Sunan al-Nasa'i — The Book of the Times (of Prayer)

“The women used to pray Subh with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), wrapped in their wrappers, then they would return, and no one would recognize them because of the darkness.”

“I poured water for him from a small vessel and he performed a light Wudu’. I said to him: ‘The prayer.’ He said: ‘The prayer is still ahead of you.’ When he came to Al-Muzdalifah he prayed Maghrib, then they untied the saddles of their mounts and then he prayed ‘Isha’.”

It was narrated from Salim, from his father, that the Prophet (S.A.W) joined them (Maghrib and ‘Isha’) in Al-Muzdalifah, and he prayed each of them with an Iqamah, and he did not offer any voluntary prayer before or after either of them.

“On the day of Al-Khandaq the idolators kept us from praying Zuhr until the sun had gone down; that was before the revelation concerning fighting was revealed. Then Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, revealed: Allah sufficed for the believers in the fighting. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) commanded Bilal to say the Iqamah for Zuhr prayer, and he offered it just as he used to offer it on time. Then he said the Iqamah for ‘Asr and he offered it just as he used to offer it on time. Then he called the Adhan for Maghrib and offered it on time.” Al-Ahzab 33:25.

“There was an eclipse of the sun, and the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) got up in a rush, fearing that it might be the Hour. He went to the masjid, where he stood and prayed, standing, bowing and prostrating for the longest time that I ever saw him do in prayer. Then he said: ‘These signs that Allah (SWT) sends do not occur for the death or birth of anyone, but Allah (SWT) sends them to strike fear into His slaves. If you see any of these things, then hasten to remember Him, call upon Him supplicate and ask for His forgiveness.'”

“A funeral passed by us and the Messenger of Allah stood up and we stood with him. I said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, it is a Jewish funeral.’ He said: ‘Death is something terrifying, so if you see a funeral, stand up,”‘ This is the wording of Khalid.

“We came to Al-Madinah and the Messenger of Allah was standing on the Minbar addressing the people and saying: ‘The hand which gives is the upper hand. Start with those for whom you are responsible; your mother, your father, your sister, your brother, then the next closest, and the next closet.”‘

“The Messenger of Allah sent me with the weak ones of his family to pray Subh in Mina and stone the Jamrah.”

“It was said to Abdullah bin Masud that some people were stoning the Jamart from above al-Aqabah.” He said: “So Abdullah stoned it from the bottom of the valley, then he said: ‘From here – by the One beside Whom there is no other God – did the one to whom surat Al-Baqarah was revealed, stone it.”

“A man came to the Prophet (ﷺ) while he was delivering a Khutbah from the Minbar, and he said: ‘If I fight in the cause of Allah with patience and seeking reward, facing the enemy and not running away, do you think that Allah will forgive my sins?’ He said: ‘Yes.’ Then he fell silent for a while. Then he said: ‘Where is the one who was asking just now?’ The man said: ‘Here I am.’ He said: ‘What did you say?’ He said: ‘What did you say?’ He said: ‘I said: I said: If I fight in the cause of Allah with patience and seeking reward,facing the enemy and not running away, do you think that Allah will forgive my sins?’ He said: ‘Yes, except for debt. Jibril told me that just now.'”

A man said to him: “The Messenger of Allah came to us while we were in a tent inside the Masjid of Al-Al-Madinah, and he said to us: ‘It has been revealed to me that I should fight the people until they say La ilaha illallah.'” A similar narration.

“Abu Bakr became infuriated with a man.” He said: “If you tell me to, I will do it.” He said: “By Allah, that is not for any human being after Muhammad .”

“We pledged to the Messenger of Allah to hear and obey, both in times of ease and hardship, when we felt energetic and when we felt tired, that we would not contend with the orders of whomever was entrusted with it, that we would was entrusted with it, that we would stand firm in the way of truth wherever we may be, and that we would not fear the blame of the blamers.”

“I came to the Messenger of Allah” and he mentioned something similar.

“Abdullah bin Sahl was found slain, and his brother, and two paternal uncles, Huwayysah and Huwayisaah, who were the paternal uncles of ‘Abdullah bin Sahl, came to the Messenger of Allah. ‘Abdur-Rahman started to speak, but the Messenger of Allah said: “Let the elders speak first.” They said: “O Messenger of Allah, we found ‘Abdullah bin Sahl slain in one of the dry wells of Khaibar.” The prophet said: “Whom do you suspect? They said: “We suspect the Jews.” He said: “Will you swear fifty oaths saying that the Jews killed him?” They said: “How can we swear an oath about something that we did not see?” He said: “Then can the Jews swear fifty oaths declaring that they did not kill him?” They said:”How can we accept their oaths, when they are Mushrikun?” So the Messenger of Allah paid the blood money himself. (Sahih) Malik narrated this in Mursal from.

“It is not permissible to shed the blood of a Muslim except in one of three cases: A soul for a soul, a adulterer who has been married, and one who separates leaving his religion.”

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: A single rider is a devil, and a pair of riders are a pair of devils, but three are a company of riders.

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: When three are on a journey, they should appoint one of them as their commander.

‘Umar said explaining the verse: “What Allah has bestowed on His Apostle (and taken away) from them – for this ye made no expedition with either cavalry or camelry” this belonged specially to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ): lands of ‘Urainah, Fadak, and so-and-so. What Allah as bestowed on His Apostle (and taken away) from the people of the townships – belong to Allah – to the Apostle, and to kindred and orphans, the needy and the wayfarer, to the indigent emigrants, those who were expelled from their homes and their property, and to those who, before them, had homes (in Medina), and had adopted the faith, and to those who came after them. This verse completely covered all the people ; they remained no one from Muslims but he had his right in it, or share (according to Ayyub’s version) except the slaves.

When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) died, the wives of the Prophet (ﷺ) intended to send ‘Uthman b. ‘Affan to Abu Bakr to ask him their cost of living from (the inheritance of) the Prophet (ﷺ). Thereupon ‘Aishah said: Did not the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: We are not inherited. Whatever we leave is sadaqah.

The Prophet (ﷺ) stood up for a funeral (to show respect) and thereafter he sat down.

On the authority of his father: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) commanded us to proceed to the land of Negus. Mentioning the rest of the tradition he said that Negus said: I bear witness that he is the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), and it is he about whom Christ son of Mary gave good news. It I were not in the land which I am, I would come to him and carry his shoes.

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: the similitude of a man who emancipates a slave at the time of his death is like that of a man who gives a present after satisfying his appetite.

“Allah’s Messenger prayed Maghrib when the sun had set and it (the sun) had hidden in the veil (of darkness).”

“A man from Banu Khudrah and a man from Banu Amr bin Awf were disputing about the Masjid that was founded upon Taqwa. The man from Banu Khudrah said: ‘It is the Masjid of Allah’s Messenger.’ The other one said that it was Masjid Qub. So they went to ask Allah’s Messenger about that. He said: ‘It is this – meaning his Masjid – ‘and in that one (Masjid Quba) there is much good.'”

“Marwan left Abu Hurairah in charge of Al-Madinah and he went to Makkah. So Abu Hurairah led us in Salat in Friday, reciting Surah Al-Jumuah (in the first Rak’ah) and in the second prostration (Rak’ah): When the hypocrites come to you.” Ubaidullah said: “So I caught up with Abu Hurairah and said to him: ‘You recited two Surah that Ali recited in Al-Kufah. Abu Hurairah said: ‘Indeed I heard Allah’s Messenger reciting them.'”

“Al-Walid bin Uqbah, the governor of Al-Madinah, sent me to ask Ibn Abbas about how the Messenger of Allah would perform Salat Al-Istisqa. I came to him and he said: ‘The Messenger of Allah would go out in modest dress, humbly, imploring, until he reached the Musalla. He would not give this Khutbah of yours, rather, he would continue supplication and imploring saying the Takbir, and pray two Rak’ah, just as he would pray for the Eid.'”

“When the Prophet wanted to Perform Hajj, he announced it to the people, and they gathered (to accompany him). When he reached Al-Baida he assumed Ihram”

“A woman held a boy of hers up for the Messenger of Allah and said: ‘O Messenger of Allah! Is there Hajj for this one’ He said: ‘Yes, and you will be rewarded.'”

“The Messenger of Allah refused Uthman bin Ma’zun (when he asked) regarding celibacy, and if he had permitted it for him, then we would have castrated ourselves.”

The Messenger of Allah said: “Allah has permitted my Ummah what occurs in their mines, as long as it is not spoken or acted upon.”

“The Prophet (ﷺ) died while his armour was pawned for twenty Sa’ of food that he got for his family.” This Hadith is Hasan Sahih.

That the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “The atonement of a vow when it is not specified is the atonement of an oath.”

Another chain with similar meaning. There are narrations on this topic from Mujammi’ bin Jariyah, Ibn ‘Abbas, and Ibn Abi ‘Amrah from his father. This Hadith of Ibn ‘Umar is a Hasan Sahih Hadith. This is acted upon according to most of the people of knowledge among the Companions of the Prophet (ﷺ) and others. This is the view of Sufyan At-Thawri, Al-Awzai’, Malik bin Anas, Ibn Al-Mubarak, Ash-Shafi’i, Ahmad and Ishaq. They said that the horsemen gets three shares, one share is for him and two shares for his horse. The foot soldiers get one share.

That the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Goodness will remain in the forelocks of horses until the Day of Judgement: (They bring about) Rewards and spoils of war.” There are narrations on this topic from Ibn ‘Umar, Abu Sa’eed, Jarir, Abu Hurairah, Asma’ bin Yazid, Al-Mughira bin Shu’bah, and Jabir. This Hadith is Hasan Sahih. ‘Urwah is Ibn Al-Ja’d Al-Bariqi, and they say he is ‘Urwah bin Al-Ja’d. Ahmad bin Hanbal said: “The Fiqh of this Hadith is that Jihad is with every Imam until the Day of Judgement.”

“Indeed there is a fitnah for every Ummah, and the Fitnah for my Ummah is wealth.”

“Indeed in Paradise there is a sea of water, and a sea of honey,and a sea of milk, and a sea of wine, then the rivers shall split off afterwards.”

“When (the following) was revealed: ‘And warn your tribe of near kindred (26:214)’ the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) gathered the (families) of the Quraish (calling them) one and all, he said: ‘O people of the Quraish! Ransom yourselves from the Fire! I have no power to prevent harm or bring benefit to you before Allah! O people of Banu ‘Abd Manaf! Ransom yourselves from the Fire! I have no power to prevent harm or bring benefit to you before Allah! O people of Banu Qusayy! Ransom yourselves from the Fire! I have no power to prevent harm or bring benefit to you! O people of Banu ‘Abdul-Muttalib! Ransom yourselves from the Fire! I have no power to prevent harm or bring benefit to you! O Fatimah bint Muhammad! Ransom yourself from the Fire! I have no power to prevent harm or bring benefit to you before Allah! All you have is the womb, and the kind relations that shall come of it.”

that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “The Ansar are my close ones and my elite. Indeed the people shall increase and they shall dwindle, so accept from those who do good among them, and overlook those who do bad among them.”

The Messenger of Allah liked to start on the right when purifying himself, when combing his hair and when putting on his footwear.

The Prophet said: ‘Rinse your mouths after drinking milk for there is some greasiness in it.”

“The Messenger of Allah said: ‘If the people knew what (reward) there is in the ‘Isha’ prayer and fajr prayer, they would come even if they had to crawl.'”

It was narrated from ‘Abdullah bin ‘Abdur-Rahman bin Thabit bin Samit, from his father, from his grandfather, that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) performed prayer among Banu ‘Abdul-Ashhal, wearing a cloak in which he was wrapped and putting his hands on it to protect them from the cold of the pebbles.

It was narrated from Anas bin Malik that the Prophet (ﷺ) was given glad tidings that a need of his had been met, and he fell down prostrate.

“When you enter upon one who is sick, cheer him up and give him hope of a long life, for that does not change anything (of the Divine Decree), but it will cheer the heart of the one who is sick.”

“I asked the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ): ‘When does a person stop recognizing people?’ he said: ‘When he sees.”

“There is no fast for the one who did not make it incumbent upon himself from the night before.”

The Prophet (ﷺ) forbade fasting Rajab.

“Umra belongs to the one to whom it is given, and Ruqba belongs to the one to whom it is given.”

“The likeness of the one who gives charity then takes it back is that of a dog who vomits then goes back and eats its vomit.”

“The Prophet (ﷺ) was in need of food, and news of that reached ‘Ali. He went out seeking work so that he could earn something to give to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). He came to a garden belonging to a Jewish man, and he drew seventeen buckets of water for him, each bucket for a date. The Jew gave him the option to take seventeen of his ‘Ajwah dates (a high quality of dates) and he brought them to the Prophet of Allah (ﷺ).”

“Whoever covers (the sin of) a Muslim, Allah will cover him (his sin) in this world and in the Hereafter.”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) stopped at ‘Arafat and said: ‘This is the place of standing, and all of ‘Arafat is a place of standing.’”

“We youngsters from the clan of ‘Abdul-Muttalib came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), from Jam’, on donkeys of ours. He started striking our thighs and saying: ‘O my sons, do not stone the Pillar until the sun rises.’”

“There is no harm in that.”

“By the One in Whose Hand is my soul, the Prophet of Allah (ﷺ) never ate his fill of wheat bread for three days in a row, until Allah took his soul.”

“I heard Sa’eed bin Zaid bin ‘Amr bin Nufail narrating from the Prophet (ﷺ) that: ‘Truffles are a type of manna that Allah sent down to the Children of Israel, and their water is a healing for eye (diseases).’”

“I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say several times: ‘By the One in Whose Hand is the soul of Muhammad, the family of Muhammad does not have a Sa’ of food grains or a Sa’ of dates.’ And at that time he had nine wives.”