Continuation of the Musnad of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him)

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Everything has an essence and best part, and the best part of the prayer is the opening takbir (takbir al-ula)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said concerning the verse 'On the Day We will call every people with their leader': "One of them will be called, his record of deeds will be given in his right hand, his body will be enlarged to sixty cubits, his face will be made white, and a crown of pearls will be placed on his head. He will go to his companions; they will see him from afar and say: 'O Allah, bring him to us and bless us in him.' When he comes to them, he will say: 'Rejoice, each one of you will receive the like of this.' The disbeliever will be given his record of deeds in his left hand, his face will be blackened, his body will be enlarged to sixty cubits in the form of Adam (peace be upon him), and he will be made to wear a crown of fire. His companions will see him and say: 'We seek refuge with Allah from his evil; O Allah, do not bring him to us.' When he comes to them, they will say: 'O Allah, keep him away.' He will say: 'May Allah keep you away! Each one of you will receive the same.'"

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever dies while ill dies the death of a martyr; he is protected from the two angels who test (people) in the grave, and provision from Paradise is brought to him morning and evening."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that "something similar (i.e. like the previous hadith)" is reported from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Bear witness often that 'la ilaha illallah' (there is no god worthy of worship except Allah), before something comes between you and it (its utterance)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Give gifts to one another; this will create mutual love between you."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Banu Qusayy! O Banu Hashim! O Banu Abd Manaf! I am the warner (warning you of Allah's punishment), death is the one that attacks (you) suddenly, and the Hour is the true appointed time (of your end)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Mild fever and headache continue to afflict the believing man and the believing woman, even if they carry sins (as heavy) as Mount Uhud, and then these afflictions leave them in such a state that not even a mustard seed's weight of sin remains on them."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that we were in the presence of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) when a man stood up and said: "O Messenger of Allah, how incapable so-and-so is!" or (the narrator is unsure whether) he said: "How weak he is!" Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "You have backbitten your companion and eaten his flesh."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "A woman was punished because of a cat which she had confined, and she did not even set it free to eat the insects and creatures of the earth and fill its stomach, until it died."

It is narrated from al-Agharr (may Allah have mercy on him) that he said: I bear witness concerning Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah and Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with them both) that these two Companions bore witness concerning the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) that he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "There are five phrases; whoever says them, Allah Almighty will confirm him: 'La ilaha illallahu wahdahu la sharika lah' (There is no god worthy of worship except Allah, alone, He has no partner), 'La ilaha illallahu al-malik al-haqq, lahu al-mulk wa lahu al-hamd' (There is no god worthy of worship except Allah, the True King; to Him belongs the dominion and to Him belongs all praise), 'La ilaha illallahu wallahu akbar' (There is no god worthy of worship except Allah, and Allah is the Greatest), 'La ilaha illallahu wa la hawla wa la quwwata illa billah' (There is no god worthy of worship except Allah, and there is no power to avoid sin and no strength to do good except by the help of Allah)." the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever utters these phrases during his illness, Allah Almighty will make him forbidden for the Fire (of Hell)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah and Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with them both) that they both bore witness concerning the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) that he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When the servant says: 'La ilaha illallahu wallahu akbar' (There is no god worthy of worship except Allah, and Allah is the Greatest), Allah Almighty says: 'My servant has spoken the truth; there is no god worthy of worship except Me, and I am alone.' And when the servant says: 'La ilaha illallahu lahu al-mulk wa lahu al-hamd' (There is no god worthy of worship except Allah; His is the dominion and His is the praise), Allah Almighty says: 'My servant has spoken the truth; there is no god worthy of worship except Me; the dominion and the praise are Mine alone.' And when the servant says: 'La ilaha illallahu wa la hawla wa la quwwata illa billah' (There is no god worthy of worship except Allah, and there is no power to avoid sin and no strength to do good except by the help of Allah), Allah Almighty says: 'My servant has spoken the truth; there is no god worthy of worship except Me, and there is no strength except through Me.'" Abu Ishaq (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Then al-Agharr (may Allah have mercy on him) said something which I could not understand, so I asked Abu Ja'far (may Allah have mercy on him) what he had said. He told me: "Whoever is granted these phrases at the time of his death, the Fire of Hell will not touch him."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Every night, when the last third of it remains, Allah descends to the lowest heaven and says: 'Who will ask of Me, so that I may give him? Who will call upon Me, so that I may answer his supplication? Who will seek My forgiveness, so that I may forgive him?'" For this reason they used to regard the prayer in the last part of the night as superior to (the prayer in) its first part.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Prayer in congregation is twenty-five degrees more virtuous than prayer offered alone."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah and Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whenever a group of Muslims sits to remember Allah Almighty, the angels surround them (with their wings), the mercy of Allah envelops them, and tranquility (sakinah: peace and contentment of heart) descends upon them."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When it is Friday, angels are stationed at every door of the mosque, recording the first to come first (in order). Then when the imam sits (for the sermon), they fold up their registers and come to listen to the remembrance (the sermon). The example of one who reaches the mosque early for Friday is like one who offers a camel (in the way of Allah), then like one who offers a cow, then like one who offers a ram, then like one who offers a hen, and then like one who offers an egg."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah and Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whenever some people sit together to remember Allah, the angels surround them (from every side), divine mercy covers them, peace and contentment of heart descend upon them, and Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, mentions them in the gathering of the angels close to Him."

It is narrated from al-Agharr Abu Muslim (may Allah have mercy on him) that he said: I bear witness that Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id and Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with them both) bore witness concerning the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) that he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whenever some people sit to remember Allah, the angels encircle them, tranquility descends upon them, the mercy of Allah envelops them, and Allah Almighty mentions them (with pride) in the gathering of those close to Him."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Perform ablution (wudu) after (eating) anything that has been cooked by fire."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "One day I went to the market with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). He (peace and blessings be upon him) sat down with the cloth merchants and bought a pair of trousers for four dirhams. There was a weigher of the market there who was weighing, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him: 'Weigh and tip the scale (i.e. weigh in full and give extra).' The weigher said: 'This is indeed something I have never heard from anyone (before today).' Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I said to that man: 'It is enough foolishness and hard-heartedness in your religion that you do not recognise your Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).' On hearing this, he immediately threw down the scale and leapt towards the blessed hand of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) to kiss it, but the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) drew his blessed hand back from him and said: 'What is this? This is what the non-Arabs do with their kings, while I am not a king; I am only a man like one of you.' So he weighed and tipped the scale, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) took the trousers." Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I went forward to take the (trousers) from him (peace and blessings be upon him) and carry them, but he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The owner of a thing has more right to carry his own thing, unless he is weak and unable to carry it, in which case his Muslim brother should help him." I said: "O Messenger of Allah, do you wear trousers?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Yes, while travelling and while at home, by night and by day, for I have been commanded to cover myself, and I have not found anything that covers better than it."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed, Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, confirms the servant in five things he says: when the servant says: 'La ilaha illallahu la sharika lah' (There is no god worthy of worship except Allah; He has no partner), Allah Almighty says: 'My servant has spoken the truth.' When he says: 'La ilaha illallahu wallahu akbar' (There is no god worthy of worship except Allah, and Allah is the Greatest), Allah Almighty says: 'My servant has spoken the truth.' When he says: 'La ilaha illallahu wal-hamdu lillah' (There is no god worthy of worship except Allah, and all praise belongs to Allah), Allah Almighty says: 'My servant has spoken the truth.' And when he says: 'La ilaha illallahu lahu al-mulk wa lahu al-hamd' (There is no god worthy of worship except Allah; to Him belongs the dominion and to Him belongs the praise), Allah Almighty says: 'My servant has spoken the truth.'"

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "Whoever utters these phrases during his illness and then passes away in that illness will not enter the Fire of Hell."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Offering one prayer in this mosque of mine is better than offering a thousand prayers in all other mosques, except al-Masjid al-Haram."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he reported something similar (like the previous hadith) from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him): Salman al-Agharr (may Allah have mercy on him) said: I intended to hire a mount to go to Bayt al-Maqdis (Jerusalem), and I met Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him). He said (advising me): "Keep to this mosque of yours, for I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: 'Offering one prayer in this mosque of mine is more virtuous than offering a thousand prayers in other mosques, except al-Masjid al-Haram; and the place between my house and my pulpit is one of the gardens of Paradise.'"

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that a man came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: "I am utterly exhausted (from hunger)." He (peace and blessings be upon him) sent (a message asking for food) to one of his pure wives, and she replied: "By the One who sent you with the truth! I have nothing but water." Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) sent to another wife, and she gave the same reply, until all of his pure wives said the same: "No, by the One who sent you with the truth! I have nothing but water." Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "Who will host this man tonight?" A Companion from the Ansar stood up and said: "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! I will host him." He took the guest to his home and asked his wife: "Do you have anything (to eat)?" She replied: "No, I have nothing except the children's food." He said to his wife: "Distract the children with something and put them to sleep. When our guest comes in (to eat), light the lamp and make him believe that we are eating too. Then when he reaches out his hand to eat, get up towards the lamp and (on some pretext) put it out." The narrator said: Then they all sat down and the guest ate his fill. When morning came and the Companion came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed, Allah Almighty was greatly pleased with what you two did last night."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Wheat for wheat, barley for barley, dates for dates and salt for salt: the exchange must be hand to hand and equal in weight. Whoever gives more (from his side) or demands more (from the other) has committed usury (riba), except in cases where the kinds of the items differ."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "There are three signs; when they appear, a person's faith will not benefit him (if he had not believed before): the Beast of the Earth (Dabbat al-Ard), the Dajjal, and the rising of the sun from its place of setting."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The earth will vomit out the pieces of its liver (i.e. its hidden treasures) like pillars of gold and silver. Then the thief will come and say: 'It was for this that my hand was cut off.' The killer will come and say: 'It was for this that I killed.' The one who severed ties of kinship will come and say: 'It was for this that I cut off my relatives.' Then they will all leave it there and will not take anything from it."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "There are three signs; when they appear, believing will not benefit a person who did not believe before, or who did not earn any good while in his faith: the rising of the sun from its place of setting, the emergence of the Dajjal, and the emergence of the Beast from the earth (Dabbat al-Ard)."

Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I was afflicted with severe hunger. I met Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) and asked him to recite to me a verse from the Book of Allah. He entered his house and recited it to me. I had walked only a short distance when I fell on my face from hunger. Suddenly, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was standing over my head. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Abu Hurayrah!" I said: "Here I am at your service, O Messenger of Allah, at your call." He (peace and blessings be upon him) took me by the hand, raised me up, understood my condition and took me to his home. He (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered a large bowl of milk for me, and I drank from it. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Drink again, O Abu Hurayrah." So I drank again. Then he said: "Drink again, O Abu Hurayrah." So I drank again, until my stomach was full and became straight like an arrow shaft. Later I met Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), told him what had happened to me and said to him: "O Umar, my need was taken care of by one who had more right to it than you. By Allah, I asked you to recite the verses to me although I was a better reciter of them than you." Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: By Allah, had I taken you into my house, that would have been dearer to me than owning red camels.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that it was said: O Messenger of Allah, invoke a curse upon the polytheists. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed, I was not sent as one who curses; rather, I was sent only as a mercy."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) never fed his family to their fill with wheat bread for three consecutive days, until he (peace and blessings be upon him) departed from this world."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that we were sitting with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and we discussed the Night of Decree (Laylat al-Qadr). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Which of you remembers those reddish nights of ours at Hunayn, when the moon rose looking like a piece of a large bowl?"

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that "A Companion from the Ansar took hold of a knife (to slaughter an animal), while the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was present in that Ansari Companion's house. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said (instructing him): 'Beware of (slaughtering) the milk-giving animal.'"

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to Abu Talib when death approached him: "Say 'La ilaha illallah' so that I may intercede for you on the Day of Resurrection." He said: "My nephew! Were it not that Quraysh would taunt me, I would have said this word and cooled your eyes (gladdened you)." Then the verse was revealed: "Indeed, you cannot guide whom you love."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that we were sitting in the presence of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) when suddenly we heard a loud sound of something falling, which startled us. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "This is a stone that was thrown into Hell seventy years ago, and just now it has fallen to its bottom and depth, the sound of which you have just heard."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Gather together, for I will soon recite to you one third of the Qur'an." So the people gathered, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) recited to us the Surah 'Say: He is Allah, the One' until he completed it. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) went (inside), and some of us said to one another: "The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said that he would recite one third of the Qur'an to us, but he (peace and blessings be upon him) has not yet recited (it in full); this must surely be because of some news (revelation) that has come to him (peace and blessings be upon him) from the heaven." Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) came out to us again and said: "Indeed, this (surah) is one third of the Qur'an."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that one day the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came out, and there were Sayyiduna Abu Bakr and Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both). He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "What has brought you two out of your homes at this hour?" They both said: Hunger. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "By the One who sent me with the truth! The same thing that brought you two out has brought me out too. Come, get up." The narrator said: They both set off with him (peace and blessings be upon him) and came to the house of a Companion from the Ansar, but he was not there; his wife, however, was present. When she saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and his two companions, she welcomed them. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) asked her: "Where is Abu so-and-so (the head of the house)?" She said: He has gone to fetch sweet water for us. The narrator said: Meanwhile, the Ansari Companion arrived carrying a waterskin on his shoulder. When he saw the Prophet of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and his two Companions, he proclaimed the greatness of Allah and said: "Al-hamdu lillah, ma ajidu min al-nasi al-yawma akrama adyafan" (All praise belongs to Allah; today there is no one among the people with more honourable guests than me). Then he went and cut a bunch of dates containing all kinds of dates, unripe, ripe and dry, and placed it before them. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him: "If only you had picked out (only the ripe) dates (that would have been better)." The Ansari Companion said: O Messenger of Allah! Choose from them yourselves as you please. Then he took a knife and set off (to slaughter). The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said (as a precaution): "Beware of the milk-giving animal (do not slaughter it)." The narrator said: He slaughtered an animal for them, and they all ate from that bunch of dates and from the meat of that goat, and drank water. Then the Prophet of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to them: "By the One in whose hand is my soul! You will surely be questioned about these blessings on the Day of Resurrection. Hunger brought you out of your homes, and then you did not return until you had obtained all this; this too is among the blessings (that will be accounted for)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that one day a guest came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). He (peace and blessings be upon him) sent a message to his pure wives: "Do you have anything? For a guest has come to me tonight." They sent back the reply to him (peace and blessings be upon him): "No, by the One who sent you with the truth! We have nothing but water." The narrator said: Meanwhile, a Companion from the Ansar came, and the Prophet of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Do you have anything, so that you could take this guest of ours with you tonight?" The Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Yes, O Prophet of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)!" So he set off with the guest. When he reached his home, he asked his wife: "Do you have anything (to eat)?" She said: "Yes, we have only one loaf of bread." He said: "Do this: put out the lamp on the pretext of fixing it, and place the bread in front (of him)." Then he and his wife began putting their hands into the dish along with the guest (to eat), and they would raise their hands to their mouths (as if eating), although they were not eating anything. They left the guest alone with the bread, and he ate it. When morning came, the guest left for his business. The Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) said: When my time to attend upon the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came, I went to him (peace and blessings be upon him). He (peace and blessings be upon him) saw me from a distance and asked: "What did you do with your guest last night?" He said: I thought that perhaps the guest had complained about me to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), so I said: "O Messenger of Allah! I did such and such." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Jibril (peace be upon him) came to me and informed me that your Lord marvelled at what you did with your guest, or he said: (Allah Almighty) laughed."