From the Musnad of Abu Sa'id al-Khudri

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When three people set out on a journey, they should appoint one of themselves as their imam."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed, Allah Almighty is Beautiful; He loves beauty, and He loves to see the trace of His blessing upon His servant."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) delivered a sermon to us and said: "Indeed, Allah Almighty is hinting (at prohibition) concerning wine, so whoever has any of it should sell it and benefit from (its price)." Then we stayed only a short while before the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Allah Almighty has now made wine unlawful, so whoever this verse reaches should neither sell it nor drink it." Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Then the people brought out the wine they had (from their houses) and poured it out in the streets of Madinah.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had led his Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) in prayer when a man came into the mosque. The Prophet of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said (addressing the Companions): "Who will trade with this man (that is, make a bargain of good deeds) and pray along with him?" The narrator said: Then a man stood up and prayed along with him.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever fasts the month of Ramadan, and comes to know its limits, and properly guards all that he ought to guard, this deed will become an expiation for his previous sins."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever does deeds to show off, Allah Almighty will expose his showing off to the people (on the Day of Resurrection); and whoever seeks fame and renown, Allah Almighty will make (his hidden intentions) heard by everyone and disgrace him."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "There is no (complete) ablution for one who does not mention the name of Allah over it."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Winter is the springtime of the believer."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Gatherings are of three kinds: (one in which the participant) remains safe (from sins), (another in which the participant) gathers (goodness and blessing), and (a third in which the participant) is ruined (because of sins)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) ascended the pulpit and said: "O people! I had been shown Laylat al-Qadr, then it was taken away from me (from my memory), and perhaps that is better. And I saw (in a dream) as if there were two bracelets of gold on my arms; I disliked them, so I blew on them and they flew away. I interpreted them as these two liars (false claimants to prophethood): the one of Yemen, whose name is al-Aswad bin Ka'b al-Ansi, and the one of al-Yamamah (Musaylimah the Liar)." And al-Aswad had made (his claim to prophethood) during the blessed lifetime of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) himself.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him): We were on a journey with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) when a man came riding on his mount and began casting his eyes right and left. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever has a spare mount beyond his need should give it to the one who has no mount, and whoever has spare provisions beyond his need should give them to the one who has no provisions." Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) mentioned the various kinds of wealth so repeatedly that we began to think that none of us had any right to wealth in excess of his need.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saw among his Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) a tendency to hang back (in the rows of prayer), so he said to them: "Come forward and follow me, and let those after you follow you. People keep falling back (from good deeds and the front rows) until Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, also puts them back (from His mercy and the high ranks)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him) that Jibril (peace be upon him) came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and asked: "O Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him)! Are you ill?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) replied: "Yes." So Jibril (peace be upon him) said: 'Bismillahi arqika min kulli da'in yu'dhika, min kulli nafsin aw 'ayni hasidin, Allahu yashfika, bismillahi arqika' (In the name of Allah I perform ruqyah over you, from every illness that harms you, and from the evil of every (wicked) soul or the evil eye of an envier; may Allah heal you; in the name of Allah I perform ruqyah over you).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to stand by a wooden pillar and lean on it, and every Friday he would deliver the sermon leaning on it. Then a man from among the people came to him (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: If you wish, I will make something for you such that when you sit on it you will appear as if you are standing (because of its height)? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Yes." The narrator said: So he made a pulpit for him (peace and blessings be upon him). When he (peace and blessings be upon him) sat on it (to deliver the sermon), that wooden pillar began to moan and weep just as a she-camel yearns and moans for her young, until the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came down from the pulpit and placed his blessed hand on it (and it calmed down). When the next day came, I saw that the wood had been removed from its place. We asked: What is this? The people said: Last night the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), Sayyiduna Abu Bakr and Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) came and together moved it from there.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him): "Then the wood (the palm-trunk pillar) began to moan just as a milch she-camel weeps (in separation)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: I saw in a dream as if I were under a tree, and the tree was reciting Surah Sad. When it reached the verse of prostration, it prostrated and recited this supplication in its prostration: 'Allahumma-ghfir li biha, Allahumma hutta 'anni biha wizran, wa ahdith li biha shukran, wa taqabbalha minni kama taqabbalta min 'abdika Dawuda sajdatahu' (O Allah, forgive me by the blessing of this prostration; through it remove my burden from me; by it create in me gratitude; and accept it from me just as You accepted the prostration of Your servant Dawud (peace be upon him)). So in the morning I went to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and told him (peace and blessings be upon him) of this dream. He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "O Abu Sa'id! Did you also prostrate?" I said: No. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "You were more entitled to prostrate than the tree." Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) recited Surah Sad, and when he reached the verse of prostration he (peace and blessings be upon him) prostrated and said in his prostration the same words that the tree had said in its prostration.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When one of you is beating his servant and he mentions Allah, then withhold your hands."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "There is no zakah on less than five awqiyah (of silver), there is no zakah on less than five wasq (of grain or fruit), and there is no zakah on fewer than five camels."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "We set out with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) towards the mosque of Banu Amr bin Awf. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) passed by the settlement of Banu Salim, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) called out to a man." Then the narrator narrated the complete hadith.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) with a dinar which he had found lying in the market. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Announce it three times." So he announced it, but he found no one who recognised it (that is, who was its owner). Then he came back to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and informed him of the situation, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Eat it, or use it as you wish." So with it he bought barley for three dirhams, dates for three dirhams, meat for one dirham and oil for one dirham, and one dirham remained with him; at that time a dinar was exchanged for eleven dirhams. Some time later its owner came and identified it. Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said to him: "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered me to eat it." Then its owner went to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and told him the whole story, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said to Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him): "Return this amount to the man." He said: (O Messenger of Allah!) I have already eaten it. So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said (to the owner): "If some wealth comes to us, we will pay this amount to you."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "There has been no prophet who did not warn his people about the Dajjal, and I too warn you about him. He is one-eyed, and one of his eyes bulges out; it does not stay hidden but is as prominent as a lump of phlegm stuck on the side of a wall, while his left eye is like a shining star. With him will be the likeness of Paradise and Hell, but his Paradise will in reality be a smoky spring and his Fire will be a green garden. Ahead of him will be two agents who will warn the people from town to town; whichever town they leave, the vanguard of the Dajjal will enter it. He will be given power over one particular believing man, and apart from him he will not be able to overpower anyone else. He will slaughter him, then strike him with his staff and say: 'Get up.' Then the Dajjal will say to his followers: What do you see? Am I not your lord? And they, committing shirk, will bear witness to his lordship. Then the slaughtered man will call out: O people! Indeed, this is the Masih al-Dajjal about whom the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) warned us. The Dajjal will slaughter him again, then strike him with his staff and say: 'Get up,' and he will ask his companions: What do you say? Am I not your lord? And they will bear witness to him with shirk. The slain man will say: O people! Beware, this is the Masih al-Dajjal about whom the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) informed us; this deed of yours has only further brightened my certainty and insight. The Dajjal will slaughter him a third time, strike him with his staff and say: 'Get up,' then he will make his followers affirm that he is their lord, and they will give a testimony based on shirk. The man will say again: O people! This is the same Masih al-Dajjal whom the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) mentioned; this has only increased my insight. Then when he wants to slaughter him a fourth time, Allah Almighty will wrap a plate of copper around his throat, because of which he will not be able to slaughter him." Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him) said: By Allah! I came to know copper (for the first time) only on that day. He (peace and blessings be upon him) further said: "After that the people will (in peace) plant trees and sow crops." Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Because of what we knew of his strength and endurance, we used to think that this man would be Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "When this verse was revealed: 'And give the relative his right' [al-Isra: 26], the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) called Sayyidah Fatimah (may Allah be pleased with her) and gave her Fadak."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) observed i'tikaf in the middle ten days of Ramadan seeking Laylat al-Qadr. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered the tent set up for i'tikaf to be removed, and it was taken down. Then it was revealed to him (peace and blessings be upon him) that that night is in the last ten days, so on his (peace and blessings be upon him) order the tent was put up again. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) came out to us and said: "Laylat al-Qadr was made clear to me, and I came out to inform you of it, but because two men quarrelled with each other I was made to forget it. So now seek it on the ninth, the seventh and the fifth night (of the last ten)." Abu Nadrah (may Allah have mercy on him) said: I said: O Abu Sa'id! You (Companions) know the counting better than we do, so which nights are meant by the ninth, the seventh and the fifth? He said: Yes, and we are more entitled to that. When the twenty-first night comes, leave one night; then the one that comes after it will be the third (that is, the twenty-third); then leave one night, and the one that comes after it will be the fifth (that is, the twenty-fifth). Al-Jurayri (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Abu al-Ala (may Allah have mercy on him) informed me through Mutarrif (may Allah have mercy on him) that he heard Sayyiduna Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) saying that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "And the third (that is, the twenty-third) night."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The key to prayer is ablution; its tahrim (that by which the sanctity of prayer begins) is saying the takbir, and its tahlil (that is, coming out of the prayer) is saying the salam. And after every two rak'ahs there is a salam. And no prayer is valid in which the Opening of the Book (al-Fatihah) and some further portion of the Qur'an with it are not recited."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O people of Madinah! Do not eat the meat of the sacrificial animals beyond three days." The narrator said: Then the people said to him (peace and blessings be upon him) that they had families and servants (who needed meat for their food), so he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "(Now) eat yourselves, feed others, and also store it." In the chain of this narration, Abu Nadrah (may Allah have mercy on him) was hesitant whether it is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him) (according to the belief of Abu Nadrah (may Allah have mercy on him)) that when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) put on a new garment, he would mention it by its particular name, such as turban, shirt or upper wrap, and then he (peace and blessings be upon him) would say: 'Allahumma lakal-hamd, anta kasawtani, as'aluka min khayrihi wa khayri ma suni'a lahu, wa a'udhu bika min sharrihi wa sharri ma suni'a lahu' (O Allah, all praise is for You alone; it is You who clothed me with this garment. I ask You for its good and the good of the purpose for which it was made, and I seek Your refuge from its evil and the evil of the purpose for which it was made).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) passed by a stream of water while he (peace and blessings be upon him) was riding a mule; the people were fasting, and those travelling on foot were many. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Drink (water)." But they (hesitantly) kept looking at him (peace and blessings be upon him). He said: "Drink, for I am in a state of greater ease and comfort than all of you." But they still kept looking at him (peace and blessings be upon him). At last he (peace and blessings be upon him) turned his blessed thigh and drank (water) himself, and then the people also drank.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) entered the mosque and his eye fell on some phlegm on the wall in the direction of the qiblah. He (peace and blessings be upon him) scraped it clean with a stick or twig that he had with him. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) turned to the people in such a state that they could see the signs of anger on his (peace and blessings be upon him) blessed face. He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "Who is responsible for this?" Everyone remained silent. Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Would any of you like it if, when he stands at his place of prayer, someone comes in front of him and spits in his face?" The Companions said: O Messenger of Allah! We would never like that. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Then remember that Allah Almighty is in front of you, so none of you should throw anything offensive in front of himself; rather (let him spit) to his left or under his foot."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him) that whenever the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) put on a new garment, he would mention it by name (for example shirt, upper wrap or turban) and then supplicate thus: 'Allahumma anta kasawtani hadhal-qamisa, awir-rida'a, awil-'imamata, nas'aluka khayrahu wa khayra ma suni'a lahu, wa a'udhu bika min sharrihi wa sharri ma suni'a lahu' (O Allah, it is You who clothed me with this shirt, or upper wrap, or turban. We ask You for its good and the good (purpose) for which it was made, and we seek Your refuge from its evil and the evil (purpose) for which it was made).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Those who amass great wealth are ruined, those who hold much wealth are destroyed, except—" The Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) said: O Messenger of Allah! Except whom? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Except the one who did like this and like this to his right and to his left (lavishly spending his wealth in the way of Allah)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "How can I live in ease and comfort when the angel of the Trumpet has put the Trumpet in his mouth, has bowed his forehead, and is listening intently, waiting for when he will be ordered to blow the Trumpet?" It was said: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! What should we say (in such a situation)? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Say: 'Hasbunallahu wa ni'mal-wakil, 'alallahi tawakkalna' (Allah is sufficient for us and He is the best Disposer of affairs; in Allah we have put our trust)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Envy (ghibtah) is permissible only in two cases: a man whom Allah Almighty has blessed with the Noble Qur'an and he recites it in the hours of the night and the day, so (another person, seeing him) says: 'Would that I were given (knowledge) like what he has been given; then I would do just as he is doing'; and a man whom Allah Almighty has blessed with wealth and he spends it in the way of truth, so (the onlooker) says: 'If I were given wealth like his, I too would do (good deeds) just as he is doing.'"

Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: "Indeed, among you is one who will fight over the interpretation of the Qur'an just as I fought over its revelation." Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) asked: O Messenger of Allah! Is it I? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "No." Then Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: O Messenger of Allah! Is it I? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "No, rather it is the one mending the sandal." And he (peace and blessings be upon him) had (at that time) given his blessed sandal to Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) to repair.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Do not revile my Companions, for if one of you were to spend (in the way of Allah) gold equal to Mount Uhud, it would not reach one mudd of theirs (about 600 grams of grain), nor half of it."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "On the Day of Resurrection, the most severely punished of people will be the imam (ruler) who is unjust."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "On the Day of Resurrection the servant will be asked (various) questions, until he is even asked: When you saw evil, what prevented you from objecting to it? Then when Allah Almighty teaches a servant his argument, he will say: O my Lord! I placed my hope (in Your mercy) and I feared the people."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "I came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) while he (peace and blessings be upon him) was in the house of Sayyidah Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) was praying in a single garment wrapped around his blessed body."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "A nation can never be purified in which the weak is not given his right in such a way that he has no fear or hesitation (in asking for it)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The Ansar are (to me) like the inner garment that touches the body, and all other people are like the outer garment. Were it not for the Hijrah (its virtue and religious requirement), I would surely have been one of the Ansar."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade buying what is in the bellies of livestock (their young) until they are born; selling what is in their udders (the milk) unless it is measured; buying a runaway slave; buying and selling the spoils of war until they are distributed; buying charities until they have been taken into possession; and the diver's deal (that is, selling in advance whatever the diver brings up from a single dive).