Those Named Ahmad

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was asked; it was said: "O Messenger of Allah, will the people of Paradise sleep?"
So the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Sleep is the brother of death, and the people of Paradise will not sleep."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) passed by a grave and he (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "Whose grave is this?" The people replied: "So-and-so." So he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Two rak'ahs (of prayer) are dearer to this man than what remains of your world."
No one narrated this hadith from Abu Malik (may Allah have mercy on him) except Hafs bin Ghiyath (may Allah have mercy on him), and Hafs bin Abdullah (may Allah have mercy on him) is alone in narrating it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) departed from Arafat (towards Muzdalifah) while he (peace and blessings be upon him) was saying: "(O Allah,) it is to You that this mount comes running, its girth loose and shaking (from the speed); its religion (its way of Hajj) is contrary to the religion of the Christians."
No one narrated this hadith from Asim (may Allah have mercy on him) except Abu al-Rabi' (may Allah have mercy on him).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to perform ablution with one mudd (of water) and take the ritual bath (ghusl) with one sa' (of water)."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Qatadah (may Allah have mercy on him), from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him), except Abu Isma'il (may Allah have mercy on him)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr bin al-As (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to his Companions: "I take your pledge that you will not associate anything with Allah, that you will not kill any soul which Allah has made sacred except by right, that you will not commit adultery, that you will not steal, and that you will not drink (wine). Whoever commits any of these and has its prescribed punishment (hadd) carried out on him, it is an expiation for him; whoever Allah conceals, his matter rests with Allah, the Mighty and Majestic; and whoever does none of these, I guarantee Paradise for him."
No one narrated this hadith from Ayyub (may Allah have mercy on him) except al-Tufawi (may Allah have mercy on him), and Amr (may Allah have mercy on him) is alone in narrating it from him.

Abu Ishaq (may Allah have mercy on him) relates: I said to Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both): "Al-Mukhtar claims that revelation comes to him." He said: "He has spoken the truth; (Allah Almighty says:) 'And indeed the devils inspire their allies' (and the devils certainly put suggestions into the hearts of their companions)."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Abu Ishaq (may Allah have mercy on him) except Abu Bakr (may Allah have mercy on him)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ammar (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to give the salam to his right and to his left: 'As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullah' (Peace be upon you and the mercy of Allah).
No one narrated this hadith from Abu Ishaq (may Allah have mercy on him) except Abu Bakr (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: "Do not hate one another, do not envy one another, do not turn your backs on one another; none of you should bargain over the bargain of his brother; no emigrant (muhajir) should sell on behalf of a Bedouin; leave the people alone, for Allah Almighty provides for some of them through others; and no woman should stipulate the divorce of her (Muslim) sister."
No one narrated this hadith from Asim (may Allah have mercy on him) except Abu Bakr (may Allah have mercy on him).

Abdullah bin al-Harith (may Allah have mercy on him) relates that the Mother of the Believers, Sayyidah Maymunah (may Allah be pleased with her), told him that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) "used to pray two rak'ahs before Asr."
No one narrated this hadith from Hanzalah (may Allah have mercy on him) except Abbad (may Allah have mercy on him), and this hadith is narrated from Sayyidah Maymunah (may Allah be pleased with her) only with this chain.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sent Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) (for Hajj) and ordered him to proclaim these words; then he (peace and blessings be upon him) sent Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) after him. Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) was still on the way when he heard the grumbling of the she-camel of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), so Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) came out in alarm, thinking that perhaps the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) himself had come; but it was Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him). He handed Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) the letter of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him); he (peace and blessings be upon him) had appointed Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) as leader of the Hajj and had ordered Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) to proclaim these words.
So the two of them set out and performed Hajj. Then Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) stood during the days of Tashriq and proclaimed: "The covenant of Allah and the covenant of His Messenger are free of every polytheist; 'So travel freely in the land for four months'; after this year no polytheist shall perform Hajj, no naked person shall circumambulate the House (the Ka'bah), and none shall enter Paradise except a believer."
Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) kept proclaiming these words, until, when his voice became hoarse, Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) stood up and proclaimed them.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both): "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) established brotherhood between Sayyiduna al-Zubayr and Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with them both)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he said: "'And never say of anything: I shall do that tomorrow, except (adding): if Allah wills; and remember your Lord when you forget' means that you should say 'In sha Allah' (if Allah wills)."

Sayyiduna Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates from Sayyiduna Khalid bin al-Walid (may Allah be pleased with him) that he mentioned to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) the terrifying visions he used to see at night, because of which he could not offer the night prayer. So the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Khalid bin al-Walid, shall I not teach you words which you will not have said three times before Allah Almighty removes that state from you?" He said: "Of course, O Messenger of Allah, may my father and mother be ransomed for you; I complained to you about this only in the hope of this." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Say: 'A'udhu bi kalimatillahit-tammati min ghadabihi wa iqabihi wa sharri ibadihi wa min hamazatish-shayatini wa an yahdurun' (I seek refuge in the perfect words of Allah from His anger, His punishment, the evil of His servants, the whisperings of the devils, and from their coming to me)."
The Mother of the Believers, Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her), said: Only a few nights had passed when Sayyiduna Khalid bin al-Walid (may Allah be pleased with him) came and said: "O Messenger of Allah, may my father and mother be ransomed for you, by the One who sent you with the truth, I had not yet completed three times the words you taught me before Allah Almighty removed from me what I used to feel. Now I would not care even if I entered a lion's cage at night."

Nafi' (may Allah have mercy on him) relates that Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) came to Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) and said: "O Abu Sa'id, it has reached us that you narrate a hadith from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) about usury (riba); explain it to us clearly."
Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him) said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Gold for gold, like for like, with no increase and no deferment; and silver for silver, like for like, with no increase and no deferment. And do not sell something absent (not present) for something paid on the spot." (Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him) said at the end of it:) "My two eyes saw (him saying it) and my two ears heard."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "It is not befitting for a Muslim man who has something worth bequeathing that two nights pass over him without his will being written and kept with him."
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: "Ever since I heard this saying of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), two nights have never passed over me without my will being written and kept with me."

The Mother of the Believers, Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her), relates: "I used to hear the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), when evening came upon him in my house, say: 'Amsayna wa amsal-mulku lillah, wal-hamdu wal-hawlu wal-quwwatu wal-qudratu was-sultanu fis-samawati wal-ardi wa kullu shay'in lillahi rabbil-alamin. Allahumma bika asbahna wa bika amsayna wa bika nahya wa bika namutu wa ilaykal-masir' (We have entered the evening and the dominion has entered the evening belonging to Allah; all praise, might, strength, power and authority in the heavens and the earth belong to Allah, and everything belongs to Allah, Lord of the worlds. O Allah, by Your command and grace we reach the morning, and by Your command and grace we reach the evening; by Your command we live and by Your command we die, and to You is the return).
And when morning came, he (peace and blessings be upon him) would say: 'Asbahna wa asbahal-mulku lillah, wal-hamdu wal-quwwatu wal-hawlu wal-qudratu was-sultanu fis-samawati wa fil-ardi wa kullu shay'in lillahi rabbil-alamin. Allahumma bika amsayna wa bika asbahna wa bika nahya wa bika namutu wa ilaykan-nushur' (We have entered the morning and the dominion has entered the morning belonging to Allah; all praise, strength, might, power and authority in the heavens and in the earth belong to Allah, and everything belongs to Allah, Lord of the worlds. O Allah, by Your command and grace we reach the evening, and by Your command and grace we reach the morning; by Your command we live and by Your command we die, and to You is the resurrection)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he said: "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) taught us the istikharah, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'Each of you should say (this supplication): "Allahumma inni astakhiruka bi ilmika, wa astaqdiruka bi qudratika, wa as'aluka min fadlika, fa innaka taqdiru wa la aqdiru, wa ta'lamu wa la a'lamu, wa anta allamul-ghuyub. Fa in kana kadha wa kadha" (and here he names his matter) "khayran li fi dini wa fi ma'ishati, wa khayran li fi aqibati amri, wa khayran li fil-umuri kulliha, faqdurhu li, wa barik li fihi, wa in kana ghayru dhalika khayran li, faqdur liyal-khayra haythu kana wa raddini bihi" (O Allah, I seek good from You by Your knowledge, I seek power from You by Your power, and I ask You of Your bounty; for You have power and I have no power, You know and I do not know, and You are the Knower of all hidden things. (O Allah,) if this matter (such-and-such a task) is better for me in my religion, my life and the outcome of my affairs, indeed better for me in all matters, then decree it for me and bless me in it. And if something other than it is better for me, then decree for me the good wherever it may be, and then make me pleased with it).'"

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Kabshah al-Anmari (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to have cupping done on the middle of his head and between his shoulders, and he would say: "Whoever lets out this blood from his body, it will not harm him if he does not treat any illness with anything else."

It is narrated from the Mother of the Believers, Sayyidah Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her), or Sayyidah Hafsah (may Allah be pleased with her), that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "It is not lawful for a woman to mourn for any deceased person for more than three days, except for her husband, for whom she mourns until her waiting period ('iddah) ends."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated these hadiths from Abu Mu'ayd (may Allah have mercy on him) except Amr (may Allah have mercy on him). Also, the hadith of Sulayman bin Musa (may Allah have mercy on him), through Nafi' (may Allah have mercy on him), from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both), that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'It is not befitting for a Muslim man who has something worth bequeathing (that he spends the night without his will being written and kept with him)', no one narrated it from Sulayman (may Allah have mercy on him) except Abu Mu'ayd (may Allah have mercy on him)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah al-Ansari (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he said: "We set out (on a journey) and with us were the women with whom we had contracted mut'ah (temporary marriage), until, when we reached the place called Thaniyyat al-Rikab, we said: O Messenger of Allah, these are the women with whom we contracted mut'ah. So the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'They are forbidden until the Day of Resurrection.' So at that point those women bid us farewell, and for this reason that place came to be called 'Thaniyyat al-Wada'' (the Pass of Farewell), whereas before that it was called only 'Thaniyyat al-Rikab'."

It is narrated from Sayyidah al-Rubayyi' bint Mu'awwidh bin Afra' (may Allah be pleased with her): "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came to her house, and she brought him, for his ablution, a vessel holding about one mudd and a third or a quarter of water. (Sayyidah al-Rubayyi' says:) I poured water over his hands three times; then he (peace and blessings be upon him) took the vessel from me and placed it (in front of him); then he rinsed his mouth and sniffed water into his nose, washed his blessed face three times, washed both his hands three times, wiped his head twice, and also wiped the outer and inner parts of his ears; then he washed both his feet."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Sa'id (may Allah have mercy on him) except Sadaqah (may Allah have mercy on him), and Amr (may Allah have mercy on him) is alone in narrating it from him."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The night prayer is two by two (rak'ahs); then when you fear (the arrival of) dawn, make it odd (witr) by praying one rak'ah."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) passed away, Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) became caliph, and those of the Arabs who disbelieved became disbelievers (apostates), Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said (to Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him)): O Abu Bakr, how will you fight the people when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'I have been commanded to fight the people until they say La ilaha illallah (there is none worthy of worship except Allah); so whoever says La ilaha illallah has safeguarded his wealth and his life from me, except by its right, and his reckoning rests with Allah'? At this Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: By Allah, I will certainly fight whoever makes a distinction between prayer and zakah. By Allah, if they withhold from me even a young goat which they used to give to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), I will fight them for withholding it. Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: By Allah, it was nothing but that I saw that Allah Almighty had opened the chest of Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) to fighting, and so I knew that it was the truth."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one but Sadaqah (may Allah have mercy on him) narrated these two hadiths from Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Paradise has been forbidden to the prophets until I enter it, and it has been forbidden to (all the other) nations until my Ummah enters it."
No one other than Ibn Aqil (may Allah have mercy on him) narrated this hadith from al-Zuhri (may Allah have mercy on him), no one other than Zuhayr (may Allah have mercy on him) from Ibn Aqil (may Allah have mercy on him), and no one other than Sadaqah (may Allah have mercy on him) from Zuhayr (may Allah have mercy on him); Amr (may Allah have mercy on him) is alone in (narrating) it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Mu'awiyah bin Haydah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed, secret charity extinguishes the anger of the Lord, good deeds protect against evil ends, and maintaining ties of kinship increases one's lifespan and protects against poverty. And say often 'La hawla wa la quwwata illa billah' (there is no power to do good and no strength to avoid evil except by the help of Allah), for it is one of the treasures of Paradise, and in it there is a cure for ninety-nine illnesses, the least of which is worry and anxiety."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Bahz (may Allah have mercy on him) except al-Asbagh (may Allah have mercy on him), and no one from al-Asbagh (may Allah have mercy on him) except Sadaqah (may Allah have mercy on him), and Amr (may Allah have mercy on him) is alone in it."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that a man came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: "O Prophet of Allah, I have relatives with whom I maintain ties while they cut me off, and I treat them well while they treat me badly." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "If the matter is as you say, then there will always be with you a helper from Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, against them."

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 one of you wakes up from his sleep, he must not dip his hand into the water for his ablution until he has poured (water) over it three times, for he does not know where his hand spent the night."

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: "The purification of the vessel of one of you, when a dog has lapped from it, is that it be washed seven times, the first of them with earth."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that a man called out to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and asked: "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), may a man pray in a single garment?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Does every one of you have two garments (available)?"

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When the iqamah is called for the prayer, none of you should come to it running; rather, he should come to it with tranquillity and dignity upon him. Then whatever part of the prayer you catch, pray it (with the imam), and whatever you have missed, complete it (afterwards)."

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: "Whoever forgets and eats or drinks while he is fasting, let him complete his fast, for it is only Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, who fed him and gave him drink."

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: "Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, says: 'A good deed is rewarded tenfold, and fasting is for Me alone and I Myself will reward it; and surely the smell of the fasting person's mouth is purer with Allah than the fragrance of musk.'"

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Surely the angels curse whoever among you points at his brother with iron (some weapon), even if he is his full brother (sharing the same mother and father)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade two kinds of dress and two kinds of sale (buying and selling): (the forbidden forms of dress are) that a man walks in a single garment in such a way that no part of it covers his private parts, or that he wraps himself in a single garment and then throws its end over his shoulder (so that there is a risk of his private parts being exposed); and (the forbidden forms of sale are) mulamasah (concluding a sale merely by touching the cloth) and ilqa' (settling a sale by throwing the cloth to one another)."

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: "Do not go out (beyond the town) to meet the merchandise being brought in; whoever goes out to meet it and buys something from him, then the owner of the goods will have the option (to keep or cancel the sale) when he reaches the market."

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: "Whoever sees me in a dream has truly seen me, for Satan cannot take my form."

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 time draws near, the dream of a believer will hardly ever be false; and the one among you with the truest dreams will be the one who is most truthful in speech. The dream of a believer is one of forty-six parts of prophethood. A righteous dream is glad tidings from Allah; there is the dream that is a man's own self talking to him; and the disturbing dream is from Satan. So when one of you sees something he dislikes, let him not relate it (to anyone)."

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: "Surely Sayyiduna Ibrahim (peace be upon him) said only three times something that outwardly seemed to be untrue, two of which were for the sake of Allah: (first) his saying: 'I am ill', and (second) his saying: 'Rather, this one, the biggest of them, did it' (meaning the biggest idol). And (the third incident is that) he passed through a land in which there lived one of the tyrant kings, and Sayyidah Sarah (may Allah be pleased with her) was with him. That king sent (someone) to him (to ask): 'Who is this woman to you?' He said: 'She is my sister.' Then he sent (an order) to him: 'Send her to me.'"

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: "In intense heat, delay the prayer until it is cooler (that is, offer it when the heat has eased), for the intensity of the heat is from the raging of Hell."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr bin al-As (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he said: "We were in the presence of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) when he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'After me there will soon be rulers who will delay the prayer from its (recommended) time.' I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, what should the one who lives to see them do?' He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'Offer the prayer at its (proper) time, and then if you are present with them at the time of prayer, pray (with them as well).'"