، وَكَسَانِي حُلَّةً مِنْ سِيَرَاءَ، فَخَرَجْتُ فِيهَا، فَقَالَ: يَا عَلِيُّ، إِنِّي لَمْ أَكْسُكَهَا لِتَلْبَسَهَا، قَالَ: فَرَجَعْتُ بِهَا إِلَى فَاطِمَةَ، فَأَعْطَيْتُهَا نَاحِيَتَهَا، فَأَخَذَتْ بِهَا لِتَطْوِيَهَا مَعِي، فَشَقَقْتُهَا بِثِنْتَيْنِ، قَالَ: فَقَالَتْ: تَرِبَتْ يَدَاكَ يَا ابْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ، مَاذَا صَنَعْتَ ؟ قَالَ: فَقُلْتُ لَهَا: نَهَانِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ لُبْسِهَا، فَالْبَسِي وَاكْسِي نِسَاءَكِ

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ forbade me—I do not say he forbade you—from wearing gold rings, [and wearing] qassi and dyed garments, and from reciting the Quran while I am bowing. And he clothed me in a suit made of siyarā'. I went out wearing it, and he said: O Ali, I did not clothe you with it for you to wear it. He said: So I returned with it to Fatimah and gave her its edge. She took hold of it to fold it with me, and I tore it into two pieces. He said: She said: May your hands be soiled, O son of Abi Talib! What have you done? He said: I said to her: The Messenger of God ﷺ forbade me from wearing it, so wear it and clothe your women.

150. Musnad Ahmad 711Sahih

     عَفَوْتُ لَكُمْ عَنِ الْخَيْلِ وَالرَّقِيقِ، فَهَاتُوا صَدَقَةَ الرِّقَةِ: مِنْ كُلِّ أَرْبَعِينَ دِرْهَمًا دِرْهَمًا، وَلَيْسَ فِي تِسْعِينَ وَمِائَةٍ شَيْءٌ، فَإِذَا بَلَغَتْ مِائَتَيْنِ، فَفِيهَا خَمْسَةُ دَرَاهِمَ

     ✧ I have exempted you from the zakah of horses and slaves, so give the zakah of silver: one dirham for every forty dirhams, and there is nothing due on one hundred and ninety. When it reaches two hundred, then five dirhams are due.

151. Musnad Ahmad 712Hasan

     أَلَا أُعَلِّمُكَ كَلِمَاتٍ إِذَا قُلْتَهُنَّ غُفِرَ لَكَ، مَعَ أَنَّهُ مَغْفُورٌ لَكَ ؟ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ الْحَلِيمُ الْكَرِيمُ، لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ الْعَلِيُّ الْعَظِيمُ، سُبْحَانَ اللهِ رَبِّ السَّمَاوَاتِ السَّبْعِ، وَرَبِّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ، الْحَمْدُ لِلهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ

     ✧ Shall I not teach you words which, if you say them, you will be forgiven, even though you are already forgiven? There is no god but God, the Forbearing, the Generous. There is no god but God, the Most High, the Magnificent. Glory be to God, Lord of the seven heavens and Lord of the Magnificent Throne. Praise be to God, Lord of the worlds.

152. Musnad Ahmad 713Weak

     لَمَّا ضَرَبَ ابْنُ مُلْجِمٍ عَلِيًّا الضَّرْبَةَ، قَالَ عَلِيٌّ: افْعَلُوا بِهِ كَمَا أَرَادَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ يَفْعَلَ بِرَجُلٍ أَرَادَ قَتْلَهُ، فَقَالَ: اقْتُلُوهُ، ثُمَّ حَرِّقُوهُ

     ✧ When Ibn Muljam struck Ali with the blow, Ali said: Do with him what the Messenger of God ﷺ intended to do with a man who wanted to kill him, for he said: Kill him, then burn him.

153. Musnad Ahmad 714Accepted

     دَخَلَ أَبُو مَسْعُودٍ عُقْبَةُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو الْأَنْصَارِيُّ عَلَى عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ، فَقَالَ لَهُ عَلِيٌّ: أَنْتَ الَّذِي تَقُولُ: لَا يَأْتِي عَلَى النَّاسِ مِائَةُ سَنَةٍ وَعَلَى الْأَرْضِ عَيْنٌ تَطْرِفُ ؟ إِنَّمَا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: لَا يَأْتِي عَلَى النَّاسِ مِائَةُ سَنَةٍ، وَعَلَى الْأَرْضِ عَيْنٌ تَطْرِفُ مِمَّنْ هُوَ حَيٌّ الْيَوْمَ، وَاللهِ إِنَّ رَخَاءَ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ بَعْدَ مِائَةِ عَامٍ

     ✧ Abu Mas'ud Uqbah b. Amr al-Ansari entered upon Ali b. Abi Talib, and Ali said to him: Are you the one who says: A hundred years will not pass over people while an eye blinks on the earth? The Messenger of God ﷺ only said: A hundred years will not pass over people while an eye blinks on the earth from anyone who is alive today. By God, the comfort of this community will be after a hundred years.

154. Musnad Ahmad 715Accepted

     جَهَّزَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَاطِمَةَ فِي خَمِيلٍ، وَقِرْبَةٍ، وَوِسَادَةِ أَدَمٍ حَشْوُهَا إِذْخِرٌ

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ prepared Fatimah with a velvet garment, a water skin, and a leather cushion stuffed with idhkhir.

155. Musnad Ahmad 716Sahih

     أَنَّ عَلِيًّا حِينَ رَجَمَ الْمَرْأَةَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكُوفَةِ، ضَرَبَهَا يَوْمَ الْخَمِيسِ، وَرَجَمَهَا يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ، وَقَالَ: أَجْلِدُهَا بِكِتَابِ اللهِ، وَأَرْجُمُهَا بِسُنَّةِ نَبِيِّ اللهِ ﷺ

     ✧ When Ali stoned the woman from the people of Kufa, he flogged her on Thursday and stoned her on Friday, and said: I flog her according to the Book of God, and I stone her according to the Sunnah of the Prophet of God ﷺ.

156. Musnad Ahmad 717Hasan

     عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَنَّهُ كَانَ إِذَا قَامَ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ الْمَكْتُوبَةِ كَبَّرَ، وَرَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ حَذْوَ مَنْكِبَيْهِ، وَيَصْنَعُ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ إِذَا قَضَى قِرَاءَتَهُ، وَإِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَرْكَعَ، وَيَصْنَعُهُ إِذَا رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ مِنَ الرُّكُوعِ، وَلَا يَرْفَعُ يَدَيْهِ فِي شَيْءٍ مِنْ صَلَاتِهِ وَهُوَ قَاعِدٌ، وَإِذَا قَامَ مِنْ سَجْدَتَيْنِ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ كَذَلِكَ، وَكَبَّرَ

     ✧ From the Messenger of God ﷺ, that when he stood for the obligatory prayer, he said the takbir and raised his hands level with his shoulders. He did the same when he finished his recitation and when he intended to bow, and he did it when he raised his head from bowing. He did not raise his hands in any part of his prayer while sitting. When he stood after the two prostrations, he raised his hands like that and said the takbir.

157. Musnad Ahmad 718Hasan or sahih

     دَخَلَ أَبُو مَسْعُودٍ عَلَى عَلِيٍّ فَقَالَ: أَنْتَ الْقَائِلُ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: لَا يَأْتِي عَلَى النَّاسِ مِائَةُ عَامٍ وَعَلَى الْأَرْضِ نَفْسٌ مَنْفُوسَةٌ ؟ إِنَّمَا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: لَا يَأْتِي عَلَى النَّاسِ مِائَةُ عَامٍ، وَعَلَى الْأَرْضِ نَفْسٌ مَنْفُوسَةٌ مِمَّنْ هُوَ حَيٌّ الْيَوْمَ، وَإِنَّ رَخَاءَ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ بَعْدَ الْمِائَةِ.

     ✧ Abu Mas'ud entered upon Ali and said: Are you the one who says: The Messenger of God ﷺ said: A hundred years will not pass over people while a soul is breathing on the earth? He only said: A hundred years will not pass over people while a soul is breathing on the earth from anyone who is alive today. And the comfort of this community will be after the hundred.

158. Musnad Ahmad 719Weak

     إِذَا كَانَ يَوْمُ الْجُمُعَةِ، خَرَجَ الشَّيَاطِينُ يُرَبِّثُونَ النَّاسَ إِلَى أَسْوَاقِهِمْ، وَمَعَهُمُ الرَّايَاتُ، وَتَقْعُدُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ عَلَى أَبْوَابِ الْمَسَاجِدِ يَكْتُبُونَ النَّاسَ عَلَى قَدْرِ مَنَازِلِهِمُ: السَّابِقَ وَالْمُصَلِّيَ، وَالَّذِي يَلِيهِ، حَتَّى يَخْرُجَ الْإِمَامُ، فَمَنْ دَنَا مِنَ الْإِمَامِ، فَأَنْصَتَ وَاسْتَمَعَ وَلَمْ يَلْغُ، كَانَ لَهُ كِفْلَانِ مِنَ الْأَجْرِ، وَمَنْ نَأَى عَنْهُ، فَاسْتَمَعَ وَأَنْصَتَ وَلَمْ يَلْغُ، كَانَ لَهُ كِفْلٌ مِنَ الْأَجْرِ، وَمَنْ دَنَا مِنَ الْإِمَامِ فَلَغَا وَلَمْ يُنْصِتْ وَلَمْ يَسْتَمِعْ، كَانَ عَلَيْهِ كِفْلَانِ مِنَ الْوِزْرِ، وَمَنْ نَأَى عَنْهُ فَلَغَا وَلَمْ يُنْصِتْ وَلَمْ يَسْتَمِعْ، كَانَ عَلَيْهِ كِفْلٌ مِنَ الْوِزْرِ، وَمَنْ قَالَ: صَهْ، فَقَدْ تَكَلَّمَ، وَمَنْ تَكَلَّمَ، فَلَا جُمُعَةَ لَهُ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: هَكَذَا سَمِعْتُ نَبِيَّكُمْ [ ﷺ ]

     ✧ When Friday comes, the devils go out to incite people to their markets, carrying banners. The angels sit at the doors of the mosques, recording people according to their ranks: the first comer, the one who prays, and the one who follows him, until the imam comes out. Whoever sits near the imam, listens, is silent, and does not engage in idle talk, will have two portions of reward. Whoever sits far from him, listens, is silent, and does not engage in idle talk, will have one portion of reward. Whoever sits near the imam but engages in idle talk, does not listen, and does not remain silent, will have two portions of sin. Whoever sits far from him and engages in idle talk, does not listen, and does not remain silent, will have one portion of sin. Whoever says "Hush" has spoken, and whoever speaks has no Friday prayer. Then he said: This is how I heard your Prophet ﷺ say.

159. Musnad Ahmad 720Weak

     لَا تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ حَتَّى يُلْتَمَسَ الرَّجُلُ مِنْ أَصْحَابِي كَمَا تُلْتَمَسُ الضَّالَّةُ، فَلَا يُوجَدُ

     ✧ The Hour will not come until a man from my Companions is sought as a lost animal is sought, and he will not be found.

160. Musnad Ahmad 721Graders disagree

     لَعَنَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ صَاحِبَ الرِّبَا، وَآكِلَهُ وَشَاهِدَيْهِ، وَالْمُحِلَّ وَالْمُحَلَّلَ لَهُ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ cursed the one who takes interest, the one who pays it, its two witnesses, and the one who makes it permissible (the one who does the transaction) and the one for whom it is made permissible.

161. Musnad Ahmad 722Hasan

     نَهَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ - أَوْ نَهَانِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ - عَنْ خَاتَمِ الذَّهَبِ، وَالْقَسِّيِّ، وَالْمِيثَرَةِ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ — or: the Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade me — from a gold ring, and from qassi (a type of silk garment), and from a saddle cushion.

162. Musnad Ahmad 723Sahih

     يُودَى الْمُكَاتَبُ بِقَدْرِ مَا أَدَّى

     ʿBlood money will be paid for the mukatab (a slave with a contract of manumission) commensurate with as much as he had paid off.ʿ

163. Musnad Ahmad 724Sahih

     أَنَّ [رَسُولَ اللهِ] بَعَثَ جَيْشًا، وَأَمَّرَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَجُلًا، فَأَوْقَدَ نَارًا، فَقَالَ: ادْخُلُوهَا، فَأَرَادَ نَاسٌ أَنْ يَدْخُلُوهَا، وَقَالَ آخَرُونَ: إِنَّمَا فَرَرْنَا مِنْهَا، فَذُكِرَ ذَلِكَ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، فَقَالَ لِلَّذِينَ أَرَادُوا أَنْ يَدْخُلُوهَا: لَوْ دَخَلْتُمُوهَا لَمْ تَزَالُوا فِيهَا إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ، وَقَالَ لِلْآخَرِينَ قَوْلًا حَسَنًا، وَقَالَ: لَا طَاعَةَ فِي مَعْصِيَةِ اللهِ، إِنَّمَا الطَّاعَةُ فِي الْمَعْرُوفِ

     ✧ That [the Messenger of Allah] sent out an army and appointed a man over them as commander. The commander lit a fire and said, 'Enter it.' Some people wanted to enter it, while others said, 'We have only fled from it.' That was mentioned to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He said to those who wanted to enter it, 'Had you entered it, you would have remained in it until the Day of Resurrection.' And he said good words to the others, and said: 'There is no obedience in disobedience to Allah; obedience is only in what is right.'

164. Musnad Ahmad 725Weak

     قَالَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ لِلنَّاسِ: مَا تَرَوْنَ فِي فَضْلٍ فَضَلَ عِنْدَنَا مِنْ هَذَا الْمَالِ ؟ فَقَالَ النَّاسُ: يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، قَدْ شَغَلْنَاكَ عَنْ أَهْلِكَ وَضَيْعَتِكَ وَتِجَارَتِكَ، فَهُوَ لَكَ، فَقَالَ لِي: مَا تَقُولُ أَنْتَ ؟ فَقُلْتُ: قَدْ أَشَارُوا عَلَيْكَ، فَقَالَ [لِي]: قُلْ، فَقُلْتُ: لِمَ تَجْعَلُ يَقِينَكَ ظَنًّا ؟ فَقَالَ: لَتَخْرُجَنَّ مِمَّا قُلْتَ، فَقُلْتُ: أَجَلْ، وَاللهِ لَأَخْرُجَنَّ مِنْهُ، أَتَذْكُرُ حِينَ بَعَثَكَ نَبِيُّ اللهِ ﷺ سَاعِيًا، فَأَتَيْتَ الْعَبَّاسَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ، فَمَنَعَكَ صَدَقَتَهُ، فَكَانَ بَيْنَكُمَا شَيْءٌ، فَقُلْتَ لِي: انْطَلِقْ مَعِي إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، فَوَجَدْنَاهُ خَاثِرًا، فَرَجَعْنَا، ثُمَّ غَدَوْنَا عَلَيْهِ، فَوَجَدْنَاهُ طَيِّبَ النَّفْسِ، فَأَخْبَرْتَهُ بِالَّذِي صَنَعَ، فَقَالَ لَكَ: أَمَا عَلِمْتَ أَنَّ عَمَّ الرَّجُلِ صِنْوُ أَبِيهِ ؟ وَذَكَرْنَا لَهُ الَّذِي رَأَيْنَا مِنْ خُثُورِهِ فِي الْيَوْمِ الْأَوَّلِ، وَالَّذِي رَأَيْنَا مِنْ طِيبِ نَفْسِهِ فِي الْيَوْمِ الثَّانِي، فَقَالَ: إِنَّكُمَا أَتَيْتُمَانِي فِي الْيَوْمِ الْأَوَّلِ، وَقَدْ بَقِيَ عِنْدِي مِنَ الصَّدَقَةِ دِينَارَانِ، فَكَانَ الَّذِي رَأَيْتُمَا مِنْ خُثُورِي لَهُ، وَأَتَيْتُمَانِي الْيَوْمَ، وَقَدْ وَجَّهْتُهُمَا، فَذَاكَ الَّذِي رَأَيْتُمَا مِنْ طِيبِ نَفْسِي، فَقَالَ عُمَرُ: صَدَقْتَ، وَاللهِ لَأَشْكُرَنَّ لَكَ الْأُولَى وَالْآخِرَةَ

     ✧ Umar b. al-Khattab said to the people: 'What do you think about the surplus of this wealth that remains with us?' The people said: 'O Commander of the Faithful, we have kept you from your family, your property, and your trade, so it is yours.' He said to me: 'What do you say?' I said: 'They have advised you.' He said to me: 'Speak.' So I said: 'Why do you turn your certainty into speculation?' He said: 'You must explain what you said.' I said: 'Indeed, by Allah, I will explain it. Do you remember when the Prophet of Allah ﷺ sent you as a collector, and you went to al-Abbas b. Abd al-Muttalib, and he withheld his charity from you, and something occurred between you two? You said to me: 'Come with me to the Prophet ﷺ.' We found him in a bad mood, so we returned. Then we went to him the next morning and found him in a good mood. You told him what al-Abbas had done. He said to you: 'Do you not know that a man's paternal uncle is like his father?' And we mentioned to him what we had seen of his bad mood on the first day and his good mood on the second day. He said: 'You both came to me on the first day when I still had two dinars of the charity left, and that was what you saw of my bad mood. And you came to me today after I had sent them out, and that is what you saw of my good mood.' Umar said: 'You have spoken the truth. By Allah, I will thank you for the first and the last.'

165. Musnad Ahmad 726Hasan or sahih

     لَقَّنَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ هَؤُلَاءِ الْكَلِمَاتِ، وَأَمَرَنِي إِنْ نَزَلَ بِي كَرْبٌ أَوْ شِدَّةٌ أَنْ أَقُولَهُنَّ: لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ الْكَرِيمُ الْحَلِيمُ، سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَبَارَكَ اللهُ رَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ، وَالْحَمْدُ لِلهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ taught me these words and commanded me, if any distress or hardship befell me, to say them: 'There is no god but Allah, the Generous, the Forbearing. Glory be to Him, and blessed be Allah, Lord of the Mighty Throne, and praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds.'

166. Musnad Ahmad 727Weak

     مَنْ تَرَكَ مَوْضِعَ شَعَرَةٍ مِنْ جَنَابَةٍ لَمْ يُصِبْهَا مَاءٌ، فَعَلَ اللهُ تَعَالَى بِهِ كَذَا وَكَذَا مِنَ النَّارِ، قَالَ عَلِيٌّ: فَمِنْ ثَمَّ عَادَيْتُ شَعَرِي

     ✧ Whoever leaves the site of a single hair from janaba (major ritual impurity) without water reaching it, Allah Almighty will do such-and-such to him with the Fire. Ali said: 'So from then on I treated my hair as an enemy.'

167. Musnad Ahmad 728Weak

     كُفِّنَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فِي سَبْعَةِ أَثْوَابٍ

     The Prophet ﷺ was shrouded in seven pieces of cloth.

168. Musnad Ahmad 729Sahih

     أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ إِذَا كَبَّرَ اسْتَفْتَحَ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: وَجَّهْتُ وَجْهِيَ لِلَّذِي فَطَرَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ حَنِيفًا مُسْلِمًا، وَمَا أَنَا مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ، إِنَّ صَلَاتِي وَنُسُكِي وَمَحْيَايَ وَمَمَاتِي لِلهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ، لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ، وَبِذَلِكَ أُمِرْتُ وَأَنَا مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ - وَقَالَ أَبُو النَّضْرِ: وَأَنَا أَوَّلُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ - اللَّهُمَّ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ، أَنْتَ رَبِّي وَأَنَا عَبْدُكَ، ظَلَمْتُ نَفْسِي، وَاعْتَرَفْتُ بِذَنْبِي، فَاغْفِرْ لِي ذُنُوبِي جَمِيعًا لَا يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ، وَاهْدِنِي لِأَحْسَنِ الْأَخْلَاقِ لَا يَهْدِي لِأَحْسَنِهَا إِلَّا أَنْتَ، وَاصْرِفْ عَنِّي سَيِّئَهَا لَا يَصْرِفُ عَنِّي سَيِّئَهَا إِلَّا أَنْتَ، تَبَارَكْتَ وَتَعَالَيْتَ، أَسْتَغْفِرُكَ وَأَتُوبُ إِلَيْكَ. وَكَانَ إِذَا رَكَعَ قَالَ: اللَّهُمَّ لَكَ رَكَعْتُ، وَبِكَ آمَنْتُ، وَلَكَ أَسْلَمْتُ، خَشَعَ لَكَ سَمْعِي وَبَصَرِي وَمُخِّي وَعِظَامِي وَعَصَبِي. وَإِذَا رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ مِنَ الرَّكْعَةِ قَالَ: سَمِعَ اللهُ لِمَنْ حَمِدَهُ، رَبَّنَا وَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ مِلْءَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا، وَمِلْءَ مَا شِئْتَ مِنْ شَيْءٍ بَعْدُ، وَإِذَا سَجَدَ قَالَ: اللَّهُمَّ لَكَ سَجَدْتُ، وَبِكَ آمَنْتُ، وَلَكَ أَسْلَمْتُ، سَجَدَ وَجْهِي لِلَّذِي خَلَقَهُ فَصَوَّرَهُ فَأَحْسَنَ صُوَرَهُ، فَشَقَّ سَمْعَهُ وَبَصَرَهُ، فَتَبَارَكَ اللهُ أَحْسَنُ الْخَالِقِينَ، فَإِذَا سَلَّمَ مِنَ الصَّلَاةِ قَالَ: اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي مَا قَدَّمْتُ وَمَا أَخَّرْتُ، وَمَا أَسْرَرْتُ وَمَا أَعْلَنْتُ، وَمَا أَسْرَفْتُ، وَمَا أَنْتَ أَعْلَمُ بِهِ مِنِّي، أَنْتَ الْمُقَدِّمُ وَأَنْتَ الْمُؤَخِّرُ، لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ

     ✧ When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said the opening takbir, he commenced, then said: 'I have turned my face to the One who originated the heavens and the earth, as a hanif and a Muslim, and I am not of the polytheists. Indeed, my prayer, my sacrifice, my living, and my dying are for Allah, Lord of the worlds. No partner has He, and with that I have been commanded, and I am of the Muslims.' — Abu al-Nadr said: 'and I am the first of the Muslims' — 'O Allah, there is no god but You. You are my Lord and I am Your servant. I have wronged myself and I confess my sin, so forgive me all my sins; no one forgives sins but You. Guide me to the best of character; no one guides to its best but You. Turn away from me its evil; no one turns away its evil from me but You. Blessed are You and exalted. I seek Your forgiveness and I repent to You.' And when he bowed, he said: 'O Allah, to You I have bowed, in You I have believed, and to You I have submitted. My hearing, my sight, my brain, my bones, and my sinews are humbled to You.' And when he raised his head from the bowing, he said: 'Allah hears the one who praises Him. Our Lord, to You belongs praise, as much as would fill the heavens and the earth and what is between them, and as much as You will of anything thereafter.' And when he prostrated, he said: 'O Allah, to You I have prostrated, in You I have believed, and to You I have submitted. My face has prostrated to the One who created it, formed it, and made its form beautiful, and split open its hearing and its sight. Blessed be Allah, the best of creators.' Then when he said the salam completing the prayer, he said: 'O Allah, forgive me what I have sent before and what I have delayed, what I have concealed and what I have made public, what I have done in excess, and what You know better than I. You are the Advancer and the Delayer. There is no god but You.'

169. Musnad Ahmad 730Sahih

     قَالَ عَلِيٌّ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ وُلِدَ لِي بَعْدَكَ وَلَدٌ أُسَمِّيهِ بِاسْمِكَ، وَأُكَنِّيهِ بِكُنْيَتِكَ ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، فَكَانَتْ رُخْصَةً مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ لِعَلِيٍّ

     ✧ Ali said: 'O Messenger of Allah, what do you think if a son is born to me after you? Should I name him with your name and give him your kunya?' He said: 'Yes.' So that was a concession from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ to Ali.

170. Musnad Ahmad 731Sahih

     عَهِدَ إِلَيَّ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ لَا يُحِبُّكَ إِلَّا مُؤْمِنٌ، وَلَا يُبْغِضُكَ إِلَّا مُنَافِقٌ

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ made a covenant with me: 'None loves you but a believer, and none hates you but a hypocrite.'

171. Musnad Ahmad 732Hasan

     أَمَرَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ نَسْتَشْرِفَ الْعَيْنَ، وَالْأُذُنَ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded us to look closely at the eye and the ear (of a sacrificial animal).

172. Musnad Ahmad 733Sahih

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

     ✧ We were traveling with Uthman when a man appeared, pronouncing the talbiya for both (hajj and umrah). Uthman said: 'Who is this?' They said: 'Ali.' He said: 'Do you not know that I have forbidden this?' He said: 'Yes, but I was not going to abandon the saying of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ for your saying.'

173. Musnad Ahmad 734Hasan

     سَأَلَ رَجُلٌ عَلِيًّا عَنِ الْبَقَرَةِ، فَقَالَ: عَنْ سَبْعَةٍ، فَقَالَ: مَكْسُورَةُ الْقَرْنِ ؟ فَقَالَ: لَا يَضُرُّكَ، قَالَ: الْعَرْجَاءُ ؟ قَالَ: إِذَا بَلَغَتِ الْمَنْسِكَ، فَاذْبَحْ، أَمَرَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ نَسْتَشْرِفَ الْعَيْنَ وَالْأُذُنَ

     ✧ A man asked ‘Ali about the cow. He said: “For seven.” He said: “With a broken horn?” He said: “It does not harm you.” He said: “The lame one?” He said: “When it reaches the place of sacrifice, then slaughter it. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded us to examine the eyes and the ears.”

174. Musnad Ahmad 735Sahih

     يَخْرُجُ قَوْمٌ فِيهِمْ رَجُلٌ مُودَنُ الْيَدِ، أَوْ مَثْدُونُ الْيَدِ، أَوْ مُخْدَجُ الْيَدِ، وَلَوْلَا أَنْ تَبْطَرُوا لَأَنْبَأْتُكُمْ بِمَا وَعَدَ اللهُ الَّذِينَ يَقْتُلُونَهُمْ عَلَى لِسَانِ نَبِيِّهِ ﷺ

     ✧ There will come forth a people among whom is a man with a defective hand, or a deformed hand, or an incomplete hand. Were it not that you would become arrogant, I would inform you of what Allah has promised those who kill them on the tongue of His Prophet ﷺ.

175. Musnad Ahmad 736Graders disagree

     أَنَّ خَادِمًا لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَحْدَثَتْ، فَأَمَرَنِي النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَنْ أُقِيمَ عَلَيْهَا الْحَدَّ، فَأَتَيْتُهَا، فَوَجَدْتُهَا لَمْ تَجِفَّ مِنْ دَمِهَا، فَأَتَيْتُهُ، فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ، فَقَالَ: إِذَا جَفَّتْ مِنْ دَمِهَا، فَأَقِمْ عَلَيْهَا الْحَدَّ، أَقِيمُوا الْحُدُودَ عَلَى مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُكُمْ

     ✧ A servant woman of the Prophet ﷺ committed an offense, so the Prophet ﷺ ordered me to carry out the prescribed punishment upon her. I went to her and found that her blood had not yet dried. So I went to him and informed him, and he said: “When her blood has dried, then carry out the prescribed punishment upon her. Carry out the prescribed punishments on those whom your right hands possess.”

176. Musnad Ahmad 737Sahih

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

     I used to think that the bottom of the feet were more deserving of being wiped than the tops, until I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ wiping the top of his feet.

177. Musnad Ahmad 738Sahih

     نَهَانَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ نُنْزِيَ حِمَارًا عَلَى فَرَسٍ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade us from mating a donkey with a horse.

178. Musnad Ahmad 739Weak

     لَوِ اسْتَخْلَفْتُ أَحَدًا عَنْ غَيْرِ مَشُورَةٍ، لَاسْتَخْلَفْتُ ابْنَ أُمِّ عَبْدٍ

     ✧ If I were to appoint a successor without consultation, I would appoint Ibn Umm ‘Abd.

179. Musnad Ahmad 740Sahih

     أَنَّ فَاطِمَةَ شَكَتْ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَثَرَ الْعَجِينِ فِي يَدِهَا، فَأَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ سَبْيٌ، فَأَتَتْهُ تَسْأَلُهُ خَادِمًا، فَلَمْ تَجِدْهُ، فَرَجَعَتْ، قَالَ: فَأَتَانَا، وَقَدْ أَخَذْنَا مَضَاجِعَنَا، قَالَ: فَذَهَبْتُ لِأَقُومَ، فَقَالَ: مَكَانَكُمَا، فَجَاءَ حَتَّى جَلَسَ، حَتَّى وَجَدْتُ بَرْدَ قَدَمَيْهِ، فَقَالَ: أَلَا أَدُلُّكُمَا عَلَى مَا هُوَ خَيْرٌ لَكُمَا مِنْ خَادِمٍ ؟ إِذَا أَخَذْتُمَا مَضْجَعَكُمَا سَبَّحْتُمَا اللهَ ثَلَاثًا وَثَلَاثِينَ، وَحَمِدْتُمَاهُ ثَلَاثًا وَثَلَاثِينَ، وَكَبَّرْتُمَاهُ أَرْبَعًا وَثَلَاثِينَ

     Fāṭimah complained to the Prophet ﷺ about the effects of grinding flour on her hands. The Prophet ﷺ had some captives brought to him, and she went to ask him for a servant but did not find him at home. When she returned, the Prophet ﷺ came to us while we had already gone to bed. He said, "Shall I not direct you to something better than having a servant? When you go to bed, say subḥān Allāh (Glory be to Allah) thirty-three times, al-ḥamdu lillāh (Praise be to Allah) thirty-three times, and Allāhu akbar (Allah is the Greatest) thirty-four times."

180. Musnad Ahmad 741Sahih

     قَالَ لِي عَلِيٌّ: أَبْعَثُكَ عَلَى مَا بَعَثَنِي عَلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، أَنْ لَا تَدَعَ تِمْثَالًا إِلَّا طَمَسْتَهُ، وَلَا قَبْرًا مُشْرِفًا إِلَّا سَوَّيْتَهُ

     ✧ ‘Ali said to me: “I am sending you on what the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent me: that you should not leave any image but that you efface it, nor any raised grave but that you level it.”

181. Musnad Ahmad 742Weak

     كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُحِبُّ هَذِهِ السُّورَةَ سَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الْأَعْلَى

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to love this surah: ‘Glorify the name of your Lord, the Most High.’

182. Musnad Ahmad 743Weak

     جَاءَ ثَلَاثَةُ نَفَرٍ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، فَقَالَ أَحَدُهُمْ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، كَانَتْ لِي مِائَةُ دِينَارٍ، فَتَصَدَّقْتُ مِنْهَا بِعَشَرَةِ دَنَانِيرَ، وَقَالَ الْآخَرُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، كَانَ لِي عَشَرَةُ دَنَانِيرَ، فَتَصَدَّقْتُ مِنْهَا بِدِينَارٍ، وَقَالَ الْآخَرُ: [كَانَ لِي] دِينَارٌ، فَتَصَدَّقْتُ بِعُشْرِهِ، قَالَ: فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: كُلُّكُمْ فِي الْأَجْرِ سَوَاءٌ، كُلُّكُمْ تَصَدَّقَ بِعُشْرِ مَالِهِ

     ✧ Three men came to the Prophet ﷺ. One of them said: “O Messenger of Allah, I had one hundred dinars, and I gave ten dinars of them in charity.” The other said: “O Messenger of Allah, I had ten dinars, and I gave one dinar of them in charity.” The other said: “[I had] a dinar, and I gave a tenth of it in charity.” He said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “All of you are equal in reward. Each of you gave a tenth of his wealth in charity.”

183. Musnad Ahmad 744Hasan

     كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ شَثْنَ الْكَفَّيْنِ وَالْقَدَمَيْنِ، ضَخْمَ الْكَرَادِيسِ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ had large hands and feet, and big joints.

184. Musnad Ahmad 745Graders disagree

     إِذَا جَلَسَ إِلَيْكَ الْخَصْمَانِ، فَلَا تَكَلَّمْ حَتَّى تَسْمَعَ مِنَ الْآخَرِ كَمَا سَمِعْتَ مِنَ الْأَوَّلِ

     ✧ When two disputants sit before you, do not speak until you have heard from the other as you heard from the first.

185. Musnad Ahmad 746Hasan

     كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَيْسَ بِالطَّوِيلِ وَلَا بِالْقَصِيرِ، ضَخْمَ الرَّأْسِ وَاللِّحْيَةِ، شَثْنَ الْكَفَّيْنِ وَالْقَدَمَيْنِ، مُشْرَبٌ وَجْهُهُ حُمْرَةً، طَوِيلَ الْمَسْرُبَةِ، ضَخْمَ الْكَرَادِيسِ، إِذَا مَشَى تَكَفَّأَ تَكَفُّؤًا كَأَنَّمَا يَنْحَطُّ مِنْ صَبَبٍ، لَمْ أَرَ قَبْلَهُ وَلَا بَعْدَهُ مِثْلَهُ ﷺ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was neither tall nor short, with a large head and beard, large hands and feet, a reddish complexion, a long line of hair from chest to navel, and large joints. When he walked, he leaned forward as though descending a slope. I have never seen anyone like him before or after him ﷺ.

186. Musnad Ahmad 747Weak

     أَهْدَى كِسْرَى لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، فَقَبِلَ مِنْهُ، وَأَهْدَى لَهُ قَيْصَرُ، فَقَبِلَ مِنْهُ، وَأَهْدَتْ لَهُ الْمُلُوكُ، فَقَبِلَ مِنْهُمْ

     ✧ Chosroes sent a gift to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and he accepted it from him. Caesar sent him a gift, and he accepted it from him. The kings sent him gifts, and he accepted them from them.

187. Musnad Ahmad 748Sahih

     سَأَلْتُ عَائِشَةَ عَنِ الْمَسْحِ [عَلَى الْخُفَّيْنِ]، فَقَالَتْ: سَلْ عَلِيًّا، فَإِنَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِهَذَا مِنِّي، كَانَ يُسَافِرُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، قَالَ: فَسَأَلْتُ عَلِيًّا، فَقَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: لِلْمُسَافِرِ ثَلَاثَةُ أَيَّامٍ وَلَيَالِيهِنَّ، وَلِلْمُقِيمِ يَوْمٌ وَلَيْلَةٌ

     ✧ I asked Aisha about wiping over the two leather socks. She said: "Ask Ali, for he knows more about this than I; he used to travel with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ." He said: So I asked Ali, and he said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "For the traveler, three days and their nights; for the resident, one day and one night."

188. Musnad Ahmad 749Sahih

     753 760 749 - حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ، عَنِ الْحَجَّاجِ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ بِمِثْلِهِ

     similarly narrated from the Prophet ﷺ.

189. Musnad Ahmad 750Sahih

     أَخَذَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ ذَهَبًا بِيَمِينِهِ، وَحَرِيرًا بِشِمَالِهِ، ثُمَّ رَفَعَ بِهِمَا يَدَيْهِ، فَقَالَ: هَذَانِ حَرَامٌ عَلَى ذُكُورِ أُمَّتِي

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ took gold in his right hand and silk in his left, then raised both hands and said: "These two are forbidden for the males of my Ummah."

190. Musnad Ahmad 751Accepted

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

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ used to say at the end of his Witr: "O Allah, I seek refuge in Your pleasure from Your wrath, and in Your pardon from Your punishment. I seek refuge in You from You. I cannot enumerate praise of You; You are as You have praised Yourself."

191. Musnad Ahmad 752Graders disagree

     نَهَى أَنْ يَجْهَرَ الْقَوْمُ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَى بَعْضٍ بَيْنَ الْمَغْرِبِ وَالْعِشَاءِ بِالْقُرْآنِ

     ✧ He forbade that people raise their voices over one another in reciting the Qur'an between Maghrib and Isha.

192. Musnad Ahmad 753Hasan

     رَأَيْتُ عَلِيًّا أُتِيَ بِدَابَّةٍ لِيَرْكَبَهَا، فَلَمَّا وَضَعَ رِجْلَهُ فِي الرِّكَابِ قَالَ: بِسْمِ اللهِ، فَلَمَّا اسْتَوَى عَلَيْهَا قَالَ: الْحَمْدُ لِلهِ، سُبْحَانَ الَّذِي سَخَّرَ لَنَا هَذَا وَمَا كُنَّا لَهُ مُقْرِنِينَ وَإِنَّا إِلَى رَبِّنَا لَمُنْقَلِبُونَ، ثُمَّ حَمِدَ اللهَ ثَلَاثًا، وَكَبَّرَ ثَلَاثًا، ثُمَّ قَالَ: سُبْحَانَكَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ، قَدْ ظَلَمْتُ نَفْسِي، فَاغْفِرْ لِي، ثُمَّ ضَحِكَ، فَقُلْتُ: مِمَّ ضَحِكْتَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ؟ قَالَ: رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَعَلَ مِثْلَ مَا فَعَلْتُ، ثُمَّ ضَحِكَ، فَقُلْتُ: مِمَّ ضَحِكْتَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ؟ قَالَ: يَعْجَبُ الرَّبُّ مِنْ عَبْدِهِ إِذَا قَالَ: رَبِّ اغْفِرْ لِي، وَيَقُولُ: عَلِمَ عَبْدِي أَنَّهُ لَا يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ غَيْرِي

     ✧ I saw Ali being brought a mount to ride. When he placed his foot in the stirrup, he said: "In the name of Allah." When he settled on it, he said: "Praise be to Allah. Glory be to Him who has subjected this to us, and we could not have done it ourselves. And indeed to our Lord we will return." Then he praised Allah three times and said Allahu Akbar three times. Then he said: "Glory be to You. There is no god but You. I have wronged myself, so forgive me." Then he laughed. I said: "Why did you laugh, O Commander of the Believers?" He said: "I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ do the same as I did, then he laughed. I said: 'Why did you laugh, O Messenger of Allah?' He said: 'The Lord marvels at His servant when he says: "My Lord, forgive me," and He says: "My servant knows that no one forgives sins except Me.""

193. Musnad Ahmad 754Graders disagree

     أَنَّ عَمْرَو بْنَ حُرَيْثٍ عَادَ الْحَسَنَ بْنَ عَلِيٍّ، فَقَالَ لَهُ عَلِيٌّ: أَتَعُودُ الْحَسَنَ، وَفِي نَفْسِكَ مَا فِيهَا ؟ فَقَالَ لَهُ عَمْرٌو: إِنَّكَ لَسْتَ بِرَبِّي، فَتَصْرِفَ قَلْبِي حَيْثُ شِئْتَ، قَالَ عَلِيٌّ: أَمَا إِنَّ ذَلِكَ لَا يَمْنَعُنَا أَنْ نُؤَدِّيَ إِلَيْكَ النَّصِيحَةَ، سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: مَا مِنْ مُسْلِمٍ عَادَ أَخَاهُ إِلَّا ابْتَعَثَ اللهُ لَهُ سَبْعِينَ أَلْفَ مَلَكٍ يُصَلُّونَ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَيِّ سَاعَاتِ النَّهَارِ كَانَ حَتَّى يُمْسِيَ، وَمِنْ أَيِّ سَاعَاتِ اللَّيْلِ كَانَ حَتَّى يُصْبِحَ، قَالَ لَهُ عَمْرٌو: كَيْفَ تَقُولُ فِي الْمَشْيِ مَعَ الْجِنَازَةِ: بَيْنَ يَدَيْهَا، أَوْ خَلْفَهَا ؟ فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ: إِنَّ فَضْلَ الْمَشْيِ خَلْفَهَا عَلَى بَيْنِ يَدَيْهَا كَفَضْلِ صَلَاةِ الْمَكْتُوبَةِ فِي جَمَاعَةٍ عَلَى الْوَحْدَةِ، قَالَ عَمْرٌو: فَإِنِّي رَأَيْتُ أَبَا بَكْرٍ، وَعُمَرَ يَمْشِيَانِ أَمَامَ الْجِنَازَةِ، قَالَ عَلِيٌّ: إِنَّهُمَا [إِنَّمَا] كَرِهَا أَنْ يُحْرِجَا النَّاسَ

     ✧ Amr b. Huraith visited al-Hasan b. Ali, and Ali said to him: "You visit al-Hasan while you harbor in your heart what you harbor?" Amr said to him: "You are not my Lord, to turn my heart wherever you wish." Ali said: "That does not prevent us from giving you sincere advice. I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: 'No Muslim visits his brother but Allah sends seventy thousand angels to invoke blessings upon him, from whatever hour of the day it is until evening, and from whatever hour of the night until morning.' Amr said to him: "What do you say about walking with the funeral procession: in front of it or behind it?" Ali said: "The merit of walking behind it over in front of it is like the merit of the prescribed prayer in congregation over praying alone." Amr said: "I saw Abu Bakr and Umar walking in front of the funeral procession." Ali said: "They [only] disliked crowding the people."

194. Musnad Ahmad 755Sahih

     كَسَانِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ حُلَّةً سِيَرَاءَ، فَخَرَجْتُ فِيهَا، فَرَأَيْتُ الْغَضَبَ فِي وَجْهِهِ، قَالَ: فَشَقَقْتُهَا بَيْنَ نِسَائِي

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ gave me a striped silk garment. I went out wearing it, and I saw anger in his face. He said: So I tore it and divided it among my women.

195. Musnad Ahmad 756Sahih

     كَانَ عُثْمَانُ يَنْهَى عَنِ الْمُتْعَةِ، وَعَلِيٌّ يَأْمُرُ بِهَا، فَقَالَ عُثْمَانُ لِعَلِيٍّ: إِنَّكَ كَذَا وَكَذَا، ثُمَّ قَالَ عَلِيٌّ: لَقَدْ عَلِمْتَ أَنَّا قَدْ تَمَتَّعْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، فَقَالَ: أَجَلْ، وَلَكِنَّا كُنَّا خَائِفِينَ

     ✧ Uthman used to forbid mut'ah, and Ali used to order it. Uthman said to Ali: "You are such and such." Then Ali said: "You know that we performed tamattu' with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ." He said: "Yes, but we were afraid."

196. Musnad Ahmad 757Sahih

     يُنْضَحُ بَوْلُ الْغُلَامِ، وَيُغْسَلُ بَوْلُ الْجَارِيَةِ، قَالَ قَتَادَةُ: وَهَذَا مَا لَمْ يَطْعَمَا الطَّعَامَ، فَإِذَا طَعِمَا غُسِلَا جَمِيعًا

     ✧ The urine of a boy is sprinkled with water, and the urine of a girl is washed. Qatadah said: This is as long as they have not eaten food; if they have eaten, both are washed.

197. Musnad Ahmad 758Hasan or sahih

     لَا يُؤْمِنُ عَبْدٌ حَتَّى يُؤْمِنَ بِأَرْبَعٍ: حَتَّى يَشْهَدَ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ، وَأَنِّي رَسُولُ اللهِ، بَعَثَنِي بِالْحَقِّ، وَحَتَّى يُؤْمِنَ بِالْبَعْثِ بَعْدَ الْمَوْتِ، وَحَتَّى يُؤْمِنَ بِالْقَدَرِ

     ✧ No servant truly believes until he believes in four things: until he bears witness that there is no god but Allah, and that I am the Messenger of Allah, sent with the truth; and until he believes in the resurrection after death; and until he believes in the divine decree.

198. Musnad Ahmad 759Graders disagree

     أَنَّهُ أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ: إِنَّ أَبَا طَالِبٍ مَاتَ، فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: اذْهَبْ، فَوَارِهِ، فَقَالَ: إِنَّهُ مَاتَ مُشْرِكًا، فَقَالَ: اذْهَبْ، فَوَارِهِ، قَالَ: فَلَمَّا وَارَيْتُهُ رَجَعْتُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ لِيَ: اغْتَسِلْ

     ✧ He came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: "Abu Talib has died." The Prophet ﷺ said to him: "Go and bury him." He said: "He died an idolater." He said: "Go and bury him." He said: "When I buried him, I returned to the Prophet ﷺ and he said to me: 'Perform the ritual bath.'"

199. Musnad Ahmad 760Hasan

     أَمَرَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ أَبِيعَ غُلَامَيْنِ أَخَوَيْنِ فَبِعْتُهُمَا، فَفَرَّقْتُ بَيْنَهُمَا، فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ: أَدْرِكْهُمَا، فَارْتَجِعْهُمَا، وَلَا تَبِعْهُمَا إِلَّا جَمِيعًا

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ ordered me to sell two brothers who were slaves. I sold them and separated them. I mentioned that to the Prophet ﷺ, and he said: "Find them and take them back, and do not sell them except together."

200. Musnad Ahmad 761Accepted

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

     Witr is not a must like regular prayer, but it is a Sunnah that was established by the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.

201. Musnad Ahmad 762Hasan

     كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يُوقِظُ أَهْلَهُ فِي الْعَشْرِ الْأَوَاخِرِ مِنْ رَمَضَانَ

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ used to wake his family during the last ten nights of Ramadan.

202. Musnad Ahmad 763Hasan

     أُعْطِيتُ مَا لَمْ يُعْطَ أَحَدٌ مِنَ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ، فَقُلْنَا: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، مَا هُوَ ؟ قَالَ: نُصِرْتُ بِالرُّعْبِ، وَأُعْطِيتُ مَفَاتِيحَ الْأَرْضِ، وَسُمِّيتُ أَحْمَدَ، وَجُعِلَ التُّرَابُ لِي طَهُورًا، وَجُعِلَتْ أُمَّتِي خَيْرَ الْأُمَمِ

     ✧ "I have been given what no prophet before me was given." We said, "O Messenger of God, what is it?" He said, "I have been aided with awe (cast into the hearts of my enemies), I have been given the keys of the earth, I have been named Ahmad, the dust has been made a means of purification for me, and my community has been made the best of communities."

203. Musnad Ahmad 764Weak

     كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُوتِرُ عِنْدَ الْأَذَانِ، وَيُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيِ الْفَجْرِ عِنْدَ الْإِقَامَةِ

     The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray Witr at the time of the adhan and pray two rakʿahs of Fajr at the time of the iqamah.

204. Musnad Ahmad 765Weak

     ذَكَرْنَا الدَّجَّالَ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَهُوَ نَائِمٌ، فَاسْتَيْقَظَ مُحْمَرًّا لَوْنُهُ، فَقَالَ: غَيْرُ ذَلِكَ أَخْوَفُ لِي عَلَيْكُمْ، ذَكَرَ كَلِمَةً

     ✧ We mentioned the Dajjal in the presence of the Prophet ﷺ while he was sleeping. He woke up with his face red and said, "There is something other than that which I fear more for you," and he mentioned a word.

205. Musnad Ahmad 766Graders disagree

     أُهْدِيَ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ بَغْلٌ، أَوْ بَغْلَةٌ فَقُلْتُ: مَا هَذَا ؟ قَالَ: بَغْلٌ، أَوْ بَغْلَةٌ، قُلْتُ: وَمِنْ أَيِّ شَيْءٍ هُوَ ؟ قَالَ: يُحْمَلُ الْحِمَارُ عَلَى الْفَرَسِ، فَيَخْرُجُ بَيْنَهُمَا هَذَا، قُلْتُ: أَفَلَا نَحْمِلُ فُلَانًا عَلَى فُلَانَةَ ؟ قَالَ: لَا، إِنَّمَا يَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ الَّذِينَ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

     ✧ A mule was gifted to the Messenger of God ﷺ. I said, "What is this?" He said, "A mule." I said, "And from what thing does it come?" He said, "A male donkey is mounted on a mare, and this comes out between them." I said, "Should we not mount so-and-so on so-and-so?" He said, "No, only those who do not know do that."

206. Musnad Ahmad 767Weak

     كُنْتُ إِذَا اسْتَأْذَنْتُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ إِنْ كَانَ فِي صَلَاةٍ سَبَّحَ، وَإِنْ كَانَ غَيْرَ ذَلِكَ أَذِنَ

     ✧ When I sought permission to enter upon the Messenger of God ﷺ, if he was in prayer he would say subhan Allah, and if he was not in prayer he would grant permission.

207. Musnad Ahmad 768Hasan

     أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَتَى الْمَنْحَرَ بِمِنًى، فَقَالَ: هَذَا الْمَنْحَرُ، وَمِنًى كُلُّهَا مَنْحَرٌ

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ came to the place of sacrifice in Mina and said, "This is the place of sacrifice, and all of Mina is a place of sacrifice."

208. Musnad Ahmad 769Graders disagree

     لَمَّا وُلِدَ الْحَسَنُ سَمَّيْتُهُ حَرْبًا، فَجَاءَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ: أَرُونِي ابْنِي مَا سَمَّيْتُمُوهُ ؟ قَالَ: قُلْتُ: حَرْبًا، قَالَ: بَلْ هُوَ حَسَنٌ، فَلَمَّا وُلِدَ الْحُسَيْنُ سَمَّيْتُهُ حَرْبًا، فَجَاءَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، فَقَالَ: أَرُونِي ابْنِي، مَا سَمَّيْتُمُوهُ ؟ قَالَ: قُلْتُ: حَرْبًا، قَالَ: بَلْ هُوَ حُسَيْنٌ، فَلَمَّا وُلِدَ الثَّالِثُ سَمَّيْتُهُ حَرْبًا، فَجَاءَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ، فَقَالَ: أَرُونِي ابْنِي، مَا سَمَّيْتُمُوهُ ؟ قُلْتُ: حَرْبًا، قَالَ: بَلْ هُوَ مُحَسِّنٌ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: سَمَّيْتُهُمْ بِأَسْمَاءِ وَلَدِ هَارُونَ: شَبَّرُ، وَشَبِيرُ، وَمُشَبِّرٌ

     ✧ When al-Hasan was born, I named him Harb. The Messenger of God ﷺ came and said, "Show me my son. What have you named him?" I said, "Harb." He said, "Rather, he is Hasan." When al-Husayn was born, I named him Harb. The Messenger of God ﷺ came and said, "Show me my son. What have you named him?" I said, "Harb." He said, "Rather, he is Husayn." When the third was born, I named him Harb. The Prophet ﷺ came and said, "Show me my son. What have you named him?" I said, "Harb." He said, "Rather, he is Muhassin." Then he said, "I have named them after the names of the sons of Harun: Shabbar, Shabir, and Mushabbir."

209. Musnad Ahmad 770Hasan

     لَمَّا خَرَجْنَا مِنْ مَكَّةَ اتَّبَعَتْنَا ابْنَةُ حَمْزَةَ تُنَادِي: يَا عَمِّ، يَا عَمِّ، قَالَ: فَتَنَاوَلْتُهَا بِيَدِهَا، فَدَفَعْتُهَا إِلَى فَاطِمَةَ، فَقُلْتُ: دُونَكِ ابْنَةَ عَمِّكِ، قَالَ: فَلَمَّا قَدِمْنَا الْمَدِينَةَ اخْتَصَمْنَا فِيهَا، أَنَا وَجَعْفَرٌ وَزَيْدُ بْنُ حَارِثَةَ، فَقَالَ جَعْفَرٌ: ابْنَةُ عَمِّي وَخَالَتُهَا عِنْدِي - يَعْنِي: أَسْمَاءَ بِنْتَ عُمَيْسٍ -، وَقَالَ زَيْدٌ: ابْنَةُ أَخِي، وَقُلْتُ: أَنَا أَخَذْتُهَا، وَهِيَ ابْنَةُ عَمِّي، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: أَمَّا أَنْتَ يَا جَعْفَرُ، فَأَشْبَهْتَ خَلْقِي وَخُلُقِي، وَأَمَّا أَنْتَ يَا عَلِيُّ، فَمِنِّي وَأَنَا مِنْكَ، وَأَمَّا أَنْتَ يَا زَيْدُ، فَأَخُونَا وَمَوْلَانَا، وَالْجَارِيَةُ عِنْدَ خَالَتِهَا، فَإِنَّ الْخَالَةَ وَالِدَةٌ، قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَلَا تَزَوَّجُهَا ؟ قَالَ: إِنَّهَا ابْنَةُ أَخِي مِنَ الرَّضَاعَةِ

     ✧ When we left Makkah, the daughter of Hamzah followed us, calling out, "O uncle, O uncle." He said: I took her by the hand and gave her to Fatimah, saying, "Here is your cousin's daughter." He said: When we arrived in Madinah, we disputed about her—I, Ja'far, and Zayd b. Harithah. Ja'far said, "She is my cousin's daughter, and her maternal aunt is with me—meaning Asma' bt. 'Umays." Zayd said, "She is my brother's daughter." I said, "I took her, and she is my cousin's daughter." The Messenger of God ﷺ said, "As for you, O Ja'far, you resemble my physical appearance and my character. As for you, O 'Ali, you are from me and I am from you. As for you, O Zayd, you are our brother and our client. The girl should be with her maternal aunt, for the maternal aunt is like a mother." I said, "O Messenger of God, will you not marry her?" He said, "She is the daughter of my brother through suckling."

210. Musnad Ahmad 771Hasan

     سَمِعْتُ رَجُلًا يَسْتَغْفِرُ لِأَبَوَيْهِ، وَهُمَا مُشْرِكَانِ، فَقُلْتُ: أَيَسْتَغْفِرُ الرَّجُلُ لِأَبَوَيْهِ، وَهُمَا مُشْرِكَانِ ؟ فَقَالَ: أَوَلَمْ يَسْتَغْفِرْ إِبْرَاهِيمُ لِأَبِيهِ ؟ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ، فَنَزَلَتْ: مَا كَانَ لِلنَّبِيِّ وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا أَنْ يَسْتَغْفِرُوا لِلْمُشْرِكِينَ - إِلَى قَوْلِهِ - [فَلَمَّا تَبَيَّنَ لَهُ أَنَّهُ عَدُوٌّ لِلهِ ] تَبَرَّأَ مِنْهُ، قَالَ: لَمَّا مَاتَ

     ✧ I heard a man asking forgiveness for his parents while they were polytheists. I said, "Does a man ask forgiveness for his parents while they are polytheists?" He said, "Did not Ibrahim ask forgiveness for his father?" I mentioned that to the Prophet ﷺ, and it was revealed: 'It is not for the Prophet and those who believe to ask forgiveness for the polytheists'—until His saying—'[when it became clear to him that he was an enemy of God] he disassociated himself from him.' He said, "When he died."

211. Musnad Ahmad 772Hasan

     كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُسَبِّحُ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ، وَعَائِشَةُ مُعْتَرِضَةٌ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ الْقِبْلَةِ

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ used to pray voluntary night prayers while 'A'ishah was lying crossways between him and the qiblah.

212. Musnad Ahmad 773Graders disagree

     لَوْ لَمْ يَبْقَ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا إِلَّا يَوْمٌ لَبَعَثَ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ رَجُلًا مِنَّا، يَمْلَؤُهَا عَدْلًا كَمَا مُلِئَتْ جَوْرًا

     ✧ If only one day remained of this world, God, Mighty and Majestic, would send a man from among us to fill it with justice just as it has been filled with oppression.

213. Musnad Ahmad 774Weak

     الْحَسَنُ أَشْبَهُ النَّاسِ بِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مَا بَيْنَ الصَّدْرِ إِلَى الرَّأْسِ، وَالْحُسَيْنُ أَشْبَهُ النَّاسِ بِالنَّبِيِّ ﷺ مَا كَانَ أَسْفَلَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ

     ✧ Al-Hasan was the person most resembling the Messenger of God ﷺ from the chest to the head, and al-Husayn was the person most resembling the Prophet ﷺ below that.

214. Musnad Ahmad 775Hasan

     مَنْ أَذْنَبَ فِي الدُّنْيَا ذَنْبًا، فَعُوقِبَ بِهِ، فَاللهُ أَعْدَلُ مِنْ أَنْ يُثَنِّيَ عُقُوبَتَهُ عَلَى عَبْدِهِ، وَمَنْ أَذْنَبَ ذَنْبًا فِي الدُّنْيَا، فَسَتَرَ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَعَفَا عَنْهُ، فَاللهُ أَكْرَمُ مِنْ أَنْ يَعُودَ فِي شَيْءٍ قَدْ عَفَا عَنْهُ

     ✧ Whoever commits a sin in this world and is punished for it, Allah is too just to repeat the punishment for His servant. And whoever commits a sin in this world, and Allah conceals it and pardons him, Allah is too generous to go back on something He has pardoned.

215. Musnad Ahmad 776Weak

     رَأَيْتُ عَلِيًّا ضَحِكَ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ لَمْ أَرَهُ ضَحِكَ ضَحِكًا أَكْثَرَ مِنْهُ، حَتَّى بَدَتْ نَوَاجِذُهُ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: ذَكَرْتُ قَوْلَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ؛ ظَهَرَ عَلَيْنَا أَبُو طَالِبٍ، وَأَنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، وَنَحْنُ نُصَلِّي بِبَطْنِ نَخْلَةَ، فَقَالَ: مَاذَا تَصْنَعَانِ يَا ابْنَ أَخِي ؟ فَدَعَاهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَى الْإِسْلَامِ، فَقَالَ: مَا بِالَّذِي تَصْنَعَانِ بَأْسٌ، أَوْ بِالَّذِي تَقُولَانِ بَأْسٌ، وَلَكِنْ وَاللهِ لَا تَعْلُونِي اسْتِي أَبَدًا، وَضَحِكَ تَعَجُّبًا لِقَوْلِ أَبِيهِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: اللَّهُمَّ لَا أَعْتَرِفُ أَنَّ عَبْدًا لَكَ مِنْ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ عَبَدَكَ قَبْلِي غَيْرَ نَبِيِّكَ - ثَلَاثَ مِرَارٍ - لَقَدْ صَلَّيْتُ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُصَلِّيَ النَّاسُ سَبْعًا

     ✧ I saw Ali laugh on the pulpit; I never saw him laugh a louder laugh than that, until his molars showed. Then he said: I remembered the words of Abu Talib. Abu Talib appeared before us while I was with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and we were praying in the bottom of Nakhlah. He said: What are you two doing, O son of my brother? The Messenger of Allah ﷺ called him to Islam. He said: There is no harm in what you are doing, or in what you are saying, but, by Allah, my backside will never rise above me. And he laughed, marveling at his father's words. Then he said: O Allah, I do not acknowledge that any servant of Yours from this community worshiped You before me except Your Prophet — three times. I prayed before the people prayed for seven years.

216. Musnad Ahmad 777Weak

     صَلَّى بِنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَوْمًا فَانْصَرَفَ، ثُمَّ جَاءَ وَرَأْسُهُ يَقْطُرُ مَاءً، فَصَلَّى بِنَا، ثُمَّ قَالَ: إِنِّي صَلَّيْتُ بِكُمْ آنِفًا وَأَنَا جُنُبٌ، فَمَنْ أَصَابَهُ مِثْلُ الَّذِي أَصَابَنِي، أَوْ وَجَدَ رِزًّا فِي بَطْنِهِ، فَلْيَصْنَعْ مِثْلَ مَا صَنَعْتُ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ led us in prayer one day and left. Then he came back with his head dripping water and led us in prayer again. Then he said: I led you in prayer earlier while I was in a state of major ritual impurity. Whoever experiences what I experienced, or finds a discharge in his stomach, should do as I did.

217. Musnad Ahmad 778Weak

     كَانَ أَبِي يَسْمُرُ مَعَ عَلِيٍّ، وَكَانَ عَلِيٌّ يَلْبَسُ ثِيَابَ الصَّيْفِ فِي الشِّتَاءِ، وَثِيَابَ الشِّتَاءِ فِي الصَّيْفِ، فَقِيلَ لَهُ: لَوْ سَأَلْتَهُ، فَسَأَلَهُ، فَقَالَ: إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ بَعَثَ إِلَيَّ وَأَنَا أَرْمَدُ الْعَيْنِ يَوْمَ خَيْبَرَ، فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، إِنِّي أَرْمَدُ الْعَيْنِ قَالَ: فَتَفَلَ فِي عَيْنَيَّ، وَقَالَ: اللَّهُمَّ أَذْهِبْ عَنْهُ الْحَرَّ وَالْبَرْدَ، فَمَا وَجَدْتُ حَرًّا وَلَا بَرْدًا مُنْذُ يَوْمِئِذٍ، وَقَالَ: لَأُعْطِيَنَّ الرَّايَةَ رَجُلًا يُحِبُّ اللهَ وَرَسُولَهُ، وَيُحِبُّهُ اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ، لَيْسَ بِفَرَّارٍ، فَتَشَرَّفَ لَهَا أَصْحَابُ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، فَأَعْطَانِيهَا

     ✧ My father used to spend the evening with Ali. Ali would wear summer clothes in winter and winter clothes in summer. It was said to him: Why don't you ask him? So he asked him. He said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent for me on the day of Khaybar while I had sore eyes. I said: O Messenger of Allah, I have sore eyes. He said: He spat into my eyes and said: O Allah, remove from him heat and cold. Since that day I have felt neither heat nor cold. And he said: I will give the banner to a man who loves Allah and His Messenger, and whom Allah and His Messenger love, one who does not flee. The Companions of the Prophet ﷺ vied for it, and he gave it to me.

218. Musnad Ahmad 779Graders disagree

     كُنْتُ جَالِسًا عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، فَجَاءَ عَمَّارٌ، فَاسْتَأْذَنَ، فَقَالَ: ائْذَنُوا لَهُ، مَرْحَبًا بِالطَّيِّبِ الْمُطَيَّبِ

     ✧ I was sitting with the Prophet ﷺ when Ammar came and asked permission. He said: Give him permission. Welcome to the good one, purified.

219. Musnad Ahmad 780Sahih

     سَأَلْتُ عَائِشَةَ عَنِ الْمَسْحِ عَلَى الْخُفَّيْنِ، فَقَالَتْ: سَلْ عَلِيًّا، فَسَأَلْتُهُ، فَقَالَ: ثَلَاثَةُ أَيَّامٍ وَلَيَالِيهِنَّ - يَعْنِي: لِلْمُسَافِرِ -، وَيَوْمٌ وَلَيْلَةٌ لِلْمُقِيمِ

     I asked ʿAʿishah ؓ about wiping over the khuff (leather slippers) and she said: Ask ʿAli ؓ. I asked him and he said: Three days and nights - i.e., for the traveller - and one day and night for one who is not travelling

220. Musnad Ahmad 781Hasan

     أَمَرَنِي عَلِيٌّ أَنْ أَمْسَحَ عَلَى الْخُفَّيْنِ

     ✧ Ali commanded me to wipe over the leather socks.

221. Musnad Ahmad 782Graders disagree

     شَهِدْتُ عَلِيًّا وَهُوَ يَقُولُ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ: وَاللهِ مَا عِنْدَنَا كِتَابٌ نَقْرَؤُهُ عَلَيْكُمْ إِلَّا كِتَابَ اللهِ تَعَالَى، وَهَذِهِ الصَّحِيفَةَ - مُعَلَّقَةً بِسَيْفِهِ - أَخَذْتُهَا مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِيهَا فَرَائِضُ الصَّدَقَةِ، مُعَلَّقَةً بِسَيْفٍ لَهُ حِلْيَتُهُ حَدِيدٌ، أَوْ قَالَ: بَكَرَاتُهُ حَدِيدٌ

     ✧ I witnessed Ali saying on the pulpit: By Allah, we have no book to read to you except the Book of Allah, and this scroll — hung on his sword. I took it from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. In it are the obligatory amounts of charity, hung on a sword of his whose ornament is iron, or he said: whose pulleys are iron.

222. Musnad Ahmad 783Graders disagree

     كَانَ أَبِي الْحَارِثُ عَلَى أَمْرٍ مِنْ أَمْرِ مَكَّةَ فِي زَمَنِ عُثْمَانَ، فَأَقْبَلَ عُثْمَانُ إِلَى مَكَّةَ، فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ: فَاسْتَقْبَلْتُ عُثْمَانَ بِالنُّزُلِ بِقُدَيْدٍ، فَاصْطَادَ أَهْلُ الْمَاءِ حَجَلًا، فَطَبَخْنَاهُ بِمَاءٍ وَمِلْحٍ، فَجَعَلْنَاهُ عُرَاقًا لِلثَّرِيدِ، فَقَدَّمْنَاهُ إِلَى عُثْمَانَ وَأَصْحَابِهِ، فَأَمْسَكُوا، فَقَالَ عُثْمَانُ: صَيْدٌ لَمْ أَصْطَدْهُ، وَلَمْ نَأْمُرْ بِصَيْدِهِ، اصْطَادَهُ قَوْمٌ حِلٌّ، فَأَطْعَمُونَاهُ، فَمَا بَأْسٌ ؟ فَقَالَ عُثْمَانُ: مَنْ يَقُولُ فِي هَذَا ؟ فَقَالُوا: عَلِيٌّ، فَبَعَثَ إِلَى عَلِيٍّ، فَجَاءَ، قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ: فَكَأَنِّي أَنْظُرُ إِلَى عَلِيٍّ حِينَ جَاءَ وَهُوَ يَحُتُّ الْخَبَطَ عَنْ كَفَّيْهِ، فَقَالَ لَهُ عُثْمَانُ: صَيْدٌ لَمْ نَصْطَدْهُ، وَلَمْ نَأْمُرْ بِصَيْدِهِ، اصْطَادَهُ قَوْمٌ حِلٌّ، فَأَطْعَمُونَاهُ، فَمَا بَأْسٌ ؟ قَالَ: فَغَضِبَ عَلِيٌّ، وَقَالَ: أَنْشُدُ اللهَ رَجُلًا شَهِدَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ حِينَ أُتِيَ بِقَائِمَةِ حِمَارِ وَحْشٍ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: إِنَّا قَوْمٌ حُرُمٌ، فَأَطْعِمُوهُ أَهْلَ الْحِلِّ، قَالَ: فَشَهِدَ اثْنَا عَشَرَ رَجُلًا مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، ثُمَّ قَالَ عَلِيٌّ: أَنْشُدُ اللهَ رَجُلًا شَهِدَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ حِينَ أُتِيَ بِبَيْضِ النَّعَامِ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: إِنَّا قَوْمٌ حُرُمٌ، أَطْعِمُوهُ أَهْلَ الْحِلِّ، قَالَ: فَشَهِدَ دُونَهُمْ مِنَ الْعِدَّةِ مِنَ الِاثْنَيْ عَشَرَ قَالَ: فَثَنَى عُثْمَانُ وَرِكَهُ عَنِ الطَّعَامِ، فَدَخَلَ رَحْلَهُ، وَأَكَلَ ذَلِكَ الطَّعَامَ أَهْلُ الْمَاءِ

     ✧ My father al-Harith was in charge of a matter of the affairs of Makkah during the time of Uthman. Uthman came to Makkah. Abdullah b. al-Harith said: I met Uthman with hospitality at Qudayd. The people of the water hunted partridges, and we cooked them with water and salt and made them a meat broth for the tharid. We served them to Uthman and his companions, but they refrained. Uthman said: It is game we did not hunt, and we did not command its hunting. A people who are not in a state of ihram hunted it and fed it to us, so what is the harm? Uthman said: Who can give an opinion on this? They said: Ali. So he sent for Ali, and he came. Abdullah b. al-Harith said: It is as if I am looking at Ali when he came, brushing leaves from his palms. Uthman said to him: It is game we did not hunt, and we did not command its hunting. A people who are not in a state of ihram hunted it and fed it to us, so what is the harm? He said: Ali became angry and said: I adjure by Allah a man who witnessed the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when a leg of a wild donkey was brought to him, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: We are people in a state of ihram, so feed it to those who are not in ihram. He said: Twelve men from the Companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ bore witness. Then Ali said: I adjure by Allah a man who witnessed the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when ostrich eggs were brought to him, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: We are people in a state of ihram, feed them to those who are not in ihram. He said: Fewer than them, from among the twelve, bore witness. He said: Uthman turned his side away from the food and entered his camp, and the people of the water ate that food.

223. Musnad Ahmad 784Hasan

     أَنَّ أَبَاهُ وَلِيَ طَعَامَ عُثْمَانَ قَالَ: فَكَأَنِّي أَنْظُرُ إِلَى الْحَجَلِ حَوَالَيِ الْجِفَانِ، فَجَاءَ رَجُلٌ، فَقَالَ: إِنَّ عَلِيًّا يَكْرَهُ هَذَا، فَبَعَثَ إِلَى عَلِيٍّ، وَهُوَ مُلَطِّخٌ يَدَيْهِ بِالْخَبَطِ، فَقَالَ: إِنَّكَ لَكَثِيرُ الْخِلَافِ عَلَيْنَا، فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ: أُذَكِّرُ اللهَ مَنْ شَهِدَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ أُتِيَ بِعَجُزِ حِمَارِ وَحْشٍ وَهُوَ مُحْرِمٌ، فَقَالَ: إِنَّا مُحْرِمُونَ، فَأَطْعِمُوهُ أَهْلَ الْحِلِّ، فَقَامَ رِجَالٌ، فَشَهِدُوا، ثُمَّ قَالَ: أُذَكِّرُ اللهَ رَجُلًا شَهِدَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ أُتِيَ بِخَمْسِ بَيْضَاتٍ، بَيْضِ نَعَامٍ، فَقَالَ: إِنَّا مُحْرِمُونَ، فَأَطْعِمُوهُ أَهْلَ الْحِلِّ، فَقَامَ رِجَالٌ فَشَهِدُوا، فَقَامَ عُثْمَانُ، فَدَخَلَ فُسْطَاطَهُ، وَتَرَكُوا الطَّعَامَ عَلَى أَهْلِ الْمَاءِ

     ✧ His father was in charge of Uthman's food. He said: It is as if I am looking at the partridges around the platters. A man came and said: Ali dislikes this. So he sent for Ali, and he was smearing his hands with leaves. He said: You are very contrary to us. Ali said: I remind by Allah anyone who witnessed the Prophet ﷺ when a haunch of a wild donkey was brought to him while he was in ihram, and he said: We are in ihram, so feed it to those who are not in ihram. Men stood up and bore witness. Then he said: I remind by Allah any man who witnessed the Prophet ﷺ when five eggs, ostrich eggs, were brought to him, and he said: We are in ihram, so feed them to those who are not in ihram. Men stood up and bore witness. Uthman got up, entered his tent, and they left the food to the people of the water.

224. Musnad Ahmad 785Sahih

     أُهْدِيَتْ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ بَغْلَةٌ، فَقُلْنَا: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، لَوْ أَنَّا أَنْزَيْنَا الْحُمُرَ عَلَى خَيْلِنَا، فَجَاءَتْنَا بِمِثْلِ هَذِهِ ؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: إِنَّمَا يَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ الَّذِينَ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

     ✧ A mule was gifted to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. We said: O Messenger of Allah, if we mated donkeys with our horses, they would produce something like this for us. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Only those who do not know do that.

225. Musnad Ahmad 786Sahih

     إِنَّ الْوِتْرَ لَيْسَ بِحَتْمٍ، وَلَكِنَّهُ سُنَّةٌ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، وَإِنَّ اللهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وِتْرٌ يُحِبُّ الْوِتْرَ

     It was narrated that ‘Ali ؓ said. Witr is not a must, but it is a Sunnah from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and Allah, may He be glorified and exalted, is One and loves that which is odd numbered.

226. Musnad Ahmad 787Hasan

     اعْتَمَرْتُ مَعَ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ فِي زَمَانِ عُمَرَ، أَوْ زَمَانِ عُثْمَانَ، فَنَزَلَ عَلَى أُخْتِهِ أُمِّ هَانِئٍ بِنْتِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ، فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ مِنْ عُمْرَتِهِ رَجَعَ، فَسُكِبَ لَهُ غُسْلٌ، فَاغْتَسَلَ، فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ مِنْ غُسْلِهِ دَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ نَفَرٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعِرَاقِ، فَقَالُوا: يَا أَبَا حَسَنٍ، جِئْنَاكَ نَسْأَلُكَ عَنْ أَمْرٍ نُحِبُّ أَنْ تُخْبِرَنَا عَنْهُ، قَالَ: أَظُنُّ الْمُغِيرَةَ بْنَ شُعْبَةَ يُحَدِّثُكُمْ أَنَّهُ كَانَ أَحْدَثَ النَّاسِ عَهْدًا بِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، قَالُوا: أَجَلْ، عَنْ ذَلِكَ جِئْنَا نَسْأَلُكَ، قَالَ: أَحْدَثُ النَّاسِ عَهْدًا بِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قُثَمُ بْنُ الْعَبَّاسِ

     ✧ I performed umrah with Ali b. Abu Talib during the time of Umar or the time of Uthman. He stayed with his sister Umm Hani' bt. Abu Talib. When he finished his umrah, he returned, and water was poured for him to bathe, and he bathed. When he finished his bath, a group of people from Iraq entered upon him and said: O Abu al-Hasan, we have come to ask you about a matter we would like you to inform us about. He said: I think al-Mughirah b. Shu'bah is telling you that he was the last person to be with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. They said: Yes, about that we came to ask you. He said: The last person to be with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was Qutham b. al-Abbas.

227. Musnad Ahmad 788Hasan

     مَاتَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الصُّفَّةِ، وَتَرَكَ دِينَارَيْنِ، أَوْ دِرْهَمَيْنِ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: كَيَّتَانِ، صَلُّوا عَلَى صَاحِبِكُمْ

     ✧ A man from the people of the Suffah died and left two dinars or two dirhams. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Two cauterizing marks. Pray over your companion.

228. Musnad Ahmad 789Graders disagree

     مَنْ كَذَبَ فِي الرُّؤْيَا مُتَعَمِّدًا، كُلِّفَ عَقْدَ شَعِيرَةٍ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ

     ✧ Whoever deliberately lies about a dream will be tasked with tying a knot in a barley grain on the Day of Resurrection.

229. Musnad Ahmad 790Graders disagree

     النَّاسُ تَبَعٌ لِقُرَيْشٍ، صَالِحُهُمْ تَبَعٌ لِصَالِحِهِمْ، وَشِرَارُهُمْ تَبَعٌ لِشِرَارِهِمْ

     ✧ People are followers of Quraysh: their righteous follow their righteous, and their wicked follow their wicked.

230. Musnad Ahmad 791Hasan

     نَهَى عَنْ عَضْبَاءِ الْأُذُنِ وَالْقَرْنِ

     ✧ He forbade (sacrificial animals) with a cut-off ear or horn.

231. Musnad Ahmad 792Weak

     دَخَلَ عَلَيَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، وَأَنَا نَائِمٌ عَلَى الْمَنَامَةِ، فَاسْتَسْقَى الْحَسَنُ، أَوِ الْحُسَيْنُ، قَالَ: فَقَامَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِلَى شَاةٍ لَنَا بَكِيءٍ، فَحَلَبَهَا، فَدَرَّتْ، فَجَاءَهُ الْحَسَنُ، فَنَحَّاهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ، فَقَالَتْ فَاطِمَةُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، كَأَنَّهُ أَحَبُّهُمَا إِلَيْكَ ؟ قَالَ: لَا، وَلَكِنَّهُ اسْتَسْقَى قَبْلَهُ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: إِنِّي وَإِيَّاكِ وَهَذَيْنِ وَهَذَا الرَّاقِدَ فِي مَكَانٍ وَاحِدٍ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ entered upon me while I was sleeping on the bed. Al-Hasan, or al-Husayn, asked for a drink. He said: The Prophet ﷺ got up and went to a ewe of ours that had little milk, and he milked it, and it flowed abundantly. Then al-Hasan came to him, and the Prophet ﷺ moved him aside. Fatimah said, 'O Messenger of God, it is as if he is the more beloved of the two to you?' He said, 'No, but he asked for a drink before him.' Then he said, 'Indeed I, you, these two, and this sleeping one will be in one place on the Day of Resurrection.'

232. Musnad Ahmad 793Weak

     خَرَجْتُ حِينَ بَزَغَ الْقَمَرُ كَأَنَّهُ فِلْقُ جَفْنَةٍ، فَقَالَ: اللَّيْلَةُ لَيْلَةُ الْقَدْرِ

     ✧ I went out when the moon rose, and it was like half of a bowl. He said, 'Tonight is the Night of Decree.'

233. Musnad Ahmad 794Weak

     مَنْ تَرَكَ مَوْضِعَ شَعَرَةٍ مِنْ جَسَدِهِ مِنْ جَنَابَةٍ لَمْ يُصِبْهَا الْمَاءُ فُعِلَ بِهِ كَذَا وَكَذَا مِنَ النَّارِ، قَالَ عَلِيٌّ: فَمِنْ ثَمَّ عَادَيْتُ رَأْسِي، فَمِنْ ثَمَّ عَادَيْتُ رَأْسِي

     ✧ Whoever leaves a spot the size of a hair on his body from major ritual impurity that water did not reach, such-and-such will be done to him in the Fire. Ali said, 'So from then on I became an enemy of my head; so from then on I became an enemy of my head.'

234. Musnad Ahmad 795Hasan

     أَنَّ عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ شَرِبَ قَائِمًا، فَنَظَرَ إِلَيْهِ النَّاسُ كَأَنَّهُمْ أَنْكَرُوهُ، فَقَالَ: مَا تَنْظُرُونَ ؟ إِنْ أَشْرَبْ قَائِمًا، فَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَشْرَبُ قَائِمًا، وَإِنْ أَشْرَبْ قَاعِدًا، فَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَشْرَبُ قَاعِدًا

     ✧ Ali b. Abi Talib drank while standing. People looked at him as if they disapproved. He said, 'What are you looking at? If I drink standing, I saw the Prophet ﷺ drink standing; and if I drink sitting, I saw the Prophet ﷺ drink sitting.'

235. Musnad Ahmad 796Hasan

     كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ ضَخْمَ الرَّأْسِ، عَظِيمَ الْعَيْنَيْنِ، هَدِبَ الْأَشْفَارِ - قَالَ حَسَنٌ: الشِّفَارِ - مُشْرَبَ الْعَيْنِ بِحُمْرَةٍ، كَثَّ اللِّحْيَةِ، أَزْهَرَ اللَّوْنِ، شَثْنَ الْكَفَّيْنِ وَالْقَدَمَيْنِ، إِذَا مَشَى كَأَنَّمَا يَمْشِي فِي صُعُدٍ، - قَالَ حَسَنٌ: تَكَفَّأَ -، وَإِذَا الْتَفَتَ الْتَفَتَ جَمِيعًا

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ was large-headed, with large eyes, long eyelashes—Hasan said: 'eyelids'—and his eyes had a touch of redness. He had a thick beard, a bright complexion, and coarse palms and feet. When he walked, it was as if he were walking uphill—Hasan said: 'he swayed'—and when he turned, he turned with his whole body.

236. Musnad Ahmad 797Hasan or sahih

     أَنَّ عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ قَامَ خَطِيبًا فِي الرَّحَبَةِ، فَحَمِدَ اللهَ وَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ مَا شَاءَ اللهُ أَنْ يَقُولَ، ثُمَّ دَعَا بِكُوزٍ مِنْ مَاءٍ، فَتَمَضْمَضَ مِنْهُ وَتَمَسَّحَ، وَشَرِبَ فَضْلَ كُوزِهِ وَهُوَ قَائِمٌ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: بَلَغَنِي أَنَّ الرَّجُلَ مِنْكُمْ يَكْرَهُ أَنْ يَشْرَبَ وَهُوَ قَائِمٌ، وَهَذَا وُضُوءُ مَنْ لَمْ يُحْدِثْ، وَرَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَعَلَ هَكَذَا

     ✧ Ali b. Abi Talib stood up to deliver a sermon in al-Rahbah. He praised God and extolled Him, then said what God willed him to say. Then he called for a jug of water, rinsed his mouth from it, wiped himself, and drank the remainder of his jug while standing. Then he said, 'It has reached me that a man among you dislikes drinking while standing. This is the ablution of one who has not broken his state of purity, and I saw the Messenger of God ﷺ do like this.'

237. Musnad Ahmad 798Hasan

     خَطَبَنَا عَلِيٌّ، فَقَالَ: مَا عِنْدَنَا شَيْءٌ مِنَ الْوَحْيِ - أَوْ قَالَ: كِتَابٌ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ - إِلَّا مَا فِي كِتَابِ اللهِ، وَهَذِهِ الصَّحِيفَةُ الْمَقْرُونَةُ بِسَيْفِي - وَعَلَيْهِ سَيْفٌ حِلْيَتُهُ حَدِيدٌ - وَفِيهَا فَرَائِضُ الصَّدَقَاتِ

     ✧ Ali gave us a sermon and said, 'We have nothing of the revelation—or he said: a book from the Messenger of God ﷺ—except what is in the Book of God, and this scroll attached to my sword'—and he had a sword whose ornament was iron—'and in it are the obligatory amounts of the alms.'

238. Musnad Ahmad 799Hasan

     أَنَّ عَلِيًّا قِيلَ لَهُ: إِنَّ قَاتِلَ الزُّبَيْرِ عَلَى الْبَابِ، فَقَالَ: لِيَدْخُلْ قَاتِلُ ابْنِ صَفِيَّةَ النَّارَ، سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: إِنَّ لِكُلِّ نَبِيٍّ حَوَارِيًّا، وَإِنَّ الزُّبَيْرَ حَوَارِيَّ

     ✧ It was said to Ali, 'The killer of al-Zubayr is at the door.' He said, 'Let the killer of Ibn Safiyyah enter the Fire. I heard the Messenger of God ﷺ say, "For every prophet there is a disciple, and al-Zubayr is my disciple."'

239. Musnad Ahmad 800Hasan

     وَهَبَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ غُلَامَيْنِ أَخَوَيْنِ، فَبِعْتُ أَحَدَهُمَا، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: مَا فَعَلَ الْغُلَامَانِ ؟ فَقُلْتُ: بِعْتُ أَحَدَهُمَا، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: رُدَّهُ

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ gave me two young slaves who were brothers. I sold one of them, and the Messenger of God ﷺ said, 'What happened to the two slaves?' I said, 'I sold one of them.' The Messenger of God ﷺ said, 'Return him.'

240. Musnad Ahmad 801Weak

     أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كُفِّنَ فِي سَبْعَةِ أَثْوَابٍ

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ was shrouded in seven garments.

241. Musnad Ahmad 802Weak

     خَرَجْتُ مَعَ أَبِي عَائِدًا لِعَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ مِنْ مَرَضٍ أَصَابَهُ، ثِقَلٌ مِنْهُ، قَالَ: فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبِي: مَا يُقِيمُكَ بِمَنْزِلِكَ هَذَا، لَوْ أَصَابَكَ أَجَلُكَ لَمْ يَلِكَ إِلَّا أَعْرَابُ جُهَيْنَةَ ؟ تُحْمَلُ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ، فَإِنْ أَصَابَكَ أَجَلُكَ وَلِيَكَ أَصْحَابُكَ، وَصَلَّوْا عَلَيْكَ، فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ: إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَهِدَ إِلَيَّ أَنْ لَا أَمُوتَ حَتَّى أُؤَمَّرَ، ثُمَّ تُخْضَبَ هَذِهِ - يَعْنِي: لِحْيَتَهُ - مِنْ دَمِ هَذِهِ - يَعْنِي: هَامَتَهُ -، فَقُتِلَ، وَقُتِلَ أَبُو فَضَالَةَ مَعَ عَلِيٍّ يَوْمَ صِفِّينَ

     ✧ I went out with my father to visit Ali b. Abi Talib during an illness that had befallen him, which had left him weak. He said: My father said to him: What keeps you in this abode of yours? If your appointed time were to overtake you, none would attend to you but the Bedouins of Juhaynah. You should be carried to Madinah, for if your appointed time overtakes you, your companions will attend to you and pray over you. Ali said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ pledged to me that I would not die until I am appointed as a commander, then this—meaning his beard—would be dyed with the blood of this—meaning his head. So he was killed, and Abu Fadalah was killed alongside Ali on the day of Siffin.

242. Musnad Ahmad 803Sahih

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

     ✧ When the Prophet ﷺ began the prayer, he would say the takbir, then say: 'I have turned my face to the One who originated the heavens and the earth, as a hanif, and I am not of the polytheists. Indeed, my prayer, my rites, my living, and my dying are for Allah, Lord of the worlds. He has no partner, and with that I have been commanded, and I am the first of the Muslims. O Allah, You are the Sovereign; there is no god but You. You are my Lord and I am Your servant. I have wronged myself and I acknowledge my sin, so forgive all my sins; none forgives sins but You. [O Allah,] guide me to the best of character; none guides to its best but You. Turn away from me its evil; none turns away from me its evil but You. Here I am at Your service, all good is in Your hands, and evil is not attributed to You. I am through You and to You. Blessed and exalted are You. I seek Your forgiveness and turn to You in repentance.' When he bowed, he said: 'O Allah, to You I have bowed, in You I have believed, and to You I have submitted. My hearing, sight, brain, bones, and sinews are humbled before You.' When he raised his head, he said: 'Allah hears the one who praises Him. Our Lord, to You belongs praise, filling the heavens and the earth and what is between them, and filling whatever You will after that.' When he prostrated, he said: 'O Allah, to You I have prostrated, in You I have believed, and to You I have submitted. My face has prostrated to the One who created it, shaped it, and perfected its form, then split open its hearing and sight. Blessed is Allah, the best of creators.' When he finished the prayer and said the salam, he said: 'O Allah, forgive me for what I have sent ahead and what I have delayed, what I have concealed and what I have declared, and what I have exceeded. You are more knowing of it than I. You are the Advancer and You are the Delayer; there is no god but You.'

243. Musnad Ahmad 804Sahih

     كَانَ إِذَا افْتَتَحَ الصَّلَاةَ كَبَّرَ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: وَجَّهْتُ وَجْهِيَ...

     ✧ When he began the prayer, he would say the takbir, then say: 'I have turned my face...'

244. Musnad Ahmad 805Sahih

     812 820 805 - حَدَّثَنَا حُجَيْنٌ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْفَضْلِ الْهَاشِمِيِّ، عَنِ الْأَعْرَجِ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي رَافِعٍ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ مِثْلَهُ

     similarly narrated from the Prophet ﷺ.

245. Musnad Ahmad 806Accepted

     لَا يَحِلُّ لِامْرِئٍ مُسْلِمٍ أَنْ يُصْبِحَ فِي بَيْتِهِ بَعْدَ ثَلَاثٍ مِنْ لَحْمِ نُسُكِهِ شَيْءٌ

     Abdullah bin Mas'ud said: "Shall I not demonstrate the Ṣalāh of Messenger of Allah ﷺ to you?" Then he offered Ṣalāh and he did not raise his hands except while saying the first takbīr."

246. Musnad Ahmad 807Sahih

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

     ✧ When Abu Talib died, I came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: Your elderly uncle has died. He said: Go and bury him, then do not do anything until you come to me. He said: So I buried him, then came to him. He said: Go and perform ghusl, then do not do anything until you come to me. He said: So I performed ghusl, then came to him. He said: Then he offered supplications for me that would please me more than having red camels and black ones.

247. Musnad Ahmad 808Weak

     يَظْهَرُ فِي آخِرِ الزَّمَانِ قَوْمٌ يُسَمَّوْنَ الرَّافِضَةَ، يَرْفُضُونَ الْإِسْلَامَ

     ✧ In the last days, a people will appear called the Rafidah, who reject Islam.

248. Musnad Ahmad 809Weak

     كُنْتُ آتِي النَّبِيَّ ﷺ، فَأَسْتَأْذِنُ، فَإِنْ كَانَ فِي صَلَاةٍ سَبَّحَ، وَإِنْ كَانَ فِي غَيْرِ صَلَاةٍ أَذِنَ لِي

     ✧ I used to come to the Prophet ﷺ and ask permission. If he was in prayer, he would glorify Allah; if he was not in prayer, he would grant me permission.

249. Musnad Ahmad 810Weak

     إِنَّ اللهَ تَعَالَى يُحِبُّ الْعَبْدَ الْمُفَتَّنَ التَّوَّابَ

     ✧ Allah, exalted is He, loves the servant who is tried and oft-repentant.

250. Musnad Ahmad 811Sahih

     لَمَّا أَعْيَانِي أَمْرُ الْمَذْيِ أَمَرْتُ الْمِقْدَادَ أَنْ يَسْأَلَ عَنْهُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ: فِيهِ الْوُضُوءُ، اسْتِحْيَاءً مِنْ أَجْلِ فَاطِمَةَ

     ✧ When the issue of madhy troubled me, I ordered al-Miqdad to ask the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about it. He said: 'It requires wudu,' out of shyness because of Fatimah.

251. Musnad Ahmad 812Sahih

     نَهَى يَوْمَ خَيْبَرَ عَنِ الْمُتْعَةِ، وَعَنْ لُحُومِ الْحُمُرِ

     ✧ He forbade mut'ah on the day of Khaybar, as well as the meat of domestic donkeys.

252. Musnad Ahmad 813Hasan

     أَنَّ عَلِيًّا قِيلَ لَهُ: إِنَّ قَاتِلَ الزُّبَيْرِ عَلَى الْبَابِ، فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ: لَيَدْخُلَنَّ قَاتِلُ ابْنِ صَفِيَّةَ النَّارَ، سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: لِكُلِّ نَبِيٍّ حَوَارِيٌّ، وَإِنَّ حَوَارِيَّ الزُّبَيْرُ بْنُ الْعَوَّامِ

     ✧ It was said to Ali: The killer of al-Zubayr is at the door. Ali said: The killer of the son of Safiyyah will surely enter the Fire. I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: 'Every prophet has a disciple, and my disciple is al-Zubayr b. al-Awwam.'

253. Musnad Ahmad 814Graders disagree

     أَنَّ عُثْمَانَ بْنَ عَفَّانَ نَزَلَ قُدَيْدًا، فَأُتِيَ بِالْحَجَلِ فِي الْجِفَانِ شَائِلَةً بِأَرْجُلِهَا، فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَى عَلِيٍّ وَهُوَ يَضْفِزُ بَعِيرًا لَهُ، فَجَاءَ وَالْخَبَطُ يَتَحَاتُّ مِنْ يَدَيْهِ، فَأَمْسَكَ عَلِيٌّ، وَأَمْسَكَ النَّاسُ، فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ: مَنْ هَاهُنَا مِنْ أَشْجَعَ ؟ هَلْ تَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ جَاءَهُ أَعْرَابِيٌّ بِبَيْضَاتِ نَعَامٍ، وَتَتْمِيرِ وَحْشٍ، فَقَالَ: أَطْعِمْهُنَّ أَهْلَكَ، فَإِنَّا حُرُمٌ ؟ قَالُوا: بَلَى، فَتَوَرَّكَ عُثْمَانُ عَنْ سَرِيرِهِ، وَنَزَلَ، فَقَالَ: خَبَّثْتَ عَلَيْنَا

     ✧ Uthman b. Affan stopped at Qudayd, and partridges were brought to him in large bowls with their legs raised. He sent for Ali while he was hobbling a camel of his, and Ali came with leaves falling from his hands. Ali refrained, and the people refrained. Ali said: Is there anyone here from Ashja'? Do you know that the Prophet ﷺ was approached by a Bedouin with ostrich eggs and preserved wild game, and he said: 'Feed them to your family, for we are in ihram'? They said: Yes. So Uthman turned on his side from his couch, got down, and said: You have spoiled it for us.

254. Musnad Ahmad 815Graders disagree

     لَا تَدْخُلُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ بَيْتًا فِيهِ كَلْبٌ وَلَا صُورَةٌ

     ✧ The angels do not enter a house in which there is a dog or an image.

255. Musnad Ahmad 816Hasan

     نَهَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، أَوْ نَهَانِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ خَاتَمِ الذَّهَبِ، وَالْقَسِّيِّ، وَالْمِيثَرَةِ

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ forbade, or the Messenger of God ﷺ forbade me, the gold ring, al-qassiy (silk garments), and the red saddle cloth.

256. Musnad Ahmad 817Graders disagree

     نَهَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ يَرْفَعَ الرَّجُلُ صَوْتَهُ بِالْقُرْآنِ قَبْلَ الْعَتَمَةِ وَبَعْدَهَا يُغَلِّطُ أَصْحَابَهُ فِي الصَّلَاةِ

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ forbade that a man raise his voice with the Qurʾān before the ʿatamah (night prayer) and after it, lest he cause his companions to make mistakes in prayer.

257. Musnad Ahmad 818Sahih

     يُودَى الْمُكَاتَبُ بِقَدْرِ مَا أَدَّى

     ✧ The slave who has contracted for freedom is ransomed according to what he has paid.

258. Musnad Ahmad 819Accepted

     أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ لَمَّا زَوَّجَهُ فَاطِمَةَ بَعَثَ مَعَهُ بِخَمِيلَةٍ، وَوِسَادَةٍ مِنْ أَدَمٍ حَشْوُهَا لِيفٌ، وَرَحَيَيْنِ، وَسِقَاءٍ، وَجَرَّتَيْنِ

     ✧ When the Messenger of God ﷺ married him to Fāṭimah, he sent with her a velvet cloth, a leather cushion stuffed with palm fiber, two millstones, a water skin, and two jars.

259. Musnad Ahmad 820Weak

     أَنَّ يُحَنَّسَ، وَصَفِيَّةَ كَانَا مِنْ سَبْيِ الْخُمُسِ، فَزَنَتْ صَفِيَّةُ بِرَجُلٍ مِنَ الْخُمُسِ، فَوَلَدَتْ غُلَامًا، فَادَّعَاهُ الزَّانِي وَيُحَنَّسُ، فَاخْتَصَمَا إِلَى عُثْمَانَ [بْنِ عَفَّانَ]، فَرَفَعَهُمَا إِلَى عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ، فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ: أَقْضِي فِيهَا بِقَضَاءِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ: الْوَلَدُ لِلْفِرَاشِ، وَلِلْعَاهِرِ الْحَجَرُ، وَجَلَدَهُمَا خَمْسِينَ خَمْسِينَ

     ✧ Yuḥannas and Ṣafiyyah were among the captives of the fifth. Ṣafiyyah committed adultery with a man from the fifth and gave birth to a boy. The adulterer and Yuḥannas both claimed the child, and they brought their dispute to ʿUthmān ibn ʿAffān, who referred them to ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib. ʿAlī said: I judge between them by the judgment of the Messenger of God ﷺ: the child belongs to the bed, and the stone is for the adulterer. And he had them lashed fifty lashes each.

260. Musnad Ahmad 821Sahih

     كُنَّا بِمِنًى، فَإِذَا صَائِحٌ يَصِيحُ: أَلَا إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: لَا تَصُومُنَّ، فَإِنَّهَا أَيَّامُ أَكْلٍ وَشُرْبٍ، قَالَتْ: فَرَفَعْتُ أَطْنَابَ الْفُسْطَاطِ، فَإِذَا الصَّائِحُ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ

     ✧ We were at Minā when a caller cried out: Indeed, the Messenger of God ﷺ says: You should not fast, for these are days of eating and drinking. She said: I lifted the ropes of the tent, and the caller was ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib.

261. Musnad Ahmad 822Hasan

     أَنَّ الْعَبَّاسَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ سَأَلَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فِي تَعْجِيلِ صَدَقَتِهِ قَبْلَ أَنْ تَحِلَّ، فَرَخَّصَ لَهُ فِي ذَلِكَ

     ✧ Al-ʿAbbās ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib asked the Prophet ﷺ about paying his alms in advance before they became due, and he permitted him to do that.

262. Musnad Ahmad 823Sahih

     أَرْسَلْنَا الْمِقْدَادَ بْنَ الْأَسْوَدِ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، فَسَأَلَهُ عَنِ الْمَذْيِ يَخْرُجُ مِنَ الْإِنْسَانِ، كَيْفَ يَفْعَلُ [بِهِ] ؟ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: تَوَضَّأْ، وَانْضَحْ فَرْجَكَ

     ✧ We sent al-Miqdād ibn al-Aswad to the Messenger of God ﷺ, and he asked him about the prostatic fluid that comes out of a person, how he should deal with it. The Messenger of God ﷺ said: Perform ablution and wash your private part.

263. Musnad Ahmad 824Sahih

     بَيْنَمَا نَحْنُ بِمِنًى إِذَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ عَلَى جَمَلٍ، وَهُوَ يَقُولُ: إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: إِنَّ هَذِهِ أَيَّامُ طُعْمٍ وَشُرْبٍ، فَلَا يَصُومَنَّ أَحَدٌ، فَأَسْمَعَ النَّاسَ

     ✧ While we were at Minā, ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib appeared on a camel saying: The Messenger of God ﷺ says: These are days of eating and drinking, so let no one fast. He made the people hear it.

264. Musnad Ahmad 825Accepted

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

     ✧ In every part of the night the Messenger of God ﷺ performed the witr prayer: at its beginning, its middle, and its end. And his witr ended at the last part of the night.

265. Musnad Ahmad 826Hasan

     سَمِعْتُ رَجُلًا سَأَلَ عَلِيًّا، قَالَ: إِنِّي اشْتَرَيْتُ هَذِهِ الْبَقَرَةَ لِلْأَضْحَى ؟ قَالَ: عَنْ سَبْعَةٍ، قَالَ: الْقَرْنُ ؟ قَالَ: لَا يَضُرُّكَ، قَالَ: الْعَرَجُ ؟ قَالَ: إِذَا بَلَغَتِ الْمَنْسِكَ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: أَمَرَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ نَسْتَشْرِفَ الْعَيْنَ وَالْأُذُنَ

     ✧ I heard a man ask ʿAlī: I bought this cow for sacrifice. He said: For seven people. He asked: What about the horn? He said: It does not harm you. He asked: What about lameness? He said: If it reaches the place of sacrifice. Then he said: The Messenger of God ﷺ commanded us to look for soundness of the eye and the ear.

266. Musnad Ahmad 827Sahih

     تَنَازَعَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ السُّلَمِيُّ، وَحِبَّانُ بْنُ عَطِيَّةَ، فَقَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ لِحِبَّانَ: قَدْ عَلِمْتُ مَا الَّذِي جَرَّأَ صَاحِبَكَ - يَعْنِي: عَلِيًّا - قَالَ: فَمَا هُوَ لَا أَبَا لَكَ ؟ قَالَ: قَوْلٌ سَمِعْتُهُ [مِنْ عَلِيٍّ] يَقُولُهُ، قَالَ: بَعَثَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، وَالزُّبَيْرَ، وَأَبَا مَرْثَدٍ، وَكُلُّنَا فَارِسٌ، قَالَ: انْطَلِقُوا حَتَّى تَبْلُغُوا رَوْضَةَ خَاخٍ، فَإِنَّ فِيهَا امْرَأَةً مَعَهَا صَحِيفَةٌ مِنْ حَاطِبِ بْنِ أَبِي بَلْتَعَةَ إِلَى الْمُشْرِكِينَ، فَأْتُونِي بِهَا، فَانْطَلَقْنَا عَلَى أَفْرَاسِنَا حَتَّى أَدْرَكْنَاهَا حَيْثُ قَالَ لَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، تَسِيرُ عَلَى بَعِيرٍ لَهَا، قَالَ: وَكَانَ كَتَبَ إِلَى أَهْلِ مَكَّةَ بِمَسِيرِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، فَقُلْنَا لَهَا: أَيْنَ الْكِتَابُ الَّذِي مَعَكِ ؟ قَالَتْ: مَا مَعِي كِتَابٌ، فَأَنَخْنَا بِهَا بَعِيرَهَا، فَابْتَغَيْنَا فِي رَحْلِهَا، فَلَمْ نَجِدْ فِيهِ شَيْئًا، فَقَالَ صَاحِبَايَ: مَا نَرَى مَعَهَا كِتَابًا، فَقُلْتُ: لَقَدْ عَلِمْتُمَا مَا كَذَبَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، ثُمَّ حَلَفْتُ: وَالَّذِي أَحْلِفُ بِهِ لَئِنْ لَمْ تُخْرِجِي الْكِتَابَ لَأُجَرِّدَنَّكِ، فَأَهْوَتْ إِلَى حُجْزَتِهَا وَهِيَ مُحْتَجِزَةٌ بِكِسَاءٍ، فَأَخْرَجَتِ الصَّحِيفَةَ، فَأَتَوْا بِهَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ، فَقَالُوا: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، قَدْ خَانَ اللهَ وَرَسُولَهُ وَالْمُؤْمِنِينَ، دَعْنِي أَضْرِبْ عُنُقَهُ، قَالَ: يَا حَاطِبُ، مَا حَمَلَكَ عَلَى مَا صَنَعْتَ ؟ قَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، وَاللهِ مَا بِي أَنْ لَا أَكُونَ مُؤْمِنًا بِاللهِ وَرَسُولِهِ، وَلَكِنِّي أَرَدْتُ أَنْ تَكُونَ لِي عِنْدَ الْقَوْمِ يَدٌ يَدْفَعُ اللهُ بِهَا عَنْ أَهْلِي وَمَالِي، وَلَمْ يَكُنْ أَحَدٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِكَ إِلَّا لَهُ هُنَاكَ مِنْ قَوْمِهِ مَنْ يَدْفَعُ اللهُ تَعَالَى بِهِ عَنْ أَهْلِهِ وَمَالِهِ، قَالَ: صَدَقْتَ، فَلَا تَقُولُوا لَهُ إِلَّا خَيْرًا، فَقَالَ عُمَرُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، إِنَّهُ قَدْ خَانَ اللهَ وَرَسُولَهُ وَالْمُؤْمِنِينَ، دَعْنِي أَضْرِبْ عُنُقَهُ، قَالَ: أَوَلَيْسَ مِنْ أَهْلِ بَدْرٍ ؟ وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّ اللهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ اطَّلَعَ عَلَيْهِمْ، فَقَالَ: اعْمَلُوا مَا شِئْتُمْ، فَقَدْ وَجَبَتْ لَكُمُ الْجَنَّةُ، فَاغْرَوْرَقَتْ عَيْنَا عُمَرَ، وَقَالَ: اللهُ تَعَالَى وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ

     ✧ Abu 'Abd al-Rahman al-Sulami and Hibban b. 'Atiyya disputed. Abu 'Abd al-Rahman said to Hibban: 'I know what made your companion—meaning 'Ali—bold.' He said: 'What is it, may you have no father?' He said: 'A statement I heard from 'Ali.' He said: 'The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent me, al-Zubayr, and Abu Marthad, and all of us were horsemen. He said: "Go until you reach the meadow of Khakh, for there is a woman there with a letter from Hatib b. Abi Balta'a to the polytheists. Bring her to me." We set out on our horses until we caught up with her where the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had told us, riding on her camel. He said: He had written to the people of Makkah about the Messenger of Allah's ﷺ departure. We said to her: "Where is the letter that is with you?" She said: "I have no letter." We made her camel kneel and searched her saddle, but found nothing in it. My two companions said: "We do not see any letter with her." I said: "You know that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not lie." Then I swore: "By the One by whom I swear, if you do not bring out the letter, I will strip you." She reached to her waistband, and she was wrapped in a cloak, and brought out the letter. They brought it to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. They said: "O Messenger of Allah, he has betrayed Allah, His Messenger, and the believers. Let me strike his neck." He said: "O Hatib, what made you do what you did?" He said: "O Messenger of Allah, by Allah, it is not that I do not believe in Allah and His Messenger, but I wanted to have some standing with the people by which Allah might protect my family and my property. None of your companions but had someone there from his people through whom Allah Almighty would protect his family and property." He said: "You have spoken the truth. Say nothing to him but good." 'Umar said: "O Messenger of Allah, he has betrayed Allah, His Messenger, and the believers. Let me strike his neck." He said: "Is he not one of the people of Badr? And what would make you know? Perhaps Allah, Mighty and Majestic, looked upon them and said: 'Do whatever you wish, for Paradise is guaranteed for you.'" 'Umar's eyes filled with tears and he said: "Allah Almighty and His Messenger know best."

267. Musnad Ahmad 828Weak

     ثَلَاثَةٌ يَا عَلِيُّ لَا تُؤَخِّرْهُنَّ: الصَّلَاةُ إِذَا آنَتْ، وَالْجِنَازَةُ إِذَا حَضَرَتْ، وَالْأَيِّمُ إِذَا وَجَدَتْ كُفُؤًا

     ✧ Three things, O 'Ali, do not delay: the prayer when its time arrives, the funeral when it is present, and the unmarried woman when she finds a suitable match.

268. Musnad Ahmad 829Graders disagree

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

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade me from gold rings, from wearing red, and from reciting Qur'an while bowing or prostrating.

269. Musnad Ahmad 830Graders disagree

     أُتِيَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بِلَحْمِ صَيْدٍ، وَهُوَ مُحْرِمٌ، فَلَمْ يَأْكُلْهُ

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

270. Musnad Ahmad 831Graders disagree

     نَهَانِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ لِبَاسِ الْقَسِّيِّ، وَالْمَيَاثِرِ، وَالْمُعَصْفَرِ، وَعَنْ قِرَاءَةِ الْقُرْآنِ وَالرَّجُلُ رَاكِعٌ، أَوْ سَاجِدٌ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade me from wearing qassi (silk-lined garments), mayathir (saddle cushions), and saffron-dyed clothes, and from reciting the Qur'an while a man is bowing or prostrating.

271. Musnad Ahmad 832Hasan

     تَمَارَيْنَا فِي سُورَةٍ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ، فَقُلْنَا: خَمْسٌ وَثَلَاثُونَ آيَةً، سِتٌّ وَثَلَاثُونَ آيَةً قَالَ: فَانْطَلَقْنَا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَوَجَدْنَا عَلِيًّا يُنَاجِيهِ، فَقُلْنَا: إِنَّا اخْتَلَفْنَا فِي الْقِرَاءَةِ، فَاحْمَرَّ وَجْهُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ: إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَأْمُرُكُمْ أَنْ تَقْرَؤُوا كَمَا عُلِّمْتُمْ

     ✧ We disputed about a surah of the Qur'an. We said: thirty-five verses, thirty-six verses. He said: We went to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and found 'Ali conversing privately with him. We said: We have differed about the recitation. The face of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ turned red, and 'Ali said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ commands you to recite as you have been taught.

272. Musnad Ahmad 833Hasan

     أَلَا أُخْبِرُكُمْ بِخَيْرِ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ بَعْدَ نَبِيِّهَا ؟ أَبُو بَكْرٍ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: أَلَا أُخْبِرُكُمْ بِخَيْرِ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ بَعْدَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ ؟ عُمَرُ

     ✧ Shall I not inform you of the best of this ummah after its Prophet? Abu Bakr. Then he said: Shall I not inform you of the best of this ummah after Abu Bakr? 'Umar.

273. Musnad Ahmad 834Accepted

     خَطَبَنَا عَلِيٌّ فَقَالَ: مَنْ خَيْرُ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ بَعْدَ نَبِيِّهَا ؟ فَقُلْتُ: أَنْتَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، قَالَ: لَا، خَيْرُ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ بَعْدَ نَبِيِّهَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ، ثُمَّ عُمَرُ، وَمَا نُبْعِدُ أَنَّ السَّكِينَةَ تَنْطِقُ عَلَى لِسَانِ عُمَرَ

     ✧ 'Ali addressed us and said: 'Who is the best of this ummah after its Prophet?' I said: 'You, O Commander of the Faithful.' He said: 'No, the best of this ummah after its Prophet is Abu Bakr, then 'Umar, and it is not far-fetched that tranquility speaks upon the tongue of 'Umar.'

274. Musnad Ahmad 835Sahih

     قَالَ لِي عَلِيٌّ: يَا أَبَا جُحَيْفَةَ، أَلَا أُخْبِرُكَ بِأَفْضَلِ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ بَعْدَ نَبِيِّهَا ؟ قَالَ: قُلْتُ: بَلَى، قَالَ: وَلَمْ أَكُنْ أَرَى أَنَّ أَحَدًا أَفْضَلُ مِنْهُ، قَالَ: أَفْضَلُ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ بَعْدَ نَبِيِّهَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ، وَبَعْدَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ عُمَرُ، وَبَعْدَهُمَا آخَرُ ثَالِثٌ، وَلَمْ يُسَمِّهِ

     ✧ 'Ali said to me: 'O Abu Juhayfa, shall I not inform you of the most virtuous of this ummah after its Prophet?' He said: I said: 'Yes.' He said: 'I did not think that anyone was more virtuous than him.' He said: 'The most virtuous of this ummah after its Prophet is Abu Bakr, and after Abu Bakr is 'Umar, and after them another third, but he did not name him.'

275. Musnad Ahmad 836Sahih

     خَيْرُ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ بَعْدَ نَبِيِّهَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ، وَبَعْدَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ عُمَرُ، وَلَوْ شِئْتُ أَخْبَرْتُكُمْ بِالثَّالِثِ لَفَعَلْتُ

     ✧ The best of this ummah after its Prophet is Abu Bakr, and after Abu Bakr is 'Umar, and if I wished I would tell you the third, I would do so.

276. Musnad Ahmad 837Accepted

     كَانَ أَبِي مِنْ شُرَطِ عَلِيٍّ، وَكَانَ تَحْتَ الْمِنْبَرِ، فَحَدَّثَنِي أَبِي أَنَّهُ صَعِدَ الْمِنْبَرَ - يَعْنِي: عَلِيًّا - فَحَمِدَ اللهَ تَعَالَى وَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ، وَصَلَّى عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، وَقَالَ: خَيْرُ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ بَعْدَ نَبِيِّهَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ، وَالثَّانِي عُمَرُ، وَقَالَ: يَجْعَلُ اللهُ تَعَالَى الْخَيْرَ حَيْثُ أَحَبَّ

     ✧ My father was among 'Ali's police and was beneath the pulpit. My father narrated to me that 'Ali ascended the pulpit, praised Allah Almighty and extolled Him, and sent blessings upon the Prophet ﷺ, and said: 'The best of this ummah after its Prophet is Abu Bakr, and the second is 'Umar, and Allah Almighty places goodness wherever He wills.'

277. Musnad Ahmad 838Hasan

     أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ لَمَّا زَوَّجَهُ فَاطِمَةَ بَعَثَ مَعَهُ بِخَمِيلَةٍ، وَوِسَادَةٍ مِنْ أَدَمٍ حَشْوُهَا لِيفٌ، وَرَحَيَيْنِ، وَسِقَاءٍ، وَجَرَّتَيْنِ، فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ لِفَاطِمَةَ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ: وَاللهِ لَقَدْ سَنَوْتُ حَتَّى قَدِ اشْتَكَيْتُ صَدْرِي، قَالَ: وَقَدْ جَاءَ اللهُ أَبَاكِ بِسَبْيٍ، فَاذْهَبِي فَاسْتَخْدِمِيهِ، فَقَالَتْ: وَأَنَا وَاللهِ قَدْ طَحَنْتُ حَتَّى مَجَلَتْ يَدَايَ، فَأَتَتِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ، فَقَالَ: مَا جَاءَ بِكِ أَيْ بُنَيَّةُ ؟ قَالَتْ: جِئْتُ لَأُسَلِّمَ عَلَيْكَ، وَاسْتَحْيَتْ أَنْ تَسْأَلَهُ وَرَجَعَتْ، فَقَالَ: مَا فَعَلْتِ ؟ قَالَتِ: اسْتَحْيَيْتُ أَنْ أَسْأَلَهُ، فَأَتَيْنَاهُ جَمِيعًا، فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، وَاللهِ لَقَدْ سَنَوْتُ حَتَّى اشْتَكَيْتُ صَدْرِي، وَقَالَتْ فَاطِمَةُ: قَدْ طَحَنْتُ حَتَّى مَجَلَتْ يَدَايَ، وَقَدْ جَاءَكَ اللهُ بِسَبْيٍ وَسَعَةٍ، فَأَخْدِمْنَا، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: وَاللهِ لَا أُعْطِيكُمَا وَأَدَعُ أَهْلَ الصُّفَّةِ تَطْوَى بُطُونُهُمْ لَا أَجِدُ مَا أُنْفِقُ عَلَيْهِمْ، وَلَكِنِّي أَبِيعُهُمْ، وَأُنْفِقُ عَلَيْهِمْ أَثْمَانَهُمْ، فَرَجَعَا، فَأَتَاهُمَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ، وَقَدْ دَخَلَا فِي قَطِيفَتِهِمَا إِذَا غَطَّتْ رُؤُوسَهُمَا تَكَشَّفَتْ أَقْدَامُهُمَا، وَإِذَا غَطَّيَا أَقْدَامَهُمَا تَكَشَّفَتْ رُؤُوسُهُمَا، فَثَارَا، فَقَالَ: مَكَانَكُمَا، ثُمَّ قَالَ: أَلَا أُخْبِرُكُمَا بِخَيْرٍ مِمَّا سَأَلْتُمَانِي ؟ قَالَا: بَلَى، فَقَالَ: كَلِمَاتٌ عَلَّمَنِيهِنَّ جِبْرِيلُ [عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ]، فَقَالَ: تُسَبِّحَانِ فِي دُبُرِ كُلِّ صَلَاةٍ عَشْرًا، وَتَحْمَدَانِ عَشْرًا، وَتُكَبِّرَانِ عَشْرًا، وَإِذَا أَوَيْتُمَا إِلَى فِرَاشِكُمَا، فَسَبِّحَا ثَلَاثًا وَثَلَاثِينَ، وَاحْمَدَا ثَلَاثًا وَثَلَاثِينَ، وَكَبِّرَا أَرْبَعًا وَثَلَاثِينَ، قَالَ: فَوَاللهِ مَا تَرَكْتُهُنَّ مُنْذُ عَلَّمَنِيهِنَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، قَالَ: فَقَالَ لَهُ ابْنُ الْكَوَّاءِ: وَلَا لَيْلَةَ صِفِّينَ ؟ فَقَالَ: قَاتَلَكُمُ اللهُ يَا أَهْلَ الْعِرَاقِ، نَعَمْ، وَلَا لَيْلَةَ صِفِّينَ

     ✧ When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ married him to Fatimah, he sent with her a velvet cloak, a leather cushion stuffed with palm fiber, two millstones, a water skin, and two jars. One day 'Ali said to Fatimah: 'By Allah, I have drawn water until my chest hurts. Allah has brought your father captives, so go and ask him for a servant.' She said: 'And I, by Allah, have ground until my hands are blistered.' She went to the Prophet ﷺ. He said: 'What brings you, my little daughter?' She said: 'I came to greet you,' and she was too shy to ask him and returned. He said: 'What did you do?' She said: 'I was too shy to ask him.' We both came to him. 'Ali said: 'O Messenger of Allah, by Allah, I have drawn water until my chest hurts.' Fatimah said: 'I have ground until my hands are blistered. Allah has brought you captives and plenty, so give us a servant.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'By Allah, I will not give you while I leave the people of the Suffah with their stomachs empty, not finding anything to spend on them. But I will sell them and spend their price on them.' They returned. Then the Prophet ﷺ came to them when they had entered their blanket—if they covered their heads, their feet were exposed, and if they covered their feet, their heads were exposed. They rose, and he said: 'Stay where you are.' Then he said: 'Shall I not inform you of something better than what you asked me?' They said: 'Yes.' He said: 'Words that Jibril ﷺ taught me: Glorify Allah ten times after every prayer, praise Him ten times, and magnify Him ten times. And when you go to your bed, glorify thirty-three times, praise thirty-three times, and magnify thirty-four times.' He said: 'By Allah, I have not left them since the Messenger of Allah ﷺ taught them to me.' Ibn al-Kawwa' said to him: 'Not even on the night of Siffin?' He said: 'May Allah fight you, O people of Iraq. Yes, not even on the night of Siffin.'

278. Musnad Ahmad 839Sahih

     أَنَّ عَلِيًّا جَلَدَ شُرَاحَةَ يَوْمَ الْخَمِيسِ، وَرَجَمَهَا يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ، وَقَالَ: أَجْلِدُهَا بِكِتَابِ اللهِ، وَأَرْجُمُهَا بِسُنَّةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ

     ✧ Ali flogged Shuraha on Thursday and stoned her on Friday. He said: I flog her according to the Book of Allah, and I stone her according to the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.

279. Musnad Ahmad 840Hasan

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

     ✧ I entered upon Ali b. Abu Talib, I and two men: a man from my people and a man from Banu Asad, I think. He sent them on a mission and said: Indeed you two are rough Bedouins, so be rough about your religion. Then he entered the privy, relieved himself, came out, took a handful of water, and wiped himself with it. Then he began reciting the Quran. The narrator said: It was as if he saw that we found that strange, then he said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to relieve himself, then come out and recite the Quran, and eat meat with us. Nothing prevented him from the Quran – not even janabah.

280. Musnad Ahmad 841Hasan

     كُنْتُ شَاكِيًا، فَمَرَّ بِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَنَا أَقُولُ: اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كَانَ أَجَلِي قَدْ حَضَرَ فَأَرِحْنِي، وَإِنْ كَانَ مُتَأَخِّرًا فَارْفَعْنِي، وَإِنْ كَانَ بَلَاءً فَصَبِّرْنِي، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: كَيْفَ قُلْتَ ؟ فَأَعَادَ عَلَيْهِ مَا قَالَ، قَالَ: فَضَرَبَهُ بِرِجْلِهِ، وَقَالَ: اللَّهُمَّ عَافِهِ، أَوِ اللَّهُمَّ اشْفِهِ، شَكَّ شُعْبَةُ، قَالَ: فَمَا اشْتَكَيْتُ وَجَعِي ذَاكَ بَعْدُ

     ✧ I was ill, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed by me while I was saying: O Allah, if my term has come, give me relief; if it is delayed, lift me up; and if it is a trial, grant me patience. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: How did you say? He repeated what he had said. He said: Then he struck him with his foot and said: O Allah, grant him wellness, or: O Allah, heal him – Shu'bah was uncertain. He said: I never complained of that pain again.

281. Musnad Ahmad 842Accepted

     لَيْسَ الْوِتْرُ بِحَتْمٍ كَالصَّلَاةِ، وَلَكِنَّهُ سُنَّةٌ، فَلَا تَدَعُوهُ، قَالَ شُعْبَةُ: وَوَجَدْتُهُ مَكْتُوبًا عِنْدِي: وَقَدْ أَوْتَرَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ

     Witr is not a must like (obligatory) prayer, but it is Sunnah, so do not omit it. Shuʿbah said: I found it written with me: And the Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed Witr.

282. Musnad Ahmad 843Weak

     أَمَرَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ أُضَحِّيَ عَنْهُ، فَأَنَا أُضَحِّي عَنْهُ أَبَدًا

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded me to offer a sacrifice on his behalf, so I will offer a sacrifice on his behalf forever.

283. Musnad Ahmad 844Graders disagree

     لَعَنَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ آكِلَ الرِّبَا، وَمُوكِلَهُ، وَشَاهِدَيْهِ، وَكَاتِبَهُ، وَالْوَاشِمَةَ، وَالْمُسْتَوْشِمَةَ لِلْحُسْنِ، وَمَانِعَ الصَّدَقَةِ، وَالْمُحِلَّ، وَالْمُحَلَّلَ لَهُ، وَكَانَ يَنْهَى عَنِ النَّوْحِ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ cursed the one who consumes riba, the one who feeds it to others, its two witnesses, its scribe, the woman who tattoos, the woman who gets tattooed for beauty, the one who withholds zakah, the one who makes a woman lawful through invalid marriage, and the one for whom it is done. He also used to forbid wailing.

284. Musnad Ahmad 845Weak

     كُنْتُ آتِي رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كُلَّ غَدَاةٍ، فَإِذَا تَنَحْنَحَ دَخَلْتُ، وَإِذَا سَكَتَ لَمْ أَدْخُلْ، قَالَ: فَخَرَجَ إِلَيَّ، فَقَالَ: حَدَثَ الْبَارِحَةَ أَمْرٌ، سَمِعْتُ خَشْخَشَةً فِي الدَّارِ، فَإِذَا أَنَا بِجِبْرِيلَ [عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ]، فَقُلْتُ: مَا مَنَعَكَ مِنْ دُخُولِ الْبَيْتِ ؟ فَقَالَ: فِي الْبَيْتِ كَلْبٌ، قَالَ: فَدَخَلْتُ، فَإِذَا جَرْوٌ لِلْحَسَنِ تَحْتَ كُرْسِيٍّ لَنَا، قَالَ: فَقَالَ: إِنَّ الْمَلَائِكَةَ لَا يَدْخُلُونَ الْبَيْتَ إِذَا كَانَ فِيهِ ثَلَاثٌ: كَلْبٌ، أَوْ صُورَةٌ، أَوْ جُنُبٌ

     ✧ I used to come to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ every morning. If he cleared his throat, I entered; if he was silent, I did not enter. He said: He came out to me and said: Something happened last night. I heard a rustling sound in the house, and there was Jibril ﷺ. I said: What prevented you from entering the house? He said: There is a dog in the house. He said: I entered and found a puppy belonging to al-Hasan under a chair of ours. He said: He said: The angels do not enter a house in which there are three things: a dog, an image, or a person in a state of janabah.

285. Musnad Ahmad 846Weak

     لَوْ كُنْتُ مُؤَمِّرًا أَحَدًا مِنْ أُمَّتِي مِنْ غَيْرِ مَشُورَةٍ لَأَمَّرْتُ عَلَيْهِمُ ابْنَ أُمِّ عَبْدٍ

     ✧ If I were to appoint anyone as a commander over my community without consultation, I would appoint Ibn Umm Abd over them.

286. Musnad Ahmad 847Hasan

     كُنْتُ رَجُلًا مَذَّاءً، فَسَأَلْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ، فَقَالَ: إِذَا خَذَفْتَ، فَاغْتَسِلْ مِنَ الْجَنَابَةِ، وَإِذَا لَمْ تَكُنْ خَاذِفًا، فَلَا تَغْتَسِلْ

     ✧ I was a man who emitted a lot of prostatic fluid, so I asked the Prophet ﷺ. He said: If you ejaculate with force, perform ghusl for janabah; if you do not ejaculate with force, do not perform ghusl.

287. Musnad Ahmad 848Hasan or sahih

     خَرَجْنَا مَعَ عَلِيٍّ إِلَى الْخَوَارِجِ فَقَتَلَهُمْ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: انْظُرُوا، فَإِنَّ نَبِيَّ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ: إِنَّهُ سَيَخْرُجُ قَوْمٌ يَتَكَلَّمُونَ بِالْحَقِّ لَا يَجُوزُ حَلْقَهُمْ، يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ الْحَقِّ كَمَا يَخْرُجُ السَّهْمُ مِنَ الرَّمِيَّةِ، سِيمَاهُمْ أَنَّ مِنْهُمْ رَجُلًا أَسْوَدَ مُخْدَجَ الْيَدِ، فِي يَدِهِ شَعَرَاتٌ سُودٌ، إِنْ كَانَ هُوَ فَقَدْ قَتَلْتُمْ شَرَّ النَّاسِ، وَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ هُوَ فَقَدْ قَتَلْتُمْ خَيْرَ النَّاسِ، فَبَكَيْنَا، ثُمَّ قَالَ: اطْلُبُوا فَطَلَبْنَا، فَوَجَدْنَا الْمُخْدَجَ، فَخَرَرْنَا سُجُودًا، وَخَرَّ عَلِيٌّ مَعَنَا سَاجِدًا غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: يَتَكَلَّمُونَ بِكَلِمَةِ الْحَقِّ

     ✧ We went out with Ali against the Kharijites and he killed them. Then he said: Look, for the Prophet of Allah ﷺ said: A people will emerge who speak the truth, but it will not pass beyond their throats. They will depart from the truth as an arrow passes through the game. Their sign is that among them is a black man with a deformed arm, in his hand are black hairs. If he is among them, you have killed the worst of people; if he is not, you have killed the best of people. We wept. Then he said: Search. We searched and found the deformed man. We fell in prostration, and Ali fell with us in prostration, except that he said: They speak with the word of truth.

288. Musnad Ahmad 849Graders disagree

     وَتَجْعَلُونَ رِزْقَكُمْ يَقُولُ: شُكْرَكُمْ أَنَّكُمْ تُكَذِّبُونَ تَقُولُونَ مُطِرْنَا بِنَوْءِ كَذَا وَكَذَا، بِنَجْمِ كَذَا وَكَذَا

     ✧ And you make your provision that you deny, saying: We were given rain by such-and-such a star, by such-and-such a star.

289. Musnad Ahmad 850Hasan

     857 865 850 - حَدَّثَنَا مُؤَمَّلٌ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْرَائِيلُ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْأَعْلَى، عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ رَفَعَهُ: وَتَجْعَلُونَ رِزْقَكُمْ - قَالَ مُؤَمَّلٌ: قُلْتُ لِسُفْيَانَ: إِنَّ إِسْرَائِيلَ رَفَعَهُ - قَالَ: صِبْيَانٌ، صِبْيَانٌ

     ✧ 857 865 850 - Muammal narrated to us: Israil narrated to us: Abd al-A'la narrated to us, from Abu Abd al-Rahman, from Ali, traceable: And you make your provision – Muammal said: I said to Sufyan: Israil traced it back. He said: Children, children.

290. Musnad Ahmad 851Hasan

     أَمَرَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ نَسْتَشْرِفَ الْعَيْنَ وَالْأُذُنَ، وَأَنْ لَا نُضَحِّيَ بِعَوْرَاءَ، وَلَا مُقَابَلَةٍ، وَلَا مُدَابَرَةٍ، وَلَا شَرْقَاءَ، وَلَا خَرْقَاءَ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded us to inspect the eye and the ear, and not to sacrifice an animal that is one-eyed, nor one with a severed ear facing forward, nor one with a severed ear facing backward, nor one with a split ear, nor one with a perforated ear.

291. Musnad Ahmad 852Weak

     لَوْ كُنْتُ مُؤَمِّرًا أَحَدًا مِنْ أُمَّتِي عَنْ غَيْرِ مَشُورَةٍ مِنْهُمْ لَأَمَّرْتُ عَلَيْهِمُ ابْنَ أُمِّ عَبْدٍ

     ✧ If I were to appoint anyone of my Ummah as a leader without consultation from them, I would have appointed over them Ibn Umm 'Abd.

292. Musnad Ahmad 853Accepted

     جَهَّزَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَاطِمَةَ فِي خَمِيلٍ، وَقِرْبَةٍ، وَوِسَادَةٍ مِنْ أَدَمٍ حَشْوُهَا لِيفٌ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ equipped Fatimah with a velvet garment, a water-skin, and a leather cushion stuffed with palm fibers.

293. Musnad Ahmad 854Graders disagree

     الْحَسَنُ أَشْبَهُ بِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مَا بَيْنَ الصَّدْرِ إِلَى الرَّأْسِ، وَالْحُسَيْنُ أَشْبَهَهُ مَا أَسْفَلَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ

     ✧ Al-Hasan most resembles the Messenger of Allah ﷺ from the chest to the head, and al-Husayn most resembles him from below that.

294. Musnad Ahmad 855Accepted

     قُلْنَا لِعَلِيٍّ: أَخْبِرْنَا بِشَيْءٍ أَسَرَّهُ إِلَيْكَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، فَقَالَ: مَا أَسَرَّ إِلَيَّ شَيْئًا كَتَمَهُ النَّاسَ، وَلَكِنْ سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ: لَعَنَ اللهُ مَنْ ذَبَحَ لِغَيْرِ اللهِ، وَلَعَنَ اللهُ مَنْ آوَى مُحْدِثًا، وَلَعَنَ اللهُ مَنْ لَعَنَ وَالِدَيْهِ، وَلَعَنَ اللهُ مَنْ غَيَّرَ تُخُومَ الْأَرْضِ

     We said to ʿAli: Tell us of something that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ told you in secret. He said: He did not tell me anything in secret that he concealed from the people, but I heard him say: ʿMay Allah curse the one who slaughters in the name of something other than Allah, may Allah curse the one who gives refuge to an offender, may Allah curse the one who curses his parents and may Allah curse the one who changes the boundary markers.”

295. Musnad Ahmad 856Weak

     كُنْتُ رَجُلًا مَذَّاءً فَإِذَا أَمْذَيْتُ اغْتَسَلْتُ، فَأَمَرْتُ الْمِقْدَادَ فَسَأَلَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ، فَضَحِكَ وَقَالَ: فِيهِ الْوُضُوءُ

     ✧ I was a man who emitted madhy frequently, and when I emitted madhy I would perform ghusl. I told al-Miqdad to ask the Prophet ﷺ, and he laughed and said: 'For that, wudu is sufficient.'

296. Musnad Ahmad 857Weak

     أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ أَنَا وَجَعْفَرٌ وَزَيْدٌ، قَالَ: فَقَالَ لِزَيْدٍ: أَنْتَ مَوْلَايَ، فَحَجَلَ، قَالَ: وَقَالَ لِجَعْفَرٍ: أَنْتَ أَشْبَهْتَ خَلْقِي وَخُلُقِي، قَالَ: فَحَجَلَ وَرَاءَ زَيْدٍ، قَالَ: وَقَالَ لِي: أَنْتَ مِنِّي وَأَنَا مِنْكَ، قَالَ: فَحَجَلْتُ وَرَاءَ جَعْفَرٍ

     I came to the Prophet ﷺ, along with Jaʿfar and Zaid. He said to Zaid: ʿYou are my mawla,ʿand Zaid hopped with joy. He said to Jaʿfar: ʿYou resemble me in appearance and attitude.” And he hopped with joy behind Zaid. And he said to me: ʿYou are of me and I am of you.” And I hopped behind Jaʿfar.

297. Musnad Ahmad 858Accepted

     قِيلَ لِعَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ: أَخْبِرْنَا بِشَيْءٍ أَسَرَّ إِلَيْكَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، فَقَالَ: مَا أَسَرَّ إِلَيَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ شَيْئًا، وَكَتَمَهُ النَّاسَ، وَلَكِنْ سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ: لَعَنَ اللهُ مَنْ سَبَّ وَالِدَيْهِ، وَلَعَنَ اللهُ مَنْ غَيَّرَ تُخُومَ الْأَرْضِ، وَلَعَنَ اللهُ مَنْ آوَى مُحْدِثًا

     ✧ It was said to 'Ali b. Abu Talib: 'Tell us something that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ confided to you.' He said: 'The Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not confide anything to me that he withheld from the people, but I heard him say: May Allah curse the one who reviles his parents, may Allah curse the one who alters the boundary markers of the land, and may Allah curse the one who gives shelter to an innovator [or a criminal].'

298. Musnad Ahmad 859Weak

     قِيلَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، مَنْ تُؤَمِّرُ بَعْدَكَ ؟ قَالَ: إِنْ تُؤَمِّرُوا أَبَا بَكْرٍ تَجِدُوهُ أَمِينًا، زَاهِدًا فِي الدُّنْيَا، رَاغِبًا فِي الْآخِرَةِ، وَإِنْ تُؤَمِّرُوا عُمَرَ تَجِدُوهُ قَوِيًّا أَمِينًا لَا يَخَافُ فِي اللهِ لَوْمَةَ لَائِمٍ، وَإِنْ تُؤَمِّرُوا عَلِيًّا، وَلَا أُرَاكُمْ فَاعِلِينَ، تَجِدُوهُ هَادِيًا مَهْدِيًّا، يَأْخُذُ بِكُمُ الطَّرِيقَ الْمُسْتَقِيمَ

     ✧ It was said: 'O Messenger of Allah, whom shall we appoint as leader after you?' He said: 'If you appoint Abu Bakr, you will find him trustworthy, abstinent in this world, desirous of the Hereafter. If you appoint 'Umar, you will find him strong, trustworthy, not fearing in Allah the blame of any blamer. If you appoint 'Ali — and I do not think you will do so — you will find him a guide, rightly guided, taking you along the straight path.'

299. Musnad Ahmad 860Weak

     إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ أَمَرَ بِالْوَتْرِ، ثَبَتَ وِتْرُهُ هَذِهِ السَّاعَةَ، يَا ابْنَ النَّبَّاحِ أَذِّنْ، أَوْ ثَوِّبْ

     ʿAli ؓ came out to us and said: The Prophet ﷺ has enjoined Witr, and this is the time to pray Witr. O Ibnun-Nabbah, give the call to prayer.

300. Musnad Ahmad 861Weak

     خَرَجَ عَلِيٌّ حِينَ ثَوَّبَ الْمُثَوِّبُ لِصَلَاةِ الصُّبْحِ، فَقَالَ: إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَمَرَنَا بِوِتْرٍ، فَثَبَتَ لَهُ هَذِهِ السَّاعَةَ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: أَقِمْ يَا ابْنَ النَّوَّاحَةِ

     ✧ 'Ali came out when the muezzin called the second call for the dawn prayer and said: 'The Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded us to perform witr, and it has been established for him at this hour.' Then he said: 'Give the iqamah, O son of al-Nawwahah.'

301. Musnad Ahmad 862Weak

     869 877 862 - حَدَّثَنَا أَسْوَدُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ أَبِي التَّيَّاحِ، سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ أَبِي الْهُذَيْلِ الْعَنَزِيَّ، يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ مِنْ بَنِي أَسَدٍ قَالَ: خَرَجَ عَلَيْنَا عَلِيٌّ فَذَكَرَ نَحْوَ حَدِيثِ سُوَيْدِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ: كُنْتُ عِنْدَ عُمَرَ، وَهُوَ مُسَجًّى فِي ثَوْبِهِ

     ʿAli ؓ came out to us... and he mentioned a Hadeeth similar to that of Suwaid bin Sa’eed: I was with ‘Umar ؓ when he was covered with his garment.

302. Musnad Ahmad 863Accepted

     نَهَى أَنْ يُتَخَتَّمَ فِي ذِهِ، أَوْ ذِهِ: الْوُسْطَى، وَالسَّبَّابَةِ.

     It is the middle finger, no doubt about it.

303. Musnad Ahmad 864Weak

     نَهَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ يُضَحَّى بِعَضْبَاءِ الْقَرْنِ وَالْأُذُنِ

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

304. Musnad Ahmad 865Weak

     كَانَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ يُخَافِتُ بِصَوْتِهِ إِذَا قَرَأَ، وَكَانَ عُمَرُ يَجْهَرُ بِقِرَاءَتِهِ، وَكَانَ عَمَّارٌ إِذَا قَرَأَ يَأْخُذُ مِنْ هَذِهِ السُّورَةِ وَهَذِهِ، فَذُكِرَ ذَاكَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ، فَقَالَ لِأَبِي بَكْرٍ: لِمَ تُخَافِتُ ؟ قَالَ: إِنِّي لَأُسْمِعُ مَنْ أُنَاجِي، وَقَالَ لِعُمَرَ: لِمَ تَجْهَرُ بِقِرَاءَتِكَ ؟ قَالَ: أُفْزِعُ الشَّيْطَانَ، وَأُوقِظُ الْوَسْنَانَ، وَقَالَ لِعَمَّارٍ: لِمَ تَأْخُذُ مِنْ هَذِهِ السُّورَةِ وَهَذِهِ ؟ قَالَ: أَتَسْمَعُنِي أَخْلِطُ بِهِ مَا لَيْسَ مِنْهُ ؟ قَالَ: لَا، قَالَ: فَكُلُّهُ طَيِّبٌ

     ✧ Abu Bakr used to lower his voice when he recited, 'Umar used to recite loudly, and 'Ammar used to take from this surah and that. That was mentioned to the Prophet ﷺ, and he said to Abu Bakr: 'Why do you lower your voice?' He said: 'I let the One I am conversing with hear.' He said to 'Umar: 'Why do you recite loudly?' He said: 'I frighten Satan and wake the drowsy.' He said to 'Ammar: 'Why do you take from this surah and that?' He said: 'Do you hear me mixing with it what is not from it?' He said: 'No.' He said: 'Then all of it is good.'

305. Musnad Ahmad 866Graders disagree

     وُضِعَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ بَيْنَ الْمِنْبَرِ وَالْقَبْرِ، فَجَاءَ عَلِيٌّ حَتَّى قَامَ بَيْنَ يَدَيِ الصُّفُوفِ، فَقَالَ: هُوَ هَذَا - ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ -، ثُمَّ قَالَ: رَحْمَةُ اللهِ عَلَيْكَ، مَا مِنْ خَلْقِ اللهِ تَعَالَى أَحَدٌ أَحَبَّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ أَنْ أَلْقَاهُ بِصَحِيفَتِهِ بَعْدَ صَحِيفَةِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ مِنْ هَذَا الْمُسَجَّى عَلَيْهِ ثَوْبُهُ

     ✧ 'Umar b. al-Khattab was placed between the pulpit and the grave. 'Ali came and stood before the rows and said: 'It is this one' — three times — then he said: 'May Allah have mercy on you. There is no one among Allah's creation, exalted be He, more beloved to me than to meet Him with his record after the record of the Prophet ﷺ than this one covered with his garment.'

306. Musnad Ahmad 867Hasan

     كُنْتُ عِنْدَ عُمَرَ، وَهُوَ مُسَجًّى بِثَوْبِهِ، قَدْ قَضَى نَحْبَهُ، فَجَاءَ عَلِيٌّ فَكَشَفَ الثَّوْبَ عَنْ وَجْهِهِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: رَحْمَةُ اللهِ عَلَيْكَ [أَبَا حَفْصٍ]، فَوَاللهِ مَا بَقِيَ بَعْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَحَدٌ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ أَنْ أَلْقَى اللهَ تَعَالَى بِصَحِيفَتِهِ مِنْكَ

     ✧ I was with 'Umar while he was covered with his garment, having fulfilled his term. 'Ali came and uncovered the garment from his face, then said: 'May Allah have mercy on you, O Abu Hafs. By Allah, after the Messenger of Allah ﷺ there remains no one more beloved to me than to meet Allah, exalted be He, with his record than you.'

307. Musnad Ahmad 868Sahih

     كُنْتُ رَجُلًا مَذَّاءً، فَجَعَلْتُ أَغْتَسِلُ فِي الشِّتَاءِ حَتَّى تَشَقَّقَ ظَهْرِي، قَالَ: فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ، أَوْ ذُكِرَ لَهُ، قَالَ: فَقَالَ: لَا تَفْعَلْ، إِذَا رَأَيْتَ الْمَذْيَ فَاغْسِلْ ذَكَرَكَ، وَتَوَضَّأْ وُضُوءَكَ لِلصَّلَاةِ، فَإِذَا فَضَخْتَ الْمَاءَ، فَاغْتَسِلْ

     ✧ I was a man who emitted madhy frequently, so I would perform ghusl in winter until my back cracked. He said: I mentioned that to the Prophet ﷺ, or it was mentioned to him. He said: 'Do not do that. When you see madhy, wash your penis and perform wudu as you do for prayer. When you ejaculate semen, then perform ghusl.'

308. Musnad Ahmad 869Sahih

     كُنْتُ رَجُلًا مَذَّاءً، فَسَأَلْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ، أَوْ سُئِلَ عَنْ ذَلِكَ، فَقَالَ: فِي الْمَذْيِ الْوُضُوءُ، وَفِي الْمَنِيِّ الْغُسْلُ

     ✧ I was a man who emitted madhy frequently, so I asked the Prophet ﷺ, or he was asked about that, and he said: "For madhy, wudu is required; and for semen, ghusl is required."

309. Musnad Ahmad 870Sahih

     كُنْتُ رَجُلًا مَذَّاءً، فَأَمَرْتُ رَجُلًا، فَسَأَلَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ عَنْهُ، فَقَالَ: فِيهِ الْوُضُوءُ

     ✧ I was a man who emitted madhy frequently, so I ordered a man, and he asked the Prophet ﷺ about it, and he said: "For it, wudu is required."

310. Musnad Ahmad 871Hasan

     خَطَبَنَا عَلِيٌّ، فَقَالَ: أَلَا أُخْبِرُكُمْ بِخَيْرِ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ بَعْدَ نَبِيِّهَا ؟ أَبُو بَكْرٍ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: أَلَا أُخْبِرُكُمْ بِخَيْرِ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ بَعْدَ نَبِيِّهَا، وَبَعْدَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ ؟ فَقَالَ: عُمَرُ

     ✧ Ali addressed us and said: "Shall I not inform you of the best of this ummah after its Prophet? Abu Bakr." Then he said: "Shall I not inform you of the best of this ummah after its Prophet and after Abu Bakr?" He said: "Umar."

311. Musnad Ahmad 872Hasan

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

     ✧ Ali was brought water for wudu, and he rinsed his mouth and sniffed water into his nose three times, washed his face three times, washed his hands and forearms three times each, then wiped his head, then washed his feet. Then he said: "Thus I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ perform wudu." Then he recited something from the Quran, then said: "This is for one who is not junub. As for the junub, then no, not even a verse."

312. Musnad Ahmad 873Sahih

     مَسَحَ عَلِيٌّ رَأْسَهُ فِي الْوُضُوءِ حَتَّى أَرَادَ أَنْ يَقْطُرَ، وَقَالَ: هَكَذَا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَتَوَضَّأُ

     ✧ Ali wiped his head in wudu until it was about to drip, and said: "Thus I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ perform wudu."

313. Musnad Ahmad 874Graders disagree

     مَا عِنْدَنَا كِتَابٌ نَقْرَؤُهُ عَلَيْكُمْ إِلَّا مَا فِي الْقُرْآنِ، وَمَا فِي هَذِهِ الصَّحِيفَةِ - صَحِيفَةٌ كَانَتْ فِي قِرَابِ سَيْفٍ كَانَ عَلَيْهِ، حِلْيَتُهُ حَدِيدٌ - أَخَذْتُهَا مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِيهَا فَرَائِضُ الصَّدَقَةِ

     ✧ "We have no book that we read to you except what is in the Quran and what is in this sahifah" - a sahifah that was in the sheath of a sword that he had, its ornament was iron - "I took it from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ; in it are the obligatory amounts of sadaqah."

314. Musnad Ahmad 875Weak

     إِنَّ مِنَ السُّنَّةِ فِي الصَّلَاةِ وَضْعَ الْأَكُفِّ عَلَى الْأَكُفِّ تَحْتَ السُّرَّةِ

     ✧ Indeed, part of the sunnah in prayer is placing the palms upon the palms below the navel.

315. Musnad Ahmad 876Hasan or sahih

     عَلَّمَنَا عَلِيٌّ وُضُوءَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، فَصَبَّ الْغُلَامُ عَلَى يَدَيْهِ حَتَّى أَنْقَاهُمَا، ثُمَّ أَدْخَلَ يَدَهُ فِي الرَّكْوَةِ، فَمَضْمَضَ، وَاسْتَنْشَقَ، وَغَسَلَ وَجْهَهُ ثَلَاثًا ثَلَاثًا، وَذِرَاعَيْهِ إِلَى الْمِرْفَقَيْنِ ثَلَاثًا ثَلَاثًا، ثُمَّ أَدْخَلَ يَدَهُ فِي الرَّكْوَةِ، فَغَمَزَ أَسْفَلَهَا بِيَدِهِ، ثُمَّ أَخْرَجَهَا، فَمَسَحَ بِهَا الْأُخْرَى، ثُمَّ مَسَحَ بِكَفَّيْهِ رَأْسَهُ مَرَّةً، ثُمَّ غَسَلَ رِجْلَيْهِ إِلَى الْكَعْبَيْنِ ثَلَاثًا ثَلَاثًا، ثُمَّ اغْتَرَفَ هُنَيَّةً مِنْ مَاءٍ بِكَفِّهِ، فَشَرِبَهُ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: هَكَذَا كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَتَوَضَّأُ

     ✧ Ali taught us the wudu of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. The boy poured water over his hands until he cleaned them, then he inserted his hand into the small water vessel, rinsed his mouth and sniffed water, washed his face three times each, and his forearms to the elbows three times each. Then he inserted his hand into the vessel and squeezed its bottom with his hand, then took it out and wiped with it the other (hand), then wiped his head once with his palms, then washed his feet to the ankles three times each. Then he scooped a little water with his palm and drank it. Then he said: "Thus the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to perform wudu."

316. Musnad Ahmad 877Accepted

     يَا أَهْلَ الْقُرْآنِ، أَوْتِرُوا، فَإِنَّ اللهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وِتْرٌ يُحِبُّ الْوِتْرَ

     The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ʿO people of the Qurʿan, pray Witr, for Allah, may He Be glorified and exalted, is One and loves that which is odd numbered.ʿ

317. Musnad Ahmad 878Sahih

     أَلَا أُخْبِرُكُمْ بِخَيْرِ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ بَعْدَ نَبِيِّهَا ؟ أَبُو بَكْرٍ، ثُمَّ عُمَرُ، ثُمَّ رَجُلٌ آخَرُ

     ✧ "Shall I not inform you of the best of this ummah after its Prophet? Abu Bakr, then Umar, then another man."

318. Musnad Ahmad 879Sahih

     خَيْرُ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ بَعْدَ نَبِيِّهَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ، وَخَيْرُهَا بَعْدَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ عُمَرُ، وَلَوْ شِئْتُ سَمَّيْتُ الثَّالِثَ

     ✧ "The best of this ummah after its Prophet is Abu Bakr, and the best of it after Abu Bakr is Umar, and if I wished, I would name the third."

319. Musnad Ahmad 880Sahih

     خَيْرُ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ بَعْدَ نَبِيِّهَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ، وَلَوْ شِئْتُ لَحَدَّثْتُكُمْ بِالثَّالِثِ

     ✧ "The best of this ummah after its Prophet are Abu Bakr and Umar, and if I wished, I would tell you the third."

320. Musnad Ahmad 881Graders disagree

     بَعَثَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ، فَأَمَرَهُ أَنْ يُسَوِّيَ الْقُبُورَ

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ sent him to Madinah and ordered him to level the graves.

321. Musnad Ahmad 882Hasan

     بَعَثَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَى الْيَمَنِ قَالَ: فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، تَبْعَثُنِي إِلَى قَوْمٍ أَسَنَّ مِنِّي، وَأَنَا حَدَثٌ لَا أُبْصِرُ الْقَضَاءَ ؟ قَالَ: فَوَضَعَ يَدَهُ عَلَى صَدْرِي، وَقَالَ: اللَّهُمَّ ثَبِّتْ لِسَانَهُ، وَاهْدِ قَلْبَهُ، يَا عَلِيُّ، إِذَا جَلَسَ إِلَيْكَ الْخَصْمَانِ، فَلَا تَقْضِ بَيْنَهُمَا حَتَّى تَسْمَعَ مِنَ الْآخَرِ كَمَا سَمِعْتَ مِنَ الْأَوَّلِ، فَإِنَّكَ إِذَا فَعَلْتَ ذَلِكَ تَبَيَّنَ لَكَ الْقَضَاءُ، قَالَ: فَمَا اخْتَلَفَ عَلَيَّ قَضَاءٌ بَعْدُ، أَوْ مَا أَشْكَلَ عَلَيَّ قَضَاءٌ بَعْدُ

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ sent me to Yemen. I said, “O Messenger of God, you are sending me to people older than me, while I am young and cannot discern judicial matters?” He placed his hand on my chest and said, “O God, make his tongue firm and guide his heart. O Ali, when two disputants sit before you, do not judge between them until you have heard from the other as you heard from the first. If you do that, the judgment will become clear to you.” He said, “No judgment ever became confused for me after that—or no judgment ever became unclear to me after that.”

322. Musnad Ahmad 883Weak

     لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ: وَأَنْذِرْ عَشِيرَتَكَ الأَقْرَبِينَ، قَالَ: جَمَعَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ مِنْ أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ، فَاجْتَمَعَ ثَلَاثُونَ، فَأَكَلُوا وَشَرِبُوا، قَالَ: فَقَالَ لَهُمْ: مَنْ يَضْمَنُ عَنِّي دَيْنِي وَمَوَاعِيدِي، وَيَكُونُ مَعِي فِي الْجَنَّةِ، وَيَكُونُ خَلِيفَتِي فِي أَهْلِي ؟ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ - لَمْ يُسَمِّهِ شَرِيكٌ -: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَنْتَ كُنْتَ بَحْرًا، مَنْ يَقُومُ بِهَذَا ؟ قَالَ: ثُمَّ قَالَ لِآخَرَ، قَالَ: فَعَرَضَ ذَلِكَ عَلَى أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ، فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ: أَنَا

     ✧ When this verse was revealed: “And warn your closest kindred,” the Prophet ﷺ gathered members of his household, and thirty gathered. They ate and drank. He said to them, “Who will guarantee my debts and promises for me, and be with me in Paradise, and be my successor among my family?” A man—Sharik did not name him—said, “O Messenger of God, you were an ocean; who can undertake this?” He then spoke to another. He offered it to his household, and Ali said, “I will.”

323. Musnad Ahmad 884Weak

     أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ يُوتِرُ عِنْدَ الْأَذَانِ، وَيُصَلِّي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ عِنْدَ الْإِقَامَةِ

     The Prophet ﷺ used to pray Witr at the time of the adhan and pray two rakʿahs at the time of the iqamah.

324. Musnad Ahmad 885Sahih

     كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي بِالنَّهَارِ سِتَّ عَشْرَةَ رَكْعَةً

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ used to pray sixteen units during the day.

325. Musnad Ahmad 886Sahih

     أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ يَرْكَبُ حِمَارًا اسْمُهُ عُفَيْرٌ

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ used to ride a donkey named Ufayr.

326. Musnad Ahmad 887Weak

     إِنَّ السَّهَ وِكَاءُ الْعَيْنِ، فَمَنْ نَامَ فَلْيَتَوَضَّأْ

     ✧ The anus is the tie of the eye; whoever sleeps must perform ablution.

327. Musnad Ahmad 888Weak

     لَمَّا قَتَلْتُ مَرْحَبًا جِئْتُ بِرَأْسِهِ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ

     When I killed Marhab, I brought his head to the Prophet ﷺ.

328. Musnad Ahmad 889Weak

     أَنَّ عَلِيًّا قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ: لَأَبْعَثَنَّكَ فِيمَا بَعَثَنِي فِيهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: أَنْ أُسَوِّيَ كُلَّ قَبْرٍ، وَأَنْ أَطْمِسَ كُلَّ صَنَمٍ

     ✧ Ali said to his father, “I will send you as the Messenger of God ﷺ sent me: to level every grave and efface every idol.”

329. Musnad Ahmad 890Graders disagree

     كُنْتُ رَجُلًا مَذَّاءً، فَسَأَلْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ، فَقَالَ: فِيهِ الْوُضُوءُ

     ✧ I was a man who emitted prostatic fluid frequently, so I asked the Prophet ﷺ, and he said, “For it, ablution is required.”

330. Musnad Ahmad 891Sahih

     كُنْتُ رَجُلًا مَذَّاءً، فَسَأَلْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ: فِيهِ الْوُضُوءُ وَفِي الْمَنِيِّ الْغُسْلُ

     ✧ I was a man who emitted prostatic fluid frequently, so I asked the Prophet ﷺ, and he said, “For prostatic fluid, ablution is required; and for semen, the full bath is required.”

331. Musnad Ahmad 892Weak

     كُنْتُ رَجُلًا نَئُومًا، وَكُنْتُ إِذَا صَلَّيْتُ الْمَغْرِبَ، وَعَلَيَّ ثِيَابِي نِمْتُ ثَمَّ - قَالَ يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ: فَأَنَامُ قَبْلَ الْعِشَاءِ - فَسَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ ذَلِكَ، فَرَخَّصَ لِي

     ✧ I was a man who slept a lot. When I had prayed Maghrib while still wearing my clothes, I would sleep there—Yahya b. Sa’id said: and I would sleep before Isha—so I asked the Messenger of God ﷺ about that, and he granted me a dispensation.

332. Musnad Ahmad 893Sahih

     كُنْتُ رَجُلًا مَذَّاءً، فَسَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ ذَلِكَ، فَقَالَ: فِي الْمَذْيِ الْوُضُوءُ، وَفِي الْمَنِيِّ الْغُسْلُ

     ✧ I was a man who emitted prostatic fluid frequently, so I asked the Messenger of God ﷺ about that, and he said, “For prostatic fluid, ablution is required; and for semen, the full bath is required.”

333. Musnad Ahmad 894Hasan or sahih

     أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ بَعَثَ مَعَهُ بِهَدْيِهِ، فَأَمَرَهُ أَنْ يَتَصَدَّقَ بِلُحُومِهَا وَجُلُودِهَا وَأَجِلَّتِهَا

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ sent with him his sacrificial animals and ordered him to give their meat, hides, and coverings in charity.

334. Musnad Ahmad 895Sahih

     سَبَقَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ، وَصَلَّى أَبُو بَكْرٍ، وَثَلَّثَ عُمَرُ، ثُمَّ خَبَطَتْنَا، أَوْ أَصَابَتْنَا، فِتْنَةٌ، يَعْفُو اللهُ عَمَّنْ يَشَاءُ

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ went first, Abu Bakr prayed second, Umar came third, then turmoil struck us—God forgives whom He wills.

335. Musnad Ahmad 896Weak

     ذُكِرَ أَهْلُ الشَّامِ عِنْدَ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ وَهُوَ بِالْعِرَاقِ، فَقَالُوا: الْعَنْهُمْ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، قَالَ: لَا، إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: الْأَبْدَالُ يَكُونُونَ بِالشَّامِ، وَهُمْ أَرْبَعُونَ رَجُلًا، كُلَّمَا مَاتَ رَجُلٌ أَبْدَلَ اللهُ مَكَانَهُ رَجُلًا، يُسْقَى بِهِمُ الْغَيْثُ، وَيُنْتَصَرُ بِهِمْ عَلَى الْأَعْدَاءِ، وَيُصْرَفُ عَنْ أَهْلِ الشَّامِ بِهِمُ الْعَذَابُ

     ✧ The people of Syria were mentioned in the presence of Ali b. Abu Talib while he was in Iraq, and they said: Curse them, O Commander of the Faithful. He said: No, for I heard the Messenger of God ﷺ say: The substitutes (abdal) will be in Syria, and they are forty men. Whenever a man dies, God replaces him with another man. Through them rain is given, through them victory is gained over enemies, and through them punishment is averted from the people of Syria.

336. Musnad Ahmad 897Sahih

     بَعَثَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي الْبُدْنِ، قَالَ: لَا تُعْطِ الْجَازِرَ مِنْهَا شَيْئًا

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ sent me with the sacrificial camels and said: Do not give the butcher any of it.

337. Musnad Ahmad 898Sahih

     وُضِعَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ عَلَى سَرِيرِهِ، فَتَكَنَّفَهُ النَّاسُ يَدْعُونَ، وَيُصَلُّونَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُرْفَعَ، وَأَنَا فِيهِمْ، فَلَمْ يَرُعْنِي إِلَّا رَجُلٌ قَدْ أَخَذَ بِمَنْكِبِي مِنْ وَرَائِي، فَالْتَفَتُّ فَإِذَا هُوَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ، فَتَرَحَّمَ عَلَى عُمَرَ، فَقَالَ: مَا خَلَّفْتَ أَحَدًا أَحَبَّ إِلَيَّ أَنْ أَلْقَى اللهَ تَعَالَى بِمِثْلِ عَمَلِهِ مِنْكَ، وَايْمُ اللهِ إِنْ كُنْتُ لَأَظُنُّ لَيَجْعَلَنَّكَ اللهُ مَعَ صَاحِبَيْكَ، وَذَلِكَ أَنِّي كُنْتُ أُكْثِرُ أَنْ أَسْمَعَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: فَذَهَبْتُ أَنَا وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ، وَدَخَلْتُ أَنَا وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ، وَخَرَجْتُ أَنَا وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ، وَإِنْ كُنْتُ لَأَظُنُّ لَيَجْعَلَنَّكَ اللهُ مَعَهُمَا

     ✧ Umar b. al-Khattab was placed on his bier, and the people surrounded him, supplicating and praying before he was lifted, and I was among them. Nothing startled me except a man who took hold of my shoulder from behind me. I turned and it was Ali b. Abu Talib. He asked mercy for Umar and said: You have left behind no one whose deeds I would rather meet God Almighty with than yours. By God, I used to think that God would surely place you with your two companions, because I often heard the Messenger of God ﷺ say: 'I went, Abu Bakr and Umar; I entered, Abu Bakr and Umar; I went out, Abu Bakr and Umar.' And I used to think that God would surely place you with them.

338. Musnad Ahmad 899Weak

     أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَأْتِي النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ: فَكُنْتُ إِذَا وَجَدْتُهُ يُصَلِّي سَبَّحَ، فَدَخَلْتُ، وَإِذَا لَمْ يَكُنْ يُصَلِّي أَذِنَ

     ✧ He used to come to the Prophet ﷺ. He said: When I found him praying, he would say subhan Allah (glorify God), so I entered; and when he was not praying, he would give permission.

339. Musnad Ahmad 900Sahih

     أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ طَرَقَهُ وَفَاطِمَةَ بْنَةَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ لَيْلَةً، فَقَالَ: أَلَا تُصَلِّيَانِ ؟ فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، إِنَّمَا أَنْفُسُنَا بِيَدِ اللهِ، فَإِذَا شَاءَ أَنْ يَبْعَثَنَا بَعَثَنَا، فَانْصَرَفَ حِينَ قُلْتُ ذَلِكَ، وَلَمْ يَرْجِعْ إِلَيَّ شَيْئًا، ثُمَّ سَمِعْتُهُ وَهُوَ مُوَلٍّ يَضْرِبُ فَخِذَهُ يَقُولُ: وَكَانَ الإِنْسَانُ أَكْثَرَ شَيْءٍ جَدَلا

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ came to him and Fatimah, the daughter of the Prophet ﷺ, one night and said: Will you not pray? I said: O Messenger of God, our souls are in God's hand; if He wills to raise us, He will raise us. He turned away when I said that and did not reply to me at all. Then I heard him as he was leaving, striking his thigh and saying: 'But man is, more than anything else, argumentative.'

340. Musnad Ahmad 901Sahih

     أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ طَرَقَهُ هُوَ وَفَاطِمَةَ

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ came to him and Fatimah at night.

341. Musnad Ahmad 902Hasan

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

     ✧ God is kind and loves kindness, and He gives for kindness what He does not give for harshness.

342. Musnad Ahmad 903Sahih

     مَنْ حَدَّثَ عَنِّي حَدِيثًا يُرَى أَنَّهُ كَذِبٌ فَهُوَ أَحَدُ الْكَاذِبِينَ

     ✧ Whoever narrates a hadith from me that is thought to be a lie is one of the two liars.

343. Musnad Ahmad 904Sahih

     أَنَّ عَلِيًّا ذَكَرَ أَهْلَ النَّهَرَوَانِ، فَقَالَ: فِيهِمْ رَجُلٌ مُودَنُ الْيَدِ، أَوْ مَثْدُونُ الْيَدِ، أَوْ مُخْدَجُ الْيَدِ، لَوْلَا أَنْ تَبْطَرُوا لَنَبَّأْتُكُمْ مَا وَعَدَ اللهُ الَّذِينَ يَقْتُلُونَهُمْ عَلَى لِسَانِ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ، فَقُلْتُ لِعَلِيٍّ: أَنْتَ سَمِعْتَهُ [مِنْهُ] ؟، قَالَ: إِي وَرَبِّ الْكَعْبَةِ

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

344. Musnad Ahmad 905Graders disagree

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

     ✧ When this verse was revealed: 'And pilgrimage to the House is a duty owed to God by people who are able to undertake it,' they said: O Messenger of God, every year? He remained silent. They said: Every year? He remained silent. Then they said: Every year? He said: No, and if I had said yes, it would have become obligatory. Then God Almighty revealed: 'O you who believe, do not ask about things which, if they are shown to you, would distress you,' to the end of the verse.

345. Musnad Ahmad 906Sahih

     سَأَلْتُ عَائِشَةَ عَنِ الْمَسْحِ، فَقَالَتِ: ائْتِ عَلِيًّا فَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِذَلِكَ مِنِّي، قَالَ: فَأَتَيْتُ عَلِيًّا، فَسَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الْمَسْحِ عَلَى الْخُفَّيْنِ، قَالَ: فَقَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَأْمُرُنَا أَنْ نَمْسَحَ عَلَى الْخُفَّيْنِ يَوْمًا وَلَيْلَةً، وَلِلْمُسَافِرِ ثَلَاثًا

     ✧ I asked Aishah about wiping, and she said: Go to Ali, for he knows more about that than I do. So I went to Ali and asked him about wiping over the leather socks. He said: The Messenger of God ﷺ used to command us to wipe over the leather socks for a day and a night, and for the traveler three days.

346. Musnad Ahmad 907Sahih

     914 922 907 - حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ، أَخْبَرَنَا حَجَّاجٌ رَفَعَهُ

     ✧ 914 922 907 - Yazid narrated to us, Hajjaj informed us, raising it.

347. Musnad Ahmad 908Sahih

     أَلَا أُخْبِرُكُمْ بِخَيْرِ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ بَعْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ ؟ أَبُو بَكْرٍ، وَعُمَرُ

     ✧ Shall I not inform you of the best of this Ummah after the Messenger of Allah ﷺ? Abu Bakr and Umar.

348. Musnad Ahmad 909Accepted

     سَمِعْتُ عَلِيًّا يَقُولُ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ: أَلَا أُخْبِرُكُمْ بِخَيْرِ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ بَعْدَ نَبِيِّهَا ؟ قَالَ: فَذَكَرَ أَبَا بَكْرٍ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: أَلَا أُخْبِرُكُمْ بِالثَّانِي ؟ قَالَ: فَذَكَرَ عُمَرَ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: لَوْ شِئْتُ لَأَنْبَأْتُكُمْ بِالثَّالِثِ، قَالَ: وَسَكَتَ، فَرَأَيْنَا أَنَّهُ يَعْنِي: نَفْسَهُ، فَقُلْتُ: أَنْتَ سَمِعْتَهُ يَقُولُ هَذَا ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، وَرَبِّ الْكَعْبَةِ، وَإِلَّا صُمَّتَا

     I heard ʿAli ؓ say on the minbar: Shall I not tell you of the best of this ummah after its Prophet? Then he mentioned Abu Bakr. Then he said: Shall I not tell you of the second one? Then he mentioned ʿUmar ؓ. Then he said: If I wished, I could tell you of the third one, And he kept quiet. We thought that he meant himself. I [the narrator] said: Did you hear him say that? He said: Yes, by the Lord of the Kaʿbah, otherwise may they [his ears] go deaf.

349. Musnad Ahmad 910Hasan

     أَنَّهُ غَسَلَ كَفَّيْهِ ثَلَاثًا، وَمَضْمَضَ وَاسْتَنْشَقَ ثَلَاثًا، وَغَسَلَ وَجْهَهُ ثَلَاثًا، وَقَالَ: هَذَا وُضُوءُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ

     ✧ That he washed his hands three times, and rinsed his mouth and sniffed water into his nose three times, and washed his face three times, and said: This is the wudu' of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.

350. Musnad Ahmad 911Sahih

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

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said on the Day of al-Ahzab: They kept us from the middle prayer, the 'Asr prayer. May Allah fill their graves and their homes with fire. He said: Then he prayed it between the two night prayers, between Maghrib and 'Isha'.

351. Musnad Ahmad 912Sahih

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

     ✧ When I narrate to you a hadith from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, for me to fall from the sky is more beloved to me than to lie upon him. When I narrate to you from other than him, I am but a man at war, and war is deception. I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: At the end of time there will come forth a people young in age, foolish of minds, speaking the best words of creation; their faith does not pass beyond their throats. Wherever you meet them, kill them, for killing them is a reward on the Day of Resurrection for the one who kills them.

352. Musnad Ahmad 913Sahih

     قَدْ عَفَوْتُ لَكُمْ عَنِ الْخَيْلِ وَالرَّقِيقِ، وَلَيْسَ فِيمَا دُونَ مِائَتَيْنِ زَكَاةٌ

     ✧ I have pardoned you regarding horses and slaves. There is no zakah on anything less than two hundred.

353. Musnad Ahmad 914Sahih

     قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، مَا لِي أَرَاكَ تَنَوَّقُ فِي قُرَيْشٍ وَتَدَعُنَا ؟ قَالَ: عِنْدَكَ شَيْءٌ ؟ قُلْتُ: بِنْتُ حَمْزَةَ، قَالَ: هِيَ بِنْتُ أَخِي مِنَ الرَّضَاعَةِ

     ✧ I said: O Messenger of Allah, why do I see you favor Quraysh and leave us? He said: Do you have anything? I said: The daughter of Hamzah. He said: She is the daughter of my brother through suckling.

354. Musnad Ahmad 915Hasan

     أَفَضْتُ مَعَ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ مِنَ الْمُزْدَلِفَةِ، فَلَمْ أَزَلْ أَسْمَعُهُ يُلَبِّي حَتَّى رَمَى جَمْرَةَ الْعَقَبَةِ، فَسَأَلْتُهُ، فَقَالَ: أَفَضْتُ مَعَ أَبِي مِنَ الْمُزْدَلِفَةِ، فَلَمْ أَزَلْ أَسْمَعُهُ يُلَبِّي حَتَّى رَمَى جَمْرَةَ الْعَقَبَةِ، فَسَأَلْتُهُ، فَقَالَ: أَفَضْتُ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ مِنَ الْمُزْدَلِفَةِ، فَلَمْ أَزَلْ أَسْمَعُهُ يُلَبِّي حَتَّى رَمَى جَمْرَةَ الْعَقَبَةِ

     ✧ I departed with al-Husayn b. 'Ali from Muzdalifah, and I kept hearing him recite the talbiyah until he threw the pebbles at Jamrat al-'Aqabah. I asked him, and he said: I departed with my father from Muzdalifah, and I kept hearing him recite the talbiyah until he threw the pebbles at Jamrat al-'Aqabah. I asked him, and he said: I departed with the Prophet ﷺ from Muzdalifah, and I kept hearing him recite the talbiyah until he threw the pebbles at Jamrat al-'Aqabah.

355. Musnad Ahmad 916Hasan

     رَأَيْتُ عَلِيًّا يَشْرَبُ قَائِمًا، قَالَ: فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: تَشْرَبُ قَائِمًا ؟ ! فَقَالَ: إِنْ أَشْرَبْ قَائِمًا، فَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَشْرَبُ قَائِمًا، وَإِنْ أَشْرَبْ قَاعِدًا، فَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَشْرَبُ قَاعِدًا

     ✧ I saw 'Ali drinking while standing. He said: I said to him: You drink while standing?! He said: If I drink while standing, I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ drinking while standing, and if I drink while sitting, I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ drinking while sitting.

356. Musnad Ahmad 917Sahih

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

     I used to think that the bottoms of the feet were more deserving of being wiped than the tops, until I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ wiping the top (of his feet).

357. Musnad Ahmad 918Sahih

     رَأَيْتُ عَلِيًّا تَوَضَّأَ، فَغَسَلَ ظُهُورَ قَدَمَيْهِ، وَقَالَ: لَوْلَا أَنِّي رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَغْسِلُ ظُهُورَ قَدَمَيْهِ، لَظَنَنْتُ أَنَّ بُطُونَهُمَا أَحَقُّ بِالْغَسْلِ

     ✧ I saw 'Ali perform wudu', and he washed the tops of his feet, and said: Had I not seen the Messenger of Allah ﷺ washing the tops of his feet, I would have thought that their bottoms were more deserving of washing.

358. Musnad Ahmad 919Sahih

     هَذَا وُضُوءُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ ثُمَّ تَوَضَّأَ ثَلَاثًا ثَلَاثًا

     ✧ This is the wudu' of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. Then he performed wudu' three times three times.

359. Musnad Ahmad 920Hasan or sahih

     أَمَرَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ ابْنَ مَسْعُودٍ، فَصَعِدَ عَلَى شَجَرَةٍ أَمَرَهُ أَنْ يَأْتِيَهُ مِنْهَا بِشَيْءٍ، فَنَظَرَ أَصْحَابُهُ إِلَى سَاقِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ حِينَ صَعِدَ الشَّجَرَةَ، فَضَحِكُوا مِنْ حُمُوشَةِ سَاقَيْهِ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: مَا تَضْحَكُونَ ؟ ! لَرِجْلُ عَبْدِ اللهِ أَثْقَلُ فِي الْمِيزَانِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ مِنْ أُحُدٍ

     I heard ʿAli ؓ say: The Prophet ﷺ instructed lbn Mas’ood to climb up a tree and he told him to bring him something from it, and his Companions looked at the shins of ‘Abdullah bin Masood when he climbed the tree and laughed at how thin his shins were, The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Why are you laughing? The leg of ‘Abdullah will be heavier in the Balance on the Day of Resurrection than (Mount) Uhud.”

360. Musnad Ahmad 921Weak

     أَنَّهُ قَالَ يَوْمَ الْجَمَلِ: إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ لَمْ يَعْهَدْ إِلَيْنَا عَهْدًا نَأْخُذُ بِهِ فِي إِمَارَةٍ، وَلَكِنَّهُ شَيْءٌ رَأَيْنَاهُ مِنْ قِبَلِ أَنْفُسِنَا، ثُمَّ اسْتُخْلِفَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ، رَحْمَةُ اللهِ عَلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ، فَأَقَامَ وَاسْتَقَامَ، ثُمَّ اسْتُخْلِفَ عُمَرُ، رَحْمَةُ اللهِ عَلَى عُمَرَ، فَأَقَامَ وَاسْتَقَامَ، حَتَّى ضَرَبَ الدِّينُ بِجِرَانِهِ

     The Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not promise us anything on which we might base a claim of succession, rather it is something that we thought of ourselves, then Abu Bakr was appointed as his successor; may the mercy of Allah be upon Abu Bakr, for he did well and remained steadfast. Then ‘Umar was appointed as his successor, may the mercy of Allah be upon ‘Umar, for he did well and remained steadfast, until the religion of Islam became well established.

361. Musnad Ahmad 922Sahih

     أَلَا أُخْبِرُكُمْ بِخَيْرِ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ بَعْدَ نَبِيِّهَا ؟ أَبُو بَكْرٍ، وَخَيْرُهَا بَعْدَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ: عُمَرُ، ثُمَّ يَجْعَلُ اللهُ الْخَيْرَ حَيْثُ أَحَبَّ

     ✧ Shall I not inform you of the best of this Ummah after its Prophet? Abu Bakr, and the best of it after Abu Bakr is Umar, then Allah places the good wherever He loves.

362. Musnad Ahmad 923Hasan

     قَضَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِالْجِوَارِ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ ruled in favor of the right of the neighbor.

363. Musnad Ahmad 924Sahih

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

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

364. Musnad Ahmad 925Weak

     جَاءَ ثَلَاثَةُ نَفَرٍ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، فَقَالَ أَحَدُهُمْ: كَانَتْ لِي مِائَةُ أُوقِيَّةٍ، فَأَنْفَقْتُ مِنْهَا عَشْرَ أَوَاقٍ، وَقَالَ الْآخَرُ: كَانَتْ لِي مِائَةُ دِينَارٍ، فَتَصَدَّقْتُ مِنْهَا بِعَشَرَةِ دَنَانِيرَ، وَقَالَ الْآخَرُ: كَانَتْ لِي عَشَرَةُ دَنَانِيرَ، فَتَصَدَّقْتُ مِنْهَا بِدِينَارٍ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: أَنْتُمْ فِي الْأَجْرِ سَوَاءٌ، كُلُّ إِنْسَانٍ مِنْكُمْ تَصَدَّقَ بِعُشْرِ مَالِهِ

     ✧ Three men came to the Messenger of God ﷺ. One of them said, “I had one hundred ūqiyyahs and spent ten of them.” Another said, “I had one hundred dinars and gave ten of them as charity.” The other said, “I had ten dinars and gave one of them as charity.” The Prophet ﷺ said, “You are equal in reward; each of you gave a tenth of his wealth.”

365. Musnad Ahmad 926Sahih

     قَامَ عَلِيٌّ، فَقَالَ: خَيْرُ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ بَعْدَ نَبِيِّهَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ، وَإِنَّا قَدْ أَحْدَثْنَا بَعْدَهُمْ أَحْدَاثًا يَقْضِي اللهُ تَعَالَى فِيهَا مَا شَاءَ

     ✧ ʿAlī stood and said, “The best of this community after its Prophet are Abū Bakr and ʿUmar. We have introduced things after them; God, exalted is He, will decree regarding them what He wills.”

366. Musnad Ahmad 927Accepted

     لَيْسَ الْوِتْرُ بِحَتْمٍ كَهَيْئَةِ الْمَكْتُوبَةِ، وَلَكِنَّهُ سُنَّةٌ سَنَّهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ

     Witr is not a must like the obligatory prayers, but it is a Sunnah established by the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.

367. Musnad Ahmad 928Sahih

     أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ تَوَضَّأَ ثَلَاثًا ثَلَاثًا

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ performed ablution washing each part three times.

368. Musnad Ahmad 929Weak

     كَانَ يُوتِرُ عِنْدَ الْأَذَانِ

     It was narrated from ‘Ali ؓ that The Prophet ﷺ used to pray Witr at the time of the adhan.

369. Musnad Ahmad 930Hasan

     أَخْبَرَنِي مَنْ شَهِدَ عَلِيًّا حِينَ رَكِبَ، فَلَمَّا وَضَعَ رِجْلَهُ فِي الرِّكَابِ قَالَ: بِسْمِ اللهِ، فَلَمَّا اسْتَوَى قَالَ: الْحَمْدُ لِلهِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: سُبْحَانَ الَّذِي سَخَّرَ لَنَا هَذَا وَمَا كُنَّا لَهُ مُقْرِنِينَ وَإِنَّا إِلَى رَبِّنَا لَمُنْقَلِبُونَ، ثُمَّ حَمِدَ ثَلَاثًا، وَكَبَّرَ ثَلَاثًا، ثُمَّ قَالَ: اللَّهُمَّ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ، ظَلَمْتُ نَفْسِي، فَاغْفِرْ لِي، إِنَّهُ لَا يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ، ثُمَّ ضَحِكَ قَالَ: فَقِيلَ: مَا يُضْحِكُكَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ؟ قَالَ: رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَعَلَ مِثْلَ مَا فَعَلْتُ، وَقَالَ مِثْلَ مَا قُلْتُ، ثُمَّ ضَحِكَ، فَقُلْنَا: مَا يُضْحِكُكَ يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ ؟ قَالَ: الْعَبْدُ - أَوْ قَالَ: عَجِبْتُ لِلْعَبْدِ - إِذَا قَالَ: لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ، ظَلَمْتُ نَفْسِي، فَاغْفِرْ لِي، إِنَّهُ لَا يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ، يَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ لَا يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ إِلَّا هُوَ

     ✧ Someone who witnessed ʿAlī when he mounted informed me. When he placed his foot in the stirrup he said, “In the name of God.” When he settled he said, “Praise be to God.” Then he said, “Glory be to Him who has subjected this to us, for we could not have done it ourselves, and to our Lord we will return.” Then he praised God three times and magnified Him three times. Then he said, “O God, there is no god but You. I have wronged myself, so forgive me, for none forgives sins but You.” Then he laughed. It was asked, “What makes you laugh, O Commander of the Faithful?” He said, “I saw the Prophet ﷺ do as I did and say as I said, then laugh. We said, ‘What makes you laugh, O Prophet of God?’ He said, ‘The servant—or he said: I marvel at the servant—when he says, “There is no god but You. I have wronged myself, so forgive me, for none forgives sins but You,” knowing that none forgives sins but He.’”

370. Musnad Ahmad 931Hasan

     أَنَّ ابْنَةَ حَمْزَةَ تَبِعَتْهُمْ تُنَادِي: يَا عَمُّ، يَا عَمُّ، فَتَنَاوَلَهَا عَلِيٌّ، فَأَخَذَ بِيَدِهَا، وَقَالَ لِفَاطِمَةَ: دُونَكِ ابْنَةَ عَمِّكِ، فَحَوِّلِيهَا، فَاخْتَصَمَ فِيهَا عَلِيٌّ، وَزَيْدٌ، وَجَعْفَرٌ، فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ: أَنَا أَخَذْتُهَا وَهِيَ ابْنَةُ عَمِّي، وَقَالَ جَعْفَرٌ: ابْنَةُ عَمِّي، وَخَالَتُهَا تَحْتِي، وَقَالَ زَيْدٌ: ابْنَةُ أَخِي، فَقَضَى بِهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لِخَالَتِهَا، وَقَالَ: الْخَالَةُ بِمَنْزِلَةِ الْأُمِّ، ثُمَّ قَالَ لِعَلِيٍّ: أَنْتَ مِنِّي وَأَنَا مِنْكَ، وَقَالَ لِجَعْفَرٍ: أَشْبَهْتَ خَلْقِي وَخُلُقِي، وَقَالَ لِزَيْدٍ: أَنْتَ أَخُونَا وَمَوْلَانَا، فَقَالَ لَهُ عَلِيٌّ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَلَا تَزَوَّجُ ابْنَةَ حَمْزَةَ ؟ فَقَالَ: إِنَّهَا ابْنَةُ أَخِي مِنَ الرَّضَاعَةِ

     ✧ Ḥamzah’s daughter followed them calling, “O uncle, O uncle.” ʿAlī took her by the hand and said to Fāṭimah, “Here is your cousin’s daughter; take care of her.” ʿAlī, Zayd, and Jaʿfar disputed over her. ʿAlī said, “I took her and she is my cousin.” Jaʿfar said, “She is my cousin and her maternal aunt is my wife.” Zayd said, “She is my brother’s daughter.” The Messenger of God ﷺ ruled that she go to her maternal aunt, saying, “The maternal aunt is like the mother.” Then he said to ʿAlī, “You are from me and I am from you.” He said to Jaʿfar, “You resemble me in appearance and character.” He said to Zayd, “You are our brother and our client.” ʿAlī said to him, “O Messenger of God, will you not marry Ḥamzah’s daughter?” He replied, “She is the daughter of my foster brother.”

371. Musnad Ahmad 932Sahih

     خَيْرُ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ بَعْدَ نَبِيِّهَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ

     ✧ The best of this community after its Prophet are Abū Bakr and ʿUmar.

372. Musnad Ahmad 933Sahih

     أَلَا أُنَبِّئُكُمْ بِخَيْرِ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ بَعْدَ نَبِيِّهَا ؟ أَبُو بَكْرٍ، ثُمَّ عُمَرُ

     ✧ Shall I tell you the best of this community after its Prophet? Abū Bakr, then ʿUmar.

373. Musnad Ahmad 934Sahih

     أَلَا أُنَبِّئُكُمْ بِخَيْرِ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ بَعْدَ نَبِيِّهَا ؟ أَبُو بَكْرٍ، وَالثَّانِي عُمَرُ، وَلَوْ شِئْتُ سَمَّيْتُ الثَّالِثَ. قَالَ أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ: فَتَهَجَّاهَا عَبْدُ خَيْرٍ لِكَيْلَا يَمْتَرُوا فِيمَا قَالَ عَلِيٌّ

     ✧ Shall I tell you the best of this community after its Prophet? Abū Bakr, and the second is ʿUmar. If I wished, I could name the third. Abū Isḥāq said: Then ʿAbd Khayr spelled it out so they would not doubt what ʿAlī said.

374. Musnad Ahmad 935Sahih

     إِنَّ نَبِيَّ اللهِ ﷺ أَخَذَ حَرِيرًا، فَجَعَلَهُ فِي يَمِينِهِ، وَأَخَذَ ذَهَبًا، فَجَعَلَهُ فِي شِمَالِهِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: إِنَّ هَذَيْنِ حَرَامٌ عَلَى ذُكُورِ أُمَّتِي

     ✧ The Prophet of God ﷺ took silk and placed it in his right hand, and took gold and placed it in his left hand, then said, “These two are forbidden for the males of my community.”

375. Musnad Ahmad 936Sahih

     خَرَجْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ حَتَّى إِذَا كُنَّا بِالْحَرَّةِ بِالسُّقْيَا الَّتِي كَانَتْ لِسَعْدِ بْنِ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: ائْتُونِي بِوَضُوءٍ، فَلَمَّا تَوَضَّأَ قَامَ فَاسْتَقْبَلَ الْقِبْلَةَ، ثُمَّ كَبَّرَ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّ إِبْرَاهِيمَ كَانَ عَبْدَكَ وَخَلِيلَكَ، دَعَا لِأَهْلِ مَكَّةَ بِالْبَرَكَةِ، وَأَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ عَبْدُكَ وَرَسُولُكَ، أَدْعُوكَ لِأَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ أَنْ تُبَارِكَ لَهُمْ فِي مُدِّهِمْ وَصَاعِهِمْ، مِثْلَيْ مَا بَارَكْتَ لِأَهْلِ مَكَّةَ، مَعَ الْبَرَكَةِ بَرَكَتَيْنِ

     ✧ We went out with the Messenger of God ﷺ until we reached the ḥarrah at al-Suqyā, which belonged to Saʿd b. Abī Waqqāṣ. The Messenger of God ﷺ said, “Bring me water for ablution.” When he had performed ablution, he stood and faced the qiblah, then said the takbīr, then said, “O God, Ibrāhīm was Your servant and friend; he prayed for the people of Makkah with blessing. I am Muḥammad, Your servant and Messenger; I call upon You for the people of Madinah to bless their mudd and ṣāʿ with twice the blessing You gave the people of Makkah—blessing upon blessing.”

376. Musnad Ahmad 937Weak

     خَطَبَنَا عَلِيٌّ، أَوْ قَالَ: قَالَ عَلِيٌّ: يَأْتِي عَلَى النَّاسِ زَمَانٌ عَضُوضٌ، يَعَضُّ الْمُوسِرُ عَلَى مَا فِي يَدَيْهِ، قَالَ: وَلَمْ يُؤْمَرْ بِذَلِكَ، قَالَ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: وَلا تَنْسَوُا الْفَضْلَ بَيْنَكُمْ، وَيَنْهَدُ الْأَشْرَارُ، وَيُسْتَذَلُّ الْأَخْيَارُ، وَيُبَايِعُ الْمُضْطَرُّونَ، قَالَ: وَقَدْ نَهَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ بَيْعِ الْمُضْطَرِّينَ، وَعَنْ بَيْعِ الْغَرَرِ، وَعَنْ بَيْعِ الثَّمَرَةِ قَبْلَ أَنْ تُدْرِكَ

     ✧ ʿAlī addressed us, or said: ʿAlī said, “A biting time will come upon people when the wealthy man will cling to what he has, and he was not commanded to do that. God, mighty and majestic, says: ‘And do not forget graciousness among you’ (Q 2:237). The wicked will rise and the virtuous will be humbled, and the desperate will be sold to. The Messenger of God ﷺ forbade selling to the desperate, selling what is uncertain, and selling fruit before it ripens.”

377. Musnad Ahmad 938Sahih

     خَيْرُ نِسَائِهَا خَدِيجَةُ، وَخَيْرُ نِسَائِهَا مَرْيَمُ

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

378. Musnad Ahmad 939Hasan or sahih

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

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade me from wearing a gold ring, from wearing red garments, and from reciting Qur'an while bowing and prostrating.

379. Musnad Ahmad 940Sahih

     رُفِعَ الْقَلَمُ عَنْ ثَلَاثَةٍ: عَنِ الصَّغِيرِ حَتَّى يَبْلُغَ، وَعَنِ النَّائِمِ حَتَّى يَسْتَيْقِظَ، وَعَنِ الْمُصَابِ حَتَّى يُكْشَفَ عَنْهُ

     ✧ The pen is lifted from three: from the child until he reaches puberty, from the sleeping person until he wakes, and from the afflicted until it is removed from him.

380. Musnad Ahmad 941Sahih

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

     ✧ A married adulterer was brought to 'Ali, and he flogged him on Thursday with a hundred lashes, then stoned him on Friday. It was said to him, 'You have combined two punishments for him.' He said, 'I flogged him according to the Book of Allah, and I stoned him according to the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.'

381. Musnad Ahmad 942Sahih

     أُتِيَ عَلِيٌّ بِمَوْلَاةٍ لِسَعِيدِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ مُحْصَنَةٍ قَدْ فَجَرَتْ، قَالَ: فَضَرَبَهَا مِائَةً، ثُمَّ رَجَمَهَا، ثُمَّ قَالَ: جَلَدْتُهَا بِكِتَابِ اللهِ، وَرَجَمْتُهَا بِسُنَّةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ

     ✧ A married female servant of Sa'id b. Qays who had committed adultery was brought to 'Ali, and he struck her with a hundred lashes, then stoned her. Then he said, 'I flogged her according to the Book of Allah, and I stoned her according to the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.'

382. Musnad Ahmad 943Hasan

     رَأَيْتُ عَلِيًّا دَعَا بِمَاءٍ لِيَتَوَضَّأَ، فَتَمَسَّحَ بِهِ تَمَسُّحًا، وَمَسَحَ عَلَى ظَهْرِ قَدَمَيْهِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: هَذَا وُضُوءُ مَنْ لَمْ يُحْدِثْ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: لَوْلَا أَنِّي رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ مَسَحَ عَلَى ظَهْرِ قَدَمَيْهِ، رَأَيْتُ أَنَّ بُطُونَهُمَا أَحَقُّ، ثُمَّ شَرِبَ فَضْلَ وَضُوئِهِ وَهُوَ قَائِمٌ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: أَيْنَ الَّذِينَ يَزْعُمُونَ أَنَّهُ لَا يَنْبَغِي لِأَحَدٍ أَنْ يَشْرَبَ قَائِمًا

     ✧ I saw 'Ali ask for water to perform ablution. He wiped with it lightly, and he wiped over the tops of his feet. Then he said, 'This is the ablution of one who has not broken his wudu.' Then he said, 'Were it not that I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ wipe over the tops of his feet, I would have thought that their bottoms were more deserving.' Then he drank the leftover water of his ablution while standing. Then he said, 'Where are those who claim that it is not appropriate for anyone to drink while standing?'

383. Musnad Ahmad 944Hasan

     أَنَّهُ وَصَفَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ، فَقَالَ: كَانَ عَظِيمَ الْهَامَةِ، أَبْيَضَ، مُشْرَبًا حُمْرَةً، عَظِيمَ اللِّحْيَةِ، ضَخْمَ الْكَرَادِيسِ، شَثْنَ الْكَفَّيْنِ وَالْقَدَمَيْنِ، طَوِيلَ الْمَسْرُبَةِ، كَثِيرَ شَعَرِ الرَّأْسِ رَجِلَهُ، يَتَكَفَّأُ فِي مِشْيَتِهِ كَأَنَّمَا يَنْحَدِرُ فِي صَبَبٍ، لَا طَوِيلٌ وَلَا قَصِيرٌ، لَمْ أَرَ مِثْلَهُ قَبْلَهُ وَلَا بَعْدَهُ ﷺ

     ✧ He described the Prophet ﷺ and said: He was large-headed, fair-skinned with a reddish tinge, had a large beard, large joints, rough palms and feet, a long line of hair from chest to navel, and thick hair on his head that was slightly curly. He walked leaning forward as if descending a slope. He was neither tall nor short. I have not seen anyone like him before or after ﷺ.

384. Musnad Ahmad 945Sahih

     أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ تَوَضَّأَ ثَلَاثًا ثَلَاثًا

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ performed ablution washing each part three times.

385. Musnad Ahmad 946Hasan

     كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا قَصِيرٌ وَلَا طَوِيلٌ، عَظِيمَ الرَّأْسِ رَجِلَهُ، عَظِيمَ اللِّحْيَةِ، مُشْرَبًا حُمْرَةً، طَوِيلَ الْمَسْرُبَةِ، عَظِيمَ الْكَرَادِيسِ، شَثْنَ الْكَفَّيْنِ وَالْقَدَمَيْنِ، إِذَا مَشَى تَكَفَّأَ، كَأَنَّمَا يَهْبِطُ فِي صَبَبٍ، لَمْ أَرَ قَبْلَهُ، وَلَا بَعْدَهُ مِثْلَهُ ﷺ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was neither short nor tall, had a large head and slightly curly hair, a large beard, a reddish complexion, a long line of hair from chest to navel, large joints, and rough palms and feet. When he walked, he leaned forward as if descending a slope. I have not seen anyone like him before or after ﷺ.

386. Musnad Ahmad 947Hasan

     سُئِلَ عَلِيٌّ عَنْ صِفَةِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، فَقَالَ: لَا قَصِيرٌ وَلَا طَوِيلٌ، مُشْرَبٌ لَوْنُهُ حُمْرَةً، حَسَنُ الشَّعَرِ رَجِلَهُ، ضَخْمُ الْكَرَادِيسِ، شَثْنُ الْكَفَّيْنِ [وَالْقَدَمَيْنِ]، ضَخْمُ الْهَامَةِ، طَوِيلُ الْمَسْرُبَةِ، إِذَا مَشَى تَكَفَّأَ، كَأَنَّمَا يَنْحَدِرُ مِنْ صَبَبٍ، لَمْ أَرَ مِثْلَهُ قَبْلَهُ، وَلَا بَعْدَهُ ﷺ

     ✧ 'Ali was asked about the description of the Prophet ﷺ, and he said: He was neither short nor tall, his complexion had a reddish tinge, his hair was beautiful and slightly curly, he had large joints, rough palms [and feet], a large head, and a long line of hair from chest to navel. When he walked, he leaned forward as if descending a slope. I have not seen anyone like him before or after ﷺ.

387. Musnad Ahmad 948Sahih

     لَمَّا قَدِمْنَا الْمَدِينَةَ أَصَبْنَا مِنْ ثِمَارِهَا فَاجْتَوَيْنَاهَا، وَأَصَابَنَا بِهَا وَعْكٌ، وَكَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَتَخَبَّرُ عَنْ بَدْرٍ، فَلَمَّا بَلَغَنَا أَنَّ الْمُشْرِكِينَ قَدْ أَقْبَلُوا سَارَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَى بَدْرٍ، وَبَدْرٌ بِئْرٌ، فَسَبَقْنَا الْمُشْرِكِينَ إِلَيْهَا، فَوَجَدْنَا فِيهَا رَجُلَيْنِ مِنْهُمْ رَجُلًا مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ، وَمَوْلًى لِعُقْبَةَ بْنِ أَبِي مُعَيْطٍ، فَأَمَّا الْقُرَشِيُّ، فَانْفَلَتَ، وَأَمَّا مَوْلَى عُقْبَةَ، فَأَخَذْنَاهُ، فَجَعَلْنَا نَقُولُ لَهُ: كَمِ الْقَوْمُ ؟ فَيَقُولُ: هُمْ وَاللهِ كَثِيرٌ عَدَدُهُمْ، شَدِيدٌ بَأْسُهُمْ، فَجَعَلَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ إِذَا قَالَ ذَلِكَ ضَرَبُوهُ حَتَّى انْتَهَوْا بِهِ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، فَقَالَ لَهُ: كَمِ الْقَوْمُ ؟ قَالَ: هُمْ وَاللهِ كَثِيرٌ عَدَدُهُمْ، شَدِيدٌ بَأْسُهُمْ، فَجَهَدَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَنْ يُخْبِرَهُ كَمْ هُمْ، فَأَبَى، ثُمَّ إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ سَأَلَهُ: كَمْ يَنْحَرُونَ مِنَ الْجُزُرِ ؟ فَقَالَ: عَشْرًا كُلَّ يَوْمٍ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: الْقَوْمُ أَلْفٌ، كُلُّ جَزُورٍ لِمِائَةٍ، وَتَبِعَهَا، ثُمَّ إِنَّهُ أَصَابَنَا مِنَ اللَّيْلِ طَشٌّ مِنْ مَطَرٍ، فَانْطَلَقْنَا تَحْتَ الشَّجَرِ وَالْحَجَفِ، نَسْتَظِلُّ تَحْتَهَا مِنَ الْمَطَرِ، وَبَاتَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَدْعُو رَبَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ، وَيَقُولُ: اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّكَ إِنْ تُهْلِكْ هَذِهِ الْفِئَةَ لَا تُعْبَدْ، قَالَ: فَلَمَّا [أَنْ] طَلَعَ الْفَجْرُ نَادَى: الصَّلَاةَ عِبَادَ اللهِ، فَجَاءَ النَّاسُ مِنْ تَحْتِ الشَّجَرِ، وَالْحَجَفِ، فَصَلَّى بِنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، وَحَرَّضَ عَلَى الْقِتَالِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: إِنَّ جَمْعَ قُرَيْشٍ تَحْتَ هَذِهِ الضِّلَعِ الْحَمْرَاءِ مِنَ الْجَبَلِ، فَلَمَّا دَنَا الْقَوْمُ مِنَّا، وَصَافَفْنَاهُمْ، إِذَا رَجُلٌ مِنْهُمْ عَلَى جَمَلٍ لَهُ أَحْمَرَ، يَسِيرُ فِي الْقَوْمِ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: يَا عَلِيُّ، نَادِ لِي حَمْزَةَ، وَكَانَ أَقْرَبَهُمْ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ، مَنْ صَاحِبُ الْجَمَلِ الْأَحْمَرِ، وَمَاذَا يَقُولُ لَهُمْ ؟ ثُمَّ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: إِنْ يَكُنْ فِي الْقَوْمِ أَحَدٌ يَأْمُرُ بِخَيْرٍ، فَعَسَى أَنْ يَكُونَ صَاحِبَ الْجَمَلِ الْأَحْمَرِ، فَجَاءَ حَمْزَةُ، فَقَالَ: هُوَ عُتْبَةُ بْنُ رَبِيعَةَ، وَهُوَ يَنْهَى عَنِ الْقِتَالِ، وَيَقُولُ لَهُمْ: يَا قَوْمُ، إِنِّي أَرَى قَوْمًا مُسْتَمِيتِينَ لَا تَصِلُونَ إِلَيْهِمْ وَفِيكُمْ خَيْرٌ، يَا قَوْمُ، اعْصِبُوهَا الْيَوْمَ بِرَأْسِي، وَقُولُوا: جَبُنَ عُتْبَةُ بْنُ رَبِيعَةَ، وَقَدْ عَلِمْتُمْ أَنِّي لَسْتُ بِأَجْبَنِكُمْ، قَالَ: فَسَمِعَ ذَلِكَ أَبُو جَهْلٍ، فَقَالَ: أَنْتَ تَقُولُ هَذَا، وَاللهِ لَوْ غَيْرُكَ يَقُولُ هَذَا لَأَعْضَضْتُهُ، قَدْ مَلَأَتْ رِئَتُكَ جَوْفَكَ رُعْبًا، فَقَالَ عُتْبَةُ: إِيَّايَ تُعَيِّرُ يَا مُصَفِّرَ اسْتِهِ ؟ سَتَعْلَمُ الْيَوْمَ أَيُّنَا الْجَبَانُ قَالَ: فَبَرَزَ عُتْبَةُ، وَأَخُوهُ شَيْبَةُ، وَابْنُهُ الْوَلِيدُ حَمِيَّةً، فَقَالُوا: مَنْ يُبَارِزُ، فَخَرَجَ فِتْيَةٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ سِتَّةٌ، فَقَالَ عُتْبَةُ: لَا نُرِيدُ هَؤُلَاءِ، وَلَكِنْ يُبَارِزُنَا مِنْ بَنِي عَمِّنَا مِنْ بَنِي عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: قُمْ يَا عَلِيُّ، وَقُمْ يَا حَمْزَةُ، وَقُمْ يَا عُبَيْدَةُ بْنَ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ الْمُطَّلِبِ، فَقَتَلَ اللهُ تَعَالَى عُتْبَةَ، وَشَيْبَةَ ابْنَيْ رَبِيعَةَ، وَالْوَلِيدَ بْنَ عُتْبَةَ، وَجُرِحَ عُبَيْدَةُ، فَقَتَلْنَا مِنْهُمْ سَبْعِينَ، وَأَسَرْنَا سَبْعِينَ، فَجَاءَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ قَصِيرٌ بِالْعَبَّاسِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ أَسِيرًا، فَقَالَ الْعَبَّاسُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، إِنَّ هَذَا وَاللهِ مَا أَسَرَنِي، لَقَدْ أَسَرَنِي رَجُلٌ أَجْلَحُ مِنْ أَحْسَنِ النَّاسِ وَجْهًا عَلَى فَرَسٍ أَبْلَقَ، مَا أُرَاهُ فِي الْقَوْمِ، فَقَالَ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ: أَنَا أَسَرْتُهُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، فَقَالَ: اسْكُتْ، فَقَدْ أَيَّدَكَ اللهُ تَعَالَى بِمَلَكٍ كَرِيمٍ، فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ فَأَسَرْنَا مِنْ بَنِي عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ الْعَبَّاسَ، وَعَقِيلًا، وَنَوْفَلَ بْنَ الْحَارِثِ

     ✧ When we arrived in Madinah, we ate from its fruits and found them disagreeable, and a fever struck us there. The Prophet ﷺ was inquiring about Badr. When news reached us that the polytheists were advancing, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ set out for Badr, and Badr is a well. We reached it before the polytheists, and we found two men there, one of them from Quraysh and a freedman of 'Uqbah b. Abi Mu'ayt. The Qurashi escaped, but we captured the freedman of 'Uqbah. We began asking him, 'How many are the people?' He would say, 'By Allah, they are many in number and fierce in strength.' Whenever he said that, the Muslims would beat him until they brought him to the Prophet ﷺ. The Prophet asked him, 'How many are the people?' He said, 'By Allah, they are many in number and fierce in strength.' The Prophet tried hard to make him tell how many they were, but he refused. Then the Prophet ﷺ asked him, 'How many camels do they slaughter?' He said, 'Ten every day.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'The people are a thousand; each camel is for a hundred.' Then a light rain fell on us at night, and we went under the trees and shields to take shelter from the rain. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ spent the night calling upon his Lord, Mighty and Majestic, saying: 'O Allah, if You destroy this group, You will not be worshipped.' When dawn broke, he called out, 'Prayer, O servants of Allah!' The people came from under the trees and shields, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ led us in prayer and exhorted us to fight. Then he said, 'The gathering of Quraysh is under this red hill of the mountain.' When the people approached us and we lined up against them, a man among them on a red camel was moving among the people. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'O 'Ali, call Hamzah for me'—and he was the closest of them to the polytheists—'Who is the rider of the red camel, and what is he saying to them?' Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'If there is anyone among the people commanding good, perhaps it is the rider of the red camel.' Hamzah came and said, 'He is 'Utbah b. Rabi'ah, and he is forbidding fighting and saying to them: O people, I see a people who are eager to die, and you will not reach them while there is good among you. O people, tie it to my head today and say: 'Utbah b. Rabi'ah has become a coward, and you know that I am not the most cowardly of you.' Abu Jahl heard that and said, 'You say this? By Allah, if anyone other than you said this, I would bite him. Your lungs have filled your belly with fear.' 'Utbah said, 'Do you reproach me, O you with the yellowed backside? Today you will learn which of us is the coward.' Then 'Utbah came out, along with his brother Shaybah and his son al-Walid, out of zeal, and they said, 'Who will duel?' A group of six young men from the Ansar came out, and 'Utbah said, 'We do not want these; let some of our cousins from Banu 'Abd al-Muttalib duel us.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Rise, O 'Ali, and rise, O Hamzah, and rise, O 'Ubaydah b. al-Harith b. al-Muttalib.' Allah Almighty killed 'Utbah and Shaybah, the two sons of Rabi'ah, and al-Walid b. 'Utbah, and 'Ubaydah was wounded. We killed seventy of them and captured seventy. A short man from the Ansar brought al-'Abbas b. 'Abd al-Muttalib as a captive. Al-'Abbas said, 'O Messenger of Allah, by Allah, this man did not capture me. A bald man with the most beautiful face, riding a piebald horse, captured me; I do not see him among the people.' The Ansari said, 'I captured him, O Messenger of Allah.' He said, 'Be quiet, for Allah Almighty has supported you with a noble angel.' 'Ali said: We captured from Banu 'Abd al-Muttalib al-'Abbas, 'Aqil, and Nawfal b. al-Harith.

388. Musnad Ahmad 949Sahih

     سَأَلْتُ عَائِشَةَ فَقُلْتُ: أَخْبِرِينِي بِرَجُلٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَسْأَلُهُ عَنِ الْمَسْحِ عَلَى الْخُفَّيْنِ ؟ فَقَالَتِ: ائْتِ عَلِيًّا، فَاسْأَلْهُ، فَإِنَّهُ كَانَ يَلْزَمُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ، قَالَ: فَأَتَيْتُ عَلِيًّا، فَسَأَلْتُهُ، فَقَالَ: أَمَرَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِالْمَسْحِ عَلَى خِفَافِنَا إِذَا سَافَرْنَا

     ✧ I asked 'A'ishah: Tell me of a man from the companions of the Prophet ﷺ whom I can ask about wiping over the leather socks. She said, 'Go to 'Ali and ask him, for he used to accompany the Prophet ﷺ.' So I went to 'Ali and asked him. He said, 'The Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded us to wipe over our leather socks when we traveled.'

389. Musnad Ahmad 950Sahih

     نَشَدَ عَلِيٌّ النَّاسَ فِي الرَّحَبَةِ: مَنْ سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ يَوْمَ غَدِيرِ خُمٍّ إِلَّا قَامَ ؟ قَالَ: فَقَامَ مِنْ قِبَلِ سَعِيدٍ سِتَّةٌ، وَمِنْ قِبَلِ زَيْدٍ سِتَّةٌ، فَشَهِدُوا أَنَّهُمْ سَمِعُوا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ لِعَلِيٍّ يَوْمَ غَدِيرِ خُمٍّ: أَلَيْسَ اللهُ أَوْلَى بِالْمُؤْمِنِينَ ؟ قَالُوا: بَلَى، قَالَ: اللَّهُمَّ مَنْ كُنْتُ مَوْلَاهُ فَعَلِيٌّ مَوْلَاهُ، اللَّهُمَّ وَالِ مَنْ وَالَاهُ، وَعَادِ مَنْ عَادَاهُ

     ✧ Ali adjured the people in al-Rahaba: 'Whoever heard the Messenger of God ﷺ say on the day of Ghadir Khumm, let him stand up.' He said: So six stood from the direction of Sa'id and six from the direction of Zayd, and they testified that they heard the Messenger of God ﷺ say to Ali on the day of Ghadir Khumm: 'Is God not more worthy of the believers?' They said: 'Yes indeed.' He said: 'O God, whoever's mawla I am, Ali is his mawla. O God, befriend whoever befriends him, and be hostile to whoever is hostile to him.'

390. Musnad Ahmad 951Weak

     وَانْصُرْ مَنْ نَصَرَهُ، وَاخْذُلْ مَنْ خَذَلَهُ

     ✧ And help whoever helps him, and forsake whoever forsakes him.

391. Musnad Ahmad 952Sahih

     959 967 952 - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ، حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيٌّ، أَخْبَرَنَا شَرِيكٌ، عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ حَبِيبِ بْنِ أَبِي ثَابِتٍ، عَنْ أَبِي الطُّفَيْلِ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَرْقَمَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ مِثْلَهُ

     similarly narrated from the Prophet ﷺ.

392. Musnad Ahmad 953Weak

     لَمَّا وُلِدَ الْحَسَنُ جَاءَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، فَقَالَ: أَرُونِي ابْنِي مَا سَمَّيْتُمُوهُ ؟ قُلْتُ: سَمَّيْتُهُ حَرْبًا، قَالَ: بَلْ هُوَ حَسَنٌ، فَلَمَّا وُلِدَ الْحُسَيْنُ قَالَ: أَرُونِي ابْنِي مَا سَمَّيْتُمُوهُ ؟ قُلْتُ: سَمَّيْتُهُ حَرْبًا، قَالَ: بَلْ هُوَ حُسَيْنٌ، فَلَمَّا وَلَدْتُ الثَّالِثَ جَاءَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ، فَقَالَ: أَرُونِي ابْنِي مَا سَمَّيْتُمُوهُ ؟ قُلْتُ: حَرْبًا، قَالَ: بَلْ هُوَ مُحَسِّنٌ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: سَمَّيْتُهُمْ بِأَسْمَاءِ وَلَدِ هَارُونَ: شَبَّرُ، وَشَبِيرُ، وَمُشَبِّرُ

     ✧ When al-Hasan was born, the Messenger of God ﷺ came and said: 'Show me my son; what have you named him?' I said: 'I named him Harb.' He said: 'Rather, he is Hasan.' When al-Husayn was born, he said: 'Show me my son; what have you named him?' I said: 'I named him Harb.' He said: 'Rather, he is Husayn.' When I gave birth to the third, the Prophet ﷺ came and said: 'Show me my son; what have you named him?' I said: 'Harb.' He said: 'Rather, he is Muhassin.' Then he said: 'I named them after the names of the children of Harun: Shabbar, Shabir, and Mushabbir.'

393. Musnad Ahmad 954Sahih

     سُئِلَ عَلِيٌّ: هَلْ خَصَّكُمْ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِشَيْءٍ ؟ فَقَالَ: مَا خَصَّنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِشَيْءٍ لَمْ يَعُمَّ بِهِ النَّاسَ كَافَّةً، إِلَّا مَا كَانَ فِي قِرَابِ سَيْفِي هَذَا، قَالَ: فَأَخْرَجَ صَحِيفَةً مَكْتُوبٌ فِيهَا: لَعَنَ اللهُ مَنْ ذَبَحَ لِغَيْرِ اللهِ، وَلَعَنَ اللهُ مَنْ سَرَقَ مَنَارَ الْأَرْضِ، وَلَعَنَ اللهُ مَنْ لَعَنَ وَالِدَهُ، وَلَعَنَ اللهُ مَنْ آوَى مُحْدِثًا

     ‘Ali was asked: Did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ tell you anything that was only for you? He said. He did not tell us anything that was only for us without telling all other people, except that which is in the sheath of this sword of mine. He brought out a document on which it was written: ʿMay Allah curse the one who slaughters in the name of something other than Allah, may Allah curse the one who steals the boundary markers, may Allah curse the one who curses his father and may Allah curse the one who gives refuge to an offender.”

394. Musnad Ahmad 955Hasan

     أَنَّهُ عَادَ حَسَنًا، وَعِنْدَهُ عَلِيٌّ، فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ [يَا عَمْرُو] أَتَعُودُ حَسَنًا وَفِي النَّفْسِ مَا فِيهَا ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، إِنَّكَ لَسْتَ بِرَبِّ قَلْبِي، فَتُصَرِّفُهُ حَيْثُ شِئْتَ، فَقَالَ: أَمَا إِنَّ ذَلِكَ لَا يَمْنَعُنِي أَنْ أُؤَدِّيَ إِلَيْكَ النَّصِيحَةَ، سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: مَا مِنْ مُسْلِمٍ يَعُودُ مُسْلِمًا إِلَّا ابْتَعَثَ اللهُ سَبْعِينَ أَلْفَ مَلَكٍ يُصَلُّونَ عَلَيْهِ أَيَّ سَاعَةٍ مِنَ النَّهَارِ كَانَتْ حَتَّى يُمْسِيَ، وَأَيَّ سَاعَةٍ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ كَانَتْ حَتَّى يُصْبِحَ

     ✧ He visited Hasan while Ali was with him. Ali said, 'O Amr, you visit Hasan while you harbor what you harbor?' He said: 'Yes, for you are not the lord of my heart to turn it wherever you wish.' He said: 'Indeed, that does not prevent me from conveying sincere advice to you. I heard the Messenger of God ﷺ say: No Muslim visits another Muslim except God dispatches seventy thousand angels to pray for him, whatever hour of the day it is until evening, and whatever hour of the night it is until morning.'

395. Musnad Ahmad 956Sahih

     رُفِعَ الْقَلَمُ عَنْ ثَلَاثَةٍ: عَنِ النَّائِمِ حَتَّى يَسْتَيْقِظَ، وَعَنِ الْمَعْتُوهِ - أَوْ قَالَ: الْمَجْنُونِ - حَتَّى يَعْقِلَ، وَعَنِ الصَّغِيرِ حَتَّى يَشِبَّ

     ✧ The pen is lifted from three: from the sleeper until he wakes, from the insane — or he said: the mad — until he regains reason, and from the young until he reaches maturity.

396. Musnad Ahmad 957Accepted

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

     ✧ He used to say at the end of his witr: 'O God, I seek refuge in Your pleasure from Your wrath, and I seek refuge in Your pardon from Your punishment, and I seek refuge in You from You. I cannot count praise of You; You are as You have praised Yourself.'

397. Musnad Ahmad 958Hasan or sahih

     أُتِيَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بِحُلَّةِ حَرِيرٍ، فَبَعَثَ بِهَا إِلَيَّ، فَلَبِسْتُهَا، فَرَأَيْتُ الْكَرَاهِيَةَ فِي وَجْهِهِ، فَأَمَرَنِي فَأَطَرْتُهَا خُمُرًا بَيْنَ النِّسَاءِ

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ was brought a silk suit, and he sent it to me. I wore it and saw dislike in his face, so he ordered me and I tore it into veils among the women.

398. Musnad Ahmad 959Sahih

     أَنَّ عَلِيًّا كَانَ يَأْمُرُ بِالْأَمْرِ، فَيُؤْتَى فَيُقَالُ: قَدْ فَعَلْنَا كَذَا وَكَذَا، فَيَقُولُ: صَدَقَ اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ، قَالَ: فَقَالَ لَهُ الْأَشْتَرُ: إِنَّ هَذَا الَّذِي تَقُولُ قَدْ تَفَشَّغَ فِي النَّاسِ، أَفَشَيْءٌ عَهِدَهُ إِلَيْكَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، قَالَ عَلِيٌّ: مَا عَهِدَ إِلَيَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ شَيْئًا خَاصَّةً دُونَ النَّاسِ، إِلَّا شَيْءٌ سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْهُ، فَهُوَ فِي صَحِيفَةٍ فِي قِرَابِ سَيْفِي، قَالَ: فَلَمْ يَزَالُوا بِهِ حَتَّى أَخْرَجَ الصَّحِيفَةَ، قَالَ: فَإِذَا فِيهَا: مَنْ أَحْدَثَ حَدَثًا، أَوْ آوَى مُحْدِثًا، فَعَلَيْهِ لَعْنَةُ اللهِ وَالْمَلَائِكَةِ وَالنَّاسِ أَجْمَعِينَ، لَا يُقْبَلُ مِنْهُ صَرْفٌ وَلَا عَدْلٌ، قَالَ: وَإِذَا فِيهَا: إِنَّ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَرَّمَ مَكَّةَ، وَإِنِّي أُحَرِّمُ الْمَدِينَةَ، حَرَامٌ مَا بَيْنَ حَرَّتَيْهَا وَحِمَاهَا كُلُّهُ، لَا يُخْتَلَى خَلَاهَا، وَلَا يُنَفَّرُ صَيْدُهَا، وَلَا تُلْتَقَطُ لُقَطَتُهَا، إِلَّا لِمَنْ أَشَادَ بِهَا، وَلَا تُقْطَعُ مِنْهَا شَجَرَةٌ إِلَّا أَنْ يَعْلِفَ رَجُلٌ بَعِيرَهُ، وَلَا يُحْمَلُ فِيهَا السِّلَاحُ لِقِتَالٍ، قَالَ: وَإِذَا فِيهَا: الْمُؤْمِنُونَ تَتَكَافَأُ دِمَاؤُهُمْ، وَيَسْعَى بِذِمَّتِهِمْ أَدْنَاهُمْ، وَهُمْ يَدٌ عَلَى مَنْ سِوَاهُمْ، أَلَا لَا يُقْتَلُ مُؤْمِنٌ بِكَافِرٍ، وَلَا ذُو عَهْدٍ فِي عَهْدِهِ

     ✧ Ali would give a command, and it would be brought to him and he would be told: 'We have done such and such.' He would say: 'God and His Messenger have spoken truly.' He said: Al-Ashtar said to him: 'This thing you say has spread among the people. Is it something the Messenger of God ﷺ entrusted to you?' Ali said: 'The Messenger of God ﷺ did not entrust anything to me specifically apart from the people, except something I heard from him, and it is in a document in the sheath of my sword.' He said: They kept at him until he brought out the document. He said: And in it was: 'Whoever commits a crime or shelters a criminal, upon him is the curse of God, the angels, and all people. Neither ransom nor compensation will be accepted from him.' He said: And in it was: 'Abraham made Makkah sacred, and I make Madinah sacred: everything between its two lava tracts and its entire sanctuary is inviolable. Its grass is not to be cut, its game not to be startled, its lost property not to be picked up except by one who announces it, and no tree is to be cut from it except for a man to feed his camel, and no weapon is to be carried in it for fighting.' He said: And in it was: 'The believers' blood is equal, the lowest of them may grant their protection, and they are one hand against others. Verily, no believer is to be killed for a disbeliever, nor one in covenant while in his covenant.'

399. Musnad Ahmad 960Sahih

     كَانَ إِذَا رَكَعَ قَالَ: اللَّهُمَّ لَكَ رَكَعْتُ، وَبِكَ آمَنْتُ، وَلَكَ أَسْلَمْتُ، أَنْتَ رَبِّي، خَشَعَ سَمْعِي وَبَصَرِي وَمُخِّي وَعَظْمِي وَعَصَبِي، وَمَا اسْتَقَلَّتْ بِهِ قَدَمِي لِلهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ

     ✧ When he bowed, he would say: 'O God, to You I have bowed, in You I have believed, and to You I have submitted. You are my Lord. My hearing, my sight, my brain, my bones, and my sinews are humbled, and what my feet carry, for God, Lord of the worlds.'

400. Musnad Ahmad 961Graders disagree

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

     ✧ I witnessed Ali in al-Rahaba adjuring the people: 'I adjure by God whoever heard the Messenger of God ﷺ say on the day of Ghadir Khumm: Whoever's mawla I am, Ali is his mawla, to stand and testify.' Abd al-Rahman said: Twelve Badris stood, as if I could see one of them, and they said: 'We testify that we heard the Messenger of God ﷺ say on the day of Ghadir Khumm: Am I not more worthy of the Muslims than their own selves, and my wives are their mothers? We said: Yes indeed, O Messenger of God. He said: So whoever's mawla I am, Ali is his mawla. O God, befriend whoever befriends him, and be hostile to whoever is hostile to him.'

401. Musnad Ahmad 962Graders disagree

     رَأَيْتُ عَلِيًّا عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ يَخْطُبُ، وَعَلَيْهِ سَيْفٌ حِلْيَتُهُ حَدِيدٌ، فَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ: وَاللهِ مَا عِنْدَنَا كِتَابٌ نَقْرَؤُهُ عَلَيْكُمْ إِلَّا كِتَابَ اللهِ تَعَالَى، وَهَذِهِ الصَّحِيفَةَ أَعْطَانِيهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، فِيهَا فَرَائِضُ الصَّدَقَةِ، قَالَ: لِصَحِيفَةٍ مُعَلَّقَةٍ بِسَيْفِهِ

     ✧ I saw Ali on the pulpit giving a sermon, wearing a sword whose adornment was iron, and I heard him say: 'By God, we have no book to read to you except the Book of God Most High and this document which the Messenger of God ﷺ gave me, containing the obligatory rates of charity.' He said: referring to a document attached to his sword.

402. Musnad Ahmad 963Sahih

     كُنْتُ قَاعِدًا عِنْدَ عَلِيٍّ، قَالَ: فَجَاءَ صَعْصَعَةُ بْنُ صُوحَانَ، فَسَلَّمَ، ثُمَّ قَامَ، فَقَالَ: يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، انْهَنَا عَمَّا نَهَاكَ عَنْهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، فَقَالَ: نَهَانَا عَنِ الدُّبَّاءِ، وَالْحَنْتَمِ، وَالْمُزَفَّتِ، وَالنَّقِيرِ، وَنَهَانَا عَنِ الْقَسِّيِّ، وَالْمِيثَرَةِ الْحَمْرَاءِ، وَعَنِ الْحَرِيرِ، وَالْحِلَقِ الذَّهَبِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: كَسَانِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ حُلَّةً مِنْ حَرِيرٍ، فَخَرَجْتُ فِيهَا لِيَرَى النَّاسُ عَلَيَّ كِسْوَةَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، قَالَ: فَرَآنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، فَأَمَرَنِي بِنَزْعِهِمَا، فَأَرْسَلَ بِإِحْدَاهُمَا إِلَى فَاطِمَةَ، وَشَقَّ الْأُخْرَى بَيْنَ نِسَائِهِ

     ✧ I was sitting with Ali. He said: Sa'sa'a b. Suhan came, greeted, then stood and said: 'O Commander of the Faithful, forbid us from what the Messenger of God ﷺ forbade you.' He said: 'He forbade us from gourds, green jars, pitch-coated vessels, and hollowed stumps. He forbade us from qassi cloth, red saddle cushions, silk, and gold rings.' Then he said: 'The Messenger of God ﷺ clothed me in a silk suit, and I went out in it so that people would see on me the clothing of the Messenger of God ﷺ.' He said: 'The Messenger of God ﷺ saw me and ordered me to take them off, so he sent one of them to Fatima and tore the other among his women.'

403. Musnad Ahmad 964Hasan

     أَنَّهُ شَهِدَ عَلِيًّا فِي الرَّحَبَةِ قَالَ: أَنْشُدُ اللهَ رَجُلًا سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ، وَشَهِدَهُ يَوْمَ غَدِيرِ خُمٍّ إِلَّا قَامَ، وَلَا يَقُومُ إِلَّا مَنْ قَدْ رَآهُ، فَقَامَ اثْنَا عَشَرَ رَجُلًا، فَقَالُوا: قَدْ رَأَيْنَاهُ، وَسَمِعْنَاهُ حَيْثُ أَخَذَ بِيَدِهِ يَقُولُ: اللَّهُمَّ وَالِ مَنْ وَالَاهُ، وَعَادِ مَنْ عَادَاهُ، وَانْصُرْ مَنْ نَصَرَهُ، وَاخْذُلْ مَنْ خَذَلَهُ، فَقَامَ إِلَّا ثَلَاثَةً لَمْ يَقُومُوا، فَدَعَا عَلَيْهِمْ، فَأَصَابَتْهُمْ دَعْوَتُهُ

     ✧ He witnessed 'Ali in al-Rahbah say: "I adjure by Allah any man who heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and witnessed him on the day of Ghadir Khumm to stand up, and none should stand except those who saw him." Twelve men stood up and said: "We saw him and heard him when he took his hand and said: 'O Allah, befriend whoever befriends him, and be hostile to whoever is hostile to him, and help whoever helps him, and forsake whoever forsakes him.'" Then all stood except three who did not stand, and he supplicated against them, and his supplication afflicted them.

404. Musnad Ahmad 965Weak

     كَانَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ إِذَا سَمِعَ الْمُؤَذِّنَ يُؤَذِّنُ قَالَ كَمَا يَقُولُ، فَإِذَا قَالَ: أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللهِ، قَالَ عَلِيٌّ: أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ، وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللهِ، وَأَنَّ الَّذِينَ جَحَدُوا مُحَمَّدًا هُمُ الْكَاذِبُونَ

     ✧ Whenever 'Ali b. Abu Talib heard the mu'adhdhin calling the adhan, he would say as he said. When he said: "I bear witness that there is no god but Allah, and I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah," 'Ali said: "I bear witness that there is no god but Allah, and I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, and that those who rejected Muhammad are the liars."

405. Musnad Ahmad 966Sahih

     سَأَلْتُ عَائِشَةَ عَنِ الْمَسْحِ عَلَى الْخُفَّيْنِ قَالَتْ: سَلْ عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ، فَإِنَّهُ كَانَ يُسَافِرُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، فَسَأَلْتُهُ، فَقَالَ: لِلْمُسَافِرِ ثَلَاثَةُ أَيَّامٍ وَلَيَالِيهِنَّ، وَلِلْمُقِيمِ يَوْمٌ وَلَيْلَةٌ

     ✧ I asked 'A'ishah about wiping over the leather socks. She said: "Ask 'Ali b. Abu Talib, for he used to travel with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ." So I asked him, and he said: "For the traveler, three days and their nights; and for the resident, a day and a night."

406. Musnad Ahmad 967Graders disagree

     لَوْلَا أَنْ أَشُقَّ عَلَى أُمَّتِي لَأَمَرْتُهُمْ بِالسِّوَاكِ عِنْدَ كُلِّ صَلَاةٍ، وَلَأَخَّرْتُ عِشَاءَ الْآخِرَةِ إِلَى ثُلُثِ اللَّيْلِ الْأَوَّلِ، فَإِنَّهُ إِذَا مَضَى ثُلُثُ اللَّيْلِ الْأَوَّلُ هَبَطَ اللهُ تَعَالَى إِلَى السَّمَاءِ الدُّنْيَا، فَلَمْ يَزَلْ هُنَاكَ حَتَّى يَطْلُعَ الْفَجْرُ، فَيَقُولَ قَائِلٌ: أَلَا سَائِلٌ يُعْطَى، أَلَا دَاعٍ يُجَابُ، أَلَا سَقِيمٌ يَسْتَشْفِي فَيُشْفَى، أَلَا مُذْنِبٌ يَسْتَغْفِرُ فَيُغْفَرُ لَهُ

     ✧ Were it not that I would burden my community, I would command them to use the siwak at every prayer, and I would delay the last 'Isha' prayer to the first third of the night. For when the first third of the night has passed, Allah the Exalted descends to the lowest heaven and remains there until dawn breaks, and a caller says: 'Is there any asker who may be given? Is there any supplicant who may be answered? Is there any sick person who seeks healing that he may be healed? Is there any sinner who seeks forgiveness that he may be forgiven?'

407. Musnad Ahmad 968Hasan

     975 983 968 - حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، عَنِ ابْنِ إِسْحَاقَ، حَدَّثَنِي عَمِّي عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ يَسَارٍ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي رَافِعٍ مَوْلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ مِثْلَ حَدِيثِ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

     ✧ 975 983 968 - Ya'qub narrated to us, my father narrated to us, from Ibn Ishaq, my uncle 'Abd al-Rahman b. Yasar narrated to me, from 'Ubayd Allah b. Abi Rafi', the freed slave of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, from his father, from 'Ali b. Abu Talib, from the Prophet ﷺ, similar to the hadith of Abu Hurayrah.

408. Musnad Ahmad 969Accepted

     سُئِلَ عَنِ الْوِتْرِ أَوَاجِبٌ هُوَ ؟ قَالَ: أَمَّا كَالْفَرِيضَةِ فَلَا، وَلَكِنَّهَا سُنَّةٌ صَنَعَهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَصْحَابُهُ حَتَّى مَضَوْا عَلَى ذَلِكَ

     It is not like the obligatory prayer, but it is a Sunnah that was done by the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and his Companions, and they continued doing it until the end of their lives.

409. Musnad Ahmad 970Hasan

     أَنَّهُ دَعَا بِكُوزٍ مِنْ مَاءٍ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: أَيْنَ هَؤُلَاءِ الَّذِينَ يَزْعُمُونَ أَنَّهُمْ يَكْرَهُونَ الشُّرْبَ قَائِمًا ؟ قَالَ: فَأَخَذَهُ، فَشَرِبَ وَهُوَ قَائِمٌ، ثُمَّ تَوَضَّأَ، وُضُوءًا خَفِيفًا، وَمَسَحَ عَلَى نَعْلَيْهِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: هَكَذَا وُضُوءُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ لِلطَّاهِرِ مَا لَمْ يُحْدِثْ

     ✧ He called for a jug of water, then said: "Where are those who claim they dislike drinking standing?" He said: Then he took it and drank while standing. Then he performed a light ablution and wiped over his sandals. Then he said: "Thus is the ablution of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ for one who is pure, as long as he has not invalidated it."

410. Musnad Ahmad 971Hasan

     أَنَّهُ تَوَضَّأَ ثَلَاثًا ثَلَاثًا، وَشَرِبَ فَضْلَ وَضُوئِهِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: هَكَذَا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَعَلَ

     ✧ He performed ablution washing each part three times, and he drank the leftover water of his ablution, then said: "Thus I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ do."

411. Musnad Ahmad 972Hasan

     إِذَا عَطَسَ أَحَدُكُمْ، فَلْيَقُلِ: الْحَمْدُ لِلهِ، وَلْيَقُلْ مَنْ حَوْلَهُ: يَرْحَمُكَ اللهُ، وَلْيَقُلْ هُوَ: يَهْدِيكُمُ اللهُ وَيُصْلِحُ بَالَكُمْ

     ✧ When one of you sneezes, let him say: 'Praise be to Allah,' and let those around him say: 'May Allah have mercy on you,' and let him say: 'May Allah guide you and set your affairs right.'

412. Musnad Ahmad 973Hasan

     إِذَا عَطَسَ أَحَدُكُمْ، فَلْيَقُلِ: الْحَمْدُ لِلهِ عَلَى كُلِّ حَالٍ، وَلْيَقُلْ لَهُ مَنْ عِنْدَهُ: يَرْحَمُكَ اللهُ، وَيَرُدُّ عَلَيْهِمْ: يَهْدِيكُمُ اللهُ، وَيُصْلِحُ بَالَكُمْ

     ✧ When one of you sneezes, let him say: 'Praise be to Allah in every situation,' and let those with him say to him: 'May Allah have mercy on you,' and he should reply to them: 'May Allah guide you and set your affairs right.'

413. Musnad Ahmad 974Hasan

     خَرَجَ عَلَيْنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ، وَنَحْنُ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ، فَقَالَ: أَيْنَ السَّائِلُ عَنِ الْوِتْرِ ؟ فَمَنْ كَانَ مِنَّا فِي رَكْعَةٍ شَفَعَ إِلَيْهَا أُخْرَى حَتَّى اجْتَمَعْنَا إِلَيْهِ، فَقَالَ: إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ يُوتِرُ فِي أَوَّلِ اللَّيْلِ، ثُمَّ أَوْتَرَ فِي وَسَطِهِ، ثُمَّ أَثْبَتَ الْوِتْرَ فِي هَذِهِ السَّاعَةِ، قَالَ: وَذَلِكَ عِنْدَ طُلُوعِ الْفَجْرِ

     ʿAli bin Abi Talib ؓ came out to us when we were in the mosque and said: Where is the one who was asking about Witr? Those among us who had started the first rakʿah added a second to it so as to make it even, then we gathered around him and he said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray Witr at the beginning of the night, then he prayed Witr in the middle of the night, then he settled on praying Witr at this time. He said: That was when dawn was breaking.

414. Musnad Ahmad 975Hasan

     عَادَ أَبُو مُوسَى الْأَشْعَرِيُّ الْحَسَنَ بْنَ عَلِيٍّ، فَقَالَ لَهُ عَلِيٌّ: أَعَائِدًا جِئْتَ، أَمْ زَائِرًا ؟ فَقَالَ أَبُو مُوسَى: بَلْ جِئْتُ عَائِدًا، فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: مَنْ عَادَ مَرِيضًا بَكَرًا، شَيَّعَهُ سَبْعُونَ أَلْفَ مَلَكٍ كُلُّهُمْ يَسْتَغْفِرُ لَهُ حَتَّى يُمْسِيَ، وَكَانَ لَهُ خَرِيفٌ فِي الْجَنَّةِ، وَإِنْ عَادَهُ مَسَاءً شَيَّعَهُ سَبْعُونَ أَلْفَ مَلَكٍ كُلُّهُمْ يَسْتَغْفِرُ لَهُ حَتَّى يُصْبِحَ، وَكَانَ لَهُ خَرِيفٌ فِي الْجَنَّةِ

     ✧ Abu Musa al-Ash'ari visited al-Hasan b. 'Ali when he was ill, and 'Ali said to him: "Have you come as a visitor or as one visiting the sick?" Abu Musa said: "Rather, I have come visiting the sick." 'Ali said: "I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: 'Whoever visits a sick person in the morning, seventy thousand angels accompany him, all of them seeking forgiveness for him until evening, and he will have a garden in Paradise. And if he visits him in the evening, seventy thousand angels accompany him, all of them seeking forgiveness for him until morning, and he will have a garden in Paradise.'"

415. Musnad Ahmad 976Hasan

     عَادَ أَبُو مُوسَى الْأَشْعَرِيُّ الْحَسَنَ بْنَ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ، فَقَالَ لَهُ عَلِيٌّ: أَعَائِدًا جِئْتَ، أَمْ زَائِرًا ؟ قَالَ: لَا، بَلْ جِئْتُ عَائِدًا، قَالَ عَلِيٌّ: أَمَا إِنَّهُ مَا مِنْ مُسْلِمٍ يَعُودُ مَرِيضًا إِلَّا خَرَجَ مَعَهُ سَبْعُونَ أَلْفَ مَلَكٍ كُلُّهُمْ يَسْتَغْفِرُ لَهُ، إِنْ كَانَ مُصْبِحًا حَتَّى يُمْسِيَ، وَكَانَ لَهُ خَرِيفٌ فِي الْجَنَّةِ، وَإِنْ كَانَ مُمْسِيًا خَرَجَ مَعَهُ سَبْعُونَ أَلْفَ مَلَكٍ كُلُّهُمْ يَسْتَغْفِرُ لَهُ حَتَّى يُصْبِحَ، وَكَانَ لَهُ خَرِيفٌ فِي الْجَنَّةِ

     ✧ Abu Musa al-Ash'ari visited al-Hasan b. 'Ali b. Abi Talib when he was ill, and 'Ali said to him: "Have you come as a visitor or as one visiting the sick?" He said: "No, rather I have come visiting the sick." 'Ali said: "Indeed, there is no Muslim who visits a sick person except that seventy thousand angels go out with him, all of them seeking forgiveness for him. If it is in the morning, until evening, and he will have a garden in Paradise. And if it is in the evening, seventy thousand angels go out with him, all of them seeking forgiveness for him until morning, and he will have a garden in Paradise."

416. Musnad Ahmad 977Graders disagree

     كُنْتُ رَجُلًا مَذَّاءً، فَسَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ ذَلِكَ، فَقَالَ: فِي الْمَذْيِ الْوُضُوءُ، وَفِي الْمَنِيِّ الْغُسْلُ

     ✧ I was a man who emitted madhiy frequently, so I asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about that. He said: "For madhiy, ablution is required; and for semen, a full bath."

417. Musnad Ahmad 978Sahih

     كَانَ لِشُرَاحَةَ زَوْجٌ غَائِبٌ بِالشَّامِ، وَإِنَّهَا حَمَلَتْ، فَجَاءَ بِهَا مَوْلَاهَا إِلَى عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ، فَقَالَ: إِنَّ هَذِهِ زَنَتْ، فَاعْتَرَفَتْ، فَجَلَدَهَا يَوْمَ الْخَمِيسِ مِائَةً، وَرَجَمَهَا يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ، وَحَفَرَ لَهَا إِلَى السُّرَّةِ، وَأَنَا شَاهِدٌ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: إِنَّ الرَّجْمَ سُنَّةٌ سَنَّهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، وَلَوْ كَانَ شَهِدَ عَلَى هَذِهِ أَحَدٌ لَكَانَ أَوَّلَ مَنْ يَرْمِي الشَّاهِدُ يَشْهَدُ، ثُمَّ يُتْبِعُ شَهَادَتَهُ حَجَرَهُ، وَلَكِنَّهَا أَقَرَّتْ، فَأَنَا أَوَّلُ مَنْ رَمَاهَا، فَرَمَاهَا بِحَجَرٍ، ثُمَّ رَمَى النَّاسُ، وَأَنَا فِيهِمْ، قَالَ: فَكُنْتُ وَاللهِ فِيمَنْ قَتَلَهَا

     Sharahah had a husband who was absent in Syria. She became pregnant and her former master brought her to ʿAli bin Abi Talib ؓ and said: This one has committed zina, She admitted it, so he gave her one hundred lashes on Thursday and stoned her on Friday; he dug a hole for her to her navel, and I was present. Then he said: Stoning is a Sunnah established by the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. If anyone saw her do it, the first one to throw a stone should be the one who witnessed it; he should give his testimony and follow his testimony with his stone. But she admitted it, so I will be the first one to stone her. He threw a stone at her, then the people stoned her and I was among them. By Allah, I was among those who killed her.

418. Musnad Ahmad 979Hasan

     وَسُئِلَ: يَرْكَبُ الرَّجُلُ هَدْيَهُ ? - فَقَالَ: لَا بَأْسَ بِهِ، قَدْ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَمُرُّ بِالرِّجَالِ يَمْشُونَ، فَيَأْمُرُهُمْ يَرْكَبُونَ هَدْيَهُ، هَدْيَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، قَالَ: وَلَا تَتَّبِعُونَ شَيْئًا أَفْضَلَ مِنْ سُنَّةِ نَبِيِّكُمْ ﷺ

     ✧ And he was asked: May a man ride his sacrificial animal? He replied: There is no harm in it. The Prophet ﷺ used to pass by men who were walking and would order them to ride his sacrificial animals—the sacrificial animals of the Prophet ﷺ. He said: And you are not following anything better than the Sunnah of your Prophet ﷺ.

419. Musnad Ahmad 980Graders disagree

     لَعَنَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ آكِلَ الرِّبَا، وَمُطْعِمَهُ، وَشَاهِدَيْهِ، وَكَاتِبَهُ، وَمَانِعَ الصَّدَقَةِ، وَالْوَاشِمَةَ وَالْمَوْشُومَةَ، وَالْحَالَّ، وَالْمُحَلَّلَ لَهُ، قَالَ: وَكَانَ يَنْهَى عَنِ النَّوْحِ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ cursed the one who consumes riba, the one who feeds it, its two witnesses, and its scribe, and the one who withholds zakah, and the woman who tattoos and the one tattooed, and the one who makes a marriage lawful through a temporary marriage (al-hall), and the one for whom it is made lawful. He said: And he used to forbid wailing over the dead.

420. Musnad Ahmad 981Sahih

     نُهِيَ عَنْ مَيَاثِرِ الْأُرْجُوَانِ، وَلُبْسِ الْقَسِّيِّ، وَخَاتَمِ الذَّهَبِ قَالَ مُحَمَّدٌ: فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لِأَخِي يَحْيَى بْنِ سِيرِينَ، فَقَالَ: أَوَلَمْ تَسْمَعْ هَذَا ؟ نَعَمْ، وَكِفَافِ الدِّيبَاجِ

     ✧ He forbade the purple saddle cloths (mayathir al-urjuwan), wearing qassi garments, and gold rings. Muhammad said: I mentioned that to my brother Yahya b. Sirin, and he said: Have you not heard this? Yes, and also the embroidered silk borders (kifaf al-dibaj).

421. Musnad Ahmad 982Sahih

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

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

422. Musnad Ahmad 983Hasan or sahih

     لَمَّا قَتَلَ عَلِيٌّ أَهْلَ النَّهَرَوَانِ، قَالَ: الْتَمِسُوهُ، فَوَجَدُوهُ فِي حُفْرَةٍ تَحْتَ الْقَتْلَى، فَاسْتَخْرَجُوهُ، وَأَقْبَلَ عَلِيٌّ عَلَى أَصْحَابِهِ، فَقَالَ: لَوْلَا أَنْ تَبْطَرُوا لَأَخْبَرْتُكُمْ مَا وَعَدَ اللهُ مَنْ يَقْتُلُ هَؤُلَاءِ عَلَى لِسَانِ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ، قُلْتُ: آنْتَ سَمِعْتَهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ ؟ قَالَ: إِي وَرَبِّ الْكَعْبَةِ

     ✧ When Ali killed the people of Nahrawan, he said: Search for him. They found him in a pit beneath the slain, and they brought him out. Ali turned to his companions and said: Were it not that you would become arrogant, I would inform you of what Allah has promised those who kill these people on the tongue of Muhammad ﷺ. I said: Did you hear it from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ? He said: Yes, by the Lord of the Kaaba.

423. Musnad Ahmad 984Graders disagree

     عَفَوْتُ لَكُمْ عَنْ صَدَقَةِ الْخَيْلِ وَالرَّقِيقِ، وَفِي الرِّقَةِ رُبُعُ عُشْرِهَا

     ✧ I have pardoned you from the zakah of horses and slaves. But for silver, one fourth of one tenth is due.

424. Musnad Ahmad 985Sahih

     إِذَا حُدِّثْتُمْ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ حَدِيثًا، فَظُنُّوا بِهِ الَّذِي هُوَ أَهْدَى، وَالَّذِي هُوَ أَهْيَا، وَالَّذِي هُوَ أَتْقَى

     ✧ When you are told a hadith on the authority of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, then think of it in the way that is most guided, most virtuous, and most God-fearing.

425. Musnad Ahmad 986Sahih

     إِذَا حُدِّثْتُمْ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ حَدِيثًا، فَظُنُّوا بِهِ الَّذِي هُوَ أَهْيَاهُ، وَأَهْدَاهُ، وَأَتْقَاهُ

     If you are told a hadeeth from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, then think of it in the best, most guided and most pious manner.

426. Musnad Ahmad 987Sahih

     إِذَا حُدِّثْتُمْ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ حَدِيثًا، فَظُنُّوا بِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَهْيَاهُ وَأَتْقَاهُ وَأَهْدَاهُ، وَخَرَجَ عَلِيٌّ إِلَيْنَا حِينَ ثَوَّبَ الْمُثَوِّبُ، فَقَالَ: أَيْنَ السَّائِلُ عَنِ الْوِتْرِ ؟ هَذَا حِينُ وِتْرٍ حَسَنٍ

     If you are told a hadeeth from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, then think of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in the best, most pious and most guided manner. ‘Ali ؓ came out to us when the mu’adhdhin was giving the call to prayer and said: Where is the one who was asking about Witr This time for Witr is good.

427. Musnad Ahmad 988Sahih

     أَنَّ عَلِيًّا ذَكَرَ أَهْلَ النَّهَرَوَانِ، فَقَالَ: فِيهِمْ رَجُلٌ مُودَنُ الْيَدِ، أَوْ مَثْدُونُ الْيَدِ، أَوْ مُخْدَجُ الْيَدِ، لَوْلَا أَنْ تَبْطَرُوا لَنَبَّأْتُكُمْ مَا وَعَدَ اللهُ الَّذِينَ يَقْتُلُونَهُمْ عَلَى لِسَانِ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ، فَقُلْتُ لِعَلِيٍّ: أَأَنْتَ سَمِعْتَهُ ؟ قَالَ: إِي وَرَبِّ الْكَعْبَةِ

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

428. Musnad Ahmad 989Sahih

     كُنْتُ عِنْدَ عَلِيٍّ، فَأُتِيَ بِكُرْسِيٍّ وَتَوْرٍ، قَالَ: فَغَسَلَ كَفَّيْهِ ثَلَاثًا، وَوَجْهَهُ ثَلَاثًا، وَذِرَاعَيْهِ ثَلَاثًا، وَمَسَحَ بِرَأْسِهِ - وَصَفَ يَحْيَى: فَبَدَأَ بِمُقَدَّمِ رَأْسِهِ إِلَى مُؤَخَّرِهِ، وَقَالَ: وَلَا أَدْرِي أَرَدَّ يَدَهُ أَمْ لَا - وَغَسَلَ رِجْلَيْهِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: مَنْ أَحَبَّ أَنْ يَنْظُرَ إِلَى وُضُوءِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، فَهَذَا وُضُوءُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ

     ✧ I was with Ali when a chair and a basin were brought. He said: He washed his palms three times, his face three times, and his forearms three times, and he wiped his head—Yahya described it: He began with the front of his head and moved to the back of it, and he said: I do not know whether he returned his hand or not—and he washed his feet. Then he said: Whoever loves to look at the ablution of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, this is the ablution of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.

429. Musnad Ahmad 990Sahih

     كُنَّا نُرَاهَا الْفَجْرَ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: هِيَ صَلَاةُ الْعَصْرِ

     We thought that it was Fajr, but the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ʿIt is Asr prayer” - meaning the middle prayer.

430. Musnad Ahmad 991Sahih

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

     ✧ The believers' blood is equal in value, and they are one hand against others. The lowest of them can give protection on their behalf. Indeed, no believer is to be killed for a disbeliever, and no one with a covenant is to be killed while his covenant stands.

431. Musnad Ahmad 992Hasan or sahih

     أَنَّ رَجُلًا مَرَّ بِهِمْ عَلَى بَعِيرٍ يُوضِعُهُ بِمِنًى فِي أَيَّامِ التَّشْرِيقِ: إِنَّهَا أَيَّامُ أَكْلٍ وَشُرْبٍ، فَسَأَلْتُ عَنْهُ، فَقَالُوا: عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ

     ✧ A man passed by them on a camel urging it quickly in Mina during the days of Tashriq saying: These are days of eating and drinking. I asked about him, and they said: Ali b. Abu Talib.

432. Musnad Ahmad 993Sahih

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

     ✧ Al-Ashtar and I went to Ali and said: Did the Prophet of Allah ﷺ entrust you with anything that he did not entrust to the people generally? He said: No, except what is in this book of mine. He said: And a book in the scabbard of his sword. In it was written: The believers' blood is equal in value, and they are one hand against others. The lowest of them can give protection on their behalf. Indeed, no believer is to be killed for a disbeliever, and no one with a covenant is to be killed while his covenant stands. Whoever introduces an innovation or shelters an innovator, upon him is the curse of Allah, the angels, and all people.

433. Musnad Ahmad 994Sahih

     قَالَ يَوْمَ الْخَنْدَقِ: شَغَلُونَا عَنِ الصَّلَاةِ الْوُسْطَى حَتَّى غَرَبَتِ الشَّمْسُ - أَوْ كَادَتِ الشَّمْسُ أَنْ تَغْرُبَ - مَلَأَ اللهُ أَجْوَافَهُمْ - أَوْ قُبُورَهُمْ - نَارًا

     ✧ He said on the Day of the Trench: They kept us from the middle prayer until the sun set - or the sun was about to set - may Allah fill their bellies - or their graves - with fire.

434. Musnad Ahmad 995Hasan

     إِذَا عَطَسَ أَحَدُكُمْ، فَلْيَقُلِ: الْحَمْدُ لِلهِ عَلَى كُلِّ حَالٍ، وَلْيُقَلْ لَهُ: يَرْحَمُكُمُ اللهُ، وَلْيَقُلْ هُوَ: يَهْدِيكُمُ اللهُ، وَيُصْلِحُ بَالَكُمْ

     ✧ When one of you sneezes, let him say: 'Praise be to Allah in every situation,' and let it be said to him: 'May Allah have mercy on you,' and let him say: 'May Allah guide you and set your affairs right.'

435. Musnad Ahmad 996Accepted

     اشْتَكَتْ إِلَيَّ فَاطِمَةُ مَجْلَ يَدَيْهَا مِنَ الطَّحْنِ، فَأَتَيْنَا النَّبِيَّ ﷺ، فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، فَاطِمَةُ تَشْتَكِي إِلَيْكَ مَجْلَ يَدَيْهَا مِنَ الطَّحْنِ، وَتَسْأَلُكَ خَادِمًا، فَقَالَ: أَلَا أَدُلُّكُمَا عَلَى مَا هُوَ خَيْرٌ لَكُمَا مِنْ خَادِمٍ ؟ فَأَمَرَنَا عِنْدَ مَنَامِنَا بِثَلَاثٍ وَثَلَاثِينَ، وَثَلَاثٍ وَثَلَاثِينَ، وَأَرْبَعٍ وَثَلَاثِينَ مِنْ تَسْبِيحٍ، وَتَحْمِيدٍ، وَتَكْبِيرٍ

     O Messenger of Allah ﷺ, Fatimah is complaining to you about the marks left on her hands from grinding flour and she is asking you for a servant. He said: “Shall I not tell you about something that is better for you than a servant?” and he told us, when going to sleep, to say thirty-three and thirty-three and thirty-four of tasbeeh, tahmeed and takbeer.

436. Musnad Ahmad 997Weak

     كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِذَا رَكَعَ لَوْ وُضِعَ قَدَحٌ مِنْ مَاءٍ عَلَى ظَهْرِهِ لَمْ يُهَرَاقْ

     ✧ When the Prophet ﷺ bowed, if a cup of water had been placed on his back, it would not have spilled.

437. Musnad Ahmad 998Sahih

     تَوَضَّأَ فَمَضْمَضَ ثَلَاثًا، وَاسْتَنْشَقَ ثَلَاثًا مِنْ كَفٍّ وَاحِدٍ، وَغَسَلَ وَجْهَهُ ثَلَاثًا، ثُمَّ أَدْخَلَ يَدَهُ فِي الرَّكْوَةِ، فَمَسَحَ رَأْسَهُ، وَغَسَلَ رِجْلَيْهِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: هَذَا وُضُوءُ نَبِيِّكُمْ ﷺ

     ✧ He performed ablution, rinsing his mouth three times and sniffing water into his nose three times from a single handful. He washed his face three times, then he put his hand into the water vessel and wiped his head, and washed his feet. Then he said: 'This is the ablution of your Prophet ﷺ.'

438. Musnad Ahmad 999Sahih

     أَنَّ عَمَّارًا اسْتَأْذَنَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ: الطَّيِّبُ الْمُطَيَّبُ

     ✧ Ammār asked permission to enter upon the Prophet ﷺ, and he said: 'The good one, the purified one.'

439. Musnad Ahmad 1000Sahih

     لَا تَكْذِبُوا عَلَيَّ، فَإِنَّهُ مَنْ يَكْذِبْ عَلَيَّ يَلِجِ النَّارَ

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

440. Musnad Ahmad 1001Sahih

     1008 1016 1001 - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ، عَنْ رِبْعِيِّ بْنِ حِرَاشٍ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ عَلِيًّا يَخْطُبُ يَقُولُ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، فَذَكَرَ مِثْلَهُ

     the Prophet ﷺ said, and the ˹narrator˺ mentioned similarly.

441. Musnad Ahmad 1002Sahih

     أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ أَمَرَهُ أَنْ يَقُومَ عَلَى بُدْنِهِ، وَأَمَرَهُ أَنْ يَقْسِمَ بُدْنَهُ كُلَّهَا، لُحُومَهَا وَجُلُودَهَا وَجِلَالَهَا، وَلَا يُعْطِيَ فِي جِزَارَتِهَا مِنْهَا شَيْئًا

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ commanded him to stand over his sacrificial camels, and commanded him to distribute all of his sacrificial camels - their meat, their hides, and their blankets - and not to give anything from them to the butcher as payment.

442. Musnad Ahmad 1003Sahih

     نَحْنُ نُعْطِيهِ مِنْ عِنْدِنَا الْأَجْرَ

     ✧ We give him the wages from our own resources.

443. Musnad Ahmad 1004Hasan or sahih

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

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade me from wearing a gold ring, from reciting while bowing, and from wearing qassī (a type of silk garment) and muʿaṣfar (garments dyed with safflower).

444. Musnad Ahmad 1005Sahih

     أَنَّ عَلِيًّا لَمَّا صَلَّى الظُّهْرَ دَعَا بِكُوزٍ مِنْ مَاءٍ فِي الرَّحَبَةِ، فَشَرِبَ وَهُوَ قَائِمٌ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: إِنَّ رِجَالًا يَكْرَهُونَ هَذَا، وَإِنِّي رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَعَلَ كَالَّذِي رَأَيْتُمُونِي فَعَلْتُ، ثُمَّ تَمَسَّحَ بِفَضْلِهِ، وَقَالَ: هَذَا وُضُوءُ مَنْ لَمْ يُحْدِثْ

     ✧ When ʿAlī had prayed the noon prayer, he called for a jug of water in the courtyard, drank while standing, and then said: 'Some men dislike this, but I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ do just as you have seen me do.' Then he wiped himself with the remaining water and said: 'This is the ablution of one who has not broken his wudu.'

445. Musnad Ahmad 1006Hasan or sahih

     مِفْتَاحُ الصَّلَاةِ الطُّهُورُ، وَتَحْرِيمُهَا التَّكْبِيرُ، وَتَحْلِيلُهَا التَّسْلِيمُ

     ✧ The key to prayer is purification; its sanctification is the takbīr, and its release is the taslīm.

446. Musnad Ahmad 1007Sahih

     أَلَا أُرِيكُمْ وُضُوءَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ ؟ ثُمَّ تَوَضَّأَ ثَلَاثًا ثَلَاثًا

     ✧ Shall I show you the ablution of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ? Then he performed ablution three times each.

447. Musnad Ahmad 1008Hasan

     كَانَ عَبْدُ خَيْرٍ يَؤُمُّنَا فِي الْفَجْرِ، فَقَالَ: صَلَّيْنَا يَوْمًا الْفَجْرَ خَلْفَ عَلِيٍّ، فَلَمَّا سَلَّمَ قَامَ وَقُمْنَا مَعَهُ، فَجَاءَ يَمْشِي حَتَّى انْتَهَى إِلَى الرَّحَبَةِ، فَجَلَسَ، وَأَسْنَدَ ظَهْرَهُ إِلَى الْحَائِطِ، ثُمَّ رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ، فَقَالَ: يَا قَنْبَرُ، ائْتِنِي بِالرَّكْوَةِ. وَالطَّسْتِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهُ: صُبَّ، فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِ، فَغَسَلَ كَفَّهُ ثَلَاثًا، وَأَدْخَلَ كَفَّهُ الْيُمْنَى، فَمَضْمَضَ وَاسْتَنْشَقَ ثَلَاثًا، ثُمَّ أَدْخَلَ كَفَّيْهِ، فَغَسَلَ وَجْهَهُ ثَلَاثًا، ثُمَّ أَدْخَلَ كَفَّهُ الْيُمْنَى، فَغَسَلَ ذِرَاعَهُ الْأَيْمَنَ ثَلَاثًا، ثُمَّ غَسَلَ ذِرَاعَهُ الْأَيْسَرَ ثَلَاثًا، فَقَالَ: هَذَا وُضُوءُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ

     ✧ 'Abd Khayr used to lead us in the dawn prayer. He said: One day we prayed the dawn prayer behind 'Ali. When he said the salam, he stood up and we stood with him. He came walking until he reached the Rahbah (courtyard), sat down, leaned his back against the wall, raised his head, and said: O Qanbar, bring me the small water skin and the basin. Then he said to him: Pour. So he poured water on him, and he washed his hand three times. Then he put his right hand in, rinsed his mouth and sniffed water into his nose three times. Then he put in both hands and washed his face three times. Then he put in his right hand and washed his right forearm three times, then washed his left forearm three times. Then he said: This is the ablution of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.

448. Musnad Ahmad 1009Sahih

     كُنْتُ رَجُلًا مَذَّاءً، وَكُنْتُ أَسْتَحِي أَنْ أَسْأَلَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ لِمَكَانِ ابْنَتِهِ، فَأَمَرْتُ الْمِقْدَادَ، فَسَأَلَهُ، فَقَالَ: يَغْسِلُ ذَكَرَهُ، وَأُنْثَيَيْهِ، وَيَتَوَضَّأُ

     ✧ I was a man who emitted madhy (pre-seminal fluid) frequently, and I was too shy to ask the Prophet ﷺ because of his daughter (i.e., I was married to her). So I told al-Miqdad to ask him. He asked him, and he said: He should wash his penis and testicles and perform ablution.

449. Musnad Ahmad 1010Sahih

     أَنَّ عَلِيًّا أَمَرَ الْمِقْدَادَ، فَسَأَلَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ عَنِ الْمَذْيِ، فَقَالَ: يَتَوَضَّأُ

     ✧ 'Ali told al-Miqdad to ask the Prophet ﷺ about madhy. He said: He should perform ablution.

450. Musnad Ahmad 1011Hasan

     كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَقْضِي الْحَاجَةَ، فَيَأْكُلُ مَعَنَا اللَّحْمَ، وَيَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ، وَلَمْ يَكُنْ يَحْجِزُهُ، أَوْ يَحْجُبُهُ، إِلَّا الْجَنَابَةُ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to answer the call of nature, then eat meat with us and recite the Qur'an, and nothing prevented him—or kept him from it—except major ritual impurity (janabah).

451. Musnad Ahmad 1012Accepted

     كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي عَلَى إِثْرِ كُلِّ صَلَاةٍ مَكْتُوبَةٍ رَكْعَتَيْنِ إِلَّا الْفَجْرَ وَالْعَصْرَ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray two rak'ahs after every prescribed prayer, except the dawn and afternoon prayers.

452. Musnad Ahmad 1013Sahih

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

     I used to think that the bottoms of the feet were more deserving of being wiped than the tops, until I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ wiping their tops.

453. Musnad Ahmad 1014Sahih

     رَأَيْتُ عَلِيًّا تَوَضَّأَ، فَغَسَلَ ظُهُورَ قَدَمَيْهِ، وَقَالَ: لَوْلَا أَنِّي رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَغْسِلُ ظُهُورَ قَدَمَيْهِ، لَظَنَنْتُ أَنَّ بُطُونَهُمَا أَحَقُّ بِالْغَسْلِ

     ✧ I saw 'Ali perform ablution, and he washed the tops of his feet. He said: Had I not seen the Messenger of Allah ﷺ wash the tops of his feet, I would have thought that their soles were more deserving of being washed.

454. Musnad Ahmad 1015Sahih

     رَأَيْتُ عَلِيًّا تَوَضَّأَ، فَمَسَحَ ظُهُورَهُمَا

     ✧ I saw 'Ali perform ablution, and he wiped their tops.

455. Musnad Ahmad 1016Sahih

     هَذَا وُضُوءُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، ثُمَّ تَوَضَّأَ ثَلَاثًا

     ✧ This is the ablution of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. Then he performed ablution three times.

456. Musnad Ahmad 1017Sahih

     مَا سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يُفَدِّي أَحَدًا بِأَبَوَيْهِ إِلَّا سَعْدَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ، فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ لَهُ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ: ارْمِ سَعْدُ، فِدَاكَ أَبِي وَأُمِّي

     ✧ I never heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ransom anyone with his parents except Sa'd b. Malik. I heard him say to him on the day of Uhud: Shoot, Sa'd, may my father and mother be your ransom.

457. Musnad Ahmad 1018Sahih

     بَعَثَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ سَرِيَّةً، وَأَمَّرَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَجُلًا مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ، وَأَمَرَهُمْ أَنْ يَسْمَعُوا لَهُ، وَيُطِيعُوا، قَالَ: فَأَغْضَبُوهُ فِي شَيْءٍ، فَقَالَ: اجْمَعُوا لِي حَطَبًا، فَجَمَعُوا حَطَبًا، ثُمَّ قَالَ: أَوْقِدُوا نَارًا، فَأَوْقَدُوا لَهُ نَارًا، فَقَالَ: أَلَمْ يَأْمُرْكُمْ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ تَسْمَعُوا لِي وَتُطِيعُوا ؟ قَالُوا: بَلَى، قَالَ: فَادْخُلُوهَا، قَالَ: فَنَظَرَ بَعْضُهُمْ إِلَى بَعْضٍ، فَقَالُوا: إِنَّمَا فَرَرْنَا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مِنْ أَجْلِ النَّارِ، فَكَانُوا كَذَلِكَ إِذْ سَكَنَ غَضَبُهُ، وَطُفِئَتِ النَّارُ، قَالَ: فَلَمَّا قَدِمُوا عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ ذَكَرُوا ذَلِكَ لَهُ، فَقَالَ: لَوْ دَخَلُوهَا مَا خَرَجُوا مِنْهَا، إِنَّمَا الطَّاعَةُ فِي الْمَعْرُوفِ

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

458. Musnad Ahmad 1019Accepted

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

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade me to wear the ring on this finger or on this one.

459. Musnad Ahmad 1020Hasan

     سَبَقَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، وَصَلَّى أَبُو بَكْرٍ، وَثَلَّثَ عُمَرُ، ثُمَّ خَبَطَتْنَا - أَوْ أَصَابَتْنَا - فِتْنَةٌ، فَمَا شَاءَ اللهُ جَلَّ جَلَالُهُ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ preceded, Abu Bakr came second, 'Umar came third, then a trial struck us—or afflicted us—as Allah, Mighty and Majestic, willed.

460. Musnad Ahmad 1021Hasan

     أَنَّ رَجُلًا سَأَلَ عَلِيًّا عَنِ الْبَقَرَةِ، فَقَالَ: عَنْ سَبْعَةٍ، قَالَ: الْقَرْنُ ؟ قَالَ: لَا يَضُرُّكَ، قَالَ: فَالْعَرْجَاءُ ؟ قَالَ: إِذَا بَلَغَتِ الْمَنْسِكَ، قَالَ: وَأَمَرَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ نَسْتَشْرِفَ الْعَيْنَ، وَالْأُذُنَ

     ✧ A man asked Ali about the cow. He said: “From seven.” He said: “The hornless one?” He said: “It does not harm you.” He said: “The lame one?” He said: “When it reaches the place of sacrifice.” He said: “And the Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded us to inspect the eyes and ears.”

461. Musnad Ahmad 1022Hasan

     سَمِعْتُ عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ، وَسَأَلَهُ رَجُلٌ

     ✧ I heard Ali b. Abu Talib, and a man asked him.

462. Musnad Ahmad 1023Sahih

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

     ✧ There was no horseman among us on the day of Badr except al-Miqdad. And I saw us while none of us was awake except the Messenger of Allah ﷺ under a tree, praying and weeping until morning.

463. Musnad Ahmad 1024Sahih

     مَا مِنْ رَجُلٍ أَقَمْتُ عَلَيْهِ حَدًّا، فَمَاتَ، فَأَجِدُ فِي نَفْسِي إِلَّا الْخَمْرَ، فَإِنَّهُ لَوْ مَاتَ لَوَدَيْتُهُ؛ لِأَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ لَمْ يَسُنَّهُ

     ✧ There is no man upon whom I have carried out a prescribed punishment and he died, and I find anything in myself, except for wine. For if he had died, I would have paid his blood money, because the Prophet ﷺ did not institute it.

464. Musnad Ahmad 1025Sahih

     كَانَ يَتَوَضَّأُ ثَلَاثًا ثَلَاثًا

     ✧ He used to perform ablution three times, three times.

465. Musnad Ahmad 1026Sahih

     كُنْتُ رَجُلًا مَذَّاءً، وَكَانَتْ تَحْتِي ابْنَةُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، فَأَمَرْتُ رَجُلًا، فَسَأَلَهُ، فَقَالَ: تَوَضَّأْ، وَاغْسِلْهُ

     ✧ I was a man who emitted madhy frequently, and the daughter of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was under my care. So I ordered a man, and he asked him. He said: “Perform ablution and wash it.”

466. Musnad Ahmad 1027Sahih

     صَلَّيْنَا الْغَدَاةَ، فَأَتَيْنَاهُ، فَجَلَسْنَا إِلَيْهِ، فَدَعَا بِوَضُوءٍ، فَأُتِيَ بِرَكْوَةٍ فِيهَا مَاءٌ وَطَسْتٍ، قَالَ: فَأَفْرَغَ الرَّكْوَةَ عَلَى يَدِهِ الْيُمْنَى، فَغَسَلَ يَدَيْهِ ثَلَاثًا، وَتَمَضْمَضَ ثَلَاثًا، وَاسْتَنْثَرَ ثَلَاثًا، بِكَفٍّ كَفٍّ، ثُمَّ غَسَلَ وَجْهَهُ ثَلَاثًا، وَذِرَاعَيْهِ ثَلَاثًا ثَلَاثًا، ثُمَّ وَضَعَ يَدَهُ فِي الرَّكْوَةِ، فَمَسَحَ بِهَا رَأْسَهُ بِكَفَّيْهِ جَمِيعًا مَرَّةً وَاحِدَةً، ثُمَّ غَسَلَ رِجْلَيْهِ ثَلَاثًا ثَلَاثًا، ثُمَّ قَالَ: هَذَا وُضُوءُ نَبِيِّكُمْ ﷺ، فَاعْلَمُوهُ

     ✧ We prayed the morning prayer, then we came to him and sat with him. He called for water for ablution, and a small water skin containing water and a basin were brought. He said: He poured the water skin over his right hand and washed his hands three times, rinsed his mouth three times, and sniffed water into his nose three times, with one handful each time. Then he washed his face three times, and his forearms three times each. Then he placed his hand in the water skin and wiped his head with both hands together once. Then he washed his feet three times each. Then he said: “This is the ablution of your Prophet ﷺ, so learn it.”

467. Musnad Ahmad 1028Sahih

     كُنْتُ رَجُلًا مَذَّاءً، فَسَأَلْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ، فَقَالَ: إِذَا رَأَيْتَ الْمَذْيَ، فَتَوَضَّأْ، وَاغْسِلْ ذَكَرَكَ، وَإِذَا رَأَيْتَ فَضْخَ الْمَاءِ، فَاغْتَسِلْ

     ✧ I was a man who emitted madhy frequently, so I asked the Prophet ﷺ. He said: “When you see madhy, perform ablution and wash your penis. And when you see the gushing of water, perform ghusl.”

468. Musnad Ahmad 1029Sahih

     فَضْخَ أَيْضًا.:

     ✧ Gushing as well.

469. Musnad Ahmad 1030Sahih

     أَلَا أُخْبِرُكُمْ بِخَيْرِ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ بَعْدَ نَبِيِّهَا ﷺ ؟ أَبُو بَكْرٍ، ثُمَّ خَيْرُهَا بَعْدَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ عُمَرُ، ثُمَّ يَجْعَلُ اللهُ الْخَيْرَ حَيْثُ أَحَبَّ

     ✧ Shall I not inform you of the best of this community after its Prophet ﷺ? Abu Bakr. Then the best of it after Abu Bakr is Umar. Then Allah places goodness wherever He loves.

470. Musnad Ahmad 1031Sahih

     قَالَ عَلِيٌّ لَمَّا فَرَغَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْبَصْرَةِ: إِنَّ خَيْرَ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ بَعْدَ نَبِيِّهَا ﷺ أَبُو بَكْرٍ، وَبَعْدَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ عُمَرُ، وَأَحْدَثْنَا أَحْدَاثًا يَصْنَعُ اللهُ فِيهَا مَا شَاءَ

     ✧ Ali said when he had finished with the people of Basra: “The best of this community after its Prophet ﷺ is Abu Bakr, and after Abu Bakr is Umar. And we have brought about events in which Allah does whatever He wills.”

471. Musnad Ahmad 1032Sahih

     خَيْرُ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ بَعْدَ نَبِيِّهَا ﷺ أَبُو بَكْرٍ، وَعُمَرُ، وَإِنَّا قَدْ أَحْدَثْنَا بَعْدُ أَحْدَاثًا يَقْضِي اللهُ فِيهَا مَا شَاءَ

     ✧ The best of this community after its Prophet ﷺ is Abu Bakr and Umar. And indeed we have brought about events afterward in which Allah decrees whatever He wills.

472. Musnad Ahmad 1033Graders disagree

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

     ✧ Ammar came seeking permission to see the Prophet ﷺ, so he said: 'Grant him permission; welcome to the good man, the one made good.'

473. Musnad Ahmad 1034Hasan or sahih

     سَمَّى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْحَرْبَ: خَدْعَةً

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ called war dtad deception.

474. Musnad Ahmad 1035Sahih

     أَنَّ عَلِيًّا قَالَ لِلْمِقْدَادِ: سَلْ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَنِ الرَّجُلِ يَدْنُو مِنَ الْمَرْأَةِ، فَيُمْذِي، فَإِنِّي أَسْتَحْيِي مِنْهُ لِأَنَّ ابْنَتَهُ عِنْدِي، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: يَغْسِلُ ذَكَرَهُ، وَأُنْثَيَيْهِ، وَيَتَوَضَّأُ

     ✧ Ali said to al-Miqdad: 'Ask the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about a man who draws near to a woman and then emits prostatic fluid, for I feel shy to ask him because his daughter is with me.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'He should wash his penis and testicles, and perform wudu.'

475. Musnad Ahmad 1036Sahih

     شَغَلُونَا يَوْمَ الْأَحْزَابِ عَنْ صَلَاةِ الْعَصْرِ حَتَّى سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: شَغَلُونَا عَنْ صَلَاةِ الْوُسْطَى، صَلَاةِ الْعَصْرِ، مَلَأَ اللهُ قُبُورَهُمْ وَبُيُوتَهُمْ وَأَجْوَافَهُمْ نَارًا

     ✧ They distracted us on the Day of the Confederates from the afternoon prayer until I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: 'They distracted us from the middle prayer, the afternoon prayer. May Allah fill their graves, their houses, and their bellies with fire.'

476. Musnad Ahmad 1037Sahih

     مَا عِنْدَنَا شَيْءٌ إِلَّا كِتَابَ اللهِ تَعَالَى، وَهَذِهِ الصَّحِيفَةَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ: الْمَدِينَةُ حَرَامٌ مَا بَيْنَ عَائِرٍ إِلَى ثَوْرٍ، مَنْ أَحْدَثَ فِيهَا حَدَثًا، أَوْ آوَى مُحْدِثًا، فَعَلَيْهِ لَعْنَةُ اللهِ وَالْمَلَائِكَةِ وَالنَّاسِ أَجْمَعِينَ، لَا يُقْبَلُ مِنْهُ عَدْلٌ وَلَا صَرْفٌ، وَقَالَ: ذِمَّةُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَاحِدَةٌ، فَمَنْ أَخْفَرَ مُسْلِمًا، فَعَلَيْهِ لَعْنَةُ اللهِ وَالْمَلَائِكَةِ وَالنَّاسِ أَجْمَعِينَ، لَا يُقْبَلُ مِنْهُ صَرْفٌ وَلَا عَدْلٌ، وَمَنْ تَوَلَّى قَوْمًا بِغَيْرِ إِذْنِ مَوَالِيهِ، فَعَلَيْهِ لَعْنَةُ اللهِ وَالْمَلَائِكَةِ وَالنَّاسِ أَجْمَعِينَ لَا يُقْبَلُ مِنْهُ صَرْفٌ وَلَا عَدْلٌ

     ✧ We have nothing except the Book of Allah Almighty and this document from the Prophet ﷺ: Madinah is sacred between Air and Thawr. Whoever introduces an innovation in it or gives shelter to an innovator, upon him is the curse of Allah, the angels, and all people; neither compensation nor substitution will be accepted from him. And he said: The protection of Muslims is one; whoever violates the protection of a Muslim, upon him is the curse of Allah, the angels, and all people; no substitution or compensation will be accepted from him. And whoever allies himself with a people without the permission of his patrons, upon him is the curse of Allah, the angels, and all people; no substitution or compensation will be accepted from him.

477. Musnad Ahmad 1038Sahih

     قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، مَا لِي أَرَاكَ تَنَوَّقُ فِي قُرَيْشٍ، وَتَدَعُنَا أَنْ تَزَوَّجَ إِلَيْنَا ؟ قَالَ: وَعِنْدَكَ شَيْءٌ ؟ قَالَ: قُلْتُ: ابْنَةُ حَمْزَةَ، قَالَ: إِنَّهَا ابْنَةُ أَخِي مِنَ الرَّضَاعَةِ

     ✧ I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, why do I see you favor Quraysh and leave us out of marrying into our families?' He said: 'Do you have someone?' I said: 'The daughter of Hamzah.' He said: 'She is the daughter of my brother through suckling.'

478. Musnad Ahmad 1039Sahih

     إِذَا حَدَّثْتُكُمْ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ حَدِيثًا، فَظُنُّوا بِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَهْيَاهُ وَأَهْدَاهُ وَأَتْقَاهُ

     ✧ When I narrate a hadith to you from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, then think of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as being the most guided, the most rightly directed, and the most God-fearing.

479. Musnad Ahmad 1040Sahih

     أَلَا أُنَبِّئُكُمْ بِخَيْرِ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ بَعْدَ نَبِيِّهَا ﷺ ؟ أَبُو بَكْرٍ، ثُمَّ عُمَرُ

     ✧ Shall I not inform you of the best of this nation after its Prophet ﷺ? Abu Bakr, then Umar.

480. Musnad Ahmad 1041Weak

     فِي قَوْلِهِ [عَزَّ وَجَلَّ]: إِنَّمَا أَنْتَ مُنْذِرٌ وَلِكُلِّ قَوْمٍ هَادٍ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: الْمُنْذِرُ، وَالْهَادِ: رَجُلٌ مِنْ بَنِي هَاشِمٍ

     The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “The warner and the guide is a man from Banu Hashim.ʿ

481. Musnad Ahmad 1042Sahih

     لَمَّا حَضَرَ الْبَأْسُ يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ اتَّقَيْنَا بِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، وَكَانَ مِنْ أَشَدِّ النَّاسِ، مَا كَانَ - أَوْ لَمْ يَكُنْ - أَحَدٌ أَقْرَبَ إِلَى الْمُشْرِكِينَ مِنْهُ

     ✧ When the fighting became intense on the Day of Badr, we sought protection with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and he was among the staunchest of people. No one—or there was not—was closer to the polytheists than he.

482. Musnad Ahmad 1043Sahih

     نَهَى عَنْ لُبْسِ الْقَسِّيِّ، وَالْمُعَصْفَرِ، وَعَنْ تَخَتُّمِ الذَّهَبِ، وَعَنْ قِرَاءَةِ الْقُرْآنِ فِي الرُّكُوعِ

     ✧ He forbade wearing qassi, garments dyed saffron, wearing gold rings, and reciting the Quran while bowing.

483. Musnad Ahmad 1044Hasan or sahih

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

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade me from wearing garments dyed saffron, qassi, gold rings, and reciting while bowing. Ayyub said: Or he said: 'that I recite while bowing.'

484. Musnad Ahmad 1045Graders disagree

     أَمَرَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ أَبِيعَ غُلَامَيْنِ أَخَوَيْنِ، فَبِعْتُهُمَا، فَفَرَّقْتُ بَيْنَهُمَا، فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ، فَقَالَ: أَدْرِكْهُمَا، فَارْتَجِعْهُمَا، وَلَا تَبِعْهُمَا إِلَّا جَمِيعًا، وَلَا تُفَرِّقْ بَيْنَهُمَا

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded me to sell two slave brothers, so I sold them and separated them. I mentioned that to the Prophet ﷺ, and he said: 'Catch up with them; take them back, and do not sell them except together, and do not separate them.'

485. Musnad Ahmad 1046Hasan or sahih

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

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

486. Musnad Ahmad 1047Sahih

     كَانَ إِذَا فَرَغَ مِنْ طُهُورِهِ أَخَذَ بِكَفَّيْهِ مِنْ فَضْلِ طَهُورِهِ، فَشَرِبَ

     ✧ When he finished his ablution, he would take with his palms from the leftover water of his ablution and drink it.

487. Musnad Ahmad 1048Hasan

     نَهَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ يُضَحَّى بِأَعْضَبِ الْقَرْنِ وَالْأُذُنِ،

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

488. Musnad Ahmad 1049Hasan

     نَهَانِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنِ التَّخَتُّمِ بِالذَّهَبِ، وَعَنْ لُبْسِ الْقَسِّيِّ، وَالْمَيَاثِرِ

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ forbade me from wearing gold rings, from wearing Qassi garments, and from using silk saddlecloths.

489. Musnad Ahmad 1050Hasan

     رَأَيْتُ عَلِيًّا بَالَ فِي الرَّحَبَةِ، وَدَعَا بِمَاءٍ، فَتَوَضَّأَ، فَغَسَلَ كَفَّيْهِ ثَلَاثًا، وَمَضْمَضَ وَاسْتَنْشَقَ ثَلَاثًا، وَغَسَلَ وَجْهَهُ ثَلَاثًا، وَغَسَلَ ذِرَاعَيْهِ ثَلَاثًا ثَلَاثًا، وَمَسَحَ بِرَأْسِهِ، وَغَسَلَ قَدَمَيْهِ ثَلَاثًا ثَلَاثًا، ثُمَّ قَامَ فَشَرِبَ مِنْ فَضْلِ وَضُوئِهِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: إِنِّي رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَعَلَ كَالَّذِي رَأَيْتُمُونِي فَعَلْتُ، فَأَرَدْتُ أَنْ أُرِيَكُمُوهُ

     ✧ I saw 'Ali urinate in the open area, then he called for water and performed ablution: he washed his palms three times, rinsed his mouth and sniffed water into his nostrils three times, washed his face three times, washed his forearms three times each, wiped his head, and washed his feet three times each. Then he stood and drank from the leftover water of his ablution. Then he said: 'Indeed, I saw the Messenger of God ﷺ do just as you saw me do, so I wished to show it to you.'

490. Musnad Ahmad 1051Accepted

     ضَرَبَ عَلْقَمَةُ بْنُ قَيْسٍ هَذَا الْمِنْبَرَ، وَقَالَ: خَطَبَنَا عَلِيٌّ عَلَى هَذَا الْمِنْبَرِ، فَحَمِدَ اللهَ وَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ، وَذَكَرَ مَا شَاءَ اللهُ أَنْ يَذْكُرَ، وَقَالَ: إِنَّ خَيْرَ النَّاسِ كَانَ بَعْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَبُو بَكْرٍ، ثُمَّ عُمَرُ، ثُمَّ أَحْدَثْنَا بَعْدَهُمَا أَحْدَاثًا يَقْضِي اللهُ فِيهَا

     ✧ 'Alqamah b. Qays struck this pulpit and said: 'Ali addressed us from this pulpit. He praised God and extolled Him, and mentioned what God willed him to mention, then said: "Indeed, the best of people after the Messenger of God ﷺ was Abu Bakr, then 'Umar. Then after them we introduced innovations about which God will judge."

491. Musnad Ahmad 1052Weak

     إِنَّ خَيْرَ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ بَعْدَ نَبِيِّهَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ، ثُمَّ عُمَرُ

     ✧ Indeed, the best of this community after its Prophet is Abu Bakr, then 'Umar.

492. Musnad Ahmad 1053Hasan

     كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَيْسَ بِالْقَصِيرِ وَلَا بِالطَّوِيلِ، ضَخْمَ الرَّأْسِ وَاللِّحْيَةِ، شَثْنَ الْكَفَّيْنِ وَالْقَدَمَيْنِ، ضَخْمَ الْكَرَادِيسِ، مُشْرَبًا وَجْهُهُ حُمْرَةً، طَوِيلَ الْمَسْرُبَةِ، إِذَا مَشَى تَكَفَّأَ تَكَفُّؤًا كَأَنَّمَا يَتَقَلَّعُ مِنْ صَخْرٍ، لَمْ أَرَ قَبْلَهُ وَلَا بَعْدَهُ مِثْلَهُ ﷺ

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ was neither short nor tall. He had a large head and beard, thick palms and feet, large joints, and a reddish complexion. He had a long line of hair from his chest to his navel. When he walked, he leaned forward as if descending from a rock. I never saw anyone like him before or after him ﷺ.

493. Musnad Ahmad 1054Accepted

     كُنْتُ أَرَى أَنَّ عَلِيًّا أَفْضَلُ النَّاسِ بَعْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ، قُلْتُ: لَا وَاللهِ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، إِنِّي لَمْ أَكُنْ أَرَى أَنَّ أَحَدًا مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ بَعْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَفْضَلُ مِنْكَ، قَالَ: أَفَلَا أُحَدِّثُكَ بِأَفْضَلِ النَّاسِ كَانَ بَعْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ ؟ قَالَ: قُلْتُ: بَلَى، فَقَالَ: أَبُو بَكْرٍ، فَقَالَ: أَفَلَا أُخْبِرُكَ بِخَيْرِ النَّاسِ كَانَ بَعْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَبِي بَكْرٍ ؟ قُلْتُ: بَلَى، قَالَ: عُمَرُ

     ✧ I used to think that 'Ali was the most excellent of people after the Messenger of God ﷺ. He mentioned the hadith. I said: 'No, by God, O Commander of the Believers, I did not think that anyone among the Muslims after the Messenger of God ﷺ was more excellent than you.' He said: 'Shall I not tell you of the most excellent of people after the Messenger of God ﷺ?' I said: 'Yes.' He said: 'Abu Bakr.' He said: 'Shall I not inform you of the best of people after the Messenger of God ﷺ and Abu Bakr?' I said: 'Yes.' He said: ''Umar.'

494. Musnad Ahmad 1055Hasan

     قَامَ عَلِيٌّ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ، فَذَكَرَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ: قُبِضَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، وَاسْتُخْلِفَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ، فَعَمِلَ بِعَمَلِهِ، وَسَارَ بِسِيرَتِهِ حَتَّى قَبَضَهُ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ عَلَى ذَلِكَ، ثُمَّ اسْتُخْلِفَ عُمَرُ، فَعَمِلَ بِعَمَلِهِمَا، وَسَارَ بِسِيرَتِهِمَا، حَتَّى قَبَضَهُ اللهُ [عَزَّ وَجَلَّ] عَلَى ذَلِكَ

     ✧ 'Ali stood on the pulpit and mentioned the Messenger of God ﷺ, then said: 'The Messenger of God ﷺ passed away, and Abu Bakr was appointed as his successor. He acted according to his deeds and followed his way until God, Mighty and Majestic, took him in that state. Then 'Umar was appointed as his successor, and he acted according to their deeds and followed their way until God [Mighty and Majestic] took him in that state.'

495. Musnad Ahmad 1056Hasan

     كُنْتُ رِدْفَ عَلِيٍّ، فَلَمَّا وَضَعَ رِجْلَهُ فِي الرِّكَابِ قَالَ: بِسْمِ اللهِ، فَلَمَّا اسْتَوَى قَالَ: الْحَمْدُ لِلهِ سُبْحَانَ الَّذِي سَخَّرَ لَنَا هَذَا وَمَا كُنَّا لَهُ مُقْرِنِينَ وَإِنَّا إِلَى رَبِّنَا لَمُنْقَلِبُونَ، وَقَالَ أَبُو سَعِيدٍ مَوْلَى بَنِي هَاشِمٍ: ثُمَّ حَمِدَ اللهَ ثَلَاثًا، وَاللهُ أَكْبَرُ ثَلَاثًا، ثُمَّ قَالَ: سُبْحَانَ اللهِ ثَلَاثًا، ثُمَّ قَالَ: لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ، ثُمَّ رَجَعَ إِلَى حَدِيثِ وَكِيعٍ، سُبْحَانَكَ إِنِّي ظَلَمْتُ نَفْسِي، فَاغْفِرْ لِي إِنَّهُ لَا يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ، ثُمَّ ضَحِكَ، قُلْتُ: مَا يُضْحِكُكَ ؟ قَالَ: كُنْتُ رِدْفًا لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، فَفَعَلَ كَالَّذِي رَأَيْتَنِي فَعَلْتُ، ثُمَّ ضَحِكَ، قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، مَا يُضْحِكُكَ ؟ قَالَ: قَالَ اللهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى: عَجَبٌ لِعَبْدِي يَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ لَا يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ غَيْرِي

     ✧ I was riding behind 'Ali. When he placed his foot in the stirrup, he said: 'In the name of God.' When he settled, he said: 'Praise be to God, glory to the One who subjected this to us, and we were not able to do it ourselves. And indeed to our Lord we will return.' Abu Sa'id, the client of Banu Hashim, said: 'Then he praised God three times, and said Allahu Akbar three times, then said: Glory be to God three times, then said: There is no god but You.' Then he returned to the hadith of Waki': 'Glory be to You, indeed I have wronged myself, so forgive me, for none forgives sins except You.' Then he laughed. I said: 'What makes you laugh?' He said: 'I was riding behind the Messenger of God ﷺ, and he did just as you saw me do, then he laughed. I said: O Messenger of God, what makes you laugh? He said: God, Blessed and Exalted, said: "I marvel at My servant who knows that none forgives sins except Me."'

496. Musnad Ahmad 1057Hasan

     اشْتَكَيْتُ، فَأَتَانِي النَّبِيُّ ﷺ، وَأَنَا أَقُولُ: اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كَانَ أَجَلِي قَدْ حَضَرَ، فَأَرِحْنِي، وَإِنْ كَانَ مُتَأَخِّرًا، فَاشْفِنِي، أَوْ عَافِنِي، وَإِنْ كَانَ بَلَاءً، فَصَبِّرْنِي، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: كَيْفَ قُلْتَ ؟ قَالَ: فَأَعَدْتُ عَلَيْهِ، قَالَ: فَمَسَحَ بِيَدِهِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: اللَّهُمَّ اشْفِهِ، أَوْ عَافِهِ، قَالَ: فَمَا اشْتَكَيْتُ وَجَعِي ذَاكَ بَعْدُ

     ✧ I fell ill, and the Prophet ﷺ came to me while I was saying: 'O God, if my appointed time has come, give me rest; and if it is delayed, heal me or grant me well-being; and if it is a trial, give me patience.' The Prophet ﷺ said: 'What did you say?' He said: I repeated it to him. He said: Then he wiped me with his hand and said: 'O God, heal him or grant him well-being.' He said: I never suffered from that pain again.

497. Musnad Ahmad 1058Hasan

     كَانَ يُوقِظُ أَهْلَهُ فِي الْعَشْرِ

     ✧ He used to wake his family during the (last) ten (nights).

498. Musnad Ahmad 1059Hasan

     قَبَضَ اللهُ نَبِيَّهُ ﷺ عَلَى خَيْرِ مَا قُبِضَ عَلَيْهِ نَبِيٌّ مِنَ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّلَامُ، ثُمَّ اسْتُخْلِفَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ، فَعَمِلَ بِعَمَلِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَسُنَّةِ نَبِيِّهِ، وَعُمَرُ كَذَلِكَ

     ✧ Allah took His Prophet ﷺ in the best manner in which any prophet among the prophets (peace be upon them) was taken. Then Abu Bakr was appointed as successor, and he acted according to the practice of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and the Sunnah of his Prophet, and so did Umar.

499. Musnad Ahmad 1060Sahih

     سَمِعْتُ عَلِيًّا يَقُولُ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ: خَيْرُ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ بَعْدَ نَبِيِّهَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ، وَعُمَرُ، وَلَوْ شِئْتُ أَنْ أُسَمِّيَ الثَّالِثَ لَسَمَّيْتُهُ، فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ لِأَبِي إِسْحَاقَ: إِنَّهُمْ يَقُولُونَ: إِنَّكَ تَقُولُ: أَفْضَلُ فِي الشَّرِّ ؟ فَقَالَ: أَحَرُورِيٌّ ؟

     ✧ I heard Ali say on the pulpit: 'The best of this ummah after its Prophet is Abu Bakr, then Umar, and if I wished I could name the third.' A man said to Abu Ishaq: 'They say that you say: He is more excellent in evil?' He said: 'Are you a Haruri (Kharijite)?'

500. Musnad Ahmad 1061Graders disagree

     أَمَرَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ نَسْتَشْرِفَ الْعَيْنَ وَالْأُذُنَ، وَلَا نُضَحِّيَ بِشَرْقَاءَ، وَلَا خَرْقَاءَ، وَلَا مُقَابَلَةٍ، وَلَا مُدَابَرَةٍ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded us to examine the eye and the ear, and not to sacrifice an animal with a slit ear (sharqa'), nor one with a pierced or torn ear (kharqa'), nor one with the front part of its ear cut off (muqabalah), nor one with the back part of its ear cut off (mudabarah).

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