Musnad of Jabir

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 deliberately attributes a lie to me, let him take his seat in the Fire of Hell."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Beware! Let no man ever spend the night with a (non-mahram) woman in her house, unless he is her husband or a mahram relative of hers."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that "the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) cursed the one who consumes usury (riba), the one who pays it, the one who writes it down and its two witnesses", and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "They are all equal (in bearing the burden of the sin)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "We set out on a military expedition with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). When we set off on the return journey, I tried to hurry on a slow-paced camel of mine. Meanwhile a rider caught up with me from behind and prodded my camel with a short spear he had with him, after which my camel went so fast that you would hardly have seen any camel go so well. I turned around, and it was the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: 'What has made you hurry?' I said: 'I have only recently been married.' He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: 'Did you marry a virgin or a previously married woman?' I said: 'Rather, a previously married woman.' He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'Why did you not marry a young girl, so that you could play with her and she could play with you?' The narrator says: Then when the Companions arrived back, he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'Wait, until we enter at night, that is, at the time of Isha, so that the woman with dishevelled hair may comb and tidy her hair, and the woman whose husband was absent may (clean herself and) prepare herself.'"

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Umra (property given as a gift for a lifetime) is valid and established for those to whom it is given."

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), on returning from Arafat, said: "O people! Tranquillity and dignity are binding upon you, and let none of you ever kill another."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Shall I not tell you about the one upon whom the Fire will be forbidden tomorrow, on the Day of Resurrection? (The Fire is forbidden) upon everyone who is gentle in temperament, mild in manner, close to people and easy-going (easy to deal with)."

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) was asked about faith, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Faith is patience and magnanimity (generosity)."

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: "Whoever guarantees me what is between his two jaws (that is, the tongue) and what is between his two legs (that is, the private parts), I guarantee Paradise for him."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saying on the pulpit on a Friday: "O people! Repent to Allah before you die, hasten to do righteous deeds, and strengthen the bond between yourselves and your Lord through remembering Him much and giving much charity, in secret and openly; you will be rewarded, you will be helped and you will be given provision. And know that Allah Almighty has made Jumu'ah an individual obligation (fard 'ayn) upon you, obligatory on this day of mine, in this place, in this month and in this year, until the Day of Resurrection. So whoever abandons it, in my lifetime or after my death, denying it or treating it lightly, may Allah not gather his scattered affairs together for him, nor bless him in his affairs. Beware! He has no prayer, no zakah, no Hajj, no fasting, and no good deed of his counts. But whoever repents, Allah accepts his repentance. And let no woman lead a man in prayer, nor a Bedouin lead a Muhajir, nor a sinner lead a righteous person, unless he is a ruler whose sword or whip is feared."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that a man came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! What do you say: if I fight in the path of Allah, being patient, seeking reward from Allah alone, advancing and not turning my back to flee, until I am killed (in that state), will I enter Paradise?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Yes, except if you owe a debt for whose repayment you have nothing."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that a man said to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "I saw (in a dream) as though my head had been cut off, or my neck had been struck," and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Why does any one of you tell about Satan's toying with him (in a dream)?"

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "No man should ever spend the night with a woman in her house, unless he is her husband or her mahram."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he related: "In the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) we bought a cow in order to share it (for its meat), but it broke loose from us and we were unable to catch it. Then a freed slave of ours called Dhakwan confronted it with a sword in his hand, while the cow was wandering in a frenzy around the watering place. He crouched in ambush behind a hillock, and when the cow passed by him, he struck it with the sword at the base of its neck, or on its neck, giving it a deep wound, and it fell; but he could not slaughter it in the prescribed way (before it died). Then I and Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Thabit bin al-Jidh' (may Allah be pleased with him) went out and met the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). We mentioned the matter to him, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'Eat it. And when any of these livestock gets out of your control, restrain it in the same way that you restrain wild animals.'"

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that Marhab bin al-Harith, the Jew of Khaybar, came out reciting this battle verse: "Khaybar knows well that I am Marhab, fully armed, a seasoned warrior; sometimes I strike with the spear and sometimes with the sword; when the fiery warriors come forward, I do not hold back; my pasture (sanctuary) is one that cannot be approached. Is there anyone to fight me in single combat?" So the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Who will (face) him?" Sayyiduna Muhammad bin Maslamah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! I (will). By Allah, I am the wronged one seeking revenge; they killed my brother only yesterday." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Go out to him," and he supplicated: 'Allahumma a'inhu' (O Allah, help him). Then when each of the two came close to his opponent, a tree came between them, and each of them began to take cover behind it from his opponent. Whenever one of them hid behind it, Sayyiduna Muhammad bin Maslamah (may Allah be pleased with him) would cut away with his sword the branches in front of him, until I saw that tree (after its branches had been cut) left like the trunk of a standing man. Then when the two came face to face, Marhab attacked him fiercely; he warded off the blow with his shield, and Marhab's sword sank into the shield and got stuck. When the shield had gripped his sword, Sayyiduna Muhammad bin Maslamah (may Allah be pleased with him) struck him with full force and killed him.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that we set out with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and we had not the slightest knowledge of the hidden ambush that the enemy had laid for us. We reached the mouth of the valley of Hunayn in the early darkness of dawn. It is one of the valleys of Tihamah, very deep and steep, in which people can only keep descending rapidly. He relates: By Allah! The people were moving on one after another, unaware of anything, when suddenly the enemy's troops attacked them from every side. The people did not wait a moment and turned their backs and fled. He relates that meanwhile the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) turned to the right and called out: "O people! Where are you going? I am the Messenger of Allah; I am Muhammad bin Abdullah."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that in the vanguard of the army of Hawazin there was a very heavily built man riding a red camel, with a black banner in his hand. Whoever he caught, he would wound with his spear, and if anyone escaped from in front of him, he would thrust the spear behind him and pierce him through. So Sayyiduna Ali bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) and an Ansari Companion both advanced to confront him. Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) struck the camel on its hamstrings so that it fell on its hindquarters, and the Ansari struck the man's shin so that his foot was cut off along with half his shin and it fell, and the people fought one another.
When the time of the (initial) rout (of the Muslims) came, Kaladah came out. He was the brother of Safwan bin Umayyah, and in those days he was still a polytheist, during the period that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had granted him. He said (on seeing the Muslims retreat): "Today the magic has come to nothing." Safwan rebuked him, saying: "Be quiet, may Allah break your mouth! By Allah, I would rather that a man of Quraysh became my master or ruler than be under the authority of a man of Hawazin."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that "the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) led the funeral prayer for the Negus (al-Najashi), and I was in the second row."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came out to us and said: "O people! Allah Almighty has roaming parties of angels who descend upon the gatherings of remembrance on earth and stay there; so graze fully in the gardens of Paradise." The Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) said: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! Where are the gardens of Paradise? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The gatherings of remembrance. So be absorbed in the remembrance of Allah morning and evening, and remember Him within yourselves. Whoever wishes to know what standing he has with Allah, let him look at what standing Allah has with him, for Allah Almighty places the servant with Himself at the same standing at which the servant places Allah Almighty within himself."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that he narrated "something similar" from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).

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: "Indeed, Allah Almighty is most Modest and Generous. He is too modest before His servant, when he raises his hands to Him (in supplication), to turn them back empty with nothing (of good or of his wish) in them."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that we were with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) in the market when suddenly a woman took hold of the reins of his mount, while he (peace and blessings be upon him) was riding a donkey. The woman said: "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! My husband does not come near me, so separate me from him." Meanwhile her husband passed by, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) called him and asked: "What is the matter between you and her? She is complaining of your coldness and that you do not come near her." He said: "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! By the One who has honoured you, my (last) time with her was only this past night." On hearing this the woman began to weep and said: "He has lied. Separate me from him, for he is the most hateful of Allah's creation to me." At this the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) smiled. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) took hold of their heads, brought them close to each other, and supplicated: 'Allahumma adni kulla wahidin min sahibihi' (O Allah, bring each of them close to the other). Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) relates: Then we stayed as long as Allah willed, after which the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) once again passed through the market, and we saw that same woman carrying leather. When she saw him (peace and blessings be upon him), she put the leather down, turned to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! By the One who sent you with the truth, there is now no human being of Allah's creation dearer to me than him, except you."
Ubaydullah (may Allah have mercy on him) said: I think that I did not hear this narration from my father.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that "the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), at the time of his death, asked for a sheet of paper in order to write on it a document for his Ummah, about which he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'They will never go astray (after it), nor be led astray.' But meanwhile there was noise and clamour in the house, and Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) said something, whereupon the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) abandoned it (the intention to write)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever climbs the Thaniyyah (mountain pass), the Thaniyyah of al-Murar, his sins will be wiped away just as the sins of the Children of Israel were wiped away." So the first to climb that pass were our horsemen, that is, the horsemen of Banu al-Khazraj. Then the rest of the people climbed it one after another, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "All of you have been forgiven, except the owner of the red camel." Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) says: We said to that man: Come, so that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) may pray for forgiveness for you. He replied: By Allah! Finding my lost animal is dearer to me than that this companion of yours should seek forgiveness for me. In fact, that man was wandering about looking for something he had lost.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that "the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), at the time of his passing, asked for a sheet of paper in order to have a document written on it after which they (the people of the Ummah) would neither go astray nor be led astray. At that time there was some noise and clamour in the house, and Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) also said something, whereupon the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) abandoned the intention of having that document written."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that "the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade mixing dates and raisins together (to prepare nabidh and the like)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saying on the day of the Conquest of Makkah: "Indeed, Allah and His Messenger have forbidden trading in wine, swine, carrion and idols." A man said: "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! What is your ruling on the fat of carrion? For ships are coated with it, hides are greased with it, and people light lamps with it." At this he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "May Allah destroy the Jews! Indeed, when Allah Almighty forbade them the fat (of carrion), they melted it down and refined it, then sold it and consumed its price."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "Whoever would be delighted to look at a man from the people of Paradise, let him look at Sayyiduna al-Husayn bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with them both)", for indeed I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say this about 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: "Giving the greeting of salam merely by pointing with one finger is the way of the Jews."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that "When Sayyiduna Ja'far (may Allah be pleased with him) returned from Abyssinia, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) embraced him (hugged him)."

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) (before the declaration of prophethood) used to attend the gatherings and assemblies of the polytheists with them. Once he (peace and blessings be upon him) heard the voices of two angels behind him, one of whom was saying to his companion: 'Come with us so that we may stand behind the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him).' The other replied: 'How can we stand behind him (peace and blessings be upon him) when only a little while ago he (peace and blessings be upon him) performed the custom of touching the idols?'" The narrator relates: "After this incident the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) never again attended the fairs and assemblies of the polytheists with them."

Abdullah bin Ziyad bin Hudayr (may Allah have mercy on him) narrated "something similar" from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah al-Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) that "the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade selling the crop of date palms in advance for two or three years. He also forbade buying the dates on the tops of the palms in exchange for a fixed measure of dates. And he (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade selling fruit (on the tree) until its ripeness and colour became evident."

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) set out for Makkah in Ramadan in the year of the Conquest. He (peace and blessings be upon him) was fasting until he reached the place Kura' al-Ghamim, and the people too were fasting, both those on foot and those riding. It was said to him (peace and blessings be upon him): "Fasting has become very hard on the people, and they are only waiting to see what you (peace and blessings be upon him) do." So he (peace and blessings be upon him) called for a cup of water and raised it so high that all the people saw it; then he (peace and blessings be upon him) drank it and broke his fast. At this some people broke their fast but some remained fasting. When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was told: "Some people have still not broken their fast," he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Those are the disobedient ones." After this the Companions who were on foot gathered around him (peace and blessings be upon him), formed rows and said: "We seek the supplications of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), for the hardship of the journey has increased and the distance has become long." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said to them: "Seek help from nasl (walking quickly with short steps), for it will cover the ground quickly for you and you will feel light." Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) says: We did so, and we truly felt ease and lightness on the journey.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When the Arabs are humiliated, Islam is humiliated." (That is, when the Arab people suffer humiliation and defeat, Islam too will be overpowered and humiliated in terms of its outward glory and power.)

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that "the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) performed raml from the Black Stone (back) to the Black Stone (that is, during tawaf he walked somewhat briskly, moving his shoulders like a strong man)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that he related: "We were on a journey, and a man fasted and fainted, so his companions gathered around him. Meanwhile the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) passed by, and the Companions said: He is fasting. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'Fasting while travelling is not part of righteousness.'"

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that a man used to bring wine from Khaybar to Madinah and sell it to the Muslims. Once he brought wine worth a great deal of money, and when he reached Madinah, a Muslim met him and told him: "O so-and-so! Wine has indeed been made unlawful." So he put the wine down right there on a hillock where he had arrived and covered it with cloaks. Then he came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: "O Messenger of Allah! The news has reached me that wine has been made unlawful?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Yes." He said: "(May I) return it to those from whom I bought it?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Returning it is also not permissible." He said again: "May I give it as a gift to someone who will give me something in return for it?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "No." He said: "The wealth (capital) of orphans who are in my care is invested in it." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When the wealth of Bahrain comes to us, come to us, and we will compensate your orphans for their wealth." Then it was proclaimed in Madinah (that wine was unlawful). The man said: "O Messenger of Allah! May we make use of the containers?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Untie their fastenings." So the wine was poured out until it came to rest in the bottom of the valley.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him), similar to the hadith of Abu al-Rabi' about the incident of Sayyiduna Ibn Umm Maktum (may Allah be pleased with him), that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Respond (to the call to prayer), even if you have to come crawling on your knees or dragging yourself along."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that he narrated, concerning dogs, "something similar to the hadith of Sayyiduna Ibn Umm Maktum (may Allah be pleased with him)".