Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah

It is narrated from Hazrat Ubaid bin Umair that when the winter season would come, he would say: O people of the Qur'an! The night has become long for your prayers and the day has become short for your fasts. So consider this a blessing.

It is narrated from Hazrat Ubaid bin Umair that he said: Among you, the one who strives the most is like the one who used to play among the people of earlier times.

It is narrated from Hazrat Ubaid bin Umair that he says: Indeed, the inhabitants of the graves await news. Then, when no news reaches them, they say: "Indeed, we belong to Allah and to Him we shall return. They have set out on a path other than ours."

It is narrated from Hazrat Baeed bin Umair that he says: On the Day of Resurrection, a tall man will be brought and placed in the scale, but with Allah, his weight will not even be as much as a mosquito's wing. Then the Prophet recited this verse: { فَلاَ نُقِیمُ لَہُمْ یَوْمَ الْقِیَامَۃِ وَزْنًا }.

It is narrated from Hazrat Ubaid bin Umair regarding the verse of the Holy Qur'an { لِکُلِّ أَوَّابٍ حَفِیظٍ }. He says that it is about the person who, whenever he sits in any gathering and then gets up, seeks forgiveness from Allah.

It is narrated from Hazrat Ubaid bin Umair that he said: Among the truthfulness of faith and goodness is to perform ablution thoroughly in disliked times. Among the truthfulness of faith and goodness is that a man is alone with a beautiful woman and then leaves her—he leaves her only for the sake of Allah.

It is narrated from Hazrat Ubaid bin Umair regarding the Divine Command { عُتُلٍّ بَعْدَ ذَلِکَ زَنِیمٍ }, he says: "He is one who eats and drinks excessively. He is strong and tough, but when weighed, he does not even equal the weight of a barley grain. An angel will throw seventy people like him into Hell at once."

It is narrated from Hazrat Ubaid bin Umair regarding { لِکُلِّ أَوَّابٍ حَفِیظٍ }, he says: This is the person who remembers his sins in seclusion and then seeks forgiveness for them.

It is narrated from Hazrat Ubaid bin Umair regarding { کُلَّ یَوْمٍ ہُوَ فِی شَأْنٍ }, he says: Among its distinctions is that it grants freedom to the captive, or accepts the supplicant’s prayer, or grants healing to the sick, or gives to the one who asks.

It is narrated from Hazrat Ubaid bin Umair that he said: You are written with Allah, along with your names, your signs, your companions in gatherings, and your outward appearances.

It is narrated from Hazrat Ubaid bin Umair regarding the Divine command { مَسَّتْہُمُ الْبَأْسَائُ وَالضَّرَّائُ }. "Al-basa" means poverty and "al-darra" means hardship. Then he said: "As-sarra" means ease and "ad-darra" means difficulty.

It is narrated from Hazrat Ubaid bin Umair that he said: A man had three friends. Some of them were closer than others. He (may Allah have mercy on him) says: Then a calamity befell this man. So he went to the closest of his friends and said: O so-and-so! Such-and-such calamity has befallen me and I wish to seek your help. That friend said: I do not do such things. So the man went to the next closest friend and said: O so-and-so! Such-and-such calamity has befallen me and I wish to seek your help. That friend said: I will go with you as far as you wish to go. Then when you reach your destination, I will return and leave you. Then the man went to the least significant of his friends and said: O so-and-so! The matter is that such-and-such calamity has befallen me and I wish to seek your help. That friend said: I will go with you wherever you go, and wherever you enter, I will enter with you. Hazrat Ubaid says: The first friend is his wealth, which he left among his family. Nothing from that wealth went with him. The second friend is his family and relatives, who go with him up to his grave, then leave him and return. The third friend is his deeds, which are with him wherever he goes, and will enter with him wherever he enters.

It is narrated from Hazrat Ubaid bin Umair that he says in the explanation of { یَوْمَ یَأْتِی بَعْضُ آیَاتِ رَبِّک }: The rising of the sun from its place of setting.

It is narrated from Hazrat Ubaid bin Umair that he said: Verily, Allah the Exalted has made some things lawful and some things unlawful. So, consider lawful whatever Allah has declared lawful, and avoid whatever Allah has declared unlawful. And among these, there are some things that Allah the Exalted has left (undecided); He has neither declared them unlawful nor lawful. This is a pardon from Allah. Then he, may Allah have mercy on him, recited this verse: { یَا أَیُّہَا الَّذِینَ آمَنُوا لاَ تَسْأَلُوا عَنْ أَشْیَائَ…} till the end of the verse.

It is narrated from Hazrat Ubaid bin Umair that he says: Allah Almighty also has need of the servant as long as the servant remains in need of Allah.

It is narrated from Hazrat Ubaid bin Umair that he says: Indeed, the inhabitants of the graves also receive the deceased in the same way as a rider is received. They ask him questions. So when they ask him about someone, about any of those who have died, the deceased says: Has he not come to you? Upon this, they say: "Indeed we belong to Allah, and indeed to Him we will return." He has been taken to his abode in Hawiyah.

Hazrat Ubaid bin Umair narrates from his father that indeed the grave says: O son of Adam! What preparation have you made for me? Do you not know that I am the house of poverty, the house of loneliness, the house of worms and insects?

It is narrated from Hazrat Ubaid bin Umair that he says Hazrat Nuh had to deal with such a man from his people who strangled him. To the extent that he (Nuh) fell unconscious. The narrator says: Then when he regained consciousness, he was saying, "O my Lord! Forgive my people, for they do not know."

It is narrated from Hazrat Ubaid bin Umair that when the flood of drowning came upon the people of Hazrat Nuh, it is said that there was a woman among those people who had a child with her. The narrator says: That woman lifted the child up to her waist. When the water reached her waist, she raised the child up to her chest, then when the water reached her chest, she lifted the child up to her breast. Allah Almighty said: If I were to have mercy on any of these people, I would have mercy on this woman, that is, because of her mercy towards the child.

It is narrated from Hazrat Ubaid bin Umair that he said: When Allah Almighty intends good for a servant, He grants him understanding in religion and inspires him with guidance in the religion.

It is narrated from Hazrat Ubaid bin Umair that he says: On the Day of Resurrection, Hazrat Ibrahim (peace be upon him) will be told, "Enter Paradise through whichever of its gates you wish." The narrator says: Hazrat Ibrahim will say, "O my Lord! What about my father?" It will be said to Hazrat Ibrahim, "He is not among your companions." But when Hazrat Ibrahim insists on asking, he will be told, "Look at your father." The narrator says: When he looks, he will see that he has been turned into a badger. Upon this, Hazrat Ibrahim will say, "I have no need of him." Then his heart will become indifferent towards him. And Hazrat Ibrahim will be taken towards Paradise, and his father will be taken towards Hell.

It is narrated from Hazrat Ubaid bin Umair that he says: On the Day of Resurrection, the poor emigrants will come in such a state that their spears and their swords will be dripping with blood. The narrator says: It will be said to them, "Remain in this state until you are called to account." The narrator says: They will submit, "Have You given us anything for which You will take account from us?" The narrator says: Then it will be seen in this matter that they will have only those vessels in which they kept provisions for the journey during migration. The narrator says: Thus, these people will enter Paradise five hundred years before the rest of the people.

It is narrated from Hazrat Ubaid bin Umair regarding {إِنَّہُ کَانَ لِلأَوَّابِینَ غَفُورًا }, he says: "Awwab is the person who remembers his sins in solitude and then seeks forgiveness for them."

It is narrated from Hazrat Ubaid bin Umair that he said: When Allah Almighty intended to destroy the People of the Elephant, He sent upon them birds like swallows produced from the sea. Each of these birds carried three stones, white and black. Two stones were in its claws and one stone was in its beak. He, may Allah have mercy on him, said: Then these birds came until they formed ranks over the heads of the People of the Elephant, then they shrieked and dropped the stones from their beaks and claws. Whichever stone struck a man's head, it would come out from his backside, and whichever part of the body it struck, it would come out from the other side. The narrator says: And Allah Almighty sent a severe wind which struck the stones, increasing their intensity, so all those people were destroyed.