Those Named Ibrahim

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: "None of you will be saved by his deeds." The Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) said: "O Messenger of Allah! Not even you?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Not even me, unless Allah Almighty covers me with His mercy and grace. And if He were to take me to account for what these (limbs) have done, He would destroy me."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Sufyan (may Allah have mercy on him) except al-Firyabi (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: "Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, has ninety-nine names; whoever enumerates them (memorises them and acts upon what they require) will enter Paradise."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Sufyan (may Allah have mercy on him) except al-Firyabi (may Allah have mercy on him)."

Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrated this hadith as marfu', attributing it to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), that he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "No human being has done any deed that saves him from punishment more than the remembrance of Allah." It was said: "Not even jihad in the path of Allah?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Not even jihad, unless you strike with your sword until it breaks."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Yahya (may Allah have mercy on him) except Abu Khalid (may Allah have mercy on him), and al-Firyabi (may Allah have mercy on him) is alone in narrating it."

It is narrated from the Mother of the Believers, Sayyidah Maymunah (may Allah be pleased with her), who said: "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came in to us while we were sitting, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'The first of you to come to me at the Pool will be the one whose hand is the longest.' So we began measuring our arms to see which of us had the longest hand. Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'That is not what I mean; I only mean the one whose hand is the most skilled and productive (in handiwork and in charity).'"
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from al-Awza'i (may Allah have mercy on him) except Maslamah (may Allah have mercy on him), and Fudayk bin Sulayman (may Allah have mercy on him) is alone in narrating it."

It is narrated from Salih bin Bashir bin Fudayk (may Allah have mercy on him) that Sayyiduna Fudayk (may Allah be pleased with him) came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: "O Messenger of Allah! People claim that whoever does not emigrate is ruined." The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Fudayk! Establish the prayer, pay the zakah, abandon evil, and live wherever you wish in the land of your people."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Imam al-Awza'i (may Allah have mercy on him) except Fudayk bin Sulayman, and Fudayk heard this hadith from Imam al-Awza'i (may Allah have mercy on him) himself."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: I acquired a piece of land at Khaybar; I had never acquired any property more precious than it. So I said: "O Messenger of Allah! I have acquired a piece of land at Khaybar; I have never acquired any property dearer to me than it, and I wish to give it in charity." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Retain its original (asset) (make it an endowment) and give its fruit in charity."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) heard a man saying: "Labbayk 'an Shubrumah" (Here I am, on behalf of Shubrumah). He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "Who is Shubrumah?" He said: "A man who has instructed me to perform Hajj on his behalf." The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "First perform Hajj for yourself, then perform Hajj on behalf of Shubrumah."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Allah Almighty does not take away knowledge by snatching it away from people; rather, He takes away knowledge by the death of the scholars, until, when no scholar remains, people take ignorant men as their leaders. They are asked questions and give fatwas without knowledge, so they go astray themselves and lead others astray."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'adah (may Allah be pleased with him), who is one of the Companions of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) led the Zuhr or Asr prayer and gave the salam after two rak'ahs. Sayyiduna Dhu al-Yadayn (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Has the prayer been shortened, or have you forgotten?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "What is Dhu al-Yadayn saying?" The Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) said: "He has spoken the truth." So he (peace and blessings be upon him) completed the remaining two rak'ahs with them, then, after giving the salam, he performed the two prostrations of forgetfulness while seated.
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "Ibn Mas'adah's name is Abdullah; he is one of the Companions of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Ibn Jurayj (may Allah have mercy on him) except Abd al-Razzaq (may Allah have mercy on him), and Ibrahim bin Muhammad bin Barrah (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) entered Makkah on the day of the Conquest, and around the Ka'bah there were three hundred and sixty idols. He (peace and blessings be upon him) began to strike them (with his stick), and they kept falling on their faces, while he (peace and blessings be upon him) was saying: "The truth has come and falsehood has vanished; indeed, falsehood is ever bound to vanish."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from al-Thawri (may Allah have mercy on him) except Abd al-Razzaq (may Allah have mercy on him)."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: We were with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) on a journey, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) passed by an ants' colony (nest) that had been burnt. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "It is not proper for anyone to punish with the punishment of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic (that is, fire)."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from al-Thawri (may Allah have mercy on him) except Abd al-Razzaq (may Allah have mercy on him)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Hisham bin Amir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "(Exchanging) gold for silver is usury (riba), unless it is cash for cash, hand to hand."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Ayyub (may Allah have mercy on him) except Ma'mar (may Allah have mercy on him)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Unays (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) got up and went to a water-skin of theirs, bent its mouth outward, and drank (from it) while standing.
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "This hadith is not narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Unays (may Allah be pleased with him) except with this chain; Abd al-Razzaq (may Allah have mercy on him) is alone in narrating it."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Nu'man bin Bashir al-Ansari (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) narrating the story of (the people of) al-Raqim: "Three men entered a cave, and a piece of the mountain fell over the mouth of the cave, and the cave was sealed upon them. One of them said: O my companions! Recall which of you has done a good deed; perhaps Allah, by His mercy, will have mercy on us.
So one of them said: I once did a good deed. I had some labourers whom I had hired for a job of mine, each man for a fixed wage. One day at midday a man came to me, and I hired him for the rest of the day on the same terms as his companions. In the rest of the day he did as much work as any of them had done in the whole day. I considered that responsibility and honesty required that I should not reduce him anything of the wage for which I had hired his companions, since he had worked hard at his job. Then one of them said to me: Are you giving this man as much as you gave me, when he has worked only half a day? I said: O servant of Allah! I have not reduced you anything of your agreed terms; this is my own wealth, and I may deal with it as I wish. At that he became angry, left his wage and went away. I kept his (the one who left in anger) due in a corner of the house for as long as Allah willed. After that some cattle passed by me, so with that money I bought a calf and kept raising it until it grew big. Then I sold it and with its price bought a cow; she became pregnant, then her offspring kept increasing until (the herd) became as large as Allah willed. Then, after some time, a weak old man whom I did not recognise passed by me and said to me: I have a due with you. He reminded me of (the whole matter) until I recognised him. I said: Yes, it is you I have been looking for. Then I presented all of them (the animals) to him and said: This is your due. He said: O servant of Allah! Do not mock me; if you will not give me charity, then at least give me my due. I said: By Allah! I am not mocking you; all of this truly is your due, nothing of it is mine. So I handed it all over to him. 'Allahumma in kuntu fa'altu dhalika li-wajhika fa-furij 'anna' (O Allah! If I did this deed for Your pleasure, then relieve us (of this distress)). Then (the rock) split open until they could see.
The second said: I once did a good deed. I had wealth beyond my needs, and hardship (famine) had befallen the people. A woman came to me seeking a kindness (help) from me. I said to her: No, by Allah! You will not get it except (by surrendering) yourself. She refused and went away, then she came again and adjured me by Allah, but I refused and said: No, by Allah! You will not get it except (by surrendering) yourself. She refused again and mentioned this to her husband, and he said: Give yourself to him and make your children free of need. She came to me again and adjured me by Allah, and I said again: No, by Allah! You will not get it except (by surrendering) yourself. When she saw this, she surrendered herself to me. When I uncovered her and intended (to do the act) with her, she began trembling beneath me. I said: What is the matter with you? She said: I fear Allah, the Lord of the worlds. I said to her: You feared Allah in hardship, and I did not fear Him in ease! So I left her and gave her what was due from me for having uncovered her. 'Allahumma in kuntu fa'altu dhalika li-wajhika fa-furij 'anna' (O Allah! If I did this deed for Your pleasure, then relieve us (of this distress)). Then the mountain split open further until they recognised (the way) and it became clear to them.
The third said: I once did a good deed. My parents were both very old, and I had some goats. I used to feed my parents and give them to drink, then return to my goats. One day rain held me back and I could not return until evening. I came to my home, took my milking vessel, milked, and left my goats standing, then went to my parents to give them to drink, and found that they had fallen asleep. It was hard on me to wake them, and it was also hard on me to leave my goats. So I remained seated with the vessel on my hands until the morning woke them. 'Allahumma in kunta ta'lamu anni fa'altu dhalika li-wajhika fa-furij 'anna' (O Allah! If You know that I did this deed for Your pleasure, then relieve us (of this distress)).
Sayyiduna Nu'man (may Allah be pleased with him) says: "It is as if I can hear the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: 'Then the mountain said: Taq (Open up), so Allah relieved them (of the distress) and they came out.'"
This (text) is like this in the Dar al-Haramayn edition, and its editor said in the footnote: "It is like this in the original manuscript, whereas the correct word is 'al-jabal' (the mountain)."

Sayyiduna Nu'man bin Bashir (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrated something similar to this (previous hadith) from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).

Abdullah bin Uthman bin Khuthaym (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates: I visited Sayyiduna Abu al-Tufayl Amir bin Wathilah (may Allah be pleased with him) and found him in a cheerful mood. I said: "O Abu al-Tufayl! Tell me who were the people whom the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) cursed?" He was about to tell me, but his wife Sawdah said: "Stop, O Abu al-Tufayl! Has it not reached you that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'Allahumma innama ana basharun, fa-ayyuma 'abdin min al-mu'minina da'awtu 'alayhi bi-da'watin faj'alha lahu zakatan wa rahmah' (O Allah! I am only a human being, so whichever servant among the believers I have invoked a curse against, make it for him a purification and a mercy)?"
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "This hadith is not narrated from Sawdah, the wife of Abu al-Tufayl, except with this chain; Umar bin Habib al-Makki is alone in narrating it."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that a man came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: "I want to go out for jihad." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Are your parents alive?" He said: "Yes." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Then strive (in jihad) in (serving) them."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Habib, from Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both), except Ma'mar, and Rabah is alone in narrating it. Mis'ar, Sufyan al-Thawri and others narrated it from Habib bin Abi Thabit, from Abu al-Abbas al-Sha'ir, from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with them both), from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Mas'ud al-Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Among the words of the first prophethood that people have come to know is this: If you have no shame, then do whatever you wish."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "Only Rabah narrated this hadith from Ma'mar, from Mansur. Abd al-Razzaq narrated it from Ma'mar, from al-A'mash, from Abu al-Duha, from Masruq, from Sayyiduna Abu Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him), from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade me from reciting the Qur'an while in a state of major ritual impurity (janabah), and he forbade me (I do not say he forbade you) from wearing clothes dyed with safflower ('usfur), from a saddle-cushion (mithrah) of purple (deep red) colour, from wearing a gold ring, and from wearing qassi garments (cloth mixed with silk).

It is narrated from the Mother of the Believers, Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her), that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "None of you should ever say: 'My soul has become wicked (khabuthat nafsi),' but rather let him say: 'My soul feels nauseated (laqisat nafsi).'"
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated these two hadiths from al-Nu'man except Abu al-Jarrah, and Rabah is alone in narrating them."

It is narrated from the Mother of the Believers, Sayyidah Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her), that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) heard the voices of people disputing near his door, so he came out to them and said: "I am only a human being, and disputing parties come to me. Perhaps one of them is more eloquent in presenting his argument than the other, and I judge in his favour thinking that he is truthful. So whoever I judge to have the right of a Muslim, it is in fact only a piece of the Fire; let him take it or leave it."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "It is not proper for anyone to say: 'I am better than Yunus bin Matta (peace be upon him).'" And he (peace and blessings be upon him) attributed him to his father.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came with his slave-woman Mariyah the Copt to the house of Sayyidah Hafsah bint Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both). Hafsah (may Allah be pleased with her) found Mariyah with him and said: "O Messenger of Allah! In my house, out of all the houses of your wives?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Hafsah! She is forbidden to me, that I should go near her; and keep this a secret for me." Hafsah (may Allah be pleased with her) left and came to Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) and said: "O daughter of Abu Bakr! Shall I not give you good news?" Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) asked: "About what?" Hafsah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: "I found Mariyah with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) in my house, so I said: 'O Messenger of Allah! In my house, out of all the houses of your wives? And out of all your wives you do this with me?' The first happy outcome was that he (peace and blessings be upon him) made Mariyah forbidden for himself. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me: 'O Hafsah! Shall I not give you good news?' I said: 'Of course, O Messenger of Allah! May my father and mother be sacrificed for you!' So he (peace and blessings be upon him) informed me that your father will take charge of the affair (of the caliphate) after him, and that my father will take charge after your father. He (peace and blessings be upon him) has asked me to keep this a secret, so you too keep it a secret." Upon this Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, revealed these verses: "O Prophet! Why do you forbid what Allah has made lawful for you" meaning Mariyah, "seeking the pleasure of your wives?" meaning Hafsah, "And Allah is Most Forgiving, Most Merciful" meaning for what happened on your part. "Allah has ordained for you the dissolution of your oaths (through expiation), and Allah is your Protector, and He is the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. And when the Prophet confided a matter to one of his wives" meaning Hafsah, "then when she disclosed it (to another)" meaning to Aishah, "and Allah made it known to him" meaning through the Qur'an, "he made known part of it" meaning he told Hafsah what she had disclosed about the matter of Mariyah, "and turned away from part of it" meaning he overlooked what she had told about Abu Bakr and Umar and did not reproach her for it. "Then when he informed her of it, she said: Who told you this? He said: The All-Knowing, the All-Aware has informed me." Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) turned to them, reproaching them, and so it was said: "If you two turn in repentance to Allah (that is best), for your hearts have inclined; but if you support one another against the Prophet, then indeed Allah is his Protector, and Jibril and the righteous believers" meaning Abu Bakr and Umar, "and after that the angels are (his) helpers. It may be that if he divorces you, his Lord will give him in your place wives better than you: Muslim, believing, obedient, repentant, devout, fasting, previously married and virgins." So Allah Almighty promised him (peace and blessings be upon him), from among the previously married women, Asiyah bint Muzahim, the wife of Pharaoh, and the sister of Nuh (peace be upon him), and from among the virgins, Maryam bint Imran and the sister of Musa (peace be upon him), peace be upon them all.
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "This hadith is not narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) except with this chain; Hisham bin Ibrahim is alone in narrating it."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Utbah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "How strange is the believer, that he becomes distressed by illness, whereas if he knew what (reward) there is for him in illness, he would love to remain ill all the time."
Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) raised his head towards the sky and laughed. It was said: "O Messenger of Allah! What made you raise your head towards the sky and laugh?" The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I was amazed at two angels who were looking for a servant in the place of prayer where he used to pray, but they did not find him, so they went back and said: 'O our Lord! Your servant so-and-so, we used to record for him the deeds he did in his day and night; (today) we found that You have held him back in Your bonds.' So Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, said: 'Keep recording for My servant the deeds he used to do in his day and night, and do not reduce anything of it; the reward for what I have held him back from is upon Me, and for him is the reward of what he used to do.'"
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "This hadith is not narrated from Utbah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) except with this chain; Muhammad bin Abi Humayd is alone in narrating it."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him: "O boy! Shall I not give you a gift? Shall I not bestow something on you? Shall I not grant you something?" He says: I said: "Yes, O Messenger of Allah! May my father and mother be sacrificed for you." He says: I thought that he (peace and blessings be upon him) would grant me some portion of wealth, but he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Four rak'ahs which you should pray every day; if you are not able to do so daily, then every Friday; if you cannot do that, then once every month; if you cannot do that, then once every year; and if you cannot do that, then once in your lifetime. (The method is that) you say the takbir, then recite Surah al-Fatihah and another surah, then say fifteen times: 'Subhan Allah, wal-hamdu lillah, wa la ilaha illa Allah, wa Allahu akbar' (Glory be to Allah, all praise is for Allah, there is no god but Allah, and Allah is the Greatest). Then bow and say it ten times, then raise your head from bowing and say it ten times, then prostrate and say it ten times, then raise your head from the prostration and say it ten times, then prostrate (the second time) and say it ten times, then raise your head and say it ten times. Then do the same throughout your whole prayer. When you are about to finish (the prayer), after the tashahhud and before the salam, make this supplication: 'Allahumma inni as'aluka tawfiqa ahl al-huda, wa a'mala ahl al-yaqin, wa munasahata ahl al-tawbah, wa 'azma ahl al-sabr, wa jidda ahl al-hisbah, wa talaba ahl al-raghbah, wa ta'abbuda ahl al-wara', wa 'irfana ahl al-'ilm hatta akhafak. Allahumma as'aluka makhafatan tahjizuni 'an ma'asik, hatta a'mala bi-ta'atika 'amalan astahiqqu bihi ridak, wa hatta unasihaka fi al-tawbati khawfan mink, wa hatta ukhlisa laka al-nasihata hubban lak, wa hatta atawakkala 'alayka fi al-umuri husna zannin bik, subhana khaliq al-nar' (O Allah! I ask You for the success granted to the people of guidance, the deeds of the people of certainty, the sincerity of the people of repentance, the resolve of the people of patience, the effort of those who seek reward, the seeking of the people of eager longing, the worship of the people of scrupulous piety, and the understanding of the people of knowledge, until I come to fear You. O Allah! I ask You for a fear that restrains me from disobeying You, so that I may do such deeds in obedience to You by which I become deserving of Your pleasure, and so that I remain sincere in repentance out of fear of You, remain sincere in my goodwill towards You out of love for You, and rely on You in all matters, having a good opinion of You. Glory be to the Creator of the Fire).
O Ibn Abbas! When you do this, Allah will forgive your sins: the small and the great, the old and the new, the hidden and the open, those done deliberately and those done by mistake."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "Only Abd al-Quddus narrated this hadith from Mujahid (may Allah have mercy on him), and only Musa bin Ja'far from Abd al-Quddus, and Abu al-Walid al-Makhzumi is alone in narrating it."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that it was said to him: "We see that you wear sibti sandals (sandals of tanned leather with the hair removed)." He said: "I saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) wearing them."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "Only Muslim narrated this hadith from Isma'il bin Kathir, and Muhammad is alone in narrating it."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ubadah bin al-Samit (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) led us in prayer, and two men made their way through the rows towards him: a man from the Ansar and a man from Thaqif. The Ansari got ahead of the Thaqafi, so the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to the Thaqafi: "The Ansari has preceded you in asking." The Ansari said: "O Messenger of Allah! Perhaps he is in more of a hurry than I am, (so) he has my permission." The narrator says: Then the Thaqafi asked him (peace and blessings be upon him) about the prayer, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) informed him. Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to the Ansari: "If you wish, I will tell you what you have come to ask about, and if you wish, you may ask me and I will tell you." He said: "O Messenger of Allah! You tell me." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "You have come to ask me what reward there is for you when you set out for the Ancient House (the Ka'bah), what reward there is for your standing at Arafah, what reward there is for stoning the pillars, what reward there is for shaving your head, and what reward there is when you bid farewell to the House." The Ansari said: "By the One who sent you with the truth! It was about this that I came to ask you, and nothing else."
He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whenever you set out for the Ancient House, for every step that you and your mount lift or put down, a good deed will be recorded for you and a rank will be raised for you. As for your standing at Arafah, Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, says to His angels: 'O My angels! For what have My servants come?' They say: 'They have come seeking Your pleasure and Paradise.' So Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, says: 'I make Myself and My creation witnesses that I have forgiven them, as many as the days of time, as many as the drops of rain, and as many as the grains of sand of Alij.' As for your stoning of the pillars, Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, says: 'No soul knows what delight of the eyes has been hidden for them as a reward for what they used to do.' As for your shaving your head, every hair of yours that falls to the ground will be a light for you on the Day of Resurrection. And when you bid farewell to the House, you will come out of your sins as you were on the day your mother gave birth to you."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "This hadith is not narrated from Ubadah (may Allah be pleased with him) except with this chain; Yahya bin Abi al-Hajjaj is alone in narrating it."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that Nafi' (may Allah have mercy on him) said to him: "When you set out towards Makkah, you pray on your mount; why do you do that?" He said: "Had I not seen the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) doing it, I would not have done it."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "Only Attab bin Bashir narrated this hadith from Khusayf, and Ibn Ju'shum is alone in narrating it."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came to Makkah (for Umrah), the people of Makkah said: "The companions of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) are suffering from hunger and weakness." So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) to walk briskly (perform raml) (in the tawaf) so as to show the disbelievers that they had strength. So they would walk briskly in three circuits and walk at a normal pace in four.
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Khusayf except Attab."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that Sayyiduna Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) performed tawaf of the House and began touching all of its corners. Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said to him: "Why do you touch these two corners, when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not touch them?" Sayyiduna Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "No part of the House is to be abandoned." At this Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: "Indeed, in the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) you have an excellent example." Sayyiduna Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "You have spoken the truth."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Khusayf except Attab."

It is narrated from the Mother of the Believers, Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her), that she told Sayyiduna Abdullah bin al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to her: "Were it not that your people have only recently left disbelief, I would have demolished the House and added to it the part that has been taken out of it, and I would have placed it level with the ground, and made two doors for it: one door through which people enter and one through which they exit, so that there would be no crowding."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Khusayf except Attab."

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) said: "Gold for gold (is to be sold) like for like, and silver for silver like for like, weight for weight."

Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: "I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) on the pulpit forbidding (the sale of) gold for gold and silver for silver, except when they are equal in weight."

It is narrated from the Mother of the Believers, Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her), that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade fasting on the day of Arafah at Arafat.
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Safwan except Ibrahim."

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 enters the mosque, let him not sit down until he has prayed two rak'ahs."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Sufyan except Abu Qurrah."

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 a person's neighbour asks him to fix a piece of wood (a beam or rafter) in his wall, let him not refuse 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) forbade (taking) the earnings of a prostitute (the fee for fornication) and the fee for a male animal's mating.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade gharar sales (transactions involving deception and uncertainty).

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 fornicator, when he commits fornication, is not a believer at that time; the thief, when he steals, is not a believer at that time; and the drinker of wine, when he drinks wine, is not a believer at that time."

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: "Fast upon sighting it (the moon), and break the fast (that is, end the fasting) upon sighting it; and if the sky is clouded over for you, then complete the count of thirty days."