Sunan Ibn Majah — The Book of Purification and its Sunnah

“The Prophet went out to urinate, and ‘Umar followed him with water. He said: ‘What is this, O ‘Umar?’ He said: ‘Water.’ He said: ‘I have not been commanded to perform ablution every time I urinate. If I did that it would have become a Sunnah.'”

“I went for Hajj with the Prophet and he went far away to relieve himself.”

‘The Messenger of Allah said: ‘When you get up for prayer, perform ablution properly and make the water run between your toes and your fingers.'”

“I asked ‘Aishah about wiping over the leather socks and she said: ‘Go to ‘Ali and ask him, for he knows more about that than I do.’ So I went to ‘Ali and asked him about wiping. He said: ‘The Messenger of Allah used to tell us that the resident could wipe for one day and one night, and the traveler could do so for three days.'”

“(The Companions) disputed in the presence of the Messenger of Allah about having a bath to cleanse oneself from sexual impurity. The Messenger of Allah said: ‘As for me, I pour three handfuls of water on my head.'”

On the Day of Khandaq, the Messenger of Allah said: “May Allah fill their houses and graves with fire, just as they distracted us from the middle prayer.”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘Do not bow or prostrate before me. No matter how far ahead of you I bow, you will catch up with me when I stand up, and no matter how far ahead of you I prostrate, you will catch up with me when I raise my head. I have become bulky.’”

“Which of your two prayers did you intend to be counted (i.e., accepted)?”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘O Banu ‘Abd Manaf! Do not prevent anyone from circumambulating this House or praying at any time he wants of the day or night.”

“I came to ‘Aishah and asked: ‘Did the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) recite Qur’an loudly or softly?’ She said: ‘Sometimes he would recite loud and sometimes softly.’ I said, ‘Allahu Akbar! Praise is to Allah Who has made this matter one of broad scope.’”

“When Sulaiman bin Dawud finished building Baitil-Maqdis, he asked Allah for three things: judgment that was in harmony with His judgment, a dominion that no one after him would have, and that no one should come to this mosque, intending only to pray there, but he would emerge free of sin as the day his mother bore him.” The Prophet (ﷺ) said: “Two prayers were granted, and I hope that the third was also granted.”

“One prayer in the Quba’ Mosque is like ‘Umrah.”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to stand by the root of a tree, or by a tree trunk, then he started to use a pulpit. The tree trunk made a grieving sound.” Jabir said: “So that the people in the mosque could hear it. Until the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) came to it and rubbed it, and it calmed down. Some of them said: ‘If he had not come to it, it would have grieved until the Day of Resurrection.’”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to say from the pulpit, before the month of Ramadan: ‘Fasting will begin on such and such a day, but we are going to start fasting earlier, so whoever wants to start fasting earlier (i.e., in Sha’ban), let him do so, and whoever wants to wait until Ramadan begins, let him do so.’”

the Messenger of Allah said: “I have exempted you from having to pay Zakat on horses and slaves, bring one quarter of one-tenth of every forty Dirhan: one Dirham.”

Shu’aib, form his father, that his grandfather said: “The Messenger of Allah only prescribed Zakat on these five things: wheat, barley, dates, raisins and corn.”

the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) forbade celibacy. Zaid bin Akhzam added: “And Qatadah recited: ‘And indeed We sent Messengers before you (O Muhammad (ﷺ)), and made for them wives and offspring.’”

the Prophet used to say: “Nothing is of more benefit to the believer after Taqwa of Allah than a righteous wife whom, if he commands her she obeys him, if he looks at her he is pleased, if he swears an oath concerning her she fulfills it, and when he is away from her she is sincere towards him with regard to herself and his wealth.”

the Messenger of Allah said: “A previously-married woman should not be married until she is consulted, and a virgin should not be married until her consent is sought, and her consent is her silence.”

“I became Muslim and I had eight wives. I went to the Prophet and told him about that. He said: ‘Choose four of them.’ ”

“Allah has forgiven my nation for mistakes and forgetfulness, and what they are forced to do.”

he divorced his wife irrevocably, then he came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and asked him. He said: “What did you mean by that?” He said: “One (divorce).” He said: “By Allah did you only mean one (divorce) thereby?” He said: “By Allah, I meant one.” Then he sent her back to him. (Da’if)Muhammad bin Majah said: I heard Abul-Hasan ‘ Ali bin Muhammad Tanafisi saying: “How noble is this Hadith.” Ibn Majah said: ‘Abu ‘Ubaid left it (i.e., did not accept its narration) and Ahmad was fearful of it (i.e., of narrating it).”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) swore that he would not enter upon his wives for a month, and he stayed for twenty-nine days until, on the eve of the thirtieth, he entered upon me. I said: ‘You swore not to enter upon us for a month.’ He said: ‘The month may be like this,’ and he held up his (ten) fingers three times; ‘or the month may be like this,’ and he held up his fingers three times, keeping one finger down on the third time.”

“The Messenger of Allah swore to keep away from his wives and declared them as unlawful for him, so he made something permissible forbidden, and he offered expiation for having sworn to do so.”

“The image-makers will be punished on the Day of Resurrection and will be told: ‘Give life to that which you have created.’ “

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade haggling before sunrise, and (he forbade) slaughtering animals that yield milk.”

the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade the Muhaqalah and the Muzabanah.

“What is this noise?” They said: “Palm trees that are being pollinated.” He said: “If they did not do that it would be better.” So they did not pollinate them that year, and the dates did not mature properly. they mentioned that to the Prophet (ﷺ) and he said: “If it is one of the matters of your religion, then refer to me.”

“I went out with Zaid bin Suhan and Salman bin Rabi’ah, and when we were at `Udhaib, I found a whip. They said to me: ‘Throw it away,’ but I refused. When we came to Al-Madinah I went to Ubayy bin Ka’b and told him about that. He said: ‘You did the right thing. I found one hundred dinar that had been lost at the time of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), and I asked him about it. He said, “Announce it for a year.” So I Announced it, and I did not find anyone who recognized it. He said: “Remember the features of its bag and strap, and how many it contains, then announce it for a year. If someone comes who describes it with those features, (give it to him), otherwise it is like your own property.”

the warrior in the path of Allah, the mukatab seeking to fulfill (his manumission debt), and the one getting married seeking chastity.”

I said to Ka’b bin Murrah, tell us a Hadith from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), but be careful. He said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: “Whoever frees a Muslim man, he will be his ransom from the Fire; each of his bones will suffice (as a ransom) for each of his bones. Whoever frees two Muslim women, they will be his ransom from the Fire; each of their two bones will suffice (as a ransom) for each of his bones.”

“Ma`iz bin Malik came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said: ‘I have committed fornication,’ and he (the Prophet (ﷺ)) turned away from him. He said: ‘I have committed fornication,’ and he turned away from him. Then, he said: I have committed fornication, and he turned away from him, until when he had confessed four times, he ordered that he should be stoned. When he was being struck with the stones, he ran away, but a man caught up with him who had a camel’s jawbone in his hand; he struck him and he fell down. The Prophet (ﷺ) was told about how he fled when the stones hit him and he said: ‘Why did you not let him be?’”

some people from (the tribe of) `Urainah came to us (to Al-Madinah) during the time of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), but they did not want to stay in Al-Madinah because the climate did not suit them. He said: “Go out to the camels which belong to us, and drink their milk and urine.” So they did that (and recovered), then they apostatized from Islam and killed the herdsman of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and stole his camels. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) sent people after them, and they were brought back. Then he cut off their hands and feet, branded their eyes and left them in Harrah until they died.

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) gave me a send-off and said: ‘I command you to Allah’s keeping, Whose trust is never lost.’”

“Labbaika bi-‘Umratin wa hajjatin [Here I am (O Allah), for ‘Umrah and Hajj].”

“The Prophet (ﷺ) did not allow anyone to stay overnight in Makkah apart from ‘Abbas, for the purpose of supplying water to the pilgrims.”

“I saw wristbands of gold on my arms, so I blew into them, and I interpreted them as being these two liars, Musailimah and ‘Ansi.”

“Umm Fadl said: ‘O Messenger of Allah! It is as if I saw (in a dream) one of your limbs in my house.’ He said: ‘What you have seen is good. Fatimah will give birth to a boy and you will breastfeed him.’ Fatimah gave birth to Husain or Hasan, and I breastfed him with the milk of Qutham.’ She said: ‘I brought him to the Prophet (ﷺ) and placed him in his lap, and he urinated, so I struck him on the shoulder.” The Prophet (ﷺ) said: “You have hurt my son, may Allah have mercy on you.”