I asked Anas bin Malik about the Qunut. Anas replied, “Definitely it was (recited)”. I asked, “Before bowing or after it?” Anas replied, “Before bowing.” I added, “So and so has told me that you had informed him that it had been after bowing.” Anas said, “He told an untruth (i.e. “was mistaken,” according to the Hijazi dialect). Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) recited Qunut after bowing for a period of one month.” Anas added, “The Prophet (ﷺ) sent about seventy men (who knew the Qur’an by heart) towards the pagans (of Najd) who were less than they in number and there was a peace treaty between them and Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) (but the Pagans broke the treaty and killed the seventy men). So Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) recited Qunut for a period of one month asking Allah to punish them.”
I asked Anas bin Malik: “Did you use to dislike to perform Tawaf between Safa and Marwa?” He said, “Yes, as it was of the ceremonies of the days of the Pre-Islamic period of ignorance, till Allah revealed: ‘Verily! (The two mountains) As-Safa and Al-Marwa are among the symbols of Allah. It is therefore no sin for him who performs the pilgrimage to the Ka`ba, or performs `Umra, to perform Tawaf between them.’ ” (2.158)
I heard Anas bin Malik, “Have you ever heard that the Prophet (ﷺ) said, ‘There is no alliance in Islam?’ ” He replied, “The Prophet (ﷺ) made alliance between Quraish and the Ansar in my house.”
I asked Anas about the Qunut (i.e. invocation in the prayer). Anas said, “It should be recited before bowing.” I said, “So-and-so claims that you say that it should be recited after bowing.” He replied, “He is mistaken.” Then Anas narrated to us that the Prophet (ﷺ) invoked evil on the tribe of Bani-Sulaim for one month after bowing. ‘ Anas Further said, “The Prophet (ﷺ) had sent 40 or 70 Qaris (i.e. men well versed in the knowledge of the Qur’an) to some pagans, but the latter struggled with them and martyred them, although there was a peace pact between them and the Prophet (ﷺ) I had never seen the Prophet so sorry and worried about anybody as he was about them (i.e. the Qaris).
I asked Anas bin Malik regarding Al-Qunut during the prayer. Anas replied, “Yes (Al-Qunut was said by the Prophet (ﷺ) in the prayer).” I said, “Is it before Bowing or after Bowing?” Anas replied, “(It was said) before (Bowing).” I said, “So-and-so informed me that you told him that it was said after Bowing.” Anas replied, “He was mistaken, for Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said Al-Qunut after Bowing for one month. The Prophet (ﷺ) had sent some people called Al-Qurra who were seventy in number, to some pagan people who had concluded a peace treaty with Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) . But those who had concluded the treaty with Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) violated the treaty (and martyred all the seventy men). So Allah’s Apostle said Al-Qunut after Bowing (in the prayer) for one month, invoking evil upon them.
I saw the drinking bowl of the Prophet (ﷺ) with Anas bin Malik, and it had been broken, and he had mended it with silver plates. That drinking bowl was quite wide and made of Nadar wood, Anas said, “I gave water to the Prophet (ﷺ) in that bowl more than so-and-so (for a long period).” Ibn Seereen said: Around that bowl there was an iron ring, and Anas wanted to replace it with a silver or gold ring, but Abu Talha said to him, “Do not change a thing that Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) has made.” So Anas left it as it was.
I said to Anas bin Malik, “Did it reach you that the Prophet (ﷺ) said, “There is no treaty of brotherhood in Islam’?” Anas said, “The Prophet (ﷺ) made a treaty (of brotherhood) between the Ansar and the Quraish in my home.”
I said to Anas, “Did Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) make Medina a sanctuary?” He replied, “Yes, (Medina is a sanctuary from such-and-such place to such-and-such place. It is forbidden to cut its trees, and whoever innovates an heresy in it or commits a sin therein, will incur the curse of Allah, the angels, and all the people.” Then Musa bin Anas told me that Anas added, “….. or gives refuge to such an heretic or a sinner…”
I asked Anas whether Qunut was observed (by the Holy prophet) before ruku’ or after ruku’. He replied: Before ruku’. I said: People conceive that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) observed Qunut after the ruku’. He said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) observed Qunut (after the ruku’ as the people conceive it) for a mouth invoking curse upon those persons who had killed men among his Companions who were called the reciter (of the Qur’an).
Never did I ace the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) so much grieved (at the loss of a) small army as I saw him grieved at those seventy men who were called” reciters” (and were killed) at Bi’r Ma’una; and he invoked curse for full one month upon their murderers.
I asked Anas b. Malik whether Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) had declared Medina as sacred. He said: Yes. (the area) between so and so. He who made any innovation in it, and further said to me: It is something serious to make any innovation in it (and he who does it) there is upon him the curse of Allah, and that of the angels and of all the people, Allah will not accept from him on the Day of Resurrection either obligatory acts or the surpererogatory acts. Ibn Anas said: Or he accommodates an innovator.
I asked Anas (Allah be pleased with him) whether Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) had declared Medina as sacred. He said: Yes, it is sacred, so its tree is not to be cut; and he who did that let the curse of Allah and that of the angels and of all people be upon him.
‘Umar wrote to us when we were in Adharba’ijan saying: ‘Utba b. Farqad, this wealth is neither the result of your own labour nor the result of the labour of your father, nor the result of the labour of your mother, so feed Muslims at their own places as you feed (members of your family and yourselves at your own residence), and beware of the life of pleasure, and the dress of the polytheists and wearing of silk garments, for Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) forbade the wearing of silk garments, but only this much, and Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) raised his. forefinger and middle finger and he joined. them (to indicate that only this much silk can be allowed in the dress of a man). ‘Asim said also: This is what is recorded in the lette., (sent to us), and Zuhair raised his two fingers (to give an idea of the extent to which silk may be used).
“The Prophet (ﷺ) granted us a dispensation when traveling, allowing us not to take off our Khuffs for three days and three nights.”
“I asked Safwan bin ‘Assal about wiping over the Khuffs, and he said: ‘The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to tell us, when we were travelling, to wipe over our Khuffs and not take them off for three nights in the event of defecating, urinating or sleeping; only in the case of Janabah.'”
“I came to a man called Safwan bin ‘Assal and sat at his door. He came out and said: ‘What do you want?’ I said: ‘I am seeking knowledge.’ He said: ‘The angels lower their wings for the seeker of knowledge out of pleasure at what he is seeking.’ He said: ‘What do you want to know about?’ I said: ‘About the Khuffs.’ He said: ‘When we were with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) on a journey, he told us not to take them off for three days except in the case of Janabah, but not in the case of defecation, urinating or sleep.'”
“When we were with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) on a journey, he told us not to take them off for three days except in the case of Janabah, but not in the case of defecation, urinating or sleep.”
It was narrated from Umm Hani’ that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) performed Ghusl, he and Maimunah from a single vessel, a bowl in which there were traces of dough.
It was narrated from Anas bin Malik that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) went around all his wives and only performed Ghusl once.
“Men and women used to perform Wudu’ together during the time of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ).”
“I remember competing over the vessel with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), when he and I were performing Ghusl from it.” See the following narration and no. 240.
” I said: ‘O Messenger of Allah(ﷺ), I go hunting wearing nothing but a single shirt. Can I pray in it?’ He said: ‘Fasten it to yourself even with a thorn.'”
“I asked Anas bin Malik: ‘Did the Prophet (ﷺ) pray in sandals?’ He said: ‘Yes.'”
“When the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) passed away, the Ansar said: ‘Let there be an Amir from among us and an Amir from among you.’ Then ‘Umar came to them and said: ‘Do you not know that the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) commanded Abu Bakr to lead the people in prayer? Who mong you could accept to put himself ahead of Abu Bakr?’ They said: ‘We seek refuge with Allah from putting ourselves ahead of Abu Bakr.”‘
“When the Iqamah for prayer is said, there is no prayer except the prescribed prayer.”
“We used to speak to each other during the prayer, saying whatever was necessary, at the time of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), until this verse was revealed: Guard strictly (five obligatory) As-Salawat (the prayers) especially the middle Salah (i.e. the best prayer- ‘Asr). And stand before Allah with obedience (and do not speak to others during the Salah (prayers)), so we were commanded to be silent.”
“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) commanded me to recite Al-Mu’awwidhat following every prayer.”
He attended a Khutbah one day that was delivered by Samurah bin Jundub. In his Khutbah he mentioned a hadith from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). Samurah bin Jundub said: “One day a boy from among the Ansar and I were shooting at two targets of ours, during the time of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), when the sun was at a height of two or three spears as it appears to one who is looking at the horizon. The sun turned black, and we said to one another, let us go to the masjid, for by Allah (SWT) this must herald some event concerning the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and his ummah. We went to the masjid and we saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) coming out to the people. He went forward and prayed. He stood for the longest time that he had ever stood in any prayer in which he led us, but we did not hear him saying anything. Then he bowed for the longest time that he had ever bowed in any prayer in which he led us, but we did not hear him saying anything. Then he prostrated for the longest time that he had ever prostrated in any prayer in which he led us, but we did not hear him saying anything. The he did likewise in the second rak’ah. And the eclipse ended as he was sitting at the end of the second rak’ah. The he said the salam, then he praised and glorified Allah (SWT), and bore witness that there is none worthy of worship but Allah (SWT) and he bore witness that he was the slave and Messenger of Allah.” Narrated in abridged form.
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to pray witr with nine and pray two rak’ahs sitting down.
“Whoever prays twelve rak’ahs during the night and day other than the prescribed prayers, a house will be built for him in Paradise: four before Zuhr and two rak’ahs afterward, two before Asr, two after Maghrib and two before Fajr.”
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: “Whoever prays twelve rak’ahs during the day and night, a house will be built for him in Paradise.”
“Whoever prays twelve rak’ahs during the night and day apart from the prescribed prayers, a house will be built for him in Paradise.”
“When Abu Musa was close to death, his wife started to scream.” They said: “He woke up and said: ‘Did I not tell you that I am free from what the Messenger of Allah is free?” They said: “He used to narrate that the Messenger of Allah said: ‘I am free from the one who shaves his head, rends his garments or raises his voice in lamentation.”‘
” I heard the Messenger of Allah say: ‘The month is twenty-nine days.”‘
“We are an unlettered Ummah, we do not use astronomical counting or computation. The month is like this, and this, and this,” he did three times, showing it as twenty-nine.
“The Messenger of Allah said; ‘Take Sahur, for in Sahur there is blessing.””
A similar report was narrated from Abu Al-Ala bin Ash-Shikhkhir, from a man.
“Hamzah said to the Messenger of Allah: ‘O Messenger of Allah, should I fast while traveling?’ He used to fast a great deal. The Messenger of Allah said to him: “If you wish then fast and if you wish then do not fast.”‘
“Hamzah asked the Messenger of Allah: ‘O Messenger of Allah, should I fast while then fast and if you wish then do not fast.”‘
That the Messenger of Allah used to fast continually and it ws said that he would not break his fast, and he used not to fast and it was said that he would not fast.
“The Messenger of Allah used to be keen to fast on Mondays and Thursday.”
“The Messenger of Allah used to be keen to fast on Mondays and Thursday.”
“The Messenger of Allah used to be keen to fast on Mondays and Thursday.”
“The Messenger of Allah said to me: ‘Read the Qur’an in a month.’ I said: ‘I am able to do more than that. ‘ And I kept asking him until he said: ‘In five days.’ And he said: ‘Fast three days a month.’ I said: ‘I am able to do more than that.’ And ‘Observe thhe most beloved of fasting to Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, the fast one day and not the next.” (Suahih).
“I entered with Zaid upon ‘Abdullah bin Amr and he narrated: ‘The Messenger of Allah was told about my fasting, so the entered upon me and I gave him an average-sized leather pillow that was stuffed with palm fibvers. He sat in the ground with the pillow between myself and him, and said: “Whill it not be sufficient for you to fast three days each months?” I said: O Messenger of Allah! He said: “O Messenger of Allah!” He said: “Eleven.” I said: “O Messenger of Allah!” Then the Prophet said: “There is not fast better than the fast of Dawud, half of a lifetime, fasting one day and not next.”
“My beloved Prophet advised me to do three things which I will never give up, if Allah wills. He advised me to pray Duha, to pray Witr before sleeping, and to fast three days of each month.”
“The Messenger of Allah enjoyed three things upon me: To sleep after praying Witr, to perform Ghusal on Friday, and to fast three days of each month.” (Sahih).
“No Sadaqah is due on grains or dates unless the amount reaches five Awauq, nor on less than five Dhawd, nor on less than five Awaq.”
“Jihad of the elderly, the young, the weak, and women, is Hajj and ‘Umarah.”(Sahah)
“I came with Ali bin Abi Talib when the Messenger of Allah sent him to the people of Makkah with news of the dissolution of treaty obligations.” He said: “How did you announced that no one would enter Paradise but a believing soul, no one was to circumambulate the House naked: whoever had a treaty with the Messenger of Allah, then for its period, or, it extended to four months, and when four months had passed, and that Allah is free from (all) obligations to the idolaters and so is His Messenger. No idolater was to perform Hajj after this year. I kept on announcing it until my vice grew hoarse.”
“I saw the Prophet when he had completed his seven (circuits of Tawaf); he came to the edge of the Mataf and prayed two Rakahs, with nothing in between him and people who were circumambulating.” (Daif)
It was narrated from Ibn ‘Abbas that a man came to the Messenger of Allah and said: “I have a wife who is one of the most beloved of the people to me, but she does not object if anyone touches her.” He said: “Divorce her.” He said: “I cannot do without her.” He said: “Then stay with her as much as you need to.”
a woman and her paternal aunt or a woman and her maternal aunt.
“A woman should not be taken as a co-wife to her paternal aunt or her maternal aunt.”
“The Messenger of Allah had a Persian neighbor who was good at making soup. He came to the Messenger of Allah one day when ‘Aishah was with him, and gestured to him with his hand to come. The Messenger of Allah gestured toward ‘Aishah -meaning: ‘What about her?’- and the man gestured to him like this, meaning, ‘No,’ two or three times.”
“Actions are but by intentions, and each man will have but that which he intended. Whoever emigrated for the sake of Allah and His Messenger, his emigration was for the sake of Allah and His Messenger, and whoever emigrated for the sake of some worldly gain or to marry some woman, his emigration was for that for which he emigrated.”
“I came to the Prophet and mentioned moving to (join) my family.” She told him about her situation. She said: “He allowed me, then, when I turned to leave, he called me back and said: ‘Stay with your family until the term prescribed is fulfilled.'”
“The Prophet said to me: ‘If you swear an oath, and you see something that is better, then do that which is better and offer expiation for your oath.'”
“The Prophet was with one of the Mothers of the Believers when another one sent a wooden bowl in which was some food. She struck the hand of the Prophet and the bowl fell and broke. The Prophet picked up the two pieces and put them together, then he started to gather up the food and said: ‘Your mother got jealous; eat.’ So they ate. He waited until she brought the wooden bowl that was in her house, then he gave the sound bowl to the messenger and left the broken bowl in the house of the one who had broken it.”
“O Abu Hamzah, what makes the blood and wealth of a Muslim forbidden?” He said: “Whoever bears witness to La ilaha illallah (there is none worthy of worship except Allah) and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah , faces our Qiblah, prays as we pray, and eats our slaughtered animals, he is a Muslim, and has the same rights and obligations as the Muslims.”
“I heard Aws say: ‘The Messenger of Allah came to us when we were in a tent.'” And he quoted the same Hadith.
The Prophet said: “The slain will bring his killer on the Day of Resurrection with his forelock and his head in his hand, and with his jugular veins flowing with blood, and will say: ‘O Lord, he killed me,’ until he draws near to the Throne.” They mentioned repentance to Ibn ‘Abbas and he recited this Verse: “And whoever kills a believer intentionally, his recompense is Hell” He said: “It has not been abrogated since it was revealed; there is no way he could repent.”
the Prophet forbade (the use of) the hides of Predators. (Hassan)
a mouse fell into some cooking fat and died. The Prophet was asked (about that) and he said: “Throw it away, and whatever is around it, and eat (the rest).”
“I asked the Messenger of Allah about hunting with a Mi`rad. He said: ‘If you strike (the game) with its sharp point, then eat, but if you strike it with its broad side, then the animal has been killed with a blow.’ I asked him about dogs and he said: ‘If you release your dog and he catches (the game) but does not eat it, then eat, because his catching it is its slaughter. If you find another dog with your dog and you fear that it caught (the game) with him and killed it, then do not eat, for you said the name of Allah over your dog, but you did not say His name over the other one.'”
“I release my trained dog and he catches (game).” He said: “If you release the trained dog and you say the name of Allah over him, and he catches (something), then eat.” I said: “Even if he kills it?” He said: shoot with the Mirad.” He said: “If it hits (the game) with its sharp point, then eat, but if it hits it with its broad side, then do not eat”
“Whoever keeps a dog, except a dog for hunting, herding livestock or farming, one Qurat will be deducted from his reward each day.”
“Whoever keep s dog except a dog for hunting, farming or herding livestock, on e Qurat will be deducted from his good deeds each day.”
the one who catches up with the game (he shot) after three days may eat from it, unless it has turned rotten.
“The Messenger of Allah allowed us to eat the flesh of horses but he forbade the flesh of donkeys.”
A man was sitting with the Prophet saw him after that and said: “What happened to the ring?” He said: “I threw it away.” He said: “I did not tell you to do that, rather I told you to sell it and benefit from its price.” This Hadith is Munkar.
“The Messenger of Allah forbade me from four things: Wearing garments dyed with safflower, and from wearing gold rings, and from wearing Al-Qassiyah garments, and reciting Qur’an while I am bowing.”
“The Messenger of Allah had supplications that he never omitted to recite. He used to say: ‘Allahumma inni a’udhu bika minal-hammi, wal-hazani, wal-‘ajzi, wal-kasali, wal-bukhli, wal-jubni, wa ghalabatar-rijal (O Allah, I seek refuge with You from worry, grief, incapacity, laziness, miserliness, cowardice and being overpowered by (other) men.)”
The Prophet used to say supplication in these words: “Allahumma inni a’udhu bika minal-kasali, walharami, wal-jubni, wal-‘ajzi, wa min fitnatil-mahya wal-mamat. (O Allah, I seek refuge in You from laziness, old age, cowardice, and incapacity, and from the trials of life and death.)”
“I heard the Messenger of Allah say: ‘Allahumma inni a’udhu bika minal-kasali, walharami, wal-maghrami, wal-ma’thami, wa a’udhu bika min sharril-masihid-dajjali, wa a’udhu bika min ‘adhabil-qabri, wa a’udhu bika min ‘adhabin-nar (O Allah, I seek refuge in You from laziness, old age, debt and sin, and I seek refuge in You from the evil of the Al-Masihid-Dajjal, and I seek refuge in You from the torment of the grave, and I seek refuge in You from the punishment of the Fire.)'”
“The Prophet used to seek refuge from these three: From being overtaken by destruction, from his enemies rejoicing in his misfortune, from being destined to an evil end, and from the difficult moment of a calamity.” Sufyan (one of the narrators) said: “There were three, and I mentioned four because I do not remember which one was not one of them.”
“I heard the Messenger of Allah say: ‘Allahumma, inni a’udhu bi-‘azamatika an ughtala min tahti (O Allah, I seek refuge in Your greatness from being swallowed up from beneath me.)'”
On the authority of his father that ‘Aishah said: O my nephew, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) did not prefer one of us to the other in respect of his division of the time of his staying with us. It was very rare that he did not visit us any day (i.e. he visited all of us every day). He would come near each of his wives without having intercourse with her until he reached the one who had her day and passed his night with her. When Saudah daughter of Zam’ah became old and feared that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) would divorce her, she said: Messenger of Allah, I give to ‘Aishah the day you visit me. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) accepted it from her. She said: We think that Allah, the Exalted, revealed about this or similar matter the Qur’anic verse: “If a wife fears cruelty or desertion on her husband’s part….”
I and Masruq entered upon ‘Aishah and we said: Mother of believers, there are two persons from the Companions of the Muhammad (ﷺ). One of them hastens to break the fast and hastens to pray while the other delays to break the fast and delays praying. She asked: Which of them hastens to break the fast and hasten to pray ? We replied: ‘Abd Allah (b. Mas’ud). She said: Thus did the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) do.
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to command us to fast the days of the white (nights): thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth of the month. He said: This is like keeping perpetual fast.
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was present with a she-mule which he rode, so Ali said: If we made asses cover mares we would have animals of this type. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Only those who do not know do that.
The tradition mentioned above has been transmitted by Dawud with a different chain of narrators. He said “The Apostle of Allaah(ﷺ) apportioned it (spoils of war) equally. The tradition of Khalid is more perfect.
I came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and said: Messenger of Allah, we shall meet the enemy tomorrow and we have no knives with us. May we kill with a sharp-edged white stone (flint) and with splinter of a staff ? The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Hasten in slaughtering it. When Allah’s name is mentioned you may eat what is killed by anything which causes the blood to flow except tooth and claw. I shall tell you about it. The tooth is a bone, and the claw is the knife of Abyssinians. Some people hastened and went forward, they made haste and got booty, while the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was in the rear and they setup cooking pots. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) passed by over the cooking pots. He ordered to turn them over. He then divided (the spoils of war) between them, and gave them a camel for ten goats in equation. One of the camels of the people ran away, and they had no horses with them at that time. A man shot an arrow at it, and Allah prevented it from escaping. The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Among animals (i.e. camels) there are some which bolt like wild animals ; so when any of them does so, do with it like this.
I asked the Messenger of Allah. I said: We hunt with these dogs. He replied: When you set off your dog and mention Allah’s name over it, eat what it catches for you, even if it kills it, except that the dog has eaten (any of it); if the dog has eaten (any of it), do not eat, for Im afraid it has caught it only for itself.
The Prophet (ﷺ) as saying: When you shoot your arrow and mention Allah’s name, and you find it (the game) after a day, and you do not find it in water, and you find in it only the mark of you arrow, eat (it). But if another dog joins your dogs, do not eat it, for you do not know maybe the one which was not yours has killed it.
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying: There is no alliance in Islam, and Islam strengthened the alliance made during pre-Islamic days.
The Prophet (ﷺ) came upon a woman who was weeping for her child. He said to her: Fear Allah and have patience. She said: What have you to do with my calamity ? She was then told that he was the Prophet (ﷺ). She, therefore, came to him. She did not find doorkeepers at his gate. She said: I did not recognize you, Messenger of Allah. He said: Endurance is shown only at a first blow.
In the time of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) we used to be called brokers, but the Prophet (ﷺ) came upon us one day, and called us by a better name than that, saying: O company of merchants, unprofitable speech and swearing takes place in business dealings, so mix it with sadaqah (alms).
He who believes in Allah and the Last Day should honour his guest provisions for the road are what will serve for a day and night: hospitality extends for three days; what goes after that is sadaqah(charity): and it is not allowable that a guest should stay till he makes himself an encumbrance. Abu Dawud said: Malik was asked about the saying of the Prophet: “Provisions for the road what will serve for a day a night.” He said: He should honor him, present him some gift, and protect him for a day and night, and hospitality for three days.
He said: A robe of silk brocade. He then sent him a Jubbah of brocade and said: You may sell it and fulfill your need.
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to me: O AbuDharr. I replied: At thy service and at thy pleasure, Messenger of Allah. He then mentioned the tradition in which he said: What will you do when there the death of the people (in Medina) and a house will reach the value of a slave (that is, a grave will be sold for a slave). I replied: Allah and His Apostle know best. Or he said: What Allah and His Apostle choose for me. He said: You must show endurance. Or he said; you may endure. He then said to me: What will you do, AbuDharr, when you see the Ahjar az-Zayt covered with blood? I replied: What Allah and His Apostle choose for me. He said: You must go to those who are like-minded. I asked: Should I not take my sword and put it on my shoulder? He replied: you would then associate yourself with the people. I then asked: What do you order me to do? You must stay at home. I asked: (What should I do) if people enter my house and find me? He replied: If you are afraid the gleam of the sword may dazzle you, put the end of your garment over your face in order that (the one who kills you) may bear the punishment of your sins and his. Abu Dawud said: No one mentioned al-Mush’ath in the chain of this tradition except Hammad b. Zaid.
If a man who is not married is seized committing sodomy, he will be stoned to death. Abu Dawud said: The tradition of ‘Asim proved the tradition of ‘Amir b. Abi ‘Amr as weak.
I was present with Uthman ibn Affan when al-Walid ibn Uqbah was brought to him. Humran and another man bore witness against him (for drinking wine). One of them testified that he had seen him drinking wine, and the other testified that he had seen him vomiting it. Uthman said: He could not vomit it, unless he did not drink it. He said to Ali: Inflict the prescribed punishment on him. Ali said to al-Hasan: Inflict the prescribed punishment on him. Al-Hasan said: He who has enjoyed its pleasure should also bear its burden. So Ali said to Abdullah ibn Ja’far: Inflict the prescribed punishment on him. He took a whip and struck him with it while Ali was counting. When he reached (struck) forty (lashes), he said: It is sufficient. The Prophet (ﷺ) gave forty lashes. I think he also said: “And AbuBakr gave forty lashes, and Uthman eighty. This is all sunnah (standard practice). And this is dearer to me.”
I heard al-Hajjaj addressing the people say: The similitude of ‘Uthman with Allah is like the similitude of Jesus son of Mary. He then recited the following verse and explained it: “Behold! Allah said: O Jesus! I will take thee and raise thee to Myself and clear thee (of the falsehood) of those who blaspheme.” He was making a sign with his hand to us and to the people of Syria.
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Gabriel came and taking me by the hand showed the gate of Paradise by which my people will enter. AbuBakr then said: Messenger of Allah! I wish I had been with you so that I might have looked at it. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) then said: You, AbuBakr, will be the first of my people to enter Paradise.
I came to the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) at the expedition to Tabuk when he was in a small skin tent. I gave him a salutation and he returned it, saying: come in. I asked : the whole of me Messenger of Allah? He replied : The whole of you. So I entered.
The Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) got up at night, fulfilled his need and washed his face and hand and then slept. Abu Dawud said: that is to say, he urinated
Have you experienced that? They replied: yes. He said : that is clear faith.
“The Prophet forbade that a man should perform Wudu with the leftover (water) from a woman’s purifcation.” Or, he said: “from her drinking.”
the Prophet said: When one of you comes to his wife, then he wants to repeat (it), let him perform Wudu between them.”
“When Allah’s Messenger said the Salam he would not remain seated except long enough to say: (Allahumma antas-salam, wa minkas-salam, tabarakta dhal jalali wal-Ikram) ‘O Allah! You are the One free of defects, and perfection is from You. Blessed are You, Possessor of Majesty and Honor.'”
(Another chain) which is similar, but he said: (Tabarakta ya dhal-jalali wal-ikram) “Blessed are You, O Possessor of Majesty and Honor.”
“The Messenger of Allah traveled on a journey and he prayed two Rak’ah for nineteen days.” Ibn Abbas said: “So when we would stay somewhere for nineteen (days) we would pray two Rak’ah , and if we stayed longer than that we would complete the Salat.”
“I was prayed and the Prophet, Abu Bakr, and Umar were there, so when I sat, I started off with praising Allah, then sending Salat upon the Prophet, then supplicating for myself. So the Prophet said: ‘Ask, your request will be granted, ask, your request will be ranted.'”
the Prophet said: “When one of you breaks his fast, then let him do so with dried dates, for they are blessed. Whoever does not find dates, then water, for it is purifying.” And he said: “Charity given to the needy is (counted as) charity, and if it is given to relatives it is (counted as) two: charity and nurturing (the ties of kinship).”
the Prophet said: “When one of you breaks his fast, then let him do so with dried dates. And whoever does not find dates, then water, for it is purifying.”
“The Messenger of Allah would fasting during the beginning of every month for three days, and Friday was the least of the days that he did not fast.”
“The Messenger of Allah said: ‘Whoever fasts three days in every month, then that is (similar to) fasting every day.’ Then Allah Mighty and Sublime is He, attested to that in His Book, by revealing: Whoever brings a good deed, shall have ten times the like thereof. So a day is like ten.”
“I said to Ubayy bin Ka’b: ‘O Abu Al-Mundhir! How do you know that it is the night of the twenty-seventh?’ He said: ‘Rather, the Messenger of Allah informed us that it is a night (after which) the sun rises without rays, so we counted and we remembered it. By Allah! Ibn Mas’ud learned that it is in Ramadan and that it is the nigh of the twenty-seventh, but he did not want to inform you lest you would depend on it.”
The Messenger of Allah said: “Alternate between Hajj and Umrah; for those two remove poverty and sins just as the bellows removes filth from iron, gold, and silver – and there is no reward for Al-Hajj Al-Mabrur except for Paradise.”
The Messenger of Allah said: “Nothing afflicts the believer, whether fatigue, grief, disease – even a worry that concerns him – except that by it, Allah removes something from his bad deeds.”
The Messenger of Allah said: “When someone whose religion and character you are pleased with comes to you then marry (her to) him. If you do not do so, then there will be turmoil (Fitnah) in the land and discord (Fasad). If you do not do so, then there will be turmoil (Fitnah) in the land and discord (Fasad).” They said: “O Messenger of Allah! What if there was something about him?” He said: “When someone whose religion and character you are pleased with comes to you then marry him.” (And he (pbuh) said this) three times.
“Subai’ah delivered twenty-three or twenty-five days after her husband had died. So when she was ready (finished post-natal bleeding) she adorned herself for marriage, but she was rebuked for doing that, so it was mentioned to the Prophet and he said: “If she has done that then her time has come.'”
That the Prophet (ﷺ) said: “There is no cutting of the hand for the traitor, or the embezzler, nor the plunderer.”
“The food of one is sufficient for two, and the food of two is sufficient for four, and the food of four is sufficient for eight.” Another chain from Jabir that the Prophet (ﷺ) said similarly.
“Whoever seeks treatment by cauterization, or with Ruqyah, then he has absolved himself of At-Tawakkul (reliance upon Allah).”
“Fever is from the agitation of the Fire, so cool it with water.”
“that a man from ” He said: ‘Yes.” He said: “Then what are their colors?” He said: “Red.” He said: “Is there a gray one among them?” He said: “Yes, there is a grey one among them.” He said: “From where does that come?” He said: “Perhaps it is hereditary.” He said: “Then in the same way, perhaps it is his heredity.” This Hadith is Hasan Sahih.
“Don’t you see that the Mujazziz looked just now at Zaid bin Harithah and Usamah bin Zaid, and said: ‘These feet belong to each other.'” This Hadith is Hasan Sahih.
“Surely, of the excellence of a person’s Islam is that he leaves what does not concern him.”
“When we went to the Prophet (ﷺ), each of us would sit wherever he wound up at.”
that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Whoever takes a false oath to deprive a Muslim of his property, he will meet Allah while He is angry with him.” So Al-Ash’ath bin Qais said: “By Allah! This was about me. There was a dispute between myself and a Jewish man who denied my right, and I complained against him to the Prophet (ﷺ). So the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to me: ‘Do you have any proof?’ I said: ‘No.’ So he said to the Jew: ‘Take an oath.’ I said: ‘O Messenger of Allah! If he takes an oath then I will lose my property.’ So Allah, Blessed and Most High, revealed: Verily those who purchase a small gain at the cost of Allah’s covenant and their oaths… until the end of the Ayah. (3:77)”
from his father who said: “On the Day of Badr I brought a sword so I said: ‘O Messenger of Allah! Indeed Allah has satisfied my breast (i.e. my desire) on the idolaters – or something like that – give me this sword.’ So he said: ‘This is not for me, nor is it for you.’ I said: ‘Perhaps he will give this to someone who did not go through some struggle I went through (fighting).’ So the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) came to me ‘You asked me, but it was not up to me. But now it has occurred that it is up to me, so it is yours.'” He said: “So (the following) was revealed: They ask you about the spoils of war (8:1).”
“When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was finished at Badr, it was said to him: ‘You have to get the caravan, you can not settle for less than that.’ Al-‘Abbas called out while he was bound up: ‘There is no use.’ He said: ‘For Allah, Most High, has promised you one of the two parties, and He gave you what He promised you.’ He said: ‘He has said the truth.'”
“A man came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said: ‘I fondled a woman who lives on the edge of Al-Madinah, and I did with her what is less than intercourse, and here I am, so judge in my case as you will.’ So ‘Umar said to him: ‘Allah covered you, so you should have covered yourself.’ The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) did not give him any reply. The man left but the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) sent a man after him to call him. He recited to him: ‘And perform Salat, at the two ends of the day and in some hours of the night. Verily, the good deeds remove the evil deeds. That is a reminder for the mindful (11:114) until the end of the Ayah. A man among the people said: ‘Is this specific for him?’ He (ﷺ) said: ‘No. Rather for all of the people.'” This Hadith is Hasan Sahih. This is how it was reported by Isra’Il from Simãk, from Ibrahim, from ‘Alqamah and Al-Aswad, from ‘Abdullãh from the Prophet , and it is similar. Shu’bah reported it from Simãk , from Ibrahim, from AlAswad, from ‘Abdullãh from the Prophet similarly. Sufyan AthThawri reported the same from Simãk, from Ibrahim, ‘AbdurRahman bin Yazld, from ‘Abdulläh from the Prophet (ﷺ). And the narrations of these people are more correct than the narration of Ath-Thawri. (Another chain) from ‘Abdullãh from the Prophet with similar. (Another chain) from ‘Abdulläh bin Mas’üd from the Prophet (ﷺ) with similar in meaning, but he did not mention “from Al-A’mash” in it. And Sulaimãn At-Taimi reported this Hadith from Abu ‘Uthmãn An-Nahdi, from Ibn Mas’ud from the Prophet .
from Ibn ‘Abbas, regarding: ‘And offer your Salat neither aloud nor in a low voice (17:110).” He said: “It was revealed in Makkah. When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) would raise his voice with the Qur’an, the idolaters would insult him, the One Who revealed it, and the one who came with it. So Allah revealed: And offer your Salat neither aloud so that they would not insult the Qur’an and the One who revealed it, and the one who came with it, nor in a low voice (too low) such that you can let your Companions hear it, and learn it from you.”
“The Messenger of Allah said: ‘Whoever performs ablution, let him clean his nose, and whoever uses pebbles to clean himself after defecating, let him use an odd number.'”
The Messenger of Allah wiped his ears, putting his forefingers in his ears and wiping the back of them with his thumbs, so he wiped them inside and out.
“I was with Salman, and he saw a man removing his leather socks for ablution. Salman said to him” ‘Wipe over your leather socks and your head cover, and your forehead, for I saw the Messenger of Allah wiping over his leather socks and head cover.'”
“If the Messenger of Allah wanted to eat when he was sexually impure, he would perform ablution.”
“The believing women used to perform the Subh prayer with the Prophet, then they would go back to their families and no one would recognize them,” meaning of the darkness.
The Messenger of Allah recited: And recite the Qur’an during the Fajr. Verily, the recitation of the Qur’an during Fajr is ever witnessed.” He said: “It is witnessed by the angels of the night and the day.”
“The Messenger of Allah said: ‘The greater the distance from the mosque, the greater the reward.'”
“The Prophet (ﷺ) said to me: ‘When you raise your head from prostration, do not squat like a dog. Put your buttocks between your feet and let the tops of your feet touch the ground.”
“The Prophet (ﷺ) said: ‘When you perform prayer, do not spit in front of you or to your right, but spit to your left or beneath your feet.’”
“I saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) performing prayer in a single garment, wrapping himself in it and throwing the ends over his shoulders.”
“We prostrated with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) in “When the heaven is split asunder” and “Read! In the Name of your Lord.”
It was narrated from Anas bin Malik that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to recite Qunut in the Subh prayer, and he used to supplicate in it against one of the Arab tribes for a month, then he stopped doing so.
“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said concerning the fear prayer: “The Imam should lead one group in prayer, and they should perform one prostration, and there should be another group between them and the enemy (guarding them). Then those who did the prostration with their leader should move away, and take the place of those who have not yet prayed. Then those who have not yet prayed should come forward and perform one prostration with their leader. Then their leader should move away, and his prayer will be complete. Then each group should perform one prostration by itself. If the fear is too great, then (they should pray) on foot or riding.’” He said: What is meant by prostration here is a Rak’ah.
It was narrated from ‘Amr bin Shu’aib, from his father, from his grandfather, that the Prophet (ﷺ) did not pray before or after the ‘Eid prayer.
“Beautify the Qur’an with your voices.”
It was narrated from Abu Bakrah that when the Prophet (ﷺ) heard news that made him happy, or for which one should be happy, he would fall down prostrate in gratitude to Allah, the Blessed and Exalted.
“The best of shrouds is the Hullah (two-piecer).”
“I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: ‘When you offer the prayer for the deceased, supplicate sincerely for him.’”
“And that they will not disobey you in Ma’ruf (all that is good in Islam);” he said: “(It is about) wailing.”
“I never looked at or I never saw the private part of the Messenger of Allah.’ ”
that his sister Furai’ah bint Malik said: “My husband went out to pursue some slaves of his. He caught up with them at the edge of Qadumttl and they killed him. News of his death reached me when I was in one of the houses of the Ansar, far away from the house of my family and my brothers. I went to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said: ‘O Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), there has come to me news of my husband’s death and I am in a house far away from the house of my people and the house of my brothers. He did not leave any money that could be spent on me, or any inheritance, or any house I may take possession of. If you think that you could give me permission to join my family and my brothers, then that is what I prefer and is better for me in some ways.’ He said: ‘Do that if you wish.’ Then I went out, feeling happy with the ruling of Allah given upon the lips of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), until, when I was in the mosque, or, in one of the apartments, he called me and said: ‘What did you say?’ I told him the story, and he said: ‘Stay in the house in which the news of your husband’s death came to you, until your waiting period is ever.”‘ She said: “So I observed the waiting period there for four months and ten (days).”
“I heard Fatimah bint Qais say that her husband divorced her ttree times, and the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) did not say that she was entitled to accommodation and maintenance.”
“Allah has forgiven my nation for mistakes and forgetfulness, and what they are forced to do.”
“I was a man who had a lot of desire for women, and I do not think there was any man who had as great a share of that as me. When Ramadan began, I declared Zihar upon my wife (to last) until Ramadan ended. While she was talking to me one night, part of her body became uncovered. I jumped on her and had intercourse with her. The next morning I went to my people and told them, and said to them: ‘Ask the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) for me.’ They said: ‘We will not do that, lest Allah reveal Quran concerning us or the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) says, something about us, and it will be a lasting source of disgrace for us. Rather we will leave you to deal with it yourself. Go yourself and tell the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) about your problem.’ So I went out and when I came to him, I told him what happened. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘Did you really do that?’ I said: ‘I really did that, and here I am, O Messenger of Allah. (ﷺ) I will bear Allah’s ruling on me with patience.’ He said: ‘Free a slave.’ I said: ‘By the One Who sent you with the truth, I do not own anything but myself.’ He said: ‘Fast for two consecutive months.’ I said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, the thing that happened to me was only because of fasting.’ He said: ‘Then give charity, or feed sixty poor persons.’ I said: ‘By the One Who sent you with the truttu we spent last night with no dinner.’ He said: ‘Then go to the collector of charity of Banu Zuraiq, and tell him to give you something, then feed sixty poor persons, and benefit from the rest.'”
“Mention was made of the mother of Ibrahim in the presence of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), and he said: ‘Her son set her free.’”
“When the following was revealed: “And Hajj (pilgrimage to Makkah) to the House (Ka’bah) is a duty that mankind owes to Allah, for whoever can bear the way.” They asked: ‘O Messenger of Allah, is Hajj every year?’ He remained silent. They asked: ‘Is it every year?’ He said: ‘No. If I had said yes, it would have become obligatory.’ Then the following was revealed: “O you who believe! Ask not about things which, if made plain to you, may cause you trouble.’”
It was narrated from Jabir bin ‘Abdullah, Ibn ‘Umar and Ibn ‘Abbas that when the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and his Companions came (to Makkah) to perform their Hajj and ‘Umrah, they only performed Tawaf once.
“Abu Musa Al-Ash’ari used to issue rulings concerning Tamattu’. Then a man said to him: ‘Withhold some of your rulings, for you do not know what the Commander of the Believers has introduced into the rites after you.’ (Abu Musa said:) ‘Then when I met him later on, I asked him.’ ‘Umar said: ‘I know that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and his Companions did it, but I did not like that people should lie with their wives in the shade of the Arak trees and then go out for Hajj with their heads dripping,’ (i.e. due to the bath after sexual relations).”
‘Do not take anything with a soul as a target.”
“At the time of Khaibar we ate horses and wild donkeys.”
“I heard Abu Hurairah say: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘Eat (olive) oil and anoint yourselves with it, for it is blessed.’”
Ishtimalus-Samma’ and Ihtiba’, exposing one’s private part to the sky.
“The Prophet (ﷺ) came to us and haggled with us over the price of trousers.”
“I saw Zainab the daughter of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) wearing a shirt of Siyara’ silk.*
“The Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) said: Qul Huwa Allahu ahad is equivalent to one third of the Quran.”
the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Whoever says: Subhan Allahi wa bi hamdihi (Glory and praise is to Allah) one hundred times, his sins will be forgiven even if they were like the foam of the sea.'”
“(Good) dreams come from Allah and (bad) dreams come from Satan, so if anyone of you sees something that he dislikes, let him spit dryly to his left three times, and seek refuge with Allah from the accursed Satan three times, and turn over onto his other side.”
“Islam began as something strange and will go back to being strange, so glad tidings to the strangers.”
“I came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) during the campaign of Tabuk, when he was in a tent made of leather, so I sat in front of the tent. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘Enter, O ‘Awf.’ I said, ‘All of me, O Messenger of Allah?’ He said: ‘All of you.’ Then he said: ‘O ‘Awf, remember six things (that will occur) before the Hour comes, one of which is my death.’ I was very shocked and saddened at that. He said: ‘Count that as the first. Then (will come) the conquest of Baitul-Maqdis (Jerusalem); then a disease which will appear among you and cause you and your offspring to die as martyrs and will purify your deeds; then there will be (much) wealth among you, so that if a man were to be given one hundred Dinar he would still be dissatisfied; and there will be tribulation among you that will not leave any Muslim house untouched;* then there will be a treaty between you and the Romans, then they will betray you and march against you with eighty banners, under each of which will be twelve thousand (troops).’”
“I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: ‘We, the sons of ‘Abdul-Muttalib, will be leaders of the people of Paradise: Myself, Hamzah. ‘Ali, Ja’far, Hasan, Husain and Mahdi.”
“One day some hot food was brought to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), and he ate. Then when he had finished he said: ‘Praise is to Allah, no hot food has entered my stomach since such and such a time.’”
“The Fire will consume all of the son of Adam except the mark of prostration. Allah has forbidden the Fire to consume the mark of prostration.’”
‘Death will be brought on the Day of Resurrection and made to stand on the Sirat (the Bridge over Hell). It will be said: “O people of Paradise!” And they will look. Anxious and afraid lest they be brought out of the place they are in. Then it will be said: “O people of Hell!” and they will look, hoping that they will be brought out of the place they are in. Then it will be said: “Do you know what this is?” They will say: “Yes, this is Death.” Then the command will be given for it to be slaughtered on the Sirat, and it will be said to both groups: “It is eternal wherever you are, and there will never be any death therein.”
“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said heard a man urging his brother to be modest. He said: ‘Indeed modesty is a branch of faith.'”
“I heard Abu Hurairah narrating that the Prophet (ﷺ) said: ‘Adam and Musa debated, and Musa said to him: “O Adam, you are our father but have deprived us and caused us to be expelled from Paradise because of your sin.” Adam said to him: “O Musa, Allah chose you to speak with, and he wrote the Tawrah for you with His own Hand. Are you blaming me for something which Allah decreed for me forty years before He created me?” Thus Adam won the argument with Musa, thus Adam won the argument with Musa.'”
“I never saw the Messenger of Allah mention his parents together for anyone except Sa’d bin Malik. He said to him on the Day of Uhud: ‘Shoot, Sa’d! May my father and mother be sacrificed for you!'”