Those Named Ahmad

It is narrated from Sayyiduna al-Tufayl bin Amr al-Dawsi (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: Sayyiduna Ubayy bin Ka'b (may Allah be pleased with him) taught me the Qur'an, so I gave him a bow as a gift. Then in the morning he came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) with that bow hung around his neck, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him: "You have hung it around your neck from Hell(fire)." I said: O Messenger of Allah, sometimes we attend their meals and eat from them. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "As for food that has been prepared specially for you (in return for teaching the Qur'an), if you eat it you will only be eating your (share of the Hereafter); but as for what has been prepared for others and you are present and eat from it, there is no harm in that."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "This hadith is narrated from al-Tufayl bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) only with this chain, and Isma'il bin Ayyash (may Allah have mercy on him) is alone in narrating it."
In the edition of Dar al-Haramayn it is like this (Abdullah bin Sulayman), and probably the correct name is Abd Rabbih.

It is narrated from Sayyidah Fatimah (may Allah be pleased with her) that she asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "Where is our mother, Sayyidah Khadijah (may Allah be pleased with her)?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "She is in a (many-chambered) palace of pearls in which there is neither clamour nor fatigue, between Sayyidah Maryam and Sayyidah Asiyah, the wife of Pharaoh." She said: "Is it made of this (worldly) reed?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "No, rather it is made of reed-like pearls studded with jewels, pearls and rubies."
This hadith is narrated from Sayyidah Fatimah (may Allah be pleased with her) only with this chain; Safwan (may Allah have mercy on him) is alone in narrating it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Imran bin al-Husayn (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade accepting invitations to the food of the wicked (fasiqs)."
This hadith is narrated from Sayyiduna Imran bin al-Husayn (may Allah be pleased with him) only with this chain, and Abd al-Rahim bin Mutarrif (may Allah have mercy on him) is alone in narrating it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: When the last ten days of Ramadan came, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) observed i'tikaf in the mosque. Then, when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had prayed the Asr prayer on the twenty-second day, he said: "We will stand (in prayer) tonight, if Allah wills; so whoever wishes to stand, let him stand, for it is the twenty-third night." So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) led us in congregational prayer after Isha until a third of the night had passed; then he (peace and blessings be upon him) left. When the twenty-fourth night came, he (peace and blessings be upon him) said nothing and did not stand (in prayer). Then, when the turn of the twenty-fifth night came, he (peace and blessings be upon him) stood up after the Asr prayer on the twenty-fourth day and said: "We will stand (in prayer) tonight, if Allah wills" (meaning the twenty-fifth night), "so whoever wishes, let him stand."
So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) led us in prayer until half the night had passed. Then, when the twenty-sixth night came, he (peace and blessings be upon him) stood up and said: "We will stand (in prayer), if Allah wills" (meaning the twenty-seventh night), "so whoever wishes to stand, let him stand." Sayyiduna Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: We prepared ourselves for the standing with full resolve, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) led us in prayer until two thirds of the night had passed; then he (peace and blessings be upon him) went to a small tent in the mosque. I said: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), we had a strong wish that you would have led us in prayer until morning. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Abu Dharr, when you pray with your imam and finish when he finishes, the reward of worship for your whole night is written for you."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Shurayh bin Ubayd (may Allah have mercy on him) except Safwan bin Amr (may Allah have mercy on him)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Rayhanah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever traces his lineage to nine disbelieving forefathers, seeking honour through them, will be the tenth of them in Hell."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "This hadith is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Rayhanah (may Allah be pleased with him) only with this chain, and Abu Bakr bin Ayyash (may Allah have mercy on him) is alone in narrating it."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ubayy bin Ka'b (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Abu al-Mundhir, I have been commanded to present the Qur'an to you." He said: "I have believed in Allah, accepted Islam at your blessed hands, and learned (the Qur'an) from you." The narrator said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) repeated his words, so he asked: "O Messenger of Allah, was I mentioned there?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Yes, you were mentioned by your name and your lineage in the Highest Assembly (al-Mala' al-A'la)." He said: "Then recite now, O Messenger of Allah."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ubayy bin Ka'b (may Allah be pleased with him) that he asked: "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), what is the reward of fever?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Good deeds keep flowing for the one with fever as long as his foot keeps stumbling (from weakness) or a vein keeps throbbing." Then he said: 'Allahumma inni as'aluka humma la tamna'uni khurujan fi sabilika wa la khurujan ila baytika wa la masjidi nabiyyika' (O Allah, I ask You for a fever that does not prevent me from going out in Your path, from going to Your House (the Ka'bah), or to the mosque of Your Prophet). So after that, whenever Sayyiduna Ubayy (may Allah be pleased with him) was touched, he had a fever.
No one except Muhammad bin Isa al-Tabba' (may Allah have mercy on him) narrated these two hadiths from Mu'adh bin Muhammad bin Ubayy (may Allah have mercy on him).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When someone whose religion and character you are pleased with comes to you (with a proposal of marriage), then marry (your daughter) to him; if you do not do so, there will be fitnah in the land and widespread corruption."
No one narrated this hadith from Ibn Ajlan (may Allah have mercy on him) except Abd al-Hamid bin Sulayman (may Allah have mercy on him).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said during one of his military expeditions: "Use these sandals a great deal, for as long as one of you keeps wearing sandals, it is as if he remains riding."
No one narrated this hadith from al-Muthanna (may Allah have mercy on him) except al-Hasan bin Habib (may Allah have mercy on him).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: "When the Day of Resurrection comes, Allah Almighty will summon one of His servants, and he will be made to stand before Allah; then Allah Almighty will question him about his rank and position, just as He will question him about his wealth."
No one narrated this hadith from Abdullah bin Dinar (may Allah have mercy on him) except Sulayman bin Bilal (may Allah have mercy on him), and Yusuf bin Yunus (may Allah have mercy on him) is alone in narrating it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "There is not one of you except that his Lord, the Blessed and Exalted, will soon question him, and He will say: 'O My servant! What deceived you concerning Me? What answer did you give the Messengers?'"
No one narrated this hadith from Hilal al-Wazzan (may Allah have mercy on him) except Sharik (may Allah have mercy on him), and Ishaq bin Abdullah (may Allah have mercy on him) is alone in narrating it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna al-Bara' bin Azib (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) "used to recite 'Wa al-tini wa al-zaytun' (By the fig and the olive) in the Isha prayer."
No one narrated this hadith from Isma'il bin Abi Khalid (may Allah have mercy on him) except Ubaydullah bin Amr (may Allah have mercy on him), and Ubayd bin Hisham (may Allah have mercy on him) is alone in narrating it from him.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he said: "It is part of the Sunnah that you do not go out (for the prayer) on the day of Eid al-Fitr until you have eaten something, and on the day of Eid al-Adha (that you do not eat) until you return."
No one other than Ibn Ulayyah (may Allah have mercy on him) narrated this hadith from Ibn Jurayj (may Allah have mercy on him), and Ishaq bin Abdullah (may Allah have mercy on him) is alone in narrating it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) "passed his fingers through his blessed beard (khilal)."
No one other than Isma'il bin Ja'far (may Allah have mercy on him) narrated this hadith from Humayd (may Allah have mercy on him), and Ishaq bin Abdullah (may Allah have mercy on him) is alone in narrating it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Qatadah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: While we were praying with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), he (peace and blessings be upon him) heard the sound of people's footsteps and a commotion behind him. Then, when he (peace and blessings be upon him) had completed his prayer, he asked: "What was the matter with you?" They said: "We hurried to catch the prayer." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Do not do so. Whatever part (of the congregational prayer) any of you catches, let him pray it, and whatever he has missed, let him make it up (afterwards)."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Yahya bin Abi Kathir (may Allah have mercy on him) except Shayban (may Allah have mercy on him)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Adi bin al-Hamra' (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) stood at the place called al-Hazwarah and said: "By Allah! I certainly know that you are the best land of Allah and the most beloved land of Allah to Allah, and had I not been driven out of you, I would never have left."
No one narrated this hadith from Ibn Akhi al-Zuhri (may Allah have mercy on him) except al-Darawardi (may Allah have mercy on him).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Uwaym bin Sa'idah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Marry virgins, for they have sweeter mouths, more fruitful wombs, and they are content with little."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Uwaym bin Sa'idah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed, Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, chose me and chose Companions for me. Then from among them He made for me ministers, helpers and relatives by marriage. So whoever reviles them, upon him is the curse of Allah, of the angels and of all the people."
These two hadiths are narrated from Sayyiduna Uwaym bin Sa'idah (may Allah be pleased with him) only through this chain, and Muhammad bin Talhah al-Taymi (may Allah have mercy on him) is alone in narrating them.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Ja'far (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed, Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, is with the debtor until he pays off his debt, provided that his debt is not for something that Allah dislikes."
This hadith is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Ja'far (may Allah be pleased with him) only through this chain, and Ibn Abi Fudayk (may Allah have mercy on him) is alone in narrating it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that a man stood up in the presence of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and the people saw weakness and feebleness in his standing, so they said: "How feeble so-and-so is!" Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "You have eaten your brother and backbitten him."
No one narrated this hadith from Musa bin Wardan (may Allah have mercy on him) except Hammad bin Abi Humayd (may Allah have mercy on him).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: "There is no divorce for one who does not own (the marriage), and there is no freeing (of a slave) for one who does not own (him)."
No one narrated this hadith from Sadaqah bin Yazid (may Allah have mercy on him) except Abdullah bin Yazid (may Allah have mercy on him).
It is like this in the Dar al-Haramayn edition, and the correct name is probably "Sadaqah bin Abdullah".

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Amir bin Rabi'ah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "I was with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) (on a journey) on an extremely black and dark night. We halted at a place, and every man began gathering stones to make them into a place of prayer, and he would pray facing it. When morning came, it turned out that we had prayed facing a direction other than the qiblah. So we said: 'O Messenger of Allah! We prayed this night of ours facing other than the qiblah.' Thereupon Allah Almighty revealed this verse: 'To Allah belong the east and the west, so wherever you turn, there is the Face of Allah.'"
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Asim bin Ubaydullah except Abu al-Rabi' al-Samman."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The first one for whom depilatory paste (nurah) was made, and who entered the bathhouse, was Sayyiduna Sulayman bin Dawud (peace be upon him). When he entered it and felt its heat and stuffiness, he said: 'Awwah min adhab Allah, awwah, awwah, qabla an la yanfa'a awwah' (Alas, from the punishment of Allah! Alas, alas, before the time when saying alas will be of no benefit)."
This hadith is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) only through this chain, and Ibrahim bin Mahdi (may Allah have mercy on him) is alone in narrating it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he said: "A period of forty days has been fixed for the woman in postnatal bleeding (nifas)."
No one narrated this hadith from Ash'ath (may Allah have mercy on him) except Abu Khalid (may Allah have mercy on him).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Treating people with good manners and gentleness is charity."
No one narrated this hadith from Yusuf bin Muhammad (may Allah have mercy on him) except Musa bin Isa (may Allah have mercy on him).
It is like this in the Dar al-Haramayn edition, and most probably the correct name is "Muhammad bin Isa al-Tabba'", as mentioned in Majma' al-Bahrayn.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that "the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) married the Mother of the Believers, Sayyidah Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her), for a dowry of household goods whose value was ten dirhams."
No one but Amr bin al-Azhar (may Allah have mercy on him) narrated this hadith from Humayd (may Allah have mercy on him).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The sutrah of the imam is also the sutrah of those who are (praying) behind him."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one other than Suwayd (may Allah have mercy on him) narrated this hadith from Asim (may Allah have mercy on him), and al-Rabi' (may Allah have mercy on him) is alone in (narrating) it."

It is narrated from Abdullah al-Hawzani (may Allah have mercy on him) that he met Sayyiduna Bilal (may Allah be pleased with him) (the muezzin of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)) in Aleppo while he was using the tooth-stick (miswak). He said: I said: "O Bilal! Tell me, how were the (financial) affairs and livelihood of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)?" He said: "He (peace and blessings be upon him) had nothing (of his own in wealth). From the time Allah sent him (peace and blessings be upon him) until his death (peace and blessings be upon him), I was the one in charge of these matters. The situation was that whenever a Muslim came to him (peace and blessings be upon him) and he (peace and blessings be upon him) saw him unclothed (destitute), he would command me, and I would go, borrow, buy a cloak, clothe him and also feed him. Then a man from among the polytheists came before me and said: 'O Bilal! I have plenty of means, so do not borrow from anyone except me.' So I began doing just that.
Then one day it happened that I performed ablution and stood up to call the adhan for the prayer, and suddenly that same polytheist arrived with a group of merchants. When he saw me, he called out: 'O Abyssinian!' I said: 'Here I am (labbayk).' Then he met me with a frown and said harsh words. He asked: 'Do you know how much time remains until the end of the month?' I said: 'It is near.' He said: 'Only four days remain; then I will seize you in return for the debt that you owe me. What I lent you, I did not lend because of any honour that you or your companion have in my eyes; rather, I lent it to you so that I may make you a slave again, and you will herd goats for me as you used to herd them before this.'
Sayyiduna Bilal (may Allah be pleased with him) said: That grief and anxiety came over my heart which comes over people. Then I called the adhan for the prayer, until, when I had prayed the Isha prayer and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had returned to his home, I sought permission to come in to him (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) gave me permission.
I said: 'O Messenger of Allah! The polytheist from whom I had borrowed has said such-and-such to me. You (peace and blessings be upon him) have nothing with which to repay, nor do I, and he will disgrace me. So permit me to go to those tribes who have accepted Islam, until Allah grants His Messenger the wealth with which he can repay the debt.'
Then I went out and came to my house. I placed my sword, my bag and my sandals by my head and lay down facing the horizon. When I had slept a while and woke up, I saw that the night still remained, so I slept again until the first light of true dawn appeared.
I was just about to set out when suddenly a man came running and calling: 'O Bilal! Answer the call of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him).' I set off until I reached him (peace and blessings be upon him), and I saw four mounts kneeling, with their loads on them. I came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and sought permission, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'Rejoice, Allah Almighty has brought you the means to pay off your debt.' I praised Allah.
He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'Did you not see those four kneeling mounts?' I said: 'Yes, I saw them.' He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'These mounts and all the goods on them are yours. On them are clothes and food which the chief of Fadak has sent to me as a gift. Take possession of them and pay off your debt.'
I did just that: I took the loads off them, fed them fodder, then stood up to call the adhan for the morning prayer. When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had prayed, I went out to al-Baqi', put my two fingers in my ears and called out: 'Whoever has any debt owed to him by the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), let him come forward.'
I kept selling those goods and paying off debts until no debt owed by the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) remained anywhere on the face of the earth, and two uqiyahs or one and a half uqiyahs were left over with me.
Then I went to the mosque, when most of the day had passed, and there was the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sitting alone in the mosque. I greeted him (peace and blessings be upon him) with salam, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: 'What became of the wealth that was with you?' I said: 'Allah has paid off everything that was owed by the Messenger of Allah; nothing remains now.' He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: 'Is anything left over?' I said: 'Yes.' He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'See that you relieve me of it, for I will not go to any of my family until you free me of it.'
No one (in need) came to us until evening. When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had prayed the Isha prayer, he called me and asked: 'What became of the wealth that was with you?' I said: 'It is still with me; no one has come.' So he (peace and blessings be upon him) spent the night in the mosque, and on the second day too he stayed in the mosque until evening; then two riders came. I took them, fed them and clothed them. When he (peace and blessings be upon him) had prayed the Isha prayer, he called me and asked: 'What became of the wealth that was with you?' I said: 'O Messenger of Allah! Allah has relieved you of it.' Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said Allahu akbar and praised Allah, for he (peace and blessings be upon him) feared that death might come to him while that wealth was still with him (peace and blessings be upon him). Then I followed behind him (peace and blessings be upon him) until he (peace and blessings be upon him) came to his wives and greeted each one of them with salam, until he reached his resting place. (O questioner!) This is what you asked me about."
This hadith is narrated from Sayyiduna Bilal (may Allah be pleased with him) only through this chain, and Mu'awiyah bin Sallam (may Allah have mercy on him) is alone in narrating it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Thawban (may Allah be pleased with him), the freed slave of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), that he said: "I was standing with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) when one of the rabbis of the Jews came and said: 'As-salamu alayka ya Muhammad' (Peace be upon you, O Muhammad). I gave him such a push that he almost fell. I said to him: 'Can you not say "O Messenger of Allah"?' The Jew replied: 'We only call him by the name which his family gave him.' The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'Indeed, my name is Muhammad, which my family gave me.' The Jew said: 'I have come to ask you something.' The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him: 'If I tell you, will it be of any benefit to you?' He said: 'I will listen (to you) with my ears.' He (peace and blessings be upon him) had a stick with him, with which he began to scratch the ground, and he said: 'Ask.' The Jew asked: 'On the Day when the earth will be changed into another earth, and the heavens (as well), where will the people be?' The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'They will be in darkness, near the Bridge (al-Sirat).' He asked: 'Who among the people will be the first to cross it?' He said: 'The poor among the Muhajirun.' The Jew asked: 'When they enter Paradise, what will their first hospitality be?' He said: 'The extra lobe of the fish's liver.' He asked: 'What will be their morning meal after that?' He said: 'The fish of Paradise which feeds from its edges will be slaughtered for them.' He asked: 'What will they drink with it?' He said: 'From a spring which is named Salsabil.' He said: 'You have spoken the truth.' Then he said: 'I have come to ask you about something which no one on the face of the earth knows except a prophet or one or two men.' He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'If I tell you, will it benefit you?' He said: 'I will listen with my ears.' He said: 'I have come to ask you about the child (and how it is born).' He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'The fluid of the man is white and the fluid of the woman is yellow. When the two come together and the man's fluid prevails over the woman's fluid, a boy is born by the permission of Allah; and when the woman's fluid prevails over the man's fluid, a girl is born by the permission of Allah.' The Jew said: 'You have certainly spoken the truth, and you are indeed the Prophet of Allah.' Then he turned his back and left. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'He asked me about things of which I had no knowledge at all, until Allah Almighty granted me that knowledge.'"
This hadith, with all these words, is narrated from Sayyiduna Thawban (may Allah be pleased with him) only through this chain, and Mu'awiyah bin Sallam (may Allah have mercy on him) is alone in narrating it.

Sayyiduna Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: "Recite the Qur'an, for it will come on the Day of Resurrection as an intercessor for its reciters. Recite the two bright ones, Surah al-Baqarah and Surah Al Imran, for they will come on the Day of Resurrection as if they were two clouds, or two canopies, or two flocks of birds with outspread wings, pleading on behalf of their reciters (before Allah). Recite Surah al-Baqarah, for taking it is a blessing, leaving it is a cause of regret, and the magicians do not have the power to withstand it."
No one narrated this hadith from Zayd (may Allah have mercy on him) except Mu'awiyah bin Yahya (may Allah have mercy on him).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When my Ummah adopts fifteen traits, affliction will descend upon it." The Companions said: O Messenger of Allah! What are they? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When the fay' (public wealth) is made into wealth circulating (only among the powerful), the trust is treated as booty, zakah is regarded as a penalty (a burden), a man obeys his wife and disobeys his mother, voices are raised in the mosques, a man treats his friend kindly and treats his father coldly (harshly), a man is honoured out of fear of his evil, the leader of a people is the most contemptible (vilest) of them, singing girls and musical instruments are adopted, wines are drunk and silk garments are worn; then wait for the disfigurement (of faces) and being swallowed up by the earth."
No one narrated this hadith from Yahya (bin Sa'id) (may Allah have mercy on him) except Faraj bin Fadalah (may Allah have mercy on him).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Abu Dharr! How will you be when you are among the dregs of people (that is, the vile and worthless)?" And he (peace and blessings be upon him) interlaced his fingers (as an illustration). I said: "O Messenger of Allah! What do you command me?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Patience, patience! Deal with people according to their (outward) manners, but oppose them in their (evil) deeds."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "This hadith is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) only through this chain, and Abu Tawbah (may Allah have mercy on him) is alone in narrating it."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever reaches the morning while the world is his (greatest) concern and aim has no connection with Allah; whoever does not concern himself with the affairs of the Muslims is not one of them; and whoever willingly, without any compulsion, subjects himself to humiliation is not one of us."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "This hadith is narrated only through this chain, and Yazid bin Rabi'ah (may Allah have mercy on him) is alone in narrating it."

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said concerning the saying of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, "or some remnant of knowledge": "What is meant by it is good handwriting."
No one but Amr bin al-Azhar (may Allah have mercy on him) narrated this hadith from Ibn Awn (may Allah have mercy on him).

Yazid bin Khumayr (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that:
I asked Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Busr (may Allah be pleased with him): "How is our condition compared with the condition of those who passed before us?" He said: "Subhan Allah (Glory be to Allah)! By Allah, if they were raised again from their graves, they would not recognize you (because of your changed ways), except that they might find you standing in prayer."
No one narrated this hadith from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Busr (may Allah be pleased with him) except Yazid bin Khumayr (may Allah have mercy on him), and Safwan bin Amr (may Allah have mercy on him) is alone in narrating it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Any man who is given something as an umra (a lifelong grant), it belongs to him and to his offspring after him; whoever of his descendants inherits from him will inherit it. And whoever gives something as a ruqba (a grant conditional on survival), it too has the ruling of the umra."
Hafs bin Maysarah (may Allah have mercy on him) narrated it in this way from Sayyiduna Ibn al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with them both).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Keep your rows straight, for straightening the row is part of the excellence of the prayer."
No one narrated this hadith from Mis'ar (may Allah have mercy on him) except Bishr bin al-Sari (may Allah have mercy on him), and no one narrated it from Bishr (may Allah have mercy on him) except Ibn Abi Umar (may Allah have mercy on him).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When there are three people (present), two should not converse privately to the exclusion of the third."
No one narrated it from Ibn Ajlan (may Allah have mercy on him) except his son Abdullah (may Allah have mercy on him).

It is narrated from the Mother of the Believers, Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her), that she said: "A man came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: O Messenger of Allah! By Allah, you are dearer to me than my own self, you are dearer to me than my family, and you are dearer to me than my children. When I am in my house and I remember you, I cannot bear it until I come to you and look at you. But when I think of my death and your passing, I know that when you enter Paradise you will be raised to high ranks with the prophets, and if I enter Paradise, I fear that I may not see you." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not give him any answer until Sayyiduna Jibril (peace be upon him) came down with this verse: "And whoever obeys Allah and the Messenger, those will be with the ones upon whom Allah has bestowed favour, of the prophets and the truthful" (to the end of the verse).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "There is no hadd (prescribed punishment) upon a slave woman until she is married; then, when she has been made married through a husband, upon her is half of the punishment fixed for free married women."