Musnad of Jabir

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The slaughter of the unborn young (in its mother's womb) is the slaughter of its mother, provided that its hair has grown."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Do not give permission (to enter) to someone who does not begin (his conversation or arrival) with the greeting of peace (salam)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "I saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) perform raml (walking briskly with the shoulders squared) in the (first) three circuits, from the Black Stone (beginning the tawaf) until he reached the Black Stone (again)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) visited a sick man, and I was with him (peace and blessings be upon him). He saw that the man was praying and using a pillow to prostrate on, so he (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade him from doing that and said: "If you are able to prostrate on the ground, then prostrate; otherwise pray by gestures, and make the gesture of your prostration lower than the gesture of your bowing (ruku')."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Shall I not tell you of something that will save you from your enemy and make your provision abundant? Supplicate to Allah Almighty night and day, for indeed supplication is the weapon of the believer."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "It may soon happen that a man reclines on his couch and denies me; a hadith from me reaches him and he says: 'The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) did not say this; leave this and bring what is in the Qur'an.'"

Isma'il (may Allah have mercy on him) said: I narrated this hadith to Amr bin Ubayd (may Allah have mercy on him), and he said: "No, rather al-Hasan (may Allah have mercy on him) narrated this hadith to us from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him)." I said: "Then take us to al-Hasan (may Allah have mercy on him)." So we went to al-Hasan (may Allah have mercy on him) and asked him about this hadith, and he explained: "Yazid al-Raqashi (may Allah have mercy on him) narrated this hadith to me through Muhammad bin al-Munkadir (may Allah have mercy on him), and he narrated it from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Ride the sacrificial animal (hady, the animal being taken for sacrifice) in a proper and reasonable manner until you find another mount."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) "forbade taking payment or a fee for lending a male animal for mating."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) "forbade withholding surplus water so that pasture (grass that grows by itself) is withheld by means of it."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that one day the people of Quraysh gathered against the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: "Look for the one among you who knows most about magic, soothsaying and poetry, and let him go to this man who has divided our community, scattered our affairs and found fault with our religion; let him speak to him and see what reply he gives." The people said: "We do not find anyone (for this task) other than Utbah bin Rabi'ah." They said: "O Abu al-Walid, you go." So Utbah came to him (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: "O Muhammad, are you better, or (your father) Abdullah?" The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) remained silent. He said again: "Are you better, or Abd al-Muttalib?" The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) still remained silent. Utbah said: "If you think that they were better than you, then they worshipped the idols that you find fault with; and if you claim that you are better than them, then speak so that we may hear what you say. By Allah, we have never seen a young one more ill-omened for his people than you. You have divided our community, shattered our unity, found fault with our religion and disgraced us among all the Arabs, until word has spread among them that there is a magician in Quraysh and a soothsayer in Quraysh. By Allah, we are only waiting for something like the cry of a woman in labour (some such calamity), when we will fall upon one another with swords until we wipe each other out. O man, if you are in need of wealth, we will gather so much wealth that you become the richest man of Quraysh; and if you desire marriage, tell us which women of Quraysh you like and we will marry you to ten women." The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) asked him: "Have you finished what you have to say?" He said: "Yes." Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) began to recite: "In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Ha Mim. A revelation from the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful", until he (peace and blessings be upon him) reached this verse: "But if they turn away, then say: I warn you of a thunderbolt like the thunderbolt (that struck) Ad and Thamud." Then Utbah (in fear) said: "Enough, enough! Do you have nothing other than this?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "No." So he went back to Quraysh, and they asked: "What news have you brought?" He said: "I left nothing that I thought you would say to him without saying it to him." They asked: "Did he give you any reply?" He said: "Yes. By the One who raised up the Ka'bah, I understood nothing of what he said, except that he said: 'I warn you of a thunderbolt like the thunderbolt (that struck) Ad and Thamud.'" The people said: "Woe to you! A man speaks to you in Arabic and you do not know what he said?" He said: "No, by Allah, I understood nothing of what he said except the mention of the thunderbolt (punishment)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came to Makkah, Sayyiduna Abu Quhafah (may Allah be pleased with him) was brought to him (peace and blessings be upon him), and at that time the hair of his head and beard had become completely white like thaghamah (a plant with white flowers). The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Change the colour of this white hair, and avoid black."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Umar, announce among the people that whoever dies while worshipping Allah with complete sincerity of heart, Allah Almighty will admit him to Paradise and will make the Fire (of Hell) forbidden for him." At this Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), shall I not give the people this good news?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "No, lest they rely (on this alone) and become (neglectful of deeds)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) asked Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him): "When do you pray the witr?" He said: "In the early part of the night, after Isha." Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) asked Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him): "When do you pray the witr?" He said: "In the last part of the night." Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said to Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him): "You have taken the way of caution and foresight," and he said to Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him): "You have held to the side of strength and resolve."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) took the hand of a man afflicted with leprosy and placed it with his own in a large bowl of food, then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Eat: 'Bismillah, thiqatan billah, wa tawakkulan alayh' (In the name of Allah, with full trust in Allah and reliance upon Him)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that one of two women of the tribe of Hudhayl killed the other, and each of them had a husband and children. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) made the blood money (diyah) of the slain woman binding on the 'aqilah (the paternal male relatives) of the woman who killed her, and he absolved her husband and children of paying it. Al-Sha'bi (may Allah have mercy on him) said: The 'aqilah of the slain woman demanded that her inheritance should go to them, but the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "No, rather her inheritance is for her husband and her children." The narrator said: The slain woman was pregnant, so the paternal relatives of the slain woman said that she was pregnant and (because of the blow) her unborn child had also been miscarried. The narrator said: At this the 'aqilah of the killer feared that he (peace and blessings be upon him) would make them liable for compensation for the unborn child as well, so they said (as an argument): O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! It (the child) neither ate nor drank, nor did it cry, nor did it make any sound at birth (so how can there be a penalty for it?). At this the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Is this the rhymed speech (saj') of the Jahiliyyah?" Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) gave the judgement that a male or female slave be given as ghurrah (compensation) for the unborn child.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that we were with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) in a military expedition when (during it) a man of the Muhajirun struck a man of the Ansar from behind. The Ansari cried out: "O Ansar (come to my aid)!" and the Muhajir also called out: "O Muhajirun (help me)!" When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) heard this, he asked: "What are these slogans of the Jahiliyyah?" It was said: O Messenger of Allah, a man of the Muhajirun struck a man of the Ansar from behind. At this the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Leave it (this calling out and tribal partisanship of the Jahiliyyah), for it is something extremely foul and filthy."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that "The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sold a mudabbar (a slave whose freedom has been made conditional on the death of his master)."

The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "War is (in reality) a matter of stratagem and tactics."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that Sayyiduna Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him) used to pray with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), then return to his people and lead them in prayer. Once the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) delayed the Isha prayer, and Sayyiduna Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him) (went back,) led the prayer and began reciting Surah al-Baqarah. At this the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked him: "O Mu'adh, are you one who puts people to trial and tribulation?"

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that "The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came to Abdullah bin Ubayy after he had been lowered into the pit of his grave. At his (peace and blessings be upon him) order he was taken out, then he (peace and blessings be upon him) put some of his blessed saliva on him and clothed him in his blessed shirt." And Allah knows best.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that when this verse was revealed to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "Say: He is able to send upon you a punishment from above you", he (peace and blessings be upon him) supplicated: 'A'udhu bi-wajhik' (I seek refuge in Your Countenance). Then when the next part of the verse, "or from beneath your feet", was revealed, he (peace and blessings be upon him) again supplicated: 'A'udhu bi-wajhik' (I seek refuge in Your Countenance). And when this part, "or confound you in factions and make you taste the violence of one another", was revealed, he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "These (last forms, compared with the first two) are lighter, or easier."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that a man entered the mosque while the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was delivering the sermon, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) asked him: "Have you prayed?" He said: No. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Then get up and pray two rak'ahs."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: My two ears heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Some groups of people will be taken out of the Fire of Hell, and then they will enter Paradise."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) fed us horse meat and forbade us the meat of domestic donkeys."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that "A man passed through the mosque carrying arrows, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered him to hold them by their heads (the pointed parts)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade "mukhabarah (giving land for sharecropping in return for a fixed portion of its produce)."

It is narrated from Sulayman bin Yasar (may Allah have mercy on him) that Tariq (may Allah have mercy on him) gave a judgement concerning "'umra" (property given to someone for his lifetime), in the light of the saying of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) reported through Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him), that "it is the right of the heir (of the recipient, after his death)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever among you has land or date palms, let him not sell it until he offers it to his partner."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that "The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered that the dish be licked clean and that the fingers be licked, and he gave the reason that a person does not know in which part of the food the blessing lies."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Put out the lamps."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "We did not pledge allegiance to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) to fight until death; rather, we pledged allegiance to him (peace and blessings be upon him) that we would not flee (from the battlefield)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade that a town-dweller should conduct the sale of goods on behalf of a desert-dweller (as his agent or broker)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that a man said to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him): "I saw in a dream as if my neck was struck, or my head was cut off and separated." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Why does one of you inform (others) of Satan playing with him (in a dream)?"

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that "The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade the sale of fruit until its ripeness and soundness become evident."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that "The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) gave the order concerning the martyrs of Uhud that they be returned to the places where they fell (where they were martyred). What had happened was that some of them had been carried to Madinah, or whichever of them Allah willed (had been carried there)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade that "you should come to your women at night (suddenly, on returning from a journey)." Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Then (on one occasion) after that we came to them (at night)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that "The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade selling the crop of several years (in advance)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade muhaqalah (selling grain standing in the field for harvested grain), muzabanah (selling fresh dates on the tree for dried dates) and mukhabarah (giving land for sharecropping on condition of a specific portion of its produce). He (peace and blessings be upon him) also forbade selling fruit until its ripeness becomes evident, and (ordered) that (grain and fruit) be sold only for dinars and dirhams, except for 'araya (in which the fresh dates on a tree are estimated and sold for an equal quantity of dried dates), which is permitted in its specific form."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to pour (water) three times over his blessed head (during the ritual bath)," that is, he (peace and blessings be upon him) did this when performing ghusl.