Musnad Ahmad

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Darda (may Allah be pleased with him) that he performed eleven prostrations (sajdahs) in the Noble Qur'an with the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), including the verse of prostration in Surah An-Najm.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Darda (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: On the Day of Resurrection, you will be called by your names and the names of your fathers, so keep good names.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Darda (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Love for something makes you blind and deaf.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Darda (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: A sign of a person's wisdom is that he adopts moderation in his financial affairs.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Darda (may Allah be pleased with him) that once we were on a journey with the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and due to the intensity of the heat, we would place our hands on our heads. On that occasion, none among us was fasting except the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and Hazrat Abdullah bin Rawaha (may Allah be pleased with him).

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Darda (may Allah be pleased with him) that a man entered the mosque of Damascus and made this supplication: O Allah! Grant me a companion in my solitude, have mercy on my estrangement, and grant me a good companion. Hazrat Abu Darda (may Allah be pleased with him) heard his supplication and said: If you are making this supplication with sincerity, then I am more fortunate than you in this supplication. I heard the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saying in the explanation of this verse of the Holy Qur'an: "Among them are those who wrong themselves" , that the reckoning of the wrongdoer will be taken at his own place and that will be his grief and sorrow. "Among them are those who are moderate" , meaning some people will be of a middle rank, their reckoning will be easy. "And among them are those who are foremost in good deeds by Allah's permission" , these are the people who will enter Paradise without reckoning.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Darda (may Allah be pleased with him) that once we were on a journey with the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) in intense heat, and due to the severity of the heat, we would place our hands on our heads. On that occasion, none of us was fasting except the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) and Hazrat Abdullah bin Rawaha (may Allah be pleased with him).

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Darda (may Allah be pleased with him) that a person asked the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) about the ruling on accepting gifts and grants from a king. The Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Without asking and without desiring, whatever Allah grants you, accept it, and benefit from it."

It is narrated from Hazrat Umm Darda (may Allah be pleased with her) that once Hazrat Abu Darda (may Allah be pleased with him) came to her in a state of intense anger. She asked the reason, so he said: "By Allah! I do not see any of the teachings of the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) among the people. Now, only this much remains that they gather together and perform the prayer."

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Darda (may Allah be pleased with him) that once the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) vomited, due to which the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) broke his fast. The narrator says that once I met Hazrat Thawban (may Allah be pleased with him) in the Prophet's Mosque, so I asked him about this as well. He said: I was pouring water for the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) for ablution.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Darda (may Allah be pleased with him) that once the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Shall I not tell you of the best deed in the sight of your Lord, which raises you to the highest ranks, which is better for you than spending gold and silver, and better than meeting your enemy in the battlefield so that you strike their necks and they strike your necks?" The companions (may Allah be pleased with them) asked, "O Messenger of Allah! What is that deed?" The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The remembrance of Allah."

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Darda (may Allah be pleased with him) that once the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saw a woman outside a tent who was near the time of childbirth. The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "It seems that her master wants to go 'near' her?" The people said, "Yes!" The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "My heart wishes to curse him with such a curse that will remain with him till his grave. How can he make her his heir when she is not lawful for him, and how can he take service from her when she is not lawful for him?"

The previous hadith is also narrated through this second chain of transmission.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Darda (may Allah be pleased with him) that once the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to the companions (may Allah be pleased with them): "Are you incapable of reciting one third of the Qur'an in a single night?" This seemed very difficult to the companions (may Allah be pleased with them) and they said, "Who would have the strength to do that?" The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Recite Surah Ikhlas, for it is equal to one third of the Qur'an."

Abdullah bin Yazid says that I asked Hazrat Saeed bin Musayyib (may Allah have mercy on him) about the lizard, and he declared it disliked. I said to him, "Your people eat it?" He replied, "Perhaps they do not know." At this, a man present there said, "I heard this hadith from Hazrat Abu Darda (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade every animal obtained by looting, that which is snatched, or every predator that hunts with its canine teeth." Hazrat Saeed bin Musayyib (may Allah have mercy on him) affirmed this.

Safwan bin Abdullah, whose wife was Darda, says: Once I came to Syria and visited Hazrat Abu Darda (may Allah be pleased with him), but he was not at home; however, his wife was present. She asked me, "Do you intend to perform Hajj this year?" I replied in the affirmative. She said, "Pray for good for us as well, because the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to say that when a Muslim prays for his brother in his absence, that prayer is accepted, and an angel is appointed at his head for this purpose. Whenever he prays for good for his brother, the angel says 'Ameen' to it and says, 'May you also have the same.'" Then I went to the market and met Hazrat Abu Darda (may Allah be pleased with him) as well. He also said the same thing to me and narrated the same hadith from the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).

Yazid ibn Harun and Ya'la narrated to us, they said: 'Abd al-Malik narrated to us from Abu al-Zubayr from Safwan. Yazid ibn 'Abd Allah said: and he mentioned it.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Darda (may Allah be pleased with him) that a man came to him. He asked, "Are you a resident so that we may treat you well, or are you a traveler so that we may provide you provisions for the journey?" He replied, "I am a traveler." He said, "I will give you such a provision for the journey that if I had found anything better than it, I would have given you that. Once I presented myself before the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said, 'O Messenger of Allah! The wealthy have taken both this world and the Hereafter. We also pray and so do they; we also fast and so do they. However, they give charity and we cannot give charity.' The Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, 'Shall I not tell you something that if you act upon it, no one before you will surpass you, and no one after you will catch up with you, except someone who does the same as you? After every prayer, say Subhan Allah thirty-three times, Alhamdulillah thirty-three times, and Allahu Akbar thirty-four times.'"

Ma'dan bin Abi Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him) reports that once Abu Darda (may Allah be pleased with him) asked me, "Where do you reside?" I replied, "In a village behind Hims." He said, "I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: 'In any village where there are three men and neither the call to prayer nor the establishment of prayer is observed, Satan overcomes them. Therefore, adhere to the congregation of Muslims, for the wolf devours the solitary sheep.'"

The previous hadith is also narrated through this second chain of transmission.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Darda (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever memorizes the first ten verses of Surah Al-Kahf will be protected from the trial of the Dajjal.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Darda (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) once offered the sacrifice of two castrated rams of six months.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Darda (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) once offered the sacrifice of two castrated rams of six months.

Qais bin Kathir (may Allah have mercy on him) says that a man from Madinah Munawwarah came to Hazrat Abu Darda (may Allah be pleased with him) in Damascus. He asked the visitor, "Brother! What brings you here?" He replied, "To learn a hadith about which I have come to know that you narrate it from the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him)." He asked, "Have you not come for any trade?" He said, "No." He asked, "For any other work?" He said, "No." He asked, "Have you come only to seek this hadith?" He said, "Yes." He said, "I heard the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) say: Whoever sets out on a path to seek knowledge, Allah makes the path to Paradise easy for him, and the angels spread their wings in pleasure for the seeker of knowledge, and all the creatures in the heavens and the earth pray for forgiveness for the scholar. The superiority of the scholar over the worshipper is like the superiority of the moon over the rest of the stars. Indeed, the scholars are the heirs of the Prophets, and the Prophets do not leave behind dinars or dirhams as inheritance, but they leave behind knowledge. So whoever acquires it, has acquired a great share."

The previous hadith is also narrated through this second chain of transmission.

A man was ordered by his mother or father or both to divorce his wife (he refused and) said that if he divorced his wife, it would be obligatory upon him to free one hundred slaves. Then that man came to Hazrat Abu Darda (may Allah be pleased with him) while he was performing a long forenoon prayer, then he prayed between Zuhr and Asr, then that person asked him about this issue. He replied, "Fulfill your vow (free one hundred slaves) and obey your parents, because I heard the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) say: 'The father is the middle gate of Paradise; now it is up to you whether you protect it or leave it.'"

Abu Habibah (may Allah have mercy on him) says that a man, at the time of his death, made a bequest to spend some of his wealth in the way of Allah. Hazrat Abu Darda (may Allah be pleased with him) was asked about this, so he narrated this hadith from the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him): Whoever, at the time of his death, frees a slave or gives charity, his example is like that of a person who gives away what is left over after he has quenched his own thirst.

Abu Habibah (may Allah have mercy on him) says that a man, at the time of his death, made a bequest to spend some dinars from his wealth in the way of Allah. Hazrat Abu Darda (may Allah be pleased with him) was asked about this, so he narrated this hadith from the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him): Whoever, at the time of death, frees a slave or gives charity, his example is like that of a person who gives away what is left over after he has quenched his own thirst.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Darda (may Allah be pleased with him) that a man asked the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), "O Messenger of Allah! Is there recitation in every prayer?" The Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) replied, "Yes!" Then an Ansari said, "So it has become obligatory."

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Darda (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whenever the sun rises, two angels are sent on its both sides who proclaim, "And all the inhabitants of the earth hear this proclamation except jinn and humans," saying: O people! Come towards your Lord, for a little that suffices is better than much that distracts. Similarly, whenever the sun sets, two angels are sent on its both sides who proclaim, and all the inhabitants of the earth hear this proclamation except jinn and humans, saying: O Allah! Grant a substitute to the one who spends, and O Allah! Destroy the wealth of the one who withholds.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Darda (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Allah Almighty has written five things in the creation of every servant: his age, his deeds, his abode, his fate, and his sustenance.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Darda (may Allah be pleased with him) that he heard the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: Allah Almighty has written five things in the creation of every servant: his age, his deeds, his effects, his sustenance, and whether he will be wretched or blessed.

Abdur Rahman bin Ghanm (may Allah be pleased with him) says that once he went to "Hims" to meet Hazrat Abu Darda (may Allah be pleased with him) and stayed with him for a few days. Then, upon his order, a saddle was placed on his donkey. Hazrat Abu Darda (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "I will go with you as well." So, upon his order, a saddle was also placed on his donkey, and both of them mounted their respective rides and set off. On the way, they met a man who had performed the Friday prayer the previous day with Hazrat Amir Muawiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) at Jabiyah. He recognized both of them, but they did not recognize him. He told them about the conditions of the people there, then said, "There is one more piece of news, but I do not feel good about telling you because I think it will burden you." Hazrat Abu Darda (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "Perhaps Hazrat Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) has been exiled?" He said, "Yes! That is the news." Upon this, Hazrat Abu Darda (may Allah be pleased with him) and his companion recited "Inna lillah" about ten times. Then Hazrat Abu Darda (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "You should wait and be patient just as it was said to the people of the she-camel (the people of Thamud). O Allah! If these people are denying Abu Dharr, then I am not among those who deny Abu Dharr. O Allah! If they are accusing him, then I do not accuse him. O Allah! If they are overpowering him, then I am not doing so, because the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to consider him trustworthy at a time when he did not consider anyone else trustworthy. At that time, he would go to him himself when he would not go to anyone else. By the One in whose hand is the life of Abu Darda (may Allah be pleased with him), even if Abu Dharr were to cut off my right hand, I would never bear any malice towards him, because I heard the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: 'Under the shade of the sky and upon the face of the earth, there is no man more truthful than Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him).'"

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Darda (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: On the occasion of battle in the city of Ghouta, the camp (center) of the Muslims will be beside a city called "Damascus."

Abu Abdur Rahman Salmi says that a man came to Hazrat Abu Darda (may Allah be pleased with him) and said, "My wife is my paternal uncle's daughter. I love her very much, but my mother orders me to divorce her." He replied, "I command you to divorce your wife and not to disobey your mother. However, I will tell you a hadith which I heard from the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): 'The mother is the middle gate of Paradise; now if you wish, keep to it, or if you wish, leave it.'"

It is narrated from Thabit or Abu Thabit that a man entered the mosque of Damascus and made this supplication: O Allah! Grant me a companion in my solitude, have mercy on my estrangement, and grant me a good friend. Hazrat Abu Darda (may Allah be pleased with him) heard his supplication and said: If you are making this supplication sincerely, then I am more fortunate than you in this supplication. I heard the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saying in the explanation of this verse of the Holy Qur'an: "Among them are those who wrong themselves" that the reckoning of the wrongdoer will be taken at his own place, and that will be his grief and sorrow. "Among them are those who are moderate" meaning some people will be of a middle rank, their reckoning will be easy. "And among them are those who are foremost in good deeds by Allah's permission" these are the people who will enter Paradise without reckoning.

Hazrat Anas Jahni (may Allah be pleased with him) once came to Hazrat Abu Darda (may Allah be pleased with him) and prayed for him, saying, "May Allah keep you safe from every illness and grant you health." Hazrat Abu Darda (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "I heard the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say that a Muslim person continues to suffer from headaches and other illnesses, and his sins are as great as the mountain of Uhud, but these illnesses do not leave him until there is not even a mustard seed's weight of sin left upon him."

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever performs ghusl or attains purity and does it well, wears fine clothes, applies perfume or oil, then comes for Jumu'ah, does not engage in idle talk, does not push between two people, all his sins will be forgiven until the next Jumu'ah.

It is narrated from Hazrat Ubayy bin Ka'b (may Allah be pleased with him) that once on a Friday, the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) recited Surah Bara'ah from the pulpit. At that time, the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was standing and mentioning the favors of Allah. Hazrat Ubayy bin Ka'b (may Allah be pleased with him) was sitting in front of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and with him were Hazrat Abu Darda (may Allah be pleased with him) and Abu Dharr Ghifari (may Allah be pleased with him) also sitting. One of them pinched Hazrat Ubayy (may Allah be pleased with him) and said, "Ubayy! When was this Surah revealed? I am hearing it just now." Hazrat Ubayy bin Ka'b (may Allah be pleased with him) signaled him to remain silent. After the prayer was over, he said, "I asked you when this Surah was revealed, so why did you not tell me?" Hazrat Ubayy (may Allah be pleased with him) replied, "Today your prayer is only as much as the vain act you did in it." He went to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and mentioned what Hazrat Ubayy (may Allah be pleased with him) had said. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Ubayy has spoken the truth. When you see the Imam speaking, remain silent until he finishes."

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Darda (may Allah be pleased with him) that I heard the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Seek out your weak ones and bring them to me, for you are granted provision and victory through the blessings of your weak ones."