hadith 10136–10518

Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) mentioned another chain of this same hadith, which reaches the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) through al-Hasan bin Sa'd, from Abd al-Rahman bin Abdullah, from his father Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him); in it the words "al-Hasan bin Sa'd narrated from his father" do not appear.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saw a small bird (hummarah) flying over the heads of his Companions and said: "Who has distressed this one (by taking its young)?" A man from the Ansar said: "I took its eggs, or its chicks." He (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered him to put them back.

A similar hadith is also narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When the buyer and the seller disagree, the word of the seller is accepted."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "No one is more jealous (ghayrah) than Allah, the Mighty and Majestic; that is why He has forbidden indecencies. No one loves praise more than Allah; that is why He praised Himself. No one loves excuses more than Allah; that is why He presented excuses to His creation. And no one loves praise (hamd) more than Allah; that is why He praised Himself."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that guests came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) sent word to his wives seeking food from them, but nothing was found with any of them. So he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Allah, I ask You of Your bounty and Your mercy, for none possesses them but You." Then a roasted goat was presented to him (peace and blessings be upon him) as a gift, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "This is from the bounty of Allah, and we are (still) awaiting (His) mercy."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Abusing a Muslim is wickedness (fusuq), and fighting him is disbelief (kufr)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Pray the Fajr prayer when the light has fully spread, for that brings a greater reward."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The superiority of prayer at night over prayer by day is like the superiority of secret charity over open charity."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Our Lord marvels at two men: one is a man who rises from his bed and his blanket, leaving his beloved and his family, for his prayer. Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, says to His angels: 'Look at My servant; he has risen from his bed and his blanket, from his beloved and his family, (and come) to his prayer, out of longing for what is with Me and out of fear of what is with Me.' The other is a man who fights in the path of Allah and is routed, then he realises what (burden) lies upon him in fleeing and what (reward) is his in returning, so he returns until his blood is shed. Allah Almighty says to His angels: 'Look at My servant; he returned out of longing for what is with Me and out of fear of what is with Me, until his blood was shed.'"

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "If the people of Hell were told: 'You will remain in Hell for (a period equal to) the number of every pebble in the world,' they would rejoice at it; and if the people of Paradise were told: 'You will remain in Paradise for (a period equal to) the number of every pebble in the world,' they would grieve at it. But (the truth is that) eternity has been decreed for them."

Qays bin al-Sakan (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates: I was sitting with Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) on the day of Ashura, and there was a bowl of tharid in front of him. Then al-Ash'ath bin Qays came in to him, and (Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him)) said: "O Abu Muhammad, will you not come near to the meal?" He said: "Have you people not fasted this day?" (Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him)) said: "This is a day on which we used to fast before Ramadan was revealed; then when Ramadan was revealed, we fasted it and left what was besides it."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Allah Almighty will gather all the nations on the Day of Resurrection, then He will descend from His Throne to His Kursi (Footstool), and His Kursi encompasses the heavens and the earth."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was shrouded in three garments: a San'ani cloak and two hibarah (striped Yemeni) cloaks.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "There are two greedy ones who are never satisfied: the seeker of knowledge and the seeker of the world."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Leave the Turks alone as long as they leave you alone, for the first to strip my Ummah of their dominion and of what Allah has granted them will be the Banu Qanturah."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "There will always be forty men in my Ummah whose hearts are like the heart of Ibrahim (peace be upon him); through them Allah will ward off (calamities) from the people of the earth. They are called the Abdal." The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "They did not attain this rank through prayer, fasting or charity." The Companions said: "O Messenger of Allah, then by what did they attain it?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "By generosity and sincere goodwill towards the Muslims."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Al-Salam (Peace) is one of the names of Allah which He has placed on the earth, so spread it among yourselves. For when a man greets a group with salam and they return his greeting, he has a degree of superiority over them because he reminded them (of Allah); and if they do not return his greeting, one who is better and purer than them (an angel) returns it."

A similar hadith is also narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that he heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: "Hell has been kindled and Paradise has been brought near. O people of the chambers! If you knew what I know, you would laugh little and weep much."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "After you there will come a time of patience, in which the one who holds fast (to the religion) will have the reward of fifty martyrs." Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "O Messenger of Allah, (fifty) of us or of them?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Of you."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had a horse that would run very swiftly with him, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) was greatly pleased with it, so the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "This horse of mine is indeed a sea (as swift as the sea)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "You will not enter Paradise until you believe, and you will not (truly) believe until you love one another. Shall I not tell you of something which, if you do it, you will love one another? Spread the greeting of salam among yourselves."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The first thing I came to know about the affair of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was this: I came to Makkah with some of my paternal uncles, and we were directed to Abbas bin Abd al-Muttalib. We reached him while he was sitting by Zamzam, and we sat down with him. While we were with him, a man came from the direction of Bab al-Safa: fair-skinned with a reddish tinge, with thick curly hair reaching halfway down his ears, a high nose, the bridge of his nose raised and its tip small, gleaming front teeth, deep black eyes, a thick beard, a fine line of hair on the chest, sturdy hands and feet, wearing two white garments, as though he were the moon on the night of the full moon. On his right walked a handsome young boy who was near puberty or had reached it, and behind them walked a woman who had covered her adornment. Then he went towards the Black Stone and touched it (istilam), then the boy touched it, then the woman touched it. Then he circled the House seven times, and the boy and the woman circled with him. Then he touched the Corner (the Black Stone), raised his hands and said the takbir, and the boy stood on his right and raised his hands, and the woman stood behind them both, raised her hands and said the takbir. Then he stood for a long time, then he bowed and prolonged the bowing, then he raised his head from the bowing and made qunut while standing, then he prostrated, and the boy and the woman prostrated with him; the two of them did as he did and followed him. (Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him)) said: We saw something we had never known in Makkah, and we found it strange. We turned to Abbas and said: "O Abu al-Fadl! We never knew this religion among you. Has something new happened?" He said: "Yes, by Allah! Do you not recognise him?" We said: "No." He said: "This is my nephew, Muhammad bin Abdullah; the boy is Ali bin Abi Talib; and the woman is Khadijah bint Khuwaylid. Listen! By Allah, there is no one on the face of the earth who worships Allah according to this religion except these three."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The people of Paradise will be in one hundred and twenty rows, eighty rows of which will be from my Ummah."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "It is not lawful for a Muslim to cut off relations with his brother for more than three days."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) was obliged to free a slave from the descendants of Isma'il. Then some captives of Banu al-Anbar arrived, so the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered her to free one of them, and he said: "Whoever is obliged to free someone from the descendants of Isma'il should not free anyone from Himyar."
Ali bin Abis said: I asked Isma'il bin Abi Khalid: "Who were Himyar?" He said: "They were older (more ancient) than Isma'il (peace be upon him)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Companions said: "O Messenger of Allah! You become uncertain (in the prayer)." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Why should I not become uncertain, when dirt is lodged between the nails and fingertips of one of you?"

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I will reach the Pond before you, and I will boast of you over the other nations, so do not fight and kill one another after me."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When the death of one of you is decreed in a certain land, a need is created for him to go there."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him): "We were commanded to fulfil oaths."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The upper hand (the giver) is better than the lower hand (the receiver). Begin (your spending) with those you support: your mother, your father, your sister and your brother, then whoever is next closest."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Perform Hajj and Umrah one after the other, for they both remove poverty and sins just as the furnace removes the impurities of iron, gold and silver; and the reward of an accepted Hajj is nothing less than Paradise."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The slain person will come to Allah holding his killer, his veins gushing with blood, and he will say: 'O my Lord! Ask this one why he killed me.' Allah will ask (the killer): 'Why did you kill him?' If he says: 'I killed him so that the honour might belong to so-and-so,' Allah will say: 'Honour belongs only to Allah.'"

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: "The Muhajirun, the Ansar, the Tulaqa' of Quraysh (those pardoned at the conquest of Makkah) and the Utaqa' of Thaqif (those who were freed): they are all allies of one another in this world and the Hereafter."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I will reach the Pond before you."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever dies while setting up a rival to Allah, Allah will enter him into Hell."
Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: And another thing which I did not hear myself from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), but I hope that it is true: "No servant dies while not setting up any rival to Allah except that Allah will enter him into Paradise."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "The Sunnah way of the ritual bath (ghusl) for major impurity (janabah) is that you first wash both your hands until they are clean, then put your right hand into the vessel and pour water with your right hand onto your left hand and wash your private parts until they are clean, then strike your left hand on the wall or the ground and rub it, then pour water on it with your right hand and wash it, then perform ablution (wudu) like the ablution for prayer."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Every good deed is charity."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: "Among the worst of people are those upon whom the Hour comes while they are alive, and those who take graves as places of worship (masjids)."