Muhammad ibn Yahya ibn Habban asked Abdullah ibn Abdullah ibnUmar about the reason for Ibn Umar's performing ablution forevery prayer, whether he was with or without ablution. Hereplied: Asma', daughter of Zayd ibn al-Khattab, reported to methat Abdullah ibn Hanzalah ibn AbuAmir narrated to her that theApostle of Allah (peace be upon him) was earlier commanded toperform ablution for every prayer whether or not he was withablution. When it became a burden for him, he was ordered to usetooth-stick for every prayer. As Ibn Umar thought that he had thestrength (to perform the ablution for every prayer), he did notgive up performing ablution for every prayer.

Muhammad ibn Yahya ibn Hibban reported: I said to Ubaydullah ibn Abdullah ibn Umar: From where did Abdullah ibn Umar get (this habit of) performing ablution for each prayer whether he needed an ablution or not? He said: Asma bint Zayd ibn al-Khattab had reported that Abdullah ibn Hanzalah ibn AbuAmir al-Ghasil had told her that Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) had been commanded to perform ablution for every prayer whether he needed it or not. But when it proved to be hard for Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) he was commanded to use miswak for every prayer, and the (command) of performing ablution (for every prayer) was set aside unless is was needed. He (the narrator) said that Abdullah found in himself the power to do that, so he did that (i.e. performed ablution) for every prayer, till he died.

Transmitted by Ahmad.

One of the Companions of the Prophet (may peace be upon), cameupon us in Egypt. When he was narrating traditions in the Mosqueof Egypt, I heard him say: I was the seventh or the sixth personin the company of the Messenger of Allah ( peace be upon him) inthe house of a person.In the meantime Bilal came and called himfor prayer. He came out and passed by a person who had hisfire-pan on the fire. The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him)said to him: Has the food in the fire-pan been cooked?Hereplied: Yes, my parents be sacrificed upon you. He then took apiece out of it and continued to chew it until he uttered thefirst takbir (AllahuAkbar) of the prayer. All this time I waslooking at him.

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) sent us on foot to getspoil, but we returned without getting any. When he saw the signsof distress on our faces, he stood up on our faces and said: OAllah, do not put them under my care, for I would be too weak tocare for them; do not put them in care of themselves, for theywould be incapable of that, and do not put them in the care ofmen, for they would choose the best things for themselves. Hethen placed his hand on my head and said: Ibn Hawalah, when yousee the caliphate has settled in the holy land, earthquakes,sorrows and serious matters will have drawn near and on that daythe Last Hour will be nearer to mankind than this hand of mine isto your head.

When the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) raised his backfrom the ruku' he pronounced: Allah listened to him who praisedHim. O Allah! our Lord! unto Thee be praise that would fill theheavens and the earth and fill that which will please Theebesides them.

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) said: Prepare food forthe family of Ja'far for there came upon them an incident whichhas engaged them.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Anyone who is in doubt inhis prayer should make two prostrations after giving thesalutation.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) gave the children of Ja'far threeday' time to visit them. He then came to visit them, and said: Donot weep over my brother after this day. He said: Call to me thechildren of my brother. We were brought to him as if we werechicken. He said: Call a barber to me. He then ordered and ourheads were shaved.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, Recite to those of you who die, "There is no god but Allah, the Clement, the Beneficent; glory be to the Lord of the mighty throne; praise be to Allah, the Lord of the universe." On being asked what was appropriate for the living, he replied that these words were better and better.

Ibn Majah transmitted.

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) one day made me mountbehind and he confided to me something secret which I would notdisclose to anybody; and the Messenger of Allah (peace be uponhim) liked the concealment provided by a lofty place or clusterof dates (while answering the call of nature). Ibn Asma' said inhis narration: It implied an enclosure of the date-trees.

When Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) came back fromjourney, the children of his family used to accord him welcome.It was in this way that once he came back from a journey and Iwent to him first of all. He mounted me before him. Then therecame one of the two sons of Fatimah and he mounted him behind himand this is how we three entered Medina riding on a beast.

One day Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) mounted me behindhim and narrated to me something in secret which I would narrateto none amongst people.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) used to wear a signet-ring on his right hand.

Ibn Majah transmitted it, and AbuDawud and Nasa'i transmitted it on Ali's authority.

We went out one rainy and intensely dark night to look for the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) to lead us in prayer, and when we found him, he asked: Have you prayed?, but I did not say anything. So he said: Say, but I did not say anything. He again said: Say, but I did not say anything. He then said: Say. So I said: What am I to say? He said: Say: "Say, He is Allah, One," and al-Mu'awwadhatan three times in the morning and evening; they will serve you for every purpose.

A bedouin prayed with the Prophet (peace be upon him). He thennarrated the tradition (No 0380) about urinating of that bedouin.This version adds: The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Removethe earth where he urinated and throw it away and pour water uponthe place.

Harithah ibn Mudarrib said that he came to Abdullah ibn Mas'udand said (to him): There is no enmity between me and any of theArabs. I passed a mosque of Banu Hanifah. They (the people)believed in Musaylimah. Abdullah (ibn Mas'ud) sent for them. Theywere brought, and he asked them to repent, except Ibnan-Nawwahah. He said to him: I heard the Apostle of Allah (peacebe upon him) say: Were it not that you were not a messenger, Iwould behead you. But today you are not a messenger. He thenordered Qarazah ibn Ka'b (to kill him). He beheaded him in themarket. Anyone who wants to see Ibn an-Nawwahah slain in themarket (he may see him).

At the battle of Badr the Apostle of Allah gave me AbuJahl'ssword, as I had killed him.

I passed when AbuJahl had fallen as his foot was struck (with theswords). I said: O enemy of Allah, AbuJahl, Allah has disgraced aman who was far away from His mercy. I did not fear him at thatmoment. He replied: It is most strange that a man has been killedby his people. I struck him with a blunt sword. But it did notwork, and then his sword fell down from his hand, I struck himwith it until he became dead.

Ibrahim said: Ad-Dahhak ibn Qays intended to appoint Masruq asgovernor. Thereupon Umarah ibn Uqbah said to him: Are youappointing a man from the remnants of the murderers of Uthman?Masruq said to him: Ibn Mas'ud narrated to us, and he wastrustworthy in respect of traditions, that when the Prophet(peace be upon him) intended to kill your father, he said: Whowill look after my children? He replied: Fire. I also like foryou what the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) liked for you.

We were with the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) during ajourney. He went to ease himself. We saw a bird with her twoyoung ones and we captured her young ones. The bird came andbegan to spread its wings. The Apostle of Allah (peace be uponhim) came and said: Who grieved this for its young ones? Returnits young ones to it. He also saw an ant village that we hadburnt. He asked: Who has burnt this? We replied: We. He said: Itis not proper to punish with fire except the Lord of fire.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: The most merciful of thepeople in respect of killing are believers (in Allah).

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Our Lord Most High ispleased with a man who fights in the path of Allah, the Exalted;then his companions fled away (i.e. retreated). But he knew thatit was a sin (to flee away from the battlefield), so he returned,and his blood was shed. Thereupon Allah, the Exalted, says to Hisangels: Look at My servant; he returned seeking what I have forhim (i.e. the reward), and fearing (the punishment) I have, untilhis blood was shed.

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) used to fast three daysevery month.

We kept fast for twenty-nine days along with the Prophet (peacebe upon him) more often than we kept fast for thirty days.

I can invoke the curse of Allah on anyone who wishes: The smallersurat an-Nisa (i.e. Surat at-Talaq) was revealed after the verseregarding the waiting period of four months and ten days had beenrevealed.

When the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) recited thetashahhud....He then narrated the same tradition. In this versionafter the word "and His Apostle" he added the words: "He has senthim in truth as a bearer of glad tidings and a warner before theHour. He who obeys Allah and His Prophet is on the right path,and he who disobeys them does not harm anyone except himself,and he does not harm Allah to the least.

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) taught us the address incase of some need: Praise be to Allah from Whom we ask help andpardon, and in Whom we take refuge from the evils withinourselves. He whom Allah guides has no one who can lead himastray, and he whom He leads astray has no one to guide him. Itestify that there is no god but Allah, and I testify thatMuhammad is His servant and Apostle. "You who believe,...fearAllah by Whom you ask your mutual rights, and reverence thewombs. Allah has been watching you." ..."you who believe, fearAllah as He should be feared, and die only as Muslims" ...."youwho believe, fear Allah as He should be feared, and die only asMuslims"....."you who believe, fear Allah and say what is true.He will make your deeds sound, and forgive your sins. He whoobeys Allah and His Apostle has achieved a mighty success." Thenarrator, Muhammad ibn Sulayman, did mention the word "inna"(verily).

Abdullah ibn Utbah ibn Mas'ud said: Abdullah ibn Mas'ud wasinformed of this story of a man. The people continued to visithim for a month or visited him many times (the narrator was notsure).He said: In this matter I hold the opinion that sheshould receive the type of dower given to women of her class withno diminution or excess, observe the waiting period ('iddah) andhave her share of inheritance. If it is erroneous, that is fromme and from Satan. Allah and His Apostle are free from itsresponsibility. Some people from Ashja' got up; among them wereal-Jarrah and AbuSinan. They said: Ibn Mas'ud, we bear witnessthat the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) gave a decision forus regarding Birwa', daughter of Washiq, to the same effect asthe decision you have given. Her husband was Hilal ibn Murrahal-Ashja'i. Thereupon Abdullah ibn Mas'ud was very pleased whenhis decision agreed with the decision of the Apostle of Allah(peace be upon him).

Masruq said on the authority of Abdullah ibn Mas'ud: Abdullah(ibn Mas'ud ) was asked about a man who had married a womanwithout cohabiting with her or fixing any dower for her till hedied. Ibn Mas'ud said: She should receive the full dower (asgiven to women of her class), observe the waiting period('Iddah), and have her share of inheritance. Thereupon Ma'qil ibnSinan said: I heard the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him)giving the same decision regarding Birwa' daughter of Washiq (asthe decision you have given).

During the time of the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) weused to consider ma'un (this of daily use) lending a bucket andcooking-pot.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: If one who is afflictedwith poverty refers it to me, his poverty will not be brought toan end; but if one refers it to Allah, He will soon give himsufficiency, either by a speedy death or by a sufficiency whichcomes later.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: He who begs (from people)when he is affluent will come on the Day of Resurrection withscrapes, scratchings, or lacerations on his face. He was asked:What constitutes affluence, Apostle of Allah? He replied:It isfifty dirhams or its value in gold. The narrator Yahya said:Abdullah ibn Sufyan said to Sufyan: I remember that Shu'bah doesnot narrate from Hakim ibn Jubayr. Sufyan said: Zubayrtransmitted to us this tradition from Muhammad ibn AbdurRahmanibn Yazid.

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) liked to supplicatethree times and to ask pardon (of Allah) three times.

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) said to us: Seek it(laylat al-Qadr) on the seventeenth night of Ramadan, and on thetwenty first night, and on the twenty-third night. He then keptsilence.

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) led us in prayer in thetime of danger. They (the people) stood in two rows. One row wasbehind the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) and the otherfaced the enemy. The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) ledthem in one rak'ah,and then the other section came and took theirplace; they went and faced the enemy. The Prophet (peace be uponhim) led them in one rak'ah and uttered the salutation. Theystood up and prayed the second rak'ah by themselves and utteredthe salutation and went away; they took the place of the othersection facing the enemy. They came back and took their place.They prayed one rak'ah by themselves and then uttered thesalutation.

When the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) addressed, he wouldsay: Praise be to Allah, from Whom we seek help and pardon,and weseek refuge in Allah from the evils of our souls. He whom Allahguide has no one who can lead him astray, and he whom He leadsastray has no one to guide him. And I bear witness that there isno god but Allah, and I bear witness that Muhammad is His servantand apostle. He sent him before the coming of the last hour withtruth giving good tidings and warning. He who obeys Allah and HisApostle follows the right path; and he who disobeys them shallharm none except himself, and he will not harm Allah in theleast.

AbuUbaydah reported, on the authority of his father Abdullah (ibnMas'ud), the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) as saying: Whenyou offer the prayer, and you are in doubt about the number ofrak'ahs whether offered three or four, and you have prayed fourrak'ahs in all probability in your opinion, you should recitetashahhud and make two prostrations while you are sitting beforegiving the salutation. afterwards you should recite the tashahhudand give the salutation again.

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) offered prayer. Theversion of the narrator Ibrahim goes: I do not know whether heincreased or decreased (the rak'ahs of prayer). When he gave thesalutation, he was asked: Has something new happened in theprayer, Apostle of Allah? He said: What is it? They said: Youprayed so many and so many (rak'ahs). He then relented his footand faced the Qiblah and made two prostrations. He then gave thesalutation. When he turned away (finished the prayer), he turnedhis face to us and said: Had anything new happened in prayer, Iwould have informed you. I am only a human being and I forgetjust as you do; so when I forget, remind me, and when any of youis in doubt about his prayer he should aim at what is correct,and complete his prayer in that respect, then give the salutationand afterwards made two prostrations.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) used to give the salutation tohis left and right sides until the whiteness of his cheek wasseen, (saying: "Peace be upon you, and mercy of Allah" twice. AbuDawud said: This is a version of the tradition reported byAbuSufyan. The version of Isra'il did not explain it. AbuDawudsaid: This tradition has been narrated by Zubayr from AbuIshaqand Yahya ibn Adam from Isra'il from AbuIshaq from AbdurRahmanibn al-Aswad from his father from Alqamah on the authority ofAbdullah ibn Mas'ud. AbuDawud said: Shu'bah used to reject thistradition, the tradition narrated by AbuIshaq as coming from theProphet (peace be upon him).

The Prophet (peace be upon him) was in the first two rak'ahs asthough he were on heated stones. The narrator Shu'bah said: Wesaid: Till he (the Prophet) got up.

It pertains to the sunnah to utter the tashahhud quietly.

Alqamah said that Abdullah ibn Mas'ud caught hold of his handsaying that the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) caught holdof his (Ibn Mas'ud's) hand and taught him the tashahhud duringprayer. He then narrated the (well known ) tradition (oftashahhud). This version adds: When you say this or finish this,then you have completed your prayer. If you want to stand up,then stand, and if you want to remain sitting, then remainsitting.

We did not know what we should say when we sat during prayer. TheApostle of Allah (peace be upon him) was taught (by Allah). Hethen narrated the tradition to the same effect. Sharik reportedfrom Jami', from AbuWa'il on the authority of Abdullah ibn Mas'udsomething similar. He said: He used to teach us also some otherwords, but he did not teach them as he taught us the tashahhud: OAllah, join our hearts, mend our social relationship, guide us tothe path of peace, bring us from darkness to light, save us fromobscenities, outward or inward, and bless our ears, our eyes, ourhearts, our wives, our children, and relent toward us; Thou artthe Relenting, the Merciful. And make us grateful for Thyblessing and make us praise it while accepting it and give it tous in full.

We used to salute during prayer and talk about our needs. I cameto the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) and found himpraying. I saluted him, but he did not respond to me. I recalledwhat happened to me in the past and in the present. When theApostle of Allah (peace be upon him) finished his prayer, he saidto me: Allah, the Almighty, creates new command as He wishes, andAllah, the Exalted, has sent a fresh command that you must nottalk during prayer. He then returned my salutation.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: When one of you bows, heshould say three time,:"Glory be to my mighty Lord," and when heprostrates, he should say: "Glory be to my most high Lord" threetimes. This is the minimum number.

AbuUthman an-Nahdi said: When Ibn Mas'ud prayed he placed hisleft hand on the right. The Prophet (peace be upon him) saw himand placed his right hand on his left one.

Alqamah said: Abdullah ibn Mas'ud said: Should I pray in the waythe Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) had performed it? Hesaid: He prayed, raising his hands only once.

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) taught us how to pray.He then uttered the takbir (Allah is most great) and raised hishands; when he bowed, he joined his hands and placed them betweenhis knees. When this (report) reached Sa'd, he said: My brothersaid truly. We used to do this; then we were later on commandedto do this, that is, to place the hands on the knees.

I heard the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) say: He who letshis garment trail during prayer out of pride, Allah, theAlmighty, has nothing to do with pardoning him and protecting himfrom Hell.

Alqamah and al-Aswad sought permission from Abdullah (ibn Mas'ud)for admission, and we remained sitting at his door for a longtime. A slave-girl came out and gave them permission (to enter).He (Ibn Mas'ud) then got up and prayed (standing) between me(al-Aswad) and him (Alqamah). He then said: I witnessed theApostle of Allah (peace be upon him) doing similarly.

We proceeded with the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) on theoccasion of al-Hudaybiyyah. The Apostle of Allah (peace be uponhim) said: Who will keep watch for us? Bilal said: I (shall do).The overslept till the sun arose. The Prophet (peace be upon him)awoke and said: Do as you used to do (i.e. offer prayer asusual). Then we did accordingly. He said: Anyone who oversleepsor forgets (prayer) should do similarly.

Amr ibn Maymun al-Awdi said: Mu'adh ibn Jabal, the Messenger ofthe Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) came to us in Yemen, Iheard his takbir (utterance of AllahuAkbar) in the dawn prayer.He was a man with loud voice. I began to love him. I did departfrom him until I buried him dead in Syria (i.e. until his death). Then I searched for a person who had deep understanding inreligion amongst the people after him. So I came to Ibn Mas'udand remained in his company until his death. He (Ibn Mas'ud)said: The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) said to me: Howwill you act when you are ruled by rulers who say prayer beyondits proper time? I said: What do you command me, Apostle ofAllah, if I witness such a time? He replied: Offer the prayer atits proper time and also say your prayer along with them as asupererogatory prayer.

The extent of the shadow when the Apostle of Allah prayed (thenoon prayer) was three to five feet in summer and five to sevenfeet in winter.

We would not wash our feet after treading on something unclean,nor would we hold our hair and garments (during prayer).

AbuZayd quoted Abdullah ibn Mas'ud as saying that on the nightwhen the jinn listened to the Qur'an the Prophet (peace be uponhim) said: What is in your skin vessel? He said: I have somenabidh. He (the Holy Prophet) said: It consists of fresh datesand pure water. Sulayman ibn Dawud reported the same version ofthis tradition on the authority of AbuZayd or Zayd. But Shariksaid that Hammad did not mention the words "night of the jinn".

A deputation of the jinn came to the Prophet (peace be upon him)and said: O Muhammad, forbid your community to cleans themselveswith a bone or dung or charcoal, for in them Allah has providedsustenance for us. So the Prophet (peace be upon him) forbadethem to do so.

We asked the Prophet (peace be upon him) about walking with thefuneral. He replied: Not running (but walking quickly). If he(the dead person) was good, send him to it quickly; if he wasotherwise, keep away the people of Hell. The bier should befollowed and should not follow. Those who go in front of it arenot accompanying it.

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) said: He who swears anoath in which he tells a lie to take the property of a Muslim byunfair means, will meet Allah while He is angry with him. Al-Ash'ath said: I swear by Allah, he said this about me. Therewas some land between me and a Jew, but he denied it to me; so Ipresented him to the Prophet (peace be upon him). The Prophet(peace be upon him) asked me: Have you any evidence? I replied:No. He said to the Jew: Take an oath.I said: Apostle of Allah,now he will take an oath and take my property.So Allah, theExalted, revealed the verse, "As for those who sell the faiththey owe to Allah and their own plighted word for a small price,they shall have no portion in the hereafter."

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) cursed the one whoaccepted usury, the one who paid it, the witness to it, and theone who recorded it.

I Ammar, and Sa'd became partners in what we would receive on theday of Badr. Sa'd then brought two prisoners, but I and Ammar didnot bring anything.

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) forbade to break thecoins of the Muslims current among them except for some defect.

Muhammad ibn al-Ash'ath said: Al-Ash'ath bought slaves of bootyfrom Abdullah ibn Mas'ud for twenty thousand (dirhams. Abdullahasked him for payment of their price. He said: I bought them forten thousand (dirhams). Abdullah said: Appoint a man who mayadjudicate between me and you. Al-Ash'ath said: (I appoint) youbetween me and yourself. Abdullah said: I heard the Apostle ofAllah (peace be upon him) say: If both parties in a businesstransaction differ (on the price of an article), and they havewitness between them, the statement of the owner of the articlewill be accepted (as correct) or they may annul the transaction.

The bone dearer to the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) wasthe bone of sheep.

The tradition mentioned above (No. 3771) has also been narratedby Ibn Mas'ud with a different chain of narrators. This versionhas: The Prophet (peace be upon him) liked the foreleg (of asheep). Once the foreleg was poisoned, and he thought that theJews had poisoned it.

Zaynab, the wife of Abdullah ibn Mas'ud, told that Abdullah said:I heard the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) saying: spells,charms and love-potions are polytheism. I asked: Why do you saythis? I swear by Allah, when my eye was discharging I used to goto so-and-so, the Jew, who applied a spell to me. When he appliedthe spell to me, it calmed down. Abdullah said: That was justthe work of the Devil who was picking it with his hand, and whenhe uttered the spell on it, he desisted. All you need to do is tosay as the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) used to say:Remove the harm, O Lord of men, and heal. Thou art the Healer.There is no remedy but Thine which leaves no disease behind.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Taking omens is polytheism;taking omens is polytheism. He said it three times. Every one ofus has some, but Allah removes it by trust (in Him).

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) made me read the verse"It is I who give (all) sustenance, Lord of power, steadfast (forever).

The Prophet (peace be upon him) used to read the verse "Is thereany that will receive admonition (muddakir)? " that is withdoubling of consonant [(dal)(d)].

The Prophet of Allah (peace be upon him) disliked ten things:Yellow colouring, meaning khaluq, dyeing grey hair, trailing thelower garment, wearing a gold signet-ring, a woman deckingherself before people who are not within the prohibited degrees,throwing dice, using spells except with the Mu'awwidhatan,wearing amulets, withdrawing the penis before the semen isdischarged, in the case of a woman who is wife or not a wife, andhaving intercourse with a woman who is suckling a child; but hedid not declare them to be prohibited.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: four (majestic) trials(fitnahs) will take place among this community, and in their endthere will be destruction.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: The mill of Islam will goround till the year thirty-five, or thirty-six, or thirty-seven;then if they perish, they will have followed the path of thosewho perished before them, but if their religion is maintained, itwill be maintained for seventy years. I asked: Does it meanseventy years which remain or seventy years which are gone by? Hereplied: It means (seventy years) that are gone by.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: If only one day of thisworld remained. Allah would lengthen that day (according to theversion of Za'idah), till He raised up in it a man who belongs tome or to my family whose father's name is the same as myfather's, who will fill the earth with equity and justice as ithas been filled with oppression and tyranny (according to theversion of Fitr). Sufyan's version says: The world will not passaway before the Arabs are ruled by a man of my family whose namewill be the same as mine.

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) said: The first defectthat permeated Banu Isra'il was that a man (of them) met anotherman and said: O so-and-so, fear Allah, and abandon what you aredoing, for it is not lawful for you. He then met him the next dayand that did not prevent him from eating with him, drinking withhim and sitting with him. When they did so. Allah mingled theirhearts with each other. He then recited the verse: "curses werepronounced on those among the children of Isra'il who rejectedFaith, by the tongue of David and of Jesus the son of Mary"...upto "wrongdoers". He then said: By no means, I swear by Allah,you must enjoin what is good and prohibit what is evil, preventthe wrongdoer, bend him into conformity with what is right, andrestrict him to what is right.

A similar tradition (to the No. 4322) has also been transmittedby Ibn Mas'ud through a different chain of narrators to the sameeffect. This version adds: "Or Allah will mingle your heartstogether and curse you as He cursed them."

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: The blood-wit foraccidental killing should be twenty she-camels which had enteredtheir fourth year, twenty she-camels which had entered theirfifth year, twenty she-camels which had entered their secondyear, twenty she-camels which had entered their third year, andtwenty male camels which had entered their second year. It doesnot beyond Ibn Mas'ud.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: None of my Companions musttell me anything about anyone, for I like to come out to you withno ill-feelings.

Zayd ibn Wahb said: A man was brought to Ibn Mas'ud. He was told:This is so and so, and wine was dropping from his beard. Abdullahthereupon said: We have been prohibited to seek out (faults). Ifanything becomes manifest to us, we shall seize it.

Salam ibn Miskin, quoting an old man who witnessed AbuWa'il in awedding feast, said: They began to play, amuse and sing. Heunited the support of his hand round his knees that were drawnup, and said: I heard Abdullah (ibn Mas'ud) say: I heard theapostle of Allah (peace be upon him) say: Singing produceshypocrisy in the heart.

If anyone helps his people in an unrighteous cause, he is like a camel which falls into a well and is pulled out by its tail.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Kill all the snakes, and hewho fears their revenge does not belong to me.

Kill all the snakes except the little white one which looks likea silver wand.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, Satan exercises his influence upon the son of Adam and so does the angel exercise his influence (upon him). The influence of Satan is that he holds the promise of evil and denial of truth. And the influence of the angel is that he holds the promise of good and the affirmation of truth. Thus he who perceives this (i.e. good promise) he should praise Allah and he who finds contrary to it, he should seek refuge with Allah from Satan, the accursed. He then recited this verse: `Satan threatens you with the prospect of poverty and bids you to be indecent.' (2:268)

Transmitted by Tirmidhi saying this is a gharib hadith.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) drew a line for us and then said: That is the path shown by Allah. Then he drew several other lines on his right and left sides and said: These are the paths on every side of which there is a devil calling towards it. He then recited this verse: `Verily this path of Mine is straight so adhere it.' (5:167)

Transmitted by Ahmad, Nasa'i and Darimi.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: Allah has set forth a parable of a straight path. On both sides of the path there are two enclosures in which there are open doors, and hanging upon each door are curtains. There is at the end of the path an admonisher saying: Adhere to the path and don't go astray. Above that there is an announcer who announces as often as anyone intends to open the doors: Woe be to thee! Don't open it for if you open it you shall have to enter it. He then explained (this parable) and said: Verily the path is al-Islam; the open doors are the prohibitions made by Allah; the hanging curtains are the limits set by Allah; the announcer at the end of the path is the Qur'an; and the announcer over it is Allah's Preacher in every heart.

Transmitted by Razin and Ahmad.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: May Allah be well pleased with the servant who heard our words, remembered them, retained them well and then passed them on to others. How many scholars are there who are the scholars of religion without having an understanding of it, and how many scholars of religion are there who convey knowledge to those who are well versed compared with them. There are three things on account of which no rancour enters a Muslim heart: the sincerity of purpose for Allah's sake, seeking goodness for the Muslims and adhering to their main body (jama'ah), for their prayers encompass them all round.

Shafi'i reported it and also Bayhaqi in Al-Madkhal.

I heard Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) saying: May Allah be pleased with a person who heard something from us and then transmitted it to others as he had heard it; for many a one to whom it is brought, retains it better than the one who heard it.

Transmitted by Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah.

There are two avaricious people who are never contented: the man of learning and the man of the world, but the two are not equal. The man of knowledge increases in submission to Allah, and as for the man of the world, he becomes headstrong and defiant. Abdullah then recited: `Nay man is surely rebellious when he sees himself free from want.' (46:6) Concerning the other he recited the verse: `Surely those of His servants who are possessed of knowledge, fear Allah.' (35:28)

Transmitted by Darimi.

If the people of knowledge were to preserve it and impart it to those who were worthy of it they will most certainly be the leaders of their age by virtue of it. But they passed it on to the people of the world to attain thereby some portion of their world, so they fell in their estimation. I heard your Apostle (peace be upon him) saying: Whoever centres all his thoughts upon one object, viz. the thought of the Hereafter, Allah will provide him with the worldly needs, and he whose whole distraction is worldly ends, Allah does not care in what wilderness of the world he perishes.

Transmitted by Ibn Majah.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said to me: Acquire the knowledge and impart it to the people. Acquire the knowledge of Fara'id (laws of inheritance) and teach it to the people, learn the Qur'an and teach it to the people; for I am a person who has to depart this world and the knowledge will be taken away and turmoil will appear to such an extent that two people will not agree in regard to a case of inheritance distribution and find none who would decide between them.

Transmitted by Darimi and Daraqutni.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: Don't cleanse yourself with dung or with bones for that is the food of your brothers from amongst the Jinn.

Transmitted by Tirmidhi, Nasa'i with this exception that he did not make mention of: The Food of your brothers from amongst the jinn.

The Prophet said: Do not try too hard to acquire property (real estate) or else you will be absorbed and too much enamoured with the world.

Transmitted by Tirmidhi.

We used to observe prayer along with Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) and we did not perform ablution because of treading on anything.

Transmitted by Tirmidhi.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: May I point out to you the person who is forbidden for the Fire, or on whom the Fire of Hell is forbidden? The Fire is forbidden to touch everyone, who is closer to the people, soft, lenient, and is kind-hearted.

Transmitted by Tirmidhi.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: The one nearest to me on the Day of Resurrection will be one who invokes the greatest number of blessings upon me.

Transmitted by Tirmidhi.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: There is a mobile (squads) of Angels on Earth convey to me the blessings invoked upon me by my Ummah.

Transmitted by Nasa'i and Darimi.

I was busy praying, while Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) was there with AbuBakr and Umar. When I sat at the end, I commenced by lauding Allah, then invoked blessings upon Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him), and then I made a supplication for myself. Thereupon Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) said: Beg and it will be conferred upon you, beg and it will be conferred upon you.

Transmitted by Tirmidhi.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Whenever a person recites one letter from the Book of Allah, one good deed is recorded for him. One good deed is equal to ten good deeds the like of it. I do not say that Alif-Lam-Mim is a letter, but A is a letter L is a letter and M is a letter.

Transmitted by Tirmidhi.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: Our Lord is pleased with two men: One man who gets up from his bed and his quilt (parting) from his comfort and his wife for prayer. Allah says to His angels: Look at My servant, he got out of bed, his quilt (parting himself) from his comfort and his wife for the sake of prayer with an earnest desire for that which is with Me and out of fear of what is with Me. And a person who fights for the sake of Allah and retreats along with his companions, knowing what burden is there upon him for this retreat (and what reward is there for him) in returning (to fight). So he returns till his blood is shed and Allah says to the angels: Look at My servant, he returned with (the earnest) desire for that which is with Me, and out of fear of what is with Me till his blood was spilt.

Transmitted by Ahmad and Baghawi, in Sharh as-Sunnah.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: May Allah prosper the affairs of a person who hears something from me and conveys it to others as he heard it, for sometimes one who hears from another remembers it better than the original hearer himself.

Transmitted by Tirmidhi.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: The closest to me on the Day of Judgment will be those who call down most blessings on me.

Transmitted by Tirmidhi.

"When the Prophet (peace be upon him) sat down in the pulpit we faced him."

Tirmidhi transmitted it, and said this was a tradition he knew only among the traditions of Muhammad ibn al-Fadl who was weak and whose traditions were not accepted.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: On the night of my Ascent (Mi'raj) I met Abraham and he said to me: Muhammad, convey my salam to your people and tell them that Paradise is a vast plain of pure soil and sweet water and that its trees cry: Holy is Allah, all praise is due to Allah, there is none worthy of worship save Allah, and Allah is Great.

Transmitted by Tirmidhi.

One of the supplications of the Prophet (peace be upon him) was: Allah, I beg of Thee that which inspires Thy mercy and Thy forgiveness, security against every sin, treasures of every virtue, and achievement of Paradise and deliverance from the Fire.

Transmitted by Hakim.

Ibn Mas'ud told of the Prophet (peace be upon him) saying to his companions one day, "Show due respect towards Allah." On their replying, "Prophet of Allah, we show due respect towards Allah, praise be to Allah," he said, "That is not what I mean; but he who shows due respect to Allah must guard the head and what it retains, must guard the belly and what it contains, and keep death and decay in remembrance; and he who desires the next world must abandon the adornment of this world. He who does that has shown due respect towards Allah."

Ahmad and Tirmidhi transmitted it, the latter saying this is a gharib tradition.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "If anyone comforts one who has been afflicted he will have a reward equivalent to his."

Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah transmitted it, Tirmidhi saying this is a gharib tradition which was known to him as traced back to the Prophet only among the traditions of Ali ibn Asim the transmitter. He added that some transmitted it with this isnad from Muhammad ibn Suqa in mawquf form.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: A believer does not taunt, curse, abuse or talk indecently.

Transmitted by Tirmidhi.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "If anyone is predeceased by three of his children who did not grow old enough to sin, they will be a strong protection for him from Hell." When AbuDharr said he had been predeceased by two, he told him that the same applied. Ubayy ibn Ka'b AbuMundhir, the chief of the Qur'an readers, said he had been predeceased by one, and he told him that the same applied.

Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah transmitted it, Tirmidhi saying that this is a gharib tradition.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "I forbade you to visit graves, but you may now visit them, for they produce abstinence in this world and act as a reminder of the next."

Ibn Majah transmitted it.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, "No man will fail to pay the zakat on his property without Allah putting a large snake on his neck on the Day of Resurrection." He then recited to them the justification of it from Allah's Book, "Let not those who are niggardly with what Allah has given them from His bounty suppose...."

Tirmidhi, Nasa'i and Ibn Majah transmitted it.

Ibn Mas'ud attributed the following to the Prophet (peace be upon him) "There are three whom Allah loves: a man who gets up at night and recites Allah's Book; a man who gives sadaqah with his right hand and concealing it (Abdullah thought he added "from his left hand"); and a man who is on an expedition and faces the enemy when his companions are routed."

Tirmidhi transmitted it, but said that this is a tradition to which regard is not paid, one of its transmitters, AbuBakr ibn Ayyash, being guilty of many errors.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "If anyone recites a letter from Allah's Book he will be credited with a good deed, and a good deed gets a tenfold reward. I do not say that Alif-Lam-Mim are one letter, but alif is a letter, lam is a letter and mim is a letter."

Tirmidhi and Darimi transmitted it, Tirmidhi saying this is a hasan sahih tradition whose isnad is gharib.

Everything has a hump, and the hump of the Qur'an is surat al-Baqarah. Everything has a kernel, and the kernel of the Qur'an is al-Mufassal.

Darimi transmitted it.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "He who recites surat al-Waqi'ah every night will never be afflicted by want." Ibn Mas'ud used to order his daughters to recite it every night.

Bayhaqi transmitted it in Shu'ab al-Iman.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "Ask Allah for some of His bounty, for Allah likes to be asked, and the most excellent worship is expectation of relief."

Tirmidhi transmitted it, saying this is a gharib tradition.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said that he met Abraham on the night he was taken up to Heaven, and he said, "Convey my greeting to your people, Muhammad, and tell them that Paradise has good soil and sweet water, that it consists of level, treeless plains, and that its plants are 'Glory be to Allah'; Praise be to Allah'; 'There is no god but Allah'; and 'Allah is most great'."

Tirmidhi transmitted it, saying this is a hasan tradition whose isnad is gharib.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "He who repents of a sin is like him who has committed no sin."

Ibn Majah and Bayhaqi, in Shu'ab al-Iman, transmitted it, the latter saying its only transmitter was an-Nahrani who is unknown.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, 'No man who acquires unlawful property and gives some of it in alms will have it accepted from him; neither will he receive a blessing for it if he contributes some of it; and if he leaves some of it behind him it will be his provision for Hell. Allah does not obliterate an evil deed by an evil one, but He obliterates an evil deed by a good one. What is impure does not obliterate what is impure."

Ahmad transmitted it, and the same is given in Sharh as-Sunnah.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "Even though usury be much it leads in the end to penury."

Ibn Majah, Bayhaqi transmitted it in Shu'ab al-Iman and also transmitted by Ahmad.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "When two people who are arranging a business transaction disagree, the decision rests with the seller, but the buyer has the right to choose whether he will confirm this."

Tirmidhi transmitted it.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, "When two people who are arranging a business transaction disagree, the commodity being present and neither being able to prove his case, the decision rests with the seller, or they may both reject the transaction."

Ibn Majah and Darimi transmitted it.

The Prophet assigning to Abdullah ibn Mas'ud the open spaces in Medina between the dwellings and palm gardens of the Ansar, and when the Banu Abd ibn Zuhrah said, "Remove from us the son of Umm Abd (Ibn Mas'ud)," replying, "Why then did Allah send me? Allah does not bless a people among whom a weak man is not given his right."

Baghawi transmitted it in Sharh as-Sunnah.

In the case where there was a grandmother and her son, she was the first grandmother to whom Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) gave a sixth which was not due to her when she had a son who was still alive.

Tirmidhi and Darimi transmitted it, but Tirmidhi declared it to be a weak tradition.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) saw a woman who charmed him, so he went to Sawdah who was making perfume in the company of some women. They left him, and after he had satisfied his desire he said, "If any man sees a woman who charms him he should go to his wife, for she has the same kind of thing as the other woman."

Darimi transmitted it.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, "A woman should be concealed, for when she goes out the devil looks at her."

Tirmidhi transmitted it.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "The food on the first day is a duty, that on the second is a sunnah, but that on the third day is to make men hear of it; and if anyone makes men hear of what he does Allah will make him heard of."

Tirmidhi transmitted it.

When captives were brought to the Prophet (peace be upon him) he gave away families together through dislike of separating them.

Ibn Majah transmitted it.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "No judge who pronounces judgment among men will fail to come on the Day of Resurrection with an angel holding the scruff of his neck. He will then raise his head to Heaven, and if Allah gives orders to cast him down, he will cast him into an abyss forty years deep."

Ahmad, Ibn Majah, and Bayhaqi, in Shu'ab al-Iman, transmitted it.

When Ibn an-Nawwahah and Ibn Uthal, Musaylimah's messengers, came to the Prophet (peace be upon him), he asked them whether they testified that he was Allah's Messenger. On their replying, "We testify that Musaylimah is Allah's Messenger," he said, "I believe in Allah and His Messenger. If it were my custom to kill a messenger I should kill you." Abdullah said that the sunnah that a messenger should not be killed then came into force.

Ahmad transmitted it.

In telling about the night when he was taken up to heaven, Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said that he did not pass a company of angels without their ordering him to command his people to have themselves cupped.

Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah transmitted it, Tirmidhi saying that this is a hasan gharib tradition.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "Make use of the two remedies: honey and the Qur'an."

Ibn Majah and Bayhaqi, in Shu'ab al-Iman, transmitted it, Bayhaqi saying the correct view is that it goes no farther back than Ibn Mas'ud.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "A believer is not given to accusing others or to cursing them, nor is he immoral or shameless."

Tirmidhi and Bayhaqi, in Shu'ab al-Iman, transmitted it. Another version by Bayhaqi has "Nor immoral and shameless." Tirmidhi said this is a gharib tradition.

A man said to the Prophet, "Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him), how can I know when I do well and when I do ill?" The Prophet (peace be upon him) replied, "When you hear your neighbours say you have done well, you have done well; and when you hear them say you have done ill, you have done ill."

Ibn Majah transmitted it.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "Allah Most High has allotted you your characters just as He has allotted you your provisions. Allah Most High gives worldly things to those whom He loves and those whom He does not love, but He gives religion only to those whom He loves, so he who is given religion by Allah has been loved by Him. By Him in Whose hand my soul is, a man is not a Muslim till his heart and tongue are submissive, and he is not a believer till his neighbour is safe from injurious behaviour on his part."

Ahmad and Bayhaqi, in Shu'ab al-Iman transmitted it.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "Shall I not tell you who is kept away from Hell and from whom Hell is kept away? From everyone who is gentle and kindly, approachable and of an easy disposition".

Ahmad and Tirmidhi transmitted it, Tirmidhi saying it is a hasan gharib tradition.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "Do not own an estate and so be pleased with the world."

Tirmidhi and Bayhaqi, in Shu'ab al-Iman, transmitted it.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "Do not own an estate and so be pleased with the world."

Transmitted by Tirmidhi and Bayhaqi, in Shu'ab al-Iman.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) slept on a reed mat and got up with the marks of it on his body, so Ibn Mas'ud said, "Messenger of Allah, I wish you would order us to spread something out for you and make something." He replied, "What have I to do with the world? In relation to the world I am just like a rider who shades himself under a tree, then goes off and leaves it."

Ahmad, Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah transmitted it,

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, "On the Day of Resurrection the feet of the son of Adam will not move away till he is questioned about five matters: on what he spent his life, in doing what he made his youth pass away; whence he acquired his property, on what he spent it, and what he did regarding what he knew."

Tirmidhi transmitted it, saying this is a gharib tradition.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "If, through fear of Allah, tears--even to the extent of a fly's head--fall from any believer's eyes and drop on some part of his cheek, he will be kept away from Hell by Allah."

Ibn Majah transmitted it.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "Mankind will go down to Hell and then come up from it because of their deeds, the first of them like a flash of lighting, the next like the wind, the next like a horse's gallop, the next like one riding on his pack-saddle, the next like a man's running, the next like his walking."

Tirmidhi transmitted it.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, "One who will be one of the inhabitants of Paradise will come to you;" then AbuBakr came along. He then said, "One who will be one of the inhabitants of Paradise will come to you;" then Umar came along.

Tirmidhi transmitted it, saying this is a gharib tradition.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, "When I am gone copy those two of my companions, AbuBakr and Umar, follow the guidance of Ammar, and hold fast to the injunction of Ibn Umm Abd." Hudhayfah's version says "Believe what Ibn Mas'ud tells you" instead of "Hold fast to the injunction of Ibn Umm Abd."

Tirmidhi transmitted it.

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) observed: There wasnever a Prophet sent before me by Allah to his nation who had notamong his people (his) disciples and companions who followed hisways and obeyed his command. Then there came after them theirsuccessors who said that which they did not practise, andpractised that which they were not commanded to do. He who stroveagainst them with his hand was a believer, he who strove againstthem with his tongue was a believer, and he who strove againstthem with his heart was a believer, and beyond that there was nofaith, not even as much as a mustard seed. AbuRafi' said: Inarrated this hadith to Abdullah ibn Umar; he contradicted me.There happened to come Abdullah ibn Mas'ud who stayed at Qanat,and Abdullah ibn Umar wanted me to accompany him on a visit tohim (as Abdullah ibn Mas'ud was ailing), so I went with him. Aswe sat (before him) I asked Ibn Mas'ud about this hadith. Henarrated it in the same way as I narrated it to Ibn Umar.

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) observed: He who has inhis heart the weight of a mustard seed of pride shall not enterParadise. A person (amongst his hearers) said: Verily a personloves that his dress should be fine, and his shoes should befine. He (the Prophet) remarked: Verily, Allah is Graceful and Heloves Grace. Pride is disdaining the truth (out of self-conceit)and contempt for the people.

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) was asked about evilprompting, to which he replied: It is pure faith.

Abdullah heard the Prophet (peace be upon him) as saying: He whotook an oath in order to entitle himself (to the possession) of aproperty, whereas he is a liar, would meet Allah in a state thatHe would be very much angry with him. Then the remaining part ofthe hadith was narrated as transmitted by A'mash (No. 0254) butwith the exception of these words: There was a dispute between meand another person in regard to a well. We referred this disputeto the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) Upon this heremarked: Either (you should produce) two witnesses (to supportyour contention) or his oath (would be accepted as valid).

When the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) was taken for theNight Journey, he was taken to Sidrat al-Muntaha, which issituated on the sixth heaven, where terminates everything thatascends from the earth and is held there, and where terminateseverything that descends from above it and is held there. (It iswith reference to this that) Allah said: "When that which coverscovered the lote-tree" (al-Qur'an, Illl.16). He (the narrator)said: (It was) gold moths. He (the narrator further) said: TheMessenger of Allah (peace be upon him) was given three (things):he was given five prayers, he was given the concluding verses ofSurat al-Baqarah, and remission of serious sins for those amonghis Ummah who associate not anything with Allah.

Al-Aswad and Alqamah reported: We came to the house of Abdullahibn Mas'ud. He said: Have these people said prayer behind you? We said: No. He said: Then stand up and say prayers. He orderedus to say neither Adhan nor Iqamah. We went to stand behind him.He caught hold of our hands and made one of us stand on his rightand the other on his left. When we bowed, we placed our hands onour knees. He struck our hands and put his hands together, palmto palm, then put them between his thighs. When he completed theprayer he said: There will soon come to you Amirs, who woulddefer prayers from their appointed time and will make such adelay that little time is left before sunset. So when you seethem doing so, say the prayer at its appointed time and then saythe prayer with them as (Nafl). When there are three of you praytogether (standing in one row), and when there are more thanthree of you, appoint one among you as your Imam. When any one ofyou bows, he must place his hands upon his thighs and kneel down,and putting his palms together place (them within his thighs). Iperceive as if I am seeing the gap between the fingers of theMessenger of Allah (peace be upon him)

AbuMa'mar reported: There was an Amir in Mecca who pronouncedtaslim twice, "Abdullah said: Where did he get this sunnah?Al-Hakam said: There is a hadith to the effect that the Messengerof Allah (peace be upon him) did like it.

An amir or a person pronounced taslim twice. Abdullah said: Wheredid he get this sunnah?

The polytheists detained the Messenger of Allah (peace be uponhim) from observing the afternoon prayer till the sun became redor it became yellow. Upon this the Messenger of Allah (peace beupon him) said: They have diverted us from (offering) the middleprayer, i.e. the Asr prayer, May Allah fill their bellies andtheir graves with fire, or he said: May Allah stuff their belliesand their graves with fire.

Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) said about people who areabsent from Jumu'ah prayer: I intend that I should command aperson to lead people in prayer, and then burn those persons whoabsent themselves from Jumu'ah prayer in their house.

I have seen the time when no one stayed away from prayer except ahypocrite, whose hypocrisy was well known, or sick man, but if asick man could walk between two persons (i.e. with the help oftwo person with one on each side) he would come to prayer. And(further) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) taughtus the paths of right guidance, among which is prayer in themosque in which the Adhan is called.

AbdurRahman ibn Yazid reported that Abdullah ibn Mas'udpronounced Talbiyah as he returned from the gathering of thepeople (at Muzdalifah). It was said; He might be a Bedouin (notknowing correctly the rituals of Hajj and, therefore, pronouncingTalbiyah at this stage), whereupon Abdullah said: Have the peopleforgotten (this Sunnah of the Prophet) or have they gone astray?I heard him, upon whom Surah al-Baqarah was revealed, pronouncingTalbiyah at the very place.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) cursed the one who acceptedinterest and the one who paid it. I asked about the one whorecorded it, and two witnesses to it. He (the narrator) said: Wenarrate what we have heard.

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) gave us an extra(camel) besides our share of Khums; (and in this extra share) Igot a Sharif (and a Sharif is a big old camel).

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said to me: The signthat you have been permitted to come in is that the curtain israised or that you hear me speaking quietly until I forbid you.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) commanded a Muhrim (one whois in the state of pilgrimage) to kill the snake at Mina.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: If I were to choose abosom friend I would have definitely chosen AbuBakr as my bosomfriend, but he is my brother and my companion and Allah, theExalted and Glorious, has taken your brother and companion(meaning Prophet himself) as a friend.

When this verse was revealed: "There is no harm on persons whobelieve and perform good acts, what they had eaten (formerly)when they avoided it (now) and they affirmed their faith" (v.93)up to the end. Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said to me:You are one amongst them.

The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: Should I informyou that slandering, that is in fact a tale-carrying whichcreates dissension amongst people, (and) he (further) said: Theperson tells the truth until he is recorded as truthful, and hetells a lie until he is recorded as a liar.

Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) said: Whom do you count as"Raqub" amongst you? They (his Companions) said: One who has notchildren (the children are born unto him but they do notsurvive). Thereupon he (the Prophet) said: He is not, but a Raqubis one who does not find his child as the forerunner (inParadise). He then said: Whom do you count as a wrestler amongstyou? We said: He who wrestles with persons. He said: No, it isnot he but one who controls himself when in a fit of rage.

Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) said: ruined were those whoindulged in hair-splitting. He (the Prophet) repeated thisthrice.

Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) used to supplicate (in thesewords): "O Allah, I beg of thee the right guidance, safeguardagainst evil, chastity and freedom from want."

When it was evening Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) used tosupplicate: "We entered upon evening and the whole Kingdom ofAllah also entered upon evening and praise is due to Allah. Thereis no god but Allah, the One Who has no partner with Him." Hasansaid that Zubayd reported to him that he memorised it fromIbrahim in these very words: "His is the Sovereignty and Praiseis due to Him, and He is Potent over everything. O Allah, I begof Thee the good of this night and I seek refuge in Thee from theevil of this night and the evil which follows it. O Allah, I seekrefuge in Thee from sloth, from the evil of vanity. O Allah, Iseek refuge in Thee from torment in the Hell-Fire and fromtorment in the grave."

Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) said: There is none amongstyou with whom is not an attache from amongst the jinn (devil).They (the Companions) said: Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him)with you too? Thereupon he said: Yes, but Allah helps me againsthim and so I am safe from his hand and he does not command me butfor good.

Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) said: The Hell would bebrought on that day (the Day of Judgment) with seventy bridlesand every bridle would be controlled by seventy angels.

Once there blew a red storm in Kufah and there came a person whohad nothing to say but (these words): Abdullah ibn Mas'ud, theLast Hour has come. He (Abdullah ibn Mas'ud) was sittingreclining against something, and he said: The Last Hour will notcome until the people divide inheritance and rejoice over booty.Then He said pointing towards Syria, with a gesture of his handlike this: The enemy will muster strength against the Muslims andthe Muslims will muster strength against them (Syrians). I said:You mean Rome?He said: Yes, and there will be a terrible fight.The Muslims will prepare a detachment (for fighting unto death)which will not return unless victorious. They will fight untildarkness intervenes. Both sides will return without beingvictorious and both will be wiped out. The Muslims will againprepare a detachment for fighting unto death so that they may notreturn unless victorious. When it is the fourth day, a newdetachment from the remnant of the Muslims will be prepared andAllah will decree that the enemy will be routed. They wouldfight such a fight the like of which has not been seen, so fiercethat even if a bird were to pass their flanks, it would fall downdead before reaching the other end. (There will be such a largescale massacre) that when counting will be done, (only) one outof a hundred men related to one another would be found alive. Sowhat can be the joy at the spoils of such war and whatinheritance can be divided? They will be in this very state whenthey will hear of a calamity more horrible than this. A cry willreach them: The Dajjal has taken your place among your offspring.They will therefore throw away what is in their hands and goforward, sending ten horsemen as a scouting party. Allah'sApostle (peace be upon him) said: I know their names, the namesof their forefathers and the colour of their horses. They will bethe best horsemen on the surface of the Earth on that day oramong the best horsemen on the surface of the Earth on that day.

We were along with Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) that wehappened to pass by children amongst whom there was Ibn Sayyad.The children made their way but Ibn Sayyad kept sitting there(and it seemed) as if Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) did notlike it (his sitting with the children) and said to him: May yournose be besmeared with dust, don't you bear testimony to the factthat I am the Messenger of Allah? Thereupon he said: No, but youshould bear testimony that I am the messenger of Allah. Thereupon Umar ibn al-Khattab said: Allah's Apostle (peace beupon him) permit me that I should kill him. Thereupon Allah'sApostle (peace be upon him) said: If he is that person who is inyour mind (Dajjal), you will not be able to kill him.

Since our acceptance of Islam and the revelation of this verse inwhich Allah has shown annoyance to us: "Has not the time yet comefor the believers that their hearts should be humble for theremembrance of Allah?" (ivii.16), there was a gap of four years.

I cannot count how many times I heard Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) recite in the two rak'ahs of the sunset prayer and in two rak'ahs before the dawn prayer, "Say, O unbelievers" (109), and "Say, Allah is One" (112).

Tirmidhi transmitted it. Ibn Majah transmitted it from AbuHurayrah without mentioning `After Maghrib Prayer'.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) cursed the man who made a woman lawful for her first husband, and the one for whom she was made lawful.

Darimi transmitted it, and Ibn Majah transmitted it on the authority of Ali, Ibn Abbas, and Uqbah ibn Amir.

The tradition mentioned above (No. 4243) has also beentransmitted by Ibn Mas'ud through a different chain of narrators. Ibn Mas'ud said: I heard the Prophet (peace be upon him) say: Hethen mentioned a portion of the tradition narrated by AbuBakrah(No. 4243). This version adds: He (the Prophet) said: All theirslain will go to Hell.I (Wabisah) asked: When will this happenIbn Mas'ud? He replied: This is the period of turmoil (harj)when a man will not be safe from his associates. I asked: Whatdo you command me (to do) if I happen to live during that period? He replied: You should restrain your tongue and hand and stay athome. When Uthman was slain, I recollected this tradition. Ithen rode (on a camel) and came to Damascus. There I met Khuraymibn Fatik and mentioned this tradition to him. He swore by Allah,there was no god but He, he had heard it from the Apostle ofAllah (peace be upon him), as Ibn Mas'ud transmitted it to me(Wabisah).

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "Make the hajj and the umrah follow each other closely, for they remove poverty and sins as a blacksmith's bellows remove impurities from iron, gold and silver; and hajj which is accepted gets no less a reward than Paradise."

Tirmidhi and Nasa'i transmitted it, and Ahmad and Ibn Majah transmitted it from Umar up to "from iron."

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, It is the afternoon prayer (Asr) which is the middle prayer.

Transmitted by Tirmidhi.

AbuDawud said: I read in a document possessed by Abdullah ibnSalim at Hims: Abdullah ibn Mu'awiyah al-Ghadiri reported theProphet (peace be upon him) as saying: He who performs threethings will have the taste of the faith. (They are:) One whoworships Allah alone and one believes that there is no god butAllah; and one who pays the zakat on his property agreeably everyyear. One should not give an aged animal, nor one suffering fromitch or ailing, and one most condemned, but one should giveanimals of medium quality, for Allah did not demand from you thebest of your animals, nor did He command you to give the animalsof worst quality.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Were dogs not a species ofcreature I should command that they all be killed; but kill everypure black one.

Abdullah heard his son praying to Allah: O Allah, I ask Thee awhite palace on the right of Paradise when I enter it. He said: Omy son, ask Allah for Paradise and seek refuge in Him fromHell-Fire, for I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him)say: In this community there will be some people who will exceedthe limits in purification as well as in supplication.

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) said: No one of youshould make water in his bath and then wash himself there (afterurination). The version of Ahmad has: Then performs ablutionthere, for evil thoughts come from it.

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) forbade combing the hairexcept every second day.

A man said to the Prophet (peace be upon him): By Allah, O Messenger of Allah, I do love you. The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Look, what you are saying? The man said: By Allah, I love you, and repeated this sentence thrice. The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: If you really love me, then be prepared for acute poverty, for extreme hardship rushes more rapidly towards a person who loves me, than a flood flows towards its goal.

Transmitted by Tirmidhi.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, "Were dogs not a species of creature I should command that they all be killed; but kill every pure black one."

AbuDawud and Darimi transmitted it. Tirmidhi and Nasa'i added, "No family attaches itself to a dog without a qirat of their good deeds being deducted daily, except in the case of a hunting dog, a farm dog, or a sheepdog."

A man came to the Prophet (peace be upon him) and said, "I love you." When he had told him to consider what he was saying, and the man declared three times, "I swear by Allah that I love you," he replied, "If you are speaking the truth, prepare a complete armour for poverty, for poverty certainly comes quicker to those who love me than a flood does to its destination."

Tirmidhi transmitted it, saying this is a hasan gharib tradition.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "Fear Allah regarding my companions, and do not make them a target after I am gone. He who loves them does so from love of me, and he who hates them does so from hatred of me. He who injures them has injured me, he who injures me has injured Allah, and he who injures Allah will soon be punished by Him."

Tirmidhi transmitted it, saying this is a gharib tradition.

I and my father went to the house of my father-in-law from theAnsar to pay a sick visit to him. The time of prayer came. Hesaid to someone of his relatives: O girl! bring me water forablution so that I pray and get comfort. We objected to him forit. He said: I heard the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him)say: Get up, Bilal, and give us comfort by the prayer.

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: Surely, thegates of Paradise are under the shadows of the swords. A man in ashabby condition got up and said: AbuMusa, did you hear theMessenger of Allah (peace be upon him) say this? He said: Yes.(The narrator said): He returned to his friends and said: I greetyou (a farewell greeting). Then he broke the sheath of his sword,threw it away, advanced with his (naked) sword towards the enemyand fought (them) with it until he was slain.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: The greatest day in Allah'ssight is the day of sacrifice and next the day of resting whichIsa said on the authority of Thawr is the second day. Five or sixsacrificial camels were brought to the Apostle of Allah (peace beupon him) and they began to draw near to see which he wouldsacrifice first. When they fell down dead, he said something in alow voice, which I could not catch. So I asked: What did he say?He was told that he had said: Anyone who wants can cut off apiece.

Abdullah asked the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him): What islawful for me to do with my wife when she is menstruating? Hereplied: What is above the waist-wrapper is lawful for you. Thenarrator also mentioned (the lawfulness of) eating with a womanin menstruation, and he transmitted the tradition in full.

I asked the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) as to what makesit necessary to take a bath and about the (prostatic) fluid thatflows after taking a bath. He replied: that is called madhi(prostatic fluid). It flows from every male. You should wash yourprivate parts and testicles because of it and perform ablution asyou do for prayer.