Musnad of Jabir

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that a man used to perform ruqyah for scorpion stings. Then, when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade ruqyah, that man said: O Messenger of Allah! You have forbidden ruqyah, while I used to perform ruqyah for scorpion venom. Thereupon the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever among you is able to benefit his brother, let him do so."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that "One of my maternal uncles from the Ansar used to perform ruqyah for the stings of venomous creatures. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him: 'Present those words to me.' So he presented those words to him (peace and blessings be upon him), whereupon the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'There is no harm in this (ruqyah); this is among the covenants.'"

Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: "When one of you prostrates, let him be balanced (in the state of prostration), and let him not spread out his forearms (on the ground) the way a dog spreads out its forearms."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that a woman was with Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her). Imam Abu Ya'la (may Allah have mercy on him) said: that woman was pouring something over a child whose nostrils were dripping blood. Meanwhile the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came in and asked: "What is the matter with this child?" The people said that he was suffering from udhrah (inflammation of the throat). So he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Woe to you, O company of women! Do not kill your children. Any woman whose child suffers from udhrah or has a pain in his head should take Indian costus (qust hindi), rub it, and then give it to him to inhale through the nose, or use it (as a nasal drop)." Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) instructed Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her), and she did the same with that child, and the child was cured.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that "When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) prostrated, he kept (his arms) so far apart (from his sides) that the whiteness of his (peace and blessings be upon him) armpits could be seen."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the delegation of the tribe of Thaqif asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), saying: "Our land is a cold region, so what is the ruling on the ritual bath (ghusl) (in such a situation)?" Thereupon the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "As for me, I pour (water) over my head three times by the handful (when bathing)."

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) and his Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) performed the Sa'i (circuit) between Safa and Marwah only once, and that was the initial Sa'i, the one performed first of all."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that "On the day of the Battle of Uhud, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came to the martyrs who had been martyred that day and said: 'Wrap them (in their shrouds) with their blood, for I bear witness over these people (to their faith and sacrifice).' So (because of the large number of martyrs) two and three men were being buried in a single grave, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) would ask, 'Which of them knew more of the Noble Qur'an?' Then whoever was pointed out, he (peace and blessings be upon him) would place him first (in the niche of the grave). Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that on that day my father and my paternal uncle were also buried in a single grave."

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: "I entered Paradise and saw there a house or a palace, and I heard a voice or a noise there. I asked, 'Whose is this?' I was told, 'It belongs to Ibn al-Khattab (Sayyiduna Umar, may Allah be pleased with him).'" Sufyan (may Allah have mercy on him) said that Ibn al-Munkadir (may Allah have mercy on him) added in his narration that (he, peace and blessings be upon him, said): "I wanted to enter it, but then I remembered your protective jealousy." (Hearing this,) Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) wept and said: O Prophet of Allah! Would I ever feel jealous with regard to you (peace and blessings be upon him)?

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) asked me: "O Jabir! Have you people acquired carpets (furnishings)?" I said: O Messenger of Allah! Where could we possibly get carpets from? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Know that soon you will have these things (in abundance)."

It is narrated from Muhammad bin al-Munkadir (may Allah have mercy on him) that he heard Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them both) saying: A son was born to a man among us, and he named him 'Qasim'. So we said to him, "We will not give you the kunyah 'Abu al-Qasim', nor will we delight your eyes in this matter." So that man came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and mentioned this to him (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "His name is Abdur-Rahman."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them both) that "the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ate meat and then prayed without performing (a fresh) ablution (wudu)." Likewise, Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) also ate meat and then prayed without performing ablution, and likewise Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) also ate meat and then prayed without performing ablution.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he related: "I fell ill, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) came walking on foot to visit me. They found me in a state where I had fainted. Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) performed ablution and poured the water of his ablution over me, whereupon I regained consciousness. Then I said to him (peace and blessings be upon him): O Messenger of Allah! What course should I take regarding my wealth? But he (peace and blessings be upon him) gave me no answer until this blessed verse concerning inheritance was revealed: 'Allah instructs you concerning (the inheritance rights of) your children.'"

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me: "If the wealth of Bahrain comes, I will give you this much, and this much, and this much (three handfuls)." And Sufyan (may Allah have mercy on him), (a narrator of the hadith), showed us by gesturing with both his hands three handfuls. The wealth of Bahrain had not yet come when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) passed away. So when that wealth came, Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) stood up and said: "Whoever has a promise owed to him by the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), or a debt, let him come to us." Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I went to him and said that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had made me a promise, so he gave to me. After that I went to him again to ask, but he did not give me. Then I came a third time and said: I asked you but you did not give me, then I asked and you did not give; now either you give to me or else you are being miserly with me. Thereupon Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "What disease could be more deadly than miserliness? Whenever I refused to give to you, my intention was only that I would give to you (a generous amount at once)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) (in the same way as the previous narration), except that in it the words are: "He (Sayyiduna Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him) took out a handful (of wealth) for me, and when I counted it, I found it to be five hundred. Then Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: 'Take twice as much as it in addition.'"

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that "My father was martyred on the day of the Battle of Uhud, and he was brought in a state where his limbs had been cut off and he had been mutilated. Then he was placed before the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). I repeatedly wanted to remove the cloth from his face, but my people stopped me twice. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) gave the order, and the bier was lifted." Sufyan (may Allah have mercy on him) said (in his narration): it was as if those martyrs were returned to the places where they fell. Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that he (peace and blessings be upon him) heard the sound of a woman crying and asked, "Who is this?" The Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) said that she was the daughter of Amr or his sister. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Why do you cry? - or (the narrator is in doubt whether) he said: Do not cry - for the angels kept shading him with their wings until he was lifted (from there)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that on the day of the Battle of the Trench, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) urged the people (to bring news of the enemy), and Sayyiduna al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with him) volunteered for this mission. He (peace and blessings be upon him) called the people again, and again it was Sayyiduna al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with him) who readily came forward. Thereupon the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed, every prophet has a hawari (a sincere devoted helper), and my hawari is al-Zubayr."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Madinah is like the (blacksmith's) furnace: it expels its dross (impure elements), and its purity becomes refined and pure."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Jews used to say: "Whoever comes to his wife from behind (in her front passage), the child will be born cross-eyed." Thereupon Allah Almighty revealed this noble verse: "Your wives are a tilth for you, so come to your tilth however you wish."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "There is no harm in exchanging two animals for one in cash (hand to hand), but in the form of credit there is no good in it."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saw a man whose clothes were dirty and soiled, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Did this man not find anything with which to clean his clothes?" And he (peace and blessings be upon him) saw another man whose hair was dishevelled and tangled, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "Did this man not find anything with which to tidy his hair?"

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) stayed in Madinah for nine years and did not perform Hajj during that time. Then in the tenth year he made a public announcement among the people of the departure for Hajj. When he (peace and blessings be upon him) reached Dhu al-Hulayfah, he prayed there. During this time, Sayyidah Asma' bint Umays (may Allah be pleased with her) gave birth to Sayyiduna Muhammad bin Abi Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him). She sent a message to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) (to ask what to do), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Take a ritual bath, bind a cloth as a loincloth, and enter the state of ihram." Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) said that she did so. Then, when the she-camel of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) stood upright on the height of al-Bayda', he (peace and blessings be upon him) called out the talbiyah for Hajj. We too called out the talbiyah only for Hajj, for we had set out intending only Hajj and knew of nothing other than Hajj, while the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was among us, the Qur'an was being revealed to him and he knew its true meaning and interpretation well, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) did only what he was commanded to do. Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I looked in front of me, behind me, to my right and to my left, as far as my eyes could see, and saw the people in a throng, on foot and riding. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was calling out this talbiyah: 'Labbayk Allahumma labbayk, la sharika laka labbayk, inna al-hamda wa al-ni'mata laka wa al-mulk, la sharika lak' (Here I am, O Allah, here I am; You have no partner, here I am. Surely all praise, blessings and dominion belong to You; You have no partner). When we reached Makkah, he (peace and blessings be upon him) headed for the House of Allah and touched the Black Stone, then he did raml (walking briskly) in the first three circuits and walked normally in the remaining four. When he finished the tawaf, he came to the Station of Ibrahim and recited this verse: "And take the standing place of Ibrahim as a place of prayer." So he (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed two rak'ahs behind the Station of Ibrahim. Ja'far (may Allah have mercy on him) said that my father (Muhammad bin Ali, may Allah have mercy on him) said: In these two rak'ahs he (peace and blessings be upon him) used to recite the surahs of Tawhid, that is, "Say: O disbelievers" and "Say: He is Allah, the One." And the narrator did not mention this as being from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him). Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) returned to the Black Stone and touched it, then he set out for Safa and said: "We begin with that with which Allah Almighty began: 'Indeed, Safa and Marwah are among the symbols of Allah.'" So he (peace and blessings be upon him) climbed Safa until the House of Allah came into view. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said the takbir three times and said these words three times: 'La ilaha illa Allah wahdahu la sharika lah, lahu al-mulku wa lahu al-hamd, yuhyi wa yumit, biyadihi al-khayr, wa huwa 'ala kulli shay'in qadir' (There is no god worthy of worship except Allah, alone, without any partner; to Him belongs the dominion and to Him belongs all praise; He gives life and He gives death; all good is in His hand, and He has power over all things). During this he (peace and blessings be upon him) also made supplication. Then he came down from Safa and walked, and when his feet reached the bottom of the valley, he (peace and blessings be upon him) ran, until, when he came out of the low ground onto the ascent, he walked at a normal pace towards Marwah. Then he climbed Marwah until the House of Allah came into view, and there too he (peace and blessings be upon him) said the same as he had said on Safa, and in this way he completed seven circuits. Then he said: "Whoever does not have a sacrificial animal with him should come out of ihram (and make it an Umrah), and whoever has a sacrificial animal with him should remain in his ihram. For if I did not have the sacrificial animal (hady) with me, I too would have come out of ihram; and if I had known beforehand what I came to know later, I would have entered ihram for Umrah only." The narrator said: Meanwhile, Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) arrived from Yemen, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked him: "O Ali! With what intention did you enter ihram?" He said: I said: 'Allahumma inni uhillu bima ahalla bihi rasuluk' (O Allah, I enter ihram for that for which Your Messenger, peace and blessings be upon him, has entered ihram). He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I have the sacrificial animal with me, so you too should not come out of ihram." Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I went to Sayyidah Fatimah (may Allah be pleased with her) and saw that she had applied kohl to her eyes and put on dyed clothes. I asked: Who instructed you to do this? She replied: My father (the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)) instructed me to do so. Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), when narrating this incident in Iraq, used to say: I went to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) complaining about Sayyidah Fatimah (may Allah be pleased with her) (for this act), so that I could verify what she had said, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "She has spoken the truth; it was I who instructed her to do so." The narrator said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) slaughtered one hundred camels, of which he (peace and blessings be upon him) slaughtered sixty-three with his own blessed hand, and Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) slaughtered the rest. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) took a piece of meat from each camel, and they were all cooked in one pot, and both of them ate of the meat and drank of the broth. Thereupon Sayyiduna Suraqah bin Malik bin Ju'shum (may Allah be pleased with him) said: O Messenger of Allah! Is this ruling only for this year of ours, or forever? He (peace and blessings be upon him), interlacing his fingers, said: "No, rather it is forever; Umrah has entered into Hajj."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them both): Muhammad bin Ali (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates: "We came to Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them both), and he mentioned a hadith similar to it (like the previous narration)."

Muhammad bin Amr (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates: Al-Hajjaj bin Yusuf came (to Madinah) and began delaying the prayers, so we asked Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them both) about this, and he said: "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to pray Zuhr in the heat of midday when the sun had passed its zenith; he would pray Asr while the sun was still clear and bright; he would pray Maghrib as soon as the sun set; and as for Isha, sometimes he would delay it and sometimes he would pray it early: when he (peace and blessings be upon him) saw that the people had gathered, he would pray it early, and when he saw that the people were late in coming, he (peace and blessings be upon him) would also delay it. And he (peace and blessings be upon him) (or the Companions) would pray Fajr in the ghalas, that is, in the darkness of early dawn."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them both) that I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Whoever does not give up mukhabarah (giving land for sharecropping on the condition of a specified portion of the produce), let him be informed of a declaration of war from Allah and His Messenger."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When one of you lies on his back, let him not place one of his feet over the other."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) made the two sons of Suriya swear an oath when he asked them about stoning (rajm). He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked them under oath: "How do you find it in your Book, that is, the Book of Allah?" The narrator said: he made them swear by the One: "By Allah, besides whom there is no god worthy of worship, who revealed the Torah to Musa (peace be upon him)", (and asked): "What do you find as the prescribed punishment (hadd) for fornication in your Book?"

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "I attended the Eid prayer with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). He (peace and blessings be upon him) led the prayer before delivering the sermon, without the adhan or iqamah. Then, after the prayer, he delivered the sermon in which he exhorted and admonished the people and reminded them of the commands of Allah. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) came to the women, and Sayyiduna Bilal (may Allah be pleased with him) was with him (peace and blessings be upon him). He (peace and blessings be upon him) admonished them too, reminded them of the Hereafter, and commanded them to give charity. The narrator said: (Hearing this,) the women began to throw their rings, earrings and other such things into the charity. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) instructed Sayyiduna Bilal (may Allah be pleased with him), and he collected all those things. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'Indeed, very few of you women are in Paradise.' Thereupon a woman said: O Messenger of Allah! What is the reason for that? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'You curse a great deal and you are ungrateful to your husbands.'"

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that he related: "We used to perform tamattu' (of Hajj and Umrah) in the company of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and we would slaughter one cow on behalf of seven people, sharing jointly in its (sacrifice)."

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 has land should cultivate it himself; then if he is unable (to cultivate it himself), let him give it to one of his Muslim brothers (free of charge), and let him not rent it out."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "For every disease there is a cure (appointed), so when the (suitable) cure reaches the disease, the patient recovers by the permission of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he visited al-Muqanna' (may Allah have mercy on him) when he was ill, and said: "I will not leave this place until you have cupping (hijamah) done, for I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: 'Indeed, there is a cure in it (cupping).'"

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) ordered that from every ten wasqs of dates harvested, a bunch of dates be taken out to be hung in the mosque for the benefit of the poor."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the wife of Sayyiduna Sa'd bin al-Rabi' (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! Sa'd has died, leaving behind two daughters and a brother. His brother has taken possession of all that Sa'd left behind, yet women are married only on the basis of their wealth." The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) gave her no answer at that time in that gathering. Then she came again and said: "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! (What will become of) Sa'd's daughters?" Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Call his brother to me." When he came, he (peace and blessings be upon him) instructed him: "Give Sa'd's two daughters two-thirds (of the whole estate), give his widow one-eighth, and whatever remains is yours."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Every good deed is charity; whatever a man spends on his family and his property is recorded for him as charity; and whatever (wealth) by which he protects his honour is also charity for him." He (peace and blessings be upon him) also said: "And for every expenditure of a believer that is not in disobedience to Allah, Allah Almighty guarantees to give him its replacement, except what he spends on constructing buildings." Miswar (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that Muhammad bin al-Munkadir (may Allah have mercy on him) said: We asked Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them both) what is meant by his (peace and blessings be upon him) saying, "And the wealth by which a person protects his honour"? He said: "It means giving something to a foul-mouthed poet or a sharp-tongued person so as to be safe from his harm." Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) further explained that it is as though he (peace and blessings be upon him) is speaking of the person whose tongue one seeks protection from.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Any young man who marries in the early part of his youth, his devil cries out in grief and despair, saying: 'Woe to me! Woe to me! He has protected his religion from me.'"

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "Even if only a single day of my life remained, I would love to meet Allah Almighty in a state of having a wife (being married), for I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: 'The worst of you are your unmarried ones.'"

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "How will you be when a large bowl (of food) is brought to you in the morning and another is brought in the evening?" The Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) said: O Messenger of Allah! On that day we will surely be in a better state. Thereupon the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Rather, you are better today (despite not having these material comforts)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that a Bedouin came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: "Describe to us the lineage (attributes and identity) of your Lord." Thereupon Allah Almighty revealed the verses "Say: He is Allah, the One" to the end of the surah.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The most beloved food to Allah Almighty is that over which there are many hands (of those eating)."