Musnad Ahmad

It is narrated from Hazrat Nu'man (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to recite Surah Al-A'la and Surah Al-Ghashiyah in the Eid prayers, and if Eid fell on a Friday, he would recite these two Surahs in both prayers (Eid and Jumu'ah).

It is narrated from Hazrat Nu’man (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Those people who remember Allah by glorifying, praising, magnifying, and declaring His oneness due to His majesty, their words of glorification revolve around the Throne, and a buzzing sound like that of bees comes from them, and they continue to mention the one who remembers (Allah). Does any one of you not like that something should continuously mention him in the presence of Allah?

It is narrated from Hazrat Nu'man bin Bashir (may Allah be pleased with him) that I heard the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: "Keep your rows straight, otherwise Allah will create discord among you."

Hazrat Nu'man (may Allah be pleased with him) once said while delivering a sermon that I heard the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: On the Day of Resurrection, the lightest punishment will be for the person who will have shoes of fire put on his feet, and from them his brain will be boiling.

It is narrated from Hazrat Nu’man (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Supplication is the essence of worship. Then the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) recited this verse: "Call upon Me; I will respond to your supplication."

It is narrated from Hazrat Nu'man (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) led the prayer during a solar eclipse in the same manner as you normally pray, and performed bowing and prostration in the same way.

It is narrated from Hazrat Nu'man (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The example of the believer is like that of a body; if the head is in pain, the whole body feels the pain, and if the eye is in pain, the whole body feels the pain as well.

It is narrated from Hazrat Nu'man (may Allah be pleased with him) that once Hazrat Siddiq Akbar (may Allah be pleased with him) came to the service of the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and began to seek permission to enter. In the meantime, the raised voice of Hazrat Aisha Siddiqa (may Allah be pleased with her) reached his ears. When permission was granted and he entered, he caught hold of Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) and said, "O daughter of Roman! Do you raise your voice in front of the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)?" The Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) intervened and saved Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her). When Hazrat Siddiq Akbar (may Allah be pleased with him) left, the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), teasing Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), said, "Did you see how I saved you from that person?" After a little while, Hazrat Siddiq Akbar (may Allah be pleased with him) came again, sought permission, and entered. He saw that the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was making Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) laugh. Hazrat Siddiq Akbar (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! Include me in your reconciliation just as you included me in your dispute."

It is narrated from Hazrat Nu'man (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Every thing has an error except the sword, and for every error there is compensation.

It is narrated from Hazrat Nu'man (may Allah be pleased with him) that I know more than all people about the 'Isha prayer of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to offer this prayer on the third night of the beginning of the month after the moon had set.

Habib bin Salim (may Allah have mercy on him) says that once a man was brought to Hazrat Nu'man (may Allah be pleased with him), whose wife had made it lawful for her husband to benefit from her slave-girl. He said, "I will decide about this matter as the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) would have decided. If his wife has permitted him to benefit from her slave-girl, I will give him one hundred lashes, and if she has not permitted, I will stone him to death." It was found that his wife had indeed given him permission, so he gave him one hundred lashes.

Simak (may Allah have mercy on him) says: I heard Nu'man (may Allah be pleased with him) wrapped in a cloak, saying during a sermon that I heard the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) delivering a sermon, and he was saying: I have warned you about Hell. If a person were at such and such a distance, even then he would have heard the voice of the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), until the cloak that was on his shoulder fell down to his feet.

Simak (may Allah have mercy on him) says: I heard Nu'man (may Allah be pleased with him) while he was wrapped in a cloak during a sermon, saying: I heard the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) delivering a sermon, and he was saying: I have warned you about Hell. If a person were at such and such a distance, even then he would have heard the voice of the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him).

It is narrated from Hazrat Nu'man (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to straighten the rows (in prayer) as if he were straightening arrows among our rows. Once, when the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) intended to say the takbeer, he saw that a man's chest was protruding. The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Keep your rows straight (aligned), otherwise Allah will create discord among you."

It is narrated from Hazrat Nu'man (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The example of the one who strives in the path of Allah is like that person who fasts during the day and stands in prayer at night, "as long as he does not return, whenever he may return."

Hazrat Nu’man (may Allah be pleased with him) was once addressing from the pulpit of Homs, saying: We spent the first third of the night in prayer with the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) on the 23rd night of Ramadan. Then, on the 25th night, we stood in prayer until half the night had passed. Then, on the 27th night, the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) made us stand in prayer for so long that we feared the time for suhoor might pass. Therefore, we say that the seventh night of the last ten nights is the 27th night, and you people say that the 23rd is the seventh night. Now you tell me, who is correct, you or us?

It is narrated from Hazrat Nu'man (may Allah be pleased with him) that I heard the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: Whoever gives a gift to someone, such as silver or gold, or gives milk to someone, or gives a water-skin to someone, it is as if he has freed a slave.

It is narrated from Hazrat Nu'man (may Allah be pleased with him) that we had the honor of sitting in the company of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and we heard the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: The first tribulations of the Day of Judgment will appear like the parts of a dark night. In that era, a man will be a Muslim in the morning and a disbeliever in the evening, or a Muslim in the evening and a disbeliever in the morning, and people will sell their religion and morals for a small portion of worldly goods and possessions. Hasan says: By Allah! We are seeing such people; they have forms but no intellect, bodies but no wisdom. They are like moths of the fire and flies of greed and desire, who become happy with two dirhams in the morning and evening, and are ready to sell their religion for the price of a goat.

Habib bin Salim (may Allah have mercy on him) says that once a man was brought to Hazrat Nu’man (may Allah be pleased with him), whose wife had made it lawful for her husband to benefit from her slave-girl. He said, “I will give the same verdict regarding this as the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) did. If his wife has permitted him to benefit from her slave-girl, I will give him one hundred lashes, and if she has not permitted, I will stone him to death.” (It became known that his wife had given permission, so he gave him one hundred lashes.)

It is narrated from Hazrat Nu’man (may Allah be pleased with him) that once we were sitting in the mosque. Basheer used to withhold his narrations. In our gathering, Abu Tha’labah Khushani (may Allah be pleased with him) came and said, “O Basheer Sa’d! Do you remember any hadith of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding the rulers?” Hazrat Hudhaifah (may Allah be pleased with him) said, “I remember the sermon of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).” Hazrat Abu Tha’labah (may Allah be pleased with him) sat down, and Hazrat Hudhaifah (may Allah be pleased with him) said, “The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘Prophethood will remain among you as long as Allah wills it to remain. Then Allah will remove it when He wills to remove it. Then there will be a caliphate on the way of Prophethood, and it will remain as long as Allah wills it to remain. Then Allah will remove it when He wills to remove it. Then there will be biting (oppressive) kingship, and it will remain as long as Allah wills it to remain. Then Allah will remove it when He wills to remove it. Then there will be tyrannical rule, and it will remain as long as Allah wills it to remain. Then Allah will remove it when He wills to remove it. Then there will be a caliphate on the way of Prophethood.’ Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) fell silent.”

The narrator of the hadith, Habeeb, says: When Umar bin Abdul Aziz was appointed as caliph, Yazid bin Nu’man (may Allah be pleased with him) became his advisor. I wrote this hadith in a letter to Yazid bin Nu’man as a reminder, and at the end I wrote: “I hope that the rule of the Commander of the Faithful has come after the biting and tyrannical rule.” Yazid bin Nu’man presented my letter to the Commander of the Faithful, and after reading it, he became very pleased and happy.

It is narrated from Hazrat Nu'man (may Allah be pleased with him) in a marfu' form that wine is made from raisins, from dates, from wheat, from barley, and from honey, and I forbid every intoxicating thing.

It is narrated from Hazrat Nu'man (may Allah be pleased with him), probably as a marfu' hadith, that a man set out on a journey along a forest path. On the way, he took a nap under a tree, and with him was his mount on which his food and drink were placed. When the man woke up, he did not see his mount. He climbed a high hill to look, but did not see the mount. Then he climbed another hill, but still did not see the mount. Then he turned back and suddenly saw his mount, dragging its reins and coming towards him. How happy would he be! But his happiness is not greater than the happiness of Allah when a servant repents before Allah and Allah becomes pleased.

It is narrated from Hazrat Nu'man (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to recite Surah Al-A'la and Surah Al-Ghashiyah in the Eid prayers, and if Eid fell on a Friday, he would recite these two Surahs in both prayers (Eid and Jumu'ah).

It is narrated from Hazrat Nu'man (may Allah be pleased with him) that his father gave him a gift, then his father went to the service of the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and asked him to be a witness to it. The Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him, "Have you given all your sons the same as you have given to him?" He replied, "No." So the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Do not make me a witness to this, for I cannot be a witness to injustice."

It is narrated from Hazrat Nu'man (may Allah be pleased with him) that his father gave him a gift, then his father went to the service of the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and asked him to be a witness to it. The Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him, "Have you given all your sons the same as you have given to him?" He replied, "No." So the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Do not make me a witness to this, for I cannot be a witness to injustice."

It is narrated from Hazrat Nu'man (may Allah be pleased with him) that I heard the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: "There is a piece of flesh in the human body; if it is sound and healthy, the whole body remains sound and healthy, and if it becomes diseased, the whole body becomes diseased. Behold! That is the heart."

Hazrat Nu'man (may Allah be pleased with him) once said while delivering a sermon that I heard the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: On the Day of Resurrection, the lightest punishment will be for the person who will have shoes of fire put on his feet, and from them his brain will be boiling.

It is narrated from Hazrat Nu'man (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Allah Almighty wrote a book two thousand years before the creation of the heavens and the earth, and from it He revealed two verses with which He concluded Surah Al-Baqarah. Therefore, in any house where the last two verses of Surah Al-Baqarah are recited for three nights, Satan will not come near that house.

It is narrated from Hazrat Nu'man (may Allah be pleased with him) that I know the time of the Isha prayer of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) better than all people. The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to offer this prayer after the setting of the moon in the first third of the night at the beginning of the month.

It is narrated from Hazrat Nu'man (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The example of a believer is like that of a body; if the head is in pain, the whole body feels the pain.

Narrated from Hazrat Nu’man bin Bashir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: In times past, three men were traveling when it began to rain. The three of them took shelter in a cave on a mountain. A rock fell from above and blocked the entrance of the cave. They said to one another, “By Allah, you will not be saved from here except by expressing the truth. Therefore, let each person present a truthful deed he has done, and pray to Allah.”

After agreeing on this, one man said, “Once I did a good deed. I had some laborers working for me, and I had hired each of them for an agreed wage. One day, a laborer came to me at midday. I hired him for the same wage as those who had been working since morning, and he worked for the rest of the day like the others. When it was time to pay the wages, one of the men said, ‘He only worked from midday, and you are giving him the same wage as me?’ I said to him, ‘Servant of Allah! I have not reduced your right in any way. This is my wealth; I can decide as I wish.’ At this, he became angry and left, even leaving his wage behind. I took his due and put it in a corner of my house. After some time, a calf passed by me, and I bought it with that money. The calf grew and became a whole herd. After some time, the man became very old and came to me to claim his wage. I said, ‘Take these cows and oxen.’ He said, ‘Don’t joke with me, give me my right.’ I replied, ‘I am not joking with you; this is your right. Take these cows and oxen.’ O Allah! If in Your knowledge I did this only out of fear of You, then remove this calamity from us.” By the blessing of his prayer, the rock moved a little.

The second man said, “O Allah! You know that there was a woman who was dearest to me. I tried to seduce her, but she refused unless I gave her one hundred dinars. I managed to collect one hundred dinars and gave them to her. She surrendered herself to me, and when I sat between her legs, she said, ‘Fear Allah, and do not break the seal except with right.’ I immediately stood up and left her the hundred dinars. O Allah! If my action was only out of fear of You, then remove this calamity from us.” The rock moved further, and they began to see outside.

The third man said, “O Allah! You know that my parents were very old. Every evening, I would milk my goats and give them the milk. One day, I was delayed (in returning from the forest), and when I arrived, they were asleep. My wife and children were crying from hunger, but my rule was that I would not give them milk until my parents had drunk. I was perplexed; it did not seem right to wake them, nor did it seem good to leave them hungry and weak until morning. So I stood waiting for them to wake up until morning. O Allah! If in Your knowledge I did this out of fear of You, then remove this calamity from us.” Immediately, the rock opened, the sky became visible to them, and they came out.

It is narrated from Hazrat Nu'man bin Bashir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The lawful is clear and the unlawful is clear, and between them are doubtful matters. Whoever leaves the doubtful matters will easily be able to leave the unlawful. And the sanctities of Allah are His pastures, and whoever grazes his animals around the pasture, there is a fear that he may enter into it."

It is narrated from Hazrat Nu'man bin Bashir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Be just among your children. It is narrated from Hazrat Nu'man bin Bashir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Be just among your children.

Abu Abd al-Rahman said: Al-Qawariri and Al-Muqaddimi narrated to me, they said: Hammad ibn Zayd narrated to us, from Hajib ibn al-Mufaddal, meaning the son of al-Muhallab ibn Abi Sufrah, from his father, from al-Nu'man ibn Bashir, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Be just among your children."

It is narrated from Hazrat Nu'man (may Allah be pleased with him) that once Hazrat Siddiq Akbar (may Allah be pleased with him) came to the service of the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and began to seek permission to enter. In the meantime, the raised voice of Hazrat Aisha Siddiqa (may Allah be pleased with her) reached his ears. When permission was granted and he entered, he caught hold of Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) and said, "O daughter of Roman! Do you raise your voice in the presence of the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)?" The Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) intervened and saved Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her).

It is narrated from Hazrat Nu'man bin Bashir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Be just among your children.

It is narrated from Hazrat Nu'man (may Allah be pleased with him), probably as a marfu' hadith, that a man set out on a journey along a forest path. On the way, he took a nap under a tree, and with him was his mount on which his food and drink were placed. When the man woke up, he did not see his mount. He climbed a high hill to look, but did not see the mount. Then he climbed another hill, but still did not see the mount. Then he turned back and suddenly saw his mount, dragging its reins and coming towards him. How happy would he be! But his happiness is not greater than the happiness of Allah when a servant repents before Allah and Allah becomes pleased.

It is narrated from Hazrat Nu'man (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Every thing has an error except the sword, and for every error there is compensation.

Habib bin Salim (may Allah have mercy on him) says that once a man was brought to Hazrat Nu'man (may Allah be pleased with him), whose wife had made it lawful for her husband to benefit from her slave-girl. He said, "I will decide about this matter as the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) would have decided. If his wife has permitted him to benefit from her slave-girl, I will give him one hundred lashes, and if she has not permitted, I will stone him to death." It was found that his wife had indeed given him permission, so he gave him one hundred lashes. The previous hadith is also narrated through this second chain.

Habib bin Salim (may Allah have mercy on him) says that once a man was brought to Hazrat Nu'man (may Allah be pleased with him), whose wife had made it lawful for her husband to benefit from her slave-girl. He said, "I will decide about this matter as the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) would have decided. If his wife has permitted him to benefit from her slave-girl, I will give him one hundred lashes, and if she has not permitted, I will stone him to death." It was found that his wife had indeed given him permission, so he gave him one hundred lashes.