14. ✧ Abu Musa al-Ash'ari, may Allah have mercy on him
Musnad al-Tayalisi 492No grade recorded
" إِنَّ اللهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ يَبْسُطُ يَدَهُ بِاللَّيْلِ لِيَتُوبَ مُسِيءُ النَّهَارِ، وَبِالنَّهَارِ لِيَتُوبَ مُسِيءُ اللَّيْلِ، حَتَّى تَطْلُعَ الشَّمْسُ مِنْ مَغْرِبِهَا
✧ God, Mighty and Majestic, spreads out His hand at night to accept the repentance of the one who sinned during the day, and during the day to accept the repentance of the one who sinned at night, until the sun rises from the west.
Musnad al-Tayalisi 493No grade recorded
" إِنَّ اللهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ لَا يَنَامُ وَلَا يَنْبَغِي لَهُ أَنْ يَنَامَ، يَخْفِضُ الْقِسْطَ وَيَرْفَعُهُ، يُرْفَعُ إِلَيْهِ عَمَلُ اللَّيْلِ بِالنَّهَارِ، وَعَمَلُ النَّهَارِ بِاللَّيْلِ " زَادَ الْمَسْعُودِيُّ: " حِجَابُهُ النَّارُ، لَوْ كَشَفَهَا لَأَحْرَقَتْ سُبُحَاتُ وَجْهِهِ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ أَدْرَكَهُ بَصَرُهُ
✧ God, Mighty and Majestic, does not sleep, nor is it befitting for Him to sleep. He lowers the measure and raises it. The deeds of the night are raised to Him during the day, and the deeds of the day during the night. Al-Mas'udi added: 'His veil is fire; if He removed it, the splendors of His face would burn everything that His sight reaches.'
Musnad al-Tayalisi 494No grade recorded
سَمَّى لَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ نَفْسَهُ أَسْمَاءً، مِنْهَا مَا حَفِظْنَاهَا، فَقَالَ: أَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ، وَأَحْمَدُ، وَالْمُقَفِّي، وَالْحَاشِرُ، وَنَبِيُّ التَّوْبَةِ، وَنَبِيُّ الْمَلْحَمَةِ
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ named himself to us with names, some of which we remembered. He said: 'I am Muhammad, Ahmad, al-Muqaffi, al-Hashir, the Prophet of repentance, and the Prophet of mercy.'
Musnad al-Tayalisi 495No grade recorded
كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي سَفَرٍ فَصَعِدْنَا وَادِيًا، فَلَمَّا هَبَطُوا فِيهِ رَفَعُوا أَصْوَاتَهُمْ بِالتَّكْبِيرِ وَالتَّهْلِيلِ، وَرَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى بَغْلَةٍ - أَوْ بَغْلٍ - فَقَالَ: يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ، ارْبَعُوا عَلَى أَنْفُسِكُمْ، فَإِنَّكُمْ لَا تَدْعُونَ أَصَمَّ وَلَا غَائِبًا، إِنَّكُمْ تَدْعُونَ سَمِيعًا بَصِيرًا
✧ We were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on a journey, and we ascended a valley. When they descended into it, they raised their voices with takbir and tahlil, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was on a mule. He said: 'O people, have mercy on yourselves. You are not calling upon one who is deaf or absent. You are calling upon One who is All-Hearing, All-Seeing.'
Musnad al-Tayalisi 496No grade recorded
" مَثَلُ الْمُؤْمِنِ الَّذِي يَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ كَمَثَلِ الْأُتْرُجَّةِ رِيحُهَا طَيِّبٌ وَطَعْمُهَا طَيِّبٌ، وَمَثَلُ الْمُؤْمِنِ الَّذِي لَا يَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ كَمَثَلِ التَّمْرَةِ طَعْمُهَا طَيِّبٌ وَلَا رِيحَ لَهَا، وَمَثَلُ الْفَاجِرِ الَّذِي يَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ كَمَثَلِ الرَّيْحَانَةِ رِيحُهَا طَيِّبٌ وَطَعْمُهَا مُرٌّ، وَمَثَلُ الْفَاجِرِ الَّذِي لَا يَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ كَمَثَلِ الْحَنْظَلَةِ طَعْمُهَا خَبِيثٌ وَرِيحُهَا خَبِيثٌ
✧ The example of the believer who recites the Quran is like that of the citron: its fragrance is pleasant and its taste is pleasant. The example of the believer who does not recite the Quran is like that of the date: its taste is pleasant but it has no fragrance. The example of the wicked person who recites the Quran is like that of the sweet basil: its fragrance is pleasant but its taste is bitter. The example of the wicked person who does not recite the Quran is like that of the colocynth: its taste is bitter and its fragrance is bitter.
Musnad al-Tayalisi 497No grade recorded
" عَلَى كُلِّ مُسْلِمٍ صَدَقَةٌ فِي كُلِّ يَوْمٍ، قَالُوا: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، فَإِنْ لَمْ يَجِدْ ؟ قَالَ: " يَعْتَمِلُ بِيَدِهِ، فَيَنْفَعُ نَفْسَهُ وَيَتَصَدَّقُ "، قَالُوا: فَإِنْ لَمْ يَفْعَلْ ؟ قَالَ: " يُعِينُ ذَا الْحَاجَةِ الْمَلْهُوفَ "، قَالُوا: فَإِنْ لَمْ يَسْتَطِعْ ؟ قَالَ: " يَأْمُرُ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَيَنْهَى عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ "، قَالُوا: فَإِنْ لَمْ يَسْتَطِعْ ؟ قَالَ: " لِيُمْسِكْ عَنِ الشَّرِّ ; فَإِنَّ ذَلِكَ لَهُ صَدَقَةٌ
✧ Upon every Muslim there is a charity due each day. They said: 'O Messenger of Allah, what if he does not find anything?' He said: 'He works with his hands, benefits himself, and gives charity.' They said: 'What if he does not do that?' He said: 'He helps the needy person in distress.' They said: 'What if he is unable?' He said: 'He enjoins good and forbids evil.' They said: 'What if he is unable?' He said: 'Let him refrain from evil, for that is charity for him.'
Musnad al-Tayalisi 498No grade recorded
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ بَعَثَهُ وَمُعَاذًا إِلَى الْيَمَنِ، فَقَالَ لَهُمَا: تَطَاوَعَا، وَيَسِّرَا وَلَا تُعَسِّرَا، وَبَشِّرَا وَلَا تُنَفِّرَا
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent him and Mu'adh to Yemen and said to them: 'Cooperate with each other, make things easy and do not make them difficult, give glad tidings and do not repel.'
Musnad al-Tayalisi 499No grade recorded
قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، يُصْنَعُ عِنْدَنَا شَرَابٌ مِنَ الْعَسَلِ، يُقَالُ لَهُ: الْبِتْعُ، وَشَرَابٌ مِنَ الشَّعِيرِ يُقَالُ لَهُ: الْمِزْرُ، وَهُمَا يُسْكِرَانِ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: كُلُّ مُسْكِرٍ حَرَامٌ
✧ I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, a drink is made among us from honey called bit', and a drink from barley called mizr, and both of them intoxicate.' The Prophet ﷺ said: 'Every intoxicant is forbidden.'
Musnad al-Tayalisi 500No grade recorded
" كُلُّ مُسْكِرٍ حَرَامٌ
✧ Every intoxicant is forbidden.
Musnad al-Tayalisi 501No grade recorded
" لَا يَمُوتُ مُؤْمِنٌ إِلَّا أَدْخَلَ اللهُ مَكَانَهُ النَّارَ يَهُودِيًّا أَوْ نَصْرَانِيًّا
✧ No believer dies except that Allah admits into the Fire in his place a Jew or a Christian.
Musnad al-Tayalisi 502No grade recorded
أَتَيْنَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ نَسْتَحْمِلُهُ، فَقَالَ: " وَاللهِ لَا أَحْمِلُكُمْ، وَمَا عِنْدِي مَا أَحْمِلُكُمْ "، ثُمَّ أُتِيَ بِإِبِلٍ فَحَمَلَنَا عَلَى ثَلَاثَةٍ غُرِّ الذُّرَى، فَلَمَّا رَجَعْنَا قُلْتُ لِأَصْحَابِي: وَاللهِ لَا يُبَارِكُ اللهُ لَنَا، حَلَفَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ لَا يَحْمِلَنَا، ارْجِعُوا، قُلْنَا: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، إِنَّكَ حَلَفْتَ أَنْ لَا تَحْمِلَنَا، فَقَالَ: مَا أَنَا حَمَلْتُكُمْ، مَا حَمَلَكُمْ إِلَّا اللهُ، وَاللهِ - إِنْ شَاءَ اللهُ - لَا أَحْلِفُ عَلَى يَمِينٍ فَأَرَى غَيْرَهَا خَيْرًا مِنْهَا إِلَّا كَفَّرْتُ يَمِينِي وَأَتَيْتُ الَّذِي هُوَ خَيْرٌ
✧ We came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ to ask him for mounts. He said: 'By Allah, I will not provide you with mounts, and I have nothing to mount you on.' Then he was brought some camels and mounted us on three with white foreheads. When we returned, I said to my companions: 'By Allah, Allah will not bless us. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ swore that he would not provide us with mounts. Let us go back.' We said: 'O Messenger of Allah, you swore that you would not provide us with mounts.' He said: 'I did not carry you; nothing carried you except Allah. By Allah—if Allah wills—I do not swear an oath and then see something better than it except that I expiate my oath and do that which is better.'
Musnad al-Tayalisi 503No grade recorded
" إِذَا أَعْتَقَ الرَّجُلُ أَمَتَهُ ثُمَّ مَهَرَهَا مَهْرًا جَدِيدًا كَانَ لَهُ أَجْرَانِ
✧ If a man frees his slave woman and then gives her a new dowry, he will have two rewards.
Musnad al-Tayalisi 504No grade recorded
" ثَلَاثَةٌ يُؤْتَوْنَ أَجْرَهُمْ مَرَّتَيْنِ: رَجُلٌ كَانَتْ لَهُ أَمَةٌ فَأَدَّبَهَا فَأَحْسَنَ أَدَبَهَا، وَعَلَّمَهَا فَأَحْسَنَ تَعْلِيمَهَا، ثُمَّ أَعْتَقَهَا فَتَزَوَّجَهَا، وَرَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ آمَنَ بِنَبِيِّهِ، ثُمَّ أَدْرَكَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَآمَنَ بِهِ، وَعَبْدٌ أَدَّى حَقَّ اللهِ وَحَقَّ مَوَالِيهِ
✧ Three people will be given their reward twice: a man who had a slave woman and disciplined her with good discipline, taught her with good teaching, then freed her and married her; a man from the People of the Book who believed in his prophet and then lived to see the Prophet ﷺ and believed in him; and a slave who fulfills the rights of Allah and the rights of his masters.
Musnad al-Tayalisi 505No grade recorded
" الْمُؤْمِنُ لِلْمُؤْمِنِ كَالْبُنْيَانِ يُقَوِّي بَعْضُهُ بَعْضًا
✧ The believer to the believer is like a building, parts of it support other parts.
Musnad al-Tayalisi 506No grade recorded
" كَمُلَ مِنَ الرِّجَالِ كَثِيرٌ، وَلَمْ يَكْمُلْ مِنَ النِّسَاءِ إِلَّا مَرْيَمُ بِنْتُ عِمْرَانَ وَآسِيَةُ امْرَأَةُ فِرْعَوْنَ، وَفَضْلُ عَائِشَةَ عَلَى النِّسَاءِ كَفَضْلِ الثَّرِيدِ عَلَى سَائِرِ الطَّعَامِ
✧ "Many men have attained perfection, and none among women have attained perfection except Maryam bt. 'Imran and Asiyah the wife of Pharaoh. And the excellence of 'A'ishah over women is like the excellence of tharid over all other food."
Musnad al-Tayalisi 507No grade recorded
أَنَّ حُمَمَةَ - رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ - غَزَا أَصْبَهَانَ مَعَ الْأَشْعَرِيِّ، وَفُتِحَتْ أَصْبَهَانُ فِي زَمَانِ عُمَرَ ؓ، قَالَ: اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّ حُمَمَةَ يَزْعُمُ أَنَّهُ يُحِبُّ لِقَاءَكَ، اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كَانَ صَادِقًا فَاعْزِمْ لَهُ بِصِدْقِهِ، وَإِنْ كَانَ كَاذِبًا فَاحْمِلْهُ عَلَيْهِ وَإِنْ كَرِهَ، اللَّهُمَّ لَا تُرْجِعْ حُمَمَةَ مِنْ سَفَرِهِ هَذَا، فَمَاتَ بِأَصْبَهَانَ، فَقَامَ الْأَشْعَرِيُّ فَقَالَ: يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ، إِنَّا وَاللهِ فِيمَا سَمِعْنَا مِنْ نَبِيِّكُمْ ﷺ، وَلَا مَبْلَغَ عِلْمِنَا إِلَّا أَنْ حُمَمَةَ شَهِيدٌ
✧ That Humamah—a man from the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ—raided Isfahan with al-Ash'ari, and Isfahan was conquered in the time of 'Umar ؓ. He said: "O Allah, Humamah claims that he loves to meet You. O Allah, if he is truthful, then make him steadfast in his truthfulness; and if he is lying, then impose it upon him even if he dislikes it. O Allah, do not return Humamah from this journey of his." Then he died in Isfahan. Al-Ash'ari stood up and said: "O people, by Allah, based on what we heard from your Prophet ﷺ, and the extent of our knowledge is only that Humamah is a martyr."
Musnad al-Tayalisi 508No grade recorded
" أُحِلَّ الْحَرِيرُ وَالذَّهَبُ لِإِنَاثِ أُمَّتِي، وَحُرِّمَ عَلَى ذُكُورِهَا
✧ "Silk and gold have been made lawful for the females of my Ummah and forbidden for its males."
Musnad al-Tayalisi 509No grade recorded
أَنَّ الْأَشْعَرِيَّ لَمَّا ثَقُلَ بَكَتْ عَلَيْهِ امْرَأَتُهُ، فَقَالَ: أَمَا عَلِمْتُمْ مَا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ ؟ قَالَ: فَسَأَلْتُ الْمَرْأَةَ بَعْدُ: مَا قَالَ ؟ فَقَالَ: بَرِئٌ مِمَّنْ حَلَقَ وَسَلَقَ وَخَرَقَ
✧ That when al-Ash'ari became gravely ill, his wife wept over him, and he said: "Do you not know what the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said?" He (the narrator) said: I asked the woman afterwards: "What did he say?" She said: "He is free from the one who shaves, wails, and tears."
Musnad al-Tayalisi 510No grade recorded
إِذَا قَبَضَ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ ابْنَ الْعَبْدِ قَالَ لِمَلَائِكَتِهِ: " مَا قَالَ عَبْدِي ؟ " قَالُوا: حَمِدَكَ وَاسْتَرْجَعَ، قَالَ: " ابْنُوا لَهُ بَيْتًا، وَسَمُّوهُ بَيْتَ الْحَمْدِ
✧ When Allah, Mighty and Majestic, takes the son of a servant, He says to His angels: "What did My servant say?" They say: "He praised You and said: 'Indeed we belong to Allah and to Him we shall return.'" He says: "Build a house for him and call it the House of Praise."
Musnad al-Tayalisi 511No grade recorded
" لَا يَسْمَعُ بِي أَحَدٌ مِنْ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ وَلَا يَهُودِيٌّ وَلَا نَصْرَانِيٌّ وَلَا يُؤْمِنُ بِي إِلَّا كَانَ مِنْ أَهْلِ النَّارِ
✧ "No one of this Ummah—nor any Jew or Christian—hears of me and then does not believe in me except that he will be among the people of the Fire."
Musnad al-Tayalisi 512No grade recorded
" مَنْ لَعِبَ بِالنَّرْدِ فَقَدْ عَصَى اللهَ وَرَسُولَهُ
✧ "Whoever plays with dice has disobeyed Allah and His Messenger."
Musnad al-Tayalisi 513No grade recorded
" الْأَصَابِعُ سَوَاءٌ "، قُلْتُ: فِي كُلِّ إِصْبَعٍ عَشْرٌ مِنَ الْإِبِلِ ؟ قَالَ: " نَعَمْ
✧ "The fingers are equal." I said: "For each finger, ten camels?" He said: "Yes."
Musnad al-Tayalisi 514No grade recorded
صَلَّى الْأَشْعَرِيُّ وَهُوَ فِيمَا بَيْنَ مَكَّةَ وَالْمَدِينَةِ بِأَصْحَابِهِ الْعِشَاءَ، ثُمَّ صَلَّى رَكْعَةً قَرَأَ فِيهَا بِمِائَةٍ مِنَ النِّسَاءِ، أَوِ الْبَقَرَةِ، فَقِيلَ لَهُ: مَا هَذَا ؟ قَالَ: مَا أَلَوْتُ أَنْ أَضَعَ قَدَمَيَّ حَيْثُ وَضَعَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، وَأَنْ أَصْنَعَ مَا صَنَعَ
✧ Al-Ash'ari prayed the 'Isha' prayer with his companions while he was between Makkah and Madinah, then he prayed a rak'ah in which he recited one hundred verses from al-Nisa' or al-Baqarah. It was said to him: "What is this?" He said: "I did not fail to place my feet where the Messenger of Allah ﷺ placed his, and to do what he did."
Musnad al-Tayalisi 515No grade recorded
" مَنْ صَامَ الدَّهْرَ ضُيِّقَتْ عَلَيْهِ جَهَنَّمُ هَكَذَا وَعَقَدَ عَلَى تِسْعِينَ
✧ "Whoever fasts the whole year, Hellfire will be constricted for him like this," and he tied a knot with ninety.
Musnad al-Tayalisi 516No grade recorded
" مَنْ صَامَ الدَّهْرَ ضُيِّقَتْ عَلَيْهِ جَهَنَّمُ هَكَذَا، وَعَقَدَ تِسْعِينَ
✧ "Whoever fasts the whole year, Hellfire will be constricted for him like this," and he tied a knot with ninety.
Musnad al-Tayalisi 517No grade recorded
" مَثَلُ الْجَلِيسِ الصَّالِحِ كَمَثَلِ الْعَطَّارِ، إِنْ لَمْ يُحْذِكَ مِنْ عِطْرِهِ أَصَابَكَ مِنْ رِيحِهِ، وَمَثَلُ جَلِيسِ السَّوْءِ كَصَاحِبِ الْكِيرِ إِنْ لَمْ يُصِبْكَ مِنْ نَارِهِ أَصَابَكَ مِنْ دُخَانِهِ
✧ "The example of a righteous companion is like that of a perfume seller: if he does not give you some of his perfume, you will still get some of its fragrance. And the example of an evil companion is like that of a blacksmith: if his fire does not touch you, you will still get some of its smoke."
Musnad al-Tayalisi 518No grade recorded
قَدِمْتُ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَهُوَ مُنِيخٌ بِالْبَطْحَاءِ، فَقَالَ لِي: " كَيْفَ أَهْلَلْتَ ؟ " قَالَ: قُلْتُ: لَبَّيْكَ بِإِهْلَالٍ كَإِهْلَالِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، قَالَ: أَحْسَنْتَ، طُفْ بِالْبَيْتِ وَبَيْنَ الصَّفَا وَالْمَرْوَةِ ثُمَّ أَحِلَّ، فَفَعَلْتُ، وَأَتَيْتُ امْرَأَةً مِنْ بَنِي قَيْسٍ فَفَلَتْ رَأْسِي، فَجَعَلْتُ أُفْتِي بِهِ النَّاسَ، فَقَالَ لِي رَجُلٌ: يَا عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ قَيْسٍ، رُوَيْدًا بِبَعْضِ فُتْيَاكَ، فَإِنَّكَ لَا تَدْرِي مَا أَحْدَثَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فِي شَأْنِ النُّسُكِ بَعْدَكَ، قَالَ: قُلْتُ: مَنْ أَفْتَيْتُهُ بِشَيْءٍ فَلْيَتَّئِدْ، فَإِنَّ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ قَادِمٌ عَلَيْهِ، فَبِهِ فَائْتَمُّوا، قَالَ: فَقَدِمَ فَأَتَيْتُهُ فَذَكَرْتُ لَهُ، فَقَالَ: إِنْ نَأْخُذْ بِكِتَابِ اللهِ فَإِنَّ كِتَابَ اللهِ يَأْمُرُنَا بِالتَّمَامِ، وَإِنْ نَأْخُذْ بِسُنَّةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ لَمْ يَحِلَّ حَتَّى بَلَغَ الْهَدْيُ مَحِلَّهُ
✧ I came to the Prophet ﷺ while he was making his camel kneel at al-Batḥāʾ. He said to me, "How did you enter iḥrām?" I said, "Labbayka with an iḥrām like the iḥrām of the Prophet ﷺ." He said, "You have done well. Perform ṭawāf around the House and between al-Ṣafā and al-Marwah, then exit iḥrām." I did so, and I went to a woman of Banū Qays who removed lice from my head. I began giving fatwās to people accordingly. A man said to me, "O ʿAbd Allāh b. Qays, go slowly with some of your fatwās, for you do not know what the Commander of the Believers has introduced concerning the rites after you." I said, "Whoever I gave a fatwā to, let him go slowly, for the Commander of the Believers is coming to you, so follow him." Then he arrived, and I went to him and mentioned that to him. He said, "If we follow the Book of God, the Book of God commands us to complete; if we follow the Sunnah of the Messenger of God ﷺ, the Messenger of God ﷺ did not exit iḥrām until the sacrificial animal reached its place."
Musnad al-Tayalisi 519No grade recorded
أَنَّ الْأَشْعَرِيَّ صَلَّى بِأَصْحَابِهِ صَلَاةً، فَلَمَّا جَلَسَ فِي صَلَاتِهِ قَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ خَلْفَهُ: أُقِرَّتِ الصَّلَاةُ بِالْبِرِّ وَالزَّكَاةِ، فَلَمَّا قَضَى الْأَشْعَرِيُّ صَلَاتَهُ قَالَ: أَيُّكُمُ الْقَائِلُ كَلِمَةَ كَذَا وَكَذَا ؟ فَأَرَمَّ الْقَوْمُ، فَقَالَ: يَا حِطَّانُ، لَعَلَّكَ قُلْتَهَا، قُلْتُ: مَا قُلْتُهَا، وَلَقَدْ رَهِبْتُ أَنْ تَبْكَعَنِي بِهَا، فَقَالَ الْأَشْعَرِيُّ: أَمَا تَعْلَمُونَ مَا تَقُولُونَ فِي صَلَاتِكُمْ، إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ خَطَبَنَا فَعَلَّمَنَا سُنَّتَنَا، وَبَيَّنَ لَنَا صَلَاتَنَا، فَقَالَ: أَقِيمُوا صُفُوفَكُمْ، ثُمَّ لِيَؤُمَّكُمْ أَحَدُكُمْ، فَإِذَا كَبَّرَ الْإِمَامُ فَكَبِّرُوا، وَإِذَا قَالَ: وَلا الضَّالِّينَ فَقُولُوا: آمِينَ، يُجِبْكُمُ اللهُ، وَإِذَا رَكَعَ فَارْكَعُوا، فَإِنَّ الْإِمَامَ يَرْكَعُ قَبْلَكُمْ وَيَرْفَعُ قَبْلَكُمْ " قَالَ نَبِيُّ اللهِ ﷺ: " فَتِلْكَ بِتِلْكَ، وَإِذَا قَالَ: سَمِعَ اللهُ لِمَنْ حَمِدَهُ فَقُولُوا: اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّنَا لَكَ الْحَمْدُ، يَسْمَعِ اللهُ لَكُمْ، فَإِنَّ اللهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ قَالَ عَلَى لِسَانِ نَبِيِّهِ ﷺ: سَمِعَ اللهُ لِمَنْ حَمِدَهُ، وَإِذَا كَبَّرَ وَسَجَدَ فَكَبِّرُوا وَاسْجُدُوا، فَإِنَّ الْإِمَامَ يَسْجُدُ قَبْلَكُمْ وَيَرْفَعُ قَبْلَكُمْ "، قَالَ نَبِيُّ اللهِ ﷺ: " فَتِلْكَ بِتِلْكَ، فَإِذَا كَانَ عِنْدَ الْقَعْدَةِ فَلْيَكُنْ مِنْ أَوَّلِ قَوْلِ أَحَدِكُمُ: التَّحِيَّاتُ لِلهِ الطَّيِّبَاتُ الصَّلَوَاتُ لِلهِ، السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ وَرَحْمَةُ اللهِ، السَّلَامُ عَلَيْنَا وَعَلَى عِبَادِ اللهِ الصَّالِحِينَ، أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ، وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهُ وَرَسُولُهُ
✧ Al-Ashʿarī prayed with his companions. When he sat in his prayer, a man behind him said, "Prayer has been coupled with righteousness and zakāh." When al-Ashʿarī finished his prayer, he said, "Which of you said such-and-such words?" The people remained silent. He said, "O Ḥiṭṭān, perhaps you said it." I said, "I did not say it, but I feared you would rebuke me for it." Al-Ashʿarī said, "Do you not know what you say in your prayer? The Messenger of God ﷺ addressed us and taught us our Sunnah and explained to us our prayer. He said: 'Straighten your rows, then let one of you lead you. When the imām says takbīr, say takbīr. When he says "wa-lā al-ḍāllīn," say "āmīn," and God will answer you. When he bows, bow, for the imām bows before you and rises before you.' The Prophet of God ﷺ said, 'That is for that.' When he says, 'Samiʿa Allāhu li-man ḥamidah,' say, 'Allāhumma Rabbanā laka al-ḥamd,' and God will hear you, for God, Mighty and Majestic, said on the tongue of His Prophet ﷺ, 'Samiʿa Allāhu li-man ḥamidah.' When he says takbīr and prostrates, say takbīr and prostrate, for the imām prostrates before you and rises before you.' The Prophet of God ﷺ said, 'That is for that.' When it is time for the sitting, let the first thing one of you says be: 'Al-taḥiyyātu li-llāhi, al-ṭayyibātu al-ṣalawātu li-llāhi, al-salāmu ʿalayka ayyuhā al-nabiyyu wa-raḥmatu Allāhi, al-salāmu ʿalaynā wa-ʿalā ʿibādi Allāhi al-ṣāliḥīn, ashhadu an lā ilāha illā Allāhu wa-anna Muḥammadan ʿabduhu wa-rasūluhu.'"
Musnad al-Tayalisi 520No grade recorded
أَنَّ الْأَشْعَرِيَّ اسْتَأْذَنَ عَلَى عُمَرَ ثَلَاثًا فَلَمْ يَأْذَنْ لَهُ، فَرَجَعَ، فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهِ: مَا رَدَّكَ ؟ فَقَالَ: إِنِّي اسْتَأْذَنْتُ ثَلَاثًا فَلَمْ يُؤْذَنْ لِي، وَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: إِذَا اسْتَأْذَنَ الْمُسْتَأْذِنُ ثَلَاثًا فَلَمْ يُؤْذَنْ لَهُ فَلْيَرْجِعْ، فَقَالَ: لَتَأْتِيَنِّي بِمَنْ يَعْلَمُ هَذَا أَوْ لَأَفْعَلَنَّ بِكَ وَلَأَفْعَلَنَّ، قَالَ أَبُو سَعِيدٍ: جَاءَنِي الْأَشْعَرِيُّ يُرْعَدُ قَدِ اصْفَرَّ وَجْهُهُ، فَقَامَ عَلَى حَلْقَةٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ: أَنْشُدُ اللهَ رَجُلًا عَلِمَ مِنْ هَذَا عِلْمًا إِلَّا قَامَ بِهِ، فَإِنِّي قَدْ خِفْتُ هَذَا الرَّجُلَ عَلَى نَفْسِي، فَقُلْتُ: أَنَا مَعَكَ، فَقَالَ آخَرُ: وَأَنَا مَعَكَ، فَسُرِّيَ عَنْهُ
✧ Al-Ashʿarī sought permission to enter upon ʿUmar three times, but he did not grant him permission, so he turned back. ʿUmar sent to him, "What made you go back?" He said, "I sought permission three times and was not granted permission, and I heard the Messenger of God ﷺ say, 'If one seeking permission asks three times and is not granted permission, let him go back.'" ʿUmar said, "You must bring me someone who knows this, or I will do such-and-such to you." Abū Saʿīd said, "Al-Ashʿarī came to me trembling, his face turned yellow. He stood at a circle of the Prophet's ﷺ companions and said, 'I adjure by God, any man who knows anything about this must stand up for it, for I fear this man for myself.' I said, 'I am with you.' Another said, 'And I am with you.' So he was relieved."
Musnad al-Tayalisi 521No grade recorded
سَمِعْتُ رَجُلًا أَسْوَدَ - كَانَ قَدِمَ مَعَ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ الْبَصْرَةَ - قَالَ: لَمَّا قَدِمَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ الْبَصْرَةَ حُدِّثَ بِأَحَادِيثَ عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، فَكَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ يَسْأَلُهُ عَنْهَا، فَكَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ الْأَشْعَرِيُّ: إِنَّكَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ زَمَانِكَ وَإِنِّي لَمْ أُحَدِّثْ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ مِنْهَا بِشَيْءٍ، إِلَّا أَنِّي كُنْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَرَادَ أَنْ يَبُولَ، فَمَالَ إِلَى دَمِثِ حَائِطٍ فَبَالَ، وَقَالَ: إِنَّ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ كَانَ إِذَا أَصَابَ أَحَدَهُمُ الْبَوْلُ قَرَضَهُ بِالْمِقْرَاضَيْنِ، قَالَ أَبُو سَعِيدٍ: فَإِذَا أَرَادَ أَحَدُكُمْ أَنْ يَبُولَ فَلْيَرْتَدْ لِبَوْلِهِ
✧ I heard a black man, who had come to Baṣrah with Ibn ʿAbbās, say: "When Ibn ʿAbbās came to Baṣrah, he was told of ḥadīths from Abū Mūsā, from the Prophet ﷺ. Ibn ʿAbbās wrote to him asking about them. Al-Ashʿarī wrote back to him: 'You are a man of your time, and I did not relate anything from the Prophet ﷺ of those, except that I was with the Messenger of God ﷺ when he wanted to urinate. He turned to a soft spot by a wall and urinated, and said, "The Children of Israel, when urine touched any of them, would cut it off with scissors."'" Abū Saʿīd said, "So if any of you wants to urinate, let him prepare for his urine."
Musnad al-Tayalisi 522No grade recorded
" إِذَا كَانَتْ مَعَكَ أَسْهُمٌ فَخُذْ بِنُصُولِهَا أَلَّا تَجْرَحَ مُسْلِمًا أَوْ تَخْرِقَ ثَوْبَهُ، قَالَ الْأَشْعَرِيُّ: وَهَؤُلَاءِ يَأْمُرُونِي أَنْ أَسْتَقْبِلَ بِهَا حَدَقَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ
✧ "If you have arrows with you, take them by their points so you do not wound a Muslim or tear his garment." Al-Ashʿarī said, "And these people are commanding me to point them at the pupils of the Muslims' eyes."
Musnad al-Tayalisi 523No grade recorded
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ مَرَّ عَلَيْهِ جِنَازَةٌ يُسْرِعُونَ بِهَا الْمَشْيَ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: لِيَكُنْ عَلَيْكُمُ السَّكِينَةُ
✧ A funeral procession passed by the Prophet ﷺ while they were walking quickly with it. The Messenger of God ﷺ said, "Let there be tranquility upon you."
Musnad al-Tayalisi 524No grade recorded
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ مُرَّ عَلَيْهِ بِجِنَازَةٍ وَهِيَ يُسْرَعُ بِهَا، وَهِيَ تُمْخَضُ تَمَخُّضَ الزِّقِّ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: عَلَيْكُمْ بِالْقَصْدِ فِي الْمَشْيِ بِجَنَائِزِكُمْ
✧ A funeral procession was brought past the Prophet ﷺ while it was being hastened, and it was shaking like a water-skin. The Messenger of God ﷺ said, "Keep to a moderate pace in walking with your funerals."
Musnad al-Tayalisi 525No grade recorded
" لَا نِكَاحَ إِلَّا بِوَلِيٍّ
✧ "There is no marriage except with a guardian."
Musnad al-Tayalisi 526No grade recorded
كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا دَعَا عَلَى قَوْمٍ قَالَ: اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَجْعَلُكَ فِي نُحُورِهِمْ، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شُرُورِهِمْ
✧ When the Messenger of God ﷺ supplicated against a people, he would say, "O God, I place You at their throats, and I seek refuge in You from their evils."
Musnad al-Tayalisi 527No grade recorded
" لَوْ رَأَيْتَنَا مَعَ نَبِيِّنَا ﷺ، وَقَدْ أَصَابَتْنَا السَّمَاءُ مَا شَبَّهْتَ رِيحَنَا إِلَّا بِرِيحِ الضَّأْنِ
✧ "If you had seen us with our Prophet ﷺ when rain fell on us, you would have compared our smell to nothing but the smell of sheep."
Musnad al-Tayalisi 528No grade recorded
لَقِيَ عُمَرُ أَسْمَاءَ بِنْتَ عُمَيْسٍ، فَقَالَ: نِعْمَ الْقَوْمُ أَنْتُمْ لَوْلَا أَنَّا سَبَقْنَاكُمْ إِلَى الْهِجْرَةِ، فَذَكَرَتْ ذَلِكَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ: بَلْ لَكُمُ الْهِجْرَةُ مَرَّتَيْنِ ; هِجْرَةٌ إِلَى أَرْضِ الْحَبَشَةِ، وَهِجْرَةٌ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ
✧ ʿUmar met Asmāʾ bt. ʿUmays and said, "What a good people you are, were it not that we preceded you in emigration." She mentioned that to the Prophet ﷺ, and he said, "Rather, you have emigration twice: emigration to the land of Abyssinia and emigration to Madinah."
Musnad al-Tayalisi 529No grade recorded
كَانَ رَجُلٌ يَقُولُ: قَدْ طَلَّقْتُكِ، قَدْ رَاجَعْتُكِ، فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ: مَا بَالُ رِجَالٍ يَلْعَبُونَ بِحُدُودِ اللهِ
✧ A man used to say, "I have divorced you; I have taken you back." That reached the Prophet ﷺ, and he said, "What is the matter with men who play with the limits of God?"
Musnad al-Tayalisi 530No grade recorded
" إِذَا مَرَّتْ بِكُمْ جِنَازَةُ رَجُلٍ مُسْلِمٍ أَوْ يَهُودِيٍّ أَوْ نَصْرَانِيٍّ فَقُومُوا لَهَا ; فَإِنَّا لَسْنَا نَقُومُ لَهَا، وَلَكِنْ نَقُومُ لِمَنْ مَعَهَا مِنَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ
✧ When the funeral procession of a Muslim man, or a Jew, or a Christian passes by you, stand up for it; for we do not stand up for it, but we stand up for the angels who are with it.
Musnad al-Tayalisi 531No grade recorded
" جِنَانُ الْفِرْدَوْسِ أَرْبَعَةٌ: جَنَّتَانِ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ، حِلْيَتُهُمَا وَآنِيَتُهُمَا وَمَا فِيهِمَا، وَجَنَّتَانِ مِنْ فِضَّةٍ، حِلْيَتُهُمَا وَآنِيَتُهُمَا وَمَا فِيهِمَا، وَمَا بَيْنَهُمْ وَبَيْنَ أَنْ يَرَوْا رَبَّهُمْ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ إِلَّا رِدَاءُ الْكِبْرِيَاءِ عَلَى وَجْهِهِ فِي جَنَّةِ عَدْنٍ، ثُمَّ تَصَدَّعُ بِأَنْهَارٍ فِي جَوْبَةٍ فِي جَنَّةِ عَدْنٍ، ثُمَّ تَصَدَّعُ فِي الْجَنَّةِ أَنْهَارًا
✧ The gardens of al-Firdaws are four: two gardens of gold, their ornaments, vessels, and whatever is in them, and two gardens of silver, their ornaments, vessels, and whatever is in them. And between them and seeing their Lord, Mighty and Majestic, there is only the cloak of pride on His face in the Garden of Eden. Then it splits into rivers in a hollow in the Garden of Eden, then it splits in the garden into rivers.
Musnad al-Tayalisi 532No grade recorded
" الْجَنَّةُ تَحْتَ ظِلَالِ السُّيُوفِ
✧ Paradise is under the shade of the swords.
Musnad al-Tayalisi 533No grade recorded
أَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَمَعِي رَجُلَانِ مِنْ قَوْمِي، فَانْتَهَيْنَا إِلَيْهِ وَمَعَهُ مِسْوَاكٌ يَسْتَاكُ بِهِ، فَسَأَلَاهُ الْعَمَلَ، فَقَالَ: يَا أَبَا مُوسَى، أَلِهَذَا جِئْتُمْ ؟ قَالَ: قُلْتُ: وَاللهِ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، مَا لِهَذَا جِئْتُ، وَلَا أَطْلَعَانِي عَلَى مَا فِي أَنْفُسِهِمَا، قَالَ: فَرَأَيْتُهُ رَفَعَ شَفَتَهُ الْعُلْيَا بِسِوَاكِهِ، وَقَالَ: " وَاللهِ لَا نُعْطِيهَا مَنْ طَلَبَهَا مِنْكُمْ "، فَبَعَثَنِي وَتَرَكَهُمَا
✧ I came to the Messenger of God ﷺ with two men from my people, and we reached him while he had a toothstick with which he was cleaning his teeth. They asked him for an appointment to office, so he said: O Abu Musa, is it for this that you have come? He said: I said: By God, O Messenger of God, it is not for this that I came, and they did not inform me of what was in their minds. He said: Then I saw him raise his upper lip with his toothstick and say: By God, we do not give it to one who asks for it from among you. Then he sent me and left the two of them.
Musnad al-Tayalisi 534No grade recorded
" لَقَدْ أَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَمَا أُرَى ابْنَ مَسْعُودٍ إِلَّا مِنْ أَهْلِهِ مِنْ لُطْفِهِ بِهِمْ
✧ I came to the Messenger of God ﷺ and I did not consider Ibn Mas'ud to be other than from his family because of his kindness to them.
Musnad al-Tayalisi 535No grade recorded
خَطَبَنَا الْأَشْعَرِيُّ عَلَى مِنْبَرِ الْبَصْرَةِ، فَقَالَ: أَلَا إِنَّ الْخَمْرَ الَّتِي حُرِّمَتْ بِالْمَدِينَةِ خَلِيطُ الْبُسْرِ وَالتَّمْرِ
✧ Al-Ash'ari addressed us from the pulpit of al-Basra and said: Verily, the wine that was forbidden in al-Madinah is the mixture of unripe dates and dried dates.
Musnad al-Tayalisi 536No grade recorded
" فَنَاءُ أُمَّتِي بِالطَّعْنِ وَالطَّاعُونِ، قَالُوا: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، هَذَا الطَّعْنُ قَدْ عَرَفْنَاهُ، فَمَا الطَّاعُونُ ؟ قَالَ: " طَعْنُ أَعْدَائِكُمْ مِنَ الْجِنِّ وَفِي كُلٍّ شَهَادَةٌ
✧ The demise of my community will be by stabbing and the plague. They said: O Messenger of God, this stabbing we have known, but what is the plague? He said: A stabbing by your enemies from the jinn, and in each there is martyrdom.
Musnad al-Tayalisi 537No grade recorded
" وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ إِنَّ الْمَعْرُوفَ وَالْمُنْكَرَ لَخَلِيقَتَانِ يُنْصَبَانِ لِلنَّاسِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ ; فَأَمَّا الْمَعْرُوفُ فَيَعِدُ أَهْلَهُ الْخَيْرَ وَيُهَنِّئُهُمْ، وَأَمَّا الْمُنْكَرُ فَيَقُولُ: إِلَيْكُمْ إِلَيْكُمْ، وَمَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ لَهُ إِلَّا لُزُومًا
✧ By the One in whose hand is my soul, indeed al-ma'ruf (the good) and al-munkar (the evil) are two creatures that will be set up for people on the Day of Resurrection. As for al-ma'ruf, it will promise its people good and congratulate them; and as for al-munkar, it will say: Get away from you, get away from you, and they will be able to do nothing but cling to it.
Musnad al-Tayalisi 488No grade recorded
أَنَّ رَجُلًا قَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، الرَّجُلُ يُقَاتِلُ لِيُرَى مَكَانُهُ، وَيُقَاتِلُ لِلذِّكْرِ، وَيُقَاتِلُ لِلْمَغْنَمِ، فَمَنْ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ ؟ قَالَ: مَنْ قَاتَلَ لِتَكُونَ كَلِمَةُ اللهِ هِيَ الْعُلْيَا فَهُوَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ
✧ A man said: 'O Messenger of God, a man fights to be seen, and fights for reputation, and fights for booty—who is in the path of God?' He said: 'Whoever fights so that the word of God is supreme, he is in the path of God.'
Musnad al-Tayalisi 489No grade recorded
أَنَّ رَجُلًا أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، الرَّجُلُ يُقَاتِلُ لِيُذْكَرَ، وَيُقَاتِلُ لِيُرَى مَكَانُهُ، وَيُقَاتِلُ لِكَذَا، فَمَنْ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ ؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: مَنْ قَاتَلَ لِتَكُونَ كَلِمَةُ اللهِ هِيَ أَعْلَى فَهُوَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ
✧ A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: 'O Messenger of God, a man fights to be mentioned, and fights to be seen, and fights for such-and-such—who is in the path of God?' The Messenger of God ﷺ said: 'Whoever fights so that the word of God is highest, he is in the path of God.'
Musnad al-Tayalisi 490No grade recorded
أَتَى رَجُلٌ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ مُتَوَكِّئٌ عَلَى عَصًا، فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، الرَّجُلُ يُقَاتِلُ لِيُذْكَرَ، وَيُقَاتِلُ لِكَذَا، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: مَنْ قَاتَلَ لِتَكُونَ كَلِمَةُ اللهِ هِيَ الْعُلْيَا فَهُوَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ
✧ A man came to the Prophet ﷺ leaning on a staff and said: 'O Messenger of God, a man fights to be mentioned, and fights for such-and-such.' The Messenger of God ﷺ said: 'Whoever fights so that the word of God is supreme, he is in the path of God, Mighty and Majestic.'
Musnad al-Tayalisi 491No grade recorded
" أَطْعِمُوا الْجَائِعَ، وَفُكُّوا الْعَانِيَ، وَعُودُوا الْمَرِيضَ
✧ Feed the hungry, free the captive, and visit the sick.