Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah

Hazrat Umar bin Khattab narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: I will hold onto your garments so that you may be saved from Hell, but you have overpowered me and are rushing into it like moths, and it is near that I will let go of your garments. And I will reach the Pond before you, and you will come to me gathered and in groups.

Hazrat Zaid bin Thabit narrates that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "I am leaving among you two successors after me: the Book of Allah and my family, the Ahl al-Bayt, and the two shall never be separated until they come to me at the Pond."

Hazrat Zaid bin Arqam (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that Ubaidullah bin Ziyad sent for me, so I went to him. He said, "What are these ahadith that you narrate which have reached us, and you narrate them from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)? We have not read them in the Book of Allah, and you say that you have a Hawd (Pond)?" He replied, "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) has also described this to us and has promised it to us."

Hazrat Abu Saeed narrates that the Prophet ﷺ said: I have a cistern whose length is as much as the distance between the Kaaba and Baitul Maqdis. It is white like milk, its vessels are as numerous as the stars in the sky, and on the Day of Judgment, I will have more followers than all the other prophets.

Hazrat Ka'b bin Ujrah narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) came to us while we were sitting reclining on leather cushions. He said: Soon there will be rulers; whoever goes to them and affirms their lies and helps them in their oppression, he is not from me and I am not from him, and he will not come to me at the Pond. And whoever does not affirm their lies and does not help them in their oppression, he is from me and I am from him, and he will come to me at the Pond.

Hazrat Abu Saeed Khudri narrates that the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said that every prophet was given a gift, and he received it quickly, but I have stored it for the intercession of my Ummah.

Hazrat Abu Saeed narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: On the Day of Resurrection, Noah (peace be upon him) will be called and it will be said to him, "Did you convey the message to your people?" They will say, "No warner came to us, and no one came to us." Noah (peace be upon him) will be asked, "Who will bear witness for you?" He will say, "Muhammad (peace be upon him) and his ummah." He said: This is the meaning of Allah's statement { وَکَذَلِکَ جَعَلْنَاکُمْ أُمَّۃً وَسَطًا }, and the meaning of "al-wasat" is moderate. He said: They will bear witness that he conveyed the message to them. He said: Then after that, I will bear witness for you.

Hazrat Abu Wa'il narrates that Hazrat Abdullah said: Verily, Allah made Ibrahim (peace be upon him) His Khalil (friend), and your companion is also Allah's Khalil. Indeed, Muhammad (peace be upon him) is the most honored among the creation in the sight of Allah. Then he recited { عَسَی أَنْ یَبْعَثَک رَبُّک مَقَامًا مَحْمُودًا }.

Hazrat Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said that Allah said: The explanation of { وَنُفِخَ فِی الصُّوَرِ فَصَعِقَ مَنْ فِی السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَنْ فِی الأَرْضِ … فَإِذَا ہُمْ قِیَامٌ یَنْظُرُونَ } is that I will be the first to raise my head, and I will see that Musa (peace be upon him) will be holding one of the pillars of the Throne. I do not know whether he will raise his head before me or if he will be among those whom Allah will exempt.

Hazrat Zaid bin Arqam (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Those who will come to my pond, you will not even be one hundred-thousandth of them. The narrator says that we asked Zaid how many were you at that time; he replied: between six hundred and seven hundred.

Hazrat Hudhaifah (may Allah be pleased with him) says that the reservoir is whiter than milk, sweeter than honey, colder than ice, and more fragrant than musk. Its vessels are as numerous as the stars in the sky, and its length is as much as the distance from Aylah to Sana'a. Whoever drinks from it will never feel thirsty again.

Mujahid, in the explanation of Allah’s command { وَإِنَّہُ لَذِکْرٌ لَک وَلِقَوْمِک }, says that it will be asked: “Who is this man among?” The answer will be: “Among the Arabs.” It will be asked: “From which tribe of the Arabs?” The answer will be: “From the Quraysh.” The explanation of { وَرَفَعْنَا لَک ذِکْرَک } is that whenever my name is mentioned, your name will also be mentioned. I bear witness that there is no god but Allah, and I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah.

Ibn Shubrumah narrates that Hasan, in the explanation of Allah’s statement { أَلَمْ نَشْرَحْ لَک صَدْرَک }, said: “Why not! Rather, you are filled with wisdom and knowledge.” Regarding { وَوَضَعْنَا عَنْک وِزْرَک الَّذِی أَنْقَضَ ظَہْرَک }, he said: “The burden did not weigh down the back.” And regarding { وَرَفَعْنَا لَک ذِکْرَک }, he said: “Whenever Allah is mentioned, your mention will also be with it.”

Hazrat Jubair bin Mut’im narrates that the Prophet ﷺ said: I have many names, I am Muhammad, I am Ahmad, and I am Maahi, through whom Allah will erase disbelief, and I am Haashir, people will be resurrected at my feet, and I am ‘Aaqib. A person asked, what is the meaning of ‘Aaqib? He replied: The one after whom there is no prophet.

Hazrat Hudhaifah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) passed by me and said: I am Muhammad, I am Ahmad, I am Muqaffi, and I am Hashir.

Hazrat Abu Musa narrates that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, mentioned his names to us; some of them we remembered. He said: I am Muhammad, I am Ahmad, I am Muqaffi, I am Hashir, I am Nabi al-Tawbah, and I am Nabi al-Malhamah.

Hazrat Thawban narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Allah the Exalted folded the earth for me and I saw its east and west, and the rule of my Ummah will reach as far as it was folded for me, and two treasures were given to me, red and white. Hammad says that once I heard the narrator say: "I interpreted this as the kingdoms of Persia and Rome." And I asked my Lord that my Ummah not be destroyed by a general famine, and that no enemy be imposed upon them who would uproot them completely, and my Lord said to me: O Muhammad! When I make a decision, it cannot be reversed, and I have accepted your prayer that I will not destroy them by a general famine, and I will not impose upon them any enemy from among others who would uproot them completely, even if all their forces were gathered against them.

Hazrat Sa’d narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came one day from the outskirts of Madinah until, when he passed by the mosque of Banu Mu’awiyah, he entered it and performed two rak’ahs, and we also prayed with him. He made a long supplication to Allah, then turned towards us and said: I asked my Lord for three things; two He granted me, and one He refused. I asked my Lord that my ummah not be destroyed by famine, and Allah granted this to me. And I asked Him that my ummah not be destroyed by drowning, and He granted this to me as well. And I asked Him to prevent them from fighting among themselves, but this supplication was rejected.

Hazrat Hudhaifah bin Yaman (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) went towards the locality of Banu Muawiyah and I followed behind him. When he reached there, he performed eight units (rak‘ahs) of the forenoon (duha) prayer and made them lengthy. Then he turned and said, "O Hudhaifah (may Allah be pleased with him)! Did I make it too long for you?" I said, "Allah and His Messenger know best." He said, "I asked Allah for three things; He granted me two and withheld one. I asked that He not allow any outsider to overpower my ummah, and He granted it. I asked that He not destroy them with famine, and He granted it. And I asked that He not cause them to fight among themselves, but He withheld that."

Murrah narrates that Hazrat Abdullah said: When the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) was taken on the Mi'raj, he was brought to the Sidrat al-Muntaha, which is in the sixth heaven, and to it reach the deeds that are brought up from the earth, and from there they are taken, and to it reach the things that are sent down from above and are taken at that place. The meaning of {إذْ یَغْشَی السِّدْرَۃَ مَا یَغْشَی } is that golden butterflies cover it. The narrator says that there, three things were given to him: five prayers, the last verses of Surah Al-Baqarah, and the sins of your Ummah who do not commit shirk were forgiven.

Hazrat Hudhaifah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that Buraq was brought to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), which is a white, tall animal, and it would place its hoof at the farthest point it could see. The Prophet sat on its back with Jibreel until they reached Bayt al-Maqdis, and the gates of the heavens were opened for him, and he saw Paradise and Hell. Hazrat Hudhaifah (may Allah be pleased with him) says that the Prophet did not pray in Bayt al-Maqdis.

Hazrat Abdullah bin Shaddad narrates that when the Prophet (ﷺ) was taken on the Mi'raj, a beast was brought to him which was smaller than a mule and bigger than a donkey. It would place its hoof where its gaze ended. Its name was Buraq. And the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) passed by a caravan of polytheists; their camels became startled. They said, "What is this?" Others replied, "We do not see anything; it was just a gust of wind." Until the Prophet (ﷺ) reached Bayt al-Maqdis. Then two vessels were brought to him, one containing wine and the other milk. He chose the milk. Jibreel said, "You have been guided, and your Ummah has also been guided." Then the Prophet (ﷺ) proceeded towards Egypt.

Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: When the night of Mi'raj occurred and I spent the morning in Makkah, I was astonished about my matter and felt that people would belie me. So the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sat alone, saddened. Abu Jahl passed by and came to sit with him, and mockingly asked, "Has something happened?" He replied, "Yes!" He asked, "What happened?" He replied, "I was taken on a night journey last night." He asked, "To where?" He replied, "To Bayt al-Maqdis." He asked, "Then you reached us by morning?" He replied, "Yes!" Abu Jahl did not show denial, fearing that if he called his people to the Prophet, perhaps he would deny it. So he said, "O assembly of Banu Ka'b ibn Lu'ayy! Come here!" The gathering dispersed and they came and sat with the two of them. He said to the Prophet, "Tell your people what you told me." The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "I was taken on a night journey last night." They asked, "To where?" He replied, "To Bayt al-Maqdis." They said, "Then you reached us by morning?" He replied, "Yes!" It is said that some began to clap their hands and some, out of astonishment, placed their hands on their heads, and they began to say to me, "Can you describe the mosque to us?" Some among the people had traveled to that city and seen the mosque. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "I began to describe it to them, until I became unsure about some of its features. Then the mosque was brought before me while I was looking at it, and it was placed in front of the house of Aqil or the house of Iqal. I began to describe it while looking at it. The people said, 'By Allah, the description is absolutely correct.'"

Hazrat Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that while Jibreel was sitting with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), the Prophet heard a sound above him. He raised his head and said: "A door of the heavens has been opened today which was never opened before." Then an angel descended and said: "Receive the glad tidings of two lights that have been given to you and were not given to anyone before you: Surah Al-Fatihah and the last verses of Surah Al-Baqarah. Whatever letter you recite from them, it will be granted to you."

Abdullah bin Qais says that I was with Hazrat Abu Burdah one night when Harith bin Aqeesh came to us, and he narrated that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said that there will be some people in my Ummah by whose intercession more people will enter Paradise than the people of the tribe of Mudar.

Hazrat Abu Saeed narrates that the Prophet ﷺ said: There will be some people in my Ummah who will intercede for a man and his household, and they will enter Paradise through his intercession.

Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: I was subjected to such harm in the way of Allah as no one else was subjected to, and I was made to fear for the sake of Allah as no one else was made to fear, and there came upon us a night in which there was nothing with me and Bilal that a person with a liver could eat, except for that which Bilal had hidden under his armpit.

Hazrat Jabir bin Samurah narrates that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: I know a stone in Makkah that used to greet me before my prophethood; I still recognize it.

Hazrat Abdur Rahman bin Sabit narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: Indeed, Allah Almighty manifested Himself to me in the best form and asked me, "What are the exalted assembly disputing about?" I replied, "O my Lord! I do not know." He says that then Allah placed His hand between my shoulders until I felt its coolness in my chest, or he said: Allah placed His hand on my chest until I felt its coolness between my shoulders, and whatever He asked me about, I came to know it.

Hazrat Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that Hazrat Abu Talha sent me to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) to invite him, so I came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) while he was with some people. When he saw me, I felt shy, and I said, "Please go to Abu Talha." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to the people, "Get up." Abu Talha said, "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! I had prepared this only for you." It is said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) touched it and prayed for blessings in it, and said, "Call ten of my companions." They ate until they were full. Then he kept calling ten and letting ten leave until none remained who had not eaten and become full. Then he leveled it, and it was as much as it had been before the meal.

Hazrat Samurah bin Jundub narrates that a bowl of tharid was brought to the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) and placed before the people. They kept coming one after another from morning till noon and ate from it; one group would get up and another would sit down. A man asked, "O Samurah! Was it increasing?" Samurah replied, "What would we be amazed at? It was increasing from there," and he pointed towards the sky with his hand.

Ayman narrates: I said to Hazrat Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him), "Please relate to me a hadith from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) which you heard from him, so that I may narrate it from you." Hazrat Jabir said: On the day of the Trench, we were digging the trench in the presence of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). For three days, we had nothing to eat, nor were we able to find anything. Then, a rock obstructed us in the trench. I came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and said, "O Messenger of Allah! This rock has blocked us in the trench. We poured water over it." The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) stood up, and there was a stone tied to his stomach. He took the pickaxe or shovel, recited 'Bismillah' three times, and struck it, so it became like sand.

(2) When I saw the condition of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), I said, "O Messenger of Allah! Please allow me to go." He gave me permission. I went to my wife and said, "May your mother weep for you! I have seen such a state of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) that I cannot bear it. What do you have?" She said, "I have a sa’ of barley and a six-month-old kid goat." He says: We ground the barley and slaughtered the goat. We skinned it and put it in the pot, kneaded the barley flour, then I came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), waited for a while, and then sought permission again. He granted permission. When I returned, the dough was ready. I told her to bake the bread, put the pot on the stove, and went to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and whispered, "We have a little food. If you and one or two men with you come, it would be good." He asked, "How much is it?" I said, "A sa’ of barley and a kid goat." He said, "Go to your house and tell your family not to remove the pot from the stove nor the bread from the oven until I come."

(3) Then he told the people, "Let us go to Jabir’s house." He says: I felt such embarrassment that only Allah knows. I said to my wife, "May your mother weep for you! The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) is coming to your house with all the companions." She said, "Did the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) ask you about the food?" I said, "Yes!" She said, "Allah and His Messenger know best. You have told him about our food." My worry lessened, and I said, "You have spoken the truth."

(4) He says: Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came and entered the house. He told his companions, "Do not crowd." Then he prayed for blessing on the oven and the pot. We kept taking bread from the oven and meat from the pot, making tharid (a dish of bread and meat) and serving it to the people. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Let seven or eight people sit at a bowl." When they had eaten, we lifted the cover from the oven and the lid from the pot, and they were fuller than before. Then we kept making tharid, filling the spoon, and serving it to them, and kept doing so. Whenever we opened the oven or the pot, we found them fuller than before, until all the Muslims were satisfied, and food was still left over. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to us, "People are hungry, so eat and feed others." He says: We kept eating and feeding others all day. He says: At that time, we were either eight hundred or three hundred.

Hazrat Jabir narrates that Hazrat Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) bin Haram passed away, or he said that he was martyred. So I sought help from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding his creditors, that they might forgo some of their debt, but they refused. Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me, "Go and make piles of your dates and then inform me." He says, "I did so, and separated the Ajwa dates and made separate piles. Then I informed the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)." He says, "Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came and sat either at the top or in the middle of the piles, then said, 'Weigh for the people.' I weighed for them until I had given them their full due, and there was no decrease in my dates."

Hazrat Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came to us one day and said, "Call my companions to me," meaning the Ashab-e-Suffa. I began searching for each person and started waking them up and gathering them together. Then we came to the door of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and sought permission; he granted us permission. Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) says that a bowl was placed before us in which there was food equal to one mudd of barley. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) placed his hand on it and said, "Take it in the name of Allah." We ate as much as we wanted, then we lifted our hands. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said, when the bowl was placed, "By Him in whose hand is the life of Muhammad, there is no food for the family of Muhammad except what you see." Hazrat Abu Huraira was asked, "When you finished, how much was left?" He replied, "As much as there was when it was placed, except that there were marks of fingers in it."

Hazrat Sha’bi narrates that one day the Prophet ﷺ said to his companions, “Are you pleased that you will be one third of the people of Paradise?” The people said, “Allah and His Messenger know best.” He said, “Then are you pleased that you will be half of the people of Paradise?” They said, “Allah and His Messenger know best.” He said, “Then my Ummah will be two thirds of the people of Paradise on the Day of Resurrection. The people will be in one hundred and twenty rows on the Day of Resurrection, and eighty of those rows will be from my Ummah.”

Hazrat Buraidah narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: The people of Paradise will be in one hundred and twenty rows, and eighty of those rows will be from this Ummah.

Hazrat Abu Umamah Bahili narrates that I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) say that my Lord has promised me that He will admit into Paradise seventy thousand from my Ummah, and with each thousand, there will be seventy thousand more, upon whom there will be neither reckoning nor punishment, then there will be three handfuls from my Lord.

Hazrat Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "What do you think about a quarter of Paradise, that a quarter of it will be for you and the remaining three quarters for other people?" The people said, "Allah and His Messenger know best." Then he said, "Then what do you think about a third of Paradise?" They said, "That is a lot." Then he said, "What do you say about half?" They said, "That is even more." The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The people of Paradise on the Day of Resurrection will be in one hundred and twenty rows, and you will be in eighty of those rows."

Hazrat Ka'b states that there will be one hundred and twenty rows of the people of Paradise, and eighty of those rows will be from this Ummah.

Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: When I reached Sidrat al-Muntaha, its leaves were as large as elephant ears, and its fruit was like big pitchers. When, by Allah's command, a wondrous state overcame it, it changed, and it reminded me of rubies.