Musnad of Ammar bin Yasir

It is narrated from Abu Wa'il (may Allah have mercy on him) that Sayyiduna Ammar bin Yasir (may Allah be pleased with him) delivered a sermon to us that was very brief and eloquent. When he came down from the pulpit, we said: "O Abu al-Yaqzan, you spoke most eloquently and kept your words very brief; if only you had spoken a little longer!" He replied: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Indeed, a man's lengthening of his prayer and shortening of his sermon is a sign of his understanding (fiqh) and wisdom. So lengthen the prayer and keep sermons short; and indeed some eloquence has the effect of magic."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ammar bin Yasir (may Allah be pleased with him) that "he greeted the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) with salam while he (peace and blessings be upon him) was praying, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) returned his greeting."

It is narrated from Silah (may Allah have mercy on him) that he said: We were with Sayyiduna Ammar (may Allah be pleased with him) on the day about which there is doubt whether it is of Ramadan (the Day of Doubt). A (roasted) goat was brought, and some of the people moved aside (because they were fasting). At this Sayyiduna Ammar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Whoever fasts this day of doubt has indeed disobeyed Abu al-Qasim (peace and blessings be upon him)."

The Mother of the Believers, Sayyidah Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her), narrates: "I have not forgotten that day of the Trench when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was handing bricks to the Companions and his (peace and blessings be upon him) blessed hair had become covered with dust. At that time he (peace and blessings be upon him) was saying: 'True good is only the good of the Hereafter, so forgive the Ansar and the Muhajirun.' Meanwhile Sayyiduna Ammar (may Allah be pleased with him) came, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said (to him): 'Alas for you, O son of Sumayyah' (the narrator Khalid was unsure whether the word was wayhaka or waylaka), 'a rebellious group will kill you.'" Ibn Awn (may Allah have mercy on him) said: I narrated this hadith to Muhammad bin Sirin (may Allah have mercy on him) on the authority of the mother of al-Hasan (al-Basri), and he confirmed it, saying: "Yes, she did use to visit Sayyidah Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her)."

It is narrated from Abu Wa'il (may Allah have mercy on him) that when Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) sent Sayyiduna Ammar (may Allah be pleased with him) and Sayyiduna al-Hasan (may Allah be pleased with him) to rouse the people of Kufah (for battle), Sayyiduna Ammar (may Allah be pleased with him) delivered a sermon and said: "Know well! I certainly know that she (that is, Sayyidah Aishah, may Allah be pleased with her) is his (peace and blessings be upon him) pure wife in this world and in the Hereafter."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ammar (may Allah be pleased with him) that "the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed in a single garment."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ammar bin Yasir (may Allah be pleased with him) that he related: "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded us to lengthen the prayer and keep the sermon short."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ammar bin Yasir (may Allah be pleased with him) that he entered the mosque and prayed two short rak'ahs. A man said: "O Abu al-Yaqzan, you prayed these two rak'ahs very lightly (briefly)." He said: "Did you see me reduce anything of their limits (pillars and conditions)? Rather, I was quick in them so as to escape being overcome by whisperings, for I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: 'A man indeed prays, and often only a tenth of his prayer is recorded for him (as reward), or a ninth, or an eighth, or a seventh, or a sixth, or a fifth, or a quarter, or a third, or a half of it.'"

Tharwan bin Milhan (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates: We were sitting in the mosque when Sayyiduna Ammar (may Allah be pleased with him) passed by us. We said to him, "Narrate to us a hadith of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) about the trials (fitnah)." He said, "I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: 'Soon after me there will be rulers who will fight one another for power, and they will kill one another for its sake.'" We said, "If anyone other than you had narrated this to us, we would have called him a liar." Know well that it will certainly come to pass.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ammar bin Yasir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The table spread (ma'idah) was sent down from the heaven with bread and meat, and they were commanded not to act treacherously with it and not to store it away for the next day. But they acted treacherously, hoarded it and put it aside (for later), so their forms were transformed and they were turned into monkeys and pigs."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that Sayyiduna Ammar bin Yasir (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "We performed dry ablution (tayammum) with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and we wiped our faces and our arms up to the shoulders with earth."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ammar bin Yasir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed, the lawful is clear and the unlawful is clear, and between the two are doubtful matters. Whoever guards himself against these doubtful matters, they will be a protection for his religion; and whoever falls into them is in danger of falling into the major sins, like a shepherd who grazes his animals around a protected pasture and they are about to graze inside it. And know that every king has a protected pasture."