Hadith of Amir bin Rabi'ah

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Amir bin Rabi'ah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "I saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) using the tooth-stick (miswak) while fasting so often that I cannot count it," or (according to the narrator's doubt) he said these words: "which I cannot number."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Amir bin Rabi'ah (may Allah be pleased with him) that a woman of the tribe of Banu Fazarah married a man for a dowry (mahr) of two sandals. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) (according to Yahya's narration) asked her: "Are you content with these two sandals in exchange for yourself and your wealth?" while according to Abd al-Rahman's narration he (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "Are you content with merely two sandals in exchange for his (the husband's) self and his wealth?" She replied: "Yes." So he (peace and blessings be upon him) permitted that marriage.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Amir bin Rabi'ah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he related: Sayyiduna Sahl bin Hunayf (may Allah be pleased with him) and I went out to look for a secluded place, and we found a screen of bushes and a pool of water. Each of us felt shy of being seen by anyone else while bathing, so he hid himself from me, took off his cloak and entered the water. I looked at him and my (evil) eye struck him. I called him, but he did not answer me. Then I informed the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). He (peace and blessings be upon him) came to him, struck him on his chest (with his blessed hand) and then supplicated: "Allahumma adhhib harraha wa bardaha wa wasabaha" (O Allah, remove its heat, its cold and its ailment). Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Stand up," and he stood up. On this occasion the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When any of you sees something in himself, in his wealth or in his brother that pleases him, let him supplicate for blessing (barakah) for it, for the evil eye is real."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Amir bin Rabi'ah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: "There is no servant who sends one blessing (salah) upon me but the angels keep praying for mercy for him for as long as he is occupied in sending blessings upon me. So it is now up to the servant himself whether he does this little or does it abundantly."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Amir bin Rabi'ah (may Allah be pleased with him) that "A man of the tribe of Banu Fazarah married a woman for a dowry (mahr) of two sandals, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) declared that marriage valid and permitted it."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Amir bin Rabi'ah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Allah, the Lord of Might, says: 'Indeed the womb (kinship) is a branch from Me. So whoever joins it, I will join him (with My mercy), and whoever severs it, I will sever him (from My mercy).'"

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Amir bin Rabi'ah (may Allah be pleased with him) that "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to send us out (on expeditions) when we had no provisions except a meagre bag of dates. So we would divide it handful by handful, until it came down to one date each. So by Allah! Ever since we lost even that one date each, we have felt its absence keenly."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Amir bin Rabi'ah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When you see a funeral, stand up for it until it passes beyond you (that is, goes ahead of you) or it is placed (on the ground)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Amir bin Rabi'ah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Soon after me there will be rulers over you who will pray the prayers delaying them beyond their (preferred) time. If they pray on time and you pray along with them, then the reward is for you and for them. And if they pray it out of its time (late) and you pray along with them, then (the reward of the prayer) is for you and (the burden of the delay) is upon them. Whoever separates from the community (jama'ah) is free of the covenant and protection of Islam, and whoever dies having broken the covenant (of allegiance and obedience to the ruler) will meet Allah Almighty with no excuse or argument (in his defence)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Amir bin Rabi'ah (may Allah be pleased with him) that "He saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) (while offering a voluntary prayer) making gestures with his blessed head, in whatever direction his blessed face (along with his mount) turned."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Amir bin Rabi'ah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "There will be rulers over you who will offer the prayer on its time and (at times) delay it beyond its time. So whatever prayer they offer on time and you offer with them, its reward is for you and for them; and whatever prayer they delay and you offer with them (out of regard for the congregation), (the reward of the prayer) is for you and (the burden of the delay) is upon them. Whoever separates from the community (jama'ah) has thrown off the collar of Islam from his neck, and whoever dies breaking the covenant (of obedience to the ruler of the time) will come on the Day of Resurrection with no proof or argument (for his salvation)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Amir bin Rabi'ah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was performing tawaf of the House of Allah when the strap of his blessed sandal broke. A man took a strap out of his own sandal and began to fasten it to the blessed sandal of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), but he (peace and blessings be upon him) pulled it (his sandal) away from him and said: "This is a kind of preferential treatment, and I do not like preferential treatment."