46. ✧ Awf b. Malik al-Ashja'i, ᴿᴬ
Musnad al-Bazzar 2739No grade recorded
" عُودُوا الْمَرِيضَ، وَاتَّبِعُوا الْجَنَائِزَ، وَلَا عَلَيْكُمْ أَنْ لَا تَأْتُوا الْعُرْسَ، وَلَا عَلَيْكُمْ أَنْ تَنْكِحُوا الْمَرْأَةَ مِنْ أَجْلِ حُسْنِهَا فَلَعَلَّ أَنْ لَا تَأْتِيَ بِخَيْرٍ، وَلَا عَلَيْكُمْ أَنْ تَنْكِحُوا الْمَرْأَةَ لِكَثْرَةِ مَالِهَا، وَلَعَلَّ مَالَهَا أَنْ لَا يَأْتِيَ بِخَيْرٍ، وَلَكِنْ ذَوَاتُ الدِّينِ، وَالْأَمَانَةِ فَابْتَغُوهُنَّ
✧ Visit the sick, and follow funerals. It is no harm if you do not attend the wedding feast, and it is no harm if you marry a woman for her beauty, though perhaps she will not bring good. It is no harm if you marry a woman for her wealth, though perhaps her wealth will not bring good. But marry those of religion and trustworthiness, and seek them out.
Musnad al-Bazzar 2740No grade recorded
أَنْبَأَنَا أَبُو حَمْزَةَ، عَنِ ابْنِ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ نُفَيْرٍ الْحَضْرَمِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَوْفِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ
✧ Abu Hamza reported to us, from Ibn Jubayr b. Nufayr al-Hadrami, from his father, from Awf b. Malik, from the Prophet.
Musnad al-Bazzar 2741No grade recorded
أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ صَالِحٍ، عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ صَالِحٍ، عَنْ حَبِيبِ بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ، عَنْ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ نُفَيْرٍ، عَنْ عَوْفِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ
✧ Abdullah b. Salih reported to us, from Mu'awiya b. Salih, from Habib b. 'Ubayd, from Jubayr b. Nufayr, from 'Awf b. Malik, from the Prophet ﷺ.
Musnad al-Bazzar 2742No grade recorded
صَلَّى بِنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، عَلَى جِنَازَةٍ فَحَفِظْتُ مِنْ دُعَائِهِ: اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لَهُ، وَارْحَمْهُ، وَعَافِهِ، وَاعْفُ عَنْهُ، وَأَكْرِمْ نُزُلَهُ وَوَسِّعْ مُدْخَلَهُ، وَاغْسِلْهُ بِالْمَاءِ، وَالثَّلْجِ، وَالْبَرَدِ، وَنَقِّهِ مِنَ الْخَطَايَا كَمَا يُنَقَّى الثَّوْبُ الْأَبْيَضُ مِنَ الدَّنَسِ، وَأَبْدِلْهُ دَارًا خَيْرًا مِنْ دَارِهِ، وَأَهْلًا خَيْرًا مِنْ أَهْلِهِ، وَزَوْجًا خَيْرًا مِنْ زَوْجِهِ، وَأَدْخِلْهُ الْجَنَّةَ، وَأَعِذْهُ مِنْ عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ، وَمِنْ عَذَابِ النَّارِ " حَتَّى تَمَنَّيْتُ أَنْ أَكُونَ أَنَا ذَلِكَ الْمَيِّتَ
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ led us in a funeral prayer, and I memorized from his supplication: “O Allah, forgive him, have mercy on him, pardon him, and excuse him; honor his hospitality, widen his entrance, wash him with water, snow, and hail, and purify him from sins as a white garment is purified from dirt; replace him with a home better than his home, a family better than his family, and a spouse better than his spouse; admit him to Paradise and protect him from the punishment of the grave and from the punishment of the Fire,” until I wished that I were that deceased person.
Musnad al-Bazzar 2743No grade recorded
" إِنَّ بَيْنَ يَدَيِ السَّاعَةِ سِنِينَ خَدَّاعَةً يُصَدَّقُ فِيهَا الْكَاذِبُ، وَيُكَذَّبُ فِيهَا الصَّادِقُ، وَيُؤْتَمَنُ فِيهَا الْخَائِنُ، وَيُخَوَّنُ فِيهَا الْأَمِينُ، وَيَنْطِقُ فِيهَا الرُّوَيْبِضَةُ " قِيلَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ: وَمَا الرُّوَيْبِضَةُ ؟ قَالَ: " الِامْرُؤُ التَّافِهُ يَتَكَلَّمُ فِي أَمْرِ الْعَامَّةِ
✧ "Indeed, before the Hour there will be years of deceit, in which the liar is believed, the truthful is disbelieved, the treacherous is trusted, the trustworthy is betrayed, and the ruwaybida will speak." It was said: "O Messenger of Allah, what is the ruwaybida?" He said: "The insignificant man who speaks about public affairs."
Musnad al-Bazzar 2744No grade recorded
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ نَظَرَ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ فَقَالَ: هَذَا أَوَانُ يُرْفَعُ الْعِلْمُ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ يُقَالُ لَهُ زِيَادُ بْنُ لَبِيدٍ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، وَكَيْفَ يُرْفَعُ الْعِلْمُ، وَقَدْ أُثْبِتَ وَوَعَتْهُ الْقُلُوبُ ؟ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: " إِنْ كُنْتُ لَأَحْسَبُكَ مِنْ أَفْقَهِ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ " ثُمَّ ذَكَرَ لَهُ ضَلَالَةَ الْيَهُودِ وَالنَّصَارَى عَلَى مَا فِي أَيْدِيهِمْ فِي كِتَابِ اللهِ
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ looked at the sky and said: "This is the time when knowledge will be lifted." A man from the Ansar called Ziyad b. Labid said to him: "O Messenger of Allah, how will knowledge be lifted when it is established and hearts have retained it?" The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him: "I had considered you one of the most knowledgeable of the people of Madinah." Then he mentioned to him the misguidance of the Jews and Christians despite what was in their hands from the Book of Allah.
Musnad al-Bazzar 2745No grade recorded
أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ، فَسَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْهِ، فَقَالَ: " عَوْفٌ ؟ ": قُلْتُ: نَعَمْ، قُلْتُ: أَدْخُلُ ؟ قَالَ: " نَعَمْ " قُلْتُ: كُلِّي أَوْ بَعْضِي ؟ قَالَ: " كُلُّكَ " ثُمَّ قَالَ: اعْدُدْ يَا عَوْفُ سِتًّا بَيْنَ يَدَيِ السَّاعَةِ أَوَّلُهُنَّ مَوْتِي قَالَ: " فَبَكَيْتُ حَتَّى جَعَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُسْكِتُنِي وَاحِدَةً، وَالثَّانِيَةُ فَتْحُ بَيْتِ الْمَقْدِسِ اثْنَتَيْنِ، وَالثَّالِثَةُ مُوتَانٌ يَكُونُ فِي أُمَّتِي يَأْخُذُهُمْ كَقُعَاصِ الْغَنَمِ ثَلَاثًا، وَالرَّابِعَةُ فِتْنَةٌ تَكُونُ فِي أُمَّتِي، أَرْبَعًا قُلْتُ: أَرْبَعًا، وَالْخَامِسَةُ يَفِيضُ الْمَالُ، وَيَكْثُرُ حَتَّى إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَيُعْطَى الْمِائَةَ فَيَتَسَخَّطُهَا خَمْسًا، وَالسَّادِسَةُ هُدْنَةٌ تَكُونُ بَيْنَكُمْ، وَبَيْنَ بَنِي الْأَصْفَرِ فَيَجْمَعُونَ لَكُمْ عَلَى ثَمَانِينَ غَايَةً " قُلْتُ: مَا الْغَايَةُ ؟ قَالَ: " الرَّايَةُ تَحْتَ كُلِّ رَايَةٍ اثْنَا عَشَرَ أَلْفًا " فُسْطَاطُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ يَوْمَئِذٍ بِمَدِينَةٍ يُقَالُ لَهَا الْغُوطَةُ فِي مَدِينَةٍ يُقَالُ لَهَا: دِمَشْقُ
✧ I came to the Prophet ﷺ and greeted him. He said: "'Awf?" I said: "Yes." I said: "May I enter?" He said: "Yes." I said: "All of me or some of me?" He said: "All of you." Then he said: "Count, O 'Awf, six things before the Hour: the first of them is my death." He said: "So I wept until the Messenger of Allah ﷺ began to quiet me. One. The second is the conquest of Bayt al-Maqdis. Two. The third is a plague that will be among my Ummah, taking them like the qa'as of sheep. Three. The fourth is a tribulation that will occur among my Ummah. Four." I said: "Four." "The fifth is that wealth will overflow and become abundant, until a man is given a hundred and he is displeased with it. Five. The sixth is a truce between you and the Banu al-Asfar. They will gather against you under eighty banners." I said: "What is a banner?" He said: "A banner, under each banner twelve thousand. The camp of the Muslims on that day will be in a city called al-Ghuta, in a city called Dimashq."
Musnad al-Bazzar 2746No grade recorded
" رُؤْيَا الْمُؤْمِنِ جُزْءٌ مِنْ سِتَّةٍ وَأَرْبَعِينَ جُزْءًا مِنَ النُّبُوَّةِ
✧ "The dream of a believer is one part of forty-six parts of prophethood."
Musnad al-Bazzar 2747No grade recorded
كُنَّا نَرْقَى فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ فَقُلْنَا: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، كَيْفَ تَرَى فِي ذَلِكَ ؟ قَالَ: اعْرِضُوا عَلَيَّ رُقَاكُمْ لَا بَأْسَ بِهِ الرُّقَا مَا لَمْ تَكُنْ شِرْكًا
✧ We used to perform ruqya in the Jahiliyya, so we said: "O Messenger of Allah, what do you think about that?" He said: "Present to me your ruqas. There is no harm in ruqas as long as they do not involve shirk."
Musnad al-Bazzar 2748No grade recorded
" هَلْ أَنْتُمْ تَارِكِي لِي أُمَرَائِي ؟ فَإِنَّمَا مَثَلُكُمْ وَمَثَلُهُمْ كَرَجُلٍ اشْتَرَى إِبِلًا، وَغَنَمًا، فَأَوْرَدَهَا حَوْضًا، فَشَرَعَتْ فِيهِ فَشَرِبَتْ صَفْوَةً، وَتَرَكَتْ كَدْرَةً فَصَفْوَةٌ لَكُمْ، وَكَدْرَةٌ عَلَيْهِمْ
✧ "Will you leave my commanders to me? For indeed, your example and theirs is like a man who bought camels and sheep, then brought them to a watering trough. They entered it and drank the clear water, leaving the murky water. So the clear water is for you, and the murky water is upon them."
Musnad al-Bazzar 2749No grade recorded
غَزَوْنَا غَزْوَةً نَحْوَ الشَّامِ وَعَلَيْنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ، فَانْضَمَّ إِلَيْنَا رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَمْدَادِ حِمْيَرَ فَلَمْ يَزَلْ مَعَنَا إِلَى أَنْ دَخَلْنَا فَمَا هُوَ إِلَّا أَنْ لَقِينَا عَدُوَّنَا فِيهِمْ أَخْلَاطٌ مِنَ الرُّومِ، وَالْعَرَبِ مِنْ قُضَاعَةَ فَقَاتَلُوا قِتَالًا شَدِيدًا، وَفِي الْقَوْمِ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الرُّومِ عَلَى فَرَسٍ لَهُ أَشْقَرَ وَسَرْجٍ مُذَهَّبٍ، وَمِنْطَقَةٍ ذَهَبٍ، وَسَيْفٍ مِثْلِ ذَلِكَ فَجَعَلَ يَحْمِلُ عَلَى الْقَوْمِ، وَيَفْرِي بِهِمْ فَجَاءَ رَجُلٌ فَلَمْ يَزَلْ يَخْتَالُ الرُّومِيَّ حَتَّى ضَرَبَهُ، ضَرَبَهُ عَلَى عُرْقُوبِ فَرَسِهِ بِالسَّيْفِ، فَوَقَعَ، ثُمَّ أَتْبَعَهُ ضَرْبًا بِالسَّيْفِ حَتَّى قَتَلَهُ فَلَمَّا فَتَحَ اللهُ الْفَتْحَ أَقْبَلَ يَسْأَلُ الشَّابُّ، وَشَهِدَ لَهُ النَّاسُ أَنَّهُ قَتَلَهُ فَأَعْطَاهُ خَالِدٌ بَعْضَ سَلَبِهِ، وَأَمْسَكَ سَائِرَهُ فَلَمَّا رَجَعَ إِلَى عَوْفٍ ذَكَرَ لَهُ مَا صَنَعَ خَالِدٌ فَمَشَى عَوْفٌ حَتَّى أَتَى خَالِدًا، فَقَالَ: أَمَا تَعْلَمُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَضَى بِالسَّلَبِ لِلْقَاتِلِ ؟ قَالَ: بَلَى، قَالَ: فَمَا مَنَعَكَ أَنْ تَدْفَعَ إِلَيْهِ سَلَبَ قَتِيلِهِ ؟ قَالَ خَالِدٌ: اسْتَكْثَرْتُ لَهُ، قَالَ عَوْفٌ: لَئِنْ رَأَيْتُ وَجْهَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ لَأَذْكُرَنَّ ذَلِكَ لَهُ، فَلَمَّا قَدِمَ الْمَدِينَةَ تَبِعَهُ عَوْفٌ فَاسْتَعْدَى إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، فَدَعَا خَالِدًا، وَعَوْفٌ قَاعِدٌ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: " مَا مَنَعَكَ يَا خَالِدُ أَنْ تَدْفَعَ لِهَذَا سَلَبَ قَتِيلِهِ " ؟ قَالَ: اسْتَكْثَرْتُهُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، قَالَ: " ادْفَعْهُ إِلَيْهِ " ثُمَّ قَالَ: " قُمْ يَا عَوْفُ " فَجَرَّ عَوْفٌ رِدَاءَهُ، فَقَالَ عَوْفٌ: قَدْ أَنْجَزْتُ مَا ذَكَرْتُ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَسَمِعَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ، فَغَضِبَ خَالِدٌ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: لَا تُعْطِهِ هَلْ أَنْتُمْ تَارِكُو لِي أُمَرَائِي ؟ إِنَّمَا مَثَلِي وَمَثَلُهُمْ كَمَثَلِ رَجُلٍ اشْتَرَى إِبِلًا وَغَنَمًا فَرَاعَاهَا، ثُمَّ أَوْرَدَهَا حَوْضًا فَشَرَعَتْ فِيهِ فَشَرِبَتْ صَفْوَةَ الْمَاءِ، وَبَقِيَ كَدَرُهُ فَصَفْوَةُ أَمْرِهِمْ لَكُمْ وَكَدَرُهُ عَلَيْهِمْ
✧ We went on an expedition toward Syria, and over us was Khalid b. al-Walid. A man from the reinforcements of Himyar joined us and remained with us until we entered. As soon as we met our enemy, among whom were groups of Romans and Arabs from Quda'a, they fought fiercely. Among the enemy was a Roman man on a chestnut horse with a gilded saddle, a gold belt, and a sword like that. He began attacking the people and cutting through them. A man came and kept maneuvering around the Roman until he struck him. He struck the horse's hamstring with his sword, and it fell. Then he followed up with blows of the sword until he killed him. When Allah granted victory, the young man came asking, and the people testified that he had killed him. Khalid gave him some of his spoils and kept the rest. When he returned to 'Awf, he mentioned to him what Khalid had done. So 'Awf went until he came to Khalid and said: "Do you not know that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ruled that the spoils belong to the killer?" He said: "Yes." He said: "What prevented you from giving him the spoils of his victim?" Khalid said: "I considered it too much for him." 'Awf said: "If I see the face of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, I will definitely mention that to him." When he arrived in Madinah, 'Awf followed him and complained to the Prophet ﷺ. He called Khalid while 'Awf was sitting. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "What prevented you, O Khalid, from giving this man the spoils of his victim?" He said: "I considered it too much, O Messenger of Allah." He said: "Give it to him." Then he said: "Arise, O 'Awf." So 'Awf pulled his cloak. Then 'Awf said: "I have fulfilled what I mentioned to the Prophet ﷺ." The Prophet ﷺ heard him, and Khalid became angry. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Do not give him. Will you leave my commanders to me? Indeed, my example and theirs is like a man who bought camels and sheep, tended them, then brought them to a watering trough. They entered it and drank the clear water, leaving its murky water. So the clarity of their affair is for you, and its murkiness is upon them."
Musnad al-Bazzar 2750No grade recorded
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ: " لَمْ يُخَمِّسِ السَّلَبَ
✧ The Prophet ﷺ did not take the khums from the spoils.
Musnad al-Bazzar 2751No grade recorded
" كَانَ إِذَا جَاءَهُ مَالٌ قَسَمَهُ مِنْ يَوْمِهِ فَأَعْطَى الْأَهِلَ حَظَّيْنِ، وَالْأَعْزَبَ حَظًّا وَاحِدًا
✧ "When wealth came to him, he would distribute it on the same day, giving the married man two shares and the unmarried man one share."
Musnad al-Bazzar 2752No grade recorded
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ، قَضَى بَيْنَ رَجُلَيْنِ، فَقَالَ الْمَقْضِيُّ عَلَيْهِ: حَسْبِيَ اللهُ وَنِعْمَ الْوَكِيلُ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: " عَلَيَّ بِالرَّجُلِ " فَقَالَ لَهُ: إِذَا غَلَبَكَ أَمْرٌ فَقُلْ حَسْبِيَ اللهُ وَنِعْمَ الْوَكِيلُ
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ judged between two men, and the one against whom judgment was given said: "Sufficient for me is Allah, and He is the best Disposer of affairs." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Bring the man to me." He said to him: "When a matter overwhelms you, say: Sufficient for me is Allah, and He is the best Disposer of affairs."
Musnad al-Bazzar 2753No grade recorded
قُمْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ فَأَرَدْتُ أَنْ أَرْمُقَ صَلَاتَهُ فَاسْتَاكَ، ثُمَّ تَوَضَّأَ، ثُمَّ قَامَ يُصَلِّي فَقُمْتُ مَعَهُ فَبَدَأَ فَاسْتَفْتَحَ مِنْ سُورَةِ الْبَقَرَةِ لَا يَمُرُّ بِآيَةِ رَحْمَةٍ إِلَّا وَقَفَ فَسَأَلَ، وَلَا يَمُرُّ بِآيَةِ عَذَابٍ إِلَّا وَقَفَ فَتَعَوَّذَ، ثُمَّ رَكَعَ فَمَكَثَ رَاكِعًا بِقَدْرِ قِيَامِهِ يَقُولُ فِي رُكُوعِهِ: " سُبْحَانَ ذِي الْجَبَرُوتِ، وَالْمَلَكُوتِ، وَالْكِبْرِيَاءِ، وَالْعَظَمَةِ " ثُمَّ سَجَدَ بِقَدْرِ رُكُوعِهِ يَقُولُ فِي سُجُودِهِ: " سُبْحَانَ ذِي الْجَبَرُوتِ، وَالْمَلَكُوتِ، وَالْكِبْرِيَاءِ، وَالْعَظَمَةِ " ثُمَّ قَرَأَ آلَ عِمْرَانَ يَفْعَلُ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ
✧ I stood with the Messenger of God ﷺ one night and wanted to observe his prayer. He used the toothstick, then performed ablution, then stood to pray. I stood with him. He began and opened with Surah al-Baqarah. He did not pass by a verse of mercy but that he paused and asked, nor pass by a verse of punishment but that he paused and sought refuge. Then he bowed and remained bowing for the duration of his standing, saying in his bowing: "Glory be to the One of might, dominion, pride, and greatness." Then he prostrated for the duration of his bowing, saying in his prostration: "Glory be to the One of might, dominion, pride, and greatness." Then he recited Al 'Imran and did the same.
Musnad al-Bazzar 2754No grade recorded
رَمَقْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ
✧ I observed the Messenger of God ﷺ closely.
Musnad al-Bazzar 2755No grade recorded
" إِنَّ خِيَارَ أَئِمَّتِكُمُ الَّذِينَ تُحِبُّونَهُمْ وَيُحِبُّونَكُمْ، وَإِنَّ شِرَارَ أَئِمَّتِكُمُ الَّذِينَ تُبْغِضُونَهُمْ، وَيُبْغِضُونَكُمْ، وَتَدْعُونَ عَلَيْهِمْ وَيَدْعُونَ عَلَيْكُمْ " قَالُوا: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ: أَفَلَا نُبَادِيهِمْ عِنْدَ ذَلِكَ ؟ قَالَ: " لَا مَا صَلَّوْا، وَمَنْ وُلِّيَ عَلَيْهِ وَالٍ فَرَآهُ يَأْتِي شَيْئًا مِنْ مَعْصِيَةِ اللهِ فَلْيَكْرَهْ مَا يَأْتِي مِنْ مَعْصِيَةِ اللهِ وَلَا يَنْزِعْ يَدًا مِنْ طَاعَةٍ
✧ "The best of your leaders are those whom you love and they love you. The worst of your leaders are those whom you hate and they hate you, and you curse them and they curse you." They said: "O Messenger of God, should we not then oppose them?" He said: "No, as long as they pray. Whoever has a ruler appointed over him and sees him committing something of disobedience to God, let him hate that act of disobedience to God but not withdraw his hand from obedience."
Musnad al-Bazzar 2756No grade recorded
" لَا تَقْتُلُوا النِّسَاءَ
✧ "Do not kill women."
Musnad al-Bazzar 2757No grade recorded
" يَطَّلِعُ اللهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى عَلَى خَلْقِهِ لَيْلَةَ النِّصْفِ مِنْ شَعْبَانَ، فَيَغْفِرُ لَهُمْ كُلِّهِمْ إِلَّا لِمُشْرِكٍ أَوْ مُشَاحِنٍ
✧ "God, Blessed and Exalted, looks upon His creation on the night of the middle of Sha'ban and forgives all of them except an idolater or one who harbors enmity."
Musnad al-Bazzar 2758No grade recorded
" سَتَفْتَرِقُ أُمَّتِي عَلَى بِضْعٍ وَسَبْعِينَ فِرْقَةً أَعْظَمُهَا فِتْنَةً عَلَى أُمَّتِي قَوْمٌ يَقِيسُونَ الْأُمُورَ بِرَأْيِهِمْ يُحَرِّمُونَ الْحَلَالَ، وَيُحِلُّونَ الْحَرَامَ
✧ "My nation will split into seventy-some sects. The greatest of them in tribulation upon my nation are people who measure matters by their own opinion, declaring the lawful unlawful and the unlawful lawful."
Musnad al-Bazzar 2759No grade recorded
" إِنْ شِئْتُمْ أَنْبَأْتُكُمْ عَنِ الْإِمَارَةِ وَمَا هِيَ ؟ " فَقُمْتُ فَنَادَيْتُ بِأَعْلَى صَوْتِي ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ: وَمَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ؟ قَالَ: " أَوَّلُهَا مَلَامَةٌ وَثَانِيهَا نَدَامَةٌ، ثَالِثُهَا عَذَابًا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ إِلَّا مَنْ عَدَلَ وَكَيْفَ يَعْدِلُ مَعَ أَقْرِبِيهِ ؟
✧ "Shall I inform you about leadership and what it is?" I stood and called out at the top of my voice three times: "What is it, O Messenger of God?" He said: "Its beginning is blame, its second is regret, and its third is punishment on the Day of Resurrection, except for one who acts justly—and how can he act justly with his relatives?"
Musnad al-Bazzar 2760No grade recorded
أَمَرَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي غَزْوَةِ تَبُوكَ بِالْمَسْحِ عَلَى الْخُفَّيْنِ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ وَلَيَالِيهِنَّ لِلْمُسَافِرِ، وَيَوْمٌ وَلَيْلَةٌ لِلْمُقِيمِ
✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ commanded us during the Battle of Tabuk to wipe over the leather socks for three days and their nights for the traveler, and one day and night for the resident.
Musnad al-Bazzar 2761No grade recorded
أَنَّهُ قَامَ فِي أَصْحَابِهِ فَقَالَ: الْفَقْرَ تَخَافُونَ أَوِ الْعَوَزَ أَوْ تُلْهِكُمُ الدُّنْيَا فَإِنَّ اللهَ فَاتِحٌ لَكُمْ فَارِسَ، وَالرُّومَ، وَتُصَبُّ عَلَيْكُمُ الدُّنْيَا صَبًّا
✧ He stood among his companions and said: "Do you fear poverty or need, or are you distracted by the world? For God will open for you Persia and Byzantium, and the world will be poured upon you abundantly."
Musnad al-Bazzar 2762No grade recorded
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ دَخَلَ الْمَسْجِدَ وَإِذَا أَقْنَاءٌ مُعَلَّقَةٌ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ، وَفِيهَا قِنْوٌ حَشَفٍ فَجَعَلَ يَطْعَنُهُ بِقَضِيبٍ مَعَهُ، وَيَقُولُ: إِنَّ صَاحِبَ هَذَا يَأْكُلُ حَشَفًا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ
✧ The Prophet ﷺ entered the mosque and there were clusters of dates hanging in the mosque, including a cluster of dry, inferior dates. He began poking it with a stick he had, saying: "The owner of this will eat inferior dates on the Day of Resurrection."
Musnad al-Bazzar 2763No grade recorded
" قَدْ عَلِمْتُ آخِرَ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ دُخُولًا رَجُلٌ كَانَ يَقُولُ: اللَّهُمَّ زَحْزِحْنِي عَنِ النَّارِ، وَلَا يَقُولُ: أَدْخِلْنِي الْجَنَّةَ فَأُدْخِلَ أَهْلُ الْجَنَّةِ الْجَنَّةَ، وَأَهْلُ النَّارِ النَّارَ فَيَبْقَى ذَلِكَ الرَّجُلُ فَقَالَ: يَا رَبِّ، مَا لِي هَاهُنَا ؟ قَالَ: ذَلِكَ الَّذِي كُنْتَ تَسْأَلُ يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ، قَالَ: يَا رَبِّ أَدْنِنِي مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ، قَالَ: يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ، لَمْ تَكُنْ سَأَلْتَنِي، قَالَ: فَيُنْشِئُ اللهُ لَهُ شَجَرَةً عَلَى بَابِ الْجَنَّةِ، فَيَقُولُ: يَا رَبِّ، أَدْنِنِي إِلَى هَذِهِ الشَّجَرَةِ آكُلُ مِنْ ثَمَرِهَا، وَأَسْتَظِلُّ بِظِلِّهَا، فَيَقُولُ: يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ، أَلَمْ تَكُنْ سَأَلْتَنِي أَنْ أُزَحْزِحَكَ عَنِ النَّارِ ؟ فَلَا يَزَالُ يَسْأَلُ حَتَّى يُقَالُ لَهُ: اذْهَبْ فَلَكَ مَا بَلَغَتْ قَدَمَاكَ وَرَأَتْ عَيْنَاكَ
✧ "I have learned the last of the people of Paradise to enter it: a man who used to say: 'O God, keep me away from the Fire,' and did not say: 'Admit me into Paradise.' So the people of Paradise entered Paradise and the people of the Fire entered the Fire, and that man remained. He said: 'O Lord, what is it for me here?' He said: 'That is what you used to ask for, O son of Adam.' He said: 'O Lord, bring me near Paradise.' He said: 'O son of Adam, you did not ask Me for that.' He said: 'Then God will create for him a tree at the gate of Paradise.' He will say: 'O Lord, bring me near this tree so I may eat from its fruit and shade myself with its shade.' He will say: 'O son of Adam, did you not ask Me to keep you away from the Fire?' He will not cease asking until it is said to him: 'Go, for you have what your feet reached and your eyes saw.'"
Musnad al-Bazzar 2764No grade recorded
مَنْ قَرَأَ حَرْفًا مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ كَتَبَ اللهُ لَهُ " أَحْسَبُهُ قَالَ: " عَشْرَ حَسَنَاتٍ، وَلَا أَقُولُ الم ذَلِكَ الْكِتَابُ وَلَكِنْ بِالْأَلِفِ، وَاللَّامِ، وَالْمِيمِ
✧ Whoever recites a letter of the Qur'an, God writes for him—I think he said—ten good deeds. I do not say that Alif Lam Mim is a letter, but Alif is a letter, Lam is a letter, and Mim is a letter.
Musnad al-Bazzar 2765No grade recorded
" لَا يَقُصُّ إِلَّا أَمِيرٌ أَوْ مَأْمُورٌ أَوْ مُخْتَالٌ
✧ No one tells stories except a ruler, one commanded to do so, or a vainglorious person.
Musnad al-Bazzar 2766No grade recorded
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ، دَخَلَ الْمَسْجِدَ فَإِذَا أَقْنَاءٌ مُعَلَّقَةٌ وَإِذَا فِيهَا حَشَفٌ فَجَعَلَ يَطْعَنُهُ بِقَضِيبٍ فِي يَدِهِ وَيَقُولُ: إِنَّ صَاحِبَ هَذَا يَأْكُلُ أَوْ يَأْخُذُ حَشَفًا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ
✧ The Prophet ﷺ entered the mosque and found clusters of dates hanging, and among them were inferior dates. He began poking at them with a stick in his hand, saying: 'The owner of this will eat or receive inferior dates on the Day of Resurrection.'
Musnad al-Bazzar 2767No grade recorded
كُنَّا عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ سَبْعَةً أَوْ ثَمَانِيَةً أَوْ تِسْعَةً فَقَالَ: " أَلَا تُبَايِعُونَ رَسُولَ اللهِ " ؟ وَكُنَّا حَدِيثِي عَهْدٍ بِبَيْعَتِهِ فَقُلْنَا: قَدْ بَايَعْنَاكَ، فَعَلَامَ نُبَايِعُكَ ؟ قَالَ: تَعْبُدُونَ اللهَ وَلَا تُشْرِكُونَ بِهِ شَيْئًا، وَتُصَلُّوا الصَّلَوَاتِ الْخَمْسَ، وَتَسْمَعُوا، وَأَطِيعُوا، وَأَسَرَّ كَلِمَةً خَفِيَّةً، وَلَا تَسْأَلُوا النَّاسَ شَيْئًا " قَالَ: فَلَقَدْ كَانَ بَعْضُ أُولَئِكَ النَّفَرِ يَسْقُطُ سَوْطُهُ فَمَا يَسْأَلُ أَحَدًا يُنَاوِلُهُ إِيَّاهُ
✧ We were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, seven, eight, or nine of us, and he said: 'Will you not pledge allegiance to the Messenger of Allah?' We had recently pledged to him, so we said: 'We have already pledged to you. On what basis should we pledge to you?' He said: 'That you worship Allah and associate nothing with Him, perform the five prayers, listen and obey,' and he whispered a hidden word, 'and that you do not ask people for anything.' He (the narrator) said: 'Indeed, if one of those men's whip fell, he would not ask anyone to hand it to him.'