History

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: The dating (that is, the Hijri calendar) began from the year in which the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) arrived in Madinah (after emigrating), and in that same year Sayyiduna Abdullah bin al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with them both) was born.
Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir; its chain contains the narrator Ya'qub bin Abbad al-Makki, and I have not seen anyone mention him.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was born on a Monday; on a Monday he (peace and blessings be upon him) was granted prophethood; on a Monday he (peace and blessings be upon him) set out from Makkah to emigrate to Madinah; on a Monday he (peace and blessings be upon him) arrived in Madinah; on a Monday he passed away; and he (peace and blessings be upon him) lifted the Black Stone on a Monday.
Ahmad (in his Musnad) and Tabarani in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir recorded it, and (Tabarani's version) has these additional words: "He (peace and blessings be upon him) was victorious at the Battle of Badr on a Monday, and this verse of Surah al-Ma'idah was revealed on a Monday: 'Today I have perfected your religion for you.'" The chain of this report contains the narrator Ibn Lahi'ah, and he is da'if (weak), while the remaining narrators of this report are thiqat (trustworthy) and are among the narrators of the Sahih.

Sayyiduna Jarir (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) passed away at the age of sixty-three, Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) also passed away at the age of sixty-three, and when Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) was martyred, he too was sixty-three years old.
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat; its chain contains a narrator, Hammad bin Bahr, about whom al-Dhahabi said: He is majhul (unknown).

Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) passed away at the age of sixty-five.
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat; its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was born in the Year of the Elephant.
Al-Bazzar recorded it (in his Musnad) and al-Tabarani in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir; its narrators have been declared trustworthy.

Sayyiduna Abu Umamah al-Bahili (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: A man said: "O Messenger of Allah! Was Sayyiduna Adam (peace be upon him) a prophet?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) replied: "Yes." He asked: "How long was there between Sayyiduna Adam (peace be upon him) and Sayyiduna Nuh (peace be upon him)?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Ten centuries." He asked: "How long was there between Sayyiduna Nuh (peace be upon him) and Sayyiduna Ibrahim (peace be upon him)?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) replied: "Ten centuries." He asked: "O Messenger of Allah! How many messengers were there?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Three hundred and fifteen."
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat, and its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih.

Sayyiduna Abu Dharr al-Ghifari (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that he came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) while the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was delivering a sermon, and he sat down. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him: "Have you sought refuge from the evil of the devils among the jinn and mankind?" I said: "O Messenger of Allah! Who was the first of the prophets?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Sayyiduna Adam (peace be upon him)." I asked: "Was he a prophet?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) replied: "Yes, Allah spoke to him." I asked: "Then who (was the next prophet)?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Sayyiduna Nuh (peace be upon him), and between the two of them there were ten generations." I said: "O Messenger of Allah! Tell me about prayer." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "It is a good that has been made obligatory; whoever wishes may do more of it." I said: "And charity?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "(Its reward) is multiplied many times over." I said: "And fasting?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Fasting is a shield. Allah Almighty has said: 'Fasting is for Me, and I shall give the reward for it.'" (The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:) "By the One in whose Hand is my soul, the smell of the fasting person's mouth is purer in the sight of Allah Almighty than the fragrance of musk." (Sayyiduna Abu Dharr al-Ghifari (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates:) I asked: "Which charity is most excellent?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The effort of a person of little means (in giving charity), or (giving charity) secretly to a poor person." I said: "Which slave (to be freed) is most excellent?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The one whose price is highest."
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat. (Allamah al-Haythami says:) I say: It has already passed in the chapter on asking in order to benefit that Ahmad and al-Bazzar also recorded this narration; its chain contains a narrator, Ibn Lahi'ah, and he is da'if (weak).

Sayyiduna Sa'id bin Yarbu' (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him: "Am I older, or you?" I said: "You (peace and blessings be upon him) are greater than me and better than me, but I am older in age."
Al-Bazzar recorded it (in his Musnad) and al-Tabarani in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir, and its narrators have been declared trustworthy.

Daghfal narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) passed away at the age of 65.
Abu Ya'la recorded it; its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih. Al-Tabarani also recorded it.

Al-Hasan narrates: He (peace and blessings be upon him) passed away at the age of sixty.
Abu Ya'la recorded it (in his Musnad) within a hadith narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both); its narrators have been declared trustworthy.

Abu Hamzah reports that his father said: When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) passed away, he (peace and blessings be upon him) was 63 years old.
Al-Tabarani recorded it; its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih.

Sayyiduna Wathilah (may Allah be pleased with him) reports that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The scrolls of Sayyiduna Ibrahim (peace be upon him) were revealed on the first night of Ramadan, the Torah was revealed after six days of Ramadan had passed, the Injil (Gospel) was revealed after thirteen days of Ramadan had passed, and the Qur'an was revealed after twenty-four days of Ramadan had passed."
Ahmad recorded it (in his Musnad) and al-Tabarani in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir and al-Mu'jam al-Awsat; its chain contains a narrator, Imran bin Dawud al-Qattan, whom Yahya declared da'if (weak) and Ibn Hibban declared thiqah (trustworthy). Ahmad said: I hope that he is salih al-hadith (acceptable in hadith). The rest of its narrators are thiqat (trustworthy).

Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: Allah Almighty revealed the scrolls of Sayyiduna Ibrahim (peace be upon him) after the first night of Ramadan had passed; the Torah was revealed to Sayyiduna Musa (peace be upon him) after six nights of Ramadan had passed; the Zabur (Psalms) was revealed to Sayyiduna Dawud (peace be upon him) after eleven nights of Ramadan had passed; and the Qur'an was revealed to Sayyiduna Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) after twenty-four nights of Ramadan had passed.
Abu Ya'la recorded it, and its chain contains a narrator, Sufyan bin Waki', and he is da'if (weak).

Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Companions of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) told us that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When 100 years have passed after the Hijrah, none of you will remain alive."
Abu Ya'la recorded it, and its chain contains a narrator, Sufyan bin Waki', and he is da'if (weak).

Nu'aym bin Dajajah narrates: Sayyiduna Abu Mas'ud Uqbah bin Amr al-Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) came to Sayyiduna Ali bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him), and Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said to him: "Are you the one who says that when 100 years have passed, no eye on the face of the earth will blink (that is, no one will remain alive)? Rather, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'When one hundred years have passed, none of the people who are alive today will remain alive.'" (Then Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said:) "By Allah! After one hundred years have passed, ease (or prosperity) will come to this Ummah."
Ahmad and Abu Ya'la recorded it (each in his Musnad) and al-Tabarani in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir and al-Mu'jam al-Awsat, and its narrators are thiqat (trustworthy).

Nu'aym bin Dajajah narrates: I was sitting with Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) when Sayyiduna Abu Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) arrived. Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Farrukh has come." Then Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Do you give people rulings?" He replied: "Yes! I tell them about the times, that what comes later will be worse." Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Then tell me: did you hear anything from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)?" He replied: "Yes! I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: 'After one hundred years have passed, no one will remain alive on the face of the earth.'" Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "You have erred (in understanding its meaning), and you erred in your first ruling. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) meant those who were present there at that time (none of them would remain alive after one hundred years had passed). (For the Ummah of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him),) ease will come only after one hundred years."
Abu Ya'la recorded it; its narrators are also thiqat (trustworthy).

Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Bedouins were the boldest of people in asking the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) questions. Once a Bedouin came to him and asked: "O Messenger of Allah! When will the Hour come?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) gave him no answer. He (peace and blessings be upon him) came to the mosque and offered a brief prayer, then he turned towards the Bedouin and said: "Where is the one who asked about the Hour?" Sayyiduna Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with him) passed by him, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "If this man lives out his natural lifespan, not one of you will remain alive (by that time)." Abu Ya'la recorded it. (Allamah al-Haythami says:) I say: In the "Sahih" this narration is reported from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him): "If this one lives until he completes his natural lifespan, the Hour will be established before he dies."
This narration is clearer, even though its chain contains a narrator, Sufyan bin Waki', and he is da'if (weak).

Sayyiduna Sufyan bin Wahb al-Khawlani (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "By the time one hundred years have passed, no one will remain on the face of the earth."
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir. Its narrator Sa'id bin Abi Shimr was mentioned by Ibn Abi Hatim, who said: He narrated from his father, and Abu Bakr bin Sawad narrated from him. However, Abd al-Rahman bin Shurayh has also narrated from him, and no one has declared him weak. The rest of its narrators have been declared trustworthy.

This narration is reported from Sayyiduna Abu Tha'labah (may Allah be pleased with him): The narrator Mu'awiyah once narrated it as marfu' (attributed to the Prophet), and once did not narrate it as marfu' (but rather as mawquf, the words being): "Indeed, Allah Almighty will not leave this Ummah unable to reach half a day (that is, five hundred years). When you see Syria (al-Sham) become the dining spread of one man and his household, at that time Constantinople will be conquered."
(Allamah al-Haythami says:) I say: Al-Tabarani recorded this narration. The author of "al-Atraf" attributed it to Abu Dawud and said that it is in the chapter on the great battles (al-Malahim), but I did not find it in that book. Its chain contains a narrator, Abdullah bin Salih, the scribe of al-Layth, about whom there is disagreement over whether he can be used as evidence; the rest of its narrators are thiqat (trustworthy).

Abd al-Malik bin Rashid narrates: I heard Sayyiduna al-Miqdam bin Ma'dikarib (may Allah be pleased with him), the Companion of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), when most people were saying: "The decree will come at a hundred", meaning that the Resurrection would come in the year 100 AH. Sayyiduna al-Miqdam (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "You have gone too far. It will not be that Allah Almighty does not grant this Ummah even half a day", by which he meant 500 years.
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir; its chain contains a narrator, Baqiyyah bin al-Walid, and he is thiqah (trustworthy) but a mudallis (one who conceals the source of a narration).

Sayyiduna Buraydah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When one hundred years have passed, no eye will blink (that is, no person will remain alive)."

In one narration the words are: He narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When one hundred years have passed, Allah Almighty will send a wind (and through it) will take the soul of every believer." Al-Bazzar recorded it; its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih.

Sayyiduna Abu Dharr al-Ghifari (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that they were with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in the Battle of Tabuk, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O people! Of those who are alive today, not one of them will reach the passing of one hundred years such that Allah Almighty would have any regard for him in that respect."
(Allamah al-Haythami says:) I say: Al-Bazzar recorded this narration within a longer narration than this. Its chain contains a narrator, Ali bin Zayd, and he is da'if (weak); he narrated it from Abdullah bin Qudamah bin Sakhr, and I do not know who he is.

Sayyiduna Abu al-Tufayl (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: I lived through eight years of the blessed life of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him); I was born in the year of the Battle of Uhud.
Ahmad recorded it. Its chain contains a narrator, Thabit bin al-Walid bin Abdullah bin Jumay'; Ibn Adi mentioned him in "al-Kamil" but said nothing about him, and Ibn Hibban mentioned him in "al-Thiqat" and said: He sometimes made mistakes. Ahmad narrated from him, and his teachers are thiqat (trustworthy).

Sayyiduna Abu al-Tufayl (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was sent (as a prophet), I was a boy, and I used to carry meat from the low ground up to the mountain.
Al-Bazzar recorded it, and al-Tabarani in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat. Mahdi bin Imran narrated it; al-Bukhari (may Allah have mercy on him) said: This narrator is not corroborated in his narration from Sayyiduna Abu al-Tufayl (may Allah be pleased with him), and he mentioned a hadith of his stating that the Dajjal is Ibn Sayyad. (Allamah al-Haythami says:) I do not know what al-Bukhari (may Allah have mercy on him) meant: whether he is not corroborated in that one hadith alone, or whether he meant all the hadith narrated by this narrator. The other narrator is Khalid bin Abi Yahya; I have not found anyone who mentions him.

Sayyiduna Abu al-Tufayl (may Allah be pleased with him) says: I lived through eight years of the blessed life of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him); I was born in the year of the Battle of Uhud. Abdullah, the son of Imam Ahmad, says: My father said: Thabit came to us in Kufah and stayed in the city built by (the Abbasid caliph) Abu Ja'far (al-Mansur). Yahya bin Ma'in and I went, and we heard hadith from him.
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat, and its chain is hasan (good).

Abd al-Malik bin Sal' narrates: I asked Abd Khayr: "How old are you?" He replied: "120 years." I asked: "Do you remember anything of the time of ignorance (Jahiliyyah)?" He replied: "Yes! We were in our land in Yemen when a letter from the Messenger of Allah came to us; he (peace and blessings be upon him) invited people to a vast good. My father was among those who went out, and I was a boy in those days. When my father returned, he said to my mother: 'Give instructions concerning this cooking pot, that its food be thrown to the dogs, for we have accepted Islam.'"
Abu Ya'la recorded it, and its narrators have been declared trustworthy. (Allamah al-Haythami says:) I say: Many narrations relating to history and other matters will come at the end of the chapter on the virtues of the Companions.