Musnad Ahmad

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Bakrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) during the Farewell Pilgrimage was mounted on his camel and while delivering the sermon, said: "Do you know what day it is today?" Then the narrator mentioned the entire hadith, and at the end said: "Those of you who are present should convey this message to those who are absent, because sometimes the one to whom the message is conveyed preserves it better than the one who hears it." Then, while still mounted on his camel, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) proceeded towards the goats and began distributing them among the people, giving one goat to two men or one goat to three men.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Bakrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Allah Almighty will support this religion even through people who will have no share in the Hereafter.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Bakrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that once he was present in the service of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) when a man came and gave the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) the good news of his army's victory over the enemy. At that time, the blessed head of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was in the lap of Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her). Upon hearing this good news, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) fell into prostration, and then began to ask the bearer of good news various questions. Among the things he told was that the enemy had appointed a woman as their ruler. Upon hearing this, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said three times: "Now men have fallen into destruction when they began to follow women."

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Bakrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever does any deed for fame, Allah will hand him over to fame, and whoever does any deed for show, Allah will hand him over to show.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Bakrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he performed rukoo‘ before joining the row, so the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: May Allah increase you in eagerness for the religion, but do not do this again.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Bakrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that once he entered the mosque while the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was in bowing (ruku‘), so before joining the row he performed ruku‘. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: May Allah increase you in eagerness for the religion, but do not do this again.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Bakrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that once the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) began the Fajr prayer and said the Takbeer, then signaled to the companions to remain in their places. Then he went home, and when he came out, drops of water were dripping from his head, then he led the prayer.

Abdur Rahman bin Abi Bakrah reports that once Hazrat Abu Bakrah (may Allah be pleased with him) saw some people performing the Duha prayer, so he said: "They are performing a prayer which neither the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) performed nor did most of his companions."

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Bakrah that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Do not become disbelievers after me, striking the necks of one another.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Bakrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that once, in the presence of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), a man praised another. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Alas, you have broken your companion's neck." And he said, "If any of you must praise his brother, then he should say: 'I think that so-and-so appears to be such-and-such, and I do not declare anyone pure before Allah, and Allah is his true guardian, and I consider him as such.'"

Hazrat Abu Bakrah (may Allah be pleased with him) once said that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade throwing pebbles at anyone. One of his cousins said, "He has forbidden this," and then threw a pebble at someone. He (Abu Bakrah) said, "I am narrating to you the hadith of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he forbade this, yet you are still doing the same. By Allah, as long as I live, I will never speak to you."

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Bakrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that regarding Musaylimah the Liar, before the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said anything, people used to talk a lot. One day, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) stood up to deliver a sermon and, after saying "Amma ba'd," said: "You have been talking a lot about this person. He is one of those thirty liars who will appear before the Day of Judgment. There will be no city where the terror of the Dajjal will not reach, except Madinah. At its two entrances, two angels will be appointed who will keep the terror of the Dajjal away from Madinah Munawwarah."

Ya‘qub narrated to us, the nephew of Ibn Shihab narrated to us, from his uncle, Talhah ibn ‘Abd Allah ibn ‘Awf informed me, that ‘Iyad ibn Musafi‘ narrated to him, that Abu Bakrah, the maternal brother of Ziyad, said: Abu Bakrah said: The people spoke much concerning the matter of Musaylimah, and he mentioned the like of it.

Abu Uthman says that when the issue of Ziyad’s lineage became very prominent, one day I met Abu Bakrah (may Allah be pleased with him). I asked those people, “What have you people done?” I heard Sa’d saying that my own ears heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: “Whoever, in the state of Islam, attributes himself to someone other than his father, while he knows that he is not his father, Paradise is forbidden for him.” Abu Bakrah (may Allah be pleased with him) said, “I also heard him say this.”

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Bakrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) saying: No ruler should decide between two people while he is angry.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Bakrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that once, in the presence of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), a man praised another man. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Alas! You have broken your companion’s neck." And he said, "If you must praise your brother, then you should say: 'So-and-so appears to be such-and-such, and I do not declare anyone pure before Allah, and Allah is his true guardian; I consider him to be so.'"

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Bakrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The fragrance of Paradise is perceived from a distance of one hundred years. Whoever kills a person with whom there is a treaty, Allah makes the fragrance of Paradise forbidden for him. If I did not hear this from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), may both my ears become deaf."

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Bakrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that once he entered the mosque while the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was in bowing (ruku‘). Before joining the row, he performed ruku‘. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him, "May Allah increase you in eagerness for the religion, but do not do this again."

Abd al-Razzaq narrated to us: I heard Hisham narrating from al-Hasan from Abu Bakrah something similar.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Musa that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: When two Muslims come face to face with swords and one of them kills the other, then both the killer and the killed will go to Hell. Someone asked, "O Messenger of Allah, the matter of the killer is understandable, but what about the killed one?" The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: He also intended to kill his companion.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Bakrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that once I saw the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) on the pulpit and Hazrat Imam Hasan was with him. Sometimes he would turn towards the people and sometimes he would look at Imam Hasan and say, "This son of mine is a leader, and Allah Almighty will bring reconciliation between two groups of Muslims through him."

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Bakrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: That nation will never succeed which entrusts its affairs to a woman.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Bakrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The terror of Dajjal will not be able to enter Madinah Munawwarah. At that time, Madinah Munawwarah will have seven gates, and at each gate there will be two angels appointed.

20464 'Abd al-A'la narrated to us, from Ma'mar, from al-Zuhri, from Talhah ibn 'Abd Allah ibn 'Awf, from Abu Bakrah, who said: "The people spoke much concerning the matter of Musaylimah," and he mentioned something similar to the hadith of 'Uqayl.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Bakrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: That nation will never succeed which entrusts its affairs to a woman.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Bakrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: That nation will never succeed which entrusts its affairs to a woman.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Bakrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The two months of Eid, that is, Ramadan and Dhul-Hijjah, are not less (in reward).

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Bakrah that a man presented himself in the court of the Messenger and asked, "O Messenger of Allah, which person is the best?" The Prophet (peace be upon him) replied, "The one whose life is long and whose deeds are the best." The questioner asked, "And who is the worst person?" The Prophet (peace be upon him) replied, "The one whose life is long and whose deeds are the worst."

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Bakrah that a man presented himself in the court of the Messenger and asked, "O Messenger of Allah, which person is the best?" The Prophet (peace be upon him) replied, "The one whose life is long and whose deeds are the best." The questioner asked, "And who is the worst person?" The Prophet (peace be upon him) replied, "The one whose life is long and whose deeds are the worst."

Rawh narrated to us, Hammad narrated to us, from Ali ibn Zayd, from Abdur-Rahman ibn Abi Bakrah, from his father, from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, something similar to it.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Bakrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that once the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) delayed the Isha prayer until one third of the night for nine nights. Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) submitted, "O Messenger of Allah, if you would lead this prayer earlier, it would make standing in the night (qiyam al-layl) easier for us." Thereafter, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) began to lead it earlier.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Bakrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that once, in the presence of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), a man praised another. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Alas! You have broken your companion's neck." And he said, "If any of you must praise his brother, then he should say: 'I think that so-and-so appears to be such-and-such, and I do not declare anyone pure before Allah, and his true guardian is Allah; I think of him as such.'"

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Bakrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The two months of Eid, Ramadan and Dhul-Hijjah, are not less (in reward).

Once, Hazrat Abu Bakrah (may Allah be pleased with him) was called to give testimony in a certain matter. When he arrived, a man stood up from his place. Seeing this, Hazrat Abu Bakrah (may Allah be pleased with him) said that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade that a man should stand up from his place and another should sit in his place, and also forbade that a person should wipe his hands with a cloth that does not belong to him.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Bakrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: In the sight of Allah, the people of the tribes of Juhainah, Aslam, Ghifar, and Muzainah are better than the people of Banu Tamim and Banu Amir bin Sa’sa’ah.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Bakrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: None of you should say, "I stood (in prayer) for the entire Ramadan." Now Allah knows best whether the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) feared that his Ummah might declare their own purity, or he said this because there is no escape from sleep and heedlessness.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Bakrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: None of you should say, "I stood (in prayer) for the entire Ramadan," (because there is no way to avoid heedlessness or sleep; it is possible that on some day he may have slept through it).

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Bakrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Soon there will be tribulations in which the one lying down will be better than the one sitting, and the one sitting will be better than the one standing, and the one standing will be better than the one walking, and the one walking will be better than the one running. A man asked, "O Messenger of Allah, what do you command me to do then?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever has camels should go to his camels, and whoever has goats should go to his goats, and whoever has land should go to his land, and whoever has nothing should take his sword and strike its edge on a rock. And if he can save himself, let him save himself. O Allah, have I conveyed (the message)? He said this twice. A man asked, "O Prophet of Allah, may I be sacrificed for you, tell me, if someone forcibly grabs my hand and takes me into a row or group, and there a man attacks me with a sword and kills me, what will become of me?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: That person will return with your sin and will be among the people of Hell.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Bakrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that a man presented himself in the court of the Messenger and asked, "O Messenger of Allah, which person is the best?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) replied, "The one whose life is long and whose deeds are good." The questioner asked, "And who is the worst person?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) replied, "The one whose life is long and whose deeds are bad."

Narrated to us by Abu Nu'aym, narrated to us by Zuhayr ibn Mu'awiyah, from Ali ibn Zayd, from Abdur-Rahman ibn Abi Bakrah, from his father, who said: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, was asked, "Which of the people is best?" So he mentioned the like of it.