27. ✧ Ya'

1. al-Mu'jam al-Saghir 1138No grade recorded

   مَنْ قَرَأَ قُلْ هُوَ اللهُ أَحَدٌ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ خَمْسِينَ مَرَّةً؛ نُودِيَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ مِنْ قَبْرِهِ: قُمْ يَا مَادِحَ اللهِ، فَادْخُلِ الْجَنَّةَ

   ✧ Whoever recites “Say: He is God, the One” fifty times every day will be called on the Day of Resurrection from his grave: “Arise, O praiser of God, and enter Paradise.”

2. al-Mu'jam al-Saghir 1139No grade recorded

   إِنَّ لِلهِ - تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى - مَلَكًا يُنَادِي عِنْدَ كُلِّ صَلَاةٍ: يَا بَنِي آدَمَ، قُومُوا إِلَى نِيرَانِكُمُ الَّتِي أَوْقَدْتُمُوهَا عَلَى أَنْفُسِكُمْ فَأَطْفِئُوهَا

   ✧ God – blessed and exalted is He – has an angel who calls out at every prayer: “O children of Adam, rise to your fires that you have kindled against yourselves and extinguish them.”

3. al-Mu'jam al-Saghir 1140No grade recorded

   قَدْ عَفَوْتُ عَنْ صَدَقَةِ الْخَيْلِ وَالرَّقِيقِ وَلَيْسَ فِيمَا دُونَ الْمِائَتَيْنِ زَكَاةٌ

   ✧ I have pardoned the alms on horses and slaves, and there is no zakat on what is less than two hundred dirhams.

4. al-Mu'jam al-Saghir 1141No grade recorded

   فِي قَوْلِ اللهِ - عَزَّ وَجَلَّ - وَشَاهِدٍ وَمَشْهُودٍ قَالَ: الشَّاهِدُ جَدِّي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَالْمَشْهُودُ يَوْمُ الْقِيَامَةِ، ثُمَّ تَلَا هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ إِنَّا أَرْسَلْنَاكَ شَاهِدًا وَمُبَشِّرًا وَنَذِيرًا، وَتَلَا ذَلِكَ يَوْمٌ مَجْمُوعٌ لَهُ النَّاسُ وَذَلِكَ يَوْمٌ مَشْهُودٌ

   ✧ Regarding God’s saying – mighty and glorious is He – “By the witness and the witnessed,” he said: “The witness is my grandfather, the Messenger of God ﷺ, and the witnessed is the Day of Resurrection.” Then he recited this verse: “Indeed, We have sent you as a witness and a bearer of good tidings and a warner,” and he recited: “That is a day for which mankind will be gathered, and that is a day witnessed.”

5. al-Mu'jam al-Saghir 1142No grade recorded

   مَا مِنْ عَبْدٍ يُصَلِّي صَلَاةَ الصُّبْحِ، ثُمَّ يَجْلِسُ يَذْكُرُ اللهَ حَتَّى تَطْلُعَ الشَّمْسُ إِلَّا كَانَ ذَلِكَ لَهُ حِجَابًا مِنَ النَّارِ

   ✧ No servant prays the dawn prayer, then sits remembering God until the sun rises, but that will be for him a barrier from the Fire.

6. al-Mu'jam al-Saghir 1143No grade recorded

   رُفِعَتْ لِي سِدْرَةُ الْمُنْتَهَى فَإِذَا أَرْبَعَةُ أَنْهَارٍ: نَهَرَانِ ظَاهِرَانِ، وَنَهَرَانِ بَاطِنَانِ. فَأَمَّا الظَّاهِرَانِ: فَالنِّيلُ وَالْفُرَاتُ، وَأَمَّا الْبَاطِنَانِ فَنَهَرَانِ فِي الْجَنَّةِ، وَأُتِيتُ بِثَلَاثَةِ أَقْدَاحٍ: قَدَحٌ فِيهِ لَبَنٌ، وَقَدَحٌ فِيهِ عَسَلٌ، وَقَدَحٌ فِيهِ خَمْرٌ، فَأَخَذْتُ الَّذِي فِيهِ اللَّبَنُ، فَشَرِبْتُ، فَقِيلَ: أَصَبْتَ الْفِطْرَةَ أَنْتَ وَأُمَّتُكَ

   ✧ The Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary was raised up to me, and there were four rivers: two visible rivers and two hidden rivers. As for the two visible ones, they are the Nile and the Euphrates; as for the two hidden ones, they are two rivers in Paradise. And I was brought three cups: a cup containing milk, a cup containing honey, and a cup containing wine. I took the one containing milk and drank, and it was said: You have attained the primordial nature—you and your community.

7. al-Mu'jam al-Saghir 1144No grade recorded

   قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، مَنْ أَبَرُّ ؟ قَالَ: " أُمَّكَ، قُلْتُ: ثُمَّ مَنْ ؟ قَالَ: " أُمَّكَ " قُلْتُ: ثُمَّ مَنْ ؟ قَالَ: " ثُمَّ أَبَاكَ " قُلْتُ: ثُمَّ مَنْ ؟ قَالَ: " الْأَقْرَبَ فَالْأَقْرَبَ

   ✧ I said: O Messenger of God, whom should I treat most kindly? He said: "Your mother." I said: Then whom? He said: "Your mother." I said: Then whom? He said: "Then your father." I said: Then whom? He said: "Then the nearest, then the next nearest."

8. al-Mu'jam al-Saghir 1145No grade recorded

   أَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ يُصَلِّي بِأَصْحَابِهِ الْمَغْرِبَ، فَسَمِعْتُهُ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ: مَا لَهُ مِنْ دَافِعٍ - وَقَدْ خَرَجَ صَوْتُهُ مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ - إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّكَ لَوَاقِعٌ مَا لَهُ مِنْ دَافِعٍ، فَكَأَنَّمَا صُدِعَ قَلْبِي

   ✧ I came to the Messenger of God ﷺ while he was leading his companions in the sunset prayer. I heard him saying: "It has no repeller"—and his voice was coming out of the mosque—"Indeed, the punishment of your Lord is surely occurring; it has no repeller." It was as if my heart was split open.

9. al-Mu'jam al-Saghir 1146No grade recorded

   قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: " يَا عِمْرَانُ "، قُلْتُ: لَبَّيْكَ قَالَ: قُلِ: اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْتَهْدِيكَ لِأَرْشَدِ أُمُورِي، وَأَسْتَجِيرُكَ مِنْ شَرِّ نَفْسِي

   ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ said to me: "O 'Imran." I said: At your service. He said: "Say: O God, I seek guidance from You for the most sound of my affairs, and I seek Your protection from the evil of my self."

10. al-Mu'jam al-Saghir 1147No grade recorded

    مَنْ أَعْتَقَ رَقَبَةً مُسْلِمَةً أَعْتَقَ اللهُ بِكُلِّ عُضْوٍ مِنْهُ عُضْوًا مِنَ النَّارِ

    ✧ Whoever frees a Muslim slave, God will free, for every limb of that slave, a limb of his from the Fire.

11. al-Mu'jam al-Saghir 1148No grade recorded

    نَفْسُ الْمُؤْمِنِ مُعَلَّقَةٌ مَا كَانَ عَلَيْهِ دَيْنٌ

    ✧ The soul of a believer is suspended as long as he has a debt.

12. al-Mu'jam al-Saghir 1149No grade recorded

    أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ ذَكَرَ الْغُلُولَ، فَقَالَ: لِيَحْذَرْ أَحَدُكُمْ أَنْ يَجِيءَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ بِبَعِيرٍ عَلَى عُنُقِهِ لَهُ رُغَاءٌ

    ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ mentioned misappropriation of war spoils and said: "Let one of you beware of coming on the Day of Resurrection with a camel on his neck that bellows."

13. al-Mu'jam al-Saghir 1150No grade recorded

    أَنَّ رَجُلًا كَانَ حَدِيثَ عَهْدٍ بِعُرْسٍ، فَبَعَثَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بَعْثًا وَبَعَثَ فِيهِمْ ذَلِكَ الرَّجُلَ، فَلَمَّا جَاءَ الْقَوْمُ تَعَجَّلَ إِلَى أَهْلِهِ، فَإِذَا هُوَ بِامْرَأَتِهِ قَائِمَةً عَلَى بَابِهَا، فَدَخَلَتْهُ غَيْرَةٌ، فَهَيَّأَ الرُّمْحَ لِيَطْعَنَهَا بِهِ، فَقَالَتْ: لَا تَعْجَلْ وَانْظُرْ مَاذَا فِي الْبَيْتِ، فَدَخَلَ الْبَيْتَ فَإِذَا هُوَ بِحَيَّةٍ مُنْطَوِيَةٍ عَلَى فِرَاشِهَا فَطَعَنَ الْحَيَّةَ فَمَاتَتْ، وَمَاتَ الرَّجُلُ، فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ: إِنَّ لِهَذِهِ الْبُيُوتِ عَوَامِرَ مِنَ الْجِنِّ، وَنَهَى عَنْ قَتْلِ الْجِنَّانِ

    ✧ A man had recently married, and the Messenger of God ﷺ dispatched an expedition and sent that man among them. When the people came back, he hurried to his family, and found his wife standing at her door. Jealousy entered him, so he readied a spear to thrust at her. She said: Do not rush; look at what is in the house. He entered the house and found a snake coiled on her bed. He thrust at the snake, and it died, and the man died too. This reached the Prophet ﷺ, and he said: "Indeed, these houses have dwellers from the jinn," and he forbade killing house snakes.

14. al-Mu'jam al-Saghir 1151No grade recorded

    نَهَى عَنْ قَتْلِ الْجِنَّانِ الَّتِي تَكُونُ فِي الْبَيْتِ

    ✧ He forbade killing the house snakes that are in the house.

15. al-Mu'jam al-Saghir 1152No grade recorded

    مَا مِنْ عَمَلٍ أَحَبُّ إِلَى اللهِ - عَزَّ وَجَلَّ - مِنْ عَمَلٍ فِي عَشْرِ ذِي الْحِجَّةِ إِلَّا رَجُلٌ يَخْرُجُ بِمَالِهِ وَنَفْسِهِ، ثُمَّ لَا يَرْجِعُ

    ✧ There is no deed more beloved to God—Mighty and Majestic—than a deed done in the ten days of Dhu al-Hijjah, except a man who goes out with his wealth and his life, then does not return.

16. al-Mu'jam al-Saghir 1153No grade recorded

    خَمِّرُوا آنِيَتَكُمْ، وَأَوْكُوا أَسْقِيَتَكُمْ، وَأَجِيفُوا أَبْوَابَكُمْ، وَأَطْفِئُوا سُرُجَكُمْ؛ فَإِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ لَا يَفْتَحُ بَابًا مُجَافًا، وَلَا يَكْشِفُ غِطَاءً، وَلَا يَحُلُّ وِكَاءً، وَإِنَّ الْفُوَيْسِقَةَ تُضْرِمُ عَلَى أَهْلِ الْبَيْتِ بَيْتَهُمْ فِي النَّارِ

    ✧ Cover your vessels, tie your waterskins, shut your doors, and extinguish your lamps; for Satan does not open a shut door, nor uncover a cover, nor untie a waterskin. And indeed the little vermin may set ablaze the house upon its occupants.

17. al-Mu'jam al-Saghir 1154No grade recorded

    أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ بَاعَ مُدَبَّرًا مِنْ نُعَيْمِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ

    ✧ The Prophet ﷺ sold a mudabbar (slave promised freedom upon his owner's death) belonging to Nuʿaym b. ʿAbdallāh.

18. al-Mu'jam al-Saghir 1155No grade recorded

    إِذَا بَلَغَ بَنُو الْعَاصِ ثَلَاثِينَ رَجُلًا اتَّخَذُوا دِينَ اللهِ دَغَلًا، وَمَالَ اللهِ دُوَلًا، وَعِبَادَ اللهِ خَوَلًا

    ✧ When the Banū al-ʿĀṣ reach thirty men, they will take the religion of God as a means of deceit, the wealth of God as private property, and the servants of God as slaves.

19. al-Mu'jam al-Saghir 1156No grade recorded

    أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ مَرَّ بِقَوْمٍ يَرْمُونَ وَهُمْ يَحْلِفُونَ، أَخْطَأْتَ وَاللهِ، أَصَبْتَ وَاللهِ، فَلَمَّا رَأَوْا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَمْسَكُوا، فَقَالَ: ارْمُوا فَإِنَّ أَيْمَانَ الرُّمَاةِ لَغْوٌ لَا حِنْثَ فِيهَا وَلَا كَفَّارَةَ

    ✧ The Prophet ﷺ passed by some people shooting arrows while swearing, saying: "You missed, by God!" and "You hit, by God!" When they saw the Messenger of God ﷺ, they stopped. He said: "Shoot, for the oaths of archers are futile; there is no sin in them and no expiation."

20. al-Mu'jam al-Saghir 1157No grade recorded

    دَخَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَكَّةَ يَوْمَ الْفَتْحِ وَعَلَى الْكَعْبَةِ ثَلَاثُمِائَةٍ وَسِتُّونَ صَنَمًا قَدْ شَدَّ لَهُمْ إِبْلِيسُ أَقْدَامَهَا بِرَصَاصٍ، فَجَاءَ وَمَعَهُ قَضِيبٌ، فَجَعَلَ يَهْوِي بِهِ إِلَى كُلِّ صَنَمٍ مِنْهَا فَيَخِرُّ لِوَجْهِهِ، فَيَقُولُ: جَاءَ الْحَقُّ وَزَهَقَ الْبَاطِلُ، إِنَّ الْبَاطِلَ كَانَ زَهُوقًا، حَتَّى مَرَّ عَلَيْهَا كُلِّهَا

    ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ entered Makkah on the Day of the Conquest, and around the Kaʿbah there were three hundred and sixty idols, Iblīs having fastened their feet with lead. He came with a stick and began striking each idol with it, and it would fall on its face, while he said: "The truth has come, and falsehood has vanished. Indeed, falsehood is bound to vanish" [Qur'an 17:81], until he had passed by all of them.

21. al-Mu'jam al-Saghir 1158No grade recorded

    إِنَّ الْمُسْلِمَ لِيُصَلِّيَ وَخَطَايَاهُ مَوْضُوعَةٌ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ، فَكُلَّمَا سَجَدَ تَحَاتَّتْ عَنْهُ، فَتَفْرُغُ حِينَ يَفْرُغُ مِنْ صَلَاتِهِ، وَقَدْ تَحَاتَّتْ خَطَايَاهُ

    ✧ A Muslim prays while his sins are placed upon his head. Every time he prostrates, they fall away from him, so by the time he finishes his prayer, his sins have fallen away.

22. al-Mu'jam al-Saghir 1159No grade recorded

    لِلْمُسَافِرِ ثَلَاثَةُ أَيَّامٍ وَلَيَالِيهِنَّ، وَلِلْمُقِيمِ يَوْمٌ وَلَيْلَةٌ

    ✧ For the traveler, (the period for wiping over leather socks) is three days and their nights, and for the resident, one day and one night.

23. al-Mu'jam al-Saghir 1160No grade recorded

    غُسْلُ الْجُمُعَةِ وَاجِبٌ عَلَى كُلِّ مُحْتَلِمٍ

    ✧ The Friday bath is obligatory upon every one who has reached puberty.

24. al-Mu'jam al-Saghir 1161No grade recorded

    أَنْتُمْ فِي زَمَنٍ مَنْ تَرَكَ عُشْرَ مَا أُمِرَ بِهِ هَلَكَ، وَسَيَأْتِي زَمَنٌ مَنْ عَمِلَ بِعُشْرِ مَا أُمِرَ بِهِ نَجَا

    ✧ You are in a time when whoever abandons a tenth of what he has been commanded will perish; and a time will come when whoever acts upon a tenth of what he has been commanded will be saved.

25. al-Mu'jam al-Saghir 1162No grade recorded

    أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ خَطَبَ أُمَّ مُبَشِّرٍ بِنْتَ الْبَرَاءِ بْنِ مَعْرُورٍ، فَقَالَتْ: إِنِّي شَرَطْتُ لِزَوْجِي أَنْ لَا أَتَزَوَّجَ بَعْدَهُ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ - ﷺ: إِنَّ هَذَا لَا يَصْلُحُ

    ✧ The Prophet ﷺ proposed to Umm Mubashshir bt. al-Barāʾ b. Maʿrūr, and she said: "I made a condition with my husband that I would not marry after him." The Prophet ﷺ said: "This is not proper."

26. al-Mu'jam al-Saghir 1163No grade recorded

    مَا عَلَى أَحَدِكُمْ إِذَا أَلَحَّ بِهِ هَمُّهُ أَنْ يَتَقَلَّدَ قَوْسَهُ، فَيَنْفِي بِهِ هَمَّهُ

    ✧ What is wrong with one of you, when a worry presses upon him, that he should take up his bow and thereby dispel his worry?

27. al-Mu'jam al-Saghir 1164No grade recorded

    مَنْ بَنَى لِلهِ مَسْجِدًا بَنَى اللهُ لَهُ بَيْتًا فِي الْجَنَّةِ

    ✧ Whoever builds a mosque for God, God will build for him a house in Paradise.

28. al-Mu'jam al-Saghir 1165No grade recorded

    كَانَ قِيَامُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَرِيضَةً حِينَ أَنْزَلَ اللهُ - عَزَّ وَجَلَّ - يَا أَيُّهَا الْمُزَّمِّلُ قُمِ اللَّيْلَ إِلا قَلِيلا، فَكَانَ أَوَّلَ فَرِيضَةٍ، فَكَانُوا يَقُومُونَ حَتَّى تَتَفَطَّرَ أَقْدَامُهُمْ، وَحَبَسَ اللهُ - عَزَّ وَجَلَّ - آخِرَ السُّورَةِ عَنْهُمْ حَوْلًا، ثُمَّ أَنْزَلَ عَلِمَ أَنْ لَنْ تُحْصُوهُ فَتَابَ عَلَيْكُمْ فَاقْرَءُوا مَا تَيَسَّرَ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ، فَصَارَ قِيَامُ اللَّيْلِ تَطَوُّعًا

    ✧ The night prayer of the Messenger of God ﷺ was obligatory when God, Mighty and Majestic, revealed: "O you wrapped in garments, arise to pray the night, except a little" [Qur'an 73:1–2]. It was the first obligation, and they used to pray until their feet became cracked. God, Mighty and Majestic, withheld the end of the surah from them for a year, then He revealed: "He knows that you will not be able to keep count of it, so He has turned to you in mercy; recite, then, what is easy of the Qur'an" [Qur'an 73:20]. Thus the night prayer became voluntary.

29. al-Mu'jam al-Saghir 1166No grade recorded

    يَقْطَعُ الصَّلَاةَ الْكَلْبُ الْأَسْوَدُ، وَالْمَرْأَةُ، وَالْحِمَارُ، فَقُلْتُ: مَا بَالُ الْكَلْبِ الْأَسْوَدِ مِنَ الْأَبْيَضِ ؟ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَمَا سَأَلْتَنِي، فَقَالَ: الْكَلْبُ الْأَسْوَدُ شَيْطَانٌ

    ✧ The prayer is cut off by the black dog, the woman, and the donkey. I said: What is it with the black dog as opposed to the white one? He said: I asked the Messenger of God ﷺ just as you asked me, and he said: 'The black dog is a devil.'

30. al-Mu'jam al-Saghir 1167No grade recorded

    لَا يَمَسُّ الْقُرْآنَ إِلَّا طَاهِرٌ

    ✧ None may touch the Qur'an except one who is ritually pure.

31. al-Mu'jam al-Saghir 1168No grade recorded

    الْتَقَى حُذَيْفَةُ بْنُ الْيَمَانِ، وَعُقْبَةُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو أَبُو مَسْعُودٍ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ، فَقَالَ أَحَدُهُمَا لِصَاحِبِهِ: حَدِّثْنَا مَا سَمِعْتَ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَحَدَّثَ أَحَدُهُمَا وَصَدَّقَهُ الْآخَرُ، فَقَالَ أَحَدُهُمَا: يُؤْتَى بِعَبْدٍ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ فَيُوقَفُ بَيْنَ يَدَيِ اللهِ - عَزَّ وَجَلَّ -، فَيَقُولُ: مَا وَرَاؤُكَ ؟ فَيَقُولُ: كُنْتُ أُبَايِعُ النَّاسَ، فَإِذَا بَايَعْتُ مُعْسِرًا تَرَكْتُ لَهُ، وَإِذَا بَايَعْتُ مُوسِرًا أَنْظَرْتُهُ، فَيَقُولُ اللهُ: أَنَا أَحَقُّ بِالتَّجَوُّزِ عَنْ عَبْدِي فَيَغْفِرُ لَهُ، فَقَالَ الْآخَرُ: صَدَقْتَ، هَكَذَا سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ

    ✧ Hudhayfa b. al-Yaman and 'Uqba b. 'Amr, Abu Mas'ud al-Ansari, met. One of them said to his companion: 'Narrate to me what you heard from the Messenger of God ﷺ.' One of them narrated and the other confirmed him. One of them said: 'A servant will be brought on the Day of Resurrection and made to stand before God – Mighty and Majestic – and He will say: "What do you have to your credit?" He will say: "I used to engage in transactions with people. When I dealt with someone in difficulty, I let him off; and when I dealt with someone well-off, I gave him respite." God will say: "I am more entitled than My servant to be lenient," and He will forgive him.' The other said: 'You have spoken the truth. Thus I heard it from the Messenger of God.'

32. al-Mu'jam al-Saghir 1169No grade recorded

    يَدْخُلُ أَهْلُ الْجَنَّةِ الْجَنَّةَ جُرْدًا مُرْدًا مُكَحَّلِينَ

    ✧ The people of Paradise will enter Paradise hairless, beardless, with kohl-lined eyes.

33. al-Mu'jam al-Saghir 1170No grade recorded

    صَلَاةُ الْقَاعِدِ عَلَى النِّصْفِ مِنْ صَلَاةِ الْقَائِمِ

    ✧ The prayer of one sitting is half of the prayer of one standing.

34. al-Mu'jam al-Saghir 1171No grade recorded

    فِي كُلِّ الصَّلَاةِ [ الصَّلَوَاتِ ] يُقْرَأُ، فَمَا أَسْمَعَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَسْمَعْنَاكُمْ، وَمِمَّا أَخْفَى عَلَيْنَا أَخْفَيْنَا عَلَيْكُمْ

    ✧ In every prayer, recitation is done. What the Messenger of God ﷺ made us hear, we made you hear; and what he concealed from us, we concealed from you.

35. al-Mu'jam al-Saghir 1172No grade recorded

    أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ تَوَضَّأَ وَمَسَحَ بِرَأْسِهِ مَرَّةً

    ✧ The Prophet ﷺ performed ablution and wiped his head once.

36. al-Mu'jam al-Saghir 1173No grade recorded

    كَانَ إِذَا افْتَتَحَ الصَّلَاةَ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ حَتَّى يُحَاذِيَ مَنْكِبَيْهِ، وَإِذَا رَكَعَ، وَبَعْدَمَا يَرْفَعُ رَأْسَهُ مِنَ الرُّكُوعِ، وَلَا يَرْفَعُ بَيْنَ السَّجْدَتَيْنِ

    ✧ When he began the prayer, he raised his hands until they were level with his shoulders; and when he bowed, and after he raised his head from bowing; and he did not raise them between the two prostrations.

37. al-Mu'jam al-Saghir 1174No grade recorded

    اسْمَحْ يُسْمَحْ لَكَ

    ✧ Be lenient, and leniency will be shown to you.

38. al-Mu'jam al-Saghir 1175No grade recorded

    أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ أَمَرَ بِلَالًا أَنْ يُدْخِلَ يَدَيْهِ فِي أُذُنَيْهِ إِذَا أَذَّنَ، وَقَالَ: إِنَّهُ أَرْفَعُ لِصَوْتِكَ

    ✧ The Prophet ﷺ commanded Bilal to put his fingers in his ears when giving the call to prayer, and he said: 'It makes your voice higher.'

39. al-Mu'jam al-Saghir 1176No grade recorded

    أَنَّ بِلَالًا كَانَ يُؤَذِّنُ مَثْنَى مَثْنَى، وَيَتَشَهَّدُ مُضَعِّفًا يَسْتَقْبِلُ الْقِبْلَةَ، فَيَقُولُ: أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ -مَرَّتَيْنِ-، أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللهِ -مَرَّتَيْنِ-، ثُمَّ يُرَجِّعُ، فَيَقُولُ: أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ مَرَّتَيْنِ، أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللهِ -مَرَّتَيْنِ- مُسْتَقْبِلَ الْقِبْلَةِ، ثُمَّ يَنْحَرِفُ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ، فَيَقُولُ: حَيَّ عَلَى الصَّلَاةِ -مَرَّتَيْنِ-، ثُمَّ يَنْحَرِفُ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ، فَيَقُولُ: حَيَّ عَلَى الْفَلَاحِ -مَرَّتَيْنِ-، ثُمَّ يَسْتَقْبِلُ الْقِبْلَةَ، فَيَقُولُ: اللهُ أَكْبَرُ اللهُ أَكْبَرُ. لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ، وَإِقَامَتُهُ مُنْفَرِدَةٌ، قَدْ قَامَتِ الصَّلَاةُ مَرَّةً وَاحِدَةً، وَأَنَّهُ كَانَ يُؤَذِّنُ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ لِلْجُمُعَةِ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا صَارَ الْفَيْءُ مِثْلَ الشِّرَاكِ

    ✧ Bilal used to give the call to prayer in pairs, and he pronounced the testimony of faith emphatically, facing the qibla. He would say: 'I bear witness that there is no god but God' – twice; 'I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of God' – twice. Then he would repeat them, saying: 'I bear witness that there is no god but God' – twice; 'I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of God' – twice, facing the qibla. Then he would turn to his right and say: 'Come to prayer' – twice. Then he would turn to his left and say: 'Come to success' – twice. Then he would face the qibla and say: 'God is most great, God is most great. There is no god but God.' His iqama was single: 'The prayer has been established' – once. He used to give the call to prayer on Friday for the Friday prayer during the time of the Messenger of God ﷺ when the shadow became like a sandal strap.

40. al-Mu'jam al-Saghir 1177No grade recorded

    كَانَ إِذَا خَرَجَ إِلَى الْعِيدَيْنِ سَلَكَ عَلَى طَرِيقٍ، وَرَجَعَ عَلَى أُخْرَى

    ✧ When he went out for the two 'ids, he took one route and returned by another.

41. al-Mu'jam al-Saghir 1178No grade recorded

    كَانَ يَبْدَأُ فِي الْعِيدَيْنِ بِالصَّلَاةِ قَبْلَ الْخُطْبَةِ، ثُمَّ يُكَبِّرُ فِي الْأُولَى بِسَبْعٍ قَبْلَ الْقِرَاءَةِ، وَفِي الْآخِرَةِ خَمْسًا قَبْلَ الْقِرَاءَةِ، وَكَانَ يَخْرُجُ فِي الْعِيدَيْنِ مَاشِيًا، وَيَرْجِعُ مَاشِيًا، وَكَانَ يُكَبِّرُ بَيْنَ أَضْعَافِ الْخُطْبَةِ، وَيُكْثِرُ التَّكْبِيرَ فِي الْعِيدَيْنِ

    ✧ He used to begin on the two 'ids with the prayer before the sermon, then he would say takbir in the first [rak'ah] seven times before the recitation, and in the second [rak'ah] five times before the recitation. He used to go out on the two 'ids walking and return walking, and he used to say takbir between the parts of the sermon, and he would say takbir frequently on the two 'ids.

42. al-Mu'jam al-Saghir 1179No grade recorded

    كَانَ إِذَا خَطَبَ فِي الْعِيدَيْنِ خَطَبَ عَلَى قَوْسٍ، وَإِذَا خَطَبَ فِي الْجُمُعَةِ خَطَبَ عَلَى عَصًا

    ✧ When he delivered the sermon on the two 'ids, he would deliver it on a bow, and when he delivered the sermon on Friday, he would deliver it on a staff.

43. al-Mu'jam al-Saghir 1180No grade recorded

    أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ لِغُلَامٍ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ: نَاوِلْنِي نَعْلِي، فَقَالَ الْغُلَامُ: يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ، بِأَبِي أَنْتَ وَأُمِّي، اتْرُكْنِي حَتَّى أَجْعَلَهُمَا أَنَا فِي رِجْلَيْكَ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: اللَّهُمَّ، إِنَّ عَبْدَكَ هَذَا يَتَرَضَّاكَ فَارْضَ عَنْهُ

    ✧ The Prophet ﷺ said one day to a boy from the Ansar: 'Hand me my sandals.' The boy said: 'O Prophet of Allah, may my father and mother be sacrificed for you, leave me so that I may put them on your feet myself.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'O Allah, this servant of Yours seeks Your pleasure, so be pleased with him.'

44. al-Mu'jam al-Saghir 1181No grade recorded

    مَنْ أَحَبَّ الْأَنْصَارَ فَبِحُبِّي، وَمَنْ أَبْغَضَ الْأَنْصَارَ فَبِبُغْضِي قَالَ: اخْتَرْ أَيَّ الْبِلَادِ شِئْتَ، فَإِنَّكَ لَسْتَ بِرَاجِعٍ إِلَى حَضْرَمَوْتَ، فَقُلْتُ: عَشِيرَتِي بِالشَّامِ، وَأَهْلُ بَيْتِي بِالْكُوفَةِ، فَقَالَ: رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ بَيْتِكَ خَيْرٌ مِنْ عَشَرَةٍ مِنْ عَشِيرَتِكَ، فَقُلْتُ: مَا رَجَعْتُ إِلَى حَضْرَمَوْتَ سُرُورًا بِهَا، وَمَا يَنْبَغِي لِلْمُهَاجِرِ أَنْ يَرْجِعَ إِلَى الْمَوْضِعِ الَّذِي هَاجَرَ مِنْهُ إِلَّا مِنْ عِلَّةٍ، قَالَ: وَمَا عِلَّتُكَ ؟ قُلْتُ: قَوْلُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي الْفِتَنِ، فَحَيْثُ اخْتَلَفْتُمُ اعْتَزَلْنَاكُمْ، وَحَيْثُ اجْتَمَعْتُمْ جِئْنَاكُمْ، فَهَذِهِ الْعِلَّةُ، فَقَالَ: إِنِّي قَدْ وَلَّيْتُكَ الْكُوفَةَ فَسِرْ إِلَيْهَا، فَقُلْتُ: مَا إِلَيَّ بَعْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ لِأَحَدٍ [ حَاجَةٌ ]، أَمَا رَأَيْتَ أَنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ قَدْ أَرَادَنِي فَأَبَيْتُ، وَأَرَادَنِي عُمَرُ فَأَبَيْتُ، وَأَرَادَنِي عُثْمَانُ فَأَبَيْتُ، وَلَمْ أَدَعْ بَيْعَتَهُمْ، قَدْ جَاءَنِي كِتَابُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ حَيْثُ ارْتَدَّ أَهْلُ نَاحِيَتِنَا، فَقُمْتُ فِيهِمْ حَتَّى رَدَّهُمُ اللهُ إِلَى الْإِسْلَامِ بِغَيْرِ وِلَايَةٍ، فَدَعَا عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ الْحَكَمِ، فَقَالَ لَهُ: فَقَدْ وَلَّيْتُكَ الْكُوفَةَ، وَسِرْ بِوَائِلِ بْنِ حُجْرٍ فَأَكْرِمْهُ، وَاقْضِ حَوَائِجَهُ، فَقَالَ: يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، أَسَأْتَ بِيَ الظَّنَّ، تَأْمُرُنِي بِإِكْرَامِ رَجُلٍ قَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَكْرَمَهُ وَأَبَا بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ وَعُثْمَانَ وَأَنْتَ ؟ فَسُرَّ مُعَاوِيَةُ بِذَلِكَ مِنْهُ، فَقَدِمْتُ مَعَهُ الْكُوفَةَ، فَلَمْ يَلْبَثْ أَنْ مَاتَ. - قَالَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حُجْرٍ: الْوِرَاطُ: الْعَمَارُ، وَالْأَقْوَالُ: الْمُلُوكُ، الْعَيَاهِلَةُ: الْعُظَمَاءُ. تصحفت في طبعة المكتب الإسلامي: ( المهاجرين أبي أمية ) وهي على الصواب في النسخ الخطية، وطبعة العلمية

    ✧ Whoever loves the Ansar, it is out of love for me; and whoever hates the Ansar, it is out of hatred for me. [Mu'awiyah] said: 'Choose whichever land you wish, for you will not return to Hadramawt.' I said: 'My kinsfolk are in Syria and my household is in Kufa.' He said: 'One man from your household is better than ten from your kinsfolk.' I said: 'I did not return to Hadramawt out of delight in it. It is not appropriate for an emigrant to return to the place from which he emigrated except for a reason.' He said: 'What is your reason?' I said: 'The saying of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about the fitnas: wherever you differ, we shall withdraw from you; and wherever you unite, we shall come to you. This is the reason.' He said: 'I have appointed you governor of Kufa, so go to it.' I said: 'After the Prophet ﷺ I have no need of anyone. Do you not see that Abu Bakr wanted me and I refused, 'Umar wanted me and I refused, and 'Uthman wanted me and I refused, yet I did not abandon giving allegiance to them? The letter of Abu Bakr came to me when the people of our region apostatized, and I stood among them until Allah returned them to Islam without any appointment.' Then he called 'Abd al-Rahman b. al-Hakam and said to him: 'I have appointed you governor of Kufa. Go with Wa'il b. Hujr, honor him, and fulfill his needs.' He said: 'O Commander of the Believers, you thought ill of me. You command me to honor a man whom I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ honor, as well as Abu Bakr, 'Umar, 'Uthman, and you?' Mu'awiyah was pleased with that from him. I arrived with him in Kufa, and he did not remain long before he died. - Muhammad b. Hujr said: al-wirat are the 'ammar (builders), al-aqwal are the kings, al-'ayahilah are the great ones. In the al-Maktab al-Islami edition it was corrupted as (al-Muhajirin Abi Umayyah), but it is correct in the manuscripts and the 'Ilmiyyah edition.

45. al-Mu'jam al-Saghir 1182No grade recorded

    يَا أَبَا مُوسَى، أَلَا أَدُلُّكَ عَلَى كَنْزٍ مِنْ كُنُوزِ الْجَنَّةِ ؟ " قُلْتُ: بَلَى قَالَ: " لَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللهِ

    ✧ O Abu Musa, shall I not guide you to a treasure from the treasures of Paradise?' I said: 'Yes.' He said: 'La hawla wa la quwwata illa billah (There is no might and no power except with Allah).'

46. al-Mu'jam al-Saghir 1183No grade recorded

    مَنْ لَقِيَ أَخَاهُ الْمُسْلِمَ بِمَا يُحِبُّ لِيَسُرَّهُ بِذَلِكَ سَرَّهُ اللهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ

    ✧ Whoever meets his Muslim brother with what he loves in order to please him thereby, Allah will please him on the Day of Resurrection.

47. al-Mu'jam al-Saghir 1184No grade recorded

    عَبْدٌ أَطَاعَ اللهَ وَأَطَاعَ مَوَالِيَهُ يُدْخِلُهُ اللهُ الْجَنَّةَ قَبْلَ مَوَالِيهِ، فَيَقُولُ السَّيِّدُ: رَبِّ، هَذَا كَانَ عَبْدِي فِي الدُّنْيَا، فَيَقُولُ: جَازَيْتُهُ بِعَمَلِهِ، وَجَازَيْتُكَ بِعَمَلِكَ

    ✧ A slave who obeys Allah and obeys his masters - Allah will admit him to Paradise before his masters. The master will say: 'My Lord, this was my slave in the world.' He will say: 'I rewarded him for his deeds, and I rewarded you for your deeds.'

48. al-Mu'jam al-Saghir 1185No grade recorded

    أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ رَمَلَ فِي حِجَّتِهِ مِنَ الْحَجَرِ إِلَى الْحَجَرِ

    ✧ The Prophet ﷺ walked at a fast pace in his Hajj from the Stone to the Stone.

49. al-Mu'jam al-Saghir 1186No grade recorded

    لَا تَذْهَبُ الدُّنْيَا حَتَّى يَمْلِكَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ بَيْتِي يُوَاطِئُ اسْمُهُ اسْمِي، يَمْلَأُ الْأَرْضَ عَدْلًا وَقِسْطًا، كَمَا مُلِئَتْ جَوْرًا وَظُلْمًا

    ✧ The world will not come to an end until a man from my household rules, whose name matches my name, and he fills the earth with justice and fairness as it was filled with oppression and injustice.

50. al-Mu'jam al-Saghir 1187No grade recorded

    كُنْتُ أَفْرُكُ الْمَنِيَّ مِنْ ثَوْبِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ بِالثُّمَامَةِ

    ✧ I used to rub the semen from the garment of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ with thumamah (a type of grass).

51. al-Mu'jam al-Saghir 1188No grade recorded

    مَنْ صُنِعَ إِلَيْهِ مَعْرُوفٌ، فَقَالَ لِفَاعِلِهِ: جَزَاكَ اللهُ خَيْرًا، فَقَدْ أَبْلَغَ فِي الثَّنَاءِ

    ✧ Whoever has a favor done to him and says to the doer: 'May Allah reward you with good,' has indeed excelled in praise.

52. al-Mu'jam al-Saghir 1189No grade recorded

    إِذَا قَالَ رَجُلٌ لِأَخِيهِ: جَزَاكَ اللهُ خَيْرًا فَقَدْ أَبْلَغَ فِي الثَّنَاءِ.

    ✧ When a man says to his brother: 'May Allah reward you with good,' he has indeed excelled in praise.

53. al-Mu'jam al-Saghir 1190No grade recorded

    حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الدَّبَرِيُّ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّزَّاقِ، قِرَاءَةً عَنِ الثَّوْرِيِّ، عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ عُبَيْدَةَ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ بِمِثْلِهِ

    ✧ Ishaq b. Ibrahim al-Dabari narrated to us, from 'Abd al-Razzaq, by reading from al-Thawri, from Musa b. 'Ubayda, from Muhammad b. Thabit, from Abu Hurayra, from the Prophet ﷺ with its like.

54. al-Mu'jam al-Saghir 1191No grade recorded

    اسْتَعِينُوا عَلَى إِنْجَاحِ حَوَائِجِكُمْ بِالْكِتْمَانِ؛ فَإِنَّ كُلَّ ذِي نِعْمَةٍ مَحْسُودٌ

    ✧ Seek help in fulfilling your needs through concealment, for every possessor of a blessing is envied.

55. al-Mu'jam al-Saghir 1192No grade recorded

    تَدَعُ الصَّلَاةَ أَيَّامَ أَقْرَائِهَا، ثُمَّ تَغْتَسِلُ مَرَّةً، ثُمَّ تَتَوَضَّأُ إِلَى مِثْلِ أَيَّامِ أَقْرَائِهَا؛ فَإِنْ رَأَتْ صُفْرَةً انْتَضَحَتْ وَتَوَضَّأَتْ وَصَلَّتْ

    ✧ She abandons the prayer during the days of her menstrual periods, then she performs a full bath once, then she performs ablution for the like of the days of her menstrual periods; and if she sees a yellowish discharge, she sprinkles water, performs ablution, and prays.

56. al-Mu'jam al-Saghir 1193No grade recorded

    أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ: " اسْتَسْقَى، وَقَلَبَ رِدَاءَهُ، فَجَعَلَ أَعْلَاهُ أَسْفَلَهُ

    ✧ That the Prophet ﷺ prayed for rain and turned his cloak inside out, making its upper part its lower part.