Rare reports from the hadith of Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him)

Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: Some people saw a fire in a graveyard, so they went towards it, and there was the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: "Hand your companion to me." And he was the man who used to raise his voice in remembrance of Allah (dhikr).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Straightening the row is part of the completion of the prayer."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him): When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) prostrated, he would keep his arms so far apart from his sides that the whiteness of his (peace and blessings be upon him) armpits could be seen.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I have been commanded to fight the people until they say La ilaha illa Allah (there is no god but Allah). When they say it, they have safeguarded their lives and their wealth from me, except by its right, and their reckoning is with Allah, the Mighty and Majestic."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever gives someone an 'umra (a lifelong grant), it belongs to him and to his descendants."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him): The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade selling fresh dates for dried dates and grapes for raisins, and he granted a concession in 'araya. 'Araya is that a Bedouin comes to his cousin or to someone of his household, and he grants him the fruit of one or two date palms which has not yet ripened, while he intends to set out on a journey; then there is no harm in his selling it for dried dates.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "What an excellent condiment vinegar is!"

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I am Ahmad and I am Muhammad, and I am al-Hashir (the Gatherer), at whose feet the people will be gathered, and I am al-Mahi (the Effacer), through whom Allah will efface disbelief. When the Day of Resurrection comes, the Banner of Praise will be with me, and I will be the leader of the Messengers and the one who intercedes for them."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "In the seven heavens there is not a place the size of a foot, a handspan or a palm except that in it there is an angel standing, or bowing, or prostrating. When the Day of Resurrection comes, they will all say together: Glory be to You! We have not worshipped You as You deserve to be worshipped, except that we did not associate anything with You."

Busr bin Abdullah narrates that it is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When the people under protection (ahl al-dhimmah) are wronged, dominance will belong to the enemy; when fornication becomes widespread, captivity will become widespread; and when the deed of the people of Lut becomes widespread, Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, will withdraw His hand from the creation and will not care in which valley they perish."

Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) said: My eyes saw and my ears heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) at al-Ji'ranah, when there was silver in the garment of Bilal (may Allah be pleased with him), and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was giving it out to the people by the handful. A man said to him (peace and blessings be upon him): O Messenger of Allah, be just! He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Woe to you! If I am not just, then who will be just? You would have failed and lost if I were not just." Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) said: O Messenger of Allah, permit me to kill this hypocrite. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Allah forbid that the people should say that I kill my companions! This man and his companions will recite the Qur'an, but it will not go beyond their throats (or gullets); they will pass out of the religion as an arrow passes through the game."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Mu'adh, I am sending you to the People of the Book. If you are asked about the galaxy (the Milky Way) in the sky, say: It is the saliva of a serpent beneath the Throne."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When Allah intends evil for a servant, He makes building with bricks and clay attractive to him, until he builds."

Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: On the day of the expedition of Ta'if, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) stood with Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) for a large part of the day. Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) said to him (peace and blessings be upon him): O Messenger of Allah, today you have conversed privately with Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) for a very long time. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "It was not I who conversed privately with him; rather, it was Allah who conversed privately with him."

Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: My maternal uncle, Jadd bin Qays, took me along among the seventy riders from the Ansar who came as a delegation to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came out to us, and with him (peace and blessings be upon him) was his (peace and blessings be upon him) paternal uncle, al-Abbas bin Abd al-Muttalib (may Allah be pleased with him). He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O uncle, take the covenant from your maternal relatives." The seventy said to him (peace and blessings be upon him): O Muhammad, ask for your Lord and for yourself whatever you wish. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "As for what I ask of you for my Lord, it is that you worship Him and associate nothing with Him; and as for what I ask of you for myself, it is that you protect me from what you protect yourselves from."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the banner of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was black.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said about the sea: "Its water is pure, and its dead (creatures) are lawful."

Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sent us out with a detachment, and we had no provisions except a bag of dates. He (peace and blessings be upon him) appointed Abu Ubaydah bin al-Jarrah (may Allah be pleased with him) as our commander. He used to give us a handful of dates every day until they ran out, then he began giving us one date at a time. Then the sea cast out a creature for us, and we ate from it. Then Abu Ubaydah (may Allah be pleased with him) ordered that one of its ribs be bent and set upright, then he ordered a man, who mounted a camel and passed beneath it riding.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) in a marfu' form (attributed to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)): "Dried dates and unripe dates (their nabidh too) are wine."