Those Named Muttalib

Sayyiduna al-Hajjaj bin Amr al-Mazini (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Does any of you think that when he gets up at night and keeps praying until morning, he has prayed tahajjud? Tahajjud is only prayer after sleep, then prayer after sleep, then prayer after sleep. That is how the prayer of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to be."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "These two hadiths are narrated from Sayyiduna al-Hajjaj bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) only with this chain; Ja'far bin Rabi'ah (may Allah have mercy on him) is alone in narrating them both."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Rafi' (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 in the presence of the people: "Let me never find any of you, when one of my commands reaches him, reclining on his couch and saying: 'Whatever we find in the Book of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, that is what we will act upon.'"
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Abu al-Nadr (may Allah have mercy on him), from Musa bin Abdullah bin Qays (may Allah have mercy on him), except Layth (may Allah have mercy on him).
And Sufyan bin Uyaynah (may Allah have mercy on him) narrated it from Malik bin Anas (may Allah have mercy on him), from Abu al-Nadr (may Allah have mercy on him), from Ubaydullah bin Abi Rafi' (may Allah have mercy on him), from his father."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Uthman bin Affan (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Wickedness has seventy parts: one part of it is among the jinn and mankind, and sixty-nine parts are among the Berber people."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Uthman bin Affan (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Allah Almighty divided wickedness into seventy parts; He placed sixty-nine parts among the Berbers (people) and one part for the jinn and mankind."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "This hadith is narrated from Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) only with this chain; Yazid bin Abi Habib (may Allah have mercy on him) is alone in narrating it from Abu Hani' Humayd bin Hani' (may Allah have mercy on him)."

Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: One day the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came back from the direction of a mountain pass after relieving himself. At that time there was food cooked on fire placed before us on a shield or a small leather shield. We invited him (peace and blessings be upon him) to the food, so he (peace and blessings be upon him) sat down and ate with us, and (after eating) he did not even touch water (that is, he did not perform a fresh ablution).
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Ibn Yazid except Layth (may Allah have mercy on him)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Buhaynah (may Allah be pleased with him) that when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) prostrated, he kept his hands so far away from his armpits that I could see the whiteness of his (peace and blessings be upon him) armpits.
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "This hadith is narrated from Ibn Buhaynah (may Allah be pleased with him) only through the narration of Ja'far bin Rabi'ah (may Allah have mercy on him), and no one narrated it from Ja'far bin Rabi'ah except Layth and Bakr bin Mudar (may Allah have mercy on them both)."

The grandson of Ka'b bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him), (Abdullah bin Yahya (may Allah have mercy on him)), narrates from his father, from his grandfather, that his grandmother Sayyidah Khayrah (may Allah be pleased with her), who was the wife of Sayyiduna Ka'b bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him), came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) with her jewellery and said: "I have given this jewellery in charity." The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "It is not permissible for a woman to dispose of anything in her wealth without her husband's permission. So did you ask Ka'b for permission?" She said: "Yes." So the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sent for Sayyiduna Ka'b (may Allah be pleased with him) and asked him: "Did you permit Khayrah to give this jewellery of hers in charity?" He said: "Yes." Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) accepted that jewellery from her.
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "This hadith is narrated from Sayyidah Khayrah (may Allah be pleased with her), the wife of Ka'b bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him), only with this chain; Layth (may Allah have mercy on him) is alone in narrating it."

Abdullah bin Dinar (may Allah have mercy on him), who was one of the righteous Muslims, said: We were with Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) when the sun set, and we kept travelling. When we saw that the evening had grown dark, we said: "The prayer (please)." He remained silent and kept travelling until the twilight disappeared and the stars dipped (towards the horizon); then he dismounted and prayed both prayers together. Then he said: "I saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), when he (peace and blessings be upon him) was in a hurry on a journey, pray this prayer of mine," and he would say: "He (peace and blessings be upon him) would combine the two prayers after night had fallen."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Rabi'ah except Layth (may Allah have mercy on him)."

Sayyiduna Sa'd bin Abi Waqqas (may Allah be pleased with him) said, when the people martyred Sayyiduna Uthman bin Affan (may Allah be pleased with him): "I bear witness that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'There will soon be a tribulation; the one who sits still in it will be better than the one who walks, and the one who walks will be better than the one who runs (to take part).'" It was said to him: "What do you think, if someone breaks into my house or stretches out his hand towards me to kill me (what should I do)?" He said: "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'Be like (the better) of the two sons of Adam.'"
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "This hadith is narrated from Sayyiduna Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with him) only through the narration of Bukayr bin Abdullah bin al-Ashajj, and no one narrated it from Bukayr except Ayyash and Ibn Lahi'ah."

Sayyiduna Abu Waqid al-Laythi (may Allah be pleased with him) said that we were sitting on a mat when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "There will soon be a tribulation." The Companions said: "O Messenger of Allah, what should we do?" So he (peace and blessings be upon him) brought his hand back to the mat and took hold of it, then said: "You should do like this (that is, hold on firmly)."
And (Sayyiduna Abu Waqid (may Allah be pleased with him) also narrated that) one day the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) mentioned before the people that "there will soon be a tribulation," but many of the people did not hear it. So Sayyiduna Mu'adh bin Jabal (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Do you not hear what the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) is saying?" The people asked: "What did he (peace and blessings be upon him) say?" He said: "He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'There will soon be a tribulation.'" The people said: "O Messenger of Allah, then what should we do?" or he said: "How should we act?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Return to your first affair (that is, the foundation of the religion and the earlier way)."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "This hadith is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Waqid (may Allah be pleased with him) only through the narration of Bukayr."

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) used to pray in a single garment and protect himself from the heat and the cold of the ground with its spare part (its loose end).
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "Layth did not narrate any (other) hadith with a connected chain from Sharik except this hadith."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) did not perform the prostration (of forgetfulness) on the day of Dhu al-Yadayn.
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from al-Zuhri except Layth and the nephew of al-Zuhri."

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: "Time will draw close together, knowledge will decrease, tribulations will appear, and al-harj will increase greatly." The Companions said: "O Messenger of Allah, what is al-harj?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Killing (and bloodshed)."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from al-Zuhri, from Humayd, except Layth and the nephew of al-Zuhri."

It is narrated from Ya'qub bin Afif bin al-Musayyib (may Allah have mercy on him) that he asked Sayyiduna Abu Ayyub (may Allah be pleased with him), the Companion of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), about a man who prays in his house, then comes to the mosque and finds that same prayer (being held in congregation): should he repeat it with the people or not? Sayyiduna Abu Ayyub (may Allah be pleased with him) said: We asked the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) about that, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Yes, he should repeat it, and it will include him in the share of reward of the congregation (those who take part in it)."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "This hadith is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Ayyub (may Allah be pleased with him) only with this chain; Bukayr bin al-Ashajj (may Allah have mercy on him) is alone in narrating it."

Urwah bin al-Zubayr (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Sayyiduna Tamim al-Dari (may Allah be pleased with him) told me, or (he said:) I was informed, that Sayyiduna Tamim al-Dari (may Allah be pleased with him) prayed two rak'ahs (even) after Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) had forbidden prayer after Asr. So Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) came to him and struck him with the whip. Sayyiduna Tamim (may Allah be pleased with him), while still in his prayer, gestured to him to sit down, so Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) sat until Sayyiduna Tamim (may Allah be pleased with him) finished. Then he said to Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him): "Why did you strike me?" He said: "Because you prayed these two rak'ahs when I had forbidden them." Sayyiduna Tamim (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "I prayed these two rak'ahs with one who is better than you, that is, with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)." Then Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "O group, I have no worry about you yourselves, but I fear that after you there will come people who will keep praying from Asr to Maghrib, until they pray even at the time in which the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade prayer, just as they pray between Zuhr and Asr, and then they will say: 'We saw so-and-so and so-and-so praying after Asr.'"
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "This hadith is narrated from Sayyiduna Tamim al-Dari (may Allah be pleased with him) only with this chain; Layth (may Allah have mercy on him) is alone in narrating it."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Zayd bin Khalid al-Juhani (may Allah be pleased with him) that a man asked the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him): "O Messenger of Allah, tell me about a lost item found (luqatah)." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Recognise its pouch (or container) and its tie, and keep announcing it for one year. Then, if the one looking for it comes, return it to him; otherwise, use it yourself."
He asked: "And tell me about a stray sheep?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Take it, for it is either for you, or for your brother, or for the wolf."
He asked: "And tell me about a stray camel?" Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) became angry until his (peace and blessings be upon him) cheeks turned red, and then he said: "What have you to do with it? It has its shoes (that is, its hooves) and its water-skin (that is, its ability to store water) with it; it reaches water and eats from the trees. Leave it until its owner comes to it."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Ayyub bin Musa (may Allah have mercy on him) except Yahya bin Ayyub (may Allah have mercy on him); Layth (may Allah have mercy on him) is alone in narrating it."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Zayd bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: We presented to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) a ruqyah (incantation) for (treating) the sting of a venomous creature, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) permitted it for us and said: "These are only firm covenants (like words of a pledge)." And that ruqyah was: 'Bismillah, shajjatun qaraniyyatun, milhatu bahrin, qafta' (In the name of Allah, followed by the words of the charm).
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "This hadith is narrated from Sayyiduna Zayd bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) only with this chain; Layth (may Allah have mercy on him) 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) used to pray wherever he happened to be near in the house. So Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said to him (peace and blessings be upon him): "O Messenger of Allah, at times you pray in a place where a menstruating woman passes. If only you would set aside a particular place for praying." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Aishah, I am surprised at you! Do you not know that the prostration of a believer purifies that place down to the seven earths?"
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "Ma'bad (may Allah have mercy on him) did not narrate any hadith from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) other than this, and no one narrated it from Ma'bad (may Allah have mercy on him) except his son Zuhrah (may Allah have mercy on him); Layth (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 it was the habit of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) that when someone took hold of his (peace and blessings be upon him) hand, he (peace and blessings be upon him) would not pull his hand away from his hand until the man himself let go. And his (peace and blessings be upon him) knee was never seen protruding beyond the knee of the one sitting with him. And whenever anyone spoke to him (peace and blessings be upon him), he (peace and blessings be upon him) would turn his blessed face towards him and would not turn it away until he had finished what he was saying.
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Sa'id al-Maqburi (may Allah have mercy on him) except Layth (may Allah have mercy on him)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Uqbah bin Amir (may Allah be pleased with him) that a man came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: "O Messenger of Allah, one of us commits a sin (what happens then)?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "(The sin) is written against him." He asked: "Then he seeks forgiveness for it and repents (then what)?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "He is forgiven and his repentance is accepted." He said: "Then he returns and commits a sin again (then what)?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Then it is written against him." He said: "Then he seeks forgiveness for it and repents (then what)?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "He is forgiven and his repentance is accepted, and Allah Almighty does not grow weary (of forgiving) until you grow weary."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "This hadith is narrated from Uqbah (may Allah be pleased with him) only with this chain; Yazid bin Abi Habib (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 the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The killer does not become an heir (of the one he killed)."
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 Ishaq bin Abdullah (may Allah have mercy on him), and Layth (may Allah have mercy on him) is alone in narrating it."

Sayyiduna al-Abbas bin Abd al-Muttalib (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "One day I was in the mosque when Abu Jahl came and said: 'I have vowed to Allah that if I see Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) in prostration, I will put my foot on his neck.' So I went to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) until I reached him and told him (peace and blessings be upon him) what Abu Jahl had said. He (peace and blessings be upon him) came out in anger until he entered the mosque; and finding entering through the door too slow, he climbed over the wall and came in. I said (to myself): 'Today is an evil day (of trouble).' So I tied on my waist-wrap and followed him (peace and blessings be upon him). I went in while the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was reciting: 'Read in the name of your Lord who created; created man from a clinging clot.' Then, when he (peace and blessings be upon him) reached the verses about Abu Jahl: 'No! Indeed, man transgresses, because he sees himself self-sufficient,' someone said to Abu Jahl: 'O Abu al-Hakam, this is Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him).' Abu Jahl said: 'Do you not see what I see? By Allah, the horizon of the sky has been closed off to me.' Then, when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) reached the end of the surah, he (peace and blessings be upon him) prostrated."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "This hadith is narrated from al-Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) only with this chain; Layth (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 the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "It is a duty upon every Muslim to take a ritual bath (ghusl) on one day in every seven days and to wash his head."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Amr bin al-Harith (may Allah have mercy on him) except Layth and Ibn Wahb (may Allah have mercy on them both)."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Asma bint Abi Bakr (may Allah be pleased with them both) that a woman came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: "O Prophet of Allah! My daughter is a new bride; she caught measles and her hair has fallen out. Shall I join (other hair to the hair on her head)?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Allah has cursed the woman who joins hair and the woman who has it joined."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Amr except al-Layth."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Mas'ud al-Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) that he heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Jibril (peace be upon him) came down to me, and I prayed with him, then I prayed with him, then I prayed with him, then I prayed with him, then I prayed with him." After that I saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him): he (peace and blessings be upon him) would pray Zuhr as soon as the sun passed the meridian, and sometimes in intense heat he would delay it; and he would pray Asr while the sun was still white (bright) and high, (with so much time left that) a man, after finishing the prayer, could travel the six miles to Dhul-Hulayfah before sunset. He would pray Maghrib when the sun had set, and Isha when the horizon had turned black. He (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed Fajr in the darkness, then on another day he prayed it when the light had spread, and after that he never returned to praying it in the spreading light (isfar) until his death.
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Usamah bin Zayd except Yazid bin Abi Habib, and al-Layth is alone in narrating it; and among those who narrated this hadith from al-Zuhri (may Allah have mercy on him), no one specified the prayer times except Usamah bin Zayd."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that a man from the Ansar came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: "You have commanded us to give the zakah, that is, the charity of breaking the fast (sadaqat al-fitr), and we give it. So what about us if we find rulers who do not spend it in its proper places?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Give it to your rulers, for they will be held to account for it."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Salim except al-Hakam bin Abdullah bin Qays bin Makhramah, and al-Layth is alone in narrating it."

It is narrated from the Mother of the Believers, Sayyidah Maymunah (may Allah be pleased with her), that some men of Quraysh passed by the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) dragging a (dead) sheep of theirs like a donkey. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to them: "If only you had taken its skin!" They said: "It is carrion." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Water and qaraz (the leaves of a kind of acacia tree) purify it."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "This hadith is not narrated from al-Aliyah bint Subay', from Sayyidah Maymunah (may Allah be pleased with her), except with this chain, and al-Layth is alone in narrating it."

Kharijah bin Zayd bin Thabit (may Allah have mercy on him) relates that some people came to Sayyiduna Zayd bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him) and said: "Tell us some of the hadith of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)." He said: "What shall I tell you? I was his (peace and blessings be upon him) neighbour. When revelation came down, he (peace and blessings be upon him) would send for me and I would write down the revelation. When we spoke of the Hereafter, he (peace and blessings be upon him) would speak of it with us; when we spoke of this world, he (peace and blessings be upon him) would speak of it with us; and when we spoke of food and drink, he (peace and blessings be upon him) would speak of it with us. So shall I tell you all of this about him (peace and blessings be upon him)?"
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Sulayman bin Kharijah except al-Walid bin Abi al-Walid, and al-Layth is alone in narrating it."

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: "A little understanding of the religion is better than a great deal of worship. It is enough understanding for a man that he worships Allah, and it is enough ignorance for a man that he is pleased with his own opinion. People are of only two kinds: the believer and the ignorant. So do not harm the believer, and do not live as a neighbour to the ignorant."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Raja' bin Haywah except Ishaq Abu Abd al-Rahman; al-Layth is alone in narrating it."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Musa al-Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "There is no believer but he will come on the Day of Resurrection with a Jew or a Christian, and he will say: 'This is my ransom from the Fire.'"
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Muhammad bin al-Munkadir except Mus'ab bin Thabit."

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: "Whoever is killed defending his property is a martyr."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Yazid bin Abi Habib except Ibn Lahi'ah."

Sayyiduna Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) relates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "You will soon conquer a land in which the qirat is mentioned. So accept the counsel to treat its people well, for they have a covenant of protection and ties of kinship. Then, when you see two men fighting over the space of a single brick, leave it."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "This hadith is narrated from Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) only with this chain, and Harmalah bin Imran is alone in narrating it."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) relates: "We used to rank the Companions of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) in excellence, and we would say: Abu Bakr, then Umar, then Uthman (may Allah be pleased with them), and then the rest of the people are equal. This would reach the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) would not reject it from us."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "Among those who narrated this hadith from Nafi', no one said 'then this would reach the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) would not reject it from us' except Bukayr."

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The earnings of a prostitute are unlawful, and the price of a dog is also unlawful, except for a hunting dog."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "These words, 'except for a hunting dog', are narrated only in this hadith, and al-Muthanna bin al-Sabbah is alone in narrating it."

Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) relates: When the people scattered away from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) on the day of Uhud, eleven men of the Ansar and Sayyiduna Talhah bin Ubaydullah (may Allah be pleased with him) remained with him (peace and blessings be upon him). He (peace and blessings be upon him) was climbing the mountain when the polytheists caught up with them. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Is there no one to deal with these?" Sayyiduna Talhah bin Ubaydullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "O Messenger of Allah! I am here." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Talhah! Stay where you are." Then a man of the Ansar said: "O Messenger of Allah! I am here." So he went forward to fight them, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) kept climbing with the rest of his companions. Then that Ansari was martyred, and the polytheists again caught up with him (peace and blessings be upon him). He (peace and blessings be upon him) said once more: "Is there no one to deal with these?" Sayyiduna Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him) said the same as before, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) gave him the same reply as before. Then another man of the Ansar said: "O Messenger of Allah! I am here." He (peace and blessings be upon him) gave him permission, and he too fought with all his strength like his companion before him, while the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and his companions kept climbing. Then he too was martyred, and the polytheists came close to them. In this way the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) kept saying the same words as before; Sayyiduna Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him) would say: "O Messenger of Allah! I am here," and he (peace and blessings be upon him) would hold him back; and a man of the Ansar would ask permission to fight, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) would give him permission, and he would fight like those before him (and be martyred), until no one was left with him (peace and blessings be upon him) except Sayyiduna Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him), and the polytheists surrounded the two of them. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Who is there for these?" Sayyiduna Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "I am." Then he fought as much as all his companions before him had fought together, and some of his fingertips were wounded, and (from the pain) the word "Hass!" escaped his mouth. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Talhah! Had you said 'Bismillah' (In the name of Allah) or remembered Allah, the angels would have lifted you up while the people watched, until they entered with you into the expanse of the sky." Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and Sayyiduna Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him) climbed up and reached their companions, who had gathered there.
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Abu al-Zubayr except Umarah bin Ghaziyyah, and Yahya is alone in narrating it."

Sayyiduna Uqbah bin Amir (may Allah be pleased with him) relates that he heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Whoever sees in a Muslim a fault that should be covered and conceals it, it is as if he has brought a girl buried alive back to life from her grave."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Wahib bin Abdullah except Ayyash, and Yahya bin Ayyub is alone in narrating it."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I say nothing but the truth." The people around him (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Messenger of Allah! Do you joke with us?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I say nothing except the truth."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Ibn Ajlan except Yahya bin Ayyub, and Abdullah bin Salih is alone in narrating it."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna al-Mustawrid (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The likeness of this world compared with the Hereafter is only as if one of you were to put his finger into the sea, then take it out, and then see how much water (from the sea) it comes back with."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Abu Ishaq except Ubaydullah bin Zahr, and no one narrated it from Ubaydullah except Yahya bin Ayyub."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Imran bin Husayn (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "A man's standing in the ranks in the path of Allah is better than sixty years of worship."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Hisham except Yahya, and Abdullah 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: "Islam consists of three hundred and thirteen laws (ordinances); whoever meets Allah with any one of them will enter Paradise by virtue of it."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Hanash except Khalid bin Abi Imran, and no one from Khalid except Ubaydullah, and Yahya bin Ayyub is alone in narrating it."