Book 26
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Ma'mar narrated
Concerning the verse, “And Allah did take Ibraheem (Abraham) as a Khaleel (an intimate friend)" (an-Nisa' 4:125) Abdul-Malik bin 'Umair told me, from Khalid bin Rib'i, from Ibn Mas'ood (رضي الله عنه) that he said: Allah took your companion as a close friend, meaning Muhammad (ﷺ).
It was narrated that Khalid bin Rib'i al-Asadi said: I heard Ibn Mas'ood (رضي الله عنه) say:
I heard The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: "Your companion is the close friend of Allah, may He be exalted and glorified.”
It was narrated from Khalid bin Rib'i that he heard Ibn Mas'ood (رضي الله عنه) say:
I heard The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: "Verily, your companion is the close friend of Allah, may He be exalted and glorified.”
It was narrated that 'Abdullah (رضي الله عنه) said:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "Verily, your companion is the close friend of Allah, may He be exalted and glorified."
It was narrated that Khalid bin Rib'i said: 'Abdullah (رضي الله عنه) said:
Verily, your companion is the close friend of Allah, may He be exalted and glorified.
It was narrated from Ibn Mas'ood that
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: “No matter how much riba increases, it will ultimately lead to less."
It was narrated that Ibn Mas'ood (رضي الله عنه) said:
The Messenger of Allah taught me "And We have indeed made the Qur'an easy to understand and remember, then is there any one who will remember (or receive admonition) (fahal min muddakir)?" (al-Qamar 54:17). A man said: O Abu ‘Abdur-Rahman, is it muddakir or mudhdhakkir? He said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) taught me (to say)"muddakir."
It was narrated from "Abdullah bin Mas'ood that
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: "Horses are of three types, horses that are for the Most Merciful, horses that are for man, and horses that are for the Shaitan. As for horses that are for the Most Merciful, they are the ones that are allocated for (jihad) for the sake of Allah; (their owner will be rewarded for) their food, dung and urine-and he mentioned whatever Allah willed. As for the horses that are for the Shaitan, they are those on which people gamble and bet. As for the horses that are for man, they are horses that a man keeps for breeding and they ward off poverty.”
It was narrated from a man of the Ansar that
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: "Horses are of three types..." And he narrated the hadeeth.
It was narrated that Abdullah bin Mas'ood (رضي الله عنه) said:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "Verily the millstone of Islam will stop turning after thirty-five (years) or thirty-six or thirty-seven, then if they perish (after deviating) they will meet the same fate as those who perished (before them), but if they persist (in following the right path) then they will be in a good state for seventy years." 'Umar said: O Messenger of Allah, (seventy years) including that or seventy years in addition to that? He said: "In addition to that."
It was narrated that 'Abdullah bin Mas'ood (رضي الله عنه) said:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to his Companions: "I do not want anyone to tell me anything (negative) about any of my Companions, for I like to come out to you with no ill feeling in my heart (towards anyone)." Some wealth came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and he shared it out. Then I passed by two men, one of whom was saying to the other. By Allah, in the way he divided it Muhammad was not seeking the Countenance of Allah or the Hereafter. I paused so that I could hear what they were saying, then I went to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and said: O Messenger of Allah, you said to us, "I do not want anyone to tell me anything (negative) about any of my Companions,” but I passed by So-and-so and So-and-so, and they were saying such and such. The face of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) turned red and he was very distressed. Then he said: “Leave us alone. Moosa was annoyed with more than this and he was patient.”
It was narrated that Ibn Mas'ood (رضي الله عنه) said:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) delayed 'Isha' prayer then he came out to the mosque and saw the people waiting for the prayer. He said: "Verily, none of the followers of these other religions is remembering Allah at this moment except you.” Then these verses were revealed: "Not all of them are alike; a party of the people of the Scripture stand for the right, they recite the Verses of Allah during the hours of the night, prostrating them- selves in prayer. They believe in Allah and the Last Day, they enjoin Al-Ma'roof (Islamic Monotheism, and following Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ)) and forbid Al-Munkar (polytheism, disbelief and opposing Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ)); and they hasten in (all) good works; and they are among the righteous. And whatever good they do, nothing will be rejected of them; for Allah knows well those who are Al-Muttaqoon (the pious" (Al ‘Imran 3.113-115).
It was narrated that 'Abdullah bin Mas'ood (رضي الله عنه) said:
Ibn an-Nawwahah and Ibn Uthal cane as envoys of Musailimah to the Prophet (ﷺ) and he said to them: "Do you bear witness that I am the Messenger of Allah?" They said: We bear witness that Musailimah is the messenger of Allah! He said: "I believe in Allah and His Messengers. If I were to kill any envoy, I would have killed you.” ‘Abdullah said: And it became a precedent that envoys were not to be killed
It was narrated that ‘Abdullah (رضي الله عنه) said:
We regarded verses (of Qur'an) at the time of the Prophet (ﷺ) as blessings, but you regard them as a cause of alarm.
It was narrated from 'Abdullah (رضي الله عنه) that he said:
The Prophet (ﷺ) halted in some place and went to relieve himself. Then he came and found that a man had set fire to an ant colony, either on the ground or in a tree. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "Which of you did this?" One of the people said: I did, O Messenger of Allah. He said: "Put it out, put it out.”
It was narrated from 'Abdullah (رضي الله عنه) that
A man came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and asked him about Lailatal-Qadr? The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "Who among you remembers the night when there was some brightness in the sky?" "Abdullah said: I do, by Allah, I remember it O Messenger of Allah, may my father and mother be sacrificed for you. I had some dates in my hand that I was eating for sahoor, and I was concealing myself behind the back of my saddle to eat them before dawn came. And that was when the moon rose.
It was narrated that `Abdullah (رضي الله عنه) said:
When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) died, the Ansar said: A leader from among us and a leader from among you. 'Umar came to them and said: O Ansar, do you not know that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ordered Abu Bakr to lead the people in prayer? Who among you could feel at ease putting himself ahead of Abu Bakr? They said: We seek refuge with Allah from putting ourselves ahead of Abu Bakr.
It was narrated that ‘Abdullah (رضي الله عنه) said:
I prayed with The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), and he stood for such a long time that I thought of doing something bad. We said: What was it? He said: I thought of sitting down.
It was narrated that Ibn Mas'ood (رضي الله عنه) said:
I said: O Messenger of Allah, what act of wrongdoing is worst? He said: “A cubit of land that a man detracts from what belongs to his brother. There is not even a pebble of land that he takes, but he will be encircled by it on the Day of Resurrection down through the depths of the earth, and no one knows how deep it is except the One Who created it.”
It was narrated that Ibn Mas'ood (رضي الله عنه) said:
We asked The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) about monkeys and pigs - were they the offspring of the Jews? The Messenger of Allah said: "It never happened that Allah cursed any people and transformed them, and they had offspring until they died. These (animals) are a creation that existed before. But Allah, may He be glorified and exalted, got angry with the Jews, so He transformed them and made them like them.”
It was narrated that 'Abdullah (رضي الله عنه) said:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) liked to repeat supplications three times, and prayers for forgiveness three times.
It was narrated that 'Abdullah bin Mas'ood (رضي الله عنه) said:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) liked to repeat supplications three times, and prayers for forgiveness three times.
It was narrated that 'Abdullah bin Mas'ood (رضي الله عنه) said:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) taught rne (the verse),"Inni Anar-Razzaqu dhul-quwwatil-mateen” (a variant reading of “Innallaha huwarrazzaqu... (Verily, Allah is the All-Provider, Owner of Power, the Most Strong)" (adh-Dhariyat 51:58).
It was narrated from Ibraheerm bin 'Ubaid bin Rifa'ah that Abu Muhammad, who was one of the companions of Ibn Mas'ood (رضي الله عنه), told him, narrating from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), that
Mention of the martyrs was trade in his presence and he said: "Most of the martyrs of my ummah will be people who die in their beds. It may be that the one who dies on the battlefield, Allah knows best what his intention is."
It was narrated that Ibn Mas'ood (رضي الله عنه) said:
I said: O Messenger of Allah, what act of wrongdoing is worst? He said: "A cubit of land that a Muslim man detracts from what belongs to his brother. There is not even a pebble of land that he takes, but he will be encircled by it on the Day of Resurrection down through the depths of the earth, and no one knows how deep it is except Allah, may He be glorified and exalted, Who created it.”