Musnad Ahmad

It is narrated from Hazrat Amr bin Aas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade us from going to those women whose husbands are not present.

It is narrated from Hazrat Amr bin Aas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The difference between our fasting and the fasting of the People of the Book is eating the pre-dawn meal (suhoor).

It is narrated from Hazrat Amr bin Aas (may Allah be pleased with him) that once the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sent a message to me to come to him dressed in my clothes and armed. When I presented myself, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was performing ablution. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) looked at me from head to toe, then lowered his gaze and said, "It is my intention to appoint you as the commander of an army and send you forth. Allah will bring you back safe and with spoils of war, and I desire good wealth for you." I said, "O Messenger of Allah! (peace and blessings be upon him) I did not accept Islam for the sake of wealth and riches. I accepted Islam with heartfelt desire and for the purpose that I may attain the company of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "How excellent is lawful wealth for a righteous man." The previous hadith is also narrated through this second chain.

This hadith is not present in the book.

It is narrated from Hazrat Amr bin Aas (may Allah be pleased with him) that Muhammad bin Abi Bakr was brought as a captive. Amr began to ask him questions; he wished that he would seek protection from him. So he said that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Even the lowest-ranking Muslim can grant protection to someone on behalf of all Muslims (and then his protection will be the responsibility of all Muslims).

Hazrat Amr bin Aas (may Allah be pleased with him) once sent gifts and presents to some people, and he gave the most to Hazrat Ammar bin Yasir (may Allah be pleased with him). Someone asked the reason for this, so Hazrat Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) say that a rebellious group will kill Ammar.

Hazrat Amr bin Aas (may Allah be pleased with him) once sent his servant to Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) to seek permission to meet his wife, Hazrat Asma bint Umais (may Allah be pleased with her). Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) granted him permission. He spoke to her regarding some matter and then returned. Upon coming out, the servant asked him the reason for seeking permission. Hazrat Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) replied that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade us from going to women without the permission of their husbands.

Abu Murrah says that once he came with Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) to his father Amr bin Al-As (may Allah be pleased with him). He brought food before both of them and said, "Eat." He (Abdullah) said, "I am fasting." Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "Eat, for during these days the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to command us to eat and drink and forbid us from fasting." The days referred to are the days of Tashreeq.

Once, Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) came to his father, Amr bin Al-As (may Allah be pleased with him). His father invited his son to eat, but he replied, "I am fasting." He (the father) responded, "I have heard a hadith from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding this matter."

‘Amarah bin Khuzaymah (may Allah have mercy on him) says that once we were on a journey for Hajj or ‘Umrah with Hazrat ‘Amr bin al-‘As (may Allah be pleased with him). He said that once we were at this very place with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “Look! Do you see anything?” We replied, “We see a few crows among which there is a white crow whose beak and both legs are red.” The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “Only those women will enter Paradise who, among the group of crows, are like that crow.”

Hazrat Amr bin Aas (may Allah be pleased with him) used to fast frequently and ate very little at night, but he would definitely eat suhoor, and he used to say that I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) say: The difference between our fasts and the fasts of the People of the Book is eating suhoor.

Musa narrates from his father that once I was in Alexandria with Hazrat Amr bin Aas (may Allah be pleased with him), where some people began to discuss their way of life. Then a companion (may Allah be pleased with him) said that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) passed away in such a state that his family was not even satisfied with barley bread mixed with husk.

Hazrat Amr bin Aas (may Allah be pleased with him) once, while delivering a sermon in Egypt, said to the people: "How far you have gone from the way of your Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)? He was extremely disinterested in the world, while you hold the world extremely dear and desirable."

It is narrated from Hazrat Amr bin Aas (may Allah be pleased with him) that he heard the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) say: When a ruler passes a judgment and strives with care and diligence and makes the correct decision, he will have a double reward. And if he makes a mistake despite his caution, he will still have a single reward. The previous hadith is also narrated through this second chain of transmission.

It is narrated from Hazrat Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) that I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: Once, in a dream, some angels came to me, they lifted the pillar of the book from beneath my pillow and took it to Syria. Remember! When tribulations appear, faith will be in Syria.

Abu Ghadiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) reports that when Ammar bin Yasir (may Allah be pleased with him) was martyred, Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) was informed of this. He said: I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) say that the one who kills Ammar and the one who seizes his belongings will go to Hell. Someone said to Amr (may Allah be pleased with him): Were you not also fighting against him? He replied: The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) spoke about the killer and the one who seizes the belongings (not about the one who fights).

It is narrated from Hazrat Amr bin Al-Aas (may Allah be pleased with him) that (before accepting Islam) when we returned from the Battle of the Trench, I gathered some people of the Quraysh who were aware of my status and listened to me, and I said to them, "You know, Muhammad (peace be upon him) is increasingly prevailing in many matters in a way that is undesirable to us. I have an opinion; advise me about it." They asked, "What is your opinion?" Amr said, "My opinion is that we should go to Najashi and stay there. If Muhammad (peace be upon him) prevails over his people, we will be with Najashi, and being under his rule is better for us than being under Muhammad (peace be upon him). And if our people prevail, we are known to them, so we can expect good from them." They said, "This is a very good opinion." I said to them, "Then gather something to present as a gift to Najashi." At that time, the best gift in our region was leather, so we collected a lot of leather and set out.

When we arrived there and were still with him, Hazrat Amr bin Umayyah Damri (may Allah be pleased with him) came to Najashi, whom the Prophet (peace be upon him) had sent to Najashi regarding Hazrat Ja'far and his companions. When he left, I said to my companions, "This is Amr bin Umayyah Damri. If I go to Najashi, I will request him to hand Amr over to me. If he does, I will kill him, and the people of Quraysh will see that when I have killed the messenger of Muhammad (peace be upon him), I have avenged them." So I went to Najashi and prostrated to him as I used to do before. Najashi said, "Welcome, my friend. Have you brought any gift for me from your region?" I said, "Yes, Your Majesty! I have brought a lot of leather as a gift for you." Saying this, I presented the leather to him, and he liked it very much. Then I said to him, "Your Majesty! I just saw a man leaving your presence who is a messenger of one of our enemies. Hand him over to me so that I may kill him, for he has harmed many of our noble and best people." Hearing this, Najashi became enraged and struck his nose so hard with his hand that I thought his nose had broken. At that moment, if the earth had split open, I would have entered it. I said, "Your Majesty! If I had known that this would displease you so much, I would never have made such a request." Najashi said, "Do you ask me for the messenger of the one to whom the Great Trust (Namūs Akbar) comes, the same that came to Moses (peace be upon him), so that you may kill him?" I asked, "Your Majesty! Is it really so?" Najashi said, "Amr! Woe to you, listen to me and follow them. By Allah, they are on the truth, and they will surely prevail over their opponents just as Moses (peace be upon him) prevailed over Pharaoh and his armies." I said, "Will you pledge allegiance to me on their behalf for Islam?" Najashi replied in the affirmative, extended his hand, and I pledged allegiance to him for Islam.

Then I returned to my companions, but my condition and opinion had changed from before. I kept my Islam hidden from my companions, and after a short while, I set out with the intention of presenting myself to the Prophet (peace be upon him) to accept Islam. On the way, I met Hazrat Khalid bin Walid (may Allah be pleased with him). This incident was before the conquest of Makkah. He was coming from Makkah. I asked him, "Abu Sulaiman! Where are you headed?" He replied, "By Allah! The matter has become clear; that person is certainly a Prophet, and now I am going to accept Islam. How long will this continue?" I said, "By Allah, I am also coming from Abyssinia to accept Islam." So we both presented ourselves to the Prophet (peace be upon him). First, Hazrat Khalid bin Walid (may Allah be pleased with him) stepped forward, accepted Islam, and pledged allegiance. Then I stepped forward and said, "O Messenger of Allah! I pledge allegiance to you on the condition that you forgive my past mistakes; I do not mention the sins that come after." The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, "Amr! Pledge allegiance, for Islam wipes out previous sins, and likewise, migration also erases previous sins." So I pledged allegiance and returned. Ibn Ishaq...

Muhammad bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) says that when Hazrat Ammar bin Yasir (may Allah be pleased with him) was martyred, Amr bin Hazm (may Allah be pleased with him) went to Hazrat Amr bin Aas (may Allah be pleased with him) and informed him that Hazrat Ammar (may Allah be pleased with him) had been martyred, and that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) had said that Ammar would be killed by a rebellious group? Upon hearing this, Hazrat Amr bin Aas (may Allah be pleased with him) recited "Inna lillah" in distress, stood up anxiously, and went to Hazrat Muawiyah (may Allah be pleased with him). Hazrat Muawiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) asked him, "What has happened to you?" He replied that Hazrat Ammar (may Allah be pleased with him) had been martyred. Hazrat Muawiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "Ammar (may Allah be pleased with him) has indeed been martyred, but what is the reason for your condition?" He said, "I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) say that Ammar would be killed by a rebellious group." Hazrat Muawiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "You would have fallen in your own urine! Did we kill him? He was killed by Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) and his companions; they brought him and threw him among our spears."

Ja'far bin Mutlib, who was among the group of Hazrat Amr bin Al-Aas (may Allah be pleased with him), invited a Bedouin to eat. This incident took place on the eleventh of Dhul-Hijjah. The Bedouin replied that he was fasting. Ja'far told him that once, on this same day, Hazrat Amr bin Al-Aas (may Allah be pleased with him) had also invited a man to eat, and he had given the same reply, that he was fasting. So Hazrat Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) said that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had forbidden fasting on this day.

When the time of death approached for Hazrat Amr bin Aas (may Allah be pleased with him), he was overcome with weeping. His son, Hazrat Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him), asked him, "Why are you crying? Do you feel apprehension about death?" He replied, "By Allah! Not from death, but from the matters that will occur after death." His son said, "You remained steadfast upon goodness." Then he mentioned the companionship of the Prophet (peace be upon him) and the conquests of Syria. Hazrat Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "You have left out the best thing, that is, the testimony of 'There is no god but Allah.' I have had three states, and in each state I know about myself. First, I was a disbeliever and among all people the most severe against the Prophet (peace be upon him). If I had died in that state, Hell would have been obligatory for me. When I pledged allegiance to the Prophet, I was more modest before him than anyone else. For this reason, I never looked at the Prophet (peace be upon him) with full gaze, nor did I ever respond to him in my desires, until he joined Allah the Exalted. If I had died in that time, people would have said, 'Congratulations to Amr, he accepted Islam, he was upon goodness, he died in that state, it is hoped that he will attain Paradise.' Then I became involved in government and other matters. Now I do not know whether this is a cause of punishment or reward for me. But when I die, do not weep over me, do not bring any praiser or fire with the funeral, tie my lower garment tightly because I will be questioned, throw earth over me gently and scatter it all around, for the right side has no more right than the left side. Do not fix any wood or stone on my grave, and when you have finished covering me with the earth, stay at my grave for as long as it takes to slaughter a camel and distribute its meat, so that I may find comfort with you."

Abu Nofal says that at the time of death, a severe anxiety overcame Hazrat Amr bin Aas (may Allah be pleased with him). When his son, Hazrat Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him), saw this condition, he asked, "O Abu Abdullah! What is this anxiety? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to keep you close to him and entrusted you with various responsibilities." He replied, "Son! This is indeed true, but shall I tell you something? By Allah! I do not know whether the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) treated me in this way out of love or for the sake of winning my heart. However, I can testify to this: until he departed from this world, he loved two men—one was Ammar, the son of Sumayyah (may Allah be pleased with him), and the other was Abdullah bin Masood, the son of Umm Abd (may Allah be pleased with him)." After narrating this hadith, he placed his hands under his chin and began to say, "O Allah! You commanded us, but we abandoned it; You forbade us, yet we did those things; and nothing can encompass us except Your forgiveness." He continued to repeat these words until he passed away.