Musnad Ahmad

It is narrated from Hazrat Muadh bin Jabal (may Allah be pleased with him) that after returning from Yemen, he submitted, "O Messenger of Allah! I saw the Christians prostrating before their priests and religious leaders. It occurred to my heart that you are more deserving of such reverence, so should we not prostrate to you?" The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "If I were to command anyone to prostrate before another, I would have commanded a woman to prostrate before her husband."

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

It is narrated from Hazrat Muadh bin Jabal (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said to him: "Muadh! If you commit a sin, then perform a good deed afterwards which will erase it, and treat people with good manners."

Musa bin Talhah (may Allah have mercy on him) says that we have a letter from Hazrat Mu'adh bin Jabal (may Allah be pleased with him) in which he narrated this hadith of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him): The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) used to collect zakat from wheat, barley, raisins, and dates.

It is narrated from Hazrat Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him) that once the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sent me to a town in Arabia and ordered me to collect a share of the land and bring it.

It is narrated from Hazrat Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him) that once he was riding behind the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) on a donkey. The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) called me by name and said, "O Mu'adh! Do you know what right Allah has over His servants?" I replied, "Allah and His Messenger know best." The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "(Allah's right over His servants is) that they worship Him alone and do not associate anything with Him." Then the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Do you know what right the servants have over Allah if they do that?" The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Their right is that Allah will not punish them."

It is narrated from Hazrat Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Six things are among the signs of the Hour: my death, the conquest of Bayt al-Maqdis, the spread of a plague of death like it spreads among sheep, a trial whose war will enter every Muslim household, and that even if a person is given a thousand, he will remain displeased, and the Romans will deceive the Muslims and advance towards them under eighty banners, under each banner there will be twelve thousand soldiers.

It is narrated from Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him): Once we went to Hazrat Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him) and said to him, "Tell us some amazing incident of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him)." He said, "Alright. Once I was riding behind the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) on a donkey. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) called me by name and said, 'O Mu'adh!' I replied, 'At your service, O Messenger of Allah!' The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said, 'Do you know what right Allah has over His servants?' I replied, 'Allah and His Messenger know best.' The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said, '(Allah's right over His servants is) that they worship Him alone and do not associate anything with Him.' Then the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said, 'Do you know what right the servants have over Allah if they do that?' The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said, 'Their right is that Allah will not punish them.'"

It is narrated from Hazrat Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him) that once he was riding behind the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) on a donkey. The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) called me by name and said, "O Mu'adh! Do you know what right Allah has over His servants?" I replied, "Allah and His Messenger know best." The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "(Allah's right over His servants is) that they worship Him alone and do not associate anything with Him." Then the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Do you know what right the servants have over Allah if they do that?" The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Their right is that Allah will not punish them."

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

It is narrated from Hazrat Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him) that once the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me, "Shall I not guide you to a door from among the doors of Paradise?" He replied, "What is that?" The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "'La hawla wa la quwwata illa billah' (There is no power and no strength except with Allah)."

It is narrated from Hazrat Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him) that once the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) set out on a journey; this is the incident of the Battle of Tabuk. During this journey, the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) combined the Zuhr and Asr prayers, and the Maghrib and Isha prayers. The narrator asked the reason for this, so he replied that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) wished that his Ummah should not face hardship.

Hisan bin Kahil, may Allah have mercy on him, says that once I entered the central mosque of Basra and joined the gathering of an elderly man whose hair and beard had turned white. He began to say that Hazrat Mu'adh bin Jabal, may Allah be pleased with him, narrated to me this hadith from the Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him: Whoever dies in such a state that he bears witness that there is no god but Allah and that I am the Messenger of Allah, and this testimony is with certainty in his heart, then all his sins will be forgiven. I asked him, "Did you really hear this hadith from Hazrat Mu'adh, may Allah be pleased with him?" People began to reproach me for this, but he said, "Do not reproach or scold him, leave him alone. I did indeed hear this hadith from Hazrat Mu'adh, may Allah be pleased with him, who narrated it from the Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him." Later, I asked the people, "Who is this man?" They told me that he is Abdur Rahman bin Samurah.

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

Hisan bin Kahil, may Allah have mercy on him, says that once I joined the gathering of Abdur Rahman bin Samurah, may Allah have mercy on him, whose hair and beard had turned white. He said that Hazrat Mu'adh bin Jabal, may Allah be pleased with him, narrated to me from the Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, that whoever dies in such a state that he bears witness that there is no god but Allah and that I am the Messenger of Allah, and this testimony is with certainty in his heart, then all his sins will be forgiven. I asked him, "Did you really hear this hadith from Hazrat Mu'adh, may Allah be pleased with him?" People began to reproach me for this, but he said, "Do not reproach or scold him, leave him alone. I did indeed hear this hadith from Hazrat Mu'adh, may Allah be pleased with him, who narrated it from the Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him." Later, I asked people, "Who is he?" and they told me who he was.

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

Abu Idris says that once I attended a gathering in which twenty companions of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) were present. Among them was a young and youthful companion whose complexion was radiant, with large black eyes and shining teeth. Whenever there was any disagreement among the people and he spoke, they would accept his word as final. Later, I found out that he was Mu'adh bin Jabal (may Allah be pleased with him). The next day, I came again and found him praying behind a pillar. He shortened his prayer, sat cross-legged, and remained silent. I approached and said, "By Allah! I love you for the sake of Allah's majesty." He made me swear and asked, "Really?" I also swore and replied. He then said, "Those who love each other for Allah's sake will be under the shade of Allah's Throne on the Day when there will be no shade except His. (After this, there is no doubt in the rest of the hadith.) For them, chairs of light will be set up, and due to their nearness to the Lord of the worlds, even the Prophets (peace be upon them), the truthful, and the martyrs will envy them." Later, I narrated this hadith to Ubadah bin Samit (may Allah be pleased with him), and he said, "I will narrate to you only that hadith which I myself heard from the tongue of the Prophet, and it is this: 'My love is assured for those who love each other for My sake; My love is assured for those who meet each other for My sake; My love is assured for those who spend on each other for My sake; and My love is assured for those who join with each other for My sake.'"

It is narrated from Hazrat Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever dies in such a state that he sincerely bears witness that there is no god but Allah and Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), will enter Paradise.

It is narrated from Hazrat Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him) that once he was riding behind the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) on a donkey. The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) called me by name and said, "O Mu'adh! Do you know what right Allah has over His servants?" I replied, "Allah and His Messenger know best." The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "(Allah's right over His servants is) that they worship Him alone and do not associate anything with Him." Then the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Do you know what right the servants have over Allah if they do that?" The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Their right is that Allah will not punish them."

Abu Al-Aswad Daili says that when Hazrat Mu'adh bin Jabal (may Allah be pleased with him) was in Yemen, a case regarding the inheritance of a Jew who had died and left behind a Muslim brother was presented before him. Hazrat Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I heard the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) say that Islam increases, it does not decrease. And based on this hadith, he declared him (the Muslim brother) as an heir.

It is narrated from Hazrat Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him) that once he was riding behind the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) on a donkey. The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) called me by name and said, "O Mu'adh! Do you know what right Allah has over His servants?" I replied, "Allah and His Messenger know best." The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "(Allah's right over His servants is) that they worship Him alone and do not associate anything with Him." Then the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Do you know what right the servants have over Allah if they do that?" The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Their right is that Allah will not punish them."

It is narrated from Hazrat Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him) that when the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sent him towards Yemen, he asked him, "If a decision comes before you, how will you resolve it?" He replied, "I will decide it in the light of the Book of Allah." The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked, "If you do not find it in the Book of Allah, then what will you do?" He replied, "Then I will decide in the light of the Sunnah of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)." The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked, "If you do not find its ruling in my Sunnah either, then what will you do?" He replied, "Then I will exercise ijtihad with my own opinion and I will not fall short in it in any way." Upon this, the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) struck his blessed hand on my chest and said, "All praise is due to Allah who has guided the messenger of His Messenger to that which pleases His Messenger."

It is narrated from Hazrat Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "For the person in whose favor three people testify, Paradise becomes obligatory for him." Hazrat Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him) asked, "And if there are two?" He replied, "Even if there are two, the same ruling applies."

It is narrated from Hazrat Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said to him: "O Mu'adh bin Jabal!" He replied, "At your service, O Messenger of Allah, and may happiness be yours." The Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "Whoever dies in such a state that he bears witness with a sincere heart that there is no god but Allah, will enter Paradise." I asked, "Should I not inform the people of this?" The Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said, "No, I fear that they will rely on it and stop striving."

It is narrated from Hazrat Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him) that (if the number of cows is less than thirty, I will not take their zakat until I present myself before the Noble Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, because) the Noble Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, did not give me any instruction regarding cows being less than thirty.

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

It is narrated from Hazrat Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) combined the Zuhr and Asr, and Maghrib and Isha prayers during the Battle of Tabuk.

It is narrated from Hazrat Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him) that when the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sent him to Yemen, he instructed him to take as zakat one-year-old cow from every thirty cows, and one two-year-old cow from every forty, and from every adult, to collect one dinar or its equivalent in Yemeni cloth called "Ma'afir."

It is narrated from Hazrat Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him) that he heard the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: Whoever among the Muslims fights in the way of Allah even for the time it takes for milk to flow from a she-camel’s udder, Paradise becomes obligatory for him. And whoever sincerely asks Allah for martyrdom, and then dies a natural death, he will receive the reward of a martyr. And whoever is wounded or suffers any harm in the way of Allah, he will come on the Day of Resurrection with that wound flowing even more, but its color will be like saffron and its fragrance like musk. And whoever is wounded in the way of Allah, the seal of the martyrs is placed upon him.

It is narrated from Hazrat Burdah (may Allah be pleased with him) that Hazrat Mu'adh bin Jabal (may Allah be pleased with him) arrived in Yemen to Hazrat Abu Musa Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him). There he saw a man tied with ropes, so Hazrat Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him) asked, "What is the matter with him?" They replied, "He was a Jew who accepted Islam, but later returned to his disliked religion and became a Jew again. We have been trying to bring him back to Islam for about two months." Hazrat Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "I will not sit down until you kill him." So I killed him. Then he said, "The decision of Allah and His Messenger is that whoever turns back from his religion, kill him."

It is narrated from Hazrat Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him) that once I was with the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) on a journey. During the journey, one day I had the privilege of being close to the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). I submitted, "O Messenger of Allah! Tell me of an action that will admit me to Paradise and keep me away from Hell." The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "You have asked about a great matter, but it is easy for the one for whom Allah makes it easy: Worship Allah and do not associate anything with Him, establish prayer, pay zakat, fast in the month of Ramadan, and perform Hajj to the House of Allah." Then he said, "Shall I not tell you the doors of goodness? Fasting is a shield, charity extinguishes sins, and a man's prayer in the middle of the night is among the doors of goodness." Then the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) recited this verse from Surah Sajda: 'Their sides forsake their beds...' until he reached 'they do.' Then he said, "Shall I not tell you about the foundation of the religion, its pillar, and its highest peak?" I submitted, "O Messenger of Allah! Certainly." He said, "The foundation of this religion is Islam, its pillar is prayer, and its highest peak is jihad." Then he said, "Shall I not tell you the summary of all these things?" I submitted, "Why not, O Messenger of Allah!" So the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) held his tongue and said, "Restrain this." I submitted, "O Messenger of Allah! Will we be held accountable for what we say?" The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) (gently admonishing) said, "Mu'adh! May your mother lose you! Is there anything that topples people on their faces into Hell except the harvest of their tongues regarding others?"

It is narrated from Hazrat Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him) that once the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) passed by a man who was supplicating, "O Allah! I ask You for patience." The Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "You are asking Allah for calamity; rather, ask Allah for well-being." (Then he passed by another man who was supplicating by saying, "Ya Dhal-Jalali wal-Ikram," and he said to him, "Your supplication will be accepted, so ask.") He passed by another man who was supplicating, "O Allah! I ask You for all blessings." The Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "O son of Adam! Do you know what is meant by 'all blessings'?" He replied, "I hope for the good of the supplication I made." The Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "All blessings mean that a person is saved from Hell and admitted into Paradise."

It is narrated from Hazrat Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him) that (if the cows are less than thirty in number, I will not take their zakat until I present myself before the Noble Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, because) the Noble Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, did not give me any instruction regarding cows being less than thirty.

It is narrated from Hazrat Muadh bin Jabal (may Allah be pleased with him) that less than thirty cows and some honey were brought to him. He said: The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not give me any command regarding having less than thirty cows.

Amr bin Maymoon Awdi (may Allah have mercy on him) says that when the messenger of the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), Hazrat Mu’adh bin Jabal (may Allah be pleased with him), came to us in Yemen, it was the time of suhoor (pre-dawn meal). He was proclaiming the takbeer in a loud and awe-inspiring voice. Love for him became deeply rooted in my heart, so I did not separate from him until, after his death in Shaam (Syria), I had thrown earth upon his grave. May Allah’s mercy descend upon him. Then, after him, I looked for the most knowledgeable person and presented myself to Hazrat Abdullah bin Mas’ood (may Allah be pleased with him). He said to me, “What will you do when such rulers come over you who delay the prayer from its proper time?” I said, “If I reach that time, what do you command me to do?” He said, “Perform your prayer at its appointed time, and join the rulers in prayer with the intention of nafl (supererogatory) prayer.”

It is narrated from Hazrat Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) once said to us: Seek refuge with Allah from that greed which reaches the state of sealing the hearts; also seek refuge from that greed which leads to something purposeless; and seek refuge with Allah from such greed where there is no greed at all.

It is narrated from Hazrat Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The meaning of 'their sides forsake their beds' is that a person gets up at night for Tahajjud."

It is narrated from Hazrat Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The flourishing of Bayt al-Maqdis is a sign of the desolation of Madinah Munawwarah, and the desolation of Madinah Munawwarah is a sign of the beginning of wars, and the beginning of wars is a sign of the conquest of Constantinople, and the conquest of Constantinople will be a prelude to the emergence of Dajjal. Then the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) struck his thigh or shoulder and said: All these things are as true and certain as your sitting here is certain.

It is narrated from Hazrat Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: On the Day of Resurrection, Muslims will be raised in such a state that there will be no hair on their bodies, they will be beardless, their eyes will be kohl-lined, and they will be people of thirty years of age.

It is narrated from Hazrat Mu'adh bin Jabal (may Allah be pleased with him) and Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) that when the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would camp at any place, his Muhajir Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) would be close to him. Once, we camped at a place and the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) stood up for prayer at night while we were sleeping around. Suddenly, Hazrat Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him) and I woke up at night and did not find the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in his sleeping place. We set out in search of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and we heard a sound like that produced by a millstone, and we stopped in our tracks. The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was coming from the direction of that sound. When he came near, the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "What happened to you?" We replied, "When we woke up and did not find you in your place, we feared that some harm might have come to you, so we set out to search for you." The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "A messenger from my Lord came to me and gave me the choice between two things: that half of my Ummah would enter Paradise, or that I would be granted the right of intercession. So I preferred the aspect of intercession." Both of us said, "O Messenger of Allah! We ask you, by Islam and the right of your companionship, to pray to Allah that He includes us in your intercession." Other people also arrived and began to make the same request, and their number increased. The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Every person who dies in such a state that he does not associate anyone with Allah will be included in my intercession."