1. Introduction
«كُلُّ أَمْرٍ ذِي بَالٍ لَا يُبْدَأُ فِيهِ بِحَمْدِ اللَّهِ أَقْطَعُ»
✧ Every matter of importance not begun with praise of Allah is cut off.
«كُلُّ أَمْرٍ ذِي بَالٍ لَا يُبْدَأُ فِيهِ بِحَمْدِ اللَّهِ فَهُوَ أَقْطَعُ»
✧ Every matter of importance not begun with praise of Allah is cut off.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 5Sahih
أَتَيْنَا الْعِرْبَاضَ بْنَ سَارِيَةَ وَهُوَ مِمَّنْ نَزَلَ فِيهِ {وَلَا عَلَى الَّذِينَ إِذَا مَا أَتَوْكَ لِتَحْمِلَهُمْ قُلْتَ لَا أَجِدُ مَا أَحْمِلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ} فَسَلَّمْنَا وَقُلْنَا أَتَيْنَاكَ زَائِرَيْنَ وَمُقْتَبِسَيْنِ فَقَالَ الْعِرْبَاضُ صَلَّى بِنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ الصُّبْحَ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ عَلَيْنَا فَوَعَظَنَا مَوْعِظَةً بَلِيغَةً ذَرَفَتْ مِنْهَا الْعُيُونُ وَوَجِلَتْ مِنْهَا الْقُلُوبُ فَقَالَ قَائِلٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ كَأَنَّ هَذِهِ مَوْعِظَةَ مُوَدِّعٍ فَمَاذَا تَعْهَدُ إِلَيْنَا؟ قَالَ «أُوصِيكُمْ بِتَقْوَى اللَّهِ وَالسَّمْعِ وَالطَّاعَةِ وَإِنْ عَبْدًا حَبَشِيًّا مُجَدَّعًا فَإِنَّهُ مَنْ يَعِشْ مِنْكُمْ فَسَيَرَى اخْتِلَافًا كَثِيرًا فَعَلَيْكُمْ بِسُنَّتِي وَسُنَّةِ الْخُلَفَاءِ الرَّاشِدِينَ الْمَهْدِيِّينَ فَتَمَسَّكُوا بِهَا وَعَضُّوا عَلَيْهَا بِالنَّوَاجِذِ وَإِيَّاكُمْ وَمُحْدَثَاتِ الْأُمُورِ فَإِنَّ كُلَّ مُحْدَثَةٍ بِدْعَةٌ وَكُلَّ بِدْعَةٍ ضَلَالَةٌ»
✧ We came to al-'Irbad b. Sariyah, who was among those about whom it was revealed: "Nor upon those who, when they came to you for you to carry them, you said, 'I find nothing to carry you on.'" We greeted and said, 'We have come to you as visitors and seekers of knowledge.' Al-'Irbad said: 'The Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed the morning prayer with us one day, then turned to us and gave us an eloquent admonition that made eyes shed tears and hearts tremble. A man said, "O Messenger of Allah, this seems like the admonition of one bidding farewell, so what do you enjoin upon us?" He said, "I enjoin you to fear Allah, to hear and obey, even if a slave, an Ethiopian with amputated limbs, is put over you. Whoever among you lives will see much disagreement, so hold to my Sunnah and the Sunnah of the rightly guided caliphs after me; cling to it firmly and bite onto it with the molar teeth. Beware of newly introduced matters, for every newly introduced matter is an innovation, and every innovation is misguidance."'
Sahih Ibn Hibban 6Hasan sahih
خَطَّ لَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ خَطًّا فَقَالَ «هَذَا سَبِيلُ اللَّهِ» ثُمَّ خَطَّ خُطُوطًا عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَعَنْ شِمَالِهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ «وَهَذِهِ سُبُلٌ عَلَى كُلِّ سَبِيلٍ مِنْهَا شَيْطَانٌ يَدْعُو إِلَيْهِ» ثُمَّ تَلَا «{وَأَنَّ هَذَا صِرَاطِي مُسْتَقِيمًا} إِلَى آخِرِ الْآيَةِ »
✧ The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, drew a line for us and said, "This is the path of Allah." Then he drew other lines to the right and left of it and said, "These are paths, and there is a devil calling to each of them." Then he recited, "{And indeed, this is My path, which is straight} until the end of the verse."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 7Hasan sahih
خَطَّ لَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ خُطُوطًا عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَعَنْ شِمَالِهِ وَقَالَ «هَذِهِ سُبُلٌ عَلَى كُلِّ سَبِيلٍ مِنْهَا شَيْطَانٌ يَدْعُو لَهُ» ثُمَّ قَرَأَ «{وَأَنَّ هَذَا صِرَاطِي مُسْتَقِيمًا فَاتَّبِعُوهُ وَلَا تَتَّبِعُوا السُّبُلَ فَتَفَرَّقَ بِكُمْ عَنْ سَبِيلِهِ} الْآيَةَ كُلَّهَا
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ drew lines for us from his right and his left and said, "These are different paths, and along each path there is a devil calling to it." Then he recited the verse, "And verily, this is My straight path, so follow it, and follow not (other) paths, for they will separate you away from His path." (Quran 6:153)
Sahih Ibn Hibban 8Sahih
أَنَّ أَعْرَابِيًّا سَأَلَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَكَانُوا هُمْ أَجْدَرَ أَنْ يَسْأَلُوهُ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَتَى السَّاعَةُ؟ قَالَ «وَمَا أَعْدَدْتَ لَهَا؟ » قَالَ مَا أَعْدَدْتُ لَهَا إِلَّا أَنِّي أُحِبُّ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ قَالَ «فَإِنَّكَ مَعَ مَنْ أَحْبَبْتَ» قَالَ أَنَسٌ فَمَا رَأَيْتُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ فَرِحُوا بِشَيْءٍ بَعْدَ الْإِسْلَامِ أَشَدَّ مِنْ فَرَحِهِمْ بِقَوْلِهِ
✧ A Bedouin asked the Prophet ﷺ - and they (the Bedouins) were more entitled than his Companions to ask him - 'O Messenger of Allah, when is the Hour?' He said, 'What have you prepared for it?' He said, 'I have not prepared for it anything except that I love Allah and His Messenger.' He said, 'You will be with those whom you love.' Anas said: 'I never saw the Muslims rejoice at anything after Islam more than their rejoicing at his saying.'
Sahih Ibn Hibban 9Sahih
دَخَلَتِ امْرَأَةُ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ مَظْعُونٍ وَاسْمُهَا خَوْلَةُ بِنْتُ حَكِيمٍ عَلَى عَائِشَةَ وَهِيَ بَذَّةُ الْهَيْئَةِ فَسَأَلَتْهَا عَائِشَةُ مَا شَأْنُكِ؟ فَقَالَتْ زَوْجِي يَقُومُ اللَّيْلَ وَيَصُومُ النَّهَارَ فَدَخَلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَذَكَرَتْ عَائِشَةُ ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَلَقِيَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ عُثْمَانَ بْنَ مَظْعُونٍ فَقَالَ «يَا عُثْمَانُ إِنَّ الرَّهْبَانِيَّةَ لَمْ تُكْتَبْ عَلَيْنَا أَمَا لَكَ فِيَّ أُسْوَةٌ حَسَنَةٌ؟ فَوَاللَّهِ إِنِّي لَأَخْشَاكُمْ لِلَّهِ وَأَحْفَظُكُمْ لِحُدُودِهِ» ﷺ
✧ Khawlah bt. Hakim, the wife of 'Uthman b. Maz'un, entered upon 'A'ishah in disheveled state. 'A'ishah asked her, 'What is the matter with you?' She said, 'My husband prays at night and fasts during the day.' Then the Prophet ﷺ entered, and 'A'ishah mentioned that to him. The Prophet ﷺ met 'Uthman b. Maz'un and said, 'O 'Uthman, monasticism has not been prescribed for us. Do you not have in me a good example? By Allah, I am the most fearful of Allah among you and the most mindful of His limits.' ﷺ
Sahih Ibn Hibban 10Sahih
كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا خَطَبَ احْمَرَّتْ عَيْنَاهُ وَعَلَا صَوْتُهُ وَاشْتَدَّ غَضَبُهُ حَتَّى كَأَنَّهُ نَذِيرُ جَيْشٍ يَقُولُ صَبَّحَكُمْ وَمَسَّاكُمْ وَيَقُولُ «بُعِثْتُ أَنَا وَالسَّاعَةِ كَهَاتَيْنِ» يُفَرِّقُ بَيْنَ السَّبَّابَةِ وَالْوُسْطَى وَيَقُولُ «أَمَّا بَعْدُ فَإِنَّ خَيْرَ الْحَدِيثِ كِتَابُ اللَّهِ وَخَيْرَ الْهَدْيِ هَدْيُ مُحَمَّدٍ وَإِنَّ شَرَّ الْأُمُورِ مُحْدَثَاتُهَا وَكُلَّ بِدْعَةٍ ضَلَالَةٌ» ثُمَّ يَقُولُ «أَنَا أَوْلَى بِكُلِّ مُؤْمِنٍ مِنْ نَفْسِهِ مَنْ تَرَكَ مَالًا فَلِأَهْلِهِ وَمَنْ تَرَكَ دَيْنًا أَوْ ضَيْعَةً فَإِلَيَّ وَعَلَيَّ»
✧ When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ delivered a sermon, his eyes would redden, his voice would rise, and his anger would intensify, as if he were warning of an army saying, 'They will raid you in the morning and evening.' He would say, 'I and the Hour have been sent like these two,' and he would join his forefinger and middle finger. Then he would say, 'To proceed: the best speech is the Book of Allah, and the best guidance is the guidance of Muhammad. The worst of matters are newly introduced ones; every innovation is misguidance.' Then he would say, 'I am closer to every believer than his own self. Whoever leaves wealth, it is for his family; whoever leaves debt or dependents, they are to me and upon me.'
Sahih Ibn Hibban 11Sahih
«إِنَّ لِكُلِّ عَمَلٍ شِرَّةً وَإِنَّ لِكُلِّ شِرَّةٍ فَتْرَةً فَمَنْ كَانَتْ شِرَّتُهُ إِلَى سُنَّتِي فَقَدْ أَفْلَحَ وَمَنْ كَانَتْ شِرَّتُهُ إِلَى غَيْرِ ذَلِكَ فَقَدْ هَلَكَ»
✧ For every action there is a period of enthusiasm, and for every period of enthusiasm there is a period of slackening. Whoever's enthusiasm is toward my Sunnah has succeeded, and whoever's enthusiasm is toward other than that has perished.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 12Sahih
«إِنِّي أُوتِيتُ الْكِتَابَ وَمَا يَعْدِلُهُ يُوشِكُ شَبْعَانٌ عَلَى أَرِيكَتِهِ أَنْ يَقُولَ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكُمْ هَذَا الْكِتَابُ فَمَا كَانَ فِيهِ مِنْ حَلَالٍ أَحْلَلْنَاهُ وَمَا كَانَ فِيهِ مِنْ حَرَامٍ حَرَّمْنَاهُ أَلَا وَإِنَّهُ لَيْسَ كَذَلِكَ»
✧ I have been given the Book and what is equivalent to it. Soon a satiated man on his couch will say, 'Between us and you is this Book; whatever we find in it as lawful we will deem lawful, and whatever we find in it as unlawful we will deem unlawful.' Nay, it is not so.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 13Sahih
«لَا أَعْرِفَنَّ الرَّجُلَ يَأْتِيهِ الْأَمْرُ مِنْ أَمْرِي إِمَّا أَمَرْتُ بِهِ وَإِمَّا نَهَيْتُ عَنْهُ فَيَقُولُ مَا نَدْرِي مَا هَذَا عِنْدَنَا كِتَابُ اللَّهِ لَيْسَ هَذَا فِيهِ»
✧ Let me not find any man who, when a command of mine comes to him, whether I have commanded it or forbidden it, says, 'We do not know what this is; we have the Book of Allah, not this in it.'
Sahih Ibn Hibban 14Sahih
أَنَّ نَفَرًا مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ سَأَلُوا أَزْوَاجَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ عَنْ عَمَلِهِ فِي السِّرِّ فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ لَا أَتَزَوَّجُ وَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ لَا آكُلُ اللَّحْمَ وَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ لَا أَنَامُ عَلَى فِرَاشٍ فَحَمِدَ اللَّهَ وَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ «مَا بَالُ أَقْوَامٍ قَالُوا كَذَا وَكَذَا لَكِنِّي أُصَلِّي وَأَنَامُ وَأَصُومُ وَأُفْطِرُ وَأَتَزَوَّجُ النِّسَاءَ فَمَنْ رَغِبَ عَنْ سُنَّتِي فَلَيْسَ مِنِّي»
I will not marry women; someone among them said: I will not eat meat; and someone among them said: I will not lie down in bed. He (the Holy Prophet) praised Allah and glorified Him, and said: What has happened to these people that they say so and so, whereas I observe prayer and sleep too; I observe fast and suspend observing them; I marry women also? And he who turns away from my Sunnah, he has no relation with Me (Using translation from Muslim 1401)
Sahih Ibn Hibban 3No grade recorded
«إِنَّ مَثَلِي وَمَثَلَ مَا بَعَثَنِي اللَّهُ بِهِ كَمَثَلِ رَجُلٍ أَتَى قَوْمَهُ فَقَالَ يَا قَوْمِ إِنِّي رَأَيْتُ الْجَيْشَ وَإِنِّي أَنَا النَّذِيرُ فَأَطَاعَهُ طَائِفَةٌ مِنْ قَوْمِهِ فَانْطَلَقُوا عَلَى مَهْلِهِمْ فَنَجَوْا وَكَذَّبَهُ طَائِفَةٌ مِنْهُمْ فَأَصْبَحُوا مَكَانَهُمْ فَصَبَّحَهُمُ الْجَيْشُ وَأَهْلَكَهُمْ وَاجْتَاحَهُمْ فَذَلِكَ مَثَلُ مَنْ أَطَاعَنِي وَاتَّبَعَ مَا جِئْتُ بِهِ وَمَثَلُ مَنْ عَصَانِي وَكَذَّبَ مَا جِئْتُ بِهِ مِنَ الْحَقِّ»
✧ Verily, my example and the example of what Allah has sent me with is like a man who came to his people and said, 'O my people, I have seen the army, and I am the warner, so a group of his people obeyed him and went at their own pace and were saved, but a group of them disbelieved him, so they remained in their places, and the army came upon them in the morning and destroyed them and annihilated them. That is the example of one who obeys me and follows what I have brought, and the example of one who disobeys me and disbelieves what I have brought of the truth.'
Sahih Ibn Hibban 4No grade recorded
«إِنَّ مَثَلَ مَا آتَانِي اللَّهُ مِنَ الْهُدَى وَالْعِلْمِ كَمَثَلِ غَيْثٍ أَصَابَ أَرْضًا فَكَانَتْ مِنْهَا طَائِفَةٌ طَيِّبَةٌ قَبِلَتْ ذَلِكَ فَأَنْبَتَتِ الْكَلَأَ وَالْعُشْبَ الْكَثِيرَ وَأَمْسَكَتِ الْمَاءَ فَنَفَعَ اللَّهُ بِهَا النَّاسَ فَشَرِبُوا مِنْهَا وَسَقَوْا وَزَرَعُوا وَأَصَابَ مِنْهَا طَائِفَةٌ أُخْرَى إِنَّمَا هِيَ قِيعَانٌ لَا تُمْسِكُ مَاءً وَلَا تُنْبِتُ كَلَأً فَذَلِكَ مَثَلُ مَنْ فَقُهَ فِي دِينِ اللَّهِ وَنَفَعَهُ مَا بَعَثَنِي اللَّهُ بِهِ فَعَلِمَ وَعَمِلَ وَمَثَلُ مَنْ لَمْ يَرْفَعْ بِذَلِكَ رَأْسًا وَلَمْ يَقْبَلْ هُدَى اللَّهِ الَّذِي أُرْسِلْتُ بِهِ»
✧ The example of what Allah has given me of guidance and knowledge is like abundant rain falling on land. A portion of it was good and accepted it, producing abundant pasture and grass, and retained the water, so Allah benefited people through it: they drank from it, watered their animals, and cultivated. Another portion was barren, retaining no water and producing no pasture. That is the example of one who understands the religion of Allah and benefits from what Allah sent me with, so he learns and acts; and the example of one who pays no attention to that and does not accept the guidance of Allah with which I was sent.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 16Sahih
«إِذَا نُودِيَ بِالْأَذَانِ أَدْبَرَ الشَّيْطَانُ لَهُ ضُرَاطٌ حَتَّى لَا يَسْمَعَ الْأَذَانَ فَإِذَا قُضِيَ الْأَذَانُ أَقْبَلَ فَإِذَا ثُوِّبَ بِهَا أَدْبَرَ فَإِذَا قُضِيَ التَّثْوِيبُ أَقْبَلَ يَخْطُرُ بَيْنَ الْمَرْءِ وَنَفْسِهِ اذْكُرْ كَذَا اذْكُرْ كَذَا لِمَا لَمْ يَكُنْ يَذْكُرُ حَتَّى يَظَلَّ الرَّجُلُ إِنْ يَدْرِي كَمْ صَلَّى فَإِذَا لَمْ يَدْرِ كَمْ صَلَّى فَلْيَسْجُدْ سَجْدَتَيْنِ وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ»
✧ When the call to prayer is given, Satan retreats, passing wind so as not to hear the call. When the call is finished, he returns. When the iqamah is given, he retreats; when the iqamah is finished, he returns, whispering between a man and his soul, 'Remember this, remember that,' things he had not remembered, until the man does not know how many rak'ahs he has prayed. If he does not know how many he has prayed, let him prostrate twice while sitting.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 17Sahih
«وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَتَدْخُلُنَّ الْجَنَّةَ كُلُّكُمْ إِلَّا مَنْ أَبَى وَشَرَدَ عَلَى اللَّهِ كَشِرَادِ الْبَعِيرِ» قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَمَنْ يَأْبَى أَنْ يَدْخُلَ الْجَنَّةَ؟ قَالَ «مَنْ أَطَاعَنِي دَخَلَ الْجَنَّةَ وَمَنْ عَصَانِي فَقَدْ أَبَى»
✧ By the One in whose hand is my soul, you will all enter Paradise except the one who refuses and flees from Allah as a camel flees. They said: O Messenger of Allah, who refuses to enter Paradise? He said: Whoever obeys me enters Paradise, and whoever disobeys me has refused.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 18Sahih
«ذَرُونِي مَا تَرَكْتُكُمْ فَإِنَّمَا هَلَكَ مَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ بِكَثْرَةِ سُؤَالِهِمْ وَاخْتِلَافِهِمْ عَلَى أَنْبِيَائِهِمْ مَا نَهَيْتُكُمْ عَنْهُ فَانْتَهُوا وَمَا أَمَرْتُكُمْ بِهِ فَأْتُوا مِنْهُ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْ»
✧ Leave me with what I have left you, for those before you were destroyed only by their excessive questioning and their disagreement with their prophets. Whatever I forbid you, avoid it, and whatever I command you, do of it what you are able.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 19Sahih
«إِنَّمَا أَهْلَكَ مَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ سُؤَالُهُمْ وَاخْتِلَافُهُمْ عَلَى أَنْبِيَائِهِمْ فَإِذَا نَهَيْتُكُمْ عَنْ شَيْءٍ فَاجْتَنِبُوهُ وَإِذَا أَمَرْتُكُمْ بِأَمْرٍ فَأْتُوا مِنْهُ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْ»
✧ Those before you were destroyed only by their questioning and their disagreement with their prophets. So when I forbid you from something, avoid it, and when I command you with something, do of it what you are able.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 20Sahih
«مَا نَهَيْتُكُمْ عَنْ شَيْءٍ فَاجْتَنِبُوهُ وَمَا أَمَرْتُكُمْ بِالْأَمْرِ فَأْتُوا مِنْهُ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْ»
✧ Whatever I forbid you from something, avoid it, and whatever I command you with the command, do of it what you are able.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 21Sahih
«ذَرُونِي مَا تَرَكْتُكُمْ فَإِنَّمَا هَلَكَ مَنْ قَبْلَكُمْ بِسُؤَالِهِمْ وَاخْتِلَافِهِمْ عَلَى أَنْبِيَائِهِمْ فَإِذَا نَهَيْتُكُمْ عَنْ شَيْءٍ فَاجْتَنِبُوهُ وَإِذَا أَمَرْتُكُمْ بِالشَّيْءِ فَأْتُوا مِنْهُ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْ»
✧ Leave me with what I have left you, for those before you were destroyed only by their questioning and their disagreement with their prophets. So when I forbid you from something, avoid it, and when I command you with something, do of it what you are able.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 22Sahih
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ سَمِعَ أَصْوَاتًا فَقَالَ «مَا هَذِهِ الْأَصْوَاتُ؟ » قَالُوا النَّخْلُ يَأْبِرُونَهُ فَقَالَ «لَوْ لَمْ يَفْعَلُوا لَصَلُحَ ذَلِكَ» فَأَمْسَكُوا فَلَمْ يَأْبِرُوا عَامَّتَهُ فَصَارَ شِيصًا فَذُكِرَ ذَلِكَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ «إِذَا كَانَ شَيْءٌ مِنْ أَمْرِ دُنْيَاكُمْ فَشَأْنُكُمْ وَإِذَا كَانَ شَيْءٌ مِنْ أَمْرِ دِينِكُمْ فَإِلَيَّ»
✧ The Prophet ﷺ heard sounds and said: What are these sounds? They said: They are pollinating date palms. He said: If they did not do so, it would be fine. So they stopped and did not pollinate most of them, and it became stunted. That was mentioned to the Prophet ﷺ, and he said: If something pertains to your worldly affairs, it is your concern, and if something pertains to your religious affairs, then to me.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 23Hasan sahih
قَدِمَ نَبِيُّ اللَّهِ ﷺ الْمَدِينَةَ وَهُمْ يُؤَبِّرُونَ النَّخْلَ يَقُولُ يُلَقِّحُونَ قَالَ فَقَالَ «مَا تَصْنَعُونَ؟ » فَقَالُوا شَيْئًا كَانُوا يَصْنَعُونَهُ فَقَالَ «لَوْ لَمْ تَفْعَلُوا كَانَ خَيْرًا» فَتَرَكُوهَا فَنَفَضَتْ أَوْ نَقَصَتْ فَذَكَرُوا ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَقَالَ ﷺ «إِنَّمَا أَنَا بَشَرٌ إِذَا حَدَّثْتُكُمْ بِشَيْءٍ مِنْ أَمْرِ دِينِكُمْ فَخُذُوا بِهِ وَإِذَا حَدَّثْتُكُمْ بِشَيْءٍ مِنْ دُنْيَاكُمْ فَإِنَّمَا أَنَا بَشَرٌ»
✧ The Prophet of Allah ﷺ came to Madinah while they were pollinating date palms, saying "they were fertilizing them." He said: What are you doing? They said: Something they used to do. He said: If you did not do it, it would be better. So they left it, and it shed or decreased. They mentioned that to him, and he ﷺ said: I am only a human. If I tell you something regarding your religion, then take it, and if I tell you something regarding your worldly affairs, then I am only a human.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 24No grade recorded
أَنَّ رَجُلًا مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ خَاصَمَ الزُّبَيْرَ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي شِرَاجِ الْحَرَّةِ الَّتِي يَسْقُونَ بِهَا النَّخْلَ فَقَالَ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ سَرِّحِ الْمَاءَ يَمُرَّ فَأَبَى عَلَيْهِ الزُّبَيْرُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «اسْقِ يَا زُبَيْرُ ثُمَّ أَرْسِلْ إِلَى جَارِكَ» فَغَضِبَ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ وَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَنْ كَانَ ابْنَ عَمَّتِكَ؟ فَتَلَوَّنَ وَجْهُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ ثُمَّ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «اسْقِ يَا زُبَيْرُ ثُمَّ احْبِسِ الْمَاءَ حَتَّى يَرْجِعَ إِلَى الْجَدْرِ» قَالَ الزُّبَيْرُ فَوَاللَّهِ لَأَحْسَبُ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ نَزَلَتْ فِي ذَلِكَ {فَلَا وَرَبِّكَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ حَتَّى يُحَكِّمُوكَ فِيمَا شَجَرَ بَيْنَهُمْ} الْآيَةَ
✧ A man from the Ansar disputed with al-Zubayr before the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about the channels of the Harrah through which they irrigated date palms. The Ansari said: Let the water flow. Al-Zubayr refused. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Irrigate, O Zubayr, then release to your neighbor. The Ansari became angry and said: O Messenger of Allah, is it because he is your cousin? The face of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ changed color, then he said: Irrigate, O Zubayr, then hold back the water until it returns to the wall. Al-Zubayr said: By Allah, I think this verse was revealed about that: "But no, by your Lord, they will not believe until they make you judge concerning what arises between them..."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 25Sahih
بَعَثَ عَلِيٌّ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ مِنَ الْيَمَنِ بِذَهَبٍ فِي أَدَمٍ فَقَسَمَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بَيْنَ زَيْدِ الْخَيْلِ وَالْأَقْرَعِ بْنِ حَابِسٍ وَعُيَيْنَةَ بْنِ حِصْنٍ وَعَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ عُلَاثَةَ فَقَالَ أُنَاسٌ مِنَ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ وَالْأَنْصَارِ نَحْنُ أَحَقُّ بِهَذَا فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَشَقَّ عَلَيْهِ وَقَالَ «أَلَا تَأْمَنُونِي وَأَنَا أَمِينُ مَنْ فِي السَّمَاءِ يَأْتِينِي خَبَرُ مَنْ فِي السَّمَاءِ صَبَاحًا وَمَسَاءً؟ » فَقَامَ إِلَيْهِ نَاتِئُ الْعَيْنَيْنِ مُشْرِفُ الْوَجْنَتَيْنِ نَاشِزُ الْوَجْهِ كَثُّ اللِّحْيَةِ مَحْلُوقُ الرَّأْسِ مُشَمَّرُ الْإِزَارِ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ اتَّقِ اللَّهَ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «أَوَ لَسْتُ بِأَحَقِّ أَهْلِ الْأَرْضِ أَنْ أَتَّقِيَ اللَّهَ؟ » ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ فَقَامَ إِلَيْهِ خَالِدٌ سَيْفُ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَلَا أَضْرِبُ عُنُقَهُ؟ فَقَالَ «لَا إِنَّهُ لَعَلَّهُ يُصَلِّي» قَالَ إِنَّهُ رُبَّ مُصَلٍّ يَقُولُ بِلِسَانِهِ مَا لَيْسَ فِي قَلْبِهِ قَالَ «إِنِّي لَمْ أُومَرْ أَنْ أَشُقَّ قُلُوبَ النَّاسِ وَلَا أَشُقَّ بُطُونَهُمْ» فَنَظَرَ إِلَيْهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ مُقَفَّى فَقَالَ «إِنَّهُ سَيَخْرُجُ مِنْ ضِئْضِئِ هَذَا قَوْمٌ يَتْلُونَ كِتَابَ اللَّهِ لَا يُجَاوِزُ حَنَاجِرَهُمْ يَمْرُقُونَ مِنَ الدِّينِ كَمَا يَمْرُقُ السَّهْمُ مِنَ الرَّمِيَّةِ» قَالَ عُمَارَةُ فَحَسِبْتُ أَنَّهُ قَالَ لَئِنْ أَدْرَكْتُهُمْ لَأَقْتُلَنَّهُمْ قَتْلَ ثَمُودَ
✧ Ali sent gold in tanned leather to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ from Yemen, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ divided it among Zayd al-Khayl, al-Aqra' b. Habis, 'Uyaynah b. Hisn, and 'Alqamah b. 'Ulathah. Some people among the Muhajirun and Ansar said: We are more entitled to this. That reached the Prophet ﷺ and it distressed him. He said: Will you not trust me when I am the trustee of the One in heaven? The news of the One in heaven comes to me morning and evening. Then a man with protruding eyes, prominent cheekbones, a receding forehead, a thick beard, a shaved head, and a raised lower garment stood and said: O Messenger of Allah, fear Allah. The Prophet ﷺ said: Am I not the most entitled of the people of the earth to fear Allah? Then he turned away. Khalid, the sword of Allah, stood and said: O Messenger of Allah, shall I strike his neck? He said: No, perhaps he prays. Khalid said: How many a praying person says with his tongue what is not in his heart. He said: I have not been commanded to open people's hearts or split their bellies. He ﷺ looked at him while he was turning away and said: From the loins of this man will come a people who recite the Book of Allah but it does not pass their throats; they pass through the religion as an arrow passes through the target. 'Umarah said: I think he said: If I catch them, I will kill them as Thamud was killed.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 26Sahih
أَنَّ رَجُلًا أَوْصَى بِوَصَايَا أَبَّرَهَا فِي مَالِهِ فَذَهَبْتُ إِلَى الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ أَسْتَشِيرُهُ فَقَالَ الْقَاسِمُ سَمِعْتُ عَائِشَةَ تَقُولُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «مَنْ أَحْدَثَ فِي أَمْرِنَا هَذَا مَا لَيْسَ مِنْهُ فَهُوَ رَدٌّ»
✧ A man made bequests that he confirmed in his wealth, so I went to al-Qasim b. Muhammad to consult him. Al-Qasim said: I heard A'ishah say: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Whoever introduces into this matter of ours what is not from it, it is rejected.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 27Sahih
«مَنْ أَحْدَثَ فِي أَمْرِنَا هَذَا مَا لَيْسَ مِنْهُ فَهُوَ رَدٌّ»
✧ Whoever introduces into this matter of ours what is not from it, it is rejected.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 15Sahih
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ رَأَى خَاتَمًا مِنْ ذَهَبٍ فِي يَدِ رَجُلٍ فَنَزَعَهُ فَطَرَحَهُ فَقَالَ «يَعْمِدُ أَحَدُهُمْ إِلَى جَمْرَةٍ مِنَ النَّارِ فَيَجْعَلُهَا فِي يَدِهِ» فَقِيلَ لِلرَّجُلِ بَعْدَمَا ذَهَبَ خُذْ خَاتَمَكَ فَانْتَفِعْ بِهِ فَقَالَ لَا وَاللَّهِ لَا آخُذُهُ أَبَدًا وَقَدْ طَرَحَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ saw a gold ring on a man’s hand, so he removed it and threw it aside and said, “Would one of you take a live ember from the Fire and place it in his hand?” Then, after the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had gone, it was said to the man, “Take your ring and benefit from it.” He replied, “No, by Allah, I will never take it, after the Messenger of Allah ﷺ has thrown it aside.”
Sahih Ibn Hibban 29Sahih
«مَنْ حَدَّثَ حَدِيثًا وَهُوَ يَرَى أَنَّهُ كَذِبٌ فَهُوَ أَحَدُ الْكَاذِبِينَ»
✧ Whoever narrates a hadith while considering it to be a lie, then he is one of the liars.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 30Sahih
« كَفَى بِالْمَرْءِ إِثْمًا أَنْ يُحَدِّثَ بِكُلِّ مَا سَمِعَ»
✧ It is enough of a sin for a man that he narrates everything he hears.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 31Sahih
«مَنْ كَذَبَ عَلَيَّ مُتَعَمِّدًا فَلْيَتَبَوَّأْ مَقْعَدَهُ مِنَ النَّارِ»
✧ Whoever deliberately lies against me, let him take his seat in the Fire.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 32Sahih
«إِنَّ مِنْ أَعْظَمِ الْفِرْيَةِ ثَلَاثًا أَنْ يَفْرِيَ الرَّجُلُ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ يَقُولُ رَأَيْتُ وَلَمْ يَرَ شَيْئًا فِي الْمَنَامِ أَوْ يَتَقَوَّلَ الرَّجُلُ عَلَى وَالِدَيْهِ فَيُدْعَى إِلَى غَيْرِ أَبِيهِ أَوْ يَقُولَ سَمِعَ مِنِّي وَلَمْ يَسْمَعْ مِنِّي»
✧ Among the greatest of slanders are three: that a man invents against himself, saying he saw a dream when he saw nothing; or that a man fabricates against his parents, attributing himself to other than his father; or that he says he heard from me when he did not hear from me.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 28Hasan sahih
«مَنْ قَالَ عَلَيَّ مَا لَمْ أَقُلْ فَلْيَتَبَوَّأْ مَقْعَدَهُ مِنَ النَّارِ»
"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Whoever attributes to me something that I have not said, let him take his place in Hell." (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 34)