Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal

ʿAbdullāh ibn ʿUmar (رضي الله عنهما) reported that the Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) prohibited the sale of walāʾ (the right of clientship that arises from manumission) and the gifting of it. Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 1

Ibn ʿUmar (رضي الله عنهما) reported that the Prophet (ﷺ) said: “Do not enter upon these people who were punished [i.e., the ruins of Thamūd at al-Ḥijr] unless you are weeping. If you cannot weep, then do not enter upon them, for I fear that what befell them may befall you.” Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 2

Ibn ʿUmar (رضي الله عنهما) reported: The Prophet (ﷺ) was asked about the ḍabb [spiny-tailed lizard, Uromastyx spinipes]. He said: “I do not eat it, nor do I declare it prohibited.” Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 3

Ibn ʿUmar (رضي الله عنهما) reported that the Prophet (ﷺ) said: “When a Jew greets you [with a salutation], he is actually saying al-sāmu ʿalayk (‘death be upon you’), so say: ‘Wa ʿalayk (and upon you).’“ And on another occasion he said: “When the Jews greet you, say: ‘Wa ʿalaykum,’ for they are saying al-sāmu ʿalaykum.” Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 4

Ibn ʿUmar (رضي الله عنهما) reported that the Prophet (ﷺ) said: “When you are three [in a gathering], let not two converse privately excluding the third.” And in another narration: “The Prophet (ﷺ) prohibited two men from holding a private conversation to the exclusion of a third, when they are three.” Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 5

Ibn ʿUmar (رضي الله عنهما) reported: The Prophet (ﷺ) used to take the pledge of allegiance on [the vow to] hear and obey, then say: ‘Within your capacity.’ And in another narration: ‘...prompting each one of us to say: “Within your capacity.”‘ Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 6

ʿAbdullāh ibn Dīnār said: I heard ʿAbdullāh ibn ʿUmar (رضي الله عنهما) say: ‘I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) say: “The two parties to a sale have the right of cancellation (khiyār al-majlis) so long as they have not parted, or unless it is a stipulated option sale (bayʿ khiyār).”‘ Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 7

Sufyān reported from Zayd ibn Aslam that he heard Ibn ʿUmar (رضي الله عنهما) say to his grandson ʿAbdullāh ibn Wāqid: “O my son, I heard the Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) say: ‘Allāh will not look [with mercy] upon the one who drags his lower garment (izār) out of arrogance.’“ Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 8

Ibn ʿUmar (رضي الله عنهما) reported: “The Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) entered the mosque of Banū ʿAmr ibn ʿAwf, that is Masjid Qubāʾ, to pray. Men of the Anṣār entered to greet him, and Ṣuhayb was with him. I asked Ṣuhayb: ‘How did the Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) respond when he was greeted [while in prayer]?’ He said: ‘He would gesture with his hand.’“ Sufyān said: “I asked a man to ask Zayd [ibn Aslam]: ‘Did you hear this from ʿAbdullāh [ibn ʿUmar]?’ for I was too shy to ask him myself. The man asked: ‘O Abū Usāma, did you hear it from ʿAbdullāh ibn ʿUmar?’ Zayd replied: ‘As for me, I saw him and I even spoke to him.’“ Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 9

Sufyān reported that Ṣadaqa heard Ibn ʿUmar (رضي الله عنهما) say, citing the Prophet (ﷺ): “The people of Najd shall enter iḥrām from Qarn, the people of Syria from al-Juḥfa, and the people of Yemen from Yalamlam,” though Ibn ʿUmar had not heard this portion directly from the Prophet (ﷺ). What Ibn ʿUmar did hear from the Prophet (ﷺ) himself was: “The mīqāt of the people of Medina is Dhū al-Ḥulayfa.” When asked: “And where for the people of Iraq?” Ibn ʿUmar replied: “Iraq did not exist at that time.” Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 10

Sufyān reported from ʿAmr [ibn Dīnār], who heard Ibn ʿUmar (رضي الله عنهما) say: “We used to practice mukhābara , and we saw nothing wrong with it, until Rāfiʿ ibn Khadīj claimed that the Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) had prohibited it. So we abandoned it.” Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 11

Sufyān reported from ʿAmr ibn Dīnār: “They discussed whether a man who enters iḥrām for ʿumra and then exits it may approach his wife before performing the saʿy between al-Ṣafā and al-Marwa. We asked Jābir ibn ʿAbdillāh, and he said: ‘No, not until he performs the saʿy.’ We also asked Ibn ʿUmar, and he said: ‘The Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) arrived [at Mecca], circumambulated the House seven times, prayed two rakʿas behind the maqām, and performed the saʿy between al-Ṣafā and al-Marwa,’ then he recited: ‘Indeed in the Messenger of Allāh there is an excellent example for you to follow’ (al-Aḥzāb, 33:21).” Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 12

Ibn ʿUmar (رضي الله عنهما) reported: “I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) say from the pulpit: ‘Whoever of you comes to the Friday prayer, let him perform ghusl.’“ Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 13

Ibn ʿUmar (رضي الله عنهما) reported: “The Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) prohibited the sale of fruits until their ripeness becomes apparent.” Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 14

ʿAbdullāh ibn Dīnār said: “I heard Ibn ʿUmar (رضي الله عنهما) say: ‘The Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) said: “Whoever keeps a dog, except a dog for herding livestock or for hunting, shall have two qīrāṭ deducted from his reward every day.”‘“ Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 15

Jābir (رضي الله عنه) reported: “We were with Abū ʿUbayda, sent by the Prophet (ﷺ) with him on an expedition. Our provisions ran out. We came across a large whale (ḥūt) that the sea had cast ashore. We wanted to eat from it, but Abū ʿUbayda initially forbade us [fearing it was carrion]. Then he said: ‘We are the envoys of the Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) and we are in the way of Allāh; eat.’ So we ate from it for several days. When we returned, we told the Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) about it and he said: ‘If any of it remains with you, send some to us.’” Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 16

Jābir (رضي الله عنه) reported that the Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) said: “Whoever lies about me deliberately, let him take his seat in the Hellfire.” Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 17

Jābir (رضي الله عنه) reported: “The Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) cursed the one who consumes ribā (interest or usury), the one who pays it, the two persons who witness it, and the person who records it.” Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 18

Jābir (رضي الله عنه) reported: “Nabīdh used to be prepared for the Prophet (ﷺ) in a waterskin; if no waterskin was available, then in a stone basin.” Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 19

Jābir (رضي الله عنه) reported that the Prophet (ﷺ) was asked about the earnings of a cupper (al-ḥajjām). He said: “Feed them to your working camel.” Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 20

Jābir (رضي الله عنه) reported that the Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) said: “A townsman must not sell on behalf of a desert-dweller. Leave the people [to transact directly]; Allāh will provide for some through others.” Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 21

Jābir (رضي الله عنه) reported that the Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) said: “Whichever of you owns land or date palms [in partnership with another] should not sell them until he has first offered them to his partner.” Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 22

Jābir (رضي الله عنه) reported: “A man came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said: ‘I dreamed that my neck was struck.’ The Prophet (ﷺ) said: ‘Why would any of you narrate the trickery of Shayṭān [in his sleep]?’” Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 23

Sufyān reported from Ibn al-Munkadir: “I heard Jābir ibn ʿAbdillāh (رضي الله عنه) say: ‘The Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) was never asked for anything (he owned) that he responded to with: No [i.e., he always gave and never refused].’” Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 24

Jābir (رضي الله عنه) reported: “My father was brought on the day of Uḥud, covered with a cloth, and was laid before the Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ). I kept wanting to uncover his face [which had been mutilated by the Qurayshī pagans], but my kinsmen prevented me. Then the Prophet (ﷺ) heard a wailing woman (on another occasion he said: the sound of a screaming woman). He asked: ‘Who is this?’ They said: ‘The daughter (or sister) of ʿAmr.’ He said: ‘Why is she weeping?’ or he said: ‘Is she weeping? The angels have not ceased to shade him with their wings until he was lifted [from this world].’” Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 25

Jābir (رضي الله عنه) reported: “A boy was born to a man among us and he named him al-Qāsim. We said to the man: ‘We shall not call you by the kunyā of Abū al-Qāsim, nor shall we bring joy to your eye [by using it].’ The man went to the Prophet (ﷺ) and told him, and the Prophet (ﷺ) said: ‘Name your son ʿAbd al-Raḥmān.’” Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 26

Jābir (رضي الله عنه) reported: “On the day of the Battle of the Trench (al-Khandaq), the Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) called for a volunteer, and al-Zubayr came forward. He called again, and al-Zubayr came forward. He called a third time, and al-Zubayr came forward. The Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) then said: ‘Every prophet has a ḥawārī [devoted helper and disciple], and my ḥawārī is al-Zubayr.’” Sufyān added: “I heard Ibn al-Munkadir narrate this in this very mosque.” Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 27

Jābir (رضي الله عنه) reported: “I fell ill, and the Prophet (ﷺ) came to visit me, along with Abū Bakr, both walking on foot. I was unconscious and could not speak to him. He performed wuḍūʾ and poured [the remaining water] over me, and I came around. I said: ‘O Messenger of Allāh, how should I handle my wealth when I have only sisters [as heirs]?’ He did not reply until the verse of inheritance was revealed: ‘They ask you for a legal verdict. Say: Allāh directs you regarding al-kalāla [one who leaves neither child nor father]…If a man dies without leaving a child but has a sister…’ (al-Nisāʾ, 4:176).” Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 28

Jābir (رضي الله عنه) reported that the Prophet (ﷺ) ate cooked meat, then prayed without performing wuḍūʾ. Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 29

Jābir (رضي الله عنه) reported: “A Bedouin came to the Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ), accepted Islam, and pledged allegiance to him to migrate [to Medina]. He had not waited long before he was struck by fever. He came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said: ‘Release me [from my pledge].’ The Prophet (ﷺ) said: ‘I will not release you.’ He came again and said: ‘Release me.’ He said: ‘I will not release you.’ He came a third time and said: ‘Release me.’ He said: ‘No.’ The man then fled. The Prophet (ﷺ) said: ‘Medina is like a furnace (kīr): it expels its impurities and refines what is good.’” Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 30

Jābir (رضي الله عنه) reported: “The Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) said: ‘If the wealth of Bahrain arrives, I will give you this much, this much, and this much,’ gesturing with his hands three times. When the wealth of Bahrain arrived after the death of the Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ), Abū Bakr announced: ‘Whoever is owed a debt by the Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ), or was made a promise, let him come to us.’ So I came and said: ‘The Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) promised: “If the wealth of Bahrain arrives, I will give you this much, this much, and this much,” three times.’ [Abū Bakr] said: ‘Take it.’ So I took it (some of those who heard the account said it amounted to five hundred ). Then I came back to him and he did not give me. I came again and he did not give me. I came a third time and he still did not give me. I said: ‘Either give me, or admit your miserliness (bukhl) toward me.’ He said: ‘Did you say I am being miserly with you? What ailment is worse than miserliness? I truly wanted to give you every time you came, but I was preoccupied with other affairs.’” Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 31

Jābir (رضي الله عنه) reported: “The Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) asked me: ‘Have you married, Jābir?’ I said: ‘Yes.’ He asked: ‘A virgin or a previously married woman?’ I said: ‘A previously married woman.’ He said: ‘Why not a virgin, so you could play with her and she could play with you (i.e., closer in age to you)?’ I said: ‘O Messenger of Allāh, my father was killed on the day of Uḥud and left behind nine daughters. I did not want to add to them one who was immature like themselves; rather I wanted a woman who could comb their hair and look after them.’ He said: ‘You have done rightly.’” Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 32

Jābir (رضي الله عنه) reported: “Muʿādh [ibn Jabal] used to pray with the Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) and then return to lead us in prayer (on another occasion [Jābir said]: to pray with his people). One night, the Prophet (ﷺ) delayed the prayer, or as he said on another occasion, delayed the ʿIshāʾ. So Muʿādh prayed with the Prophet (ﷺ), then came to lead his people and recited Sūrat al-Baqara. A man from the congregation separated and prayed [a quicker prayer] on his own. He was told: ‘You have become a hypocrite, so-and-so!’ He replied: ‘I am no hypocrite.’ He then went to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said: ‘Messenger of Allāh, Muʿādh prays with you and then comes back to lead us in prayer. We are people with water-hauling camels and we work with our hands, yet he came and led us in prayer reciting Sūrat al-Baqara.’ The Prophet (ﷺ) said: ‘O Muʿādh, are you putting people to trial? Are you putting people to trial? Recite such-and-such [shorter chapters].’ Abū al-Zubayr added: ‘[He told him to recite] “Glorify the Name of your Lord Most High” (al-Aʿlā, 87) and “By the night when it covers” (al-Layl, 92).’ We mentioned this to ʿAmr [ibn Dīnār] and he said: ‘I believe Jābir did mention them [in his narration].’” Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 33

Jābir (رضي الله عنه) reported that the Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) said: “War is deception (khudʿa).” Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 34

Jābir (رضي الله عنه) reported: “A man entered the mosque on Friday while the Prophet (ﷺ) was delivering the Friday sermon (khuṭbah). The Prophet (ﷺ) asked him: ‘Have you prayed?’ He said: ‘No.’ The Prophet (ﷺ) said: ‘Pray two rakʿahs.’” Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 35

Sufyān [ibn ʿUyayna] said: “I asked ʿAmr [ibn Dīnār]: ‘Did you hear Jābir say: A man passed through the mosque carrying arrows, and the Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) said to him: “Hold them by their arrowheads [so as not to harm anyone]”?’ [ʿAmr] replied: ‘Yes.’” Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 36

Jābir (رضي الله عنه) reported: “The Prophet (ﷺ) sold a mudabbar slave. [Nuʿaym] ibn al-Naḥḥām purchased him. He was a Coptic slave who died the previous year during the reign of [ʿAbdullāh] ibn al-Zubayr. A man from the Anṣār had declared him a mudabbar, and he [the Anṣārī man] had no other property besides him.” Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 37

Jābir (رضي الله عنه) reported that the Prophet (ﷺ) said: “Allāh will bring out from the Fire a group of people and admit them into Paradise.” Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 38

Sufyān ibn ʿUyaynah narrated to us from ʿAmr ibn Dīnār, who said he heard Jābir ibn ʿAbdullāh say, “On the day of al-Ḥudaybiyyah we were one thousand four hundred, and the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ﷺ said to us, ‘You are today the best of the people of the earth.’” Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 39

Sufyān ibn ʿUyaynah narrated to us from ʿAmr ibn Dīnār, who said he heard Jābir say, “On the day of Uḥud a man said to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ﷺ, ‘Can you tell me where I will be if I am killed?’ He replied, ‘In Paradise.’ The man then threw away some dates that were in his hand and fought until he was killed.” Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 40

Sufyān ibn ʻUyaynah narrated to us that ʻAmr ibn Dīnār heard Jābir say, “The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ﷺ sent us out; we were three hundred horsemen and our leader was Abū ʻUbaydah ibn al-Jarrāḥ. We stayed on the coast until our provisions ran out, so that we had to eat khabaṭ. Then the sea cast ashore a whale, and we lived on it for half a month until we had restored our strength. Abū ʻUbaydah took one of its ribs and set it up [like an arch], then he sought out the tallest camel and it passed beneath it. Before that a man had slaughtered three camels, then three more, then three more, and then Abū ʻUbaydah forbade him to slaughter any more.” Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 41

Sufyān ibn ʻUyaynah narrated to us that ʻAmr ibn Dīnār heard Jābir ibn ʻAbdullāh say, “When the ‘Say: He has power to send punishment upon you from above you’ was revealed, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ﷺ said, ‘I seek refuge in Your Face.’ When the words ‘or from beneath your feet’ were revealed, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ﷺ said, ‘I seek refuge in Your Face.’ And when the words ‘or to confound you in factions and make you taste the violence of one another’ were revealed, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ﷺ said, ‘This is lighter,’ or perhaps he said, ‘This is easier.’” Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 42

Sufyān ibn ʻUyaynah narrated to us that ʻAmr ibn Dīnār said, “Some people discussed the case of a man who enters the state of iḥrām for ʻUmrah and then exits it: may he go in to his wife before performing saʿy between al-Ṣafā and al-Marwah? So I asked Jābir ibn ʻAbdullāh and he replied, ‘No, not until he performs saʿy between al-Ṣafā and al-Marwah.’ I also asked ʻAbdullāh ibn ʻUmar and he said, ‘The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ﷺ came [to Makkah] and made seven circuits of the Sacred House, then prayed two rakʿahs behind Maqām Ibrāhīm, and performed saʿy between al-Ṣafā and al-Marwah.’ Then ʿAbdullāh ibn ʿUmar recited the verse, ‘Indeed, in the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) you have an excellent example.’” Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 43

Sufyān ibn ʿUyaynah narrated to us from ʻAmr ibn Dīnār, from Jābir ibn ʻAbdullāh, who said, “We used to practice ʻazl (coitus interruptus) during the lifetime of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ﷺ while the Qur’ān was still being revealed.” Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 44

Sufyān ibn ʻUyaynah narrated to us from ʻAmr ibn Dīnār and [Muḥammad] ibn al-Munkadir, who said they heard Jābir ibn ʻAbdullāh say that the Prophet (ﷺ) ﷺ said, “I entered Paradise and saw in it a palace, or [he said] a house. Then I heard a voice within it, and I asked, ‘Whose is this?’ It was said, ‘It belongs to ʻUmar.’ I wished to enter it, but then I remembered your jealousy, Abū Ḥafṣ.” ʻUmar wept and said, “Messenger of Allah, could I ever feel any jealousy towards you?” Sufyān said, “I heard this report from Muḥammad ibn al-Munkadir and ʻAmr ibn Dīnār, who said they heard it from Jābir ibn ʻAbdullāh.” Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 45

Ismāʻīl, that is, the son of Ibrāhīm ibn ʻUlayyah, narrated to us from ʻAbd al-ʻAzīz ibn Ṣuhayb, from Anas ibn Mālik, that the Prophet (ﷺ) ﷺ saw some children and women coming (ʻAbd al-ʻAzīz said, ‘I think he said, from a wedding’). The Prophet (ﷺ) of Allah ﷺ stood up straight and said, “O Allah, you are among the dearest of people to me; O Allah, you are among the dearest of people to me; O Allah, you are among the dearest of people to me,” meaning the Anṣār. Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 46

Ismāʻīl [ibn Ibrāhīm ibn ʻUlayyah] narrated to us from Sulaymān al-Taymī, from Anas ibn Mālik, who said, “Two men sneezed in the presence of the Prophet (ﷺ) ﷺ, and he invoked mercy upon one of them but not upon the other. It was said [to him], ‘Two men sneezed, and you invoked mercy upon one of them but not upon the other; why is that?’ He replied, ‘This one praised Allah, and this one did not praise Allah.’” Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 47

Hushaym narrated to us from Ḥumayd, from Anas ibn Mālik, who said, “Any of the female slaves of Madīnah could take the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ﷺ by the hand and lead him wherever she wished to see to her need.” Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 48

Hushaym narrated to us from ʻAbd al-ʻAzīz ibn Ṣuhayb and Ismāʻīl, from ʻAbd al-ʻAzīz ibn Ṣuhayb, from Anas ibn Mālik, who said that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ﷺ said, “Whoever lies about me deliberately, let him take his seat in the Fire.” Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 49

Hushaym narrated to us from Ḥumayd, from Anas ibn Mālik, who said, “When the Prophet (ﷺ) ﷺ consummated his marriage with Zaynab bint Jaḥsh, he gave a wedding feast and fed us bread and meat.” Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 50

Hushaym narrated to us from Ḥumayd, from Anas ibn Mālik, that the Prophet (ﷺ) ﷺ prayed in a striped Yemeni cloak (burdat ḥibarah). He said, “I think he knotted its two ends together.” Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 51

Hushaym narrated to us from Ḥumayd, from Anas ibn Mālik, that the Prophet (ﷺ) ﷺ would visit all of his wives with a single ghusl. Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 52

Hushaym narrated to us from ʻAbd al-ʻAzīz [ibn Ṣuhayb], from Anas, that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ﷺ, when he entered the privy, would say, “Allāhumma innī aʻūdhu bika min al-khubuthi wa-l-khabā’ith” (O Allah, I seek refuge in You from the male and female devils). Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 53

Anas ibn Mālik (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ﷺ said, “When the People of the Book greet you [with the salutation of peace], say [in reply]: Wa ʿalaykum (and upon you).” Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 54

Hushaym narrated to us: ʻUbaydullāh ibn Abī Bakr informed us from Anas, and Yūnus from al-Ḥasan, both saying that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ﷺ said, “Help your brother, whether he is an oppressor or one who is oppressed.” It was said, “Messenger of Allah, I help him when he is oppressed, but how do I help him when he is an oppressor?” He said, “You restrain him and hold him back [from wrongdoing], for that is helping him.” Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 55

Hushaym narrated to us: ʻAbd al-ʻAzīz ibn Ṣuhayb and Ismāʻīl informed us, from ʻAbd al-ʻAzīz, from Anas, who said that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ﷺ said, “Take the pre-dawn meal (saḥūr), for in the pre-dawn meal there is a blessing.” Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 56

Hushaym narrated to us from Ḥumayd al-Ṭawīl, who said, “I heard Anas ibn Mālik say, ‘I saw the ring of the Prophet (ﷺ) ﷺ; it was of silver.’” Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 57

Hushaym narrated to us from Ḥumayd: Anas ibn Mālik narrated to us, saying, “When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ﷺ took Ṣafiyyah [as his wife], he stayed with her three nights, for she had been previously married.” Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 58

Anas ibn Mālik (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ﷺ freed Ṣafiyyah bint Ḥuyayy and made her manumission her dower. Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 59

Hushaym narrated to us: ʻAlī ibn Zayd informed us from Anas ibn Mālik, who said, “I attended two wedding feasts of the wives of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ﷺ, and at neither of them did he feed us bread or meat.” It was said, “Then what [did he feed you]?” He said, “Al-ḥays,” that is, stoneless dates mixed with dried yoghurt and clarified butter. Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 60

Hushaym narrated to us from Ḥumayd al-Ṭawīl, from Anas ibn Mālik, who said that the Prophet (ﷺ) ﷺ said, “I entered Paradise and heard a rustling sound before me. It was al-Ghumayṣā’ bint Milḥān, the mother of Anas ibn Mālik.” Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 61

Hushaym narrated to us: Ḥumayd al-Ṭawīl informed us, from Anas ibn Mālik, that the Prophet’s lateral incisor was broken on the day of Uḥud and his forehead was wounded, so that the blood flowed down his face. He said, “How can a people prosper who have done this to their Prophet while he calls them to their Lord?” Then this verse was revealed: ‘It is not for you [O Prophet] to decide whether He turns to them in mercy or punishes them, for they are wrongdoers.’ Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 62

Hushaym narrated to us: Ḥumayd al-Ṭawīl informed us: Bakr ibn ʻAbdullāh al-Muzanī informed us, saying, “I heard Anas ibn Mālik relate, ‘I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) ﷺ pronounce the talbiyah for Ḥajj and ʻUmrah together.’ I mentioned that to Ibn ʻUmar, and he said, ‘He pronounced the talbiyah for Ḥajj alone.’ So I met Anas and told him what Ibn ʻUmar had said, and he replied, ‘Do you reckon us to be no more than children? I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ﷺ say, “Labbayka ʻUmratan wa Ḥajjan.”’” Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 63

Hushaym narrated to us: and Ḥumayd narrated to us from Thābit, from Anas (and I think I heard it from Anas myself), that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ﷺ passed by a man driving a sacrificial camel and said to him, “Ride it.” The man said, “It is a sacrificial camel.” He said, “Ride it,” two or three times. Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 64

Muʻtamir ibn Sulaymān narrated to us, saying his father said: Anas ibn Mālik narrated to us. “I think he said: Two men sneezed in the presence of the Prophet (ﷺ) ﷺ, and he invoked mercy upon one of them but not the other. It was said, ‘Two men sneezed; you invoked mercy upon one of them and not the other.’ He said, ‘This one praised Allah, the Mighty and Majestic.’” Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 65

Muʻtamir narrated to us from Ḥumayd, from Anas, “The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ﷺ liked the Muhājirūn and the Anṣār to stand immediately behind him in the prayer.” Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 66

Muʻtamir narrated to us from Ḥumayd, from Anas, who said, “There were not twenty grey hairs on the head and beard of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ﷺ. Abū Bakr dyed [his beard] with henna and katam, and ʻUmar dyed his with henna.” Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 67

Muʻtamir narrated to us from Ḥumayd, from Anas, that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ﷺ said, “If a morsel belonging to one of you falls, let him pick it up, remove whatever dirt is on it, and eat it; and let him not leave it for Satan.” Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 68

Muʻtamir narrated to us from Ḥumayd, from Anas, who said, “Abū Ṭaybah cupped the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ﷺ, and he gave him a ṣāʻ of food and spoke to his masters, who then reduced what they used to take from his earnings.” Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 69

Muʻtamir narrated to us from Ḥumayd, from Anas, who said, “Of all people the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ﷺ offered the most complete prayer, and the briefest.” Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 70

ʻAbbād ibn ʻAbbād and Ghassān ibn Muḍar narrated to us from Saʻīd ibn Yazīd Abū Maslamah, who said, “I asked Anas ibn Mālik, ‘Did the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ﷺ pray in his sandals?’ He said, ‘Yes.’” Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 71

Ziyād ibn al-Rabīʻ Abū Khidāsh al-Yuḥmidī narrated to us, saying, “I heard Abū ʻImrān al-Jawnī say, ‘I heard Anas ibn Mālik say, “I do not recognize anything today of what we used to have in the time of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ﷺ.” We said to him, “What about the prayer?” He said, “Have you not done to the prayer what you have done?”’” Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 72

Ismāʻīl narrated to us from ʻAbd al-ʻAzīz, from Anas ibn Mālik, who said that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ﷺ said, “None of you should wish for death because of some harm that has befallen him. If he must wish for it, let him say, ‘Allāhumma aḥyinī mā kānat al-ḥayātu khayran lī, wa tawaffanī idhā kānat al-wafātu khayran lī’ (O Allah, keep me alive so long as life is better for me, and take me when death is better for me).” Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 73

Ismāʻīl ibn Ibrāhīm narrated to us: ʻAbd al-ʻAzīz ibn Ṣuhayb narrated to us, from Anas ibn Mālik, who said, “The Prophet (ﷺ) of Allah ﷺ forbade a man to perfume himself with saffron.” Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 74

Ismāʻīl narrated to us: ʻAbd al-ʻAzīz narrated to us, from Anas, who said that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ﷺ said, “When one of you supplicates, let him be resolute in the supplication, and let him not say, ‘O Allah, give me if You will,’ for there is none who can compel Allah.” Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 75

Ismāʻīl narrated to us: ʻAbd al-ʻAzīz narrated to us, saying, “Qatādah asked Anas, ‘Which supplication did the Prophet (ﷺ) ﷺ make most often?’ He said, ‘The supplication the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ﷺ made most often was: Allāhumma Rabbanā ātinā fi’l-dunyā ḥasanatan wa fi’l-ākhirati ḥasanatan wa qinā ʻadhāba’l-nār (O Allah, our Lord, give us good in this world and good in the Hereafter, and protect us from the punishment of the Fire).’ Whenever Anas wished to make a supplication he would make this one, and whenever he wished to make some other supplication he would include it within it.” Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 76

Ismāʻīl narrated to us: ʻAbd al-ʻAzīz ibn Ṣuhayb narrated to us, from Anas ibn Mālik, who said, “Muʻādh used to lead his people in prayer. [A man by the name of] Ḥarām came, intending to water his palm trees, and entered the mosque to pray with the people; but when he saw that Muʻādh had prolonged [the prayer, by reciting Al-Baqarah], he shortened his own prayer, finished, and went off to water his palms. When Muʻādh finished his prayer, he was told, ‘Ḥarām entered the mosque [and prayed on his own].’” Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 77

Ismāʻīl narrated to us: ʻAbd al-ʻAzīz narrated to us, from Anas ibn Mālik, who said that the Prophet (ﷺ) of Allah ﷺ, when he entered the privy, would say, “Aʻūdhu billāhi min al-khubthi wa-l-khabā’ith” (I seek refuge in Allah from the male and female devils). Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 78

Ismāʻīl narrated to us: ʻAbd al-ʻAzīz narrated to us, from Anas ibn Mālik, who said, “The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ﷺ used to sacrifice two rams.” Anas said, “And I too sacrifice two rams.” Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 79

Ismāʻīl narrated to us: ʻAbd al-ʻAzīz narrated to us, from Anas ibn Mālik, who said that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ﷺ said, “Whoever wears silk in this world will not wear it in the Hereafter.” Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 80

Ismāʻīl narrated to us: ʻAbd al-ʻAzīz ibn Ṣuhayb narrated to us, from Anas ibn Mālik, who said, “The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ﷺ entered the mosque and found a rope stretched between two pillars. He asked, ‘What is this?’ They said, ‘It belongs to Zaynab; she prays, and when she grows weary or tired she holds on to it.’ He said, ‘Untie it. Let one of you pray while he is fresh, and when he grows weary or tired let him sit down.’” Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 81

Ismāʻīl narrated to us: ʻAbd al-ʻAzīz narrated to us, from Anas ibn Mālik, who said, “The iqāmah for the prayer was called while the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ﷺ was speaking quietly with a man in the mosque, and he did not rise to pray until the people had dozed off.” Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 82

Ismāʻīl narrated to us: ʻAbd al-ʻAzīz ibn Ṣuhayb narrated to us, from Anas ibn Mālik, who said, “When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ﷺ came to Madīnah, Abū Ṭalḥah took me by the hand and brought me to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ﷺ and said, ‘Messenger of Allah, Anas is a clever boy; let him serve you.’ So I served him at home and on journeys. By Allah, he never once said to me about something I had done, ‘Why did you do this?’ nor about something I had left undone, ‘Why did you not do that?’” Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 83

Ismāʻīl narrated to us: ʻAbd al-ʻAzīz ibn Ṣuhayb narrated to us, from Anas ibn Mālik, who said, “The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ﷺ had a ring made and said, ‘We have had a ring made and have had an inscription engraved upon it, so let no one else have this inscription engraved.’” Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 84

Ismāʿīl narrated to us: ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Ṣuhayb narrated to us, from Anas (may Allah be pleased with him), who said, "The Prophet (ﷺ) ﷺ used to make his prayer brief, yet complete." Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 85

Ismāʻīl narrated to us: ʻAbd al-ʻAzīz narrated to us, from Anas, that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ﷺ raided Khaybar. “We prayed the dawn prayer near it while it was still dark, then the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ﷺ mounted and Abū Ṭalḥah mounted, and I rode behind Abū Ṭalḥah. The Prophet (ﷺ) of Allah ﷺ rode through the alleys of Khaybar, and my knee was touching the thigh of the Prophet (ﷺ) of Allah ﷺ. His lower garment slipped from his thigh, and I could see the whiteness of the thigh of the Prophet (ﷺ) of Allah ﷺ. When he entered the town he said, ‘Allāhu akbar! Khaybar is destroyed. When we descend upon the open ground of a people, evil is the morning of those who were warned.’ He said it three times. The people had gone out to their work, and they cried, ‘Muḥammad!’ (ʻAbd al-ʻAzīz said: and some of our companions said, ‘and the army!’). We took it by force, and the captives were gathered. Diḥyah came and said, ‘Prophet of Allah, give me a slave-girl from the captives.’ He said, ‘Go and take one.’ He took Ṣafiyyah bint Ḥuyayy. Then a man came to the Prophet (ﷺ) ﷺ and said, ‘Messenger of Allah, you have given Diḥyah Ṣafiyyah bint Ḥuyayy, the mistress of Qurayẓah and al-Naḍīr; she is fit for none but you.’ He said, ‘Call him and let him bring her.’ When the Prophet (ﷺ) ﷺ saw her he said to Diḥyah, ‘Take another slave-girl from the captives.’ Then the Prophet (ﷺ) of Allah ﷺ freed her and married her.” Thābit asked Anas, “Abū Ḥamzah, what dowry did he give her?” He said, “Herself: he freed her and married her. On the way , Umm Sulaym prepared her and brought her to him at night, and the Prophet (ﷺ) ﷺ rose a bridegroom. He said, ‘Whoever has anything, let him bring it,’ and he spread out a leather mat. One man brought dried yoghurt, another brought dates, and another brought clarified butter (and I think he mentioned parched barley, sawīq, too), and they made ḥays. That was the wedding feast of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ﷺ.” Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 86

Muḥammad ibn Fuḍayl narrated to us: al-Aʻmash informed us, from Anas, who said, “The coat of mail of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ﷺ remained pawned [with a Jewish man]; he did not find the means to redeem it until he died.” Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 87

Muḥammad ibn Fuḍayl narrated to us from al-Mukhtār ibn Fulful, from Anas ibn Mālik, from the Prophet (ﷺ) ﷺ, who said, “Al-Kawthar is a river in Paradise that my Lord, the Mighty and Majestic, has promised me.” Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 88

Muḥammad ibn Fuḍayl narrated to us from al-Mukhtār ibn Fulful, who said, “I heard Anas ibn Mālik say, ‘The Prophet (ﷺ) ﷺ dozed off for a moment, then raised his head smiling. Either he said to them, or they said to him, “Why did you smile?” The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ﷺ said, “A sūrah has just been revealed to me,” and he recited, “In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Indeed, We have given you al-Kawthar,” to the end of the sūrah. Then he said, “Do you know what al-Kawthar is?” They said, “Allah and His Messenger know best.” He said, “It is a river my Lord, the Mighty and Majestic, has granted me in Paradise, upon which there is much good. My ummah will come to it on the Day of Resurrection; its vessels are as numerous as the stars. A servant of theirs will be snatched away from it and I will say, ‘My Lord, he is one of my ummah,’ and it will be said to me, ‘You do not know what they introduced after you.’”’” Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 89

Muḥammad ibn Fuḍayl narrated to us from al-Mukhtār ibn Fulful, from Anas ibn Mālik, who said that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ﷺ said, “Allah, exalted be He, said to me: your ummah will not cease questioning one another until they say, ‘This is Allah who created creation, so who created Allah?’” Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 90

Muḥammad ibn Fuḍayl narrated to us: al-Mukhtār ibn Fulful narrated to us, from Anas ibn Mālik, who said that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ﷺ said one day, having finished the prayer and turned to face them, “O people, I am your imam, so do not precede me in bowing or in prostration, nor in standing or in sitting, nor in leaving [the prayer], for I see you from in front of me and from behind me. By Him in whose Hand is my soul, had you seen what I have seen, you would have laughed little and wept much.” They said, “Messenger of Allah, what did you see?” He said, “I saw Paradise and the Fire.” Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 91

Muḥammad ibn Abī ʻAdī narrated to us from Ḥumayd, from Anas, that the Prophet (ﷺ) ﷺ was praying one night in his chamber, and some people came and prayed following his prayer. He shortened it, then entered the house, then came out; he did this several times, praying each time. In the morning they said, “Messenger of Allah, you prayed, and we would have liked you to prolong your prayer.” He said, “I knew you were there, and I did that deliberately.” Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 92

Ibn Abī ʻAdī narrated to us from Ḥumayd, from Anas, who said, “The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ﷺ came to Madīnah, and its people had two days on which they used to play in the [time of] ignorance (Jāhiliyyah). He said, ‘Allah has given you, in place of the two, two days better than them: the day of Fiṭr and the day of Naḥr.’” Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 93

Anas ibn Mālik (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Prophet (ﷺ) ﷺ entered one of the gardens of Banū al-Najjār in Madīnah and heard a sound coming from a grave. He enquired: “When was the person in this grave buried?” They replied: “O Messenger of Allah, he was buried during the time of ignorance [before Islam].” He was pleased at this and said: “Were it not that you would cease burying one another, I would have prayed to Allah to let you hear the torment of the grave.” Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 94

Anas ibn Mālik (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ﷺ said, “I entered Paradise, and there I was at a river whose two banks were tents of pearl. I struck my hand into the channel through which the water was flowing, and behold, it was musk of the sharpest fragrance. I said, ‘What is this, O Jibrīl?’ He said, ‘This is al-Kawthar, which Allah has given you.’” Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 95

Anas ibn Mālik (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ﷺ was returning from the campaign of Tabūk and approached Madīnah, he said: “There are people in Madīnah who, every path you have travelled and every valley you have crossed, they were with you in it.” They asked: “O Messenger of Allah, even though they were in Madīnah?” He replied: “Yes, even though they were in Madīnah — a valid excuse held them back.” Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 96

Anas ibn Mālik (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: The she-camel of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ﷺ was called al-ʿAḍbāʾ, and she was never outrun in a race. Then a Bedouin came upon a young camel and outran her. This distressed the Muslims greatly. When the Prophet (ﷺ) ﷺ perceived this in their expressions, they said: “O Messenger of Allah, al-ʿAḍbāʾ has been beaten!” He said: “It is Allah’s right that nothing of this world is raised except that He brings it down again.” Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 97

Anas ibn Mālik (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: The iqāmah for prayer was called, and the Prophet (ﷺ) ﷺ stood up and turned to face us, saying: “Straighten your rows and stand close together, for I can see you from behind my back.” Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 98

Anas ibn Mālik (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: Ḥumayd said: Anas was asked about the night prayer of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ﷺ. He replied: “Whenever we wanted to see him praying at night, we would certainly find him praying; and whenever we wanted to see him sleeping, we would certainly find him sleeping. He would fast during a month until we thought he would not break his fast at all throughout it, and he would not fast [for so many days] until we thought he would not fast at all during it.” Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 99

Anas ibn Mālik (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: We used to love it when a man from the desert would come and question the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ﷺ. A Bedouin came and asked: “O Messenger of Allah, when will the Hour come?” The iqāmah for prayer had already been called, so the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ﷺ performed the prayer. When he finished, he asked: “Where is the one who was asking about the Hour?” The man said: “It is I, O Messenger of Allah.” He asked: “What have you prepared for it?” The man replied: “I have not prepared for it a great deal of prayer or fasting, but I love Allah and His Messenger.” The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ﷺ then said: “A person will be with those whom he loves.” Anas said: “I have never seen the Muslims rejoice at anything after embracing Islam as they rejoiced at this.” Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 100