Musnad of Talhah bin Ubaydullah

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Each one of you should place in front of himself (when praying) something like the back post of a camel saddle (as a sutrah), and then pray."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Talhah bin Ubaydullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: We used to pray while animals passed in front of us. Then we mentioned this matter to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "If there is something like the back post of a camel saddle in front of one of you (as a sutrah), then whatever passes in front of him will not harm him at all."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Talhah bin Ubaydullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: "Whoever deliberately lies about me, let him take his seat in the Fire of Hell." Al-Fadl (may Allah have mercy on him) said: This Sulayman (bin Ayyub) was from Kufah and a thiqah (trustworthy) narrator.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Talhah bin Ubaydullah (may Allah be pleased with him): "The Prophet of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to perform ablution after eating camel meat and drinking camel milk, and he would not pray in their pens; whereas he (peace and blessings be upon him) would not perform ablution after eating the meat of goats and drinking their milk, and he would pray in their pens."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Uthman bin Affan (may Allah be pleased with him) that he called for water for ablution while Sayyiduna al-Zubayr, Sayyiduna Talhah, Sayyiduna Ali and Sayyiduna Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with them) were sitting with him. Then he performed ablution in the presence of all of them while they were watching him: he washed his face three times, then poured water over his right hand three times and washed it, and washed his left hand three times as well; then he wiped his head, sprinkled water on his right foot and washed it three times, then sprinkled water on his left foot and washed it three times. After that he addressed those present and said: "I ask you by Allah: do you know that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to perform ablution just as I have performed ablution now?" They replied: "Yes." Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) did this because of a report that had reached him about the way some people performed ablution.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Talhah bin Ubaydullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that three men came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "Who will take on the responsibility of providing for them?" Sayyiduna Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I took on the responsibility for them. Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sent out an expedition, and one of them went out with it and was martyred. Then the remaining two stayed with me. Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sent out another expedition, and the second of them went out as well and he too was martyred. Then the third one remained with me until he fell ill and died on his bed. Sayyiduna Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I was shown the three of them in a dream, and (I saw that) the one who had died on his bed was the first of them to enter Paradise, and the one who had been martyred first was the last of them to enter Paradise. So I mentioned this to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "What did you find strange in this? Indeed, the believer (attains this rank) by virtue of (a great abundance of) such-and-such tasbih." Ibn Dawud (may Allah have mercy on him) said: This is the meaning of the narration.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abd al-Rahman bin Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: We were with Sayyiduna Talhah bin Ubaydullah (may Allah be pleased with him), and all of us were in the state of ihram. Meanwhile a bird was given to him as a gift while Sayyiduna Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him) was resting. So some of us ate from it, while others, out of piety and caution, did not eat it. Then, when Sayyiduna Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him) woke up, he approved of what those who had eaten had done, and said: "We ate it in the company of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)."

Abu Anas bin Abi Amir (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates: I was with Sayyiduna Talhah bin Ubaydullah (may Allah be pleased with him) when a man came in to him and said: "O Abu Muhammad, we do not know: does this Yemeni man have more knowledge of the hadith of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) than you people, or does he attribute to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) things that he (peace and blessings be upon him) did not say?" At this Sayyiduna Talhah bin Ubaydullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "By Allah, we have no doubt at all that he heard from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) what we did not hear, and came to know what we could not know. The reason is that we were wealthy people who had our own homes and families; we would come to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) at the two ends of the day (morning and evening) and then go back to our affairs. He, on the other hand, was a poor man who had neither wealth nor family; his hand was always with the blessed hand of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and he stayed by his (peace and blessings be upon him) side wherever he (peace and blessings be upon him) went. So we have no doubt that he certainly came to know what we could not know and heard what we could not hear. And we have not found anyone who has even a little good in him attributing to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) something that he (peace and blessings be upon him) did not say." In this narration, the Yemeni means Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him).

Malik bin Abi Amir (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that a man came to Sayyiduna Talhah bin Ubaydullah (may Allah be pleased with him) and said: "O Abu Muhammad, what is your view of this Yemeni, that is, Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him)? Does he have more knowledge of the hadith of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) than you people? We hear things from him that we have not heard from you." He said: "I have no doubt that he heard from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) what we did not hear, and I will tell you the reason for it. We were people with households and families, and we would come to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) only in the morning and the evening, whereas he was a poor man who had no wealth; he would simply stay at the door of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). So I have no doubt at all that he certainly heard what we did not hear. And will you find any good man who would attribute to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) something that he (peace and blessings be upon him) did not say?"

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Talhah bin Ubaydullah (may Allah be pleased with him): "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had collected in advance from Sayyiduna al-Abbas bin Abd al-Muttalib (may Allah be pleased with him) two years' zakah on his wealth."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Talhah bin Ubaydullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "I passed with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) by some people who were (doing some work) at the tops of the date palms, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: 'What are these people doing?' The people said: They are pollinating them; they put part of the male palm into the female, and through this it becomes fruitful. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'I do not think this is of any benefit.' So the people took this to heart and abandoned the practice. Then, when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was informed of this situation, he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'If it is beneficial for them, then let them certainly do it. I only expressed a supposition (an opinion), so do not hold me to account for what I say by supposition; but when I inform you of something from Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, then hold on to it (firmly), for I will never tell a lie attributing it to Allah Almighty.'"

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: I heard Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) saying to Sayyiduna Talhah bin Ubaydullah (may Allah be pleased with him): "What is the reason that, since the passing of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), I see you so dishevelled and covered in dust? Perhaps you have some grievance about the leadership of your cousin?" He said that Sayyiduna Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him) replied: "I seek refuge with Allah! (It is not that at all.) Rather, the truth is that I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: 'I know a word which no man says at the time of his death except that it will be a source of comfort and relief for his soul until it leaves (his body), and it will be a light for him on the Day of Resurrection.' But I was not able to ask the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) about it, nor did he (peace and blessings be upon him) tell me about it; so this is what has brought me to this state." Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "I know that word." He said: "All praise belongs to Allah alone; so what is that word?" Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "It is the very word which the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) put to his uncle." Sayyiduna Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "You have spoken the truth."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Talhah bin Ubaydullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "I heard from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) a word about which I was unable to ask him (peace and blessings be upon him) until he (peace and blessings be upon him) passed away. He (peace and blessings be upon him) had said: 'Indeed, I know a word which no person says at the time of his death except that it becomes a light in his record of deeds, and at the time of death his soul and body find comfort through the blessing of this word.' On hearing this, Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: 'I know that word. It is the very word which he (peace and blessings be upon him) asked his uncle (to say at the time of his death), and I think it is nothing other than that.'"

Yahya bin Talhah (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates from his mother, Sayyidah Su'da al-Murriyyah (may Allah be pleased with her), that she said: After the sorrowful passing of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) passed by Sayyiduna Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him) and asked: "What is the reason that I see you so grief-stricken? Has the leadership of your cousin displeased you?" He replied: "No, (it is not that,) rather I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: 'Indeed, I know a word that whoever utters it at the time of his death, it will be a light for his record of deeds, and his body and his soul will find comfort and relief through it at the hardship of death.' (Alas, I was not able to ask about that word.)" Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "I know that word. It is the very word which he (peace and blessings be upon him) asked his uncle to accept (at the time of his death); and if he (peace and blessings be upon him) had known of anything more saving for him than this word, he (peace and blessings be upon him) would certainly have commanded him with it."

Salim al-Makki (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that a Bedouin said: I came to Madinah with my milch animal and stayed with Sayyiduna Talhah bin Ubaydullah (may Allah be pleased with him). I said to him: I have no knowledge of the people of the market (and their prices), so it would be better if you sold this property for me. At this Sayyiduna Talhah bin Ubaydullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Indeed, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade that a town-dweller should sell the goods of a Bedouin. Rather, go to the market yourself and see who will deal with you, then consult me, so that I may tell you (to make the deal) or stop you from it."

It is narrated from an elder of the tribe of Banu Tamim (may Allah have mercy on him) that, during the rule of al-Hajjaj bin Yusuf, he sat with me in the mosque of Basrah and narrated, while he had his staff in his hand along with a written document (sahifah). He asked me: "O servant of Allah, do you think that this document will be of benefit to me with this ruler of yours?" I asked: "What document is this?" He said: "It is a document which the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) wrote and gave to us." I said: "How did you obtain it?" He said: "I came to Madinah with my father when I was a young boy, and we had brought some camels with us to sell in Madinah. Sayyiduna Talhah bin Ubaydullah (may Allah be pleased with him) was a friend of my father, so we stayed with him. My father requested him: "O Abu Muhammad, come with us to the market and get these animals of ours sold, for we have no knowledge of the ups and downs of this market." He said: "As for selling the goods on your behalf, that cannot be, because the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade that a town-dweller should sell the goods of a Bedouin. However, I will go with you to the market, and when I am pleased with someone among the buyers whom I consider suitable for your deal, I will tell you to sell to him." The narrator said: Then we and Sayyiduna Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him) set off for the market. He sat down in a corner of the market, and people began to bargain with us for the animals, until, when a man offered us a price with which we were pleased, we came to him and consulted him about this sale. He said: "Yes, sell to him; I am satisfied on your behalf with this man's honesty and his means." So we sold the animals to him and received our money. Then my father said to him: "Get a document written for us from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) that we should not be wronged in the collection of our sadaqat (zakah)." He said: "That is the right of every Muslim anyway." We said: "Even if that is so (we still want a document)." He took us to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: "O Messenger of Allah, these two want you (peace and blessings be upon him) to write them a document stating that they should not be wronged in the collection of their sadaqat." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "That is the right of every Muslim." He said again: "O Messenger of Allah, these two want to have a written document from you (peace and blessings be upon him)." The narrator said: Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) had this document written for them. (Then the elder said:) "So do you think it will be of use to me with this ruler of yours? By Allah, we have been wronged in the matter of our sadaqat." The narrator said: I replied: "By Allah, I do not think so."

Ibn Abi Mulaykah (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that Sayyiduna Talhah bin Ubaydullah (may Allah be pleased with him) used to say: "I will not tell you anything from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) except what I myself heard him (peace and blessings be upon him) say: 'Amr bin al-As is among the righteous of Quraysh; and what an excellent household are Abu Abdullah, Umm Abdullah and Abdullah!'"

Ibn Abi Mulaykah (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that Sayyiduna Talhah bin Ubaydullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: "Indeed, Amr bin al-As is among the righteous people of Quraysh; and what an excellent household are Abdullah, Abu Abdullah and Umm Abdullah."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Talhah bin Ubaydullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: "Indeed, Sayyiduna Amr bin al-As (may Allah be pleased with him) is among the righteous of Quraysh; and what an excellent household are Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him), Sayyiduna Abu Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) and Sayyidah Umm Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with her)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Talhah bin Ubaydullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that two men from the tribe of Bali accepted Islam. One of them was martyred in the way of Allah, while the other was granted one more year of life after him, and then he died. Sayyiduna Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "I saw Paradise in a dream, and I observed that the one of the two who had died later was admitted into Paradise even before the first (who had been martyred). When morning came, I told the people about it, and when this reached the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'Did he (the one who died later) not fast Ramadan after him? And did he not pray so many and so many and six thousand rak'ahs over the year?'"

Abu Uthman (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates: "In those days of battle in which the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was fighting, no one remained with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) except Sayyiduna Talhah and Sayyiduna Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with them both). This is according to the account narrated by the two of them."

And a group (of hadith scholars) narrated to us from Mu'tamir (may Allah have mercy on him), with his chain, something similar to this (previous narration).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him) that a camel was brought past the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) which had been branded with fire on its face (for identification). He (peace and blessings be upon him) said (expressing regret): "If only the owners of this camel had kept the fire (of the brand) away from the face of this animal!" Sayyiduna Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him) says: I said (resolving upon hearing this): "I will brand (it in future) only at the place farthest from the face." So I (afterwards) branded (my animal) at the root of the tail.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Talhah bin Ubaydullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that we said: "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! We have come to know how to send salam upon you, but what is the way of sending salah (blessings) upon you?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Say: 'Allahumma salli ala Muhammadin wa ala ali Muhammadin, kama sallayta ala Ibrahima wa ala ali Ibrahima, innaka hamidun majid, wa barik ala Muhammadin wa ala ali Muhammadin, kama barakta ala Ibrahima wa ala ali Ibrahima, innaka hamidun majid' (O Allah, send down Your mercy upon Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) and upon the family of Muhammad, as You sent down mercy upon Ibrahim (peace be upon him) and upon the family of Ibrahim; indeed You alone are Worthy of praise, Most Glorious. And send down blessings upon Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) and upon the family of Muhammad, as You sent down blessings upon Ibrahim (peace be upon him) and upon the family of Ibrahim; indeed You alone are Worthy of praise, Most Glorious)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Talhah bin Ubaydullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that I said: "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! What is the way of sending salah (blessings) upon you?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Say: 'Allahumma salli ala Muhammadin, kama sallayta ala Ibrahima, innaka hamidun majid, wa barik ala Muhammadin wa ala ali Muhammadin, kama barakta ala Ibrahima wa ala ali Ibrahima, innaka hamidun majid' (O Allah, send down mercy upon Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) as You sent down mercy upon Ibrahim (peace be upon him); indeed You alone are Praiseworthy, Most Glorious. And send down blessings upon Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) and the family of Muhammad as You sent down blessings upon Ibrahim (peace be upon him) and the family of Ibrahim; indeed You alone are Praiseworthy, Most Glorious)."

Abu Musa Harun bin Abdullah al-Bazzaz (may Allah have mercy on him) and other teachers besides him narrated to us, through Muhammad bin Bishr (may Allah have mercy on him), with his chain, a hadith similar to it.

Yahya bin Talhah (may Allah have mercy on him) relates that Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) saw Sayyiduna Talhah bin Ubaydullah (may Allah be pleased with him) grieving and asked: "What is the matter with you?" He replied: "I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: 'I certainly know some words which no servant says at the time of death except that his distress is relieved, his colour becomes radiant, and he sees those sights (of Paradise) that delight him.' And nothing kept me from asking him (peace and blessings be upon him) about those words except that I was able to (ask whenever I wished)." At this Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Indeed I know what those words are." Sayyiduna Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him) asked: "What are they?" Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Do you know of any word more excellent than the word to which the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) invited his uncle at the time of his death?" Sayyiduna Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "By Allah! It is that very word." Then Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "(That word is) 'La ilaha illallah' (There is none worthy of worship except Allah)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Talhah bin Ubaydullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that a man asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) about a person not in ihram (who is not in the state of ihram) who had hunted game: may a person in ihram eat it? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Yes."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Talhah bin Ubaydullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that a man asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) about a person who had hunted game while not in the state of ihram: may a muhrim (one in the state of ihram) eat it? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Yes." In the chain of this hadith there is an unknown (unnamed) narrator between Muhammad bin al-Munkadir (may Allah have mercy on him) and Sayyiduna Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him), because of which there is an element of a break (inqita') in the chain.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abd al-Rahman bin Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him): We set out with Sayyiduna Talhah bin Ubaydullah (may Allah be pleased with him) intending Hajj, and (on the way) game (meat) was brought to us. Some of us ate it and some left it. Then, when Sayyiduna Talhah bin Ubaydullah (may Allah be pleased with him) woke from his sleep, for he had been sleeping, we informed him of the matter, whereupon he said: "Whoever ate did well; we certainly ate it with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) too."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Talhah bin Ubaydullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that "the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) wore two coats of mail on the day of Uhud (that is, he wore one coat of mail over another)." In the chain of this report there is an unnamed, unspecified narrator between Sayyiduna al-Sa'ib bin Yazid (may Allah be pleased with him) and Sayyiduna Talhah bin Ubaydullah (may Allah be pleased with him), on account of which there is, technically, a break in the chain.

Sayyiduna al-Sa'ib bin Yazid (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates from Sayyiduna Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him), a man of the tribe of Banu Tamim, that "the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) wore two coats of mail together (one over the other) on the day of Uhud."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Talhah bin Ubaydullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that whenever the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saw the new moon, he would say this supplication: 'Allahumma ahillahu alayna bil-yumni wal-iman, was-salamati wal-islam, rabbi wa rabbuka Allah' (O Allah, make this moon rise upon us with goodness and blessing, faith, safety and Islam; (O moon!) my Lord and your Lord is Allah alone).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Talhah bin Ubaydullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that whenever the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saw the new moon, he would say: 'Allahumma ahillahu alayna bil-yumni wal-iman, was-salamati wal-islam, rabbi wa rabbuka Allah' (O Allah, make this moon rise upon us with goodness and blessing, faith, safety and Islam; (O moon!) my Lord and your Lord is Allah).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Talhah bin Ubaydullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to a Bedouin, who had come to ask him (peace and blessings be upon him) about the one who "fulfilled his vow": "Ask him who that is." In fact the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) would not dare to ask him directly themselves, out of their utmost reverence and awe for him (peace and blessings be upon him). The Bedouin asked him (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) turned away from him; he asked again, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) again turned away. Sayyiduna Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him) says: Then I appeared at the door of the mosque, wearing green garments. When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saw me, he said: "Where is the questioner who asked about the one who fulfilled his vow?" The Bedouin said: "O Messenger of Allah! Here I am." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said (pointing towards me): "This man is among those who have fulfilled their vow."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Talhah bin Ubaydullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When one of you prays, let him place in front of himself something (as a sutrah) equal to the back post of a camel saddle, then let him pray, and he should not mind at all who passes beyond that (sutrah)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Talhah bin Ubaydullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Every prophet has a companion (in Paradise), and my companion is Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him)."