81. ✧ Abu Rafi', freed slave of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ᴿᴬ
Musnad al-Bazzar 3870No grade recorded
أَنَّ ضَيْفًا نَزَلَ بِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَرْسَلَنِي أَبْتَغِي لَهُ طَعَامًا فَأَتَيْتُ رَجُلًا مِنَ الْيَهُودِ فَقُلْتُ: يَقُولُ لَكَ مُحَمَّدٌ ﷺ: " إِنَّهُ قَدْ نَزَلَ بِنَا ضَيْفٌ وَلَمْ يَلْقَ عِنْدَنَا بَعْضَ الَّذِي يُصْلِحُهُ فَبِعْنِي أَوْ أَسْلِفْنِي إِلَى هِلَالِ رَجَبٍ فَقَالَ الْيَهُودِيُّ: لَا وَاللهِ لَا أُسْلِفُهُ وَلَا أَبِيعُهُ إِلَّا بِرَهْنٍ فَرَجَعْتُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ فَقَالَ: وَاللهِ إِنِّي لَأَمِينٌ فِي أَهْلِ السَّمَاءِ، أَمِينٌ فِي أَهْلِ الْأَرْضِ، وَلَوْ أَسْلَفَنِي أَوْ بَاعَنِي لَأَدَّيْتُ إِلَيْهِ اذْهَبْ بِدِرْعِي " فَنَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ تُعَزِّيهِ عَلَى الدُّنْيَا لا تَمُدَّنَّ عَيْنَيْكَ إِلَى مَا مَتَّعْنَا بِهِ أَزْوَاجًا مِنْهُمْ
✧ A guest stayed with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, so he sent me to get food for him. I went to a Jewish man and said, 'Muhammad ﷺ says to you: A guest has stayed with us and we do not have some of what would suit him, so sell to me or lend to me until the new moon of Rajab.' The Jew said, 'No, by Allah, I will not lend to him nor sell to him except with a pledge.' I returned to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and told him. He said, 'By Allah, I am indeed trustworthy in the eyes of the people of heaven, trustworthy in the eyes of the people of earth. If he had lent to me or sold to me, I would have paid him. Go with my breastplate.' Then this verse was revealed to console him regarding the world: Do not extend your eyes toward what We have bestowed upon some pairs of them.
Musnad al-Bazzar 3871No grade recorded
" أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ تَوَضَّأَ مَرَّةً مَرَّةً
✧ The Prophet ﷺ performed ablution once, once.
Musnad al-Bazzar 3872No grade recorded
" أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ نَهَسَ مِنْ كَتِفٍ ثُمَّ صَلَّى وَلَمْ يَتَوَضَّأْ
✧ The Prophet ﷺ bit from a shoulder, then prayed and did not perform ablution.
Musnad al-Bazzar 3873No grade recorded
كُنْتُ عَلَى مَالِ الْعَبَّاسِ، وَكَانَ الْإِسْلَامُ قَدْ دَخَلَنَا أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ فَأَسْلَمْتُ وَأَسْلَمَ الْعَبَّاسُ وَأَسْلَمَتْ أُمُّ الْفَضْلِ، وَكَانَ الْعَبَّاسُ يَهَابُ قَوْمَهُ وَيَكْرَهُ خِلَافَهُمْ، وَكَانَ يَكْتُمُ إِسْلَامَهُ، وَكَانَ ذَا مَالٍ كَثِيرَ مُتَفَرِّقٍ فِي قَوْمِهِ وَكَانَ أَبُو لَهَبٍ قَدْ تَخَلَّفَ وَبَعَثَ مَكَانَهُ الْعَاصِيَ بْنَ هَاشِمِ بْنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ، وَكَذَلِكَ كَانُوا يَصْنَعُونَ لَمْ يَتَخَلَّفْ رَجُلٌ إِلَّا بَعَثَ مَكَانَهُ رَجُلًا فَلَمَّا جَاءَ الْخَبَرُ عَنْ مُصَابِ قُرَيْشٍ بِبَدْرٍ وَجَدْنَا فِي أَنْفُسِنَا قُوَّةً وَعِزَّةً، وَكُنْتُ رَجُلًا ضَعِيفًا وَكُنْتُ أَعْمَلُ الْأَقْدَاحَ أَنْحِتُهَا فِي حُجْرَةِ زَمْزَمَ، فَوَاللهِ إِنِّي لَجَالِسٌ فِيهَا أَنْحِتُ أَقْدَاحِي وَعِنْدِي أُمُّ الْفَضْلِ جَالِسَةً وَقَدْ سَرَّنَا مَا جَاءَنَا إِذْ أَقْبَلَ أَبُو لَهَبٍ حَتَّى جَلَسَ إِلَى طُنُبِ الْحُجْرَةِ وَأَسْنَدَ ظَهْرَهُ إِلَى ظَهْرِي، إِذْ قَالَ النَّاسُ أَبُو سُفْيَانَ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ قَدْ قَدِمَ وَالنَّاسُ قِيَامٌ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ: يَا ابْنَ أَخِي
✧ I was in charge of al-Abbas's wealth. Islam had entered us, the people of the household, and I embraced Islam, al-Abbas embraced Islam, and Umm al-Fadl embraced Islam. Al-Abbas feared his people and disliked opposing them, and he concealed his Islam. He had abundant wealth dispersed among his people. Abu Lahab had stayed behind and sent in his place al-Asi b. Hashim b. al-Mughirah, and that is what they used to do: no man stayed behind except that he sent a man in his place. When news came of the defeat of Quraysh at Badr, we found within ourselves strength and honor. I was a weak man and I used to make wooden bowls, carving them in the chamber of Zamzam. By Allah, I was sitting there carving my bowls with Umm al-Fadl sitting beside me, and what had come to us had pleased us, when Abu Lahab came and sat at the rope of the chamber and leaned his back against my back. Then people said, 'Abu Sufyan b. al-Harith b. Abd al-Muttalib has arrived.' The people were standing around him, and he said, 'O son of my brother...'
Musnad al-Bazzar 3874No grade recorded
كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا ضَحَّى اشْتَرَى كَبْشَيْنِ سَمِينَيْنِ أَقْرَنَيْنِ أَمْلَحَيْنِ فَإِذَا صَلَّى وَخَطَبَ أَتَى بِأَحَدِهِمَا وَهُوَ فِي مُصَلَّاهُ فَيَذْبَحُهُ ثُمَّ يَقُولُ: اللَّهُمَّ هَذَا عَنْ أُمَّتِي جَمِيعًا مَنْ شَهِدَ لَكَ بِالتَّوْحِيدِ وَشَهِدَ لِي بِالْبَلَاغِ ثُمَّ يُؤْتَى بِالْآخَرِ فَيَذْبَحُهُ وَيَقُولُ: " هَذَا عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ " فَيُطْعِمُهُمَا جَمِيعًا الْمَسَاكِينَ وَيَأْكُلُ هُوَ وَأَهْلُهُ مِنْهُمَا قَالَ: فَلَبِثْنَا سِنِينَ لَيْسَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ بَنِي هَاشِمٍ يُضَحِّي قَدْ كَفَاهُ اللهُ بِرَسُولِ اللهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ الْمُؤْنَةَ وَالْغُرْمَ
✧ When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ offered a sacrifice, he would buy two fat, horned, black-and-white rams. When he had prayed and delivered the sermon, one of them would be brought to him while he was at his prayer place, and he would slaughter it, then say: 'O Allah, this is on behalf of my entire Ummah, those who testify to Your Oneness and testify that I have conveyed the message.' Then the other would be brought and he would slaughter it and say: 'This is on behalf of Muhammad and the family of Muhammad.' He would feed both of them to the poor and he and his family would eat from them. He said: We remained for years, and no man of Banu Hashim offered a sacrifice; Allah had spared them the expense and burden through the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.
Musnad al-Bazzar 3875No grade recorded
كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ يَقُولُ كَمَا يَقُولُ الْمُؤَذِّنُ، وَإِذَا بَلَغَ حَيَّ عَلَى الصَّلَاةِ حَيَّ عَلَى الْفَلَاحِ، قَالَ: " لَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللهِ
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to say as the muezzin says, and when he reached 'Hayya 'ala al-salah, hayya 'ala al-falah' (Come to prayer, come to success), he would say: 'There is no might and no power except with Allah.'
Musnad al-Bazzar 3876No grade recorded
يَا أَبَا رَافِعٍ، اقْتُلْ كُلَّ كَلْبٍ بِالْمَدِينَةِ فَوَجَدْتُ نِسْوَةً مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ وَلَهُنَّ كَلْبٌ فَقُلْنَ: يَا أَبَا رَافِعٍ، إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَدْ أَغْزَا رِجَالَنَا، وَإِنَّ هَذَا الْكَلْبَ يَمْنَعُنَا بَعْدَ اللهِ، وَاللهِ مَا يَسْتَطِيعُ أَحَدٌ يَلِينَا حَتَّى تَقُومَ الْمَرْأَةُ مِنَّا، فَاذْكُرْهُ لِلنَّبِيِّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ قَالَ: فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لِلنَّبِيِّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ قَالَ: " اقْتُلْهُ فَإِنَّ اللهَ هُوَ يَمْنَعُهُنَّ
✧ O Abu Rafi', kill every dog in Madinah. I found some women of the Ansar who had a dog. They said, 'O Abu Rafi', the Messenger of Allah ﷺ has taken our men on a raid, and this dog protects us after Allah. By Allah, no one can approach us until one of our women stands up. Mention him to the Prophet ﷺ.' He said: I mentioned that to the Prophet ﷺ, and he said: 'Kill it, for Allah is the One who protects them.'
Musnad al-Bazzar 3877No grade recorded
بَيْنَمَا أَنَا مَعَ، رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي بَقِيعِ الْغَرْقَدِ، وَأَنَا أَمْشِي خَلْفَهُ إِذْ قَالَ: لَا هُدِيتَ وَلَا اهْتَدَيْتَ، لَا هُدِيتَ وَلَا اهْتَدَيْتَ، لَا هُدِيتَ وَلَا اهْتَدَيْتَ " قَالَ أَبُو رَافِعٍ: مَا لِي يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ؟ قَالَ: " لَسْتُ إِيَّاكَ أُرِيدُ، وَلَكِنْ أُرِيدُ صَاحِبَ هَذَا الْقَبْرِ " وَسُئِلَ عَنِّي فَزَعَمَ أَنَّهُ لَا يَعْرِفُنِي فَإِذَا قَبْرٌ مَرْشُوشٌ عَلَيْهِ مَاءٌ حِينَ دُفِنَ صَاحِبُهُ
✧ While I was with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in Baqi' al-Gharqad, walking behind him, he said: 'You are not guided, nor do you find guidance. You are not guided, nor do you find guidance. You are not guided, nor do you find guidance.' Abu Rafi' said, 'What is wrong with me, O Messenger of Allah?' He said, 'I do not mean you. I mean the occupant of this grave. He was asked about me and claimed he did not know me.' And there was a grave sprinkled with water when its occupant was buried.
Musnad al-Bazzar 3878No grade recorded
" نُبِّيَ النَّبِيُّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ يَوْمَ الِاثْنَيْنِ وَأَسْلَمَ عَلِيٌّ يَوْمَ الثُّلَاثَاءِ
✧ The Prophet ﷺ was made a Prophet on Monday, and Ali embraced Islam on Tuesday.
Musnad al-Bazzar 3879No grade recorded
أَوَّلُ مَنْ أَسْلَمَ مِنَ الرِّجَالِ عَلِيٌّ وَأَوَّلُ مَنْ أَسْلَمَ مِنَ النِّسَاءِ خَدِيجَةُ
✧ The first man to embrace Islam was Ali, and the first woman to embrace Islam was Khadijah.
Musnad al-Bazzar 3880No grade recorded
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ، قَالَ لِعَلِيٍّ قَبْلَ مَوْتِهِ: تُبْرِئُ ذِمَّتِي وَتُقْتَلُ عَلَى سُنَّتِي
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to 'Ali before his death: 'You will discharge my liability and be killed upon my Sunnah.'
Musnad al-Bazzar 3881No grade recorded
بَعَثَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَلِيًّا أَمِيرًا عَلَى الْيَمَنِ، وَخَرَجَ مَعَهُ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَسْلَمَ يُقَالُ لَهُ عَمْرُو بْنُ شَاسٍ فَرَجَعَ وَهُوَ يَذُمُّ عَلِيًّا وَيَشْكُوهُ فَبَعَثَ إِلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ فَقَالَ: "
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent 'Ali as commander over Yemen, and a man from Aslam called 'Amr b. Shas went out with him. He returned while disparaging 'Ali and complaining about him. The Messenger of Allah sent for him and said: "
Musnad al-Bazzar 3882No grade recorded
" طُبِخَتُ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ بَطْنُ شَاةٍ فَأَكَلَ ثُمَّ صَلَّى وَلَمْ يَتَوَضَّأْ
✧ "A sheep's stomach was cooked for the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and he ate, then prayed and did not perform wudu'."
Musnad al-Bazzar 3883No grade recorded
ذَبَحْتُ شَاةً بِوَتَدٍ فَجِئْتُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، إِنِّي ذَبَحْتُ شَاةً بِوَتِدٍ، فَقَالَ: " كُلُوهَا
✧ I slaughtered a sheep with a wooden peg and came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said: 'O Messenger of Allah, I slaughtered a sheep with a wooden peg.' He said: 'Eat it.'
Musnad al-Bazzar 3884No grade recorded
" رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ طَافَ بِالْبَيْتِ عَلَى رَاحِلَتِهِ يَسْتَلِمُ الرُّكْنَ بِمِحْجَنِهِ
✧ "I saw the Prophet ﷺ circumambulate the House on his mount, touching the corner with his staff."
Musnad al-Bazzar 3885No grade recorded
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ، ﷺ، قَالَ لِعَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ: إِنَّ اللهَ أَمَرَنِي أَنْ أُعَلِّمَكَ وَلَا أَجْفُوَكَ، وَأَنْ أُدْنِيَكَ وَلَا أُقْصِيَكَ، فَحَقٌّ عَلَيَّ أَنْ أُعَلِّمَكَ وَحَقٌّ عَلَيْكَ أَنْ تَعِيَ
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to 'Ali b. Abi Talib: 'Allah commanded me to teach you and not to be harsh with you, and to draw you near and not to distance you. It is my duty to teach you, and your duty to retain it.'
Musnad al-Bazzar 3886No grade recorded
" أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ أَذَّنَ فِي أُذُنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ حِينَ وَلَدَتْهُ أُمُّهُ فَاطِمَةُ بِالصَّلَاةِ
✧ "The Prophet ﷺ called the adhan in the ear of al-Hasan b. 'Ali when his mother Fatimah gave birth to him, with the prayer."
Musnad al-Bazzar 3887No grade recorded
" أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ اغْتَسَلَ لِلْعِيدَيْنِ، وَجَاءَ إِلَى الْعِيدِ مَاشِيًا وَرَجَعَ فِي غَيْرِ الطَّرِيقِ الَّذِي خَرَجَ فِيهِ
✧ "The Prophet ﷺ performed ghusl for the two Eids, and came to the Eid walking, and returned by a route other than the one he took out."
Musnad al-Bazzar 3888No grade recorded
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لِعَلِيٍّ: إِنَّهُ سَيَكُونُ بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَ عَائِشَةَ شَيْءٌ قَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَنَا ؟ قَالَ: " نَعَمْ " قَالَ: أَنَا مِنْ بَيْنِ أَصْحَابِي ؟ قَالَ: " نَعَمْ " قَالَ: فَأَنَا أَشْقَاهُمْ قَالَ: " لَا " قَالَ: " فَإِذَا كَانَ ذَلِكَ فَرُدَّهَا إِلَى مَأْمَنِهَا
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to 'Ali: 'There will be something between you and 'A'ishah.' He said: 'O Messenger of Allah, me?' He said: 'Yes.' He said: 'Me among all my companions?' He said: 'Yes.' He said: 'Then I am the most wretched of them?' He said: 'No. When that happens, return her to her place of safety.'
Musnad al-Bazzar 3889No grade recorded
خَرَجْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَانْتَهَيْتُ إِلَى بَقِيعِ الْغَرْقَدِ فَالْتَفَتَ إِلَيَّ فَقَالَ: هَلْ تَسْمَعُ الَّذِي أَسْمَعُ ؟ فَقُلْتُ: بِأَبِي أَنْتَ وَأُمِّي لَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَالَ: هَذَا فُلَانُ بْنُ فُلَانٍ يُعَذَّبُ فِي قَبْرِهِ فِي شَمْلَةٍ اغْتَلَّهَا يَوْمَ خَيْبَرَ
✧ I went out with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and reached Baqi' al-Gharqad. He turned to me and said: 'Do you hear what I hear?' I said: 'May my father and mother be your ransom, no, O Messenger of Allah.' He said: 'This is So-and-so b. So-and-so being punished in his grave for a cloak he stole on the day of Khaybar.'
Musnad al-Bazzar 3890No grade recorded
إِذَا سَمَّيْتُمْ مُحَمَّدًا فَلَا تَضْرِبُوهُ وَلَا تَحْرِمُوهُ
✧ When you name someone Muhammad, do not strike him and do not deprive him.
Musnad al-Bazzar 3891No grade recorded
إِذَا طَنَّتْ أُذُنُ أَحَدِكُمْ فَلْيَقُلِ اللَّهُمَّ اذْكُرْ بِخَيْرٍ مَنْ ذَكَرَنَا بِخَيْرٍ
✧ When one of you's ear rings, let him say: 'O Allah, remember with good whoever remembered us with good.'
Musnad al-Bazzar 3892No grade recorded
وَجَدْنَا صَحِيفَةً فِي قِرَابِ سَيْفِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ بَعْدَ وَفَاتِهِ فِيهَا مَكْتُوبٌ: بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ فَرِّقُوا بَيْنَ مَضَاجِعِ الْغِلْمَانِ وَالْجَوَارِي وَالْإِخْوَةِ وَالْأَخَوَاتِ لِسَبْعِ سِنِينَ، وَاضْرِبُوا أَبْنَاءَكُمْ عَلَى الصَّلَاةَ إِذَا بَلَغُوا أَظُنُّهُ تِسْعًا، مَلْعُونٌ مَلْعُونٌ مَنِ ادَّعَى إِلَى غَيْرِ قَوْمِهِ أَوْ إِلَى غَيْرِ مَوَالِيهِ، مَلْعُونٌ مَنِ اقْتَطَعَ شَيْئًا مِنْ تُخُومِ الْأَرْضِ
✧ We found a sheet in the scabbard of the sword of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ after his death, in which was written: In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Separate the beds of boys and girls, and brothers and sisters, at seven years. And strike your children for the prayer when they reach—I think he said—nine. Cursed, cursed is the one who claims descent from other than his people or affiliation to other than his patrons. Cursed is the one who encroaches upon any part of the boundaries of the land.
Musnad al-Bazzar 3893No grade recorded
تُوُفِّيَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَرَأْسُهُ فِي حِجْرِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ لِعَلِيٍّ: اللهَ اللهَ وَمَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُكُمُ، اللهَ اللهَ وَالصَّلَاةَ " فَكَانَ آخِرَ مَا تَكَلَّمَ بِهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ died with his head in the lap of 'Ali b. Abi Talib, and he was saying to 'Ali: 'Fear Allah, fear Allah regarding what your right hands possess; fear Allah, fear Allah regarding the prayer.' That was the last thing the Messenger of Allah ﷺ spoke.
Musnad al-Bazzar 3894No grade recorded
" بَيْنَمَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي صَلَاةٍ إِذْ ضَرَبَ شَيْئًا فِي صَلَاتِهِ فَإِذَا هِيَ عَقْرَبٌ ضَرَبَهَا فَقَتَلَهَا وَأَمَرَ بِقَتْلِ الْعَقْرَبِ وَالْحَيَّةِ وَالْفَأْرَةِ وَالْحِدَأَةِ لِلْمُحْرِمِ
✧ While the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was in prayer, he struck something during his prayer, and it was a scorpion; he struck it and killed it, and he ordered the killing of the scorpion, the snake, the mouse, and the kite for the one in ihram.