Musnad Ahmad

It is narrated from Hazrat Imran bin Husain (may Allah be pleased with him) that once the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) led the Zuhr prayer, and one of the followers recited the Surah "Sabbihisma Rabbikal A'la." After finishing the prayer, the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) asked, "Who among you recited 'Sabbihisma Rabbikal A'la'?" A man said, "I did." The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said, "I realized that someone among you was disputing with me."

Muhammad ibn Ja'far narrated to us, Sa'id narrated to us from Qatadah who said: I heard Zurara ibn Awfa narrating from Imran ibn Husayn, and he mentioned the like of it.

It is narrated from Hazrat Imran bin Husain (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Modesty is nothing but goodness, entirely goodness.

Waki‘ narrated to us, Khalid ibn Rabah al-Hudhali narrated to us, from Abu al-Sawwar al-‘Adawi, from ‘Imran ibn Husayn, from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, the like of it.

It is narrated from Hazrat Imran bin Husain (may Allah be pleased with him): I was suffering from hemorrhoids, so I asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) about prayer. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Pray standing; if you are not able to, then pray sitting; and if you are not able to do even that, then pray lying on your side.

It is narrated from Hazrat Imran bin Husain (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The best era is my era, then those who come after them, and then those who come after them. Then there will come a people whose individuals will be stout and will like obesity, and they will be ready to give testimony before being asked."

It is narrated from Hazrat Imran bin Husain (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The begging of a wealthy person will be a disgraceful blemish on his face on the Day of Resurrection.

It is narrated from Hazrat Imran bin Husain (may Allah be pleased with him) that once some people from Banu Tamim came to the service of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to them, "O Banu Tamim! Accept the glad tidings." They said, "O Messenger of Allah! You have given us glad tidings, now please give us something (as a gift) as well." Upon hearing this, the color of the blessed face of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) changed. After a little while, a tribe from Yemen came, so the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to them, "Banu Tamim did not accept the glad tidings, you accept them." They said, "O Messenger of Allah! We have accepted them."

It is narrated from Hazrat Imran bin Husain (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The best era of this Ummah is the one in which I have been sent, then the era of those who come after them, then there will come a people who will make vows but will not fulfill them, they will be treacherous and will not be trustworthy, they will be ready to give testimony though it will not be asked from them, and obesity will become common among them.

It is narrated from Hazrat Imran bin Husain (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: There is no obedience to anyone in disobedience to Allah Almighty.

It is narrated from Hazrat Imran bin Husain (may Allah be pleased with him) that a person said to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that such-and-such man never misses fasting during the day. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: He neither missed nor fasted.

It is narrated from Hazrat Imran bin Husain (may Allah be pleased with him) that a man, at the time of his death, set free all six of his slaves, and he had no wealth other than them. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) called those slaves, divided them into three groups, and drew lots among them. Then, the two whose names were drawn were set free, and the remaining four were kept as slaves. The Prophet used harsh words regarding the deceased.

It is narrated from Hazrat Imran bin Husain (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) took back two Muslims in exchange for the ransom of a man from among the polytheists "who belonged to Banu Uqayl." (Explanation is coming)

It is narrated from Hazrat Imran bin Husain (may Allah be pleased with him) that once the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ended the Asr prayer after only three rak'ahs and, after saying salam, went home. A man whose name was "Khurbaq" and whose hands were unusually long, got up and went after him, calling out, "O Messenger of Allah." When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came out, he informed him that he had led only three rak'ahs. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) returned and asked the people, "Is he speaking the truth?" The people replied, "Yes!" So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) completed the missed rak'ah, said salam, performed two prostrations of forgetfulness (sahw), and then said salam again.

It is narrated from Hazrat Imran bin Husain (may Allah be pleased with him) that Ya'la bin Munyah or Umayyah had a dispute with a man. One of them bit the other's hand, and when he pulled his hand away, the biter's front teeth broke and fell out. Both of them brought this dispute to the service of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "One of you bites his brother like a bull; there is no blood money (compensation) for this."

It is narrated from Hazrat Imran bin Husain (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Modesty always brings goodness. After hearing this hadith from him, Bashir bin Ka'b said: It is written in the books of wisdom that modesty produces dignity and tranquility. Hazrat Imran (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I am narrating to you the hadith of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and you are talking about your scriptures.

It is narrated from Hazrat Imran bin Husain (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade us from using cauterization as a treatment, but we continued to use cauterization and were never successful.

It is narrated from Hazrat Imran (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: There is no obedience to anyone in disobedience to Allah Almighty.

Mutarrif says that once Imran bin Husain (may Allah be pleased with him) said to me, "I will narrate to you a hadith, perhaps Allah will benefit you through it, and it is this: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) combined Hajj and Umrah in one journey, then he did not prohibit it until his passing, nor was any command regarding its prohibition revealed in the Qur'an. And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to greet me first; when I underwent treatment through cauterization, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) stopped (greeting me), then when I abandoned that practice, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) started greeting me again."

It is narrated from Hazrat Imran bin Husain (may Allah be pleased with him) that a person asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), "Have the people of Hell and the people of Paradise already been distinguished from each other?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) replied, "Yes!" He then asked, "Then why do those who act, perform deeds?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Every person does the deeds for which he was created."

It is narrated from Hazrat Imran bin Husain (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The best era of this Ummah is the one in which I have been sent, then the era of those who come after them, then there will come a people who will make vows but will not fulfill them, they will be treacherous and will not be trustworthy, they will be ready to give testimony though it will not be asked from them, and obesity will become common among them.

Hajjaj narrated to us, Shu’bah informed us, he said: I heard Abu Jamrah say: Zahdam came to me in my house and narrated to me, he said: I heard Imran ibn Husayn narrate that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "The best of you are my generation." And he mentioned something similar except that he said: "And they betray and are not to be trusted."

Mutarrif says that he had two wives. Once, when he came to one of his wives, she started to remove his turban and asked, "Are you coming from your other wife?" He replied, "I am coming from Imran bin Husain (may Allah be pleased with him), and he narrated this hadith to me: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, 'The least residents of Paradise will be women.'"

It is narrated from Hazrat Imran bin Husain (may Allah be pleased with him) that I bear witness that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade (the use of) Hantham, gold rings, and silk.

It is narrated from Hazrat Imran bin Husain (may Allah be pleased with him) that once the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked someone, "Have you kept any fast at the end of this month of Sha'ban?" He replied, "No." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "When the fasts of Ramadan are finished, then keep a fast for one or two days."

Mutarrif bin Shukhair says that I was with Hazrat Imran bin Husain (may Allah be pleased with him) in Kufa, when Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) led us in prayer. He would say Allahu Akbar every time he went into and rose from prostration. When the prayer was finished, Hazrat Imran (may Allah be pleased with him) said: He has led us in prayer just like the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to pray.

Mutarrif bin Abdullah says that Hazrat Imran bin Husain (may Allah be pleased with him) sent for me during his illness of death. I went to him and he said: I have narrated many ahadith to you, from which it is possible that after me Allah will benefit you, and also include this in your knowledge that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to greet me with salam as long as I was alive. Keep this hidden, and when I die, if you wish, then you may narrate it.

Abd al-Razzaq narrated to us, Ma'mar informed us, from Qatadah, from Mutarrif, who said: Imran ibn Husayn said to me, and he mentioned the like of it, and said: Do not narrate them until I die.

And remember! The Prophet (peace be upon him) combined Hajj and Umrah in one journey, then he did not forbid it until his passing: nor was any command regarding its prohibition revealed in the Qur'an. Now, whoever says anything about it, says so from his own opinion.

It is narrated from Hazrat Imran bin Husain (may Allah be pleased with him) that a man bit another man's hand, and when he pulled his hand away, the biter's front teeth broke and fell out. Both of them brought this dispute to the service of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), so the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) declared it invalid and said: "One of you bites his brother like a bull." Hiyaj bin Imran once came to Imran (may Allah be pleased with him) and said: "My father has vowed that if his slave comes under his control, he will cut off one of his limbs." He replied: "Go to your father and tell him to give the expiation for his oath and not to cut off any of his limbs, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to encourage charity in his addresses and forbade mutilation." Then he went to Samurah bin Jundub (may Allah be pleased with him), and he also said the same.

It is narrated from Hazrat Imran bin Husain (may Allah be pleased with him) that a man, at the time of his death, freed his six slaves, and he had no wealth other than them. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) called those slaves, divided them into three parts, and drew lots among them. Then, the two whose names were drawn were set free, and the remaining four were kept as slaves, and harsh words were used regarding the deceased.

Hiyaj bin Imran says that the slave of his father ran away. He (his father) vowed in the name of Allah that if he gained power over him, he would cut off his hand. Later, that slave came under his control, so he sent me to Hazrat Imran bin Husain (may Allah be pleased with him) to ask about this issue. He said, "Go to your father, convey my greetings, and say that he should give the expiation for his oath and not cut off any limb of his body, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to encourage charity in his addresses and forbade mutilation." Then he sent me to Hazrat Samurah bin Jundub (may Allah be pleased with him), and he also said the same.

Abd al-Razzaq narrated to us: Ma'mar narrated to us from Qatadah, from al-Hasan, from Hayyaj, and he mentioned its meaning.

It is narrated from Hazrat Imran bin Husain (may Allah be pleased with him) that a man came to the service of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said, "My grandson has passed away; what will I receive from his inheritance?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "You will receive one-sixth." When he was about to leave, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) called him back and said, "You will receive one more sixth." When he was about to leave again, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) called him back and said, "This second sixth is an extra morsel for you."

It is narrated from Hazrat Imran bin Husain (may Allah be pleased with him) that I bear witness that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) forbade drinking from Hantham and wearing silk.

And remember! The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) combined Hajj and Umrah in one journey, then he did not prohibit it until his passing: nor was any command regarding its prohibition revealed in the Qur'an, so whoever says anything about it now, says so from his own opinion.

It is narrated from Hazrat Imran bin Husain (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: A group from my Ummah will always remain steadfast on the truth and will prevail over their opponents, until the command of Allah comes and Hazrat Isa (peace be upon him) descends.

It is narrated from Hazrat Imran bin Husain (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: I looked into Hell and saw that the majority of its inhabitants were women, and I looked into Paradise and saw that the majority of its inhabitants were the poor.

Abd al-Samad narrated to us, Salm ibn Zarir narrated to us, Abu Raja’ narrated from Imran ibn Husayn who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "I looked and he mentioned the like of it."

Al-Khaffaf narrated to us, Sa'id informed us from Abu Raja' from Ibn Abbas from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, with the like of it.