Musnad of Anas bin Malik

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "My intercession is for those people of my Ummah who will have committed major sins." Then Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) said that the confirmation of this saying is in the Noble Qur'an, and he recited this verse to us: "If you avoid the major sins which you are forbidden, We will remove from you your (other) misdeeds and admit you to a noble entrance." So these (mentioned in the verse) are the people who avoid the major sins, and for those who committed major sins, the intercession of Sayyiduna Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) remains. Yazid (may Allah have mercy on him) said to Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him): "You have spoken the truth."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The sun and the moon will be in Hell like two bulls whose legs have been cut (hamstrung)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade fasting on five days of the year: the day of Eid al-Fitr, the day of Eid al-Adha, and the days of Tashriq (i.e. the three days after the Day of Sacrifice)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Is any one of you unable to recite 'Say: He is Allah, the One' three times in a night? For indeed this surah is equal to one third of the Qur'an."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever treats a believer with gentleness and kindness, or shows readiness in fulfilling any of his needs, whether that matter is small or large, it is a right upon Allah Almighty that He grant him a servant from among the servants of Paradise."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever offers the morning prayer and then the covenant of protection (granted to him by Allah) is violated, then the sanctity of Allah's sanctuary has indeed been violated and His covenant has been broken, and I (myself) will be the one who demands (redress) for his covenant of protection."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "On the Day of Resurrection, the son of Adam will be brought as though he were a lamb," and sometimes the narrator said: "as though he were a camel." Then Allah Almighty will say: "O son of Adam! I am the best of those who judge and apportion. Look at the deed you did for Me; I will reward you for it. And as for the deed you did for someone other than Me, take its recompense from the one for whom you did that deed."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: We were present with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) when a man came and said: "O Messenger of Allah! So-and-so has died." He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked (in surprise): "Was he not with us just a short while ago?" The Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) said: "Yes (he was with us)." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Subhan Allah (Glory be to Allah)! This (death) is just like being seized suddenly in a state of anger. In reality, the deprived one is he who is deprived of making his will (and its reward)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever would be pleased to have his life span lengthened and his provision expanded and blessed, let him maintain ties of kinship (treat his relatives well)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The first thing of their religion that Allah Almighty made obligatory upon people is the prayer, the last thing that will remain (of the religion) is also the prayer, and the first deed for which they will be taken to account (on the Day of Resurrection) is the prayer. Allah Almighty will say (to the angels): Look into the prayer of My servant. If it is complete, it will be recorded as complete; and if it is found deficient, Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, will say: See, does he have any voluntary prayers? If he has voluntary prayers, the shortfall in his obligatory prayers will be made up through those voluntary prayers. Then Allah Almighty will say: See, is his zakah complete? If his zakah is complete, it will be recorded as complete; and if it is deficient, Allah Almighty will say: See, does he have any voluntary charity? If he has voluntary charity, the shortfall in his zakah will be made up through it."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "For me to sit with people who are engaged in the remembrance of Allah Almighty from the morning until the sun rises is dearer to me than everything upon which the sun rises."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "For me to sit with people who are engaged in the remembrance of Allah Almighty from the Asr prayer until the sun sets is far dearer to me than freeing eight slaves from the descendants of Isma'il (peace be upon him)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that in the blessed time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) there was a man who used to take part in military expeditions with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). When he returned and unloaded the saddle from his mount, he would immediately head for the mosque of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), begin praying in it and lengthen his prayer, until some of the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) began to think that he had superiority over them. One day he passed by while the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was sitting among his Companions (may Allah be pleased with them), and some of his Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) said: "O Prophet of Allah! This is that man." Then either the Prophet of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sent for him or he came of his own accord. When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saw him coming, he said: "By the One in whose Hand is my soul! Between his eyes there is a mark (a sign of ill omen) from Satan." When he came and stood by the gathering, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) asked him: "Did you say to yourself, when you stood at this gathering, that there is no one among these people better than you?" He replied: "Yes." Then he turned away, went to a corner of the mosque, drew a line with his foot, then aligned his ankles, stood and began to pray. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Which of you will go to him and kill him?" So Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) stood up. (When he came back,) the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "Did you kill the man?" He said: "I found him praying, and I felt awe (at killing him in that state)." Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Which of you will go to him and kill him?" Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "I," and he took the sword, but he found him standing in prayer, so he came back. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) asked Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him): "Did you kill the man?" He said: "O Prophet of Allah! I found him praying, and awe overcame me." Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Which of you will go to him and kill him?" Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "I." The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "If you find him, you are the one for him (i.e. you will kill him)." So Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) went but did not find him there, and came back. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "Did you kill the man?" He said: "I do not know which way on earth he went." Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed, this is the first horn (a faction stirring up tribulation) to emerge from my Ummah." The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) further said: "Had you killed him, not even two people of my Ummah would have differed (in matters of religion). Indeed, the Children of Israel split into seventy-one sects, and this Ummah," meaning his Ummah, "will split into seventy-two sects, all of them in the Fire except one sect." We said: "O Prophet of Allah! Which sect is that?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "It is the Jama'ah." Yazid al-Raqashi (may Allah have mercy on him) said: I asked Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him): O Abu Hamzah! Where is the Jama'ah? He replied: "With your rulers, with your rulers."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that the people said: "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! What is your view when one of us feels within himself such a (whispered) thought that falling from the sky and being torn to pieces would be dearer to him than uttering it (what is its reality)?" The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "That is pure faith itself."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: I was walking with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) when he (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me: "O my son! Ask the people of this house for water for my ablution." I said (going to the household): "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) is asking for water for ablution." They replied: "Inform him (peace and blessings be upon him) that our bucket is made from the skin of a dead animal." So he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Ask them, have they tanned it?" They said: "Yes." So he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed, its tanning is its purification."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I will knock at the gate of Paradise, and a gate of gold will be opened whose rings are of silver. Then the 'Greatest Light' (the mighty manifestation of Allah Almighty) will appear before me, and I will fall down in prostration. Then I will offer such praise and glorification of Allah Almighty as no one before me has offered. Then it will be said to me: Raise your head; ask and you will be given, speak and you will be heard, and intercede and your intercession will be accepted. I will say: My Ummah! Then it will be said to me: Yours is the one who has faith equal to a grain of barley in his heart. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Then I will prostrate a second time and offer praise and glorification in the same way, and I will be given the same reply. I will say: My Ummah! Then it will be said to me: Yours is the one who has faith equal to a mustard seed in his heart. Then I will prostrate a third time, and the same will be said to me. Then I will raise my head and say: My Ummah! Then it will be said to me: Yours is the one who said 'La ilaha illallah' (There is none worthy of worship except Allah) with sincerity."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed, a dream has a hidden reality, so mention dreams allusively by their kunyas and call them by their real names; and a dream (comes to pass) according to the interpretation of the first one who interprets it."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Allah Almighty sent eight thousand prophets: four thousand of them were sent to the Children of Israel and four thousand to all other people."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "For every servant there are two doors in the heaven: one through which his deeds enter, and the other through which his deeds and speech ascend. When he dies, both doors miss him and weep for him." Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) recited this verse: "Neither the heaven nor the earth wept for them." And he said: "Those people did not do any righteous deed on earth for which the earth would weep for them, nor did any righteous deed or pure speech of theirs ascend to the heaven for which the heaven would weep for them."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "O people! Weep, and if you cannot weep (out of fear of Allah), then at least make yourselves appear to weep, for the people of Hell will weep in Hell so much that their tears will flow down their faces like streams, until, when the tears run out, blood will flow, which will wound the eyes; (and that blood will be so abundant that) if ships were set upon it, they would sail."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I fear five things for my Ummah after me: denying the divine decree (qadar) and believing in the stars (and their influence)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Is any one of you unable to recite 'Say: He is Allah, the One' in a night? For it (this surah) is equal to the whole Qur'an."
And he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "People must have an 'arif (an overseer or chief), and the 'arif will be in Hell." And he said: "On the Day of Resurrection the policeman (shurti) will be brought and told: Put down your whip and enter Hell."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I will knock at the gate of Paradise, and a gate of gold will be opened for me whose ring is of silver. Then a mighty light will receive me, and I will fall down in prostration and offer such praise and glorification of Allah Almighty as no one before me will have offered. Then it will be said to me: Raise your head; ask and you will be given, intercede and your intercession will be accepted, and speak and your words will be heard. I will say: O my Lord! My Ummah. Then it will be said: Yours is every person (entitled to enter Paradise) who has faith equal to a grain of barley in his heart. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Then I will prostrate a second time and offer (praise and glorification) in the same way again, and say: My Ummah. Then it will be said to me: Yours is the one who has faith equal to a mustard seed in his heart. Then I will prostrate a third time and again offer (praise and glorification) in the same way, and the same thing will be said to me. Then I will raise my head and say: My Ummah. Then it will be said: Yours is the person who said 'La ilaha illallah' (There is none worthy of worship except Allah) with sincerity of heart."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that one night the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) halted (during a journey) in the last part of the night; then Sayyiduna Bilal (may Allah be pleased with him) called the adhan, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever says words like his (Bilal's) and bears witness as he bore witness, Paradise is for him."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "There are no two Muslims who meet and one of them takes his companion's hand (to shake it) but it becomes a right upon Allah Almighty, out of His generosity, that He answer the supplication of both of them and not let their hands drop (down) until He forgives them both."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "There is no Muslim servant who goes to visit a brother of his purely for the sake of Allah's pleasure but a caller from the heaven calls out to him: 'This walk of yours is blessed, and Paradise has been made pleasant for you.' And Allah Almighty says in the dominion of His Throne: 'He visited for My sake, and his hospitality is upon Me, so I am not pleased with any hospitality for him less than Paradise.'"

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whenever people gather for the remembrance of Allah, intending by it nothing but the pleasure and good will of Allah, a caller from the heaven surely calls out to them: Rise, all of you, in a state in which you have been forgiven, and your evil deeds have indeed been changed into good deeds."

It is narrated from Sallam bin Miskin (may Allah have mercy on him) that he said: "Maymun bin Siyah (may Allah have mercy on him) is the master of the qurra' (the reciters of the Qur'an)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that in the blessed time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) there was a man whose devotion to worship and striving greatly impressed us. We mentioned him to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) by his name, but he (peace and blessings be upon him) did not recognise him; then we described his qualities, and still he (peace and blessings be upon him) did not recognise him. While we were mentioning him, the man suddenly appeared. We said: "This is the man." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "You are telling me about a man on whose face there is a mark (darkness) from Satan." Then the man came forward until he stood by them, but he did not give the greeting of peace. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) asked him: "I ask you by Allah: when you came and stood at this gathering, did you not say (to yourself) that in this whole group there is no one better or more excellent than you?" He replied: "O Allah, yes (I did say that)." Then he entered the mosque and began to pray. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Who will kill this man?" Sayyiduna Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "I." He went to him and found him praying, and said (to himself): "Glory be to Allah! Shall I kill a man who is praying, when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) has forbidden striking those who pray?" So he came back. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "What did you do?" He said: "I disliked killing him while he was praying, since you (peace and blessings be upon him) have forbidden striking those who pray." He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked again: "Who will kill this man?" Sayyiduna Umar al-Faruq (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "I." He went in and found him in prostration. Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) thought that Sayyiduna Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) is better than him (so if he left him, how could he kill him?), and so he too came back. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "What happened?" He said: "I found him prostrating before Allah, so I could not bring myself to kill him." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said again: "Who will kill this man?" Sayyiduna Ali bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "I." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Yes, you (will kill him) if you find him." Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) went in, but the man had already gone. He came back to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), who asked: "What happened?" He said: "He has already left." At this he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Had he been killed, not even two people of my Ummah would ever have differed; he would have been the first of them and the last of them." Musa (the narrator) said: I heard Muhammad bin Ka'b (may Allah have mercy on him) say: "He is the one whom Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) later killed, namely Dhu al-Thudayyah (the leader of the Khawarij)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that Sayyiduna Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade striking those who are praying."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that Sayyiduna Abu Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him) sent me to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) to invite him, as he had prepared some food for him. Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) says: When I arrived, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was sitting with the people. He looked at me and I felt shy. Then I said: "Accept the invitation of Sayyiduna Abu Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him)." So he (peace and blessings be upon him) said to the people: "Get up." (Seeing this) Sayyiduna Abu Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! I only prepared something (food) for you." Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) passed his blessed hand over that food and prayed for blessing in it. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Bring in ten men from among my Companions," and he said to them: "Eat, all of you." Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) brought out something (food) from between his fingers, and they all ate until they were full and went out. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Bring in another ten people," and they too ate until they were full and went out. In this way he (peace and blessings be upon him) kept calling in ten men at a time, and they would eat and go out, until not a single one of them remained who had not come in and eaten his fill. Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) says: Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) set that food in order, and it was just as much as it had been when they began eating from it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had two freed slaves, one an Abyssinian and the other a Nabatean. The two of them insulted each other while the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was listening to what they said. One of them said to his companion: "O Abyssinian!" and the other said (in reply): "O Nabatean!" At this the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Do not say this; the truth is that you are both two men from among the Companions of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The supplication made in the interval between the adhan and the iqamah is not rejected."

Shu'bah (may Allah have mercy on him) relates: I asked Mu'awiyah bin Qurrah (may Allah have mercy on him): "Did you hear Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) say that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'The son of a sister of a people is (counted) one of them'?" He replied: "Yes."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that (seeing the changes that had taken place in his time) he said: "I no longer recognise anything of the (religious and social) affairs of the people (in its original state) except the qiblah."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "A menstruating woman should wait (for the bleeding to stop) five, seven, eight, nine or ten days; then, when the period of ten days has passed, she is counted as mustahadah (a woman with irregular, non-menstrual bleeding)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that Sayyiduna Abu Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him) saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) weak from severe hunger. So he came to Sayyidah Umm Sulaym (may Allah be pleased with her) and said: "I have found the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) weak from hunger; do you have anything to eat?" She said: "We have nothing except about one mudd of barley flour." He said: "Knead it and prepare it; perhaps we may invite the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and he will eat with us." Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) relates: She kneaded the flour and made a single round loaf (of bread) from it. Then Sayyiduna Abu Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him) said to me: "Call the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)." So I came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and there were many people sitting with him (Mubarak bin Fadalah (may Allah have mercy on him) said: I think he said: some eighty-odd people). I said: "O Messenger of Allah! Sayyiduna Abu Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him) is inviting you." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said to his Companions: "Come, answer the invitation of Sayyiduna Abu Talhah." I hurried back and told him that he (peace and blessings be upon him) was coming with his Companions. Bakr (may Allah have mercy on him) says: (On hearing this) he gave me a slap on the back of my neck; while Thabit al-Bunani (may Allah have mercy on him) says: Sayyiduna Abu Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) knows the situation of my house (how much food there is) better than I do." And both of them related from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him): Then Sayyiduna Abu Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him) went out to receive him and said: "O Messenger of Allah! We have nothing except this one loaf. I saw you in a state of hunger, so I told Sayyidah Umm Sulaym (may Allah be pleased with her), and she made this one loaf for you." He (peace and blessings be upon him) called for the loaf and for a large bowl, and placed it in it. Then he asked: "Is there any ghee?" Sayyiduna Abu Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "There was some ghee left in the leather ghee-skin." He brought it, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and Sayyiduna Abu Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him) began to squeeze it until some (ghee) came out of it. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) wiped his index finger over it and wiped it over the loaf as well, and it swelled up. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'Bismillah' (In the name of Allah), and the loaf swelled up further. He (peace and blessings be upon him) kept doing this and the loaf kept swelling, until I saw that it filled the bowl to the brim. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Call ten men from my Companions." I called ten men for him, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) placed his blessed hand in the middle of the loaf and said: 'Kulu bismillah' (Eat in the name of Allah). So they ate from the edges of the loaf until they were all full. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Call ten more." I called ten more men, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Eat in the name of Allah." They too ate from the edges of the loaf until they were full. He (peace and blessings be upon him) kept calling them ten at a time in this way, and they all kept eating from that loaf until all were full, and the middle part of the loaf, where the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had placed his blessed hand, remained just as it was.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "We used to pray with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) in the season of intense heat, and when one of us was unable (because of the heat of the ground) to place his forehead firmly on the ground, he would spread out his garment and prostrate on it."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that he related: "When we prayed with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), we used to prostrate on our garments for fear of the heat (and the heat of the ground)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that "the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) entered ihram and called out the talbiyah for both Hajj and Umrah together." Bakr bin Abdullah (may Allah have mercy on him) relates: I mentioned this to Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both), and he said: "He (peace and blessings be upon him) called out the talbiyah (only) for Hajj." Then when I told Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) what Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) had said, he said (in astonishment): "You people regard us as nothing but children."