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 Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to say: "When the servant, after offering the prayer, remains seated in the same place where he prayed, the angels continually pray for him: 'Allahumma ighfir lahu, Allahumma irhamhu' (O Allah, forgive him; O Allah, have mercy on him). This continues as long as he does not lose his ablution or get up from there."

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: "I saw Sayyiduna Ja'far bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) flying like an angel with his two wings alongside the angels in Paradise."

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 world is a prison for the believer and a paradise for the disbeliever."

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: "That is, Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, says: I asked My servant for a loan, but he did not lend to Me; and My servant reviled Me while he does not know (the reality of it). He says: 'Wa dahrah, wa dahrah' (Alas for time! Alas for time!), whereas I am Time (its Creator and Master)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him): "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) cursed the 'musawwifah' (the woman who procrastinates) and the 'mufassilah' (the woman who invents a false excuse). The 'musawwifah' is the one who, when her husband desires her (for intimacy), says: 'Soon' or 'Just now' (and keeps putting off the time); and the 'mufassilah' is the one who, when her husband desires her (to come to bed), says: 'I am menstruating', while in reality she is not menstruating."

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 sun has not risen nor set upon any day better than Friday. There is no living creature except that it trembles on Friday (in fear of the Hour being established), apart from these two weighty creations, the jinn and mankind. At each of the doors of the mosque two angels are appointed to write (names); they record in order the first to arrive, then the one after him. (Their ranks are) like a man who offered a camel, then like a man who offered a cow, then like a man who offered a sheep, and then like a man who offered a hen or some bird as charity. Then when the imam comes out (for the sermon), the angels sit and listen to the remembrance (the sermon), and the registers are rolled up."

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: "Seek trustworthiness in Quraysh (or he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Look for it), for the trustworthy man of Quraysh has superiority over the trustworthy man of others, and indeed the strong man of Quraysh has superiority over the strong man of others."

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 finds his very own property (the original goods) with a man who has become bankrupt, he has more right to take that property than all the other creditors."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), who is the most honoured of people?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The one among them who fears Allah the most (the most God-conscious)." The Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) said: "We are not asking you (peace and blessings be upon him) about this." (By the word 'al-hadith', the hadith scholars mean that the full hadith is not mentioned here; rather, the remaining part is well known.)

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him): I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Whoever comes to this mosque of mine for the purpose of learning or teaching some good, he is at the rank of one who strives (a mujahid) in the path of Allah; and whoever comes for some other purpose, he is like a man who looks at the goods and belongings of another."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him): "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sent out an expedition, and those fighters gained a great deal of spoils and returned very quickly. Then a man said" (and the narrator then mentioned the rest of the) hadith.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The angels do not enter a house in which there is a dog or images." (Sa'id bin Yasar (may Allah have mercy on him), the student of Sayyiduna Zayd bin Khalid (may Allah be pleased with him), says:) We said: Take us to Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her). So we told her what Sayyiduna Abu Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him) had narrated, and she said: "I do not know about this (saying), but I will tell you of an incident in which I myself saw him (peace and blessings be upon him) act. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) set out on one of his military expeditions, and I was awaiting his (peace and blessings be upon him) return. I took a decorated woollen cloth that we had and hung it as a curtain over the canopy of the house. When he (peace and blessings be upon him) arrived, I greeted him and said: 'As-salamu alayka ya Rasulallah, al-hamdu lillahi alladhi a'azzaka wa nasaraka wa akramaka' (Peace be upon you, O Messenger of Allah; all praise is for Allah who granted you victory, helped you and honoured you). Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) says: He (peace and blessings be upon him) raised his blessed head and looked at that cloth, but gave me no reply, and I recognised signs of displeasure on his (peace and blessings be upon him) radiant face. He (peace and blessings be upon him) went forward and tore the cloth down, then said: 'Allah has not commanded us to clothe stones and bricks with what He has provided us.' Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) says: Then I cut that cloth and made a pillow out of it, and stuffed it with palm fibre, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) did not find any fault with me for that."

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: "If people knew what (reward and excellence) there is in (joining) the first row, it would come to drawing lots (to find a place there)."

It is narrated from Abu Rafi' (may Allah have mercy on him) that he said: I offered the Isha prayer with Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), and he recited the surah "When the sky is split open" (and performed the prostration of recitation). I asked him about it, and he said: "Abu al-Qasim (peace and blessings be upon him) prostrated in this surah, and I was with him (peace and blessings be upon him)." Sulayman al-Taymi (may Allah have mercy on him) says: Or he said these words: "I prostrated in this surah with Abu al-Qasim (peace and blessings be upon him), so I will always keep prostrating in it until I meet Abu al-Qasim (peace and blessings be upon him)."

Ibn Ata narrates from his father that Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) went to visit the people of his tribe, and they brought him very fine, thin flatbreads of the early kind. When he (may Allah be pleased with him) saw those breads, he wept uncontrollably. He (may Allah be pleased with him) was asked: O Abu Hurayrah, what has made you weep? He (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) never once saw such bread with his blessed eyes."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "Several new moons (that is, months) would pass over the family of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) in such a state that in none of their houses was a lamp lit, nor was a fire kindled (for cooking food and the like). If they ever came by olive oil, they would rub it (on their bodies), and if they ever found fat, they would eat it."

Ubayd bin Abi Ubayd (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates: I was walking with Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) towards the mosque when a perfumed woman passed by him, with waves of fragrance wafting from her. Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) asked her: "O servant of al-Jabbar (the Compeller), where are you going?" She replied: "I am going to the mosque." He asked: "Have you put on perfume for it (the mosque)?" She said: "Yes." So he (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Indeed, I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: 'Any woman who puts on perfume for this mosque in order to go out to it, no prayer of hers will be accepted until she takes a bath on account of it (the perfume) just like the ritual bath (ghusl) for major impurity (janabah).'"

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "A false oath is indeed a means of selling merchandise, but it wipes out the profit."

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: "Whatever two people who revile one another say, the entire burden of it falls on the one who started it, as long as the wronged one does not exceed the limit (in retaliating)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that Sayyiduna Ubayy bin Ka'b (may Allah be pleased with him) recited Umm al-Qur'an (Surah al-Fatihah) before the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "By the One in whose Hand is my soul! Allah Almighty has not revealed anything like it in the Torah, nor in the Injil, nor in the Zabur, nor in the Furqan (the Qur'an). Indeed, it is the seven oft-repeated verses (al-sab' al-mathani) and the Mighty Qur'an that I have been given."

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: "Beware of the two deeds that bring about cursing." The Companions said: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), what are those two deeds that bring about cursing? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "(What is meant is) the one who relieves himself in the people's path or in the shade where they sit."

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: "A man was walking along a road dressed in a fine suit of his, when he felt proud of himself and of his cloak and became self-admiring, and suddenly he was made to sink into the earth. So now he will keep sinking and tossing about in the earth in this way until the Day of Resurrection."

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: "A man was walking along a road when his eye fell upon a thorny branch, and he said: 'By Allah, I will certainly remove this (from the road) so that it does not harm any Muslim.' So he removed it, and Allah Almighty (valued this deed of his and) forgave 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: "The five daily prayers, and one Friday prayer to the next Friday prayer, are an expiation for the sins committed between them, provided that major sins are not committed."

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 of my Ummah bears patiently the hardship and difficulties of Madinah, I will be an intercessor or a witness for him on the Day of Resurrection."

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 sees me in a dream has truly seen me, for Satan cannot take on my form."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) (with the same chain) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever calls to (the path of) guidance will have a reward equal to the rewards of all those who follow him, without anything being reduced from their own rewards; and whoever calls to some misguidance will bear a burden of sin equal to the sins of all those who follow him in it (the evil), without anything being reduced from their own sins."

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: "That person will not be able to enter Paradise whose neighbour is not safe and secure from his mischief and harm."

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: "I have been given six virtues over the other prophets: I have been granted jawami' al-kalim (concise yet comprehensive words); I have been helped with awe (struck into the enemy); the spoils of war have been made lawful for me; the whole earth has been made a means of purification and a place of prostration for me; I have been sent to all of creation; and through me the line of prophets has been sealed."

Mansur bin Abi Muzahim narrated from Isma'il with the same chain a report of similar meaning.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "Do you know what backbiting (ghibah) is?" The Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) said: "Allah and His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) know best." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "It is your mentioning your brother in a way that he dislikes." It was said: "Tell me, what if the fault I mention is actually in my brother (is it still backbiting)?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "If what you say is in him, then you have certainly backbitten him; and if it is not in him, then you have slandered him."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that a man said to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "My father has died; he left wealth behind but made no bequest. If I give charity on his behalf, will it become an expiation for his sins?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Yes."

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 sends blessings upon me once, Allah Almighty sends ten mercies upon him in return."

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 one of you supplicates, let him never say: 'Allahumma ighfir li in shi'ta' (O Allah, forgive me if You wish). Rather, let him ask with firm resolve and make his longing great, for nothing that Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, grants is too great for 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: "When the iqamah is called for the prayer, do not come to it running; rather, come with calmness and dignity upon you. Pray whatever part of the prayer you catch (with the imam) and complete whatever you have missed, for when one of you sets out intending the prayer, he is (as it were) already in prayer."

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 sun does not rise or set upon any day better than Friday. Every living creature, except the jinn and mankind, is fearful on Friday (out of dread of the Hour). At every door of the mosque two angels are stationed who record people in the order of their arrival. (The merit of the first to arrive) is like that of a man who offered a camel, then like one who offered a cow, then like one who offered a sheep, then like one who offered a bird, and then like one who offered an egg. Then, when the imam sits (for the sermon), those records are rolled up."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "Do you know who the bankrupt one is?" The Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) said that among them the bankrupt one is he who has neither money nor goods. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The (true) bankrupt one of my Ummah is the person who will come on the Day of Resurrection with prayer, fasting and zakah (and such good deeds), but he will come having insulted this one, slandered that one, consumed this one's wealth, shed that one's blood and beaten this one. So his good deeds will be given to these (wronged people). Then, if his good deeds run out before what he owes others is settled, their sins will be taken and thrown upon him, and then he will be thrown into the Fire."

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: "Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, says: When My servant firmly intends a good deed but does not carry it out, I record one good deed for him; and if he does act on it, I record it for him as ten up to seven hundred times. And when My servant intends an evil deed but does not act on it, I do not record it in his book of deeds; but if he commits that evil, I record against him only a single evil deed."

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 two eyes commit zina (fornication), the tongue commits zina, and the two feet (also) commit zina; then the private part confirms that (act) or denies 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) once came to the graveyard and said: 'As-salamu alaykum dara qawmin mu'minin, wa inna in sha'a Allahu bikum lahiqun' (Peace be upon you, O dwellers of the abode of believing people, and we, if Allah wills, will join you). (Then he said:) "I wish that we could see our brothers!" The Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) said: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), are we not your brothers? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "You are my Companions; our brothers are those who have not yet come (into the world)." They said: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), how will you recognise those of your Ummah who have not yet been born? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Tell me, if a man had horses with white blazes and white legs among horses that were completely black, would he not recognise his horses?" They said: Of course, O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Then they will come on the Day of Resurrection with shining foreheads and shining hands and feet from the traces of ablution, and I will be their forerunner (the one who receives them) at the Pond (al-Kawthar). Beware! Some people will be driven away from my Pond just as a stray camel is driven away, and I will call out to them: 'Come here!' Then it will be said to me: 'They changed (the way of the religion) after you.' So I will say: 'Suhqan suhqan' (Away with them, away with them)."