Musnad of Abdullah bin Umar

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) raised his voice in ihram for both Hajj and Umrah together (that is, he performed Hajj al-Qiran). Bakr bin Abdullah (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Then I met Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) and informed him of what Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) had said, and Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: "He (peace and blessings be upon him) only raised the talbiyah for Hajj." I went back to Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) and told him what Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) had said, and he said (in astonishment): "You people regard us as nothing but children," or he said: "as if we were (at that time) mere children." The doubt about the wording is from the narrator Sa'id bin Amir.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When Allah Almighty sends down punishment upon a people, the punishment strikes all those who are among them; then (on the Day of Resurrection) they will be raised according to their intentions."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The outcome of an oath is either breaking it or regret."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever wears a garment of fame (for show and to stand out among people), Allah Almighty will clothe him on the Day of Resurrection in a garment of humiliation and disgrace."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) married a woman from the tribe of Banu Ghifar. When she came to him (peace and blessings be upon him), he (peace and blessings be upon him) saw whiteness (a mark of leprosy) on her side, so he sent her back and said: "You concealed a defect from me."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that "the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed inside the Ka'bah."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: "In my Ummah there will be seventy-odd (sedition-mongering) callers, every one of them calling to Hell. If I wished, I would inform you of their fathers and their tribes as well." He said: Then we passed by some pools, and we began drinking from them by putting our mouths into them (as animals do). At that, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Do not drink by putting your mouths directly into it; rather, wash your hands first and then drink with them, for there is no vessel purer (for drinking water) than the hand."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: "This clan of Quraysh will remain in safety and security as long as you do not turn them away from their religion, which is the requital of our kinship." The narrator said: Then a man stood up before him (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: O Messenger of Allah! Is my abode in Paradise or in the Fire? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "In Paradise." Then another man stood up before him (peace and blessings be upon him) and asked: Is my abode in Paradise or in the Fire? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "In the Fire." Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Remain silent towards me as long as I remain silent towards you (not lifting the veil from your fates), for were it not that I feared you would stop burying one another (on learning one another's fates), I would inform you of those of your group who are people of Hell, so that you would separate yourselves from them at the time of death. And if I were commanded to do so, I would certainly do it."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he said: "Shall I not show you the place about which the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'Inna dabbat al-ard takhruju minhu' (Indeed, the Beast of the Earth will emerge from here)?" Then he struck with his staff a crack in (the hill of) Safa and said: "Indeed, it will have feathers and downy hair. A third of it will keep emerging for three days and three nights at the speed of a swift thoroughbred horse at full gallop. It will pass by the people, and they will flee from it in fear to the mosques, and it will say to them: 'Do you think the mosques will save you from me?' Then it will put marks on their noses, until they are driven along in the markets, and it will call out: 'O disbeliever! O believer!'"

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "None of you should ever eat with his left hand, for Satan eats with his left hand and drinks with his left hand."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "None of you should ever eat with his left hand, for Satan eats with the left hand and drinks with the left hand."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both). Abd al-Rahman bin Nu'aym al-A'raj (may Allah have mercy on him) said: I was present with him when a man asked him about mut'ah marriage with women, and he became angry and said: "In the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) we were not fornicators or adulterers." Then he said: "By Allah! I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: 'Before the Day of Resurrection, the False Messiah (al-Masih al-Dajjal) will certainly appear, and thirty or even more great liars (extreme deceivers).'"

Abd al-Rahman bin Nu'aym al-A'raj (may Allah have mercy on him) said: A man came to Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) while I was present with him, and he asked him about mut'ah marriage with women. He became angry (on hearing this) and said: "By Allah! In the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) we were neither fornicators nor committers of lewdness."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "No household ever bore hardship and difficulty with patience for three days, except that Allah Almighty brought them provision."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he said: "I never saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) not fasting (that is, in a state of not fasting) on a Friday."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that a guest came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said to Sayyiduna Bilal (may Allah be pleased with him): "Bring us some food." Sayyiduna Bilal (may Allah be pleased with him) went and exchanged two sa' of (the household's) dates for one sa' of good dates, because the dates they had were of poor quality. Those dates pleased the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "Where did these come from?" He told him that he had exchanged two sa' for one sa'. So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Bring us back our dates (that is, cancel this deal and take back our original dates)."

Sa'id bin Umayr al-Ansari (may Allah have mercy on him) said: I was sitting in the gathering of Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar and Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with them both), and one of the two said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: "On the Day of Resurrection people will sweat so much that" one of them said: "it will reach their earlobes," while the other said: "until it bridles them (that is, it reaches their mouths)." So Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "It is like this," and Abu Asim (may Allah have mercy on him), describing it, passed his finger from his earlobe to his mouth and said that this and that are equal in measure.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The lowest in rank among the people of Paradise will be the one who looks upon his tents, his servants, his blessings and his couches over a distance of a thousand years' journey; and the most honoured of them with Allah will be the one who is blessed with seeing Allah Almighty morning and evening." Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) recited this blessed verse: "Some faces that Day will be radiant and fresh, looking at their Lord." [Al-Qiyamah: 22-23]

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever among you loves that his supplication be answered and his hardships be removed, let him make things easy for someone in difficulty."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he said: "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) clothed me in a silk suit, one of the siyara' (striped silk) garments that Fayruz had presented to him (peace and blessings be upon him) as a gift. I put on its lower wrap (izar), and it was so much too large for me in width and length that I began to drag it on the ground. Then I put on the upper sheet and also covered my head with it. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'O Abdullah! Raise your lower wrap, for whatever part below the ankles touches the dust of the ground will be in the Fire.'" Abdullah bin Muhammad bin Aqil (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "I did not see anyone more strict and careful in raising his lower wrap than Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that "the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) did not offer any voluntary prayer before the Eid prayer nor after it."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Gold for gold, silver for silver, wheat for wheat, barley for barley, salt for salt and dates for dates: like for like and equal in measure is required. So whoever gives more (from his side) or demands more (from the other) has indeed engaged in usury (riba)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed, Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, accepts the repentance of a servant as long as his breath has not begun to rattle (that is, as long as he has not reached the throes of death)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both). Zayd bin Jubayr (may Allah have mercy on him) said: I asked him: "From where should I enter ihram for Umrah?" He said: "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) appointed Dhul-Hulayfah as the miqat for the people of Madinah, al-Juhfah for the people of Syria (al-Sham), and Qarn (al-Manazil) for the people of Najd."

Zayd bin Jubayr (may Allah have mercy on him) said: I heard a man asking Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) about the sale of fruit, and he replied: "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade the sale of fruit until its soundness becomes evident (that is, until it ripens and is safe from blight)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that Abu Muhammad (may Allah have mercy on him) said: For a month I carefully observed the prayers of Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both), and I heard him reciting "Say: O disbelievers" (Surah al-Kafirun) and "Say: He is Allah, the One" (Surah al-Ikhlas) in the two rak'ahs before the Fajr prayer. Abu Muhammad (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Then I mentioned this to him, and he said: "I watched the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) for a month or twenty-five days (continuously), and in the two rak'ahs before the morning prayer he (peace and blessings be upon him) would recite only 'Say: O disbelievers' and 'Say: He is Allah, the One.' And he (peace and blessings be upon him) also said: 'Indeed, one of these two surahs is equal to a third of the Qur'an and the other is equal to a quarter of the Qur'an: "Say: He is Allah, the One" is equal to a third of the Qur'an, and "Say: O disbelievers" is deemed equal to a quarter of the Qur'an.'"

Dawud bin Asim said: I asked Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) at Mina about the prayer there. He said: I prayed two rak'ahs with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), two rak'ahs with Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him), two rak'ahs with Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), and two rak'ahs with Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) in the early part of his caliphate. When we prayed with them, we prayed as they prayed, and when we prayed alone, we (simply) offered the prayer.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that "I put on a silk garment and came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). He (peace and blessings be upon him) was sitting by the chamber of Sayyidah Hafsah (may Allah be pleased with her) on a dark night. He (peace and blessings be upon him) heard the rustling of the garment and asked: 'Who is this?' I said: Abdullah bin Umar. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'Raise your garment, for whoever drags his garment (below the ankles) out of arrogance, Allah Almighty will not look at him (with mercy).' Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: 'That night my lower wrap reached halfway down my shins.'"

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed, seventy prophets (peace be upon them) found comfort and joy in the shade of a great shady tree. It is a tree whose leaves are not wasted, whose branches are not stripped of leaves, and whose leaves are not shaken off."

It is narrated from Na'im (may Allah have mercy on him) that Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) set out with the intention of Hajj. When he reached a place between Makkah and Madinah, he came to a tree that he recognised, sat down beneath it and said: "I saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sitting beneath this very tree, when a young man came forward from this mountain pass and stood before the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). He said: O Messenger of Allah! I have come to wage jihad with you in the path of Allah, seeking thereby the pleasure of Allah and (success in) the Home of the Hereafter. He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: 'Are both your parents alive?' He said: Yes. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'Then go back and treat them with kindness and serve them.' The narrator said: The young man (on hearing this command) turned back right from there to where he had come from."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that a man came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: "I have broken a fast of Ramadan (without any valid excuse)." He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "Without any excuse and without travel?" He said: "Yes." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "What an evil thing you have done!" He said: "Yes. So what do you command me now?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Free a slave." He said: "By the One who sent you with the truth! I have never owned a slave." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Then fast two consecutive months." He said: "I am not able to do that." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Then feed sixty poor people." He said: "By the One who sent you with the truth! I am not even able to fill the stomachs of my own family." Meanwhile, a basket of dates was brought to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Take this and give it in charity to sixty poor people." He said: "To whom should I give it?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Give it to the neediest person you know of." He said: "By the One who sent you with the truth! Between these two stony plains (of Madinah) there is no household more in need than us." So he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Then give it in charity to your own family."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he said: I heard a hadith from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) which, had I heard it only once or twice (until he counted up to seven times), I would not have narrated; but I heard it from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) many more times than that. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Among the Children of Israel there was a man named al-Kifl who did not refrain from committing any sin. Once a woman came to him, and he gave her sixty dinars on the condition that she would let him commit fornication with her. When he sat with her as a man sits with his wife, the woman began to tremble and weep bitterly. Al-Kifl asked: What has made you weep? Have I forced you? She said: No, but the truth is that this is something I have never done in my life, and only dire need and poverty have driven me to it. Al-Kifl said: So you are doing this only because of that, although you have never done it before? Then he moved away from her and said: You may go, and these dinars are yours. Then he vowed: By Allah! From this day on al-Kifl will never disobey Allah. The narrator said: He died that very night, and in the morning it was found written on his door: 'Indeed, Allah Almighty has forgiven al-Kifl.'"

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he said: I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: "Whoever holds the office of judge and judges with deliberate injustice and oppression is among the people of Hell; and whoever becomes a judge and judges out of ignorance, without having knowledge, is also among the people of Hell; and whoever, as a judge, judges with justice and fairness, it is fitting that he escapes the responsibilities of that office even, neither gaining nor losing (that is, without any sin or burden)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that once, while I was praying with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), a man from the gathering said these words: 'Allahu akbaru kabira, wal-hamdu lillahi kathira, wa subhan Allahi bukratan wa asila' (Allah is the Greatest, greatly; all abundant praise belongs to Allah; and Allah is free of every imperfection, morning and evening). When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had completed the prayer, he asked: "Which of you is the one who said these words?" The people remained silent. Then a man said: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! I said them, and I intended nothing but good by them. So the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The gates of the heaven were opened for these words." Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: "Since I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say this, I have never abandoned these words."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The lowest in rank among the people of Paradise will be the one who looks over his dominion to a distance of two thousand years' journey, and he will see its farthest corners (just as he sees what is near). He will be gazing at his wives and his couches. And the highest in rank among the people of Paradise will be the one who is blessed with seeing the noble Face of Allah, Glorified and Exalted, twice every day."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that Abd al-Aziz bin Marwan wrote to him, saying: "Write to me about your need." In reply, Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) wrote to him that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The upper hand (the giver) is better than the lower hand (the receiver), and begin (your spending and charity) with those whom you support." "And I do not ask you for anything, but I will not refuse the provision that Allah Almighty grants me through you either."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to a man: "You and your wealth belong to your father."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abd al-Rahman bin Samurah (may Allah be pleased with him) that Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) saw some people and said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Is any of you unable, when a man comes to him intending to kill him, to be like the two sons of Adam (peace be upon him), (whose outcome is that) the killer will be in the Fire and the one killed will be in Paradise?"

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that "an earthenware jar of fadikh (juice of unripe dates) was brought to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) while he (peace and blessings be upon him) was sitting in Masjid al-Fadikh. He (peace and blessings be upon him) drank it, and for that reason the place came to be called 'Masjid al-Fadikh.'"

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that "the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to stay at Arafah in the valley of Namirah."