Musnad Abu Ishaq Sa'd bin Abi Waqqas

I asked Tawoos about a man who stoned the Jamrah with six pebbles and he said: “Let him donate a handful of food.” Then I met Mujahid and I asked him and told him what Tawoos had said. He said: “May Allah have mercy on Abu ‘Abdur-Rahman. Did he not hear the words of Sa"d bin Malik?” He said: “We stoned the jimar (or the jamrah) when we did Hajj with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), then we sat and talked, and among us were those who said: I threw six pebbles; and among us were those who said: I threw seven; and among us were those who said, I threw eight; and among us were those who said: I threw mine. And they did not see anything wrong with that.”

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) entered upon him to visit him when he was sick, when he was in Makkah. He said: “O Messenger of Allah, I am afraid that I will die in the land from which I migrated as Sa"d bin Khawlah died. Pray to Allah to heal me.” He said: “O Allah, heal Sa"d, O Allah, heal Sa"d, O Allah, heal Sa"d." He said: “O Messenger of Allah, I have a great deal of wealth, and I have no heir except one daughter. Can I bequeath all my wealth (to charity)?” He said: “No." He said: “Can I bequeath two thirds of it?” He said: “No,ʻʼ He said: “Can I bequeath half of it?” He said: “No." He said: “Can I bequeath one third?” He said: “One third, and one third is a lot. If you spend from your wealth, it is a charity for you; if you spend from your wealth on your dependents, it is a charity for you; if you spend from your wealth on your family, it is a charity for you. If you leave your family something that is enough for them to live on that is better than leaving them to ask people for help.”

His brother "Umar went to Sa"d on the outskirts of Madinah, where he was living with some sheep of his. When Sa"d saw him he said: “I seek refuge with Allah from the evil of this rider.” When he came to him, he said: “O my father, are you happy to live like a Bedouin with your sheep when the people are disputing over power in Madinah?” Sa"d struck ‘Umar"s chest and said: “Be quiet! I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: “Allah loves the slave who is pious, independent of means and reclusive."

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Whoever eats seven "ajwah dates from between the two lava fields of Madinah on an empty stomach in the morning nothing will harm him that day until evening comes." Fulaih said: And I think he said: "And if he eats them in the evening, nothing will harm him until morning comes." ‘Umar said: “Think, O ‘Amir, about what you are narrating from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ).” He said: “I bear witness that I have never told lies about Sa"d and Sa"d never told lies about the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ).”

Sa"d went to his fortress in al-"Aqeeq, where he found a slave hitting a tree to make its leaves fall or cutting it down, so he stripped him of his belongings. When Sa"d returned, the owners of the slave came and asked him to return what he had taken from their slave. He said: “Allah forbid that I should return something that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) granted me of booty”, And he refused to return it to them.

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "One of the signs that the son of Adam is blessed is that he prays istikharah, asking Allah for guidance in making a decision. And of the signs that the son of Adam is blessed is his being content with what Allah decrees, And one of the signs that the son of Adam is wretched is that he does not pray istikharah, asking Allah for guidance in making a decision. And one of the signs that the son of Adam is wretched is his being discontent with what Allah decrees."

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “The signs that the son of Adam is blessed are three: a good wife, a good house and a good mount. And the signs that the son of Adam is wretched are three: a bad wife, a bad house and a bad mount."

I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: "There will be turmoil (fitnah) in which the one who is sitting will be better than the one who is standing, the one who is standing will be better than the one who is walking, the one who is walking will be better than the one who is running." He said: And I think he said: “And the one who is lying down will be better than the one who is sitting."

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said about Banu Najiyah: "I am of them and they are of me.”

They mentioned Banu Najiyah in the presence of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and he said: “They are a tribe who belong to me.”

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: “If less than a fingernail sized piece of what is in Paradise could appear, it would adorn everything in all directions between heaven and Earth. And if a man from among the people of Paradise were to look out and his bracelets were to appear, their light would outshine the light of the sun as the light of the sun outshines the light of the stars.”

Make a lahd (niche) for me and block it up with bricks as was done for the Messenger of Allah.

and he mentioned a similar report.

The Prophet (ﷺ) said concerning wiping over the khuffain (leather slippers): “There is nothing wrong with it.”

I heard my father say: “I never heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say concerning any living person who was walking on the face of the earth, that he would be in Paradise, except "Abdullah bin Salam.”

When a claim was made concerning the father of Ziyad, I met Abu Bakrah, and said: “What have you done? I heard Sa"d bin Abi Waqqas say: My ears heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say, “Whoever claims to belong to a father in Islam who is not his father, knowing that he is not his father, Paradise will be forbidden for him." Abu Bakrah said: “And I (also) heard it from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ).”

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: “The hand is to be cut off for the price of a shield."

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) instructed me to call out during the days of Mina: “These are days of eating and drinking, so no one should fast during them" - i.e., the days of at-tashreeq.

What is between the two lava fields of Madinah is a sanctuary. It was made a sanctuary by the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) just as Makkah was made a sanctuary by Ibraheem. O Allah, make the blessing in it twofold and bless them in their sa"s and mudds (weights and measures).

A platter was brought to the Prophet (ﷺ) and he ate from it, but there was some left over. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "A man will come from this direction who is one of the people of Paradise and he will eat these leftovers." Sa"d (رضي الله عنه) said: “I had left my brother ‘Umair doing wudoo’ and I said: It will be "Umair. Then "Abdullah bin Salam (رضي الله عنه) came and ate it.”

in a hadith attributed to the Prophet (ﷺ) about wudoo’ and (wiping) over the khussain, that there is nothing wrong with it.

I saw Sa"d bin Abi Waqqas who had caught a man hunting in the sanctuary (haram) of Madinah, which the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) declared to be a sanctuary, and he stripped him of his garments. His master came and he [Sa"d] said: “The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) declared this to be a sanctuary and said: “Whoever you see hunting anything in it, you may strip him of his belongings." I will not return a gift that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) gave to me, but if you wish I shall give you its price.” And on one occasion "Affan said: “If you want me to give you its price, I will give it to you.”

He would pray Isha" in the mosque of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), then he would pray Witr with one rak"ah and no more. He was asked: “Do you pray witr with one rak"ah and no more, O Abu Ishaq?” He said: “Yes, I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: “One who does not sleep until he has prayed Witr is a man of resolve.”

I passed by "Uthman bin "Affan in the mosque and greeted him with salam. He looked straight at me but did not return my greeting. I went to Ameer al-Mu"mineen "Umar bin al Khattab and said twice: “O Ameer al-Mu"mineen, has something new been introduced into Islam?” He said: “What has happened?” I said: “I passed by "Uthman just now in the mosque, and I greeted him with salam, and he looked straight at me but did not return my greeting.” "Umar sent for "Uthman and summoned him, and he said: “What prevented you from returning your brother"s greeting?” "Uthman said: “I did not do that.” I said: “Yes you did.” And he swore an oath and so did I. Then "Uthman remembered something and said: “Yes I did that; I ask Allah for forgiveness and repent to Him. You passed by me just when I was thinking to myself of something I heard from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). By Allah, I never remember it but my heart and my eyes are overwhelmed.” Sa"d (رضي الله عنه) said: “I will tell you what it is. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was about to tell us the first du"a, then a Bedouin came and distracted him until the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) got up and followed him when I got worried that he would reach his house before I could catch up with him. I stamped my foot on the ground. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) turned to me and said: “Who is this? Abu Ishaq?" I said: “Yes, O Messenger of Allah.” He said: "What is the matter?” I said: “Nothing, by Allah, except that you started to tell us about the first du"a, then this Bedouin came and distracted you.” He said: “Yes, the du"a of Dhun-Nun when he was in the belly of the fish: "La ilaha illa Anta[None has the right to be worshipped but You (O Allah)], Glorified (and Exalted) be You [above all that (evil) they associate with You]! Truly, I have been of the wrongdoers" (al-Anbiya’ [21:87]). No Muslim calls upon his Lord with it for anything but he will receive a response."

‘Ali (رضي الله عنه) went out with the Prophet (ﷺ) to Thaniyyat al Wada", and "Ali (رضي الله عنه) was weeping and saying: “Are you leaving me behind with those who stay behind (i.e., the woman, who do not go out on campaign)?” The Prophet (ﷺ) said: "Does it not please you to be to me as Haroon was to Moosa, except with regard to prophethood?”

That he used to say: “My ummah is not going to be impatient before my Lord when they are delayed for half a day.” I asked Rashid: “Did you hear anything about what this half a day is?” He said: “Five hundred years.”

That he said: “I hope that my ummah will not be impatient before my Lord when they are delayed for half a day." It was said to Sa’d: “How much is half a day?” He said: “Five hundred years.”

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was asked about this verse: “He has power to send torment on you from above or from under your feet" (al-An"am [6: 65]).” The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Verily it is going to happen, but its fulfilment is not yet due.”

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: “If less than a fingernail sized piece of what is in Paradise could appear, it would adorn everything in all directions between heaven and Earth. And if a man from among the people of Paradise were to look out and his bracelets were to appear, their light would outshine the light of the sun as the light of the sun outshines the light of the stars."

On the day of Uhud, I saw on the right of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and on his left, two men in white garments who were fighting to defend him in the fiercest manner, I have never seen them before or since.

I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) say: "There are two prayers after which no nafl prayer is to be offered: Fajr, until the sun rises and "Asr until the sun sets.”

I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say (and he narrated a similar report.)

On the day of Uhud, I saw on the right of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and on his left, two men in white garments who were fighting to defend him in the fiercest manner. I have never seen them before or since.

"Umar (رضي الله عنه) asked for permission to enter upon the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and there were some women of Quraish with him who were talking to him and asking too much of him and raising their voices. When ‘Umar (رضي الله عنه) asked permission to enter, they got up and hastened to conceal themselves. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) gave him permission to enter, so he entered and the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was smiling. "Umar (رضي الله عنه) said: “May Allah make you happy all your life, O Messenger of Allah.” The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "I wonder at these women who were with me. When they heard your voice they hastened to conceal themselves.” ʼUmar said: “O Messenger of Allah, you are more deserving of being feared.” Then ‘Umar said: “O enemies of your souls, do you fear me and you do not fear the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)?” They said: “Yes, for you are harsher and tougher than the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ).” The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "By the One in Whose hand is my soul, the Shaitan never meets you on a road but he takes a different road."

I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: “Whoever wants to humiliate Quraish, Allah will humiliate him.”

I fell sick in Makkah and the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) entered upon me to visit me. I said: “O Messenger of Allah, I am leaving behind wealth and I have no one except one daughter. Should I bequeath two thirds of my wealth (to charity) and leave her one third?” He said: “No." I said: “Shall I bequeath one half and leave her one half?” He said: "No." I said: “Shall I bequeath one third and leave her two thirds?” He said: “One third, but one third is a lot" three times. Then he laid his hand on my forehead and wiped my forehead, chest and stomach, and said: "O Allah, heal Sa"d and make his migration complete." I still imagine that I can feel the coolness of his hand on my heart until today.

Sa"d (رضي الله عنه) heard a man saying Labbaika Dhul-Ma"arij (here I am at Your service, Lord of the ways of ascent). He said: “He is indeed the Lord of the ways of ascent, but we were with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and we did not say that.”

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "He is not one of us who does not recite the Qur"an in a nice voice." Wakee said: i.e., feeling content with it.

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “The best of dhikr is that which is silent, and the best of provision is that which is just enough."

(the above hadith)

The Prophet (ﷺ) entered upon him to visit him when he was sick. He said: “O Messenger of Allah, shall bequeath all of my wealth (to charity)?” He said: “No." He said: “Half?” He said: "No." He said: “One third?” He said: "One third, and one third is a lot.”

The Prophet (ﷺ) said to him: "Whatever you spend on your family of maintenance, you will be rewarded for, even the morsel that you lift to your wife"s mouth.”

“O Messenger of Allah, which people are most severely tested?” He said: "The prophets, then the righteous, then the next best and the next best. A man will be tested according to his level of religious commitment: if his religious commitment is solid, his test will be greater and if there is some weakness in his religious commitment his test will be lighter. A slave [of Allah] will be tested until he walks upon the face of the earth with not a single sin on him."

The Prophet (ﷺ) entered upon him to visit him when he was sick in Makkah I (Sa"d) said: Messenger of Allah, should I bequeath all of my wealth (in charity)? He said: “No” I said. One half? He said: “No." I said: One third? He said: "One third, and one third is a lot. If you leave your heir independent of means, that is better than leaving him poor and having to ask people [for help]. Whatever you spend on your family of maintenance you will be rewarded for, even the morsel that you lift to your wife"s mouth.” On that day he only had one daughter. And Sa"d mentioned migration (Hijrah) and he [the Prophet (ﷺ) said: "May Allah have mercy on the son of ‘Afra", Perhaps Allah will extend your life so that He may benefit some people through you and harm others through you.”

O Allah, I ask You for Paradise and its delights and brocade... and I seek refuge in You from the Fire and its chains and fetters. He said: You have asked Allah for a great deal of good and you have sought refuge with Allah from a great deal of evil. But I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say:"There will be people who will overstep the mark in du"a".“ And he recited this verse: "Call on your Lord with humility and in private: for Allah loves not those who trespass beyond bounds" [al-A"raf 7:55]. It is sufficient to say: O Allah, I ask You for Paradise and the words and deeds that will bring me close to it, and I seek refuge in You from the Fire and the words and deeds that will bring me close to it.

I saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) - say salam to his right (turning so much) that the whiteness of his cheek could be seen, and to his left (turning so much) that the whiteness of his cheek could be seen.

The Prophet (ﷺ) entered upon him in Makkah when he was sick. He said: I have only one daughter, should I bequeath all of my wealth (to charity)? The Prophet (ﷺ) said: “No." He said: Should I bequeath half of it? The Prophet (ﷺ) said: “No." He said: Should l bequeath one third of it? He said: “One third, and one third is a lot."

the Prophet (ﷺ) entered upon him... and he narrated a similar report. And "Abdus-Samad said: "A lot," meaning one third.

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “I am amazed at the decree of Allah, may He be glorified and exalted, for the believer: if something good befalls him, he praises his Lord and gives thanks, and if calamity strikes him, he praises his Lord and bears it with patience. The believer will be rewarded for everything, even the morsel he lifts to his wife"s mouth."

The Prophet (ﷺ) came to visit him when he was sick in Makkah, and he did not want to die in the land from which he had migrated. The Prophet (ﷺ) said: “May Allah have mercy on Sa"d bin ‘Afra", may Allah have mercy on Sa"d bin ’Afra"." He [Sa"d] only had one daughter, and he said: O Messenger of Allah, should I bequeath all of my wealth (to charity)? He said: “No." He said: Half of it? He said: "No.” He said: One third? He said: "One third, and one third is a lot. Leaving your heirs independent of means is better than leaving them in need and asking of people by stretching out their hands. Whatever you spend on maintenance is charity, even the morsel you lift to your wife"s mouth. Perhaps Allah will extend your life and benefit some people through you and harm others through you."

Make a lahd (niche) for me and block it up with bricks as was done for the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ).

I want to ask you about a hadeeth, but I feel too shy to ask you about it. He said: Do not feel like that, O son of my brother. If you know that I have some knowledge then ask me about it and do not feel too shy of me. I said: What did the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say to ‘Ali when he left him in charge of Madinah during the campaign to Tabook? Sa"d said: The Prophet (ﷺ) left Ali in charge of Madinah during the campaign to Tabook, and he [‘Ali] said: O Messenger of Allah, are you leaving me behind with those who are staying behind, the women and children? He said: “Does it not please you to be to me as Haroon was to Moosa?” He said: Yes, O Messenger of Allah. Then he turned and rushed back, and it is as if I can see the dust kicked up by his feet. And Hammad said: And ‘Ali went back quickly.

Mention of the plague was made in the presence of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and he said: "That is a punishment that was sent against those who came before you. If it is in some land, do not enter it, and if it is in a land where you are, do not leave it."

The Messenger of Allah said: "I am amazed at the decree of Allah, may He be glorified and exalted, for the believer: if something good befalls him, he praises his Lord and gives thanks, and if calamity strikes him, he praises his Lord and bears it with patience. The believer will be rewarded for everything, even the morsel he lifts to his wife"s mouth.”

O Messenger of Allah, the courageous man who shields others in battle, will his share and that of others be the same? He said: "May your mother be bereft of you, O son of Umm Sa’d! Are you given provision except by virtue of your weak ones?"

I asked the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ): Which people are most severely tested? He said: "The Prophet (ﷺ), then the next best, then the next best. A man will be tested according to his level of religious commitment: if his religious commitment is weak, he will be tested according to that; if his religious commitment is solid, he will be tested in accordance with that." He said: "A man will be tested until he walks upon the face of the earth with not a single sin on him.”

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) mentioned his father and mother together for me on the day of Uhud.

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "Will one of you be incapable of earning one thousand hasanah in one day?” He said: Who is able to do that? He said: “He says tasbeeh one hundred times, and it will be recorded as one thousand hasanah (good deeds) and will erase one thousand sayyi"ahs (bad deeds)."

We heard the Prophet (ﷺ) say: “Whoever claims to belong to a father other than his father, knowing that he is not his father, Paradise will be forbidden to him."

I was one of the first seven to embrace Islam with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), and we had no food except the leaves of al-hublah (a desert tree), and one of us would produce stools like a sheep, so dry that nothing stuck to it. And now Banu Asad are teaching me about my religion, in which case I must have been doomed and my efforts wasted.

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "Whoever claims to belong to a father other than his father, knowingly, Paradise will be forbidden to him."

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)said to me: O Sa"d, get up and proclaim in Mina: "These are days of eating and drinking, so do not fast at this time.”

It was concerning me that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) established the principle of (bequeathing) one-third. He came to visit one when I was sick and said to me: “Did you make a bequest?" I said: Yes, I bequeathed all my wealth to the poor, needy and wayfarers. He said: “Do not do that.“ I said: My heirs are independent of means, [Can I bequeath] two thirds? He said: “No." I said: Half? He said: “No." I said: One third? He said: "One third, and one third is a lot."

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “There is no hamah [refers to a Jahili Arab tradition described variously as: a worm which infests the grave of a murder victim until he is avenged, an owl; or the bones of a dead person turned into a bird that could fly), no "adwa [contagion, transmission of infectious disease without the permission of Allah] and no tiyarah [superstitious belief in bird omens]. If there were any (omen), it would be in a woman, a horse or a house."

He heard Sa"d bin Abi Waqqas and ad-Dahhak bin Qais, the year Mu"awiyah bin Abi Sufyan performed Hajj and they were talking about continuing umrah on to the Hajj (tamattu" or qiran), Ad-Dahhak said: “No one does that except one who is ignorant of the command of Allah.” Sa"d said: “What a bad thing you have said, O son of my brother!” Ad-Dahhak said: "Umar bin al-Khattab has forbidden that,” Sa"d said: “The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) did it and we did it with him.”

My ears heard and my heart understood from Muhammad (ﷺ) that “whoever claims to belong to a father other than his father, knowing that he is not his father, Paradise will be forbidden to him." He said: “I met Abu Bakrah and told it to him, and he said: And my ears also heard it and my heart understood it from Muhammad (ﷺ).”

The Prophet (ﷺ) said to ‘Ali: "Does it not please you to be to me as Haroon was to Moosa?”

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: “If the belly of one of you were to be filled with pus that corrodes it, that would be better than filling (his mind) with poetry.”

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “If the belly of one of you were to be filled with pus that corrodes it, that would be better than filling (his mind) with poetry."

He said concerning the plague: "If it occurs in a land, do not enter it, and if you are in (that land), do not flee from it.”

I said to Sa"d bin Malik: “You are a hot-tempered man, but I want to ask you something.” He said: “What is it?” I said: “The Hadeeth of ‘Ali (رضي الله عنه).” He said: “The Prophet (ﷺ) said to ‘Ali (رضي الله عنه): "Does it not please you to be to me as Haroon was to Moosa?" He said: “I am pleased, I am pleased.” Then he said: “Indeed, indeed.”

‘Umar (رضي الله عنه) said to Saʼd (رضي الله عنه): “You are causing people to complain about you in everything, even your prayer.” He said: “As far as I am concerned, this is what I do: I make the first two rak"ahs long and l make the last two rak"ahs brief. I do my best to follow the example of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) in my prayer.” "Umar said: “That is what one would think of you - or -That is what I thought of you.”

We went out to Madinah at the time of the Battle of the Camel, and we met Sa’d bin Malik there, who said: “The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) instructed us to shut the gates that led from the houses into the mosque, but to leave the gate of "Ali (رضي الله عنه).”

He said: "He is not one of us who does not recite the Qur"an in a nice voice.”

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade a man to knock at his family"s door after "Isha" prayer.

’Uthman bin Maz"oon wanted to be celibate, but the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) told him not to. If he had allowed him to do that, we would have gotten ourselves castrated.

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was asked about selling fresh dates for dried dates. He said: “Doesn"t the fresh date shrink when it becomes dry?” They said: “Yes it does.” And he disapproved of that.

We came with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and passed by the mosque of Banu Mu"awiyah. He went in and prayed two rak"ahs, and we prayed with him, then he conversed with his Lord, may He be glorified and exalted, for a long time. He said: “I asked my Lord for three things: I asked Him not to let my ummah be destroyed by drowning, and He granted me that; I asked Him not to let my ummah be destroyed by famine, and He granted me that: and I asked Him not to let their enmity be amongst themselves, but He withheld that from me.”

I needed something from Abu Sa"d, and Abu Hayyan told us that Mujammi" said: “"Umar bin Sa"d needed something from me.” So he said something before stating his need to me, that was similar to what people say before stating their needs, but it was something with which he was not familiar. When he finished, he said: “O my son, have you finished speaking?” He said: “Yes.” He said: “You have never been less likely to get what you need and I have never been less interested in you since I heard these words of yours. I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: “There will be people who will earn a living by means of their tongues as cattle eat from the ground.”

The people of Koofah complained to "Umar (رضي الله عنه) about Sa"d (رضي الله عنه) and said: “He does not pray properly.” ‘Umar (رضي الله عنه) asked him and he said: “I lead them in prayer as the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) prayed; I make it long in the first two (rak"ahs) and I make it brief in the last two.” He said: “That is what I thought you would do, O Abu Ishaq.”

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "Killing a believer is kufr (disbelief) and reviling him is evildoing. It is not permissible for a Muslim to shun his brother for more than three days."

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “One of those who commit the greatest offence against the Muslims is a man who asks about something and persists in asking about it until a prohibition is revealed concerning it because of his asking.”

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Whoever humiliates Quraish, Allah (may He be glorified and exalted) will humiliate him."

The Prophet (ﷺ) gave to some men and he did not give anything to one man among them. Sa’d said: “O Prophet (ﷺ) of Allah, you gave to so and so, and so and so, but you did not give so and so anything, and he is a believer.” The Prophet (ﷺ) said: “or a Muslim," until Sa"d repeated it three times, and the Prophet (ﷺ) said: “or a Muslim.” Then the Prophet (ﷺ) said: “I give to some men and leave someone who is dearer to me than them, so I do not give him anything, for fear that they may be thrown on their faces in Hell."

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) enjoined the killing of geckos and he called them vermin."

I was with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) during the Farewell Pilgrimage, and I fell sick and almost died. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) visited me and I said:O Messenger of Allah, I have a great deal of wealth, and no one will inherit from me except a daughter of mine, Can I bequeath two thirds of my wealth (to charity)? He said: “No." I said: One half? He said: “No." I said: One third of my wealth? He said: "One third, and a third is a lot. O Sa"d, if you leave your heirs independent of means, that is better for you than if you leave them poor and asking from people. O Sa"d, you will never spend anything, seeking thereby the Countenance of Allah, may He be exalted, but you will be rewarded for it, even the morsel that you put in your wife"s mouth." I said: O Messenger of Allah, will I be left behind by my companions? He said: “You will never be left behind by them and do a good deed, seeking thereby the Countenance of Allah, but it will increase you in status. Perhaps you will stay behind so that Allah may benefit some people through you and harm others. O Allah, complete the migration (hijrah) of my Companions and do not cause them to turn back on their heels. But Sa"d bir Khawlah is the tone who is truly unfortunate." The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) felt sorry for him, and he died in Makkah.

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) refused to let ‘Uthman be celibate. If he had allowed him, we would have gotten castrated.

"There was no Prophet (ﷺ) who did not describe the Dajjal to his ummah, but I will describe him in a way that no one before me described him: He is one-eyed and Allah, may He be glorified and exalted, is not one eyed.”

"It is a punishment that befell those who came before you. If it is present in a land, do not enter it, and if you are in a land where it is, do not leave."

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:“Whoever eats seven "ajwah, dates from between the two lava fields of Madinah in the morning nothing will harm him that day until evening comes.” Fulaih said: I think he said: "And if he eats them in the evening, nothing will harm him until morning comes." ‘Umar said: O Amir! Watch what you are narrating from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), ‘Amir said: By Allah, I did not tell a lie about Sa"d, and Sa"d did not tell a lie about the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ).

O my son, do you want me to be a leading figure in the turmoil? No, by Allah, not unless I am given a sword which, if I wanted to strike a believer with it, it would refuse to strike him, but if I wanted to strike a disbeliever with it, it would kill him. I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: "Allah, may He be glorified and exalted, loves the one who is independent of means,reclusive and pious."

On the day of Uhud, I saw on the right of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and on his left, two men in white garments. I have never seen them before or since.

“I am amazed at the situation of the Muslim: if something good befalls him, he praises his Lord and gives thanks, and if calamity strikes him, he praises his Lord and bears it with patience. The believer will be rewarded for everything, even the morsel he lifts to his mouth."

When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) set out on the campaign of Tabook, he appointed "Ali in charge of Madinah and "Ali said: O Messenger of Allah. I do not like you to go anywhere but I am with you. He said: "Does it not please you to be to me as Haroon was to Moosa? Except that there will be no Prophet (ﷺ) after me.”

I never heard the Prophet (ﷺ) say of any walking, living person that “he will be in Paradise" except "Abdullah bin Salam.

There were two men, who were brothers, at the time of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), one of whom was better than the other. The one who was the better of the two died; the other outlived him for forty days, then he died too. The superiority of the one who died first over the other was mentioned to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), and he said: “Did he (the other one) not pray?" They said: Yes, O Messenger of Allah; there was nothing wrong with him. He said: "You do not know where his prayer took him." Then he said: “The likeness of the prayer is that of a river flowing by the door of a man, deep and fresh, and he immerses himself in it five times every day, Do you think any dirt would be left on him?”

“For the belly of one of you to be filled with pus and blood is better for him than filling [his mind] with poetry.”

"If the plague breaks out in a land, do not enter it, and if it breaks out in a land where you are, do not leave it." I said: Did you hear it from Usamah? He said: Yes.

“Fighting a Muslim is kufr (disbelief) and reviling him is fisq (evildoing)."

O Messenger of Allah, I feel joy because Allah enabled me to wreak vengeance on the mushrikeen; grant me this sword. He said: “This sword is not for you and it is not for me; leave it alone." So I put it down, then I came back and said: Perhaps this sword will be given today to someone who did not do as well as me. Then I heard a man calling me from behind and I said: Has something been revealed concerning me? He said: You asked me about the sword, and it was not mine. But now it has been granted to me, and it is yours.” And he said:This verse was revealed (interpretation of the meaning): They ask you (O Muhammad (ﷺ)) about the spoils of war, say: The spoils are for Allah and the Messenger" [al-Anfal 8:1].

When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) came to Madinah, (the tribe of) Juhainah came to him and said: You have settled amongst us; write it in a document for us so that we may come to you and you may grant safety for us. So he wrote a document for them and they became Muslims. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) sent us on an expedition in Rajab, and we were less than one hundred men. He ordered us to raid a clan of Banu Kinanah who lived beside Juhainah, so we attacked them and they were great in number. We sought refuge with Juhainah and they give us protection, but they said: Why are you fighting in the sacred month? He said: We are only fighting those who expelled us from the sacred land in the sacred month. And we said to one another. What do you think? Some of us said: We will go to the Prophet (ﷺ) of Allah and tell him. And some people said: No; rather we will stay here. I and some people who were with me said: No, rather we will go to the caravan of Quraish and intercept it. So we set out to capture the caravan. The way the booty was given at that time was that whoever took something, it was his. So we went towards the caravan, and our companions went to the Prophet (ﷺ) and told him what had happened. He got up angrily, and his face turned red and he said: "You went away from me together and came back separately? Those who came before you were destroyed because of division. I shall certainly send as the commander over you a man who is not the best of you but he is the most patient in bearing hunger and thirst." And he sent to us as our commander "Abdullah bin Jahsh al-Asadi, and he was the first commander appointed in Islam.

"You will fight in Arabia and Allah will grant you victory over it, then you will fight Persia and Allah will grant you victory over it, then you will fight Byzantium and Allah will grant you victory over it. Then you will fight the Dajjal and Allah will grant you victory over him." Jabir said: The Dajjal will not emerge until the Byzantines are conquered.

“You will fight in Arabia and Allah will grant you victory over it, then you will fight Persia and Allah will grant you victory over it, then you will fight Byzantium and Allah will grant you victory over it. Then you will fight the Dajjal and Allah will grant you victory over him."

Some people who owned farmland at the time of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to rent out their farmland in return for what grew on the edges of streams and whatever grew by means of water around the wells. They came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and disputed concerning some of that, so the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade them to rent out the land like that and he said: "Rent it out for gold and silver."

"If one of you spits in the mosque, let him bury his sputum lest it get onto the skin or garment of a believer and annoy him."

I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) being asked about selling fresh dates for dried dates and he said: "Does it shrink when it is dried?" They said: Yes. He said: "Then no."

“The Muslim who causes the greatest offence against the Muslims is the one who asks about something that was not forbidden, then it became forbidden for the people because of his asking"

I fell sick in Makkah during the year of the conquest and was so sick that I almost died. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) came to visit me whilst I was sick. I said: O Messenger of Allah, I have a great deal of wealth and no one will inherit from me except my daughter, Can I give two thirds of my wealth in charity? - on one occasion Sufyan said: Can I give all of my wealth in charity? - He said: “No." I said: Can I give two thirds of my wealth in charity? He said: “No." I said: Half? He said: “No." I said: One third? He said: "One third, and one third is a lot. If you leave your heirs independent of means, that is better than leaving them dependent and asking of people. You will never spend anything (on their maintenance) but you will be rewarded for it, even the morsel that you list to your wife"s mouth." I said: O Messenger of Allah, will I be left behind (in Makkah) and lose the virtue of my migration (Hijrah)? He said. “If you are left behind after me but you do good deeds, seeking thereby the Countenance of Allah, you will rise thereby in status. Perhaps you will be left behind so that some people may be benefited through you and others may be harmed through you. O Allah, complete the migration of my Companions and do not cause them to turn back on their heels. The one who is truly unfortunate is Sa"d bin Khawlah.” He (the Prophet (ﷺ)) felt sorry for him because he died in Makkah.

"You are to me as Haroon was to Moosa." It was said to Sufyan: “But there is no Prophet (ﷺ) after me." [Sufyan] said: Yes.

The people of Koofah complained to ‘Umar about Sa"d and said: He does not pray properly. He said: The Bedouin? By Allah, I strive hard to make my prayer with them as much like the prayer of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as I can. In Zuhr and ‘Asr I make the first two rak"ahs long and I make the last two short, I heard ‘Umar say: That is what I thought of you, O Abu Ishaq.

“He is not one of us who does not feel that the Qur"an is sufficient."

I adjure you by Allah, by whose power heaven and earth exist - on one occasion he said: by Whose leave heaven and earth exist - do you know that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "We [Prophets(ﷺ)) are not to be inherited from; what we leave behind is charity”? They said: By Allah, yes.

“The devil of ar-Radhah will be knocked down (killed) by him” - meaning a man from [the tribe of] Bajeelah.

The Prophet (ﷺ) was asked about selling dried dates for fresh dates and he said: “Does the fresh date shrink when it is dried?” They said: Yes. He said: "Then no.”

“Whoever claims to belong to someone who is not his father, knowing that he is not his father, Paradise will be forbidden to him." I met Abu Bakrah and told it to him, and he said: my ears also heard and my heart understood from Muhammad (ﷺ).

“There is no "adwa [contagion, transmission of infectious disease without the permission of Allah], no tiyarah [superstitious belief in bird omens] and no ham [refers to a Jahili Arab tradition described variously as: a worm which infests the grave of a murder victim until he is avenged; an owl, or the bones of a dead person turned into a bird that could fly]. If there were any (omen), it would be in a woman, a horse or a house. And if you hear of the plague in a land, do not go there, and if it is in the land where you are, do not flee from it.”

Sa"d said: O Messenger of Allah, which of the people are most severely tested? He said: “The Prophets (ﷺ), then the next best, then the next best. And a person will be tested according to the level of his religious commitment. If his religious commitment is solid, he will be tested accordingly - and on one occasion he said: his test will be more severe - and if there is some weakness in his religious commitment, he will be tested accordingly - and on one occasion he said: according to his level of religious commitment -. And trials will never disappear from (the life of) a person until he walks on the earth with not even one sin on him."

On the day of Badr my brother ‘Umair was killed and I killed Sa"eed bin al-’As and took his sword, which was called Dhul-Kateefah, and brought it to the Prophet (ﷺ) of Allah . He said: "Go and put it with the seized booty.”I went back, feeling distress such as no one knows except Allah because of the killing of my brother and the taking of my booty. It was not long before Soorat al-Anfal was revealed and the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to me: “Go and take your sword."

The people of Koofah complained about Sa"d to ʻUmar, and said: He does not pray properly, "Umar mentioned that to him and he said: The way the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) prayed is how I lead them in prayer; I make it longer in the first two (rak"ahs) and shorter in the last two. He said: That is what i thought of you, O Abu Ishaq.

I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: “Whoever wishes for major calamity for- or wills ill towards - the people of Madinah, Allah will cause him to melt as salt dissolves in water."

the Prophet (ﷺ) said: “The best of dhikr is that which is silent, and the best of provision is that which is just enough."

[the same report].

a Bedouin came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said: Teach me some words to say. He said: "Say: "There is no God but Allah alone, with no partner or associate: Allah is most great, much praise be to Allah, glory be to Allah the Lord of the Worlds, there is no power and no strength except with Allah, the Almighty Most Wise." five times." He said: This is for my Lord, what is there for me? He said: "Say: "O Allah, forgive me, have mercy on me, grant me provision, guide me and pardon me."

I heard Sa’d say: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) mentioned both of his parents together for me on the day of Uhud,

My father told me that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Will one of you be incapable of earning one thousand hasanahs in one day?" One of the people who were sitting with him said: Who is able to do that? He said: “He says tasbeeh one hundred times, and it will be recorded as one thousand hasanahs (good deeds) or it will erase one thousand sayyi"ahs (bad deeds]."

The Prophet (ﷺ) used to say salam to his right and to his left (at the end of the prayer, turning his head) so much that the whiteness of his cheeks could be seen.

the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "Whoever says when he hears the mu"adhdhin; ‘And I bear witness that there is no God but Allah alone, with no partner or associate, and that Muhammad is His slave and His Messenger; I am content with Allah as my Lord, Muhammad as my Messenger and Islam as my religion, his sins will be forgiven him.

I was the first of the Arabs to shoot an arrow for the sake of Allah. There was a time when we would go out on campaign with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and we would have no food except the leaves of al-hublah and as-samur (desert trees), and one of us would produce stools like a sheep, so dry that nothing would stick to it. And now Banu Asad are teaching me about my religion, in which case I must have been doomed and my efforts wasted.

I acquired a sword (as booty) and I said: O Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), grant it to me (in addition to my share of the booty). He said: “Put it down.” I said: O Messenger of Allah, shall I be treated like one who is of no use (in war)? He said: “Put it back where you got it from.” Then this verse was revealed: "They ask you (O Muhammad) about the spoils of war. Say: The spoils are for Allah and the Messenger" (al Anfal 8:1) - it is like that in the recitation of Ibn Mas"ood: "Say: The spoils". My mother said to me: Didn"t Allah command you to uphold ties of kinship and honour your parents? By Allah, I shall not eat any food or drink anything until you disbelieve in Muhammad, And she did not eat until they opened her mouth with a stick and poured water into it - Shu"bah said: And I think he said: and food - then this verse was revealed: "And We have enjoined on man (to be dutiful and good) to his parents. His mother bore him in weakness and hardship upon weakness and hardship, he recited until reached what you used to do" [Luqman 31:14, 15). The Prophet (ﷺ) entered upon me when I was sick. I said: O Messenger of Allah, should I bequeath all my wealth (to charity)? He told me not to do that. I said: Half? He said: “No." I said: One third? And he remained silent, so the people followed that, A man of the Ansar made some food and they ate and drank and got drunk. That was before it was prohibited. We gathered at his place and started boasting to one another. The Ansar said: The Ansar are better. The Muhajireen said: The Muhajireen are better. A man threw the jawbone of a camel at him and cut his nose, and Sa"d"s nose was left with a mark. Then this verse was revealed: "O you who believe! Intoxicants (all kinds of alcoholic drinks), and gambling, up to So, will you not then abstain?" (al-Ma"idah 590,91].

He said: We did that when this one was still a disbeliever living in Makkah - referring to Mu"awiyah.

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "If the belly of one of you were to be filled with pus, that would be better than filling [his mind] with poetry.”

I prayed with Sa"d and I did this with my hands - Yahya described putting the two hands together between the knees. He struck my hand and said: We used to do that, then we were instructed to lift our hands to the knees.

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "Whoever eats seven ajwah dates in the morning, no poison or witchcraft will harm him that day."

Abu Badr told us from Hashim from ‘Amir bin Sa"d.

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “I declare sacred what is between the two lava field of Madinah, (and I forbid) cutting of its thorny shrubs or killing of its game." And he said: "Madinah is better for them, if only they knew, No one leaves it out of dislike for it but Allah will replace him with someone better than him, and no one bears its hardships and difficulties with patience, but I will intercede for him, or be a witness for him, on the Day of Resurrection."

the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) came one day from al-"Aliyah, and when he passed by the mosque of Banu Mu"awiyah, he went in and prayed two rak"ahs, and we prayed with him. Then he called upon his Lord for a long time, then he turned to us and said: "I asked my Lord for three things, and He granted me two and withheld from me one. I asked Him not to let my ummah be destroyed by famine, and He granted me that, I asked Him not to let my ummah be destroyed by drowning and He granted me that: and I asked Him not to let their enmity be amongst themselves, but He withheld that from me.”

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "I am amazed at [the situation of] the believer: if something good befalls him, he praises his Lord and gives thanks, and if calamity strikes him, he seeks reward with his Lord and bears it with patience. The believer will be rewarded for everything, even the morsel he lifts to his mouth."

When I bowed, I would put my hands between my knees. My father Sa"d bin Malik saw me, he told me not do that, and said: We used to do that and were told not to do it.

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “This plague is a punishment or the remainder of a punishment with which people who came before you were punished. If it occurs in a land where you are, do not leave it, fleeing from it. And if you hear that it is in some land, do not enter it."

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "I shall certainly describe the Dajjal in a way in which no one before me described him. He is one eyed and Allah, may He be glorified and exalted, is not one eyed.”

from the Prophet (ﷺ) that some people came to him and asked him (for help), and he gave to them except one man among them. Sa’d said: I said: O Messenger of Allah, you gave to them and you left out So and so; by Allah I think he is a believer. The Prophet (ﷺ) said: “Or a Muslim." Sa"d repeated that three times, saying that he was a believer, and the Prophet (ﷺ) replied: “Or a Muslim” then the Prophet (ﷺ) said, the third time: “By Allah, I give something to a man although someone else is dearer to me than him, for fear that Allah may throw him on his face in Hell."

I met Sufyan in Makkah, and the first one he asked me about was when he said: How is Shuja" (the brave one}? - meaning Abu Badr.

"Umar bin al-Khattab entered upon the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) when some women of Quraish were with him, asking too much of him and raising their voices. When they heard the voice of "Umar, they stopped talking and fell silent, and the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) smiled.ʻUmar said: O enemies of your souls, do you fear me and you do not fear the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)? They said: You are harsher and tougher than the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "O‘ Umar, the Shaitan never meets you on a road but he takes a different road."

We used to rent out farmland at the time of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) in return for what grew by the streams and what was irrigated with water from them, but the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade us to do that and permitted us to lease it for gold or silver.

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) left "Ali bin Abi Talib in charge [of Madinah] during the campaign to Tabook, ‘Ali said: O Messenger of Allah, are you leaving me behind with the women and children? He said: “Does it not please you to be to me as Haroon was to Moosa? Except that there will be no Prophet (ﷺ) after me.“

he was praying and saying in his supplication: O Allah, I ask You for Paradise and I ask You for its delights and blessings and so on, and I seek refuge in You from the Fire and ils chains and fetters, and so on. Sa"d kept quiet, then when he had finished praying, Sa"d said to him: You have sought refuge from a great deal of evil and you have asked for a great deal of good-or he said: [Your supplication] was long winded; Shu"bah [one of the narrators was not certain. - The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “There will be people who will overstep the mark in du"a"." And he recited this verse: "Call on your Lord with humility and in private: for Allah loves not those who trespass beyond bounds” [al-A"raf 7:55]. - Shu"bah (one of the narrators] said: I do not know whether the words “Call on your Lord with humility and in private” were spoken by Sa"d or by the Prophet (ﷺ)- And Sa"d said to him: Say: O Allah, I ask You for Paradise and the words and deeds that will bring me close to it, and I seek refuge in You from the Fire and the words and deeds that will bring me close to it,

he used to enjoin reciting these five and he narrated them from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ): “O Allah, I seek refuge with You from miserliness, I seek refuge with You from cowardice, I Seek refuge with You from being sent back to senility (cf. 16:70), I seek refuge with You from the trials of this world, and I seek refuge with You from the punishment of the grave."

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Whoever humiliates Quraish, Allah (may He be glorified and exalted) will humiliate him."

I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: “Whoever wants to humiliate Quraish, Allah will humiliate him."

I heard Sa"d bin Abi Waqqas say: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) refused to let "Uthman be celibate. if he had allowed him, we would have gotten castrated.

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "It is not permissible for a Muslim to forsake his brother for more than three days."

I swore an oath by al-Lat and al-"Uzza, and my companions said: You have said something unseemly. So I went to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said: I am newly Muslim, and I swore an oath by al-Lat and al-"Uzza. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "Say La ilaha illallah wahdahu (there is no god but Allah alone) three times, and spit dryly to your left three times, and seek refuge with Him, and do not do it again."

a platter of thareed was brought to the Prophet (ﷺ) and he ate, and there was some left over. He said: "A man will come from this direction who is one of the people of Paradise, and he will eat these leftovers." Sa"d said: I had left my brother "Umair bin Abi Waqqas getting ready to come to the Prophet (ﷺ) and I hoped that he would be the one. Then "Abdullah bin Salam came and ate it.

and he mentioned a similar report, except that he said: I passed by "Uwaimir bin Malik.

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "O Allah, bless the people of Madinah in their city, bless them in their sa"s, bless them in their mudds [weights and measures].. O Allah, Ibraheem was Your slave and Your close friend (khaleel) and I am Your slave and Messenger. Ibraheem asked you for the people of Makkah and I am asking You for the people of Madinah, as Ibraheem asked You for the people of Makkah, and as much again. Madinah is surrounded by angels; on every route into the city there are two angels guarding it; neither the plague nor the Dajjal wili enter it. Whoever wishes ill to it, Allah will cause him to melt as salt dissolves in water,

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) came out to us, striking one hand against the other and saying: "The month is like this and like this,” then he held one finger down the third time.

the Prophet (ﷺ) said: "The month is like this and likę this,” ten and ten, and nine once,

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “The month is like this and like this and like this"- meaning twenty-nine,

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “The Hour will not begin until some people emerge who will eat with their tongues (words) as cattle eat with their tongues."

I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: “What a good death if a man dies defending his right.”

I said: O Messenger of Allah, can I bequeath all my wealth (to charity)? He said: "No." I said: Two thirds of it? He said: "No.” I said: Half of it? He said: “No” I said: One third? He said: "One third, and one third is a lot. If one of you leaves his family in a good state, that is better for him than leaving them dependent on what people give them."

When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) set out on the campaign to Tabook, he left ‘Ali in charge. [’Ali] said to him: Are you leaving me behind? He said: "Does it not please you to be to me as Haroon was to Moosa? Except that there is no Prophet (ﷺ) after me."

If I die, make a lahd (niche) for me and do what was done for the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ).

Make a lahd (niche) for me and block it up with bricks as was done for the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ).

We did tawaf with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). Some of us did seven circuits, some of us did eight and some others did more than that, and the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "It does not matter."

I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: "Faith began as something strange and will go back to being as it began, so glad tidings to the strangers when the people become corrupt. By the One Whose hand is the soul of Abul-Qasim, faith will retreat between these two mosques as a snake retreats into its hole.”

One prayer in this mosque of mine is better than a thousand prayers elsewhere, except al-Masjid al-Haram."

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: I declare sacred what is between the two lava fields of Madinah as Ibraheem declared his sanctuary sacred. Its leaves are not to be cut down and its game is not to be killed. Nobody leaves it for lack of interest in it, but Allah will replace him with someone better than him. Madinah is better for them if they but knew. No one wishes ill to them (people of Madinah) but Allah will cause him to melt as lead melts in the fire and as salt dissolves in water.”

I said to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). Which people are most severely tested? He said: “The Prophet (ﷺ)s, then the next best and the next best. A man will be tested according to his level of religious commitment: if his religious commitment is solid, his test will be greater and if there is some weakness in his religious commitment he will be tested in accordance with his level of religious commitment. Tests will continue to befall a slave [of Allah] until he walks upon the face of the earth with not a single sin on him."

I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say to ["Ali], when he left him in charge [of Madinah] during one of his campaigns. ‘Ali said: O Messenger of Allah, are you leaving me behind with the women and children? He said: "Does it not please you to be to me as Haroon was to Moosa, except there will be no Prophet (ﷺ) after me?" And I heard him say on the day of Khaibar: "I shall certainly give the banner to a man who loves Allah and His Messenger, and Allah and His Messenger love him." We all hoped for it, but he said: "Call "Ali for me.” He was brought, and he had a sore eye. [The Prophet (ﷺ) ] spat in his eye and gave the banner to him, and Allah granted victory at his hands. And when this verse was revealed: "let us call our sons and your sons" (Al-"Imran 3:61], the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) called "Ali, Fatimah, Hasan and Husain, (رضي الله عنه) and said: "O Allah, these are my family.”

at the time of the turmoil surrounding "Uthman bin "Affan: "There will be turmoil in which the one who is sitting will be better than the one who is standing, the one who is standing will be better than the one who is walking, and the one who is walking will be better than the one who is running. He said: How about if he enters upon me in my house and stretches out his hand wanting to kill me? He said: "Be like the son of Adam.”

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to al-"Abbas; “This is al-"Abbas bin ‘Abdul-Muttalib, the most generous of Quraish and the one who most upholds ties of kinship."

A Bedouin came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said: O Prophet (ﷺ) of Allah, teach me some words to say. He said: “Say: "There is no God but Allah alone, with no partner or associate; Allah is most great, much praise be to Allah, glory be to Allah the Lord of the Worlds, there is no power and no strength except with Allah, the Almighty, Most Wise.” He said: This is for my Lord; what is there for me? He said: "Say: ‘O Allah, forgive me, have mercy on me, guide me and grant me provision.”

We were sitting with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and he said: "Will one of you be incapable of earning one thousand hasanahs every day?" One of the people sitting with him asked him: O Prophet (ﷺ) of Allah, how could one of us earn one thousand hasanahs? He said: “He says tasbeeh one hundred times, and it will be recorded as one thousand hasanahs[good deeds] or will erase one thousand sayyi"ahs (bad deeds)."

We were sitting with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and he said: "Will one of you be incapable of earning one thousand hasanahs every day?" One of the people sitting with him asked him. O Messenger of Allah, how could one of us earn one thousand hasanahs every day? He said: "He says tasbeeh one hundred times, and it will be recorded as one thousand hasanahs (good deeds] or will erase one thousand sayyi"ahs (bad deeds).”

Four verses were revealed concerning me. One the day of Badr, I acquired a sword (as booty) and I said: O Messenger of Allah, grant it to me (in addition to my share of the booty). He said: "Put it down." Then he stood up and said: O Messenger of Allah, give it to me, and he said: "Put it down.” Then he stood up and said: O Messenger of Allah, give it to me; shall I be treated like one who is of no use (in war)? He said: “Put it back where you got it from." Then this verse was revealed: "They ask you so Muhammad (ﷺ) about the spoils of war. Say: The spoils are for Allah and the Messenger” |al-Ansal 8:1]. A man of the Ansar made some food and invited us, and we drank wine until we got drunk. Then the Ansar and Quraish began to boast to one another. The Ansar said: We are better than you. Quraish said: We are better than you. An Ansari man picked up the jawbone of a camel and struck the nose of Sa"d with it, and Sa"d"s nose was cut. Then this verse was revealed: “O you who believe! Intoxicants (all kinds of alcoholic drinks), and gambling, and Al-Ansah (stone altars for sacrifices to idols etc), and Al-Azam (arrows for seeking luck or decision) are an abomination of shaitan’s (Satan"s) handiwork. So avoid (strictly all) that abomination) in order that you may be successful. Shaitan (Satan) wants only to excite enmity and hatred between you with intoxicants (alcoholic drinks) and gambling, and hinder you from the remembrance of Allah and from As-Salah (the prayer). So, will you not then abstain?" (al-Ma"idah 590,91]. The mother of Sa"d said: Didn"t Allah command you to honour your parents? By Allah, I shall not eat any food or drink anything untill die or you disbelieve in Muhammad, When they wanted to feed her, they opened her mouth with a stick and poured (food or water) into it. Then this verse was revealed: "And We have enjoined on man to be good and dutiful to his parents” [al-Ankaboot 29.8]. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) entered upon Sa"d to visit him when he was sick. He said: O Messenger of Allah, can I bequeath all my wealth (to charity)? He said: “No." He said: Two thirds of it? He said: "No." He said: One third? And he remained silent,

“If the plague is in some land, do not go there , and if it is in a land where you are, do not flee from it.”

"Shoot him, may my father and mother be sacrificed for you!”

Muhammad bin Sa"d used to do wudoo’ in az-Zawiyah. One day Muhammad bin Sa"d came out to us from the washroom, and he did wudoo" and wiped over his khuffalo. We were surprised and said: what is this? He said.:My father told me that he saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) do what I have done.

I heard Sa"d bin Malik say: By Allah, I was the first of the Arabs to shoot an arrow for the sake of Allah. We used to go out on campaign with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and we would have no food except the leaves of al-hubah and as-samur (desert trees), and one of us would produce stools like a sheep, so dry that nothing stuck to it. And now Banu Asad are teaching me about my religion, in which case I must have been doomed and my efforts wasted

I saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say salam to his right and to his left.

On the day of al-Khandaq, there was a man who was shielding himself with his shield, doing something like this with it; he would put it over his nose, then do something like this, and then put it down. I stretched mу hand out towards my quiver and took out a bloodstained arrow, which I placed on the string of my bow. When he did something like this, and lowered his shield, I shot the arrow. I have never forgotten how it hit the shield, and he (the man) fell and started kicking with his foot. The Prophet (ﷺ) of Allah smiled-I (the narrator] think he said: so broadly that his eyeteeth could be seen- I said: Why? He said: Because of what that man did.

he used to enjoin this supplication and narrate it from the Prophet (ﷺ) : "O Allah, I seek refuge with You from miserliness, I seek refuge with You from cowardice, I seek refuge with You from becoming senile, I seek refuge with You from the trials of this world, and I seek refuge with You from the punishment of the grave.

he swore by al-Laf and al-"Uzza, and his companions said to him: You have said something unseemly. So he went to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said: I am newly Muslim, and I swore an oath by al-Lat and al‘Uzza. The Prophet (ﷺ) said to him: "Say La ilaha illallah wahdahu (there is no god but Allah alone) three times, and spit dryly to your left three times, and seek refuge with Allah from the Shaitan, and do not do it again."

I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) say: “The best of dhikr is that which is silent, and the best of provision is that which is just enough."

"Umar asked permission to enter upon the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), and there were some women with him whose voices had drowned out his voice. He gave him permission to enter, and they hastened to leave. "Umar came in and the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was smiling. ‘Umar said: May Allah make you happy all your life, O Messenger of Allah, may my father and mother be sacrificed for you. He said: “I wonder at these women who were with me. When they heard your voice they hastened to leave," "Umar turned to them and said: O enemies of your souls, by Allah you should have feared the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) more than me. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "Let them be, O ‘Umar. By Allah, the Shaitan: never meets you on a road but he takes a different road."