Those Named Muhammad

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "I used to serve the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). A roasted bird was presented (to him), and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) supplicated: 'O Allah, bring me the one of Your creation who is most beloved to You and to me, so that he may eat of this bird with me.' Then Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) came and knocked on the door. Anas asked: 'Who is this?' He said: 'Ali.' I said: 'The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) is occupied with some need.' So he went away. Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) moved to one side and ate (something). Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) supplicated (again): 'O Allah, bring me the one of Your creation who is most beloved to You and to me, so that he may eat of this bird with me.' Then Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) came and knocked hard on the door. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) heard it and said: 'O Anas! Who is this?' I said: 'Ali.' He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'Let him in.' So he came in, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'I asked Allah Almighty three times to send me the one of His creation who is most beloved to Him and to me, so that he may eat of this bird with me.' Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: 'O Messenger of Allah! I too came three times, and each time Anas sent me back.' So the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'O Anas! What made you do this?' I said: 'I wished that the supplication would be answered for a man from my own people (the Ansar).' The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'A man is not blamed for loving his people.'"
"No one narrated this hadith from Yahya bin Sa'id (may Allah have mercy on him) except Sulayman bin Bilal (may Allah have mercy on him), and from Sulayman (may Allah have mercy on him) only Yahya bin Hassan (may Allah have mercy on him); Muhammad bin Abi Ghassan (may Allah have mercy on him) is alone in narrating it from his father."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed, I have a river whose extent is equal to the distance between San'a and Aylah. In it are drinking vessels as numerous as the stars. It is colder than snow, sweeter than honey and whiter than milk. Whoever drinks a single draught from it will never be thirsty after that, and whoever has not tasted it will never have his thirst quenched."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Abu Burdah (may Allah have mercy on him) except al-Arzami (may Allah have mercy on him), and from al-Arzami (may Allah have mercy on him) only Dawud bin Hilal (may Allah have mercy on him), while Zuhayr bin Abbad (may Allah have mercy on him) is alone in narrating it."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "No servant can reach the reality of faith until he guards his tongue."
No one narrated this hadith from Hisham bin Hassan (may Allah have mercy on him) except Dawud bin Hilal (may Allah have mercy on him), and Zuhayr bin Abbad (may Allah have mercy on him) is alone in transmitting it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "There is no (consideration of) suckling after the period of weaning has passed, and there is no orphanhood after reaching puberty."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Alqamah (may Allah have mercy on him) except Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him); from Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him) only Aban bin Taghlib (may Allah have mercy on him) narrated it; from Aban (may Allah have mercy on him) only Musa bin Uqbah (may Allah have mercy on him) narrated it; and from Musa (may Allah have mercy on him) only Muhammad bin Ja'far (may Allah have mercy on him). Muhammad bin Ubayd al-Tabban (may Allah have mercy on him) is alone in narrating it from his father, and we have written it only from this Shaykh."

It is narrated from the Mother of the Believers, Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her), that she said: "The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) passed by two graves whose occupants were being punished, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'These two are being punished, and they are not being punished for something that was difficult (to avoid). One of them did not guard himself against (splashes of) urine, while the other used to go about spreading tales.' Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) called for a fresh palm stalk, broke it, placed one part on each of the two graves and said: 'It is hoped that their punishment will be lightened as long as these stalks do not dry out.'"
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Mansur (may Allah have mercy on him) except Abidah bin Humayd (may Allah have mercy on him), and Ali bin Ja'far al-Ahmar (may Allah have mercy on him) is alone in narrating it."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was on (Mount) Hira, and it began to shake with them. So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) struck it with his foot and said: "Be still, for upon you are a Prophet, a Siddiq (a truthful one) and two martyrs." At that time, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him), Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) and Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) were on the mountain.
No one narrated this hadith from Matar al-Warraq (may Allah have mercy on him) except Dawud bin al-Zibriqan (may Allah have mercy on him).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Do not revile my Companions, for if one of you were to spend gold equal to (Mount) Uhud, it would not reach a mudd of one of them, or even half of it."
No one narrated this hadith from Muhammad bin Juhadah (may Allah have mercy on him), from Abu Salih (may Allah have mercy on him), except Dawud bin al-Zibriqan (may Allah have mercy on him); while al-Hasan bin Abi Ja'far (may Allah have mercy on him) narrated it from Muhammad bin Juhadah (may Allah have mercy on him), from Atiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him), from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Unays (may Allah be pleased with him) that he asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) about Laylat al-Qadr (the Night of Decree), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed, I saw it, but then I was made to forget it, so seek it in the last half (of the month)." Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said again: "(That is,) when twenty-three nights of the month have passed (on the twenty-third night)."
This hadith is narrated from Atiyyah bin Abdullah (may Allah have mercy on him) only with this chain, and Ibn Abi Fudayk (may Allah have mercy on him) is alone in narrating it.

Sayyidah Zaynab bint Abi Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates from the Mother of the Believers, Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her), that she said: "Sayyidah Sahlah bint Suhayl (may Allah be pleased with her) came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: O Messenger of Allah! Because of Salim coming in to see me, I see signs of displeasure on the face of Sayyiduna Abu Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him). The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'Suckle him.' She said: But he has a beard? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'Suckle him, and the displeasure on the face of Sayyiduna Abu Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him) will go away.'"
No one narrated this hadith from Humayd bin Nafi' (may Allah have mercy on him) except Bukayr bin Abdullah (may Allah have mercy on him), and from Bukayr only his son Makhramah (may Allah have mercy on him), while Ibn Wahb (may Allah have mercy on him) is alone in narrating it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them both) that a man came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: "O Messenger of Allah! My father has taken my wealth." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to the man: "Go and bring your father to me." Meanwhile, Sayyiduna Jibril (peace be upon him) descended upon the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: "Allah Almighty sends you greetings of peace and says: When the old man comes to you, ask him about something he said within himself, which even his own ears did not hear." When the old man came, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him: "Your son keeps complaining about you, that you take his wealth?" He said: "O Messenger of Allah! Ask him whether I spend it on anything other than one of his paternal aunts, his maternal aunts, or myself." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Enough; leave these matters. Tell me about something you said within yourself, which your ears did not hear." The old man said: "By Allah, O Messenger of Allah! Allah Almighty keeps increasing our certainty through you. I did indeed say something within myself which even my ears did not hear." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Say it, and I am listening." He said: I had said (in verses):
"I provided your nourishment when you were a newborn and supported you in your youth; you drank again and again from what I earned. When some night illness came upon you, I spent the whole night awake and restless because of your illness. My soul feared death for you, although it knew that death has an appointed time. It was as if the affliction that had struck you had struck me instead of you, and so my eyes kept shedding tears. Then, when you reached the age and the limit for which I had been hoping in you, you repaid me with harshness and rudeness, as if you were the one doing me favours. If only, since you did not recognise the right of my fatherhood, you had at least treated me as a neighbour treats his neighbour." The narrator said: At that, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) seized his son by the collar of his garment and said: "You and your wealth belong to your father."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith with these words and these verses from al-Munkadir bin Muhammad bin al-Munkadir except Abdullah bin Nafi', and Ubayd bin Khalasah is alone in narrating it."
This is how it appears in the Dar al-Haramayn printed edition, while the Tahhan edition has 'bal', and that agrees with the other sources of takhrij.

It is narrated from the Mother of the Believers, Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her), that she said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me: "Call your father and your brother so that I may write a document, for I fear that someone (claiming the caliphate) may say something and someone may wish (for it), whereas Allah Almighty and the believers will accept no one but Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him)."
No one narrated this hadith from al-Zuhri (may Allah have mercy on him) except Salih bin Kaysan (may Allah have mercy on him), and from Salih bin Kaysan (may Allah have mercy on him) only Ibrahim bin Sa'd (may Allah have mercy on him) narrated it, while Yazid bin Harun (may Allah have mercy on him) and Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Ayyub (may Allah have mercy on him) are alone in narrating it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he said: "I said: O Messenger of Allah! Is Umrah obligatory in the same way, its obligation being like the obligation of Hajj? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'No, but if you perform Umrah, it is better for you.'"
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "The Ubaydullah from whom Yahya bin Ayyub (may Allah have mercy on him) narrated this hadith is Ubaydullah bin Abi Ja'far (may Allah have mercy on him). No one narrated this hadith from Abu al-Zubayr (may Allah have mercy on him) except Ubaydullah bin Abi Ja'far (may Allah have mercy on him), and Yahya bin Ayyub (may Allah have mercy on him) is alone in narrating it; the well-known route is the narration of al-Hajjaj bin Artat (may Allah have mercy on him) through Muhammad bin al-Munkadir (may Allah have mercy on him) from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with them both)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he said: I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: "The Muslim is the one from whose tongue and hand the other Muslims are safe, and the Muhajir (emigrant) is the one who abandons what Allah Almighty has forbidden."
No one narrated this hadith from Mujalid (may Allah have mercy on him) except al-Mas'udi (may Allah have mercy on him).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "I bear witness that the truthful one, the one confirmed as truthful, Abu al-Qasim (peace and blessings be upon him), said: 'Indeed, selling animals with deception (by holding back the milk in their udders) is fraud, and defrauding a Muslim is not lawful.'"
No one narrated this hadith from Jabir (may Allah have mercy on him) except al-Mas'udi (may Allah have mercy on him).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Mu'adh bin Jabal (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: "I fear three things for you, and they will certainly come to pass: the slip of a scholar, the hypocrite's disputing by means of the Qur'an, and the world that will be opened up to you."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Abd al-Malik bin Umayr (may Allah have mercy on him) except Abd al-Hakim bin Mansur (may Allah have mercy on him)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Layla (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) distributed goats among his Companions, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) assigned one goat for every ten people.
"No one other than Ya'la bin al-Harith narrated this hadith from Ghaylan bin Jami', his son Yahya is alone in narrating it from him, and this hadith is narrated from Ibn Abi Layla (may Allah have mercy on him) only with this chain."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that on the day of the Conquest of Makkah, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) granted safety to all the people except four persons: Abd al-Uzza bin Khatal, Miqyas bin Subabah al-Kinani, Abdullah bin Sa'd bin Abi Sarh, and a woman, Umm Sarah. As for Abd al-Uzza, he was killed while holding on to the curtains of the Ka'bah. The narrator said: A man from the Ansar had vowed that he would kill Abdullah bin Sa'd bin Abi Sarh when he saw him, and he (Abdullah) was the foster brother of Sayyiduna Uthman bin Affan (may Allah be pleased with him). Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) brought him to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) to intercede for him. When the Ansari caught sight of him, he took up his sword and went out after him (intending to kill him), but he found him in the gathering of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). So he hesitated to kill him and disliked attacking him because he was in the gathering of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) stretched out his blessed hand and took the pledge of allegiance from him (Abdullah). Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said to the Ansari: "I was waiting for you to fulfil your vow." He said: O Messenger of Allah! I was held back by awe of you; why did you not give me a signal (with your eye)? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "It is not befitting for a prophet to give a secret signal (with the eye)." As for Miqyas, he had a brother who had been killed by mistake while with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) (on an expedition). The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sent a man from Banu Fihr with him to obtain for him the blood money for his brother from the Ansar. When he had collected the blood money and returned, the Fihri man fell asleep. Miqyas leapt upon him, took a stone, struck him on the head with it and killed him. Then he came back reciting these verses, whose meaning is: "My thirst has been quenched by the one who lies propped up in the open plain, his two garments stained red by the blood of his neck veins. Before his killing, the worries of my heart kept me awake and made me forget the softness of my bed. Through him I have taken my revenge and obtained my retaliation, and I have become the first to return to the idols." As for Umm Sarah, she was a freed slave woman of Quraysh. She came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and complained to him of her need and poverty, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) gave her something. Then a man came to her and gave her a letter addressed to the people of Makkah, by which he sought to win their favour so that (in return) his family in Makkah would be protected, for he had wife and children there. Jibril (peace be upon him) informed the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) of this, so he (peace and blessings be upon him) sent Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab and Sayyiduna Ali bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with them both) after her. They caught up with her and searched her, but they found nothing. When they were about to turn back, one of them said to his companion: By Allah! We have not lied, nor have we been given false information; we should go back to her. So the two of them went back to her, drew their swords and said: By Allah! Either we will make you taste death, or you will hand over the letter to us. At first she denied it, then she said: I will hand it over to you on condition that you do not take me back to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). They accepted this condition. She undid the braids of her hair, took the letter out of the plaits of her hair and handed it over to them. The two of them brought it to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and handed the letter over to him (peace and blessings be upon him). He (peace and blessings be upon him) sent for the man and asked: "What is this letter?" He said: O Messenger of Allah! I will tell you the truth. Every one of the Companions with you has someone in Makkah who protects his family, except me, so I wrote this letter so that they would look after my family. At this, Allah Almighty revealed the verse: "O you who believe! Do not take My enemy and your enemy as allies, extending affection to them" to the end of the verses.
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "The first part of this hadith, containing the story of Miqyas, Ibn Khatal and Abdullah bin Sa'd, was narrated from Qatadah from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) only by al-Hakam bin Abd al-Malik, and al-Hasan bin Bishr is alone in narrating it from him."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Samurah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "It is as if I am looking at the hair of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him); the blessed hair of his head (jummah) reached down to this place," and (to show this) he pointed with his hand to his chest between his breasts.
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Simak (may Allah have mercy on him) except Anbasah bin al-Azhar (may Allah have mercy on him), and Yunus bin Bukayr (may Allah have mercy on him) is alone in narrating it from him."

Sayyidah al-Rubayyi' bint Mu'awwidh (may Allah be pleased with her) said: "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to like cucumber."

A man of Banu al-Nadir called al-Rabi', who was brought up in the care of the Mother of the Believers, Sayyidah Safiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her), narrates from the Mother of the Believers, Sayyidah Safiyyah bint Huyayy (may Allah be pleased with her), that she said: "I have not seen anyone of better character than the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). I saw that when he (peace and blessings be upon him) set off from Khaybar (on the return to Madinah) at night with me seated behind him on his she-camel, I began to doze and my head kept striking the back of the saddle. He (peace and blessings be upon him) would steady me with his blessed hand and say: 'O you! Gently; O daughter of Huyayy! Gently.' Then, when he (peace and blessings be upon him) reached al-Sahba', he said: 'O Safiyyah! I apologise to you for what I did to your people (that is, I explain the reason for it); they indeed said such-and-such things to me, and said such-and-such things to me.'"
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "This hadith is narrated from Sayyidah Safiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her) only with this chain, and Yunus bin Bukayr (may Allah have mercy on him) is alone in narrating it."

Tariq bin Shihab narrates from Sayyiduna Hudhayfah bin al-Yaman (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed, you are (now) in an era of prophethood and mercy, and soon there will be an era of caliphate and mercy; then there will be such-and-such a time; then there will be a biting kingship. They will drink wines and wear silk, and in that state they will be granted victory until the Hour is established."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from al-Ala' bin al-Minhal (may Allah have mercy on him) except Zayd bin al-Hubab (may Allah have mercy on him)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Love is (granted) from Allah, and renown is in the heavens. When Allah Almighty loves a servant, He says: 'O Jibril! Indeed, your Lord loves so-and-so, so love him.'" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Then Jibril makes an announcement (among the inhabitants of the heavens), and Allah Almighty sends down love for him among the people of the earth."
This hadith is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) only with this chain, and Sharik (may Allah have mercy on him) is alone in narrating it.

Amr bin Hanzalah (may Allah have mercy on him) relates that Sayyiduna Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "The tribe of Mudar will not leave any servant of Allah without putting him to trial or killing him, until they will not even be able to defend the lowest (most insignificant) end of a watercourse." The narrator said: The people said: "You are saying this while you yourself are a man of Mudar?" He said: "Should I not say what the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said?"
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from al-A'mash (may Allah have mercy on him) except Abdullah bin Numayr (may Allah have mercy on him)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever sits in a gathering in which he engages in much idle talk, and then, before getting up from that gathering, says: 'Subhanaka Rabbana wa bihamdika, la ilaha illa anta, astaghfiruka wa atubu ilayk' (Glory be to You, our Lord, and with Your praise; there is no god worthy of worship except You; I seek Your forgiveness and I repent to You), these words will be an expiation for the shortcomings that occurred in that gathering."
Among those who narrated this hadith from Hajjaj (may Allah have mercy on him), no one except Yahya bin al-Mubarak (may Allah have mercy on him) mentioned Sufyan (may Allah have mercy on him) as an intermediary between Hajjaj (may Allah have mercy on him) and Ibn Jurayj (may Allah have mercy on him) in the chain of this hadith.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Buraydah al-Aslami (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me: "O Buraydah! Shall I not teach you some words which Allah Almighty teaches to whomever He intends good for, and then he never forgets them?" I said: "Certainly, O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)!" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Say: 'Allahumma inni da'ifun fa-qawwi fi ridaka da'fi, wa khudh ilal-khayri bi-nasiyati, waj'alil-Islama muntaha rida'i. Allahumma inni da'ifun fa-qawwini, wa inni dhalilun fa-a'izzani, wa inni faqirun fa-aghnini' (O Allah, I am weak, so strengthen my weakness in what pleases You, take me by my forelock towards good, and make Islam the utmost of my contentment. O Allah, I am weak, so strengthen me; I am lowly, so grant me honour; and I am needy, so make me free of need)."
This hadith is narrated from Sayyiduna Buraydah (may Allah be pleased with him) only with this chain, and al-Ala' bin al-Musayyab (may Allah have mercy on him) is alone in transmitting it.

It is narrated from the Mother of the Believers, Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her), that she said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever builds a mosque for the sake of Allah, Allah Almighty will build a house for him in Paradise."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Ata (may Allah have mercy on him) except Kathir bin Abd al-Rahman (may Allah have mercy on him)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna al-Miswar bin Makhramah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Beware of oppression, for oppression will be (deep) darkness on the Day of Resurrection."
This hadith is narrated from Sayyiduna al-Miswar bin Makhramah (may Allah be pleased with him) only with this chain, and Sulayman bin Bilal (may Allah have mercy on him) is alone in transmitting it.

Abu al-Jawza' (may Allah have mercy on him) relates: We came to Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both), and he instructed us regarding bay' al-sarf (the exchange of gold and silver/currency). Then I visited him once, and he said: "We used to instruct you to do it, but now we forbid you from it." I said: What should we do about the (ruling) we have already given people? He said: "I met one of the Companions of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) who had more knowledge of this matter than I do, and he forbade me from it, so I have forbidden you just as he forbade me."
No one narrated this hadith from Uqbah bin Abi Thubayt except Abu Hilal; and the elder whom Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) met was Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him).

It is narrated from Abu Najih (may Allah have mercy on him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Poor, poor, poor is the man who has no wife, even if he has much wealth. And poor, poor, poor is the woman who has no husband, even if she has much wealth."
No one narrated this hadith from Harun bin Ri'ab (may Allah have mercy on him) except Muhammad bin Thabit (may Allah have mercy on him).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah and Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the two of them said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Backbiting is a graver sin than fornication." It was said: How is that? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "A man commits fornication, then repents, and Allah accepts his repentance; whereas the backbiter is not forgiven until the person who was backbitten forgives him."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from al-Jurayri except Abbad bin Kathir, Abu Raja' al-Khurasani is alone in narrating it, and this hadith is narrated from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) only with this chain."

It is narrated from the Mother of the Believers, Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her), that she said: "The family of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had a wild animal (such as a deer), which used to move to and fro (in the house); but when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came in, it would settle down and make no sound or movement, disliking that it might cause any harm to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Mujahid except Yunus bin Abi Ishaq, and this report is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) only with this chain."

It is narrated from the Mother of the Believers, Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her), that she said: "O Messenger of Allah! What is the thing which it is not lawful to withhold (from one in need)?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Water, salt and fire." She said: "We understand (the need for) water, but what about salt and fire?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever gives salt, it is as if he has given in charity all the (food) that this salt has made tasty; whoever gives fire, it is as if he has given in charity all that this fire has cooked; whoever gives a Muslim a drink of water in a place where water is commonly found, it is as if he has freed a slave; and whoever gives a Muslim a drink of water in a place where water is not available, it is as if he has given him life."
Zuhayr bin Marzuq (may Allah have mercy on him) did not narrate any musnad report other than this, and Ali bin Ghurab (may Allah have mercy on him) is alone in narrating it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came to the grave of Sayyiduna Sa'd bin Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him) and said: "If anyone could be saved from the squeezing of the grave, it would be Sa'd. He was indeed squeezed once (in the grave), and then (that tightness) was relieved from him."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Abu al-Nadr except Amr bin al-Harith, and Ibn Wahb is alone in narrating it."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "One day I went to the market with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). He (peace and blessings be upon him) sat down with the cloth sellers and bought a pair of trousers for four dirhams. The people of the market had a weigher there, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him: 'Weigh, and give generous weight.' The weigher said: 'I have never heard these words from anyone.' Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I said to him: 'It is enough estrangement in your religion that you do not recognise your Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).' On hearing this, he threw down the scales and rushed to kiss the blessed hand of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), but the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) pulled his hand away from him and said: 'This is what the non-Arabs do with their kings; I am only a man like you, so weigh and give generous weight.' Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) took up the trousers himself. Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I went forward to carry them for him, but he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'The owner of a thing has more right to carry it, unless he is weak and unable to do so, in which case his Muslim brother should help him.' I said: O Messenger of Allah! Do you also wear trousers? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'Yes, by night and by day, on journeys and at home; for I have been commanded to cover myself, and I have not found anything that covers better than this (trousers).'"
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) except al-Agharr (may Allah have mercy on him), and from al-Agharr only Abd al-Rahman bin Ziyad (may Allah have mercy on him)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Do not abandon the evening meal, even if it consists of only a handful of poor, dry dates, for abandoning the evening meal is a cause of old age (and weakness)."
This hadith is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) only with this chain, and Ibn al-Sammak (may Allah have mercy on him) is alone in narrating it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed, Jibril (peace be upon him) fed me harisah, so that by it my back would be strengthened for standing (in prayer) at night."
No one narrated this hadith from Abd al-Malik bin Umayr (may Allah have mercy on him) except Muhammad bin al-Hajjaj (may Allah have mercy on 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) spent the night at Dhu al-Hulayfah at the start of his journey and prayed in its mosque."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Imam al-Zuhri (may Allah have mercy on him) except Yunus (may Allah have mercy on him)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Samurah bin Jundub (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "People who used to be with me will come to me, and when they are brought up to me and I see them, they will suddenly be pulled away from before me. So I will say: 'O my Lord! These are my dear companions, my dear companions!' And it will be said: 'Indeed, you do not know what new things they invented (in the religion) after you.'"
No one narrated this hadith from Qatadah (may Allah have mercy on him) except al-Hakam bin Abd al-Malik (may Allah have mercy on him), and al-Hasan bin Bishr (may Allah have mercy on him) is alone in narrating it.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) that he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The Children of Israel appointed a caliph over themselves. He stood up to pray on a moonlit night on the roof of Bayt al-Maqdis, and he remembered some (blameworthy) deeds he had done. So he climbed down by a rope, and in the morning the rope was found hanging from the mosque while he had gone. He kept walking until he came to a people on the seashore, and he saw that they were making bricks. He asked them how much payment they took for these bricks. They told him, so he joined them (in the work) and began to eat from the earnings of his own hands. Whenever the time of prayer came, he would purify himself and pray. The matter of this labourer was reported to their dihqan (local chief): 'There is a man among us who does such and such.' The chief sent for him, but he refused to come. Then the chief himself came to him riding on his mount. When the man saw him, he ran away; the chief pursued him and got ahead of him. The chief said: 'Give me time so that I may speak a word with you.' So he stopped until he spoke with him. He told him that he had been a king and had fled out of fear of his sin. The chief said: 'I too will join you.' So the two of them worshipped Allah at a place in Egypt called Rumaylah."
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "If I were in Egypt, I would show you that place in the light of the signs that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) described."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Simak except Qays bin al-Rabi'."

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: "One of the prophets besieged the people of a town until he feared that he would conquer it, but (meanwhile) he feared that the sun would set. So he said: 'O sun! You are bound by the command of Allah, and I too am a servant bound by the command of Allah. I adjure you to stay still for me for a part of the day.' He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'So Allah Almighty held back the sun for him until he conquered that town. And it was their custom that when they obtained spoils of war, they would present them as an offering (in thanksgiving), and then fire from the sky would come and consume (burn) it. So when they gathered those spoils and laid them down, the fire did not come to consume them. They said: O Prophet of Allah! What is the matter that our offerings are not being accepted? He said: There has been theft from the spoils of war among you. They said: O Prophet of Allah! How will we know who has the stolen goods? He said: You are twelve tribes, so let the chief of each tribe pledge allegiance to me. The narrator said: Then the chief of each tribe pledged allegiance to him, and the hand of that prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) stuck to the hand of one of those chiefs. So he said: Your tribe has the stolen goods. That chief asked: How can I know who has it? So he took the pledge from the men of that tribe one by one. This was done until his hand stuck to the hand of one of the men among them. He said to him: Do you have the stolen goods? He said: Yes. He asked: What is it? He said: It is the head of a bull made of gold; I liked it, so I stole it. Then he brought it and placed it with the spoils of war, and then the fire came and consumed it.'"
Ka'b (may Allah have mercy on him), who was with Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), said: "Allah and His Messenger have spoken the truth. O Abu Hurayrah! It is like this in the Book of Allah too. Did the Prophet of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) tell you which prophet it was?" He replied: "No." Ka'b (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "It was Yusha' bin Nun, the companion of Sayyiduna Musa (peace be upon him). Did he (peace and blessings be upon him) tell you which town it was?" He said: "No." Ka'b (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "It was the town of Jericho (Ariha)."
No one narrated this hadith from Ubaydullah bin Umar (may Allah have mercy on him) except Mubarak bin Fadalah (may Allah have mercy on him).