Sunan al-Nasa'i — The Book of the Masjids

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) entered the House (the Ka’bah), with Usamah bin Zaid, Bilal and ‘Uthman bin Talhah, and they locked the door behind them. When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) opened it, I was the first one to enter. I met Bilal and asked him: ‘Did the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) pray inside?’ He said: ‘Yes, he prayed between the two Yemeni columns.'”

“When any one of you enters the Masjid, let him pray two Rak’ahs before he sits down.”

“I prayed with the Prophet (ﷺ) and with Abu Bakr and Umar, may Allah be pleased with them both, and they started with “All the praise and thanks be to Allah, the Lord of all that exists.”

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) recited Surat Al-A’raf in maghrib and split it between two rak’ahs.

“I heard Anas (narrate) that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘Be moderate in prostration and do not rest your forearms along the ground like a dog.'”

His paternal uncle had told him that he went out with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) to pray for rain. He turned his rida’ around, and turned his back to the people, then he prayed two rak’ahs and recited loudly.

when the Messenger of Allah came to the graveyard he would say: “As-salamu ‘alaykum ahli ad-diyari min al-mu’minin wal-muslimin wa inna I sha’ Allahu bikum lana faratun wa nahnu lakum taba’un, as’alullahal-‘afiyata lana wa lakum. (Peace by upon the inhabitants of this place among the believers and Muslims. Soon we will join you, if Allah willing. You have gone on ahead of us and we will follow you. I ask Allah to keep us and you safe and sound.)”

“The Messenger of Allah used to fast all of Shaban, and he made sure to fast on Mondays and Thursdays.” ‘

“I asked the Messenger of Allah about fasting and he said: ‘Fast one day of the month.’ I said: ‘Fast one day of the month.’ I said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, let me do more, let me do more.’ He said: ‘Let me do more, let mo do more; I am able for it.’ Then the Messenger of Allah fell silent until I thought that he was going to refuse my request. Then he said: ‘fast three days of each month.”‘

“The Messenger of Allah said: “The best of charity is that which is given when you are self-sufficient, and start with those for whom you are responsible.”‘

“O Messenger of Allah, my fater is an old man and he cannot perform Hajj or ‘Umrah, nor can he travel.” He said: “Perform Hajj and ‘Umrah on behalf of your father.”(sahih)

“Some people from ‘Uraynah became Muslim, but the climate of Al-Madinah did not suit them. The Messenger of Allah sent someone to bring them and they were caught. He had their hands and feet cut off and their eyes branded, then he left them in Al-Harrah until they died.”

“I heard Jabir say: ‘The Messenger of Allah sent us, three hundred riders led by Abu ‘Ubaidah bin al-Jarrah, to lie in wait for the caravan of the Quraish. We stayed on the coast and became very hungry, so much so that we ate Khabat. Then the sea cast ashore a beast called (Al-‘Anbar), and we ate from it for half a month, and daubed our bodies with its fat, and our health was restored. Abu ‘Ubaidah took one it its ribs and looked for the tallest camel and the tallest man in the army, and he passed beneath it. Then they got hungry again and a man slaughtered three camels, then they got hungry and a man slaughtered three camels, then they got hungry and a man slaughtered three camels, then they got hungry and a man slaughtered three camels. Then Abu ‘Ubaidah told him not to do that.” (One of the narrators) Sufyan said: “Abu Az-Zubair said, narrating from Jabir: “We asked the Prophet and he said: ‘Do you have anything left of it?”‘ he said; “We took out, such-and -such an amount of a fat from its (the whale’s) eyes, and four men could fit into its eye socket. Abu ‘Ubaidah had a sack of dates and he used to give them out by the handful, then he started to give one date at a time, and when we ran out of dates it became very difficult for us.”

Anas said : I saw one of them biting the earth with this mouth (teeth) on account of thirst and this they died.

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: People who get up from an assembly in which they did not remember Allah will be just as if they had got up from an ass’s corpse, and it will be a cause of grief to them.

when you hear the cocks crowing, ask Allah for some of His grace, for they have seen as angel; but when you hear an ass braying, seek refuge in Allah from the devil, for it has seen the devil.

“Allah’s Messenger did not pray any Salat at the end of its time two times, until Allah took him.”

he saw the Messenger of Allah at Ahjar Az-Zait, supplicating for rain, and he was raising his hands in supplication.

“I performed eleven prostrations (of recitation) with the Messenger of Allah, among them was that which is in Surat An-Najm.”

“I performed eleven prostrations with the Messenger of Allah, among them was that which is in Surat An-Najm.”

The Messenger of Allah said: “When a person dies, he is shown his place . If he is one of the people of Paradise; he is shown his place among the people of Paradise, and if he one of the people of the Fire; he is shown his place among the people of the Fire. Then it is said to him: ‘This is your place until Allah resurrects you on the Day of Judgment.'”

From Jarir bin ‘Abdullah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) sent a military expedition to Khath’am. So some people (living there) sought safety by prostrating, but they were met quickly and killed. News of this reached the Prophet (ﷺ) upon which he commanded that they be given half of the ‘Aql (blood money). And he said: “I am free from every Muslim that lives among the idolaters.” They said:”O Messenger of Allah: How is that ?” He said: “They should not see each other’s campfires.”

“I was ill, so the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) came to visit me, and I was unconscious. When I awoke, I said: ‘How do you order me regarding my wealth?’ He did not answer me until Allah revealed: Allah commands you regarding your children’s (inheritance): to the male, a portion equal to that of two females (4:11).” Jãbir bin ‘Abdulläh narrated from the Prophet similarly. And in the narration of Al-Fadl bin As-Sabbäh (a narrator in the chain) there is more than this stated.

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘Whoever prays six Rak’ah after the Maghrib and does not speak evil between them, they will be made equivalent to twelve years’ worship.’”

that when Saudah bint Zam’ah grew old, she gave her day to ‘Aishah, and the Messenger of Allah went to ‘Aishah on Saudah’s day.