Virtues of Abdul Rahman bin Awf (may Allah be pleased with him)

Abu Ubaydah Ma'mar bin al-Muthanna narrates: (The name and lineage of Sayyiduna Abd al-Rahman bin Awf (may Allah be pleased with him) are as follows:) "Sayyiduna Abd al-Rahman bin Awf bin Abd Awf bin Abd al-Harith bin Zuhrah bin Kilab."
Imam al-Tabarani recorded this narration, and its narrators are thiqat (trustworthy).

Ibn Sirin narrates: In the Days of Ignorance (Jahiliyyah) the name of Sayyiduna Abd al-Rahman bin Awf (may Allah be pleased with him) was Abd al-Ka'bah, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) named him Abd al-Rahman.
Imam al-Tabarani recorded this narration, and its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih.

Sayyiduna Abd al-Rahman bin Awf (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: In the Days of Ignorance (Jahiliyyah) my name was Abd Amr, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) named me Abd al-Rahman.
Imam al-Tabarani recorded this narration. Its chain contains a narrator, Ibrahim bin Muhammad bin Abd al-Aziz, and he is da'if (weak).

Ibn Ishaq narrates: (The name and lineage of Sayyiduna Abd al-Rahman bin Awf (may Allah be pleased with him) are as follows:) "Sayyiduna Abd al-Rahman bin Awf bin Abd Awf bin Abd al-Harith bin Zuhrah. His kunyah is Abu Muhammad, and he had the honour of taking part in the Battle of Badr." Its chain is hasan (good).

Urwah bin al-Zubayr, among those from Banu Zuhrah bin Kilab bin Murrah who took part in the Battle of Badr with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), mentioned Sayyiduna Abd al-Rahman bin Awf bin Abd Awf (may Allah be pleased with him).
Imam al-Tabarani recorded this narration.
This narration is mursal, and its chain is hasan (good).

Ibn Ishaq narrates: Sayyiduna Abd al-Rahman bin Awf (may Allah be pleased with him) had lost his two front teeth; his teeth had been knocked out from the root. He was left-handed and lame. He was injured on the day of Uhud: his teeth were knocked out and he received twenty or more wounds, some of which struck his leg, and because of that he walked with a limp.
Imam al-Tabarani recorded this narration, and its narrators are thiqat (trustworthy).

Sayyiduna Abd al-Rahman bin Awf (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and I were born in the same year, and I am one of the earliest people to accept Islam.
Imam al-Bazzar recorded this narration from his teacher Abdullah bin Shabib, and there is agreement that he is da'if (weak).

Sayyiduna Abd al-Rahman bin Awf (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me: "O Abd al-Rahman, you are one of the wealthy, and you will enter Paradise crawling. So lend to Allah Almighty, so that He frees your feet." Sayyiduna Abd al-Rahman (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "How much shall I lend" (the narrator is unsure whether the words were:) "how much shall I give out?" Then Sayyiduna Abd al-Rahman bin Awf (may Allah be pleased with him) left, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sent him a message, saying: "Tell Abd al-Rahman to host the guest, feed the hungry and give to the one who asks, for that will make up for many of the things that are found in him."
Imam al-Bazzar recorded this narration. Its chain contains a narrator, Khalid bin Yazid bin Abi Malik, whom the majority declared da'if (weak), and the part saying that he will enter Paradise crawling is not established.

Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The first of the wealthy people of my Ummah to enter Paradise will be Abd al-Rahman bin Awf. By the One in whose Hand my soul is, he will enter it only crawling."
Imam al-Bazzar recorded this narration. Its chain contains a narrator, Aghlab bin Tamim, and there is agreement that he is da'if (weak).

Sayyiduna Abd al-Rahman bin Awf (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: I saw Paradise in a dream, and only the poor were entering it, and I entered with them crawling. When I woke up, I thought: My camels that are in Syria, which I am waiting for, those camels and their loads are dedicated in the way of Allah, so that I too may enter Paradise walking along with the other people.
Imam al-Bazzar recorded this narration from his teacher Abdullah bin Shabib, and there is agreement that he is da'if (weak).

Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: Once Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) was in her house when she heard a sound in Madinah and asked: "What is this sound?" The people said: "A caravan of Sayyiduna Abd al-Rahman bin Awf (may Allah be pleased with him) has arrived from Syria, carrying goods of every kind." It was seven hundred camels, and Madinah resounded with the noise of their arrival. Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "I saw Abd al-Rahman bin Awf entering Paradise crawling." When this reached Sayyiduna Abd al-Rahman bin Awf (may Allah be pleased with him), he said: "If I am able, I will surely enter it standing." So he dedicated those camels, with their saddles and their loads, in the way of Allah.
Imam Ahmad recorded this narration, Imam al-Bazzar recorded something similar, and Imam al-Tabarani recorded it. Its chain contains a narrator, Umarah bin Zadhan, whom Imam al-Nasa'i (may Allah have mercy on him) and al-Daraqutni declared da'if (weak). Sayyiduna Abd al-Rahman bin Awf (may Allah be pleased with him) had the honour of being present at Badr and al-Hudaybiyah. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) testified that he would enter Paradise, and also prayed behind him.

Sayyidah Busrah bint Safwan (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked her: "Who has sent a marriage proposal to Umm Kulthum bint Uqbah?" She said: "So-and-so, so-and-so, and Sayyiduna Abd al-Rahman bin Awf (may Allah be pleased with him)." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Marry her to Abd al-Rahman bin Awf, for he is one of the best of the Muslims, and among the best of them is whoever is like him."

In one narration the words are: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Why do you not turn your attention to Abd al-Rahman bin Awf? For he is the leader of the Muslims and one of the best of them."
Imam al-Tabarani recorded this narration in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat. The chain of the first narration contains a narrator, Ya'qub bin Humayd, and a narrator, Sulayman bin Salim; both of them have been declared trustworthy, and the remaining narrators of this narration are the narrators of the Sahih, while the second narration is da'if (weak).

Sayyiduna Miswar bin Makhramah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: Sayyiduna Abd al-Rahman bin Awf (may Allah be pleased with him) sold an orchard to Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) for forty thousand dinars. Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) instructed Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Sa'd bin Abi Sarh (may Allah be pleased with him) to pay him the price, and Sayyiduna Abd al-Rahman (may Allah be pleased with him) distributed that price among Banu Zuhrah, the poor Muslims and the wives of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Sayyiduna Miswar (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: I came to Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her), and she asked: "Where has this money come from?" I said: "Sayyiduna Abd al-Rahman bin Awf (may Allah be pleased with him) has sent it." Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "After me, only those who are patient will look after you. May Allah Almighty give Ibn Awf to drink from (the spring of) Salsabil in Paradise."
Imam al-Tabarani recorded this narration in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat, and its chain is hasan (good).

Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The best of you will be those who are best to my wives after me." The narrator says: Sayyiduna Abd al-Rahman bin Awf (may Allah be pleased with him) bequeathed such-and-such (a place or thing) to the pure wives of the Prophet, and when it was sold, it fetched forty thousand.
Imam al-Bazzar recorded this narration, and its chain is hasan (good).

Sayyiduna Abd al-Rahman bin Awf (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Only the patient and the truthful will treat you (that is, the pure wives of the Prophet) kindly." Sayyiduna Abd al-Rahman bin Awf (may Allah be pleased with him) says: I sold something to Abdullah bin Sa'd bin Abi Sarh (the narrator says: he also named that thing) for forty thousand, and then he distributed that money among those women, that is, the wives of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).
Imam al-Bazzar recorded this narration from Abdullah bin Shabib, and he is da'if (weak).

Sayyidah Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say to his wives: "Whoever treats you kindly after me will be truthful and righteous. O Allah, give Abd al-Rahman bin Awf to drink from the Salsabil of Paradise."
Imam Ahmad and Imam al-Tabarani recorded this narration, and its narrators are thiqat (trustworthy).

Sayyiduna Abd al-Rahman bin Abi Awfa (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: Sayyiduna Abd al-Rahman bin Awf (may Allah be pleased with him) complained about Sayyiduna Khalid bin al-Walid (may Allah be pleased with him) to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Khalid! Why have you hurt a man from the people of Badr? Even if you were to spend gold equal to Mount Uhud in charity, you would still not reach his deeds." Sayyiduna Khalid (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "They were criticising me, so I answered them back." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Do not hurt Khalid, for he is one of the swords of Allah Almighty, which Allah Almighty has unleashed upon the disbelievers."
Imam al-Tabarani and Imam al-Bazzar recorded this narration, and the narrators of Imam al-Tabarani are thiqat (trustworthy).

Al-Zuhri narrates: In the blessed time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), Sayyiduna Abd al-Rahman bin Awf (may Allah be pleased with him) gave half of his wealth, which was four thousand dirhams, in charity. Then he gave forty thousand in charity, then he gave forty thousand dinars in charity, then he gave five hundred horses in the way of Allah, and then he gave fifteen hundred she-camels for riding in the way of Allah. Most of his wealth came from trade.
Imam al-Tabarani recorded this narration.
This narration is mursal, and its narrators are thiqat (trustworthy).

Sayyiduna Abd al-Rahman bin Awf (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that he was with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) on a journey. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) went away for some need, and the time of prayer came upon the people, so Sayyiduna Abd al-Rahman bin Awf (may Allah be pleased with him) stepped forward (and began leading the prayer). Meanwhile, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) arrived and prayed one rak'ah behind Sayyiduna Abd al-Rahman bin Awf (may Allah be pleased with him) along with the people. When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) concluded with the salam, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "You have done right" (the narrator is unsure whether the words were:) "You have done well."
Imam Ahmad and Imam al-Bazzar recorded this narration, and their wording is: When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) reached him, he was leading the prayer. He wanted to step back, but the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) signalled to him to stay in his place. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed following Sayyiduna Abd al-Rahman (may Allah be pleased with him).
Imam Abu Ya'la recorded this narration, and the narrators of Imam al-Bazzar are the narrators of the Sahih.

Sayyiduna Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "No prophet passed away until a man from his Ummah had led him in prayer."
Imam al-Bazzar recorded this narration. Its chain contains a narrator whose name has not been mentioned, and its remaining narrators are the narrators of the Sahih.

Sayyiduna Abd al-Rahman bin Awf (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) granted me and Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) land at such-and-such a place. Sayyiduna al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with him) went to the family of Umar and bought their share from them. Then he came to Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) and said: "Abd al-Rahman bin Awf says that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) gave him and Umar bin al-Khattab such-and-such a place, and I have bought the share of the family of Umar." Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "The testimony given by Sayyiduna Abd al-Rahman is acceptable, whether it is in someone's favour or against someone."
Imam Ahmad recorded this narration.

Ibrahim bin Abd al-Rahman bin Awf narrates: On the day Sayyiduna Abd al-Rahman bin Awf (may Allah be pleased with him) passed away, I heard Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) say: "O Ibn Awf! Go forth in such a state that you attained the pure part of it (this world) and were spared its murky part."

In one narration the words are: Sayyiduna Abd al-Rahman bin Awf (may Allah be pleased with him) has departed; you have taken your religion away safely, and you did not diminish anything of it. Imam al-Tabarani recorded all of these narrations, and its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih, except Asad bin Musa, and he is thiqah (trustworthy).

Yahya bin Bukayr narrates: Sayyiduna Abd al-Rahman bin Awf (may Allah be pleased with him) was born twenty years after the Year of the Elephant, and he passed away in 31 or 32 AH at the age of seventy-five. Sayyiduna Uthman Ghani (may Allah be pleased with him) led his funeral prayer.

Ibn Ishaq narrates (the name and lineage of Sayyiduna Abu Ubaydah (may Allah be pleased with him) are as follows:) He is Sayyiduna Amir bin Abdullah bin al-Jarrah bin Hilal bin Uhayb bin Dabbah bin al-Harith bin Fihr; he had no children. The name of the mother of Sayyiduna Abu Ubaydah (may Allah be pleased with him) is Umm Ghanm bint Jabir bin Udayy bin al-Adda' bin Amir bin Umayrah bin Wadi'ah bin al-Harith bin Fihr.
Imam al-Tabarani recorded this narration. He also recorded part of it from Abu Bakr bin Abi Shaybah, and the narrators of both are thiqat (trustworthy).