Musnad of Abu Talhah

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The angels do not enter a house in which there is a dog, nor a house in which there is a picture (of a living being)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him), in a report transmitted by Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him), that he said: "Whenever the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) gained victory over a people, he (peace and blessings be upon him) liked to stay for three days on their battlefield, or in the open ground of their territory."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that Sayyiduna Abu Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him) informed him that "the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) combined Hajj and Umrah (that is, he performed both together)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sacrificed two piebald (black-and-white) rams. When slaughtering the first animal he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "This is on behalf of Muhammad and the family of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him)," and when slaughtering the second ram he said: "This is on behalf of those of my Ummah who believed in me and affirmed me."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sacrificed two piebald rams. When slaughtering the first ram he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "This is on behalf of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) and the family of Muhammad," and when slaughtering the second ram he said: "This is on behalf of those of my Ummah who believed in me and affirmed me."

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates from Sayyiduna Abu Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him) that "the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) performed Hajj and Umrah together (that is, he performed Hajj al-Qiran)."

Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates from Sayyiduna Abu Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he came into the presence of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) during the illness in which he (peace and blessings be upon him) passed away, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Convey my greeting of peace to your people, for, as far as I know, they are very chaste and very patient people."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "We were sitting in the open spaces in front of the houses, talking among ourselves, when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) suddenly came to us, stood over us and asked: 'What need have you to sit in these roads? Avoid holding gatherings in the roads.' We said: O Messenger of Allah, we are not sitting for any bad purpose; we are only sitting for (learned) discussion and conversation with one another. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'If you must do so, then give it its due.' We said: O Messenger of Allah, what is its due? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'Lowering the gaze, returning the greeting of peace, and good speech.'"

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that Sayyiduna Abu Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "On the day of the Battle of Uhud I raised my head and began to look, and there was not a single one of them (the fighters) who was not swaying under his shield, overcome by drowsiness."

Something similar is narrated from Sayyiduna al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with him), and he recited this noble verse: "Then Allah Almighty sent down upon you, after the distress, security and calm, that is, drowsiness, which was covering a group of you."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that hail fell from the sky, and Sayyiduna Abu Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him) said to us, while we were young boys at the time: "O Anas, hand me some of this hail." So he began to eat it although he was fasting. I said: Are you not fasting? He said: "Of course I am, but this is neither food nor drink; rather, it is a blessing that comes down from the sky, by which we purify our stomachs." Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Then I came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and told him about this, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Accept what your uncle says."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: I came into the presence of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and his (peace and blessings be upon him) blessed face was shining with joy and delight. I said: "O Messenger of Allah, I have never before seen you in such a (joyful) state as you are in now." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "What could stop me (from being happy)? Jibril (peace be upon him) has just come to me and said: 'Give your Ummah the glad tidings that whoever sends blessings upon you once, Allah Almighty will write for him ten good deeds in return, wipe away ten of his sins and raise him ten degrees; Allah, Glorified and Exalted, will reply to him with the like of what he said, and on the Day of Resurrection that blessing will be presented to you (peace and blessings be upon him).'"

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "I entered the mosque and noticed signs of hunger on the blessed face of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). So I went out from there and came to Sayyidah Umm Sulaym (may Allah be pleased with her), the mother of Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him), who had been married to Malik, the father of Anas. I said to her: O Umm Sulaym, I have seen the marks of hunger on the noble face of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him); do you have anything (to eat)? Pointing with her palm, she said: I have something. I said to her: Prepare it and make it well. Then I sent Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) (and instructed him): Whisper into his (peace and blessings be upon him) ear and invite him (to the meal). When Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) arrived, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said (to the Companions): 'This man has come with something good.' Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'My dear son, has your father sent you to invite us?' Upon this the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to his Companions (may Allah be pleased with them): 'In the name of Allah, let us go.' Sayyiduna Abu Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) turned back quickly until he reached me and told me that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was coming to me with the people. I went out of the house and met the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) by the door, at the resting place of the steps, and said: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), what have you done to us? I only noticed hunger on your (peace and blessings be upon him) blessed face, so we prepared something for you to eat. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'Come in and rejoice.' Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) took the food, gathered it in the bowl with his blessed hand and set it right. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: 'Is there any condiment or the like?' The household brought their ghee container, in which there was a little ghee, or perhaps next to none. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) pressed it with his blessed hand, and ghee poured out of it. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'Let the people in to me ten at a time.' So they all ate and were fully satisfied. And about the food that was left over, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'You and your household eat it.' So they too ate and were satisfied."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O young men of Quraysh, do not commit fornication (zina). Whoever's youth remains safe (from this sin), Paradise is for him."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "On the day of the Battle of Badr the sword fell from my hand because of the drowsiness that overcame us, and concerning this very state Allah Almighty says: 'When He was covering you with drowsiness from Himself, for your security and calm.'"

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Perform ablution after eating anything that fire has altered (that is, cooked)."

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates from Sayyiduna Abu Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The angels do not enter a house in which there is a dog, nor a house in which there is a picture (of a living being)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him) that on the day of the Battle of Badr the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) gave orders concerning twenty-four of the leading chiefs of Quraysh, and they were thrown into one of the wells of Badr, a most filthy and foul well. It was his (peace and blessings be upon him) blessed habit that whenever he (peace and blessings be upon him) gained victory over a people, he would stay on their battlefield for three nights. So when it was the third day of the stay at Badr, he (peace and blessings be upon him) gave orders concerning his she-camel, and its saddle was fastened on it. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) set out on foot, and the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) followed behind him (peace and blessings be upon him). They said to one another: We think he (peace and blessings be upon him) is perhaps going for some need of his. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) stood at the edge of the well and began calling them by their names and the names of their fathers: "O so-and-so son of so-and-so! O so-and-so son of so-and-so! Would it please you now that you had obeyed Allah and His Messenger? We have indeed found what our Lord promised us to be true; have you found what your Lord promised you to be true?" The narrator said: Upon this Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "O Messenger of Allah, what are you saying to bodies that have no souls?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "By the One in whose Hand is my soul, you do not hear what I am saying any better than they do." Qatadah (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Allah Almighty brought them to life (at that time) so that they might hear for themselves the rebuke, humiliation, punishment, regret and remorse.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed, the angels do not enter a house in which there are pictures or a dog." Sayyiduna Zayd bin Khalid al-Juhani (may Allah be pleased with him) said to Sayyiduna Abu Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him): "Take us to Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) so that we may ask her about this." So the two of them came to Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) and asked her, and she said: "As for these words, I do not remember them (being narrated) from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). But (what happened was that) the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had gone out on one of his expeditions. I awaited his (peace and blessings be upon him) return and hung a patterned cloth over the (wooden) frame of the house. When he (peace and blessings be upon him) arrived, I welcomed him, took hold of his (peace and blessings be upon him) blessed hand and said: 'All praise is for Allah, who helped you, granted you dominance and honoured you (peace and blessings be upon him).' Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) looked at it (the cloth), and I saw signs of displeasure on his (peace and blessings be upon him) blessed face." And the narrator then mentioned the complete hadith.