مسند احمد
Musnad Ahmad
أول مسند الكوفيينFirst Part of Musnad of the Kufans
حَدِيثُ الْبَرَاءِ بْنِ عَازِبٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى عَنْهُHadith of al-Bara’ ibn ‘Azib (may Allah be pleased with him)
Hadith 18516
حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ طَلْحَةَ ، عَنْ طَلْحَةَ بْنِ مُصَرِّفٍ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْسَجَةَ ، عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ بْنِ عَازِبٍ ، أَنّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ : " مَنْ مَنَحَ مِنْحَةَ وَرِقٍ ، أَوْ مِنْحَةَ لَبَنٍ ، أَوْ هَدَى زُقَاقًا ، فَهُوَ كَعِتَاقِ نَسَمَةٍ ، وَمَنْ قَالَ : لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ ، لَهُ الْمُلْكُ ، وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ ، وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ ، فَهُوَ كَعِتَاقِ نَسَمَةٍ " .
It is narrated from Hazrat Bara bin Azib (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever gives someone a gift, such as silver or gold, or gives someone milk to drink, or gives someone a water-skin, it is as if he has freed a slave. And whoever recites these words: La ilaha illallah wahdahu la sharika lahu, lahul mulk wa lahul hamd wa huwa ‘ala kulli shay’in qadeer, it is like freeing a slave.
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قَالَ : وَكَانَ يَأْتِي نَاحِيَةَ الصَّفِّ إِلَى نَاحِيَتِهِ ، يُسَوِّي صُدُورَهُمْ ، وَمَنَاكِبَهُمْ ، يَقُولُ : " لَا تَخْتَلِفُوا ، فَتَخْتَلِفَ قُلُوبُكُمْ " . قَالَ : " إِنَّ اللَّهَ وَمَلَائِكَتَهُ يُصَلُّونَ عَلَى الصُّفُوفِ الْأُوَلِ " . وَكَانَ يَقُولُ : " زَيِّنُوا الْقُرْآنَ بِأَصْوَاتِكُمْ " .
And the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) used to walk from one end of the row to the other, straightening the chests and shoulders of those praying, and he used to say: "Do not move forward or backward, otherwise differences will arise in your hearts." And he used to say: "Upon those in the first rows, Allah sends down mercy and the angels continue to supplicate for mercy for them." And he used to say: "Beautify the Qur'an with your voices."
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