1. Introduction

1. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 25No grade recorded

   مُعَاوِيَةُ ؓ «دَخَلْتُ مَعَ أَبِي عَلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ ؓ فَرَأَيْتُ أَسْمَاءَ قَائِمَةً عَلَى رَأْسِهِ بَيْضَاءَ وَرَأَيْتُ أَبَا بَكْرٍ ؓ أَبْيَضَ نَحِيفًا فَحَمَلَنِي وَأَبِي عَلَى فَرَسَيْنِ ثُمَّ عُرِضْنَا عَلَيْهِ وَأَجَازَنَا»

   ✧ Muawiyah ؓ said, "I entered with my father upon Abu Bakr ؓ, and I saw Asma standing at his head, fair-skinned. I saw Abu Bakr ؓ as fair-skinned and slender. He mounted me and my father on two horses, then we were presented to him and he granted us rewards."

2. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 26aNo grade recorded

   «أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ مَاتَ عَلَى رَأْسِ ثَلَاثٍ وَسِتِّينَ»

   ✧ The Prophet ﷺ died at the age of sixty-three.

3. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 26bNo grade recorded

   «أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ مَاتَ عَلَى رَأْسِ ثَلَاثٍ وَسِتِّينَ»

   ✧ The Prophet ﷺ died at the age of sixty-three.

4. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 27No grade recorded

   «أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ تُوُفِّيَ وَهُوَ ابْنُ ثَلَاثٍ وَسِتِّينَ»

   ✧ The Prophet ﷺ passed away when he was sixty-three years old.

5. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 28No grade recorded

   «تَذَاكَرَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ مِيلَادَهُمَا عِنْدِي فَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَكْبَرَ مِنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ فَتُوُفِّيَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ ابْنُ ثَلَاثٍ وَسِتِّينَ وَتُوُفِّيَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ وَهُوَ ابْنُ ثَلَاثٍ وَسِتِّينَ لِسَنَتَيْنِ وَنِصْفِ الَّتِي عَاشَ بَعْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ»

   ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ and Abu Bakr ؓ mentioned their birth dates in my presence, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was older than Abu Bakr. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ died when he was sixty-three, and Abu Bakr ؓ died when he was sixty-three, two and a half years after the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.

6. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 29No grade recorded

   كُنْتُ مَعَ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ ؓ فَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ «قُبِضَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَهُوَ ابْنُ ثَلَاثٍ وَسِتِّينَ سَنَةً وَقُبِضَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ وَهُوَ ابْنُ ثَلَاثٍ وَسِتِّينَ وَقُبِضَ عُمَرُ ؓ وَهُوَ ابْنُ ثَلَاثٍ وَسِتِّينَ» قَالَ أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ وَقَالَ مُعَاوِيَةُ ؓ «وَهَذِهِ لِي سَبْعٌ وَخَمْسُونَ ثُمَّ عَاشَ نَحْوًا مِنْ عِشْرِينَ سَنَةً»

   ✧ I was with Mu'awiya b. Abi Sufyan ؓ and I heard him say: "The Prophet ﷺ was taken when he was sixty-three years old, and Abu Bakr ؓ was taken when he was sixty-three, and 'Umar ؓ was taken when he was sixty-three." Abu Ishaq said: Mu'awiya ؓ also said: "This [age] for me is fifty-seven, then he lived about twenty years."

7. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 31No grade recorded

   «مَاتَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ وَهُوَ ابْنُ ثَلَاثٍ وَسِتِّينَ»

   ✧ Abu Bakr ؓ died when he was sixty-three.

8. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 32No grade recorded

   «قُبِضَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَهُوَ ابْنُ ثَلَاثٍ وَسِتِّينَ»

   ✧ Abu Bakr was taken when he was sixty-three.

9. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 34No grade recorded

   «تُوُفِّيَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ وَهُوَ ابْنُ ثَلَاثٍ وَسِتِّينَ»

   ✧ Abu Bakr ؓ died when he was sixty-three.

10. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 35No grade recorded

    «تُوُفِّيَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ وَهُوَ ابْنُ ثَلَاثٍ وَسِتِّينَ سَنَةً وَوَلِيَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ سَنَتَيْنِ وَدُفِنَ لَيْلًا وَصَلَّى عَلَيْهِ عُمَرُ ؓ»

    ✧ Abu Bakr ؓ died when he was sixty-three years old, and Abu Bakr ruled for two years. He was buried at night, and 'Umar ؓ prayed over him.

11. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 36No grade recorded

    «أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ مَاتَ وَهُوَ ابْنُ خَمْسٍ وَسِتِّينَ سَنَةً وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ بِمَنْزِلَتِهِ»

    ✧ The Prophet ﷺ died when he was sixty-five years old, and Abu Bakr ؓ was at the same age.

12. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 37No grade recorded

    لَمَّا أَرَادَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ أَنَّ يَسْتَخْلِفَ عُمَرَ بَعَثَ إِلَيْهِ فَدَعَاهُ فَأَتَاهُ فَقَالَ «إِنِّي أَدْعُوكَ إِلَى أَمْرٍ مُتْعِبٍ لِمَنْ وَلِيَهُ فَاتَّقِ اللهَ يَا عُمَرُ بِطَاعَتِهِ وَأَطِعْهُ بِتَقْوَاهُ فَإِنَّ الْمُتَّقِيَ آمِنٌ مَحْفُوظٌ ثُمَّ إِنَّ الْأَمْرَ مَعْرُوضٌ لَا يَسْتَوْجِبُهُ إِلَّا مَنْ عَمِلَ بِهِ فَمَنْ أَمَرَ بِالْحَقِّ وَعَمِلَ بِالْبَاطِلِ وَأَمَرَ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَعَمِلَ بِالْمُنْكِرِ يُوشِكُ أَنَّ تَنْقَطِعَ أُمْنِيَّتُهُ وَأَنْ يَحْبَطَ عَمَلُهُ فَإِنْ أَنْتَ وُلِّيتَ عَلَيْهِمْ أَمْرَهُمْ فَإِنِ اسْتَطَعْتَ أَنْ تَجِفَّ يَدُكَ مِنْ دِمَائِهِمْ وَأَنْ تَضْمُرَ بَطْنُكَ مِنْ أَمْوَالِهِمْ وَأَنْ يَجِفَّ لِسَانُكَ عَنْ أَعْرَاضِهِمْ فَافْعَلْ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللهِ»

    ✧ When Abu Bakr ؓ intended to appoint 'Umar as his successor, he sent for him and called him. He came to him and he said: "I am calling you to a matter that is exhausting for the one who undertakes it. So fear Allah, O 'Umar, through obedience to Him, and obey Him through fear of Him, for the God-fearing is secure and protected. Then indeed the affair is presented [as a test]; none deserves it except the one who acts upon it. Whoever commands the truth but acts upon falsehood, and commands the right but acts upon the wrong, his hope is about to be cut off and his deeds to be nullified. If you are given authority over them, then if you are able to keep your hand dry from their blood, to keep your stomach empty of their wealth, and to keep your tongue from their honors, then do so. And there is no power except with Allah."

13. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 38No grade recorded

    لَمَّا احْتُضِرَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ قَالَ «يَا عَائِشَةُ انْظُرِي اللِّقْحَةَ الَّتِي كُنَّا نَشْرَبُ مِنْ لَبَنِهَا وَالْجِفْنَةَ الَّتِي كُنَّا نَصْطَبِحُ فِيهَا وَالْقَطِيفَةَ الَّتِي كُنَّا نَلْبَسُهَا فَإِنَّا كُنَّا نَنْتَفِعُ بِذَلِكَ حِينَ كُنَّا فِي أَمْرِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ فَإِذَا مِتُّ فَارْدُدِيهِ إِلَى عُمَرَ فَلَمَّا مَاتَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ» أَرْسَلْتُ بِهِ إِلَى عُمَرَ ؓ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ ؓ ؓ يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ لَقَدْ أَتْعَبْتَ مَنْ جَاءَ بَعْدَكَ

    ✧ When Abu Bakr was on his deathbed, he said, "Oh Aisha, look at the container from which we used to drink its milk, and the slaughter tool from which we used to slaughter animals, and the garment that we used to wear. We used to benefit from these things when we were in the service of the Muslims. So when I die, return them to Umar." When Abu Bakr passed away, I sent them to Umar, and Umar said, "May Allah be pleased with you, Abu Bakr. You have really exhausted those who came after you."

14. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 39No grade recorded

    كَانَ فِي خُطْبَةِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ ؓ أَمَا تَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّكُمْ تَغْدُونَ وَتَرُوحُونَ لِأَجَلٍ مَعْلُومٍ فَمَنِ اسْتَطَاعَ أَنْ يَنْقَضِيَ الْأَجَلُ وَهُوَ فِي عَمَلِ اللهِ ﷻ فَلْيَفْعَلْ وَلَنْ تَنَالُوا ذَلِكَ إِلَّا بِاللهِ ﷻ إِنَّ قَوْمًا جَعَلُوا آجَالَهُمْ لِغَيْرِهِمْ فَنَهَاكُمُ اللهُ أَنْ تَكُونُوا أمْثَالَهُمْ {وَلَا تَكُونُوا كَالَّذِينَ نَسُوا اللهَ فَأنْسَاهُمْ} أَيْنَ مَنْ تَعْرِفُونَ مِنْ إِخْوَانِكُمْ؟ قَدَّمُوا مَا قَدَّمُوا فِي أَيَّامِ سَلَفِهِمْ وَحَلُّوا فِيهِ بِالشِّقْوَةِ وَالسَّعَادَةِ أَيْنَ الْجَبَّارُونَ الْأَوَّلُونَ الَّذِينَ بَنَوُا الْمَدَائِنَ وَحَفَفُوها بِالْحَوَائِطِ قَدْ صَارُوا تَحْتَ الصَّخْرِ وَالْآبَارِ هَذَا كِتَابُ اللهِ ﷻ لَا تَفْنَى عَجَائِبُهُ فَاسْتَوْصُوا بِهِ مِنْهُ لِيَوْمِ ظُلْمَةٍ وَائْتَضِحُوا بِسَائِهِ وَبَيَانِهِ إِنَّ اللهَ ﷻ أَثْنَى عَلَى زَكَرِيَّا وَأَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ فَقَالَ {كَانُوا يُسَارِعُونَ فِي الْخَيْرَاتِ وَيَدْعُونَنَا رَغَبًا وَرَهَبًا وَكَانُوا لَنَا خَاشِعِينَ} لَا خَيْرَ فِي قَوْلٍ لَا يُرَادَ بِهِ وَجْهُ اللهِ وَلَا خَيْرَ فِي مَالٍ لَا يُنْفَقُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ وَلَا خَيْرَ فِيمَنْ يَغْلِبُ جَهْلُهُ حِلْمَهُ وَلَا خَيْرَ فِيمَنْ يَخَافُ فِي اللهِ لَوْمَةَ لَائِمٍ

    ✧ In the sermon of Abu Bakr ؓ it was said: "Do you not know that you go out in the morning and return in the evening for a fixed term? Whoever is able to have his term expire while he is in the work of Allah ﷻ, let him do so. You will never attain that except with Allah ﷻ. Indeed some people have made their terms for other than Him, so Allah has forbidden you to be like them: {And be not like those who forgot Allah, so He made them forget} [Quran 59:19]. Where are those of your brothers whom you knew? They have sent forth what they sent forth in the days of their predecessors, and they have fallen therein into misery or felicity. Where are the first tyrants who built cities and surrounded them with walls? They have become beneath rocks and wells. This is the Book of Allah ﷻ; its wonders never cease. So enjoin one another to follow it for a day of darkness, and illuminate yourselves with its light and its clarity. Indeed Allah ﷻ praised Zakariyya and his household, saying: {They used to hasten to good deeds and supplicate Us in hope and fear, and they were humbly submissive to Us} [Quran 21:90]. There is no good in a saying by which the face of Allah is not intended, no good in wealth that is not spent in the path of Allah, no good in one whose ignorance overcomes his forbearance, and no good in one who fears the blame of a blamer for the sake of Allah."

15. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 40No grade recorded

    «تُوُفِّيَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ لَيْلَةَ الثُّلَاثَاءِ وَدُفِنَ لَيْلًا»

    ✧ Abu Bakr ؓ died on Tuesday night and was buried at night.

16. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 41No grade recorded

    سَمِعْتُ جَدِّي يَقُولُ «تُوُفِّيَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ وَبِهِ طَرَفٌ مِنَ السُّلِ وَوَلِيَ سَنَتَيْنِ وَنِصْفًا»

    ✧ I heard my grandfather say: "Abu Bakr ؓ died while he had a touch of consumption, and he ruled for two and a half years."

17. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 42No grade recorded

    اسْتُخْلِفَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ فِي الْيَوْمِ الَّذِي تُوُفِّيَ فِيهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَتُوُفِّيَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ فِي جُمَادَى الْآخِرَةِ سَنَةَ ثَلَاثَ عَشْرَةَ وَسِنُّهُ يَوْمَ تُوُفِّيَ «كَمَا ذَكَرَتْ عَائِشَةُ ؓ» سِنَّ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ ابْنُ ثَلَاثٍ وَسِتِّينَ

    ✧ Abu Bakr ؓ was appointed as successor on the day the Messenger of Allah ﷺ died. Abu Bakr ؓ died in Jumada al-Akhirah in the year thirteen, and his age on the day he died, as 'A'isha ؓ mentioned, was the age of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, which is sixty-three.

18. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 43No grade recorded

    دَخَلْتُ عَلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ ؓ أَعُودُهُ فِي مَرَضِهِ الَّذِي تُوُفِّيَ فِيهِ فَسَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَأَلْتُهُ كَيْفَ أَصْبَحْتَ فَاسْتَوَى جَالِسًا فَقُلْتُ أَصْبَحْتَ بِحَمْدِ اللهِ بَارِئًا فَقَالَ «أَمَا إِنِّي عَلَى مَا تَرَى وَجِعٌ وَجَعَلْتُمْ لِي شُغُلًا مَعَ وَجَعِي جَعَلْتُ لَكُمْ عَهْدًا مِنْ بَعْدِي وَاخْتَرْتُ لَكُمْ خَيْرَكُمْ فِي نَفْسِي فَكُلُّكُمْ وَرِمَ لِذَلِكَ أَنْفُهُ رَجَاءَ أَنْ يَكُونَ الْأَمْرُ لَهُ وَرَأَيْتُ الدُّنْيَا قَدْ أَقْبَلَتْ وَلَمَّا تُقْبِلْ وَهِيَ جَائِيَةٌ وَسَتُنَجِّدُونَ بُيُوتَكُمْ بِسُوَرِ الْحَرِيرِ وَنَضَائِدِ الدِّيبَاجِ وَتَأْلَمُونَ ضَجَائِعَ الصُّوفِ الْأَذْرِيِّ كَأَنَّ أَحَدَكُمْ عَلَى حَسَكِ السَّعْدَانِ وَوَاللهِ لَأَنْ يَقْدَمَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَيُضْرَبَ عُنُقُهُ فِي غَيْرِ حَدٍّ خَيْرٌ لَهُ مِنْ أَنْ يَسِيحَ فِي غَمْرَةِ الدُّنْيَا» ثُمَّ قَالَ أَمَا إِنِّي لَا آسَى عَلَى شَيْءٍ إِلَّا عَلَى ثَلَاثٍ فَعَلْتُهُنَّ وَدِدْتُ أَنِّي لَمْ أَفْعَلْهُنَّ وَثَلَاثٍ لَمْ أفْعَلْهُنَّ وَدِدْتُ أَنِّي فَعَلْتُهُنَّ وَثَلَاثٍ وَدِدْتُ أَنِّي سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْهُنَّ فَأَمَّا الثَّلَاثُ اللَّاتِي وَدِدْتُ أَنِّي لَمْ أَفْعَلْهُنَّ فَوَدِدْتُ أَنِّي لَمْ أَكُنْ كَشَفْتُ بَيْتَ فَاطِمَةَ وَتَرَكْتُهُ وَأَنْ أَغْلِقَ عَلَيَّ الْحَرْبَ وَوَدِدْتُ أَنِّي يَوْمَ سَقِيفَةَ بَنِي سَاعِدَةَ كُنْتُ قَذَفْتُ الْأَمْرَ فِي عُنُقِ أَحَدِ الرَّجُلَيْنِ أَبِي عُبَيْدَةَ أَوْ عُمَرَ فَكَانَ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَكُنْتُ وَزِيرًا وَوَدِدْتُ أَنِّي حَيْثُ كُنْتُ وَجَّهْتُ خَالِدَ بْنَ الْوَلِيدِ إِلَى أَهْلِ الرِّدَّةِ أَقَمْتُ بِذِي الْقَصَّةِ فَإِنْ ظَفِرَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ ظَفِرُوا وَإِلَّا كُنْتُ رِدْءًا أَوْ مَدَدًا وَأَمَّا اللَّاتِي وَدِدْتُ أَنِّي فَعَلْتُهَا فَوَدِدْتُ أَنِّي يَوْمَ أُتِيتُ بِالْأَشْعَثِ أَسِيرًا ضَرَبْتُ عُنُقَهُ فَإِنَّهُ يُخَيَّلُ إِلَيَّ أَنَّهُ يَكُونُ شَرَّ الْإِطَارِ إِلَيْهِ وَوَدِدْتُ أَنِّي يَوْمَ أُتِيتُ بِالْفَجَاةِ السُّلَمِيَّ لَمْ أَكُنْ أَحْرِقُهُ وَقَتَلْتُهُ سَرِيحًا أَوْ أطْلَقْتُهُ نَجِيحًا وَوَدِدْتُ أَنِّي حَيْثُ وَجَّهْتُ خَالِدَ بْنَ الْوَلِيدِ إِلَى الشَّامِ وَجَّهْتُ عُمَرَ إِلَى الْعِرَاقِ فَأَكُونُ قَدْ بَسَطْتُ يَدَيْ يَمِينِي وَشِمَالِي فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ ﷻ وَأَمَّا الثَّلَاثُ اللَّاتِي وَدِدْتُ أَنِّي سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْهُنَّ فَوَدِدْتُ أَنِّي كُنْتُ سَأَلْتُهُ فِيمَنْ هَذَا الْأَمْرُ فَلَا يُنَازِعُهُ أَهْلُهُ وَوَدِدْتُ أَنِّي كُنْتُ سَأَلْتُهُ هَلْ لِلْأَنْصَارِ فِي هَذَا الْأَمْرِ سَبَبٌ وَوَدِدْتُ أَنِّي سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الْعَمَّةِ وَبِنْتِ الْأَخِ فَإِنَّ فِي نَفْسِي مِنْهُمَا حَاجَةً

    ✧ I entered upon Abu Bakr ؓ to visit him during the illness in which he died. I greeted him and asked him how he was and he sat up straight. I said, "By the praise of God, you are recovering." He said, "Indeed, as you see, I am in pain, and you have made a distraction for me along with my pain. I made a covenant for you after me and chose for you the best of you in my own judgment, so every one of you has his nose swollen at that, hoping that the matter will be his. And I saw that the world has turned towards you, and it has not yet turned, and it is coming. You will adorn your houses with silk curtains and brocade cushions, and you will feel pain from lying on coarse wool as if one of you is on the thorns of Saʿdan. By God, if one of you were to come forward and have his neck struck without hadd punishment, it would be better for him than to roam in the flood of the world." Then he said, "Indeed, I regret nothing except three things I did that I wish I had not done, three things I did not do that I wish I had done, and three things I wish I had asked the Messenger of God ﷺ about. As for the three things I wish I had not done: I wish I had not uncovered the house of Fatimah and left it, and had not closed the war upon myself. I wish that on the day of the Saqifah of Banu Saʿidah I had thrown the matter upon the neck of one of the two men, Abu ʿUbaydah or ʿUmar, so that he would have been the Commander of the Believers and I would have been a minister. And I wish that when I dispatched Khalid b. al-Walid to the people of apostasy, I had stayed at Dhu al-Qassah, so if the Muslims prevailed, they prevailed, and if not, I would have been a support or a reinforcement. As for the things I wish I had done: I wish that on the day al-Ashʿath was brought to me as a prisoner I had struck his neck, for it seems to me that he will be an evil frame around him. I wish that on the day al-Fuja'ah al-Sulami was brought to me, I had not burned him but had killed him quickly or released him successfully. And I wish that when I dispatched Khalid b. al-Walid to Syria, I had dispatched ʿUmar to Iraq, so that I would have stretched out both my hands, right and left, in the way of God ﷻ. As for the three things I wish I had asked the Messenger of God ﷺ about: I wish I had asked him to whom this matter belongs, so that its people would not dispute it. I wish I had asked him whether the Ansar have a share in this matter. And I wish I had asked him about the paternal aunt and the brother's daughter, for I have a need in my heart concerning them."

19. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 44No grade recorded

    اخْتَصَمَ عَلِيٌّ وَالْعَبَّاسُ إِلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ ؓ فِي مِيرَاثِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ «مَا كُنْتُ لِأُحَوِّلَهُ عَنْ مَوْضِعِهِ الَّذِي وَضَعَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ»

    ✧ Ali and al-Abbas brought a dispute before Abu Bakr ؓ concerning the inheritance of the Prophet ﷺ. He said, "I will not transfer it from the place where the Messenger of God ﷺ put it."

20. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 45No grade recorded

    أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ فِي الْأَنْصَارِ «اقْبَلُوا مِنْ مُحْسِنِهِمْ وَتَجَاوَزُوا عَنْ مُسِيئِهِمْ»

    ✧ That the Messenger of God ﷺ said concerning the Ansar: "Accept from their doers of good and overlook their doers of evil."

21. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 46No grade recorded

    «أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ شَاوَرَ فِي أَمْرِ الْحَرْبِ» فَعَلَيْكَ بِهِ

    ✧ "That the Messenger of God ﷺ consulted concerning the matter of war." Stick to that.

22. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 1No grade recorded

    أَبُو بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقُ اسْمُهُ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَامِرِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ كَعْبِ بْنِ سَعْدِ بْنِ تَيْمِ بْنِ مُرَّةَ شَهِدَ بَدْرًا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَأُمُّ أَبِي بَكْرٍ ؓ أُمُّ الْخَيْرِ سَلْمَى بِنْتُ صَخْرِ بْنِ عَامِرِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ كَعْبِ بْنِ سَعْدِ بْنِ تَيْمِ بْنِ مُرَّةَ بْنِ كَعْبِ بْنِ لُؤَيِّ بْنِ غَالِبِ بْنِ فِهْرِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ وَأُمُّ أُمِّ الْخَيْرِ دِلَافُ وَهِي أُمَيْمَةُ بِنْتُ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ النَّاقِدِ الْخُزَاعِيِّ وَجَدَّةُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ أُمُّ أَبِي قُحَافَةَ أَمِينَةُ بِنْتُ عَبْدِ الْعُزَّى بْنِ حُرْثَانَ بْنِ عَوْفِ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ عُوَيْجِ بْنِ عَدِيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ

    ✧ Abu Bakr As-Siddiq, his name is Abdullah bin Uthman bin Amer bin Amr bin Kaab bin Saad bin Taim bin Murrah. He witnessed the Battle of Badr with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. The mother of Abu Bakr, the mother of goodness, Salma bint Sakhr bin Amer bin Amr bin Kaab bin Saad bin Taim bin Murrah bin Kaab bin Luay bin Ghalib bin Fehr bin Malik. The mother of the mother of goodness, Dilaaf, she is Ummamah bint Ubaid bin An-Naqid Al-Khuzaiyyi. The grandmother of Abu Bakr, Umm Abu Quhafa, Aminah bint Abdul Uzza bin Huthan bin Awf bin Ubaid bin Uwaid bin Adi bin Kaab.

23. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 2No grade recorded

    أُمُّ أَبِي بَكْرٍ ؓ يُقَالُ لَهَا أُمُّ الْخَيْرِ بِنْتُ صَخْرِ بْنِ عَامِرٍ وَهَلَكَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ فَوَرِثَهُ أَبَوَاهُ جَمِيعًا وَكَانَا قَدْ أَسْلَمَا وَمَاتَتْ أُمُّ أَبِي بَكْرٍ قَبْلَ أَبِيهِ

    ✧ The mother of Abu Bakr ؓ was called Umm al-Khayr bt. Sakhr b. Amir. Abu Bakr died and both his parents inherited from him; they had both embraced Islam. Abu Bakr's mother died before his father.

24. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 3No grade recorded

    وَيُقَالُ عَتِيقُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ وَإِنَّما سُمِّيَ عَتِيقًا لِحُسْنِ وَجْهِهِ

    ✧ It is also said: Atiq b. Uthman. He was named Atiq because of the beauty of his face.

25. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 4No grade recorded

    «إِنَّمَا سُمِّيَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ عَتِيقًا لَجَمَالِ وَجْهِهِ وَاسْمُهُ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ»

    ✧ Abu Bakr ؓ was named Atiq because of the beauty of his face. His name was Abdullah b. Uthman.

26. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 5No grade recorded

    «أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ سَمَّاهُ عَتِيقًا مِنَ النَّارِ»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ named him Atiq from the Fire.

27. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 6No grade recorded

    «عَبْدُ اللهِ» فَقُلْتُ إِنَّهُمْ يَقُولُونَ عَتِيقٌ فَقَالَتْ «إِنَّ أَبَا قُحَافَةَ كَانَ لَهُ ثَلَاثَةٌ فَسَمَّى وَاحِدًا عَتِيقًا وَمُعَيْتِقًا وَمُعْتَقًا»

    ✧ Abdullah. I said, "But people say Atiq." She said, "Abu Quhafa had three sons, and he named one Atiq, one Mu'aytiq, and one Mu'taq."

28. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 7No grade recorded

    كَانَ اسْمُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ عُثْمَانَ «فَسَمَّاهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَتِيقًا مِنَ النَّارِ»

    ✧ Abu Bakr's name was Abdullah b. Uthman. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ named him Atiq from the Fire.

29. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8No grade recorded

    سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ الزُّبَيْرِ يَقُولُ كَانَ اسْمُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ ؓ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ عُثْمَانَ

    ✧ I heard Abdullah b. al-Zubayr say, "Abu Bakr's ؓ name was Abdullah b. Uthman."

30. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 9No grade recorded

    دَخَلْتُ عَلَى عَائِشَةَ أُمِّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ؓ فَقَالَتْ إِنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ دَخَلَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ لَهُ «أَنْتَ عَتِيقٌ مِنَ النَّارِ» فَمِنْ يَوْمَئِذٍ سُمِّيَ عَتِيقًا

    ✧ I entered upon Aisha, the Mother of the Believers ؓ, and she said, "Abu Bakr entered upon the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and he said to him, 'You are Atiq from the Fire.' From that day on he was called Atiq."

31. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 10No grade recorded

    أَنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ ؓ مَرَّ بِالنَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ «مَنْ أَرَادَ أَنْ يَنْظُرَ إِلَى عَتِيقٍ مِنَ النَّارِ فَلْيَنْظُرْ إِلَى هَذَا» قَالَتْ وَاسْمُهُ الَّذِي سَمَّاهُ أَهْلُهُ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ ؓ

    ✧ "That Abu Bakr passed by the Prophet ﷺ and said, 'Whoever wants to see a person freed from Hellfire, should look at this (referring to himself).'" She said, and his name given by his family is Abdullah ibn Uthman."

32. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 11No grade recorded

    لَا نَعْلَمُ أَرْبَعَةً أَدْرَكُوا النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَأَبْنَاؤُهُمْ إِلَّا هَؤُلَاءِ الْأَرْبَعَةَ أَبُو قُحَافَةَ وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَأَبُو عَتِيقِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ وَاسْمُ أَبِي عَتِيقٍ مُحَمَّدٌ ؓ

    ✧ We do not know of four generations who met the Prophet ﷺ, along with their sons, except these four: Abu Quhafa, Abu Bakr, Abd al-Rahman b. Abi Bakr, and Abu Atiq b. Abd al-Rahman. Abu Atiq's name was Muhammad ؓ.

33. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 12No grade recorded

    سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ يَكُونُ بَعْدِي اثْنَا عَشَرَ خَلِيفَةً أَبُو بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقُ لَا يَلْبَثُ بَعْدِي إِلَّا قَلِيلًا وَصَاحِبُ رَحًى دَارَّةٍ يَعِيشُ حَمِيدًا وَيَمُوتُ شَهِيدًا قِيلَ مَنْ هُوَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ قَالَ «عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ» ؓ ثُمَّ الْتَفَتَ إِلَى عُثْمَانَ فَقَالَ «وَأَنْتَ سَيَسْأَلُكَ النَّاسُ أَنْ تَخْلَعَ قَمِيصًا كَسَاكَ اللهُ ﷻ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَئِنْ خَلَعْتَهُ لَا تَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ حَتَّى يَلِجَ الْجَمَلُ فِي سَمِّ الْخِيَاطِ»

    ✧ I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "After me there will be twelve caliphs. Abu Bakr al-Siddiq will remain after me only a short time. The owner of a turning millstone will live praiseworthily and die as a martyr." It was said, "Who is he, O Messenger of Allah?" He said, "Umar b. al-Khattab" ؓ. Then he turned to Uthman and said, "And you: the people will ask you to take off a shirt that Allah ﷻ has clothed you with. By Him in whose hand is my soul, if you take it off you will not enter Paradise until the camel passes through the eye of the needle."

34. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 13No grade recorded

    عَنْ سَفِينَةَ مَوْلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «الْخِلَافَةُ ثَلَاثُونَ سَنَةً ثُمَّ يَكُونُ مُلْكًا» قَالَ «أمْسَكَ ثِنْتَيْنِ أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعَشْرًا عُمَرُ وَاثْنَتَيْ عَشْرَةَ عُثْمَانُ وَسِتًّا عَلِيٌّ ؓ»

    ✧ From Safina, the freed slave of the Prophet ﷺ, from the Prophet ﷺ, he said, "The caliphate is thirty years, then it will be kingship." He said, "Abu Bakr held it for two years, Umar for ten, Uthman for twelve, and Ali for six" ؓ.

35. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 14No grade recorded

    سَمِعْتُ عَلِيًّا ؓ يَحْلِفُ لَلَّهُ أَنْزَلَ اسْمَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ الصِّدِّيقُ

    ✧ I heard Ali ؓ swear: By Allah, Allah sent down the name of Abu Bakr from heaven as al-Siddiq.

36. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 15No grade recorded

    قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَمَّا أُسْرِيَ بِهِ «أَنِّي أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَخْرُجَ إِلَى قُرَيْشٍ فَأُخْبِرَهُمْ» فَأَخْبَرَهُمْ فَكَذِّبُوهُ وَصَدَّقَهُ أَبُو بَكْرٍ فَسُمِّي يَوْمَئِذٍ الصِّدِّيقُ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said when he was taken on the Night Journey, "I want to go out to the Quraysh and inform them." So he informed them, but they rejected him and Abu Bakr confirmed him (believed him), so he was called "As-Siddiq" that day.

37. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 16No grade recorded

    ثَلَاثَةٌ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ أَصْبَحُ قُرَيْشٍ وُجُوهًا وَأَحْسَنُهَا أَخْلَاقًا وَأثْبَتُها حَيَاءً إِنْ حَدَّثُوكَ لَمْ يَكْذِبُوكَ وَإِنْ حَدَّثْتَهُمْ لَمْ يُكَذِّبُوكَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقُ وَأَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ بْنُ الْجَرَّاحِ وَعُثْمَانُ بْنُ عَفَّانَ ؓ

    ✧ Three men of Quraysh had the brightest faces, the best character, and the firmest modesty. If they told you something, they would not lie to you; and if you told them something, they would not accuse you of lying: Abu Bakr al-Siddiq, Abu Ubaydah b. al-Jarrah, and Uthman b. Affan ؓ.

38. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 17No grade recorded

    «أَنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ ؓ خَضَبَ بِالْحِنَّاءِ وَالْكَتَمِ»

    ✧ Abu Bakr ؓ dyed his hair with henna and katam.

39. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 18No grade recorded

    «أَنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ ؓ خَضَبَ لِحْيَتَهُ بِالْحِنَّاءِ وَالْكَتَمِ وَأَنَّ عُمَرَ ؓ خَضَبَ بِالْحِنَّاءِ فَرْدًا»

    ✧ Abu Bakr ؓ dyed his beard with henna and katam, while Umar ؓ dyed his hair with henna alone.

40. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 20No grade recorded

    «أَنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ ؓ كَانَ يَخْضِبُ بِالْحِنَّاءِ وَالْكَتَمِ وَأَنَّ عُمَرَ ؓ كَانَ يَخْضِبُ بِالْحِنَّاءِ»

    ✧ Abu Bakr ؓ used to dye his hair with henna and katam, and Umar ؓ used to dye his hair with henna.

41. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 21No grade recorded

    أَنَّهَا رَأَتْ رَجُلًا مَارًّا وَهِي فِي هَوْدَجِهَا فَقَالَتْ «مَا رَأَيْتُ رَجُلًا أَشْبَهَ بِأَبِي بَكْرٍ مِنْ هَذَا» فَقِيلَ لَهَا صِفِي لَنَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ فَقَالَتْ «كَانَ رَجُلًا أَبْيَضَ نَحِيفًا خَفِيفَ الْعَارِضَيْنِ أحْنَا لَا تَسْتَمْسِكُ إِزْرَتُهُ تَسْتَرْخِي عَنْ حَقْوَيْهِ مَعْرُوقَ الْوَجْهِ غَائِرَ الْعَيْنَيْنِ نَاتِئَ الْجَبْهَةِ عَارِيَ الْأشَاجِعِ هَذِهِ صِفَتُهُ»

    ✧ She saw a man passing by while she was in her howdah and said, "I have never seen a man more resembling Abu Bakr than this one." It was said to her, "Describe Abu Bakr for us." She said, "He was a fair-skinned, slender man with light hair on his temples, slightly stooped; his waist-wrapper would not stay up and would slip from his hips; he had a lean face, deep-set eyes, a prominent forehead, and thin forearms. This is his description."

42. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 22No grade recorded

    «رَأَيْتُ أَبَا بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقَ وَهُوَ خَلِيفَةُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَحْمَرَ اللِّحْيَةِ قَانِيَهَا»

    ✧ I saw Abu Bakr al-Siddiq, while he was the caliph of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, with a reddish beard, deep red in color.

43. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 23No grade recorded

    «كَانَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ يَخْضِبُ بِالْحِنَّاءِ»

    ✧ Abu Bakr ؓ used to dye his hair with henna.

44. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 24No grade recorded

    «رَأَيْتُ أَبَا بَكْرٍ ؓ فِي غَزْوَةِ ذَاتِ السَّلَاسِلِ وَكَأَنَّ لِحْيَتَهُ لَهَبُ الْعَرْفَجِ عَلَى نَاقَةٍ لَهُ أَدَمًا أَبْيَضَ خَفِيفًا»

    ✧ I saw Abu Bakr ؓ during the campaign of Dhat al-Salasil, and his beard was like the flame of the arfaj plant, on a white camel of his, light and slender.

45. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 47No grade recorded

    سَمِعْتُ أَبَا بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقَ ؓ يَقُولُ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَنَعْمَلُ عَلَى أَمْرٍ قَدْ فُرِغَ مِنْهُ أَمْ عَلَى أَمْرٍ مُؤْتَنَفٍ؟ قَالَ بَلْ عَلَى أَمْرٍ قَدْ فُرِغَ مِنْهُ قُلْتُ فَفِيمَ الْعَمَلُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ قَالَ «كُلٌّ مُيَسَّرٌ لِمَا خُلِقَ لَهُ»

    ✧ I heard Abu Bakr al-Siddiq ؓ say: I said, "O Messenger of God, do we act upon a matter already decreed or upon a matter newly initiated?" He said, "Rather upon a matter already decreed." I said, "Then what is the point of action, O Messenger of God?" He said, "Everyone is facilitated for what he was created for."

46. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 60No grade recorded

    «رَأَيْتُ عُمَرَ ؓ رَجُلًا ضَخْمًا كَأَنَّهُ مِنْ رِجَالِ بَنِي سَدُوسٍ»

    ✧ I saw Umar ؓ as a huge man, as if he were one of the men of Banu Sadus.

47. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 61No grade recorded

    قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ لِي جِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ لِيَبْكِ الْإِسْلَامُ عَلَى مَوْتِ عُمَرَ ؓ

    ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ said, “Jibril ﷺ said to me: Let Islam weep over the death of Umar ؓ.”

48. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 62No grade recorded

    لَمَّا أُصِيبَ عُمَرُ ؓ سَمِعْتُ صَوْتًا لِيَبْكِ عَلَى الْإِسْلَامِ مَنْ كَانَ بَاكِيًا فَقَدْ أوْشَكُوا هَلْكَى وَمَا قَدِمَ الْعَهْدُ وَأَدْبَرَتِ الدُّنْيَا وَأَدْبَرَ خَيْرُهَا وَقَدْ مَلَّها مَنْ كَانَ يُؤْمِنُ بِالْوَعْدِ

    ✧ When Umar ؓ was struck, I heard a voice: “Let him weep for Islam who would weep; they have nearly perished. The covenant has not arrived, and the world has turned its back, and its good has turned away; those who believed in the promise have grown weary of it.”

49. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 63No grade recorded

    «وَلِيَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ عَشْرَ سِنِينَ ثُمَّ تُوُفِّيَ»

    ✧ Umar b. al-Khattab ؓ held authority for ten years, then he died.

50. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 64No grade recorded

    «أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ مَاتَ وَهُوَ ابْنُ سِتٍّ وَسِتِّينَ سَنَةً»

    ✧ Umar b. al-Khattab ؓ died when he was sixty-six years old.

51. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 65No grade recorded

    «أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ مَاتَ وَهُوَ ابْنُ ثَلَاثٍ وَسِتِّينَ»

    ✧ Umar b. al-Khattab ؓ died when he was sixty-three.

52. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 66No grade recorded

    «قُبِضَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ ابْنُ ثَلَاثٍ وَسِتِّينَ سَنَةً وَقُبِضَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ وَهُوَ ابْنُ ثَلَاثٍ وَسِتِّينَ سَنَةً وَقُبِضَ عُمَرُ وَهُوَ ابْنُ ثَلَاثٍ وَسِتِّينَ سَنَةً»

    ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ was taken when he was sixty-three years old, Abu Bakr ؓ was taken when he was sixty-three years old, and Umar was taken when he was sixty-three years old.

53. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 67No grade recorded

    «قُتِلَ عُمَرُ ؓ وَهُوَ ابْنُ إِحْدَى وَسِتِّينَ سَنَةً»

    ✧ Umar ؓ was killed when he was sixty-one years old.

54. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 68No grade recorded

    «مَاتَ عُمَرُ ؓ عَلَى رَأْسِ خَمْسٍ وَخَمْسِينَ»

    ✧ Umar ؓ died at the beginning of fifty-five.

55. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 69No grade recorded

    «أَنَّ عُمَرَ ؓ قُبِضَ وَهُوَ ابْنُ خَمْسٍ وَخَمْسِينَ»

    ✧ Umar ؓ passed away when he was fifty-five years old.

56. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 70No grade recorded

    «تُوُفِّيَ عُمَرُ ؓ وَهُوَ ابْنُ خَمْسٍ وَخَمْسِينَ»

    ✧ Umar ؓ died when he was fifty-five years old.

57. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 71No grade recorded

    وَقَالَ «أَسْرَعَ إِلَيَّ الشَّيْبُ مِنْ قِبَلِ أَخْوَالِي بَنِي الْمُغِيرَةِ»

    ✧ And he said: "Gray hair came to me quickly from the side of my maternal uncles, Banu al-Mughira."

58. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 72No grade recorded

    «دُفِنَ عُمَرُ ؓ يَوْمَ الْأَرْبِعَاءِ لِأَرْبَعِ لَيَالٍ بَقِينَ مِنْ ذِي الْحِجَّةِ سَنَةَ ثَلَاثٍ وَعِشْرِينَ»

    ✧ Umar ؓ was buried on Wednesday, when four nights remained of Dhu al-Hijjah in the year twenty-three.

59. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 73No grade recorded

    «اسْتُخْلِفَ عُمَرُ ؓ فِي رَجَبٍ سَنَةَ ثَلَاثَ عَشْرَةَ وَقُتِلَ فِي عَقِبِ ذِي الْحِجَّةِ سَنَةَ ثَلَاثٍ وَعِشْرِينَ فَأَقَامَ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ بَعْدَ الطَّعْنَةِ ثُمَّ مَاتَ فِي آخِرِ ذِي الْحِجَّةِ وَصَلَّى عَلَيْهِ صُهَيْبٌ وَوَلِيَ غُسْلَهُ ابْنُهُ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ وَكَفَّنَهُ فِي خَمْسَةِ أَثْوَابٍ وَدُفِنَ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَطُعِنَ يَوْمَ الْأَرْبِعَاءِ لِتِسْعٍ بَقِينَ مِنْ ذِي الْحِجَّةِ» وَقَالَ بَعْضُ النَّاسِ مَاتَ مِنْ يَوْمِهِ وَكَانَ سِنُّهُ يَوْمَ تُوُفِّيَ فِيمَا سَمِعْتُ مَالِكَ بْنَ أَنَسٍ يَذْكُرُ أَنَّهُ «بَلَغَ سِنَّ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ ابْنُ ثَلَاثٍ وَسِتِّينَ» وَبَعْضُ النَّاسِ يَقُولُ «لِتِسْعٍ وَخَمْسِينَ» وَبَعْضُهُمْ يَقُولُ «ثَلَاثٍ وَخَمْسِينَ وَخَمْسٍ وَخَمْسِينَ» وَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ «أَرْبَعٍ وَخَمْسِينَ وَكَانَتْ خِلَافَتُهُ عَشَرَ سِنِينَ وَأَرْبَعَةَ أَشْهُرٍ وَأيَّامًا»

    ✧ Umar was appointed in the month of Rajab in the thirteenth year and he was killed in the month of Dhul-Hijjah in the twenty-third year. He remained alive for three days after being stabbed, then he died in the end of Dhul-Hijjah. Suhaib led the funeral prayer for him, and his son Abdullah ibn Umar washed his body and shrouded him in five garments. He was buried next to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. Umar was stabbed on Wednesday, the ninth day of the remaining days of Dhul-Hijjah. Some people say he died on that day, and his age on the day he died was what I have heard from Malik ibn Anas, who mentioned that the Prophet's ﷺ age when he died was sixty-three. Some people say it was fifty-nine, and others say it was fifty-three. Some people say it was forty-five, and his caliphate lasted for ten years, four months, and some days.

60. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 74No grade recorded

    «قُتِلَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عُمَرُ ؓ مَصْدَرَ الْحَاجِّ وَذَلِكَ فِي سَنَةِ ثَلَاثٍ وَعِشْرِينَ»

    ✧ The Commander of the Faithful, Umar ؓ, was killed at the return of the pilgrims, and that was in the year twenty-three.

61. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 75No grade recorded

    أَنَّهُ كَانَ ابْنَ ثَمَانٍ وَخَمْسِينَ

    ✧ He was fifty-eight years old.

62. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 76No grade recorded

    «تُوُفِّيَ عُمَرُ سَنَةَ ثَلَاثٍ وَعِشْرِينَ وَكَانَتْ خِلَافَتُهُ عَشْرَ سِنِينَ»

    ✧ Umar died in the year twenty-three, and his caliphate lasted ten years.

63. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 77No grade recorded

    «أَنَّ عُمَرَ ؓ طُعِنَ فِي السَّحَرِ طَعَنَهُ أَبُو لُؤْلُؤَةَ غُلَامُ الْمُغِيرَةِ بْنِ شُعْبَةَ وَكَانَ مَجُوسِيًّا»

    ✧ He was accused of practicing sorcery, and it was Abu Lu'lu'a, the servant of Al-Mughira ibn Shu'ba, who stabbed him. He was a Zoroastrian.

64. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 78No grade recorded

    طُعِنَ عُمَرُ أَرْسَلُوا إِلَى طَبِيبٍ فَجَاءَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ فَسَقَاهُ لَبَنًا فَخَرَجَ اللَّبَنُ أَبْيَضَ مِنَ الطَّعْنَةِ الَّتِي تَحْتَ السُّرَّةِ فَقَالَ لَهُ الطَّبِيبُ اعْهَدْ عَهْدَكَ فَمَا أَرَاكَ تُمْسِي فَقَالَ صَدَقَنِي

    ✧ Umar was stabbed. They sent for a physician, and a man from the Ansar came and gave him milk to drink. The milk came out white from the stab wound below the navel. The physician said to him: "Make your will, for I do not think you will live until evening." He said: "He has told me the truth."

65. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 79No grade recorded

    «شَهِدْتُ مَوْتَ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ فَانْكَسَفَتِ الشَّمْسُ يَوْمَئِذٍ»

    ✧ I witnessed the death of Umar b. al-Khattab ؓ, and the sun was eclipsed on that day.

66. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 80No grade recorded

    أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَيَنَامُ أَحَدُنَا وَهُوَ جُنُبٌ؟ قَالَ «نَعَمْ وَيَتَوَضَّأُ وُضُوءَهُ لِلصَّلَاةِ»

    ✧ He asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ: "May one of us sleep while he is in a state of major ritual impurity?" He said: "Yes, and he should perform ablution as he does for prayer."

67. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 81No grade recorded

    سَمِعَنِي النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَأَنَا أَقُولُ وَأَبِي فَقَالَ «إِنَّ اللهَ ﷻ يَنْهَاكُمْ أَنْ تَحْلِفُوا بِآبَائِكُمْ»

    ✧ The Prophet ﷺ heard me saying: "By my father," and he said: "Allah ﷻ forbids you to swear by your fathers."

68. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 82No grade recorded

    أَنَّهُ قَالَ يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ اتَّهِمُوا الرَّأْيَ عَلَى الدِّينِ فَلَقَدْ رَأَيْتُنِي أَرُدُّ أَمْرَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ بِرَأْيِي اجْتِهَادًا فَوَاللهِ مَا آلُو عَنِ الْحَقِّ وَذَلِكَ يَوْمَ أَبِي جَنْدَلٍ وَالْكِتَابُ بَيْنَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَهْلِ مَكَّةَ فَقَالَ «اكْتُبُوا بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ» فَقَالُوا تَرَانَا قَدْ صَدَّقْنَاكَ بِمَا تَقُولُ؟ وَلَكِنَّكَ تَكْتُبُ بِاسْمِكَ اللهُمَّ فَرَضِيَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَبَيْتُ حَتَّى قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «تَرَانِي أَرْضَى وَتَأبَى أَنْتَ؟» قَالَ فَرَضِيتُ

    ✧ He said: O people, do not judge based on opinion in matters of religion. Indeed, you have seen me opposing the orders of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ with my own opinion as an effort. By Allah, that has not diverted me from the truth. This happened on the day of Abu Jandal, when the message was between the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and the people of Makkah. He said: "Write in the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful." They said: "Do you see that we have believed you in what you say?" However, you write in your own name, so that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ will be satisfied. I refused until the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me: "Do you see that I am satisfied and you refuse?" I said: "I am satisfied."

69. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 83No grade recorded

    قُلْتُ لِأَبِي «مَنِ الرَّجُلُ الَّذِي خَلَّصَكَ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ يَوْمَ ضَرَبُوكَ؟» قَالَ ذَاكَ الْعَاصُ بْنُ وَائِلٍ السَّهْمِيُّ

    ✧ I said to Abī, "Who is the man who freed you from the polytheists on the day they beat you?" He said, "That was al-ʿĀṣ b. Wāʾil al-Sahmī."

70. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 84No grade recorded

    أَنَّ عُمَرَ ؓ خَرَجَ يَسْتَسْقِي وَخَرَجَ بِالْعَبَّاسِ مَعَهُ يَسْتَسْقِي فَيَقُولُ «اللهُمَّ إِنَّا كُنَّا إِذَا قَحَطْنَا عَلَى عَهْدِ نَبِيِّنَا ﷺ تَوَسَّلْنَا إِلَيْكَ بِنَبِيِّنَا عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ وَإِنَّا نَتَوَسَّلُ إِلَيْكَ بِعَمِّ نَبِيِّنَا ﷺ وَرَضِيَ عَنْهُ»

    ✧ ʿUmar ؓ went out to pray for rain and took al-ʿAbbās with him to pray for rain, saying, "O Allah, we used to seek intercession with You through our Prophet ﷺ when we suffered drought during the time of our Prophet ﷺ, and now we seek intercession with You through the uncle of our Prophet ﷺ, so accept it from him."

71. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 85No grade recorded

    سَمِعْتُ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ يَقُولُ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ «الذَّهَبُ بِالذَّهَبِ رِبًا إِلَّا مِثْلًا بِمِثْلِ لَا زِيَادَةَ فَمَا زَادَ فَهُوَ رِبًا» قَالَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ فَإِنْ كُنْتَ فِي شَكٍّ فَاسْأَلْ أَبَا سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيَّ عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَانْطَلَقَ فَسَأَلَ أَبَا سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيَّ فَأَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ ذَلِكَ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقِيلَ لِابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ مَا قَالَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ وَأَبُو سَعِيدٍ فَاسْتَغْفَرَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ وَقَالَ هَذَا رَأْيٌ رَأَيْتُهُ

    ✧ I heard ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb say: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to say on the pulpit, "Gold for gold is ribā unless equal for equal, with no increase; whatever exceeds that is ribā." Ibn ʿUmar said, "If you are in doubt, ask Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī about that." So he went and asked Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī, and he told him that he had heard that from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. Ibn ʿAbbās was told what Ibn ʿUmar and Abū Saʿīd had said, so he sought forgiveness and said, "This is an opinion I held."

72. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 86No grade recorded

    أَتَرْضَى بِأَبِيكَ؟ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ فَاجْتَمَعْنَا عِنْدَ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فَقَالَ لَهُ سَعْدٌ إِنِّي بُلْتُ ثُمَّ تَوَضَّأْتُ فَمَسَحْتُ عَلَى خُفِّي ثُمَّ صَلَّيْتُ فَقَالَ «أَحْسَنْتَ وَأَصَبْتَ السُّنَّةَ» قَالَ إِنَّ ابْنَكَ عَبْدُ اللهِ عَابَ ذَلِكَ عَلَيَّ فَقَالَ «يَا سَعْدُ أَنْتَ كُنْتَ أَكْبَرَ مِنْهُ وَأَعْلَمَ»

    ✧ "Are you satisfied with your father?" I said, "Yes." So we gathered before the Commander of the Faithful, and Saʿd said to him, "I urinated, performed ablution, wiped over my leather socks, and then prayed." He said, "You have done well and followed the Sunnah." He said, "But your son ʿAbdullāh criticized me for that." He said, "O Saʿd, you are older and more knowledgeable than him."

73. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 87No grade recorded

    أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «ثَمَنُ الْقَيْنَةِ سُحْتٌ وَغِنَاؤُهَا حَرَامٌ وَالنَّظَرُ إِلَيْهَا حَرَامٌ وَثَمَنُهَا مِثْلُ ثَمَنِ الْكَلْبِ وَثَمَنُ الْكَلْبِ سُحْتٌ وَمَنْ نَبَتَ لَحْمُهُ عَلَى السُّحْتِ فَالنَّارُ أَوْلَى بِهِ»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The price of a singing slave-girl is unlawful, her singing is forbidden, looking at her is forbidden, her price is like the price of a dog, and the price of a dog is unlawful. Whoever's flesh grows on unlawful gain, the Fire is more fitting for him."

74. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 88No grade recorded

    أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يُزَوِّجَ امْرَأَةً مِنْ نِسَائِهِ يَأْتِيهَا مِنْ وَرَاءِ الْحِجَابِ فَيَقُولَ لَهَا «يَا بُنَيَّةُ إِنَّ فُلَانًا قَدْ خَطَبَكِ فَإِنْ كَرِهْتِيهِ فَقُولِي لَا فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَسْتَحِي أَحَدٌ أَنْ يَقُولَ لَا وَإِنْ أَحْبَبْتِ فَإِنَّ سُكُوتَكِ إِقْرَارٌ»

    ✧ When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ wanted to marry one of his women, he would come to her from behind the veil and say to her, "O my daughter, so-and-so has proposed to you. If you dislike him, say no, for no one should be ashamed to say no. And if you accept, then your silence is consent."

75. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 89No grade recorded

    اللهُ ﷻ لِنَبِيِّهِ ﷺ»

    ✧ Allah ﷻ to His Prophet ﷺ”

76. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 90No grade recorded

    وَيُقَالُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللهِ وَأُمُّ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَفَّانَ أَرْوَى بِنْتُ كَرِيزِ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ بْنِ حَبِيبِ بْنِ عَبْدِ شَمْسٍ وَأُمُّ أَرْوَى أُمُّ حَكِيمٍ الْبَيْضَاءُ بِنْتُ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ عَمَّةُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَأُمُّ أُمِّ حَكِيمٍ فَاطِمَةُ بِنْتُ عَمْرِو بْنِ عَائِذِ بْنِ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ مَخْزُومٍ وَهِي جَدَّةُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مِنْ أَبِيهِ

    ✧ He is also called Abū ʿAbdullāh. The mother of ʿUthmān b. ʿAffān is Arwā bt. Kurayz b. Rabīʿa b. Ḥabīb b. ʿAbd Shams. Arwā's mother is Umm Ḥakīm al-Bayḍāʾ bt. ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib, the paternal aunt of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. Umm Ḥakīm's mother is Fāṭima bt. ʿAmr b. ʿĀʾidh b. ʿImrān b. Makhzūm, who is the paternal grandmother of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.

77. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 48aNo grade recorded

    أَخْبَرَتْنِي الشِّفَاءُ بِنْتُ عَبْدِ اللهِ وَكَانَتْ مِنَ الْمُهَاجِرَاتِ الْأُوَلِ أَنَّ لَبِيدَ بْنَ رَبِيعَةَ وَعَدِيَّ بْنَ حَاتِمٍ قَدِمَا الْمَدِينَةَ وَأَتَيَا الْمَسْجِدَ فَوَجَدَا عَمْرَو بْنَ الْعَاصِ فَقَالَا يَا ابْنَ الْعَاصِ اسْتَأْذِنْ لَنَا عَلَى أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فَقَالَ أَنْتُمَا وَاللهِ أَصَبْتُمَا اسْمَهُ هُوَ الْأَمِيرُ وَنَحْنُ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ فَدَخَلَ عَمرٌو عَلَى عُمَرَ فَقَالَ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فَقَالَ لَهُ عُمَرُ مَا هَذَا؟ فَقَالَ أَنْتَ الْأَمِيرُ وَنَحْنُ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ فَجَرَى الْكِتَابُ مِنْ يَوْمَئِذٍ

    ✧ Al-Shifa' bt. Abd Allah, who was among the first emigrant women, informed me that Labid b. Rabi'ah and Adi b. Hatim came to Madinah and went to the mosque. They found Amr b. al-As and said, "O Ibn al-As, seek permission for us to see the Commander of the Believers." He said, "By God, you two have hit upon his name: he is the commander and we are the believers." Amr went in to Umar and said, "Peace be upon you, O Commander of the Believers." Umar said to him, "What is this?" He said, "You are the commander and we are the believers." And the title has been used from that day on.

78. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 48bNo grade recorded

    أَخْبَرَتْنِي الشِّفَاءُ بِنْتُ عَبْدِ اللهِ وَكَانَتْ مِنَ الْمُهَاجِرَاتِ الْأُوَلِ أَنَّ لَبِيدَ بْنَ رَبِيعَةَ وَعَدِيَّ بْنَ حَاتِمٍ قَدِمَا الْمَدِينَةَ وَأَتَيَا الْمَسْجِدَ فَوَجَدَا عَمْرَو بْنَ الْعَاصِ فَقَالَا يَا ابْنَ الْعَاصِ اسْتَأْذِنْ لَنَا عَلَى أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فَقَالَ أَنْتُمَا وَاللهِ أَصَبْتُمَا اسْمَهُ هُوَ الْأَمِيرُ وَنَحْنُ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ فَدَخَلَ عَمرٌو عَلَى عُمَرَ فَقَالَ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فَقَالَ لَهُ عُمَرُ مَا هَذَا؟ فَقَالَ أَنْتَ الْأَمِيرُ وَنَحْنُ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ فَجَرَى الْكِتَابُ مِنْ يَوْمَئِذٍ

    ✧ Al-Shifa', the daughter of Abdullah, informed me that Labid ibn Rabiah and Adi ibn Hatim, who were among the first immigrants, came to the Medina and entered the mosque. They found Amr ibn al-'As and said, "O son of al-'As, ask permission for us to meet the Commander of the Believers." He replied, "By Allah, you have both got his name right. He is the Commander, and we are the believers." Then Amr ibn al-'As went to Umar and said, "Peace be upon you, O Commander of the Believers." Umar asked, "What is this?" He said, "You are the Commander, and we are the believers." From that day onwards, the title spread.

79. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 50No grade recorded

    «كُنْتُ أَنْشُدُهُ يَعْنِي النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَلَا أَعْرِفُ أَصْحَابَهُ حَتَّى جَاءَ رَجُلٌ بَعِيدٌ مَا بَيْنَ الْمَنَاكِبِ أَصْلَعُ» فَقِيلَ لِي اسْكُتِ اسْكُتْ فَقُلْتُ «وَاثُكْلَاهُ مِنْ هَذَا الَّذِي أَسْكُتُ لَهُ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ؟» فَقِيلَ لِي عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ

    ✧ "I was reciting poetry to him, meaning the Prophet ﷺ, and I did not recognize his Companions until a man came who was broad between the shoulders and bald." It was said to me, "Be quiet! Be quiet!" I said, "Alas, who is this for whom I must be quiet in the presence of the Prophet ﷺ?" It was said to me, "Umar b. al-Khattab."

80. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 51No grade recorded

    خَرَجَ أَهْلُ الْمَدِينَةِ فِي مَشْهَدٍ لَهُمْ فَإِذَا أَنَا بِرَجُلٍ أَصْلَعَ أَعْسَرَ أَيْسَرَ قَدْ أَشْرَفَ فَوْقَ النَّاسِ بِذِرَاعٍ عَلَيْهِ إِزَارٌ غَلِيظٌ وَبُرْدُ قَطْرٍ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ «يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ هَاجِرُوا وَلَا تَهْجُرُوا وَلَا يَحْذِفَنَّ أَحَدُكُمُ الْأَرْنَبَ بِعَصَاهُ أَوْ بِحَجَرٍ فَيَأْكُلَهَا وَلْيُذَكِ لَكُمُ الْأَسَلُ وَالرِّمَاحُ وَالنَّبْلُ» فَقُلْتُ مَنْ هَذَا؟ قَالُوا عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ

    ✧ The people of Madinah went out for a gathering of theirs, and there I saw a bald man, left-handed but using his right, who towered above the people by a forearm's length, wearing a coarse loincloth and a striped cloak, saying: "O people, emigrate and do not abandon, and let none of you throw a stone or stick at a rabbit and then eat it; let spears, lances, and arrows be of service to you." I said, "Who is this?" They said, "Umar b. al-Khattab."

81. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 52No grade recorded

    «كَانَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ أَصْلَعَ شَدِيدَ الصَّلَعِ»

    ✧ "Umar b. al-Khattab ؓ was bald, severely bald."

82. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 53No grade recorded

    أَنَّهُ يُخْرِجُنَا مِنْ أَرْضِنَا

    ✧ That he will expel us from our land.

83. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 54No grade recorded

    «أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ كَانَ إِذَا غَضِبَ فَتَلَ شَارِبَهُ وَنَفَخَ»

    ✧ "When Umar b. al-Khattab got angry, he would twist his mustache and blow."

84. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 55No grade recorded

    «كَانَ عُمَرُ ؓ يَأْخُذُ بِأُذُنِهِ يَعْنِي بِأُذُنِ نَفْسِهِ ثُمَّ يَثِبُ عَلَى الْفَرَسِ»

    ✧ "Umar ؓ would take hold of his ear, meaning his own ear, then leap onto the horse."

85. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 56No grade recorded

    أَنَّ عُمَرَ ؓ عَرَضَتْ عَلَيْهِ مَوْلَاةٌ لَهُ أَنْ يَصْبُغَ لِحْيَتَهُ فَقَالَ «أَتُرِيدُ أَنْ تُطْفِيَ نُورِي كَمَا أطْفَأَ فُلَانٌ نُورَهُ»

    ✧ Umar ؓ was offered by a freedwoman of his that he dye his beard. He said, “Do you want to extinguish my light as so-and-so extinguished his light?”

86. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 57No grade recorded

    سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَامِرٍ سُلَيْمَ بْنَ عَامِرٍ يَقُولُ «رَأَيْتُ عُمَرَ لَا يُغَيِّرُ مِنْ لِحْيَتِهِ شَيْئًا»

    ✧ I heard Abu 'Amir Sulaym b. 'Amir say, “I saw Umar not changing anything of his beard.”

87. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 58No grade recorded

    سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «مِنْ شَابَ شَيْبَةً فِي الْإِسْلَامِ كَانَتْ لَهُ نُورًا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ» وَمَا أَنَا بِمُغَيِّرٍ شَيْبَتِي

    ✧ I heard the Messenger of God ﷺ say, “Whoever grows a gray hair in Islam, it will be a light for him on the Day of Resurrection,” and I will not change my gray hair.

88. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 59No grade recorded

    «كُنْتُ بِالْمَدِينَةِ فَإِذَا رَجُلٌ آدَمُ أَعْسَرُ أَيْسَرُ ضَخْمٌ إِذْ أَشْرَفَ عَلَى النَّاسِ كَأَنَّهُ عَلَى دَابَّةٍ فَإِذَا هُوَ عُمَرُ ؓ»

    ✧ I was in Madinah when there was a dark brown man, left-handed on one side and right-handed on the other, huge; when he appeared before the people it was as if he were on a mount. Then it was Umar ؓ.

89. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 99No grade recorded

    دَخَلْتُ عَلَى رُقَيَّةَ بِنْتِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ امْرَأَةِ عُثْمَانَ ؓ وَفِي يَدِهَا مُشْطٌ فَقَالَتْ خَرَجَ مِنْ عِنْدِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ آنِفًا رَجَّلْتُ رَأْسَهُ فَقَالَ «كَيْفَ تَجِدِينَ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللهِ؟» قُلْتُ بِخَيْرٍ قَالَ «أَكْرِمِيهِ فَإِنَّهُ مِنْ أَشْبَهِ أَصْحَابِي بِي خُلُقًا»

    ✧ I entered upon Ruqayyah, daughter of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and wife of Uthman ؓ, with a comb in her hand. She said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ left me a little while ago after I combed his hair. He said, 'How do you find Abu Abd Allah?' I said, 'Well.' He said, 'Honor him, for he is among the closest of my Companions to me in character.'"

90. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 100No grade recorded

    «قُتِلَ عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عَفَّانَ ؓ فِي أَوْسَطِ أَيَّامِ التَّشْرِيقِ»

    ✧ Uthman b. Affan ؓ was killed in the middle of the days of tashriq.

91. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 101No grade recorded

    سَمِعْتُ الزُّبَيْرَ بْنَ بَكَّارٍ يَقُولُ «قُتِلَ عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عَفَّانَ ؓ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ لِثَمَانَ عَشْرَةَ خَلَتْ مِنْ ذِي الْحِجَّةِ سَنَةَ سِتٍّ وَثَلَاثِينَ بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ وَهُوَ ابْنُ اثْنَيْنِ وَثَمَانِينَ سَنَةً وَكَانَ يَوْمَئِذٍ صَائِمًا»

    ✧ I heard Zubayr ibn Bakkar say, "Uthman ibn Affan was killed on Friday, in the eighteenth day of Dhu al-Hijjah, in the year thirty-six, after 'Asr prayer. He was eighty-two years old at that time and was fasting."

92. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 102No grade recorded

    «قُتِلَ عُثْمَانُ ؓ سَنَةَ خَمْسٍ وَثَلَاثِينَ»

    ✧ Uthman ؓ was killed in the year thirty-five.

93. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 103No grade recorded

    «قُتِلَ عُثْمَانُ ؓ سَنَةَ خَمْسٍ وَثَلَاثِينَ»

    ✧ Uthman ؓ was killed in the year thirty-five.

94. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 104No grade recorded

    «قُتِلَ عُثْمَانُ وَهُوَ ابْنُ تِسْعِينَ أَوْ ثَمَانٍ وَثَمَانِينَ»

    ✧ Uthman was killed when he was ninety or eighty-eight years old.

95. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 105No grade recorded

    «قُتِلَ عُثْمَانُ ؓ سَنَةَ خَمْسٍ وَثَلَاثِينَ»

    ✧ Uthman ؓ was killed in the year thirty-five.

96. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 106No grade recorded

    «كَانَتْ خِلَافَةُ عُثْمَانَ ؓ ثِنْتَيْ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً»

    ✧ The caliphate of Uthman ؓ was twelve years.

97. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 107No grade recorded

    «كَانَتِ الشُّورَى فَاجْتَمَعَ النَّاسُ عَلَى عُثْمَانَ ؓ لِثَلَاثٍ بَقِينَ مِنْ ذِي الْحِجَّةِ سَنَةَ ثَلَاثٍ وَعِشْرِينَ ثُمَّ قُتِلَ عُثْمَانُ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ لِثَمَانِ عَشْرَةَ خَلَتْ مِنْ ذِي الْحِجَّةِ تَمَامَ سَنَةِ خَمْسٍ وَثَلَاثِينَ وَسِنُّهُ ثَمَانٍ وَثَمَانُونَ سَنَةً وَكَانَ يُصَفِّرُ لِحْيَتَهُ وَكَانَتْ وِلَايَةُ عُثْمَانَ ؓ اثْنَتَيْ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً»

    ✧ The shura was held, and the people agreed upon Uthman ؓ with three nights remaining in Dhu al-Hijjah in the year twenty-three. Then Uthman ؓ was killed on Friday, eighteen nights having passed in Dhu al-Hijjah, at the completion of the year thirty-five. He was eighty-eight years old. He used to dye his beard yellow, and the reign of Uthman ؓ was twelve years.

98. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 108No grade recorded

    «أَنَّ عُثْمَانَ ؓ قُتِلَ وَهُوَ ابْنُ تِسْعِينَ أَوْ ثَمَانٍ وَثَمَانِينَ سَنَةً»

    ✧ Uthman ؓ was killed when he was ninety or eighty-eight years old.

99. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 109No grade recorded

    سَمِعْتُ مَالِكًا يَقُولُ قُتِلَ عُثْمَانُ ؓ فَأَقَامَ مَطْرُوحًا عَلَى كُنَاسَةِ بَنِي فُلَانٍ ثَلَاثًا فَأَتَاهُ اثْنَا عَشَرَ رَجُلًا فِيهِمْ جَدِّي مَالِكُ بْنُ أَبِي عَامِرٍ وَحُوَيْطِبُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعُزَّى وَحَكِيمُ بْنُ حِزَامٍ وَعَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ وَعَائِشَةُ بِنْتُ عُثْمَانَ مَعَهُمْ مِصْبَاحٌ فِي حِقٍّ فَحَمَلُوهُ عَلَى بَابٍ وَإِنَّ رَأْسَهُ يَقُولُ عَلَى الْبَابِ طَقْ طَقْ حَتَّى أَتَوْا بِهِ الْبَقِيعَ فَاخْتَلَفُوا فِي الصَّلَاةِ عَلَيْهِ فَصَلَّى عَلَيْهِ حَكِيمُ بْنُ حِزَامٍ أَوْ حُوَيْطِبُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعُزَّى شَكَّ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ ثُمَّ أَرَادُوا دَفْنَهُ فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ بَنِي مَازِنٍ فَقَالَ وَاللهِ لَئِنْ دَفَنْتُمُوهُ مَعَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ لَأُخْبِرَنَّ النَّاسَ فَحَمَلُوهُ حَتَّى أَتَوْا بِهِ إِلَى حَشِّ كَوْكَبٍ فَلَمَّا دَلُّوهُ فِي قَبْرِهِ صَاحَتْ عَائِشَةُ بِنْتُ عُثْمَانَ فَقَالَ لَهَا ابْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ اسْكُتِي فَوَاللهِ لَئِنْ عُدْتِ لَأَضْرِبَنَّ الَّذِي فِيهِ عَيْنَاكِ فَلَمَّا دَفَنُوهُ وَسَوَّوْا عَلَيْهِ التُّرَابَ قَالَ لَهَا ابْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ صِيحِي مَا بَدَا لَكِ أَنْ تَصِيحِي قَالَ مَالِكٌ وَكَانَ عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عَفَّانَ ؓ قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ يَمُرُّ بِحُشٍّ كَوْكَبٍ فَيَقُولُ لَيُدْفَنَنَّ هَهُنَا رَجُلٌ صَالِحٌ قَالَ أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ الْحُشُّ الْبُسْتَانُ

    ✧ I heard Malik say: Uthman ؓ was killed, and he lay cast aside on the rubbish heap of the Banu Fulān for three days. Then twelve men came to him, among them my grandfather Malik b. Abi Amir, Huwaytib b. Abd al-Uzza, Hakim b. Hizam, Abdullah b. al-Zubayr, and Aisha bt. Uthman, with a lamp inside a small box. They carried him on a door, and his head kept knocking against the door: tap, tap. Then they brought him to al-Baqi`, and they differed about praying over him, so Hakim b. Hizam or Huwaytib b. Abd al-Uzza prayed over him — Abd al-Rahman was unsure. Then they wanted to bury him, but a man from the Banu Mazin stood up and said: By Allah, if you bury him with the Muslims, I will tell the people. So they carried him until they brought him to the orchard of Kawkab. When they lowered him into his grave, Aisha bt. Uthman cried out, and Ibn al-Zubayr said to her: Be quiet, for by Allah, if you do it again, I will strike the part where your eyes are. When they had buried him and leveled the earth over him, Ibn al-Zubayr said to her: Cry now, as much as you want. Malik said: Before that, Uthman b. Affan ؓ used to pass by the orchard of Kawkab and say: A righteous man will surely be buried here. Abu al-Qasim said: al-hushsh means the garden.

100. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 110No grade recorded

     فَلَمَّا أَمْسَيْنَا قُلْتُ لَئِنْ تَرَكْتُمْ صَاحِبَكُمْ حَتَّى يُصْبِحَ مَثَّلُوا بِهِ فَانْطَلِقُوا بِهِ إِلَى بَقِيعِ الْغَرْقَدِ فَأَمْكَنَّا لَهُ مِنْ جَوْفِ اللَّيْلِ ثُمَّ حَمَلْنَاهُ وَغَشِيَنَا سَوَادٌ مِنْ خَلْفِنَا فَهِبْنَاهُمْ حَتَّى كِدْنَا أَنَّ نَتَفَرَّقَ عَنْهُ فَنَادَى مُنَادٍ لَا رَوْعَ عَلَيْكُمْ اثْبُتُوا فَإِنَّا قَدْ جِئْنَا لِنَشْهَدَهُ مَعَكُمْ وَكَانَ ابْنُ حُبَيْشٍ يَقُولُ هُمْ وَاللهِ الْمَلَائِكَةُ

     ✧ When evening came, I said: If you leave your companion until morning, they will mutilate him, so take him to Baqi al-Gharqad, and make it possible for us in the middle of the night. Then we carried him, and a blackness came over us from behind, and we feared them until we almost dispersed from around him. Then a caller called out: Do not be afraid; stand firm, for we have come to witness him with you. Ibn Hubaysh used to say: They were, by Allah, the angels.

101. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 111No grade recorded

     يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ مَا تَقُولُ فِي عُثْمَانَ؟ فَبَدَرَهُ الرَّجُلَانِ فَقَالَا عَمَّ تَسْأَلُ؟ عَنْ رَجُلٍ كَفَرَ بِاللهِ مِنْ بَعْدِ إِيمَانِهِ وَنَافَقَ؟ فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ لَهُمَا لَسْتُ إِيَّاكُمَا أَسْأَلُ وَلَا إِلَيْكُمَا جِئْتُ فَقَالَ لَهُ عَلِيٌّ «لَسْتُ أَقُولُ مَا قَالَا» فَقَالَا لَهُ جَمِيعًا فِلِمَ قَتَلْنَاهُ إِذًا؟ قَالَ وُلِّيَ عَلَيْكُمْ فَأَسَاءَ الْوَلَايَةَ فِي آخِرِ أَيَّامِهِ وَجَزَعْتُمْ فَأَسَأْتُمُ الْجَزَعَ وَاللهِ إِنِّي لَأَرْجُو أَنْ أَكُونَ أَنَا وَعُثْمَانُ كَمَا قَالَ اللهُ ﷻ {وَنَزَعْنَا مَا فِي صُدُورِهِمْ مِنْ غِلٍّ إِخْوَانًا عَلَى سُرُرٍ مُتَقَابِلِينَ}

     ✧ O Commander of the Faithful, what do you say about Uthman? The two men hastened to answer and said: Why do you ask? About a man who disbelieved in Allah after his faith and acted as a hypocrite? The man said to them: I am not asking you two, and I did not come to you two. Ali said to him: "I do not say what they say." They both said to him: Then why did we kill him? He said: He was put in authority over you and ruled badly in his final days, and you became distressed and behaved badly in your distress. By Allah, I hope that I and Uthman will be as Allah ﷻ said: {And We shall remove whatever rancor is in their breasts; they will be brothers, on couches facing one another}.

102. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 112No grade recorded

     خَطَبَ عَلِيٌّ ؓ النَّاسَ فَقَالَ يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّهُ وَاللهِ لَئِنْ لَمْ يَدْخُلِ النَّارَ إِلَّا مَنْ قَتَلَ عُثْمَانَ لَا أَدْخَلُهَا وَلَئِنْ لَمْ يَدْخُلِ الْجَنَّةَ إِلَّا مَنْ قَتَلَ عُثْمَانَ لَا أَدْخَلُهَا قَالَ فَلَمَّا نَزَلَ قِيلَ لَهُ تَكَلَّمْتَ بِكَلِمَةٍ فَرَّقْتَ عَلَيْكَ بِهَا أَصْحَابَكَ فَخَطَبَهُمْ فَقَالَ «يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ أَلَا إِنَّ اللهَ ﷻ قَتَلَ عُثْمَانَ وَأَنَا مَعَهُ» قَالَ حَمَّادٌ وَحَدَّثَنَا حَبِيبُ بْنُ الشَّهِيدِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ قَالَ كَلِمَةٌ قُرَشِيَّةٌ لَهَا وَجْهَانِ قَالَ أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ كَأَنَّهُ يَعْنِي «أَنَّ اللهَ تَعَالَى قَتَلَهُ وَأَنَا مَعَهُ مَقْتُولٌ ؓ»

     ✧ Ali ؓ addressed the people and said: O people, by Allah, if no one enters the Fire except those who killed Uthman, I will not enter it; and if no one enters Paradise except those who killed Uthman, I will not enter it. When he came down, it was said to him: You have spoken a word that has divided your companions against you. So he addressed them and said: "O people, indeed Allah ﷻ caused Uthman to be killed, and I am with him." Hammad said: And Habib b. al-Shahid narrated to us from Muhammad b. Sirin: A Qurayshi expression that has two meanings. Abu al-Qasim said: It is as if he meant, "Allah, exalted is He, caused him to be killed, and I too will be killed with him ؓ."

103. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 113No grade recorded

     خَطَبَهُمْ عَلِيٌّ ؓ فَقَطَعُوا عَلَيْهِ خُطْبَتَهُ فَقَالَ إِنَّمَا وَهَنْتُ يَوْمَ قُتِلَ عُثْمَانُ ؓ وَضَرَبَ لَهُمْ مَثَلًا مَثَلَ ثَلَاثَةِ أَثْوَارٍ وَأَسَدٍ اجْتَمَعْنَ فِي أَجَمَةٍ أَسْوَدَ وَأَحْمَرَ وَأَبْيَضَ وَكَانَ الْأَسَدُ إِذَا أَرَادَ وَاحِدًا مِنْهُنَّ اجْتَمَعْنَ عَلَيْهِ فَامْتَنَعْنَ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ الْأَسَدُ لِلْأَسْوَدِ وَالْأَحْمَرِ إِنَّمَا يَفْضَحُنَا فِي أَجَمَتِنَا وَيُشْهِرُنَا هَذَا الْأَبْيَضُ فَدَعَانِي حَتَّى آكُلَهُ فَلَوْنُكُمَا عَلَى لَوْنِي وَلَوْنِي عَلَى لَوْنِكُمَا فَحَمَلَ عَلَيْهِ الْأَسَدُ فَلَمْ يَلْبَثْ أَنْ قَتَلَهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ لِلْأَسْوَدِ إِنَّمَا يَفْضَحُنَا وَيُشْهِرُنَا فِي أَجَمَتِنَا هَذَا الْأَحْمَرُ فَدَعْنِي حَتَّى آكُلَهُ فَلَوْنِي عَلَى لَوْنِكَ وَلَوْنُكَ عَلَى لَوْنِي فَحَمَلَ عَلَيْهِ فَقَتَلَهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ لِلْأَسْوَدِ إِنِّي آكُلُكَ قَالَ دَعْنِي أُصَوِّتُ ثَلَاثَةَ أَصْوَاتٍ فَقَالَ أَلَا إِنَّمَا أُكِلْتُ يَوْمَ أُكِلَ الْأَبْيَضُ أَلَا إِنَّمَا أُكِلْتُ يَوْمَ أُكِلَ الْأَبْيَضُ أَلَا إِنَّمَا أُكِلْتُ يَوْمَ أُكِلَ الْأَبْيَضُ أَلَا إِنَّمَا وَهَنْتُ يَوْمَ قُتِلَ عُثْمَانُ

     ✧ Ali ؓ addressed them, but they interrupted his sermon. He said: I was only weakened the day Uthman ؓ was killed. And he struck for them a parable: the parable of three bulls and a lion who met in a thicket — a black one, a red one, and a white one. Whenever the lion wanted one of them, they gathered together against him and resisted him. So the lion said to the black one and the red one: The one who disgraces us in our thicket and exposes us is this white one. Let me eat him, so that your color will match mine and my color will match yours. The lion attacked him, and it was not long before he killed him. Then he said to the black one: The one who disgraces us and exposes us in our thicket is this red one. Let me eat him, so that my color will match yours and your color will match mine. He attacked him and killed him. Then he said to the black one: I will eat you. He said: Let me cry out three cries. So he cried out: Indeed, I was eaten the day the white one was eaten. Indeed, I was eaten the day the white one was eaten. Indeed, I was eaten the day the white one was eaten. Indeed, I was only weakened the day Uthman was killed.

104. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 114No grade recorded

     «أَمَا وَاللهِ لَقَدْ قَتَلْتُمُوهُ صَوَّامًا قَوَّامًا» قَالَ فَانْطَلَقَ الْأَشْتَرُ فَأَخْبَرَ عَمَّارًا ؓ فَأَتَى عَمَّارٌ مَسْرُوقًا فَقَالَ وَاللهِ لَيُجْلَدَنَّ عَمَّارٌ وَلَيُسَيِّرَنَّ أَبَا ذَرٍّ وَلَيَحْمِيَنَّ الْحِمَى وَتَقُولُ قَتَلْتُمُوهُ صَوَّامًا قَوَّامًا فَقَالَ لَهُ مَسْرُوقٌ «فَوَاللهِ مَا فَعَلْتُمْ وَاحِدًا مِنْ ثِنْتَيْنِ مَا عَاقَبْتُمْ بِمِثْلِ مَا عُوقِبْتُمْ بِهِ وَمَا صَبَرْتُمْ فَهُوَ خَيْرٌ لِلصَّابِرِينَ» قَالَ فَكَأَنَّمَا ألْقَمَهُ حَجَرًا قَالَ وَقَالَ الشَّعْبِيُّ «وَمَا وَلَدَتْ هَمْدَانِيَّةٌ مِثْلَ مَسْرُوقٍ»

     ✧ "By Allah, you have killed him while he was one who fasted much and prayed much." Al-Ashtar went and informed Ammar ؓ, so Ammar came to Masruq and said: By Allah, Ammar will be flogged, Abu Dharr will be exiled, and the protected pasture will be guarded, and you say, 'You have killed him while he was one who fasted much and prayed much.' Masruq said to him: "By Allah, you have not done one of two things: you have not been punished as you have been punished, nor have you been patient, and patience is better for the patient." It was as if he had thrust a stone into his mouth. He said: And al-Shabi said: "No woman of Hamdan has given birth to one like Masruq."

105. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 115No grade recorded

     اجْتَمَعْنَا فِي دَارِ مَخْرَمَةَ بَعْدَمَا قُتِلَ عُثْمَانُ ؓ نُرِيدُ الْبَيْعَةَ فَقَالَ أَبُو جَهْمِ بْنُ حُذَيْفَةَ إِنَّا مَنْ بَايَعَنَا مِنْكُمْ فَإِنَّا لَا نَحُولُ دُونَ قِصَاصٍ فَقَالَ عَمَّارُ بْنُ يَاسِرٍ أَمَّا مِنْ دَمِ عُثْمَانَ فَلَا فَقَالَ أَبُو جَهْمٍ يَا ابْنَ سُمَيَّةَ وَاللهِ لَتُقَادَنَّهُ مِنْ جَلَدَاتٍ جُلِدْتَهَا وَلَا يُقَادُ لِدَمِ عُثْمَانَ ؓ فَانْصَرَفُوا يَوْمَئِذٍ عَنْ غَيْرِ بَيْعَةٍ

     ✧ We gathered in the house of Makhrama after Uthman ؓ was killed, wanting to pledge allegiance. Abu Jahm b. Hudhayfa said: Whoever of you we give allegiance to, we will not stand in the way of retaliation. Ammar b. Yasir said: Not for the blood of Uthman. Abu Jahm said: O son of Sumayya, by Allah, retaliation will be taken from you for the lashes you were given, but no retaliation will be taken for the blood of Uthman ؓ. So they departed that day without pledging allegiance.

106. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 116No grade recorded

     أَخْبَرَنِي وَثَّابٌ وَكَانَ مِمَّنْ أَدْرَكَهُ عِتْقُ عُثْمَانَ ؓ فَكَانَ يَقُومُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْ عُثْمَانَ قَالَ بَعَثَنِي عُثْمَانُ فَدَعَوْتُ لَهُ الْأَشْتَرَ فَقَالَ ابْنُ عَوْنٍ فَأَظُنُّهُ قَالَ فَطَرَحْتُ لِأَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وِسَادَةً وَلَهُ وِسَادَةٌ فَقَالَ «يَا أَشْتَرُ مَا يُرِيدُ النَّاسُ مِنِّي؟» قَالَ ثَلَاثًا مَا مِنْ إِحْدَاهُنِّ بُدٌّ قَالَ «مَا هُنَّ؟» قَالَ يُخَيِّرُونَكَ بَيْنَ أَنْ تَخْلَعَ لَهُمْ أَمْرَهُمْ فَتَقُولَ هَذَا أَمْرُكُمْ فَاخْتَارُوا لَهُ مَنْ شِئْتُمْ وَبَيْنَ أَنْ تَقُصَّ مِنْ نَفْسِكَ فَإِنْ أَبَيْتَ هَذَيْنِ فَإِنَّ الْقَوْمَ قَاتِلُوكَ قَالَ «مَا مِنْ إِحْدَاهُنَّ بُدٌّ؟» قَالَ مَا مِنْ إِحْدَاهُنَّ بُدٌّ قَالَ «أَمَّا أَنْ أَخْلَعَ لَهُمْ أَمْرَهُمْ فَمَا كُنْتُ لِأَخْلَعَ سِرْبَالًا سُرْبِلْتُهُ» قَالَ وَقَالَ الْحَسَنُ قَالَ وَاللهِ لَأَنْ أُقَدَّمَ فَيُضْرَبَ عُنُقِي أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ أَنْ أَخْلَعَ أَمْرَ أُمَّةِ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ بَعْضُهَا عَلَى بَعْضٍ قَالَ ابْنُ عَوْنٍ وَهَذَا أَشْبَهُ بِكَلَامِ عُثْمَانَ وَأَمَّا أَنْ أَقُصَّ مِنْ نَفْسِي فَوَاللهِ لَقَدْ عَلِمْتُ أَنَّ صَاحِبَيْ بَيْنَ يَدَيْ كَانَا يُعَاقَبَانِ وَمَا يَقُومُ بَدَنِي للقِصَاصِ وَأَمَّا أَنْ تَقْتُلُونِي فَوَاللهِ لَئِنْ قَتَلْتُمُونِي لَا تُحَابُّونَ بَعْدِي أَبَدًا وَلَا تُقَاتِلُونَ بَعْدِي عَدُوًّا جَمِيعًا أَبَدًا فَقَامَ الْأَشْتَرُ فَانْطَلَقَ فَمَكَثْنَا فَقُلْنَا لَعَلَّ النَّاسَ إِذْ جَاءَ رَجُلٌ كَأَنَّهُ ذِئْبٌ فَاطَّلَعَ مِنْ بَابٍ ثُمَّ رَجَعَ ثُمَّ جَاءَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ فِي ثَلَاثَةَ عَشَرَ رَجُلًا حَتَّى انْتَهَوْا إِلَى عُثْمَانَ ؓ فَأَخَذَ بِلِحْيَتِهِ فَقَالَ بِهَا وَقَالَ بِهَا حَتَّى سَمِعْتُ وَقْعَ أَضْرَاسِهِ وَقَالَ مَا أَغْنَى عَنْكَ مُعَاوِيَةُ مَا أَغْنَى عَنْكَ ابْنُ عَامِرٍ مَا أَغْنَى عَنْكَ كُتُبُكَ قَالَ «أَرْسِلْ لِحْيَتِي يَا ابْنَ أَخِي أَرْسِلْ لِحْيَتِي يَا ابْنَ أَخِي» قَالَ فَأَنَا رَأَيْتُهُ اسْتَدْعَى رَجُلًا مِنَ الْقَوْمِ بِعَيْنِهِ فَقَامَ إِلَيْهِ بِمِشْقَصٍ حَتَّى وَجَأَهُ بِهِ فِي رَأْسَهِ قُلْتُ ثُمَّ مَهْ قَالَ ثُمَّ تَعَانُوا عَلَيْهِ وَاللهِ حَتَّى قَتَلُوهُ

     ✧ Waththab, who was one of those whom Uthman ؓ had freed and who used to stand before Uthman, informed me: Uthman sent me and I summoned al-Ashtar for him. Ibn Awn said: I think he said: I placed a cushion for the Commander of the Faithful, and he had a cushion. He said: "O Ashtar, what do the people want from me?" He said: Three things, one of which is unavoidable. He said: "What are they?" He said: They give you the choice between handing over their affair to them, saying, 'This is your affair, so choose for it whom you will,' and between exacting retribution from yourself. If you refuse these two, then the people will fight you. He said: "Is one of them unavoidable?" He said: One of them is unavoidable. He said: "As for handing over their affair to them, I would never remove a garment with which I have been clothed." He said: And al-Hasan said: By Allah, to be brought forward and have my neck struck is dearer to me than to remove the affair of the Ummah of Muhammad ﷺ from one another. Ibn Awn said: This is more like the words of Uthman. As for exacting retribution from myself, by Allah, I know that my two companions before me were punished, and my body cannot withstand retaliation. As for killing me, by Allah, if you kill me, you will never love one another after me, and you will never fight an enemy together after me. Then al-Ashtar stood up and left. We waited and said: Perhaps the people... Then a man came who looked like a wolf, peered in from a door, and then went back. Then Muhammad b. Abi Bakr came with thirteen men and reached Uthman ؓ. He grabbed his beard and said with it, and said with it, until I heard the chattering of his teeth, and said: What did Muawiya avail you? What did Ibn Amir avail you? What did your letters avail you? He said: "Let go of my beard, O son of my brother. Let go of my beard, O son of my brother." He said: I saw him summon a man from the group with his eye, and the man went to him with a small spear and struck him with it on his head. I said: Then what? He said: Then they all attacked him, by Allah, until they killed him.

107. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 117No grade recorded

     مُحَمَّدٌ يَا كَعْبُ أَمَا تَجِدُ سَفِينَتَنَا هَذِهِ فِي التَّوْرَاةِ كَيْفَ تَجْرِي؟ فَقَالَ «لَا وَلَكِنْ أَجِدُ فِيهَا رَجُلًا أَشْقَى الْفِتْيَةَ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ يَنْزُو فِي الْفِتْنَةِ كَمَا يَنْزُو الْحِمَارُ لَا تَكُنْ أَنْتَ هُوَ» قَالَ ابْنُ سِيرِينَ فَزَعَمُوا أَنَّهُ كَانَ هُوَ

     ✧ Muhammad said: O Kab, do you not find this ship of ours in the Torah, how it sails? He said: "No, but I find in it a man, the most wretched of the young men of Quraysh, who leaps into the turmoil as a donkey leaps. Do not be that one." Ibn Sirin said: They claimed that it was indeed him.

108. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 118No grade recorded

     أَنَّ رَجُلًا مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ دَخَلَ عَلَى عُثْمَانَ فَقَالَ ارْجِعِ ابْنَ أَخِي فَلَسْتَ بِقَاتِلِي قَالَ وَكَيْفَ عَلِمْتَ ذَاكَ؟ قَالَ لِأَنَّهُ «أُتِيَ بِكَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَوْمَ سَابِعِكَ فَحَنَّكَكَ وَدَعَا لكَ بِالْبَرَكَةِ» ثُمَّ دَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ رَجُلٌ آخَرُ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ فَقَالَ ارْجِعِ ابْنَ أَخِي فَلَسْتَ بِقَاتِلِي قَالَ بِمَ تَدْرِي ذَلِكَ؟ قَالَ لِأَنَّهُ «أُتِيَ بِكَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَوْمَ سَابِعِكَ فَحَنَّكَكَ وَدَعَا لكَ بِالْبَرَكَةِ» قَالَ ثُمَّ دَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ فَقَالَ أَنْتَ قَاتِلِي قَالَ وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ يَا نَعْثَلُ؟ قَالَ لِأَنَّهُ «أُتِيَ بِكَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَوْمَ سَابِعِكَ لَيُحَنِّكَكَ وَيَدْعُو لَكَ بِالْبَرَكَةِ فَخَرَيْتَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ» قَالَ فَوَثَبَ عَلَى صَدْرِهِ وَقَبَضَ عَلَى لِحْيَتِهِ فَقَالَ إِنْ تَفْعَلْ كَانَ يَعِزُّ عَلَى أَبِيكَ أَنْ تَسُوءَهُ قَالَ فَوَجَأَهُ فِي نَحْرِهِ بِمَشَاقِصَ كَانَتْ فِي يَدِهِ

     ✧ A man of the Ansar entered upon Uthman, and he said: Go back, O son of my brother, for you are not my killer. He said: How do you know that? He said: Because "you were brought to the Prophet ﷺ on your seventh day, and he chewed a date for you and blessed you." Then another man of the Ansar entered upon him, and he said: Go back, O son of my brother, for you are not my killer. He said: How do you know that? He said: Because "you were brought to the Prophet ﷺ on your seventh day, and he chewed a date for you and blessed you." Then Muhammad b. Abi Bakr entered upon him, and he said: You are my killer. He said: How do you know, O Nathal? He said: Because "you were brought to the Prophet ﷺ on your seventh day so that he might chew a date for you and bless you, but you defecated on the Messenger of Allah ﷺ." So he leaped onto his chest and grabbed his beard, saying: If you do that, it would be hard for your father that you upset him. Then he struck him in the throat with small spears that were in his hand.

109. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 119No grade recorded

     إِنَّهَا لَأَوَّلُ يَدٍ خَطَّتِ الْمُفَصَّلَ

     ✧ It was the first hand that wrote the Mufassal.

110. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 120No grade recorded

     «أَمِيرٌ سَدِيدٌ لَا يَأْخُذُهُ فِي اللهِ لَوْمَةُ لَائِمٍ» قَالَ ثُمَّ مَهْ؟ قَالَ «ثُمَّ يَكُونُ بَعْدَكَ خَلِيفَةٌ تَقْتُلُهُ فِئَةٌ ظَالِمَةٌ» قَالَ ثُمَّ مَهْ؟ قَالَ «ثُمَّ يَكُونُ الْبَلَاءُ»

     ✧ "A righteous ruler who is not deterred from the cause of Allah by the blame of any blamer." He said: Then what? He said: "Then after you there will be a caliph whom a sinful faction will kill." He said: Then what? He said: "Then there will be the tribulation."

111. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 121No grade recorded

     أَنْ يَنْقَضَّ»

     ✧ to collapse

112. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 122No grade recorded

     أَنَّ النَّاسَ لَمْ يَطْلُبُوا بِدَمِ عُثْمَانَ لَرُجِمُوا بِالْحِجَارَةِ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ»

     ✧ had the people not sought the blood of Uthman, they would have been stoned from the sky

113. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 123No grade recorded

     سَمِعْتُ الْحَسَنَ يَقُولُ «أُخِذَ الْفَاسِقُ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ فِي شِعْبٍ مِنْ شِعَابِ مِصْرَ فَأُدْخِلَ فِي جَوْفِ حِمَارٍ فَأُحْرِقَ»

     ✧ I heard al-Hasan say: “The corrupt Muhammad b. Abi Bakr was seized in a ravine among the ravines of Egypt, then put inside a donkey’s belly and burned.”

114. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 124No grade recorded

     «لَقَدِ اخْتَبَأْتُ عِنْدَ رَبِّي عَشْرًا إِنِّي لَرَابِعُ أَرْبَعَةٍ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ وَمَا تَعَنَّيْتُ وَلَا تَمَنَّيْتُ وَلَا وَضَعْتُ يَمِينِي عَلَى فَرْجِي مُنْذُ بَايَعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَمَا مَرَّتْ عَلَيَّ جُمُعَةٌ مُنْذُ أَسْلَمْتُ إِلَّا وَأَنَا أَعْتِقُ فِيهَا رَقَبَةً إِلَّا أَنْ لَا يَكُونَ عِنْدِي فَأَعْتِقَهَا بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ وَلَا زَنَيْتُ فِي جَاهِلِيَّةٍ وَلَا إِسْلَامٍ»

     ✧ "I sought refuge with my Lord for ten days. Indeed, I am the fourth among four in Islam. I have not intended or desired anything, nor have I ever placed my right hand on my private parts since I pledged allegiance to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. Every Friday that has passed since I embraced Islam, I have freed a slave in it, except that if I did not have one, then I would continue to do so afterwards. I have never committed adultery, neither during the period of ignorance nor after embracing Islam."

115. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 125No grade recorded

     لَا أَمَّا يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ فَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «اللهُمَّ إِنَّ عُثْمَانَ فِي حَاجَتِكَ وَحَاجَةِ رَسُولِكَ» فَضَرَبَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِسَهْمِهِ

     ✧ As for the day of Badr, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “O Allah, Uthman is occupied with Your need and the need of Your Messenger,” so the Messenger of Allah ﷺ allotted him his arrow.

116. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 126No grade recorded

     عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عَفَّانَ تَخَلَّفَ فِي الْمَدِينَةِ عَلَى امْرَأَتِهِ بِنْتِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَكَانَتْ وَجِعَةً مَعَرَّةً فَضَرَبَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِسَهْمِهِ قَالَ وَأَجْرِي يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ قَالَ «وَأَجْرُكَ»

     ✧ Uthman b. Affan stayed behind in Madinah with his wife, the daughter of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, who was ill, so the Messenger of Allah ﷺ allotted him his arrow. He said: And my reward, O Messenger of Allah? He said: “And your reward.”

117. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 127No grade recorded

     وَطَلْحَةُ ؓ يَغْسِلُ أَحَدَ شِقَّيْ رَأْسَهِ فَلَمْ يُجِبْهَا فَأَدْخَلَتْ يَدَيْهَا فِي كُمِّ ذَرْعِهَا فَأَخْرَجَتْ ثَدْيَيْهَا وَقَالَتْ أَسْأَلُكَ بِمَا حَمَلْتُكَ وَأرْضَعْتُكَ إِلَّا فَعَلْتَ فَقَامَ وَلَوَى شِقَّ شَعْرِ رَأْسِهِ حَتَّى عَقَدَهُ وَهُوَ مَغْسُولٌ ثُمَّ خَرَجَ حَتَّى أَتَى عَلِيًّا ؓ وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ فِي جَنْبِ دَارِهِ فَقَالَ طَلْحَةُ ؓ وَمَعَهُ أُمُّهُ وَأُمُّ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ رَافِعٍ لَوْ رَفَّهْتَ عَنْ هَذَا فَقَدِ اشْتَدَّ حَصْرُهُ قَالَ فَنَقَرَ بِقَدَحٍ فِي يَدِهِ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ ثُمَّ رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ فَقَالَ «وَاللهِ مَا أُحِبُّ مِنْ هَذَا شَيْئًا تَكْرَهُهُ» قَالَ وَأَنْشَدَنَا أَبُو خَلِيفَةَ قَالَ أنْشَدَنَا الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ الْفَرَجِ الرِّيَاشِيُّ لِلَيْلَى الْأَخْيَلِيَّةِ

     ✧ And Talhah ؓ was washing one side of his head, so he did not answer her. So she put her hands into the sleeve of her garment and brought out her breasts and said: I ask you by what I carried you and nursed you: do it. So he got up, twisted the side of his hair until he tied it while it was washed, then went out until he came to Ali ؓ while he was sitting beside his house. Talhah ؓ, with his mother and the mother of Abdullah b. Rafi’, said: If only you would ease this man’s siege, for it has become severe. He said: He tapped with a cup in his hand three times, then raised his head and said: “By Allah, I do not love anything of this that you dislike.” He said: And Abu Khalifah recited to us, saying: Al-Abbas b. al-Faraj al-Riyashi recited to us for Layla al-Akhyaliyyah.

118. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 128No grade recorded

     هُوَ لِحَسَّانِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ «

     ✧ It is by Hassan b. Thabit.

119. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 129No grade recorded

     «مَرْحَبًا بِالْقَائِلِينَ عَدْلًا وَبِالصَّلَاةِ مَرْحَبًا وَأَهْلًا»

     ✧ “Welcome to those who speak justly, and by prayer, welcome and family.”

120. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 130No grade recorded

     قَالَت امْرَأَةُ عُثْمَانَ ؓ حِينَ أَطَافُوا بِهِ يُرِيدُونَ قَتْلَهُ «إِنْ تَقْتُلُوهُ أَوْ تَتْرُكُوهُ فَإِنَّهُ كَانَ يُحْيِي اللَّيْلَ كُلَّهُ فِي رَكْعَةٍ يَجْمَعُ فِيهَا الْقُرْآنَ»

     ✧ The wife of Uthman ؓ said when they surrounded him intending to kill him: “If you kill him or spare him, he used to keep the whole night alive in a single rak’ah, gathering the Quran in it.”

121. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 131No grade recorded

     سَمِعْتُ الْحَسَنَ يَقُولُ أَدْرَكْتُ عُثْمَانَ ؓ وَأَنَا يَوْمَئِذٍ قَدْ رَاهَقْتُ الْحُلُمَ فَسَمِعْتُهُ يَخْطُبُ وَشَهِدْتُهُ يَقُولُ «يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ مَا تَنْقِمُونَ عَلَيَّ؟» قَالَ وَمَا مِنْ يَوْمٍ إِلَّا وَهُمْ يَقْتَسِمُونَ فِيهِ خَيْرًا يَقُولُ «يَا مَعْشَرَ النَّاسِ اغْدُوا عَلَى عَطِيَّاتِكُمْ» فَيَغْدُونَ فَيَأْخُذُونَهَا وَافِرَةً ثُمَّ يُقَالُ «يَا مَعْشَرَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ اغْدُوا عَلَى كِسْوَتِكُمْ» فَيُجَاءُ بِالْحُلَلِ فَتُقْسَمُ بَيْنَهُمْ قَالَ الْحَسَنُ «وَالْعَدُوُّ مَنْفِيُّ وَالْعَطِيَّاتُ دَارَّةٌ وَذَاتُ الْبَيْنِ حَسَنٌ وَالْخَيْرُ كَثِيرٌ مَا عَلَى الْأَرْضِ مُؤْمِنٌ يَخَافُ مُؤْمِنًا مَنْ لَقِيَ مِنْ أَيِّ الْأَحْيَاءِ كَانَ فَهُوَ أَخُوهُ وَمَوَدَّتُهُ وَنُصْرَتُهُ وَالْفِتْنَةُ أَنْ يَسُلَّ عَلَيْهِ سَيْفًا»

     ✧ I heard al-Hasan say: I reached the time of Uthman ؓ when I was then near puberty, and I heard him delivering a sermon, and I witnessed him saying: “O people, what do you hold against me?” He said: And there was no day but they would share in some good. He would say: “O people, come in the morning for your gifts,” so they would come and take them in full. Then it would be said: “O Muslims, come in the morning for your clothing,” so fine robes would be brought and divided among them. Al-Hasan said: “The enemy is repelled, gifts are flowing, harmony is good, and good is abundant. No believer on earth fears another believer. Whomever he meets, from whatever tribe he is, he is his brother, his friend, and his supporter. The tribulation is that someone draws a sword against him.”

122. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 132No grade recorded

     «لَأَنْ أَخِرَّ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ فَأَنْقَطِعَ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ أَنْ أَكُونَ شَرِكْتُ فِي دَمِ عُثْمَانَ ؓ»

     ✧ “To fall from the sky and be torn apart would be dearer to me than to have shared in the blood of Uthman ؓ.”

123. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 133No grade recorded

     وَمَنِ الرَّجُلُ؟ قُلْتُ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْبَصْرَةِ فَقَالَتْ مِنْ أَيِّ أَهْلِ الْبَصْرَةِ؟ قُلْتُ مِنْ بَكْرِ بْنِ وَائِلٍ قَالَتْ مِنْ أَيِّ بَكْرِ بْنِ وَائِلٍ؟ قُلْتُ مِنْ بَنِي قَيْسِ بْنِ ثَعْلَبَةَ قَالَتْ أَمِنْ أَهْلِ فُلَانٍ؟ فَقُلْتُ لَهَا يَا أُمَّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فِيمَ قُتِلَ عُثْمَانُ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ؓ؟ قَالَتْ «قُتِلَ وَاللهِ مَظْلُومًا لَعَنَ اللهُ قَتَلَتَهُ أَقَادَ اللهُ ابْنَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ بِهِ وَسَاقَ اللهُ إِلَى أَعْيُنِ بَنِي تَمِيمٍ هَوَانًا فِي بَيْتِهِ وَأَهْرَاقَ اللهُ دِمَاءَ بَنِي بُدَيْلٍ عَلَى ضَلَالَةٍ وَسَاقَ اللهُ إِلَى الْأَشْتَرِ سَهْمًا مِنْ سِهَامِهِ» فَوَاللهِ مَا مِنَ الْقَوْمِ رَجُلٌ إِلَّا أَصَابَتْهُ دَعْوَتُهَا

     ✧ And who is the man? I said: From the people of Basra. She said: From which people of Basra? I said: From Bakr b. Wa’il. She said: From which Bakr b. Wa’il? I said: From Banu Qays b. Tha’labah. She said: Are you from the household of so-and-so? I said to her: O Mother of the Believers, for what reason was Uthman, the Commander of the Believers ؓ, killed? She said: “By Allah, he was killed unjustly. May Allah curse his killers. May Allah exact retribution for him from Ibn Abi Bakr. May Allah drive humiliation into the eyes of Banu Tamim in his house. May Allah shed the blood of Banu Budayl upon error. May Allah send to al-Ashtar an arrow from His arrows.” For by Allah, there was no man among those people but her supplication struck him.

124. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 134No grade recorded

     «أَنَّ عَامَّةَ الرَّكْبِ الَّذِينَ سَارُوا إِلَى عُثْمَانَ جُنُّوا»

     ✧ The majority of the riders who marched against Uthman went mad.

125. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 135No grade recorded

     مَا لِي أَرَاكَ قَدْ جَفَوْتَ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عُثْمَانَ ؓ؟ فَقَالَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَوْفٍ ؓ أُبَلِّغُهُ أَنِّي لَمْ أَتَخَلَّفْ عَنْ بَدْرٍ فَخُبِّرَ بِذَلِكَ عُثْمَانُ ؓ فَقَالَ «أَمَّا قَوْلُهُ إِنِّي لَمْ أَتَخَلَّفْ عَنْ بَدْرٍ فَإِنِّي كُنْتُ أُمَرِّضُ رُقَيَّةَ بِنْتَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ حَتَّى مَاتَتْ» وَلَقَدْ ضَرَبَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِسَهْمٍ وَمَنْ ضَرَبَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِسَهْمٍ فَقَدْ شَهِدَ

     ✧ Why do I see that you have kept away from the Commander of the Faithful, Uthman ؓ? Abd al-Rahman b. Awf ؓ said: Shall I tell him that I did not stay behind from Badr? Uthman ؓ was informed of that, so he said: As for his saying that I did not stay behind from Badr, I was nursing Ruqayya bt. the Messenger of Allah ﷺ until she died. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ allotted me a share, and whoever the Messenger of Allah ﷺ allotted a share to has indeed attended.

126. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 136No grade recorded

     قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «الْخِلَافَةُ بَعْدِي فِي أُمَّتِي ثَلَاثُونَ سَنَةً» قَالَ فَحَسِبْنَا فَوَجَدْنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ سَنَتَيْنِ وَعُمَرُ عَشْرٍ وَعُثْمَانُ اثْنَتَيْ عَشْرَةَ وَعَلِيٌّ سِتٍّ ؓ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: The caliphate after me in my community is thirty years. He said: So we calculated and found Abu Bakr two years, Umar ten, Uthman twelve, and Ali six ؓ.

127. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 137No grade recorded

     عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ زَعَمُوا أَنَّكَ قُلْتَ «سَيْكَفُرُ قَوْمٌ بَعْدَ إِيمَانِهِمْ» قَالَ «أَجَلْ وَلَسْتَ مِنْهُمْ» فَتُوُفِّيَ أَبُو الدَّرْدَاءِ قَبْلَ قَتْلِ عُثْمَانَ ؓ

     ✧ From the Prophet ﷺ, he said: I said, O Messenger of Allah, they claim that you said, 'A people will disbelieve after their faith.' He said, 'Yes, and you are not among them.' Abu al-Darda died before the killing of Uthman ؓ.

128. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 138No grade recorded

     «عُثْمَانُ ذُو النُّورَيْنِ قُتِلَ مَظْلُومًا»

     ✧ Uthman, possessor of the two lights, was killed wrongfully.

129. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 139No grade recorded

     «أَبُو بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقُ أَصَبْتُمْ اسْمُهُ عُمَرُ قَرْنٌ مِنْ حَدِيدٍ عُثْمَانُ ذُو النُّورَيْنِ أَصَبْتُمُ اسْمَهُ قُتِلَ مَظْلُومًا أُوتِيَ كِفْلَيْنِ مِنَ الْأَجْرِ»

     ✧ Abu Bakr al-Siddiq, you got his name right; Umar, a horn of iron; Uthman, possessor of the two lights, you got his name right, killed wrongfully, he was given two portions of reward.

130. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 140No grade recorded

     عَنْ أَعْلَاهَا ذَا فَوْقٍ

     ✧ From its highest, one with above.

131. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 141No grade recorded

     سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللهِ يَقُولُ حِينَ بُويِعَ لِعُثْمَانَ مَا أَلَوْنَا عَنْ أَعْلَاهَا ذَا فَوْقٍ

     ✧ I heard Abdullah say when allegiance was given to Uthman: We did not hold back from its highest, one with above.

132. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 142No grade recorded

     سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ يَكُونُ بَعْدِي اثْنَا عَشَرَ خَلِيفَةً أَبُو بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقُ لَا يَلْبَثُ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا وَصَاحِبُ رَحَى دَارَةِ الْعَرَبِ يَعِيشُ حَمِيدًا وَيُقْتَلُ شَهِيدًا فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مَنْ هُوَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ قَالَ «عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ» ثُمَّ الْتَفَتَ إِلَى عُثْمَانَ فَقَالَ «وَأَنْتَ سَيَسْأَلُكَ النَّاسُ أَنْ تَخْلَعَ قَمِيصًا كَسَاكَ اللهُ إِيَّاهُ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَئِنْ خَلَعْتَهُ لَا تَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ حَتَّى يَلِجَ الْجَمَلُ فِي سَمِّ الْخِيَاطِ»

     ✧ I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: There will be after me twelve caliphs: Abu Bakr al-Siddiq, who will not remain except a little; and the companion of the millstone of the Arab abode, who will live praiseworthy and be killed as a martyr. A man said: Who is he, O Messenger of Allah? He said, 'Umar b. al-Khattab.' Then he turned to Uthman and said, 'And you, the people will ask you to take off a shirt with which Allah has clothed you. By the One in whose hand is my soul, if you take it off, you will not enter Paradise until the camel enters the eye of the needle.'

133. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 143No grade recorded

     خَرَجَ عُثْمَانُ ؓ مُهَاجِرًا إِلَى أَرْضِ الْحَبَشَةِ وَمَعَهُ رُقَيَّةُ بِنْتُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَاحْتَبَسَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ خَبَرُهُمْ وَكَانَ يَخْرُجُ يَتَوَكَّفُ عَنْهُمُ الْخَبَرَ فَجَاءَتْهُ امْرَأَةٌ فَأَخْبَرَتْهُ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «إِنَّ عُثْمَانَ أَوَّلُ مَنْ هَاجَرَ إِلَى اللهِ بِأَهْلِهِ بَعْدَ لُوطٍ»

     ✧ Uthman ؓ went out as an emigrant to the land of Abyssinia, and with him was Ruqayya bt. the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. News of them was withheld from the Prophet ﷺ, and he would go out looking for news of them. A woman came and told him. The Prophet ﷺ said, 'Uthman is the first to emigrate to Allah with his family after Lot.'

134. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 144No grade recorded

     أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ لَمَّا بَعَثَ عُثْمَانَ إِلَى أَهْلِ مَكَّةَ فَبَايَعَ أَصْحَابَهُ بَيْعَةَ الرِّضْوَانِ «بَايَعَ لِعُثْمَانَ بِإِحْدَى يَدَيْهِ عَلَى الْأُخْرَى» فَقَالَ النَّاسُ هَنِيئًا لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ يَطُوفُ بِالْبَيْتِ آمِنًا فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «لَوْ مَكَثَ كَذَا وَكَذَا مَا طَافَ حَتَّى أَطُوفَ»

     ✧ When the Prophet ﷺ sent Uthman to the people of Makkah and then his companions pledged the pledge of al-Ridwan, he pledged for Uthman with one of his hands on the other. The people said: Congratulations to Abu Abdullah, he will circumambulate the House in safety. The Prophet ﷺ said, 'If he stayed such and such, he would not circumambulate until I circumambulate.'

135. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 145No grade recorded

     عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عَفَّانَ ؓ وَهُوَ يَخْطُبُ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ إِنِّي مُحَدِّثُكُمْ بِحَدِيثٍ سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ لَمْ يَكُنْ يَمْنَعُنِي أَنْ أُحَدِّثَكُمْ إِلَّا الضِّنُّ بِكُمْ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «حَرَسُ لَيْلَةٍ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ أَلْفِ لَيْلَةٍ يُقَامُ لَيْلُهَا وَيُصَامُ نَهَارُهَا»

     ✧ Uthman b. Affan ؓ, while delivering a sermon on the pulpit: I will tell you a hadith I heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. Nothing prevented me from telling you except concern for you. I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, 'A night of guard duty in the path of Allah is better than a thousand nights in which its night is spent in prayer and its day is spent in fasting.'

136. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 146No grade recorded

     نَاشَدَ عُثْمَانُ ؓ النَّاسَ يَوْمًا فَقَالَ أَتَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ صَعِدَ أُحُدًا وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ ؓ وَأَنَا فَارْتُجَّ أُحُدٌ وَعَلَيْهِ مُحَمَّدٌ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ وَعُثْمَانُ ؓ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «اثْبُتْ أُحُدُ مَا عَلَيْكَ إِلَّا نَبِيُّ وَصِدِّيقٌ وَشَهِيدَانِ»

     ✧ Uthman ؓ adjured the people one day and said: Do you know that the Prophet ﷺ climbed Uhud, and Abu Bakr and Umar ؓ and I, and Uhud trembled, and upon it were Muhammad the Prophet ﷺ, Abu Bakr, Umar, and Uthman ؓ? The Prophet ﷺ said: "Be still, Uhud, for upon you are none but a Prophet, a Siddiq, and two martyrs."

137. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 147No grade recorded

     قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ كُلُّ شَيْءٍ فَضُلَ عَنْ ظِلِّ بَيْتٍ وَجُرْفِ الْخُبْزِ وَثَوْبٍ يُوَارِي عَوْرَةَ الرَّجُلِ أَوْ قَالَ عَوْرَةَ ابْنِ آدَمَ وَكُلُّ شَيْءٍ فَضُلَ عَنْ ذَا لَمْ يَكُنْ لِابْنِ آدَمَ فِيهِ حَقٌّ

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ said: "Anything that exceeds the shade of a house, a crust of bread, and a garment that covers a man's private parts"—or he said, "the private parts of the son of Adam"—"and anything that exceeds that, the son of Adam has no right to it."

138. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 148No grade recorded

     سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «مَنْ صَلَّى الْعِشَاءَ الْآخِرَةَ فِي جَمَاعَةٍ فَكَأَنَّمَا صَلَّى اللَّيْلَ كُلَّهُ وَمَنْ صَلَّى الْغَدَاةَ فِي جَمَاعَةٍ فَكَأَنَّمَا صَلَّى النَّهَارَ كُلَّهُ»

     ✧ I heard the Messenger of God ﷺ say: "Whoever prays the later Isha in congregation, it is as if he prayed the whole night; and whoever prays the morning prayer in congregation, it is as if he prayed the whole day."

139. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 149No grade recorded

     سَمِعْتُ عُثْمَانَ ؓ وَكَانَ قَلِيلَ الْحَدِيثِ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ «مَنْ تَوَضَّأَ كَمَا أُمِرَ وَصَلَّى كَمَا أُمِرَ خَرَجَ مِنْ ذُنُوبِهِ كَمَا وَلَدَتْهُ أُمُّهُ»

     ✧ I heard Uthman ؓ—and he narrated little from the Messenger of God ﷺ—say: I heard the Messenger of God ﷺ say: "Whoever performs wudu as he has been commanded and prays as he has been commanded, his sins depart him as on the day his mother gave birth to him."

140. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 150No grade recorded

     أَنَّ أَبَا طَالِبٍ اسْمُهُ عَبْدُ مَنَافِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ وَعَبْدُ الْمُطَّلِبِ اسْمُهُ شَيْبَةُ بْنُ هَاشِمٍ وَهَاشِمُ اسْمُهُ عَمْرُو بْنُ عَبْدِ مَنَافِ بْنِ قُصَيٍّ وَقُصَيُّ اسْمُهُ زَيْدٌ

     ✧ Abu Talib's name was Abd Manaf b. Abd al-Muttalib; Abd al-Muttalib's name was Shaybah b. Hashim; Hashim's name was Amr b. Abd Manaf b. Qusayy; and Qusayy's name was Zayd.

141. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 91No grade recorded

     «أَسْلَمَتْ أُمُّ عُثْمَانَ ؓ أَرْوَى بِنْتُ كَرِيزٍ»

     ✧ "The mother of ʿUthmān ؓ, Arwā bt. Kurayz, accepted Islam."

142. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 92No grade recorded

     «رَأَيْتُ عُثْمَانَ بْنَ عَفَّانَ ؓ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ عَلَيْهِ إِزَارٌ عَدَنِيُّ غَلِيظٌ ثَمَنُهُ أَرْبَعَةُ دَرَاهِمَ أَوْ خَمْسَةُ وَرَيْطَةٌ كُوفِيَّةٌ مُمَشَّقَةٌ ضَرْبُ اللَّحْمِ طَوِيلُ اللِّحْيَةِ حَسَنُ الْوَجْهِ»

     ✧ "I saw ʿUthmān b. ʿAffān ؓ on Friday on the pulpit wearing a thick ʿAdanī lower garment worth four or five dirhams and a Kufan dyed cloak, of sturdy build, with a long beard and a handsome face."

143. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 93No grade recorded

     «كَانَ عُثْمَانُ ؓ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ يَتَوَكَّأُ عَلَى عَصًا وَكَانَ أَجْمَلَ النَّاسِ وَعَلَيْهِ ثَوْبَانِ أَصْفَرَانِ إِزَارٌ وَرِدَاءٌ حَتَّى يَأْتِيَ الْمِنْبَرَ فَيَجْلِسَ عَلَيْهِ»

     ✧ "On Friday, Uthman used to lean on a walking stick. He was the most beautiful of people and he wore two yellow garments, an undergarment and a cloak, until he would reach the pulpit and sit on it."

144. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 94No grade recorded

     «رَأَيْتُ عُثْمَانَ بْنَ عَفَّانَ ؓ فَمَا رَأَيْتُ قَطُّ ذَكَرًا وَلَا أُنْثَى أَحْسَنَ وَجْهًا مِنْهُ»

     ✧ "I saw ʿUthmān b. ʿAffān ؓ, and I have never seen any male or female with a more beautiful face than his."

145. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 95No grade recorded

     «رَأَيْتُ عُثْمَانَ بْنَ عَفَّانَ ؓ أَبْيَضَ اللِّحْيَةِ»

     ✧ "I saw ʿUthmān b. ʿAffān ؓ with a white beard."

146. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 96No grade recorded

     «رَأَيْتُ عُثْمَانَ بْنَ عَفَّانَ ؓ أَصْفَرَ اللِّحْيَةِ»

     ✧ I saw Uthman b. Affan ؓ with a yellow beard.

147. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 97No grade recorded

     بَعَثَنِي النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِلَى عُثْمَانَ ؓ بِصَحْفَةٍ فِيهَا لَحْمٌ فَدَخَلْتُ عَلَيْهِ وَرُقَيَّةُ جَالِسَةٌ فَمَا رَأَيْتُ اثْنَيْنِ أَحْسَنَ مِنْهُمَا ؓ فَجَعَلْتُ مَرَّةً أَنْظُرُ إِلَى رُقَيَّةَ وَمَرَّةً أَنْظُرُ إِلَى عُثْمَانَ فَلَمَّا رَجَعْتُ قَالَ لِي النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «أَدَخَلْتَ عَلَيْهِمَا؟» قُلْتُ نَعَمْ قَالَ «هَلْ رَأَيْتَ زَوْجًا أَحْسَنَ مِنْهُمَا» قُلْتُ لَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ لَقَدْ جَعَلْتُ أَنْظُرُ مَرَّةً إِلَى رُقَيَّةَ وَمَرَّةً إِلَى عُثْمَانَ قَالَ أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ رَحِمَهُ اللهُ «وَهَذَا كَانَ قَبْلَ نُزُولِ آيَةِ الْحِجَابِ»

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ sent me to Uthman ؓ with a dish containing meat. I entered upon him while Ruqayyah was sitting, and I never saw two people more beautiful than them ؓ. I found myself looking once at Ruqayyah and once at Uthman. When I returned, the Prophet ﷺ said to me, "Did you enter upon them?" I said, "Yes." He said, "Did you see a couple more beautiful than them?" I said, "No, O Messenger of Allah, I kept looking once at Ruqayyah and once at Uthman." Abu al-Qasim, may Allah have mercy on him, said, "This was before the revelation of the verse of hijab."

148. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 98No grade recorded

     أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ دَخَلَ عَلَى ابْنَتِهِ وَهِي تَغْسِلُ رَأْسَ عُثْمَانَ ؓ فَقَالَ يَا بُنَيَّةُ أحْسِني إِلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ فَإِنَّهُ أَشْبَهُ أَصْحَابِي بِي خُلُقًا

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ entered upon his daughter while she was washing Uthman's ؓ head and said, "O my dear daughter, be kind to Abu Abd Allah, for he is the closest of my Companions to me in character."

149. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 161No grade recorded

     «رَأَيْتُ عَلِيًّا ؓ مُسْمِنًا أَصْلَعَ الشَّعْرِ كَأَنَّ بِجَانِبهِ إِهَابُ شَاةٍ»

     ✧ "I saw Ali ؓ as fat, with thinning hair, as if on his side was the hide of a sheep."

150. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 162No grade recorded

     «أَسْلَمَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ وَهُوَ ابْنُ ثَمَانِ سِنِينَ»

     ✧ "Ali b. Abi Talib accepted Islam when he was eight years old."

151. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 163No grade recorded

     «فَكَانَ أَوَّلَ مَنْ آمَنَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ وَهُوَ ابْنُ خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ أَوْ سِتَّ عَشْرَةَ»

     ✧ "The first to believe was Ali b. Abi Talib, when he was fifteen or sixteen years old."

152. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 164No grade recorded

     «قُتِلَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ يَوْمَ سَبْعَةَ عَشَرَ مِنْ شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ سَنَةَ أَرْبَعِينَ»

     ✧ "Ali b. Abi Talib was killed on Friday, the seventeenth of the month of Ramadan, in the year forty."

153. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 165No grade recorded

     «تُوُفِّيَ عَلِيٌّ ؓ وَهُوَ ابْنُ ثَلَاثٍ وَسِتِّينَ سَنَةً»

     ✧ "Ali ؓ died when he was sixty-three years old."

154. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 166No grade recorded

     «تُوُفِّيَ عَلِيٌّ وَهُوَ ابْنُ ثَمَانٍ وَخَمْسِينَ»

     ✧ "Ali died when he was fifty-eight."

155. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 167No grade recorded

     لَمَّا ضَرَبَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مُلْجَمٍ عَلِيًّا ؓ وَحُمِلَ إِلَى مَنْزِلِهِ أَتَاهُ الْعُوَّادُ فَحَمِدَ اللهَ ﷻ وَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ وَصَلَّى عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ ثُمَّ قَالَ كُلُّ امْرِئٍ مُلَاقٍ مَا يَفِرُّ مِنْهُ فِي فِرَارِهِ وَالْأَجَلُ مُسَاقُ النَّفْسِ وَالْهَرَبُ مِنْ آفَاتِهِ كَمْ أَطْرَدْتُ الْأَيَّامَ أَبْحَثُهَا عَنْ مَكْنُونِ هَذَا الْأَمْرِ وَأَبَى الله ﷻ إِلَّا إِخْفَاءَهُ هَيْهَاتَ عِلْمٌ مَخْزُونٌ أَمَّا وَصِيَّتِي إِيَّاكُمْ فَاللهَ ﷻ لَا تُشْرِكُوا بِهِ شَيْئًا وَمُحَمَّدًا ﷺ لَا تَضُيِّعُوا سُنَّتَهُ أَقِيمُوا هَذَيْنِ الْعَمُودَيْنِ وَخَلَاكُمْ ذَمُّ مَا لَمْ يُشَرَّدُوا وَأُحْمِلَ كُلُّ امْرِئٍ مَجْهُودَهُ وَخُفِّفَ عَنِ الْجَهَلَةِ بِرَبٍّ رَحِيمٍ وَدِينٍ قَوِيمٍ وَإِمَامٍ عَلِيمٍ كُنَّا فِي رِيَاحٍ وَذَرِيِّ أَغْصَانٍ وَتَحْتَ ظِلِّ غَمَامَةٍ اضْمَحَلَّ مَرْكَزُهَا فَيَحُطُّهَا عَانٍ جَاوَرَكُمْ تُدْنِي أَيَّامًا تِبَاعًا ثُمَّ هَوًى فَسَتُعْقَبُونَ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ جُثَّةً خَوَاءً سَاكِنَةً بَعْدَ حَرَكَةٍ كَاظِمَةً بَعْدَ نُطُوقٍ إِنَّهُ أَوْعَظُ لِلْمُعْتَبِرِينَ مِنْ نُطْقِ الْبَلِيغِ وَدَاعِيكُمْ دَاعِي مُرْصَدٍ لِلتَّلَاقِ غَدًا تَرَوْنَ أَيَّامِي وَيُكْشَفُ عَنْ سَرَائِرِي لَنْ يُحَابِيَنِي اللهُ ﷻ إِلَّا أَنْ أَتَزَلَّفَهُ بِتَقْوًى فَيَغْفِرَ عَنْ فَرَطٍ مَوْعُودٍ عَلَيْكُمُ السَّلَامُ إِلَى يَوْمِ اللِّزَامِ إِنْ أَبْقَ فَأَنَا وَلِيُّ دَمِي وَإِنْ أفْنَ فَالْفَنَاءُ مِيعَادِي الْعَفْوُ لِي قُرْبَةٌ وَلَكُمْ حَسَنَةٌ فَاعْفُوا عَفَا اللهُ عَنَّا وَعَنْكُمْ {أَلَا تُحِبُّونَ أَنْ يَغْفِرَ اللهُ لَكُمْ وَاللهُ غَفُورٌ رَحِيمٌ} ثُمَّ قَالَ

     ✧ When Abd al-Rahman b. Muljam struck Ali ؓ and he was carried to his house, visitors came to him. He praised God (glorified and exalted be He) and extolled Him, and invoked blessings upon the Prophet ﷺ. Then he said: Every person will meet what he flees from in his flight, and the appointed term drives the soul, and flight from its calamities does not avail. How many days have I pursued, examining their hidden depths about the secret of this matter, but God (glorified and exalted be He) willed only to conceal it. Alas, it is hidden knowledge. As for my testament to you: fear God (glorified and exalted be He) and associate nothing with Him, and do not neglect the Sunnah of Muhammad ﷺ. Uphold these two pillars, and you will be free of blame as long as they are not dispersed. Each person will be burdened according to his effort, and the ignorant will be shown leniency by a merciful Lord, a sound religion, and a knowledgeable Imam. We were among winds and the scattering of branches, under the shade of a cloud whose center has vanished, and a captive neighbor will drive it away, bringing days in succession, then it fell. After him you will be left with a hollow corpse, still after motion, silent after speech. Indeed, that is a greater admonition for those who reflect than the speech of the eloquent. Your caller is a caller on the watch for the meeting. Tomorrow you will see my days, and my secrets will be revealed. God (glorified and exalted be He) will not show me favor unless I draw near to Him through piety, so that He forgives excess. Peace be upon you until the day of inevitability. If I remain, I am the guardian of my own blood; if I perish, then annihilation is my appointed time. Forgiveness for me is a means of nearness to God, and for you it is a good deed, so forgive, may God forgive us and you. {Do you not love that God should forgive you? And God is Forgiving, Merciful.} Then he said:

156. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 168No grade recorded

     عَنْ صَاحِبِهِ الَّذِي تَوَجَّهَ إِلَيْهِ حَتَّى يَقْتُلَهُ أَوْ يَمُوتَ دُونَهُ فَأَخَذُوا أَسْيَافَهُمْ فَسَمُّوها وَاتَّعَدُوا لِسَبْعَ عَشْرَةَ مِنْ شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ أَنْ يَثِبَ كُلُّ رَجُلٍ مِنْهُمْ عَلَى صَاحِبِهِ الَّذِي تَوَجَّهَ إِلَيْهِ وَأَقْبَلَ كُلُّ رَجُلٍ مِنْهُمْ إِلَى الْمِصْرِ الَّذِي فِيهِ صَاحِبُهُ الَّذِي يَطْلُبُ فَأَمَّا ابْنُ الْمُلْجَمِ الْمُرَادِيُّ فَأَتَى أَصْحَابَهُ بِالْكُوفَةِ وَكَاتَمَهُمْ أَمْرَهُ كَرَاهِيَةَ أَنْ يُظْهِرُوا شَيْئًا مِنْ أَمْرِهِ وَأَنَّهُ لَقِيَ أَصْحَابًا لَهُ مِنْ تَيْمِ الرَّبَابِ وَقَدْ قَتَلَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ؓ مِنْهُمْ عِدَّةً يَوْمَ النَّهَرِ فَذَكَرُوا قَتْلَاهُمْ فَتَرَحَّمُوا عَلَيْهِمْ قَالَ وَلَقِيَ مِنْ يَوْمِهِ ذَلِكَ امْرَأَةً مِنْ تَيْمِ الرَّبَابِ يُقَالُ لَهَا قَطَامُ بِنْتُ الشَّحنةِ وَقَدْ قَتَلَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ؓ أَبَاهَا وَأَخَاهَا يَوْمَ النَّهَرِ وَكَانَتْ فَائِقَةَ الْجَمَالِ فَلَمَّا رَآهَا الْتَبَسَتْ بِعَقْلِهِ وَنَسِيَ حَاجَتَهُ الَّتِي جَاءَ لَهَا فَخَطَبَهَا فَقَالَتْ لَا أَتَزَوَّجُ حَتَّى تَشْتَفِيَ لِي قَالَ وَمَا تَشَائِينَ؟ قَالَتْ ثَلَاثَةُ آلَافٍ وَعَبْدٌ وَقَيْنَةٌ وَقَتْلُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ؓ فَقَالَ هُوَ مَهْرٌ لَكَ فَأَمَّا قَتْلُ عَلِيٍّ فَمَا أَرَاكِ ذَكَرْتِيهِ لِي وَأَنْتِ تُرِيدِينَهُ؟ قَالَتْ بَلَى فَالْتَمِسْ غُرَّتَهُ فَإِنْ أَصَبْتَهُ شَفَيْتَ نَفْسَكَ وَنَفْسِي وَنَفَعَكَ الْعَيْشُ مَعِي وَإِنْ قُتِلْتَ فَمَا عِنْدَ اللهِ خَيْرٌ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا وَزِبْرِجِ أَهْلِهَا فَقَالَ مَا جَاءَ بِي إِلَى هَذَا الْمِصْرِ إِلَّا قَتْلُ عَلِيٍّ قَالَتْ فَإِذَا أَرَدْتَ ذَلِكَ فَأَخْبِرْنِي حَتَّى أَطْلُبَ لَكَ مَنْ يَشُدُّ ظَهْرَكَ وَيُسَاعِدُكَ عَلَى أَمْرِكَ فَبَعَثَتْ إِلَى رَجُلٍ مِنْ قَوْمِهَا مِنْ تَيْمِ الرَّبَابِ يُقَالُ لَهُ وَرْدَانُ فَكَلَّمَتْهُ فَأَجَابَهَا وَأَتَى ابْنُ مُلْجَمٍ رَجُلًا مِنْ أَشْجَعَ يُقَالُ لَهُ شَبِيبُ بْنُ نَجْدَةً فَقَالَ لَهُ هَلْ لَكَ فِي شَرَفِ الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ؟ قَالَ وَمَا ذَاكَ؟ قَالَ قَتْلُ عَلِيٍّ ؓ قَالَ ثَكِلَتْكَ أُمُّكَ لَقَدْ جِئْتَ شَيْئًا إِدًّا كَيْفَ تَقْدِرُ عَلَى قَتْلِهِ؟ قَالَ أَكْمُنُ لَهُ فِي السَّحَرِ فَإِذَا خَرَجَ لِصَلَاةِ الْغَدَاةِ شَدَدْنَا عَلَيْهِ فَقَتَلْنَاهُ فَإِنْ نَجَوْنَا شَفَيْنَا أَنْفُسَنَا وَأَدْرَكْنَا ثَأْرَنَا وَإِنْ قُتِلْنَا فَمَا عِنْدَ اللهِ خَيْرٌ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا وَزِبْرِجِ أَهْلِهَا قَالَ وَيْحَكَ لَوْ كَانَ غَيْرَ عَلِيٍّ كَانَ أَهْوَنَ عَلَيَّ قَدْ عَرَفْتُ بَلَاءَهُ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ وَسَابِقَتَهُ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَمَا أَجِدُنِي أنْشَرِحُ لِقَتْلِهِ قَالَ أَمَا تَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ قَتَلَ أَهْلَ النَّهَرِ الْعُبَّادَ الْمُصَلِّينَ؟ قَالَ بَلَى قَالَ فَقَتْلُهُ بِمَا قَتَلَ مِنْ إِخْوَانِنَا فَأَجَابَهُ فَجَاءُوا حَتَّى دَخَلُوا عَلَى قَطَامِ وَهِيَ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ الْأَعْظَمِ مُعْتَكِفَةٌ فِيهِ فَقَالُوا لَهَا قَدْ أَجْمَعَ رَأْيُنَا عَلَى قَتْلِ عَلِيٍّ قَالَتْ فَإِذَا أَرَدْتُمْ ذَلِكَ فَائْتُونِي فَجَاءَ فَقَالَ هَذِهِ اللَّيْلَةُ الَّتِي وَاعَدْتُ فِيهَا صَاحِبِي أَنْ يَقْتُلَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنَّا صَاحِبَهُ فَدَعَتْ لَهُمْ بِالْحَرِيرِ فَعَصَّبَتْهُمْ وَأَخَذُوا أَسْيَافَهُمْ وَجَلَسُوا مُقَابِلَ السُّدَةِ الَّتِي يَخْرُجُ مِنْهَا عَلِيٌّ فَخَرَجَ عَلِيٌّ ؓ لِصَلَاةِ الْغَدَاةِ فَجَعَلَ يُنَادِي الصَّلَاةَ الصَّلَاةَ فَشَدَّ عَلَيْهِ شَبِيبٌ فَضَرَبَهُ بِالسَّيْفِ فَوَقَعَ السَّيْفُ بِعِضَادَةِ الْبَابِ أَوْ بِالطَّاقِ فَشَدَّ عَلَيْهِ ابْنُ مُلْجَمٍ فَضَرَبَهُ بِالسَّيْفِ فِي قَرْنِهِ وَهَرَبَ وَرْدَانُ حَتَّى دَخَلَ مَنْزِلَهُ وَدَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ رَجُلٌ مِنْ بَنِي أُمِّهِ وَهُوَ يَنْزِعُ الْحَرِيرَ وَالسَّيْفَ عَنْ صَدْرِهِ فَقَالَ مَا هَذَا السَّيْفُ وَالْحَرِيرُ فَأَخْبَرَهُ بِمَا كَانَ فَذَهَبَ إِلَى مَنْزِلِهِ فَجَاءَ بِسَيْفِهِ فَضَرَبَهُ حَتَّى قَتَلَهُ وَخَرَجَ شَبِيبٌ نَحْوَ أَبْوَابِ كِنْدَةَ وَشَدَّ عَلَيْهِ النَّاسُ إِلَّا أَنَّ رَجُلًا مِنْ حَضْرَمَوْتَ يُقَالُ لَهُ عُوَيْمِرٌ ضَرَبُ رِجْلَهُ بِالسَّيْفِ فَصَرَعَهُ وَجَثَمَ عَلَيْهِ الْحَضْرَمِيُّ فَلَمَّا رَأَى النَّاسَ قَدْ أَقْبَلُوا فِي طَلَبِهِ وَسَيْفُ شَبِيبٍ فِي يَدِهِ خَشِيَ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ فَتَرَكَهُ فَنَجَا بِنَفْسِهِ وَنَجَا شَبِيبٌ فِي غِمَارِ النَّاسِ وَخَرَجَ ابْنُ مُلْجَمٍ فَشَدَّ عَلَيْهِ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ هَمْدَانَ يُكَنَّى أَبَا أَدَمَا فَضَرَبَ رِجْلَهُ وَصَرَعَهُ وَتَأَخَّرَ عَلِيٌّ ؓ وَدَفَعَ فِي ظَهْرِ جَعْدَةَ بْنِ هُبَيْرَةَ بْنِ أَبِي وَهْبٍ فَصَلَّى بِالنَّاسِ الْغَدَاةَ وَشَدَّ عَلَيْهِ النَّاسُ مِنْ كُلِّ جَانِبٍ وَذَكَرُوا أَنَّ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ حُنَيْفٍ قَالَ وَاللهِ إِنِّي لِأُصَلِّي تِلْكَ اللَّيْلَةَ الَّتِي ضُرِبَ فِيهَا عَلِيٌّ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ الْأَعْظَمِ قَرِيبًا مِنَ السُّدَّةِ فِي رِجَالٍ كَثِيرٍ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْمِصْرِ مَا فِيهِمْ إِلَّا قِيَامٌ وَرُكُوعٌ وَسُجُودٌ وَمَا يَسْأَمُونَ مِنْ أَوَّلِ اللَّيْلِ إِلَى آخِرِهِ إِذْ خَرَجَ عَلِيٌّ ؓ لِصَلَاةِ الْغَدَاةِ فَجَعَلَ يُنَادِي أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ الصَّلَاةَ الصَّلَاةَ فَمَا أَدْرِي أَتَكَلَّمَ بِهَذِهِ الْكَلِمَاتِ أَوْ نَظَرْتُ إِلَى بَرِيقِ السُّيُوفِ وَسَمِعْتُ الْحُكْمُ للَّهِ لَا لَكَ يَا عَلِيُّ وَلَا لِأَصْحَابِكَ فَرَأَيْتُ سَيْفًا ثُمَّ رَأَيْتُ نَاسًا وَسَمِعْتُ عَلِيًّا يَقُولُ لَا يَفُوتُكُمُ الرَّجُلُ وَشَدَّ عَلَيْهِ النَّاسُ مِنْ كُلِّ جَانِبٍ فَلَمْ أَبْرَحْ حَتَّى أُخِذَ ابْنُ مُلْجَمٍ فَأُدْخِلَ عَلَى عَلِيٍّ ؓ فَدَخَلْتُ فِيمَنْ دَخَلَ مِنِ النَّاسِ فَسَمِعْتُ عَلِيًّا يَقُولُ النَّفْسُ بِالنَّفْسِ إِنْ هَلَكْتُ فَاقْتُلُوهُ كَمَا قَتَلَنِي وَإِنْ بَقِيتُ رَأَيْتُ فِيهِ رَأْيِي وَلَمَّا أُدْخِلَ ابْنُ مُلْجَمٍ عَلَى عَلِيٍّ ؓ قَالَ يَا عَدُوَّ اللهِ أَلَمْ أُحْسِنْ إِلَيْكَ؟ أَلَمْ أَفْعَلْ بِكَ؟ قَالَ بَلَى قَالَ فَمَا حَمَلَكَ عَلَى هَذَا؟ قَالَ شَحَذْتُهُ أَرْبَعِينَ صَبَاحًا فَسَأَلْتُ اللهَ أَنْ يَقْتُلَ بِهِ شَرَّ خَلْقِهِ قَالَ لَهُ عَلِيٌّ ؓ مَا أُرَاكَ إِلَّا مَقْتُولًا بِهِ وَمَا أُرَاكَ إِلَّا مِنْ شَرِّ خَلْقِ اللهِ وَكَانَ ابْنُ مُلْجَمٍ مَكْتُوفًا بَيْنَ يَدَيِ الْحَسَنِ إِذْ نَادَتْهُ أُمُّ كُلْثُومٍ بِنْتُ عَلِيٍّ وَهِيَ تَبْكِي يَا عَدُوَّ اللهِ إِنَّهُ لَا بَأْسَ عَلَى أَبِي وَاللهُ مُخْزِيكَ قَالَ فَعَلَامَ تَبْكِينَ؟ وَاللهِ لَقَدِ اشْتَرَيْتُهُ بِأَلْفٍ وَسَمَّمْتُهُ بِأَلْفٍ وَلَوْ كَانَتْ هَذِهِ الضَّرْبَةُ لِجَمِيعِ أَهْلِ الْمِصْرِ مَا بَقِيَ مِنْهُمْ أَحَدٌ سَاعَةً وَهَذَا أَبُوكِ بَاقِيًا حَتَّى الْآنَ فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ لِلْحَسَنِ ؓ إِنْ بَقِيتُ رَأَيْتُ فِيهِ رَأْيِي وَإِنْ هَلَكْتُ مِنْ ضَرْبَتِي هَذِهِ فَاضْرِبْهُ ضَرْبَةً وَلَا تُمَثِّلْ بِهِ فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ «يَنْهَى عَنِ الْمُثْلَةِ وَلَوْ بِالْكَلْبِ الْعَقُورِ» وَذَكَرَ أَنَّ جُنْدُبَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللهِ دَخَلَ عَلَى عَلِيٍّ يَسْأَلُ بِهِ فَقَالَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ إِنْ فَقَدْنَاكَ وَلَا نَفْقُدُكَ فَنُبَايِعُ الْحَسَنَ؟ قَالَ مَا آمُرُكُمْ وَلَا أَنْهَاكُمْ أَنْتُمْ أَبْصَرُ فَلَمَّا قُبِضَ عَلِيٌّ ؓ بَعَثَ الْحَسَنُ ؓ إِلَى ابْنِ مُلْجَمٍ فَأُدْخِلَ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ لَهُ ابْنُ مُلْجَمٍ هَلْ لَكَ فِي خَصْلَةٍ؟ إِنِّي وَاللهِ مَا أَعْطَيْتُ اللهَ عَهْدًا إِلَّا وَفَّيْتُ بِهِ إِنِّي كُنْتُ أَعْطَيْتُ اللهَ عَهْدًا أَنْ أَقْتُلَ عَلِيًّا وَمُعَاوِيَةَ أَوْ أَمُوتَ دُونَهُمَا فَإِنْ شِئْتَ خَلَّيْتَ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَهُ وَلَكَ اللهَ عَلَيَّ إِنْ لَمْ أُقْتُلْ أَنْ آتِيَكَ حَتَّى أَضَعَ يَدِي فِي يَدِكَ فَقَالَ لَهُ الْحَسَنُ ؓ لَا وَاللهِ أَوْ تُعَايِنُ النَّارَ فَقَدَّمَهُ فَقَتَلَهُ ثُمَّ أَخَذَهُ النَّاسُ فَأَدْرَجُوهُ فِي بَوَارِي ثُمَّ أَحْرَقُوهُ بِالنَّارِ وَقَدْ كَانَ عَلِيٌّ ؓ قَالَ يَا بَنِي عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ لَا أُلْفِيَنَّكُمْ تَخُوضُونَ دِمَاءَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ تَقُولُونَ قُتِلَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ قُتِلَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَلَا لَا يُقْتَلُ بِي إِلَّا قَاتِلِي وَأَمَّا الْبَرْكُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ فَقَعَدَ لِمُعَاوِيَةَ ؓ فَخَرَجَ لِصَلَاةِ الْغَدَاةِ فَشَدَّ عَلَيْهِ بِسَيْفِهِ وَأَدْبَرَ مُعَاوِيَةُ هَارِبًا فَوَقَعَ السَّيْفُ فِي إِلْيَتِهِ فَقَالَ إِنَّ عِنْدِي خَبَرًا أُبَشِّرُكَ بِهِ فَإِنْ أَخْبَرْتُكَ أَنَافِعِي ذَلِكَ عِنْدَكَ؟ قَالَ وَمَا هُوَ؟ قَالَ إِنَّ أَخًا لِي قَتَلَ عَلِيًّا فِي هَذِهِ اللَّيْلَةِ قَالَ فَلَعَلَّهُ لَمْ يَقْدِرْ عَلَيْهِ؟ قَالَ بَلَى إِنَّ عَلِيًّا يَخْرُجُ لَيْسَ مَعَهُ أَحَدٌ يَحْرُسُهُ فَأَمَرَ بِهِ مُعَاوِيَةُ ؓ فَقُتِلَ فَبَعَثَ إِلَى السَّاعِدِيِّ وَكَانَ طَبِيبًا فَنَظَرَ إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ إِنْ ضَرَبْتَكَ مَسْمُومَةٌ فَاخْتَرْ مِنِّي إِحْدَى خَصْلَتَيْنِ إِمَّا أَنْ أَحْمِيَ حَدِيدَةً فَأَضَعَهَا مَوْضِعَ السَّيْفِ وَإِمَّا أَسْقِيَكَ شَرْبَةً تَقْطَعُ مِنْكَ الْوَلَدَ وَتَبْرَأُ مِنْهَا فَإِنَّ ضَرَبْتَكَ مَسْمُومَةٌ فَقَالَ لَهُ مُعَاوِيَةُ أَمَّا النَّارُ فَلَا صَبْرَ لِي عَلَيْهَا وَأَمَّا انْقِطَاعُ الْوَلَدِ فَإِنَّ فِي يَزِيدَ وَعَبْدِ اللهِ وَوَلَدِهِمَا مَا تَقَرُّ بِهِ عَيْنَيَّ فَسَقَاهُ تِلْكَ اللَّيْلَةَ الشَّرْبَةَ فَبَرَأَ فَلَمْ يُولَدْ بَعْدُ لَهُ فَأَمَرَ مُعَاوِيَةُ ؓ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ بِالْمَقْصُورَاتِ وَقِيَامِ الشُّرَطِ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ وَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ لِلْحَسَنِ وَالْحُسَيْنِ ؓ أَيْ بَنِيَّ أُوصِيكُمَا بِتَقْوَى اللهِ وَإِقَامِ الصَّلَاةِ لِوَقْتِهَا وَإِيتَاءِ الزَّكَاةِ عِنْدَ مَحِلِّهَا وَحُسْنِ الْوُضُوءِ فَإِنَّهُ لَا يُقْبَلُ صَلَاةٌ إِلَّا بِطَهُورٍ وَأُوصِيكُمْ بِغَفْرِ الذَّنْبِ وَكَظْمِ الْغَيْظِ وَصِلَةِ الرَّحِمِ وَالْحِلْمِ عَنِ الْجَهْلِ وَالتَّفَقُّهِ فِي الدِّينِ وَالتَّثَبُّتِ فِي الْأَمْرِ وَتَعَاهُدِ الْقُرْآنِ وَحُسْنِ الْجِوَارِ وَالْأَمْرِ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَالنَّهْيِ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ وَاجْتِنَابِ الْفَوَاحِشِ قَالَ ثُمَّ نَظَرَ إِلَى مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحَنَفِيَّةِ فَقَالَ هَلْ حَفِظْتَ مَا أَوْصَيْتُ بِهِ أَخَوَيْكَ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَإِنِّي أُوصِيكَ بِمِثْلِهِ وَأُوصِيكَ بِتَوقِيرِ أَخَوَيْكَ لِعِظَمِ حَقِّهِمَا عَلَيْكَ وَتَزْيِينِ أَمْرِهِمَا وَلَا تَقْطَعْ أَمْرًا دُونَهُمَا ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهُمَا أُوصِيكُمَا بِهِ فَإِنَّهُ شَقِيقُكُمَا وَابْنُ أبِيكُمَا وَقَدْ عَلِمْتُمَا أَنَّ أَبَاكُمَا كَانَ يُحِبُّهُ ثُمَّ أَوْصَى فَكَانَتْ وَصِيَّتُهُ بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ هَذَا مَا أَوْصَى بِهِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ؓ أَوْصَى أَنَّهُ يَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهَ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَرْسَلَهُ بِالْهُدَى وَدِينِ الْحَقِّ لِيُظْهِرَهُ عَلَى الدِّينِ كُلِّهِ وَلَوْ كَرِهَ الْمُشْرِكُونَ ثُمَّ إِنَّ صَلَاتِي وَنُسُكِي وَمَحْيَايَ وَمَمَاتِي للَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ وَبِذَلِكَ أُمِرْتُ وَأَنَا مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ ثُمَّ أُوصِيكُمَا يَا حَسَنُ وَيَا حُسَيْنُ وَجَمِيعَ أَهْلِي وَوَلَدِي وَمَنْ بَلَغَهُ كِتَابِي بِتَقْوَى اللهِ رَبِّكُمْ وَلَا تَمُوتُنَّ إِلَّا وَأَنْتُمْ مُسْلِمُونَ وَاعْتَصِمُوا بِحَبْلِ اللهِ جَمِيعًا وَلَا تَفَرَّقُوا فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ أَبَا الْقَاسِمِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «إِنَّ صَلَاحَ ذَاتِ الْبَيْنِ أَعْظَمُ مِنْ عَامَّةِ الصَّلَاةِ وَالصِّيَامِ» وَانْظُرُوا إِلَى ذَوِي أَرْحَامِكُمْ فَصِلِوهُمْ يُهَوِّنُ اللهُ عَلَيْكُمُ الْحِسَابَ وَاللهَ اللهَ فِي الْأَيْتَامِ لَا يَضِيعُنَّ بِحَضْرَتِكُمْ وَاللهَ اللهَ فِي الصَّلَاةِ فَإِنَّهَا عَمُودُ دِينِكُمْ وَاللهَ اللهَ فِي الزَّكَاةِ فَإِنَّهَا تُطْفِيءُ غَضَبَ الرَّبِّ ﷻ وَاللهَ اللهَ فِي الْفُقَرَاءِ وَالْمَسَاكِينِ فَأَشْرِكُوهُمْ فِي مَعَايِشِكُمْ وَاللهَ اللهَ فِي الْقُرْآنِ فَلَا يَسْبِقَنَّكُمْ بِالْعَمَلِ بِهِ غَيْرُكُمْ وَاللهَ اللهَ فِي الْجِهَادِ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ بِأَمْوَالِكُمْ وَأَنْفُسِكُمْ وَاللهَ اللهَ فِي بَيْتِ رَبِّكُمْ ﷻ لَا يَخْلُوَنَّ مَا بَقِيتُمْ فَإِنَّهُ إِنْ تُرِكَ لَمْ تَنَاظَرُوا وَاللهَ اللهَ فِي أَهْلِ ذِمَّةِ نَبِيِّكُمْ ﷺ فَلَا يُظْلَمُنَّ بَيْنَ ظَهْرَانَيْكُمْ وَاللهَ اللهَ فِي جِيرَانِكُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ وَصِيَّةُ نَبِيِّكُمْ ﷺ قَالَ «مَا زَالَ جِبْرِيلُ يُوصِينِي بِهِمْ حَتَّى ظَنَنْتُ أَنَّهُ سَيُوَرِّثُهُمْ» وَاللهَ اللهَ فِي أَصْحَابِ نَبِيِّكُمْ ﷺ فَإِنَّهُ وَصِيٌّ بِهِمْ وَاللهَ اللهَ فِي الضَّعِيفَيْنِ نِسَائُكُمْ وَمَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُكُمْ فَإِنَّ آخِرَ مَا تَكَلَّمَ بِهِ ﷺ أَنْ قَالَ أُوصِيكُمْ بِالضَّعِيفَيْنِ النِّسَاءُ وَمَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُكُمْ الصَّلَاةَ الصَّلَاةَ لَا تَخَافُنَّ فِي اللهِ لَوْمَةَ لَائِمٍ يَكْفِكُمْ مَنْ أرَادَكُمْ وَبَغَى عَلَيْكُمْ وَقُولُوا لِلنَّاسِ حُسْنًا كَمَا أَمَرَكُمُ اللهُ وَلَا تَتْرُكُوا الْأَمْرَ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَالنَّهْيَ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ فَيُوَلِّيَ أَمْرَكُمْ شِرَارَكُمْ ثُمَّ تَدْعُونَ فَلَا يُسْتَجَابُ لَكُمْ عَلَيْكُمْ بِالتَّوَاصُلِ وَالتَّبَاذُلِ وَإِيَّاكُمْ وَالتَّقَاطُعَ وَالتَّدَابُرَ وَالتَّفُرَّقَ وَتَعَاوَنُوا عَلَى الْبِرِّ وَالتَّقْوَى وَلَا تَعَاوَنُوا عَلَى الْإِثْمِ وَالْعُدْوَانِ وَاتَّقُوا اللهَ إِنَّ اللهَ شَدِيدُ الْعِقَابِ حَفِظَكُمُ اللهُ مِنْ أَهْلِ بَيْتٍ وَحَفِظَ فِيكُمْ نَبِيَّكُمْ ﷺ أَسْتَوْدِعُكُمُ اللهَ وَأَقْرَأُ عَلَيْكُمُ السَّلَامَ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَنْطِقْ إِلَّا بِلَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهَ حَتَّى قُبِضَ فِي شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ فِي سَنَةِ أَرْبَعِينَ وَغَسَّلَهُ الْحَسَنُ وَالْحُسَيْنُ وَعَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ وَكُفِّنَ فِي ثَلَاثَةِ أَثْوَابٍ لَيْسَ فِيهَا قَمِيصٌ وَكَبَّرَ عَلَيْهِ الْحَسَنُ تِسْعَ تَكْبِيرَاتٍ وَوَلِيَ الْحَسَنُ ؓ عَمَلَهُ سِتَّةَ أَشْهُرٍ وَكَانَ ابْنُ مُلْجَمٍ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَضْرِبَ عَلِيًّا قَاعِدًا فِي بَنِي بَكْرِ بْنِ وَائِلٍ إِذْ مُرَّ عَلَيْهِ بِجِنَازَةِ أَبْجَرَ بْنِ جَابِرٍ الْعِجْلِيِّ أَبِي حَجَّارٍ وَكَانَ نَصْرَانِيًّا وَالنَّصَارَى حَوْلَهُ وَأُنَاسٌ مَعَ حَجَّارٍ بِمَنْزِلَتِهِ فِيهِمْ يَمْشُونَ فِي جَانِبٍ أَمَامَهُمْ شَقِيقُ بْنُ ثَوْرٍ السُّلَمِيُّ فَلَمَّا رَآهُمْ قَالَ مَا هَؤُلَاءِ؟ فَأُخْبِرَ ثُمَّ أَنْشَأَ يَقُولُ

157. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 169No grade recorded

     مَا يُحْبَسُ أَشْقَاهَا وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَيَخْضِبَنَّ هَذِهِ مِنْ هَذِهِ وَتَمَثَّلَ بِهَذَيْنِ الْبَيْتَيْنِ

     ✧ "Its most wretched one will not be held back. By the One in whose hand is my soul, this will surely be dyed from this," and he recited these two lines of poetry.

158. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 170No grade recorded

     «وَمَا أَقْدَمَكُمْ شَيْءٌ غَيْرُ هَذَا؟» قَالُوا نَعَمْ قَالَ {تِلْكَ أُمَّةٌ قَدْ خَلَتْ لَهَا مَا كَسَبَتْ وَلَكُمْ مَا كَسَبْتُمْ وَلَا تُسْأَلُونَ عَمَّا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ}

     ✧ He said, "Did anything bring you here other than this?" They said, "Yes." He said, {That is a nation which has passed away. It will have what it earned, and you will have what you earned, and you will not be asked about what they used to do.}

159. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 171No grade recorded

     «قُتِلَ عَلِيٌّ ؓ سَنَةَ أَرْبَعِينَ»

     ✧ "Ali ؓ was killed in the year forty."

160. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 172No grade recorded

     «قُتِلَ عَلِيٌّ سَنَةَ أَرْبَعِينَ وَكَانَتْ خِلَافَتُهُ خَمْسَ سِنِينَ وَسِتَّةَ أَشْهُرٍ»

     ✧ Ali was killed in the year forty, and his caliphate was five years and six months.

161. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 173No grade recorded

     أَنَّهُ عَادَ عَلِيًّا ؓ فِي شَكْوَةٍ اشْتَكَاهَا فَقُلْتُ لَهُ لَقَدْ تَخَوَّفْنَا عَلَيْكَ يَا أَبَا الْحَسَنِ فِي شَكْوِكَ هَذَا فَقَالَ وَلَكِنِّي وَاللهِ مَا تَخَوَّفْتُ عَلَى نَفْسِي مِنْهُ؛ لِأَنِّي سَمِعْتُ الصَّادِقَ الْمَصْدُوقَ ﷺ يَقُولُ «إِنَّكَ سَتُضْرَبُ ضَرْبَةً هَهُنَا وَضَرْبَةً هَهُنَا» وَأَشَارَ إِلَى صُدْغَيْهِ «فَيَسِيلُ دَمُهَا حَتَّى يَخْضِبَ لِحْيَتَكَ وَيَكُونَ صَاحِبُهَا أَشْقَاهَا كَمَا كَانَ عَاقِرُ النَّاقَةِ أَشْقَى ثَمُودَ»

     ✧ He visited Ali ؓ during an illness he was suffering from. I said to him, "We feared for you, O Abu al-Hasan, in this illness of yours." He said, "But by Allah, I did not fear for myself from it, because I heard the truthful, the believed one ﷺ say: 'You will be struck with a blow here and a blow here'—and he pointed to his temples—'and its blood will flow until it dyes your beard, and the one who strikes it will be its most wretched, just as the hamstringer of the she-camel was the most wretched of Thamud.'"

162. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 174No grade recorded

     «دَفَعَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الرَّايَةَ إِلَى عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ؓ وَهُوَ ابْنُ عِشْرِينَ سَنَةً»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ handed the banner to Ali b. Abi Talib ؓ when he was twenty years old.

163. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 175No grade recorded

     تَزَوَّجْتُ فَاطِمَةَ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ابْنِنِي؟ قَالَ «عِنْدَكَ شَيْءٌ تُعْطِيهَا؟» فَقُلْتُ لَا قَالَ «أَيْنَ دِرْعُكَ الْحُطَمِيَّةُ؟» قُلْتُ عِنْدِي قَالَ «اعْطِهَا إِيَّاهَا»

     ✧ I married Fatimah and said, "O Messenger of Allah, arrange my marriage?" He said, "Do you have anything to give her?" I said, "No." He said, "Where is your Hutama armor?" I said, "With me." He said, "Give it to her."

164. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 176No grade recorded

     أَنَّ عَلِيًّا ؓ كَانَ يَقُولُ فِي حَيَاةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّ اللهَ ﷻ يَقُولُ {أَفَإِنْ مَاتَ أَوْ قُتِلَ انْقَلَبْتُمْ عَلَى أَعْقَابِكُمْ} وَاللهِ لَا نَنْقَلِبُ عَلَى أَعْقَابِنَا بَعْدَ إِذْ هَدَانَا اللهُ وَاللهِ لَئِنْ مَاتَ أَوْ قُتِلَ لَأُقَاتِلَنَّ عَلَى مَا قَاتَلَ عَلَيْهِ حَتَّى أَمُوتَ وَاللهِ إِنِّي لَأَخُوهُ وَوَلِيُّهُ وَابْنُ عَمِّهِ وَوَارِثُهُ فَمَنْ أَحَقُّ بِهِ مِنِّي

     ✧ Ali used to say during the life of the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ, that Allah says, "If he dies or is killed, will you turn back on your heels?" By Allah, we will not turn back on our heels after Allah has guided us. And by Allah, if he dies or is killed, I will surely fight for what he fought for until I die. And by Allah, I am his brother, his guardian, his cousin, and his inheritor. So, who is more entitled to him than me?

165. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 177No grade recorded

     «أَلَا أُخْبِرُكُمْ بِخَيْرِ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ بَعْدَ نَبِيِّهَا ﷺ؟» قَالُوا بَلَى قَالَ «أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ» ثُمَّ قَالَ «أَلَا أُخْبِرُكُمْ بِخَيْرِ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ بَعْدَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ؟» قَالُوا بَلَى قَالَ «عُمَرُ وَلَوْ شِئْتُ لَأَخْبَرْتُكُمْ بِالثَّالِثِ»

     ✧ "Shall I not inform you of the good of this nation after its Prophet ﷺ ?" They said, "Yes." He said, "Abu Bakr." Then he said, "Shall I not inform you of the good of this nation after Abu Bakr?" They said, "Yes." He said, "Umar, and if I wanted, I would inform you about the third."

166. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 178No grade recorded

     أَنَّهُ كَانَ قَاعِدًا عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ فَذَكَرَ أَبَا بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ ؓ فَقَالَ «إِنَّ خَيْرَ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ بَعْدَ نَبِيِّهَا ﷺ أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَالثَّانِي عُمَرُ وَلَوْ أَشَاءُ أَنْ أَذْكُرَ الثَّالِثَ ذَكَرْتُهُ»

     ✧ He was sitting on the pulpit and mentioned Abu Bakr and Umar ؓ, and said: "The best of this nation after its Prophet ﷺ is Abu Bakr, and the second is Umar. And if I wished to mention the third, I would mention him."

167. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 179No grade recorded

     أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ رَبِّي ﷻ ثَلَاثَ خِصَالٍ لِأُمَّتِي فَأَعْطَانِي اثْنَتَيْنِ وَمَنَعَنِي وَاحِدَةً قُلْتُ يَا رَبِّ لَا تُهْلِكْ أُمَّتِي جُوعًا قَالَ هَذِهِ قُلْتُ يَا رَبِّ لَا تُسَلِّطْ عَلَيْهِمْ عَدُوًّا مِنْ غَيْرِهِمْ يَعْنِي أَهْلَ الشِّرْكِ فَيَحْتَاجُهُمْ قَالَ لَكَ ذَلِكَ قُلْتُ يَا رَبِّ لَا تَجْعَلْ بَأْسَهُمْ بَيْنَهُمْ فَمَنَعَنِي هَذِهِ

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ said: "I asked my Lord, Mighty and Exalted, for three qualities for my nation, and He granted me two and withheld one. I said, 'O Lord, do not destroy my nation by hunger.' He said, 'This is granted.' I said, 'O Lord, do not set over them an enemy from other than them'—meaning the people of polytheism—'and make them need him.' He said, 'That is granted to you.' I said, 'O Lord, do not make their might between themselves,' and He withheld this one from me."

168. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 180No grade recorded

     عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا كَانَ يَوْمُ الْقِيَامَةِ قِيلَ يَا أَهْلَ الْجَمْعِ غُضُّوا أَبْصَارَكُمْ حَتَّى تَمُرَّ فَاطِمَةُ بِنْتُ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ فَتَمُرَّ وَعَلَيْهَا رِيطَتَانِ خَضْرَاوَانِ ؓ

     ✧ From the Prophet ﷺ, he said: "When the Day of Resurrection comes, it will be said, 'O people of the gathering, lower your gazes until Fatimah bt. Muhammad ﷺ passes.' So she passes, and upon her are two green cloaks, ؓ."

169. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 181No grade recorded

     أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ «لَعَنَ اللهُ سُهَيْلًا ثَلَاثَ مِرَارٍ فَإِنَّهُ كَانَ يُعْشِرُ النَّاسَ فِي الْأَرْضِ فَمَسَخَهُ اللهُ شِهَابًا»

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ said: "May Allah curse Suhayl three times, for he used to tithe the people in the land, so Allah transformed him into a meteor."

170. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 182No grade recorded

     قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لِفَاطِمَةَ ؓ «إِنَّ اللهَ يَغْضِبُ لِغَضَبِكِ وَيَرْضَى لِرَضَاكِ»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to Fatimah ؓ: "Allah becomes angry for your anger and pleased for your pleasure."

171. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 183No grade recorded

     أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «عَلَيْكُمْ بِالْإِثْمِدِ فَإِنَّهُ مُنْبِتَةٌ للشِّعْرِ مُذْهِبَةٌ لِلْقِذَا مُصْفَاةٌ لِلْبَصَرِ»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Use ithmid, for it grows the hair, removes the speck, and clears the vision."

172. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 184No grade recorded

     «لَا أَعْلَمُنَا إِلَّا خَرَجْنَا حُجَّاجًا مُهِلِّينَ بِالْحَجِّ فَلَمْ يَحِلَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَلَا عُمَرُ ؓ حَتَّى طَافُوا بِالْبَيْتِ يَوْمَ النَّحْرِ وَبِالصَّفَا وَالْمَرْوَةِ»

     ✧ "I do not know but that we set out as pilgrims, proclaiming the Hajj, and neither the Messenger of Allah ﷺ nor Umar ؓ exited the state of ihram until they circumambulated the House on the Day of Sacrifice and between al-Safa and al-Marwa."

173. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 185No grade recorded

     «أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ يُوَاصِلُ مِنْ سَحَرٍ إِلَى سَحَرٍ»

     ✧ "The Prophet ﷺ used to observe continuous fasting from pre-dawn to pre-dawn."

174. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 186No grade recorded

     عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ «مَنْ أَعْتَقَ نَسَمَةً مُسْلِمَةً أَوْ مُؤْمِنَةً وَقَى اللهُ بِكُلِّ عُضْوٍ مِنْهُ عُضْوًا مِنَ النَّارِ»

     ✧ From the Messenger of God ﷺ: "Whoever frees a Muslim or believing slave, God will shield, for every limb of that slave, a limb of his from the Fire."

175. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 187No grade recorded

     لِأَنَّهُ كَانَ بِبِلَادِ حَضْرَمَوْتَ قَتَلَ بِهَا عَمْرَو بْنَ نَاهِضٍ الْحِمْيَرِيُّ ثُمَّ هَرَبَ إِلَى مَكَّةَ فَحَالَفَ حَرْبَ بْنَ أُمَيَّةَ وَاسْمُ الْحَضْرَمِيِّ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عَمَّارِ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ بْنِ أَكْبَرَ بْنِ عَوْفِ بْنِ مَالِكِ بْنِ عُوَيْفِ بْنِ خَزْرَجِ بْنِ إِيَادِ بْنِ الصَّدَفِ بْنِ حَضْرَمَوْتَ بْنِ قَحْطَانَ بْنِ كِنْدَةَ الصَّعْبَةُ أُخْتُ الْعَلَاءِ بْنِ الْحَضْرَمِيِّ وَأُمُّهَا عَاتِكَةُ بِنْتُ وَهْبِ بْنِ عَبْدِ بْنِ قُصَيِّ بْنِ كِلَابِ بْنِ مُرَّةَ بْنِ كَعْبٍ

     ✧ Because he was in the lands of Hadramawt, where ʿAmr b. Nāhiḍ al-Ḥimyarī was killed. Then he fled to Makkah and became an ally of Ḥarb b. Umayya. The Ḥaḍramī’s name was ʿAbd Allāh b. ʿAmmār b. Rabīʿa b. Akbar b. ʿAwf b. Mālik b. ʿUwayf b. Khazraj b. Iyād b. al-Ṣadaf b. Ḥaḍramawt b. Qaḥṭān b. Kinda. Al-Ṣaʿba was the sister of al-ʿAlāʾ b. al-Ḥaḍramī, and her mother was ʿĀtika bt. Wahb b. ʿAbd b. Quṣayy b. Kilāb b. Murra b. Kaʿb.

176. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 188No grade recorded

     «أَسْلَمَتْ أُمُّ طَلْحَةَ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ»

     ✧ "Umm Ṭalḥa bt. ʿUbayd Allāh accepted Islam."

177. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 189No grade recorded

     طَلْحَةُ بْنُ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ كَعْبِ بْنِ سَعْدِ بْنِ تَيْمِ بْنِ مُرَّةَ كَانَ بِالشَّامِ فَقَدِمَ وَكَلَّمَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فِي سَهْمِهِ فَضَرَبَ لَهُ بِسَهْمِهِ قَالَ وَأَجْرِي يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ قَالَ «وَأَجْرُكَ» يَعْنِي يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ

     ✧ Ṭalḥa b. ʿUbayd Allāh b. ʿUthmān b. ʿAmr b. Kaʿb b. Saʿd b. Taym b. Murra. He was in Syria, then he arrived and spoke to the Messenger of God ﷺ about his share, so he assigned him his share. He said, "And my reward, O Messenger of God?" He said, "And your reward," meaning on the day of Badr.

178. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 151No grade recorded

     وَيُقَالُ إِنَّهَا أَوَّلُ هَاشِمِيَّةٍ وَلَدَتْ لِهَاشِمِيٍّ وَقَدْ أَسْلَمَتْ وَهَاجَرَتْ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ بِالْمَدِينَةِ وَمَاتَتْ وَدَفَنَهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَأُمُّهَا فَاطِمَةُ بِنْتُ هَرِمِ بْنِ رَوَاحَةَ بْنِ حُجْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ مُعْرِضِ بْنِ عَامِرِ بْنِ لُؤَيٍّ

     ✧ It is said that she was the first Hashimite woman to give birth to a Hashimite. She embraced Islam, emigrated to the Messenger of God ﷺ in Madinah, died, and the Messenger of God ﷺ buried her. Her mother was Fatimah bt. Harim b. Rawahah b. Hujr b. Abd Mu'arrid b. Amir b. Lu'ayy.

179. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 152No grade recorded

     لِي أَبِي يَا عَمْرُو فَانْظُرْ إِلَى أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ «فَلَمْ أَرَهُ خَضَبَ لِحْيَتَهُ ضَخْمَ الرَّأْسِ»

     ✧ "O Amr, look at the Commander of the Believers for me." He said: "I did not see that he had dyed his beard; he had a large head."

180. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 153No grade recorded

     «رَأَيْتُ عَلِيًّا ؓ أَبْيَضَ الرَّأْسِ وَاللِّحْيَةِ وَعَلَيْهِ إِزَارٌ وَرِدَاءٌ»

     ✧ "I saw Ali ؓ with a white head and beard, wearing a lower garment and a cloak."

181. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 154No grade recorded

     «رَأَيْتُ عَلِيًّا ؓ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ أَبْيَضَ الرَّأْسِ وَاللِّحْيَةِ»

     ✧ "I saw Ali ؓ on the pulpit with a white head and beard."

182. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 155No grade recorded

     خَرَجْتُ مَعَ أَبِي إِلَى الْجُمُعَةِ وَأَنَا غُلَامٌ فَلَمَّا خَرَجَ عَلِيٌّ ؓ فَصَعِدَ الْمِنْبَرَ قَالَ لِي أَبِي قُمْ أَيْ عَمْرُو فَانْظُرْ إِلَى أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ قَالَ «فَقُمْتُ فَإِذَا هُوَ قَائِمٌ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ فَإِذَا هُوَ أَبْيَضُ اللِّحْيَةِ وَالرَّأْسِ عَلَيْهِ إِزَارٌ وَرِدَاءٌ لَيْسَ عَلَيْهِ قَمِيصٌ» قَالَ فَمَا رَأَيْتُهُ جَلَسَ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ حَتَّى نَزَلَ عَنْهُ قُلْنَا لِأَبِي إِسْحَاقَ فَهَلْ قَنَتَ؟ قَالَ «لَا»

     ✧ I went out with my father to the Friday prayer when I was a boy. When Ali ؓ came out and ascended the pulpit, my father said to me: "Get up, O Amr, and look at the Commander of the Believers." He said: "I got up, and there he was standing on the pulpit, white of beard and head, wearing a lower garment and a cloak, no shirt on him." He said: "I did not see him sit on the pulpit until he descended from it." We said to Abu Ishaq: "Did he perform qunut?" He said: "No."

183. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 156No grade recorded

     أَنَّ عَلِيًّا ؓ لَمَّا تَزَوَّجَ فَاطِمَةَ ؓ قَالَتْ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ زَوَّجْتَنِيهِ أُعَيْمِشَ عَظِيمَ الْبَطْنِ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «لَقَدْ زَوَّجْتُكِهِ وَإِنَّهُ لَأَوَّلُ أَصْحَابِي سِلْمًا وَأَكْثَرُهُمْ عِلْمًا وَأَعْظَمُهُمْ حِلْمًا»

     ✧ When Ali ؓ married Fatimah ؓ, she said to the Prophet ﷺ: "You have married me to a bleary-eyed man with a big belly." The Prophet ﷺ said: "I have married you to him, and he is the first of my companions in submission, the most knowledgeable of them, and the greatest of them in forbearance."

184. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 157No grade recorded

     «رَأَيْتُ عَلِيًّا ؓ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ أَبْيَضَ اللِّحْيَةِ قَدْ مَلَأَتْ مَا بَيْنَ مَنْكِبَيْهِ» زَادَ يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ فِي حَدِيثِهِ «عَلَى رَأْسِهِ زُغَيْبَاتٌ»

     ✧ "I saw Ali ؓ on the pulpit, white of beard, which had filled what was between his shoulders." Yahya b. Sa'id added in his narration: "on his head there were small hairs."

185. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 158No grade recorded

     يُقَالُ «كَانَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ آدَمَ رَبْعَةً مُسْمِنًا ضَخْمَ الْمَنْكِبَيْنِ طَوِيلَ اللِّحْيَةِ أَصْلَعَ عَظِيمَ الْبَطْنِ غَلِيظَ الْعَيْنَيْنِ أَبْيَضَ الرَّأْسِ وَاللِّحْيَةِ»

     ✧ It is said, "Ali ibn Abi Talib was a stout and robust man, with broad shoulders, long beard, bald head, big belly, thick eyebrows, and white hair and beard."

186. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 159No grade recorded

     سَأَلْتُ أَبَا إِسْحَاقَ أَنْتَ أَكْبَرُ مِنَ الشَّعْبِيِّ؟ فَقَالَ لِي الشَّعْبِيُّ أَكْبَرُ مِنِّي بِسَنَةٍ أَوْ سَنَتَيْنِ قَالَ وَرَأَى أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ عَلِيًّا ؓ وَكَانَ يَصِفُهُ لَنَا «عَظِيمَ الْبَطْنِ أَجْلَحَ» قَالَ شُعْبَةُ «وَكَانَ أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ أَكْبَرَ مِنْ أَبِي الْبَخْتَرِيِّ وَلَمْ يُدْرِكْ أَبُو الْبَخْتَرِيِّ عَلِيًّا وَلَمْ يَرَهُ»

     ✧ I asked Abu Ishaq, "Are you older than al-Sha'bi?" He said to me, "Al-Sha'bi is older than me by a year or two." He said: And Abu Ishaq saw Ali ؓ and used to describe him to us as "large-bellied, bald-headed." Shu'ba said, "Abu Ishaq was older than Abu al-Bakhtari, but Abu al-Bakhtari did not meet Ali and did not see him."

187. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 160No grade recorded

     ذَكَرْتُ لِابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَوْلَ عَلِيٍّ ؓ فَقَالَ «أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى رَأْسِهْ كالطَّسْتِ وَإِنَّمَا حَوْلَهُ كالحِفَافِ»

     ✧ I mentioned to Ibn Mas'ud the saying of Ali ؓ, and he said, "Do you not see his head? It is like a basin, and around it is only a rim."

188. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 194No grade recorded

     سُفْيَانُ وَكَانَ أَهْلُهُ يَقُولُونَ «إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ سَمَّاهُ الْفَيَّاضَ»

     ✧ Sufyān, and his family used to say, "The Messenger of God ﷺ named him al-Fayyāḍ."

189. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 195No grade recorded

     دَخَلَ عَلَيَّ يَوْمًا طَلْحَةُ فَرَأَيْتُ مِنْهُ ثِقَلًا فَقُلْتُ مَا لَكَ لَعَلَّ رَابَكَ مِنَّا شَيْءٌ فَنُعْتِبَكَ؟ قَالَ «لَا وَلَنِعْمَ حَلِيلَةِ الْمَرْءِ الْمُسْلِمِ أَنْتِ وَلَكِنِ اجْتَمَعَ عِنْدِي مَالٌ وَلَا أَدْرِي كَيْفَ أَصْنَعُ بِهِ» قَالَتْ وَمَا يَغُمُّكَ مِنْهُ؟ أُدْعُ قَوْمَكَ فَاقْسِمْهُ بَيْنَهُمْ فَقَالَ «يَا غُلَامُ عَلَيَّ قَوْمِي» فَسَأَلْتُ الْخَازِنَ كَمْ قَسَمَ؟ قَالَ أَرْبَعَمِائَةِ أَلْفٍ

     ✧ Ṭalḥa visited me one day and I noticed heaviness in him. I said, "What is the matter with you? Has something from us upset you, so that we may make amends?" He said, "No, and what a good wife of a Muslim man you are. But wealth has accumulated with me, and I do not know what to do with it." She said, "What distresses you about it? Call your people and divide it among them." He said, "O boy, bring my people to me." I then asked the treasurer how much he had distributed. He said, "Four hundred thousand."

190. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 196No grade recorded

     «كَانَتِ غَلَّةُ طَلْحَةَ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ أَلْفًا وَافِيًا»

     ✧ "The daily income of Ṭalḥa b. ʿUbayd Allāh was one thousand complete."

191. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 197No grade recorded

     سَمَّانِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ طَلْحَةَ الْخَيْرِ وَفِي غَزْوَةِ ذِي الْعَشِيرَةِ طَلْحَةَ الْفَيَّاضَ وَيَوْمَ حُنَيْنٍ طَلْحَةَ الْجُودِ «قَالَ أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ» بِالسِّينِ وَالشِّينِ جَمِيعًا فَبِالسِّينِ مِنَ الْعُسْرَةِ وَبِالشِّينِ مَوْضِعٌ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ named me on the day of Uhud Talhah al-Khayr, and in the expedition of Dhu al-‘Ushayrah Talhah al-Fayyad, and on the day of Hunayn Talhah al-Jud. Abu al-Qasim said: with both sīn and shīn; with sīn it is from ‘usrah (difficulty), and with shīn it is a place.

192. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 198No grade recorded

     أَنَّ طَلْحَةَ نَحَرَ جَزُورًا وَحَفَرَ بِئْرًا يَوْمَ ذِي قَرَدَ فَأَطْعَمَهُمْ وَسَقَاهُمْ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «يَا طَلْحَةُ الْفَيَّاضُ» فَسُمِّي طَلْحَةَ الْفَيَّاضَ

     ✧ Talhah slaughtered a camel and dug a well on the day of Dhu Qarad, and he fed them and gave them to drink. The Prophet ﷺ said, “O Talhah al-Fayyad!” So he was called Talhah al-Fayyad.

193. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 199aNo grade recorded

     الْوَاقِدِيُّ «وَقُتِلَ يَوْمَ الْجَمَلِ فِي جُمَادَى سَنَةَ سِتٍّ وَثَلَاثِينَ»

     ✧ Al-Waqidi said: “He was killed on the Day of the Camel in Jumada of the year thirty-six.”

194. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 199bNo grade recorded

     الْوَاقِدِيُّ «وَقُتِلَ يَوْمَ الْجَمَلِ فِي جُمَادَى سَنَةَ سِتٍّ وَثَلَاثِينَ»

     ✧ Al-Waqidi said: “He was killed on the Day of the Camel in Jumada of the year thirty-six.”

195. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 200No grade recorded

     «قُتِلَ طَلْحَةُ بْنُ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ ؓ يَوْمَ الْجَمَلِ فِي جُمَادَى سَنَةَ سِتٍّ وَثَلَاثِينَ وَسِنُّهُ اثْنَتَانِ وَخَمْسُونَ سَنَةً أَوْ أَرْبَعٌ وَخَمْسُونَ سَنَةً وَالزُّبَيْرُ أَسَنُّ مِنْهُ وَيُكَنَّى أَبَا مُحَمَّدٍ»

     ✧ “Talhah b. ‘Ubayd Allah ؓ was killed on the Day of the Camel in Jumada of the year thirty-six, and his age was fifty-two or fifty-four years. Al-Zubayr was older than him, and he was given the kunyah Abu Muhammad.”

196. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 201No grade recorded

     أَنْ مَاتَ»

     ✧ "That he died."

197. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 202No grade recorded

     عَنْ وَجْهِهِ وَلِحْيَتِهِ وَهُوَ يَتَرَحَّمُ عَلَيْهِ وَيَقُولُ «لَيْتَنِي مِتُّ قَبْلَ هَذَا الْيَوْمِ بِعِشْرِينَ سَنَةً»

     ✧ From his face and his beard while he was asking for mercy for him and saying, “Would that I had died twenty years before this day.”

198. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 203No grade recorded

     سَمِعْتُ عَلِيًّا ؓ يَوْمَ الْجَمَلِ يَقُولُ لِابْنِهِ حَسَنٍ «يَا حَسَنُ وَدِدْتُ أَنِّي كُنْتُ مِتُّ مُنْذُ عِشْرِينَ سَنَةً»

     ✧ I heard ‘Ali ؓ on the Day of the Camel say to his son Hasan: “O Hasan, I wish I had died twenty years ago.”

199. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 204No grade recorded

     قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَنْ كَذَبَ عَلَيَّ مُتَعَمِّدًا فَلْيَتَبَوَّأْ مَقْعَدَهُ مِنَ النَّارِ»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Whoever deliberately lies about me, let him take his seat in the Fire.”

200. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 205No grade recorded

     سَمِعْتَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «إِنَّ مِنَ التَّوَاضُعِ لِلَّهِ الرِّضَا بِالدُّونِ مِنْ شَرَفِ الْمَجَالِسِ»

     ✧ I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: “Indeed, part of humility before Allah is contentment with a lowly seat in gatherings of honor.”

201. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 206No grade recorded

     سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ يَقُولُ «النَّاكِحُ فِي قَوْمِهِ كَالمُعْشِبِ فِي دَارِهِ»

     ✧ I heard the Messenger of Allah say: “One who marries among his own people is like one who plants fresh pasture in his own land.”

202. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 207No grade recorded

     سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «مَا كَانَتْ نُبُوَّةٌ قَطُّ إِلَّا كَانَ بَعْدَهَا قَتْلٌ وَصَلْبٌ»

     ✧ I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: “There has never been prophethood except that after it came killing and crucifixion.”

203. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 208No grade recorded

     سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «عَمْرُو بْنُ الْعَاصِ مِنْ صَالِحِي قُرَيْشٍ»

     ✧ I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: “Amr b. al-‘As is among the righteous of Quraysh.”

204. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 209No grade recorded

     سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «يَا عَمْرُو إِنَّكَ لَذُو رَأْيٍ رَشِيدٍ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ»

     ✧ I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: “O ‘Amr, you are indeed a man of sound judgment in Islam.”

205. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 210No grade recorded

     أَنْ أَتَقَدَّمَكُمْ أَفَرِضِيتُمْ بِصَلَاتِي؟ قَالُوا نَعَمْ وَمَنْ يَكْرَهُ ذَلِكَ يَا حَوَارِيَّ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «أَيُّمَا رَجُلٍ أَمَّ قَوْمًا وَهُمْ لَهُ كَارِهُونَ لَمْ تَجُزْ صَلَاتُهُ أُذُنَهُ»

     ✧ “Should I lead you in prayer, are you pleased with my prayer?” They said, “Yes, and who would dislike that, O disciple of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ?” He said, “I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: ‘Any man who leads a people in prayer while they dislike him, his prayer will not pass beyond his ears.’”

206. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 211No grade recorded

     قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَنْ أُولِيَ مَعْرُوفًا فَلْيَذْكُرْهُ فَمَنْ ذَكَرَهُ فَقَدْ شَكَرَهُ وَمَنْ كَتَمَهُ فَقَدْ كَفَرَهُ»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Whoever is granted a favor should mention it. Whoever mentions it has thanked it, and whoever conceals it has denied it.”

207. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 212No grade recorded

     كَانَتْ رِحْلَةُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَطِيبُهُ إِلَيَّ فَأَتَاهُ رَجُلٌ يَسْأَلُهُ أَحَدَهُمَا فَقَالَ «ذَاكَ إِلَى طَلْحَةَ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ» فَأَتَانِي فَأَعْلَمَنِي فَأَبَيْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَعَادَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَسَأَلَهُ فَرَدَّ عَلَيْهِ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ فَأَتَانِي فَأَعْلَمَنِي فَأَبَيْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَرَجَعَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَقَالَ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ فَرَجَعَ إِلَيَّ فَقُلْتُ فِي نَفْسِي مَا بَعَثَهُ إِلَيَّ إِلَّا وَهُوَ يُحِبُّ أَنْ يَقْضِيَ حَاجَتَهُ وَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا يَكَادُ يُسْأَلُ شَيْئًا إِلَّا فَعَلَهُ فَقُلْتُ لَأَنْ أَلِيَ بَشَرَةَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ أَنْ أَلِيَ رِحْلَتَهُ فَدَفَعْتُهَا إِلَيْهِ فَأَرَادَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ سَفَرًا فَأَمَرَ أَنْ يُرْحَلَ لَهُ فَأَتَانِي فَقَالَ أَيُّ الرِّحْلَتَيْنِ كَانَتْ أَحَبَّ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ؟ فَقُلْتُ الطَّائِفِيَّةُ فَرَحَّلَهَا لَهُ ثُمَّ قَرَّبَهَا إِلَيْهِ فَلَمَّا ثَارَتْ بِهِ انكبَّتْ فَقَالَ «مَنْ رَحَّلَ هَذَا؟» قَالُوا فُلَانٌ فَقَالَ «رُدُّوهَا إِلَى طَلْحَةَ» فَرُدَّتْ إِلَيَّ قَالَ طَلْحَةُ وَاللهِ مَا غَشَشْتُ أَحَدًا فِي الْإِسْلَامِ غَيْرَهُ لِكَيْ تَرْجِعَ إِلَيَّ رِحْلَةُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ

     ✧ The mount and perfume of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ were in my charge. A man came to him asking for one of them, and he said: “That is up to Talhah b. ‘Ubayd Allah.” The man came to me and informed me, but I refused him. He returned to the Prophet ﷺ and asked him, and he replied to him with the same thing. He came to me and informed me, but I refused him. He went back to the Prophet ﷺ and said the same thing, then returned to me. I said to myself: He would not have sent him to me unless he wanted his need to be fulfilled. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was hardly ever asked for something without doing it. I said: That I should take charge of the Prophet’s own saddle is dearer to me than that I should take charge of his mount. So I handed it over to him. The Prophet ﷺ then intended to travel and ordered that a mount be saddled for him. He came to me and said: Which of the two saddles was dearer to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ? I said: The one from Ta’if. So he saddled it for him, then brought it close to him. When it bolted with him, it stumbled, and he said: “Who saddled this?” They said: So-and-so. He said: “Return it to Talhah.” So it was returned to me. Talhah said: By Allah, I did not deceive anyone in Islam except him, so that the saddle of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ would come back to me.

208. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 213No grade recorded

     لَمَّا كَانَ يَوْمُ أُحُدٍ جَعَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى ظَهْرِي حَتَّى اسْتَقَلَّ وَصَارَ عَلَى الصَّخْرَةِ وَاسْتَتَرَ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ فَقَالَ «هَكَذَا» وَأَوْمَأَ بِيَدِهِ إِلَى وَرَاءِ ظَهْرِي «هَذَا جِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ أَخْبَرَنِي أَنَّهُ لَا يَرَاكَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ فِي هَوْلٍ إِلَّا أَنْقَذَكَ مِنْهُ»

     ✧ On the day of Uhud, I placed the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on my back until he stood upright and was on the rock, shielded from the polytheists. He said: “Like this,” and gestured with his hand behind my back, “this is Jibril ﷺ. He has informed me that he will not see you on the Day of Resurrection in any terror except that he will rescue you from it.”

209. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 214No grade recorded

     لَمَّا كَانَ يَوْمُ أُحُدٍ أَصَابَنِي السَّهْمُ فَقُلْتُ حِسِّ فَقَالَ لَوْ قُلْتَ بِسْمِ اللهِ لَطَارَتْ بِكَ الْمَلَائِكَةُ وَالنَّاسُ يَنْظُرُونَ إِلَيْكَ

     ✧ On the day of Uhud, an arrow struck me and I said: “Hiss!” He said: “If you had said: In the name of Allah, the angels would have flown with you while the people were looking at you.”

210. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 215No grade recorded

     كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِذَا رَآنِي قَالَ «مَنْ أَحَبَّ أَنْ يَنْظُرَ إِلَى شَهِيدٍ يَمْشِي عَلَى وَجْهِ الْأَرْضِ فَلْيَنْظُرْ إِلَى طَلْحَةَ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ»

     ✧ When the Prophet ﷺ saw me, he would say: “Whoever would like to look at a martyr walking on the face of the earth, let him look at Talhah b. ‘Ubayd Allah.”

211. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 216No grade recorded

     كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِذَا رَآنِي قَالَ «سَلِفِي فِي الدُّنْيَا وَسَلِفِي فِي الْآخِرَةِ»

     ✧ When the Prophet ﷺ saw me, he would say: “My predecessor in this world and my predecessor in the Hereafter.”

212. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 217No grade recorded

     لَمَّا رَجَعَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ مِنْ أُحُدٍ صَعِدَ الْمِنْبَرَ فَحَمِدَ اللهَ ﷻ وَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ قَرَأَ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ {رِجَالٌ صَدَقُوا مَا عَاهَدُوا اللهَ عَلَيْهِ} الْآيَةَ كُلَّهَا فَقَامَ إِلَيْهِ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَنْ هَؤُلَاءِ؟ فَأَقْبَلْتُ وَعَلَيَّ ثَوْبَانِ أَخْضَرَانِ فَقَالَ «أَيُّهَا السَّائِلُ هَذَا مِنْهُمْ»

     ✧ When the Prophet ﷺ returned from Uhud, he ascended the pulpit, praised Allah Almighty, extolled Him, and then recited this verse: “Among the believers are men who have been true to what they pledged to Allah” — the entire verse. A man stood up to him and said: O Messenger of Allah, who are these? I approached wearing two green garments, and he said: “O questioner, this is one of them.”

213. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 218No grade recorded

     لَمَّا كَانَ يَوْمُ أُحُدٍ سَمَّانِي النَّبِيُّ ﷺ طَلْحَةَ الْخَيْرِ وَيَوْمَ غَزْوَةِ ذَاتِ الْعَشِيرَةِ طَلْحَةَ الْفَيَّاضَ وَيَوْمَ حُنَيْنٍ طَلْحَةَ الْجُودِ

     ✧ On the day of Uhud the Prophet ﷺ named me Talhah al-Khayr (Talhah of Goodness), on the day of the expedition of Dhat al-‘Ushayrah Talhah al-Fayyad (Talhah the Generous), and on the day of Hunayn Talhah al-Jud (Talhah of Bounty).

214. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 219No grade recorded

     أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَهُوَ فِي جَمَاعَةٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ وَفِي يَدِهِ سَفَرْجَلَةٌ يُقَلِّبُهَا فَلَمَّا جَلَسْتُ إِلَيْهِ دَحَى بِهَا نَحْوِي ثُمَّ قَالَ «دُونَكَهَا أَبَا مُحَمَّدٍ فَإِنَّهَا تَشُدُّ الْقَلْبَ وَتُطَيِّبُ النَّفْسَ وَتَذْهَبُ بِطَخَاوَةِ الصَّدْرِ»

     ✧ I came to the Prophet ﷺ while he was among a group of his companions, holding a quince in his hand, turning it over. When I sat down beside him, he rolled it toward me and said: “Take it, Abu Muhammad, for it strengthens the heart, purifies the soul, and removes the heaviness of the chest.”

215. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 220No grade recorded

     عَنْ عُرْوَةَ فِيمَنْ شَهِدَ بَدْرًا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مِنْ بَنِي أَسَدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْعُزَّى الزُّبَيْرُ بْنُ الْعَوَّامِ بْنِ خُوَيْلِدِ بْنِ أَسَدٍ

     ✧ From ‘Urwah, regarding those who witnessed Badr with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ from Banu Asad b. ‘Abd al-‘Uzza: al-Zubayr b. al-‘Awwam b. Khuwaylid b. Asad.

216. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 221No grade recorded

     «كَانَ الزُّبَيْرُ يُكَنَّى أَبَا عَبْدِ اللهِ»

     ✧ Al-Zubayr was given the kunyah Abu Abdullah.

217. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 190No grade recorded

     «طَلْحَةُ بْنُ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ يُكَنَّى أَبَا مُحَمَّدٍ ؓ»

     ✧ "Ṭalḥa b. ʿUbayd Allāh is given the kunya Abū Muḥammad ؓ"

218. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 191aNo grade recorded

     «كَانَ طَلْحَةُ بْنُ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ ؓ أَبْيَضَ يَضْرِبُ إِلَى الْحُمْرَةِ مَرْبُوعًا هُوَ إِلَى الْقِصَرِ أَقْرَبُ رَحْبَ الصَّدْرِ عَرِيضَ الْمَنْكِبَيْنِ إِذَا الْتَفَتَ الْتَفَتَ جَمِيعًا ضَخْمَ الْقَدَمَيْنِ»

     ✧ "Ṭalḥa b. ʿUbayd Allāh ؓ was fair-skinned with a reddish tinge, of medium height, closer to short, broad-chested, wide-shouldered; when he turned, he turned his whole body; he had large feet."

219. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 191bNo grade recorded

     «كَانَ طَلْحَةُ بْنُ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ ؓ أَبْيَضَ يَضْرِبُ إِلَى الْحُمْرَةِ مَرْبُوعًا هُوَ إِلَى الْقِصَرِ أَقْرَبُ رَحْبَ الصَّدْرِ عَرِيضَ الْمَنْكِبَيْنِ إِذَا الْتَفَتَ الْتَفَتَ جَمِيعًا ضَخْمَ الْقَدَمَيْنِ»

     ✧ "Ṭalḥa b. ʿUbayd Allāh ؓ was fair-skinned with a reddish tinge, of medium height, closer to short, broad-chested, wide-shouldered; when he turned, he turned his whole body; he had large feet."

220. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 192No grade recorded

     «رَأَيْتُ يَدَ طَلْحَةَ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ شَلَّاءَ وَقَى بِهَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ»

     ✧ "I saw the hand of Ṭalḥa b. ʿUbayd Allāh paralyzed; he had shielded the Messenger of God ﷺ with it on the day of Uḥud."

221. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 193No grade recorded

     «كَانَتْ إِصْبَعُ طَلْحَةَ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ شَلَّاءَ ؓ»

     ✧ "The finger of Ṭalḥa b. ʿUbayd Allāh ؓ was paralyzed."

222. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 236No grade recorded

     سَمِعْتُ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ يَقُولُ «قُتِلَ الزُّبَيْرُ وَهُوَ ابْنُ أَرْبَعٍ وَسِتِّينَ وَقُتِلَ سَنَةَ سِتٍّ وَثَلَاثِينَ»

     ✧ I heard Muhammad b. Abdullah b. Numayr say, "Zubayr was killed at the age of sixty-four, and he was killed in the year thirty-six."

223. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 237No grade recorded

     «أَسْلَمَ الزُّبَيْرُ وَهُوَ ابْنُ سِتَّةَ عَشَرَ وَقُتِلَ وَهُوَ ابْنُ بِضْعٍ وَسِتِّينَ»

     ✧ "Zubayr embraced Islam at the age of sixteen and was killed at the age of sixty-something."

224. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 238aNo grade recorded

     «قُتِلَ الزُّبَيْرُ بْنُ الْعَوَّامِ ؓ يَوْمَ الْجَمَلِ فِي جُمَادَى لَا أَدْرِي الْأُولَى أَوِ الْآخِرَةِ سَنَةَ سِتٍّ وَثَلَاثِينَ»

     ✧ "Zubayr b. al-Awwam ؓ was killed on the Day of the Camel in Jumada—I do not know whether it was the first or the second—in the year thirty-six."

225. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 238bNo grade recorded

     «قُتِلَ الزُّبَيْرُ بْنُ الْعَوَّامِ ؓ يَوْمَ الْجَمَلِ فِي جُمَادَى لَا أَدْرِي الْأُولَى أَوِ الْآخِرَةِ سَنَةَ سِتٍّ وَثَلَاثِينَ»

     ✧ "Zubayr b. al-Awwam ؓ was killed on the Day of the Camel in Jumada—I do not know whether it was the first or the second—in the year thirty-six."

226. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 239No grade recorded

     أَسْلَمَ الزُّبَيْرُ بْنُ الْعَوَّامِ وَهُوَ ابْنُ ثَمَانِ سِنِينَ وَهَاجَرَ وَهُوَ ابْنُ ثَمَانَ عَشْرَةَ وَكَانَ عَمُّ الزُّبَيْرِ يُعَلِّقُ الزُّبَيْرَ فِي حَصِيرٍ وَيُدَخِّنُ عَلَيْهِ بِالنَّارِ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ ارْجِعْ إِلَى الْكُفْرِ فَيَقُولُ الزُّبَيْرُ لَا أَكْفُرُ أَبَدًا

     ✧ Zubayr b. al-Awwam embraced Islam at the age of eight, and he emigrated at the age of eighteen. Zubayr's uncle would hang Zubayr in a mat and smoke him with fire, saying, "Return to disbelief," and Zubayr would say, "I will never disbelieve."

227. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 240No grade recorded

     «لَمَّا قُتِلَ عُمَرُ ؓ مَحَا الزُّبَيْرُ اسْمَهُ مِنَ الدِّيوَانِ»

     ✧ "When Umar ؓ was killed, Zubayr erased his name from the register."

228. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 241No grade recorded

     قَاتِلُ الزُّبَيْرِ أَقْبَلَ عَلَى الزُّبَيْرِ فَأَقْبَلَ الزُّبَيْرُ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ أُذَكِّرُكَ اللهَ فَكَفَّ عَنْهُ الزُّبَيْرُ حَتَّى فَعَلَ ذَلِكَ مِرَارًا فَقَالَ الزُّبَيْرُ «قَاتَلَهُ اللهُ يُذَكِّرُ بِاللهِ ﷻ وَيَنْسَاهُ»

     ✧ The killer of Zubayr approached Zubayr, and Zubayr turned to face him. He said, "I remind you of Allah," and Zubayr refrained from him until he did that several times. Then Zubayr said, "May Allah fight him—he reminds by Allah ﷻ yet forgets Him."

229. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 242No grade recorded

     لَمَّا كَانَ يَوْمُ الْجَمَلِ رَأَى عَلِيٌّ ؓ الرُّءُوسَ تَنْدُرُ فَأَخَذَ بِيَدِ الْحَسَنِ ؓ فَوَضَعَهَا عَلَى بَطْنِهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ «أَيْ بُنَيَّ أَيُّ خَيْرٍ بَعْدَ هَذَا»

     ✧ On the Day of the Camel, Ali ؓ saw heads being severed. He took al-Hasan ؓ by the hand and placed it on his belly, then said, "O my son, what good is there after this?"

230. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 243No grade recorded

     كُنْتُ جَالِسًا عِنْدَ عَلِيٍّ ؓ فَأُتِيَ بِرَأْسِ الزُّبَيْرِ ؓ فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ ؓ بَشِّرْ قَاتِلَ ابْنِ صَفِيَّةَ بِالنَّارِ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «إِنَّ لِكُلِّ نَبِيٍّ حَوَارِيًّا وَحَوَارِيَّ الزُّبَيْرُ»

     ✧ I was sitting with Ali ؓ when the head of Zubayr ؓ was brought. Ali ؓ said, "Give news of Hellfire to the killer of the son of Safiyyah. I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, 'Every prophet has a disciple, and my disciple is Zubayr.'"

231. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 244No grade recorded

     عَنْ غَزَاةٍ غَزَاهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَقُتِلَ وَهُوَ ابْنُ بِضْعٍ وَسِتِّينَ وَهُوَ مِنَ الْبَصْرَةِ عَلَى نَحْوِ بَرِيدٍ»

     ✧ About a military expedition that the Messenger of God ﷺ undertook, and he was killed at the age of sixty-something, and he was from al-Basra, at about a barid away.

232. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 245No grade recorded

     «قُتِلَ الزُّبَيْرُ سَنَةَ سِتٍّ وَثَلَاثِينَ قَتَلَهُ ابْنُ جُرْمُوزٍ وَمَعَهُ النُّعْمَانُ بْنُ زِمَامٍ وَأَبُو الْمَضْرَحِيِّ رَجُلَانِ مِنْ بَنِي تَمِيمٍ وَقُتِلَ بِوَادِي السِّبَاعِ وَدُفِنَ بِهِ»

     ✧ Al-Zubayr was killed in the year thirty-six. Ibn Jurmuz killed him, and with him were al-Nu'man b. Zimam and Abu al-Madrahi, two men from Banu Tamim. He was killed in Wadi al-Siba' and buried there.

233. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 246No grade recorded

     «أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ مَسْعُودٍ وَعُثْمَانَ وَالْمِقْدَامَ بْنَ الْأَسْوَدِ وَعَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ عَوْفٍ وَمُطِيعَ بْنَ الْأَسْوَدِ أَوْصُوا إِلَى الزُّبَيْرِ بْنِ الْعَوَّامِ»

     ✧ Abd Allah b. Mas'ud, Uthman, al-Miqdam b. al-Aswad, Abd al-Rahman b. Awf, and Muti' b. al-Aswad made their wills to al-Zubayr b. al-Awwam.

234. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 247No grade recorded

     «كَانَ عَلِيٌّ وَالزُّبَيْرُ وَسَعْدُ بْنُ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ عِذَارَ عَامٍ وَاحِدٍ»

     ✧ Ali, al-Zubayr, and Sa'd b. Abi Waqqas were of the same age.

235. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 248No grade recorded

     عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «لَا تُحَرِّمُ الْمَصَّةُ وَلَا الْمَصَّتَانِ»

     ✧ From the Prophet ﷺ, he said: "A single suckling or two sucklings do not create a marriage prohibition."

236. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 249No grade recorded

     «رَأَيْتُ هِنْدَ بِنْتَ عُتْبَةَ كَاشِفَةً عَنْ سَاقِهَا يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ وَكَأَنِّي أَنْظُرُ إِلَى خَدَمٍ فِي سَاقِهَا وَهِيَ تُحَرِّضُ النَّاسَ»

     ✧ "On the day of Uhud, it was as if I was seeing servants on her thighs encouraging people."

237. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 250aNo grade recorded

     سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «الْأَرْضُ أَرْضُ اللهِ وَالْعِبَادُ عِبَادُ اللهِ فَحَيْثُ وَجَدَ أَحَدُكُمْ خَيْرًا فَلْيَتَّقِ اللهَ وَلْيُقِمْ»

     ✧ I heard the Messenger of God ﷺ say: "The earth is God's earth and the servants are God's servants. Wherever one of you finds good, let him fear God and stay."

238. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 250bNo grade recorded

     سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «الْأَرْضُ أَرْضُ اللهِ وَالْعِبَادُ عِبَادُ اللهِ فَحَيْثُ وَجَدَ أَحَدُكُمْ خَيْرًا فَلْيَتَّقِ اللهَ وَلْيُقِمْ»

     ✧ I heard the Messenger of God ﷺ say: "The earth is God's earth and the servants are God's servants. Wherever one of you finds good, let him fear God and stay."

239. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 250cNo grade recorded

     سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «الْأَرْضُ أَرْضُ اللهِ وَالْعِبَادُ عِبَادُ اللهِ فَحَيْثُ وَجَدَ أَحَدُكُمْ خَيْرًا فَلْيَتَّقِ اللهَ وَلْيُقِمْ»

     ✧ I heard the Messenger of God ﷺ say: "The earth is God's earth and the servants are God's servants. Wherever one of you finds good, let him fear God and stay."

240. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 251No grade recorded

     صَلَّى بِنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ صَلَاةَ الصُّبْحِ فِي مَسْجِدِ الْمَدِينَةِ فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ قَالَ «أَيُّكُمْ يَتْبَعُنِي إِلَى وَفْدِ الْجِنِّ اللَّيْلَةَ؟» فَأَسْكَتَ الْقَوْمُ فَلَمْ يَتَكَلَّمْ مِنْهُمْ أَحَدٌ قَالَ ذَلِكَ ثَلَاثًا فَمَرَّ بِي يَمْشِي فَأَخَذَ بِيَدِي فَجَعَلْتُ أَمْشِي مَعَهُ حَتَّى خَنَسَتْ عَنَّا جِبَالُ الْمَدِينَةِ كُلُّهَا وَأُقْصِينَا إِلَى أَرْضٍ قَرَارٍ فَإِذَا رِجَالٌ طُوَالٌ كَأَنَّهُمُ الرَّمَاحُ مُسْتَدْفِرِي ثِيَابِهِمْ مِنْ بَيْنِ أَرْجُلِهِمْ فَلَمَّا رَأَيْتُهُمْ غَشِيَتْنِي رِعْدَةٌ شَدِيدَةٌ حَتَّى مَا يُمْسِكُنِي رِجْلَايَ مِنَ الْفَرَقِ فَلَمَّا دَنَوْنَا مِنْهُمْ خَطَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِإِبْهَامِ رِجْلِهِ فِي الْأَرْضِ خَطًّا فَقَالَ لِي «أُقْعُدْ فِي وَسَطِهِ» فَلَمَّا جَلَسْتُ ذَهَبَ عَنِّي كُلُّ شَيْءٍ أَجِدُهُ مِنْ رِيبَةٍ وَمَضَى النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَهُمْ فَتَلَا قُرْآنًا رفيعًا حَتَّى طَلَعَ الْفَجْرُ ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ حَتَّى مَرَّ بِي فَقَالَ لِي «إِلْحَقْ» فَجَعَلْتُ أَمْشِي مَعَهُ فَمَضَيْنَا غَيْرَ بَعِيدٍ فَقَالَ لِي «الْتَفِتْ فَانْظُرْ هَلْ تَرَى حَيْثُ كَانَ أُولَئِكَ مِنْ أَحَدٍ؟» فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَرَى سَوَادًا كَثِيرًا فَخَفَضَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ رَأْسَهُ إِلَى الْأَرْضِ فَنَظَمَ عَظْمًا بِرَوْثَةٍ ثُمَّ رَمَى بِهِ إِلَيْهِمْ وَقَالَ «رَشَدَ أُولَئِكَ مِنْ وَفْدِ قَوْمٍ هُمْ وَفْدُ نَصِيبِينَ سَأَلُونِي الزَّادَ فَجَعَلْتُ لَهُمْ كُلَّ عَظْمٍ وَرَوْثَةٍ» قَالَ الزُّبَيْرُ «فَلَا يَحِلُّ لِأَحَدٍ أَنْ يَسْتَنْجِيَ بِعَظْمٍ وَلَا رَوْثَةٍ أَبَدًا»

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ led us in the morning prayer in the mosque of Madinah. When he finished, he said: "Which of you will follow me to the delegation of the jinn tonight?" The people fell silent, and none of them spoke. He said that three times. Then he passed by me walking, took me by the hand, and I walked with him until all the mountains of Madinah receded from us, and we were led to a flat land. There were tall men, as if they were spears, having tucked their garments between their legs. When I saw them, a severe trembling seized me until my legs could not hold me from fear. When we drew near to them, the Messenger of God ﷺ drew a line with the big toe of his foot on the ground and said to me: "Sit in the middle of it." When I sat down, everything I felt of apprehension left me. The Prophet ﷺ went between me and them and recited the Qur'an in a raised voice until dawn broke. Then he came back, passed by me, and said: "Follow." I walked with him, and we went a short distance. Then he said to me: "Look back and see if you can see anyone where those had been." I said: "O Messenger of God, I see many dark shapes." The Messenger of God ﷺ lowered his head to the ground, strung a bone with dung, threw it at them, and said: "Those were rightly guided from the delegation of a people—they are the delegation of Nasibin. They asked me for provision, so I made for them every bone and dung." Al-Zubayr said: "So it is not permissible for anyone ever to clean oneself with bone or dung."

241. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 252No grade recorded

     «عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَوْفِ بْنِ عَبْدِ عَوْفِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ زُهْرَةَ بْنِ كِلَابٍ»

     ✧ Abd al-Rahman b. Awf b. Abd Awf b. Abd al-Harith b. Zuhrah b. Kilab.

242. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 253No grade recorded

     أَنَّ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ عَوْفٍ ؓ كَانَ اسْمُهُ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ عَبْدَ الْكَعْبَةِ «فَسَمَّاهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ»

     ✧ Abd al-Rahman b. Awf ؓ was called Abd al-Ka'bah in the pre-Islamic era, so the Messenger of God ﷺ named him Abd al-Rahman.

243. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 254No grade recorded

     «كَانَ اسْمِي عَبْدَ عَمْرٍو فَسَمَّانِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ»

     ✧ My name was Abd Amr, so the Messenger of God ﷺ named me Abd al-Rahman.

244. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 255No grade recorded

     «عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَوْفِ بْنِ عَبْدِ عَوْفِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ زُهْرَةَ وَيُكَنَّى أَبَا مُحَمَّدٍ شَهِدَ بَدْرًا»

     ✧ Abd al-Rahman b. Awf b. Abd Awf b. Abd al-Harith b. Zuhrah, whose kunya is Abu Muhammad, was present at Badr.

245. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 256No grade recorded

     عَنْ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ فِيمَنْ شَهِدَ بَدْرًا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مِنْ بَنِي زُهْرَةَ بْنِ كِلَابِ بْنِ مُرَّةَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَوْفِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ زُهْرَةَ

     ✧ From Urwah b. al-Zubayr, concerning those who were present at Badr with the Messenger of God ﷺ from the Banu Zuhrah b. Kilab b. Murrah: Abd al-Rahman b. Awf b. al-Harith b. Zuhrah.

246. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 222No grade recorded

     لَمَّا كَانَ الْيَرْمُوكُ قَالُوا لِلزُّبَيْرِ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللهِ

     ✧ When it was the battle of Yarmuk, they said to al-Zubayr, O Abu Abdullah.

247. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 223No grade recorded

     سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى بْنِ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ يَقُولُ «كَانَ الزُّبَيْرُ بْنُ الْعَوَّامِ ؓ أَبْيَضَ طَوِيلًا مُحَفَّفًا خَفِيفَ الْعَارِضَيْنِ»

     ✧ I heard Abdullah b. Muhammad b. Yahya b. Urwah b. al-Zubayr say: Al-Zubayr b. al-Awwam ؓ was fair-skinned, tall, with a trimmed beard, light on the sides.

248. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 224No grade recorded

     «كَانَ الزُّبَيْرُ بْنُ الْعَوَّامِ ؓ طَوِيلًا يَخُطُّ رِجْلَاهُ الْأَرْضَ إِذَا رَكِبَ الدَّابَّةَ أَشْعَرَ وَرُبَّمَا أَخَذْتُ بِشَعْرِ كَتِفَيْهِ»

     ✧ Al-Zubayr b. al-Awwam ؓ was tall; his feet would touch the ground when he mounted a riding beast. He had much hair, and sometimes I would grasp the hair on his shoulders.

249. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 225No grade recorded

     سَمِعَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ رَجُلًا يَقُولُ أَنَا ابْنُ حَوَارِيِّ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ «إِنْ كُنْتَ مِنْ آلِ الزُّبَيْرِ وَإِلَّا فَلَا»

     ✧ Ibn Umar heard a man say, 'I am the son of the disciple of the Prophet ﷺ.' Ibn Umar said, 'If you are from the family of al-Zubayr, then yes; otherwise, no.'

250. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 226No grade recorded

     أَوَّلُ مَنْ سَلَّ سَيْفًا فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ الزُّبَيْرُ بْنُ الْعَوَّامِ

     ✧ The first to draw a sword in the path of Allah was al-Zubayr b. al-Awwam.

251. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 227No grade recorded

     قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَوْمَ الْخَنْدَقِ «مَنْ يَأْتِينَا بِخَبَرِ بَنِي قُرَيْظَةَ؟» ثُمَّ نَدَبَهُمُ الثَّانِيَةَ ثُمَّ نَدَبَهُمُ الثَّالِثَةَ فَانْتُدِبَ الزُّبَيْرُ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «لِكُلِّ نَبِيٍّ حَوَارِيٌّ وَحَوَارِيَّ الزُّبَيْرُ»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said on the day of the Trench, 'Who will bring us news of Banu Qurayzah?' He called them a second time, then a third time, and al-Zubayr volunteered. The Prophet ﷺ said, 'Every prophet has a disciple, and my disciple is al-Zubayr.'

252. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 228No grade recorded

     قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لِكُلِّ نَبِيٍّ حَوَارِيٌّ وَحَوَارِيَّ الزُّبَيْرُ»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Every prophet has a disciple, and my disciple is al-Zubayr.'

253. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 229No grade recorded

     اسْتُرْنِي فَسَتَرْتُهُ فَحَانَتْ مِنِّي الْتِفَاتَةٌ إِلَيْهِ فَرَأَيْتُهُ مُجَدَّعًا بِالسُّيُوفِ قُلْتُ وَاللهِ لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ بِكَ آثَارًا مَا رَأَيْتُهَا بِأَحَدٍ قَطُّ قَالَ وَقَدْ رَأَيْتَ ذَلِكَ؟ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ قَالَ «أَمَا وَاللهِ مَا مِنْهَا جِرَاحَةٌ إِلَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَفِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ ﷻ»

     ✧ I covered him, so I covered him. It occurred to me to glance at him, and I saw him mutilated with swords. I said, 'By Allah, I have seen marks on you that I have never seen on anyone else.' He said, 'And you have seen that?' I said, 'Yes.' He said, 'By Allah, there is no wound among them except that it was with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and in the path of Allah, may He be exalted.'

254. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 230No grade recorded

     «نَزَلَ جِبْرِيلُ ﷺ يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ عَلَى سِيمَاءِ الزُّبَيْرِ بْنِ الْعَوَّامِ وَهُوَ مُعْتَجِرٌ بِعِمَامَةٍ صَفْرَاءَ»

     ✧ Gabriel ﷺ descended on the day of Badr in the appearance of al-Zubayr b. al-Awwam, wearing a yellow turban.

255. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 231No grade recorded

     كَانَ يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَارِسَانِ الزُّبَيْرُ بْنُ الْعَوَّامِ عَلَى فَرَسٍ عَلَى الْمَيْمَنَةِ وَالْمِقْدَادُ بْنُ الْأَسْوَدِ عَلَى فَرَسٍ عَلَى الْمَيْسَرَةِ

     ✧ On the day of Badr, there were two horsemen with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ: al-Zubayr b. al-Awwam on a horse on the right flank, and al-Miqdad b. al-Aswad on a horse on the left flank.

256. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 232No grade recorded

     أَنْ أجْعَلَهَا إِلَيْهِ الزُّبَيْرُ بْنُ الْعَوَّامِ فَإِنَّهُ رُكْنٌ مِنْ أَرْكَانِ الدِّينِ»

     ✧ That I entrust it to him: al-Zubayr b. al-Awwam, for he is a pillar among the pillars of the religion.

257. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 233No grade recorded

     تَسْمَعُ مَا يَقُولُ لِي؟ «فَضَرَبَهُ الزُّبَيْرُ حَتَّى وَقَعَ»

     ✧ Do you hear what he says to me? Zubayr struck him until he fell.

258. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 234No grade recorded

     لَهُ عَبْدُ اللهِ «أَتَجْعَلُ أُمِّي عُرْضَةً لِيَمِينِكَ؟» فَاقْتَحَمَ عَلَيْهِ فَخَلَّصَهَا مِنْهُ فَبَانَتْ مِنْهُ قَالَ «وَلَقَدْ كُنْتُ غُلَامًا رُبَّمَا أَخَذْتُ بِشَعْرِ مَنْكِبِيِ الزُّبَيْرِ»

     ✧ Abdullah said to him, "Will you make my mother a target for your oath?" So he rushed upon him and freed her from him, and she became separated from him. He said, "I was a boy who sometimes grabbed the hair on Zubayr's shoulders."

259. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 235No grade recorded

     «يَا بَنِيَّ لَا تَخْرُجُنَّ بَنَاتِكُمْ إِلَّا إِلَى الْأَكْفَاءِ» قَالُوا يَا أَبَانَا وَمَنِ الْأَكْفَاءُ؟ قَالَ «وَلَدُ الزُّبَيْرِ بْنِ الْعَوَّامِ»

     ✧ "O my sons, do not marry your daughters except to suitable matches." They said, "O our father, who are the suitable matches?" He said, "The descendants of Zubayr b. al-Awwam."

260. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 261No grade recorded

     «أَنَّ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ عَوْفٍ كَانَ سَاقِطَ الثَّنِيَّتَيْنِ أهْتَمَ أَعْسَرَ أَعْرَجَ كَانَ أُصِيبَ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ فَهُتِمَ وَجُرِحَ عِشْرِينَ جِرَاحَةً أَوْ أَكْثَرَ أَصَابَهُ بَعْضُهَا فِي رِجْلِهِ فَعَرِجَ»

     ✧ Abd al-Rahman b. Awf had lost his two front teeth, was gap-toothed, left-handed, and lame. He was injured at Uhud, so his teeth were broken, and he received twenty wounds or more, some of which affected his leg, so he became lame.

261. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 262aNo grade recorded

     «وُلِدُ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَوْفٍ ؓ بَعْدَ الْفِيلِ بِعَشْرِ سِنِينَ وَمَاتَ سَنَةَ إِحْدَى أَوْ سَنَةَ اثْنَتَيْنِ وَثَلَاثِينَ وَسِنُّهُ خَمْسٌ وَسَبْعونَ وَصَلَّى عَلَيْهِ عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عَفَّانَ ؓ»

     ✧ Abd al-Rahman b. Awf ؓ was born ten years after the Elephant, and he died in the year thirty-one or thirty-two, aged seventy-five. Uthman b. Affan ؓ prayed over him.

262. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 262bNo grade recorded

     «وُلِدُ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَوْفٍ ؓ بَعْدَ الْفِيلِ بِعَشْرِ سِنِينَ وَمَاتَ سَنَةَ إِحْدَى أَوْ سَنَةَ اثْنَتَيْنِ وَثَلَاثِينَ وَسِنُّهُ خَمْسٌ وَسَبْعونَ وَصَلَّى عَلَيْهِ عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عَفَّانَ ؓ»

     ✧ Abd al-Rahman b. Awf ؓ was born ten years after the Elephant, and he died in the year thirty-one or thirty-two, aged seventy-five. Uthman b. Affan ؓ prayed over him.

263. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 262cNo grade recorded

     «وُلِدُ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَوْفٍ ؓ بَعْدَ الْفِيلِ بِعَشْرِ سِنِينَ وَمَاتَ سَنَةَ إِحْدَى أَوْ سَنَةَ اثْنَتَيْنِ وَثَلَاثِينَ وَسِنُّهُ خَمْسٌ وَسَبْعونَ وَصَلَّى عَلَيْهِ عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عَفَّانَ ؓ»

     ✧ Abd al-Rahman b. Awf ؓ was born ten years after the Elephant, and he died in the year thirty-one or thirty-two, aged seventy-five. Uthman b. Affan ؓ prayed over him.

264. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 264No grade recorded

     بَيْنَمَا عَائِشَةُ ؓ فِي بَيْتِهَا إِذْ سَمِعَتْ صَوْتًا رُجَّتْ مِنْهُ الْمَدِينَةُ فَقَالَتْ مَا هَذَا؟ فَقَالُوا عِيرٌ قَدِمَتْ لِعَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ مِنَ الشَّامِ وَكَانَتْ سَبْعَمِائَةِ رَاحِلَةٍ فَقَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ ؓ أَمَا إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «رَأَيْتُ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ عَوْفٍ يَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ حَبْوًا» فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ فَأَتَاهَا فَسَأَلَهَا عَمَّا بَلَغَهُ فَحَدَّثَتْهُ قَالَ «فَإِنِّي أُشْهِدُكِ أَنَّهَا بِأَحْمَالِها وَأَقْتَابِهَا وَأَحْلَاسِهَا فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ»

     ✧ While Aisha ؓ was in her house, she heard a sound from which Madinah trembled. She said, “What is this?” They said, “A caravan has arrived for Abd al-Rahman b. Awf from Syria, consisting of seven hundred camels.” Aisha ؓ said, “Indeed I heard the Messenger of God ﷺ say, ‘I saw Abd al-Rahman b. Awf entering Paradise crawling.’” This reached Abd al-Rahman, so he came to her and asked her about what had reached him, and she told him. He said, “I call you to witness that it, with its loads, its saddle-frames, and its saddle-cloths, is for the sake of God.”

265. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 265No grade recorded

     «تَصَدَّقَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَوْفٍ بِشَطْرِ مَالِهِ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَرْبَعَةَ آلَافٍ ثُمَّ تَصَدَّقَ بِأَرْبَعِينَ أَلْفًا ثُمَّ تَصَدَّقَ بِأَرْبَعِينَ أَلْفَ دِينَارٍ ثُمَّ حَمَلَ عَلَى خَمْسِمِائَةِ فَرَسٍ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ ثُمَّ حَمَلَ عَلَى أَلْفٍ وَخَمْسِمِائَةِ رَاحِلَةٍ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ وَكَانَ عَامَّةُ مَالِهِ مِنَ التِّجَارَةِ»

     ✧ Abd al-Rahman b. Awf gave half his wealth in charity during the time of the Messenger of God ﷺ—four thousand. Then he gave forty thousand [dirhams]. Then he gave forty thousand dinars. Then he equipped five hundred horses in the path of God. Then he equipped one thousand five hundred camels in the path of God. Most of his wealth came from trade.

266. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 266No grade recorded

     عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «إِذَا وَقَعَ الطَّاعُونُ بِأَرْضٍ وَأَنْتُمْ بِهَا فَلَا تَخْرُجُوا فِرَارًا مِنْهُ وَإِذَا وَقَعَ بِأَرْضٍ وَلَسْتُمْ بِهَا فَلَا تَدْخُلُوا عَلَيْهِ» قَالَ أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ هَكَذَا رَوَاهُ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ يَزِيدَ بْنِ تَمِيمٍ وَسُفْيَانُ بْنُ حُسَيْنٍ وَخَالَفَهُمَا ابْنُ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ

     ✧ From the Messenger of God ﷺ, he said: “If the plague breaks out in a land and you are in it, do not leave it, fleeing from it. If it breaks out in a land and you are not in it, do not enter it.” Abu al-Qasim said: Thus it was narrated by Abd al-Rahman b. Yazid b. Tamim and Sufyan b. Husayn, and Ibn Abi Dhiʾb differed from them.

267. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 267No grade recorded

     عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ «إِنَّ هَذَا الْوَجَعَ أَوْ هَذَا السَّقَمَ عَذَابٌ عُذِّبَ بِهِ مَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ فَإِذَا كَانَ بِأَرْضٍ لَسْتُمْ بِهَا فَلَا تَهْبِطُوا عَلَيْهِ وَإِذَا كَانَ بِأَرْضٍ وَأَنْتُمْ بِهَا فَلَا تَخْرُجُوا فِرَارًا مِنْهُ» قَالَ فَرَجَعَ عُمَرُ ؓ بِالنَّاسِ ذَلِكَ الْعَامَ

     ✧ From the Prophet ﷺ that he said: “This pain, or this illness, is a punishment with which those before you were punished. So if it is in a land where you are not, do not go down upon it; and if it is in a land where you are, do not leave fleeing from it.” He said: Then ‘Umar ؓ turned the people back that year.

268. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 268No grade recorded

     سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ «إِذَا سَمِعْتُمْ بِهِ بِأَرْضٍ فَلَا تَقْدَمُوا عَلَيْهِ وَإِذَا وَقَعَ بِأَرْضٍ وَأَنْتُمْ بِهَا فَلَا تَخْرُجُوا فِرَارًا مِنْهُ»

     ✧ I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ: “When you hear of it in a land, do not advance upon it; and if it occurs in a land while you are there, do not leave fleeing from it.”

269. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 269No grade recorded

     ثنا الْقَعْنَبِيُّ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ زَيْدِ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ نَوْفَلٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ ؓ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «إِذَا سَمِعْتُمْ بِهِ بِأَرْضٍ فَلَا تَقْدَمُوا عَلَيْهِ وَإِذَا وَقَعَ بِأَرْضٍ وَأَنْتُمْ بِهَا فَلَا تَخْرُجُوا فِرَارًا مِنْهُ»

     ✧ Al-Qa‘nabī narrated to us, from Mālik, from Ibn Shihāb, from ‘Abd al-Ḥamīd b. ‘Abd al-Raḥmān b. Zayd b. al-Khaṭṭāb, from ‘Abd Allāh b. al-Ḥārith b. Nawfal, from ‘Abd Allāh b. ‘Abbās, from ‘Abd al-Raḥmān b. ‘Awf ؓ, who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: “When you hear of it in a land, do not advance upon it; and if it occurs in a land while you are there, do not leave fleeing from it.”

270. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 270No grade recorded

     سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «إِذَا سَمِعْتُمْ بِهَذَا الْوَبَاءِ بِبَلَدٍ فَلَا تَقْدَمُوا عَلَيْهِ وَإِذَا وَقَعَ وَأَنْتُمْ بِهِ فَلَا تَخْرُجُوا فِرَارًا مِنْهُ»

     ✧ I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: “When you hear of this epidemic in a town, do not advance upon it; and if it occurs while you are in it, do not leave fleeing from it.”

271. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 271No grade recorded

     سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «إِذَا سَمِعْتُمْ بِهِ فِي أَرْضٍ فَلَا تَقْدَمُوا عَلَيْهِ وَإِذَا وَقَعَ بِأَرْضٍ وَأَنْتُمْ بِهَا فَلَا يُخْرِجَنَّكُمُ الْفِرَارُ مِنْهُ»

     ✧ I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: “When you hear of it in a land, do not advance upon it; and if it occurs in a land while you are there, fleeing from it must not make you leave.”

272. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 272No grade recorded

     سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «إِذَا سَمِعْتُمْ بِهِ بِأَرْضٍ فَلَا تَقْدَمُوا عَلَيْهِ وَإِذَا وَقَعَ وَأَنْتُمْ بِهِ فَلَا تَخْرُجُوا فِرَارًا مِنْهُ»

     ✧ I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: “When you hear of it in a land, do not advance upon it; and if it occurs while you are there, do not leave fleeing from it.”

273. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 273No grade recorded

     قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِنَّ هَذَا الْوَبَاءَ رِجْزٌ أَهْلَكَ اللهُ بِهِ بَعْضَ الْأُمَمِ وَقَدْ بَقِيَ فِي الْأَرْضِ مِنْهُ شَيْءٌ يَجِيءُ أَحْيَانًا وَيَذْهَبُ أَحْيَانًا فَإِذَا وَقَعَ وَأَنْتُمْ بِأَرْضٍ فَلَا تَخْرُجُوا مِنْهَا وَإِذَا سَمِعْتُمْ بِهِ فِي أَرْضٍ فَلَا تَأْتُوهَا»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “This epidemic is a punishment with which Allah destroyed some nations, and some of it remains on the earth, coming at times and going at times. So if it occurs while you are in a land, do not leave it; and if you hear of it in a land, do not go there.”

274. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 274No grade recorded

     عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «إِنَّ هَذَا الْوَجَعَ أَوِ السَّقَمَ رِجْزٌ عُذِّبَ بِهِ بَعْضُ الْأُمَمِ قَبْلَكُمْ ثُمَّ بَقِيَ بَعْدُ فِي الْأَرْضِ فَيَذْهَبُ الْمَرَّةَ وَيَأْتِي الْأُخْرَى فَمَنْ سَمِعَ بِهِ بِأَرْضٍ فَلَا يَقْدَمُونَ عَلَيْهِ وَمَنْ وَقَعَ بِأَرْضٍ وَهُوَ بِهَا فَلَا يُخْرِجَنَّهُ الْفِرَارُ مِنْهُ» وَاللَّفْظُ لِحَدِيثِ اللَّيْثِ

     ✧ From the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, who said: “This pain, or sickness, is a punishment with which some nations before you were punished; then it remained afterwards on the earth, going one time and coming another. So whoever hears of it in a land, they should not advance upon it, and whoever is in a land where it occurs, fleeing from it must not make him leave.” And the wording is that of the ḥadīth of al-Layth.

275. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 275No grade recorded

     ذُكِرَ الطَّاعُونُ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ «إِنَّهُ رِجْزٌ أَصَابَ مَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ أَوْ عَذَابٌ أَصَابَ مَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ فَإِذَا سَمِعْتُمْ بِهِ بِبَلَدٍ فَلَا تَدْخُلُوا عَلَيْهِ وَإِذَا وَقَعَ وَأَنْتُمْ بِبَلَدٍ فَلَا تَخْرُجُوا فِرَارًا مِنْهُ»

     ✧ The plague was mentioned in the presence of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and he said: “It is a punishment that befell those before you, or a torment that befell those before you. So if you hear of it in a town, do not enter upon it; and if it occurs while you are in a town, do not leave fleeing from it.”

276. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 276No grade recorded

     قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِنَّ هَذَا الْوَبَاءَ شَيْءٌ عُذِّبَ بِهِ الْأُمَمُ قَبْلَكُمْ وَقَدْ بَقِيَتْ فِي الْأَرْضِ مِنْهُ بَقِيَّةٌ فَتَقَعُ أَحْيَانًا وَيَذْهَبُ أَحْيَانًا فَإِذَا وَقَعَ بِأَرْضٍ وَأَنْتُمْ بِهَا فَلَا تَخْرُجُوا مِنْهَا وَإِذَا وَقَعَ بِأَرْضٍ وَلَسْتُمْ بِهَا فَلَا تَدْخُلُوا عَلَيْهِ»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “This epidemic is something with which the nations before you were punished, and there remains on the earth a remnant of it. It occurs at times and goes at times. So if it occurs in a land while you are in it, do not leave it; and if it occurs in a land where you are not, do not enter upon it.”

277. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 277No grade recorded

     ذُكِرَ الطَّاعُونُ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ «إِنَّهُ رِجْسٌ أَصَابَ مَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ فَإِذَا سَمِعْتُمْ بِهِ بِبَلَدٍ فَلَا تَدْخُلُوهَا عَلَيْهِ وَإِذَا وَقَعَ وَأَنْتُمْ بِبَلَدٍ فَلَا تَخْرُجُوا فِرَارًا مِنْهُ»

     ✧ The plague was mentioned in the presence of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and he said: “It is a defilement that befell those before you. So if you hear of it in a town, do not enter it upon it; and if it occurs while you are in a town, do not leave fleeing from it.”

278. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 278No grade recorded

     أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «إِذَا سَمِعْتُمْ بِهِ بِأَرْضٍ فَلَا تَدْخُلُوا عَلَيْهِ وَإِذَا وَقَعَ وَأَنْتُمْ بِأَرْضٍ فَلَا تَخْرُجُوا فِرَارًا مِنْهُ»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “When you hear of it in a land, do not enter upon it; and if it occurs while you are in a land, do not leave fleeing from it.”

279. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 279aNo grade recorded

     سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَيُّ اللَّيْلِ أَسْمَعُ؟ قَالَ «جَوْفُ اللَّيْلِ الْآخِرُ ثُمَّ الصَّلَاةُ مَقْبُولَةٌ حَتَّى تُصَلِّيَ الْفَجْرَ ثُمَّ لَا صَلَاةَ حَتَّى تَكُونَ الشَّمْسُ قَيْدَ رُمْحٍ أَوْ رُمْحَيْنِ ثُمَّ الصَّلَاةُ مَقْبُولَةٌ حَتَّى يَقُومَ الظِّلُّ قِيَامَ الرُّمْحِ ثُمَّ لَا صَلَاةَ حَتَّى تَزُولَ الشَّمْسُ ثُمَّ الصَّلَاةُ مَقْبُولَةٌ حَتَّى تَكُونَ الشَّمْسُ قَيْدَ رُمْحٍ أَوْ رُمْحَيْنِ ثُمَّ لَا صَلَاةَ حَتَّى تَغِيبَ الشَّمْسُ»

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ was asked, 'Which part of the night is best for hearing (prayers)?' He said, 'The last part of the night. Then prayer is accepted until you pray the dawn. Then there is no prayer until the sun is a spear-length or two spear-lengths high. Then prayer is accepted until the shadow stands as a spear. Then there is no prayer until the sun declines. Then prayer is accepted until the sun is a spear-length or two spear-lengths high. Then there is no prayer until the sun sets.'

280. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 279bNo grade recorded

     سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَيُّ اللَّيْلِ أَسْمَعُ؟ قَالَ «جَوْفُ اللَّيْلِ الْآخِرُ ثُمَّ الصَّلَاةُ مَقْبُولَةٌ حَتَّى تُصَلِّيَ الْفَجْرَ ثُمَّ لَا صَلَاةَ حَتَّى تَكُونَ الشَّمْسُ قَيْدَ رُمْحٍ أَوْ رُمْحَيْنِ ثُمَّ الصَّلَاةُ مَقْبُولَةٌ حَتَّى يَقُومَ الظِّلُّ قِيَامَ الرُّمْحِ ثُمَّ لَا صَلَاةَ حَتَّى تَزُولَ الشَّمْسُ ثُمَّ الصَّلَاةُ مَقْبُولَةٌ حَتَّى تَكُونَ الشَّمْسُ قَيْدَ رُمْحٍ أَوْ رُمْحَيْنِ ثُمَّ لَا صَلَاةَ حَتَّى تَغِيبَ الشَّمْسُ»

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ was asked, 'Which part of the night is best for hearing (prayers)?' He said, 'The last part of the night. Then prayer is accepted until you pray the dawn. Then there is no prayer until the sun is a spear-length or two spear-lengths high. Then prayer is accepted until the shadow stands as a spear. Then there is no prayer until the sun declines. Then prayer is accepted until the sun is a spear-length or two spear-lengths high. Then there is no prayer until the sun sets.'

281. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 280No grade recorded

     افْتَقَدَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ رَجُلًا مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ قَالَ «أَيْنَ كُنْتَ؟ فَإِنِّي لَمْ أَرَكَ؟ أَلَمْ تَشْهَدِ الصَّلَاةَ؟» قَالَ بَلَى وَلَكِنِّي جِئْتُ وَقَدْ ثَبَتَ النَّاسُ وَكَرِهْتُ أَنْ أَتَخَطَّى رِقَابَ النَّاسِ قَالَ «أَحْسَنْتَ»

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ missed a man from his companions. He said, 'Where were you? For I did not see you. Did you not attend the prayer?' He said, 'Yes, but I came when the people had already settled, and I disliked stepping over people's necks.' He said, 'You did well.'

282. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 281No grade recorded

     قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «الْعَامِلُ إِذَا اسْتُعْمِلَ فَأَخَذَ الْحَقَّ وَأَعْطَى الْحَقَّ كَالْمُجَاهِدِ فِي سُبَيْلِ اللهِ حَتَّى يَرْجِعَ إِلَى بَيْتِهِ»

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ said, 'The official, when he is appointed and takes what is right and gives what is right, is like the one striving in the way of God until he returns to his home.'

283. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 282No grade recorded

     أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «صَلَاةُ الْهَجِيرِ مِنْ صَلَاةِ اللَّيْلِ» فَسَأَلْتُ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ حُمَيْدٍ عَنِ الْهَجِيرِ قَالَ «إِذَا زَالَتِ الشَّمْسُ»

     ✧ That the Messenger of God ﷺ said, 'The midday prayer is from the night prayer.' So I asked Abd al-Rahman b. Humayd about the midday. He said, 'When the sun declines.'

284. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 283No grade recorded

     سَمِعَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَوْفٍ ؓ رَجُلًا مِنْ بَنِي هَاشِمٍ يَقُولُ أَنَا أَوْلَى النَّاسِ بِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ «غَيْرُهُ أَوْلَى بِهِ مِنْكَ وَلَكَ نَسَبُهُ»

     ✧ Abd al-Rahman b. Awf ؓ heard a man from Banu Hashim saying, 'I am the closest of people to the Messenger of God ﷺ.' He said, 'Another is closer to him than you, but you have his lineage.'

285. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 284No grade recorded

     اسْتُعِزَّ بِأُمَامَةَ بِنْتِ أَبِي الْعَاصِ فَبَعَثَتْ زَيْنَبُ بِنْتُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ تَقُولُ لَهُ إِنَّ ابْنَتِي قَدِ اسْتُعِزَّ بِهَا فَبَعَثَ إِلَى ابْنَتِهِ «لِلَّهِ مَا أَخَذَ وَلَهُ وَمَا أَبْقَى» وَاسْتُعِزَّتِ الثَّانِيَةُ فَبَعَثَتْ إِلَيْهِ إِنَّ ابْنَتِي قَدِ اسْتُعِزَّ بِهَا فَبَعَثَ إِلَى ابْنَتَهِ «للَّهِ مَا أَخَذَ وَلَهُ مَا أَبْقَى» ثُمَّ كَانَتِ الثَّالِثَةُ فَجَاءَهَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَأَخْرَجَتِ الصِّبْيَةَ إِلَيْهِ فَإِذَا نَفْسُهَا تَقَعْقَعُ فِي صَدْرِهَا وَمَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ نَاسٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ فَذَرَفَتْ عَيْنَاهُ حَتَّى قَبَضَ عَلَى لِحْيَتِهِ فَفَطِنَ بِهِمْ وَهُمْ يَنْظُرُونَ إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ «مَا لَكُمْ تَنْظُرُونَ؟» قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ رَأَيْنَاكَ رَقَقْتَ قَالَ «رَحْمَةٌ يَضَعُهَا اللهُ ﷻ حَيْثُ يَشَاءُ وَإِنَّمَا يَرْحَمُ اللهُ غَدًا مِنْ عِبَادِهِ الرُّحَمَاءَ»

     ✧ Umama bt. Abi al-As became critically ill. Zaynab bt. the Messenger of God ﷺ sent to the Messenger of God ﷺ saying to him, 'My daughter is critically ill.' He sent to his daughter, 'To God belongs what He takes, and to Him belongs what He leaves.' She became critically ill a second time, and she sent to him, 'My daughter is critically ill.' He sent to his daughter, 'To God belongs what He takes, and to Him belongs what He leaves.' Then it was the third time, and the Prophet ﷺ came to her. She brought the child out to him, and her soul was rattling in her chest. With the Prophet ﷺ were some of his companions. His eyes shed tears until he grasped his beard. He noticed them while they were looking at him, and he said, 'What is with you that you look?' They said, 'O Messenger of God, we saw you become tender.' He said, 'It is a mercy that God ﷻ places wherever He wills. And God will have mercy tomorrow on the merciful among His servants.'

286. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 285No grade recorded

     «أُلْقِيَ عَلَيْنَا النَّوْمُ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ»

     ✧ Sleep was cast upon us on the day of Uhud.

287. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 286No grade recorded

     قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «يَسِيرُ الْفِقْهِ خَيْرٌ مِنْ كَثِيرِ الْعِبَادَةِ وَخَيْرُ أَعْمَالِكُمْ أَيْسَرُهَا»

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ said, 'A little understanding is better than much worship, and the best of your deeds are the easiest.'

288. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 287No grade recorded

     لَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «مَهْلًا يَا طَلْحَةُ فَإِنَّهُ قَدْ شَهِدَ بَدْرًا كَمَا شَهِدْتَهُ وَخَيْرُكُمْ خَيْرُكُمْ لِمَوَالِيهِ»

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ said to him, 'Gently, O Talha, for he witnessed Badr as you did. And the best of you is the best to his clients.'

289. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 288No grade recorded

     قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ الشَّيْطَانُ لَعَنَهُ اللهُ لَنْ يَسْلَمَ مِنِّي صَاحِبُ الْمَالِ مِنْ إِحْدَى ثَلَاثٍ أَغْدُو عَلَيْهِ بِهِنَّ وَأَرُوحُ بِهِنَّ أَخْذُهُ الْمَالَ مِنْ غَيْرِ حِلِّهِ وَإِنْفَاقُهُ فِي غَيْرِ حَقِّهِ وَأُحَبِّبُهُ إِلَيْهِ فَيَمْنَعُهُ مِنْ حَقِّهِ

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ said, 'Satan, may God curse him, said, "The owner of wealth will never be safe from me through one of three things: I will come to him with them morning and evening – his taking wealth without its right, spending it without its right, and making it beloved to him so that he withholds it from its right."'

290. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 289No grade recorded

     أَنَّهُ جَاءَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَنْ أَنَا؟ قَالَ «سَعْدُ بْنُ مَالِكِ بْنِ أَهْيَبَ بْنِ عَبْدِ مَنَافِ بْنِ زُهْرَةَ مَنْ قَالَ غَيْرَ ذَلِكَ فَعَلَيْهِ لَعْنَةُ اللهِ»

     ✧ That he came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, 'O Messenger of God, who am I?' He said, 'Sa'd b. Malik b. Uhayb b. Abd Manaf b. Zuhra. Whoever says otherwise, upon him is the curse of God.'

291. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 290No grade recorded

     لِسَعْدٍ «كَذَاكَ الظَّنُّ بِكَ يَا أَبَا إِسْحَاقَ»

     ✧ To Saʿd: "Thus is the thought concerning you, O Abū Isḥāq."

292. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 291No grade recorded

     سَعْدٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَنْ أَنَا؟ قَالَ «أَنْتَ سَعْدُ بْنُ مَالِكِ بْنِ أَهْيَبَ بْنِ عَبْدِ مَنَافِ بْنِ زُهْرَةَ فَمَنْ قَالَ غَيْرَ ذَلِكَ فَعَلَيْهِ لَعْنَةُ اللهِ»

     ✧ Saʿd said: O Messenger of God, who am I? He said: "You are Saʿd b. Mālik b. Ahyab b. ʿAbd Manāf b. Zuhrah, so whoever says otherwise, upon him is the curse of God."

293. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 257No grade recorded

     ثنا الْقَعْنَبِيُّ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لِعَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ ؓ «كَيْفَ صَنَعْتَ يَا أَبَا مُحَمَّدٍ فِي اسْتِلَامِ الرُّكْنِ؟» يَعْنِي الْحَجَرَ الْأَسْوَدَ فَقَالَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ اسْتَلَمْتُ وَتَرَكْتُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ «أَصَبْتَ»

     ✧ Al-Qaʿnabi narrated to us from Malik, from Hisham b. Urwah, from his father, who said: The Messenger of God ﷺ said to Abd al-Rahman b. Awf ؓ, “How did you do, O Abu Muhammad, in touching the corner?”—meaning the Black Stone. Abd al-Rahman said, “I touched it and left off.” The Messenger of God said, “You have done correctly.”

294. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 258No grade recorded

     صَاحِبٌ لِي إِنَّ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ لَمْ يُحْسِنْ يُفْتِيكَ حَتَّى سَأَلَ الرَّجُلَ فَسَمِعَ عُمَرُ ؓ بَعْضَ كَلَامِهِ فَعَلَاهُ عُمَرُ بِالدِّرَّةِ ضَرْبًا ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ عَلَيَّ لِيَضْرِبَنِي فَقُلْتُ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ إِنِّي لَمْ أَقُلْ شَيْئًا إِنَّمَا هُوَ قَالَهُ فَتَرَكَنِي قَالَ ثُمَّ قَالَ «أَرَدْتَ أَنْ تَقْتُلَ الْحَرَامَ وَتَتَعَدَّ الْفُتْيَا» ثُمَّ قَالَ إِنَّ فِي الْإِنْسَانِ عَشَرَةَ أَخْلَاقٍ تِسْعَةٌ حَسَنَةٌ وَوَاحِدَةٌ سَيِّئَةٌ يُفْسِدُهَا ذَلِكَ السَّيِّءُ ثُمَّ قَالَ «وَإِيَّاكَ وَعِشْرَةَ الشَّبَابِ»

     ✧ A companion of mine [said]: The Commander of the Faithful did not give you a good ruling until he asked the man. Umar ؓ heard part of his speech, so Umar struck him with the whip as a beating. Then he turned to me to strike me, so I said, “O Commander of the Faithful, I did not say anything; he said it.” So he left me. He said: Then he said, “You wanted to kill what is sacred and transgress the fatwa.” Then he said, “In a person there are ten traits: nine good and one evil. That evil one corrupts it.” Then he said, “Beware of the company of young men.”

295. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 260No grade recorded

     «كَانَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَوْفٍ ؓ يَلْبَسُ قَمِيصًا مِنْ كَرَابِيسَ إِلَى نِصْفِ سَاقِهِ وَرِدَاؤُهُ يَضْرِبُ إِلْيَتَهُ»

     ✧ Abd al-Rahman b. Awf ؓ used to wear a shirt of karabisi cloth reaching to the middle of his calf, and his cloak would strike his buttocks.

296. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 298No grade recorded

     سَمِعْتُ سَعْدًا يَقُولُ «مَا أَسْلَمَ أَحَدٌ إِلَّا فِي الْيَوْمِ الَّذِي أَسْلَمْتُ فِيهِ وَلَقَدْ مَكَثْتُ سَبْعَةَ أَيَّامٍ وَإِنِّي لَثُلُثُ الْإِسْلَامِ»

     ✧ I heard Saʿd say: "No one embraced Islam except on the day I embraced it, and indeed I remained for seven days while I was one-third of Islam."

297. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 299No grade recorded

     «كَانَ سَعْدٌ آخِرَ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ وَفَاةً ؓ»

     ✧ "Saʿd was the last of the Emigrants to die ؓ."

298. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 300No grade recorded

     أَبِي «تُوُفِّيَ وَهُوَ ابْنُ ثَلَاثٍ وَثَمَانِينَ وَمَاتَ عَلَى عَشْرَةِ أَمْيَالٍ فِي الْمَدِينَةِ فَحُمِلَ عَلَى رِقَابِ الرِّجَالِ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ وَكَانَ مَرْوَانُ يَوْمَئِذٍ الْوَالِيَ عَلَيْهَا وَأَسْلَمَ وَهُوَ ابْنُ تِسْعَ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً»

     ✧ My father said: "He died at the age of eighty-three, and he died ten miles from Madinah, and was carried on the shoulders of men to Madinah. Marwān was the governor of it at that time. He embraced Islam when he was nineteen years old."

299. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 301No grade recorded

     سَمِعْتُ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ يَقُولُ «مَاتَ سَعْدٌ وَمَرْوَانُ وَالِي الْمَدِينَةِ فَصَلَّى عَلَيْهِ وَمَاتَ سَنَةَ خَمْسٍ وَخَمْسِينَ»

     ✧ I heard Muḥammad b. ʿAbd Allāh b. Numayr say: "Saʿd died while Marwān was governor of Madinah, and he prayed over him. He died in the year fifty-five."

300. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 302No grade recorded

     مَاتَ سَعْدٌ بِالْعَقِيقِ فِي قَصْرِهِ عَلَى عَشْرَةِ أَمْيَالٍ مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ وَحُمِلَ عَلَى رِقَابِ الرِّجَالِ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ وَيُقَالُ تُوُفِّيَ وَهُوَ ابْنُ بِضْعٍ وَسَبْعِينَ

     ✧ Sa'd died in al-ʿAqīq, in his palace, ten miles from Madinah, and was carried on the shoulders of men to Madinah. It is said that he died when he was seventy-some years old.

301. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 303No grade recorded

     وَقَالَ أَسْلَمْتُ وَأَنَا ابْنُ تِسْعَ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً وَتُوُفِّيَ سَنَةَ خَمْسٍ وَخَمْسِينَ

     ✧ He said, “I embraced Islam when I was nineteen years old, and he died in the year fifty-five.”

302. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 304No grade recorded

     «تُوُفِّيَ سَعْدُ بْنُ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ فِي زَمَنِ مُعَاوِيَةَ ؓ بَعْدَ حَجَّتِهِ الْأُولَى وَهُوَ ابْنُ ثَلَاثٍ وَثَمَانِينَ»

     ✧ Saʿd b. Abī Waqqāṣ died in the time of Muʿāwiyah ؓ after his first Hajj, when he was eighty-three years old.

303. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 305No grade recorded

     «كَانَ سَعْدٌ آخِرَ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ وَفَاةً ؓ»

     ✧ Saʿd was the last of the Muhājirūn to die ؓ.

304. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 306No grade recorded

     كَانَ لِابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ عَلَى سَعْدٍ ؓ مَالٌ فَقَالَ ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ أَدِّ الْمَالَ الَّذِي قِبَلَكَ فَقَالَ سَعْدٌ «وَيْحَكَ مَا لِي وَمَالِكَ؟» قَالَ أَدِّ الْمَالَ الَّذِي قِبَلَكَ فَقَالَ سَعْدٌ «وَاللهِ إِنِّي لَأَرَاكَ لَاقٍ مِنِّي شَرًّا هَلْ أَنْتَ إِلَّا ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ وَعَبْدٌ مِنْ بَنِي هُذَيْلٍ؟» قَالَ أَجَلْ وَاللهِ إِنِّي لَابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ وَإِنَّكَ لَابْنُ حَمْنَةَ فَقَالَ لَهُمَا هَاشِمُ بْنُ عُتْبَةَ إِنَّكُمَا صَاحِبَا رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ يَنْظُرُ النَّاسُ إِلَيْكُمَا فَطَرَحَ سَعْدٌ عُودًا كَانَ بِيَدِهِ ثُمَّ رَفَعَ يَدَهُ فَقَالَ «اللهُمَّ رَبَّ السَّمَوَاتِ» فَقَالَ لَهُ عَبْدُ اللهِ قُلْ قَوْلًا وَلَا تَلْعَنْ فَسَكَتَ ثُمَّ قَالَ سَعْدٌ «أَمَا وَاللهِ لَوْلَا اتِّقَاءُ اللهِ لَدَعَوْتُ عَلَيْكَ دَعْوَةً لَا تُخْطِئُكَ»

     ✧ Ibn Masʿūd had a claim of money against Saʿd ؓ. Ibn Masʿūd said, “Pay the money that you owe.” Saʿd said, “Woe to you! What is between me and your money?” He said, “Pay the money that you owe.” Saʿd said, “By Allah, I see that you will meet evil from me. Are you anything but Ibn Masʿūd, a slave of the Banū Hudhayl?” He said, “Yes, by Allah, I am Ibn Masʿūd and you are Ibn Ḥamnah.” Hāshim b. ʿUtbah said to them, “You are both companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. People look to you.” Saʿd threw down a stick that was in his hand, then raised his hands and said, “O Allah, Lord of the heavens...” ʿAbdullāh said to him, “Say words, and do not curse.” So he fell silent. Then Saʿd said, “By Allah, were it not for fear of Allah, I would call upon you with a supplication that would not miss you.”

305. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 307No grade recorded

     بَيْنَمَا سَعْدٌ يَمْشِي إِذْ مَرَّ بِرَجُلٍ وَهُوَ يَشْتِمُ عَلِيًّا وَطَلْحَةَ وَالزُّبَيْرَ فَقَالَ لَهُ سَعْدٌ «إِنَّكَ تَشْتِمُ قَوْمًا قَدْ سَبَقَ لَهُمُ مِنَ اللهِ مَا سَبَقَ فَوَاللهِ لَتَكُفَّنَّ عَنْ شَتْمِهِمْ أَوْ لَأَدْعُوَنَّ اللهَ ﷻ عَلَيْكَ» فَقَالَ تُخَوِّفُنِي كَأَنَّكَ نَبِيٌّ فَقَالَ سَعْدٌ «اللهُمَّ إِنَّ هَذَا يَشْتِمُ أَقْوَامًا سَبَقَ لَهُمْ مِنْكَ مَا سَبَقَ فَاجْعَلْهُ الْيَوْمَ نَكَالًا» فَجَاءَتْ بُخْتِيَّةٌ فَأَفْرَجَ النَّاسُ لَهَا فَتَخَبَّطَتْهُ فَرَأَيْتُ النَّاسَ يَتَّبِعُونَ سَعْدًا وَيَقُولُونَ اسْتَجَابَ اللهُ لَكَ يَا أَبَا إِسْحَاقَ

     ✧ While Saʿd was walking, he passed by a man who was reviling ʿAlī, Ṭalḥah, and al-Zubayr. Saʿd said to him, “You are reviling people for whom Allah has already decreed what He has decreed. By Allah, you must stop reviling them, or I will supplicate Allah ﷻ against you.” The man said, “You frighten me as if you were a prophet.” Saʿd said, “O Allah, this man reviles people for whom You have already decreed what You have decreed, so make him an example today.” Then a Bactrian camel came, the people made way for it, and it trampled him. I saw the people following Saʿd, saying, “May Allah answer your supplication, O Abū Isḥāq.”

306. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 308No grade recorded

     أَنَّ أَهْلَ الْكُوفَةِ شَكَوْا سَعْدًا إِلَى عُمَرَ ؓ فَبَعَثَ رِجَالًا يَسْأَلُونَ عَنْهُ بِالْكُوفَةِ فَكَانُوا لَا يَأْتُونَ مَسْجِدًا مِنْ مَسَاجِدِ أَهْلِ الْكُوفَةِ إِلَّا أَثْنَوْا عَلَيْهِ خَيْرًا وَقَالُوا مَعْرُوفًا حَتَّى أَتَوْا مَسْجِدًا مِنْ مَسَاجِدِ بَنِي عَبْسٍ فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ يُقَالُ لَهُ أَبُو سَعْدَةَ فَقَالَ أَمَا إِذْ نَاشَدْتُمُونَا فَإِنَّهُ كَانَ لَا يَسِيرُ بِالسَّرِيَّةِ وَلَا يَعْدِلُ فِي الْقَضِيَّةِ وَلَا يَقْسِمُ بِالسَّوِيَّةِ فَقَالَ سَعْدٌ «اللهُمَّ إِنْ كَانَ كَاذِبًا فَأَعْمِ بَصَرَهُ وَأَطِلْ فَقْرَهُ وَعَرِّضْهُ لِلْفِتَنِ» قَالَ عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ فَأَنَا رَأَيْتُهُ يَتَعَرَّضُ لِلْإِمَاءِ فِي السِّكَكِ فَإِذَا سَأَلُوهُ كَيْفَ أَنْتَ أَبَا سَعْدَةَ؟ فَيَقُولُ كَبِيرٌ ضَرِيرٌ فَقِيرٌ مَفْتُونٌ أَصَابَتْنِي دَعْوَةُ سَعْدٍ قَالَ أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ «أَبُو سَعْدَةَ هُوَ جَدُّ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ»

     ✧ The people of Kufa complained about Saʿd to ʿUmar ؓ. He sent men to ask about him in Kufa. They did not come to any mosque of the people of Kufa except that they praised him and spoke well of him, until they came to a mosque of the Banū ʿAbs. A man called Abū Saʿdah stood up and said, “Since you have asked us, he does not lead raiding parties, he does not judge fairly, and he does not distribute equally.” Saʿd said, “O Allah, if he is lying, blind him, prolong his poverty, and expose him to trials.” ʿAbd al-Malik said, “I saw him accosting slave women in the streets. When they asked him, ‘How are you, Abū Saʿdah?’ he would say, ‘Old, blind, poor, and afflicted. The supplication of Saʿd has overtaken me.’” Abū al-Qāsim said, “Abū Saʿdah is the grandfather of Abū Bakr b. Abī Shaybah.”

307. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 309No grade recorded

     يُقَالُ لَهَا زِيرَا وَعَلَيْهَا قَمِيصٌ جَدِيدٌ فَكَشَفَتْهَا الرِّيحُ فَشَدَّ عَلَيْهَا عُمَرُ ؓ بِالدِّرَّةِ وَجَاءَ سَعْدٌ لِيَمْنَعَهُ فَتَنَاوَلَهُ بِالدِّرَّةِ فَذَهَبَ سَعْدٌ يَدْعُو عَلَى عُمَرَ فَنَاوَلَهُ عُمَرُ الدِّرَّةَ وَقَالَ اقْتَصَّ فَعَفَا عَنْ عُمَرَ ؓ

     ✧ She was called Zīrā, and she was wearing a new shirt. The wind uncovered her, so ʿUmar ؓ struck her with a whip. Saʿd came to stop him, and he struck him with the whip. Saʿd went to supplicate against ʿUmar, but ʿUmar handed him the whip and said, “Take retribution.” So he forgave ʿUmar ؓ.

308. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 310No grade recorded

     هَجَا رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ سَعْدًا فَقَالَ

     ✧ A Muslim man satirized Saʿd, and he said...

309. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 311No grade recorded

     ابْنُ عَمٍّ لَنَا يَوْمَ الْقَادِسِيَّةِ

     ✧ A cousin of ours on the day of al-Qādisiyyah.

310. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 312No grade recorded

     لِابْنِهِ حِينَ حَضَرَهُ الْمَوْتُ «يَا بُنَيَّ إِنَّكَ لَنْ تَلْقَى أَحَدًا هُوَ أَنْصَحُ لَكَ مِنِّي إِذَا أَرَدْتَ أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ فَأَحْسِنْ وُضُوءَكَ ثُمَّ صَلِّ صَلَاةً لَا تَرَى أَنَّكَ تُصَلِّي بَعْدَهَا وَإِيَّاكَ وَالطَّمَعَ فَإِنَّهُ فَقْرٌ حَاضِرٌ وَعَلَيْكَ بِالْيَأْسِ فَإِنَّهُ الْغِنَى وَإِيَّاكَ وَمَا يُعْتَذَرُ مِنْهُ مِنَ الْعَمَلِ وَالْقَوْلِ وَاعْمَلْ مَا بَدَا لَكَ»

     ✧ To his son when death came to him: “O my son, you will never meet anyone more sincere to you than I am. When you want to pray, perform your ablution well, then pray a prayer such that you do not think you will pray after it. Beware of greed, for it is present poverty. And cling to despair [of what people have], for that is wealth. Beware of doing or saying anything for which you would have to apologize. Do what seems right to you.”

311. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 313No grade recorded

     سَعْدُ بْنُ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ «مَا أَسْلَمَ أَحَدٌ إِلَّا فِي الْيَوْمِ الَّذِي أَسْلَمْتُ فِيهِ وَلَقَدْ مَكَثْتُ سَبْعَةَ أَيَّامٍ وَإِنِّي لَثُلُثُ الْإِسْلَامِ»

     ✧ Saʿd b. Abī Waqqāṣ: “No one embraced Islam on the day I did, and I remained for seven days while I was a third of Islam.”

312. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 314No grade recorded

     سَمِعْتُ سَعْدَ بْنَ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ يَقُولُ «إِنِّي لَأَوَّلُ رَجُلٍ مُسْلِمٍ رَمَى بِسَهْمٍ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ ﷻ»

     ✧ I heard Sa'd b. Abi Waqqas say: "Indeed, I am the first Muslim man to shoot an arrow in the cause of God, Mighty and Majestic."

313. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 315No grade recorded

     أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ جَمَعَ لَهُ أَبَوَيْهِ قَالَ كَانَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ قَدْ أَحْرَقَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لِسَعْدٍ «ارْمِ فِدَاكَ أَبِي وَأُمِّي» قَالَ فَنَزَعْتُ بِسَهْمٍ لَيْسَ فِيهِ نَصْلٌ فَأَصَبْتُ جَنْبَهُ فَوَقَعَ وَانْكَشَفَتْ عَوْرَتُهُ فَضَحِكَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ حَتَّى نَظَرْتُ إِلَى نَوَاجِذِهِ

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ combined his parents for him. He said: "A man from the polytheists had incited the Muslims, so the Prophet ﷺ said to Sa'd: 'Shoot, may my father and mother be your ransom.'" He said: "So I drew a blunt arrow and struck his side. He fell, and his private parts were exposed, and the Prophet ﷺ laughed until I saw his molars."

314. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 316No grade recorded

     «كَفِّنُونِي فِيهَا فَإِنِّي لَقِيتُ فِيهَا الْمُشْرِكِينَ يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ وَإِنَّمَا كُنْتُ أُخَبِّؤُهَا لِهَذَا»

     ✧ "Shroud me in it, for in it I faced the polytheists on the day of Badr, and I was keeping it for this."

315. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 317No grade recorded

     «كَانَ أَبِي إِذَا صَلَّى فِي الْمَسْجِدِ تَجَوَّزَ وَأَتَمَّ الرُّكُوعَ وَالسُّجُودَ وَإِذَا صَلَّى فِي الْبَيْتِ أَطَالَ الرُّكُوعَ وَالسُّجُودَ وَالصَّلَاةَ» قُلْتُ يَا أَبَتَاهُ إِذَا صَلَّيْتَ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ جَوَّزْتَ وَإِذَا خَلَوْتَ فِي الْبَيْتِ أَطَلْتَ قَالَ «يَا بُنَيَّ إِنَّنَا أَئِمَّةٌ يُقْتَدَى بِنَا»

     ✧ "When my father prayed in the mosque, he was brief but completed the bowing and prostration; when he prayed at home, he prolonged the bowing, prostration, and prayer." I said: "O father, when you pray in the mosque you are brief, but when you are alone at home you lengthen it." He said: "O my son, we are leaders who are followed."

316. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 318No grade recorded

     يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ كُنْتُ أَرْمِي بَيْنَ يَدَيِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَأَضَعُ السَّهْمَ فِي كَبِدِ الْقَوْسِ أَقُولُ اللهُمَّ زَلْزِلْ أَقْدَامَهُمْ وَأَرْعِبْ قُلُوبَهُمْ وَافْعَلْ بِهِمْ وَافْعَلْ فَيَقُولُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «اللهُمَّ اسْتَجِبْ لِسَعْدٍ»

     ✧ On the day of Badr, I was shooting before the Prophet ﷺ. I placed the arrow on the bowstring and said: 'O God, make their feet slip, terrify their hearts, and do to them such and such.' The Prophet ﷺ said: 'O God, answer Sa'd.'

317. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 319No grade recorded

     عَنْ هَذِهِ الْحُكُومَةِ فَعَصَيْتُمُونِي» فَقَامَ إِلَيْهِ فَتًى آدَمُ فَقَالَ إِنَّكَ وَاللهِ مَا نَهَيْتَنَا وَلَكِنَّكَ أَمَرْتَنَا وَدمَّرْتَنَا فَلَمَّا كَانَ فِيهَا مَا تَكْرَهُ بَرَّأَتَ نَفْسَكَ وَنَحَلْتَنَا ذَنْبَكَ فَقَالَ لَهُ عَلِيٌّ ؓ «وَمَا أَنْتَ وَهَذَا الْكَلَامُ قَبَّحَكَ اللهُ وَاللهِ لَقَدْ كَانَتِ الْجَمَاعَةُ فَكُنْتَ فِيهَا خَامِلًا فَلَمَّا ظَهَرَتِ الْفِتْنَةُ نَجَّمْتَ فِيهَا نُجُومَ قَرْنِ الْمَاعِزَةِ» ثُمَّ الْتَفَتَ إِلَى النَّاسِ فَقَالَ «لِلَّهِ مَنْزِلٌ نَزَلَهُ سَعْدُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ وَعَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ وَاللهِ لَئِنْ كَانَ ذَنْبًا إِنَّهُ لَصَغِيرٌ مَغْفُورٌ وَلَئِنِ كَانَ حَسَنًا إِنَّهُ لَعَظِيمٌ مَشْكُورٌ»

     ✧ "You disobeyed me concerning this arbitration." A dark-complexioned youth stood up to him and said: "By God, you did not forbid us; rather, you commanded us and destroyed us. When something you disliked happened, you absolved yourself and saddled us with your sin." 'Ali ؓ said to him: "What have you to do with this speech? May God disfigure you! By God, there was a community and you were insignificant in it. When the strife appeared, you emerged in it like the horns of a goat." Then he turned to the people and said: "For God is the standing of Sa'd b. Malik and 'Abd Allah b. 'Umar. By God, if it was a sin, it is small and forgiven; and if it was a good deed, it is great and appreciated."

318. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 320No grade recorded

     لَمَّا أُصِيبَ عُمَرُ ؓ أَخَذَ يُوصِي لِأَهْلِ الشُّورَى «إِنْ أَصَابَ سَعْدًا فَذَلِكَ وَإِلَّا فَلْيَسْتَعِنْ بِهِ الَّذِي اسْتَخْلَفَ فَإِنِّي لَمْ أَنْزِعْهُ مِنْ عَجْزٍ وَلَا خِيَانٍة»

     ✧ When 'Umar ؓ was wounded, he began advising the people of the council: "If Sa'd is chosen, then that is it; otherwise let the one appointed seek his help, for I did not remove him out of incapacity or betrayal."

319. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 321No grade recorded

     وَقَالَ هَهُنَا اجْلِسْ لِلنَّاسِ فَاعْتَذَرَ إِلَيْهِ سَعْدٌ وَحَلَفَ مَا تَكَلَّمَ بِالْكَلِمَةِ الَّتِي بَلَغَتْ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ

     ✧ He said: "Sit here for the people." Sa'd apologized to him and swore that he had not spoken the word that had reached the Commander of the Faithful.

320. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 322No grade recorded

     «لَا أُقَاتِلُ حَتَّى تَأْتُونِي بِسَيْفٍ لَهُ عَيْنَانِ وَلِسَانٌ وَشَفَتَانِ يَعْرِفُ الْمُؤْمِنَ مِنَ الْكَافِرِ فَقَدْ جَاهَدْتُ وَأَنَا أَعْرِفُ الْجِهَادَ»

     ✧ "I will not fight until you bring me a sword with two eyes, a tongue, and lips that recognizes the believer from the disbeliever, for I have struggled while knowing jihad."

321. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 323No grade recorded

     كُنَّا عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَأَقْبَلَ سَعْدُ بْنُ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «هَذَا خَالِي فَلْيُرِنِي امْرُؤٌ خَالَهُ»

     ✧ We were with the Prophet ﷺ when Sa'd b. Abi Waqqas approached. The Prophet ﷺ said: "This is my maternal uncle; let a man show me his uncle."

322. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 324No grade recorded

     قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «قَتْلُ الْمُسْلِمِ كُفْرٌ وَسِبَابُهُ فُسُوقٌ وَلَا يَحِلُّ لِمُسْلِمٍ أَنْ يَهْجُرَ أَخَاهُ فَوْقَ ثَلَاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ»

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ said: "Killing a Muslim is disbelief, insulting him is wickedness, and it is not lawful for a Muslim to abandon his brother for more than three days."

323. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 325No grade recorded

     سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «سِبَابُ الْمُسْلِمِ فُسُوقٌ وَقِتَالُهُ كُفْرٌ»

     ✧ I heard the Messenger of God ﷺ say: "Insulting a Muslim is wickedness, and fighting him is disbelief."

324. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 292No grade recorded

     أُمُّ سَعْدِ بْنِ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ حَمْنَةُ بِنْتُ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ بْنِ أُمَيَّةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ شَمْسِ بْنِ عَبْدِ مَنَافٍ وَأُمُّهَا بِنْتُ أَبِي سَرْحِ بْنِ حَبِيبِ بْنِ جَذِيمَةَ بْنِ نَصْرِ بْنِ مَالِكِ بْنِ حَسَلِ بْنِ عَامِرِ بْنِ لُؤَيِّ بْنِ غَالِبٍ

     ✧ The mother of Saʿd b. Abī Waqqāṣ was Ḥamnāh bt. Abī Sufyān b. Umayyah b. ʿAbd Shams b. ʿAbd Manāf, and her mother was the daughter of Abī Sarḥ b. Ḥabīb b. Jadhīmah b. Naṣr b. Mālik b. Ḥasal b. ʿĀmir b. Luʾayy b. Ghālib.

325. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 293No grade recorded

     «كَانَ سَعْدُ بْنُ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ جَعْدَ الشَّعْرِ أَشْعَرَ الْجَسَدِ آدَمَ طَوِيلًا أَفْطَسَ»

     ✧ "Saʿd b. Abī Waqqāṣ had curly hair, a hairy body, was tall, dark-skinned, and flat-nosed."

326. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 294No grade recorded

     «كَانَ أَبِي رَجُلًا قَصِيرًا دَحْدَاحًا غَلِيظًا ذَا هَامَةٍ شَثْنَ الْأَصَابِعِ وَقَدْ شَهِدَ بَدْرًا»

     ✧ "My father was a short, stout, thick-set man with a large head and coarse fingers, and he had witnessed Badr."

327. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 295No grade recorded

     «أَنَّ سَعْدَ بْنَ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ كَانَ يَخْضِبُ بِالسَّوَادِ»

     ✧ "Saʿd b. Abī Waqqāṣ used to dye his hair black."

328. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 296No grade recorded

     «أَنَّ سَعْدًا كَانَ يَخْضِبُ بِالسَّوَادِ»

     ✧ "Saʿd used to dye his hair black."

329. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 297No grade recorded

     «اشْتَرَكْنَا يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ أَنَا وَعَمَّارٌ وَسَعْدٌ فِي النَّفْلِ فَأَصَابَ سَعْدٌ أَسِيرَيْنِ وَأَخْفَقْتُ أَنَا وَعَمَّارٌ»

     ✧ "On the day of Badr, I, ʿAmmār, and Saʿd shared in the spoils. Saʿd got two captives, while I and ʿAmmār got nothing."

330. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 326No grade recorded

     جَاءَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ إِنَّ أَبِي كَانَ يَصِلُ الرَّحِمَ وَكَانَ وَكَانَ فَأَيْنَ هُوَ؟ قَالَ فِي النَّارِ فَكَأنَّ الْأَعْرَابِيَّ وُجِدَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ فَأَيْنَ أَبُوكَ؟ قَالَ «حَيْثُ مَا مَرَرْتَ بِقَبْرِ كَافِرٍ فَبَشِّرْهُ بِالنَّارِ» قَالَ فَأَسْلَمَ الْأَعْرَابِيُّ بَعْدُ فَقَالَ لَقَدْ كَلَّفَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ تَعَبًا مَا مَرَرْتُ بِقَبْرِ كَافِرٍ إِلَّا بَشَّرْتُهُ بِالنَّارِ

     ✧ A bedouin came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "My father used to maintain ties of kinship, and he was, and he was—so where is he?" He said, "In the Fire." It was as if the bedouin was hurt by that, so he said, "O Messenger of God, then where is your father?" He said, "Wherever you pass by the grave of a disbeliever, give him tidings of the Fire." The bedouin later accepted Islam, and he said, "The Messenger of God ﷺ tasked me with a burden; I never passed by the grave of a disbeliever except that I gave him tidings of the Fire."

331. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 327No grade recorded

     قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَنْ أَرَادَ هَوَانَ قُرَيْشٍ أَهَانَهُ اللهُ»

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ said, "Whoever desires humiliation for Quraysh, God will humiliate him."

332. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 328No grade recorded

     أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ لِعَلِيٍّ ؓ «أَنْتَ مِنِّي بِمَنْزِلَةِ هَارُونَ مِنْ مُوسَى»

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ said to 'Ali ؓ, "You are to me in the position of Harun to Musa."

333. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 329No grade recorded

     قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّ مِنَ السَّعَادَةِ الزَّوْجَةَ الصَّالِحَةَ وَالْمَسْكَنَ الصَّالِحَ وَالْمَرْكَبَ الصَّالِحَ وَإِنَّ مِنِ الشَّقَاءِ الزَّوْجَةَ السُّوءَ وَالْمَسْكَنَ السُّوءَ وَالْمَرْكَبَ السُّوءَ

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ said, "Indeed, part of happiness is a righteous wife, a good dwelling, and a good mount. And indeed, part of misery is a bad wife, a bad dwelling, and a bad mount."

334. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 330No grade recorded

     ذُكِرَ الطَّاعُونُ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ «رِجْزٌ أَصَابَ مَنْ قَبْلَكُمْ إِذَا كَانَ بِأَرْضٍ وَأَنْتُمْ بِهَا فَلَا تَخْرُجْ مِنْهَا وَإِنْ كَانَ بِهَا فَلَا تَدْخُلْهَا»

     ✧ The plague was mentioned in the presence of the Messenger of God ﷺ, and he said, "It is a punishment that afflicted those before you. If it occurs in a land while you are in it, do not leave it, and if it occurs in a land, do not enter it."

335. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 331aNo grade recorded

     نَزَلَتْ فِيَّ ثَلَاثُ آيَاتٍ مِنْ كِتَابِ اللهِ ﷻ نَزَلَ تَحْرِيمُ الْخَمْرِ نَادَمْتُ رَجُلًا فَعَارَضْتُهُ وَعَارَضَنِي فَعَرْبَدْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَشَجَجْتُهُ فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ تَعَالَى {يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِنَّمَا الْخَمْرُ وَالْمَيْسِرُ} إِلَى قَوْلِهِ {فَهَلِ أَنْتُمْ مُنْتَهُونَ} وَنَزَلَتْ فِيَّ {وَوَصَّيْنَا الْإِنْسَانَ بِوَالِدَيْهِ إِحْسَانًا حَمَلَتْهُ أُمُّهُ كُرْهًا} إِلَى آخِرِ الْآيَةِ وَنَزَلَتْ {يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِذَا نَاجَيْتُمُ الرَّسُولَ فَقَدِّمُوا بَيْنَ يَدَيْ نَجْوَاكُمْ صَدَقَةً} فَقَدَّمْتُ شَعِيرَةً فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِنَّكَ لَزَهِيدٌ» فَنَزَلَتِ الْأُخْرَى {أَأَشْفَقْتُمْ أَنْ تُقَدِّمُوا بَيْنَ يَدَيْ نَجْوَاكُمْ صَدَقَاتٍ} الْآيَةَ كُلَّهَا

     ✧ Three verses from the Book of God (Mighty and Sublime) were revealed concerning me. When the prohibition of wine was revealed, I had been drinking with a man; I opposed him and he opposed me, and I became rowdy with him and wounded him. Then God (Exalted is He) revealed, {O you who believe, wine and gambling...} up to His saying {So will you desist?} And there was revealed concerning me, {And We have enjoined upon man goodness to his parents. His mother carried him with hardship} to the end of the verse. And there was revealed, {O you who believe, when you consult the Messenger in private, give charity before your private consultation.} So I offered a barley grain, and the Messenger of God ﷺ said, "You are indeed frugal." Then the other was revealed, {Are you afraid to give charities before your private consultation?} the entire verse.

336. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 331bNo grade recorded

     نَزَلَتْ فِيَّ ثَلَاثُ آيَاتٍ مِنْ كِتَابِ اللهِ ﷻ نَزَلَ تَحْرِيمُ الْخَمْرِ نَادَمْتُ رَجُلًا فَعَارَضْتُهُ وَعَارَضَنِي فَعَرْبَدْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَشَجَجْتُهُ فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ تَعَالَى {يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِنَّمَا الْخَمْرُ وَالْمَيْسِرُ} إِلَى قَوْلِهِ {فَهَلِ أَنْتُمْ مُنْتَهُونَ} وَنَزَلَتْ فِيَّ {وَوَصَّيْنَا الْإِنْسَانَ بِوَالِدَيْهِ إِحْسَانًا حَمَلَتْهُ أُمُّهُ كُرْهًا} إِلَى آخِرِ الْآيَةِ وَنَزَلَتْ {يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِذَا نَاجَيْتُمُ الرَّسُولَ فَقَدِّمُوا بَيْنَ يَدَيْ نَجْوَاكُمْ صَدَقَةً} فَقَدَّمْتُ شَعِيرَةً فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِنَّكَ لَزَهِيدٌ» فَنَزَلَتِ الْأُخْرَى {أَأَشْفَقْتُمْ أَنْ تُقَدِّمُوا بَيْنَ يَدَيْ نَجْوَاكُمْ صَدَقَاتٍ} الْآيَةَ كُلَّهَا

     ✧ Three verses from the Book of God (Mighty and Sublime) were revealed concerning me. When the prohibition of wine was revealed, I had been drinking with a man; I opposed him and he opposed me, and I became rowdy with him and wounded him. Then God (Exalted is He) revealed, {O you who believe, wine and gambling...} up to His saying {So will you desist?} And there was revealed concerning me, {And We have enjoined upon man goodness to his parents. His mother carried him with hardship} to the end of the verse. And there was revealed, {O you who believe, when you consult the Messenger in private, give charity before your private consultation.} So I offered a barley grain, and the Messenger of God ﷺ said, "You are indeed frugal." Then the other was revealed, {Are you afraid to give charities before your private consultation?} the entire verse.

337. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 331cNo grade recorded

     نَزَلَتْ فِيَّ ثَلَاثُ آيَاتٍ مِنْ كِتَابِ اللهِ ﷻ نَزَلَ تَحْرِيمُ الْخَمْرِ نَادَمْتُ رَجُلًا فَعَارَضْتُهُ وَعَارَضَنِي فَعَرْبَدْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَشَجَجْتُهُ فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ تَعَالَى {يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِنَّمَا الْخَمْرُ وَالْمَيْسِرُ} إِلَى قَوْلِهِ {فَهَلِ أَنْتُمْ مُنْتَهُونَ} وَنَزَلَتْ فِيَّ {وَوَصَّيْنَا الْإِنْسَانَ بِوَالِدَيْهِ إِحْسَانًا حَمَلَتْهُ أُمُّهُ كُرْهًا} إِلَى آخِرِ الْآيَةِ وَنَزَلَتْ {يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِذَا نَاجَيْتُمُ الرَّسُولَ فَقَدِّمُوا بَيْنَ يَدَيْ نَجْوَاكُمْ صَدَقَةً} فَقَدَّمْتُ شَعِيرَةً فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِنَّكَ لَزَهِيدٌ» فَنَزَلَتِ الْأُخْرَى {أَأَشْفَقْتُمْ أَنْ تُقَدِّمُوا بَيْنَ يَدَيْ نَجْوَاكُمْ صَدَقَاتٍ} الْآيَةَ كُلَّهَا

     ✧ Three verses from the Book of God (Mighty and Sublime) were revealed concerning me. When the prohibition of wine was revealed, I had been drinking with a man; I opposed him and he opposed me, and I became rowdy with him and wounded him. Then God (Exalted is He) revealed, {O you who believe, wine and gambling...} up to His saying {So will you desist?} And there was revealed concerning me, {And We have enjoined upon man goodness to his parents. His mother carried him with hardship} to the end of the verse. And there was revealed, {O you who believe, when you consult the Messenger in private, give charity before your private consultation.} So I offered a barley grain, and the Messenger of God ﷺ said, "You are indeed frugal." Then the other was revealed, {Are you afraid to give charities before your private consultation?} the entire verse.

338. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 333No grade recorded

     أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ لِعَلِيٍّ «أَنْتَ مِنِّي بِمَنْزِلَةِ هَارُونَ مِنْ مُوسَى»

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ said to 'Ali, "You are to me in the position of Harun to Musa."

339. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 334No grade recorded

     قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لِعَلِيٍّ «أَنْتَ مِنِّي بِمَنْزِلَةِ هَارُونَ مِنْ مُوسَى إِلَّا أَنَّهُ لَا نَبِيَّ بَعْدِي»

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ said to 'Ali, "You are to me in the position of Harun to Musa, except that there is no prophet after me."

340. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 339No grade recorded

     قَدِمَ سَعِيدُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ مِنَ الشَّامِ بَعْدَ مَقْدِمِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ مِنْ بَدْرٍ فَكَلَّمَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فِي سَهْمِهِ فَقَالَ لَهُ «سَهْمُكَ» قَالَ فَأَجْرِي يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ قَالَ «وَأَجْرُكَ»

     ✧ Sa'id b. Zayd arrived from Syria after the Prophet ﷺ had arrived from Badr. He spoke to the Prophet ﷺ about his share, so he said to him, "Your share." He said, "And my reward, O Messenger of God?" He said, "And your reward."

341. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 340No grade recorded

     «تُوُفِّيَ سَعِيدُ بْنُ زَيْدِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ نُفَيْلٍ سَنَةَ إِحْدَى وَخَمْسِينَ وَسَنَةَ بِضْعٍ وَسَبْعِينَ وَدُفِنَ بِالْمَدِينَةِ وَمَاتَ بِالْعَقِيقِ وَنَزَلَ فِي قَبْرِهِ سَعْدُ بْنُ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ وَابْنُ عُمَرَ وَيُكَنَّى أَبَا الْأَعْوَرِ»

     ✧ Sa'id b. Zayd b. Amr b. Nufayl died in the year fifty-one, or in the seventies, and was buried in Madinah. He died at al-Aqiq, and Sa'd b. Abi Waqqas and Ibn Umar went down into his grave. His kunya was Abu al-A'war.

342. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 341No grade recorded

     «أَنَّ سَعْدَ بْنَ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ غَسَّلَ سَعِيدَ بْنَ زَيْدٍ بِالسَّجَرَةِ»

     ✧ Sa'd b. Abi Waqqas washed Sa'id b. Zayd at al-Sajara.

343. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 342No grade recorded

     سَرَقَ مِنِّي أَرْضِي فَأَدْخَلَهَا فِي أَرْضِهِ فَقَالَ سَعِيدٌ مَا كُنْتُ لِأَسْرِقَ مِنْهَا بَعْدَمَا سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «مَنْ سَرَقَ شِبْرًا مِنَ الْأَرْضِ طُوِّقَ إِلَى سَبْعِ الْأَرْضِينَ» فَقَالَ لَا أَسْأَلُكُ بَعْدَ هَذَا فَقَالَ سَعِيدٌ اللهُمَّ إِنْ كَانَتْ كَاذِبَةً فَأَذْهِبْ بَصَرَهَا وَاقْتُلْهَا فِي أَرْضِهَا فَذَهَبَ بَصَرُهَا وَوَقَعَتْ فِي حُفْرَةٍ فِي أَرْضِهَا فَمَاتَتْ

     ✧ She stole my land and incorporated it into her land. Sa'id said, "I would not steal from her after I heard the Messenger of God ﷺ say, 'Whoever steals a span of land will be collared with it down to the seven earths.'" She said, "I will not dispute with you after this." Sa'id said, "O God, if she is lying, take away her sight and kill her in her land." Her sight was taken away, and she fell into a pit in her land and died.

344. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 343No grade recorded

     سَمِعْتُ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ يَقُولُ «مَاتَ سَعِيدُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ سَنَةَ إِحْدَى وَخَمْسِينَ بِالْمَدِينَةِ»

     ✧ I heard Muhammad ibn Abdullah ibn Numayr saying, "Sa'id ibn Zaid died in the year fifty-one in Medina."

345. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 344No grade recorded

     «إِنِّي لَمْ أَغْتَسِلْ مِنْ غُسْلِ سَعِيدٍ إِنَّمَا اغْتَسَلْتُ مِنَ الْحَرِّ»

     ✧ I did not wash from the washing of Sa'id; I washed only because of the heat.

346. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 345No grade recorded

     رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الشَّامِ مَا يَحْبِسُكَ؟ قَالَ حَتَّى يَجِيءَ سَعِيدُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ فَيُبَايِعَ فَإِنَّهُ أَنْبَلُ أَهْلِ الْبَلَدِ فَإِذَا بَايَعَ النَّاسَ بَايَعَ النَّاسُ

     ✧ A man from Syria said, "What is holding you back?" He said, "Until Sa'id b. Zayd comes and gives allegiance, for he is the most noble of the people of the land. When he gives allegiance to the people, the people give allegiance."

347. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 346No grade recorded

     أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «سَيَكُونُ بَعْدِي فِتَنٌ يَكُونُ فِيهَا وَيَكُونُ» فَقُلْنَا إِنْ أَدْرَكْنَا ذَلِكَ هَلَكْنَا؟ قَالَ «بِحَسْبِ أَصْحَابِي الْقَتْلُ»

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ said, "There will be after me trials, and in them there will be, and there will be." We said, "If we live to see that, we will perish?" He said, "The killing will be enough for my Companions."

348. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 348No grade recorded

     ذَكَرَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْفِتَنَ فَقُلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ كُلُّ مَفْتُونٍ فِيهَا هَالِكٌ؟ قَالَ «حَسْبُكُمُ الْقَتْلُ»

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ mentioned the trials, so we said, "O Messenger of God, will everyone tried in them perish?" He said, "The killing will be enough for you."

349. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 349No grade recorded

     ذَكَرَ فِتْنَةً يَعْنِي النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَقِطَعِ اللَّيْلِ الْمُظْلِمِ فَقَالَ «يَذْهَبُ النَّاسُ فِيهَا أَسْرَعَ ذَهَابٍ» فَقِيلَ كُلُّهُمْ هَالِكٌ؟ قَالَ «حَسْبُهُمُ الْقَتْلُ»

     ✧ He mentioned a tribulation — meaning the Prophet ﷺ — like patches of dark night. He said, "People will go in it in the quickest going." It was said, "Will all of them perish?" He said, "The killing will be enough for them."

350. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 350No grade recorded

     أَمَا إِنَّ الَّذِي تَطْلُبُ سَيَظْهَرُ بِأَرْضِكَ فَأَقْبَلَ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ لَبَّيْكَ حَقًّا حَقًّا تَعَبُّدًا وَرِقًّا الْبِرَّ أَبْغِي لَا الْحَالَ وَهَلْ مُهَاجِرٌ كَمَنْ قَالَ عُذْتُ بِمَا عَاذَ بِهِ إِبْرَاهِيمُ وَهُوَ قَائِمٌ وَأَنْفِي لَكَ اللهُمَّ عَانٍ رَاغِمٍ مَهْمَا تَجَشَّمَنِي فَإِنِّي جَاشِمٌ ثُمَّ يَخِرُّ فَيَسْجُدُ لِلْكَعْبَةِ قَالَ فَمَرَّ زَيْدُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو بِالنَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَزَيْدِ بْنِ حَارِثَةَ وَهُمَا يَأْكُلَانِ مِنْ سُفْرَةٍ لَهُمَا فَدَعَيَاهُ فَقَالَ يَا ابْنَ أَخِي لَا آكُلُ مِمَّا ذُبِحَ عَلَى النُّصُبِ قَالَ فَمَا رُؤِيَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَأْكُلُ مِمَّا ذُبِحَ عَلَى النُّصُبِ مِنْ يَوْمِهِ ذَلِكَ حَتَّى بُعِثَ قَالَ وَجَاءَ سَعِيدُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ زَيْدًا كَانَ كَمَا رَأَيْتَ أَوْ كَمَا بَلَغَكَ فَاسْتَغْفِرْ لَهُ قَالَ «نَعَمْ فَاسْتَغْفَرَ لَهُ فَإِنَّهُ يُبْعَثُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ أُمَّةً وَحْدَهُ»

     ✧ Indeed, the one you seek will appear in your land. He turned back saying: "At Your service, truly, truly, in worship and servitude. I seek piety, not the transient. Is an emigrant like one who said: I seek refuge in what Ibrahim sought refuge, while he was standing? I disown for You, O God, a submissive, compelled one. Whatever You burden me with, I will bear." Then he fell down and prostrated to the Kaaba. He said: Zayd b. Amr passed by the Prophet ﷺ and Zayd b. Haritha while they were eating from a traveling provision of theirs. They invited him, so he said, "O son of my brother, I do not eat from what is slaughtered on the stone altars." He said: The Prophet ﷺ was not seen eating from what is slaughtered on the stone altars from that day until he was sent as a prophet. He said: Sa'id b. Zayd came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "O Messenger of God, Zayd was as you saw, or as you have heard. Pray for forgiveness for him." He said, "Yes," so he prayed for forgiveness for him, "for he will be resurrected on the Day of Resurrection as a nation alone."

351. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 351No grade recorded

     أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ احْتَضَنَ حَسَنًا فَقَالَ «اللهُمَّ إِنِّي قَدْ أَحْبَبْتُهُ فَأَحِبَّهُ»

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ embraced Hasan and said: “O Allah, I have loved him, so love him.”

352. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 352No grade recorded

     عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنْ قُتِلَ دُونَ مَالِهِ فَهُوَ شَهِيدٌ»

     ✧ From the Prophet ﷺ, he said: “Whoever is killed defending his property is a martyr.”

353. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 353No grade recorded

     سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «مَنْ قَاتَلَ دُونَ مَالِهِ حَتَّى يُقْتَلَ فَهُوَ شَهِيدٌ»

     ✧ I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: “Whoever fights in defense of his property until he is killed is a martyr.”

354. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 354No grade recorded

     سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «مَنْ قُتِلَ دُونَ مَالِهِ فَهُوَ شَهِيدٌ»

     ✧ I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: “Whoever is killed defending his property is a martyr.”

355. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 355No grade recorded

     سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «مَنِ انْتَقَصَ شِبْرًا مِنَ الْأَرْضِ ظُلْمًا طَوَّقَهُ اللهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ مِنْ سَبْعِ أَرَضِينَ»

     ✧ I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "Whoever unjustly diminishes even a handspan of the earth, Allah will encircle him on the Day of Judgment from seven earths."

356. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 356No grade recorded

     سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ عَلَى حِرَاءٍ فَتَحَرَّكَ فَضَرَبَ بِرِجْلِهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ «اسْكُنْ حِرَاءُ فَإِنَّهُ لَيْسَ عَلَيْكَ إِلَّا نَبِيٌّ أَوْ صِدِّيقٌ أَوْ شَهِيدٌ» وَهَؤُلَاءِ الْقَوْمُ مَعَهُ أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ وَعُثْمَانُ وَعَلِيٌّ وَطَلْحَةُ وَالزُّبَيْرُ وَسَعْدٌ وَعَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَوْفٍ وَأَنَا يَعْنِي نَفْسَهُ

     ✧ I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while he was on Hira. It shook, so he struck it with his foot and said: “Be still, Hira, for upon you is none but a prophet, a siddiq, or a martyr.” And these people were with him: Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman, Ali, Talhah, al-Zubayr, Sa'd, Abd al-Rahman b. Awf, and myself—meaning himself.

357. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 357No grade recorded

     عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ مِنْ أَرْبَى الرِّبَا اسْتِطَالَةُ الْمَرْءِ فِي عِرْضِ الْمُسْلِمِ بِغَيْرِ حَقٍّ وَإِنَّ هَذِهِ الرَّحِمَ شَجْنَةٌ مِنَ الرَّحْمَنِ مَنْ قَطَعَهَا حَرَّمَ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ الْجَنَّةَ

     ✧ From the Prophet ﷺ, he said: “Among the worst forms of usury is a man’s attack on the honor of a Muslim without right. Indeed this womb-relationship is a branch of the Most Merciful; whoever severs it, Allah forbids him Paradise.”

358. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 358No grade recorded

     أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ بْنُ الْجَرَّاحِ هُوَ عَامِرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْجَرَّاحِ بْنِ هِلَالِ بْنِ وُهَيْبِ بْنِ ضَبَّةَ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ فِهْرٍ لَمْ يُعَقِّبْ وَأُمُّ أَبِي عُبَيْدَةَ أُمُّ غَنْمٍ بِنْتُ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ بْنِ الْعَلَاءِ بْنِ عَامِرِ بْنِ عَمِيرَةَ بْنِ وَدِيعَةَ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ فِهْرٍ

     ✧ Abu Ubaydah b. al-Jarrah—he is Amir b. Abd Allah b. al-Jarrah b. Hilal b. Uhayb b. Dabbah b. al-Harith b. Fihr—left no descendants. The mother of Abu Ubaydah was Umm Ghanm bt. Jabir b. Abd b. al-Ala b. Amir b. Umayrah b. Wadi'ah b. al-Harith b. Fihr.

359. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 335No grade recorded

     سَعِيدُ بْنُ زَيْدِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ نُفَيْلِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْعُزَّى بْنِ رَبَاحِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ قُرْطِ بْنِ رَزَاحِ بْنِ عَدِيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ يُكَنَّى أَبَا الْأَعْوَرِ وَأُمُّهُ فَاطِمَةُ بِنْتُ نَعْجَةَ بْنِ أُمَيَّةَ بْنِ خُوَيْلِدٍ مِنْ خُزَاعَةَ

     ✧ Sa'id b. Zayd b. 'Amr b. Nufayl b. 'Abd al-'Uzza b. Rabah b. 'Abd Allah b. Qurt b. Razah b. 'Adi b. Ka'b; his kunya is Abu al-A'war, and his mother is Fatimah bt. Na'jah b. Umayyah b. Khuwaylid, from Khuza'ah.

360. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 336No grade recorded

     «كَانَ سَعِيدُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ طُوَالًا آدَمَ أَشْعَرَ»

     ✧ Sa'id b. Zayd was tall, dark-skinned, and hairy.

361. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 337No grade recorded

     سَمِعْتُ أَبَا حَفْصٍ عَمْرَو بْنَ عَلِيٍّ يَقُولُ «كَانَ سَعِيدُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ آدَمَ طُوَالًا أَشْعَرَ»

     ✧ I heard Abu Hafs Amr b. Ali say: Sa'id b. Zayd was dark-skinned, tall, and very hairy.

362. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 338No grade recorded

     سَعِيدُ بْنُ زَيْدِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ نُفَيْلٍ قَدِمَ مِنَ الشَّامِ بَعْدَ مَا رَجَعَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مِنْ بَدْرٍ فَكَلَّمَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَضَرَبَ لَهُ بِسَهْمِهِ قَالَ وَأَجْرِي يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ زَعَمُوا؟ قَالَ «وَأَجْرُكَ»

     ✧ Sa'id b. Zayd b. Amr b. Nufayl arrived from Syria after the Messenger of God ﷺ had returned from Badr. He spoke to the Messenger of God ﷺ, so he allotted him his share. He said, "And my reward, O Messenger of God, as they claim?" He said, "And your reward."

363. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 362No grade recorded

     فَسَبَقَهُ فَلَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ عَقِيصَتَيْ أَبِي عُبَيْدَةَ يَقْفِزَانِ وَهُوَ خَلْفَهُ عَلَى فَرَسٍ عَرَبِيٍّ

     ✧ He got ahead of him. Indeed I saw the two forelocks of Abu Ubaydah bobbing as he galloped behind him on an Arabian horse.

364. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 363No grade recorded

     وَيُقَالُ صَلَّى عَلَيْهِ مُعَاذُ بْنُ جَبَلٍ»

     ✧ It is said that Mu'adh b. Jabal prayed over him.

365. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 364No grade recorded

     شَأْنُهَا فِي نَفْسِ الْحَارِثِ فَفَرَقَ مِنْهَا حِينَ رَآهَا «فَأَقْسَمَ لَهُ أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ بِاللهِ مَا يُحِبُّ أَنَّ لَهُ بِهَا حُمُرَ النَّعَمِ»

     ✧ Its matter concerning al-Harith himself, and he feared for it when he saw it. Abu Ubaydah swore to him by Allah that he would not love to have in exchange for it red camels.

366. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 359No grade recorded

     «أَبُو عُبَيْدٍ عَامِرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْجَرَّاحِ»

     ✧ “Abu Ubayd Amir b. Abd Allah b. al-Jarrah.”

367. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 360No grade recorded

     جَعَلَ أَبُو أَبِي عُبَيْدَةَ يَتَصَدَّى لِأَبِي عُبَيْدَةَ يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ فَجَعَلَ أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ يَحِيدُ عَنْهُ فَلَمَّا أَكْثَرَ قَصَدَهُ أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ فَقَتَلَهُ فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ ﷻ فِيهِ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ حِينَ قَتَلَ أَبَاهُ {لَا تَجِدُ قَوْمًا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِاللهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ} إِلَى آخِرِ الْآيَةِ

     ✧ The father of Abu Ubaydah kept confronting Abu Ubaydah on the Day of Badr, but Abu Ubaydah kept avoiding him. When he persisted, Abu Ubaydah headed for him and killed him. Then Allah ﷻ revealed about him, when he killed his father, this verse: {You will not find a people who believe in Allah and the Last Day} to the end of the verse.

368. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 361No grade recorded

     شَهِدَ بَدْرًا مِنْ بَنِي الْحَارِثِ بْنِ فِهْرٍ أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ بْنُ الْجَرَّاحِ

     ✧ Abu Ubaydah b. al-Jarrah was present at Badr from the Banu al-Harith b. Fihr.

369. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 365No grade recorded

     كَانَتِ الشَّامُ عَلَى أَمِيرَيْنِ عَلَى أَبِي عُبَيْدَةَ بْنِ الْجَرَّاحِ وَيَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ فَتُوُفِّيَ أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ وَاسْتَخْلَفَ خَالُهُ عِيَاضُ بْنُ غَنْمٍ أَحَدَ بَنِي الْحَارِثِ بْنِ فِهْرٍ فَأَقَرَّهُ عُمَرُ ؓ ثُمَّ تُوُفِّيَ عِيَاضٌ فَأَمَّرَ مَكَانَهَ سَعِيدَ بْنَ عَامِرِ بْنِ جُذَيْمٍ ثُمَّ تُوُفِّيَ سَعِيدُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ فَأَمَّرَ مَكَانَهُ عُمَيْرَ بْنَ سَعْدٍ

     ✧ Syria was under two commanders: Abu Ubaydah b. al-Jarrah and Yazid b. Abi Sufyan. Abu Ubaydah died and appointed as his successor his maternal uncle Iyad b. Ghanm, one of the Banu al-Harith b. Fihr, and Umar ؓ confirmed him. Then Iyad died, and he appointed in his place Sa'id b. 'Amir b. Judhaym. Then Sa'id b. 'Amir died, and he appointed in his place 'Umayr b. Sa'd.

370. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 366No grade recorded

     قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَا مِنَ الصَّلَوَاتِ صَلَاةٌ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ صَلَاةِ الْفَجْرِ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ فِي الْجَمَاعَةِ وَمَا أَحْسَبُ مَنْ شَهِدَهَا مِنْكُمْ إِلَّا مَغْفُورًا لَهُ»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Among the prayers, there is no prayer more excellent than the Fajr prayer on Friday in congregation, and I do not think anyone among you who attends it but will be forgiven."

371. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 367No grade recorded

     قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِنَّ هَذَا الْأَمْرَ بَدَأَ رَحْمَةً وَنُبَوَّةً ثُمَّ يَكُونُ رَحْمَةً وَخِلَافَةً ثُمَّ كَائِنًا مُلْكًا عَضُوضًا ثُمَّ كَائِنًا عُتَوًّا وَجَبَرِيَّةً وَفَسَادًا فِي الْأَرْضِ يَسْتَحِلُّونَ الْحَرِيرَ وَالْفُرُوجَ وَالْخُمُورَ يُرْزَقُونَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ وَيُنْصَرُونَ حَتَّى يَلْقَوُا اللهَ ﷻ»

     The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Indeed, this matter (Islam) began as mercy and prophethood, then it will become mercy and caliphate, then it will become a cruel monarchy, then it will become tyrannical rule, and finally corruption on the earth. They will make silk, sex trade, and alcohol permissible, and they will be provided sustenance based on that, and they will be victorious until they meet Allah."

372. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 368No grade recorded

     لَقِيتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ادْفَعْنِي إِلَى رَجُلٍ حَسَنِ التَّعْلِيمِ فَدَفَعَنِي إِلَى أَبِي عُبَيْدَةَ بْنِ الْجَرَّاحِ ثُمَّ قَالَ قَدْ دَفَعْتُكَ إِلَى رَجُلٍ يُحْسِنُ تَعْلِيمَكَ وَأَدَبَكَ فَأَتَيْتُ أَبَا عُبَيْدَةَ بْنَ الْجَرَّاحِ وَهُوَ وَبَشِيرُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ أَبُو النُّعْمَانِ بْنُ بَشِيرٍ يَتَحَدَّثَانِ فَلَمَّا رَأَيَانِي سَكَتَا فَقُلْتُ يَا أَبَا عُبَيْدَةَ وَاللهِ مَا هَكَذَا حَدَّثَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ إِنَّكَ جِئْتَ وَنَحْنُ نَتَحَدَّثُ حَدِيثًا سَمِعْنَاهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَاجْلِسِ حَتَّى نُحَدِّثَكَ فَقَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِنَّ فِيكُمُ النُّبُوَّةَ ثُمَّ تَكُونُ خِلَافَةً عَلَى مِنْهَاجِ النُّبُوَّةْ ثُمَّ يَكُونُ مُلْكًا وَجَبَرِيَّةً»

     ✧ I met the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said: O Messenger of Allah, entrust me to a man of good teaching. He entrusted me to Abu Ubaydah b. al-Jarrah, then said: I have entrusted you to a man who will teach you well and discipline you. I went to Abu Ubaydah b. al-Jarrah while he and Bashir b. Sa'd, Abu al-Nu'man b. Bashir, were conversing. When they saw me, they fell silent. I said: O Abu Ubaydah, by Allah, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not tell me this. He said: You came while we were speaking of a hadith we heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, so sit until we tell you. He said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Among you is prophethood, then there will be a caliphate upon the pattern of prophethood, then there will be kingship and tyranny."

373. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 369No grade recorded

     مَرَرْتُ بِالْمَسْجِدِ فَإِذَا عَلِيٌّ وَالْعَبَّاسُ ؓ قَاعِدَانِ فَقَالَا يَا أُسَامَةُ اسْتَأْذِنْ لَنَا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ هَذَا عَلِيٌّ وَالْعَبَّاسُ بِالْبَابِ يُرِيدَانِ الدُّخُولَ عَلَيْكَ قَالَ «تَدْرِي مَا جَاءَ بِهِمَا؟» قُلْتُ لَا وَاللهِ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَا أَدْرِي وَمَا جَاءَ بِهِمَا قَالَ «وَلَكِنِّي قَدْ عَلِمْتُ مَا جَاءَ بِهِمَا ائْذَنْ لَهُمَا» فَدَخَلَا عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ لَهُ عَلِيٌّ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ جِئْنَا نَسْأَلُكَ أَيُّ أَهْلِكَ أَحَبُّ إِلَيْكَ؟ قَالَ «فَاطِمَةُ بِنْتُ مُحَمَّدٍ» ﷺ قَالَ عَلِيٌّ وَاللهِ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَا عَنْ أَهْلِكَ أَسْأَلُكَ قَالَ فَأَحَبُّ أَهْلِي إِلَيَّ مَنْ أَنْعَمَ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَأَنْعَمْتُ عَلَيْهِ أُسَامَةُ قَالَ ثُمَّ مَنْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ قَالَ «ثُمَّ أَنْتَ» قَالَ الْعَبَّاسُ أَجَعَلْتَ عَمَّكَ آخِرَهُمْ؟ قَالَ «إِنَّ عَلِيًّا سَبَقَكَ بِالْهِجْرَةِ»

     ✧ I passed by the mosque and found Ali and al-Abbas ؓ sitting. They said: O Usama, ask permission for us to enter upon the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. I said: O Messenger of Allah, Ali and al-Abbas are at the door wanting to enter upon you. He said: "Do you know what brought them?" I said: No, by Allah, O Messenger of Allah, I do not know what brought them. He said: "But I know what brought them. Give them permission." They entered upon him, and Ali said to him: O Messenger of Allah, we have come to ask you which of your family is most beloved to you? He said: "Fatimah daughter of Muhammad" ﷺ. Ali said: By Allah, O Messenger of Allah, I am not asking you about your family. He said: "The most beloved of my family to me is the one whom Allah has blessed and whom I have blessed: Usama." He said: Then who, O Messenger of Allah? He said: "Then you." Al-Abbas said: You have made your uncle the last of them? He said: "Ali preceded you in the Hijrah."

374. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 370No grade recorded

     فَعَمَدَ أُسَامَةُ إِلَى نَخْلَةٍ فَنَقَرَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ جُمَّارَهَا فَأَطْعَمَها أُمَّهُ فَقَالُوا لَهُ مَا حَمَلَكَ عَلَى هَذَا وَأَنْتَ تَرَى النَّخْلَةَ قَدْ بَلَغَتْ أَلْفًا؟ فَقَالَ «إِنَّ أُمِّي سَأَلَتْنِيهِ وَلَا تَسْأَلُنِي شَيْئًا أَقْدِرُ عَلَيْهِ إِلَّا أَعْطَيتُهَا»

     ✧ Usama went to a palm tree, tapped it, and extracted its heart, then fed it to his mother. They said to him: What led you to do this when you see the palm tree has reached a thousand? He said: "My mother asked me for it, and she does not ask me for anything I am able to give but that I give it to her."

375. al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 371No grade recorded

     كَانَ أُسَامَةُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ يُدْعَى بِالْإِمْرَةِ حَتَّى مَاتَ يَقُولُونَ بَعَثَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَنْزِعْهُ حَتَّى مَاتَ

     ✧ Usama b. Zayd was called to the command until he died. They said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent him, then did not remove him until he died.