Those Named Muhammad

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Layla (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was asked about the foetus (the young found in an animal's belly), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Its slaughter is the slaughter of its mother."
This hadith is narrated from Ibn Abi Layla (may Allah have mercy on him) only with this chain, and Hisham bin Ammar (may Allah have mercy on him) is alone in narrating it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The women who wail (over the dead) will have garments of tar upon them."
No one narrated this hadith from Nafi' (may Allah have mercy on him) except Abd al-Aziz bin Ubaydullah (may Allah have mercy on him), and Isma'il bin Ayyash (may Allah have mercy on him) is alone in narrating it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Talhah bin Ubaydullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: "Hajj is jihad, and Umrah is a voluntary act of worship."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "This hadith is narrated from Sayyiduna Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him) only with this chain, and Hisham bin Ammar (may Allah have mercy on him) is alone in narrating it."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Umayyah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "I came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) while he (peace and blessings be upon him) was eating. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'Come (and eat).' I said: 'I am fasting.' He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'Come closer, I will tell you: indeed, Allah Almighty has relieved the traveller of fasting and of half the prayer.'"
No one narrated this hadith from Ali bin Zayd (may Allah have mercy on him) except al-Khalil (may Allah have mercy on him), and Hisham bin Ammar (may Allah have mercy on him) is alone in narrating it from him.

Mujahid (may Allah have mercy on him) relates that Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) saw me and a companion of mine off when I was setting out from Madinah for Iraq. When he intended to turn back, he said: "I have nothing to give you, but I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: 'Indeed, when something is entrusted to Allah, He protects it.' And I entrust to Allah your religion, your trust, and the final outcomes of your deeds."
No one narrated this hadith from Mu'awiyah bin Salamah except Muhammad bin Isa bin Sumay', and Hisham bin Ammar is alone in narrating it.

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: "Whoever hated Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) has hated me, and whoever loved Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) has loved me. Allah Almighty boasts about all the people in general on the evening of Arafah, and boasts about Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) in particular. Indeed, Allah has never sent a Prophet except that there was a muhaddath (one who is inspired) in his Ummah; so if there is any one of them in my Ummah, it is Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him)."
The Companions said: "O Messenger of Allah, what is a muhaddath like?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The angels speak upon his tongue."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him) except al-Hasan (may Allah have mercy on him), and from al-Hasan (may Allah have mercy on him) only his servant Abu Sa'd (may Allah have mercy on him), and from Abu Sa'd (may Allah have mercy on him) only Muhammad bin Muhajir (may Allah have mercy on him); Isma'il bin Ayyash (may Allah have mercy on him) is alone in narrating it."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that "the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) and Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) performed prostration in Surah Sad."
No one narrated this hadith from Qatadah (may Allah have mercy on him) except Abu Bakr al-Hudhali (may Allah have mercy on him), and Isma'il bin Ayyash (may Allah have mercy on him) is alone in narrating it from him.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with them both) that a man said: "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), I have wealth and children, and my father wants to consume (that is, spend) all my wealth." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "You and your wealth belong to your father."
"No one other than Isa bin Yunus narrated this hadith from Yusuf."

Sulayman bin Abi Muslim al-Ahwal (may Allah have mercy on him) relates that he asked al-Minhal (may Allah have mercy on him) about sarf (currency exchange), and he said: "My partner and I made an exchange, both on the spot and on credit. Then we mentioned this to Sayyiduna al-Bara' bin Azib (may Allah be pleased with him), and he said: 'My trade partner Sayyiduna Zayd bin Arqam (may Allah be pleased with him) and I also did the same. Then we mentioned this matter to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whatever (transaction) is on the spot (hand to hand), take it; and whatever is on credit, leave it."'"
No one narrated this hadith from Uthman bin al-Aswad (may Allah have mercy on him) except Sadaqah bin Khalid (may Allah have mercy on him), and Hisham bin Ammar (may Allah have mercy on him) is alone in narrating it.

It is narrated from Ata bin Yasar (may Allah have mercy on him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When the iqamah for prayer has been called, there is no prayer except the obligatory one."
"No one narrated this hadith from Abd al-Aziz bin Husayn except Hisham bin Ammar."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sent for Sayyiduna Abu Taybah (may Allah be pleased with him), and he cupped him (peace and blessings be upon him) at sunset, that is, at the time when the fasting person breaks his fast. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) asked him: "How much is your levy (kharaj)?" He said: "Two sa'." So he (peace and blessings be upon him) reduced it by one sa'.
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Ja'far bin Burqan (may Allah have mercy on him) except Sa'id bin Yahya al-Lakhmi (may Allah have mercy on him), and Hisham bin Ammar (may Allah have mercy on him) is alone in narrating it."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the funeral for which the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) stood was the funeral of a Jew, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Its odour troubled me."
No one narrated this hadith from Isma'il bin Sharwas (may Allah have mercy on him) except Abu al-Asbat (may Allah have mercy on him), and Hatim bin Isma'il (may Allah have mercy on him) is alone in narrating it from him.

Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates from Sayyidah Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her), the nurse who raised Sayyiduna Ibrahim (may Allah be pleased with him), the son of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), that she said: "O Messenger of Allah, you give men glad tidings of every good; do you not give glad tidings to women?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Did your friends put you up to this?" She said: "Yes, they are the ones who told me to." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Is any one of you not pleased that when she is pregnant by her husband and he is pleased with her, she receives a reward equal to that of one who fasts by day and stands in worship by night in the path of Allah? Then when labour pains come upon her, the inhabitants of the heavens and the earth do not know what coolness of the eyes has been hidden for her (in return for this hardship). Then when she gives birth, for every gulp of her milk that comes out, or every single time the child suckles, a good deed is recorded for that woman for each gulp and each suckle. And if the child keeps her awake through the night, she receives a reward equal to freeing seventy slaves in the path of Allah. O Salamah, do you know for whom I have described this reward? It is for those chaste, righteous women who are obedient to their husbands and who are not ungrateful to their husbands."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "This hadith is narrated from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) only with this chain, and Hisham bin Ammar is alone in narrating it."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "It was the people's practice that when the adhan was called for the Maghrib prayer, they would hurry to the pillars and pray two (voluntary) rak'ahs each, while the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was present among them."
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 al-Hakam bin Hisham (may Allah have mercy on him)."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Umm Sulaym (may Allah be pleased with her), the mother of Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him), that she said: "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), advise me." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Abandon sins, for indeed that is the best hijrah; guard the obligatory duties, for that is the best jihad; and remember Allah abundantly, for you will not bring before Allah any deed more beloved to Him than abundant remembrance of Him."
This hadith is narrated from Sayyidah Umm Sulaym (may Allah be pleased with her) only with this chain, and Hisham bin Ammar (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 the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed, part of honouring the greatness and majesty of Allah Almighty is to honour the grey-haired Muslim, to respect the just ruler, and to honour the bearer of the Qur'an (a scholar or hafiz) who neither goes to extremes in it nor turns away from it."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Muhammad bin al-Munkadir (may Allah have mercy on him) except Muhammad bin Salih al-Madani, and he is al-Tammar; and Abd al-Rahman bin Sulayman bin Abi al-Jawn is alone in narrating it from him."

Shurahbil bin al-Simt (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates from Sayyiduna Mu'adh bin Jabal (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "We went on a military expedition with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and we obtained some sheep (as spoils). The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) distributed a portion of them among us and put the rest of them into the (general) spoils."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Shurahbil bin al-Simt except Abd al-Rahman bin Ghanm (may Allah have mercy on him), and from Abd al-Rahman only Ubadah bin Nusayy (may Allah have mercy on him), and from Ubadah only Yahya bin Abd al-Aziz (may Allah have mercy on him); Yahya bin Hamzah (may Allah have mercy on him) is alone in narrating it."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Musa al-Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "When Allah Almighty defeated the polytheists on the day of Hawazin, that is, the day of Hunayn, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) appointed Sayyiduna Abu Amir al-Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him) as commander of the cavalry detachment pursuing them. So he pursued them, and he reached one of those he was pursuing, and it was Ibn Durayd bin al-Simmah. Ibn Durayd turned toward him, attacked Sayyiduna Abu Amir (may Allah be pleased with him), martyred him, and seized the banner. Then I launched a fierce attack on Ibn Durayd, killed him, and took the banner back. Then I returned, bringing the people with me. When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saw me carrying the banner, he asked: 'Has Abu Amir been martyred?' I said: 'Yes, O Messenger of Allah.' Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) raised both his hands and, supplicating for Sayyiduna Abu Amir (may Allah be pleased with him), said: 'Allahumma a'ti 'ubaydaka Aba 'Amir, waj'alhu fil-aktharina yawm al-qiyamah' (O Allah, bestow Your gifts upon Your servant Ubayd Abu Amir, and make him among those who receive the most (reward) on the Day of Resurrection)."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "This report from al-Dahhak bin Abd al-Rahman, from Sayyiduna Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him), is narrated only with this chain, in which Yahya bin Hamzah is alone."

Junadah bin Abi Umayyah (may Allah have mercy on him) relates: We had halted at Dabiq, and Sayyiduna Abu Ubaydah bin al-Jarrah (may Allah be pleased with him) was our commander. News reached Sayyiduna Habib bin Maslamah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the ruler of Cyprus intended to go to the patrician (regional chief) of Azerbaijan, and that he had with him emeralds, rubies, pearls, gold and brocade (silk garments). So he (Sayyiduna Habib (may Allah be pleased with him)) set out with a cavalry detachment, killed him, and brought all the goods that he had with him. Sayyiduna Abu Ubaydah (may Allah be pleased with him) intended to take out the khumus (one-fifth) from it, but Sayyiduna Habib (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Do not deprive me of this wealth; it is provision that Allah has granted me, for I heard from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) that he (peace and blessings be upon him) assigned the belongings of the slain to the one who killed him." At this Sayyiduna Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Wait a moment, O Habib, for I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: 'A man is entitled only to (the belongings of the slain) that his imam (ruler) is pleased to give.'"
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Makhul (may Allah have mercy on him) except Musa bin Yasar (may Allah have mercy on him), in which Amr bin Waqid (may Allah have mercy on him) is alone; and this report is narrated from Sayyiduna Mu'adh and Sayyiduna Habib bin Maslamah (may Allah be pleased with them both) only with this chain."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that "the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to deliver two sermons on Friday and sit between them."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one other than Hatim bin Isma'il (may Allah have mercy on him) narrated this hadith from Ibn Ajlan (may Allah have mercy on him), and Hisham bin Ammar (may Allah have mercy on him) is alone in narrating it from him."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Thawban (may Allah be pleased with him), the freed slave of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "There are two groups of my Ummah whom Allah Almighty has protected from the Fire of Hell: a group that will campaign against Hind (India), and a group that will be with Isa bin Maryam (peace be upon him)."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "This hadith is narrated from Sayyiduna Thawban (may Allah be pleased with him) only with this chain, and al-Zubaydi (may Allah have mercy on him) is alone in narrating it."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Awf bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Dreams are of three kinds: one is frightening things from Satan, so that he may grieve the son of Adam; the second is the thoughts that a person intends or thinks about while awake, which he then sees in his sleep; and the third are those (true dreams) which are one part of forty-six parts of prophethood."
Abu Ubaydullah Muslim bin Mishkam (may Allah have mercy on him) said: I asked him (Sayyiduna Awf bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him)): "Did you hear this yourself from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)?" He replied: "Yes, I heard it (myself) from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "This hadith is narrated from Sayyiduna Awf bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) only with this chain, and Yazid bin Ubaydah (may Allah have mercy on him) is alone in narrating it."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: "Soon the farthest frontier outposts of the Muslims will reach as far as the place Salah, and Salah is a place near Khaybar."
No one narrated this hadith from Imam al-Zuhri (may Allah have mercy on him) except Yunus (may Allah have mercy on him), and from Yunus (may Allah have mercy on him) only Sa'id bin Yahya (may Allah have mercy on him), while Hisham bin Ammar (may Allah have mercy on him) is alone in narrating it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Moderation in spending is half of livelihood, showing affection to people is half of intellect, and asking (questions) well is half of knowledge."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "This hadith is narrated from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) only with this chain, in which Hisham bin Ammar (may Allah have mercy on him) is alone; and Hafs bin Umar (mentioned in the chain) is Hafs bin Umar bin Abi al-Attaf al-Madani (may Allah have mercy on him), while Ibrahim bin Abdullah is Ibrahim bin Abdullah bin Qariz (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: "Whoever says 'Subhan Allah, wal-hamdu lillah, wa la ilaha illallah, wallahu akbar, wa la hawla wa la quwwata illa billah' (Allah is free of all imperfection, all praise belongs to Allah, there is no god worthy of worship except Allah, Allah is the Greatest, and there is no strength (to avoid sins) nor power (to do good) except through the help of Allah), an angel covers these words with his wings and carries them straight up to the Throne without stopping at anything, and whatever he passes by prays for Allah's mercy upon these words and upon the one who said them."
And tasbih means declaring Allah Almighty free of every evil.
He (peace and blessings be upon him) also said: "And whoever says 'La hawla wa la quwwata illa billahil-'aliyyil-'azim' (There is no ability to turn away (from sins) nor power (to do good) except through the help of Allah, the Most High, the Most Great), Allah Almighty says: 'My servant has submitted and surrendered (himself to Me).'"
No one narrated this hadith from Musa bin Talhah except Uthman bin Abdullah bin Mawhab, and Abu Shaybah is alone in transmitting it from Uthman, while al-Walid bin Muslim is alone in narrating it from Abu Shaybah.

It is narrated from the Mother of the Believers, Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her), that "The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to give only a single salam (at the end of the prayer), facing straight ahead."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Hisham bin Urwah (may Allah have mercy on him) except Zuhayr bin Muhammad (may Allah have mercy on him)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Awf bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "If you wish, shall I tell you about leadership (rulership)?" The Companions said: "What is it?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Its first stage is blame, its second is regret, and its third is punishment on the Day of Resurrection, except for the one who acted with justice and fairness."
This hadith is not narrated from Sayyiduna Awf bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) except with this chain, and Zayd bin Waqid (may Allah have mercy on him) is alone in narrating it.
In the Dar al-Haramayn edition it is given like this (Bishr), but it is likely that the correct name is Busr.

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) went out during the Hajj that he (peace and blessings be upon him) performed, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) was very happy and delighted with his Ummah on seeing their gathering and their great number. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) came back in a state of sorrow, so I said: O Messenger of Allah, when you left me you were happy because of your Ummah, and now you have come back sorrowful? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'I entered inside the Ka'bah, and now I wish that I had not entered it; I fear that I may put my Ummah into hardship.'"
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Sulayman bin Musa except Hisham bin Ammar."

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: "The divorce of a slave woman is two pronouncements of divorce, and her waiting period ('iddah) is two menstrual cycles."
"No one narrated this hadith from Sulayman bin Musa except Hisham bin Ammar, and no one narrated it from Muzahir bin Aslam except Ibn Jurayj, Sulayman bin Musa al-Kufi and Abu Asim."

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) delivered a sermon to us, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Beware of oppression, for on the Day of Resurrection oppression will be (utter) darkness; and beware of obscenity, for Allah Almighty loves neither obscenity nor foul speech; and beware of miserliness and greed, for it was this miserliness that destroyed those before you: it (miserliness) commanded them to sever the ties of kinship, so they severed their family ties." A man said: O Messenger of Allah, which jihad is the most excellent? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "That your blood is shed and the hamstrings of your horse are cut." He said: Then which hijrah (emigration) is the most excellent? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "That you abandon everything your Lord dislikes. And hijrah is of two kinds: the hijrah of the town-dweller (the settled person) and the hijrah of the Bedouin. As for the hijrah of the Bedouin, it is that when he is called (to jihad) he responds, and when he is commanded he obeys. As for the hijrah of the town-dweller, it is the more severe of the two in trial and the greater of the two in reward."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Mu'awiyah bin Salamah al-Nasri except Muhammad bin Isa bin Sumay', and Hisham (bin Ammar) is alone in narrating it."

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: "A single prayer (offered) in al-Masjid al-Haram is better than a hundred prayers anywhere else."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Yunus bin Abi Ishaq except Suwayd, and Hisham bin Ammar is alone in narrating it."

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 two sons of al-As are believers, and Amr bin al-As is in Paradise."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Abu Bakr bin Abd al-Rahman (may Allah have mercy on him) except al-Muttalib (may Allah have mercy on him), and from al-Muttalib (may Allah have mercy on him) only Kathir bin Zayd (may Allah have mercy on him), while from Kathir (may Allah have mercy on him) only Abdullah bin Yazid al-Bakri (may Allah have mercy on him) transmitted it; Hisham bin Ammar (may Allah have mercy on him) is alone in narrating it."

It is narrated from the Mother of the Believers, Sayyidah Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her), that she said: "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), the women of Banu al-Mughirah have held a gathering of mourning for al-Walid bin al-Walid bin al-Mughirah." So he (peace and blessings be upon him) gave her permission, and she stood up reciting these verses: "I weep for al-Walid bin al-Walid bin al-Mughirah;
I weep for al-Walid bin al-Walid, the brother (and protector) of the clan."
No one narrated this hadith from Muhammad bin Ali (may Allah have mercy on him) except Abu Hamzah (may Allah have mercy on him), and from Abu Hamzah (may Allah have mercy on him) only Khalid bin Yazid al-Qasri (may Allah have mercy on him), and Hisham bin Ammar (may Allah have mercy on him) is alone in narrating it.

It is narrated from Shurahbil bin al-Simt (may Allah have mercy on him) that, when he was the governor of Hims, he called Sayyiduna Ka'b bin Murrah (may Allah be pleased with him) and said: "Narrate to us a hadith of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and be careful (in reporting it)."
He said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Any Muslim man who frees a Muslim, Allah Almighty will free, in return for each of his limbs, each limb of him (the one who freed him) from the Fire of Hell."
Then he (Shurahbil, again) said: "Narrate to us a hadith of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and be careful."
He (Sayyiduna Ka'b bin Murrah (may Allah be pleased with him)) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) supplicated against the tribe of Mudar, so years of drought came upon them which wiped out their wealth, or as much of it as Allah willed. Then I said: O Messenger of Allah, the tribe of Mudar has been destroyed, so supplicate to Allah for them. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "You are very bold with me." Then he spoke to him (peace and blessings be upon him) again about this, so he (peace and blessings be upon him) stood up on Friday and supplicated: 'Allahumma-sqina ghaythan mughithan, mari'an, mihra'an, tabaqan, 'ajilan ghayra ra'ith, nafi'an ghayra darr' (O Allah, give us rain that brings relief, wholesome, pouring, covering (the whole land), coming quickly and not delayed, beneficial and not harmful). So abundant rain was sent down upon them.
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Ubayd bin Abi al-Ja'd (may Allah have mercy on him) except al-Ajlah (may Allah have mercy on him), from al-Ajlah only Shayban (may Allah have mercy on him), and from Shayban only Muhammad bin Shu'ayb (may Allah have mercy on him), and Hisham bin Ammar (may Allah have mercy on him) is alone in narrating it. Al-Ajlah is in fact Abu Hujayyah Yahya bin Abdullah (may Allah have mercy on him)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered the expulsion of Banu al-Nadir, some of them came to him (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: "O Messenger of Allah, you have ordered us to leave, yet people owe us some debts whose due date has not yet come." The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Reduce (the amount) and take (the payment) early."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Ali bin Yazid bin Rukanah except Muslim bin Khalid."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna al-Sa'ib bin Yazid (may Allah be pleased with him) that "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), Sayyiduna Abu Bakr and Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with them) did not appoint any (formal) judge."
And the first to appoint a judge was Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him); he said (to the judge): "Turn people away from me in (minor disputes over) one dirham or two dirhams (that is, settle these cases yourself)."
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 Yazid bin Abi Habib (may Allah have mercy on him), from Yazid (may Allah have mercy on him) only Ibn Lahi'ah (may Allah have mercy on him), and from Ibn Lahi'ah (may Allah have mercy on him) only al-Walid (may Allah have mercy on him), while Hisham bin Ammar (may Allah have mercy on him) is alone in narrating it."

Sayyiduna Buraydah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Judges are of three kinds; two will be in the Fire and one in Paradise. One is a man who sat to judge between people although he had no knowledge of judging, so he ruined people's rights; the second is a man who had knowledge but knowingly acted unjustly; and the third is a man who had knowledge and judged with the truth according to his knowledge, and he will be in Paradise."
No one narrated this hadith from al-Hakam bin Utaybah (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 Muhammad bin Masruq (may Allah have mercy on him), while Hisham bin Ammar (may Allah have mercy on him) is alone in narrating it.

Musa bin Talhah (may Allah have mercy on him) relates that Sayyiduna Abu Waqid al-Laythi (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated to him; he said: "I was sitting with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) so close that my knee was touching his (peace and blessings be upon him) blessed knee. Then someone came to him (peace and blessings be upon him) and whispered in his (peace and blessings be upon him) ear, at which the colour of the blessed face of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) changed and blood surged in the lines of his (peace and blessings be upon him) noble face. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'This is the messenger of Amir bin al-Tufayl, threatening me and those who are with me; but Allah Almighty has protected me from him (and his evil) through the two sons of Qaylah (Aws and Khazraj), from the descendants of Isma'il.'"
Hisham (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "That is, the Ansar are meant by it."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "This hadith is not narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Waqid al-Laythi (may Allah be pleased with him) except with this chain, and Hisham bin Ammar (may Allah have mercy on him) is alone in narrating it."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he said: "After the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), I have not seen anyone among people more accomplished (in the qualities of leadership and nobility) than Sayyiduna Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him)."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from al-Muttalib bin Abdullah (may Allah have mercy on him) except Kathir (may Allah have mercy on him), and from Kathir (may Allah have mercy on him) only Abdullah bin Yazid (may Allah have mercy on him); Hisham bin Ammar (may Allah have mercy on him) is alone in narrating it."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Mu'adh bin Jabal (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The Milky Way that is in the sky is the sweat of the serpent that is beneath the Throne."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "This hadith is not narrated from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) except with this chain, and Hisham bin Ammar (may Allah have mercy on him) is alone in narrating it."