Musnad: Companion Narrations

Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal

Musnad `Umar b. al-Khattab (ra)

`When night comes and day departs and the sun sets, the fasting person may break his fast.”

Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal

Musnad `Umar b. al-Khattab (ra)

I wanted to ask `Umar something but I did not find a chance, so I waited for two years. Then when we were in Marraz-Zahran, he went to relieve himself, then he came after relieving himself and I poured water...

Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal

Musnad `Umar b. al-Khattab (ra)

I heard `Umar say: Do not make women`s dowries too expensive, for if it were a sign of honour in this world or a sign of piety in the Hereafter, the most likely of you to do it would have...

Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal

Musnad `Umar b. al-Khattab (ra)

`I have seen a dream, in which I saw myself being pecked by a rooster twice, and I think it signals my death. The people are telling me to appoint a caliph after me. Allah will not cause His caliphate...

Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal

Musnad `Umar b. al-Khattab (ra)

It was the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), i.e., tamattu` (in Hajj), but I am afraid that they will have intimate relations with them (their wives) beneath the Arak trees, then they will bring them for Hajj.

Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal

Musnad `Umar b. al-Khattab (ra)

I saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) doing wudoo after relieving himself, and wiping over his leather slippers (khuff), then praying.

Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal

Musnad `Umar b. al-Khattab (ra)

I heard ‘Iyad al-Ash`ari say: i was present at al-Yarmouk and we had five commanders over us: Abu `Ubaidah bin al-Jarrah, Yazeed bin Abi Sufyan, Ibn Hasanah, Khalid bin al-Waleed and `Iyad - and this `Iyad was not the one...

Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal

Musnad `Umar b. al-Khattab (ra)

I came to Madinah and entered upon Salim bin ‘Abdullah, and i was wearing a silk jubbah. Salim said to me: What are you doing with this garment? I heard my father narrate from `Umar bin al-Khattab (c.) that the...

Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal

Musnad `Umar b. al-Khattab (ra)

A man killed his (own) son deliberately and the case was referred to `Umar bin al Khattab (رضي الله عنه), who ruled that the murderer should pay one hundred camels (as diyah): thirty three-year-old she-camels, thirty four-year-old she-camels and forty...

Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal

Musnad `Umar b. al-Khattab (ra)

`Umar (رضي الله عنه) said. Were it not that I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say, “The killer gets nothing (from the estate of the one he murdered),` I would have included you among the heirs. And he called...

Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal

Musnad `Umar b. al-Khattab (ra)

al`Abbas and `Ali came to `Umar (رضي الله عنه) with a dispute. Al-`Abbas said: Judge between me and this one, And the people said: Judge between them, judge between them. He said: I shall not judge between them; they know...

Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal

Musnad `Umar b. al-Khattab (ra)

One of the last verses to be revealed was the verse on riba, and when the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) died, he had not explained it. So avoid riba and any dubious matter.

Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal

Musnad `Umar b. al-Khattab (ra)

Do not rush in giving fatwas, for you do not know what Ameer al-Mu`mineen has decided with regard to Haji. When he met him later on, he asked him and ‘Umar said: I know that the Prophet (ﷺ) did it...

Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal

Musnad `Umar b. al-Khattab (ra)

`Umar bin al-Khattab (رضي الله عنه) did Haji and wanted to deliver a speech to the people. ‘Abdur-Rahman bin ‘Awf said: The uneducated people are gathered around you, so delay it until you come to Madinah. When he came to...

Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal

Musnad `Umar b. al-Khattab (ra)

I heard an-Nu`man - i.e., bin Basheer - say: `Umar (رضي الله عنه) mentioned what the people had acquired of worldly gains and said: I saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) remaining curled up all day, unable to find even...

Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal

Musnad `Umar b. al-Khattab (ra)

`The deceased is tormented in his grave because of being wailed over.` Al-Hajjaj said: `...because of the wailing over him.`

Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal

Musnad `Umar b. al-Khattab (ra)

I heard Rufai` Abul-`Aliyah narrate from Ibn ‘Abbas: A man told me - Shu’bah said: I think he said: one of the Companions of the Prophet (ﷺ) - The most admired of therm to me is Umar bin al Khattab...

Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal

Musnad `Umar b. al-Khattab (ra)

I heard Abu `Uthman an-Nahdi say: the letter of ‘Umar came to us when we were in Adhrabeejan with `Utbah bin Farqad, or in Syria, (saying). The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade silk except so much - two fingers. Abu...

Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal

Musnad `Umar b. al-Khattab (ra)

`Umar (رضي الله عنه) prayed Fajr when he was in Jam`. Abu Dawood said: We were with `Umar in Jamo, and he said: The mustrikoort used not to move on until the sun rose, and they would say: Shine, (Mount)...

Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal

Musnad `Umar b. al-Khattab (ra)

I heard Ibn `Umar say: `Umar (...) asked the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) : If I become junub at night; what should I do? He said: `Wash your private part then do wudoo’ then go to sleep.”