Hadith of Abu Musa al-Ash'ari

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "He is not one of us who takes up arms against us (the Muslims)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed Allah Almighty does not sleep, and it does not befit Him to sleep. He lowers the scale of justice (and provision) and raises it. His veil is light; if He were to remove it, the splendour and radiance of His Face would burn up everything of His creation that His sight reaches." Then Abu Ubaydah (may Allah have mercy on him) recited this blessed verse: "It was called out: Blessed is the one who is in the fire (that is, the light) and whoever is around it, and glory be to Allah, the Lord of all the worlds."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) that something similar (to the previous hadith) is reported from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), except that this one does not mention that "Abu Ubaydah (may Allah have mercy on him) recited."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The believer eats in one intestine, whereas the disbeliever eats in seven intestines."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Musa al-Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever prays the two cool prayers (al-bardayn, that is, Fajr and Asr) will enter Paradise."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "O my dear son! If only you had seen us when we were with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and rain fell on us (soaking our woollen clothes), you would surely have thought that the smell coming from our bodies and clothes was like the smell of sheep."

It is narrated from Abu Burdah (may Allah have mercy on him) that he came as a delegate to Umar (bin Abd al-Aziz) or Sulayman (bin Abd al-Malik), and all his needs were fulfilled. Then, when part of the night had passed, he said: "Get up." The narrator said: I got up, and he went to the governor's door and knocked. The doorkeeper asked: "Who is it?" Abu Burdah (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "Seek permission for me to come in." So he went in, and he said: "Inform him that I am here." He informed him, and he came out and gave him permission to enter, and asked: "O Abu Burdah! Is all well?" He said: "All is well. I had already finished with my needs, but I remembered a hadith that my father (Sayyiduna Abu Musa al-Ash'ari, may Allah be pleased with him) narrated to me, that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'When Allah Almighty gathers the creation for the reckoning, a Jew or a Christian will be brought, and it will be said (to a believer): O believer, this is your ransom (and the price of your release) from the Fire.'" The ruler asked: "Did you really hear it yourself?" He replied: "Yes, I heard it from my father."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Musa al-Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Many among men reached the level of perfection, but among women none attained perfection except Sayyidah Maryam bint Imran (may Allah be pleased with her) and the wife of Pharaoh, Sayyidah Asiyah (may Allah be pleased with her). And indeed, the superiority of Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) over all women is like the superiority of tharid over all other foods."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The example of a righteous companion and an evil companion is like that of one who carries musk (a perfume seller) and one who blows the bellows of a furnace (a blacksmith). The one with musk will either give you (some perfume), or you will get a pleasant fragrance from him; whereas the one who blows the bellows will either burn your clothes, or you will get an unpleasant smell from him."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed, seventy Prophets passed by the rock at al-Rawha', barefoot and wrapped in woollen cloaks."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) (and the two grandfathers of al-Rabi' bin Anas (may Allah have mercy on him), Zayd and Ziyad (may Allah have mercy on them both), used to go to him in Basrah to read the Qur'an) that he said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "The prayer of a man is not accepted as long as any trace of it (the scented yellow dye) remains on his skin or his body." The narrator said: What is meant by it is the yellow-coloured perfume (saffron and the like).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) that we brought water for ablution to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). He (peace and blessings be upon him) performed ablution and said this supplication: 'Allahumma-ghfir li dhanbi, wa wassi' li fi dari, wa barik li fi rizqi' (O Allah, forgive my sin, give me spaciousness in my home and send down blessing in my provision).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Musa al-Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him) that two men from Hadramawt came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) in a dispute over a piece of land. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said to the defendant (the one against whom the claim was made): "Take an oath." The claimant (the one making the claim) said: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! Is there nothing for me except his oath? In that case he will take my land. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "If he cuts off that piece of land by means of (a false) oath, he will be among those to whom Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, will not speak, nor look at (with mercy), nor purify, and for him there will be a painful punishment." The narrator said: (On hearing this warning) the other man became cautious out of piety and returned the land to him.

Sayyiduna Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Sayyiduna Abu al-Darda' (may Allah be pleased with him) and I were present with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'Whoever guards what is between his two jaws (the tongue) and what is between his two legs (the private parts) will enter Paradise.'"

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Musa al-Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: We prayed Maghrib with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), then we said (among ourselves): If only we stayed sitting here until we also pray Isha with him (peace and blessings be upon him) (how good that would be). He said: So we sat there. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) came out to us and asked: "Are you still here?" We said: Yes, O Messenger of Allah! We prayed Maghrib with you, then we thought we would keep sitting until we also pray Isha with you. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "You have done very well," or he said: "You have done right." Sayyiduna Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) raised his blessed head towards the sky, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) often used to raise his blessed head towards the sky, and said: "The stars are a safeguard for the inhabitants of the heavens; so when the stars disappear, there will come upon the inhabitants of the heavens the terror that they have been promised. And I am a guarantor of safety for my Companions; so when I depart (from this world), there will come upon my Companions the trials that they have been promised. And my Companions are a safeguard for my Ummah; so when my Companions depart, there will come upon my Ummah the tribulations that they have been promised."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "This Ummah of mine is an Ummah that has been shown mercy (by Allah). There will be no punishment upon it in the Hereafter; its punishment is (decreed) in this world, in the form of earthquakes, tribulations and killing."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Musa al-Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sent me to the land of my people (as governor), then I came (back) while the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had camped at al-Abtah. He said: I greeted him (peace and blessings be upon him) with salam, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "O Abdullah bin Qays! Have you intended Hajj?" I said: Yes, O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "What did you say (when entering ihram)?" I said that I had said these words: 'Labbayka ihlalan ka-ihlalik' (Here I am, with the same ihram as your (peace and blessings be upon him) ihram). He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "Have you brought a sacrificial animal (hady) with you?" I said: No, I have not brought a sacrificial animal with me. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Then perform tawaf of the House (the Ka'bah) and sa'y between Safa and Marwah, then come out of ihram (become free of its restrictions)." So I did that, until (after coming out of ihram) a woman of the tribe of Banu Qays combed my hair. He said: We continued on this practice until Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) was made caliph. I used to give fatwas to the people near the Station of Ibrahim according to what the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had commanded me and what I myself had done. Then a man came to me and whispered in my ear: Be a little cautious and hold back in giving your fatwas, for the Commander of the Faithful has introduced something new (his own juristic opinion) in the rites of Hajj. I said (to the people): O people! Whoever we have given any fatwa concerning the rites, let him wait, for here is the Commander of the Faithful coming to you; so whoever has learned something from him, let him convey it to me. Then when Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) came, I went to him and said: O Commander of the Faithful! Have you issued some new ruling regarding the rites? He said: "If we adopt the Book of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, 'And complete the Hajj and the Umrah for Allah', it commands us to complete (the Hajj and Umrah); and if we adopt the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), he (peace and blessings be upon him) did not come out of ihram until he (peace and blessings be upon him) had slaughtered the sacrificial camels." The narrator said: On this occasion Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) forbade performing Umrah in the days of Hajj (that is, tamattu').

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Musa al-Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) passed by Sayyiduna Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) while he was reciting (the Qur'an) in his house, and they both stood listening to his recitation. Then they both went on their way. In the morning the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) met Sayyiduna Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) and said: "O Abu Musa! Last night I passed by you, and Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) was with me, while you were reciting in your house, so we stood and listened attentively to your recitation." Upon this Sayyiduna Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! Know that had I known (that you were listening), I would have beautified and adorned my voice greatly in reciting for you."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) that "Two men claimed ownership of a camel, and each of them brought two witnesses (in support of his claim), so the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) divided the camel equally between the two of them."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "There is no Muslim who dies except that Allah Almighty puts a Jew or a Christian in his place in the Fire of Hell."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "There will be no believer except that he will bring a Jew or a Christian on the Day of Resurrection and say: This is my ransom from the Fire of Hell."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Musa al-Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), regarding the saying of Allah Almighty, "The Day when the shin will be uncovered", said: "What is meant by it is a tremendous light before which all will fall down in prostration."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "A man of the Children of Israel was far stricter than you in the matter of (guarding against) urine. He had a cutting tool (like a knife), and whenever urine touched any part of his body, he would scrape it off (from the body) with that tool."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Allah Almighty is far more pleased with the repentance of His servant who has wronged himself (through sins) than a man who travelled through a barren, deadly and ruinous land. When he reached its middle, his mount was lost, so he ran right and left searching for it until he was exhausted, or he despaired of it, and he became certain that he would now perish. Then suddenly he looked and found his mount in a place where he had no hope of finding it. So Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, is far more pleased with the repentance of His sinful servant than that man who found his lost mount again (on the brink of death)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was asked: Who is the best of the Muslims? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The one from (the harm of) whose tongue and hand the other Muslims are safe."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, keeps giving respite to the wrongdoer, until when He seizes him, He does not let him go at all." Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) recited this noble verse: "And such is the seizure of your Lord when He seizes the towns while they are doing wrong; indeed His seizure is most painful and severe."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) that we asked the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him): "Which form of Islam (or which Muslim) is best?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The one from (the harm of) whose tongue and hand the other Muslims are safe."

Muhammad bin Ka'b al-Qurazi (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that it is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Musa al-Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever turns these dice over with the intention of seeing what (fortune or outcome) they will show has certainly disobeyed Allah and His Messenger."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Musa al-Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever plays with nard (backgammon or dice) has certainly disobeyed Allah and His Messenger."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When one of you passes through our mosque or our market and has arrows with him, he should keep hold of their arrowheads (the points of the arrows)," or he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "he should cover them (their points) with his palm, so that no (harm or) wound reaches any Muslim from them."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever takes up arms against us (against the Muslims) is not one of us."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) that a house in Madinah burned down at night along with its occupants. When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was told about their case, he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "This fire is indeed your enemy, so when you go to sleep, put it out and keep it away from yourselves."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed, the greatest of people in reward for prayer is the one who walks the farthest distance (to the mosque), then the one who comes from the next farthest; and the one who waits for the prayer until he prays it with the imam in congregation has a far greater reward than the one who prays it (alone, early) and then sleeps."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Musa al-Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed, a believer to another believer is like a building, one part of which supports and strengthens another."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) that when someone asking for something came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) (and sometimes the narrator put it this way: when someone asking or someone in need came to him (peace and blessings be upon him)), he (peace and blessings be upon him) would say (to the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them)): "Intercede (on someone's behalf) so that you may be rewarded, and Allah Almighty decrees through the tongue of His Prophet whatever He wills."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) that my companions sent me to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) to ask him for mounts for them, at the time when they were in the army of hardship, that is, the expedition of Tabuk. I said: "O Prophet of Allah, my companions have sent me to you so that you may give them mounts." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "By Allah, I cannot give them anything to ride." At that time he (peace and blessings be upon him) was angry, but I did not realise it. So I returned extremely sad, because of the refusal of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and out of fear that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) might have felt some displeasure towards me in his heart. I went to my companions and told them what the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had said. Only a short while had passed when I heard Sayyiduna Bilal (may Allah be pleased with him) calling out: "Where is Abdullah bin Qays?" I answered him, and he said: "Respond to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him); he is calling you." When I came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Take these pairs (that is, six camels which he (peace and blessings be upon him) had bought at that time from Sayyiduna Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with him)) and go to your companions and say: Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, or the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), is giving you these to ride, so ride them." Sayyiduna Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I took the camels to my companions and said: "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) is giving you these to ride. But, by Allah, I will not let you go until some of you go with me to those who heard what the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said when I asked him for you, when he (peace and blessings be upon him) refused the first time and then gave these camels to me afterwards, so that you do not think that I have told you something which he (peace and blessings be upon him) did not say." They said: "By Allah, you are truthful and trusted in our eyes, and we will do what you wish." So Sayyiduna Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) went with a group of them to the people who had heard the words of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), his (peace and blessings be upon him) refusal at first and then his giving afterwards, and they told them exactly the same as Sayyiduna Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) had told them.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I saw in a dream that I was migrating from Makkah to a land with date-palm groves. I thought that it was al-Yamamah or Hajar, but it turned out to be Madinah, that is, Yathrib. In this same dream I saw that I brandished a sword and its front part broke; that was the trial and the loss of life which befell the believers on the day of Uhud. Then I brandished it again and it returned better than it had been; that was the victory and the gathering and unity of the believers which Allah Almighty granted afterwards. I also saw some cows in that dream, and 'Allah is better' (what comes from Allah is better). They were the group of believers who (were martyred) on the day of Uhud, and the good was the good which Allah Almighty bestowed after that, and the reward of truthfulness which came to us after the day of Badr."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "A time will certainly come when a man will go around with charity of gold (looking for someone deserving of it), but he will not find anyone to accept that charity from him; and you will see one man followed by forty women seeking his protection, because of the scarcity of men and the abundance of women."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) that I and my companions who had come with me on the ship were staying at Baqi' Buthan, while the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was in Madinah. Every night, at the time of the Isha prayer, some of them would take turns going to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). Sayyiduna Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Once I and my companions came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) while he (peace and blessings be upon him) was busy with some matter of his, so he (peace and blessings be upon him) delayed the prayer until half the night had passed, until the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came out. When he (peace and blessings be upon him) had finished his prayer, he addressed those present with him and said: "Stay where you are and rejoice. Indeed, it is a special blessing of Allah Almighty upon you that no one among all the people other than you is praying this prayer at this time," or he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "No one other than you has prayed at this hour." (The narrator did not know for certain which of the two statements he said.) Sayyiduna Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) said: We returned overjoyed at what we had heard from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever loves to meet Allah Almighty, Allah Almighty loves to meet him; and whoever dislikes meeting Allah Almighty, Allah Almighty dislikes meeting him."