Musnad `Umar b. al-Khattab (ra)

Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal

I was a Christian, then I became Muslim. I thought long and hard, and decided to enter ihram for Hajj and `Umrah. I passed by Salman bin Rabee`ah and Zaid bin Soohan in al-`Udhaib, and one of them said: Are...

Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal

I said to `Umar bin al-Khattab. People are shortening the prayer today, and Allah says: “If you fear that the disbelievers may put you in trial (attack you)` has gone, He said: I wondered the same thing as you are...

Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal

The last thing to be revealed was the verse on riba, but the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) passed away and did not discuss it with us. So give up riba and doubtful things.

Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal

Ibn `Umar saw Sa`d bin Malik wiping over his leather slippers. Ibn ʼUmar said: Is it you doing this? Sa`d said: Yes. They both went to ‘Umar and Sa`d said to ‘Umar, Give my brother`s son a fatwa with regard...

Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal

I exchanged some silver for gold with Talhah bin ‘Ubaidullah, and he said: Wait for me until our storekeeper comes from al-Ghabah, `Umar bin al-Khattab heard that and said: No, by Allah! Do not leave him until you take your...

Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal

When the apostates apostatised at the time of Abu Bakr, ‘Umar said: How can you fight the people, O Abu Bakr, when the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “I have been commanded to fight the people until they say La...

Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal

I was walking with a group of people during a campaign I went on with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and I swore an oath, saying, No, by my father. A man behind me rebuked me for that and said:...

Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) heard me swearing an oath by my father and said: “Allah forbids you to swear by your fathers.” ‘Umar said: By Allah, I never swore by my father after that, whether saying it myself or...

Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) granted a concession allowing silk the width of two fingers.

Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal

We were with `Utbah bin Farqad and `Umar رضي الله عنه wrote to him about things he narrated from the Prophet (ﷺ). Among the things he wrote was that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: `No one wears silk in...