Musnad: Companion Narrations

Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal

Musnad 'Ali Ibn Abi Talib

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) sent me to Yemen when I was young, I said: You are sending me to people among whom things happen and I do not know how to judge. He said: `Allah will guide your tongue...

Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal

Musnad 'Ali Ibn Abi Talib

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) passed by me when I was in pain and I was saying: O Allah, if my time has come then grant me relief, if it has not yet come then raise me in status, and...

Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal

Musnad 'Ali Ibn Abi Talib

Two men and I came to ‘Ali (رضي الله عنه), who said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was relieving himself, then he came out and recited Qur`an and ate meat with us. Nothing prevented or stopped him from reciting Qur`an...

Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal

Musnad 'Ali Ibn Abi Talib

I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: “The best women (of her time) was Maryam bint ‘Imran, and the best woman (of her time) is Khadeejah.”

Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal

Musnad 'Ali Ibn Abi Talib

I heard ‘Ali in Ar-Rahbah, when he was adjuring the people and asking who had been present with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) on the day of Ghadeer Khumm. when he said what he said. Thirteen men stood up and...

Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal

Musnad 'Ali Ibn Abi Talib

`Ali (رضي الله عنه) said: By Allah, one of the things that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) promised me was that no one would hate me except a hypocrite and no one would love me except a believer.

Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal

Musnad 'Ali Ibn Abi Talib

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) gave Fatimah a trousseau of a velvet garment, a waterskin and a leather pillow stuffed with idhkhir fibres.

Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal

Musnad 'Ali Ibn Abi Talib

`Climb onto my shoulders.” So I climbed on to his shoulders and he stood up with me. I felt that if I had wanted to, I could have reached the edge of the sky. I climbed up onto the top...

Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal

Musnad 'Ali Ibn Abi Talib

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “The Mahdi is one of us’ Ahlal-Bait (the prophet’s family) and Allah will prepare him in one night”.

Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal

Musnad 'Ali Ibn Abi Talib

I heard Ameer al-Mu’mineen ‘Ali (رضي الله عنه) say: I met Fatimah, al-’Abbas and Zaid bin Harithah in the presence of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). Al-`Abbas said, O Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), I have grown old and my bones...

Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal

Musnad 'Ali Ibn Abi Talib

`Ali (رضي الله عنه) said to me: I had a status with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) that no one else had. l used to come to him every morning before dawn and greet him with salam until he cleared...

Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal

Musnad 'Ali Ibn Abi Talib

Be patient, Abu `Abdullah; be patient, Abu ‘Abdullah, on the banks of the Euphrates. I said: what did he say? He said: I entered upon the Prophet (ﷺ) one day and his eyes were flowing with tears. I said: O...

Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal

Musnad 'Ali Ibn Abi Talib

`Ali (رضي الله عنه) said: Shall I not tell you of the best verse in the Book of Allah, may He be exalted, that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) told to us? “I will explain it to you, O ‘Ali....

Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal

Musnad 'Ali Ibn Abi Talib

I asked `Ali (رضي الله عنه) about the nafl prayers of the Prophet (ﷺ) during the day. He said: You are not able for that. We said: Tell us and we will do as much of it as we can,...

Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal

Musnad 'Ali Ibn Abi Talib

At different times of the night the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) prayed Witr at the beginning, in the middle and at the end. Then he settled on praying Witr at the end of the night.

Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal

Musnad 'Ali Ibn Abi Talib

Witr is not an essential like regular prayer, but it is a Sunnah that was established by the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ).

Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal

Musnad 'Ali Ibn Abi Talib

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) prayed Witr at the beginning of the night and at the end and in the middle. And in the end he settled on praying Witr just before dawn.

Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal

Musnad 'Ali Ibn Abi Talib

I remember the day of Badr, when we were seeking shelter with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and he was the closest of us to the enemy and the most courageous of the people on that day

Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal

Musnad 'Ali Ibn Abi Talib

A Bedouin came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said: O Messenger of Allah, what if we are in the desert and a little wind comes out of one of us? The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Allah, may He be...

Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal

Musnad 'Ali Ibn Abi Talib

`Abdullah bin Shaddad came and entered upon `A`ishah (رضي الله عنها) when we were sitting with her, as he was returning from Iraq during the time when ‘Ali (رضي الله عنه) was murdered. She said to him: O `Abdullah bin...