hadith 16156–16221

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ka'b bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would not return from a journey except in the daytime, in the forenoon, and when he returned, he would first go to the mosque, pray two rak'ahs in it, and then sit in it.

Sayyiduna Ka'b bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) said: When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) returned from a journey, he would first go to the mosque and pray two voluntary rak'ahs in it, then end the prayer with salam and sit in his place of prayer, and the Muslims would come to him (peace and blessings be upon him) and greet him (peace and blessings be upon him).

Sayyiduna Ka'b bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) used to say: When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) returned from a journey, he would go to the mosque, pray two rak'ahs in it, and then sit for the people, for their questions and their requests for fatwas.

Sayyiduna Ka'b bin Malik al-Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) used to say: Indeed, when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) returned from a journey, he would first go to the mosque, pray two rak'ahs in it, and then sit for the people, for their questions and their requests for fatwas, for as long as he saw fit.

Sayyiduna Ka'b bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) said: It rarely happened that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) set out on a journey on any day other than Thursday.

Sayyiduna Ka'b bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "When Egypt is conquered, enjoin good treatment of the Copts, for they have a right of protection (dhimmah) and ties of kinship." That is, the mother of Sayyiduna Isma'il (peace be upon him) was from among them.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ka'b bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When you conquer Egypt, enjoin good treatment of the Copts, for they have a right of protection (dhimmah) and ties of kinship."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ka'b bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When you conquer Egypt, enjoin good treatment of the Copts, for they have a right of protection (dhimmah) and ties of kinship."

Sayyiduna Ka'b bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) said: We used to pray the Maghrib prayer with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), then go to the quarter of Banu Salimah, and we could still see where our arrows landed, although Banu Salimah was at the farthest edge of Madinah.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ka'b bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) would pray Maghrib, and some men of Banu Salimah would pray with him (peace and blessings be upon him), and on their way back they could still see where the arrows landed.

Sayyiduna Ka'b bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) would pray Maghrib, then the people would return to their families while they could still see where the arrows landed when they were shot.

Ibn Ka'b bin Malik (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that some men of Banu Salimah used to attend the Maghrib prayer with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), then return to their families while they could still see where the arrows fell.
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Ma'mar and Ibn Jurayj did not say "Ibn Ka'b from his father" in this hadith; rather, they narrated it from Ibn Ka'b alone.

It is narrated from one of the Companions of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) (may Allah be pleased with him) that they used to pray with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), then return to their families and go back to Banu Salamah, while they could still see where the arrows fell when they were shot.
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Yunus narrated it likewise from Ibn Shihab, from Ibn Ka'b: "A man from among the Companions of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) informed me."

Ibn Ka'b bin Malik (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates: When the time of death came to Sayyiduna Ka'b (may Allah be pleased with him), Umm Mubashshir (may Allah be pleased with her) said to him: Convey my greetings of peace to my son, meaning (her son) Mubashshir. Ka'b (may Allah be pleased with him) said: May Allah forgive you, O Umm Mubashshir! Have you not heard what the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said? He said: "The soul of the believer is in the form of a bird that hangs in the trees of Paradise, until Allah returns it to its body on the Day of Resurrection." She said: I seek Allah's forgiveness.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ka'b bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The souls of the believers are in the form of birds hanging in Paradise, until Allah returns them to their bodies on the Day of Resurrection."

Sayyiduna Ka'b bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) used to narrate that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The soul of the believer is only a bird that hangs in the trees of Paradise, until Allah returns it to its body on the day He resurrects him."

Abdur Rahman bin Ka'b bin Malik (may Allah have mercy on him) said: When the time of death came to Sayyiduna Ka'b bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him), Umm Bishr bint al-Bara' bin Ma'rur came to him and said: O Abu Abdur Rahman! If you meet my son, convey my greetings of peace to him. Ka'b (may Allah be pleased with him) said: May Allah forgive you, O Umm Bishr! We will be too busy for that. Umm Bishr said: O Abu Abdur Rahman! Did you not hear the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: "Indeed, the souls of the believers are in the bellies of birds that hang from the trees of Paradise"? He said: Of course. Umm Bishr said: Then that is how it is.

It is narrated about Sayyiduna Ka'b bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that when the time of his death drew near, Umm Mubashshir came to him and said: Convey my greetings of peace to my son. He said to her: Did you not hear the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: "The soul of the believer is a bird that hangs in the tree of Paradise until it is raised on the Day of Resurrection"? She said: Of course, but I forgot.

Sayyiduna Ka'b bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When the believer dies, his soul becomes a bird that hangs in the tree of Paradise, until Allah returns it to his body on the Day of Resurrection."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ka'b bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that a man of the Ansar died, and Umm Mubashshir said: Convey my greetings of peace to my son Mubashshir. Ka'b (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) did not say that; the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) rather said: "The souls of the martyrs are in the form of green birds that hang wherever they wish." She said: Then I seek Allah's forgiveness. He said: This is what I heard.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ka'b bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) passed by him while he was holding on to a man over two uqiyahs (of debt). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to the man: "Has he forgiven half (of the debt)?" The man said: Yes, O Messenger of Allah. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said (to the man): "Pay him (Ka'b) the rest of his due."

Abdullah bin Ka'b bin Malik (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates from his father Ka'b (may Allah be pleased with him) that, in the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), he demanded a debt from Ibn Abi Hadrad (may Allah be pleased with him) in the mosque, until their voices were raised, until the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), who was in his house, heard their voices, until he (peace and blessings be upon him) came out to them; the curtain of his chamber was drawn back, until he (peace and blessings be upon him) saw Ka'b (may Allah be pleased with him), and said: "O Ka'b bin Malik!" He said: At your service, O Messenger of Allah. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Leave off half of this debt of yours." He said: I have left it, O Messenger of Allah. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said (to Ibn Abi Hadrad): "Get up and pay him."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ka'b bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that, in the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), he demanded from Ibn Abi Hadrad in the mosque a debt that he owed him, and their voices were raised until the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), who was in his house, heard them. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came out to them, until he (peace and blessings be upon him) drew back the curtain of his chamber, then called out to Ka'b bin Malik: "O Ka'b!" He said: At your service, O Messenger of Allah. He (peace and blessings be upon him) gestured with his hand: Leave off half of your debt. Ka'b (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I have done so, O Messenger of Allah. Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said (to Ibn Abi Hadrad): "Get up and pay him."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ka'b bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that, in the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), he asked Ibn Abi Hadrad in the mosque for a debt that he owed him, and their voices were raised until the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) heard them. Then the narrator mentioned the same account as above.

Sayyiduna Ka'b bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade mut'ah (temporary marriage).

Sayyiduna Ka'b bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade mut'ah marriage and the meat of domestic donkeys.

Sayyiduna Ka'b bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I bear witness that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), on the day of (the Battle of) Khaybar, forbade the meat of domestic donkeys.

Sayyiduna Ka'b bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) said: When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was pleased, his face looked as though it were a piece of the moon.

Sayyiduna Ka'b bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) said: When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was pleased by something, his face would light up as though it were a piece of the moon, so that his pleasure would be known from it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ka'b bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was pleased, his face would light up as though it were a piece of the moon.

Sayyiduna Ka'b bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) said: When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was pleased by something, his face would light up as though it were the halo of the moon.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ka'b bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that at Khaybar a Jewish woman presented a roasted goat as a gift to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked her: "What is this?" She said: It is a gift (she was wary of saying it was charity). So he (peace and blessings be upon him) ate, and his (peace and blessings be upon him) companions ate too. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said to them: "Stop." Then he said to the woman: "Did you poison this goat?" She said: Who told you? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "This bone" (pointing to its shank bone, or it was in his (peace and blessings be upon him) hand). She said: Yes. He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "Why?" She said: I thought that if you were a false prophet, people would be relieved of you, and if you were a true prophet, it would not harm you. So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had cupping done on the upper back (near the shoulder), and ordered his companions to have cupping done as well, so they had cupping done, but some of them died. Al-Zuhri said: "The woman accepted Islam, and then people mentioned that he (peace and blessings be upon him) had her killed."

Sayyiduna Ka'b bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Mula'ib al-Asinnah came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) with a gift, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) presented Islam to him, but he refused to accept Islam. So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Then I do not accept the gift of an idolater."

Sayyiduna Ka'b bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Mula'ib al-Asinnah came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) with a gift, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) presented Islam to him, but he refused to accept Islam. So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Then I do not accept the gift of an idolater."
He said: Send whomever you wish to the people of Najd; I will be their protector. So he (peace and blessings be upon him) sent some men to them, among whom was Mundhir bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with him), who was called "al-Mu'niq" (the one who hastened), because he hastened forward at the time of death. Then Amir bin al-Tufayl sought the help of Banu Amir against them, but they refused to obey him and also refused to break the protection given by Mula'ib al-Asinnah. So he sought the help of Banu Sulaym against them, and they obeyed him. He pursued them with about a hundred archers, caught up with them at Bi'r Ma'unah, and killed them all except Amr bin Umayyah al-Damri (may Allah be pleased with him).

It is narrated from Abdur Rahman bin Ka'b bin Malik (may Allah have mercy on him) and others that Amir bin Malik bin Ja'far, who was called Mula'ib al-Asinnah, came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) while he was an idolater. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) presented Islam to him, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I do not accept the gift of an idolater."
Amir bin Malik said: O Messenger of Allah! Send whomever you wish of your envoys; I will be their protector. So the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sent a group, among whom was Mundhir bin Amr al-Sa'idi (may Allah be pleased with him), about whom it was said: "He hastened towards death"; they had been sent as scouts among the people of Najd. Amir bin al-Tufayl heard of them, and he called on Banu Sulaym to rise against them; they set out with him and killed them all at Bi'r Ma'unah except Amr bin Umayyah al-Damri (may Allah be pleased with him). Amir bin al-Tufayl seized him and later released him. When he came back to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) as the only survivor among them (and among them was Amir bin Fuhayrah (may Allah be pleased with him); Urwah told me that he was killed that day, but when they searched for him to bury him, his body was not found. Urwah said: People believed that it was the angels who buried him), Hassan bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him) composed these verses inciting against Amir bin al-Tufayl:
[In the Wafir metre]
"O sons of Umm al-Banin! Does it not shake you, while you are among the chiefs of the people of Najd, that Amir scorned the protection given by Abu Bara', so as to break his pledge? This was no mistake, but a deliberate act."
So Rabi'ah bin Amir bin Malik struck Amir bin al-Tufayl with a spear in his thigh, in return for his breaking the protection of Amir bin Malik, a blow that split it open.
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Yunus did not mention the link "from his father" in his narration.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ka'b bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Every important matter that is not begun with the praise of Allah is incomplete (deprived of blessing)," or he said: "cut off."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ka'b bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "People will be resurrected on the Day of Resurrection, and I and my Ummah will be upon a hill. My Lord, the Mighty and Majestic, will clothe me in a red garment, then permission (for intercession) will be given to me, and I will say whatever Allah wills me to say. That is the Praised Station (al-Maqam al-Mahmud)."

Sayyiduna Ka'b bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) said: A man came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: O Messenger of Allah! I have settled in the quarter of such-and-such a tribe, and the one who harms me most is the one who has been my neighbour the longest. So the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sent Sayyiduna Abu Bakr, Umar and Ali (may Allah be pleased with them) to come to the mosque, stand at its door and call out: "Listen! Forty houses count as neighbours, and the one whose neighbour is not safe from his evils will not enter Paradise."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ka'b bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that he had some goats that used to graze on Mount Sal', and one of them fell. A slave girl went down and slaughtered it. Ka'b (may Allah be pleased with him) asked the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) about it, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) saw no harm in it.

Sayyiduna Ka'b bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade the group whom he (peace and blessings be upon him) had sent to kill Ibn Abi al-Huqayq from killing women and children.