Book 26
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It was narrated from 'Asim with his isnad. He said:
Abu Bakr brought him a hollowed out stone and he milked (the sheep) into it, then he drank and Abu Bakr drank and I drank. I came to him after that and said: Teach me some of this Qur'an. He said: “You are a boy and you will learn (later).” And I learned seventy soorahs from his lips.
It was narrated that 'Abdullah bin Mas'ood (رضي الله عنه) said:
Verily Allah looked into the hearts of His slaves and He found that the heart of Muhammad (ﷺ) was the best of the hearts of His slaves. So He chose him for Himself and sent him with His Message. Then he looked into the hearts of His slaves after Muhammad, and found the hearts of his Companions were the best of the hearts of His slaves. So he made them the helpers and advisors of His Prophet, to fight to support His religion. So whatever the Muslims think is good is good before Allah, and whatever the Muslims think is bad, is bad before Allah.
It was narrated that 'Abdullah (رضي الله عنه) said:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Perhaps you will see people who offer the prayer at the wrong time. If you see them, offer the prayer in your houses at the time you know, then pray with them and make it nafl."
It was narrated that ‘Abdullah (رضي الله عنه) said:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) prayed and I do not know whether he added or omitted something. When he said the salam, it was said to him: O Messenger of Allah, has something new been introduced into the prayer? He said: “No. Why are you asking?" They said: You did such and such in the prayer. He turned to face the qiblah, then he prostrated twice and said the tasleem, then he said: "I am human, I forget as you forget. If one of you is unsure in his prayer, let him try to work out what is correct and proceed on that basis, then prostrate twice.”
It was narrated that ‘Abdullah (رضي الله عنه) said:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "Staying up after the prayer - i.e., ‘Isha' prayer - is only for two men: one who is praying or one who is travelling.”
It was narrated that ‘Abdullah (رضي الله عنه) said:
Some people said: O Messenger of Allah, will we be blamed for our deeds during the jahiliyyah? He said: “Whoever among you does well in Islam will not be blamed for it, but whoever does badly will be blamed for his earlier and later actions."
It was narrated that 'Abdullah bin Mas'ood (رضي الله عنه) said:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) disliked ten characteristics: wearing gold rings; letting the lower garment drag; sufrah - i.e., khalooq (a type of perfume); changing grey hair - Jareer said: what he meant was plucking it; coitus interruptus (‘azl); ruqyah except by means of almu'awwidhat (soorahs praying for refuge with Allah); intercourse with a woman who is breastfeeding a child (because if pregnancy results, it may interrupt the supply of milk) - but he did not say that it is haram; wearing amulets; showing one's adornment before non-mahrams (for women); and throwing dice.
It was narrated that 'Abdullah (رضي الله عنه) said:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: “Recite (Qurʼan) to me,” I said: Should I recite to you, when you are the one to whom it was revealed? He said: "I love to hear it from someone else." So I recited until I reached the verse, "How (will it be) then, when We bring from each nation a witness and We bring you (O Muhammad ((ﷺ)) as a witness against these people?" (an-Nisa 4:41). And I saw his eyes flowing with tears.
It was narrated that Shaqeeq bin Salamah said:
A man from Banu Bajeelah who was called Naheek bin Sinan came to ‘Abdullah (رضي الله عنه) and said: O Abu ‘Abdur-Rahman, how do you recite this verse? Do you find it ya' or alif? (i.e., ghair asin or ghair yasin) "water the taste and smell of which are not changed (min ma’in ghair asin)” (Muhammad 47:15). ‘Abdullah said to him: Have you read all the Qur'an except this? He said: I recite al-Mufassal (the Soorahs from Qaf to the end of the Qur'an) in one ruk'ah. ‘Abdullah said: Do you recite Qur'an as you recite poetry? The best part of the prayer is bowing and prostration, and some people recite the Qur'an but it does not go past their collarbones. But if he recites it and it takes root in his heart, he will benefit from it. I know the pairs of soorahs that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to recite in one rak'ah. Then he went in and asked him, then he came out to us and said: Twenty soorahs from the beginning of al-Mufassal, in the Mushaf of 'Abdullah.
It was narrated that `Abdullah (رضي الله عنه) said:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) divided some booty one day and a man from among the Ansar said: This is a division (of booty) that was not done for the sake of Allah, may He be glorified and exalted! I said: O enemy of Allah, I shall certainly tell the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) of what you have said. He mentioned that to the Prophet (ﷺ) and his face turned red. Then he said: "May Allah have mercy on Moosa, he was annoyed with more than this and he was patient.”
It was narrated that 'Abdullah (رضي الله عنه) said:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "No woman should talk about another woman and describe her to her husband so that it is as if he can see her.”
It was narrated that `Abdullah said:
We were walking with the Prophet (ﷺ) and he passed by Ibn Sayyad and said: "I am hiding something in my mind for you.” Ibn Sayyad said: (It is) dukh (referring to Soorat ad-Dukhan). The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said. "May you be disgraced and dishonoured; you will never go beyond your station." ‘Umar said: O Messenger of Allah, let me strike his neck. He said: “No, If he is the one you fear he is, you will never be able to kill him."
It was narrated that Abdullah (رضي الله عنه) said:
It is as if I can see the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), telling the story of one of the Prophets who was beaten by his people, and he wiped the blood from his face and said: "Lord forgive my people, for they do not know.”
It was narrated that 'Abdullah (رضي الله عنه) said:
I asked The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ): Which sin is the worst before Allah? He said: "Attributing a partner to Allah when He has created you.” I said: Then what? He said: "Then killing your child for fear that he may share your food.” I said: Then what? He said: "Then committing adultery with your neighbour's wife.” Then Allah revealed, confirming that: “And those who invoke not any other ilah (god) along with Allah, nor kill such person as Allah has forbidden, except for just cause, nor commit illegal sexual intercourse - and whoever does this shall receive the punishment" (al-Furqan 25:68).
It was narrated that Masrooq said:
A man came to 'Abdullah (رضي الله عنه) and said: I have left a man in the mosque who was interpreting the Qur'an according to his own opinion. He interpreted this verse, “the Day when the sky will bring forth a visible smoke" by saying: On the Day of Resurrection a smoke will overwhelm the people which they will inhale and they will get something like a cold from it. 'Abdullah said: Whoever knows something, let him speak of it, and whoever does not know, let him say: Allah knows best. It is a part of a man's understanding of religion to say regarding that of which he has no knowledge of it, Allah knows best. This (verse) was (revealed) because when Quraish displayed a stubborn attitude towards the Prophet (ﷺ), he prayed against them and prayed for a famine like the famine of Yoosuf, and they were so afflicted by severe drought and famine that they even ate bones and a man would look at the sky and see something like smoke between him and it, because of hunger. Then a man came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and said: O Messenger of Allah, pray to Allah for rain for Mudar, for they are dying. So he prayed to Allah for them, and Allah, may He be glorified and exalted, revealed the words: “Verily. We shall remove the torment for a while.” (ad-Dukhan 44:15). But when it rained a second time, they reverted to their former ways. Then Allah, may He be glorified and exalted, revealed the words: “On the Day when We shall seize you with the greatest seizure (punishment). Verily, We will exact retribution" (ad-Dukhan 44:16) This refers to the day of Badr.
It was narrated that 'Abdullah (رضي الله عنه) said:
I was hiding behind the curtain of the Ka'bah, and three people came, a Qurashi and his two Thaqafi in-laws or a Thaqafi and his two Qurashi in laws; they were very fat but not very smart. They said something I did not hear, then one of them said: Do you think Allah hears what we say? The other said: I think if we raise our voices, He will hear us but if we do not raise our voices He will not hear us. The other one said: If He hears some of it He will hear all of it. I mentioned that to the Prophet (ﷺ) and Allah, may he be glorified and exalted, revealed the words: "And you have not been hiding yourselves (in the world), lest your ears and your eyes and your skins should testify against you; but you thought that Allah knew not much of what you were doing. And that thought of yours which you thought about your Lord, has brought you to destruction; and you have become (this Day) of those utterly lost!" (Fussilat 41:22,23).
It was narrated that Zainab, the wife of 'Abdullah, said:
When 'Abdullah came home from an errand and reached the door, he would clear his throat and spit, lest he take us by surprise and see us doing something he disapproved of. He came one day and cleared his throat, and there was an old woman with me who was doing ruqyah for me for erysipelas. I put her under the bed and he came in and sat beside me, and he saw a thread around my neck. He said: What is this thread? I said: A thread with which ruqyah was done for me. He took it and broke it, then he said: The family of ‘Abdullah have no need of shirk l heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: "Ruqyahs, amulets and love-spells are shirk.” I said: Why do you say that? By Allah, I had a discharge in my eye, and I kept going to So and so, the Jew, who did ruqyah for me, and when he did ruqyah for me, it calmed down. 'Abdullah said: That was the work of the Shaitan, who was poking it with his hand, but when he did ruqyah for it, it stopped. It would have been sufficient for you to say as the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to say: “Take away the pain, O Lord of mankind, and grant healing, for You are the Healer, and there is no healing but Your healing, a healing that leaves no trace of sickness.”
It was narrated that ‘Abdullah (رضي الله عنه) said:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "No one has more protective jealousy (gheerah) than Allah, may He be glorified and exalted. Hence He forbade immoral actions, both open and hidden. And none loves to be praised more than Allah, Inay He be glorified and exalted."
It was narrated that ‘Abdullah said:
I entered upon The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and he was running a fever. I touched him with my hand and said: O Messenger of Allah, you are running a high fever. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Yes, I am running a fever like two of you.” I said: Then you will have two rewards. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Yes. There is no Muslim who is afflicted with sickness or anything else, but Allah will erase thereby his bad deeds just as trees shed their leaves.”
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It was narrated that ‘Abdullah said:
Keep refreshing your knowledge of these Mushafs - or he said, Qur’an - for it is more inclined to escape from the hearts of men than camels from their ropes. And the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “No one of you should say, I have forgotten such and such a verse; rather he has been caused to forget.”
It was narrated that ‘Abdullah (رضي الله عنه) said:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “The blood of a Muslim man who bears witness that there is no god but Allah and that I am the Messenger of Allah is not permissible except in one of three cases: a married adulterer, a soul for a soul, and one who leaves his religion and separates from the jama'ah (the main body of Muslims)."
It was narrated that ‘Abdullah (رضي الله عنه) said:
When we sat with The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) in the prayer, we said: Peace be upon Allah before His slaves, peace be upon Jibreel, peace be upon Mika'eel, peace be upon So and so, peace be upon So and so. Then we heard The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: "Allah Himself is as-Salam (peace), so when one of you sits in the prayer, let him say, "All compliments, prayers and pure words are due to Allah. Peace be upon you, O Prophet, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings. Peace be upon us, and upon the righteous slaves of Allah.' If he says that, it will reach all the righteous slaves in heaven and on earth. ‘I bear witness that there is no god but Allah, and I bear witness that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger.’ Then let him choose whatever supplication he wants.”
It was narrated that 'Abdullah (رضي الله عنه) said:
Whoever would like to meet Allah tomorrow as a Muslim, let him pay attention to praying these five (daily) prayers when the call for them is given, for they are part of the ways of guidance, and Allah prescribed the ways of guidance to your Prophet (ﷺ), There is no one among you who does not have a prayer-space in his house, but if you pray in your houses as this one who stays away (from the prayer in congregation) does, you will have abandoned the Sunnah of your Prophet (ﷺ) and if you abandon the Sunnah of your Prophet you will go astray. I remember when no one stayed away from it (i.e., the prayer in congregation) except a hypocrite who was known for his hypocrisy. I have seen a man coming supported by two others, until he was made to stand in the row (of worshippers). The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "There is no man who does wudoo' and does it well, and comes to the mosque and prays there, but for every step that he takes he will be raised in status one degree thereby, or one of his sins will be erased, or one good deed will be recorded for him.” So we would make our steps short. And a man's prayer offered in congregation is superior to his prayer offered on his own by twenty-five degrees.”
It was narrated that ‘Abdullah (رضي الله عنه) said:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), who is the most truthful one, told us: “The creation of any one of you is put together in his mother's womb for forty days, then he becomes a ‘alaqah (a piece of thick coagulated blood) for a similar period, then he becomes like a chewed piece of flesh (mudghah) for a similar period, then Allah sends to him an angel who breathes the soul into him and is enjoined to write down four things: his provision, his lifespan, his deeds and whether He is doomed (to Hell) or blessed (destined for Paradise). By the One besides Whom there is no other god, one of you may do the deeds of the people of Paradise until there is nothing between him and it but a cubit, then the decree overtakes him and he does a deed of the people of Hell and enters it. And one of you may do the deeds of the people of Hell until there is nothing between him and it but a cubit, then the decree overtakes him and he does a deed of the people of Paradise, and enters it."