4. ✧ Ali b. Abi Talib

1. Musnad al-Bazzar 480No grade recorded

   قَالَ لَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ؓ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَأْمُرُكُمْ أَنْ: " تَقْرَءُوا كَمَا عُلِّمْتُمْ

   ✧ Ali b. Abi Talib ؓ said to us: "The Messenger of God ﷺ commands you to recite as you have been taught."

2. Musnad al-Bazzar 481No grade recorded

   أُتِيَ عُمَرُ بِمَالٍ فَقَسَمَهُ بَيْنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ، فَفَضَلَتْ مِنْهُ فَضْلَةٌ، فَاسْتَشَارَ فِيهَا، فَقَالُوا لَهُ: لَوْ تَرَكْتَهُ لِنَائِبَةٍ إِنْ كَانَتْ، قَالَ: وَعَلِيٌّ لَا يَتَكَلَّمُ، فَقَالَ: مَا لَكَ يَا أَبَا الْحَسَنِ لَا تَتَكَلَّمُ ؟ قَالَ: قَدْ أَخْبَرَكَ الْقَوْمُ، قَالَ عُمَرُ: لَتَكَلَّمَنَّ، فَقَالَ: إِنَّ اللهَ قَدْ فَرَغَ مِنْ قِسْمَةِ هَذَا الْمَالِ، وَذَكَّرَهُ حَدِيثَ مَالِ الْبَحْرَيْنِ حِينَ جَاءَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَحَالَ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ أَنْ يَقْسِمَهُ اللَّيْلُ، فَصَلَّى الصَّلَوَاتِ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ، فَلَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ ذَلِكَ فِي وَجْهِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ حَتَّى فَرَغَ مِنْهُ، فَقَالَ: " لَا جَرَمَ لَتَقْسِمَنَّهُ، فَقَسَمَهُ عَلِيٌّ، قَالَ طَلْحَةُ: فَأَصَابَنِي مِنْهُ ثَمَانُمِائَةُ دِرْهَمٍ

   ✧ Umar was brought wealth and divided it among the Muslims; some of it remained. He consulted about it, and they said: "If only you would leave it for a contingency that may occur." Ali remained silent. He said: "What is wrong with you, Abu al-Hasan, that you do not speak?" He said: "The people have told you." Umar said: "You must speak." He said: "God has already determined the division of this wealth," and he reminded him of the story of the wealth of Bahrain when it came to the Prophet ﷺ and night fell before he could divide it. He prayed the prayers in the mosque, and I saw that in the face of the Messenger of God ﷺ until he finished. Then he said: "By all means, you shall divide it," and Ali divided it. Talha said: I received eight hundred dirhams from it.

3. Musnad al-Bazzar 482No grade recorded

   كُنْتُ رَجُلًا مَذَّاءً، فَاسْتَحْيَيْتُ أَنْ أَسْأَلَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ، فَأَمَرْتُ الْمِقْدَادَ، فَسَأَلَهُ، فَقَالَ: " فِيهِ الْوُضُوءُ

   ✧ I was a man who emitted madhy frequently. I felt too shy to ask the Messenger of Allah ﷺ myself, so I told al-Miqdad to ask him. He asked him, and he said: "It requires wudu."

4. Musnad al-Bazzar 483No grade recorded

   كُنْتُ رَجُلًا مَذَّاءً، فَاسْتَحْيَيْتُ أَنْ أَسْأَلَ رَسُولَ اللهِ، فَأَمَرْتُ رَجُلًا، فَسَأَلَهُ وَأَنَا حَاضِرٌ، فَقَالَ: " فِيهِ الْوُضُوءُ

   ✧ I was a man who emitted madhy frequently. I felt too shy to ask the Messenger of Allah myself, so I told a man to ask him while I was present. He said: "It requires wudu."

5. Musnad al-Bazzar 484No grade recorded

   أَنَّهُ دَخَلَ عَلَى عُمَرَ وَهُوَ مُسَجًّى، فَقَالَ: إِنِّي لَأَرْجُو أَنْ يَجْمَعَكَ اللهُ مَعَ صَاحِبَيْكَ؛ لِأَنِّي كُنْتُ أَسْمَعُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: ذَهَبْتُ أَنَا وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ، وَفَعَلْتُ أَنَا وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ

   ✧ He entered upon Umar while he was shrouded and said: I hope Allah will gather you with your two companions, because I used to hear the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: "I went, Abu Bakr, and Umar; I did, Abu Bakr, and Umar."

6. Musnad al-Bazzar 485No grade recorded

   أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ " رَخَّصَ فِي لَحْمِ الصَّيْدِ لِلْمُحْرِمِ

   ✧ The Prophet ﷺ "permitted game meat for the pilgrim in ihram."

7. Musnad al-Bazzar 486No grade recorded

   " نَهَانِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ أَقْرَأَ رَاكِعًا أَوْ سَاجِدًا

   ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade me from reciting while bowing or prostrating.

8. Musnad al-Bazzar 487No grade recorded

   لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ: وَأَنْذِرْ عَشِيرَتَكَ الأَقْرَبِينَ، قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: يَا عَلِيُّ، اصْنَعْ رِجْلَ شَاةٍ بِصَاعٍ مِنْ طَعَامٍ، وَاجْمَعْ لِي بَنِي هَاشِمٍ - وَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ أَرْبَعُونَ رَجُلًا أَوْ أَرْبَعُونَ غَيْرَ رَجُلٍ، قَالَ: فَدَعَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِالطَّعَامِ، فَوَضَعَهُ بَيْنَهُمْ، فَأَكَلُوا حَتَّى شَبِعُوا، وَإِنَّ مِنْهُمْ لَمَنْ يَأْكُلُ الْجَذَعَةَ بِأَدَامِهَا، ثُمَّ تَنَاوَلَ الْقَدَحَ، فَشَرِبُوا مِنْهُ حَتَّى رَوُوا يَعْنِي: مِنَ اللَّبَنِ، فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ: مَا رَأَيْنَا كَالسِّحْرِ يَرَوْنَ أَنَّهُ أَبُو لَهَبٍ الَّذِي قَالَهُ، فَقَالَ: يَا عَلِيُّ، اصْنَعْ رِجْلَ شَاةٍ بِصَاعٍ مِنْ طَعَامٍ وَاعْدُدْ قَعْبًا مِنْ لَبَنٍ، قَالَ: فَفَعَلْتُ فَأَكَلُوا كَمَا أَكَلُوا فِي الْيَوْمِ الْأَوَّلِ، وَشَرِبُوا كَمَا شَرِبُوا فِي الْمَرَّةِ الْأُولَى، وَفَضَلَ فِيهِ كَمَا فَضَلَ فِي الْمَرَّةِ الْأُولَى، فَقَالَ: مَا رَأَيْنَا الْيَوْمَ فِي السِّحْرِ، فَقَالَ: يَا عَلِيُّ، اصْنَعْ رِجْلَ شَاةٍ بِصَاعٍ مِنْ طَعَامٍ وَاعْدُدْ قَعْبًا مِنْ لَبَنٍ، قَالَ: فَفَعَلْتُ، فَقَالَ: يَا عَلِيُّ، اجْمَعْ لِي بَنِي هَاشِمٍ، فَجَمَعْتُهُمْ فَأَكَلُوا، وَشَرِبُوا، فَبَدَرَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، فَقَالَ: أَيُّكُمْ يَقْضِي عَنْ دَيْنِي ؟ قَالَ: فَسَكَتَ وَسَكَتَ الْقَوْمُ، فَأَعَادَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْمَنْطِقَ، فَقُلْتُ: أَنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، قَالَ: " أَنْتَ يَا عَلِيُّ ؟ أَنْتَ يَا عَلِيُّ

   ✧ When the verse 'And warn your closest kindred' was revealed, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "O Ali, prepare a leg of sheep with a sa' of food, and gather for me Banu Hashim" – at that time they numbered forty men or forty minus one. He said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ called for the food, placed it among them, and they ate until full, though among them was one who would eat a whole young she-camel with its condiments. Then he took the bowl, and they drank from it until quenched, meaning from the milk. Some of them said: "We have never seen anything like this sorcery" – they thought it was Abu Lahab who said it. He said: "O Ali, prepare a leg of sheep with a sa' of food and prepare a cup of milk." He said: I did so, and they ate as they had eaten the first day and drank as they had drunk the first time, and there remained leftovers just as there had been the first time. He said: "We have never seen sorcery like today." He said: "O Ali, prepare a leg of sheep with a sa' of food and prepare a cup of milk." He said: I did so. He said: "O Ali, gather for me Banu Hashim." So I gathered them, and they ate and drank. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ then preempted them and said: "Which of you will settle my debt on my behalf?" He said: I remained silent, and the people remained silent. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ repeated the words, and I said: "I will, O Messenger of Allah." He said: "You, O Ali? You, O Ali?"

9. Musnad al-Bazzar 488No grade recorded

   " نَهَانِي حِبِّي عَنْ ثَلَاثٍ، لَا أَقُولُ: نَهَى النَّاسَ عَنِ التَّخَتُّمِ بِالذَّهَبِ، وَعَنْ لُبْسِ الْقَسِّيِّ وَالْمُفَدَّمَةِ، وَأَنْ أَقْرَأَ رَاكِعًا أَوْ سَاجِدًا

   ✧ My beloved forbade me from three things – I do not say he forbade the people: wearing gold rings, wearing qassi and mufaddam garments, and reciting while bowing or prostrating.

10. Musnad al-Bazzar 489No grade recorded

    " نَهَانِي حِبِّي ﷺ عَنِ التَّخَتُّمِ بِالذَّهَبِ، وَعَنْ لُبْسِ الْقَسِّيِّ، وَأَنْ أَقْرَأَ رَاكِعًا أَوْ سَاجِدًا

    ✧ My beloved ﷺ forbade me from wearing gold rings, wearing qassi garments, and reciting while bowing or prostrating.

11. Musnad al-Bazzar 490No grade recorded

    " نَهَانِي حِبِّي ﷺ: لَا أَقُولُ: نَهَى النَّاسَ عَنْ تَخَتُّمِ الذَّهَبِ، وَعَنْ لُبْسِ الْقَسِّيِّ، وَالْمُفَدَّمَةِ، وَأَنْ أَقْرَأَ رَاكِعًا أَوْ سَاجِدًا

    ✧ My beloved ﷺ forbade me – I do not say he forbade the people – from wearing gold rings, wearing qassi and mufaddam garments, and reciting while bowing or prostrating.

12. Musnad al-Bazzar 491No grade recorded

    " إِذَا كَانَ إِزَارُكَ صَغِيرًا أَوْ ضَيِّقًا فَاتَّزِرْ بِهِ، وَإِذَا كَانَ وَاسِعًا، فَاشْتَمِلْ بِهِ

    ✧ If your waist-wrapper is small or tight, wrap it around yourself; but if it is wide, then throw it over yourself.

13. Musnad al-Bazzar 492No grade recorded

    لَمَّا خَطَبْتُ فَاطِمَةَ قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: " مَا عِنْدَكَ ؟ " قُلْتُ: مَا عِنْدِي شَيْءٌ، قَالَ: فَأَيْنَ دِرْعُكَ الْحُطَمِيَّةُ ؟ " قَالَ: فَأَتَيْتُهُ بِهَا، فَزَوَّجَنِي فَاطِمَةَ

    ✧ When I proposed to Fatimah, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me: "What do you have?" I said: "I have nothing." He said: "Where is your Hutami shield?" He said: So I brought it to him, and he married me to Fatimah.

14. Musnad al-Bazzar 493No grade recorded

    وَرَوَاهُ سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ، عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ: أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ لِعَلِيٍّ. هَكَذَا رَوَاهُ عَبْدَةُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ، عَنْ سَعِيدٍ. حَدَّثَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ، قَالَ: نَا عَبْدَةُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ، عَنْ سَعِيدٍ

    ✧ And Sa'id b. Abi Arubah narrated it from Ayyub, from Ikrimah, from Ibn Abbas: that the Prophet ﷺ said to Ali. Thus Abda b. Sulayman narrated from Sa'id. Harun b. Ishaq narrated to us, saying: Abda b. Sulayman narrated to us, from Sa'id.

15. Musnad al-Bazzar 494No grade recorded

    نَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْمُحَارِبِيُّ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ طَلْحَةَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ بْنِ رُكَانَةَ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ الْخَوْلَانِيِّ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ:

    ✧ Abd al-Rahman b. Muhammad al-Muharibi narrated to us, from Muhammad b. Ishaq, from Muhammad b. Talha b. Yazid b. Rukana, from Ubayd Allah al-Khawlani, from Ibn Abbas:

16. Musnad al-Bazzar 495No grade recorded

    قَالَ دَخَلَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ؓ وَقَدْ أَهَرَاقَ الْمَاءَ، فَدَعَا بِوَضُوءٍ، فَأَتَيْنَاهُ بِإِنَاءٍ، فَأَخَذَ قَدْرَ الْمُدِّ، فَلَمَّا وُضِعَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ، قَالَ: يَا ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ أَلَا أَتَوَضَّأُ كَمَا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَتَوَضَّأُ ؟ قَالَ: قُلْتُ: بَلَى، قَالَ: فَأَصْغَى الْإِنَاءَ عَلَى يَدِهِ فَغَسَلَهَا ثَلَاثًا، ثُمَّ مَضْمَضَ وَاسْتَنْشَقَ، وَاسْتَنْثَرَ، وَأَخَذَ حَفْنَةً مِنْ مَاءٍ بِيَدَيْهِ جَمِيعًا، فَضَرَبَ بِهَا وَجْهَهُ، ثُمَّ الثَّانِيَةَ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ، ثُمَّ الثَّالِثَةَ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ، ثُمَّ أَلْقَمَ إِبْهَامَيْهِ مَا أَقْبَلَ مِنْ أُذُنَيْهِ، ثُمَّ أَخَذَ كَفًّا مِنْ مَاءٍ بِيَدِهِ الْيُمْنَى فَصَبَّهَا عَلَى نَاصِيَتِهِ، ثُمَّ أَرْسَلَهَا تَسِيلُ عَلَى وَجْهِهِ، ثُمَّ غَسَلَ يَدَهُ الْيُمْنَى إِلَى الْمِرْفَقَيْنِ وَالْيُسْرَى مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ، ثُمَّ مَسَحَ رَأْسَهُ وَظُهُورَ أُذُنَيْهِ، ثُمَّ أَخَذَ بِيَدَيْهِ حَفْنَةً مِنْ مَاءٍ، فَصَكَّ بِهَا عَلَى قَدَمَيْهِ، ثُمَّ الثَّانِيَةَ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ، ثُمَّ الثَّالِثَةَ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ

    ✧ He said: Ali b. Abi Talib ؓ entered after he had urinated, and he called for water for ablution. We brought him a vessel, and he took about a mudd. When it was placed before him, he said: O Ibn Abbas, shall I not perform ablution as I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ perform ablution? He said: I said: Yes. He said: He tilted the vessel over his hand and washed it three times, then rinsed his mouth, sniffed water into his nose, and blew it out. Then he took a handful of water with both hands and threw it onto his face, then the second time likewise, then the third time likewise. Then he inserted his thumbs into the front of his ears. Then he took a handful of water with his right hand and poured it over his forelock, then let it flow over his face. Then he washed his right hand up to the elbows, and the left likewise. Then he wiped his head and the backs of his ears. Then he took a handful of water with both hands and dashed it onto his feet, then the second time likewise, then the third time likewise.

17. Musnad al-Bazzar 496No grade recorded

    " قَدِّمُوا قُرَيْشًا وَلَا تَقَدَّمُوهَا، فَلَوْلَا تَبْطَرُ قُرَيْشٌ لَأَخْبَرْتُهَا بِمَا لَهَا عِنْدَ اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ

    ✧ "Put Quraysh forward and do not go ahead of it. Were it not that Quraysh might become arrogant, I would tell it what it has with Allah, Mighty and Majestic."

18. Musnad al-Bazzar 497No grade recorded

    سَمِعْتُ عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ؓ يَقُولُ لِعَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: إِنَّكَ أَمِينٌ فِي السَّمَاءِ أَمِينٌ فِي الْأَرْضِ

    ✧ I heard Ali b. Abi Talib ؓ say to Abd al-Rahman b. Awf: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: "You are trustworthy in heaven and trustworthy on earth."

19. Musnad al-Bazzar 498No grade recorded

    " خَيْرُ نِسَائِهَا مَرْيَمُ بِنْتُ عِمْرَانَ، وَخَيْرُ نِسَائِهَا خَدِيجَةُ بِنْتُ خُوَيْلِدٍ

    ✧ "The best of its women is Maryam bt. Imran, and the best of its women is Khadija bt. Khuwaylid."

20. Musnad al-Bazzar 499No grade recorded

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

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ taught me, when 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."

21. Musnad al-Bazzar 500No grade recorded

    أَمَرَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ " أَغْسِلَهُ مِنْ بِئْرِهِ بِئْرِ غَرْسٍ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded me to "wash him from his well, the well of Ghars."

22. Musnad al-Bazzar 501No grade recorded

    عَلَّمَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ كَلِمَاتٍ أَقُولُهُنَّ عِنْدَ الْكَرْبِ إِذَا نَزَلَ بِي فَاحْفَظْهَا فَحَفِظْتُهَا، قَالَ: قُلْ: " لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ الْحَلِيمُ الْكَرِيمُ، تَبَارَكَ اللهُ رَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ، وَالْحَمْدُ لِلهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ. قَالَ: إِذَا كَرَبَكَ أَمْرٌ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ taught me words to say at times of distress when it befalls me, so memorize them, and I memorized them. He said: Say: "There is no god but Allah, the Forbearing, the Generous. Blessed is Allah, Lord of the Mighty Throne, and praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds." He said: When a matter distresses you.

23. Musnad al-Bazzar 502No grade recorded

    نَا أُسَامَةُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ كَعْبٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ شَدَّادٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ مِثْلَهُ

    ✧ Usama b. Zayd narrated to us, from Muhammad b. Ka'b, from Abdullah b. Shaddad, from Abdullah b. Ja'far, from Ali, from the Prophet ﷺ the like of it.

24. Musnad al-Bazzar 503No grade recorded

    شَهِدْتُ عُثْمَانَ وَعَلِيًّا، فَكَانَ عُثْمَانُ يَنْهَى عَنِ الْعُمْرَةِ، وَأَنْ يُجْمَعَ بَيْنَهَا وَبَيْنَ الْحَجِّ. قَالَ: وَعَلِيٌّ يُهِلُّ بِهِمَا جَمِيعًا، قَالَ: فَالْتَقَيَا فَقَالَ لَهُ عُثْمَانُ: مَا تُرِيدُ إِلَّا خِلَافِي، قَالَ: مَا أُرِيدُ خِلَافَكَ، وَلَكِنْ لَا أَدَعُ شَيْئًا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَفْعَلُهُ لِقَوْلِ أَحَدٍ مِنَ النَّاسِ

    ✧ I witnessed Uthman and Ali. Uthman used to forbid the Umrah and combining it with Hajj. He said: Ali would enter ihram for both of them together. He said: They met, and Uthman said to him: You want nothing but to oppose me. He said: I do not want to oppose you, but I will not abandon something I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ do because of the saying of any person.

25. Musnad al-Bazzar 504No grade recorded

    كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ " لَيْسَ بِالطَّوِيلِ، وَلَا بِالْقَصِيرِ، ضَخْمَ الرَّأْسِ وَاللِّحْيَةِ، شَثْنَ الْكَفَّيْنِ وَالْقَدَمَيْنِ، مُشْرَبًا وَجْهُهُ حُمْرَةً، إِذَا مَشَى تَكَفَّأَ كَأَنَّمَا يَنْحَدِرُ مِنْ صَبَبٍ، لَمْ أَرَ قَبْلَهُ وَلَا بَعْدَهُ مِثْلَهُ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was "not tall, nor short, with a large head and beard, coarse palms and feet, his face tinged with redness. When he walked, he leaned forward as if descending a slope. I have not seen before him or after him anyone like him."

26. Musnad al-Bazzar 505No grade recorded

    " سَلِ اللهَ الْهُدَى وَالسَّدَادَ، وَاذْكُرْ بِالْهُدَى هِدَايَتَكَ الطَّرِيقَ، وَالسَّدَادَ تَسْدِيدَكَ السَّهْمَ

    ✧ "Ask Allah for guidance and right direction. And remember by guidance your guidance to the path, and by right direction your straightness in shooting the arrow."

27. Musnad al-Bazzar 506No grade recorded

    " نَهَانِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنِ الْمُعَصْفَرِ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade me from wearing yellow-dyed garments.

28. Musnad al-Bazzar 507No grade recorded

    " لَوْلَا أَنْ أَشُقَّ عَلَى أُمَّتِي لَأَمَرْتُهُمْ بِالسِّوَاكِ عِنْدَ كُلِّ صَلَاةٍ، وَلَأَخَّرْتُ الْعِشَاءَ الْآخِرَةَ إِلَى ثُلُثِ اللَّيْلِ، فَإِنَّهُ إِذَا مَضَى ثُلُثُ اللَّيْلِ الْأَوَّلُ هَبَطَ اللهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى إِلَى سَمَاءِ الدُّنْيَا، فَلَمْ يَزَلْ هُنَالِكَ حَتَّى يَطْلُعَ الْفَجْرُ، يَقُولُ: أَلَا سَائِلٌ فَيُعْطَى، أَلَا دَاعٍ يُجَابُ، أَلَا مُسْتَشْفِعٌ فَيُشَفَّعَ، أَلَا تَائِبٌ مُسْتَغْفِرٌ فَيُغْفَرَ لَهُ

    ✧ Were it not that I would make things difficult for my community, I would have commanded them to use the tooth-stick at every prayer, and I would have delayed the last evening prayer until a third of the night had passed. For when the first third of the night has passed, Allah, Blessed and Exalted, descends to the lowest heaven and remains there until dawn breaks, saying: 'Is there any who asks, that he may be given? Is there any who supplicates, that he may be answered? Is there any seeking intercession, that he may be granted it? Is there any penitent seeking forgiveness, that he may be forgiven?'

29. Musnad al-Bazzar 508No grade recorded

    أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَقَفَ عَشِيَّةَ عَرَفَةَ، وَأُسَامَةُ رِدْفُهُ، وَقَالَ: هَذَا الْمَوْقِفُ، وَعَرَفَةُ كُلُّهَا مَوْقِفٌ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood on the evening of Arafat with Usama riding behind him and said: 'This is the standing place, and all of Arafat is a standing place.'

30. Musnad al-Bazzar 509No grade recorded

    سَأَلْتُ عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ فَقُلْتُ: يَا أَبَا الْحَسَنِ: أَيُّهُمَا أَفْضَلُ الْمَشْيُ خَلْفَ الْجِنَازَةِ أَوْ أَمَامَهَا ؟ فَقَالَ: يَا أَبَا سَعِيدٍ، وَمِثْلُكَ يَسْأَلُ عَنْ هَذَا ؟ فَقُلْتُ: وَمَنْ يَسْأَلُ عَنْ هَذَا إِلَّا مِثْلِي ؟ إِنِّي رَأَيْتُ أَبَا بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ يَمْشِيَانِ أَمَامَهَا، فَقَالَ: رَحِمَهُمَا اللهُ وَغَفَرَ لَهُمَا، أَمَا وَاللهِ لَقَدْ سَمِعَا كَمَا سَمِعْنَا وَلَكِنَّهُمَا كَانَا سَهْلَيْنِ يُحِبَّانِ السُّهُولَةَ، يَا أَبَا سَعِيدٍ إِذَا مَشَيْتَ خَلْفَ أَخِيكَ الْمُسْلِمِ فَأَنْصِتْ وَفَكِّرْ فِي نَفْسِكِ كَأَنَّكَ قَدْ صِرْتَ مِثْلَهُ، أَخُوكَ كَانَ يُشَاحُّكَ عَلَى الدُّنْيَا، خَرَجَ مِنْهَا حَرِيبًا سَلِيبًا، لَيْسَ لَهُ إِلَّا مَا تَزَوَّدَ مِنْ عَمَلٍ صَالِحٍ، فَإِذَا بَلَغْتَ الْقَبْرَ، فَجَلَسَ النَّاسُ فَلَا تَجْلِسْ، وَلَكِنْ قُمْ عَلَى شَفِيرِ قَبْرِهِ، فَإِذَا دُلِّيَ فِي حُفْرَتِهِ فَقُلْ: " بِسْمِ اللهِ وَفِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ، وَعَلَى مِلَّةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، اللَّهُمَّ عَبْدُكَ نَزَلَ بِكَ، وَأَنْتَ خَيْرُ مَنْزُولٍ بِهِ، خَلَّفَ الدُّنْيَا خَلْفَ ظَهْرِهِ، فَاجْعَلْ مَا قَدِمَ عَلَيْهِ خَيْرًا مِمَّا خَلَّفَ، فَإِنَّكَ قُلْتَ: وَمَا عِنْدَ اللهِ خَيْرٌ لِلأَبْرَارِ، ثُمَّ احْثُ عَلَيْهِ ثَلَاثَ حَثَيَاتٍ

    ✧ I asked Ali b. Abi Talib: 'O Abu al-Hasan, which is better: walking behind the funeral procession or in front of it?' He said: 'O Abu Sa'id, does someone like you ask about this?' I said: 'Who would ask about this except someone like me? I saw Abu Bakr and Umar walking in front of it.' He said: 'May Allah have mercy on them and forgive them. By Allah, they heard as we heard, but they were easy-going and liked ease. O Abu Sa'id, when you walk behind your Muslim brother, be silent and reflect within yourself, as though you have become like him. Your brother used to contend with you over worldly matters, but he left it destitute and stripped, with nothing except what he had stored up of righteous deeds. When you reach the grave and the people sit down, do not sit, but stand at the edge of his grave. When he is lowered into his pit, say: "In the name of Allah, and in the path of Allah, and upon the religion of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. O Allah, Your servant has come down to You, and You are the best to be come down to. He has left the world behind his back, so make what he has gone ahead to better than what he has left behind, for You have said: 'And what is with Allah is better for the righteous.'" Then throw three handfuls of earth upon him.'

31. Musnad al-Bazzar 510No grade recorded

    " يَخْرُجُ قَوْمٌ يَقْرَءُونَ الْقُرْآنَ، وَلَا يُجَاوِزُ تَرَاقِيَهُمْ، يَمْرُقُونَ مِنَ الدِّينِ كَمَا يَمْرُقُ السَّهْمُ مِنَ الرَّمِيَّةِ

    ✧ A people will emerge who recite the Qur'an, but it will not go beyond their collarbones. They will pass out of the religion as an arrow passes through the game.

32. Musnad al-Bazzar 511No grade recorded

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

    ✧ Whoever commits a sin in this world and is punished for it, Allah, Mighty and Majestic, is too just to repeat the punishment for His servant. And whoever commits a sin in this world and Allah conceals it and forgives him, Allah, Mighty and Majestic, is too generous to return to something He has already forgiven.

33. Musnad al-Bazzar 512No grade recorded

    أُحَدِّثُكُمْ بِحَدِيثٍ، حَقٌّ عَلَى كُلِّ مُسْلِمٍ أَوْ عَلَى الْمُسْلِمِينَ أَنْ يَعُوهُ، قُلْنَا: بَلَى، فَحَدَّثَنَا بِهِ أَوَّلَ النَّهَارَ وَنَسِينَاهُ آخِرَ النَّهَارِ، فَأَتَيْنَاهُ، فَقُلْنَا لَهُ: الْحَدِيثَ الَّذِي حَدَّثَتْنَا بِهِ أَنَّهُ حَقٌّ عَلَى الْمُسْلِمِينَ أَنْ يَعُوهُ قَدْ نَسِينَاهُ فَأَعِدْهُ عَلَيْنَا، قَالَ: مَا مِنْ عَبْدٍ مُسْلِمٍ يُذْنِبُ ذَنْبًا، فَيَأْخُذُهُ اللهُ بِهِ فِي الدُّنْيَا، فَيُعَاقِبُهُ بِهِ إِلَّا كَانَ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ أَكْرَمَ مِنْ أَنْ يَعُودَ فِي عُقُوبَتِهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ، وَمَا مِنْ مُسْلِمِ يُذْنِبُ ذَنْبًا، فَيَغْفِرُ اللهُ عَنْهُ فِي الدُّنْيَا، إِلَّا كَانَ اللهُ أَكْرَمَ مِنْ أَنْ يَعُودَ فِي عُقُوبَتِهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ فِيمَا عَفَا عَنْهُ، ثُمَّ تَلَا هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ: وَمَا أَصَابَكُمْ مِنْ مُصِيبَةٍ فَبِمَا كَسَبَتْ أَيْدِيكُمْ وَيَعْفُو عَنْ كَثِيرٍ

    ✧ I will tell you a hadith which it is incumbent upon every Muslim or upon the Muslims to heed.' We said: 'Yes.' He related it to us at the beginning of the day and we forgot it by the end of the day. We came to him and said: 'The hadith you told us, that it is incumbent upon the Muslims to heed, we have forgotten it, so repeat it for us.' He said: 'There is no Muslim servant who commits a sin and Allah takes him to task for it in this world and punishes him for it, but that Allah, Mighty and Majestic, is too generous to repeat his punishment on the Day of Resurrection. And no Muslim commits a sin and Allah forgives him for it in this world, but that Allah is too generous to repeat his punishment on the Day of Resurrection for what He has forgiven.' Then he recited this verse: 'And whatever misfortune befalls you is because of what your hands have earned, and He pardons much.'

34. Musnad al-Bazzar 513No grade recorded

    كَلِمَتَانِ حَفِظْتُهُمَا عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَأَنَا أُحِبُّ أَنْ تَحْفَظُوهُمَا عَنِّي، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ: سِتْرُ مَا بَيْنَكُمْ وَبَيْنِ الْجِنِّ أَنْ تَقُولَ: بِسْمِ اللهِ

    ✧ Two phrases I memorized from the Prophet ﷺ, and I would like you to memorize them from me: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'The barrier between you and the jinn is that you say: Bismillah (In the name of Allah).'

35. Musnad al-Bazzar 514No grade recorded

    إِذَا حَدَّثْتُكُمْ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ حَدِيثًا فَلَأَنْ أَخِرَّ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ أَنْ أَقُولَ مَا لَمْ يَقُلْ، فَإِذَا لَمْ أَقُلْ لَكُمْ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَإِنِّي مُحَارِبٌ، وَالْحَرْبُ خَدْعَةٌ

    ✧ When I narrate to you a hadith from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, falling from the sky is dearer to me than saying what he did not say. So if I do not say to you: 'The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said,' then I am at war, and war is deception.

36. Musnad al-Bazzar 515No grade recorded

    قُلْتُ لِعَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ: هَلْ عَهِدَ إِلَيْكَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ شَيْئًا لَمْ يَعْهَدْهُ إِلَى النَّاسِ ؟ قَالَ: لَا، إِلَّا مَا فِي هَذِهِ الصَّحِيفَةِ، فَإِذَا فِيهَا: فِكَاكُ الْأَسِيرِ، وَلَا يُقْتَلُ مُسْلِمٌ بِكَافِرٍ، الْمُسْلِمُونَ تَتَكَافَأُ دِمَاؤُهُمْ

    ✧ I said to Ali b. Abi Talib: 'Did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ entrust you with anything he did not entrust to the people?' He said: 'No, except what is in this parchment.' And in it was: the ransom of the captive, a Muslim is not to be killed for a disbeliever, and the blood of Muslims is equal.

37. Musnad al-Bazzar 516No grade recorded

    خَرَجْنَا مَعَ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ؓ فِي يَوْمِ عِيدٍ، فَسَأَلَهُ قَوْمٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ، فَقَالُوا: يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، مَا تَقُولُ فِي الصَّلَاةِ يَوْمَ الْعِيدِ قَبْلَ الْإِمَامِ وَبَعْدَهُ ؟ قَالَ: فَلَمْ يَرُدَّ عَلَيْهِمْ شَيْئًا، ثُمَّ جَاءَ قَوْمٌ آخَرُ، فَسَأَلُوهُ كَمَا سَأَلُوهُ الَّذِينَ كَانُوا قَبْلَهُمْ، فَمَا رَدَّ عَلَيْهِمْ، فَلَمَّا انْتَهَيْنَا إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ صَلَّى بِالنَّاسِ، فَكَبَّرَ سَبْعًا وَخَمْسًا، ثُمَّ خَطَبَ النَّاسَ، ثُمَّ نَزَلَ فَرَكِبَ، فَقَالُوا: يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، هَؤُلَاءِ قَوْمٌ يُصَلُّونَ، قَالَ: فَمَا عَسَيْتَ أَنْ أَصْنَعَ سَأَلْتُمُونِي عَنِ السُّنَّةِ، فَإِنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ لَمْ يُصَلِّ قَبْلَهَا وَلَا بَعْدَهَا، فَمَنْ شَاءَ فَعَلَ، وَمَنْ شَاءَ تَرَكَ، أَتَرَوْنِي أَمْنَعُ أَقْوَامًا يُصَلُّونَ فَأَكُونَ بِمَنْزِلَةِ مَنْ يَمْنَعُ عَبْدًا أَنْ يُصَلِّيَ

    ✧ We went out with the Commander of the Faithful, Ali b. Abi Talib ؓ, on a day of Eid. Some of his companions asked him: 'O Commander of the Faithful, what do you say about praying on the day of Eid before the imam and after him?' He said: 'He did not answer them anything.' Then another group came and asked him as the previous ones had asked, and he did not answer them. When we reached the prayer, he led the people in prayer and said the takbir seven times and five times, then he gave a sermon to the people, then he descended and mounted. They said: 'O Commander of the Faithful, these are people praying.' He said: 'What could I do? You asked me about the sunnah. The Prophet ﷺ did not pray before it or after it. Whoever wishes may do so, and whoever wishes may leave it. Do you think I should prevent people from praying and thus be like one who prevents a servant from praying?'

38. Musnad al-Bazzar 517No grade recorded

    " خَيْرُ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ بَعْدَ نَبِيِّهَا ﷺ أَبُو بَكْرٍ، وَبَعْدَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ عُمَرُ، وَلَوْ شِئْتُ أَنْ أُسَمِّيَ الثَّالِثَ لَسَمَّيْتُهُ

    ✧ The best of this community after its Prophet ﷺ is Abu Bakr, and after Abu Bakr is Umar, and if I wished to name the third, I would name him.

39. Musnad al-Bazzar 518No grade recorded

    أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ مَكَثَ تِسْعَ سِنِينَ لَمْ يَحُجَّ، ثُمَّ أُذِّنَ فِي الْعَاشِرَةِ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ حَاجٌّ، وَذَكَرَ حَجَّةَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ حَتَّى انْتَهَى مِنْ سِيَاقَةِ الْحَدِيثِ إِلَى: وَقَدِمَ عَلِيٌّ مِنَ الْيَمَنِ بِبُدْنٍ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، فَوَجَدَ فَاطِمَةَ قَدْ لَبِسَتْ ثِيَابًا صَبِيغًا، وَاكْتَحَلَتْ فَأَنْكَرَ عَلِيٌّ عَلَيْهَا ذَلِكَ، فَقَالَتْ: أَمَرَنِي بِذَلِكَ أَبِي، فَدَخَلَ عَلِيٌّ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، قَالَ: فَكَانَ عَلِيٌّ يَقُولُ: فَذَهَبْتُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مُحَرِّشًا عَلَى فَاطِمَةَ فِي الَّذِي صَنَعَتْ، وَأَنْكَرْتُ عَلَيْهَا، وَأَخْبَرْتُهُ بِمَا قَالَتْ، فَقَالَ: صَدَقَتْ صَدَقَتْ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: " بِمَاذَا أَهْلَلْتَ حِينَ فَرَضْتَ الْحَجَّ ؟ قَالَ: قُلْتُ: اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أُهِلُّ بِمَا أَهَلَّ بِهِ رَسُولُكَ، قَالَ: فَإِنَّ مَعِيَ الْهَدْيَ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ stayed nine years without performing Hajj, then in the tenth year it was announced that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ would perform Hajj. He mentioned the Hajj of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ until he reached the point in the narration: 'Ali arrived from Yemen with camels for the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and found that Fatimah had put on dyed clothes and applied kohl. 'Ali disapproved of that, so she said: 'My father commanded me to do this.' 'Ali went in to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. 'Ali would say: I went to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ to stir up a complaint against Fatimah regarding what she had done, disapproving of her, and I informed him of what she said. He said: 'She has spoken the truth, she has spoken the truth.' Then he said: 'How did you enter ihram when you obligated the Hajj?' I said: 'O Allah, I enter ihram in the same way as Your Messenger enters ihram.' He said: 'I have with me the sacrificial animal.'

40. Musnad al-Bazzar 519No grade recorded

    كُنْتُ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، فَأَقْبَلَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ، فَقَالَ: هَذَانِ سَيِّدَا كُهُولِ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ مِنَ الْأَوَّلِينَ وَالْآخِرِينَ إِلَّا النَّبِيِّينَ وَالْمُرْسَلِينَ، لَا تُخْبِرْهُمَا يَا عَلِيُّ

    ✧ I was with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when Abu Bakr and 'Umar came. He said: 'These two are the masters of the elderly of Paradise from the first and the last, except for the prophets and messengers. Do not inform them, O 'Ali.'

41. Musnad al-Bazzar 520No grade recorded

    كُنْتُ عِنْدَ عَلِيٍّ فَأَتَاهُ رَجُلٌ، فَقَالَ: يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، مَا كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يُسِرُّ إِلَيْكَ ؟ فَغَضِبَ، فَقَالَ: مَا كَانَ يُسِرُّ إِلَيَّ شَيْئًا يَكْتُمُهُ عَنِ النَّاسِ غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ

    ✧ I was with 'Ali when a man came to him and said: 'O Commander of the Believers, what did the Prophet ﷺ confide to you?' He became angry and said: 'He did not confide to me anything that he concealed from the people, except that...'

42. Musnad al-Bazzar 521No grade recorded

    سَمِعْتُ عَلِيًّا، وَهُوَ يَنْشُدُ النَّاسَ فِي الرَّحَبَةِ: أَنْشُدُ لِلهِ كُلَّ امْرِئٍ مُسْلِمٍ سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ يَوْمَ غَدِيرِ خُمٍّ مَا قَالَ الْإِمَامُ، فَقَالَ نَاسٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ، فَشَهِدُوا أَنَّا رَأَيْنَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَخَذَ بِيَدِ عَلِيٍّ، وَهُوَ يَقُولُ: أَلَسْتُ أَوْلَى بِالْمُسْلِمِينَ مِنْ أَنْفُسِهِمْ ؟ قَالُوا: بَلَى يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، قَالَ: مَنْ كُنْتُ مَوْلَاهُ اللَّهُمَّ وَالِ مَنْ وَالَاهُ وَعَادِ مَنْ عَادَاهُ

    ✧ I heard 'Ali appealing to the people in al-Rahbah: 'I adjure by Allah every Muslim who heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say on the day of Ghadir Khumm what he said.' Some people among the crowd responded and testified that they saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ take 'Ali by the hand, saying: 'Am I not more entitled to the Muslims than their own selves?' They said: 'Yes, O Messenger of Allah.' He said: 'Whoever's mawla I am, O Allah, befriend whoever befriends him and be hostile to whoever is hostile to him.'

43. Musnad al-Bazzar 522No grade recorded

    " لَوْ لَمْ يَبْقَ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا إِلَّا يَوْمٌ لَبَعَثَ اللهُ رَجُلًا مِنْ أَهْلِ بَيْتِي يَمْلَؤُهَا عَدْلًا كَمَا مُلِئَتْ جَوْرًا

    ✧ 'If only one day remained of this world, Allah would send a man from my household who would fill it with justice as it had been filled with oppression.'

44. Musnad al-Bazzar 523No grade recorded

    قُلْنَا لِعَلِيٍّ: هَلْ تَرَكَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِيكُمْ كِتَابًا سِوَى الْقُرْآنِ ؟ قَالَ: لَا، إِلَّا هَذِهِ الصَّحِيفَةَ فِي ذُؤَابَةِ سَيْفِهِ، فَإِذَا فِيهَا: لَعَنَ اللهُ مَنْ غَيَّرَ - أَوْ كَلِمَةً نَحْوَهَا - مَنَارَ الْأَرْضِ يَقُولُ: أَخَذَ مِنَ الطَّرِيقِ شَيْئًا

    ✧ We said to 'Ali: 'Did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ leave any book with you other than the Qur'an?' He said: 'No, except this document in the sheath of his sword.' In it was: 'May Allah curse whoever alters the boundary markers of the land,' meaning: taking something from the road.

45. Musnad al-Bazzar 524No grade recorded

    لَعَنَ اللهُ مَنْ لَعَنَ وَالِدَيْهِ، وَلَعَنَ اللهُ مَنْ ذَبَحَ لِغَيْرِ اللهِ، وَلَعَنَ اللهُ مَنْ غَيَّرَ مَنَارَ الْأَرْضِ

    ✧ May Allah curse whoever curses his parents, may Allah curse whoever sacrifices to other than Allah, and may Allah curse whoever alters the boundary markers of the land.

46. Musnad al-Bazzar 525No grade recorded

    قُلْتُ لِعَلِيٍّ - وَكَانَ يَسْمُرُ مَعَهُ -: إِنَّ النَّاسَ قَدْ أَنْكَرُوا مِنْكَ أَنْ تَخْرُجَ فِي الْحَرِّ فِي الثَّوْبِ الثَّقِيلِ الْمَحْشُوِّ، وَفِي الشِّتَاءِ فِي الْمُلَاءَتَيْنِ الْخَفِيفَتَيْنِ، فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ: أَوَلَمْ تَكُنْ مَعَنَا ؟ قُلْتُ: بَلَى، قَالَ: فَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ دَعَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ، فَعَقَدَ لَهُ اللِّوَاءَ ثُمَّ بَعَثَهُ، فَسَارَ بِالنَّاسِ فَانْهَزَمَ، حَتَّى إِذَا بَلَغَ وَرَجَعَ دَعَا عُمَرَ، فَعَقَدَ لَهُ لِوَاءً فَسَارَ، ثُمَّ رَجَعَ مُنْهَزِمًا بِالنَّاسِ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: لَأُعْطِيَنَّ الرَّايَةَ رَجُلًا يُحِبُّ اللهَ وَرَسُولَهُ، وَيُحِبُّهُ اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ يَفْتَحُ اللهُ لَهُ، لَيْسَ بِفَرَّارٍ "، فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيَّ فَدَعَانِي فَأَتَيْتُهُ، وَأَنَا أَرْمَدُ لَا أُبْصِرُ شَيْئًا، فَتَفَلَ فِي عَيْنَيَّ، وَقَالَ: " اللَّهُمَّ اكْفِهِ أَلَمَ الْحَرِّ وَالْبَرْدَ ". فَمَا آذَانِي حَرٌّ وَلَا بَرْدٌ بَعْدُ

    ✧ I said to 'Ali—while he was conversing with him—: 'People disapprove that you go out in the heat wearing a heavy padded garment, and in winter wearing two light cloaks.' 'Ali said: 'Were you not with us?' I said: 'Yes.' He said: 'The Messenger of Allah ﷺ called Abu Bakr, tied the banner for him, and sent him out. He marched with the people and was defeated. When he reached and returned, he called 'Umar, tied a banner for him, and he marched, then returned defeated with the people. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "I will give the banner to a man who loves Allah and His Messenger and whom Allah and His Messenger love. Allah will grant victory through him. He is not one to flee." He sent for me and called me. I came to him while I was suffering from ophthalmia and could not see anything. He spat in my eyes and said: "O Allah, spare him the pain of heat and cold." After that, neither heat nor cold harmed me.'

47. Musnad al-Bazzar 526No grade recorded

    أَنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ كَانَا فِي جِنَازَةٍ يَمْشِيَانِ أَمَامَهَا، وَعَلِيٌّ يَمْشِي خَلْفَهَا، فَقُلْتُ لِعَلِيٍّ: فَقَالَ: أَمَا إِنَّهُمَا قَدْ عَلِمَا أَنَّ الْمَشْيَ خَلْفَهَا أَفْضَلُ، وَلَكِنَّهُمَا سَهْلَانِ يُسَهِّلَانِ عَلَى النَّاسِ

    ✧ Abu Bakr and 'Umar were at a funeral walking in front of it, and 'Ali was walking behind it. I said to 'Ali: 'They knew that walking behind it is more virtuous, but they are lenient, making it easy for the people.'

48. Musnad al-Bazzar 527No grade recorded

    كُنْتُ آتِي النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَأَسْتَأْذِنُ، فَإِنْ كَانَ فِي الصَّلَاةِ تَنَحْنَحَ، وَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ فِي صَلَاةٍ أَذِنَ لِي

    ✧ I used to come to the Prophet ﷺ and ask permission. If he was praying, he would clear his throat; if he was not praying, he would permit me.

49. Musnad al-Bazzar 528No grade recorded

    يَكُونُ قَوْمٌ فِي آخِرِ الزَّمَانِ يُسَمَّوْنَ الرَّافِضَةَ، يَرْفُضُونَ الْإِسْلَامَ

    ✧ There will be people at the end of time called the Rafidah, who reject Islam.

50. Musnad al-Bazzar 529No grade recorded

    وَقَفْتُ مَعَ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ بِالْمُزْدَلِفَةِ، فَلَمْ أَزَلْ أَسْمَعُهُ، يَقُولُ: لَبَّيْكَ لَبَّيْكَ، حَتَّى رَمَى الْجَمْرَةَ، فَقُلْتُ: يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللهِ، مَا هَذَا الْإِهْلَالُ ؟ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ؓ يُهِلُّ حَتَّى انْتَهَى إِلَى الْجَمْرَةِ، وَحَدَّثَنِي أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ " أَهَلَّ حَتَّى انْتَهَى إِلَيْهَا

    ✧ I stood with al-Husayn b. 'Ali at Muzdalifah and kept hearing him say: 'Labbayk, labbayk' until he threw the pebble. I said: 'O Abu 'Abd Allah, what is this talbiyah?' He said: 'I heard 'Ali b. Abi Talib ؓ reciting talbiyah until he reached the Jamrah, and he told me that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ recited talbiyah until he reached it.'

51. Musnad al-Bazzar 530No grade recorded

    " تَمَتَّعْنَا بِالْعُمْرَةِ إِلَى الْحَجِّ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ

    ✧ "We performed tamattu' with 'umrah leading into hajj along with the Messenger of God ﷺ."

52. Musnad al-Bazzar 531No grade recorded

    أَصَبْتُ شَارِفًا يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ، وَأَعْطَانِي ؓ، قَالَ: أَصَبْتُ شَارِفًا، فَأَنَخْتُهَا عِنْدَ بَابِ رَجُلٍ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَحْمِلَ عَلَيْهِمَا إِذْخِرًا أَبِيعُهُ وَمَعِي رَجُلٌ صَائِغٌ مِنْ بَنِي قَيْنُقَاعَ، وَأَنَا أُرِيدُ أَسْتَعِينُ بِهِ عَلَى وَلِيمَةِ فَاطِمَةَ، وَحَمْزَةُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ فِي الْبَيْتِ يَشْرَبُ، وَقَيْنَةٌ تُغَنِّيهِ: أَبَا حَمْزَةَ ذِي الشُّرُفِ النِّوَاءِ، قَالَ: فَثَابَ إِلَيْهِمَا بِالسَّيْفِ وَبَقَرَ خَوَاصِرَهُمَا، وَأَخَذَ مِنْ أَكْبَادِهِمَا. قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِابْنِ شِهَابٍ: وَمِنَ السَّنَامِ قَدْ جَبَّ أَسْنِمَتَهُمَا، قَالَ: فَنَظَرْتُ إِلَى أَمْرٍ فَظِعَنِي، قَالَ: فَأَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَمَعَهُ زَيْدُ بْنُ حَارِثَةَ، وَخَرَجْتُ مَعَهُ حَتَّى عَلَى حَمْزَةَ، قَالَ: فَتَغَيَّظَ عَلَيْهِ، قَالَ: فَرَفَعَ حَمْزَةُ بَصَرَهُ، وَقَالَ: هَلْ أَنْتُمْ إِلَّا عَبِيدُ أَبِي، قَالَ: فَرَجَعَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُقَهْقِرُ عَنْهُ

    ✧ "I acquired a she-camel on the day of Badr, and he gave me ؓ." He said: "I acquired a she-camel, and I made it kneel at the door of a man from the Ansar, intending to load upon the two of them idhkhir (a kind of grass) to sell it, and with me was a goldsmith from Banu Qaynuqa', and I intended to seek his help for the wedding feast of Fatimah. Hamzah b. 'Abd al-Muttalib was in the house drinking, and a singing-girl was singing to him: 'Abu Hamzah, possessor of the high honors.'" He said: "He charged at the two of them with the sword and slit open their sides, and he took some of their livers." He said: "I said to Ibn Shihab: 'And from the hump, he had cut off their humps.'" He said: "So I looked at a matter that horrified me." He said: "So I went to the Messenger of God ﷺ, and with him was Zayd b. Harithah, and I went out with him until he came to Hamzah." He said: "He became angry with him." He said: "Hamzah raised his eyes and said: 'Are you not but the slaves of my father?'" He said: "So the Messenger of God ﷺ retreated, walking backward away from him."

53. Musnad al-Bazzar 532No grade recorded

    أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ طَرَقَهُ وَفَاطِمَةَ لَيْلًا، فَقَالَ: أَلَا تُصَلِّيَانِ ؟ " فَقُلْتُ: يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ، إِنَّمَا أَنْفُسُنَا بِيَدِ اللهِ إِذَا شَاءَ أَنْ يَبْعَثَهَا بَعَثَهَا، فَانْصَرَفَ حِينَ سَمِعَ ذَلِكَ وَلَمْ يَرْجِعْ إِلَيَّ شَيْئًا، ثُمَّ سَمِعْتُهُ وَهُوَ يُوَلِّي، يَقُولُ: وَكَانَ الإِنْسَانُ أَكْثَرَ شَيْءٍ جَدَلا

    ✧ The Prophet ﷺ came to him and Fatimah at night, and said: "Will you two not pray?" I said: "O Prophet of God, indeed our souls are in the hand of God; when He wills to raise them, He raises them." So he turned away when he heard that and did not reply to me anything. Then I heard him as he was departing, saying: "And man is the most quarrelsome of things."

54. Musnad al-Bazzar 533No grade recorded

    دَخَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى فَاطِمَةَ بَعْدَمَا صَلَّى الْغَدَاةَ، وَإِذَا هِيَ قَدْ صَلَّتْ وَاضْطَجَعَتْ،

    ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ entered upon Fatimah after he had prayed the morning prayer, and there she was, having prayed and then lain down.

55. Musnad al-Bazzar 534No grade recorded

    أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ: إِنَّ الشَّيَاطِينَ قَدْ يَئِسَتْ أَنْ تُعْبَدَ بِبَلَدِي هَذَا - يَعْنِي: الْمَدِينَةَ - وَبِجَزِيرَةِ الْعَرَبِ، وَلَكِنِ التَّحْرِيشُ بَيْنَهُمْ

    ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ said: "Indeed the devils have despaired of being worshipped in this city of mine—meaning al-Madinah—and in the Arabian Peninsula, but [they have not despaired] of stirring up discord among them."

56. Musnad al-Bazzar 535No grade recorded

    أَخَذَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِيَدِي، فَقَالَ: " إِنَّ مُوسَى سَأَلَ رَبَّهُ أَنْ يُطَهِّرَ مَسْجِدَهُ بِهَارُونَ، وَإِنِّي سَأَلْتُ رَبِّي أَنْ يُطَهِّرَ مَسْجِدِي بِكَ وَبِذُرِّيَّتِكَ " ثُمَّ أَرْسَلَ إِلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ أَنْ سُدَّ بَابَكَ، فَاسْتَرْجَعَ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: سَمْعٌ وَطَاعَةٌ، فَسَدَّ بَابَهُ، ثُمَّ أَرْسَلَ إِلَى عُمَرَ، ثُمَّ أَرْسَلَ إِلَى الْعَبَّاسِ بِمِثْلِ ذَلِكَ، ثُمَّ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: مَا أَنَا سَدَدْتُ أَبْوَابَكُمْ وَفَتَحْتُ بَابَ عَلِيٍّ، وَلَكِنَّ اللهَ فَتَحَ بَابَ عَلِيٍّ وَسَدَّ أَبْوَابَكُمْ

    ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ took my hand and said: "Indeed Musa asked his Lord to purify his mosque through Harun, and I asked my Lord to purify my mosque through you and your descendants." Then he sent to Abu Bakr, saying: "Close your door." He said, "We belong to God," then said: "Hearing and obedience," and he closed his door. Then he sent to 'Umar, then he sent to al-'Abbas with the like of that. Then the Messenger of God ﷺ said: "I did not close your doors and open 'Ali's door; rather, God opened 'Ali's door and closed your doors."

57. Musnad al-Bazzar 536No grade recorded

    صَلَّى بِنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ صَلَاةَ الصُّبْحِ، فَلَمَّا صَلَّى صَلَاتَهُ نَادَاهُ رَجُلٌ: مَتَى السَّاعَةُ ؟ فَزَبَرَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَانْتَهَرَهُ وَقَالَ: " اسْكُتْ "، حَتَّى إِذَا أَسْفَرَ رَفَعَ طَرْفَهُ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ، فَقَالَ: " تَبَارَكَ رَافِعُهَا وَمُدَبِّرُهَا "، ثُمَّ رَمَى بِبَصَرِهِ إِلَى الْأَرْضِ، فَقَالَ: " تَبَارَكَ دَاحِيهَا وَخَالِقُهَا "، ثُمَّ قَالَ: " أَيْنَ السَّائِلُ عَنِ السَّاعَةِ ؟ " فَجَثَا الرَّجُلُ عَلَى رُكْبَتَيْهِ، فَقَالَ: أَنَا بِأَبِي وَأُمِّي سَأَلْتُكَ، فَقَالَ: ذَلِكَ عِنْدَ حَيْفِ الْأَئِمَّةِ، وَتَصْدِيقٍ بِالنُّجُومِ، وَتَكْذِيبٍ بِالْقَدَرِ، وَحِينَ تُتَّخَذُ الْإِمَامَةُ مَغْنَمًا، وَالصَّدَقَةُ مَغْرَمًا، وَالْفَاحِشَةُ زِيَادَةً، فَعِنْدَ ذَلِكَ هَلَكَ قَوْمُكَ

    ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ led us in the morning prayer. When he finished his prayer, a man called out: "When is the Hour?" The Messenger of God ﷺ rebuked him and silenced him, saying: "Be quiet," until when the dawn became bright, he raised his eyes to the sky and said: "Blessed is the One who raises it and ordains it." Then he cast his gaze to the earth and said: "Blessed is the One who spread it out and created it." Then he said: "Where is the one asking about the Hour?" The man knelt on his knees and said: "I, may my father and mother be sacrificed for you, I asked you." He said: "That is when leaders oppress, stars are believed, divine decree is denied, leadership is taken as spoils, charity is treated as a fine, and obscenity is increased. At that time your people will perish."

58. Musnad al-Bazzar 537No grade recorded

    لَمَّا أَرَادَ اللهُ أَنْ يُعَلِّمَ رَسُولَهُ الْأَذَانَ أَتَاهُ جِبْرِيلُ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِمَا بِدَابَّةٍ يُقَالُ لَهَا: الْبُرَاقُ، فَذَهَبَ يَرْكَبُهَا فَاسْتَصْعَبَتْ، فَقَالَ لَهَا جِبْرِيلُ: اسْكُنِي فَوَاللهِ مَا رَكِبَكِ عَبْدٌ أَكْرَمُ عَلَى اللهِ مِنْ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ، قَالَ: فَرَكِبَهَا حَتَّى انْتَهَى إِلَى الْحِجَابِ الَّذِي يَلِي الرَّحْمَنَ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى قَالَ: فَبَيْنَمَا هُوَ كَذَلِكَ إِذْ خَرَجَ مَلَكٌ مِنَ الْحِجَابِ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: يَا جِبْرِيلُ مَنْ هَذَا ؟ قَالَ: وَالَّذِي بَعَثَكَ بِالْحَقِّ، إِنِّي لَأَقْرَبُ الْخَلْقِ مَكَانًا، وَإِنَّ هَذَا الْمَلَكَ مَا رَأَيْتُهُ مُنْذُ خُلِقْتُ قَبْلَ سَاعَتِي هَذِهِ، فَقَالَ الْمَلَكُ: اللهُ أَكْبَرُ اللهُ أَكْبَرُ، قَالَ: فَقِيلَ لَهُ مِنْ وَرَاءِ الْحِجَابِ: صَدَقَ عَبْدِي أَنَا أَكْبَرُ أَنَا أَكْبَرُ، ثُمَّ قَالَ الْمَلَكُ: أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ، قَالَ: فَقِيلَ لَهُ مِنْ وَرَاءِ الْحِجَابِ: صَدَقَ عَبْدِي أَنَا لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنَا، قَالَ: فَقَالَ الْمَلَكُ: أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللهِ، قَالَ: فَقِيلَ مِنْ وَرَاءِ الْحِجَابِ: صَدَقَ عَبْدِي أَنَا أَرْسَلْتُ مُحَمَّدًا، قَالَ الْمَلَكُ: حَيَّ عَلَى الصَّلَاةِ، حَيَّ عَلَى الْفَلَاحِ، قَدْ قَامَتِ الصَّلَاةُ، ثُمَّ قَالَ الْمَلَكُ: اللهُ أَكْبَرُ اللهُ أَكْبَرُ، قَالَ: فَقِيلَ مِنْ وَرَاءِ الْحِجَابِ: صَدَقَ عَبْدِي أَنَا أَكْبَرُ أَنَا أَكْبَرُ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ، قَالَ: فَقِيلَ مِنْ وَرَاءِ الْحِجَابِ: صَدَقَ عَبْدِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنَا، قَالَ: ثُمَّ أَخَذَ الْمَلَكُ بِيَدِ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ فَقَدَّمَهُ فَهَمَّ أَهْلُ السَّمَاءِ؛ فِيهِمْ آدَمُ وَنُوحٌ

    ✧ When God willed to teach His Messenger the adhan, Jibril (peace be upon them) came to him with a mount called al-Buraq. He went to mount it, but it became restless. Jibril said to it: "Be still, for by God, no servant more honored by God than Muhammad ﷺ has ever ridden you." He said: "So he rode it until he reached the veil that is next to the Most Merciful, Blessed and Exalted." He said: "While he was thus, an angel came out from the veil. The Messenger of God ﷺ said: 'O Jibril, who is this?' He said: 'By the One who sent you with the truth, I am the closest of creation in position, and I have not seen this angel since I was created before this very hour.' The angel said: 'God is greatest, God is greatest.' It was said to him from behind the veil: 'My servant has spoken the truth; I am greatest, I am greatest.' Then the angel said: 'I bear witness that there is no god but God.' It was said to him from behind the veil: 'My servant has spoken the truth; I am, there is no god but Me.' The angel said: 'I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of God.' It was said from behind the veil: 'My servant has spoken the truth; I sent Muhammad.' The angel said: 'Come to prayer, come to success, the prayer has been established.' Then the angel said: 'God is greatest, God is greatest.' It was said from behind the veil: 'My servant has spoken the truth; I am greatest, I am greatest.' Then he said: 'There is no god but God.' It was said from behind the veil: 'My servant has spoken the truth; there is no god but Me.' Then the angel took Muhammad ﷺ by the hand and brought him forward, and the people of heaven—among them Adam and Nuh—were concerned."

59. Musnad al-Bazzar 538No grade recorded

    لَا تَجْعَلُوا قَبْرِي عِيدًا، وَلَا بُيُوتَكُمْ قُبُورًا، وَصَلُّوا عَلَيَّ، وَسَلِّمُوا فَإِنَّ صَلَاتَكُمْ تَبْلُغُنِي

    ✧ Do not make my grave a place of celebration, and do not make your houses graves. Send blessings upon me and greet me, for your blessings reach me.

60. Musnad al-Bazzar 539No grade recorded

    عَنْ عَلِيٍّ أَنَّهُ تَوَضَّأَ ثَلَاثًا ثَلَاثًا، وَشَرِبَ بَقِيَّةَ وَضُوئِهِ، وَغَسَلَ يَدَيْهِ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُدْخِلَهُمَا الْإِنَاءَ، وَقَالَ: رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ

    ✧ From 'Ali, that he performed ablution washing each part three times, drank the leftover water of his ablution, washed his hands before putting them into the vessel, and said: "I saw the Messenger of God ﷺ do that."

61. Musnad al-Bazzar 540No grade recorded

    " مَا بَيْنَ قَبْرِي وَمِنْبَرِي " أَوْ قَالَ: " بَيْتِي وَمِنْبَرِي رَوْضَةٌ مِنْ رِيَاضِ الْجَنَّةِ

    ✧ "What is between my grave and my pulpit"—or he said: "my house and my pulpit—is a garden from the gardens of Paradise."

62. Musnad al-Bazzar 541No grade recorded

    " النَّاسُ تَبَعٌ لِقُرَيْشٍ؛ بَرُّهُمْ لِبَرِّهِمْ، وَفَاجِرُهُمْ تَبَعٌ لِفَاجِرِهِمْ

    ✧ "The people are followers of Quraysh; their righteous follow their righteous, and their wicked follow their wicked."

63. Musnad al-Bazzar 542No grade recorded

    رَأَيْتُ عَلِيًّا وَهُوَ يَقُولُ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ: مَا عِنْدَنَا كِتَابٌ نَقْرَأُهُ عَلَيْكُمْ إِلَّا كِتَابَ اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ، وَهَذِهِ الصَّحِيفَةَ صَحِيفَةً مُعَلَّقَةً فِي سَيْفِهِ، وَذَكَرَ أَنَّ فِيهَا فَرَائِضَ الصَّدَقَةِ الَّتِي أَخَذَهَا

    ✧ I saw Ali while he was saying on the pulpit: We have no book to read to you except the Book of Allah, Mighty and Majestic, and this sahifa, a sahifa hanging on his sword, and he mentioned that in it were the obligatory amounts of sadaqa which he had taken.

64. Musnad al-Bazzar 543No grade recorded

    شَهِدْتُ عُثْمَانَ، وَعَلِيًّا ؓ بَيْنَ مَكَّةَ وَالْمَدِينَةِ، وَعُثْمَانُ يَنْهَى عَنِ الْمُتْعَةِ، وَأَنْ يُجْمَعَ بَيْنَهُمَا، يَعْنِي: بَيْنَ الْحَجِّ وَالْعُمْرَةِ، فَلَمَّا رَأَى ذَلِكَ عَلِيٌّ ؓ أَهَلَّ بِهِمَا جَمِيعًا، وَقَالَ: لَبَّيْكَ حَجَّةً وَعُمْرَةً مَعًا، فَقَالَ عُثْمَانُ: أَتُرَانِي أَنْهَى النَّاسَ وَأَنْتَ تَفْعَلُهُ، فَقَالَ: لَمْ أَكُنْ لِأَدَعَ سُنَّةَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ لِقَوْلِ أَحَدٍ مِنَ النَّاسِ

    ✧ I witnessed Uthman and Ali ؓ between Makkah and Madinah, and Uthman was prohibiting mut'a and that one should combine them, meaning between Hajj and Umrah. When Ali ؓ saw that, he entered ihram for both of them together and said: Labbayk, a Hajj and an Umrah together. Uthman said: Do you think I prohibit the people while you do it? He said: I would not abandon the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ for the saying of any person.

65. Musnad al-Bazzar 544No grade recorded

    نَا جَرِيرٌ، عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ مُسْلِمٍ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ حُسَيْنٍ، عَنْ مَرْوَانَ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ ؓ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ

    ✧ Jarir narrated to us, from al-A'mash, from Muslim, from Ali b. Husayn, from Marwan b. al-Hakam, from Ali ؓ, from the Prophet.

66. Musnad al-Bazzar 545No grade recorded

    نَا خَالِدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي زِيَادٍ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ حُسَيْنٍ، عَنْ مَرْوَانَ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ ؓ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ بِنَحْوِهِ

    ✧ Khalid b. Abdullah narrated to us, from Yazid b. Abi Ziyad, from Ali b. Husayn, from Marwan b. al-Hakam, from Ali ؓ, from the Prophet ﷺ, similarly.

67. Musnad al-Bazzar 546No grade recorded

    أَنَّ عُمَرَ ؓ نَشَدَ النَّاسَ فِيهِمْ طَلْحَةُ، وَالزُّبَيْرُ، وَعَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ وَقَالَ لِعَلِيٍّ وَالْعَبَّاسِ ؓ: هَلْ تَعْلَمَانِ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ: لَا نُورَثُ مَا تَرَكْنَا صَدَقَةٌ ؟ فَقَالُوا: نَعَمْ، وَقَالَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ؓ: نَعَمْ

    ✧ Umar ؓ adjured the people about it, among them Talha, al-Zubayr, and Abd al-Rahman, and he said to Ali and al-Abbas ؓ: Do you both know that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: We are not inherited; what we leave is sadaqa? They said: Yes. And Ali b. Abi Talib ؓ said: Yes.

68. Musnad al-Bazzar 548No grade recorded

    مَا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ جَمَعَ أَبَوَيْهِ لِأَحَدٍ إِلَّا لِسَعْدٍ؛ فَإِنَّهُ جَعَلَ يَقُولُ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ: ارْمِ فِدَاكَ أَبِي وَأُمِّي

    ✧ I did not see the Messenger of Allah ﷺ combine his parents for anyone except Sa'd. On the day of Uhud, he kept saying: Shoot, may my father and mother be your ransom.

69. Musnad al-Bazzar 549No grade recorded

    اجْتَمَعَ عَلِيٌّ، وَعُثْمَانُ ؓ فَكَانَ عُثْمَانُ يَنْهَى عَنِ الْمُتْعَةِ، وَعَلِيٌّ يَأْمُرُ بِهَا، فَقَالَ عُثْمَانُ: مَا تُرِيدُ إِلَى هَذَا ؟ فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ ؓ: هَذَا شَيْءٌ فَعَلَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا أَدَعُهُ.

    ✧ Ali and Uthman ؓ met, and Uthman was prohibiting mut'a while Ali was commanding it. Uthman said: What do you want with this? Ali ؓ said: This is something the Messenger of Allah ﷺ did, and I will not abandon it.

70. Musnad al-Bazzar 550No grade recorded

    نَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي دَاوُدَ الْجَزَرِيُّ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الْكَرِيمِ الْجَزَرِيِّ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ بِنَحْوِهِ. وَلَا نَعْلَمُ رَوَى ابْنُ حَرْمَلَةَ، عَنْ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ ؓ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ إِلَّا هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ

    ✧ Sulayman b. Abi Dawud al-Jazari narrated to us, from Abd al-Karim al-Jazari, from Sa'id b. al-Musayyib, from Ali, from the Prophet ﷺ, similarly. And we do not know that Ibn Harmala narrated from Sa'id, from Ali ؓ, from the Prophet ﷺ except this hadith.

71. Musnad al-Bazzar 551No grade recorded

    صَنَعْتُ طَعَامًا وَدَعَوْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَجَاءَ، فَرَأَى فِي الْبَيْتِ تَصَاوِيرَ فَرَجَعَ، فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ لِمَ رَجَعْتَ ؟ قَالَ: إِنَّ فِي الْبَيْتِ شَيْئًا فِيهِ تَصَاوِيرُ، وَأَنَّ الْمَلَائِكَةَ لَا تَدْخُلُ بَيْتًا فِيهِ تَصَاوِيرُ

    ✧ I prepared food and invited the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He came and saw pictures in the house, so he returned. I said: O Messenger of Allah, why did you return? He said: In the house there is something with pictures, and the angels do not enter a house in which there are pictures.

72. Musnad al-Bazzar 552No grade recorded

    قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَلَا أَدُلُّكَ عَلَى أَحْسَنِ فَتَاةٍ فِي قُرَيْشٍ ؟ قَالَ: عِنْدَكَ شَيْءٌ ؟ قُلْتُ: نَعَمْ، بِنْتُ حَمْزَةَ، قَالَ: تِلْكَ ابْنَةُ أَخِي مِنَ الرَّضَاعَةِ يَا عَلِيُّ، أَمَا عَلِمْتَ أَنَّ اللهَ حَرَّمَ مِنَ الرَّضَاعَةِ مَا حَرَّمَ مِنَ النَّسَبِ.

    ✧ I said: O Messenger of Allah, shall I point you to the most beautiful young woman in Quraysh? He said: Do you have someone? I said: Yes, the daughter of Hamza. He said: She is the daughter of my brother through suckling, O Ali. Did you not know that Allah has made forbidden through suckling what is forbidden through lineage?

73. Musnad al-Bazzar 553No grade recorded

    كَانَ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، فَقَالَ: أَيُّ شَيْءٍ خَيْرٌ لِلْمَرْأَةِ ؟ فَسَكَتُوا، فَلَمَّا رَجَعْتُ قُلْتُ لِفَاطِمَةَ: أَيُّ شَيْءٍ خَيْرٌ لِلنِّسَاءِ ؟ قَالَتْ: أَلَّا يَرَاهُنَّ الرِّجَالُ، فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ: إِنَّمَا فَاطِمَةُ بِضْعَةٌ مِنِّي

    ✧ He was with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and he said: What thing is best for a woman? They remained silent. When I returned, I said to Fatima: What thing is best for women? She said: That men should not see them. I mentioned that to the Prophet ﷺ, and he said: Indeed Fatima is a part of me.

74. Musnad al-Bazzar 554No grade recorded

    اجْتَمَعَ عَلِيٌّ، وَعُثْمَانُ ؓ بِعُسْفَانَ، فَكَانَ عُثْمَانُ يَنْهَى عَنِ الْمُتْعَةِ أَوِ الْعُمْرَةِ، قَالَ: فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ ؓ: مَا تُرِيدُ إِلَى أَمْرٍ فَعَلَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ تَنْهَى عَنْهُ ؟ فَقَالَ عُثْمَانُ: دَعْنَا مِنْكَ، فَلَمَّا رَأَى عَلِيٌّ ؓ ذَلِكَ أَهَلَّ بِهِمَا جَمِيعًا

    ✧ Ali and Uthman ؓ met at Usfan. Uthman used to prohibit mut'ah or 'umrah. Ali ؓ said: What do you want with a matter the Messenger of God ﷺ did, that you prohibit it? Uthman said: Leave us from you. When Ali ؓ saw that, he entered ihram for both together.

75. Musnad al-Bazzar 555No grade recorded

    " أَلَا أَدُلُّكُمْ عَلَى مَا يُكَفِّرُ اللهُ بِهِ الْخَطَايَا، إِسْبَاغُ الْوُضُوءِ فِي الْمَكَارِهِ، وَأَعْمَالُ الْإِقْدَامِ إِلَى الْمَسَاجِدِ، وَانْتِظَارُ الصَّلَاةِ بَعْدَ الصَّلَاةِ، يَغْسِلُ الْخَطَايَا غَسْلًا

    ✧ "Shall I not guide you to what God expiates sins by? Performing ablution thoroughly in difficult circumstances, walking to the mosques, and waiting for the prayer after the prayer; it washes away sins completely."

76. Musnad al-Bazzar 556No grade recorded

    نَا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ - ؓ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ بِنَحْوِهِ

    ✧ Abu al-Abbas narrated to us, from Sa'id b. al-Musayyib, from Ali b. Abi Talib ؓ, from the Prophet ﷺ, similarly.

77. Musnad al-Bazzar 547No grade recorded

    لَمَّا غَسَّلْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ ذَهَبْتُ لِأَنْظُرَ مَا يَكُونُ مِنَ الْمَيِّتِ فَلَمْ أَرَ شَيْئًا، فَقُلْتُ: كَانَ طَيِّبًا حَيًّا وَمَيِّتًا

    ✧ When I washed the Prophet ﷺ, I went to look for what is usually found from the deceased, but I did not see anything. I said: He was good alive and dead.

78. Musnad al-Bazzar 557No grade recorded

    بَعَثَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنَا وَالْمِقْدَادُ، وَالزُّبَيْرُ، فَقَالَ: انْطَلِقُوا حَتَّى تَأْتُوا رَوْضَةَ خَاخٍ، فَإِنَّ بِهَا ظَعِينَةً مَعَهَا كِتَابٌ فَخُذُوهُ مِنْهَا، فَانْطَلَقْنَا تَعَادَى بِنَا خَيْلُنَا حَتَّى أَتَيْنَا الرَّوْضَةَ، فَإِذَا نَحْنُ بِالظَّعِينَةِ، فَقُلْنَا أَخْرِجِي الْكِتَابَ، فَقَالَتْ: مَا مَعِي كِتَابٌ، فَقُلْتُ: لَتُخْرِجِنَّ الْكِتَابَ أَوْ لَتُلْقِيَنَّ الثِّيَابَ، فَأَخْرَجَتْهُ مِنْ عِقَاصِهَا، فَأَتَيْنَا بِهِ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ، فَإِذَا فِيهِ: مِنْ حَاطِبِ بْنِ أَبِي بَلْتَعَةَ إِلَى نَاسٍ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ بِمَكَّةَ يُخْبِرُهُمْ بِبَعْضِ أَمْرِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: " يَا حَاطِبُ: مَا هَذَا ؟ " قَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، لَا تَعْجَلْ عَلَيَّ إِنِّي كُنْتُ مُلْصَقًا فِي قُرَيْشٍ، وَلَمْ أَكُنْ مِنْ أَنْفُسِهَا، وَكَانَ مَنْ مَعَكَ مِنَ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ لَهُمْ قَرَابَاتٌ بِمَكَّةَ يَحْمُونَ بِهَا قَرَابَاتِهِمْ، فَأَحْبَبْتُ أَنْ أَتَّخِذَ فِيهِمْ يَدًا يَحْمُونَ بِهَا قَرَابَتِي، وَلَمْ أَفْعَلْ ذَلِكَ كُفْرًا وَلَا ارْتِدَادًا عَنْ دِينِي وَلَا اخْتِيَارًا لِلْكُفْرِ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: " إِنَّهُ قَدْ صَدَقَكُمْ "، فَقَالَ - أَحْسَبُهُ - عُمَرُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، دَعْنِي أَضْرِبْ عُنُقَ هَذَا الْمُنَافِقِ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّ اللهَ اطَّلَعَ عَلَى هَذِهِ الْعِصَابَةِ مِنْ أَهْلِ بَدْرٍ فَقَالَ: اعْمَلُوا مَا شِئْتُمْ فَقَدْ غَفَرْتُ لَكُمْ

    ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ sent me, al-Miqdad, and al-Zubayr, and said: Go until you come to the meadow of Khakh, for there is a woman in a litter with a letter; take it from her. So we set off, our horses racing, until we reached the meadow, and there was the woman. We said: Bring out the letter. She said: I have no letter. I said: You will bring out the letter or you will shed your clothes. So she brought it out from her braids. We brought it to the Messenger of God ﷺ, and in it was: From Hatib b. Abi Balta'ah to some people of the polytheists in Makkah, informing them of some of the affairs of the Messenger of God ﷺ. The Prophet ﷺ said: "O Hatib, what is this?" He said: O Messenger of God, do not hasten against me. I was an ally attached to Quraysh and not one of their own. Those with you of the Emigrants had relatives in Makkah to protect their families, so I wanted to take a hand with them to protect my relatives. I did not do that out of disbelief or apostasy from my religion, nor preferring disbelief. The Messenger of God ﷺ said: "He has told you the truth." Umar—I think—said: O Messenger of God, let me strike the neck of this hypocrite. The Messenger of God ﷺ said: "What do you know? Perhaps God looked upon this band of the people of Badr and said: Do whatever you wish, for I have forgiven you."

79. Musnad al-Bazzar 558No grade recorded

    نَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي رَافِعٍ، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ

    ✧ Sufyan narrated to us, from Abd al-Rahman b. al-Harith, from Zayd b. Ali, from his father, from Ubaydullah b. Abi Rafi', from Ali.

80. Musnad al-Bazzar 559No grade recorded

    وَقَفَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِعَرَفَةَ، فَقَالَ: هَذِهِ عَرَفَةُ وَهِيَ الْمَوْقِفُ، ثُمَّ أَفَاضَ حِينَ غَرَبَتِ الشَّمْسُ، وَأَرْدَفَ أُسَامَةَ وَجَعَلَ يَسِيرُ عَلَى هِينَتِهِ، وَالنَّاسُ يَضْرِبُونَ يَمِينًا وَشِمَالًا، لَا يَلْتَفِتُ إِلَيْهِمْ، وَهُوَ يَقُولُ: " أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ، عَلَيْكُمُ السَّكِينَةَ "، ثُمَّ أَتَى جَمْعًا فَصَلَّى بِهِمُ الصَّلَاتَيْنِ جَمِيعًا، فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحَ أَتَى قَزَحَ، فَوَقَفَ، فَقَالَ: " هَذَا قَزَحُ وَهُوَ الْمَوْقِفُ، وَجَمْعٌ كُلُّهُ مَوْقِفٌ " ثُمَّ أَفَاضَ، فَلَمَّا أَتَى رَأْسَ مُحَسِّرٍ قَرَعَ نَاقَتَهُ فَخَبَّتْ حَتَّى إِذَا جَازَ الْوَادِيَ وَقَفَ وَأَرْدَفَ الْفَضْلَ، ثُمَّ أَتَى الْجَمْرَةَ فَرَمَاهَا، ثُمَّ أَتَى الْمَنْحَرَ، فَقَالَ: " هَذَا الْمَنْحَرُ، وَمِنًى كُلُّهَا مَنْحَرٌ " فَاسْتَقْبَلَتْهُ جَارِيَةٌ، فَقَالَتْ: إِنَّ أَبِي شَيْخٌ كَبِيرٌ قَدْ أَفْنَدَ، وَقَدْ أَدْرَكَتْهُ فَرِيضَةُ اللهِ فِي الْحَجِّ، أَفَيُجْزِي أَنْ أَحُجَّ عَنْهُ ؟ قَالَ: " حُجِّي عَنْ أَبِيكِ "، قَالَ: وَلَوَى عُنُقَ الْفَضْلِ قَالَ: فَقَالَ الْعَبَّاسُ: لِمَ لَوَيْتَ عُنُقَ ابْنِ عَمِّكَ ؟ قَالَ: " رَأَيْتُ شَابًّا وَشَابَّةً فَلَمْ آمَنِ الشَّيْطَانَ عَلَيْهِمَا " قَالَ: وَأَتَاهُ رَجُلٌ، فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَفَضْتُ قَبْلَ أَنْ أَحْلِقَ، قَالَ: " احْلِقْ أَوْ قَصِّرْ وَلَا حَرَجَ " قَالَ: وَأَتَاهُ رَجُلٌ، فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، إِنِّي ذَبَحْتُ قَبْلَ أَنْ أَرْمِيَ، فَقَالَ: " ارْمِ وَلَا حَرَجَ " قَالَ: ثُمَّ أَتَى الْبَيْتَ فَطَافَ ثُمَّ أَتَى زَمْزَمَ، فَقَالَ: " يَا بَنِي عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ سِقَايَتَكُمْ، فَلَوْلَا أَنْ يَغْلِبَكُمُ النَّاسُ لَنَزَعْتُ بِهَا

    ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ stood at Arafah and said: "This is Arafah, and it is the standing place." Then he departed when the sun had set, with Usamah riding behind him. He proceeded at his easy pace while the people were striking right and left, and he did not turn to them, saying: "O people, you must be calm." Then he came to Muzdalifah and prayed the two prayers together. When morning came, he came to Quzah and stood, saying: "This is Quzah, and it is a standing place, and all of Muzdalifah is a standing place." Then he departed, and when he reached the top of Muhassir, he struck his she-camel and she trotted until he crossed the valley, then he stopped and mounted al-Fadl behind him. Then 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." A young girl came to him and said: My father is an old man who has become senile, and God's obligation of Hajj has caught up with him; will it suffice for me to perform Hajj on his behalf? He said: "Perform Hajj on behalf of your father." He turned al-Fadl's neck away. Al-Abbas said: Why did you turn the neck of your cousin? He said: "I saw a young man and a young woman and did not trust Satan regarding them." A man came to him and said: O Messenger of God, I departed before shaving. He said: "Shave or shorten, and no harm." A man came to him and said: O Messenger of God, I slaughtered before throwing. He said: "Throw, and no harm." Then he came to the House and circumambulated, then he came to Zamzam and said: "O Banu Abd al-Muttalib, your water-giving; were it not that the people would overwhelm you, I would draw water with it."

81. Musnad al-Bazzar 560No grade recorded

    كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِذَا رَأَى مَا يَكْرَهُ قَالَ: " الْحَمْدُ لِلهِ عَلَى كُلِّ حَالٍ " وَإِذَا رَأَى مَا يَسُرُّهُ، قَالَ: الْحَمْدُ لِلهِ الَّذِي بِنِعْمَتِهِ تَتِمُّ الصَّالِحَاتُ

    ✧ When the Prophet ﷺ saw something he disliked, he said: "Praise be to God in every situation." And when he saw something that pleased him, he said: "Praise be to God by whose grace good deeds are completed."

82. Musnad al-Bazzar 561No grade recorded

    " يَجْزِي الْجَمَاعَةَ أَنْ يُسَلِّمَ أَحَدُهُمْ، وَيَجْزِي الْقُعُودَ أَنْ يَرُدَّ أَحَدُهُمْ

    ✧ "It suffices the group if one of them greets, and it suffices those sitting if one of them returns the greeting."

83. Musnad al-Bazzar 562No grade recorded

    " نَهَانِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ أَنَامَ إِلَّا عَلَى وِتْرٍ

    ✧ "The Messenger of God ﷺ prohibited me from sleeping except after praying Witr."

84. Musnad al-Bazzar 563No grade recorded

    كَانَ إِذَا قَامَ لِلصَّلَاةِ، قَالَ: " اللهُ أَكْبَرُ، ( 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 مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ ( اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ الْمَلِكُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ، أَنْتَ رَبِّي وَأَنَا عَبْدُكَ، ظَلَمْتُ نَفْسِي وَاعْتَرَفْتُ بِذَنْبِي فَاغْفِرْ لِي ذُنُوبِي جَمِيعًا، إِنَّهُ لَا يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ، وَاهْدِنِي لِأَحْسَنِ الْأَخْلَاقِ، لَا يَهْدِي لِأَحْسَنِهَا إِلَّا أَنْتَ، وَاصْرِفْ عَنِّي سَيِّئَهَا، إِنَّهُ 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، وَلَكَ أَسْلَمْتُ، وَبِكَ آمَنْتُ، خَشَعَ لَكَ سَمْعِي، وَبَصَرِي، وَعِظَامِي، وَمُخِّي، وَعَصَبِي "، وَإِذَا رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ قَالَ: " سَمِعَ اللهُ لِمَنْ حَمِدَهُ، رَبَّنَا وَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ مِلْءَ السَّمَاوَاتِ، وَمِلْءَ الْأَرْضِ، وَمِلْءَ مَا بَيْنَهُمَا، وَمِلْءَ مَا شِئْتَ مِنْ شَيْءٍ بَعْدُ "، وَإِذَا سَجَدَ، قَالَ: " اللَّهُمَّ لَكَ سَجَدْتُ، وَلَكَ أَسْلَمْتُ، وَبِكَ آمَنْتُ، سَجَدَ وَجْهِي لِلَّذِي خَلَقَهُ فَصَوَّرَهُ فَأَحْسَنَ صُورَتَهُ، وَشَقَّ سَمْعَهُ وَبَصَرَهُ، تَبَارَكَ اللهُ أَحْسَنُ الْخَالِقِينَ " وَإِذَا سَلَّمَ قَالَ: " اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي مَا قَدَّمْتُ، وَمَا أَخَّرْتُ، وَمَا أَسْرَرْتُ، وَمَا أَسْرَفْتُ، وَمَا أَنْتَ أَعْلَمُ بِهِ مِنِّي، أَنْتَ الْمُقَدِّمُ، وَالْمُؤَخِّرُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ

    ✧ When he stood for prayer, he said: "God is most great. (I have turned my face to the One who created the heavens and the earth, as a hanif, and I am not of the polytheists. Indeed, my prayer, my sacrifice, my living, and my dying are for God, Lord of the worlds, with no partner, and with that I have been commanded, and I am of the Muslims.) O God, You are the King, there is no god but You. You are my Lord and I am Your servant. I have wronged myself and confessed my sin, so forgive me all my sins; none forgives sins but You. Guide me to the best of morals; none guides to their best but You. Turn away from me their evil; none turns away from me their evil but You. Here I am at Your service and at Your command. 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." When he bowed, he said: "O God, to You I have bowed, to You I have submitted, and in You I have believed. My hearing, sight, bones, marrow, and nerves are humbled before You." When he raised his head, he said: "God hears the one who praises Him. Our Lord, to You is praise, filling the heavens, filling the earth, filling what is between them, and filling whatever You will after that." When he prostrated, he said: "O God, to You I have prostrated, to You I have submitted, and in You I have believed. My face has prostrated to the One who created it and shaped it and perfected its form, and split its hearing and sight. Blessed is God, the best of creators." When he said the salam, he said: "O God, forgive me what I have sent ahead, what I have delayed, what I have concealed, and what I have done excessively, and what You know better than I. You are the Advancer and the Delayer; there is no god but You."

85. Musnad al-Bazzar 564No grade recorded

    يَقُولُ فِي شَيْءٍ: صَدَقَ اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ، فَقِيلَ لَهُ: هَذَا شَيْءٌ سَمِعْتَهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ ؟ قَالَ: الْحَرْبُ خَدْعَةٌ

    ✧ He used to say about something: God and His Messenger have spoken the truth. It was said to him: Is this something you heard from the Messenger of God ﷺ? He said: War is deception.

86. Musnad al-Bazzar 565No grade recorded

    أَنَّ عَلِيًّا ؓ ذَكَرَ الْخَوَارِجَ، فَقَالَ: فِيهِمْ رَجُلٌ مُودَنُ الْيَدِ، أَوْ مَثْدُونُ الْيَدِ، أَوْ مُخْدَجُ الْيَدِ، لَوْلَا أَنْ تَبْطَرُوا لَحَدَّثْتُكُمْ مَا وَعَدَ اللهُ الَّذِينَ يُقَاتِلُونَهُمْ، عَلَى لِسَانِ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ، قَالَ عَبِيدَةُ: فَقُلْتُ: أَنْتَ سَمِعْتَ هَذَا مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ ؟ قَالَ: إِي وَرَبِّ الْكَعْبَةِ، إِي وَرَبِّ الْكَعْبَةِ

    ✧ Ali ؓ mentioned the Khawarij and said: Among them is a man with a defective hand, or a deficient hand, or a shortened hand. Were it not that you would become arrogant, I would tell you what God has promised those who fight them on the tongue of Muhammad ﷺ. Ubayda said: I said: Did you hear this from the Messenger of God ﷺ? He said: Yes, by the Lord of the Ka'bah; yes, by the Lord of the Ka'bah.

87. Musnad al-Bazzar 566No grade recorded

    نَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ، عَنْ عَبِيدَةَ، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ

    ✧ Ismail b. Ibrahim narrated to us, from Ayyub, from Muhammad b. Sirin, from Ubayda, from Ali.

88. Musnad al-Bazzar 567No grade recorded

    وَحَدَّثَنَاهُ عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، قَالَا: نَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ، عَنْ عَبِيدَةَ، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ

    ✧ And Amr b. Ali and Muhammad b. Bashshar narrated it to us. They said: Muadh b. Hisham narrated to us, from his father, from Qatada, from Muhammad b. Sirin, from Ubayda, from Ali.

89. Musnad al-Bazzar 568No grade recorded

    نَا مُبَارَكُ بْنُ فَضَالَةَ، عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ سِيرِينَ، عَنْ عَبِيدَةَ، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ

    ✧ Mubarak b. Fadala narrated to us, from Yunus b. Ubayd, from Ibn Sirin, from Ubayda, from Ali.

90. Musnad al-Bazzar 569No grade recorded

    نَا يُونُسُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ عُبَيْدٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ، عَنْ عَبِيدَةَ، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ

    ✧ Yunus—meaning Ibn Ubayd—narrated to us, from Muhammad b. Sirin, from Ubayda, from Ali.

91. Musnad al-Bazzar 570No grade recorded

    حَدَّثَنَا الْمُعْتَمِرُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ، عَنْ عَوْفٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ، عَنْ عَبِيدَةَ، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ

    ✧ Al-Mu'tamir b. Sulayman narrated to us, from Awf, from Muhammad b. Sirin, from Ubayda, from Ali.

92. Musnad al-Bazzar 571No grade recorded

    نَا وَكِيعٌ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنِ ابْنِ سِيرِينَ، عَنْ عَبِيدَةَ، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ

    ✧ Waki' narrated to us, from Yazid b. Ibrahim, from Ibn Sirin, from Ubayda, from Ali.

93. Musnad al-Bazzar 572No grade recorded

    نَا أَبُو عَمْرِو بْنُ الْعَلَاءِ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ، عَنْ عَبِيدَةَ، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ

    ✧ Abu Amr b. al-Ala' narrated to us, from Muhammad b. Sirin, from Ubayda, from Ali.

94. Musnad al-Bazzar 573No grade recorded

    أَنَّهُ ذَكَرَ الْخَوَارِجَ، فَقَالَ: إِنَّ فِيهِمْ رَجُلًا مُودَنَ الْيَدِ، أَوْ مَثْدُونَ الْيَدِ، أَوْ مُخْدَجَ الْيَدِ، لَوْلَا أَنْ تَبْطَرُوا لَحَدَّثْتُكُمْ، مَا وَعَدَ اللهُ الَّذِينَ يُقَاتِلُونَكُمْ عَلَى لِسَانِ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ. قَالَ عَبِيدَةُ: فَقُلْتُ لِعَلِيٍّ ؓ: أَنْتَ سَمِعْتَ هَذَا مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، قَالَ: إِي وَرَبِّ الْكَعْبَةِ، إِي وَرَبِّ الْكَعْبَةِ.

    ✧ He mentioned the Khawarij and said: Among them is a man with a defective hand, or a stunted hand, or an incomplete hand. Were it not that you would become insolent, I would tell you what God has promised those who fight you on the tongue of Muhammad ﷺ. Ubayda said: I said to Ali ؓ, 'Did you hear this from the Messenger of God ﷺ?' He said: 'Yes, by the Lord of the Kaaba, yes, by the Lord of the Kaaba.'

95. Musnad al-Bazzar 574No grade recorded

    نَا ابْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَوْنٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ عَبِيدَةَ، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ

    ✧ Ibn Abi Adi narrated to us, from Ibn Awn, from Muhammad, from Ubayda, from Ali.

96. Musnad al-Bazzar 575No grade recorded

    جَاءَتْ فَاطِمَةُ ؓ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ " تَشْكُو مَجْلَ يَدِهَا مِنْ أَثَرِ الرَّحَى

    ✧ Fatima ؓ came to the Messenger of God ﷺ complaining of the pain in her hand from the marks of the millstone.

97. Musnad al-Bazzar 576No grade recorded

    أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ، قَالَ يَوْمَ الْأَحْزَابِ: حَبَسُونَا عَنْ صَلَاةِ الْوُسْطَى حَتَّى غَابَتِ الشَّمْسُ، مَلَأَ اللهُ بُيُوتَهُمْ وَقُبُورَهُمْ نَارًا

    ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ said on the Day of the Confederates: They kept us from the middle prayer until the sun set. May God fill their houses and graves with fire.

98. Musnad al-Bazzar 577No grade recorded

    نَهَانِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنِ " التَّخَتُّمِ بِالذَّهَبِ وَعَنْ لُبْسِ الْقَسِّيِّ

    ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ forbade me from wearing gold rings and from wearing qassi.

99. Musnad al-Bazzar 578No grade recorded

    جَاءَ جِبْرِيلُ - عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ - إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ، فَقَالَ: خَيِّرْ أَصْحَابَكَ بَيْنَ الْفِدَاءِ أَوِ الْقَتْلِ، عَلَى أَنْ يُقْتَلَ مِنْهُمْ عَامٌ مُقْبِلٌ عِدَّتُهُمْ، قَالَ: " نَخْتَارُ الْفِدَاءَ وَيُقْتَلُ مِنَّا عَامٌ مُقْبِلٌ

    ✧ Jibril ﷺ came to the Prophet ﷺ on the day of Badr and said: “Give your companions the choice between ransom or death, on condition that an equal number of them will be killed next year.” He said: “We choose ransom, and an equal number of us will be killed next year.”

100. Musnad al-Bazzar 579No grade recorded

     كُنْتُ رَجُلًا مَذَّاءً، فَسَأَلْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ عَنْ ذَلِكَ، فَقَالَ: " فِيهِ الْوُضُوءُ

     ✧ I was a man who emitted madhy (prostatic fluid), so I asked the Prophet ﷺ about that, and he said: “It requires wudu.”

101. Musnad al-Bazzar 580No grade recorded

     نَا أَشْعَثُ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ عَبِيدَةَ، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ ؓ بِنَحْوِهِ. وَهَذَا الْحَدِيثُ لَا نَعْلَمُ رَوَاهُ عَنْ أَشْعَثَ، إِلَّا رَوْحُ بْنُ عُبَادَةَ

     ✧ Ash‘ath narrated to us, from Muhammad, from ‘Abida, from Ali ؓ something similar. And we do not know anyone who narrated this hadith from Ash‘ath except Rawh b. ‘Ubada.

102. Musnad al-Bazzar 581No grade recorded

     نَهَى عَنِ " التَّخَتُّمِ بِالذَّهَبِ، وَعَنْ لُبْسِ الْقَسِّيِّ

     ✧ He forbade wearing gold rings and wearing qassi garments.

103. Musnad al-Bazzar 582No grade recorded

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

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said on the day of the Confederates: “May Allah fill their houses and graves with fire against them, just as they kept us from the middle prayer until the sun set.”

104. Musnad al-Bazzar 583No grade recorded

     " إِنَّ لِكُلِّ نَبِيٍّ حَوَارِيًّا وَحَوَارِيَّ الزُّبَيْرُ

     ✧ “Every prophet has a disciple, and my disciple is al-Zubayr.”

105. Musnad al-Bazzar 584No grade recorded

     أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ يَوْمَ الْأَحْزَابِ: شَغَلُونَا عَنِ الصَّلَاةِ الْوُسْطَى، حَتَّى غَرَبَتِ الشَّمْسُ، مَلَأَ اللهُ قُبُورَهُمْ وَبُيُوتَهُمْ نَارًا

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ said on the day of the Confederates: “They kept us from the middle prayer until the sun set. May Allah fill their graves and houses with fire.”

106. Musnad al-Bazzar 585No grade recorded

     " شَغَلُونَا عَنِ الصَّلَاةِ حَتَّى آبَتِ الشَّمْسُ، مَلَأَ اللهُ قُبُورَهُمْ نَارًا، أَوْ بُيُوتَهُمْ نَارًا، أَوْ بُطُونَهُمْ نَارًا

     ✧ “They kept us from the prayer until the sun set. May Allah fill their graves with fire, or their houses with fire, or their bellies with fire.”

107. Musnad al-Bazzar 586No grade recorded

     أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ عَلَى حِرَاءٍ فَتَحَرَّكَ فَقَالَ: عَشَرَةٌ فِي الْجَنَّةِ: أَبُو بَكْرٍ، وَعُمَرُ، وَعُثْمَانُ، وَعَلِيٌّ وَطَلْحَةُ، وَعَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ، وَسَعْدٌ، وَسَعِيدُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ ؓ أَجْمَعِينَ

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ was on Hira when it shook, and he said: “Ten are in Paradise: Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman, Ali, Talha, Abd al-Rahman, Sa‘d, and Sa‘id b. Zayd, ؓ.”

108. Musnad al-Bazzar 587No grade recorded

     وَالَّذِي فَلَقَ الْحَبَّةَ، وَبَرَأَ النَّسَمَةَ، إِنَّهُ لَعَهْدُ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ الْأُمِّيِّ إِلَيَّ: أَنَّهُ " لَا يُحِبُّنِي إِلَّا مُؤْمِنٌ، وَلَا يُبْغِضُنِي إِلَّا مُنَافِقٌ

     ✧ By the One who split the grain and created the soul, it is indeed the covenant of the unlettered Prophet ﷺ to me: “No one loves me except a believer, and no one hates me except a hypocrite.”

109. Musnad al-Bazzar 588No grade recorded

     سُئِلَ عَلِيٌّ ؓ عَنْ وُضُوءِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، فَأَهَرَاقَ الْمَاءَ فِي الرَّحَبَةِ، ثُمَّ دَعَا بِمَاءٍ، فَقَالَ: أَيْنَ السَّائِلُ عَنْ وُضُوءِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، فَغَسَلَ يَدَيْهِ ثَلَاثًا، وَوَجْهَهُ ثَلَاثًا، وَغَسَلَ ذِرَاعَيْهِ ثَلَاثًا، ثُمَّ مَسَحَ بِرَأْسِهِ حَتَّى كَادَ أَنْ يَقْطُرَ، ثُمَّ غَسَلَ رِجْلَيْهِ ثَلَاثًا، ثُمَّ قَالَ: " هَكَذَا كَانَ يَتَوَضَّأُ رَسُولُ اللهِ

     ✧ Ali ؓ was asked about the wudu of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He poured water in the courtyard, then called for water and said: “Where is the one asking about the wudu of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ?” He washed his hands three times, his face three times, and his forearms three times. Then he wiped his head until it almost dripped. Then he washed his feet three times. Then he said: “This is how the Messenger of Allah used to perform wudu.”

110. Musnad al-Bazzar 589No grade recorded

     " يَا عَلِيُّ سَلِ اللهَ الْهُدَى وَالسَّدَادَ، وَاذْكُرْ بِالْهُدَى هِدَايَتَكَ الطَّرِيقَ، وَالسَّدَادَ تَسْدِيدَكَ السَّهْمَ

     ✧ “O Ali, ask Allah for guidance and straightness, and remember by guidance your guiding of the way, and by straightness your straightening of the arrow.”

111. Musnad al-Bazzar 590No grade recorded

     جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى عَلِيٍّ ؓ، فَقَالَ: أَعِنِّي فِي مُكَاتَبَتِي، فَقَالَ: أَلَا أُعَلِّمُكَ كَلِمَاتٍ عَلَّمَنِيهِنَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَوْ كَانَ عَلَيْكَ مِثْلُ جَبَلِ صِيرٍ دَيْنًا لَأَدَّاهُ اللهُ عَنْكَ ؟ قُلِ: اللَّهُمَّ اكْفِنِي بِحَلَالِكَ عَنْ حَرَامِكَ، وَأَغْنِنِي بِفَضْلِكَ عَنْ مَنْ سِوَاكَ

     ✧ A man came to ʿAlī ؓ and said: Help me with my mukātaba (contract of manumission). He said: Shall I not teach you words that the Messenger of God ﷺ taught me? If you had a debt like Mount Ṣīr, God would pay it off for you. Say: O God, suffice me with what You have made lawful against what You have made unlawful, and enrich me by Your bounty from all besides You.

112. Musnad al-Bazzar 591No grade recorded

     قُلْتُ لِشَقِيقِ بْنِ سَلَمَةَ: حَدِّثْنِي عَنْ ذِي الثُّدَيَّةِ، قَالَ: لَمَّا قَاتَلْنَاهُمْ قَالَ عَلِيٌّ ؓ: اطْلُبُوا رَجُلًا عَلَامَتُهُ كَذَا وَكَذَا فَطَلَبْنَاهُ فَلَمْ نَجِدْهُ، فَقُلْنَا لَهُ لَمْ نَجِدْهُ، فَبَكَى، فَقَالَ: اطْلُبُوهُ فَوَاللهِ مَا كَذَبْتُ وَلَا كُذِبْتُ، قَالَ: فَطَلَبْنَاهُ فَلَمْ نَجِدْهُ، فَبَكَى، فَقَالَ: اطْلُبُوا فَوَاللهِ مَا كَذَبْتُ وَلَا كُذِبْتُ، فَطَلَبْنَاهُ فَلَمْ نَجِدْهُ، قَالَ: فَرَكِبَ بَغْلَتَهُ الشَّهْبَاءَ فَطَلَبْنَاهُ، فَوَجَدْنَاهُ تَحْتَ بُرْدِيٍّ، فَلَمَّا رَآهُ سَجَدَ

     ✧ I said to Shaqīq b. Salama: Tell me about Dhū al-Thudayya. He said: When we fought them, ʿAlī ؓ said: Look for a man whose mark is such and such. So we looked for him but did not find him. We said to him, 'We did not find him,' and he wept. Then he said: Look for him, for by God I have not lied, nor have I been lied to. So we looked for him and did not find him, and he wept. Then he said: Search, for by God I have not lied, nor have I been lied to. So we looked for him and did not find him. Then he mounted his grey mule and we searched, and found him beneath some papyrus. When he saw him, he prostrated.

113. Musnad al-Bazzar 592No grade recorded

     قِيلَ لِعَلِيٍّ ؓ: أَلَا تَسْتَخْلِفُ عَلَيْنَا ؟ قَالَ: " مَا اسْتَخْلَفَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَسْتَخْلِفَ عَلَيْكُمْ، وَإِنْ يُرِدِ اللهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى بِالنَّاسِ خَيْرًا فَسَيَجْمَعُهُمْ عَلَى خَيْرِهِمْ كَمَا جَمَعَهُمْ بَعْدَ نَبِيِّهِمْ ﷺ عَلَى خَيْرِهِمْ

     ✧ It was said to ʿAlī ؓ: Will you not appoint a successor over us? He said: The Messenger of God ﷺ did not appoint a successor, so I will not appoint a successor over you. If God, Blessed and Exalted, wills good for the people, He will gather them around the best of them, just as He gathered them after their Prophet ﷺ around the best of them.

114. Musnad al-Bazzar 593No grade recorded

     " يَخْرُجُ قَوْمٌ فِي آخِرِ الزَّمَانِ يَقْرَءُونَ الْقُرْآنَ لَا يُجَاوِزُ تَرَاقِيَهُمْ، يَمْرُقُونَ مِنَ الدِّينِ كَمَا يَمْرُقُ السَّهْمُ مِنَ الرَّمِيَّةِ، قِتَالُهُمْ حَقٌّ عَلَى كُلِّ مُسْلِمٍ

     ✧ "A people will emerge at the end of time who recite the Qurʾān, but it will not pass beyond their collarbones. They will pass out of the religion as an arrow passes through the game. Fighting them is a duty upon every Muslim."

115. Musnad al-Bazzar 594No grade recorded

     " يَخْرُجُ قَوْمٌ فِي آخِرِ الزَّمَانِ

     ✧ "A people will emerge at the end of time."

116. Musnad al-Bazzar 595No grade recorded

     يَخْرُجُ فِي آخِرِ الزَّمَانِ قَوْمٌ أَحْدَاثُ الْأَسْنَانِ، سُفَهَاءُ الْأَحْلَامِ، يَقُولُونَ مِنْ خَيْرِ قَوْلِ الْبَرِيَّةِ، لَا يُجَاوِزُ إِيمَانُهُمْ حَنَاجِرَهُمْ، فَأَيْنَمَا ثَقِفْتُمُوهُمْ فَاقْتُلُوهُمْ، فَإِنَّ قَتْلَهُمْ أَجْرٌ لِمَنْ قَتَلَهُمْ

     ✧ At the end of time there will emerge a people young in age, foolish in intellect, who speak the best of the speech of creation. Their faith will not pass beyond their throats. Wherever you find them, kill them, for killing them is a reward for the one who kills them.

117. Musnad al-Bazzar 596No grade recorded

     إِذَا حَدَّثْتُكُمْ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ حَدِيثًا لَأَنْ أَخِرَّ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ أَنْ أَكْذِبَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، وَإِذَا حَدَّثْتُ فِيمَا بَيْنَنَا، فَإِنَّ الْحَرْبَ خَدْعَةٌ. سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: يَكُونُ أَقْوَامٌ فِي آخِرِ الزَّمَانِ أَحْدَاثُ الْأَسْنَانِ، سُفَهَاءُ الْأَحْلَامِ، يَقُولُونَ مِنْ خَيْرِ قَوْلِ الْبَرِيَّةِ، يَقْرَءُونَ الْقُرْآنَ لَا يُجَاوِزُ إِيمَانُهُمْ حَنَاجِرَهُمْ، فَإِذَا لَقِيتُمُوهُمْ فَاقْتُلُوهُمْ، فَإِنَّ قَتْلَهُمْ أَجْرٌ لِمَنْ قَتَلَهُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ

     ✧ When I narrate to you from the Messenger of God ﷺ a ḥadīth, falling from the sky is dearer to me than lying about the Messenger of God ﷺ. When I speak among ourselves, war is deception. I heard the Messenger of God ﷺ say: At the end of time there will be peoples young in age, foolish in intellect, who speak the best of the speech of creation. They recite the Qurʾān, but their faith does not pass beyond their throats. When you meet them, kill them, for killing them is a reward for the one who kills them on the Day of Resurrection.

118. Musnad al-Bazzar 597No grade recorded

     أَتَى عَلِيٌّ ؓ بِزَنَادِقَةٍ، فَخَرَجَ إِلَى السُّوقِ، فَحَفَرَ حُفْرَةً، فَأَحْرَقَهُمْ بِالنَّارِ، وَرَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ، وَقَالَ: " صَدَقَ اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ، ثُمَّ انْطَلَقَ حَتَّى دَخَلَ الرَّحَبَةَ، فَتَبِعْتُهُ، فَلَمَّا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَدْخُلَ الْبَيْتَ، قَالَ: مَا لَكَ يَا سُوَيْدُ ؟ قُلْتُ: يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ كَلِمَةٌ سَمِعْتُهَا حِينَ حَرَقْتَ هَؤُلَاءِ الزَّنَادِقَةَ، تَقُولُ: صَدَقَ اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ، قَالَ: يَا سُوَيْدُ، إِذَا سَمِعْتَنِي أَقُولُ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: فَاعْلَمْ أَنِّي لَأَنْ أَخِرَّ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ أَنْ أَقُولَ مَا لَمْ أَسْمَعْ مِنْهُ، وَإِذَا رَأَيْتَنِي أَتَكَلَّمُ بِأَشْبَاهِ هَذَا، فَإِنَّمَا هُوَ شَيْءٌ أَغِيظُهُمْ، أَوْ كَلِمَةٌ نَحْوُهَا

     ✧ Some zanādiqa (heretics) were brought to ʿAlī ؓ. He went out to the market, dug a pit, and burned them with fire. Then he raised his head to the sky and said: God and His Messenger spoke the truth. Then he left until he entered al-Raḥba, and I followed him. When he was about to enter the house, he said: What is the matter with you, O Suwayd? I said: O Commander of the Faithful, a word I heard when you burned those heretics: you said, 'God and His Messenger spoke the truth.' He said: O Suwayd, when you hear me say, 'The Messenger of God ﷺ said,' know that falling from the sky is dearer to me than saying what I did not hear from him. When you see me speak of things like this, it is only something to anger them, or a word like that.

119. Musnad al-Bazzar 598No grade recorded

     انْفِرُوا بِنَا إِلَى بَقِيَّةِ الْأَحْزَابِ، انْفِرُوا بِنَا إِلَى مَا قَالَ اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ، إِنَّا نَقُولُ: " صَدَقَ اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ، وَيَقُولُونَ: كَذَبَ اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ

     ✧ March out with us to the remnant of the confederates. March out with us to what God and His Messenger have said. We say: God and His Messenger spoke the truth, and they say: God and His Messenger lied.

120. Musnad al-Bazzar 599No grade recorded

     نَا يُونُسُ بْنُ أَرْقَمَ، عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ، عَنِ الْحَكَمِ، عَنْ قَيْسِ بْنِ أَبِي حَازِمٍ، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ ؓ بِنَحْوِهِ

     ✧ Yūnus b. Arqam narrated to us, from al-Aʿmash, from al-Ḥakam, from Qays b. Abī Ḥāzim, from ʿAlī ؓ something similar.

121. Musnad al-Bazzar 600No grade recorded

     دَخَلَ عَلْقَمَةُ بْنُ عُلَاثَةَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، فَدَعَا لَهُ بِرَأْسٍ وَجَعَلَ يَأْكُلُ مَعَهُ، فَجَاءَهُ بِلَالٌ فَدَعَاهُ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ فَلَمْ يُجِبْ، فَرَجَعَ فَمَكَثَ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ مَا شَاءَ اللهُ، ثُمَّ جَاءَ، فَقَالَ: الصَّلَاةُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، قَدْ وَاللهِ أَصْبَحْتَ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: يَرْحَمُ اللهُ بِلَالًا، لَوْلَا بِلَالٌ لَرَجَوْنَا أَنْ يُرَخَّصَ لَنَا مَا بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَ طُلُوعِ الشَّمْسِ، فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ ؓ: لَوْلَا أَنَّ بِلَالًا حَلَفَ لَأَكَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ حَتَّى يَقُولَ لَهُ جِبْرِيلُ ارْفَعْ يَدَكَ

     ✧ ʿAlqama b. ʿUlātha entered upon the Prophet ﷺ, and he called for a head [of an animal] and began eating with him. Bilāl came and called him to prayer, but he did not respond. He returned and stayed in the mosque as long as God willed, then came and said: Prayer, O Messenger of God. By God, morning has come. The Messenger of God ﷺ said: May God have mercy on Bilāl. Were it not for Bilāl, we would have hoped for a dispensation for us between now and sunrise. ʿAlī ؓ said: Were it not that Bilāl swore, the Messenger of God ﷺ would have eaten until Gabriel said to him, 'Lift your hand.'

122. Musnad al-Bazzar 601No grade recorded

     كَانَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ يَمْشِيَانِ أَمَامَ الْجِنَازَةِ، وَكَانَ عَلِيٌّ ؓ يَمْشِي خَلْفَهَا، فَقِيلَ لِعَلِيٍّ ؓ فِي ذَلِكَ، فَقَالَ: إِنَّهُمَا لَيَعْلَمَانِ كَمَا أَعْلَمُ، وَلَكِنَّهُمَا أَحَبَّا أَنْ يُسَهِّلَا عَلَى النَّاسِ

     ✧ Abū Bakr and ʿUmar used to walk in front of the funeral procession, and ʿAlī ؓ used to walk behind it. ʿAlī ؓ was asked about that, and he said: They know as I know, but they preferred to make it easy for the people.

123. Musnad al-Bazzar 602No grade recorded

     " كُنْتُ إِذَا سَأَلْتُ أُعْطِيتُ، وَإِذَا سَكَتُّ ابْتُدِيتُ

     ✧ I used to be given whenever I asked, and whenever I remained silent I was approached.

124. Musnad al-Bazzar 603No grade recorded

     بَعَثَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، وَأَمَرَنِي أَنْ " لَا أَمُرَّ بِقَبْرٍ إِلَّا سَوَّيْتُهُ

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ sent me and commanded me to “not pass by any grave but level it.”

125. Musnad al-Bazzar 604No grade recorded

     " أَهْدَى إِلَيَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ حُلَّةً سِيَرَاءَ، فَلَبِسْتُهَا فَرَأَيْتُ الْغَضَبَ فِي وَجْهِهِ، فَقَسَمْتُهَا بَيْنَ نِسَائِي

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ gave me a striped silk suit, so I wore it and saw anger in his face, so I divided it among my wives.

126. Musnad al-Bazzar 605No grade recorded

     قَامَ عَلِيٌّ ؓ عِنْدَ أَصْحَابِ النَّهَرِ، فَقَالَ: مَا سَمِعْتُمُونِي أُحَدِّثُكُمْ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَخُذُونِي بِهِ، وَمَا سَمِعْتُمُونِي أُحَدِّثُ فِي غَيْرِ ذَلِكَ، فَإِنَّ الْحَرْبَ خَدْعَةٌ. سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: إِنَّهُ يَكُونُ " فِي آخِرِ الزَّمَانِ قَوْمٌ أَحْدَاثُ الْأَسْنَانِ، سُفَهَاءُ الْأَحْلَامِ، يَمْرُقُونَ مِنَ الدِّينِ كَمَا يَمْرُقُ السَّهْمُ مِنَ الرَّمِيَّةِ، ثُمَّ لَا يَعُودُونَ فِيهِ، فَأَيْنَمَا لَقِيتُمُوهُمْ فَاقْتُلُوهُمْ، فَإِنَّ قَتْلَهُمْ أَجْرٌ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ، وَإِنِّي لَا أَرَاهُمْ إِلَّا هَؤُلَاءِ "، ثُمَّ نَهَدَ أَوْ نَهَضَ إِلَيْهِمْ

     ✧ Ali ؓ stood before the people of the canal and said: What you hear me narrate from the Messenger of God ﷺ, hold me to it; and what you hear me narrate other than that, war is deception. I heard the Messenger of God ﷺ say: “At the end of time there will be a people young in age, foolish in intellect, who pass out of the religion as an arrow passes through its target, then they will not return to it. Wherever you meet them, kill them, for killing them is reward on the Day of Resurrection. I see them as none other than these.” Then he rose and advanced against them.

127. Musnad al-Bazzar 606No grade recorded

     خَطَبَنَا عَلِيٌّ ؓ، فَقَالَ: إِنَّهُ قَدْ ذَكَرَ لِي أَنَّ خَارِجًا يَخْرُجُ قِبَلَ الْمَشْرِقِ، فَسَارَ حَتَّى انْتَهَى إِلَيْهِمْ، فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْخَوَارِجِ: لَا تُكَلِّمُوهُمْ، فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ عَلِيٍّ ؓ: اقْطَعُوا الْقَنَاطِرَ، قَالَ: فَقَتَلَ اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ أَوْ ثَلَاثَةَ عَشَرَ، فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ ؓ: اطْلُبُوا لِي ذَا الثُّدَيَّةِ، فَطُلِبَ فَلَمْ يُوجَدْ، فَجَعَلَ يَرْشَحُ فِي يَوْمٍ شَاتٍ، فَقَالَ: ائْتُونِي بِبَغْلَةِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ الشَّهْبَاءِ، فَرَكِبَهَا حَتَّى انْتَهَى إِلَى هَوِيَّةٍ مِنَ الْأَرْضِ، فَقَالَ: اقْلِبُوا فَأَوَّلُ مَا خَرَجَ، قَالَ: " وَاللهِ مَا كَذَبْتُ وَلَا كُذِبْتُ، وَلَوْلَا أَنِّي أَخَافُ لَأَخْبَرْتُكُمْ بِمَا قَضَى اللهُ لَكُمْ عَلَى لِسَانِهِ، يَعْنِي: نَبِيَّهُ ﷺ، وَلَقَدْ شَهِدَهَا أُنَاسٌ بِالْيَمَنِ قَالُوا: يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ كَيْفَ ؟ قَالَ: كَانَ هَوَاهُمْ مَعَنَا

     ✧ Ali ؓ addressed us and said: It has been mentioned to me that a group will come out toward the east. So he traveled until he reached them, and a man from the Kharijites said: Do not speak to them. A man from the companions of Ali ؓ said: Cut the bridges. He said: Then he killed twelve or thirteen, and Ali ؓ said: Look for the one with the breast-like protrusion for me. It was sought but not found, and he began to sweat on a winter day. Then he said: Bring me the gray mule of the Prophet ﷺ. He rode it until he came to a low-lying area of the ground and said: Turn over. The first thing that came out, he said: “By God, I did not lie nor was I lied to. Were I not afraid, I would tell you what God has decreed for you through his tongue, meaning his Prophet ﷺ. People in Yemen witnessed it.” They said: O Commander of the Faithful, how? He said: Their inclination was with us.

128. Musnad al-Bazzar 607No grade recorded

     أَنَّهُ كَانَ فِي الْجَيْشِ الَّذِينَ كَانُوا مَعَ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ؓ الَّذِينَ سَارُوا إِلَى الْخَوَارِجِ، فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ ؓ: أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ، إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: " يَخْرُجُ قَوْمٌ مِنْ أُمَّتِي يَقْرَءُونَ الْقُرْآنَ، لَيْسَتْ قِرَاءَتُكُمْ إِلَى قِرَاءَتِهِمْ بِشَيْءٍ، وَلَا صَلَاتُكُمْ إِلَى صَلَاتِهِمْ بِشَيْءٍ، وَلَا صِيَامُكُمْ إِلَى صِيَامِهِمْ بِشَيْءٍ، يَقْرَءُونَ الْقُرْآنَ لَا تُجَاوِزُ صَلَاتُهُمْ تَرَاقِيَهُمْ، يَمْرُقُونَ مِنَ الْإِسْلَامِ، كَمَا يَمْرُقُ السَّهْمُ مِنَ الرَّمِيَّةِ، لَوْ يَعْلَمُ الْجَيْشُ الَّذِينَ يُصِيبُوهُمْ مَا قُضِيَ لَهُمْ عَلَى لِسَانِ نَبِيِّهِمْ ﷺ لَنَكَلُوا عَنِ الْعَمَلِ، وَآيَةُ ذَلِكَ أَنَّ فِيهِمْ رَجُلًا لَهُ عَضُدٌ وَلَيْسَتْ لَهُ ذِرَاعٌ عَلَى عَضُدِهِ مِثْلُ حَلَمَةِ ثَدْيِ الْمَرْأَةِ، عَلَيْهَا شَعَرَاتٌ بِيضٌ، فَتَذْهَبُونَ إِلَى مُعَاوِيَةَ وَأَهْلِ الشَّامِ وَتَتْرُكُونَ هَؤُلَاءِ يَخْلُفُونَكُمْ فِي ذَرَارِيِّكُمْ وَأَمْوَالِكُمْ، وَاللهِ إِنِّي لَأَرْجُو أَنْ يَكُونُوا هَؤُلَاءِ الْقَوْمَ، فَإِنَّهُمْ سَفَكُوا الدَّمَ الْحَرَامَ، وَأَغَارُوا فِي سَرْحِ النَّاسِ، فَسِيرُوا عَلَى اسْمِ اللهِ، فَلَمَّا الْتَقَيْنَا، وَعَلَى الْخَوَارِجِ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ وَهْبٍ الرَّاسِبِيُّ، فَقَالَ لَهُمْ: أَلْقُوا الرِّمَاحَ، وَسُلُّوا سُيُوفَكُمْ جُفُونَهَا، فَإِنِّي أَخَافُ أَنْ يُنَاشِدُوكُمْ كَمَا نَاشَدُوكُمْ يَوْمَ حَرُورَاءَ، قَالَ: فَسَلُّوا السُّيُوفَ وَشَجَرَ بَقِيَّةُ النَّاسِ بِرِمَاحِهِمْ، فَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَى بَعْضٍ، وَمَا أُصِيبَ يَوْمَئِذٍ مِنَ النَّاسِ إِلَّا رَجُلَانِ، فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ ؓ: الْتَمِسُوا فِيهِمُ الْمُخْدَجَ، فَقَامَ عَلِيٌّ ؓ بِنَفْسِهِ فَالْتَمَسَهُ فَوَجَدَهُ، فَقَالَ: صَدَقَ اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ، فَقَامَ إِلَيْهِ عَبِيدَةُ، فَقَالَ: يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ: اللهِ الَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ سَمِعْتَ هَذَا مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ ؟ فَقَالَ: إِنِّي وَاللهِ الَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ لَسَمِعْتُ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ، حَتَّى اسْتَحْلَفَهُ ثَلَاثًا وَهُوَ يَحْلِفُ لَهُ

     ✧ He was in the army that was with Ali b. Abi Talib ؓ that marched against the Kharijites. Ali ؓ said: O people, I heard the Messenger of God ﷺ say: “A people from my community will come out who recite the Quran; your recitation is nothing compared to theirs, nor your prayer compared to theirs, nor your fasting compared to theirs. They recite the Quran but it does not pass beyond their collarbones. They pass out of Islam as an arrow passes through its target. If the army that encounters them knew what was decreed for them on the tongue of their Prophet ﷺ, they would refrain from action. The sign of that is that among them is a man with an upper arm but no forearm, and on his upper arm is something like a woman’s nipple with white hairs on it. You are going to Muawiyah and the people of Syria and leaving these to succeed you in your offspring and wealth. By God, I hope they are these people, for they shed sacred blood and raided people’s livestock. So march in the name of God.” When we met, the Kharijites that day were under Abdullah b. Wahb al-Rasibi. He said to them: Throw down your spears and draw your swords from their scabbards, for I fear they will appeal to you as they appealed to you on the day of Harura. He said: So they drew their swords, and the rest of the people engaged with their spears. Then they came at one another, and no one from the people was struck that day except two men. Then Ali ؓ said: Search among them for the maimed one. Ali ؓ stood up himself and searched for him and found him. He said: God and His Messenger have spoken the truth. Ubaydah stood up to him and said: O Commander of the Faithful, by God, other than whom there is no god, did you hear this from the Messenger of God ﷺ? He said: By God, other than whom there is no god, I heard this hadith. He made him swear three times, and he kept swearing to him.

129. Musnad al-Bazzar 608No grade recorded

     أَنَّهُ أَخَذَ بِيَدِهِ فَانْطَلَقْنَا نَمْشِي حَتَّى بَلَغَ شَاطِئَ الْفُرَاتِ، فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ ؓ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: مَا مِنْ نَفْسٍ مَنْفُوسَةٍ، إِلَّا سَبَقَ لَهَا مِنَ اللهِ شَقَاءٌ أَوْ سَعَادَةٌ، فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، فَفِيمَ إِذَنِ الْعَمَلُ، قَالَ: " اعْمَلُوا فَكُلٌّ مُيَسَّرٌ لِمَا خُلِقَ لَهُ "، فَأَمَّا مَنْ أَعْطَى وَاتَّقَى وَصَدَّقَ بِالْحُسْنَى فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُ لِلْيُسْرَى وَأَمَّا مَنْ بَخِلَ وَاسْتَغْنَى وَكَذَّبَ بِالْحُسْنَى

     ✧ He took his hand and we set off walking until we reached the bank of the Euphrates. Ali ؓ said: The Messenger of God ﷺ said: There is no soul created but that misery or happiness has preceded it from God. A man said: O Messenger of God, then what is the point of action? He said: “Act, for everyone is facilitated for what he was created for.” As for one who gives and fears and believes in the best, We will facilitate him for ease; and as for one who withholds and considers himself self-sufficient and denies the best,

130. Musnad al-Bazzar 609No grade recorded

     أَنَّهُ كَانَ فِي جِنَازَةٍ، فَأَخَذَ عُودًا فَجَعَلَ يَنْكُتُ فِي الْأَرْضِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: مَا مِنْ أَحَدٍ مِنْكُمْ إِلَّا وَقَدْ كُتِبَ مَقْعَدُهُ مِنَ النَّارِ أَوْ مَقْعَدُهُ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ، قَالُوا: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَفَلَا نَتَّكِلُ ؟ قَالَ: " اعْمَلُوا فَكُلٌّ مُيَسَّرٌ "، فَأَمَّا مَنْ أَعْطَى وَاتَّقَى وَصَدَّقَ بِالْحُسْنَى فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُ لِلْيُسْرَى وَأَمَّا مَنْ بَخِلَ وَاسْتَغْنَى وَكَذَّبَ بِالْحُسْنَى فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُ لِلْعُسْرَى

     ✧ He was at a funeral and took a stick and began to scrape the ground with it, then said: There is none of you but his seat in the Fire or his seat in Paradise has been written. They said: O Messenger of God, should we not then rely on that? He said: “Act, for everyone is facilitated.” As for one who gives and fears and believes in the best, We will facilitate him for ease; and as for one who withholds and considers himself self-sufficient and denies the best, We will facilitate him for hardship.

131. Musnad al-Bazzar 610No grade recorded

     نَا الْأَعْمَشُ، عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ عُبَيْدَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ - ؓ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ بِنَحْوِهِ

     ✧ Al-A'mash narrated to us, from Sa'd b. Ubaydah, from Abu Abd al-Rahman, from Ali ؓ, from the Prophet ﷺ, similarly.

132. Musnad al-Bazzar 611No grade recorded

     بَعَثَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ رَجُلًا مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ عَلَى سَرِيَّةٍ، وَأَمَرَهُمْ أَنْ يُطِيعُوهُ، فَلَمَّا خَرَجَ وَجَدَ عَلَيْهِمْ فِي شَيْءٍ، فَقَالَ: أَلَيْسَ قَدْ أَمَرَكُمْ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ تُطِيعُونِي ؟ قَالُوا: بَلَى، قَالَ: فَاجْمَعُوا حَطَبًا، فَجَمَعُوا حَطَبًا، ثُمَّ دَعَا بِنَارٍ، فَأَضْرَمَهَا فِي الْحَطَبِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: عَزَمْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ لَتَدْخُلُنَّهَا، فَهَمَّ الْقَوْمُ بِذَلِكَ، فَقَالَ لَهُمْ شَابٌّ مِنْ أَحْدَثِهِمْ: لَا تَعْجَلُوا أَنْ تَدْخُلُوا النَّارَ، فَإِنَّمَا فَرَرْتُمْ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مِنَ النَّارِ، حَتَّى تَأْتُوا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ، فَإِنْ أَمَرَكُمْ أَنْ تَدْخُلُوا فَادْخُلُوا، فَأَتَوُا النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَذَكَرُوا بِذَلِكَ لَهُ، فَقَالَ: لَوْ دَخَلْتُمُوهَا مَا خَرَجْتُمْ مِنْهَا أَبَدًا.

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ sent a man from the Ansar on a military expedition and ordered them to obey him. When he went out, he became angry with them over something and said: Did not the Messenger of God ﷺ order you to obey me? They said: Yes. He said: Gather firewood. They gathered firewood, then he called for fire and set it ablaze in the wood, then said: I adjure you to enter it. The people were about to do that when a young man among their youngest said to them: Do not rush to enter the fire; you only fled to the Messenger of God ﷺ from the fire. Wait until you come to the Messenger of God ﷺ; if he orders you to enter, then enter. So they came to the Prophet ﷺ and mentioned that to him. He said: Had you entered it, you would never have come out of it.

133. Musnad al-Bazzar 612No grade recorded

     " لَا طَاعَةَ فِي مَعْصِيَةِ اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ

     ✧ There is no obedience in disobedience to God, Mighty and Majestic.

134. Musnad al-Bazzar 613No grade recorded

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

     ✧ I said: O Messenger of God, you select women from Quraysh and leave us? He said: Do you have someone? I said: Yes, the daughter of Hamzah. He said: She is not lawful for me; she is the daughter of my brother through suckling.

135. Musnad al-Bazzar 614No grade recorded

     كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ جَالِسًا وَفِي يَدِهِ عُودٌ يَنْكُتُ بِهِ فَرَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ، فَقَالَ: مَا مِنْكُمْ نَفْسٌ إِلَّا قَدْ عُلِمَ مَنْزِلَتُهَا مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ وَالنَّارِ، قَالُوا: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَفَلَا نَتَّكِلُ وَلَا نَعْمَلُ ؟ قَالَ: " اعْمَلُوا فَكُلٌّ مُيَسَّرٌ لِمَا خُلِقَ لَهُ "، ثُمَّ قَرَأَ: فَأَمَّا مَنْ أَعْطَى وَاتَّقَى وَصَدَّقَ بِالْحُسْنَى إِلَى قَوْلِهِ: وَأَمَّا مَنْ بَخِلَ وَاسْتَغْنَى وَكَذَّبَ بِالْحُسْنَى فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُ لِلْعُسْرَى

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was sitting one day with a stick in his hand, scratching the ground with it. He raised his head and said, "There is no soul among you but its place in Paradise or Hell has been known." They said, "O Messenger of Allah, should we not then rely on that and not work?" He said, "Work, for everyone is facilitated toward what he was created for." Then he recited: "As for him who gives and fears (Allah), and believes in the best (reward)," until His saying: "But as for him who is stingy and thinks himself self-sufficient, and denies the best (reward), We will facilitate for him the path to hardship."

136. Musnad al-Bazzar 615No grade recorded

     أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ بَعَثَ جَيْشًا، وَأَمَّرَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَجُلًا، وَأَمَرَهُمْ أَنْ يُطِيعُوهُ، فَأَوْقَدَ نَارًا، فَقَالَ: ادْخُلُوهَا، فَأَرَادَ نَاسٌ أَنْ يَدْخُلُوهَا، وَقَالَ آخَرُونَ: إِنَّمَا فَرَرْنَا مِنْهَا فَلَا نَدْخُلُهَا، فَذُكِرَ ذَلِكَ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ لِلَّذِينَ أَرَادُوا أَنْ يَدْخُلُوهَا: لَوْ دَخَلُوا فِيهَا لَمْ يَزَالُوا فِيهَا إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ، وَقَالَ لِلْآخَرِينَ الَّذِينَ أَبَوْا قَوْلًا حَسَنًا، وَقَالَ: " لَا طَاعَةَ فِي مَعْصِيَةِ اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ، إِنَّمَا الطَّاعَةُ فِي الْمَعْرُوفِ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent out an army and placed a man in command over them, and ordered them to obey him. He lit a fire and said, "Enter it." Some people intended to enter it, while others said, "We only fled from it, so we will not enter it." This was mentioned to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and he said to those who had intended to enter it, "Had they entered it, they would have remained in it until the Day of Resurrection." He said a good word to the others who had refused, and said, "There is no obedience in disobedience to Allah, Mighty and Majestic. Obedience is only in what is right."

137. Musnad al-Bazzar 616No grade recorded

     نَا زَائِدَةُ، عَنِ السُّدِّيِّ، عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ عُبَيْدَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ السُّلَمِيِّ، قَالَ: خَطَبَنَا عَلِيٌّ

     ✧ Za'idah narrated to us, from al-Suddi, from Sa'd b. Ubaydah, from Abu Abd al-Rahman al-Sulami, who said: Ali addressed us.

138. Musnad al-Bazzar 617No grade recorded

     خَطَبَنَا عَلِيٌّ ؓ، فَقَالَ: يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ أَقِيمُوا الْحُدُودَ عَلَى أَرِقَّائِكُمْ مَنْ أَحْصَنَ مِنْهُمْ، وَمَنْ لَمْ يُحْصِنْ، فَإِنَّ أَمَةً لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ زَنَتْ، فَأَمَرَنِي أَنْ أَجْلِدَهَا، فَأَتَيْتُهَا فَإِذَا هِيَ حَدِيثَةُ عَهْدٍ بِنِفَاسٍ، فَخَشِيتُ إِنْ أَنَا جَلَدْتُهَا أَنْ تَمُوتَ، فَذَكَرْتُ لَهُ ذَلِكَ، يَعْنِي: لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ، فَقَالَ: " أَحْسَنْتَ

     ✧ Ali ؓ addressed us and said, "O people, enforce the prescribed punishments on your slaves, both those who are married and those who are not. A slave woman of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ committed adultery, and he ordered me to flog her. I went to her and found that she had recently given birth, so I feared that if I flogged her she would die. I mentioned that to the Prophet ﷺ, and he said, 'You did well.'"

139. Musnad al-Bazzar 618No grade recorded

     لَمَّا تُوُفِّيَ أَبُو طَالِبٍ أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ، فَقُلْتُ: إِنَّ هَذَا الشَّيْخَ قَدْ مَاتَ، فَقَالَ: اذْهَبْ فَوَارِهِ، وَلَا تُحْدِثَنَّ شَيْئًا، قَالَ: فَوَارَيْتُهُ ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُهُ، فَقَالَ: " اذْهَبْ فَاغْتَسِلْ، وَلَا تُحْدِثَنَّ حَتَّى تَأْتِيَنِي "، فَاغْتَسَلْتُ ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُهُ، فَدَعَا لِي بِدَعَوَاتٍ مَا يَسُرُّنِي أَنَّ لِيَ بِهَا حُمْرَ النَّعَمِ وَسُودَهَا.

     ✧ When Abu Talib died, I went to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "This old man has died." He said, "Go and bury him, and do not do anything until you come to me." He said: So I buried him and then went to him. He said, "Go and perform ghusl, and do not do anything until you come to me." So I performed ghusl and then went to him, and he made supplications for me that would please me more than having red camels and black ones.

140. Musnad al-Bazzar 619No grade recorded

     وَتَجْعَلُونَ رِزْقَكُمْ أَنَّكُمْ تُكَذِّبُونَ، قَالَ: شُكْرَكُمْ، تَقُولُونَ: مُطِرْنَا بِنَوْءِ كَذَا وَكَذَا، وَبِنَجْمِ كَذَا وَكَذَا

     ✧ "And you make your provision that you deny (it)." He said: "Your gratitude; you say, 'We were given rain by such-and-such a star, and by such-and-such a star.'"

141. Musnad al-Bazzar 620No grade recorded

     مَنْ كَذَبَ فِي حُلْمِهِ كُلِّفَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ أَنْ يَعْقِدَ شَعِيرَةً.

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

142. Musnad al-Bazzar 621No grade recorded

     مَنْ كَذَبَ فِي حُلْمِهِ كُلِّفَ عَقْدَ شَعِيرَةٍ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ.

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

143. Musnad al-Bazzar 622No grade recorded

     دَخَلْتُ عَلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ السُّلَمِيِّ، وَقَدْ صَلَّى الصُّبْحَ، وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ، فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: لَوْ قُمْتَ يَعْنِي: إِلَى فِرَاشِكَ كَانَ أَوْطَأَ لَكَ، فَقَالَ: سَمِعْتُ عَلِيًّا يَقُولُ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: مَنْ صَلَّى الصُّبْحَ، ثُمَّ جَلَسَ فِي مُصَلَّاهُ صَلَّتْ عَلَيْهِ الْمَلَائِكَةُ، وَصَلَاتُهُمْ عَلَيْهِ: اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لَهُ، اللَّهُمَّ ارْحَمْهُ، وَمَنِ انْتَظَرَ الصَّلَاةَ صَلَّتْ عَلَيْهِ الْمَلَائِكَةُ، وَصَلَاتُهُمْ عَلَيْهِ: اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لَهُ اللَّهُمَّ ارْحَمْهُ

     ✧ I entered upon Abu Abd al-Rahman al-Sulami after he had prayed the morning prayer while he was sitting in the mosque. I said to him, "If you got up, meaning to your bed, it would be more comfortable for you." He said, "I heard Ali say: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: 'Whoever prays the morning prayer then remains seated in his place of prayer, the angels send blessings upon him, and their blessings upon him are: O Allah, forgive him; O Allah, have mercy on him. And whoever waits for the prayer, the angels send blessings upon him, and their blessings upon him are: O Allah, forgive him; O Allah, have mercy on him.'"

144. Musnad al-Bazzar 623No grade recorded

     صَنَعَ لَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَوْفٍ طَعَامًا، فَدَعَانَا فَأَكَلْنَا وَشَرِبْنَا مِنَ الْخَمْرِ، فَلَمَّا أَخَذَتِ الْخَمْرُ فِينَا، وَحَضَرَتِ الصَّلَاةُ أَمَرُوا رَجُلًا، فَصَلَّى بِهِمْ، فَقَرَأَ: قُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ لا أَعْبُدُ مَا تَعْبُدُونَ، وَلَكِنْ نَعْبُدُ مَا تَعْبُدُونَ، يَعْنِي: فَخَلَطَ فِي قِرَاءَتِهِ، فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ: يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لا تَقْرَبُوا الصَّلاةَ وَأَنْتُمْ سُكَارَى حَتَّى تَعْلَمُوا مَا تَقُولُونَ

     ✧ Abd al-Rahman b. Awf prepared food for us and invited us. We ate and drank wine. When the wine took effect on us and the prayer time came, they ordered a man to lead them in prayer. He recited, 'Say: O disbelievers, I do not worship what you worship, but we worship what you worship,' meaning he mixed up his recitation. Then Allah revealed: 'O you who believe, do not approach prayer while you are intoxicated until you know what you are saying.'

145. Musnad al-Bazzar 624No grade recorded

     كَانَ " يُسَلِّمُ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَعَنْ يَسَارِهِ

     ✧ He used to give the greeting of peace to his right and to his left.

146. Musnad al-Bazzar 625No grade recorded

     كَانَ " يَصُومُ عَاشُورَاءَ

     ✧ He used to fast on Ashura.

147. Musnad al-Bazzar 626No grade recorded

     كَانَ " يَصُومُ عَاشُورَاءَ

     ✧ He used to fast on Ashura.

148. Musnad al-Bazzar 627No grade recorded

     أَنَّهُ أَمَرَ بِالسِّوَاكِ، وَقَالَ: قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: إِنَّ الْعَبْدَ إِذَا تَسَوَّكَ، ثُمَّ قَامَ يُصَلِّي قَامَ الْمَلَكُ خَلْفَهُ، فَتَسَمَّعَ لِقِرَاءَتِهِ فَيَدْنُو مِنْهُ " أَوْ كَلِمَةً نَحْوَهَا " حَتَّى يَضَعَ فَاهُ عَلَى فِيهِ، فَمَا يَخْرُجُ مِنْ فِيهِ شَيْءٌ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ إِلَّا صَارَ فِي جَوْفِ الْمَلَكِ، فَطَهِّرُوا أَفْوَاهَكُمْ لِلْقُرْآنِ ".

     ✧ He commanded the use of the siwak, and said: The Prophet ﷺ said: 'When a servant uses the siwak and then stands to pray, an angel stands behind him and listens to his recitation, drawing near to him' — or words to that effect — 'until he places his mouth upon his mouth. Nothing of the Quran leaves his mouth except that it enters the angel's belly, so purify your mouths for the Quran.'

149. Musnad al-Bazzar 628No grade recorded

     " أُمِرْتُ بِقِتَالِ النَّاكِثِينَ، وَالْقَاسِطِينَ، وَالْمَارِقِينَ.

     ✧ I have been commanded to fight the renegades, the deviators, and the seceders.

150. Musnad al-Bazzar 629No grade recorded

     قَالَ لِيَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فِي مَرَضِهِ الَّذِي مَاتَ فِيهِ: ائْذَنْ لِلنَّاسِ عَلَيَّ، فَأَذِنْتُ، فَقَالَ: لَعَنَ اللهُ قَوْمًا اتَّخَذُوا قُبُورَ أَنْبِيَائِهِمْ مَسَاجِدَ، ثُمَّ أُغْمِيَ عَلَيْهِ، فَلَمَّا أَفَاقَ، قَالَ: يَا عَلِيُّ، ائْذَنْ لِلنَّاسِ عَلَيَّ، فَأَذِنْتُ لِلنَّاسِ عَلَيْهِ، فَقَالَ: " لَعَنَ اللهُ قَوْمًا اتَّخَذُوا قُبُورَ أَنْبِيَائِهِمْ مَسْجِدًا "، قَالَهَا ثَلَاثًا فِي مَرَضِهِ

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ said to me during the illness in which he died: 'Give permission for the people to enter upon me.' So I did. Then he said: 'May Allah curse the people who took the graves of their prophets as places of worship.' Then he fell unconscious. When he regained consciousness, he said: 'O Ali, give permission for the people to enter upon me.' So I permitted the people to enter. Then he said: 'May Allah curse the people who took the graves of their prophets as a place of worship.' He said it three times during his illness.

151. Musnad al-Bazzar 630No grade recorded

     أَتَانَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَقَالَ لَنَا: أَلَا أُعَلِّمُكُمَا شَيْئًا تَقُولَانِهِ عِنْدَ مَنَامِكُمَا ؟ قُلْنَا: بَلَى يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، قَالَ: " تُسَبِّحَانِ اللهَ ثَلَاثًا وَثَلَاثِينَ، وَتَحْمَدَانِ ثَلَاثًا وَثَلَاثِينَ، وَتُكَبِّرَانِ أَرْبَعًا وَثَلَاثِينَ، فَإِنَّهُ تُكْتَبُ لَكُمْ بِهَا أَلْفُ حَسَنَةٍ

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ came to us and said: 'Shall I not teach you something to say when you go to bed?' We said: 'Yes, O Messenger of Allah.' He said: 'Glorify Allah thirty-three times, praise Him thirty-three times, and magnify Him thirty-four times, for it will be written for you as a thousand good deeds.'

152. Musnad al-Bazzar 631No grade recorded

     نَا عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ، عَنْ عَطَاءٍ، عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ - ؓ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ بِنَحْوِهِ

     ✧ Abd al-Malik narrated to us, from Ata, from Mujahid, from Abd al-Rahman b. Abi Layla, from Ali ؓ from the Prophet ﷺ with a similar report.

153. Musnad al-Bazzar 632No grade recorded

     أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ " بَعَثَ مَعَهُ بِهَدْيِهِ، وَأَمَرَهُ أَنْ يَتَصَدَّقَ بِلُحُومِهَا، وَجُلُودِهَا، وَجِلَالِهَا ".

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

154. Musnad al-Bazzar 633No grade recorded

     أَمَرَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ " أَقُومَ عَلَى بُدْنِهِ، وَأَنْ أَتَصَدَّقَ بِجُلُودِهَا وَجِلَالِهَا، وَلَا أُعْطِيَ الْجَازِرَ مِنْهَا شَيْئًا

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ ordered me to take charge of his sacrificial camels, to give their hides and coverings in charity, and not to give the butcher anything from them.

155. Musnad al-Bazzar 634No grade recorded

     أَمَرَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ أَقُومَ عَلَى بُدْنِهِ، وَأَنْ أَقْسِمَ جُلُودَهَا وَجِلَالَهَا، وَأَمَرَنِي أَنْ لَا أُعْطِيَ الْجَازِرَ شَيْئًا. يَعْنِي: مِنْهَا. وَقَالَ: " نَحْنُ نُعْطِيهِ مِنْ عِنْدِنَا

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ ordered me to take charge of his sacrificial camels, to distribute their hides and coverings, and he ordered me not to give the butcher anything from them, saying: 'We shall give him from our own.'

156. Musnad al-Bazzar 635No grade recorded

     أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ أَمَرَهُ أَنْ يَقُومَ عَلَى بُدْنِهِ

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ ordered him to take charge of his sacrificial camels.

157. Musnad al-Bazzar 636No grade recorded

     أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَمَرَهُ أَنْ يَقُومَ عَلَى بُدْنِهِ، وَأَمَرَهُ أَنْ يَقْسِمَهَا كُلَّهَا لُحُومَهَا، وَجُلُودَهَا وَجِلَالَهَا فِي الْمَسَاكِينِ، وَلَا يُعْطِيَ فِي جِزَارَتِهَا شَيْئًا. قَالَ: قُلْتُ: هَلْ سَمَّى لَكَ فِيمَنْ قَسَمَهَا ؟ قَالَ: لَا

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ ordered him to take charge of his sacrificial camels and to distribute all of them — their meat, hides, and coverings — among the poor, and not to give anything for their slaughtering. He said: 'I asked: Did he name for you among whom to distribute them?' He said: 'No.'

158. Musnad al-Bazzar 637No grade recorded

     أَمَرَنِي النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بِبُدْنِهِ فَقَسَمْتُ لُحُومَهَا، ثُمَّ أَمَرَنِي فَقَسَمْتُ جُلُودَهَا، ثُمَّ أَمَرَنِي فَقَسَمْتُ جِلَالَهَا

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ entrusted me with his sacrificial camels. I distributed their meat, then he ordered me and I distributed their hides, then he ordered me and I distributed their coverings.

159. Musnad al-Bazzar 638No grade recorded

     أَمَرَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ " أَقُومَ عَلَى بُدْنِهِ، وَأَمَرَنِي أَنْ أَقْسِمَ جُلُودَهَا، وَجِلَالَهَا

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded me to “take charge of his sacrificial camels,” and he commanded me to distribute their hides and their saddle blankets.

160. Musnad al-Bazzar 639No grade recorded

     أَمَرَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ أَقُومَ عَلَى بُدْنِهِ، وَأَنْ أَتَصَدَّقَ بِجُلُودِهَا، وَجِلَالِهَا، وَأَمَرَنِي أَنْ لَا أُعْطِيَ الْجَازِرَ مِنْهَا شَيْئًا

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded me to take charge of his sacrificial camels, to give their hides and their saddle blankets as charity, and he commanded me not to give the butcher any part of them.

161. Musnad al-Bazzar 640No grade recorded

     أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ " أَهْدَى فِي حَجَّتِهِ مِائَةَ بَدَنَةٍ، فِيهَا جَمَلٌ لِأَبِي جَهْلٍ فِي أَنْفِهِ بُرَّةٌ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ ".

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ “sacrificed one hundred camels during his Hajj, among them a camel of Abu Jahl with a gold nose ring.”

162. Musnad al-Bazzar 641No grade recorded

     أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أُهْدِيَتْ لَهُ حُلَّةُ حَرِيرٍ، فَأَرْسَلَ بِهَا إِلَيَّ، فَرَآهَا عَلَيَّ فَقَالَ: إِنِّي لَا أَرْضَى لَكَ مَا أَكْرَهُ لِنَفْسِي، " فَأَمَرَنِي فَشَقَقْتُهَا بَيْنَ النِّسَاءِ ".

     ✧ A silk garment was gifted to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, so he sent it to me. He then saw it on me and said: “I am not pleased for you with what I dislike for myself.” So he commanded me, and I cut it up and divided it among the women.

163. Musnad al-Bazzar 642No grade recorded

     اشْتَكَتْ فَاطِمَةُ مَا تَلْقَى مِنْ أَثَرِ الرَّحَا فِي يَدِهَا، فَأَتَتِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَلَمْ تَجِدْهُ، فَلَقِيَتْ عَائِشَةَ فَأَخْبَرَتْهَا، فَلَمَّا جَاءَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَخْبَرَتْهُ عَائِشَةُ بِمَجِيءِ فَاطِمَةَ، فَجَاءَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِلَيْنَا، وَقَدْ أَخَذْنَا مَضَاجِعَنَا فَذَهَبْنَا نَقُومُ، فَقَالَ: " عَلَى مَكَانِكُمَا "، فَقَعَدَ بَيْنَنَا حَتَّى وَجَدْتُ بَرْدَ قَدَمِهِ عَلَى صَدْرِي، فَقَالَ: أَلَا أُعَلِّمُكُمَا خَيْرًا مِمَّا سَأَلْتُمَا، إِذَا أَخَذْتُمَا مَضَاجِعَكُمَا أَنْ تُكَبِّرَا أَرْبَعًا وَثَلَاثِينَ، وَأَنْ تُسَبِّحَا ثَلَاثًا وَثَلَاثِينَ، وَأَنْ تَحْمَدَا ثَلَاثًا وَثَلَاثِينَ، هُوَ خَيْرٌ لَكُمَا مِنْ خَادِمٍ

     ✧ Fatimah complained about the marks of the millstone on her hand. She went to the Prophet ﷺ but did not find him. She met A’ishah and told her. When the Prophet ﷺ came, A’ishah informed him of Fatimah’s visit. The Prophet ﷺ came to us while we had already gone to bed. We started to get up, but he said: “Stay where you are.” He sat between us until I felt the coolness of his foot on my chest. Then he said: “Shall I not teach you something better than what you asked for? When you go to bed, say Allahu akbar thirty-four times, subhan Allah thirty-three times, and alhamdulillah thirty-three times. That is better for you than a servant.”

164. Musnad al-Bazzar 643No grade recorded

     جَاءَ أَبُو مُوسَى إِلَى الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ يَعُودُهُ، فَقَالَ لَهُ عَلِيٌّ: عَائِدًا جِئْتَ أَمْ شَامِتًا ؟ فَإِنْ كُنْتَ عَائِدًا، فَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ، قَالَ: إِذَا عَادَ الرَّجُلُ أَخَاهُ الْمُسْلِمَ، كَانَ فِي خِرَافِ 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 visit al-Hasan b. Ali. Ali said to him: “Have you come as a visitor or as a gloater? If you have come as a visitor, then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘When a man visits his sick Muslim brother, he remains among the fresh fruits of Paradise until he sits down. When he sits, mercy envelops him. If it is in the morning, seventy thousand angels pray for him until evening, and if it is in the evening, seventy thousand angels pray for him until morning.’”

165. Musnad al-Bazzar 644No grade recorded

     " مَنْ حَدَّثَ عَنِّي حَدِيثًا وَهُوَ يَرَى أَنَّهُ كَذِبٌ فَهُوَ أَحَدُ الْكَاذِبِينَ

     ✧ “Whoever narrates a hadith from me while thinking it is false is one of the liars.”

166. Musnad al-Bazzar 645No grade recorded

     أَمَرَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَمَّا بَعَثَنِي بِالْبُدْنِ أَنْ أَنْحَرَهَا، وَأَتَصَدَّقَ بِلُحُومِهَا، فَاسْتَأْذَنْتُهُ فِي جُلُودِهَا وَجِلَالِهَا، فَقَالَ: " تَصَدَّقْ بِهَا

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded me, when he sent me with the sacrificial camels, to slaughter them and to give their meat as charity. I asked his permission regarding their hides and saddle blankets, and he said: “Give them as charity.”

167. Musnad al-Bazzar 646No grade recorded

     حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَعْمَرٍ، نَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ الْحَنَفِيُّ، نَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ، عَنِ الْحَكَمِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ

     ✧ Muhammad b. Ma‘mar narrated to us; Abu Bakr al-Hanafi narrated to us; Muhammad b. ‘Ubayd Allah narrated to us, from al-Hakam, from ‘Abd al-Rahman b. Abi Layla, from Ali.

168. Musnad al-Bazzar 647No grade recorded

     كَانَ عِنْدِي غُلَامَانِ أَخَوَانِ، فَأَرَدْتُ بَيْعَ أَحَدِهِمَا، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: بِعْهُمَا جَمِيعًا أَوْ أَمْسِكْهُمَا جَمِيعًا

     ✧ I had two slave boys who were brothers. I wanted to sell one of them, but the Prophet ﷺ said: “Sell them both together or keep them both together.”

169. Musnad al-Bazzar 648No grade recorded

     أَتَانَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ حَتَّى وَضَعَ قَدَمَهُ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ فَاطِمَةَ، فَعَلَّمَنَا مَا نَقُولُ إِذَا أَخَذْنَا مَضَاجِعَنَا: " ثَلَاثًا وَثَلَاثِينَ تَسْبِيحَةً، وَثَلَاثًا وَثَلَاثِينَ تَكْبِيرَةً، وَثَلَاثًا وَثَلَاثِينَ تَحْمِيدَةً، فَمَا تَرَكْتُهَا بَعْدُ " فَقَالَ لَهُ رَجُلٌ: وَلَا لَيْلَةَ صِفِّينَ ؟ فَقَالَ: وَلَا لَيْلَةَ صِفِّينَ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to us and placed his foot between me and Fatimah. He taught us what to say when we went to bed: “Thirty-three glorifications, thirty-three takbirs, and thirty-three praises of Allah.” I have never abandoned it since.” A man asked him: “Not even on the night of Siffin?” He replied: “Not even on the night of Siffin.”

170. Musnad al-Bazzar 649No grade recorded

     اجْتَمَعْتُ أَنَا وَفَاطِمَةُ، وَالْعَبَّاسُ، وَزَيْدُ بْنُ حَارِثَةَ، فَقَالَ الْعَبَّاسُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، كَبِرَتْ سِنِّي، وَرَقَّ عَظْمِي، وَكَثُرَتْ مَؤُونَتِي، فَإِنْ رَأَيْتَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَنْ تَأْمُرَ لِي بِكَذَا وَكَذَا وَسْقًا مِنْ طَعَامٍ فَافْعَلْ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: " أَفْعَلُ "، فَقَالَ زَيْدُ بْنُ حَارِثَةَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، كُنْتَ أَعْطَيْتَنِي أَرْضًا، كَانَ مَعِيشَتِي مِنْهَا ثُمَّ قَبَضْتَهَا، فَإِنْ رَأَيْتَ أَنْ تَرُدَّهَا عَلَيَّ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: " نَفْعَلُ ذَاكَ ". فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، إِنْ رَأَيْتَ أَنْ تُوَلِّيَنِي هَذَا الْحَقَّ الَّذِي جَعَلَهُ اللهُ لَكَ فِي كِتَابِهِ مِنْ هَذَا الْخُمُسِ فَاقْسِمْهُ فِي مَقَامِكَ كَيْ لَا يُنَازِعَنِي أَحَدٌ بَعْدَكَ فَافْعَلْ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: " نَفْعَلُ ذَاكَ "، فَوَلَّانِيهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِقِسْمَتِهِ فِي حَيَاتِهِ، ثُمَّ وَلَّانِيهِ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ فَقَسَمْتُهُ.

     ✧ I, Fatimah, al-Abbas, and Zayd b. Harithah gathered together. Al-Abbas said: “O Messenger of Allah, I have grown old, my bones have become weak, and my expenses have increased. If you see fit to order for me such-and-such amounts of food, do so.” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “I will do it.” Zayd b. Harithah said: “O Messenger of Allah, you had given me some land from which I earned my living, then you took it back. If you see fit to return it to me, please do.” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “We will do that.” I said: “O Messenger of Allah, if you see fit to entrust me with this right that Allah has assigned to you in His Book from the fifth of the spoils, and let me distribute it during your lifetime so that no one disputes it with me after you, then do so.” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “We will do that.” So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ entrusted me with its distribution during his lifetime, and then Abu Bakr ؓ entrusted me with it, so I distributed it.

171. Musnad al-Bazzar 650No grade recorded

     " أَلَا أُعَلِّمُكَ كَلِمَاتٍ إِذَا قُلْتَهُنَّ غُفِرَ لَكَ عَلَى أَنَّهُ مَغْفُورٌ لَكَ: " لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ الْعَلِيُّ الْعَظِيمُ، لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ الْحَلِيمُ الْكَرِيمُ، سُبْحَانَ اللهِ رَبِّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ، وَالْحَمْدُ 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 Allah, the Most High, the Magnificent; there is no god but Allah, the Forbearing, the Generous; glory be to Allah, Lord of the Mighty Throne; and praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds.'"

172. Musnad al-Bazzar 651No grade recorded

     انْكَسَفَتِ الشَّمْسُ، فَقَامَ عَلِيٌّ " فَرَكَعَ خَمْسَ رَكَعَاتٍ، وَسَجَدَ سَجْدَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ فَعَلَ فِي الرَّكْعَةِ الثَّانِيَةِ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: مَا صَلَّاهَا بَعْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَحَدٌ غَيْرِي

     ✧ The sun eclipsed, so Ali stood and bowed five times and prostrated twice, then did the same in the second rak'ah. Then he said: No one has prayed it after the Messenger of Allah ﷺ except me.

173. Musnad al-Bazzar 652No grade recorded

     أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ عَنِ الْمَذْيِ، فَقَالَ: فِيهِ الْوُضُوءُ وَتَغْسِلُهُ، وَفِي الْمَنِيِّ الْغُسْلُ

     ✧ He asked the Prophet ﷺ about prostatic fluid, and he said: In it is ablution and you wash it, and in semen is a full bath.

174. Musnad al-Bazzar 653No grade recorded

     كَانَ عَلِيٌّ، وَأَبُو مَسْعُودٍ قَاعِدَيْنِ، فَمَرَّتْ بِهِمَا جِنَازَةٌ، فَقَامَ أَبُو مَسْعُودٍ، فَقَالَ لَهُ عَلِيٌّ: اجْلِسْ، فَقَالَ: أَمَا عَلِمْتَ أَنَّا كُنَّا نَقُومُ لِلْجَنَائِزِ، قَالَ: إِنَّمَا " كَانَ ذَلِكَ وَأَنْتُمْ يَهُودُ "

     ✧ Ali and Abu Mas'ud were sitting, and a funeral procession passed by them. Abu Mas'ud stood, so Ali said to him: Sit down. He said: Do you not know that we used to stand for funerals? He said: That was only when you were Jews.

175. Musnad al-Bazzar 654No grade recorded

     سَمِعْتُ عَلِيًّا يَنْشُدُ النَّاسَ، يَقُولُ: أَنْشُدُ امْرَأً مُسْلِمًا سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَوْمَ غَدِيرِ خُمٍّ، إِلَّا قَامَ، فَقَامَ اثْنَا عَشَرَ رَجُلًا، فَقَالُوا: أَخَذَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِيَدِ عَلِيٍّ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ، أَلَسْتُ أَوْلَى بِالْمُؤْمِنِينَ مِنْ أَنْفُسِهِمْ ؟ قَالُوا: بَلَى يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَالَ: اللَّهُمَّ مَنْ كُنْتُ مَوْلًى لَهُ فَهَذَا مَوْلَاهُ، اللَّهُمَّ وَالِ مَنْ وَالَاهُ، وَعَادِ مَنْ عَادَاهُ

     ✧ I heard Ali adjuring the people, saying: I adjure any Muslim man who heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on the day of Ghadir Khumm to stand. So twelve men stood and said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ took Ali by the hand, then said: O people, am I not more entitled to the believers than their own selves? They said: Yes, O Messenger of Allah. He said: O Allah, whoever I am his mawla, then this is his mawla. O Allah, befriend whoever befriends him, and be hostile to whoever is hostile to him.

176. Musnad al-Bazzar 655No grade recorded

     " مِفْتَاحُ الصَّلَاةِ الطُّهُورُ، وَتَحْرِيمُهَا التَّكْبِيرُ، وَتَحْلِيلُهَا التَّسْلِيمُ

     ✧ "The key to prayer is purification, its sanctity is the takbir, and its release is the taslim."

177. Musnad al-Bazzar 656No grade recorded

     كَثُرَ عَلَى مَارِيَةَ أُمِّ إِبْرَاهِيمَ فِي قِبْطِيٍّ؛ ابْنِ عَمٍّ لَهَا كَانَ يَزُورُهَا، وَيَخْتَلِفُ إِلَيْهَا، فَقَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: خُذْ هَذَا السَّيْفَ فَانْطَلِقْ، فَإِنْ وَجَدْتَهُ عِنْدَهَا فَاقْتُلْهُ قَالَ: قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَكُونُ فِي أَمْرِكَ إِذَا أَرْسَلْتَنِي كَالسِّكَّةِ الْمُحْمَاةِ لَا يَثْنِينِي شَيْءٌ حَتَّى أَمْضِيَ لِمَا أَمَرْتَنِي بِهِ، أَمِ الشَّاهِدُ يَرَى مَا لَا يَرَى الْغَائِبُ ؟ قَالَ: " بَلِ الشَّاهِدُ يَرَى مَا لَا يَرَى الْغَائِبُ "، فَأَقْبَلْتُ مُتَوَشِّحَ السَّيْفِ، فَوَجَدْتُهُ عِنْدَهَا، فَاخْتَرَطْتُ السَّيْفَ، فَلَمَّا رَآنِي أَقْبَلْتُ نَحْوَهُ تَخَوَّفَ أَنَّنِي أُرِيدُهُ، فَأَتَى نَخْلَةً فَرَقَى فِيهَا، ثُمَّ رَمَى بِنَفْسِهِ عَلَى قَفَاهُ، ثُمَّ شَغَرَ بِرِجْلِهِ، فَإِذَا بِهِ أَجَبُّ أَمْسَحُ، مَا لَهُ قَلِيلٌ وَلَا كَثِيرٌ، فَغَمَدْتُ السَّيْفَ، ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَخْبَرْتُهُ، فَقَالَ: " الْحَمْدُ لِلهِ الَّذِي يَصْرِفُ عَنَّا أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ

     ✧ Maria, the mother of Ibrahim, was suspected because of a Copt, a cousin of hers who used to visit her and come to her frequently. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me: Take this sword and go; if you find him with her, kill him. I said: O Messenger of Allah, when you send me on an errand, should I be like a heated iron that nothing turns back until I carry out what you commanded me, or should the witness see what the absent does not see? He said: Rather, the witness sees what the absent does not see. So I went with the sword slung over my shoulder and found him with her. I drew the sword, and when he saw me approaching him, he feared that I intended him. He went to a palm tree and climbed it, then threw himself on his back and spread his legs, and he was a eunuch with no male organ at all. So I sheathed the sword and came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and told him. He said: "Praise be to Allah who turns away [evil] from us, the people of the household."

178. Musnad al-Bazzar 657No grade recorded

     " كُنَّا نُصَلِّي مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ صَلَاةَ الصُّبْحِ، ثُمَّ نَنْصَرِفُ وَمَا يَعْرِفُ بَعْضُنَا بَعْضًا

     ✧ "We used to pray the dawn prayer with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, then depart while we could not recognize one another."

179. Musnad al-Bazzar 658No grade recorded

     " عُمْرَةٌ فِي رَمَضَانَ تَعْدِلُ حَجَّةً

     ✧ "An Umrah in Ramadan equals a Hajj."

180. Musnad al-Bazzar 659No grade recorded

     رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ " يَسْعَى بَيْنَ الصَّفَا وَالْمَرْوَةِ

     ✧ I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ "running between al-Safa and al-Marwah."

181. Musnad al-Bazzar 660No grade recorded

     قُلْتُ لِأَبِي جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ: أَرَأَيْتَ هَذَهِ الشَّفَاعَةَ الَّتِي يَتَحَدَّثُ بِهَا أَهْلُ الْعِرَاقِ أَحَقٌّ هِيَ ؟ قَالَ: شَفَاعَةُ مَاذَا ؟ قُلْتُ: شَفَاعَةُ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ، قَالَ: حَقٌّ إِي وَاللهِ، وَاللهِ لَحَدَّثَنِي عَمِّي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَنَفِيَّةِ، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ ؓ: أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ، قَالَ: أَشْفَعُ لِأُمَّتِي حَتَّى يُنَادِيَنِي رَبِّي تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى، فَيَقُولُ: أَرَضِيتَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ، فَأَقُولُ: " رَبِّ رَضِيتُ

     ✧ I said to Abu Ja'far Muhammad b. Ali: What do you think about this intercession that the people of Iraq talk about—is it true? He said: Intercession for what? I said: The intercession of Muhammad ﷺ. He said: It is true, by Allah. By Allah, my uncle Muhammad b. al-Hanafiyyah narrated to me, from Ali ؓ, that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: I will intercede for my nation until my Lord, blessed and exalted, calls me and says: Are you satisfied, O Muhammad? And I will say: "My Lord, I am satisfied."

182. Musnad al-Bazzar 661No grade recorded

     " كَسَفَتِ الشَّمْسُ عَلَى عَهْدِ عَلِيٍّ، فَقَامَ فَرَكَعَ خَمْسَ رَكَعَاتٍ وَسَجَدَ سَجْدَتَيْنِ، ثُمَّ فَعَلَ فِي الثَّانِيَةِ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ، ثُمَّ سَلَّمَ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: مَا صَلَّاهَا أَحَدٌ بَعْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ غَيْرِي

     ✧ "The sun eclipsed during the time of Ali, and he stood and bowed five times and prostrated twice, then did the same in the second rak'ah, then said the taslim. Then he said: No one has prayed it after the Messenger of Allah ﷺ except me."

183. Musnad al-Bazzar 662No grade recorded

     " مَا هَمَمْتُ بِشَيْءٍ مِمَّا كَانَ أَهْلُ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ يَعْمَلُونَ بِهِ غَيْرَ مَرَّتَيْنِ، كُلُّ ذَلِكَ يَحُولُ اللهُ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ مَا أُرِيدُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ، ثُمَّ مَا هَمَمْتُ بَعْدَهَا بِشَيْءٍ حَتَّى أَكْرَمَنِي اللهُ بِرِسَالَتِهِ

     ✧ I never intended to do any of the things the people of the Jahiliyyah used to do except on two occasions, and each time Allah came between me and what I wanted to do. Then after that I never intended anything until Allah honored me with His message.

184. Musnad al-Bazzar 663No grade recorded

     " نَهَى عَنِ الْمُتْعَةِ، وَعَنْ لُحُومِ الْحُمُرِ الْأَهْلِيَّةِ يَوْمَ خَيْبَرَ

     ✧ He forbade temporary marriage and the meat of domestic donkeys on the day of Khaybar.

185. Musnad al-Bazzar 664No grade recorded

     نَا يَحْيَى بْنُ آدَمَ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ الثَّوْرِيِّ، عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ أُمَيَّةَ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ بِنَحْوِهِ

     ✧ Yahya b. Adam narrated to us, from Sufyan al-Thawri, from Ismail b. Umayyah, from al-Zuhri, from Abdullah b. Muhammad, from his father, from his grandfather, from the Prophet ﷺ, similarly.

186. Musnad al-Bazzar 665No grade recorded

     " نَهَى عَنْ مُتْعَةِ النِّسَاءِ

     ✧ He forbade temporary marriage with women.

187. Musnad al-Bazzar 666No grade recorded

     " الْمَهْدِيُّ مِنَّا أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ يُصْلِحُهُ اللهُ فِي لَيْلَةٍ

     ✧ The Mahdi is from us, the People of the House; Allah will set him aright in a single night.

188. Musnad al-Bazzar 667No grade recorded

     أَنَّهُ سُئِلَ عَنْ صِفَةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ: كَانَ " لَا قَصِيرَ وَلَا طَوِيلَ، حَسَنَ الشَّعَرِ، رَجِلَهُ مَشُوبًا وَجْهُهُ حُمْرَةً، ضَخْمَ الْكَرَادِيسِ، طَوِيلَ الْمَسْرُبَةِ، لَمْ أَرَ قَبْلَهُ، وَلَمْ أَرَ بَعْدَهُ مِثْلَهُ، إِذَا مَشَى تَكَفَّأَ، كَأَنَّمَا يَنْزِلُ فِي صَبَبٍ

     ✧ He was asked about the description of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said: "He was neither short nor tall, had beautiful hair, combed, with a reddish complexion, large joints, and a long line of hair from the chest to the navel. I have never seen anyone like him before or after. When he walked, he leaned forward as if descending a slope."

189. Musnad al-Bazzar 668No grade recorded

     أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ " كُفِّنَ فِي سَبْعَةِ أَثْوَابٍ

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ was shrouded in seven garments.

190. Musnad al-Bazzar 669No grade recorded

     أَرْسَلَنِي أَبِي بِصَحِيفَةٍ إِلَى عُثْمَانَ فِيهَا فَرَائِضُ، فَقَالَ: هَذِهِ فَرَائِضُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، الَّذِي كَانَ يَبْعَثُ عَلَيْهَا السُّعَاةَ، فَقَالَ: لَا حَاجَةَ لَنَا فِيهَا، فَأَتَيْتُ أَبِي فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ، فَقَالَ: دَعْهَا

     ✧ My father sent me with a document to Uthman containing the shares of inheritance. He said: 'These are the shares of inheritance of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, which he used to send collectors with.' Uthman said: 'We have no need of it.' So I went to my father and told him, and he said: 'Leave it.'

191. Musnad al-Bazzar 670No grade recorded

     " إِنْ وُلِدَ لَكَ وَلَدٌ فَأَنْحِلْهُ اسْمِي وَكُنْيَتِي

     ✧ If a son is born to you, give him my name and my kunyah.

192. Musnad al-Bazzar 671No grade recorded

     قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، إِنْ وُلِدَ لِي وَلَدٌ بَعْدَكَ ؟ قَالَ: انْحَلْهُ اسْمِي وَكَنِّهِ كُنْيَتِي

     ✧ I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, what if a son is born to me after you?' He said: 'Give him my name and give him my kunyah.'

193. Musnad al-Bazzar 672No grade recorded

     كُنْتُ رَجُلًا مَذَّاءً، فَسَأَلْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ، فَقَالَ: تَوَضَّأْ مِنْهُ وَصَلِّ

     ✧ I was a man who emitted a lot of prostatic fluid, so I asked the Prophet ﷺ, and he said: 'Perform ablution from it and pray.'

194. Musnad al-Bazzar 673No grade recorded

     نَا وَكِيعٌ، عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ مُنْذِرٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ الْحَنَفِيَّةِ، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ

     ✧ Waki' narrated to us, from al-A'mash, from Mundhir, from Ibn al-Hanafiyyah, from Ali.

195. Musnad al-Bazzar 674No grade recorded

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

     ✧ I was a man who emitted madhi frequently, so I asked the Prophet ﷺ about that, and he said: 'Wudu is required for it.'

196. Musnad al-Bazzar 675No grade recorded

     أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ رَأَى نِسْوَةً فِي جِنَازَةٍ، فَقَالَ: أَتَحْمِلْنَ فِي مَنْ يَحْمِلُ ؟ قُلْنَ: لَا، قَالَ: " فَارْجِعْنَ مَأْزُورَاتٍ غَيْرَ مَأْجُورَاتٍ

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ saw some women at a funeral and said: 'Do you carry [the bier] along with those who carry it?' They said: 'No.' He said: 'Then return burdened with sin, not rewarded.'

197. Musnad al-Bazzar 676No grade recorded

     مَا مِنْ قَوْمٍ فِي بَيْتِهِمْ - أَوْ عِنْدَهُمْ - شَاةٌ، إِلَّا قُدِّسُوا كُلَّ يَوْمٍ مَرَّتَيْنِ أَوْ بُورِكَ عَلَيْهِمْ مَرَّتَيْنِ

     ✧ There is no people in whose house—or with whom—there is a sheep, but that they are sanctified twice every day or are blessed twice.

198. Musnad al-Bazzar 677No grade recorded

     نَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ سَلْمَانَ، عَنْ دِينَارٍ أَبِي عُمَرَ، عَنِ ابْنِ الْحَنَفِيَّةِ، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ بِنَحْوِهِ، وَلَمْ يَرْفَعْهُ. وَإِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ سَلْمَانَ هَذَا كُوفِيٌّ قَدْ رَوَى عَنْهُ إِسْرَائِيلُ، وَقَيْسٌ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رَبِيعَةَ، وَعَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ دَاوُدَ، وَقَدْ أَسْنَدَ ثَلَاثَةَ أَحَادِيثَ عَنْ دِينَارٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ الْحَنَفِيَّةِ، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ، وَهُوَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ دِينَارٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ الْحَنَفِيَّةِ بِأَحَادِيثَ كَثِيرَةٍ

     ✧ Ismail b. Salman narrated to us, from Dinar Abu Umar, from Ibn al-Hanafiyyah, from Ali, similarly, but he did not trace it back to the Prophet. And this Ismail b. Salman is a Kufan; Israil, Qays, Muhammad b. Rabi'ah, and Abdullah b. Dawud narrated from him. He traced three hadiths back to the Prophet from Dinar, from Ibn al-Hanafiyyah, from Ali, and he narrates many hadiths from Dinar, from Ibn al-Hanafiyyah.

199. Musnad al-Bazzar 678No grade recorded

     " أُعْطِيتُ خَمْسًا لَمْ يُعْطَهُنَّ نَبِيٌّ قَبْلِي: نُصِرْتُ بِالرُّعْبِ، وَأُعْطِيتُ جَوَامِعَ الْكَلِمِ، وَأُحِلَّتْ لِيَ الْغَنَائِمُ، وَذَكَرَ خَصْلَتَيْنِ ذَهَبَتَا عَنِّي

     ✧ "I was given five things that no prophet before me was given: I was granted victory through awe; I was given comprehensive speech; the spoils of war were made lawful for me; and he mentioned two other qualities that I have forgotten."

200. Musnad al-Bazzar 679No grade recorded

     لَمَّا وُلِدَ حَسَنٌ سَمَّيْتُهُ حَمْزَةَ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: " مَا سَمَّيْتُمُ ابْنِي ؟ " فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ، ثُمَّ وُلِدَ لِي آخَرُ، فَقَالَ: " مَا سَمَّيْتَهُ ؟ أَوْ سَمَّيْتَ " فَذَكَرْتُ لَهُ فَقَالَ: سَمِّ الْأَوَّلَ حَسَنًا، وَالْآخَرَ حُسَيْنًا

     ✧ When Hasan was born, I named him Hamzah. The Prophet ﷺ said: "What have you named my son?" So I informed him. Then another was born to me, and he said: "What have you named him?" or "What did you name him?" So I mentioned it to him, and he said: "Name the first one Hasan and the other Husayn."

201. Musnad al-Bazzar 680No grade recorded

     سَأَلْتُ عَلِيًّا عَنِ الْمُتْعَةِ، قَالَ: نَادَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَوْ مُنَادِي رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ: أَنَّ الْمُتْعَةَ حَرَامٌ

     ✧ I asked Ali about mut'ah. He said: 'The Messenger of Allah ﷺ—or the caller of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ—announced that mut'ah is forbidden.'

202. Musnad al-Bazzar 681No grade recorded

     كُنْتُ رَجُلًا مَذَّاءً، فَاسْتَحْيَيْتُ أَنْ أَسْأَلَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ، فَأَمَرْتُ الْمِقْدَادَ، فَسَأَلَهُ، فَقَالَ: فِيهِ الْوُضُوءُ

     ✧ I was a man who emitted madhi frequently, and I was too shy to ask the Messenger of Allah ﷺ myself. So I told al-Miqdad to ask him, and he asked him. He said: 'Wudu is required for it.'

203. Musnad al-Bazzar 682No grade recorded

     كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ ضَخْمَ الرَّأْسِ، عَظِيمَ الْعَيْنَيْنِ، أَهْدَبَ الْأَشْفَارِ، 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, a thick beard, and a fair complexion. When he walked, he leaned forward as if walking downhill; when he turned, he turned with his whole body. His palms and feet were thick.

204. Musnad al-Bazzar 683No grade recorded

     أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ رَأَى رَجُلًا يُصَلِّي إِلَى رَجُلٍ، فَأَمَرَهُ أَنْ يُعِيدَ الصَّلَاةَ، قَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، إِنِّي قَدْ صَلَّيْتُ، وَأَنْتَ تَنْظُرُ إِلَيَّ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ saw a man praying facing another man, so he ordered him to repeat the prayer. He said: 'O Messenger of Allah, I prayed while you were looking at me.'

205. Musnad al-Bazzar 684No grade recorded

     لَمَّا كَانَ يَوْمُ بَدْرٍ قَاتَلْتُ شَيْئًا مِنْ قِتَالٍ، ثُمَّ جِئْتُ مُسْرِعًا لِأَنْظُرَ مَا فَعَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، فَجِئْتُ فَإِذَا هُوَ سَاجِدٌ يَقُولُ: يَا حَيُّ يَا قَيُّومُ، يَا حَيُّ يَا قَيُّومُ لَا يَزِيدُ عَلَيْهِمَا، ثُمَّ رَجَعْتُ إِلَى الْقِتَالِ، ثُمَّ جِئْتُ وَهُوَ سَاجِدٌ يَقُولُ ذَلِكَ، ثُمَّ ذَهَبْتُ إِلَى الْقِتَالِ، ثُمَّ رَجَعْتُ، وَهُوَ يَقُولُ ذَلِكَ، فَفَتَحَ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ.

     ✧ On the day of Badr, I fought for some time, then I came quickly to see what the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was doing. I came and found him prostrating, saying: 'O Ever-Living, O Self-Sustaining! O Ever-Living, O Self-Sustaining!' He did not add anything to these two. Then I returned to the fighting. Then I came again, and he was prostrating, saying the same. Then I went back to the fighting. Then I returned, and he was still saying the same. Then Allah granted him victory.

206. Musnad al-Bazzar 685No grade recorded

     " أَعْظَمُ الْعِيَادَةِ أَجْرًا أَخَفُّهَا وَالتَّعْزِيَةُ مَرَّةً

     ✧ "The greatest reward for visiting the sick is the briefest visit, and condolence is offered once."

207. Musnad al-Bazzar 686No grade recorded

     أَنَّهُ كَانَ مَعَ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ " فِي سَفَرٍ، فَغَابَتِ الشَّمْسُ، فَسَارَ حَتَّى أَظْلَمَتْ، ثُمَّ نَزَلَ فَصَلَّى الْمَغْرِبَ، ثُمَّ دَعَا بِعَشَاءٍ فَتَعَشَّى، ثُمَّ صَلَّى الْعِشَاءَ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا جَمَعَ بَيْنَ الصَّلَاتَيْنِ، أَوْ إِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَجْمَعَ بَيْنَ الصَّلَاتَيْنِ فَعَلَ هَكَذَا

     ✧ He was traveling with Ali b. Abi Talib, and the sun set, but he traveled on until it became dark. Then he dismounted and prayed Maghrib, then he called for supper and ate, then he prayed Isha. Then he said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ, when he combined two prayers, or when he wanted to combine two prayers, would do like this.

208. Musnad al-Bazzar 687No grade recorded

     قِيلَ لِعَلِيٍّ: صِفْ لَنَا النَّبِيَّ ﷺ، فَقَالَ: لَمْ يَكُنْ بِالطَّوِيلِ وَلَا الْقَصِيرِ، ضَخْمَ الرَّأْسِ، مُشْرَبَ حُمْرَةٍ، أَهْدَبَ الْأَشْفَارِ، كَثَّ اللِّحْيَةِ، أَزْهَرَ اللَّوْنِ، إِذَا مَشَى تَكَفَّأَ، وَإِذَا الْتَفَتَ الْتَفَتَ جَمِيعًا

     ✧ It was said to Ali: Describe the Prophet ﷺ to us. He said: He was neither tall nor short, he had a large head, a reddish complexion, long eyelashes, a thick beard, and a fair skin color. When he walked, he leaned forward as if descending a slope, and when he turned, he turned with his whole body.

209. Musnad al-Bazzar 688No grade recorded

     إِنَّ فِي الْجُمُعَةِ لَسَاعَةً لَا يُوَافِقُهَا مُسْلِمٌ يَسْأَلُ اللهَ فِيهَا إِلَّا أَعْطَاهُ إِيَّاهُ

     ✧ There is an hour on Friday when no Muslim coincides with it, asking Allah for something, except that He gives it to him.

210. Musnad al-Bazzar 689No grade recorded

     أَمَرَ بِالْجَمَاجِمِ أَنْ تُنْصَبَ فِي الزَّرْعِ، قَالَ: قُلْتُ: مِنْ أَجْلِ مَاذَا ؟ قَالَ: " مِنْ أَجْلِ الْعَيْنِ

     ✧ He ordered that skulls be placed in the crops. I said: For what reason? He said: Because of the evil eye.

211. Musnad al-Bazzar 690No grade recorded

     لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ: يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِذَا نَاجَيْتُمُ الرَّسُولَ فَقَدِّمُوا بَيْنَ يَدَيْ نَجْوَاكُمْ صَدَقَةً، قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: مَا تَرَى: دِينَارًا أَوْ مَا تَجِدُ ؟ قُلْتُ: لَا أُطِيقُهُ، قَالَ: " فَكَمْ " ؟ قُلْتُ: شَعِيرَةً، قَالَ: " إِنَّكَ لَزَهِيدٌ "، قَالَ: ثُمَّ نَزَلَتْ: أَأَشْفَقْتُمْ أَنْ تُقَدِّمُوا بَيْنَ يَدَيْ نَجْوَاكُمْ صَدَقَاتٍ الْآيَةَ، قَالَ: فَخُفِّفَ بِي عَنْ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ

     ✧ When this verse was revealed: 'O you who believe, when you consult the Messenger in private, offer something in charity before your private consultation' (Qur'an 58:12), the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me: What do you think: a dinar, or what can you afford? I said: I cannot manage that. He said: Then how much? I said: A grain of barley. He said: You are indeed of little means. Then was revealed: 'Are you afraid to offer charities before your private consultation?' (Qur'an 58:13). He said: So it was lightened for this community through me.

212. Musnad al-Bazzar 691No grade recorded

     أُهْدِيَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ بَغْلَةٌ أَوْ بَغْلٌ، فَقَالَ: " أَيُّ شَيْءٍ هَذَا ؟ " قَالُوا: يَنْزُو الْحِمَارُ عَلَى الْفَرَسِ، فَيَخْرُجُ بَيْنَهُمَا هَذَا، قَالَ: قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَلَا يُنْزَى الْحِمَارُ عَلَى الْفَرَسِ ؟ قَالَ: إِنَّمَا يَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ الَّذِينَ لَا يَعْقِلُونَ

     ✧ A mule was gifted to the Prophet ﷺ. He said: What is this? They said: A donkey mates with a mare, and this is produced between them. I said: O Messenger of Allah, should we not mate donkeys with mares? He said: Only those who do not understand do that.

213. Musnad al-Bazzar 694No grade recorded

     قُلْنَا لِعَلِيٍّ: كَيْفَ كَانَتْ صَلَاةُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ ؟ قَالَ: إِنَّكُمْ لَا تُطِيقُونَهَا، قُلْنَا: أَخْبِرْنَا، قَالَ: إِنَّكُمْ لَا تُطِيقُونَهَا، فَرَدَدْنَا ذَلِكَ عَلَيْهِ مِرَارًا، فَقَالَ: كَانَ " إِذَا كَانَتِ الشَّمْسُ مِنْ هَاهُنَا مِقْدَارُهَا مِنْ هَاهُنَا - يَعْنِي: الْمَغْرِبَ - صَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ، ثُمَّ يُمْهِلُ حَتَّى إِذَا كَانَتْ هَاهُنَا بِمِقْدَارِهَا عِنْدَ الظُّهْرِ صَلَّى أَرْبَعًا، ثُمَّ يَمْكُثُ حَتَّى إِذَا جَاءَ الْفَيْءُ، وَزَالَتِ الشَّمْسُ صَلَّى أَرْبَعًا، ثُمَّ يُصَلِّي قَبْلَ الْعَصْرِ أَرْبَعًا

     ✧ We said to Ali: How was the prayer of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ? He said: You would not be able to perform it. We said: Tell us. He said: You would not be able to perform it. We repeated that to him several times, then he said: When the sun was here, at the same height as here – meaning the west – he would pray two rak'ahs. Then he would wait until it was here, at the same height as at Zuhr, and pray four. Then he would remain until the shadow came and the sun declined, and pray four. Then he would pray four before Asr.

214. Musnad al-Bazzar 695No grade recorded

     سَأَلْنَا عَلِيًّا عَنْ صَلَاةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مِنَ النَّهَارِ، فَقَالَ: إِنَّكُمْ لَنْ تُطِيقُوا ذَلِكَ، قَالَ: قُلْنَا: مَنْ أَطَاقَ مِنَّا ذَلِكَ، قَالَ: فَقَالَ: كَانَ " إِذَا كَانَتِ الشَّمْسُ مِنْ هَاهُنَا كَهَيْئَتِهَا مِنْ هَاهُنَا عِنْدَ الْعَصْرِ صَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ، فَإِذَا كَانَتِ الشَّمْسُ مِنْ هَاهُنَا كَهَيْئَتِهَا مِنْ هَاهُنَا عِنْدَ الظُّهْرِ صَلَّى أَرْبَعًا، وَيُصَلِّي قَبْلَ الظُّهْرِ أَرْبَعًا وَبَعْدَهَا رَكْعَتَيْنِ، وَقَبْلَ الْعَصْرِ أَرْبَعًا يَفْصِلُ مِنْ كُلِّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ بِتَسْلِيمٍ عَلَى الْمَلَائِكَةِ الْمُقَرَّبِينَ، وَمَنِ اتَّبَعَهُمْ مِنَ النَّبِيِّينَ وَالْمُرْسَلِينَ

     ✧ We asked Ali about the prayer of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ during the day. He said: You will never be able to do that. We said: Whoever among us is able. He said: When the sun was here, as it is here at Asr, he would pray two rak'ahs. When the sun was here, as it is here at Zuhr, he would pray four. He would pray four before Zuhr and two after it, and four before Asr, separating every two rak'ahs with a salutation upon the angels brought near, and upon whoever followed them among the prophets and messengers.

215. Musnad al-Bazzar 696No grade recorded

     كَانَ يُصَلِّي فِي دُبُرِ كُلِّ صَلَاةٍ مَكْتُوبَةٍ رَكْعَتَيْنِ إِلَّا الْعَصْرَ وَالصُّبْحَ

     ✧ He would pray two rak'ahs after every prescribed prayer, except Asr and Subh.

216. Musnad al-Bazzar 697No grade recorded

     سُئِلَ عَلِيٌّ عَنْ صَلَاةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ؛ التَّطَوُّعِ مِنَ النَّهَارِ، فَقَالَ: وَمَنْ يُطِيقُ ذَلِكَ ؟ قَالَ: نُطِيقُ مِنْهُ مَا أَطَقْنَا، قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ " إِذَا كَانَتِ الشَّمْسُ مِنْ هَاهُنَا، مِقْدَارُهَا مِنْ صَلَاةِ الْعَصْرِ صَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ، يُسَلِّمُ فِيهِمَا عَلَى الْمَلَائِكَةِ الْمُقَرَّبِينَ وَالنَّبِيِّينَ وَالْمُرْسَلِينَ، وَمَنِ اتَّبَعَهُمْ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُسْلِمِينَ، فَإِذَا ارْتَفَعَ الضُّحَى، وَكَانَتِ الشَّمْسُ مِنْ هَاهُنَا كَهَيْئَتِهَا، مِنْ هَاهُنَا عِنْدَ الظُّهْرِ صَلَّى أَرْبَعًا، يَفْصِلُ بَيْنَهُنَّ بِتَسْلِيمٍ عَلَى الْمَلَائِكَةِ الْمُقَرَّبِينَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُرْسَلِينَ، وَمَنِ اتَّبَعَهُمْ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُرْسَلِينَ، فَإِذَا زَالَتِ الشَّمْسُ صَلَّى أَرْبَعًا قَبْلَ الظُّهْرِ، وَيُصَلِّي بَعْدَ الظُّهْرِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ، يَفْعَلُ فِيهِمَا مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ، وَقَبْلَ الْعَصْرِ أَرْبَعًا يَفْعَلُ فِيهِنَّ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ، يَفْصِلُ بَيْنَ كُلِّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ بِتَسْلِيمٍ عَلَى الْمَلَائِكَةِ الْمُقَرَّبِينَ وَالنَّبِيِّينَ وَالْمُرْسَلِينَ، وَمَنِ اتَّبَعَهُمْ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُسْلِمِينَ

     ✧ Ali was asked about the prayer of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ – the voluntary prayer during the day. He said: And who can do that? He said: We can do what we are able. He said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ, when the sun was here, at the height it is at Asr, would pray two rak'ahs, offering salutation in them upon the angels brought near, the prophets, the messengers, and whoever followed them among the believers and Muslims. Then when the forenoon rose and the sun was here as it is here at Zuhr, he would pray four, separating between them with a salutation upon the angels brought near, the believers, the messengers, and whoever followed them among the believers and messengers. Then when the sun declined, he would pray four before Zuhr, and pray two after Zuhr, doing the same in them, and four before Asr, doing the same in them, separating between every two rak'ahs with a salutation upon the angels brought near, the prophets, the messengers, and whoever followed them among the believers and Muslims.

217. Musnad al-Bazzar 698No grade recorded

     سَمِعْتُ عَاصِمَ بْنَ ضَمْرَةَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ؓ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ بِنَحْوِهِ

     ✧ I heard Asim b. Damrah narrating from Ali b. Abi Talib ؓ from the Prophet ﷺ something similar.

218. Musnad al-Bazzar 699No grade recorded

     سَأَلْتُ عَلِيًّا عَنْ صَلَاةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مِنَ النَّهَارِ، فَقَالَ: إِنَّكُمْ لَنْ تُطِيقُوا ذَلِكَ قُلْتُ: مَنْ أَطَاقَ مِنَّا ذَلِكَ، قَالَ: كَانَ إِذَا كَانَتِ الشَّمْسُ مِنْ هَاهُنَا كَهَيْئَتِهَا، مِنْ هَاهُنَا صَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ، وَإِذَا كَانَتِ الشَّمْسُ مِنْ هَاهُنَا كَهَيْئَتِهَا، مِنْ هَاهُنَا عِنْدَ الظُّهْرِ صَلَّى الظُّهْرَ، صَلَّى أَرْبَعًا، يُصَلِّي قَبْلَ الظُّهْرِ أَرْبَعًا، وَبَعْدَهَا رَكْعَتَيْنِ، وَقَبْلَ الْعَصْرِ أَرْبَعًا، يَفْصِلُ بَيْنَ كُلِّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ بِالتَّسْلِيمِ عَلَى الْمَلَائِكَةِ الْمُقَرَّبِينَ وَالنَّبِيِّينَ وَالْمُرْسَلِينَ، وَمَنِ اتَّبَعَهُمْ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُسْلِمِينَ، فَذَلِكَ اثْنَتَا عَشْرَةَ رَكْعَةً

     ✧ I asked Ali about the Messenger of Allah's ﷺ daytime prayer. He said: "You will not be able to endure that." I said: "Whoever among us can endure it?" He said: "When the sun was here, as it was there, he would pray two rak'ahs. And when the sun was here, as it was there, at noon he would pray the noon prayer, four rak'ahs. He would pray four rak'ahs before noon and two after it, and four before the afternoon prayer, separating between every two rak'ahs with the greeting of peace upon the angels brought near, the prophets, the messengers, and those who followed them among the believers and Muslims. That is twelve rak'ahs."

219. Musnad al-Bazzar 700No grade recorded

     " لَيْسَ فِي تِسْعِينَ وَمِائَةٍ مِنَ الْوَرِقِ شَيْءٌ، فَإِذَا بَلَغَتْ مِائَتَيْنِ فَفِيهَا خَمْسَةُ دَرَاهِمَ

     ✧ "There is nothing due on one hundred and ninety silver coins, but when they reach two hundred, five dirhams are due."

220. Musnad al-Bazzar 701No grade recorded

     " لَيْسَ فِي تِسْعِينَ وَمِائَةٍ مِنَ الْوَرِقِ شَيْءٌ، فَإِذَا بَلَغَتْ مِائَتَيْنِ، فَفِيهَا خَمْسَةُ دَرَاهِمَ

     ✧ "There is nothing due on one hundred and ninety silver coins, but when they reach two hundred, five dirhams are due."

221. Musnad al-Bazzar 702No grade recorded

     مِنْ كُلِّ اللَّيْلِ قَدْ أَوْتَرَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ؛ مِنْ أَوَّلِهِ وَأَوْسَطِهِ وَآخِرِهِ، فَانْتَهَى وِتْرُهُ إِلَى آخِرِهِ

     ✧ From any part of the night the Messenger of Allah ﷺ performed Witr: from its beginning, its middle, and its end, and his Witr finally settled at its end.

222. Musnad al-Bazzar 703No grade recorded

     كَانَ " يُوتِرُ فِي أَوَّلِ اللَّيْلِ، وَأَوْسَطِهِ، وَآخِرِهِ، ثُمَّ ثَبَتَ لَهُ الْوِتْرُ فِي آخِرِهِ

     ✧ He would perform Witr at the beginning of the night, its middle, and its end; then Witr became fixed for him at its end.

223. Musnad al-Bazzar 704No grade recorded

     أَنَّهُ سُئِلَ عَنِ الْوِتْرِ وَاجِبٌ هُوَ ؟ قَالَ: أَمَّا الْفَرِيضَةُ فَلَا، وَلَكِنَّهَا سُنَّةٌ سَنَّهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، وَأَصْحَابُهُ حَتَّى مَضَوْا عَلَى ذَلِكَ

     ✧ He was asked: Is Witr obligatory? He said: "As for the obligatory prayer, no, but it is a Sunnah established by the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and his Companions, and they continued upon that."

224. Musnad al-Bazzar 705No grade recorded

     " الْوِتْرُ لَيْسَ بِحَتْمٍ وَلَكِنَّهُ سُنَّةٌ

     ✧ "Witr is not compulsory, but it is a Sunnah."

225. Musnad al-Bazzar 706No grade recorded

     " الْوِتْرُ لَيْسَ بِفَرِيضَةٍ، وَلَكِنَّهَا سُنَّةٌ سَنَّهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ

     ✧ "Witr is not obligatory, but it is a Sunnah established by the Messenger of Allah."

226. Musnad al-Bazzar 707No grade recorded

     الْوِتْرُ لَيْسَ بِحَتْمٍ، وَلَكِنَّهَا سُنَّةٌ سَنَّهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَالْمُسْلِمُونَ بَعْدَهُ

     ✧ Witr is not compulsory, but it is a Sunnah established by the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and the Muslims after him.

227. Musnad al-Bazzar 708No grade recorded

     نَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ، عَنِ الْحَجَّاجِ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ ضَمْرَةَ، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ

     ✧ Hammad b. Salamah narrated to us, from al-Hajjaj, from Abu Ishaq, from Asim b. Damrah, from Ali.

228. Musnad al-Bazzar 709No grade recorded

     أَمَرَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ " بِجَلْدِ أَمَةٍ لَهُ زَنَتْ، فَجَلَدْتُهَا بَعْدَمَا تَعَلَّتْ مِنْ نِفَاسِهَا

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ ordered me to flog a slave woman of his who had committed adultery, and I flogged her after she had recovered from her postpartum bleeding.

229. Musnad al-Bazzar 710No grade recorded

     " صَوْمُ شَهْرِ الصَّبْرِ، وَثَلَاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ مِنْ كُلِّ شَهْرٍ؛ يَذْهَبْنَ بِوَحَرِ الصَّدْرِ

     ✧ Fasting the month of patience, and three days of every month; they remove the ill-feeling of the chest.

230. Musnad al-Bazzar 711No grade recorded

     كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ " لَا يُصَلِّي صَلَاةً إِلَّا صَلَّى بَعْدَهَا رَكْعَتَيْنِ إِلَّا الصُّبْحَ وَالْعَصْرَ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not pray any prayer except that he prayed two rak'ahs after it, except the morning and afternoon prayers.

231. Musnad al-Bazzar 712No grade recorded

     فِيمَا سَقَتِ السَّمَاءُ أَوْ فَتْحًا مَعْنَاهُ: أَوْ كَانَ فَتْحًا، فَفِيهِ الْعُشْرُ، وَمَا سُقِيَ بِالْغَرْبِ، فَفِيهِ نِصْفُ الْعُشْرِ

     ✧ In what the sky watered, or opened—meaning: or was opened—therein is a tenth, and what was watered by the bucket, therein is half a tenth.

232. Musnad al-Bazzar 713No grade recorded

     نَا زُهَيْرٌ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ ضَمْرَةَ، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ، قَالَ: وَأَظُنُّهُ رَفَعَهُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ بِنَحْوِهِ

     ✧ Zuhayr narrated to us, from Abu Ishaq, from 'Asim b. Damrah, from Ali, who said: And I think he raised it to the Prophet ﷺ in a similar manner.

233. Musnad al-Bazzar 714No grade recorded

     أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ " صَلَّى قَبْلَ الظُّهْرِ أَرْبَعًا

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ prayed four rak'ahs before the noon prayer.

234. Musnad al-Bazzar 715No grade recorded

     " مَنْ أَحَبِّ النَّسْأَ لَهُ فِي أَجَلِهِ، وَالزِّيَادَةَ فِي رِزْقِهِ فَلْيَصِلْ رَحِمَهُ

     ✧ Whoever loves to have his life extended, and increase in his provision, let him maintain his kinship ties.

235. Musnad al-Bazzar 716No grade recorded

     " لَا تُبْرِزْ فَخِذَكَ، وَلَا تَنْظُرْ إِلَى فَخِذِ حَيٍّ، وَلَا مَيِّتٍ

     ✧ Do not expose your thigh, and do not look at the thigh of a living or dead person.

236. Musnad al-Bazzar 717No grade recorded

     بَعَثَ اللهُ يَحْيَى بْنَ زَكَرِيَّا إِلَى بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ بِخَمْسِ كَلِمَاتٍ، فَلَمَّا بَعَثَ عِيسَى قَالَ اللهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى: يَا عِيسَى، قُلْ لِيَحْيَى بْنِ زَكَرِيَّا: إِمَّا أَنْ تُبَلِّغَ مَا أُرْسِلْتَ بِهِ إِلَى بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَإِمَّا أَنْ أُبَلِّغَهُمْ، فَخَرَجَ يَحْيَى حَتَّى صَارَ إِلَى بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، فَقَالَ: إِنَّ اللهَ يَأْمُرُكُمْ أَنْ تَعْبُدُوهُ، وَلَا تُشْرِكُوا بِهِ شَيْئًا، وَمَثَلُ ذَلِكَ كَمَثَلِ رَجُلٍ أَعْتَقَ رَجُلًا، فَأَحْسَنَ إِلَيْهِ وَأَعْطَاهُ، فَانْطَلَقَ وَكَفَرَ وَلِيَّ نِعْمَتِهِ، وَوَالَى غَيْرَهُ، وَإِنَّ اللهَ يَأْمُرُكُمْ أَنْ تُقِيمُوا الصَّلَاةَ، وَمَثَلُ ذَلِكَ كَمَثَلِ رَجُلٍ أَسَرَهُ الْعَدُوُّ، فَأَرَادُوا قَتْلَهُ، فَقَالَ: لَا تَقْتُلُونِي، فَإِنَّ لِي كَنْزًا، وَأَنَا أَفْدِي نَفْسِي، فَأَعْطَاهُمْ كَنْزَهُ، وَنَجَا بِنَفْسِهِ، وَإِنَّ اللهَ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى يَأْمُرُكُمْ أَنْ تَصَدَّقُوا، وَمَثَلُ ذَلِكَ كَمَثَلِ رَجُلٍ مَشَى إِلَى عَدُوِّهِ، وَقَدْ أَخَذَ لِلْقِتَالِ جُنَّةً، فَلَا يُبَالِي مِنْ حَيْثُ مَا أُتِيَ، وَإِنَّ اللهَ يَأْمُرُكُمْ أَنْ تَقْرَءُوا الْكِتَابَ، وَمَثَلُ ذَلِكَ كَمَثَلِ قَوْمٍ فِي حِصْنِهِمْ صَارَ إِلَيْهِمْ عَدُوُّهُمْ، وَقَدْ أَعَدُّوا فِي كُلِّ نَاحِيَةٍ مِنْ نَوَاحِي الْحِصْنِ قَوْمًا، فَلَيْسَ يَأْتِيهِمْ عَدُوُّهُمْ مِنْ نَاحِيَةٍ إِلَّا وَبَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ مَنْ يَدْرَؤُهُمْ عَنِ الْحِصْنِ، فَذَلِكَ مَثَلُ مَنْ يَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ لَا يَزَالُ فِي أَحْصَنِ حِصْنٍ أَوْ فِي حِصْنٍ حَصِينٍ

     ✧ Allah sent Yahya b. Zakariyya to the Children of Israel with five words. When He sent 'Isa, Allah, Blessed and Exalted, said: O 'Isa, say to Yahya b. Zakariyya: Either you convey what you have been sent with to the Children of Israel, or I will convey it to them. So Yahya went out until he came to the Children of Israel. He said: Allah commands you to worship Him and not associate anything with Him. The likeness of that is like a man who freed another man, treated him well and gave him, then he went away and disbelieved in the patron of his blessings and befriended others. Allah commands you to establish prayer. The likeness of that is like a man whom the enemy captured and wanted to kill. He said: Do not kill me, for I have a treasure, and I will ransom myself. So he gave them his treasure, and he saved himself. Allah, Blessed and Exalted, commands you to give charity. The likeness of that is like a man who walked towards his enemy, having taken a shield for fighting, so he does not care from where he is attacked. Allah commands you to recite the Book. The likeness of that is like a people in their fortress; their enemy came to them, and they had placed people in every corner of the fortress. Their enemy does not come to them from any direction except that there are those before them who repel them from the fortress. That is the likeness of the one who recites the Qur'an; he does not cease to be in the most fortified fortress or in a strong fortress.

237. Musnad al-Bazzar 692No grade recorded

     نَا مَنْصُورٌ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ ضَمْرَةَ، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ

     ✧ Mansur narrated to us, from Abu Ishaq, from Asim b. Damrah, from Ali.

238. Musnad al-Bazzar 693No grade recorded

     " إِنَّ اللهَ وِتْرٌ يُحِبُّ الْوِتْرَ

     ✧ Indeed, Allah is witr (odd) and loves witr.

239. Musnad al-Bazzar 718No grade recorded

     " اللَّهُمَّ بَارِكْ لِأُمَّتِي فِي بُكُورِهَا

     ✧ O Allah, bless my nation in its early mornings.

240. Musnad al-Bazzar 719No grade recorded

     " نُهِيتُ أَنْ أَقْرَأَ فِي الرُّكُوعِ وَالسُّجُودِ، فَإِذَا رَكَعْتُمْ فَعَظِّمُوا اللهَ، وَإِذَا سَجَدْتُمْ فَاجْتَهِدُوا فِي الدُّعَاءِ، فَقَمِنٌ أَنْ يُسْتَجَابَ لَكُمْ

     ✧ I have been forbidden from reciting while bowing and prostrating. When you bow, magnify Allah, and when you prostrate, exert yourselves in supplication, for it is worthy that you be answered.

241. Musnad al-Bazzar 720No grade recorded

     " خَيْرُكُمْ مَنْ تَعَلَّمَ الْقُرْآنَ وَعَلَّمَهُ

     ✧ The best of you is the one who learns the Qur'an and teaches it.

242. Musnad al-Bazzar 721No grade recorded

     سَمِعْتُ رَجُلًا، قَالَ لِعَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ؓ: يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، أَيُّ شَهْرٍ تَأْمُرُنِي أَنْ أَصُومَ بَعْدَ شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ ؟ فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ: مَا سَمِعْتُ أَحَدًا سَأَلَ عَنْ هَذَا بَعْدَ رَجُلٍ سَمِعْتُهُ سَأَلَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ: أَيُّ شَهْرٍ تَأْمُرُنِي أَنْ أَصُومَ بَعْدَ شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ ؟ فَقَالَ: إِنْ كُنْتَ صَائِمًا بَعْدَ رَمَضَانَ " فَصُمْ شَهْرَ الْمُحَرَّمِ؛ فَإِنَّهُ شَهْرُ اللهِ، وَفِيهِ تَابَ اللهُ عَلَى قَوْمٍ

     ✧ I heard a man say to Ali b. Abi Talib ؓ: O Commander of the Believers, which month do you command me to fast after the month of Ramadan? Ali said: I have not heard anyone ask about this after a man I heard asking the Messenger of Allah ﷺ: Which month do you command me to fast after the month of Ramadan? He said: If you are fasting after Ramadan, then fast the month of Muharram, for it is Allah's month, and in it Allah relented towards a people.

243. Musnad al-Bazzar 722No grade recorded

     " خِيَارُكُمْ كُلُّ مُفْتَنٍ تَوَّابٍ

     ✧ The best of you are every repentant one who is tried.

244. Musnad al-Bazzar 723No grade recorded

     " يَا عَلِيُّ، لَا تُتْبِعِ النَّظْرَةَ النَّظْرَةَ، وَإِنَّمَا لَكَ النَّظْرَةُ الْأُولَى

     ✧ O Ali, do not follow a glance with another glance; you have only the first glance.

245. Musnad al-Bazzar 724No grade recorded

     " إِنَّ فِي الْجَنَّةِ غُرَفًا يُرَى ظَاهِرُهَا مِنْ بَاطِنِهَا، وَبَاطِنُهَا مِنْ ظَاهِرِهَا "، فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، تِلْكَ مَنَازِلُ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: " أَعَدَّهَا اللهُ لِمَنْ أَطْعَمَ الطَّعَامَ، وَأَفْشَى السَّلَامَ، وَأَدَامَ الصِّيَامَ، وَصَلَّى بِاللَّيْلِ، وَالنَّاسُ نِيَامٌ

     ✧ Indeed in Paradise there are rooms whose outside can be seen from their inside, and their inside from their outside. A man said: O Messenger of God, are these the dwellings of the prophets? The Messenger of God ﷺ said: God has prepared them for one who feeds food, spreads peace, keeps fasting continuously, and prays at night while people sleep.

246. Musnad al-Bazzar 725No grade recorded

     " إِنَّ فِي الْجَنَّةِ لَسُوقًا، مَا فِيهَا شِرَاءٌ وَلَا بَيْعٌ إِلَّا الصُّوَرُ، مَنْ أَحَبَّ صُورَةً دَخَلَ فِيهَا، أَوِ اشْتَهَى صُورَةً دَخَلَ فِيهَا، وَلِلْحُورِ مَجْمَعٌ يَجْتَمِعْنَ فِيهِ، يَرْفَعْنَ بِأَصْوَاتٍ لَمْ يَسْمَعْ مِثْلَهُ أَحَدٌ، يَقُلْنَ: نَحْنُ الْخَالِدَاتُ فَلَا نَمُوتُ، وَنَحْنُ النَّاعِمَاتُ فَلَا نَبْؤُسُ، وَنَحْنُ الرَّاضِيَاتُ فَلَا نَسْخَطُ، فَطُوبَى لِمَنْ كَانَ لَنَا، وَكُنَّا لَهُ

     ✧ Indeed in Paradise there is a market in which there is no buying or selling except of forms: whoever loves a form enters it, or desires a form enters it. And the houris have a gathering in which they meet, raising voices the like of which no one has heard, saying: 'We are the eternal ones and do not die; we are the soft ones and do not suffer; we are the content ones and do not become angry. Blessed is the one who is for us and we are for him.'

247. Musnad al-Bazzar 726No grade recorded

     نَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ بْنُ زِيَادٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ، عَنِ النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ مَوْقُوفًا

     ✧ From Abd al-Wahid b. Ziyad, from Abd al-Rahman b. Ishaq, from al-Nu'man b. Sa'd, from Ali, as a mawquf report.

248. Musnad al-Bazzar 727No grade recorded

     قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: يَا عَلِيُّ، أَلَا أُعَلِّمُكَ كَلِمَاتٍ إِذَا قُلْتَهُنَّ غُفِرَ لَكَ مَعَ أَنَّكَ مَغْفُورٌ لَكَ ؟ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ الْعَلِيُّ الْعَظِيمُ، لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ الْحَلِيمُ الْكَرِيمُ، سُبْحَانَ اللهِ رَبِّ السَّمَاوَاتِ السَّبْعِ وَرَبِّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ، الْحَمْدُ لِلهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ said to me: O Ali, 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 You, the Most High, the Magnificent. There is no god but God, the Forbearing, the Generous. Glory be to God, Lord of the seven heavens and Lord of the mighty Throne. Praise be to God, Lord of the worlds.

249. Musnad al-Bazzar 728No grade recorded

     كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ، قَالَ حَفْصٌ: عَلَى كُلِّ حَالٍ إِلَّا الْجَنَابَةَ، وَقَالَ عُقْبَةُ: إِلَّا أَنْ يَكُونَ جُنُبًا

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ used to recite the Quran. Hafs said: in every state except major ritual impurity. And Uqba said: except when he was junub.

250. Musnad al-Bazzar 729No grade recorded

     نَا حَفْصٌ، وَأَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ، عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مُرَّةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ سَلِمَةَ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ؓ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ بِمِثْلِهِ

     ✧ From Hafs and Abu Mu'awiya, from Ibn Abi Layla, from Amr b. Murra, from Abdullah b. Salama, from Ali b. Abi Talib ؓ, from the Prophet ﷺ, with the like of it.

251. Musnad al-Bazzar 730No grade recorded

     " كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَقْضِي حَاجَتَهُ فَيَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ، وَيَأْكُلُ مَعَنَا، وَلَمْ يَكُنْ يَحْجِزُهُ عَنْ قِرَاءَةِ الْقُرْآنِ لَيْسَ الْجَنَابَةَ

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ would relieve himself, then recite the Quran, and eat with us. Nothing prevented him from reciting the Quran except major ritual impurity.

252. Musnad al-Bazzar 731No grade recorded

     كُنْتُ شَاكِيًا، فَدَخَلَ عَلَيَّ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ، وَأَنَا أَقُولُ: اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كَانَ قَدْ حَضَرَ أَجَلِي فَارْحَمْنِي، وَإِنْ كَانَ مُتَأَخِّرًا فَرَضِّنِي، وَإِنْ كَانَ بَلَاءً فَصَبِّرْنِي، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: " كَيْفَ قُلْتَ ؟ " عِدْتُ عَلَيْهِ، فَضَرَبَنِي بِرِجْلِهِ، فَقَالَ: قُلِ: اللَّهُمَّ عَافِنِي " أَوْ قَالَ: " اشْفِهِ فَمَا اشْتَكَيْتُ وَجَعِي ذَلِكَ بَعْدُ.

     ✧ I was ill, and the Prophet ﷺ entered upon me while I was saying: O God, if my appointed time has come, then have mercy on me; if it is delayed, then make me content; and if it is a trial, then give me patience. The Messenger of God ﷺ said: 'How did you say?' I repeated it to him, and he struck me with his foot and said: 'Say: O God, heal me' or he said: 'Cure him.' I did not complain of that pain afterwards.

253. Musnad al-Bazzar 732No grade recorded

     نَا الْفَارَيَابِيُّ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مُرَّةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ سَلِمَةَ، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ بِنَحْوِهِ. وَهَذَا الْكَلَامُ لَا نَعْلَمُ رَوَاهُ إِلَّا عَلِيٌّ بِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ، وَلَا نَعْلَمُ رَوَاهُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ سَلَمَةَ، إِلَّا عَمْرُو بْنُ مُرَّةَ

     ✧ From al-Faryabi Muhammad b. Yusuf, from Sufyan, from Amr b. Murra, from Abdullah b. Salama, from Ali, from the Prophet ﷺ, in a similar manner. And we do not know that anyone narrated this wording except Ali with this chain, and we do not know that anyone narrated it from Abdullah b. Salama except Amr b. Murra.

254. Musnad al-Bazzar 733No grade recorded

     بَعَثَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَى الْيَمَنِ، فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، تَبْعَثُنِي وَأَنَا شَابٌّ وَهُمْ كُهُولٌ، وَلَا عِلْمَ لِي بِالْكَلَامِ ؟ قَالَ: إِنَّ اللهَ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى سَيَهْدِي قَلْبَكَ، وَيُثَبِّتُ لِسَانَكَ، قَالَ: فَوَاللهِ مَا تَعَايَيْتُ فِي شَيْءٍ بَعْدُ

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ sent me to Yemen, and I said: O Messenger of God, you send me while I am young and they are elders, and I have no knowledge of speech? He said: God, blessed and exalted, will guide your heart and make firm your tongue. He said: By God, I did not encounter difficulty in anything afterward.

255. Musnad al-Bazzar 734No grade recorded

     يَا مَعْشَرَ النِّسَاءِ اتَّقِينَ اللهَ، وَالْتَمِسُوا مَرْضَاتِ أَزْوَاجِكُنَّ، فَإِنَّ الْمَرْأَةَ لَوْ تَعْلَمُ مَا حَقُّ زَوْجِهَا، لَمْ تَزَلْ قَائِمَةً مَا حَضَرَ غَدَاؤُهُ وَعَشَاؤُهُ

     ✧ O gathering of women, fear Allah, and seek the pleasure of your husbands, for if a woman knew the right of her husband, she would not cease standing as long as his lunch and dinner are present.

256. Musnad al-Bazzar 735No grade recorded

     انْطَلَقْتُ أَنَا وَالْأَشْتَرُ إِلَى عَلِيٍّ، فَقُلْنَا: هَلْ عَهِدَ إِلَيْكَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ شَيْئًا لَمْ يَعْهَدْهُ إِلَى النَّاسِ عَامَّةً ؟ قَالَ: لَا، إِلَّا مَا كَانَ فِي كِتَابِي هَذَا، فَأَخْرَجَ كِتَابًا مِنْ قِرَابِ سَيْفِهِ، فَإِذَا فِيهِ: الْمُسْلِمُونَ تَكَافَأُ دِمَاؤُهُمْ، وَيَسْعَى بِذِمَّتِهِمْ أَدْنَاهُمْ، أَلَا لَا يُقْتَلُ مُؤْمِنٌ بِكَافِرٍ، وَلَا ذُو عَهْدٍ فِي عَهْدِهِ، مَنْ أَحْدَثَ حَدَثًا فَعَلَى نَفْسِهِ، وَمَنْ آوَى مُحْدِثًا، فَعَلَيْهِ لَعْنَةُ اللهِ وَالْمَلَائِكَةِ وَالنَّاسِ أَجْمَعِينَ ".

     ✧ Al-Ashtar and I went to Ali and said: Did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ entrust to you anything that he did not entrust to the people in general? He said: No, except what is in this book of mine. He brought out a book from the sheath of his sword, and in it was: "The blood of Muslims is equal, and the lowest of them may undertake their protection. Indeed, a believer is not killed for a disbeliever, nor one who has a covenant while his covenant stands. Whoever commits a crime, it is against himself, and whoever shelters a criminal, upon him is the curse of Allah, the angels, and all people."

257. Musnad al-Bazzar 736No grade recorded

     نَزَلَتْ فِيَّ، وَفِي حَمْزَةَ، وَفِي عُبَيْدَةَ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ، وَعُتْبَةَ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ، وَشَيْبَةَ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ، وَالْوَلِيدِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ: هَذَانِ خَصْمَانِ اخْتَصَمُوا فِي رَبِّهِمْ

     ✧ It was revealed concerning me, Hamzah, Ubaydah b. al-Harith, Utbah b. Rabi'ah, Shaybah b. Rabi'ah, and al-Walid b. Utbah: "These two opponents disputed concerning their Lord."

258. Musnad al-Bazzar 737No grade recorded

     كُنْتُ أَمْشِي مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، وَهُوَ آخِذٌ بِيَدِي، فَمَرَرْنَا بِحَدِيقَةٍ، فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَا أَحْسَنَهَا مِنْ حَدِيقَةٍ ! قَالَ: لَكَ فِي الْجَنَّةِ أَحْسَنُ مِنْهَا ثُمَّ مَرَرْنَا بِأُخْرَى، فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَا أَحْسَنَهَا مِنْ حَدِيقَةٍ ! قَالَ: " لَكَ فِي الْجَنَّةِ أَحْسَنُ مِنْهَا " حَتَّى مَرَرْنَا بِسَبْعِ حَدَائِقَ، كُلُّ ذَلِكَ أَقُولُ مَا أَحْسَنَهَا، وَهُوَ يَقُولُ: " لَكَ فِي الْجَنَّةِ أَحْسَنُ مِنْهَا " فَلَمَّا خَلَا لَهُ الطَّرِيقُ اعْتَنَقَنِي، ثُمَّ أَجْهَشَ بَاكِيًا، فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَا يُبْكِيكَ ؟ قَالَ: " ضَغَائِنُ فِي صُدُورِ قَوْمٍ لَا يُبْدُونَهَا لَكَ إِلَّا مِنْ بَعْدِي "، قُلْتُ: فِي سَلَامَةٍ مِنْ دِينِي ؟ قَالَ: " فِي سَلَامَةٍ مِنْ دِينِكَ

     ✧ I was walking with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while he was holding my hand, and we passed by a garden. I said: O Messenger of Allah, how beautiful a garden it is! He said: "You have in Paradise something more beautiful than it." Then we passed by another, and I said: O Messenger of Allah, how beautiful a garden it is! He said: "You have in Paradise something more beautiful than it." Until we passed by seven gardens, each time I said how beautiful it is, and he said: "You have in Paradise something more beautiful than it." When the road became empty for him, he embraced me and then burst into tears. I said: O Messenger of Allah, what makes you weep? He said: "Grudges in the chests of people that they will not show to you except after me." I said: In safety of my religion? He said: "In safety of your religion."

259. Musnad al-Bazzar 738No grade recorded

     قَالَ فِي الرَّضِيعِ: يُنْضَحُ بَوْلُ الْغُلَامِ، وَيُغْسَلُ بَوْلُ الْجَارِيَةِ

     ✧ He said regarding the suckling infant: "The urine of the boy is sprinkled, and the urine of the girl is washed."

260. Musnad al-Bazzar 739No grade recorded

     قَالَ لِي عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ سَلَامٍ وَقَدْ وَضَعْتُ رِجْلِي فِي غَرْزِ الرِّكَابِ: لَا تَأْتِ الْعِرَاقَ، فَإِنَّكَ إِنْ أَتَيْتَهَا أَصَابَكَ بِهَا ذُبَابُ السَّيْفِ، قَالَ: وَأَيْمُ اللهِ لَقَدْ قَالَهَا، وَلَقَدْ قَالَهَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لِي قَبْلَهُ

     ✧ Abdullah b. Salam said to me when I had placed my foot in the stirrup: Do not go to Iraq, for if you go there, the sword's fly will strike you. He said: By Allah, he said it, and the Prophet ﷺ had said it to me before him.

261. Musnad al-Bazzar 740No grade recorded

     لَمَّا قَدِمْنَا الْمَدِينَةَ اجْتَوَيْنَاهَا وَأَصَابَنَا فِيهَا وَعْكٌ، وَكَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَتَخَبَّرُ عَنْ قُرَيْشٍ، فَبَلَغَهُ أَنَّهُمْ قَدْ نَزَلُوا بَدْرًا، وَهِيَ بِئْرٌ، فَأَرْسَلَ رَجُلَيْنِ أَحَدُهُمَا الزُّبَيْرُ، وَالْآخَرُ يَرَى أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ أَنَّهُ عَلِيٌّ، فَأَصَابُوا رَجُلَيْنِ: رَجُلًا مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ، وَمَوْلًى لِعُقْبَةَ بْنِ أَبِي مُعَيْطٍ، فَانْفَلَتَ الْقُرَشِيُّ، وَجَاءُوا بِالْمَوْلَى، فَجَعَلُوا يَسْأَلُونَهُ وَيَقُولُونَ لَهُ: كَمِ الْقَوْمُ ؟ أَوْ كَمْ هُمْ ؟ فَيَقُولُ: هُمْ وَاللهِ كَثِيرٌ عَدَدُهُمْ، شَدِيدٌ بَأْسُهُمْ، حَتَّى أَتَوْا بِهِ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَسَأَلَهُ، فَقَالَ ذَلِكَ، فَقَالَ: كَمْ يَنْحَرُ الْقَوْمُ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ ؟ قَالَ: عَشْرَ جَزَايِرَ، قَالَ: جَزُورٌ لِمِائَةٍ، الْقَوْمُ أَلْفٌ، قَالَ: فَأَصَابَنَا مِنَ اللَّيْلِ طَشٌّ، فَتَفَرَّقْنَا تَحْتَ الشَّجَرِ الْحَجَفِ، وَبَاتَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَيْلَتَهِ يَدْعُو، وَيَقُولُ: اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ تُهْلِكْ هَذِهِ الْعِصَابَةَ لَا تُعْبَدُ فِي الْأَرْضِ فَلَمَّا طَلَعَ الْفَجْرُ، قَالَ: الصَّلَاةَ عِبَادَ اللهِ، فَأَقْبَلْنَا مِنْ تَحْتِ الشَّجَرِ وَالْحَجَفِ، فَحَثَّ أَوْ حَضَّ عَلَى الْقِتَالِ، وَقَالَ: " كَأَنِّي أَنْظُرُ إِلَى صَرْعَاهُمْ "، قَالَ: فَلَمَّا دَنَا الْقَوْمُ إِذَا فِيهِمْ رَجُلٌ يَسِيرُ فِي الْقَوْمِ عَلَى جَمَلٍ أَحْمَرَ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لِلزُّبَيْرِ: نَادِ بَعْضَ أَصْحَابِكَ فَسَلْهُ: مَنْ صَاحِبُ الْجَمَلِ الْأَحْمَرِ ؟ فَإِنْ يَكُ فِي الْقَوْمِ أَحَدٌ يَأْمُرُكَ بِخَيْرٍ فَهُوَ، يَسْأَلُ الزُّبَيْرُ: مَنْ صَاحِبُ الْجَمَلِ الْأَحْمَرِ ؟ قَالُوا: عُتْبَةُ بْنُ رَبِيعَةَ وَهُوَ يَنْهَى عَنِ الْقِتَالِ، وَهُوَ يَقُولُ: يَا قَوْمِ، إِنِّي أَرَى قَوْمًا مُسْتَمِيتِينَ، وَاللهِ مَا أَظُنُّ أَنْ تَصِلُوا إِلَيْهِمْ حَتَّى تُهْلَكُوا، قَالَ: فَلَمَّا بَلَغَ أَبَا جَهْلٍ مَا يَقُولُ أَقْبَلَ إِلَيْهِ، فَقَالَ: مُلِئَتْ رِئَتُكَ رُعْبًا حَتَّى رَأَيْتَ مُحَمَّدًا وَأَصْحَابَهُ، فَقَالَ لَهُ عُتْبَةُ: إِيَّايَ تُعَيِّرُ يَا مُصَفِّرَ اسْتِهِ، سَتَعْلَمُ أَيُّنَا أَجْبَنُ، فَنَزَلَ عُتْبَةُ عَنْ جَمَلِهِ، وَاتَّبَعَهُ أَخُوهُ شَيْبَةُ، وَابْنُهُ الْوَلِيدُ، فَدَعَوْا لِلْبِرَازِ فَابْتَدَرَتْهُ شَبَابٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ، فَقَالَ: مَنْ أَنْتُمْ ؟ فَأَخْبَرُوهُ فَقَالَ: لَا حَاجَةَ لَنَا فِيكُمْ، إِنَّمَا أَرَدْنَا بَنِي عَمِّنَا، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: " قُمْ يَا حَمْزَةُ، قُمْ يَا عَلِيُّ، قُمْ يَا عُبَيْدَةُ بْنَ الْحَارِثِ "، قَالَ: فَأَقْبَلَ حَمْزَةُ إِلَى عُتْبَةَ، وَأَقْبَلْتُ إِلَى شَيْبَةَ، وَأَقْبَلَ عُبَيْدَةُ إِلَى الْوَلِيدِ، قَالَ: فَلَمْ يَلْبَثْ حَمْزَةُ صَاحِبَهُ أَنْ فَرَغَ مِنْهُ، قَالَ: وَلَمْ أَلْبَثْ صَاحِبِي، قَالَ: وَاخْتُلِفَ بَيْنَ الْوَلِيدِ وَعُبَيْدَةَ ضَرْبَتَانِ، وَانْتَحَرَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا صَاحِبَهُ، قَالَ: فَأَقْبَلْتُ أَنَا وَحَمْزَةُ إِلَيْهِمَا، فَفَرَغْنَا مِنَ الْوَلِيدِ وَاحْتَمَلْنَا عُبَيْدَةَ.

     ✧ When we came to Madinah we found its climate disagreeable and we were afflicted with fever. The Prophet ﷺ was inquiring about Quraysh, and it reached him that they had encamped at Badr, which is a well. He sent two men, one of them al-Zubayr and the other Abu Ishaq thinks it was Ali. They came upon two men: a man from Quraysh and a freed slave of Uqbah b. Abi Mu'ayt. The Qurayshi escaped, and they brought the freed slave. They began questioning him and saying to him: How many are the people? Or how many are they? He said: By Allah, they are many in number and fierce in battle. Until they brought him to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and he questioned him, and he said that. He said: How many camels do the people slaughter each day? He said: Ten camels. He said: A camel for a hundred, so the people are a thousand. He said: A light rain fell upon us at night, so we dispersed under the trees and shields, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ spent his night supplicating and saying: O Allah, if You destroy this band, You will not be worshiped on earth. When dawn broke, he said: Prayer, O servants of Allah. We came out from under the trees and shields, and he urged or incited fighting and said: "It is as if I am looking at their slain." He said: When the people drew near, there was a man among them riding on a red camel. The Prophet ﷺ said to al-Zubayr: Call one of your companions and ask him: Who is the owner of the red camel? For if there is anyone among the people who commands you to good, it is he. Al-Zubayr asked: Who is the owner of the red camel? They said: Utbah b. Rabi'ah, and he was discouraging fighting, saying: O people, I see a people seeking death. By Allah, I do not think you will reach them until you are destroyed. He said: When what he said reached Abu Jahl, he came to him and said: Your lungs are filled with fear until you saw Muhammad and his companions. Utbah said to him: Do you reproach me, O you with a dyed anus? You will know which of us is more cowardly. Utbah dismounted from his camel, and his brother Shaybah and his son al-Walid followed him. They called for single combat, and some youths from the Ansar rushed to them. He said: Who are you? They told him, and he said: We have no need of you; we only wanted our cousins. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Arise, O Hamzah; arise, O Ali; arise, O Ubaydah b. al-Harith." He said: Hamzah went to Utbah, I went to Shaybah, and Ubaydah went to al-Walid. He said: Hamzah did not delay with his opponent until he finished him. He said: I did not delay with my opponent. He said: Two blows were exchanged between al-Walid and Ubaydah, and each of them killed his opponent. He said: Hamzah and I went to them, and we finished off al-Walid and carried away Ubaydah.

262. Musnad al-Bazzar 741No grade recorded

     مَنِ اسْتَطَعْتُمْ أَنْ تَأْسِرُوا مِنْ بَنِي عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ، فَإِنَّمَا أُخْرِجُوا كُرْهًا.

     ✧ Whoever of Banu Abd al-Muttalib you are able to capture, for they were only brought out against their will.

263. Musnad al-Bazzar 742No grade recorded

     بَعَثَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَى الْيَمَنِ، فَقُلْتُ: تَبْعَثُنِي إِلَى قَوْمٍ هُمْ أَسَنُّ مِنِّي، فَكَيْفَ أَقْضِي بَيْنَهُمْ ؟ فَقَالَ: اذْهَبْ فَإِنَّ اللهَ سَيَهْدِي قَلْبَكَ وَيُثَبِّتُ لِسَانَكَ.

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent me to Yemen. I said: You send me to a people who are older than me, so how shall I judge between them? He said: Go, for Allah will guide your heart and make your tongue firm.

264. Musnad al-Bazzar 743No grade recorded

     إِنِّي لَأُعْطِي قَوْمًا أَتَأَلَّفُهُمْ، وَأَكِلُ قَوْمًا إِلَى مَا عِنْدَهُمْ "، أَوْ " إِلَى مَا جَعَلَ اللهُ فِي قُلُوبِهِمْ، مِنْهُمْ فُرَاتُ بْنُ حَيَّانَ ".

     ✧ "I give to a people to win their hearts, and I entrust a people to what they have," or "to what Allah has placed in their hearts, among them Furat b. Hayyan."

265. Musnad al-Bazzar 744No grade recorded

     " كُنَّا إِذَا احْمَرَّ الْبَأْسُ، وَلَقِيَ الْقَوْمُ الْقَوْمَ اتَّقَيْنَا بِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، فَمَا نَرَى أَحَدًا أَقْرَبَ إِلَى الْقَوْمِ مِنْهُ

     ✧ "When the battle grew intense and the two hosts met, we sought protection with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and we did not see anyone closer to the enemy than him."

266. Musnad al-Bazzar 745No grade recorded

     كَانَ " يُوقِظُ أَهْلَهُ فِي الْعَشْرِ الْأَوَاخِرِ مِنْ رَمَضَانَ

     ✧ He used to wake his family during the last ten nights of Ramadan.

267. Musnad al-Bazzar 746No grade recorded

     نَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ هُبَيْرَةَ بْنِ يَرِيمَ، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ، بِنَحْوِهِ. وَهَذَا الْحَدِيثُ لَا نَعْلَمُ يُرْوَى عَنْ عَلِيٍّ، إِلَّا بِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ. وَقَدْ رُوِيَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِي اعْتِكَافِهِ مِنْ غَيْرِ وَجْهٍ، فَرُوِيَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ مِنْ وُجُوهٍ، وَعَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ، وَعَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، وَعَنْ أَبِي لَيْلَى، وَعَنْ أَنَسٍ

     ✧ Abu Bakr b. 'Ayyash narrated to us, from Abu Ishaq, from Hubayrah b. Yarim, from Ali, in a similar manner. We do not know that this hadith is narrated from Ali except with this chain. It has been narrated from the Prophet ﷺ about his i'tikaf from more than one route, being narrated from Aisha via several routes, and from Abu Sa'id, and from Abu Hurayrah, and from Abu Layla, and from Anas.

268. Musnad al-Bazzar 747No grade recorded

     أُهْدِيَتْ لَهُ حُلَّةُ حَرِيرٍ، فَأَرْسَلَ بِهَا إِلَيَّ فَلَبِسْتُهَا، فَرَآهَا عَلَيَّ، فَقَالَ: إِنِّي لَا أَرْضَى لَكَ مَا أَكْرَهُ لِنَفْسِي، " فَأَمَرَنِي فَشَقَقْتُهَا بَيْنَ النِّسَاءِ

     ✧ A silk hulla was gifted to him, and he sent it to me, so I wore it. He saw it on me and said, "I would not be pleased for you with what I dislike for myself." He ordered me, so I tore it and divided it among the women.

269. Musnad al-Bazzar 748No grade recorded

     نَهَانِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنِ الْجِعَةِ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade me from al-ji'ah.

270. Musnad al-Bazzar 749No grade recorded

     نَهَانِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنِ " الْمِيثَرَةِ، وَالْقَسِّيِّ، وَخَاتَمِ الذَّهَبِ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade me from the red saddle cushion, al-qassi, and a gold ring.

271. Musnad al-Bazzar 750No grade recorded

     قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، وَلِأَبِي بَكْرٍ ؓ يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ: مَعَ أَحَدِكُمَا جِبْرِيلُ، وَمَعَ الْآخَرِ مِيكَائِيلُ، وَإِسْرَافِيلُ مَلَكٌ عَظِيمٌ يَشْهَدُ الْقِتَالَ، أَوْ يَكُونُ فِي الصَّفِّ ".

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me and to Abu Bakr ؓ on the day of Badr: "With one of you is Jibril, and with the other is Mika'il, and Israfil is a mighty angel who witnesses the battle, or is in the ranks."

272. Musnad al-Bazzar 751No grade recorded

     قَالَ عَلِيٌّ لِلنَّاسِ سَلُونِي: فَقَالَ ابْنُ الْكَوَّاءِ: حَدِّثْنَا عَنِ الْأُخْتَيْنِ الْمَمْلُوكَتَيْنِ، وَعَنِ ابْنَةِ الْأَخِ مِنَ الرَّضَاعَةِ، فَقَالَ: ذَاهِبٌ أَنْتَ فِي التِّيهِ، فَقَالَ: إِنَّمَا نَسْأَلُكَ عَمَّا لَا نَعْلَمُ، فَأَمَّا مَا نَعْلَمُ فَمَا نَسْأَلُكَ عَنْهُ، قَالَ: أَمَّا الْأُخْتَانِ الْمَمْلُوكَتَانِ فَإِنَّهُمَا حَرَّمَتْهُمَا آيَةٌ، وَأَحَلَّتْهُمَا آيَةٌ فَلَا أُحِلُّهُ، وَلَا أُحَرِّمُهُ، وَلَا آمُرُ بِهِ، وَلَا أَنْهَى عَنْهُ، وَلَا أَفْعَلُهُ أَنَا وَلَا أَحَدٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ بَيْتِي، وَأَمَّا ابْنَةُ الْأَخِ مِنَ الرَّضَاعَةِ فَإِنِّي ذَكَرْتُ ابْنَةَ حَمْزَةَ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، فَقَالَ: إِنَّهَا ابْنَةُ أَخِي مِنَ الرَّضَاعَةِ

     ✧ Ali said to the people: Ask me. Ibn al-Kawwa' said: Tell us about the two sisters who are owned as slaves, and about the daughter of the brother through breastfeeding. He said: You are wandering in error. He said: We ask you only about what we do not know; as for what we know, we do not ask you about it. He said: As for the two sisters who are owned as slaves, one verse made them forbidden and another made them permissible, so I do not make it lawful, nor forbidden, nor command it, nor forbid it, and I do not do it myself nor does anyone of my household. As for the daughter of the brother through breastfeeding, I mentioned the daughter of Hamzah to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and he said: "She is the daughter of my brother through breastfeeding."

273. Musnad al-Bazzar 752No grade recorded

     " أُهْدِيَتْ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ حُلَّةٌ سِيَرَاءُ، فَأَهْدَاهَا إِلَيَّ فَلَبِسْتُهَا، فَرَأَيْتُ الْكَرَاهِيَةَ فِي وَجْهِهِ

     ✧ A striped silk hulla was gifted to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and he gifted it to me, so I wore it, and I saw dislike on his face.

274. Musnad al-Bazzar 753No grade recorded

     أَنَّهُمُ احْتَفَرُوا بِئْرًا بِالْيَمَنِ، فَسَقَطَ فِيهَا الْأَسَدُ، فَأَصْبَحُوا يَنْظُرُونَ إِلَيْهِ، فَوَقَعَ رَجُلٌ فِي الْبِئْرِ، فَتَعَلَّقَ بِرَجُلٍ، فَتَعَلَّقَ الْآخَرُ بِآخَرَ، حَتَّى كَانُوا أَرْبَعَةً، فَسَقَطُوا فِي الْبِئْرِ جَمِيعًا، فَجَرَحَهُمُ الْأَسَدُ، فَتَنَاوَلَهُ رَجُلٌ بِرُمْحِهِ فَقَتَلَهُ، فَقَالَ النَّاسُ لِلْأَوَّلِ: أَنْتَ قَتَلْتَ أَصْحَابَنَا، وَعَلَيْكَ دِيَتُهُمْ، فَأَبَى أَصْحَابُهُ، فَكَادُوا يَقْتَتِلُونَ، فَقَدِمَ عَلِيٌّ عَلَى تِلْكَ الْحَالِ فَسَأَلُوهُ، فَقَالَ: سَأَقْضِي بَيْنَكُمْ بِقَضَاءٍ، فَمَنْ رَضِيَ مِنْكُمْ جَازَ عَلَيْهِ رِضَاهُ، وَمَنْ سَخِطَ فَلَا حَقَّ لَهُ حَتَّى يَأْتُوا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ، فَيَقْضِيَ بَيْنَكُمْ، قَالُوا: نَعَمْ، قَالَ: اجْمَعُوا مِمَّنْ حَضَرَ الْبِئْرَ مِنَ النَّاسِ رُبُعَ دِيَةٍ، وَثُلُثَ دِيَةٍ، وَنِصْفَ دِيَةٍ، وَدِيَةً تَامَّةً، لِلْأَوَّلِ رُبُعُ دِيَةٍ مِنْ أَجْلِ أَنَّهُ هَلَكَ فَوْقَهُ ثَلَاثَةٌ، وَلِلثَّانِي ثُلُثُ دِيَةٍ؛ لِأَنَّهُ هَلَكَ فَوْقَهُ اثْنَانِ، وَلِلثَّالِثِ نِصْفُ دِيَةٍ؛ لِأَنَّهُ هَلَكَ فَوْقَهُ وَاحِدٌ، وَلِلْآخِرِ الدِّيَةُ التَّامَّةُ، فَإِنْ رَضِيتُمْ فَهَذَا بَيْنَكُمْ قَضَاءٌ، وَإِنْ لَمْ تَرْضَوْا فَلَا حَقَّ لَكُمْ حَتَّى تَأْتُوا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَيَقْضِيَ بَيْنَكُمْ، فَأَتَوْا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ الْعَامَ الْمُقْبِلَ، فَقَصُّوا عَلَيْهِ، فَقَالَ: أَنَا أَقْضِي بَيْنَكُمْ إِنْ شَاءَ اللهُ - وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ فِي مَقَامِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ﷺ فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ، فَقَالَ: إِنَّ عَلِيًّا قَضَى بَيْنَنَا، فَقَالَ: " كَيْفَ قَضَى بَيْنَكُمْ عَلِيٌّ ؟ " فَقَصُّوا عَلَيْهِ، فَقَالَ: " هُوَ مَا قَضَى بَيْنَكُمْ

     ✧ They dug a well in Yemen, and a lion fell into it. In the morning they were looking at it, when a man fell into the well and grabbed hold of another man, and that one grabbed another, until there were four, and they all fell into the well together. The lion wounded them. A man struck it with his spear and killed it. The people said to the first man: You killed our companions, and their blood money is upon you. His companions refused, and they almost fought. Ali arrived at that time, so they asked him. He said: I will judge among you with a judgment; whoever among you is satisfied, his approval will be binding on him, and whoever is displeased has no claim until he comes to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and he judges among you. They said: Yes. He said: Collect from among the people who were present at the well a quarter of a diyah, a third of a diyah, half a diyah, and a full diyah. For the first is a quarter of a diyah because three died above him; for the second is a third of a diyah because two died above him; for the third is half a diyah because one died above him; and for the last is the full diyah. If you are satisfied, then this is a judgment among you, and if you are not satisfied, then you have no claim until you come to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and he judges among you. The following year they came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and told him the story. He said: I will judge among you, if Allah wills, while he was sitting at the Station of Ibrahim ﷺ. A man stood up and said: Ali has already judged among us. He said: "How did Ali judge among you?" They told him the story, and he said: "It is as he judged among you."

275. Musnad al-Bazzar 754No grade recorded

     بَعَثَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَى الْيَمَنِ، فَقُلْتُ: تَبْعَثُنِي إِلَى قَوْمٍ لَسْتُ بِأَسَنِّهِمْ، وَلَيْسَ لِي عِلْمٌ بِالْقَضَاءِ ؟ فَقَالَ: إِذَا اخْتَصَمَ إِلَيْكَ خَصْمَانِ فَلَا تَقْضِ لِلْأَوَّلِ حَتَّى تَسْمَعَ مَا يَقُولُ الْآخَرُ قَالَ: فَمَا زِلْتُ قَاضِيًا، أَوْ مَا شَكَكْتُ فِي قَضَاءٍ بَيْنَ اثْنَيْنِ.

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent me to Yemen. I said: You send me to a people who are older than me, and I have no knowledge of judging? He said: When two disputants come to you, do not judge for the first until you hear what the other says. He said: I ceased not to be a judge, or I never doubted in a judgment between two.

276. Musnad al-Bazzar 755No grade recorded

     أَنَّ عَلِيًّا تَوَضَّأَ ثَلَاثًا ثَلَاثًا، ثُمَّ قَالَ: كَذَا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ تَوَضَّأَ

     ✧ Ali performed ablution washing each part three times, then said: Thus I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ perform ablution.

277. Musnad al-Bazzar 756No grade recorded

     أَنَّ عَلِيًّا تَوَضَّأَ ثَلَاثًا ثَلَاثًا، وَمَسَحَ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ وَقَالَ: مَنْ سَرَّهُ أَنْ يَنْظُرَ إِلَى وُضُوءِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَهَكَذَا

     ✧ Ali performed ablution washing each part three times, and wiped his head, and said: Whoever would like to look at the ablution of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, this is how it was.

278. Musnad al-Bazzar 757No grade recorded

     أَنَّهُ رَأَى عَلِيًّا ؓ فِي الرَّحَبَةِ تَوَضَّأَ فَغَسَلَ كَفَّيْهِ، ثُمَّ مَضْمَضَ ثَلَاثًا، وَاسْتَنْشَقَ ثَلَاثًا، وَغَسَلَ وَجْهَهُ ثَلَاثًا، وَذِرَاعَيْهِ ثَلَاثًا ثَلَاثًا، وَرَأْسَهُ ثَلَاثًا، وَغَسَلَ رِجْلَيْهِ إِلَى الْكَعْبَيْنِ ثَلَاثًا ثَلَاثًا، ثُمَّ قَامَ فَشَرِبَ فَضْلَ وَضُوئِهِ، وَهُوَ قَائِمٌ، وَقَالَ: أَحْبَبْتُ أَنْ أُرِيَكُمْ كَيْفَ كَانَ طُهُورُ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ

     ✧ He saw Ali ؓ in the open courtyard performing ablution: he washed his palms, then rinsed his mouth three times, sniffed water into his nose three times, washed his face three times, and his forearms three times each, and his head three times, and washed his feet up to the ankles three times each. Then he stood and drank the leftover water of his ablution while standing, and said: I wanted to show you how the purification of the Prophet ﷺ was.

279. Musnad al-Bazzar 758No grade recorded

     رَأَيْتُ عَلِيًّا أَتَى الرَّحَبَةَ فَبَالَ قَائِمًا، ثُمَّ تَوَضَّأَ فَمَضْمَضَ ثَلَاثًا، وَغَسَلَ وَجْهَهُ ثَلَاثًا، وَشَرِبَ قَائِمًا، وَقَالَ: رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَعَلَ كَمَا رَأَيْتُمُونِي فَعَلْتُ

     ✧ I saw ʿAlī come to al-Raḥabah and urinate standing, then perform ablution, rinsing his mouth three times and washing his face three times, and drink while standing, and he said: I saw the Messenger of God ﷺ do as you have seen me do.

280. Musnad al-Bazzar 759No grade recorded

     " إِنْ كُنْتُ لَأَدْلُو الذَّنُوبَ بِتَمْرَةٍ، وَأَشْتَرِطُ أَنَّهَا حُلْوَةٌ جَلْدَةٌ

     ✧ I would draw a bucket of water for a date, and I would stipulate that it be sweet and firm.

281. Musnad al-Bazzar 760No grade recorded

     اسْتَأْذَنَ عَمَّارٌ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، فَقَالَ: الطَّيِّبُ الْمُطَيَّبُ

     ✧ ʿAmmār asked permission to enter upon the Prophet ﷺ, and he said: The good one, the one made good.

282. Musnad al-Bazzar 761No grade recorded

     أَنَّ عَمَّارَ بْنَ يَاسِرٍ، اسْتَأْذَنَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، فَقَالَ: ائْذَنُوا لِلطَّيِّبِ الْمُطَيَّبِ مُلِئَ إِيمَانًا إِلَى مُشَاشِهِ

     ✧ ʿAmmār b. Yāsir asked permission to enter upon the Prophet ﷺ, and he said: Give permission to the good one, the one made good; he has been filled with faith up to his bone marrow.

283. Musnad al-Bazzar 762No grade recorded

     اسْتَأْذَنَ عَمَّارٌ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ: ائْذَنُوا لِلطَّيِّبِ الْمُطَيَّبِ

     ✧ ʿAmmār asked permission to enter upon the Prophet ﷺ, and he said: Give permission to the good one, the one made good.

284. Musnad al-Bazzar 763No grade recorded

     لَمَّا وُلِدَ الْحَسَنُ سَمَّيْتُهُ حَرْبًا، قَالَ: " بَلْ هُوَ حَسَنٌ "، فَلَمَّا وُلِدَ الْحُسَيْنُ سَمَّيْتُهُ حَرْبًا، فَجَاءَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَقَالَ: أَرُونِي ابْنِي، مَا أَسْمَيْتُمُوهُ ؟ قُلْنَا: حَرْبًا، قَالَ: " بَلْ هُوَ حُسَيْنٌ "، فَلَمَّا وُلِدَ الثَّالِثُ سَمَّيْتُهُ حَرْبًا، فَجَاءَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ، فَقَالَ: " أَرُونِيَ ابْنِي، مَا أَسْمَيْتُمُوهُ ؟ " قُلْنَا: حَرْبًا، قَالَ: " بَلْ هُوَ مُحَسِّنٌ " ثُمَّ قَالَ: سَمَّيْتُهُمْ بِأَسْمَاءِ وَلَدِ هَارُونَ جَبَّرٍ وَجُبَيْرٍ وَمُجَبِّرٍ

     ✧ When al-Ḥasan was born, I named him Ḥarb. He said: Rather, he is Ḥasan. When al-Ḥusayn was born, I named him Ḥarb. The Prophet ﷺ came and said: Show me my son; what have you named him? We said: Ḥarb. He said: Rather, he is Ḥusayn. When the third was born, I named him Ḥarb. The Prophet ﷺ came and said: Show me my son; what have you named him? We said: Ḥarb. He said: Rather, he is Muḥassin. Then he said: I have named them after the names of the children of Hārūn: Jabbar, Jubayr, and Mujabbir.

285. Musnad al-Bazzar 764No grade recorded

     لَمَّا وُلِدَ الْحَسَنُ سَمَّيْتُهُ حَرْبًا، وَكُنْتُ أُحِبُّ أَنْ أَكْتَنِيَ بِأَبِي حَرْبٍ، فَجَاءَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَحَنَّكَهُ، فَقَالَ: مَا سَمَّيْتُمُ ابْنِي ؟ فَقُلْنَا: حَرْبًا، فَقَالَ: " هُوَ الْحَسَنُ " ثُمَّ وُلِدَ الْحُسَيْنُ، فَسَمَّيْتُهُ حَرْبًا، فَأَتَى النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَحَنَّكَهُ، فَقَالَ: " مَا سَمَّيْتُمُ ابْنِي ؟ " فَقُلْنَا: حَرْبًا، قَالَ: " هُوَ الْحُسَيْنُ

     ✧ When al-Ḥasan was born, I named him Ḥarb, and I liked to be called Abū Ḥarb. The Prophet ﷺ came and chewed a date and put it in his mouth, and said: What have you named my son? We said: Ḥarb. He said: He is al-Ḥasan. Then al-Ḥusayn was born, and I named him Ḥarb. The Prophet ﷺ came and chewed a date and put it in his mouth, and said: What have you named my son? We said: Ḥarb. He said: He is al-Ḥusayn.

286. Musnad al-Bazzar 765No grade recorded

     أَتَانَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنَا وَجَعْفَرٌ، وَزَيْدٌ، فَقَالَ لِزَيْدٍ: " أَخُونَا مَوْلَانَا "، فَحَجَلَ زَيْدٌ، وَقَالَ لِجَعْفَرٍ: أَنْتَ أَشْبَهْتَ خَلْقِي وَخُلُقِي، قَالَ: فَحَجَلَ وَرَاءَ حَجْلِ زَيْدٍ، ثُمَّ قَالَ لِي: أَنْتَ مِنِّي وَأَنَا مِنْكَ، فَحَجَلْتُ وَرَاءَ حَجْلِ جَعْفَرٍ

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ came to us—I, Jaʿfar, and Zayd—and he said to Zayd: You are our brother and our client. Zayd hopped, and he said to Jaʿfar: You resemble me in my physical appearance and my character. He said: So he hopped behind Zayd's hop. Then he said to me: You are from me and I am from you. So I hopped behind Jaʿfar's hop.

287. Musnad al-Bazzar 766No grade recorded

     " الْمَرْءُ مَعَ مَنْ أَحَبَّ

     ✧ A person is with the one he loves.

288. Musnad al-Bazzar 767No grade recorded

     نَا عُقْبَةُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ، عَنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ، عَنْ مُسْلِمٍ، عَنْ حَبَّةَ الْعُرَنِيِّ، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ

     ✧ ʿUqbah b. Khālid narrated to us, from Isrāʾīl, from Muslim, from Ḥabbah al-ʿUranī, from ʿAlī.

289. Musnad al-Bazzar 768No grade recorded

     أَمَرَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِأَكْلِ الثُّومِ، قَالَ: وَلَوْلَا أَنَّ الْمَلَكَ يَنْزِلُ عَلَيَّ لَأَكَلْتُهُ

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ commanded us to eat garlic. He said: And were it not that the angel descends upon me, I would eat it.

290. Musnad al-Bazzar 769No grade recorded

     أَسْنَدْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ إِلَى صَدْرِي، فَقَالَ لِي: يَا عَلِيُّ، أُوصِيكَ بِالْعَرَبِ خَيْرًا

     ✧ I leaned the Prophet ﷺ against my chest, and he said to me: O ʿAlī, I enjoin you to treat the Arabs well.

291. Musnad al-Bazzar 770No grade recorded

     " انْطَلِقْ فَمُرْهُمْ، فَلْيَسُدُّوا أَبُوَابَهُمْ "، فَانْطَلَقْتُ فَقُلْتُ لَهُمْ فَفَعَلُوا إِلَّا حَمْزَةَ، فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، قَدْ فَعَلُوا إِلَّا حَمْزَةَ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: قُلِ لِحَمْزَةَ، فَلْيُحَوِّلْ بَابَهُ، فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَأْمُرُكَ أَنْ تُحَوِّلَ بَابَكَ، فَحَوَّلَهُ، فَرَجَعْتُ إِلَيْهِ وَهُوَ قَائِمٌ يُصَلِّي، فَقَالَ: " ارْجِعْ إِلَى بَيْتِكَ

     ✧ "Go and command them to close their doors." So I went and told them, and they did, except Hamzah. I said, "O Messenger of God, they have done so except Hamzah." The Prophet ﷺ said, "Tell Hamzah to relocate his door." So I told him, "The Messenger of God ﷺ commands you to relocate your door," and he relocated it. Then I returned to him while he was standing praying, and he said, "Return to your house."

292. Musnad al-Bazzar 771No grade recorded

     رَأَيْتُ عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ يَخْطُبُ، فَضَحِكَ ضَحِكًا، فَعَجِبْنَا مِنْ ضَحِكِهِ، فَلَمَّا نَزَلَ قُلْنَا: يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ لَقَدْ ضَحِكْتَ ضَحِكًا عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ فَمِمَّ ضَحِكْتَ ؟ قَالَ: ذَكَرْتُ أَبَا طَالِبٍ، لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُنِي مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَحَضَرَتِ الصَّلَاةُ - صَلَاةُ الْعَصْرِ - وَقَدْ أَتَيْنَا مَوْضِعًا، يُقَالُ لَهُ: نَخْلَةٌ، أَحْسَبُهُ قَالَ: نُرِيدُ أَنْ نُصَلِّيَ، فَقَالَ لَنَا أَبُو طَالِبٍ وَنَظَرَ إِلَيْنَا، فَقَالَ: يَا بَنِي أَخِي مَا تَصْنَعُونَ ؟ فَقُلْنَا: نُصَلِّي، فَدَعَاهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِلَى الْإِسْلَامِ، فَقَالَ: إِنَّ الَّذِي تَدْعُونِي إِلَيْهِ لَحَسَنٌ، وَلَكِنْ وَاللهِ يَا بْنَ أَخِي لَا تَعْلُونِي اسْتِي أَبَدًا، فَضَحِكْتُ مِنْ قَوْلِهِ

     ✧ I saw Ali b. Abi Talib delivering a sermon and he laughed. We were surprised at his laughter. When he descended, we said, "O Commander of the Faithful, you laughed on the pulpit; why did you laugh?" He said, "I remembered Abu Talib. I saw myself with the Prophet ﷺ when the prayer time came—the afternoon prayer—and we had come to a place called Nakhlah. I think he said: we wanted to pray. Abu Talib looked at us and said, 'O sons of my brother, what are you doing?' We said, 'We are praying.' The Prophet ﷺ invited him to Islam, and he said, 'What you call me to is good, but by God, O son of my brother, my buttocks will never be above me.' I laughed at his words."

293. Musnad al-Bazzar 772No grade recorded

     أَوَّلُ صَلَاةٍ صَلَّيْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ الْعَصْرُ،

     ✧ The first prayer we prayed with the Messenger of God ﷺ was the afternoon prayer.

294. Musnad al-Bazzar 773No grade recorded

     سَأَلَ رَجُلٌ عَلِيًّا عَنِ الْبَقَرَةِ، فَقَالَ: عَنْ سَبْعَةٍ، قَالَ: الْمَكْسُورَةُ الْقَرْنِ، قَالَ: لَا تَضُرُّكَ، قَالَ: الْعَرْجَاءُ، قَالَ: إِذَا بَلَغَتِ الْمَنْسِكَ، وَأَمَرَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ نَسْتَشْرِفَ الْعَيْنَ وَالْأُذُنَ

     ✧ A man asked Ali about the cow. He said, "It is for seven." The man said, "The one with a broken horn?" He said, "It does not harm you." He said, "The lame one?" He said, "If it reaches the place of sacrifice." And the Messenger of God ﷺ commanded us to examine the eye and the ear.

295. Musnad al-Bazzar 774No grade recorded

     سَأَلْتُ عَلِيًّا أَوْ سَأَلَ رَجُلٌ عَلِيًّا عَنِ الْبَقَرَةِ، فَقَالَ: عَنْ سَبْعَةٍ، قَالَ: الْقَرْنُ، قَالَ: لَا يَضُرُّكَ، قَالَ: الْعَرَجُ، قَالَ: إِذَا بَلَغَتِ الْمَنْسِكَ، وَأَمَرَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ نَسْتَشْرِفَ الْعَيْنَ وَالْأُذُنَ

     ✧ I asked Ali or a man asked Ali about the cow. He said, "It is for seven." He said, "The horn?" He said, "It does not harm you." He said, "Lameness?" He said, "If it reaches the place of sacrifice." And the Messenger of God ﷺ commanded us to examine the eye and the ear.

296. Musnad al-Bazzar 775No grade recorded

     كَانَ إِذَا أَصْبَحَ، قَالَ: " اللَّهُمَّ بِكَ نُصْبِحُ، وَبِكَ نُمْسِي، وَبِكَ نَحْيَى، وَبِكَ نَمُوتُ، وَإِلَيْكَ النُّشُورُ " وَيَقُولُ حِينَ يُمْسِي مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ، وَيَقُولُ فِي آخِرِهَا: " وَإِلَيْكَ الْمَصِيرُ

     ✧ When he entered the morning, he would say: "O God, by You we enter the morning, and by You we enter the evening, and by You we live, and by You we die, and to You is the resurrection." And he would say the like when he entered the evening, and he would say at the end of it: "And to You is the final return."

297. Musnad al-Bazzar 776No grade recorded

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

     ✧ "Indeed, God is gentle and loves gentleness, and He gives for gentleness what He does not give for harshness."

298. Musnad al-Bazzar 777No grade recorded

     أَنَّهُ أَتَى فَاطِمَةَ فَقَالَ لَهَا: إِنِّي لَأَشْتَكِي صَدْرِي مِمَّا أَمُدُّ بِالْغَرْبِ فَقَالَتْ: وَأَنَا وَاللهِ إِنِّي لَأَشْتَكِي يَدَيَّ مِمَّا أَطْحَنُ بِالرَّحَا، فَقَالَ لَهَا عَلِيٌّ: ائْتِي النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَسَلِيهِ أَنْ يُخْدِمَكِ خَادِمًا. فَانْطَلَقَتْ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَسَلَّمَتْ عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ رَجَعَتْ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: " مَا جَاءَ بِكِ " قَالَتْ: جِئْتُ لِأُسَلِّمَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَلَمَّا رَجَعَتْ إِلَى عَلِيٍّ قَالَتْ: وَاللهِ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُ أَنْ أُكَلِّمَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ مِنْ هَيْبَتِهِ. فَانْطَلَقَا إِلَيْهِ جَمِيعًا فَقَالَ لَهُمَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: " مَا جَاءَ بِكُمَا لَقَدْ جَاءَ - أَحْسَبُهُ قَالَ - بِكُمَا حَاجَةٌ " فَقَالَ لَهُ عَلِيٌّ: أَجَلْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ شَكَوْتُ إِلَى فَاطِمَةَ يَدَيَّ مِنْ مَدِّي بِالْغَرْبِ فَشَكَتْ إِلَيَّ يَدَيْهَا مِمَّا تَطْحَنُ بِالرَّحَى فَأَتَيْنَاكَ لِتُخْدِمَنَا خَادِمًا مِمَّا آتَاكَ اللهُ. فَقَالَ: " لَا، وَلَكِنِّي أُنْفِقُ - أَوْ أُنْفِقُهُ - عَلَى أَصْحَابِ الصُّفَّةِ الَّتِي تَطْوَى أَكْبَادُهُمْ مِنَ الْجُوعِ لَا أَجِدُ مَا أُطْعِمُهُمْ " قَالَ: فَلَمَّا رَجَعَا فَأَخَذَا مَضَاجِعَهُمَا مِنَ اللَّيْلِ أَتَاهُمَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُمَا فِي خَمِيلٍ - وَالْخَمِيلُ الْقَطِيفَةُ - وَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ جَهَّزَهَا بِهَا وَبِوِسَادَةٍ حَشْوُهَا إِذْخِرٌ، وَقَدْ كَانَ عَلِيٌّ وَفَاطِمَةُ حِينَ رَدَّهُمَا شَقَّ عَلَيْهِمَا، فَلَمَّا سَمِعَا حِسَّ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ ذَهَبَا لِيَقُومَا، فَقَالَ لَهُمَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: " مَكَانَكُمَا " ثُمَّ جَاءَ حَتَّى جَلَسَ عَلَى طَرَفِ الْخَمِيلِ ثُمَّ قَالَ: إِنَّكُمَا جِئْتُمَانِي لِأُخْدِمَكُمَا خَادِمًا، وَإِنِّي سَأَدُلُّكُمَا - أَوْ كَلِمَةً نَحْوَهَا - عَلَى مَا هُوَ خَيْرٌ لَكُمَا مِنَ الْخَادِمِ، تَحْمَدَانِ اللهَ فِي دُبُرِ كُلِّ صَلَاةٍ عَشْرًا وَتُسَبِّحَانِ عَشْرًا وَتُكَبِّرَانِ عَشْرًا أَوْ تُسَبِّحَانِهِ ثَلَاثًا وَثَلَاثِينَ وَتَحْمَدَانِهِ ثَلَاثًا وَثَلَاثِينَ وَتُكَبِّرَانِهِ أَرْبَعًا وَثَلَاثِينَ فَذَلِكَ مِائَةٌ إِذَا أَخَذْتُمَا مَضْجَعَكُمَا مِنَ اللَّيْلِ " فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ: فَمَا أَعْلَمُ أَنِّي تَرَكْتُهَا بَعْدُ فَقَالَ لَهُ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ الْكَوَّا: وَلَا لَيْلَةَ الصِّفِّينَ ؟ قَالَ لَهُ عَلِيٌّ: قَاتَلَكَ اللهُ وَلَا لَيْلَةَ صِفِّينَ

     ✧ He came to Fatimah and said to her, "I complain of my chest from drawing water with the bucket." She said, "And I, by God, complain of my hands from grinding with the millstone." Ali said to her, "Go to the Prophet ﷺ and ask him to provide you with a servant." She went to the Messenger of God ﷺ, greeted him, then returned. The Messenger of God ﷺ said, "What brought you?" She said, "I came to greet the Messenger of God ﷺ." When she returned to Ali, she said, "By God, I could not speak to the Messenger of God ﷺ out of awe of him." So they both went to him together. The Messenger of God ﷺ said to them, "What brought you both? Indeed a need has brought you—I think he said—." Ali said to him, "Yes, O Messenger of God. I complained to Fatimah of my hands from drawing water with the bucket, and she complained to me of her hands from grinding with the millstone, so we came to you to provide us with a servant from what God has given you." He said, "No, but I spend—or I spend it—on the people of the veranda whose livers are folded from hunger; I do not find what to feed them." He said, "When they returned and took to their beds at night, the Messenger of God ﷺ came to them while they were under a khamil—the khamil is a thick cloak—and the Messenger of God ﷺ had equipped her with it and with a cushion stuffed with idhkhir. Ali and Fatimah had felt distressed when he turned them away. When they heard the sound of the Messenger of God ﷺ, they rose to stand, but the Prophet ﷺ said to them, 'Stay in your places.' Then he came and sat on the edge of the khamil and said, 'You came to me to provide you with a servant, but I will guide you—or something similar—to what is better for you than a servant: praise God ten times after every prayer, glorify Him ten times, and magnify Him ten times—or glorify Him thirty-three times, praise Him thirty-three times, and magnify Him thirty-four times, making one hundred—when you take to your beds at night.'" Ali said, "I do not know that I ever left it after that." Abdullah b. al-Kawwa said to him, "Not even on the night of Siffin?" Ali said to him, "May God fight you—and not even on the night of Siffin."

299. Musnad al-Bazzar 778No grade recorded

     دَعَانِي النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَقَالَ: يَا عَلِيُّ إِنَّ فِيكَ مِنْ عِيسَى ابْنِ مَرْيَمَ مَثَلًا، أَبْغَضَتْهُ يَهُودُ حَتَّى بَهَتُوا أُمَّهُ، وَأَحَبَّتْهُ النَّصَارَى حَتَّى أَنْزَلُوهُ بِالْمَنْزِلَةِ الَّتِي لَيْسَ بِهَا

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ called me and said, "O Ali, in you there is a likeness to Jesus son of Mary: the Jews hated him until they slandered his mother, and the Christians loved him until they placed him in a position that is not his."

300. Musnad al-Bazzar 779No grade recorded

     " الْأُمَرَاءُ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ أَبْرَارُهَا أُمَرَاءُ أَبْرَارِهَا، وَفُجَّارُهَا أُمَرَاءُ فُجَّارِهَا

     ✧ "The rulers are from Quraysh: its righteous are the rulers of its righteous, and its wicked are the rulers of its wicked."

301. Musnad al-Bazzar 780No grade recorded

     " دَمُ عَمَّارٍ وَلَحْمُهُ حَرَامٌ عَلَى النَّارِ أَنْ تَطْعَمَهُ

     ✧ "The blood and flesh of Ammar are forbidden to the Fire to consume."

302. Musnad al-Bazzar 781No grade recorded

     خَطَبَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ؓ فَقَالَ: أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ أَخْبِرُونِي بِأَشْجَعِ النَّاسِ ؟ قَالُوا: - أَوْ قَالَ: قُلْنَا - أَنْتَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ. قَالَ: أَمَا إِنِّي مَا بَارَزْتُ أَحَدًا إِلَّا انْتَصَفْتُ مِنْهُ، وَلَكِنْ أَخْبِرُونِي بِأَشْجَعِ النَّاسِ قَالُوا: لَا نَعْلَمُ، فَمَنْ ؟ قَالَ: أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ إِنَّهُ لَمَّا كَانَ يَوْمُ بَدْرٍ جَعَلْنَا لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ عَرِيشًا فَقُلْنَا: مَنْ يَكُونُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ لَيْلًا ؟ يَهْوِي إِلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ، فَوَاللهِ مَا دَنَا مِنْهُ إِلَّا أَبُو بَكْرٍ شَاهِرًا بِالسَّيْفِ عَلَى رَأْسِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ لَا يَهْوِي إِلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ إِلَّا أَهْوَى إِلَيْهِ فَهَذَا أَشْجَعُ النَّاسِ، فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ: وَلَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَخَذَتْهُ قُرَيْشٌ فَهَذَا يَجَؤُهُ وَهَذَا يُتَلْتِلُهُ وَهُمْ يَقُولُونَ: أَنْتَ الَّذِي جَعَلْتَ الْآلِهَةَ إِلَهًا وَاحِدًا، قَالَ: فَوَاللهِ مَا دَنَا مِنْهُ أَحَدٌ إِلَّا أَبُو بَكْرٍ، يَضْرِبُ هَذَا وَيُجَاءُ هَذَا وَيُتَلْتِلُ هَذَا وَهُوَ يَقُولُ: وَيْلَكُمْ أَتَقْتُلُونَ رَجُلًا أَنْ يَقُولَ رَبِّيَ اللهُ، ثُمَّ رَفَعَ عَلِيٌّ بُرْدَةً كَانَتْ عَلَيْهِ، فَبَكَى حَتَّى اخْضَلَّتْ لِحْيَتُهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ: أُنْشِدُكُمْ بِاللهِ أَمُؤْمِنُ آلِ فِرْعَوْنَ خَيْرٌ أَمْ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؟ فَسَكَتَ الْقَوْمُ فَقَالَ: أَلَا تُجِيبُونِي ؟ فَوَاللهِ لَسَاعَةٌ مِنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ خَيْرٌ مِنْ مِلْءِ الْأَرْضِ مِنْ مُؤْمِنِ آلِ فِرْعَوْنَ ذَاكَ رَجُلٌ كَتَمَ إِيمَانَهُ وَهَذَا رَجُلٌ أَعْلَنَ إِيمَانَهُ

     ✧ Ali b. Abi Talib ؓ addressed us and said, "O people, tell me who is the bravest of people?" They said—or he said: we said—"You, O Commander of the Faithful." He said, "Indeed, I have never dueled anyone except that I prevailed over him. But tell me who is the bravest of people." They said, "We do not know. Who is it?" He said, "Abu Bakr ؓ. On the day of Badr, we made a shelter for the Messenger of God ﷺ and said, 'Who will stay with the Messenger of God ﷺ, lest one of the polytheists attack him?' By God, none came near him except Abu Bakr, brandishing a sword over the head of the Messenger of God ﷺ; no one attacked him except that Abu Bakr attacked him. So this is the bravest of people." Ali said, "I saw the Messenger of God ﷺ when Quraysh seized him: this one trampling him, this one shaking him, while they said, 'You are the one who made the gods one God.' By God, none came near him except Abu Bakr, striking this one, trampling that one, and shaking that one, while saying, 'Woe to you! Will you kill a man because he says, "My Lord is God"?'" Then Ali lifted a cloak that was on him and wept until his beard was soaked, then said, "I adjure you by God: is the believer of the family of Pharaoh better or Abu Bakr?" The people remained silent. He said, "Will you not answer me? By God, an hour of Abu Bakr is better than the earth filled with the believer of the family of Pharaoh. That was a man who concealed his faith, and this is a man who proclaimed his faith."

303. Musnad al-Bazzar 782No grade recorded

     إِنَّ جَارِيَةً لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَحْدَثَتْ يَعْنِي بَغَتْ فَأَمَرَنِي أَنْ أُقِيمَ عَلَيْهَا الْحَدَّ فَأَتَيْتُهَا، وَلَمْ تَجِفَّ مِنْ دَمِهَا فَأَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَقَالَ: إِذَا جَفَّ فَأَقِمْ عَلَيْهَا الْحَدَّ وَقَالَ: أَقِيمُوا الْحُدُودَ عَلَى مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُكُمْ

     ✧ A slave girl of the Prophet ﷺ committed an offense—meaning she fornicated—so he ordered me to carry out the prescribed punishment on her. I went to her while her blood had not yet dried, then I came to the Prophet ﷺ and mentioned that to him. He said: 'When it dries, then carry out the punishment on her.' And he said: 'Carry out the prescribed punishments on those whom your right hands possess.'

304. Musnad al-Bazzar 783No grade recorded

     احْتَجَمَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَأَمَرَنِي فَأَعْطَيْتُ الْحَاجِمَ أَجْرَهُ

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ underwent cupping and ordered me, so I gave the cupper his wage.

305. Musnad al-Bazzar 784No grade recorded

     أَنَّهُ كَانَ مَعَهُ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ زَيْدُ بْنُ صُوحَانَ، وَهُوَ يَخْطُبُ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ مِنْ آجُرٍّ، وَالْمَوَالِي حَوْلَهُ قَالَ: فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ فَتَكَلَّمَ بِكَلَامٍ وَالْكَلَامُ لَا أَدْرِي مَا هُوَ ؟ فَغَضِبَ حَتَّى احْمَرَّ وَجْهُهُ قَالَ: فَسَكَتَ، فَبَيْنَا نَحْنُ كَذَلِكَ إِذْ جَاءَ الْأَشْعَثُ بْنُ قَيْسٍ يَتَخَطَّى النَّاسَ فَقَالَ: غَلَبَتْنَا عَلَى وَجْهِكَ هَذِهِ الْحَمْرَاءُ فَضَرَبَ زَيْدُ بْنُ صُوحَانَ عَلَى كَتِفَيَّ وَقَالَ: إِنَّا لِلهِ، وَاللهِ لَتُبْدِيَنَّ الْعَرَبُ مَا كَانَتْ تَكْتُمُ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: مَنْ يَعْذِرُنِي مِنْ هَذِهِ الضَّيَاطِرَةِ يَنْقَلِبُ أَحَدُهُمْ عَلَى فَرْشِهِ، وَيَغْدُو قَوْمٌ إِلَى ذِكْرِ اللهِ فَمَا تَأْمُرُنِي أَفَأَطْرُدُهُمْ فَأَكُونَ مِنَ الظَّالِمِينَ ثُمَّ قَالَ: وَالَّذِي فَلَقَ الْحَبَّةَ وَبَرَأَ النَّسَمَةَ لَسَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: لَيَضْرِبُنَّكُمْ عَنِ الدِّينِ عَوْدًا كَمَا ضَرَبْتُمُوهُمْ عَلَيْهِ بَدْءًا

     ✧ On Friday, Zayd b. Suhan was with him while he was delivering the sermon on a pulpit made of brick, with the clients around him. A man spoke some words—I do not know what they were—and he became angry until his face turned red. Then he fell silent. While we were like that, al-Ash'ath b. Qays came stepping over people and said: 'These red ones have prevailed over you on account of your face.' Zayd b. Suhan struck my shoulders and said: 'Indeed we belong to Allah. By Allah, the Arabs will surely reveal what they used to conceal.' Then he said: 'Who will excuse me from these idle, arrogant ones? One of them turns over on his bed while people go early to the remembrance of Allah. So what do you command me? Shall I drive them away and thus be among the wrongdoers?' Then he said: 'By the One who split the grain and created the soul, I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: They will surely strike you away from the religion a second time just as you struck them for it the first time.'

306. Musnad al-Bazzar 785No grade recorded

     نَهَانِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنِ الدُّبَّاءِ وَالْمُزَفَّتِ وَالْحَنْتَمِ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade me from using gourds, pitch-coated vessels, and green jars.

307. Musnad al-Bazzar 786No grade recorded

     فِي قَوْلِ اللهِ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى: وَأَنْذِرْ عَشِيرَتَكَ الأَقْرَبِينَ قَالَ: دَعَاهُمْ فَجَمَعَهُمْ عَلَى فَخِذِ شَاةٍ وَقَعْبٍ مِنْ لَبَنٍ وَأَنَّ فِيهِمْ لَمَنْ يَأْكُلُ الْجَذَعَةَ قَالَ: فَأَكَلْنَا حَتَّى شَبِعْنَا، وَشَرِبْنَا حَتَّى رَوِينَا

     ✧ Regarding the saying of Allah, blessed and exalted: 'And warn your nearest kindred,' he said: 'He called them and gathered them over a leg of mutton and a bowl of milk, though among them were those who could eat a whole young sheep.' He said: 'We ate until we were full and drank until we were satisfied.'

308. Musnad al-Bazzar 787No grade recorded

     جَاءَتِ امْرَأَةُ الْوَلِيدِ بْنِ عُقْبَةَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ تَشْكُو زَوْجَهَا أَنَّهُ يَضْرِبُهَا فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: اذْهَبِي إِلَيْهِ فَقُولِي إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ - عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ -: يَقُولُ كَيْتَ، وَكَيْتَ فَذَهَبَتْ ثُمَّ رَجَعَتْ فَقَالَتْ: إِنَّهُ عَادَ يَضْرِبُنِي فَقَالَ: اذْهَبِي فَقُولِي لَهُ: إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ - عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ - يَقُولُ: كَيْتَ وَكَيْتَ فَذَهَبَتْ ثُمَّ رَجَعَتْ فَقَالَتْ: إِنَّهُ عَادَ يَضْرِبُنِي

     ✧ The wife of al-Walid b. Uqba came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ complaining that her husband beat her. The Prophet ﷺ said: 'Go to him and say: The Prophet ﷺ says such-and-such.' She went, then came back and said: 'He has returned to beating me.' He said: 'Go and say to him: The Prophet ﷺ says such-and-such.' She went, then came back and said: 'He has returned to beating me.'

309. Musnad al-Bazzar 788No grade recorded

     أَنَّ امْرَأَةَ الْوَلِيدِ بْنِ عُقْبَةَ، جَاءَتْ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ تَشْكُو الْوَلِيدَ فَقَالَ لَهَا: ارْجِعِي فَقُولِي لَهُ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَدْ أَجَارَنِي فَانْطَلَقَتْ فَمَكَثَتْ سَاعَةً ثُمَّ إِنَّهَا رَجَعَتْ فَقَالَتْ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَا أَقْلَعَ عَنِّي قَالَ: فَقَطَعَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ هُدْبَةً مِنْ ثَوْبِهِ فَقَالَ: اذْهَبِي بِهَذِهِ فَقُولِي إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ: هَذِهِ هُدْبَةٌ مِنْ ثَوْبِي فَانْطَلَقَتْ فَمَكَثَتْ سَاعَةً ثُمَّ إِنَّهَا رَجَعَتْ فَقَالَتْ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، مَا زَادَنِي إِلَّا ضَرْبًا فَرَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ فَقَالَ: اللَّهُمَّ عَلَيْكَ الْوَلِيدَ مَرَّتَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلَاثًا

     ✧ The wife of al-Walid b. Uqba came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ complaining about al-Walid. He said to her: 'Go back and say to him: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ has granted me protection.' She went away and stayed for a while, then she returned and said: 'O Messenger of Allah, he has not stopped beating me.' He said: 'The Messenger of Allah ﷺ cut off a fringe from his garment and said: Take this and say: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: This is a fringe from my garment.' She went away and stayed for a while, then she returned and said: 'O Messenger of Allah, he only increased me in beating.' So he raised his hands and said: 'O Allah, take al-Walid to account'—twice or three times.

310. Musnad al-Bazzar 789No grade recorded

     انْطَلَقْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ لَيْلًا حَتَّى أَتَيْنَا الْكَعْبَةَ فَقَالَ لِيَ: اجْلِسْ ثُمَّ نَهَضْتُ بِهِ فَلَمَّا رَأَى ضَعْفِي تَحْتَهُ قَالَ: اجْلِسْ فَجَلَسْتُ فَنَزَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنِّي وَجَلَسَ لِي وَقَالَ: اصْعَدْ عَلَى مَنْكِبَيَّ فَصَعِدْتُ عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ نَهَضَ بِي حَتَّى إِنَّهُ لَيُخَيَّلُ إِلَيَّ أَنِّي لَوْ شِئْتُ أَنْ أَنَالَ أُفُقَ السَّمَاءِ فَصَعِدْتُ الْبَيْتَ فَأَتَيْتُ صَنَمَ قُرَيْشٍ وَهُوَ تِمْثَالُ رَجُلٍ مِنْ صُفْرٍ أَوْ نُحَاسٍ فَلَمْ أَزَلْ أُعَالِجُهُ يَمِينًا وَشِمَالًا مِنْ بَيْنِ يَدَيْهِ، وَمِنْ خَلْفِهِ وَرَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: هِيهَ وَأَنَا أُعَالِجُهُ فَقَالَ: اقْذِفْهُ فَقَذَفْتُهُ فَانْكَسَرَ كَمَا تَنْكَسِرُ الْقَوَارِيرُ ثُمَّ انْطَلَقْنَا نَسْعَى حَتَّى اسْتَتَرْنَا بِالْبُيُوتِ، فَلَمْ يُوضَعْ عَلَيْهَا بَعْدُ

     ✧ I set out with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ at night until we came to the Kaaba. He said to me: 'Sit down.' Then I lifted him up, but when he saw my weakness beneath him, he said: 'Sit down.' So I sat down, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ got down from me and sat for me, and said: 'Climb onto my shoulders.' So I climbed onto him, and he stood up with me until it seemed to me that if I wished, I could reach the horizon of the sky. Then I climbed onto the House and came to the idol of Quraysh, which was a figure of a man made of brass or copper. I kept working at it from the right and left, from in front of it and behind it, while the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Go on!' and I kept working at it. Then he said: 'Throw it down.' So I threw it down, and it shattered like glass breaks. Then we set off running until we hid among the houses, and nothing was ever put on it after that.

311. Musnad al-Bazzar 790No grade recorded

     أَتَيْنَا إِلَى خَيْبَرَ، فَلَمَّا أَتَاهَا ﷺ بَعَثَ عُمَرَ وَمَعَهُ النَّاسُ فَلَمْ يَلْبَثُوا أَنْ هَزَمُوا عُمَرَ، وَأَصْحَابَهُ فَقَالَ: لَأَبْعَثَنَّ إِلَيْهِمْ رَجُلًا يُحِبُّ اللهَ وَرَسُولَهُ، وَيُحِبُّهُ اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ، يُقَاتِلُهُمْ حَتَّى يَفْتَحَ اللهُ لَهُ. قَالَ: فَتَطَاوَلَ النَّاسُ لَهَا وَمَدُّوا أَعْنَاقَهُمْ قَالَ: فَمَكَثَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ سَاعَةً فَقَالَ: أَيْنَ عَلِيٌّ ؟ قَالُوا: هُوَ أَرْمَدُ. قَالَ: ادْعُوهُ لِي فَلَمَّا أَتَيْتُهُ فَتَحَ عَيْنَيَّ ثُمَّ تَفَلَ فِيهَا ثُمَّ أَعْطَانِي اللِّوَاءَ فَانْطَلَقْتُ حَتَّى أَتَيْتُهُمْ فَإِذَا فِيهِمْ مَرْحَبٌ يَرْتَجِزُ حَتَّى الْتَقَيْنَا فَقَتَلَهُ اللهُ وَانْهَزَمَ أَصْحَابُهُ وَتَحَصَّنُوا فَأَغْلَقُوا الْبَابَ فَأَتَيْنَا الْبَابَ فَلَمْ أَزَلْ أُعَالِجُهُ حَتَّى فَتَحَهُ اللهُ

     ✧ We came to Khaybar, and when he ﷺ reached it, he sent Umar with the people. They did not stay long before they were defeated and Umar and his companions were put to flight. He said: 'I will certainly send against them a man who loves Allah and His Messenger and whom Allah and His Messenger love; he will fight them until Allah grants him victory.' People stretched their necks and looked forward to it. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ remained silent for a while, then said: 'Where is Ali?' They said: 'He is suffering from eye inflammation.' He said: 'Call him for me.' When I came to him, he opened my eyes, then spat into them, then gave me the banner. I set out until I reached them, and among them was Marhab, reciting battle verses. We met, and Allah killed him, and his companions fled and fortified themselves, closing the gate. I came to the gate and kept working at it until Allah opened it.

312. Musnad al-Bazzar 791No grade recorded

     أَرْدَفَنِي عَلِيٌّ خَلْفَهُ ثُمَّ سَارَ فِي جَبَّانَةِ الْكُوفَةِ ثُمَّ رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ فَقَالَ: اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي ذُنُوبِي إِنَّهُ لَا يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ غَيْرُكَ، ثُمَّ الْتَفَتَ إِلَيَّ فَضَحِكَ فَقُلْتُ: مَا هَذَا ؟ فَقَالَ: أَرْدَفَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ خَلْفَهُ ثُمَّ رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ فَقَالَ: اغْفِرْ لِي ذُنُوبِي إِنَّهُ لَا يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ غَيْرُكَ ثُمَّ الْتَفَتَ إِلَيَّ فَضَحِكَ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ: اسْتِغْفَارُكَ رَبَّكَ وَالْتِفَاتُكَ إِلَيَّ تَضْحَكُ فَقَالَ: ضَحِكْتُ مِنْ ضَحِكِ رَبِّي تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى بِعَبْدِهِ إِنَّهُ عَلِمَ أَنَّهُ لَا يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ غَيْرُهُ

     ✧ Ali made me ride behind him, then he traveled through the cemetery of Kufa, then raised his head to the sky and said: 'O Allah, forgive me my sins; none forgives sins but You.' Then he turned to me and laughed. I said: 'What is this?' He said: 'The Messenger of Allah ﷺ made me ride behind him, then raised his head and said: Forgive me my sins; none forgives sins but You. Then he turned to me and laughed. I said: O Messenger of Allah, you seek forgiveness from your Lord and turn to me laughing. He said: I laughed at the laughter of my Lord, blessed and exalted, at His servant, for He knew that none forgives sins but He.'

313. Musnad al-Bazzar 792No grade recorded

     جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ لِيُبَايِعَهُ وَعَلَيْهِ أَثَرُ الْخَلُوقِ فَأَبَى أَنْ يُبَايِعَهُ فَذَهَبَ فَغَسَلَ عَنْهُ أَثَرَ الْخَلُوقِ ثُمَّ جَاءَ فَبَايَعَهُ

     ✧ A man came to the Prophet ﷺ to pledge allegiance to him while he had traces of perfume on him. He refused to accept his pledge. The man went and washed off the traces of perfume, then came and pledged allegiance to him.

314. Musnad al-Bazzar 793No grade recorded

     رَأَيْتُ عَلِيًّا أَتَى بِدَابَّةٍ فَوَضَعَ رِجْلَهُ عَلَيْهَا فَلَمَّا اسْتَوَى قَالَ: الْحَمْدُ لِلهِ سُبْحَانَ الَّذِي سَخَّرَ لَنَا هَذَا وَمَا كُنَّا لَهُ مُقْرِنِينَ وَإِنَّا إِلَى رَبِّنَا لَمُنْقَلِبُونَ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ حِينَ رَكِبَ دَابَّتَهُ فَعَلَ هَكَذَا

     ✧ I saw Ali bring a riding animal and place his foot on it. When he was settled, he said: 'Praise be to Allah, glory to the One who subjected this to us, for we could not have subdued it, and indeed to our Lord we shall return.' Then he said: 'I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when he mounted his riding animal do the same.'

315. Musnad al-Bazzar 794No grade recorded

     عَهِدَ إِلَيَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي قِتَالِ النَّاكِثِينَ، وَالْقَاسِطِينَ، وَالْمَارِقِينَ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ enjoined upon me the fighting of the oath-breakers, the oppressors, and the renegades.

316. Musnad al-Bazzar 795No grade recorded

     كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يُحِبُّ سَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الْأَعْلَى

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ loved [the surah] “Glorify the name of your Lord, the Most High.”

317. Musnad al-Bazzar 796No grade recorded

     كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ " يُحِبُّ أَنْ يَقْرَأَ: سَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الْأَعْلَى

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ loved to recite “Glorify the name of your Lord, the Most High.”

318. Musnad al-Bazzar 797No grade recorded

     اشْتَكَى الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ، فَأَتَاهُ أَبُو مُوسَى يَعُودُهُ، فَقَالَ لَهُ عَلِيُّ: أَعَائِدًا جِئْتَ يَا أَبَا مُوسَى أَمْ زَائِرًا فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: مَا مِنْ مُسْلِمٍ يَعُودُ مُسْلِمًا إِذَا أَصْبَحَ إِلَّا صَلَّى عَلَيْهِ سَبْعُونَ أَلْفَ مَلَكٍ، حَتَّى يُمْسِيَ وَجُعِلَ لَهُ خَرِيفٌ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ، فَإِنْ عَادَهُ حِينَ يُمْسِي صَلَّى عَلَيْهِ سَبْعُونَ أَلْفَ مَلَكٍ، حَتَّى يُصْبِحَ وَجُعِلَ لَهُ خَرِيفٌ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ

     ✧ Al-Hasan b. Ali fell ill, and Abu Musa came to visit him. Ali said to him: “Have you come as a visitor of the sick, O Abu Musa, or as a visitor? For I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: ‘No Muslim visits a Muslim at the beginning of the day except that seventy thousand angels pray for him until evening, and an orchard of Paradise is granted for him. If he visits him in the evening, seventy thousand angels pray for him until morning, and an orchard of Paradise is granted for him.’”

319. Musnad al-Bazzar 798No grade recorded

     أَهْدَى إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ كِسْرَى فَقَبِلَ مِنْهُ، وَأَهْدَى إِلَيْهِ قَيْصَرُ فَقَبِلَ مِنْهُ، وَأَهْدَتْ إِلَيْهِ الْمُلُوكُ فَقَبِلَ مِنْهُمْ

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

320. Musnad al-Bazzar 799No grade recorded

     أَتَانَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَنَا وَالْحَسَنُ، وَالْحُسَيْنُ نِيَامٌ فِي لِحَافٍ، أَوْ فِي شِعَارٍ، فَاسْتَسْقَى الْحَسَنُ فَقَامَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَى إِنَاءٍ لَنَا فَصَبَّ فِي الْقَدَحِ فَجَاءَ بِهِ فَوَثَبَ إِلَيْهِ الْحُسَيْنُ، فَقَالَ بِيَدِهِ فَقَالَتْ فَاطِمَةُ: كَأَنَّهُ أَحَبُّهُمَا إِلَيْكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَالَ: إِنَّهُ اسْتَسْقَى قَبْلَهُ، وَإِنِّي وَإِيَّاكِ وَهَذَيْنِ وَهَذَا الرَّاقِدَ فِي مَكَانٍ وَاحِدٍ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to us while I, al-Hasan, and al-Husayn were sleeping under a blanket, or perhaps under a cover. Al-Hasan asked for water, so the Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood up to our vessel and poured into a cup and brought it. Al-Husayn rushed to it, and he said with his hand, so Fatimah said: “It is as though he is more beloved to you than the other, O Messenger of Allah.” He said: “He asked for water before him. I, you, these two, and this sleeping one will be in one place on the Day of Resurrection.”

321. Musnad al-Bazzar 800No grade recorded

     أَتَى عَلِيٌّ بِمَاءٍ فَشَرِبَهُ قَائِمًا ثُمَّ قَالَ: إِنَّ أُنَاسًا يَكْرَهُونَ الشُّرْبَ قَائِمًا، وَإِنِّي رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَشْرَبُ قَائِمًا

     ✧ Ali was brought water and he drank it while standing. Then he said: “Some people dislike drinking while standing, but I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ drink while standing.”

322. Musnad al-Bazzar 801No grade recorded

     أَنَّهُ رَأَى عَلِيًّا تَوَضَّأَ ثَلَاثًا ثَلَاثًا ثُمَّ دَعَا بِمَاءٍ فَشَرِبَ وَهُوَ قَائِمٌ وَقَالَ: هَكَذَا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَفْعَلُ

     ✧ He saw Ali perform ablution three times, then ask for water and drink while standing, and he said: “Thus I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ do.”

323. Musnad al-Bazzar 802No grade recorded

     أَنَّ عَلِيًّا صَلَّى الظُّهْرَ ثُمَّ خَرَجَ إِلَى الرَّحَبَةِ فَقَعَدَ فِي حَوَائِجِ النَّاسِ حَتَّى حَضَرَتِ الْعَصْرُ، فَأَتَى بِكُوزٍ مِنْ مَاءٍ فَأَخَذَ مِنْهُ حَفْنَةً فَمَسَحَ بِوَجْهِهِ وَيَدَيْهِ وَرَأْسِهِ، وَرِجْلَيْهِ ثُمَّ شَرِبَ مِنْ فَضْلِهِ قَائِمًا ثُمَّ قَالَ: إِنَّ نَاسًا يَكْرَهُونَ أَنْ يَشْرَبُوا قِيَامًا، وَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَعَلَ كَمَا فَعَلْتُ، وَقَالَ: هَذَا وُضُوءُ مَنْ لَمْ يُحْدِثْ

     ✧ Ali prayed zuhr, then went out to the open area and sat attending to people’s needs until asr came. Then a jug of water was brought, and he took a handful and wiped his face, hands, head, and feet, then drank the leftover while standing. Then he said: “Some people dislike drinking while standing, but the Messenger of Allah ﷺ did as I did, and he said: ‘This is the ablution of one who has not invalidated his ritual state.’”

324. Musnad al-Bazzar 803No grade recorded

     " إِنْ تُوَلُّوا أَبَا بَكْرٍ تَجِدُوهُ زَاهِدًا فِي الدُّنْيَا رَاغِبًا فِي الْآخِرَةِ، وَإِنْ تُوَلُّوا عُمَرَ تَجِدُوهُ قَوِيًّا أَمِينًا لَا تَأْخُذُهُ فِي اللهِ لَوْمَةُ لَائِمٍ، وَإِنْ تُوَلُّوا عَلِيًّا تَجِدُوهُ هَادِيًا مَهْدِيًّا يَسْلُكُ بِكُمُ الصِّرَاطَ الْمُسْتَقِيمَ، وَلَنْ تَفْعَلُوا

     ✧ “If you appoint Abu Bakr, you will find him abstinent in this world and desirous of the Hereafter. If you appoint Umar, you will find him strong and trustworthy; no blame of a blamer affects him concerning Allah. If you appoint Ali, you will find him guiding and guided; he will take you along the straight path. But you will not do so.”

325. Musnad al-Bazzar 804No grade recorded

     وَاللهِ مَا عِنْدِي مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مَا لَمْ يَعْهَدْهُ إِلَى النَّاسِ إِلَّا مَا فِي صَحِيفَتِي هَذِهِ الَّتِي فِي قَائِمِ سَيْفِي: إِنَّ مَكَّةَ حَرَمٌ وَالْمَدِينَةَ حَرَمٌ فَمَنْ أَحْدَثَ فِيهَا حَدَثًا أَوْ آوَى مُحْدِثًا فَعَلَيْهِ لَعْنَةُ اللهِ وَالْمَلَائِكَةِ وَالنَّاسِ أَجْمَعِينَ لَا يَقْبَلُ اللهُ مِنْهُ صَرْفًا وَلَا عَدْلًا

     ✧ By Allah, I have nothing from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ that he did not entrust to the people except what is in this scroll of mine which is in the sheath of my sword: Makkah is sacred and Madinah is sacred. Whoever commits a crime therein or shelters a criminal, upon him is the curse of Allah, the angels, and all people. Allah will not accept from him any compensation or substitute.

326. Musnad al-Bazzar 805No grade recorded

     بَعَثَنِي النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بِأَرْبَعٍ: أَلَّا يَطُوفُ بِالْبَيْتِ مُشْرِكٌ، وَلَا يَقْرُبُ الْمَسْجِدَ الْحَرَامَ مُشْرِكٌ بَعْدَ عَامِهِ هَذَا، وَمَنْ كَانَ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ عَهْدٌ فَهُوَ لِمُدَّتِهِ، وَلَا يَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ إِلَّا نَفْسٌ مُؤْمِنَةٌ

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ sent me with four instructions: no polytheist may circumambulate the House; no polytheist may approach the Sacred Mosque after this year; whoever has a treaty with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, it remains valid until its term; and none will enter Paradise except a believing soul.

327. Musnad al-Bazzar 806No grade recorded

     نَشَدْتُ اللهَ رَجُلًا سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ يَوْمَ غَدِيرِ خُمٍّ لَمَّا قَامَ فَقَامَ إِلَيْهِ ثَلَاثَةَ عَشَرَ رَجُلًا، فَشَهِدُوا أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ: أَلَسْتُ أَوْلَى بِالْمُؤْمِنِينَ مِنْ أَنْفُسِهِمْ قَالُوا: بَلَى يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَالَ: فَأَخَذَ بِيَدِ عَلِيٍّ فَقَالَ: مَنْ كُنْتُ مَوْلَاهُ فَهَذَا مَوْلَاهُ اللَّهُمَّ وَالِ مَنْ وَالَاهُ، وَعَادِ مَنْ عَادَاهُ، وَأَحِبَّ مَنْ أَحَبَّهُ، وَأَبْغِضْ مَنْ أَبْغَضَهُ، وَانْصُرْ مَنْ نَصَرَهُ، وَاخْذُلْ مَنْ خَذَلَهُ

     ✧ I adjure God: a man who heard the Messenger of God ﷺ say on the day of Ghadir Khumm when he stood up, and thirteen men stood up to him and testified that the Messenger of God ﷺ said: 'Am I not more entitled to the believers than their own selves?' They said: 'Yes, O Messenger of God.' He said: 'Then he took Ali by the hand and said: "Whoever's mawla I am, this is his mawla. O God, befriend whoever befriends him, and be hostile to whoever is hostile to him, and love whoever loves him, and hate whoever hates him, and help whoever helps him, and forsake whoever forsakes him."'

328. Musnad al-Bazzar 807No grade recorded

     أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ يَوْمَ الْأَحْزَابِ: شَغَلُونَا عَنِ الصَّلَاةِ الْوُسْطَى حَتَّى غَابَتِ الشَّمْسُ مَلَأَ اللهُ قُبُورَهُمْ وَبُطُونَهُمْ وَبُيُوتَهُمْ نَارًا

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ said on the day of the Confederates: 'They kept us from the middle prayer until the sun set. May God fill their graves, their bellies, and their houses with fire.'

329. Musnad al-Bazzar 808No grade recorded

     مَا كُنْتُ أَحْسِبُ إِلَّا أَنَّ بَطْنَ الْقَدَمَيْنِ أَحَقُّ بِالْمَسْحِ مِنْ ظَاهِرِهِمَا، حَتَّى رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَمْسَحُ عَلَى ظَاهِرِ قَدَمَيْهِ

     ✧ I did not think that the soles of the feet were more deserving of wiping than their tops, until I saw the Prophet ﷺ wiping over the tops of his feet.

330. Musnad al-Bazzar 809No grade recorded

     كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُوتِرُ عِنْدَ طُلُوعِ الْفَجْرِ

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ used to perform Witr at the rising of dawn.

331. Musnad al-Bazzar 810No grade recorded

     دَخَلَ عَلِيٌّ الرَّحَبَةَ بَعْدَمَا صَلَّى الْفَجْرَ ثُمَّ قَالَ لِغُلَامٍ لَهُ ائْتِنِي بِطَهُورٍ. فَأَتَاهُ الْغُلَامُ بِإِنَاءٍ فِيهِ مَاءٌ وَطَسْتٍ، قَالَ عَبْدُ خَيْرٍ: وَنَحْنُ جُلُوسٌ نَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهِ، فَأَخَذَ بِيَدِهِ الْإِنَاءَ فَأَكْفَأَهُ عَلَى يَدِهِ الْيُسْرَى، ثُمَّ غَسَلَ كَفَّيْهِ ثُمَّ أَخَذَ بِيَدِهِ الْيُمْنَى فَأَفْرَغَ عَلَى يَدِهِ الْيُسْرَى فَغَسَلَ كَفَّيْهِ، ثُمَّ أَخَذَ بِيَدِهِ الْإِنَاءَ فَأَفْرَغَ عَلَى يَدِهِ ثُمَّ غَسَلَ كَفَّيْهِ، هَكَذَا قَالَ عَبْدُ خَيْرٍ، لَمْ يُدْخِلْ يَدَهُ فِي الْإِنَاءِ حَتَّى غَسَلَهَا ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ، ثُمَّ أَدْخَلَ يَدَهُ الْيُمْنَى فِي الْإِنَاءِ فَمَضْمَضَ ثُمَّ اسْتَنْشَقَ وَنَثَرَ بِيَدِهِ الْيُسْرَى ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ، وَغَسَلَ وَجْهَهُ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ، وَغَسَلَ يَدَهُ الْيُمْنَى ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ ثُمَّ غَسَلَ يَدَهُ الْيُسْرَى ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ إِلَى الْمِرْفَقِ، ثُمَّ أَدْخَلَ يَدَهُ الْإِنَاءَ حَتَّى غَمَرَهَا الْمَاءُ ثُمَّ رَفَعَهَا بِمَا حَمَلَتْ مِنَ الْمَاءِ فَمَسَحَهَا بِيَدِهِ الْيُسْرَى ثُمَّ مَسَحَ رَأْسَهُ بِيَدَيْهِ كِلْتَيْهِمَا مَرَّةً وَاحِدَةً ثُمَّ أَخَذَ بِيَدِهِ الْيُمْنَى فَصَبَّ عَلَى قَدَمِهِ الْيُمْنَى ثُمَّ غَسَلَهَا بِيَدِهِ الْيُسْرَى ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ، ثُمَّ أَخَذَ بِكَفِّهِ الْيُمْنَى فَصَبَّ عَلَى قَدَمِهِ الْيُسْرَى ثُمَّ غَسَلَهَا بِيَدِهِ الْيُسْرَى ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ، ثُمَّ أَخَذَ بِكَفِّهِ فَشَرِبَ مِنْهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ: مَنْ سَرَّهُ أَنْ يَنْظُرَ إِلَى طُهُورِ نَبِيِّ اللهِ فَهَذَا طُهُورُ نَبِيِّ اللهِ

     ✧ Ali entered the Rahbah after performing the Fajr prayer, then said to a servant of his: 'Bring me water for purification.' The servant brought him a vessel containing water and a basin. Abd Khayr said: 'We were sitting, watching him. He took the vessel with his hand and poured it onto his left hand, then washed his palms. Then he took it with his right hand and poured onto his left hand and washed his palms. Then he took the vessel with his hand and poured onto his hand and washed his palms.' Thus said Abd Khayr: He did not insert his hand into the vessel until he had washed it three times. Then he inserted his right hand into the vessel, rinsed his mouth, then inhaled water and blew it out with his left hand three times. He washed his face three times, and washed his right hand three times, then washed his left hand three times up to the elbow. Then he inserted his hand into the vessel until the water covered it, then raised it with what it carried of water and wiped it with his left hand. Then he wiped his head with both hands once. Then he took with his right hand and poured onto his right foot, then washed it with his left hand three times. Then he took with his right palm and poured onto his left foot, then washed it with his left hand three times. Then he took with his palm and drank from it, then said: 'Whoever is pleased to look at the purification of the Prophet of God, this is the purification of the Prophet of God.'

332. Musnad al-Bazzar 811No grade recorded

     رَأَيْتُ عَلِيًّا. وَرَوَاهُ شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ عُرْفُطَةَ، فَأَخْطَأَ فِي اسْمِهِ وَاسْمِ أَبِيهِ وَإِنَّمَا هُوَ خَالِدُ بْنُ عَلْقَمَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ خَيْرٍ

     ✧ I saw Ali. Shu'bah narrated it from Malik b. Urfutah, and he erred in his name and his father's name. He is only Khalid b. Alqamah, from Abd Khayr.

333. Musnad al-Bazzar 812No grade recorded

     رَأَيْتُ عَلِيًّا أَتَى بِكُرْسِيٍّ فَقَعَدَ عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ أَتَى بِتَوْرٍ مِنْ مَاءٍ، فَغَسَلَ يَدَيْهِ ثَلَاثًا، وَمَضْمَضَ وَاسْتَنْشَقَ بِمَاءٍ وَاحِدٍ ثُمَّ غَسَلَ وَجْهَهُ ثَلَاثًا، وَذِرَاعَيْهِ ثَلَاثًا ثَلَاثًا، ثُمَّ وَضَعَ يَدَهُ فِي التَّوْرِ، ثُمَّ مَسَحَ رَأْسَهُ كُلَّهُ، فَلَا أَدْرِي أَمَرَّ بِيَدَيْهِ مِنْ قِبَلِ الْقَفَا، أَوْ مِنْ قِبَلِ الْمُقَدَّمِ ثُمَّ غَسَلَ رِجْلَيْهِ ثَلَاثًا ثَلَاثًا، ثُمَّ قَالَ: مَنْ سَرَّهُ أَنْ يَنْظُرَ إِلَى طُهُورِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَهَذَا طُهُورُ رَسُولِ اللهِ

     ✧ I saw Ali bring a chair and sit on it. Then he brought a vessel of water and washed his hands three times, rinsed his mouth and inhaled water with one handful, then washed his face three times and his forearms three times each. Then he placed his hand in the vessel, then wiped his entire head. I do not know whether he passed his hands from the back of the head or from the front. Then he washed his feet three times each, then said: 'Whoever is pleased to look at the purification of the Messenger of God ﷺ, this is the purification of the Messenger of God.'

334. Musnad al-Bazzar 813No grade recorded

     رَأَيْتُ عَلِيًّا تَوَضَّأَ وَمَسَحَ عَلَى النَّعْلَيْنِ وَقَالَ: لَوْلَا أَنِّي رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَعَلَ كَمَا رَأَيْتُمُونِي لَرَأَيْتُ بَاطِنَ الْقَدَمَيْنِ أَحَقَّ بِالْمَسْحِ مِنْ ظَاهِرِهِمَا

     ✧ I saw Ali perform ablution and wipe over the sandals, and he said: 'Had I not seen the Messenger of God ﷺ do as you have seen me do, I would have considered the soles of the feet more deserving of wiping than their tops.'

335. Musnad al-Bazzar 814No grade recorded

     أَنَّهُ رَأَى عَلِيًّا تَوَضَّأَ فِي الرَّحَبَةِ فَغَسَلَ كَفَّيْهِ ثُمَّ مَضْمَضَ ثَلَاثًا، وَاسْتَنْشَقَ ثَلَاثًا، وَغَسَلَ وَجْهَهُ ثَلَاثًا، وَذِرَاعَيْهِ ثَلَاثًا ثَلَاثًا، وَرَأْسَهُ ثَلَاثًا، وَغَسَلَ رِجْلَيْهِ إِلَى الْكَعْبَيْنِ ثَلَاثًا، ثُمَّ قَامَ فَشَرِبَ فَضْلَ وَضُوئِهِ وَهُوَ قَائِمٌ وَقَالَ: أَحْبَبْتُ أَنْ أُرِيَكُمْ كَيْفَ كَانَ طُهُورُ النَّبِيِّ

     ✧ He saw Ali perform ablution in the Rahbah. He washed his palms, then rinsed his mouth three times, inhaled water three times, washed his face three times, his forearms three times each, his head three times, and washed his feet up to the ankles three times. Then he stood up and drank the leftover water of his ablution while standing, and said: 'I wanted to show you how the purification of the Prophet was.'

336. Musnad al-Bazzar 815No grade recorded

     دَخَلْتُ مَسْجِدَ الْكُوفَةِ فَإِذَا عَلِيٌّ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ يَخْطُبُ النَّاسَ، فَكَانَ فِي خُطْبَتِهِ أَنْ قَالَ: يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ أَلَا إِنَّ خَيْرَكُمْ بَعْدَ نَبِيِّكُمْ أَبُو بَكْرٍ، وَخَيْرَكُمْ بَعْدَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ عُمَرُ، وَلَوْ شِئْتُ أَنْ أُسَمِّيَ الثَّالِثَ لَسَمَّيْتُهُ، فَقَالَ: فَرِيقٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ إِنَّمَا يَعْنِي نَفْسَهُ

     ✧ I entered the mosque of Kufah, and there was Ali on the minbar, delivering a sermon to the people. In his sermon he said: 'O people, the best of you after your Prophet is Abu Bakr, and the best of you after Abu Bakr is Umar. If I wished to name the third, I would name him.' A group of people said: 'He only means himself.'

337. Musnad al-Bazzar 816No grade recorded

     مَا جَمَعَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَبَوَيْهِ لِأَحَدٍ إِلَّا لِسَعْدٍ فَقَالَ: ارْمِ فِدَاكَ أَبِي وَأُمِّي

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ did not combine his parents for anyone except Sa'd. He said: 'Shoot, may my father and mother be your ransom.'

338. Musnad al-Bazzar 817No grade recorded

     نَا مِسْعَرٌ، عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنِ ابْنِ شَدَّادٍ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ عَلِيًّا

     ✧ Mis'ar narrated to us, from Sa'd b. Ibrahim, from Ibn Shaddad, who said: I heard Ali. (Narration incomplete)

339. Musnad al-Bazzar 818No grade recorded

     نَا مُؤَمَّلٌ، وَقَبِيصَةُ، قَالَا: نَا سُفْيَانُ الثَّوْرِيُّ، عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ شَدَّادٍ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ عَلِيًّا، يَقُولُ

     ✧ Muhammad b. al-Muthanna narrated to us, he said: Mu'ammal and Qabisah narrated to us, they said: Sufyan al-Thawri narrated to us, from Sa'd b. Ibrahim, who said: I heard Abdullah b. Shaddad say: I heard Ali say:

340. Musnad al-Bazzar 819No grade recorded

     " مَا جَمَعَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَبَوَيْهِ لِأَحَدٍ إِلَّا لِسَعْدٍ، فَإِنَّهُ قَالَ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ: ارْمِ سَعْدُ فِدَاكَ أَبِي وَأُمِّي

     ✧ "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not join his parents (in ransom) for anyone except Sa'd, for on the day of Uhud he said: 'Shoot, Sa'd, may my father and mother be your ransom.'"

341. Musnad al-Bazzar 820No grade recorded

     نَهَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ يُنْتَبَذَ فِي الدُّبَّاءِ وَالْمُزَفَّتِ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade soaking (dates) in a gourd or a vessel smeared with pitch.

342. Musnad al-Bazzar 821No grade recorded

     نَا عَبِيدَةُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ، عَنِ الرُّكَيْنِ بْنِ الرَّبِيعِ، عَنْ حُصَيْنِ بْنِ قَبِيصَةَ، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ

     ✧ Ubaydah b. Humayd narrated to us, from al-Rukayn b. al-Rabi', from Husayn b. Qabisah, from Ali.

343. Musnad al-Bazzar 822No grade recorded

     كُنْتُ رَجُلًا مَذَّاءً فَسَأَلْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ: إِذَا رَأَيْتَهُ فَتَوَضَّأْ فَإِذَا رَأَيْتَ فَضْخَ الْمَاءِ فَاغْتَسِلْ

     ✧ I was a man who emitted madhy (prostatic fluid), so I asked the Prophet ﷺ, and he said: 'When you see it, perform ablution; and when you see the gushing of water (semen), perform ghusl.'

344. Musnad al-Bazzar 823No grade recorded

     كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِذَا أَرَادَ سَفَرًا قَالَ: اللَّهُمَّ بِكَ أَجُولُ وَبِكَ أَصُولُ وَبِكَ أُقَاتِلُ

     ✧ When the Prophet ﷺ intended to travel, he would say: 'O Allah, with You I roam, with You I charge, and with You I fight.'

345. Musnad al-Bazzar 824No grade recorded

     " مَنْ أَكَلَ مِنْ هَذِهِ الشَّجَرَةِ، فَلَا يَقْرَبَنَّ مَسْجِدَنَا أَوِ الْمَسْجِدَ

     ✧ "Whoever eats from this tree (garlic) should not come near our mosque, or the mosque."

346. Musnad al-Bazzar 825No grade recorded

     " رَحِمَ اللهُ أَبَا بَكْرٍ زَوَّجَنِي ابْنَتَهُ وَحَمَلَنِي إِلَى دَارِ الْهِجْرَةِ وَأَعْتَقَ بِلَالًا مِنْ مَالِهِ، رَحِمَ اللهُ عُمَرَ يَقُولُ الْحَقَّ وَإِنْ كَانَ مُرًّا تَرَكَهُ الْحَقُّ مَا لَهُ صَدِيقٌ، رَحِمَ اللهُ عُثْمَانَ تَسْتَحْيِيهِ الْمَلَائِكَةُ، رَحِمَ اللهُ عَلِيًّا اللَّهُمَّ أَدِرِ الْحَقَّ مَعَهُ حَيْثُ دَارَ

     ✧ "May Allah have mercy on Abu Bakr: he married me to his daughter, carried me to the abode of the Hijrah, and freed Bilal with his own wealth. May Allah have mercy on Umar: he speaks the truth even if it is bitter; the truth left him without a friend. May Allah have mercy on Uthman: the angels are shy of him. May Allah have mercy on Ali: O Allah, make the truth turn with him wherever he turns."

347. Musnad al-Bazzar 826No grade recorded

     أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَطَعَ فِي بَيْضَةٍ مِنْ حَدِيدٍ قِيمَتُهَا أَحَدٌ وَعِشْرُونَ دِرْهَمًا.

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ amputated for (the theft of) an iron helmet worth twenty-one dirhams.

348. Musnad al-Bazzar 827No grade recorded

     وَهَكَذَا حَدَّثَنَا بِهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَرْزُوقٍ، عَنْ أَبِي عَتَّابٍ، عَنِ الْمُخْتَارِ، عَنْ أَبِي حَيَّانَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ. وَرَوَاهُ غَيْرُهُ عَنِ الْمُخْتَارِ، عَنْ أَبِي مَطَرٍ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ

     ✧ And thus Muhammad b. Marzuq narrated it to us, from Abu Attab, from al-Mukhtar, from Abu Hayyan, from his father, from Ali. Others narrated it from al-Mukhtar, from Abu Matar, from Ali b. Abi Talib.

349. Musnad al-Bazzar 828No grade recorded

     دَخَلْتُ الْمَسْجِدَ، فَإِذَا أَنَا بِالنَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِي عُصْبَةٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ فَقُلْتُ: السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ، فَقَالَ: وَعَلَيْكُمُ السَّلَامُ وَرَحْمَةُ اللهِ عِشْرُونَ لِي وَعَشْرٌ لَكَ، قَالَ: فَدَخَلْتُ الثَّانِيَةَ فَقُلْتُ: السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ اللهِ فَقَالَ: وَعَلَيْكَ السَّلَامُ وَرَحْمَةُ اللهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ ثَلَاثُونَ لِي وَعِشْرُونَ لَكَ، فَدَخَلْتُ الثَّالِثَةَ فَقُلْتُ: السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ اللهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ فَقَالَ: وَعَلَيْكَ السَّلَامُ وَرَحِمَهُ اللهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ ثَلَاثُونَ لِي وَثَلَاثُونَ لَكَ، أَنَا وَأَنْتَ يَا عَلِيُّ فِي السَّلَامِ سَوَاءٌ، إِنَّهُ يَا عَلِيُّ مَنْ مَرَّ عَلَى مَجْلِسٍ فَسَلَّمَ عَلَيْهِمْ كَتَبَ اللهُ لَهُ عَشْرَ حَسَنَاتٍ، وَمَحَا عَنْهُ عَشْرَ سَيِّئَاتٍ وَرَفَعَ لَهُ عَشْرَ دَرَجَاتٍ

     ✧ I entered the mosque and found the Prophet ﷺ among a group of his companions. I said: 'Peace be upon you.' He replied: 'And upon you be peace and the mercy of Allah: twenty (good deeds) for me and ten for you.' He said: Then I entered a second time and said: 'Peace be upon you and the mercy of Allah.' He replied: 'And upon you be peace and the mercy of Allah and His blessings: thirty for me and twenty for you.' Then I entered a third time and said: 'Peace be upon you and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.' He replied: 'And upon you be peace and the mercy of Allah and His blessings: thirty for me and thirty for you. You and I, O Ali, are equal in the greeting. O Ali, whoever passes by a gathering and greets them, Allah records ten good deeds for him, erases ten bad deeds, and raises him ten degrees.'

350. Musnad al-Bazzar 829No grade recorded

     أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ تَوَضَّأَ ثَلَاثًا ثَلَاثًا

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

351. Musnad al-Bazzar 830No grade recorded

     أَنَّهُ شَرِبَ قَائِمًا فَنَظَرَ إِلَيْهِ النَّاسُ فَأَنْكَرُوا ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ: مَا تُنْكِرُونَ أَنْ أَشْرَبَ قَائِمًا فَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَشْرَبُ قَائِمًا

     ✧ That he drank while standing, and people looked at him and disapproved of that. 'Ali said, 'What do you disapprove of in my drinking while standing? I saw the Messenger of God ﷺ drink while standing.'

352. Musnad al-Bazzar 831No grade recorded

     رَأَيْتُ عَلِيًّا يَشْرَبُ قَائِمًا فَرَأَى النَّاسَ يَنْظُرُونَ إِلَيْهِ، 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, and he saw people looking at him. He said, 'If I drink while standing, I saw the Messenger of God ﷺ drink while standing; and if I drink while sitting, I saw the Messenger of God ﷺ drink while sitting.'

353. Musnad al-Bazzar 832No grade recorded

     نَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ السَّائِبِ، عَنْ زَاذَانَ، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ بِنَحْوِهِ

     ✧ Hammad b. Salama narrated to us, from 'Ata' b. al-Sa'ib, from Zadhan, from 'Ali, from the Prophet ﷺ, similarly.

354. Musnad al-Bazzar 833No grade recorded

     " مَنْ تَرَكَ مَوْضِعَ شَعَرَةٍ لَمْ يُصِبْهَا الْمَاءُ يَعْنِي عَنِ الْجَنَابَةِ، فُعِلَ بِهِ مِنَ النَّارِ كَذَا وَكَذَا

     ✧ "Whoever leaves a spot of hair that the water does not reach — meaning, in the case of major ritual impurity — such and such will be done to him with the Fire."

355. Musnad al-Bazzar 834No grade recorded

     كَانَتْ أَوَّلَ صَلَاةٍ رَكَعْنَا فِيهَا الْعَصْرُ، فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ: مَا هَذَا ؟ فَقَالَ: " بِهَذَا أُمِرْتُ

     ✧ The first prayer in which we bowed was the 'Asr prayer. I said, 'O Messenger of God, what is this?' He said, "With this I was commanded."

356. Musnad al-Bazzar 835No grade recorded

     " إِنَّ السِّقْطَ لَيُرَاغِمُ رَبَّهُ أَنْ يَقُولَ ادْخُلِ الْجَنَّةَ، فَيُقَالُ لَهُ: أَيُّهَا السِّقْطُ الْمُرَاغِمُ رَبَّهِ ادْخُلِ الْجَنَّةَ فَيَقُولُ: حَتَّى يَدْخُلَ أَبَوَايَ، فَيُقَالُ: ارْجِعْ أَدْخِلْ أَبَوَيْكَ الْجَنَّةَ فَيَجُرُّهُمَا بِسِرَارِهِمَا حَتَّى يُدْخِلَهُمَا الْجَنَّةَ

     ✧ "Indeed, a miscarried fetus will dispute with its Lord, saying, 'Admit me to Paradise,' and it will be said to it, 'O miscarried fetus who disputes with its Lord, enter Paradise.' It will say, 'Until my parents enter.' It will be said, 'Return and admit your parents to Paradise,' so it will drag them by their umbilical cords until it brings them into Paradise."

357. Musnad al-Bazzar 836No grade recorded

     أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَضَى أَنَّ الْوَلَدَ لِلْفِرَاشِ

     ✧ That the Prophet ﷺ ruled that the child belongs to the bed.

358. Musnad al-Bazzar 837No grade recorded

     أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ أَرَادَ أَنْ يَغْزُوَ فَدَعَا جَعْفَرًا، فَأَمَرَهُ أَنْ يَتَخَلَّفَ عَلَى الْمَدِينَةِ فَقَالَ: لَا أَتَخَلَّفُ بَعْدَكَ أَبَدًا فَأَرْسَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَدَعَانِي فَعَزَمَ عَلَيَّ لَمَّا تَخَلَّفْتُ قَبْلَ أَنْ أَتَكَلَّمَ فَبَكَيْتُ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: مَا يُبْكِيكَ ؟ قُلْتُ: يُبْكِينِي خِصَالٌ غَيْرُ وَاحِدَةٍ، تَقُولُ قُرَيْشٌ غَدًا: مَا أَسْرَعَ مَا تَخَلَّفَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَمِّهِ وَخَذَلَهُ، وَتُبْكِينِي خَصْلَةٌ أُخْرَى كُنْتُ أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَتَعَرَّضَ لِلْجِهَادِ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ؛ لِأَنَّ اللهَ - عَزَّ وَجَلَّ - يَقُولُ: وَلا يَطَئُونَ مَوْطِئًا يَغِيظُ الْكُفَّارَ وَلا يَنَالُونَ مِنْ عَدُوٍّ نَيْلا إِلا كُتِبَ لَهُمْ بِهِ عَمَلٌ صَالِحٌ إِنَّ اللهَ لا يُضِيعُ أَجْرَ الْمُحْسِنِينَ فَكُنْتُ أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَتَعَرَّضَ لِلْأَجْرِ، وَتُبْكِينِي خَصْلَةٌ أُخْرَى كُنْتُ أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَتَعَرَّضَ لِفَضْلِ اللهِ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: أَمَّا قَوْلُكَ: تَقُولُ قُرَيْشٌ: مَا أَسْرَعَ مَا تَخَلَّفَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَمِّهِ، وَخَذَلَهُ فَإِنَّ لَكَ فِيَّ أُسْوَةً قَدْ قَالُوا لِي: سَاحِرٌ وَكَاهِنٌ وَكَذَّابٌ، وَأَمَّا قَوْلُكَ: أَتَعَرَّضُ لِلْأَجْرِ مِنَ اللهِ أَمَا تَرْضَى أَنْ تَكُونَ مِنِّي بِمَنْزِلَةِ هَارُونَ مِنْ مُوسَى إِلَّا أَنَّهُ لَا نَبِيَّ بَعْدِي، وَأَمَّا قَوْلُكَ: أَتَعَرَّضُ لِفَضْلِ اللهِ فَهَذَانِ بُهَارَانِ مِنْ فُلْفُلٍ جَاءَنَا مِنَ الْيَمَنِ فَبِعْهُ وَاسْتَمْتِعْ بِهِ أَنْتَ وَفَاطِمَةُ حَتَّى يُؤْتِيَكُمَا اللهُ مِنْ فَضْلِهِ

     ✧ That the Prophet ﷺ intended to go on an expedition, so he called Ja'far and ordered him to remain behind in Madinah. Ja'far said, 'I will never remain behind after you.' So the Messenger of God ﷺ sent for me and adjured me to remain before I could speak, and I wept. The Messenger of God ﷺ said, 'What makes you weep?' I said, 'More than one thing makes me weep. Tomorrow the Quraysh will say, "How quickly he remained behind his cousin and abandoned him!" Another thing that makes me weep is that I wanted to seek fighting in the path of God, because God, mighty and sublime, says: "Nor do they tread any ground that angers the disbelievers or achieve any gain from an enemy except that a righteous deed is written for them thereby; indeed, God does not waste the reward of the doers of good." So I wanted to seek the reward. And another thing that makes me weep is that I wanted to seek God's bounty.' The Messenger of God ﷺ said, 'As for your saying that the Quraysh will say, "How quickly he remained behind his cousin and abandoned him," you have in me an example: they have said to me, "sorcerer, soothsayer, liar." As for your saying that you want to seek reward from God, are you not content to be to me as Aaron was to Moses, except that there is no prophet after me? As for your saying that you want to seek God's bounty, here are two heavy loads of pepper that came to us from Yemen; sell it and enjoy it, you and Fatimah, until God brings you of His bounty.'

359. Musnad al-Bazzar 838No grade recorded

     " طَلْحَةُ وَالزُّبَيْرُ جَارَايَ فِي الْجَنَّةِ

     ✧ "Talhah and al-Zubayr are my two neighbors in Paradise."

360. Musnad al-Bazzar 839No grade recorded

     كُنَّا جُلُوسًا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَطَلَعَ عَلَيْنَا رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعَالِيَةِ فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَخْبِرْنِي بِأَشَدِّ شَيْءٍ فِي هَذَا الدِّينِ وَأَلْيَنِهِ قَالَ: أَلْيَنُهُ شَهَادَةُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهُ وَرَسُولُهُ، وَأَشَدُّهُ يَا أَخَا الْعَالِيَةِ الْأَمَانَةُ، إِنَّهُ لَا دِينَ لِمَنْ لَا أَمَانَةَ لَهُ، وَلَا صَلَاةَ لَهُ وَلَا زَكَاةَ لَهُ، يَا أَخَا الْعَالِيَةِ إِنَّهُ مَنْ أَصَابَ مَالًا مِنْ حَرَامٍ فَأَنْفَقَهُ لَمْ يُؤْجَرْ عَلَيْهِ، وَإِنِ ادَّخَرَهُ كَانَ زَادُهُ إِلَى النَّارِ، يَا أَخَا الْعَالِيَةِ إِنَّهُ مَنْ أَصَابَ مَالًا مِنْ حَرَامٍ فَلَبِسَ جِلْبَابًا، يَعْنِي قَمِيصًا لَمْ تُقْبَلْ صَلَاتُهُ حَتَّى يُنَحِّيَ ذَلِكَ الْجِلْبَابَ عَنْهُ، إِنَّ اللهَ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى أَكْرَمُ وَأَجَلُّ يَا أَخَا الْعَالِيَةِ مِنْ أَنْ يَتَقَبَّلَ عَمَلَ رَجُلٍ أَوْ صَلَاتَهُ، وَعَلَيْهِ جِلْبَابٌ مِنْ حَرَامٍ

     ✧ We were sitting with the Messenger of God ﷺ when a man from the people of al-'Aliyah appeared before us and said, 'O Messenger of God, tell me the hardest thing in this religion and the softest of it.' He said, 'The softest of it is the testimony that there is no deity but God and that Muhammad is His servant and Messenger. The hardest of it, O brother of al-'Aliyah, is trustworthiness. Indeed, there is no religion for one who has no trustworthiness, and no prayer for him, and no zakat for him. O brother of al-'Aliyah, whoever acquires wealth unlawfully and spends it is not rewarded for it, and if he hoards it, it becomes his provision to the Fire. O brother of al-'Aliyah, whoever acquires wealth unlawfully and wears a jilbab — meaning a shirt — his prayer is not accepted until he removes that jilbab. God, blessed and exalted, is too generous and too majestic, O brother of al-'Aliyah, to accept the deed or prayer of a man who is wearing a jilbab of unlawful origin.'

361. Musnad al-Bazzar 840No grade recorded

     نَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ مُجَالِدٍ، عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ، عَنِ الْحَارِثِ، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ

     ✧ Yahya b. Sa'id narrated to us, from Mujalid, from al-Sha'bi, from al-Harith, from 'Ali.

362. Musnad al-Bazzar 841No grade recorded

     نَا مُجَالِدٌ، عَنْ عَامِرٍ، عَنِ الْحَارِثِ، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ

     ✧ Mujalid narrated to us, from 'Amir, from al-Harith, from 'Ali.

363. Musnad al-Bazzar 842No grade recorded

     أَنَّهُ لَعَنَ عَشَرَةً آكِلَ، الرِّبَا وَمُوكِلَهُ، وَكَاتِبَهُ، وَشَاهِدَيْهِ، وَالْوَاشِمَةَ، وَالْمَوْشُومَةَ، وَمَانِعَ الصَّدَقَةِ، وَالْمُحِلَّ وَالْمُحَلَّلَ لَهُ

     ✧ He cursed ten people: the one who consumes interest, the one who pays it, the one who records it, its two witnesses, the woman who tattoos, the woman who gets tattooed, the one who withholds charity, and the one who makes [a divorced woman] lawful [for her former husband] and the one for whom that is done.

364. Musnad al-Bazzar 843No grade recorded

     أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ لَعَنَ آكِلَ الرِّبَا وَمُوكِلَهُ وَشَاهِدَيْهِ، وَكَاتِبَهُ وَالْمُسْتَحِلَّ وَالْمُسْتَحَلَّ لَهُ وَالْوَاشِمَةَ وَالْمَوْشُومَةَ وَمَانِعَ صَدَقَتِهِ

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ cursed the one who consumes interest, the one who pays it, its two witnesses, the one who records it, the one who seeks to make [a divorced woman] lawful [for her former husband], the one for whom that is done, the woman who tattoos, the woman who gets tattooed, and the one who withholds his charity.

365. Musnad al-Bazzar 844No grade recorded

     لُعِنَ آكِلُ الرِّبَا وَمُوكِلُهُ

     ✧ Cursed is the one who consumes interest and the one who pays it.

366. Musnad al-Bazzar 845No grade recorded

     نَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ، عَنْ دَاوُدَ بْنِ أَبِي هِنْدٍ، عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ، عَنِ الْحَارِثِ، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ، بِنَحْوِهِ وَلَمْ يَقُلْ: عَنِ النَّبِيِّ

     ✧ Abu Mu'awiyah narrated to us, from Dawud b. Abi Hind, from al-Sha'bi, from al-Harith, from Ali, similarly, but he did not say: from the Prophet.

367. Musnad al-Bazzar 846No grade recorded

     نَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ، عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ، عَنِ الْحَارِثِ، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ بِنَحْوِهِ

     ✧ Shu'bah narrated to us, from Jabir, from al-Sha'bi, from al-Harith, from Ali, from the Prophet ﷺ, similarly.

368. Musnad al-Bazzar 847No grade recorded

     لُعِنَ آكِلُ الرِّبَا وَمُوكِلُهُ

     ✧ Cursed is the one who consumes interest and the one who pays it.

369. Musnad al-Bazzar 848No grade recorded

     لَعَنَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ آكِلَ الرِّبَا وَمُوكِلَهُ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ cursed the one who consumes interest and the one who pays it.

370. Musnad al-Bazzar 849No grade recorded

     نَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ، عَنْ دَاوُدَ يَعْنِي الْأَوْدِيَّ. عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ، عَنِ الْحَارِثِ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ؓ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ

     ✧ Sufyan b. 'Uyaynah narrated to us, from Dawud, meaning al-Awdi, from al-Sha'bi, from al-Harith, from Ali b. Abi Talib ؓ, from the Prophet.

371. Musnad al-Bazzar 850No grade recorded

     نَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ، عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ أَبِي خَالِدٍ، عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ، عَنِ الْحَارِثِ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ؓ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ

     ✧ Sufyan b. 'Uyaynah narrated to us, from Isma'il b. Abi Khalid, from al-Sha'bi, from al-Harith, from Ali b. Abi Talib ؓ, from the Prophet.

372. Musnad al-Bazzar 851No grade recorded

     نَا عُبَيْدُ بْنُ الصَّبَّاحِ، عَنْ فُضَيْلٍ يَعْنِي ابْنَ مَرْزُوقٍ، عَنْ فِرَاسٍ، عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ، عَنِ الْحَارِثِ، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ

     ✧ Ubayd b. al-Sabbah narrated to us, from Fudayl, meaning Ibn Marzuq, from Firas, from al-Sha'bi, from al-Harith, from Ali, from the Prophet.

373. Musnad al-Bazzar 852No grade recorded

     " كُنْتُ مَعَهُ فَأَقْبَلَ، أَبُو بَكْرٍ، وَعُمَرُ، فَقَالَ: هَذَانِ سَيِّدَا كُهُولِ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ مِنَ الْأَوَّلِينَ وَالْآخِرِينَ إِلَّا النَّبِيِّينَ وَالْمُرْسَلِينَ

     ✧ "I was with him when Abu Bakr and Umar came. He said: 'These two are the masters of the elderly of Paradise, from the first and the last, except the prophets and messengers.'"

374. Musnad al-Bazzar 853No grade recorded

     مَا كَانَ فِرَاشُ فَاطِمَةَ ؓ لَيْلَةَ أُهْدِيَتْ إِلَيَّ إِلَّا مَسْكَ كَبْشٍ

     ✧ The bed of Fatimah ؓ on the night she was given to me in marriage was nothing but a sheepskin.

375. Musnad al-Bazzar 854No grade recorded

     رَأَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَبَا بَكْرٍ، وَعُمَرَ فَقَالَ: هَذَانِ سَيِّدَا كُهُولِ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ وَلَا تُخْبِرْهُمَا

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ saw Abu Bakr and Umar and said: “These two are the masters of the mature men of Paradise, and do not inform them.”

376. Musnad al-Bazzar 855No grade recorded

     " أَتَانِي جِبْرِيلُ ﷺ فَقَالَ: يَا مُحَمَّدُ، إِنَّ أُمَّتَكَ مُخْتَلِفَةٌ بَعْدَكَ قَالَ: فَقُلْتُ: فَمَا مِنَ الْمَخْرَجِ يَا جِبْرِيلُ ؟ قَالَ: كِتَابُ اللهِ يُعْتَصَمُ بِهِ مِنْ كُلِّ جَبَّارٍ، مَنِ اعْتَصَمَ بِهِ نَجَا، وَمَنْ تَرَكَهُ هَلَكَ، قَوْلٌ فَصْلٌ وَلَيْسَ بِالْهَزْلِ لَا تَحْلُقُهُ الْأَلْسُنُ، وَلَا يَثْقُلُ عَنْ طُولِ الرَّدِّ، وَلَا يُفْنَى عَجَائِبُهُ، فِيهِ نَبَأُ مَا كَانَ قَبْلَهُ وَقَضَاءُ مَا بَيْنَكُمْ وَخَبَرُ مَا هُوَ كَائِنٌ بَعْدَكُمْ

     ✧ Jibril ﷺ came to me and said: “O Muhammad, your community will differ after you.” I said: “What is the way out, O Jibril?” He said: “The Book of Allah, by which protection is sought from every tyrant. Whoever holds fast to it is saved, and whoever abandons it is destroyed. It is a decisive statement, not jest; tongues do not wear it out, it does not become burdensome from repeated rebuttal, and its wonders do not cease. In it is the news of what was before you, the judgment of what is between you, and the report of what will be after you.”

377. Musnad al-Bazzar 856No grade recorded

     قِيلَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ: سَتُفْتَنُ مِنْ بَعْدِكَ، فَسَأَلْتُهُ أَوْ فَسُئِلَ فَمَا الْمَخْرَجُ ؟ قَالَ: الْكِتَابُ

     ✧ It was said to the Prophet ﷺ: “You will be tested after you are gone,” so I asked him, or he was asked, “What is the way out?” He said: “The Book.”

378. Musnad al-Bazzar 857No grade recorded

     " إِنَّهَا سَتَكُونُ فِتْنَةٌ قَالَ: قُلْتُ: فَمَا الْمَخْرَجُ مِنْهَا، رَسُولَ اللهِ ؟ قَالَ: " كِتَابُ اللهِ فِيهِ نَبَأُ مَا قَبْلَكُمْ وَخَبَرُ مَا بَعْدَكُمْ وَحُكْمُ مَا بَيْنَكُمْ، هُوَ الْفَصْلُ لَيْسَ بِالْهَزْلِ، مَنْ يَرُدَّهُ مِنْ جَبَّارٍ قَصَمَهُ اللهُ، وَمَنِ ابْتَغَى الْهُدَى فِي غَيْرِهِ أَضَلَّهُ اللهُ، هُوَ حَبْلُ اللهِ الْمَتِينُ وَالذِّكْرُ الْحَكِيمُ، وَهُوَ الصِّرَاطُ الْمُسْتَقِيمُ الَّذِي لَا تَزِيغُ بِهِ الْأَهْوَاءُ وَلَا تَشْبَعُ مِنْهُ الْعُلَمَاءُ وَلَا يَخْلَقُ عَنْ رَدٍّ، وَلَا تَنْقَضِي عَجَائِبُهُ، وَهُوَ الَّذِي لَمْ تَنْتَهِ الْجِنُّ حِينَ سَمِعَتْهُ أَنْ قَالُوا: إِنَّا سَمِعْنَا قُرْآنًا عَجَبًا، مَنْ قَالَ بِهِ صَدَقَ، وَمَنْ عَمِلَ بِهِ أُجِرَ، وَمَنْ حَكَمَ بِهِ عَدَلَ، وَمَنْ دَعَا إِلَيْهِ هُدِيَ إِلَى صِرَاطٍ مُسْتَقِيمٍ، وَمَنِ اعْتَصَمَ بِهِ هُدِيَ إِلَى صِرَاطٍ مُسْتَقِيمٍ

     ✧ “There will be a fitnah.” I said: “What is the way out of it, O Messenger of Allah?” He said: “The Book of Allah. In it is the news of what was before you and the report of what will be after you and the judgment of what is between you. It is the decisive criterion, not jest. If any tyrant rejects it, Allah will break him, and whoever seeks guidance in other than it, Allah will lead him astray. It is the firm rope of Allah and the wise reminder. It is the straight path by which desires do not deviate, and the scholars do not have their fill of it, and it does not become worn out by repetition, and its wonders do not come to an end. It is the one about which the jinn, when they heard it, could not refrain from saying: ‘Indeed, we have heard an amazing Qur’an.’ Whoever speaks according to it is truthful, whoever acts by it is rewarded, whoever judges by it is just, and whoever calls to it is guided to a straight path. Whoever holds fast to it is guided to a straight path.”

379. Musnad al-Bazzar 858No grade recorded

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

     ✧ “If I were to appoint anyone from my community as a leader without consulting them, I would appoint Ibn Umm ʿAbd over them.”

380. Musnad al-Bazzar 859No grade recorded

     نَا مُوسَى بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، عَنِ الْحَارِثِ، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ بِنَحْوِهِ. قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ: وَهَذَا الْحَدِيثُ لَا نَعْلَمُهُ يُرْوَى عَنْ عَلِيٍّ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ إِلَّا مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ بِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ

     ✧ Musa b. Masʿud narrated to us, from Sufyan, from Abu Ishaq, from al-Harith, from Ali, from the Prophet ﷺ, with something similar. Abu Bakr said: “We know of this hadith being narrated from Ali from the Prophet ﷺ only through this route with this chain.”

381. Musnad al-Bazzar 860No grade recorded

     قَضَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِالدَّيْنِ قَبْلَ الْوَصِيَّةِ وَأَنْتُمْ تَقْرَءُونَ: مِنْ بَعْدِ وَصِيَّةٍ يُوصَى بِهَا أَوْ دَيْنٍ، وَقَضَى أَنَّ أَعْيَانَ بَنِي الْأُمِّ يَتَوَارَثُونَ دُونَ بَنِي الْعَلَّاتِ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ ruled that the debt should be paid before the bequest, though you recite, “after any bequest they make or debt,” and he ruled that full brothers inherit rather than half-brothers from the father’s side.

382. Musnad al-Bazzar 861No grade recorded

     عَفَا اللهُ لَكُمْ عَنْ صَدَقَةِ الْخَيْلِ وَالرَّقِيقِ

     ✧ Allah has pardoned for you the sadaqah of horses and slaves.

383. Musnad al-Bazzar 862No grade recorded

     أَنَّ رَجُلًا قَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ كَانَتْ لِي مِائَةُ أُوقِيَّةٍ فَتَصَدَّقْتُ مِنْهَا بِعَشْرِ أَوَاقٍ وَقَالَ رَجُلٌ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ كَانَتْ لِي مِائَةُ دِينَارٍ فَتَصَدَّقْتُ مِنْهَا بِعَشَرَةِ دَنَانِيرَ، وَقَالَ رَجُلٌ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ كَانَتْ لِي عَشَرَةُ دَنَانِيرَ فَتَصَدَّقْتُ مِنْهَا بِدِينَارٍ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: كُلُّكُمْ فِي الْأَجْرِ سَوَاءٌ وَكُلُّ رَجُلٍ مِنْكُمْ تَصَدَّقَ بِعُشْرِ مَالِهِ

     ✧ A man said: “O Messenger of Allah, I had one hundred uqiyyahs and gave ten of them as sadaqah.” Another man said: “O Messenger of Allah, I had one hundred dinars and gave ten of them as sadaqah.” Another man said: “O Messenger of Allah, I had ten dinars and gave one of them as sadaqah.” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “All of you are equal in reward, for each of you gave one tenth of his wealth as sadaqah.”

384. Musnad al-Bazzar 863No grade recorded

     " إِنَّ مِنْ شِرَارِ النَّاسِ مَنْ تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ وَهُمْ أَحْيَاءٌ، وَالَّذِينَ يَتَّخِذُونَ الْقُبُورَ مَسَاجِدَ، وَالَّذِينَ يَشْهَدُونَ بِالشَّهَادَةِ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُسْأَلُوهَا

     ✧ “Among the worst of people are those who are alive when the Hour begins, those who take graves as mosques, and those who give testimony before they are asked for it.”

385. Musnad al-Bazzar 864No grade recorded

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

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

386. Musnad al-Bazzar 865No grade recorded

     " لَيْسَ فِي تِسْعِينَ وَمِائَةٍ - يَعْنِي مِنَ الْوَرِقِ - زَكَاةٌ إِلَّا أَنْ يَشَاءَ صَاحِبُهَا، فَإِذَا تَمَّتْ مِائَتَيْنِ فَفِيهَا خَمْسَةُ دَرَاهِمَ فَإِذَا زَادَتْ فَعَلَى نَحْوِ ذَلِكَ

     ✧ “There is no zakat on one hundred and ninety - meaning dirhams of silver - unless its owner wishes, and when it reaches two hundred, five dirhams are due, and if it increases, it is according to that proportion.”

387. Musnad al-Bazzar 866No grade recorded

     صَلَّيْتُ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ صَلَاةَ الْخَوْفِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ إِلَّا الْمَغْرِبَ ثَلَاثًا وَصَلَّيْتُ مَعَهُ فِي السَّفَرِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ إِلَّا الْمَغْرِبَ ثَلَاثًا

     ✧ I prayed with the Prophet ﷺ the fear prayer (salat al-khawf) as two rak'ahs, except Maghrib, which is three; and I prayed with him while traveling two rak'ahs, except Maghrib, which is three.

388. Musnad al-Bazzar 867No grade recorded

     كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَأَهْلُهُ يَغْتَسِلُونَ مِنْ إِنَاءٍ وَاحِدٍ وَلَا يَغْتَسِلُ أَحَدٌ مِنْهُمَا بِفَضْلِ الْآخَرِ

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ and his family used to bathe from a single vessel, and neither of them would bathe with the leftover water of the other.

389. Musnad al-Bazzar 868No grade recorded

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

     ✧ When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ would seek protection for a sick person, he would say: 'Remove the affliction, O Lord of the people, and heal, for You are the Healer. There is no healing except Your healing, a healing that leaves no sickness.'

390. Musnad al-Bazzar 869No grade recorded

     مِنْ كُلِّ اللَّيْلِ قَدْ أَوْتَرَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ مِنْ أَوَّلِهِ وَأَوْسَطِهِ وَآخِرِهِ وَثَبَّتَ وِتْرَهُ إِلَى آخِرِ اللَّيْلِ

     ✧ From the whole night, the Prophet ﷺ performed witr at its beginning, its middle, and its end, and he settled his witr at the end of the night.

391. Musnad al-Bazzar 870No grade recorded

     " لَا تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ حَتَّى يُبْتَغَى الرَّجُلُ مِنْ أَصْحَابِي كَمَا تُبْتَغَى الضَّالَّةُ فَلَا يُوجَدُ

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

392. Musnad al-Bazzar 871No grade recorded

     " لِلْمُسْلِمِ عَلَى الْمُسْلِمِ مِنَ الْمَعْرُوفِ سِتٌّ: يُسَلِّمُ عَلَيْهِ إِذَا لَقِيَهُ، وَيَعُودُهُ إِذَا مَرِضَ، وَيُجِيبُهُ إِذَا دَعَاهُ، وَيَشْهَدُهُ إِذَا تُوُفِّيَ، وَيَنْصَحُ لَهُ بِالْغَيْبِ

     ✧ The Muslim owes the Muslim six acts of kindness: he greets him with salam when he meets him, visits him when he is sick, answers his invitation when he calls him, attends his funeral when he dies, and gives him sincere counsel in his absence.

393. Musnad al-Bazzar 872No grade recorded

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

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to perform witr with nine surahs from the mufassal: in the first rak'ah, Alhakum al-takathur (102), Inna anzalnahu fi laylat al-qadr (97), and Idha zulzilat (99); in the second rak'ah, wa-al-'Asr (103), Idha ja'a nasr Allah wa-al-fath (110), and Inna a'taynaka al-kawthar (108); and in the third rak'ah, Qul ya ayyuha al-kafirun (109), Tabbat yada Abi Lahab (111), and Qul huwa Allahu ahad (112).

394. Musnad al-Bazzar 873No grade recorded

     " لَوْ كُنْتُ مُؤَمِّرًا أَحَدًا دُونَ مَشُورَةٍ لَأَمَّرْتُ ابْنَ أُمِّ عَبْدٍ

     ✧ If I were to appoint anyone as a commander without consultation, I would appoint Ibn Umm 'Abd.

395. Musnad al-Bazzar 874No grade recorded

     نَهَى عَنِ الْمِيثَرَةِ الْحَمْرَاءِ

     ✧ He forbade the red saddle cushion.

396. Musnad al-Bazzar 875No grade recorded

     قَالَ لِي النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: إِنِّي أُحِبُّ لَكَ مَا أُحِبُّ لِنَفْسِي، لَا تَفْتَحْ عَلَى الْإِمَامِ فِي الصَّلَاةِ، وَلَا تَعْبَثْ بِالْحَصَى فِي الصَّلَاةِ، وَلَا تُفَقِّعْ أَصَابِعَكَ فِي الصَّلَاةِ، وَلَا تَلْتَفِتْ عَنْ يَمِينِكِ وَلَا عَنْ شِمَالِكَ فِي الصَّلَاةِ، وَلَا تَفْتَرِشْ ذِرَاعَيْكَ افْتِرَاشَ السَّبُعِ فِي الصَّلَاةِ

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ said to me: 'I love for you what I love for myself. Do not prompt the imam during the prayer, do not fiddle with pebbles during the prayer, do not crack your fingers during the prayer, do not turn to your right or left during the prayer, and do not spread your forearms like a beast of prey during the prayer.'

397. Musnad al-Bazzar 876No grade recorded

     مِنَ السُّنَّةِ أَنْ يَؤُمَّ الرَّجُلُ وَخَلْفَهُ رَجُلَانِ وَخَلْفَهُمَا امْرَأَةٌ

     ✧ It is from the Sunnah that a man leads the prayer with two men behind him, and behind them a woman.

398. Musnad al-Bazzar 877No grade recorded

     كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيِ الْفَجْرِ عِنْدَ الْإِقَامَةِ

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ used to pray the two rak'ahs of Fajr at the time of the iqamah.

399. Musnad al-Bazzar 878No grade recorded

     كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يُوتِرُ عِنْدَ الْأَذَانِ وَيُصَلِّي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ عِنْدَ الْإِقَامَةِ

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ used to perform Witr at the time of the Adhan and pray the two rak‘ahs at the time of the Iqamah.

400. Musnad al-Bazzar 879No grade recorded

     نَهَى عَنِ الصَّلَاةِ عِنْدَ طُلُوعِ الشَّمْسِ حَتَّى تَطْلُعَ وَعِنْدَ غُرُوبِهَا حَتَّى تَغْرُبَ، وَبِنِصْفِ النَّهَارِ حَتَّى تَزُولَ الشَّمْسُ

     ✧ He forbade prayer at sunrise until the sun has risen, at sunset until the sun has set, and at midday until the sun has declined.

401. Musnad al-Bazzar 880No grade recorded

     لَعَنَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ آكِلَ الرِّبَا وَمُوكِلَهُ وَالْحَالَّ وَالْمُحَلَّلَ لَهُ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ cursed the one who consumes riba, the one who pays it, the one who records it, and the one who makes it lawful.

402. Musnad al-Bazzar 881No grade recorded

     " لَا يُحِبُّ اللهُ الشَّيْخَ الْجَهُولَ، وَلَا الْغَنِيَّ الظَّلُومَ، وَلَا الْفَقِيرَ الْمُحْتَالَ

     ✧ Allah does not love an ignorant old man, a rich oppressor, or a poor deceiver.

403. Musnad al-Bazzar 882No grade recorded

     " مَنْ مَلَكَ زَادًا وَرَاحِلَةً تُبَلِّغُهُ فَلَمْ يَحُجَّ بَيْتَ اللهِ فَلَا يَضُرُّهُ يَهُودِيًّا مَاتَ أَوْ نَصْرَانِيًّا

     ✧ Whoever owns provisions and a mount that can take him to the House of Allah but does not perform Hajj, it does not matter whether he dies a Jew or a Christian.

404. Musnad al-Bazzar 883No grade recorded

     " صَوْمُ ثَلَاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ مِنْ كُلِّ شَهْرٍ يَذْهَبُ بِوَحَرِ الصَّدْرِ

     ✧ Fasting three days of every month removes the rancor of the chest.

405. Musnad al-Bazzar 884No grade recorded

     نَا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ الْقَاسِمِ، عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنِ الْحَارِثِ، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ بِنَحْوِهِ

     ✧ Al-Walid b. al-Qasim narrated to us, from Yunus b. Abi Ishaq, from his father, from al-Harith, from Ali, from the Prophet ﷺ, with something similar.

406. Musnad al-Bazzar 885No grade recorded

     " إِنِّي مَقْبُوضٌ وَإِنِّي قَدْ تَرَكْتُ فِيكُمُ الثَّقَلَيْنِ كِتَابَ اللهِ وَأَهْلَ بَيْتِي، وَإِنَّكُمْ لَنْ تَضِلُّوا بَعْدَهُمَا وَإِنَّهُ لَنْ تَقُومَ السَّاعَةُ حَتَّى يُبْتَغَى أَصْحَابُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ كَمَا تُبْتَغَى الضَّالَّةُ فَلَا تُوجَدُ

     ✧ Indeed, I am about to be taken, and I have left among you the two weighty things: the Book of Allah and my Ahl al-Bayt. You will never go astray after them. The Hour will not come until the Companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ are sought as a lost camel is sought, but they will not be found.

407. Musnad al-Bazzar 886No grade recorded

     أَنَّهُ قَالَ فِي الْخَوَارِجِ: قَوْمٌ فِي آخِرِ الزَّمَانِ يَقْرَءُونَ الْقُرْآنَ لَا يُجَاوِزُ تَرَاقِيَهُمْ يَمْرُقُونَ مِنَ الدِّينِ كَمَا يَمْرُقُ السَّهْمُ مِنَ الرَّمِيَّةِ

     ✧ He said concerning the Kharijites: A people at the end of time who recite the Qur'an but it does not pass beyond their collarbones. They pass through the religion as an arrow passes through the game.

408. Musnad al-Bazzar 887No grade recorded

     فِي صَلَاةِ الْخَوْفِ أَمَرَ النَّاسَ فَأَخَذُوا السِّلَاحَ عَلَيْهِمْ، فَقَامَتْ طَائِفَةٌ مِنْ وَرَائِهِمْ مُسْتَقْبِلٌ الْعَدُوَّ، وَجَاءَتْ طَائِفَةٌ فَصَلُّوا مَعَهُ فَصَلَّى بِهِمْ رَكْعَةً ثُمَّ قَامُوا إِلَى الطَّائِفَةِ الَّتِي لَمْ تُصَلِّ، وَأَقْبَلَتِ الطَّائِفَةُ الَّتِي لَمْ تُصَلِّ مَعَهُ فَقَامُوا خَلْفَهُ فَصَلَّى بِهِمْ رَكْعَةً، وَسَجْدَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ سَلَّمَ عَلَيْهِمْ فَلَمَّا سَلَّمَ قَامَ الَّذِينَ قِبَلَ الْعَدُوِّ فَكَبَّرُوا جَمِيعًا وَرَكَعُوا رَكْعَةً وَسَجْدَتَيْنِ بَعْدَمَا سَلَّمَ

     ✧ In the prayer of fear, he commanded the people to take up their weapons. One group stood behind them facing the enemy, and another group came and prayed with him. He prayed one rak‘ah with them, then they went to the group that had not prayed, and the group that had not prayed came forward and stood behind him. He prayed one rak‘ah and two prostrations with them, then he said the salam. When he had said the salam, those facing the enemy stood up and they all said takbir, bowed one rak‘ah and prostrated twice after the salam.

409. Musnad al-Bazzar 888No grade recorded

     " مَنْ كَذَبَ عَلَيَّ مُتَعَمِّدًا فَلْيَتَبَوَّأْ مَقْعَدَهُ مِنَ النَّارِ

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

410. Musnad al-Bazzar 889No grade recorded

     نَهَى عَنْ خَاتَمِ الذَّهَبِ وَالْمِيثَرَةِ،

     ✧ He forbade gold rings and the saddle cushion.

411. Musnad al-Bazzar 890No grade recorded

     سَمِعْتُ عَلِيًّا يَقُولُ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ: وَاللهِ لَعَهْدُ النَّبِيِّ الْأُمِّيِّ إِلَيَّ أَنَّ الْأُمَّةَ سَتَغْدِرُ بِي

     ✧ I heard 'Ali say from the minbar: By Allah, the covenant of the unlettered Prophet ﷺ to me is that the ummah will betray me.

412. Musnad al-Bazzar 891No grade recorded

     أَمَرَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ أُسَوِّيَ كُلَّ قَبْرٍ شَاخِصٍ وَأَطْمِسَ كُلَّ صَنَمٍ، فَفَعَلْتُ ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُهُ فَقَالَ: أَفَعَلْتَ ؟ قُلْتُ: نَعَمْ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded me to level every raised grave and efface every idol, so I did, then I came to him and he said, 'Have you done it?' I said, 'Yes.'

413. Musnad al-Bazzar 892No grade recorded

     وَالَّذِي فَلَقَ الْحَبَّةَ وَبَرَأَ النَّسَمَةَ لَتُخْضَبَنَّ هَذِهِ مِنْ هَذِهِ لِلِحْيَتِهِ مِنْ رَأْسِهِ فَمَا يُحْبَسُ أَشْقَاهَا، فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ سُبَيْعٍ: وَاللهِ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ لَوْ أَنَّ رَجُلًا فَعَلَ ذَلِكَ أَبَرْنَا عِتْرَتَهُ قَالَ: قَالَ: أَنْشُدُكَ بِاللهِ أَنْ تَقْتُلَ بِي غَيْرَ قَاتِلِي. قَالُوا يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ: أَلَا تَسْتَخْلِفُ عَلَيْنَا؟ قَالَ: لَا، وَلَكِنِّي أَتْرُكُكُمْ كَمَا تَرَكَكُمْ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ: فَمَاذَا تَقُولُ لِرَبِّكَ إِذَا أَتَيْتَهُ وَقَدْ تَرَكْتَنَا هَمَلًا، قَالَ: أَقُولُ: لَهُمُ اسْتَخْلَفْتَنِي فِيهِمْ مَا بَدَا لَكَ ثُمَّ قَبَضْتَنِي وَتَرَكْتُكَ فِيهِمْ

     ✧ By Him who split the grain and created the soul, this [beard] shall surely be dyed from this [head] — from his head to his beard — and the most wretched of them shall not be restrained. 'Abdullah b. Subay' said, 'By Allah, O Commander of the Faithful, if a man did that, we would annihilate his family.' He said: He said, 'I adjure you by Allah not to kill anyone but my killer for me.' They said, 'O Commander of the Faithful, will you not appoint a successor over us?' He said, 'No, but I leave you as the Messenger of Allah ﷺ left you.' [Someone] said, 'Then what will you say to your Lord when you come to Him, having left us neglected?' He said, 'I will say: You appointed me over them as long as You willed, then You took me, and I left You among them.'

414. Musnad al-Bazzar 893No grade recorded

     كَانَتْ مَجَالِسُ النَّاسِ الْمَسَاجِدَ حَتَّى رَجَعُوا مِنْ صِفِّينَ وَبَرَءُوا مِنَ الْقَضِيَّةِ، فَاسْتَخَفَّ النَّاسُ وَقَعَدُوا فِي السِّكَكِ يَتَخَبَّرُونَ الْأَخْبَارَ، فَبَيْنَمَا نَحْنُ قُعُودٌ عِنْدَ عَلِيٍّ وَهُوَ يَتَكَلَّمُ بِأَمْرٍ مِنْ أَمْرِ النَّاسِ قَالَ: فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ عَلَيْهِ، فَقَالَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ: ائْذَنْ لِي أَنْ أَتَكَلَّمَ، قَالَ: فَشُغِلَ بِمَا كَانَ فِيهِ مِنْ أَمْرِ النَّاسِ قَالَ: فَأَخَذْنَا الرَّجُلَ فَأَقْعَدْنَاهُ إِلَيْنَا وَقُلْنَا: مَا هَذَا الَّذِي تُرِيدُ أَنْ تَسْأَلَ عَنْهُ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ؟ فَقَالَ: إِنِّي كُنْتُ فِي الْعُمْرَةِ فَدَخَلْتُ عَلَى أُمِّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَائِشَةَ فَقَالَتْ: مَا هَؤُلَاءِ الَّذِينَ خَرَجُوا قِبَلَكُمْ يُقَالُ لَهُمْ حَرُورَاءُ ؟ فَقُلْتُ: قَوْمٌ خَرَجُوا إِلَى أَرْضٍ قَرِيبَةٍ مِنَّا يُقَالُ لَهَا حَرُورَاءُ قَالَ: فَشَهِدْتَ هَلَكَتَهُمْ. قَالَ عَاصِمٌ: فَلَا أَدْرِي مَا قَالَ الرَّجُلُ نَعَمْ أَمْ لَا. فَقَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ: أَمَا إِنَّ ابْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ لَوْ شَاءَ حَدَّثَكُمْ حَدِيثَهُمْ، فَجِئْتُ أَسْأَلُهُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ، فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ عَلِيٌّ مِمَّا كَانَ فِيهِ قَالَ: أَيْنَ الرَّجُلُ الْمُسْتَأْذِنُ ؟ قَالَ: فَقَامَ فَقَصَّ عَلَيْهِ مِثْلَ مَا قَصَّ عَلَيْنَا، قَالَ: فَأَهَلَّ عَلِيٌّ وَكَبَّرَ وَقَالَ: دَخَلْتُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَلَيْسَ عِنْدَهُ غَيْرُ عَائِشَةَ فَقَالَ: كَيْفَ أَنْتَ يَا ابْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ وَقَوْمُ كَذَا وَكَذَا ؟ فَقُلْتُ: اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ، ثُمَّ أَعَادَهَا فَقُلْتُ: اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ قَالَ: قَوْمٌ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنْ قِبَلِ الْمَشْرِقِ يَقْرَءُونَ الْقُرْآنَ لَا يُجَاوِزُ تَرَاقِيَهُمْ، يَمْرُقُونَ مِنَ الدِّينِ مُرُوقَ السَّهْمِ مِنَ الرَّمِيَّةِ، فِيهِمْ رَجُلٌ مُخْدَجُ الْيَدِ كَأَنَّ يَدَهُ ثَدْيٌ " فَقَالَ: أَنْشُدُكُمْ اللهَ هَلْ أَخْبَرْتُكُمْ أَنَّهُ فِيهِمْ فَجِئْتُمُونِي فَقُلْتُمْ: لَيْسَ فِيهِمْ، ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُمُونِي بِهِ تَسْحَبُونَهُ ؟ فَقَالُوا: نَعَمْ، فَأَهَلَّ عَلِيٌّ وَكَبَّرَ.

     ✧ People's gatherings were the mosques until they returned from Siffin and disavowed the arbitration. Then people became careless and sat in the streets exchanging news. While we were sitting with 'Ali, who was discussing a matter concerning the people, a man stood up over him and said, 'O Commander of the Faithful, permit me to speak.' He said: He was preoccupied with the people's affair. The man was brought and seated among us, and we asked, 'What is this you wanted to ask the Commander of the Faithful about?' He said, 'I was on 'umrah and entered upon the Mother of the Faithful 'A'ishah. She said, "What are these people who went out near you, called Harura'?" I said, "A people who went out to a land near us called Harura'."' He said, 'You witnessed their destruction.' 'Asim said: I do not know whether the man said yes or no. 'A'ishah said, 'Indeed, if the son of Abu Talib had wished, he would have told you their story.' So I came to ask him about that. When 'Ali finished what he was doing, he said, 'Where is the man who sought permission?' He stood and recounted to him what he had told us. 'Ali raised his voice in talbiyah and takbir and said, 'I entered upon the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when no one was with him but 'A'ishah. He said, "How will you be, O son of Abu Talib, and a people of such and such?" I said, "Allah and His Messenger know best." He repeated it, and I said, "Allah and His Messenger know best." He said, "A people who will come out from the east, reciting the Qur'an but it will not go beyond their collarbones. They will pass through the religion as an arrow passes through the game. Among them is a man with a defective hand, as if his hand is a breast." He said, "I adjure you by Allah, did I tell you that he is among them, and you came to me saying he is not among them, then you brought him dragging him?" They said, "Yes." Then 'Ali raised his voice in talbiyah and takbir.'

415. Musnad al-Bazzar 894No grade recorded

     أَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ، عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ كُلَيْبٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ بِنَحْوِهِ

     ✧ I am Sa'id b. Maslamah, from 'Asim b. Kulayb, from his father, from 'Ali, from the Prophet ﷺ with something similar.

416. Musnad al-Bazzar 895No grade recorded

     كَانَ عَلِيٌّ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ - أَحْسِبُهُ قَالَ: مَسْجِدِ الْكُوفَةِ - فَسَمِعَ ضَجَّةً شَدِيدَةً فَسَأَلَ مَا هَؤُلَاءِ ؟ فَقَالُوا: قَوْمٌ يَقْرَءُونَ الْقُرْآنَ أَوْ يَتْلُونَ الْقُرْآنَ، فَقَالَ: " أَمَا إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا أَحَبَّ النَّاسِ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ

     ✧ 'Ali was in the mosque — I think he said: the mosque of Kufa — and he heard a loud commotion, so he asked, 'What are these?' They said, 'A people reciting the Qur'an' or 'chanting the Qur'an.' He said, 'Indeed, they used to be the most beloved of people to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.'

417. Musnad al-Bazzar 896No grade recorded

     نَهَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ يُضَحَّى بِأَعْضَبِ الْقَرْنِ وَالْأُذُنِ

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

418. Musnad al-Bazzar 897No grade recorded

     نَهَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ يُضَحَّى بِعَضْبَاءِ الْأُذُنِ وَالْقَرْنِ

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

419. Musnad al-Bazzar 898No grade recorded

     رَأَيْتُ عُثْمَانَ بْنَ عَفَّانَ يَنْهَى عَنِ الْمُتْعَةِ، وَعَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ يَأْمُرُ بِهَا فَأَتَيْتُ عَلِيًّا، فَقُلْتُ: إِنَّ بَيْنَكُمَا لَشَرًّا أَنْتَ تَأْمُرُ بِهَا وَعُثْمَانُ يَنْهَى عَنْهَا، فَقَالَ: مَا بَيْنَنَا إِلَّا خَيْرٌ، وَلَكِنْ خَيْرُنَا أَتْبَعُنَا لِهَذَا الدِّينِ

     ✧ I saw 'Uthman b. 'Affan forbidding mut'ah, and 'Ali b. Abi Talib commanding it. I went to 'Ali and said, 'There is certainly evil between you two: you command it while 'Uthman forbids it.' He said, 'Between us there is nothing but good, but the best of us is the one who follows this religion most closely.'

420. Musnad al-Bazzar 899No grade recorded

     أَنَّ فَاطِمَةَ ؓ جَاءَتْ تَشْكُو إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ الْعَمَلَ فَقَالَ: أَلَا أَدُلُّكِ عَلَى مَا هُوَ خَيْرٌ لَكِ، تُسَبِّحِينَ ثَلَاثًا وَثَلَاثِينَ، وَتَحْمَدِينَ ثَلَاثًا وَثَلَاثِينَ، وَتُكَبِّرِينَ أَرْبَعًا وَثَلَاثِينَ

     ✧ Fatimah ؓ came complaining to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about the work. He said, 'Shall I not guide you to what is better for you? Glorify Allah thirty-three times, praise Him thirty-three times, and magnify Him thirty-four times.'

421. Musnad al-Bazzar 900No grade recorded

     كَانَتْ لِي مَنْزِلَةٌ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ لَمْ تَكُنْ لِأَحَدٍ، إِنْ كُنْتُ أَجِيئُهُ كُلَّ سَحَرٍ فَأُسَلِّمُ عَلَيْهِ حَتَّى يَتَنَحْنَحَ فَأَنْصَرِفَ إِلَى أَهْلِي، وَإِنِّي جِئْتُ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ فَسَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَقُلْتُ: السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ، فَقَالَ: عَلَى رِسْلِكَ يَا أَبَا الْحَسَنِ حَتَّى أَخْرُجَ إِلَيْكَ، فَلَمَّا خَرَجَ إِلَيَّ قُلْتُ: يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ لَمْ تُكَلِّمْنِي فِيمَا مَضَى حَتَّى كَلَّمْتَنِي اللَّيْلَةَ، قَالَ: " إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ فِي الْحُجْرَةِ حَرَكَةً فَقُلْتُ: مَنْ هَذَا ؟ قَالَ: أَنَا جِبْرِيلُ. قُلْتُ: ادْخُلْ، قَالَ: لَا اخْرُجْ إِلَيَّ فَلَمَّا خَرَجْتُ إِلَيْهِ قَالَ: إِنَّ فِي بَيْتِكَ شَيْئًا لَا يَدْخُلُهُ مَلَكٌ مَا دَامَ فِيهِ، قَالَ: مَا أَعْلَمُهُ يَا جِبْرِيلُ، قَالَ: اذْهَبْ فَانْظُرْ، فَفَتَحْتُ الْبَابَ فَلَمْ أَجِدْ فِيهِ شَيْئًا غَيْرَ جَرْوٍ كَانَ يَلْعَبُ بِهِ الْحَسَنُ، قُلْتُ: مَا وَجَدْتُ إِلَّا جَرْوًا، قَالَ: لَنْ يَلِجَ فِيهِ مَا دَامَ فِيهَا وَاحِدٌ مِنْهُمْ يَعْنِي مِنْ ثَلَاثٍ: كَلْبٍ، أَوْ جَنَابَةٍ، أَوْ صُورَةِ رُوحٍ

     ✧ I had a standing with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ that no one else had. I used to come to him every pre-dawn, greet him, and leave only when he cleared his throat, then return to my family. One day I came and greeted him, saying, 'Peace be upon you, O Prophet of Allah.' He said, 'Wait, O Abu al-Hasan, until I come out to you.' When he came out, I said, 'O Prophet of Allah, you did not speak to me before as you spoke to me tonight.' He said, 'I heard a movement in the room and asked, "Who is this?" He said, "I am Jibril." I said, "Enter." He said, "No, come out to me." When I went out to him, he said, "There is something in your house that no angel enters while it is there." I said, "I do not know of it, O Jibril." He said, "Go and look." I opened the door and found nothing but a puppy that al-Hasan was playing with. I said, "I found nothing but a puppy." He said, "None will enter it while one of them is present," meaning one of three: a dog, or a state of major ritual impurity, or an image of a living being.'

422. Musnad al-Bazzar 901No grade recorded

     لَا تَدْخُلُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ بَيْتًا فِيهِ جُنُبٌ وَلَا كَلْبٌ وَلَا صُورَةٌ

     ✧ Angels do not enter a house in which there is a person in a state of major ritual impurity, or a dog, or an image.

423. Musnad al-Bazzar 902No grade recorded

     سَمِعْتُ أَبَا زُرْعَةَ، يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ نُجَيٍّ، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ بِنَحْوِهِ

     ✧ I heard Abu Zur'ah narrate from 'Abdullah b. Nujayy, from 'Ali, from the Prophet ﷺ something similar.

424. Musnad al-Bazzar 903No grade recorded

     كَانَتْ لِي سَاعَةٌ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ: آتِيهُ فِيهَا فَإِنْ كَانَ يُصَلِّي تَنَحْنَحَ وَإِلَّا أَذِنَ لِي

     ✧ I used to have a time of night with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ: I would come to him at that time. If he was praying, he would clear his throat; otherwise, he would give me permission.

425. Musnad al-Bazzar 904No grade recorded

     " سَمِعْتُ صَوْتًا فِي الدَّارِ فَخَرَجْتُ فَإِذَا جِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ فَقُلْتُ: مَا مَنَعَكَ أَنْ تَدْخُلَ فَقَالَ: الْمَلَكُ لَا يَدْخُلُ بَيْتًا فِيهِ كَلْبٌ، وَلَا صُورَةٌ، وَلَا جُنُبٌ، وَكَانَ فِي الْبَيْتِ جَرْوٌ يَلْعَبُ بِهِ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ

     ✧ "I heard a sound in the house, so I went out and there was Jibril ﷺ. I said, 'What prevented you from entering?' He said, 'The angel does not enter a house in which there is a dog, or an image, or a person in a state of major ritual impurity.' In the house there was a puppy that al-Hasan b. 'Ali was playing with."

426. Musnad al-Bazzar 905No grade recorded

     أَنَّهُ سَافَرَ مَعَ عَلِيٍّ وَكَانَ صَاحِبَ مِطْهَرَتِهِ فَلَمَّا حَاذَى بِنِينَوَى وَهُوَ مُنْطَلِقٌ إِلَى صِفِّينَ فَنَادَى عَلِيٌّ: صَبْرًا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللهِ، فَقُلْتُ: وَمَاذَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ: إِنِّي دَخَلْتُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ وَعَيْنَاهُ تَفِيضَانِ فَقُلْتُ: يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ أَغْضَبَكَ أَحَدٌ، مَا شَأْنُ عَيْنَيْكَ تَفِيضَانِ ؟ قَالَ: بَلَى قَامَ مِنْ عِنْدِي جِبْرِيلُ فَحَدَّثَنِي أَنَّ الْحُسَيْنَ يُقْتَلُ بِشَطِّ الْفُرَاتِ قَالَ: هَلْ لَكَ أَنْ أُشِمَّكَ مِنْ تُرْبَتِهِ ؟ قَالَ: قُلْتُ: نَعَمْ، قَالَ: فَمَدَّ يَدَهُ فَقَبَضَ قَبْضَةً مِنْ تُرَابٍ فَلَمْ أَمْلِكْ عَيْنَيَّ أَنْ فَاضَتَا

     ✧ He traveled with 'Ali and was in charge of his water container. When he came parallel to Nineveh while heading to Siffin, 'Ali called out, 'Patience, Abu 'Abdullah.' I said, 'What is it, Abu 'Abdullah?' He said, 'I entered upon the Messenger of Allah one day while his eyes were flowing with tears. I said, "O Prophet of Allah, has someone angered you? What is the matter with your eyes flowing?" He said, "Yes, Jibril left me and told me that al-Husayn will be killed on the bank of the Euphrates." He said, "Would you like me to let you smell some of his soil?" I said, "Yes." He extended his hand and grasped a handful of soil. I could not control my eyes from overflowing.'

427. Musnad al-Bazzar 906No grade recorded

     أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ لِفَاطِمَةَ: أَلَا تَرْضَيْنَ أَنْ تَكُونِي سَيِّدَةَ نِسَاءِ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ وَابْنَيْكِ سَيِّدَيْ شَبَابِ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ said to Fatimah, 'Will you not be pleased to be the mistress of the women of the people of Paradise, and your two sons the masters of the youths of the people of Paradise?'

428. Musnad al-Bazzar 907No grade recorded

     أَخَذَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ ذَهَبًا بِيَمِينِهِ وَحَرِيرًا بِشِمَالِهِ فَقَالَ: هَذَانِ حَرَامٌ عَلَى ذُكُورِ أُمَّتِي حِلٌّ لِإِنَاثِهَا

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ took gold in his right hand and silk in his left hand and said, 'These two are forbidden for the males of my nation and lawful for its females.'

429. Musnad al-Bazzar 908No grade recorded

     نَا عَبْدُ الْحَمِيدِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي حَبِيبٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ بْنِ أَبِي الصَّعْبَةِ، عَنْ أَبِي أَفْلَحَ الْهَمْدَانِيِّ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ زُرَيْرٍ الْغَافِقِيِّ، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ بِنَحْوِهِ

     ✧ 'Abd al-Hamid b. Ja'far narrated to us, from Yazid b. Abi Habib, from 'Abd al-'Aziz b. Abi al-Sa'bah, from Abu Aflah al-Hamdani, from 'Abdullah b. Zurayr al-Ghafiqi, from 'Ali, from the Prophet ﷺ something similar.

430. Musnad al-Bazzar 909No grade recorded

     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.

431. Musnad al-Bazzar 910No grade recorded

     أُهْدِيَتْ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ بَغْلَةٌ فَأَعْجَبَتْهُ فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ: لَوْ أَنْزَيْنَا الْحُمُرَ عَلَى خَيْلِنَا جَاءَتْ بِمِثْلِ هَذِهِ فَقَالَ: إِنَّمَا يَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ الَّذِينَ لَا يَعْقِلُونَ

     ✧ A mule was gifted to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and it pleased him. I said, 'O Messenger of Allah, if we were to mate the donkeys with our horses, they would produce something like this.' He said, 'Only those who do not understand would do that.'

432. Musnad al-Bazzar 911No grade recorded

     أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ قَائِمًا يُصَلِّي بِهِمْ إِذَا انْصَرَفَ فَأَتَى وَرَأْسُهُ يَقْطُرُ مَاءً فَقَالَ: إِنِّي قُمْتُ بِكُمْ ثُمَّ ذَكَرْتُ أَنِّي كُنْتُ جُنُبًا وَلَمْ أَغْتَسِلْ فَانْصَرَفْتُ، وَاغْتَسَلْتُ فَمَنْ أَصَابَهُ مِنْكُمْ مِثْلُ الَّذِي أَصَابَنِي أَوْ وَجَدَ فِي بَطْنِهِ رِزًّا فَلْيَنْصَرِفْ فَلْيَغْتَسِلْ أَوْ يَتَوَضَّأْ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was standing leading them in prayer when he finished, then he came while his head was dripping water and said, 'I stood with you, then I remembered that I had been in a state of major ritual impurity and had not bathed, so I left and bathed. Whoever among you experiences what I experienced or feels a movement in his stomach should leave and bathe or perform ablution.'

433. Musnad al-Bazzar 912No grade recorded

     خَرَجَ زَيْدُ بْنُ حَارِثَةَ إِلَى مَكَّةَ فَقَدِمَ بِابْنَةِ حَمْزَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ، فَقَالَ جَعْفَرُ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ: أَنَا آخُذُهَا، وَأَنَا أَحَقُّ بِهَا بِنْتُ عَمِّي وَعِنْدِي خَالَتُهَا، وَإِنَّمَا الْخَالَةُ أُمٌّ، قَالَ عَلِيٌّ: بَلْ أَنَا أَحَقُّ بِهَا مِنْكُمَا بِنْتُ عَمِّي وَعِنْدِي بِنْتُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَهِيَ أَحَقُّ بِهَا، وَأَنَا أَرْفَعُ صَوْتِي أُسْمِعُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ حُجَّتِي قَبْلَ أَنْ يَخْرُجَ، فَقَالَ زَيْدٌ: بَلْ أَنَا أَحَقُّ بِهَا خَرَجْتُ إِلَيْهَا وَسَافَرْتُ وَجِئْتُ بِهَا، قَالَ: فَخَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ: مَا شَأْنُكُمْ؟ فَأَعَادُوا عَلَيْهِ مِثْلَ قَوْلِهِمْ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: سَأَقْضِي بَيْنَكُمْ فِي هَذَا وَفِي غَيْرِهِ، قَالَ عَلِيٌّ: لَمَّا قَالَ فِي غَيْرِهِ قُلْتُ: نَزَلَ الْقُرْآنُ فِي رَفْعِنَا أَصْوَاتَنَا، قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: " أَمَّا أَنْتَ لِزَيْدٍ مَوْلَايَ وَمَوْلَاهُمَا، قَالَ: قَدْ رَضِيتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، وَأَمَّا أَنْتَ يَا جَعْفَرُ فَأَشْبَهْتَ خَلْقِي وَخُلُقِي وَأَنْتَ مِنْ شَجَرَتِي الَّتِي أَنَا مِنْهَا، قَالَ: رَضِيتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ. وَأَمَّا أَنْتَ يَا عَلِيُّ فَصَفِيِّي وَأَمِينِي، قَالَ: رَضِيتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، وَأَمَّا الْجَارِيَةُ فَأَقْضِي بِهَا لِجَعْفَرٍ تَكُونُ مَعَ خَالَتِهَا، وَإِنَّمَا الْخَالَةُ أُمٌّ، قَالَ: قَدْ سَلَّمْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ

     ✧ Zayd b. Harithah went out to Makkah and brought back the daughter of Hamzah b. 'Abd al-Muttalib. Ja'far b. Abi Talib said, 'I will take her; I have more right to her. She is my cousin, and her maternal aunt is with me, and the maternal aunt is like a mother.' 'Ali said, 'Rather, I have more right to her than both of you. She is my cousin, and I have the daughter of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and she has more right to her. And I am raising my voice so that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ hears my argument before he comes out.' Zayd said, 'Rather, I have more right to her. I went out to her, traveled, and brought her.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came out and said, 'What is your matter?' They repeated their statements to him. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'I will judge between you in this and in other matters.' 'Ali said, 'When he said "in other matters," I said, "The Qur'an was revealed regarding our raising our voices."' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "As for you, Zayd, you are my mawla and their mawla." He said, 'I am pleased, O Messenger of Allah.' "And as for you, Ja'far, you resemble my physical appearance and character, and you are from my tree from which I come." He said, 'I am pleased, O Messenger of Allah.' "And as for you, 'Ali, you are my close friend and my trustee." He said, 'I am pleased, O Messenger of Allah.' "And as for the girl, I judge her for Ja'far; she will be with her maternal aunt, and the maternal aunt is like a mother." He said, 'We have submitted, O Messenger of Allah.'

434. Musnad al-Bazzar 913No grade recorded

     قَدِمَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ سَبْيٌ، فَانْطَلَقَ عَلِيٌّ وَفَاطِمَةُ حَتَّى أَتَيَا النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ: " مَا بَالُكُمَا ؟ " فَقَالَ لَهُ عَلِيٌّ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، شَقَّ عَلَيْنَا الْعَمَلُ فَأَرَدْنَا أَنْ تُعْطِيَنَا خَادِمًا نَتَّقِي بِهِ الْعَمَلَ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: هَلْ أَدُلُّكُمَا عَلَى خَيْرٍ لَكُمَا مِنْ حُمْرِ النَّعَمِ ؟ قَالَ عَلِيٌّ: نَعَمْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، قَالَ: تَكْبِيرَاتٌ وَتَسْبِيحَاتٌ وَتَحْمِيدَاتٌ مِائَةٌ حِينَ تُرِيدُ أَنْ تَنَامَ فَتَبِيتَا عَلَى أَلْفِ حَسَنَةٍ، قَالَ عَلِيٌّ: فَمَا فَاتَتْنِي مُنْذُ سَمِعْتُهَا مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَّا لَيْلَةَ صِفِّينَ فَإِنِّي نُسِّيتُهَا حَتَّى ذَكَرْتُهَا مِنْ آخِرِ اللَّيْلِ فَقُلْتُهَا

     ✧ Captives were brought to the Prophet ﷺ, so 'Ali and Fatimah went until they came to the Prophet ﷺ. He said, 'What is the matter with you two?' 'Ali said to him, 'O Messenger of Allah, work has become difficult for us, and we wanted you to give us a servant to help us with the work.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Shall I direct you two to something better for you than red camels?' 'Ali said, 'Yes, O Messenger of Allah.' He said, 'Glorifications of Allah, praises of Allah, and declarations of His greatness, one hundred when you wish to sleep, so you will spend the night with a thousand good deeds.' 'Ali said, 'I have not missed them since I heard them from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ except on the night of Siffin, for I forgot them until I remembered them at the end of the night, then I said them.'

435. Musnad al-Bazzar 914No grade recorded

     سَمِعْتُ رَجُلًا، يَسْتَغْفِرُ لِأَبَوَيْهِ وَهُمَا مُشْرِكَانِ فَقُلْتُ: تَسْتَغْفِرُ لِأَبَوَيْكَ وَهُمَا مُشْرِكَانِ ؟ فَقَالَ: أَلَمْ يَسْتَغْفِرْ إِبْرَاهِيمُ لِأَبِيهِ ؟ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَنَزَلَتْ: مَا كَانَ لِلنَّبِيِّ وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا أَنْ يَسْتَغْفِرُوا لِلْمُشْرِكِينَ إِلَى آخِرِ الْآيَةِ

     ✧ I heard a man seeking forgiveness for his parents while they were polytheists, so I said: 'You seek forgiveness for your parents while they are polytheists?' He said: 'Did not Ibrahim seek 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 seek forgiveness for the polytheists' to the end of the verse.

436. Musnad al-Bazzar 915No grade recorded

     قُلْتُ لِلْعَبَّاسِ: سَلْ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ لَنَا الْحِجَابَةَ فَسَأَلَهُ فَقَالَ: أُعْطِيكُمُ السِّقَايَةَ تَرْزَؤُكُمْ وَلَا تَرْزَءُونَهَا قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِلْعَبَّاسِ سَلْ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَسْتَعْمِلُكَ عَلَى الصَّدَقَاتِ فَقَالَ: مَا كُنْتُ لِأَسْتَعْمِلَكَ عَلَى غُسَالَةِ ذُنُوبِ النَّاسِ

     ✧ I said to al-'Abbas: 'Ask the Messenger of Allah ﷺ for the guardianship [of the Kaaba] for us.' He asked him, and he said: 'I give you the watering, which will harm you and you will not harm it.' He said: I said to al-'Abbas: 'Ask the Messenger of Allah ﷺ to appoint you over the sadaqat.' He said: 'I would not appoint you over the washing of people's sins.'

437. Musnad al-Bazzar 916No grade recorded

     أَنَّهُ لَمْ يَكُنْ نَبِيٌّ إِلَّا وَقَدْ أُعْطِيَ سَبْعَةَ رُفَقَاءَ نُجَبَاءَ وَوُزَرَاءَ، وَإِنِّي أُعْطِيتُ أَرْبَعَةَ عَشَرَ: حَمْزَةُ، وَجَعْفَرٌ، وَعَلِيٌّ، وَحَسَنٌ، وَحُسَيْنٌ، وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ، وَعُمَرُ، وَعَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ وَأَبُو ذَرٍّ، وَالْمِقْدَادُ، وَحُذَيْفَةُ، وَعَمَّارٌ، وَسَلْمَانُ، وَبِلَالٌ

     ✧ There was no prophet but he was given seven noble companions and ministers, and I was given fourteen: Hamza, Ja'far, 'Ali, Hasan, Husayn, Abu Bakr, 'Umar, 'Abdullah b. Mas'ud, Abu Dharr, al-Miqdad, Hudhayfa, 'Ammar, Salman, and Bilal.

438. Musnad al-Bazzar 917No grade recorded

     لَمَّا قَتَلَ عَلِيٌّ أَهْلَ النَّهَرِ قَالَ: اطْلُبُوا فَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ: سَيَخْرُجُ قَوْمٌ يَتَكَلَّمُونَ بِكَلِمَةِ الْحَقِّ لَا تُجَاوِزُ حُلُوقَهُمْ فَهُمْ شَرُّ النَّاسِ، وَاطْلُبُوهُ فَطَلَبْنَاهُ فَوَجَدْنَاهُ فَخَرَرْنَا سُجُودًا وَخَرَّ عَلِيٌّ مَعَنَا سَاجِدًا

     ✧ When 'Ali killed the people of al-Nahar, he said: 'Search, for indeed the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "A people will emerge who speak the word of truth, but it will not pass their throats; they are the worst of people." So search for him.' We searched and found him, and we fell down in prostration, and 'Ali fell down with us in prostration.

439. Musnad al-Bazzar 918No grade recorded

     كُنْتُ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ عِنْدَ الْبَقِيعِ يَعْنِي بَقِيعَ الْغَرْقَدِ، فِي يَوْمٍ مَطِيرٍ، فَمَرَّتِ امْرَأَةٌ عَلَى حِمَارٍ وَمَعَهَا مُكَارِي فَمَرَّتْ فِي وَهْدَةٍ مِنَ الْأَرْضِ فَسَقَطَتْ فَأَعْرَضَ عَنْهَا بِوَجْهِهِ فَقَالُوا: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّهَا مُتَسَرْوِلَةٌ فَقَالَ: اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِلْمُتَسَرْوِلَاتِ مِنْ أُمَّتِي

     ✧ I was with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ near al-Baqi', meaning Baqi' al-Gharqad, on a rainy day when a woman passed by on a donkey with a mule driver. She passed through a depression in the ground and fell, so he turned his face away from her. They said: 'O Messenger of Allah, she is wearing trousers.' He said: 'O Allah, forgive the trouser-wearing women of my ummah.'

440. Musnad al-Bazzar 919No grade recorded

     قِيلَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَوِّمْ لَنَا السِّعْرَ، قَالَ: إِنَّ غَلَاءَ السِّعْرِ وَرُخْصَهُ بِيَدِ اللهِ، إِنِّي أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَلْقَى رَبِّي وَلَيْسَ أَحَدٌ يَطْلُبُنِي بِمَظْلَمَةٍ ظَلَمْتُهَا إِيَّاهُ

     ✧ It was said: 'O Messenger of Allah, set the prices for us.' He said: 'Indeed, the rising and falling of prices is in the hand of Allah. I wish to meet my Lord with no one seeking recompense from me for an injustice I did to him.'

441. Musnad al-Bazzar 920No grade recorded

     شَهِدْتُ عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ؓ يَوْمَ قَتْلِ الْحَرُورِيَّةِ، وَأَنَا مَعَ مَوْلَايَ فَقَالَ: انْظُرُوا فَإِنَّ فِيهِمْ رَجُلًا إِحْدَى يَدَيْهِ مِثْلُ ثَدْيِ الْمَرْأَةِ وَأَخْبَرَنِي النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَنِّي صَاحِبُهُ، فَقَلَّبُوا الْقَتْلَى فَلَمْ يَجِدُوهُ وَقَالُوا: سَبْعَةُ نَفَرٍ تَحْتَ النَّخْلِ لَمْ نَقْلِبْهُمْ بَعْدُ، فَقَالَ: وَيْلَكُمُ انْظُرُوا. قَالَ أَبُو مُؤْمِنٍ: فَرَأَيْتُ فِي رِجْلَيْهِ حَبْلَيْنِ يَجُرُّونَهُ حَتَّى أَلْقَوْهُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ فَخَرَّ عَلِيٌّ سَاجِدًا وَقَالَ: أَبْشِرُوا، قَتْلَاكُمْ فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَقَتْلَاهُمْ فِي النَّارِ

     ✧ I witnessed 'Ali b. Abi Talib ؓ on the day of the killing of the Haruriyya, while I was with my master. He said: 'Look, for among them is a man one of whose hands is like a woman's breast. The Prophet ﷺ informed me that I am his companion.' They turned over the slain but did not find him, and said: 'Seven individuals under the palm tree we have not yet turned over.' He said: 'Woe to you, look.' Abu Mu'min said: I saw two ropes on his legs, dragging him until they threw him before him. 'Ali fell down in prostration and said: 'Rejoice, your slain are in Paradise and their slain are in the Fire.'

442. Musnad al-Bazzar 921No grade recorded

     مَاتَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الصُّفَّةِ فَتَرَكَ دِينَارًا وَدِرْهَمًا، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: كَيَّتَانِ صَلُّوا عَلَى صَاحِبِكُمْ

     ✧ A man from the people of al-Suffa died and left behind a dinar and a dirham. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Two brands [of fire]. Pray over your companion.'

443. Musnad al-Bazzar 922No grade recorded

     " لَا تَكْذِبُوا عَلَيَّ فَإِنَّهُ مَنْ يَكْذِبْ عَلَيَّ يَلِجِ النَّارَ

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

444. Musnad al-Bazzar 923No grade recorded

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

     ✧ A servant does not believe until he believes in four: he bears witness that there is no deity but Allah and that I am the Messenger of Allah, He sent me with the truth; he believes in the resurrection after death; and he believes in fate.

445. Musnad al-Bazzar 924No grade recorded

     اجْتَمَعَتْ قُرَيْشٌ، إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالُوا: إِنَّ أَرِقَّاءَنَا لَحِقُوا بِكَ وَدَخَلَ مَعَكَ فِي هَذَا الْأَمْرِ مَنْ لَيْسَ هُوَ لَهُ بِأَهْلٍ، ارْدُدْهُمْ عَلَيْنَا، فَغَضِبَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ حَتَّى يُرَى الْغَضَبُ فِي وَجْهِهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ: لَتَنْهَيُنَّ يَا مَعْشَرَ قُرَيْشٍ، أَوْ لَيَبْعَثَنَّ اللهُ رَجُلًا مِنْكُمُ امْتَحَنَ اللهُ قَلْبَهُ بِالْإِيمَانِ يَضْرِبُ رِقَابَكُمْ عَلَى الدِّينِ، فَقِيلَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؟ قَالَ: لَا، قِيلَ: فَعُمَرُ ؟ قَالَ: لَا وَلَكِنَّهُ خَاصِفُ النَّعْلِ الَّذِي فِي الْحُجْرَةِ، قَالَ عَلِيٌّ: فَكُنْتُ أَنَا خَاصِفَ النَّعْلِ، قَالَ عَلِيٌّ فَاسْتَقْطَعَ النَّاسُ ذَلِكَ مِنْ عَلِيٍّ فَقَالَ: أَمَا إِنِّي سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ: " لَا تَكْذِبُوا عَلَيَّ فَإِنَّهُ مَنْ يَكْذِبْ عَلَيَّ مُتَعَمِّدًا فَلْيَلِجِ النَّارَ

     ✧ Quraysh gathered before the Prophet ﷺ and said: 'Our slaves have joined you and entered with you into this affair though they are not worthy of it. Return them to us.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ became angry until anger was seen on his face, then said: 'O assembly of Quraysh, you will desist, or Allah will surely send a man from among you whose heart Allah has tested with faith to strike your necks for the religion.' It was said: 'O Messenger of Allah, Abu Bakr?' He said: 'No.' It was said: 'Then 'Umar?' He said: 'No, but he is the mender of the sandal in the room.' 'Ali said: 'I was the mender of the sandal.' 'Ali said: The people asked 'Ali about that, and he said: 'Indeed, I heard him say: "Do not lie about me, for whoever lies about me deliberately, let him enter the Fire."

446. Musnad al-Bazzar 925No grade recorded

     " إِنَّ ثَلَاثَةَ نَفَرٍ انْطَلَقُوا إِلَى حَاجَةٍ لَهُمْ فَآوُوا إِلَى جَبَلٍ فَسَقَطَ عَلَيْهِمْ فَقَالُوا: يَا هَؤُلَاءِ يَعْنِي: بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ، تَفَكَّرُوا فِي أَحْسَنِ أَعْمَالِكُمْ فَادْعُوا اللهَ بِهَا لَعَلَّ اللهَ أَنْ يُفَرِّجَ عَنْكُمْ، فَقَالَ أَحَدُهُمُ: اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّهُ كَانَتْ لَهُ امْرَأَةٌ صَدِيقَةٌ أُطِيلُ الِاخْتِلَافَ إِلَيْهَا حَتَّى أَدْرَكْتُ حَاجَتِي مِنْهَا، فَقَالَتْ: أُذَكِّرُكَ اللهَ أَنْ تَرْكَبَ مِنِّي مَا حَرَّمَ اللهُ عَلَيْكَ، فَقُلْتُ: أَنَا أَحَقُّ أَنْ أَخَافَ فَتَرَكْتُهَا مِنْ مَخَافَتِكَ وَابْتِغَاءِ مَرْضَاتِكَ، فَإِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ ذَلِكَ فَفَرِّجْ عَنَّا، قَالَ: فَانْصَدَعَ الْجَبَلُ عَنْهُمْ حَتَّى طَمَعُوا فِي الْخُرُوجِ وَلَمْ يَسْتَطِيعُوا الْخُرُوجَ، وَقَالَ الثَّانِي: اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّهُ كَانَ أُجَرَاءُ يَعْمَلُونَ عَمَلًا أَحْسِبُهُ قَالَ: فَأَخَذَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمْ أَجْرَهُ، وَتَرَكَ وَاحِدٌ أَجْرَهُ وَزَعَمَ أَنَّ أَجْرَهُ أَكْثَرُ مِنْ أُجُورِ أَصْحَابِهِ، فَعَزَلْتُ أَجْرَهُ مِنْ مَالِي حَتَّى كَانَ خَيْرًا وَمَاشِيَةً، فَأَتَانِي بَعْدَمَا افْتَقَرَ وَكَبِرَ، فَقَالَ: أُذَكِّرُكَ اللهَ فِي أُجْرَتِي فَإِنِّي أَحْوَجُ مَا كُنْتُ إِلَيْهِ، فَانْطَلَقْتُ فَوْقَ بَيْتٍ فَأَرَيْتُهُ مَا أَنْمَى اللهُ مِنْ أَجْرِهِ فِي الْمَالِ وَالْمَاشِيَةِ فِي الْغَائِطِ يَعْنِي فِي الصَّحَارِي، فَقُلْتُ: هَذَا لَكَ. فَقَالَ: لِمَ تَسْخَرُ بِي أَصْلَحَكَ اللهُ ؟ كُنْتُ أُرِيدُ عَلَى أَقَلِّ مِنْ هَذَا فَتَأْبَى عَلَيَّ، فَدَفَعْتُ إِلَيْهِ يَا رَبِّ مِنْ مَخَافَتِكَ وَابْتِغَاءِ مَرْضَاتِكَ فَإِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ ذَلِكَ فَفَرِّجْ عَنَّا، فَانْصَدَعَ الْجَبَلُ عَنْهُمْ وَلَمْ يَسْتَطِيعُوا أَنْ يَخْرُجُوا. وَقَالَ الثَّالِثُ: يَا رَبِّ إِنَّهُ كَانَ لِي أَبَوَانِ كَبِيرَانِ فَقِيرَانِ لَيْسَ لَهُمَا خَادِمٌ وَلَا رَاعٍ وَلَا وَالٍ غَيْرِي أَرْعَى لَهُمَا بِالنَّهَارِ وَآوِي إِلَيْهِمَا بِاللَّيْلِ، وَإِنَّ الْكَلَّاءَ تَبَاعَدَ فَتَبَاعَدْتُ بِالْمَاشِيَةِ فَأَتَيْتُهُمَا يَعْنِي لَيْلَةً بَعْدَمَا ذَهَبَ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ وَنَامَا، فَحَلَبْتُ يَعْنِي فِي الْإِنَاءِ، ثُمَّ جَلَسْتُ عِنْدَ رُءُوسِهِمَا بِالْإِنَاءِ كَرَاهِيَةَ أَنْ أُوقِظَهُمَا حَتَّى يَسْتَيْقِظَا مِنْ قِبَلِ أَنْفُسِهِمَا، اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنِّي فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ مِنْ مَخَافَتِكَ وَابْتِغَاءِ مَرْضَاتِكَ فَفَرِّجْ عَنَّا، فَانْصَدَعَ الْجَبَلُ وَخَرَجُوا

     ✧ Three people set out for a need of theirs and took shelter in a mountain, which collapsed upon them. They said: 'O you, meaning some to others, think about the best of your deeds and call upon Allah through them, perhaps Allah will relieve us.' One of them said: 'O Allah, there was a woman I was close with, and I kept going to her until I got what I wanted from her. She said: "I remind you of Allah not to do with me what Allah has forbidden you." I said: "I am more deserving to fear." So I left her out of fear of You and seeking Your pleasure. If You know that, then relieve us.' He said: The mountain split open for them until they hoped to get out but could not get out. The second said: 'O Allah, there were hired workers working on a job—I think he said—and each of them took his wages, but one left his wages and claimed that his wages were more than the wages of his companions. I set aside his wages from my wealth until it became much good and livestock. He came to me after he had become poor and old, and said: "I remind you of Allah regarding my wages, for I am in greater need of it than ever." I went up on a house and showed him what Allah had increased from his wages in wealth and livestock in the open land, meaning in the deserts. I said: "This is for you." He said: "Are you mocking me, may Allah set you right? I wanted less than this and you refused me." So I gave it to him, O Lord, out of fear of You and seeking Your pleasure. If You know that, then relieve us.' The mountain split open for them, but they could not get out. The third said: 'O Lord, I had two elderly poor parents who had no servant, no shepherd, and no guardian other than me. I pastured for them by day and returned to them by night. The pasture became distant, so I went far with the livestock. I came to them at night after part of the night had passed and they had slept. I milked into the vessel, then sat by their heads with the vessel, disliking to wake them until they woke up on their own. O Allah, if You know that I did that out of fear of You and seeking Your pleasure, then relieve us.' The mountain split open and they came out.

447. Musnad al-Bazzar 926No grade recorded

     " يَا عَلِيُّ إِنَّ لَكَ فِي الْجَنَّةِ كَنْزًا وَإِنَّكَ ذُو قَرْنَيْهَا فَلَا تُتْبِعِ النَّظْرَةَ النَّظْرَةَ فَإِنَّ لَكَ الْأُولَى

     ✧ "O 'Ali, you have a treasure in Paradise, and you are the possessor of its two horns. Do not follow a glance with another glance, for the first is yours [and the second is not]."

448. Musnad al-Bazzar 927No grade recorded

     أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَامَ مَرَّةً ثُمَّ لَمْ يَقُمْ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood once, then he did not stand [again].

449. Musnad al-Bazzar 928No grade recorded

     أَنَّهُ شَهِدَ جِنَازَةً بِالْكُوفَةِ مَعَ عَلِيٍّ فَمَرَّ عَلِيٌّ بِالنَّاسِ وَهُمْ قِيَامٌ فَأَشَارَ إِلَيْهِمْ أَنِ اجْلِسُوا فَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَحْسِبُهُ قَدْ كَانَ يَقُومُ ثُمَّ قَعَدَ

     ✧ He attended a funeral in Kufa with 'Ali. 'Ali passed by the people while they were standing, and he gestured to them to sit, saying, 'The Messenger of Allah ﷺ, I think, used to stand but then he sat.'

450. Musnad al-Bazzar 929No grade recorded

     نَا أَبُو عَاصِمٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ، عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ عُقْبَةَ، عَنْ يُوسُفَ بْنِ مَسْعُودِ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ بِنَحْوِهِ. وَلَا نَعْلَمُ أَسْنَدَ مَسْعُودُ بْنُ الْحَكَمِ إِلَّا هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ، وَقَدْ رُوِيَ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ، مِنْ غَيْرِ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ

     ✧ Abu 'Asim narrated to us, from Ibn Jurayj, from Musa b. 'Uqbah, from Yusuf b. Mas'ud b. al-Hakam, from his father, from 'Ali, from the Prophet ﷺ, similarly. We do not know that Mas'ud b. al-Hakam transmitted anything as a musnad except this hadith from 'Ali, and it has been narrated from 'Ali through other than this route.

451. Musnad al-Bazzar 930No grade recorded

     أَلَا أَبْعَثُكَ عَلَى مَا بَعَثَنِي عَلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ ؟ أَنْ لَا أَمُرَّ بِقَبْرٍ إِلَّا سَوَّيْتُهُ وَبِمَسْحِ التَّمَاثِيلِ

     ✧ Shall I not send you with what the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent me? That I should not pass by any grave without leveling it, and to obliterate images.

452. Musnad al-Bazzar 931No grade recorded

     بَعَثَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَى الْيَمَنِ فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ تَبْعَثُنِي وَأَنَا شَابٌّ أَقْضِي فِيهِمْ وَلَا أَدْرِي مَا الْقَضَاءُ، فَضَرَبَ فِي صَدْرِي بِيَدِهِ وَقَالَ: اللَّهُمَّ اهْدِ قَلْبَهُ وَثَبِّتْ لِسَانَهُ قَالَ: فَوَالَّذِي فَلَقَ الْحَبَّةَ مَا شَكَكْتُ بَعْدُ فِي قَضَاءٍ بَيْنَ اثْنَيْنِ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent me to Yemen. I said, 'O Messenger of Allah, you are sending me while I am a young man to judge among them, and I do not know what judgment is.' He struck my chest with his hand and said, 'O Allah, guide his heart and make his tongue steadfast.' He ['Ali] said, 'By the One who split the grain, I never doubted after that in any judgment between two people.'

453. Musnad al-Bazzar 932No grade recorded

     لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ: وَلِلَّهِ عَلَى النَّاسِ حِجُّ الْبَيْتِ مَنِ اسْتَطَاعَ إِلَيْهِ سَبِيلا قَالُوا لِرَسُولِ اللهِ: لِكُلِّ عَامٍ ؟ فَسَكَتَ ثُمَّ قَالُوا: فِي كُلِّ عَامٍ ؟ قَالَ: لَا وَلَوْ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ لَوَجَبَتْ فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ: يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لا تَسْأَلُوا عَنْ أَشْيَاءَ إِنْ تُبْدَ لَكُمْ تَسُؤْكُمْ

     ✧ When this verse was revealed: 'And [due] to Allah from the people is a pilgrimage to the House - for whoever is able to find thereto a way' [Quran 3:97], they said to the Messenger of Allah, '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 Allah revealed: 'O you who have believed, do not ask about things which, if they are shown to you, will distress you' [Quran 5:101].

454. Musnad al-Bazzar 933No grade recorded

     كَانَ أَبِي عَلَى أَمْرٍ مِنْ أَمْرِ مَكَّةَ فِي زَمَنِ عُثْمَانَ، فَأَقْبَلَ عُثْمَانُ إِلَى مَكَّةَ فَاسْتَقْبَلَهُ بِقُدَيْدٍ فَاصْطَادَ أَهْلُ الْمَاءِ حَجَلًا فَطَبَخْنَاهُ بِمَاءٍ وَمِلْحٍ فَجَعَلْنَاهُ عُرَاقًا لِثَرِيدٍ فَقُرِّبَ لِعُثْمَانَ وَأَصْحَابِهِ فَأَمْسَكُوا حِينَ رَأَوْهُ، فَقَالَ عُثْمَانُ: صَيْدٌ لَهُمُ اصْطَادُوهُ وَلَمْ نَأْمُرْهُمْ بِصَيْدِهِ صَادَهُ قَوْمٌ حَلَالٌ فَأَطْعَمُونَا فَمَا بَأْسُهُ مَنْ يَقُولُ هَذَا فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ: عَلِيٌّ، فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهِ فَجَاءَ كَأَنِّي أَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهِ حِينَ جَاءَ يَحُتُّ عَنْ كَفَّيْهِ الْخَبَطَ يَقُولُ لَهُ عُثْمَانُ صَيْدٌ لَمْ نَصْطَدْهُ وَلَمْ نَأْمُرْ بِصَيْدِهِ اصْطَادَهُ قَوْمٌ حَلَالٌ فَأَطْعَمُونَا مَا بَأْسُهُ ؟ قَالَ عَلِيٌّ: أَنْشُدُ اللهَ رَجُلًا شَهِدَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ حِينَ أُتِيَ بِقَائِمَةِ حِمَارِ وَحْشٍ أَوْ بِعَجُزِهِ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: إِنَّا قَوْمٌ حُرُمٌ فَأَطْعِمُوهُ أَهْلَ الْحِلِّ فَشَهِدَ اثْنَا عَشَرَ رَجُلًا مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ أَنْشُدُ اللهَ رَجُلًا شَهِدَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ حِينَ أُتِيَ بِبَيْضِ النَّعَامِ فَقَالَ: " إِنَّا حُرُمٌ فَأَطْعِمُوهُ أَهْلَ الْحِلِّ فَشَهِدَ دُونَهُمْ مِنَ الْعِدَّةِ فَثَنَى عُثْمَانُ وَرِكَهُ عَنِ الطَّعَامِ وَأَكَلَ أَهْلُ الْمَاءِ ذَلِكَ الطَّعَامَ

     ✧ My father was in charge of some affair of Makkah during the time of 'Uthman. 'Uthman came to Makkah, and he was met at Qudayd. The people of the water caught a partridge and cooked it with water and salt, making it a broth for tharid. It was presented to 'Uthman and his companions, but they refrained when they saw it. 'Uthman said, 'It is game that they caught for us; we did not command them to hunt it. A people in the state of ihram [actually halal, not muhrim] hunted it and fed us, so what is wrong with it? Who can speak about this?' Some said, ''Ali.' So he sent for him. He came - it is as if I can see him when he came brushing off leaves from his palms. 'Uthman said to him, 'Game that we did not hunt and did not command to be hunted; a people in the state of halal hunted it and fed us, so what is wrong with it?' 'Ali said, 'I adjure by Allah a man who witnessed the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when a leg of a wild donkey or its hindquarter was brought to him, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "We are people in the state of ihram, so feed it to those who are not in ihram."' Twelve men from the companions of the Prophet ﷺ testified. Then he said, 'I adjure by Allah a man who witnessed the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when ostrich eggs were brought to him, and he said, "We are in the state of ihram, so feed them to those who are not in ihram."' Then a number less than them testified. 'Uthman turned his side away from the food, and the people of the water ate that food.

455. Musnad al-Bazzar 934No grade recorded

     " قَالَ اللهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى: الصَّوْمُ لِي وَأَنَا أَجْزِي بِهِ وَلِلصَّائِمِ فَرْحَتَانِ حِينَ يُفْطِرُ وَحِينَ يَلْقَى رَبَّهَ، وَالَّذِي نَفْسُ مُحَمَّدٍ بِيَدِهِ لَخُلُوفُ فَمِ الصَّائِمِ أَطْيَبُ عِنْدَ اللهِ مِنْ رِيحِ الْمِسْكِ

     ✧ Allah, Blessed and Exalted, said: 'Fasting is for Me, and I reward for it. The fasting person has two joys: when he breaks his fast and when he meets his Lord. By the One in whose hand is the soul of Muhammad, the change in the mouth of the fasting person is more fragrant to Allah than the scent of musk.'

456. Musnad al-Bazzar 935No grade recorded

     " لَأَنْ تُفَصِّلَ الْمُفَصَّلَ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ كَذَا بَابًا

     ✧ That you separate the mufassal [the surahs from Qaf to al-Nas] is more beloved to me than such and such a gate [i.e., a gate of Paradise].

457. Musnad al-Bazzar 936No grade recorded

     نَا أَيُّوبُ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ حُنَيْنٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ

     ✧ Ayyub narrated to us, from Nafi', from Ibrahim b. 'Abdullah b. Hunayn, from his father, from 'Ali.

458. Musnad al-Bazzar 937No grade recorded

     نَهَى عَنْ لُبْسِ الْقَسِّيِّ وَالْمُعَصْفَرِ، وَعَنْ تَخَتُّمِ الذَّهَبِ وَعَنْ قِرَاءَةِ الْقُرْآنِ فِي الرُّكُوعِ

     ✧ He forbade wearing qassi [a type of silk-blend cloth], garments dyed with safflower, wearing gold rings, and reciting the Quran while bowing.

459. Musnad al-Bazzar 938No grade recorded

     نَهَانِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنِ التَّخَتُّمِ بِالذَّهَبِ، وَعَنْ لُبْسِ الْمُعَصْفَرِ، وَأَنْ أَقْرَأَ رَاكِعًا أَوْ سَاجِدًا

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ forbade me from wearing a gold ring, from wearing saffron-dyed garments, and from reciting while bowing or prostrating.

460. Musnad al-Bazzar 939No grade recorded

     نَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ يَعْنِي ابْنَ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ حُنَيْنٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ

     ✧ Muhammad b. Ja'far, meaning Ibn Abi Kathir, narrated to us, from Zayd b. Aslam, from Ibrahim b. 'Abd Allah b. Hunayn, from his father, from 'Ali.

461. Musnad al-Bazzar 940No grade recorded

     نَهَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنِ التَّخَتُّمِ بِالذَّهَبِ، وَعَنْ لُبْسِ الْقَسِّيِّ وَالْمُعَصْفَرِ، وَعَنِ الْقِرَاءَةِ فِي الرُّكُوعِ وَالسُّجُودِ، وَلَا يَقُولُ نَهَاكُمْ

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ forbade wearing a gold ring, wearing qassi and saffron-dyed garments, and reciting during bowing and prostration. He did not say 'He forbade you.'

462. Musnad al-Bazzar 941No grade recorded

     كَانَ يَتَخَتَّمُ فِي يَمِينِهِ

     ✧ He used to wear a ring on his right hand.

463. Musnad al-Bazzar 942No grade recorded

     رَأَيْتُ عَلِيًّا بَالَ ثُمَّ غَسَلَ ذَكَرَهُ، وَتَوَضَّأَ ثَلَاثًا، وَمَسَحَ رَأْسَهُ وَأَخَذَ حَفْنَةً مِنْ مَاءٍ، فَقَالَ بِهَا هَكَذَا وَمَسَحَ عَلَى خُفَّيْهِ وَقَالَ: هَكَذَا كَانَ وُضُوءُ رَسُولِ اللهِ

     ✧ I saw 'Ali urinate, then wash his private part, perform ablution three times, wipe his head, take a handful of water and do like this with it, and wipe over his leather socks. He said: 'This is how the Messenger of God's ablution was.'

464. Musnad al-Bazzar 943No grade recorded

     كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يُصَلِّي مِنَ اللَّيْلِ ثَمَانِيَ رَكَعَاتٍ، وَإِذَا كَانَ أَوْ قَرُبَ الْفَجْرُ أَوْتَرَ بِثَلَاثِ رَكَعَاتٍ، حَتَّى إِذَا انْفَجَرَ الْفَجْرُ صَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ الْفَجْرِ

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ used to pray eight rak'ahs at night, and when it was near dawn he would perform witr with three rak'ahs, then when dawn broke he would pray two rak'ahs before dawn.

465. Musnad al-Bazzar 944No grade recorded

     أَوْصَانِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ لَا يُغَسِّلَهُ أَحَدٌ غَيْرِي فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَرَى عَوْرَتِي إِلَّا طُمِسَتْ عَيْنَاهُ، قَالَ عَلِيٌّ: فَكَانَ الْعَبَّاسُ، وَأُسَامَةُ يُنَاوِلَانِي الْمَاءَ مِنْ وَرَاءِ السِّتْرِ

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ enjoined me that no one should wash him except me, for if anyone saw my nakedness his eyes would be blinded. 'Ali said: Al-'Abbas and Usamah would hand me water from behind the curtain.

466. Musnad al-Bazzar 945No grade recorded

     كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يُرَاوِحُ بَيْنَ قَدَمَيْهِ يَقُومُ عَلَى كُلِّ رِجْلٍ حَتَّى نَزَلَتْ مَا أَنْـزَلْنَا عَلَيْكَ الْقُرْآنَ لِتَشْقَى.

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ used to alternate between his feet, standing on each leg, until 'We have not sent down the Qur'an to you that you be distressed' was revealed.

467. Musnad al-Bazzar 946No grade recorded

     خَرَجْتُ مَعَ أَبِي عَائِدًا لِعَلِيٍّ، وَكَانَ مَرِيضًا فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبِي: مَا يُقِيمُكَ بِهَذَا الْمَنْزِلِ لَوْ هَلَكْتَ لَهُ لَمْ تَلِكَ إِلَّا أَعْرَابُ جُهَيْنَةَ، فَلَوْ دَخَلْتَ الْمَدِينَةَ كُنْتَ بَيْنَ أَصْحَابِكَ فَإِنْ أَصَابَكَ مَا تَخَافُ، وَيَخَافُهُ عَلَيْكَ وَلِيَكَ أَصْحَابُكَ، وَكَانَ أَبُو فَضَالَةَ مِنْ أَهْلِ بَدْرٍ فَقَالَ لَهُ عَلِيٌّ: إِنِّي لَسْتُ مَيِّتًا فِي مَرَضِي هَذَا أَوْ مِنْ وَجَعِي هَذَا إِنَّهُ عَهِدَ إِلَيَّ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَنِّي لَا أَمُوتُ حَتَّى أَحْسِبُهُ قَالَ: أُضْرَبَ أَوْ حَتَّى تُخْضَبَ هَذِهِ مِنْ هَذِهِ. يَعْنِي هَامَتَهُ - فَقُتِلَ أَبُو فَضَالَةَ مَعَهُ بِصِفِّينَ

     ✧ I went out with my father to visit 'Ali when he was ill. My father said to him: 'What keeps you in this place? If you were to die here, only the Bedouin of Juhaynah would attend to you. If you entered Madinah, you would be among your companions, and if what you fear befalls you, your companions would take charge of you.' Abu Fadalah was one of the people of Badr. 'Ali said to him: 'I will not die in this illness of mine, or from this pain of mine. The Prophet ﷺ told me that I will not die until—I think he said—I am struck, or until this is dyed from this,' meaning his head. Abu Fadalah was killed with him at Siffin.

468. Musnad al-Bazzar 947No grade recorded

     لَمَّا تُوُفِّيَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ سَجَّوْهُ بِثَوْبٍ فَارْتَجَّتِ الْمَدِينَةُ بِالْبُكَاءِ، وَدُهِشَ النَّاسُ كَيَوْمِ قُبِضَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَجَاءَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ مُسْرِعًا مُسْتَرْجِعًا وَهُوَ يَقُولُ: الْيَوْمَ انْقَطَعَتْ خِلَافَةُ النُّبُوَّةِ حَتَّى وَقَفَ عَلَى بَابِ الْبَيْتِ الَّذِي فِيهِ أَبُو بَكْرٍ فَقَالَ: رَحِمَكَ اللهُ أَبَا بَكْرٍ كُنْتَ أَوَّلَ الْقَوْمِ إِسْلَامًا، وَأَخْلَصَهُمْ إِيمَانًا، وَأَشَدَّهُمْ يَقِينًا، وَأَخْوَفَهُمْ لِلهِ، وَأَعْظَمَهُمْ غَنَاءً، وَأَحْوَطَهُمْ عَلَى رَسُولِهِ، وَأَحْدَبَهُمْ عَلَى الْإِسْلَامِ، وَآمَنَهُمْ عَلَى أَصْحَابِهِ، وَأَحْسَنَهُمْ صُحْبَةً، وَأَفْضَلَهُمْ مَنَاقِبَ، وَأَكْثَرَهُمْ سَوَابِقَ، وَأَرْفَعَهُمْ دَرَجَةً، وَأَقْرَبَهُمْ مِنْ رَسُولِهِ، وَأَشْبَهَهُمْ بِهِ هَدْيًا، وَخُلُقًا وَسَمْتًا، وَأَوْثَقَهُمْ عِنْدَهُ، وَأَشْرَفَهُمْ مَنْزِلَةً، وَأَكْرَمَهُمْ عَلَيْهِ، فَجَزَاكَ اللهُ عَنِ الْإِسْلَامِ وَعَنْ رَسُولِهِ، وَعَنِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ خَيْرًا، صَدَّقْتَ رَسُولَ اللهِ حِينَ كَذَّبَهُ النَّاسُ فَسَمَّاكَ فِي كِتَابِهِ صِدِّيقًا، فَقَالَ: وَالَّذِي جَاءَ بِالصِّدْقِ مُحَمَّدٌ، وَصَدَّقَ بِهِ أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَآسَيْتَهُ حِينَ بَخِلُوا، وَقُمْتَ مَعَهُ حِينَ عَنْهُ قَعَدُوا، وَصَحِبْتَهُ فِي الشِّدَّةِ أَكْرَمَ الصُّحْبَةِ، وَالْمُنَزَّلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّكِينَةُ رَفِيقُهُ فِي الْهِجْرَةِ وَمَوَاطِنِ الْكُرْبَةِ، خَلَفْتَهُ فِي أُمَّتِهِ بِأَحْسَنِ الْخِلَافَةِ، حِينَ ارْتَدَّ النَّاسُ، وَقُمْتَ بِدِينِ اللهِ قِيَامًا لَمْ يَقُمْهُ خَلِيفَةُ نَبِيٍّ قَطُّ، قَوَيْتَ حِينَ ضَعُفَ أَصْحَابُكَ، وَنَهَضْتَ حِينَ وَهَنُوا، وَلَزِمْتَ مَنَاهِجَ رَسُولِهِ بِرَغْمِ الْمُنَافِقِينَ وَغَيْظِ الْكَافِرِينَ، وَقُمْتَ بِالْأَمْرِ حِينَ فَشَلُوا بِنُورِ اللهِ إِذْ وَقَفُوا كُنْتَ أَعْلَاهُمْ فَوْقًا وَأَقَلَّهُمْ كَلَامًا، وَأَصْوَبَهُمْ مَنْطِقًا، وَأَطْوَلَهُمْ صَمْتًا، وَأَبْلَغَهُمْ قَوْلًا، وَكُنْتَ أَكْبَرَهُمْ رَأْيًا، وَأَشْجَعَهُمْ قَلْبًا، وَأَشَدَّهُمْ يَقِينَّا، وَأَحْسَنَهُمْ عَمَلًا، وَأَعْرَفَهُمْ بِالْأُمُورِ. كُنْتَ لِلدِّينِ يَعْسُوبًا وَكُنْتَ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَبًا رَحِيمًا إِذَا صَارُوا عَلَيْكَ عِيَالًا فَحَمَلْتَ أَثْقَالَ مَا عَنْهُ ضَعُفُوا، وَحَفِظْتَ مَا أَضَاعُوا، وَرَعَيْتَ مَا أَهْمَلُوا، وَصَبَرْتَ إِذْ جَزَعُوا فَأَدْرَكْتَ آثَارَ مَا طَلَبُوا وَنَالُوا بِكَ مَا لَمْ يَحْتَسِبُوا، كُنْتَ عَلَى الْكَافِرِينَ عَذَابًا صَبًّا وَلِلْمُسْلِمِينَ غَيْثًا وَخَصْبًا فُطِرْتَ بِغِنَاهَا وَقِرْتَ بِحِمَاهَا وَذَهَبْتَ بِفَضَائِلِهَا وَأَحْرَزْتَ سَوَابِقَهَا لَمْ تَقْلُلْ حُجَّتُكَ، وَلَمْ يَزِغْ قَلْبُكَ، وَلَمْ تَضْعُفْ بَصِيرَتُكَ، وَلَمْ تَجْبُنْ نَفْسُكَ. كُنْتَ كَالْجَبَلِ لَا تُحَرِّكُهُ الْعَوَاصِفُ، وَلَا تُزِيلُهُ الْقَوَاصِفُ، كُنْتَ كَمَا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: أَمَنَّ النَّاسِ عَلَيْهِ فِي صُحْبَتِكَ وَذَاتِ يَدِكَ وَكَمَا قَالَ: ضَعِيفًا فِي بَدَنِكَ قَوِيًّا فِي أَمْرِ اللهِ مُتَوَاضِعًا عَظِيمًا عِنْدَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ جَلِيلًا فِي الْأَرْضِ لَمْ يَكُنْ لِأَحَدٍ فِيكَ مَهْمَزٌ، وَلَا لِقَائِلٍ فِيكَ مَغْمَزٌ، وَلَا فِيكَ مَطْمَعٌ، وَلَا عِنْدَكَ هَوَادَةٌ لِأَحَدٍ، الضَّعِيفُ الذَّلِيلُ عِنْدَكَ قَوِيٌّ حَتَّى تَأْخُذَ لَهُ بِحَقِّهِ، الْقَوِيُّ الْعَزِيزُ عِنْدَكَ ذَلِيلٌ ضَعِيفٌ حَتَّى يُؤْخَذَ مِنْهُ الْحَقُّ، وَالْقَرِيبُ وَالْبَعِيدُ عِنْدَكَ فِي ذَلِكَ سَوَاءٌ. شَأْنُكَ الْحَقُّ وَالصِّدْقُ وَالرِّفْقُ قَوْلُكَ فَأَقْلَعْتَ وَقَدْ نُهِجَ السَّبِيلُ وَاعْتَدَلَ بِكَ الدِّينُ، وَقَوِيَ الْإِيمَانُ وَظَهَرَ أَمْرُ اللهِ وَلَوْ كَرِهَ الْكَافِرُونَ. فَسَبَقْتَ وَاللهِ سَبْقًا بَعِيدًا وَأَتْعَبْتَ مَنْ بَعْدَكَ إِتْعَابًا شَدِيدًا وَفُزْتَ بِالْجَنَّةِ وَعَظُمَتْ رَزِيَّتُكَ فِي السَّمَاءِ، وَهَزَّتْ مُصِيبَتُكَ الْأَنَامَ فَإِنَّا لِلَّهَ، وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ، رَضِينَا عَنِ اللهِ قَضَاءَهُ وَسَلَّمْنَا لِلهِ أَمْرَهُ، فَلَنْ يُصَابَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ بَعْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ بِمِثْلِكَ أَبَدًا كُنْتَ لِلدِّينِ عُدَّةً وَكَهْفًا، وَلِلْمُسْلِمِينَ حِصْنًا وَفِئَةً وَأُنْسًا، وَعَلَى الْمُنَافِقِينَ غِلْظَةً وَغَيْظًا، فَأَلْحَقَكَ اللهُ بِنَبِيِّكَ، وَلَا حَرَمَنَا اللهُ أَجْرَكَ، وَلَا أَضَلَّنَا بَعْدَكَ، قَالَ: وَسَكَتَ النَّاسُ حَتَّى قَضَى كَلَامَهُ ثُمَّ بَكَى أَصْحَابُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَقَالُوا: صَدَقْتَ يَا ابْنَ عَمِّ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ.

     ✧ When Abu Bakr ؓ died, they shrouded him in a cloth, and Madinah shook with weeping, and the people were stunned as on the day the Messenger of God ﷺ was taken. 'Ali b. Abi Talib came hastening, saying 'Indeed we belong to God, and indeed to Him we return,' and he said: 'Today the succession of prophethood has been cut off.' He stood at the door of the house where Abu Bakr was and said: 'May God have mercy on you, Abu Bakr. You were the first of the people in Islam, the most sincere of them in faith, the strongest of them in certainty, the most fearful of them of God, the greatest of them in support, the most protective of them toward His Messenger, the most affectionate of them toward Islam, the most trustworthy of them over his companions, the best of them in companionship, the most excellent of them in virtues, the most numerous of them in precedents, the highest of them in rank, the closest of them to his Messenger, the most similar to him in guidance, character, and demeanor, the most reliable of them in his sight, the most honorable of them in station, and the most noble of them to him. May God reward you well on behalf of Islam, His Messenger, and the Muslims. You believed the Messenger of God when the people denied him, so He named you in His Book al-Siddiq, saying: "And the one who brought the truth—Muhammad—and the one who believed in it—Abu Bakr." You supported him when they were miserly, you stood with him when they sat back, and you accompanied him in hardship with the noblest companionship. The one on whom tranquility descended was your companion in the emigration and in the places of distress. You succeeded him in his community with the best succession when the people apostatized, and you upheld God's religion with a stand that no successor of a prophet ever did. You were strong when your companions were weak, you rose when they faltered, and you adhered to the paths of his Messenger despite the spite of the hypocrites and the rage of the disbelievers. You undertook the affair when they failed, with God's light when they halted. You were the highest of them in elevation, the least of them in speech, the most correct of them in expression, the longest of them in silence, the most eloquent of them in words, the greatest of them in judgment, the bravest of them in heart, the strongest of them in certainty, the best of them in deeds, and the most knowledgeable of them in affairs. You were a chief for the religion, and you were a merciful father to the believers when they became dependent on you, so you carried the burdens they were too weak to bear, you preserved what they neglected, you tended what they abandoned, and you were patient when they despaired. Thus you attained the traces of what they sought, and through you they obtained what they had not expected. You were upon the disbelievers a pouring punishment, and for the Muslims rain and abundance. You were created with its richness, you dwelt in its protection, you attained its virtues, and you secured its precedents. Your argument did not diminish, your heart did not deviate, your insight did not weaken, and your soul did not falter. You were like a mountain that storms could not move and gales could not dislodge. You were as the Messenger of God ﷺ said: the most gracious of people to him in your companionship and your wealth, and as he said: weak in body, strong in the affair of God, humble, great in the sight of the Muslims, majestic on earth. No one had any fault to find in you, no speaker any criticism, no one any hope of favoritism, nor did you show leniency to anyone. The weak and abased were strong in your eyes until you secured their rights; the strong and mighty were abased and weak in your eyes until the right was taken from them; the near and the far were equal to you in that. Your concern was truth, sincerity, and gentleness. Your word was decisive, and the path was made clear, and by you the religion was set aright, faith was strengthened, and God's command prevailed, even if the disbelievers disliked it. By God, you raced ahead with a far-reaching lead, and you exhausted those after you with great exhaustion. You have attained Paradise, and your loss was magnified in heaven, and your calamity shook creation. Indeed we belong to God, and indeed to Him we return. We are content with God's decree and submit to His command. The Muslims will never be afflicted after the Messenger of God ﷺ with the like of you. You were for the religion a provision and a refuge, for the Muslims a fortress, a support, and a comfort, and upon the hypocrites harshness and wrath. May God join you with your Prophet, and may He not deprive us of your reward, and may He not lead us astray after you.' He said: The people were silent until he finished his speech, then the companions of the Messenger of God ﷺ wept and said: 'You have spoken the truth, O cousin of the Messenger of God ﷺ.'