Thawban (may Allah be pleased with him), client of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) (among the rare reports of the Musnad of Thawban); his kunyah was Abu Abdullah; it is said he was from Himyar in Yemen, a client of the family of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and it is said he was taken captive and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) bought him and freed him; he lived in Hims and died in the year 54

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Thawban (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The fast of both the one who performs cupping and the one who is cupped is broken."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Thawban (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever begs while he has what suffices him, there will be a disfiguring mark on his face on the Day of Resurrection."

It is narrated with the same chain that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever leaves behind a treasure, on the Day of Resurrection it will be made to appear for him as a bald serpent with two black spots (over its eyes). It will follow him and say: I am your treasure that you left behind you. It will keep following him until he puts his hand into its mouth, and it will chew it; then it will swallow the rest of his body in the same way."

Sayyiduna Thawban (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: I saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) perform ablution (wudu), and he wiped over his leather socks (khuffs) and his khimar, meaning his turban.

Sayyiduna Thawban (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: We were with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) on a journey, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "This journey is one of hardship and burden. So when one of you has prayed witr, let him pray two (voluntary) rak'ahs; if he wakes up (at night), well and good; otherwise these will suffice for him."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Thawban (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) slaughtered his sacrificial animal, then said: "Prepare some of it for us." So we prepared (some) for him, and I kept feeding him (peace and blessings be upon him) from it until we reached Madinah.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Thawban (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "For every mistake (sahw) there are two prostrations after the salam."

Sayyiduna Thawban (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Indeed my Lord, the Mighty and Majestic, has promised me seventy thousand of my Ummah who will (enter Paradise) without reckoning, and with every thousand, seventy thousand more."

Sayyiduna Thawban (may Allah be pleased with him), the freed slave of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), narrates: I was sitting with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) when one of the rabbis of the Jews came and said: As-salamu alayka (peace be upon you), O Muhammad! I pushed him so hard that he nearly fell. He said: Why are you pushing me? I said: Do you not say, 'O Messenger of Allah'? The Jew said: We only call him by the name his family gave him. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "My name is Muhammad, which my family gave me." The Jew said: I have come to ask you. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him: "Will it benefit you at all if I tell you?" He said: I will listen with my ears. He (peace and blessings be upon him) made marks on the ground with a stick he had with him and said: "Ask." The Jew said: On the day when the earth is changed into another earth, and the heavens as well, where will the people be? The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "They will be in darkness before the Bridge (al-Sirat)." He said: Then who will be the first to cross? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The poor among the Muhajirun." The Jew said: When they enter Paradise, what will their gift be? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The extra lobe of the liver of the fish." He said: What will their food be after that? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The bull of Paradise, which grazes on its edges, will be slaughtered for them." He said: What will their drink be with it? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "From a spring called Salsabil." He said: You have spoken the truth. And I have come to ask you about something which no one among the people of the earth knows except a prophet, or one or two men. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Will it benefit you if I tell you?" He said: I will listen with my ears. He said: I have come to ask you about the child. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The man's fluid is white and the woman's fluid is yellow. When the two come together, if the man's fluid prevails over the woman's fluid, it is a boy by the permission of Allah; and if the woman's fluid prevails over the man's fluid, it is a girl by the permission of Allah." The Jew said: You have spoken the truth, and indeed you are a prophet. Then he turned and went away. Thereupon the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "He asked me about what this one was asking me, and I had no knowledge of any of it until Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, informed me."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Thawban (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) cursed the one who takes a bribe, the one who gives a bribe, and the one who acts as a go-between for them.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Thawban (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "You do deeds that are not known, and soon the one who is away (from home) will return to his family; then one will be delighted and another grieved."

Sayyiduna Thawban (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) passed by a man who was being cupped in Ramadan while he was lending to a man, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The one who cups and the one who is cupped have both broken their fast."

Sayyiduna Thawban (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) made unlawful: wearing a gold ring, qassi (silk) cloth, deeply dyed safflower-coloured garments, and leopard skins.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Thawban (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I had forbidden you from visiting graves; now visit them, and make your visits to them a supplication and a seeking of forgiveness for them. And I had forbidden you from eating the meat of sacrificial animals after three days; now eat from it and store it. And I had forbidden you from making nabidh in dubba', hantam and muqayyar (vessels); now make nabidh and benefit from it."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Thawban (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "There are three things with which no deed benefits: associating partners with Allah, disobedience to parents, and fleeing from the battlefield."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Thawban (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "On the Day of Resurrection the Compeller (al-Jabbar), the Exalted, will come forward and fold His leg upon the Bridge (al-Sirat), then He will say: By My might and My majesty, no wrongdoer shall pass beyond Me. Then He will settle the dues of the creation from one another, until He will even settle the due of the hornless sheep from the horned one for a butt with which it butted it."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Thawban (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had himself cupped and gave the cupper his wage, and said: "Feed it (the wage) as fodder to the water-carrying camel."

Sayyiduna Thawban (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: Forty men from among the Companions gathered, deliberating over divine decree (qadar) and compulsion (jabr); among them were Sayyiduna Abu Bakr and Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both). Then the Trustworthy Spirit, Jibril (peace be upon him), descended and said: O Muhammad, go out to your Ummah, for they have introduced something new (into the religion). He (peace and blessings be upon him) came out to them at a time at which he never used to come out, and they found that strange. He (peace and blessings be upon him) came out with his colour changed and his cheeks reddened, as if seeds of sour pomegranate had been burst upon them. So they rose towards the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), their sleeves rolled up, their hands and arms trembling, and they said: We repent to Allah and His Messenger. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Woe to you! You were close to making (punishment) binding upon yourselves. The Trustworthy Spirit came to me and said: O Muhammad, go out to your Ummah, for they have introduced something new (into the religion)."

Sayyiduna Thawban (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The Banu al-Abbas will have two banners; their top will be disbelief and their base will be misguidance. If you reach that time, do not go astray in it."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Thawban (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I was shown the Banu Marwan taking turns upon my pulpit, and that grieved me; and I saw the Banu al-Abbas taking turns upon my pulpit, and that pleased me."

Sayyiduna Thawban (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "What have I to do with the Banu al-Abbas? They have split my Ummah into factions, shed its blood, and clothed it in black garments. May Allah clothe them in garments of Fire."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Thawban (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When my Companions are mentioned, hold back; when the stars are mentioned, hold back; and when divine decree (qadar) is mentioned, hold back."

Sayyiduna Thawban (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Allah, strengthen Islam through Umar bin al-Khattab," while Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) (before accepting Islam) had been beating his sister at the start of the night as she was reciting: "Read in the name of your Lord who created" [Surah al-Alaq: 1], so much so that I thought he would kill her. Then he rose at the time of suhur and heard her voice reciting: "Read in the name of your Lord who created." He said: By Allah, this is neither poetry nor mumbling. Then he went until he came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and found Sayyiduna Bilal (may Allah be pleased with him) at the door. He pushed the door, and Sayyiduna Bilal (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Who is this? He said: Umar bin al-Khattab. Sayyiduna Bilal (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Wait until I seek permission for you from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). Sayyiduna Bilal (may Allah be pleased with him) said: O Messenger of Allah, Umar is at the door. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "If Allah intends good for Umar, He will bring him into the religion." Then he said to Sayyiduna Bilal (may Allah be pleased with him): Open the door. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) took hold of his upper arms, shook him and said: "What do you want, and what have you come for?" Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Present to me that to which you invite. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Bear witness that there is no god but Allah alone, who has no partner, and that Muhammad is His servant and His Messenger." So Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) accepted Islam on the spot, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Go out."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Thawban (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Beware! The millstone of Islam is turning." The narrator said: I said: O Messenger of Allah, what should we do? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Present my hadith to the Book of Allah; whatever agrees with it is from me, and I am the one who said it."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Thawban (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed, Allah has pardoned my Ummah three things: error, forgetfulness, and what they are compelled to do."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Thawban (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Soon there will be people from my Ummah whose jurists will occupy themselves with intricate (and perplexing) questions; those are the worst of my Ummah."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Thawban (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Suckling makes unlawful what lineage makes unlawful."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Thawban (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Who will guarantee me that he will not ask people for anything, and I will guarantee him Paradise?" Sayyiduna Thawban (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I will. So Sayyiduna Thawban (may Allah be pleased with him) would not ask anyone for anything.

A similar hadith is also narrated from Sayyiduna Thawban (may Allah be pleased with him) from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).

Sayyiduna Thawban (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Who will guarantee me one thing, and I will guarantee him Paradise?" I said: I will, O Messenger of Allah. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Do not ask people for anything." The narrator said: So if Sayyiduna Thawban's (may Allah be pleased with him) whip fell while he was riding his camel and a man went to hand it to him, he would make his camel kneel and pick up his whip himself.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Thawban (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was on a journey and said: "We are going to travel by night, so let no one with a weak mount or an unruly mount join us." A man then set out on an unruly she-camel; it threw him, his thigh was broken, and he died. the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered that the funeral prayer be offered for him, then he ordered Sayyiduna Bilal (may Allah be pleased with him), who called out three times: "Paradise is not lawful for a disobedient one."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Thawban (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "My Pool extends from Aden to Oman. Its water is whiter than snow and sweeter than honey, and those who come to it most will be the poor among the Muhajirun." It was said: O Messenger of Allah, who are the poor among the Muhajirun? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Those with dishevelled heads and soiled clothes, who cannot marry women accustomed to luxury, and for whom the doors (of the wealthy) are not opened; those who give (in full) the right they owe, but are not given what is owed to them."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Thawban (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Three things do not break the fast: cupping, vomiting, and a wet dream; but the fasting person should not make himself vomit deliberately."

Sayyiduna Thawban (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) passed by one of his Companions who had a copper ring on his hand. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "What is this?" He said: It is for weakness (an ailment called al-wahinah). He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Take it off."

Sayyiduna Thawban (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: We said: O Thawban, narrate to us from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). He said: I saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) vomit, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) broke his fast.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Thawban (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever performs ablution (wudu) and then says: 'I bear witness that there is no god but Allah, and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah', all eight gates of Paradise will be opened for him; he may enter through whichever of them he wishes."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Thawban (may Allah be pleased with him): The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Nothing turns back the decree except supplication, nothing increases life span except righteousness, and indeed a man is deprived of provision because of a sin he commits."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Thawban (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed, my Pool extends from Aden to Oman; its cups are as many as the stars, and its water is whiter than snow and sweeter than honey. The first to come to it will be the poor among the Muhajirun." We said: O Messenger of Allah, describe them to us. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Those with dishevelled heads and soiled clothes, who cannot marry women accustomed to luxury, and for whom the doors (of the wealthy) are not opened; those who give what they owe, but are not given what is owed to them."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Thawban (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Be upright, though you will not be able to count (your deeds), and know that among the best of your deeds is prayer, and none preserves ablution (wudu) except a believer."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Thawban (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever visits a sick person remains in the khurfah of Paradise." It was asked: What is the khurfah of Paradise? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Its harvested fruit."