Sayyiduna Uthman al-Ghani (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: I wished that I had asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) what the way of deliverance is from what Satan casts into our minds. Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "I asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) about that, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'What will deliver you from that is that you say the word which I told my uncle to say, and he did not do so.'"
Ahmad recorded it; its chain contains a narrator, Abu al-Huwayrith Abd al-Rahman bin Mu'awiyah. Ibn Hibban mentioned him in "Kitab al-Thiqat," but most hadith scholars have declared him da'if (weak).
Hadith Referenceمجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب الإيمان / 80
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:إسناده ضعيف
Hadith Takhrij«اخرجه الامام احمد فى مسنده 8/1 اورده المؤلف فى زوائد المسند 72 ، أخرجه مسند أحمد برقم: 38»
Sayyiduna Khuzaymah bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates this saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "Satan comes to a person and says: 'Who created the heavens?' The man says: 'Allah Almighty.' Satan says: 'Who created the earth?' The man says: 'Allah Almighty.' Until Satan says: 'Who created Allah Almighty?' When anyone experiences such a situation, he should say: 'I believe in Allah Almighty and His Messengers.'"
Ahmad, and al-Tabarani in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir, recorded it with a chain that contains a narrator, Ibn Lahi'ah.
Hadith Referenceمجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب الإيمان / 81
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:إسناده ضعيف
Hadith Takhrij«اخرجه الامام احمد فى مسنده 214/5 أورده المؤلف فى زوائد المسند 71 ، أخرجه مسند أحمد برقم: 21360»
Sayyidah Aishah al-Siddiqah (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Satan comes to one of you and says: 'Who created you?' The man says: 'Allah Almighty.' Satan says: 'Who created Allah Almighty?' (The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) says:) When anyone experiences such a situation, he should say: 'I believe in Allah Almighty and His Messenger,' and this thing (that is, the whispering) will go away from him."
Ahmad, Abu Ya'la and al-Bazzar recorded it, and its narrators are thiqat (trustworthy).
Hadith Referenceمجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب الإيمان / 82
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:إسناده صحيح
Hadith Takhrij«اخرجه الامام احمد فى مسنده 257/6 اخرجه الامام ابو يعلى فى مسنده 4685، اورده المؤلف فى زوائد المسند 70 أورده المؤلف فى كشف الاستار 50 أورده المؤلف فى المقصد العلى 25 ، أخرجه مسند أحمد برقم: 25671»
Sayyidah Aishah al-Siddiqah narrates: Some people complained to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) about the whisperings (waswasah) that came to them. They said: "O Messenger of Allah! We even find such a thought that if one of us were to fall from the sky, that would be dearer to him than speaking about this thought." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "That is pure faith."
Ahmad and Abu Ya'la recorded something similar, except that the wording of Abu Ya'la is: "A man said to Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her): 'Sometimes one of us gets such a thought that if a person were to speak about it, his Hereafter would be ruined, and if he were to reveal that thought, he would be killed.' The narrator says: Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said the takbir three times, then she said: 'The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was also asked about this, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said the takbir three times and then said: By this the believer is tested.'"
The chain of this report contains a narrator, Shahr bin Hawshab.
Hadith Referenceمجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب الإيمان / 83
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:وهلذا إسناد منقطع ، ولكن الحديث صحيح بشواهده
Hadith Takhrij«اخرجه الامام احمد فى مسنده /2/ 106 اخرجه الامام ابو يعلى فى مسنده 4114 اورده المؤلف فى زوائد المسند 96 أورده المؤلف فى المقصد العلى 27 ، أخرجه مسند أحمد برقم: 24231، وأخرجه إتحاف الخيرة المهرة بزوائد المسانيد العشرة برقم: 139»
Muhammad bin Jubayr narrates: Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) passed by Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him), who was sitting in the mosque. Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) greeted him with salam, but he did not reply. Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) went to Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) and complained to him, saying: "I passed by Uthman and greeted him with salam, but he did not reply to me." Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) asked: "Where is he?" Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "He is sitting in the mosque." The two of them went to Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him), and Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) asked him: "When your brother greeted you with salam, why did you not reply to him?" Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "By Allah! I did not even notice that he passed by me. I was lost in my thoughts, so I could not notice that he had greeted me." Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) asked: "What thoughts were you lost in?" Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "When I am alone, Satan casts such thoughts into my mind that I would not like to speak about them, even if in return I were given everything on the face of the earth. When Satan casts such thoughts into my mind, I think to myself: If only I had asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) what can deliver us when Satan produces such thoughts in our minds!" Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "By Allah! I complained to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) about this very thing, and I asked him (peace and blessings be upon him): 'What can deliver us from the thoughts Satan casts into our minds?' The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'What can deliver you from it is that you say the (word) which I told my uncle to say when he was about to die, and he did not do so.'"
Abu Ya'la recorded it, and Ahmad recorded part of it. Its chain contains a narrator, Abu al-Huwayrith Abd al-Rahman bin Mu'awiyah, whom Ibn Hibban declared thiqah (trustworthy), but most scholars have declared him da'if (weak). And Allah knows best.
Hadith Referenceمجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب الإيمان / 84
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:إسناده ضعيف
Hadith Takhrij«اخرجه الامام ابو يعلى فى مسنده 128 اورده المؤلف فى المقصد العلى 29 ، أخرجه مسند أحمد برقم: 21، وأخرجه الأحاديث المختارة برقم: 6، وأخرجه إتحاف الخيرة المهرة بزوائد المسانيد العشرة برقم: 6»
Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The people said: "O Messenger of Allah! What is your view about this: sometimes one of us gets such a thought that if he were to fall from the sky and be torn to pieces, that would be dearer to that person than speaking about this thought?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "That is pure faith."
Abu Ya'la recorded it, and its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih, except for Yazid bin Aban al-Raqashi.
Hadith Referenceمجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب الإيمان / 85
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:إسناده ضعيف
Hadith Takhrij«اخرجه الامام ابو يعلى فى مسنده 4114»
Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The people said: "O Messenger of Allah! When we are with you, we are in a particular state, and when we part from you, that state changes." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "How is your relationship with your Prophet?" They said: "In private and in public (in every state), you (peace and blessings be upon him) are our Prophet." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "This (that is, the changing of states) is not hypocrisy." Abu Ya'la and al-Bazzar recorded it, except that the wording of al-Bazzar is: "How is your relationship with your Lord?" The people said: "In private and in public (in every state), Allah Almighty is our Lord."
The narrators of Abu Ya'la are the narrators of the Sahih.
Hadith Referenceمجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب الإيمان / 86
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:إسناده صحيح
Hadith Takhrij«اخرجه الامام أبو يعلى فى مسنده 3356 أورده المؤلف فى كشف الأستار 52»
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Satan comes to one of you and says: 'Who created the sky?' The servant says: 'Allah Almighty.' He asks: 'Who created the earth?' The servant says: 'Allah Almighty.' He asks: 'Who created Allah Almighty?' (The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) says:) When anyone experiences this situation, he should say: 'I believe in Allah Almighty and His Messengers.'"
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat and al-Mu'jam al-Kabir, and its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih, except for Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Nafi' al-Tahhan, who is the teacher of al-Tabarani.
Hadith Referenceمجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب الإيمان / 87
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:إسناده حسن
Hadith Takhrij«اخرجه الامام الطبراني فى معجمه الأوسط 1896 ، أخرجه المعجم الأوسط للطبراني برقم: 1917»
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas narrates: A man said to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "Sometimes I get such a thought that becoming a piece of charcoal would be dearer to me than speaking about this thought." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "That is clear faith."
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Saghir, and its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih, except for Muntasir, who is the teacher of al-Tabarani.
Hadith Referenceمجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب الإيمان / 88
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:إسناده صحيح
Hadith Takhrij«اخرجه الامام الطبراني فى معجمه الصغير 115/2 ، أخرجه المعجم الصغير للطبراني برقم: 1045»
Sayyidah Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates that she heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) when a man asked him, saying: "Such a thought comes into my mind that if I were to speak about it, I would ruin my Hereafter." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Only a believer faces this kind of thing (that is, whispering)."
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat and al-Mu'jam al-Saghir; its chain contains a narrator, Sayf bin Umayrah. Al-Azdi says: The scholars have criticised him.
Hadith Referenceمجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب الإيمان / 89
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:إسناده ضعيف
Hadith Takhrij«اخرجه الامام الطبراني فى معجمه الاوسط 3430، اخرجه الامام الطبراني فى معجمه الصغير 129/1 ، أخرجه المعجم الأوسط للطبراني برقم: 3454، وأخرجه المعجم الصغير للطبراني برقم: 330»
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was asked about whispering (waswasah), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "That is pure faith."
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir, and its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih; the teacher of al-Tabarani is also thiqah (trustworthy). And Allah knows best.
Hadith Referenceمجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب الإيمان / 90
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:إسناده صحيح
Hadith Takhrij«أخرجه المعجم الكبير للطبراني برقم: 10024، وأخرجه السنن الكبرى للنسائي برقم: 11215»
Sayyiduna Mu'adh bin Jabal (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: I said: "O Messenger of Allah! By the One who sent you with the truth, sometimes such a thought arises in my mind that being burnt into charcoal would be dearer to me than speaking about that thought." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "All praise belongs to Allah Almighty for this: that Satan has despaired of being worshipped in this land of mine; however, he is now content with the trivial things among your deeds (that is, sins and shortcomings)."
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir. This report is narrated by Dharr bin Abdullah from Sayyiduna Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him), although he did not live in the time of Sayyiduna Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him).
Hadith Referenceمجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب الإيمان / 91
Umarah bin Abi al-Hasan, or perhaps Umarah bin al-Hasan, narrates from his uncle: The people asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) about the whispering that one of them experiences, such that falling from the Pleiades would be dearer to that person than speaking about that whispering. The narrator says: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "That is clear faith. Indeed, Satan comes to the servant with matters less than that, and when he is protected from it, he then falls into the other."
Al-Bazzar recorded it, and its narrators are trustworthy imams (thiqat a'immah).
Hadith Referenceمجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب الإيمان / 92
Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "People will keep saying: 'Allah Almighty existed before everything, so what was there before Him?'"
Al-Bazzar recorded it; another report besides this one is recorded from this narrator in the "Sahih," and its narrators have been declared trustworthy.
Hadith Referenceمجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب الإيمان / 93