94. Wishes
Sahih al-Bukhari 7226In al-Bukhari or Muslim
وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَوْلاَ أَنَّ رِجَالاً يَكْرَهُونَ أَنْ يَتَخَلَّفُوا بَعْدِي وَلاَ أَجِدُ مَا أَحْمِلُهُمْ مَا تَخَلَّفْتُ لَوَدِدْتُ أَنِّي أُقْتَلُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ ثُمَّ أُحْيَا ثُمَّ أُقْتَلُ ثُمَّ أُحْيَا ثُمَّ أُقْتَلُ ثُمَّ أُحْيَا ثُمَّ أُقْتَلُ
I heard Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "By Him in Whose Hands my life is! Were it not for some men who dislike to be left behind and for whom I do not have means of conveyance, I would not stay away (from any Holy Battle). I would love to be martyred in Allah's Cause and come to life and then get, martyred and then come to life and then get martyred and then get resurrected and then get martyred.
Sahih al-Bukhari 7227In al-Bukhari or Muslim
وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ وَدِدْتُ أَنِّي لأُقَاتِلُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ فَأُقْتَلُ ثُمَّ أُحْيَا ثُمَّ أُقْتَلُ ثُمَّ أُحْيَا ثُمَّ أُقْتَلُ ثُمَّ أُحْيَا ثُمَّ أُقْتَلُ ثُمَّ أُحْيَا
Abu Huraira said, Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "By Him in Whose Hand my life is, I would love to fight in Allah's Cause and then get martyred and then resurrected (come to life) and then get martyred and then resurrected (come to life) and then get martyred, and then resurrected (come to life) and then get martyred and then resurrected (come to life)." Abu Huraira used to repeat those words three times and I testify to it with Allah's Oath.
Sahih al-Bukhari 7228In al-Bukhari or Muslim
لَوْ كَانَ عِنْدِي أُحُدٌ ذَهَبًا لأَحْبَبْتُ أَنْ لاَ يَأْتِيَ ثَلاَثٌ وَعِنْدِي مِنْهُ دِينَارٌ لَيْسَ شَىْءٌ أُرْصِدُهُ فِي دَيْنٍ عَلَىَّ أَجِدُ مَنْ يَقْبَلُهُ
The Prophet ﷺ said, "If I had gold equal to the mountain of Uhud, I would love that, before three days had passed, not a single Dinar thereof remained with me if I found somebody to accept it excluding some amount that I would keep for the payment of my debts.''
Sahih al-Bukhari 7229In al-Bukhari or Muslim
لَوِ اسْتَقْبَلْتُ مِنْ أَمْرِي مَا اسْتَدْبَرْتُ مَا سُقْتُ الْهَدْىَ وَلَحَلَلْتُ مَعَ النَّاسِ حِينَ حَلُّوا
Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "If I had formerly known what I came to know recently, I would not have driven the Hadi with me and would have finished the state of Ihram along with the people when they finished it."
Sahih al-Bukhari 7230In al-Bukhari or Muslim
كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَلَبَّيْنَا بِالْحَجِّ وَقَدِمْنَا مَكَّةَ لأَرْبَعٍ خَلَوْنَ مِنْ ذِي الْحِجَّةِ فَأَمَرَنَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَنْ نَطُوفَ بِالْبَيْتِ وَبِالصَّفَا وَالْمَرْوَةِ وَأَنْ نَجْعَلَهَا عُمْرَةً وَلْنَحِلَّ إِلاَّ مَنْ كَانَ مَعَهُ هَدْىٌ قَالَ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ مَعَ أَحَدٍ مِنَّا هَدْىٌ غَيْرَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَطَلْحَةَ وَجَاءَ عَلِيٌّ مِنَ الْيَمَنِ مَعَهُ الْهَدْىُ فَقَالَ أَهْلَلْتُ بِمَا أَهَلَّ بِهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالُوا نَنْطَلِقُ إِلَى مِنًى وَذَكَرُ أَحَدِنَا يَقْطُرُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِنِّي لَوِ اسْتَقْبَلْتُ مِنْ أَمْرِي مَا اسْتَدْبَرْتُ مَا أَهْدَيْتُ وَلَوْلاَ أَنَّ مَعِي الْهَدْىَ لَحَلَلْتُ قَالَ وَلَقِيَهُ سُرَاقَةُ وَهْوَ يَرْمِي جَمْرَةَ الْعَقَبَةِ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَلَنَا هَذِهِ خَاصَّةً قَالَ لاَ بَلْ لأَبَدٍ قَالَ وَكَانَتْ عَائِشَةُ قَدِمَتْ مَكَّةَ وَهْىَ حَائِضٌ فَأَمَرَهَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَنْ تَنْسُكَ الْمَنَاسِكَ كُلَّهَا غَيْرَ أَنَّهَا لاَ تَطُوفُ وَلاَ تُصَلِّي حَتَّى تَطْهُرَ فَلَمَّا نَزَلُوا الْبَطْحَاءَ قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَتَنْطَلِقُونَ بِحَجَّةٍ وَعُمْرَةٍ وَأَنْطَلِقُ بِحَجَّةٍ قَالَ ثُمَّ أَمَرَ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقِ أَنْ يَنْطَلِقَ مَعَهَا إِلَى التَّنْعِيمِ فَاعْتَمَرَتْ عُمْرَةً فِي ذِي الْحَجَّةِ بَعْدَ أَيَّامِ الْحَجِّ
We were in the company of Messenger of Allah ﷺ and we assumed the state of Ihram of Hajj and arrived at Mecca on the fourth of Dhul-Hijja. The Prophet ﷺ ordered us to perform the Tawaf around the Kaʿba and (Saʿi) between As-Safa and Al-Marwa and use our lhram just for ʿUmra, and finish the state of Ihram unless we had our Hadi with us. None of us had the Hadi with him except the Prophet ﷺ and Talha. ʿAli came from Yemen and brought the Hadi with him. ʿAli said, 'I had assumed the state of Ihram with the same intention as that with which Messenger of Allah ﷺ had assumed it. The people said, "How can we proceed to Mina and our male organs are dribbling?" Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "If I had formerly known what I came to know latterly, I would not have brought the Hadi, and had there been no Hadi with me, I would have finished my Ihram." Suraqa (bin Malik) met the Prophet ﷺ while he was throwing pebbles at the Jamrat-Al-ʿAqaba, and asked, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! Is this (permitted) for us only?" The Prophet ﷺ replied. "No, it is forever" ʿAisha had arrived at Mecca while she was menstruating, therefore the Prophet ﷺ ordered her to perform all the ceremonies of Hajj except the Tawaf around the Kaʿba, and not to perform her prayers unless and until she became clean. When they encamped at Al-Batha, ʿAisha said, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! You are proceeding after performing both Hajj and ʿUmra while I am proceeding with Hajj only?" So the Prophet ﷺ ordered ʿAbdur-Rahman bin Abu Bakr As-Siddiq to go with her to at-Tanʿim, and so she performed the ʿUmra in Dhul-Hijja after the days of the Hajj.
Sahih al-Bukhari 7231In al-Bukhari or Muslim
أَرِقَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ فَقَالَ لَيْتَ رَجُلاً صَالِحًا مِنْ أَصْحَابِي يَحْرُسُنِي اللَّيْلَةَ إِذْ سَمِعْنَا صَوْتَ السِّلاَحِ قَالَ مَنْ هَذَا قِيلَ سَعْدٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ جِئْتُ أَحْرُسُكَ فَنَامَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ حَتَّى سَمِعْنَا غَطِيطَهُ
One night the Prophet ﷺ was unable to sleep and said, "Would that a righteous man from my companions guarded me tonight." Suddenly we heard the clatter of arms, whereupon the Prophet ﷺ said, "Who is it?" It was said, "I am Saʿd, O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! I have come to guard you." The Prophet ﷺ then slept so soundly that we heard him snoring. Abu ʿAbdullah said: ʿAisha said: Bilal said, "Would that I but stayed overnight in a valley with Idhkhir and Jalil (two kinds of grass) around me (i.e., in Mecca)." Then I told that to the Prophet ﷺ.
Sahih al-Bukhari 7232In al-Bukhari or Muslim
لاَ تَحَاسُدَ إِلاَّ فِي اثْنَتَيْنِ رَجُلٌ آتَاهُ اللَّهُ الْقُرْآنَ فَهْوَ يَتْلُوهُ آنَاءَ اللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ يَقُولُ لَوْ أُوتِيتُ مِثْلَ مَا أُوتِيَ هَذَا لَفَعَلْتُ كَمَا يَفْعَلُ وَرَجُلٌ آتَاهُ اللَّهُ مَالاً يُنْفِقُهُ فِي حَقِّهِ فَيَقُولُ لَوْ أُوتِيتُ مِثْلَ مَا أُوتِيَ لَفَعَلْتُ كَمَا يَفْعَلُ
Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Not to wish to be the like except of two men. A man whom Allah has given the (knowledge of the) Qur'an and he recites it during the hours of night and day and the one who wishes says: If I were given the same as this (man) has been given, I would do what he does, and a man whom Allah has given wealth and he spends it in the just and right way, in which case the one who wishes says, 'If I were given the same as he has been given, I would do what he does.' " (See Hadith 5025 and 5026)
Sahih al-Bukhari 7233In al-Bukhari or Muslim
لَوْلاَ أَنِّي سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ لاَ تَتَمَنَّوُا الْمَوْتَ لَتَمَنَّيْتُ
If I had not heard the Prophet ﷺ saying, "You should not long for death," I would have longed (for it).
Sahih al-Bukhari 7234In al-Bukhari or Muslim
أَتَيْنَا خَبَّابَ بْنَ الأَرَتِّ نَعُودُهُ وَقَدِ اكْتَوَى سَبْعًا فَقَالَ لَوْلاَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ نَهَانَا أَنْ نَدْعُوَ بِالْمَوْتِ لَدَعَوْتُ بِهِ
We went to pay a visit to Khabbab bin Al-Art and he had got himself branded at seven spots over his body. He said, "If Messenger of Allah ﷺ had not forbidden us to invoke Allah for death, I would have invoked for it."
Sahih al-Bukhari 7235In al-Bukhari or Muslim
لاَ يَتَمَنَّى أَحَدُكُمُ الْمَوْتَ إِمَّا مُحْسِنًا فَلَعَلَّهُ يَزْدَادُ وَإِمَّا مُسِيئًا فَلَعَلَّهُ يَسْتَعْتِبُ
(the Maula of ʿAbdur-Rahman bin Azhar) Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "None of you should long for death, for if he is a good man, he may increase his good deeds, and if he is an evil-doer, he may stop the evil deeds and repent."
Sahih al-Bukhari 7236In al-Bukhari or Muslim
كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَنْقُلُ مَعَنَا التُّرَابَ يَوْمَ الأَحْزَابِ وَلَقَدْ رَأَيْتُهُ وَارَى التُّرَابُ بَيَاضَ بَطْنِهِ يَقُولُ لَوْلاَ أَنْتَ مَا اهْتَدَيْنَا نَحْنُ وَلاَ تَصَدَّقْنَا وَلاَ صَلَّيْنَا فَأَنْزِلَنْ سَكِينَةً عَلَيْنَا إِنَّ الأُلَى وَرُبَّمَا قَالَ الْمَلاَ قَدْ بَغَوْا عَلَيْنَا إِذَا أَرَادُوا فِتْنَةً أَبَيْنَا أَبَيْنَا يَرْفَعُ بِهَا صَوْتَهُ
The Prophet ﷺ was carrying earth with us on the day of the battle of Al-Ahzab (confederates) and I saw that the dust was covering the whiteness of his ʿAbdomen, and he (the Prophet ﷺ ) was saying, "(O Allah) ! Without You, we would not have been guided, nor would we have given in charity, nor would we have prayed. So (O Allah!) please send tranquility (Sakina) upon us as they, (the chiefs of the enemy tribes) have rebelled against us. And if they intend affliction (i.e. want to frighten us and fight against us) then we would not (flee but withstand them). And the Prophet ﷺ used to raise his voice with it. (See Hadith No. 430 and 432, Vol. 5)
Sahih al-Bukhari 7237In al-Bukhari or Muslim
لاَ تَتَمَنَّوْا لِقَاءَ الْعَدُوِّ وَسَلُوا اللَّهَ الْعَافِيَةَ
Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Do not long for meeting your enemy, and ask Allah for safety (from all sorts of evil)." (See Hadith No. 266, Vol. 4)
Sahih al-Bukhari 7238In al-Bukhari or Muslim
ذَكَرَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ الْمُتَلاَعِنَيْنِ فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ شَدَّادٍ أَهِيَ الَّتِي قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَوْ كُنْتُ رَاجِمًا امْرَأَةً مِنْ غَيْرِ بَيِّنَةٍ قَالَ لاَ تِلْكَ امْرَأَةٌ أَعْلَنَتْ
Ibn ʿAbbas mentioned the case of a couple on whom the judgment of Lian has been passed. ʿAbdullah bin Shaddad said, "Was that the lady in whose case the Prophet ﷺ said, "If I were to stone a lady to death without a proof (against her)?' "Ibn ʿAbbas said, "No! That was concerned with a woman who though being a Muslim used to arouse suspicion by her outright misbehavior." (See Hadith No. 230, Vol.7)
Sahih al-Bukhari 7239In al-Bukhari or Muslim
أَعْتَمَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بِالْعِشَاءِ فَخَرَجَ عُمَرُ فَقَالَ الصَّلاَةَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ رَقَدَ النِّسَاءُ وَالصِّبْيَانُ فَخَرَجَ وَرَأْسُهُ يَقْطُرُ يَقُولُ لَوْلاَ أَنْ أَشُقَّ عَلَى أُمَّتِي أَوْ عَلَى النَّاسِ وَقَالَ سُفْيَانُ أَيْضًا عَلَى أُمَّتِي لأَمَرْتُهُمْ بِالصَّلاَةِ هَذِهِ السَّاعَةَ
One night the Prophet ﷺ delayed the ʿIsha' prayer whereupon ʿUmar went to him and said, "The prayer, O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! The women and children had slept." The Prophet ﷺ came out with water dropping from his head, and said, "Were I not afraid that it would be hard for my followers (or for the people), I would order them to pray ʿIsha prayer at this time." (Various versions of this Hadith are given by the narrators with slight differences in expression but not in content).
Sahih al-Bukhari 7240In al-Bukhari or Muslim
لَوْلاَ أَنْ أَشُقَّ عَلَى أُمَّتِي لأَمَرْتُهُمْ بِالسِّوَاكِ
Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Were I not afraid that it would be hard on my followers, I would order them to use the siwak (as obligatory, for cleaning the teeth).
Sahih al-Bukhari 7241In al-Bukhari or Muslim
وَاصَلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ آخِرَ الشَّهْرِ وَوَاصَلَ أُنَاسٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ فَبَلَغَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ لَوْ مُدَّ بِيَ الشَّهْرُ لَوَاصَلْتُ وِصَالاً يَدَعُ الْمُتَعَمِّقُونَ تَعَمُّقَهُمْ إِنِّي لَسْتُ مِثْلَكُمْ إِنِّي أَظَلُّ يُطْعِمُنِي رَبِّي وَيَسْقِينِ
The Prophet ﷺ fasted Al-Wisal on the last days of the month. Some people did the same, and when the news reached the Prophet ﷺ he said, "If the month had been prolonged for me, then I would have fasted Wisal for such a long time that the most exaggerating ones among you would have given up their exaggeration. I am not like you; my Lord always makes me eat and drink."
Sahih al-Bukhari 7242In al-Bukhari or Muslim
نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنِ الْوِصَالِ قَالُوا فَإِنَّكَ تُوَاصِلُ قَالَ أَيُّكُمْ مِثْلِي إِنِّي أَبِيتُ يُطْعِمُنِي رَبِّي وَيَسْقِينِ فَلَمَّا أَبَوْا أَنْ يَنْتَهُوا وَاصَلَ بِهِمْ يَوْمًا ثُمَّ يَوْمًا ثُمَّ رَأَوُا الْهِلاَلَ فَقَالَ لَوْ تَأَخَّرَ لَزِدْتُكُمْ
Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade Al-Wisal. The people said (to him), "But you fast Al-ʿWisal," He said, "Who among you is like me? When I sleep (at night), my Lord makes me eat and drink. But when the people refused to give up Al-Wisal, he fasted Al-Wisal along with them for two days and then they saw the crescent whereupon the Prophet ﷺ said, "If the crescent had not appeared I would have fasted for a longer period," as if he intended to punish them herewith.
Sahih al-Bukhari 7243In al-Bukhari or Muslim
سَأَلْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ عَنِ الْجَدْرِ أَمِنَ الْبَيْتِ هُوَ قَالَ نَعَمْ قُلْتُ فَمَا لَهُمْ لَمْ يُدْخِلُوهُ فِي الْبَيْتِ قَالَ إِنَّ قَوْمَكِ قَصَّرَتْ بِهِمُ النَّفَقَةُ قُلْتُ فَمَا شَأْنُ بَابِهِ مُرْتَفِعًا قَالَ فَعَلَ ذَاكِ قَوْمُكِ لِيُدْخِلُوا مَنْ شَاءُوا وَيَمْنَعُوا مَنْ شَاءُوا لَوْلاَ أَنَّ قَوْمَكِ حَدِيثٌ عَهْدُهُمْ بِالْجَاهِلِيَّةِ فَأَخَافُ أَنْ تُنْكِرَ قُلُوبُهُمْ أَنْ أُدْخِلَ الْجَدْرَ فِي الْبَيْتِ وَأَنْ أُلْصِقَ بَابَهُ فِي الأَرْضِ
I asked the Prophet ﷺ about the wall (outside the Kaʿba). "Is it regarded as part of the Kaʿba?" He replied, "Yes." I said, "Then why didn't the people include it in the Kaʿba?" He said, "(Because) your people ran short of money." I asked, "Then why is its gate so high?" He replied, ''Your people did so in order to admit to it whom they would and forbid whom they would. Were your people not still close to the period of ignorance, and were I not afraid that their hearts might deny my action, then surely I would include the wall in the Kaʿba and make its gate touch the ground."
Sahih al-Bukhari 7244In al-Bukhari or Muslim
لَوْلاَ الْهِجْرَةُ لَكُنْتُ امْرَأً مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ وَلَوْ سَلَكَ النَّاسُ وَادِيًا وَسَلَكَتِ الأَنْصَارُ وَادِيًا أَوْ شِعْبًا لَسَلَكْتُ وَادِيَ الأَنْصَارِ أَوْ شِعْبَ الأَنْصَارِ
Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "But for the emigration, I would have been one of the Ansar: and if the people took their way in a valley (or a mountain pass), I would take the Ansar's valley or the mountain pass."
Sahih al-Bukhari 7245In al-Bukhari or Muslim
لَوْلاَ الْهِجْرَةُ لَكُنْتُ امْرَأً مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ وَلَوْ سَلَكَ النَّاسُ وَادِيًا أَوْ شِعْبًا لَسَلَكْتُ وَادِيَ الأَنْصَارِ وَشِعْبَهَا
The Prophet ﷺ said, "But for the emigration, I would have been one of the Ansar; and if the people took their way in a valley (or a mountain pass), I would take Ansar's valley or their mountain pass."