Musnad Ahmad

It is narrated from Hazrat Hudhaifa (may Allah be pleased with him) that once I prayed with the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would say "Subhana Rabbiyal Azeem" in his bowing (ruku) and "Subhana Rabbiyal A'la" in his prostration (sajda). Whenever he passed by a verse of mercy, he would pause and supplicate, and whenever he passed by a verse of punishment, he would pause and seek refuge from it.

It is narrated from Hazrat Hudhaifah bin Yaman (may Allah be pleased with him) that I saw the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) come to a place where people threw their rubbish, and he stood and urinated there. Then he asked for water, which I brought to him. The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) performed ablution and wiped over his leather socks.

It is narrated from Hazrat Hudhaifa bin Yaman (may Allah be pleased with him) that when the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would wake up, the first thing he would do was use the miswak.

It is narrated from Hazrat Hudhaifah bin Yaman (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) once held the calf of his leg and said: The place for tying the lower garment is up to here. If you do not accept this, then let it hang a little below this. If you do not accept even this, then below the ankles the lower garment has no right.

It is narrated from Hazrat Hudhaifah (may Allah be pleased with him) that when the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would come to his bed, he would place his right hand under his cheek and recite this supplication: O my Lord! Protect me from the punishment of the Day when You will raise and gather Your servants.

It is narrated from Hazrat Hudhaifa (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Follow the two men who will come after me, that is, Abu Bakr and Umar (may Allah be pleased with them)."

It is narrated from Hazrat Hudhaifa bin Yaman (may Allah be pleased with him) that I saw the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) come to a place where people throw their rubbish and he stood and urinated. I began to move back, but the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) instructed me to stay close until... Imam Ahmad's (may Allah have mercy on him) son says that one word has been omitted by my father.

It is narrated from Hazrat Hudhaifah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The tale-bearer will not enter Paradise.

Hazrat Hudhaifa (may Allah be pleased with him) came to know that Hazrat Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) used to urinate in a bottle and used to say that if urine touched the body of the Children of Israel, they would cut off that part with scissors. Hazrat Hudhaifa (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "I wish your companions would not be so strict. I remember that we were walking with the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). While walking, we reached a place where rubbish was thrown, and the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) stood and urinated just as any one of you does. I started to go back, but the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, 'Stay close.' So I moved close to the blessed back of the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)."

It is narrated from Hazrat Hudhaifah (may Allah be pleased with him) that when we used to participate in a meal with the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), we would not put our hands into the food until the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) began first. Once, in the same manner, we were participating in a meal with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Meanwhile, a slave girl came, and it seemed as if someone was pushing her; she was about to put her hand into the food when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) caught her hand. Then a Bedouin came, and it seemed as if someone was pushing him; he was about to put his hand into the food when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) caught his hand as well. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When the name of Allah is not mentioned over the food, Satan considers it lawful for himself. So, first, he came with this slave girl so that he could make the food lawful for himself, but I caught her hand. Then he came with this Bedouin so that through him he could make the food lawful for himself, but I caught his hand as well. By the One in Whose hand is my soul, Satan's hand is with their hands in my hand."

It is narrated from Hazrat Hudhaifa (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The Dajjal will be blind in his left eye, his hair will be like wool, and he will have with him both Paradise and Hell. But his Hell will in reality be Paradise, and his Paradise will in reality be Hell.

It is narrated (marfu'an) from Hazrat Hudhaifa (may Allah be pleased with him) that this Ummah has been given superiority over other nations in three things: for this Ummah, the entire earth has been made a place of prostration and a means of purification; its rows (in prayer) have been made like the rows of angels; this is what the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to say. And this Ummah has been given the last verses of Surah Al-Baqarah from a treasure beneath the Divine Throne, which were not given to any prophet before me.

It is narrated from Hazrat Hudhaifa bin Yaman (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Every good deed is charity.

It is narrated from Hazrat Hudhaifa (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Among the people before you there was a man who used to commit sinful deeds. When his death approached, he said to his family: When I die, burn me in fire, then crush my ashes, then on a day when a strong wind is blowing, scatter my ashes in the air. When he died, his family did as he had instructed. Allah gathered him in His power and asked him: What made you do this? He said: Your fear. Allah said: I have forgiven you.

It is narrated from Hazrat Hudhaifah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Among the things that have reached the people from the first prophethood is this: "If you do not feel shame, then do whatever you wish."

It is narrated from Hazrat Hudhaifa (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) related to us two hadiths, of which I have seen one and am awaiting the other. The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), mentioning the removal of trustworthiness, said: A man will sleep, and trustworthiness will be taken out from his heart, and only a trace the size of a dot will remain in his heart. Then, when he sleeps again, the remainder of trustworthiness will also be taken out from his heart, and it will be left like a blister on a person's foot; you will throw a burning coal on it, and it will appear swollen to you, but there will be nothing inside it. Then Hazrat Hudhaifa (may Allah be pleased with him) took some pebbles and rolled them over his foot to demonstrate. After that, people will engage in buying and selling with one another, but there will not be anyone who fulfills trust, to the extent that it will be said: There is a trustworthy man among the sons of so-and-so. Likewise, it will be said: How strong and wise he is, even though there will not be faith in his heart equal to a mustard seed. And a time passed over me when I did not care with whom I did business, for if he was a Muslim, he would return it to me on account of his religion, and if he was a Christian or a Jew, he would return it to me on account of his governor. But now, I only do business with such-and-such person.

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

Muhammad ibn Ja'far narrated to us, Shu'bah narrated to us, from Sulayman, he said: I heard Zayd ibn Wahb narrating, from Hudhayfah, he said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, narrated to us two hadiths, and he mentioned the hadith.

Zaid bin Wahb narrates that once Hazrat Hudhaifa (may Allah be pleased with him) entered the mosque and saw that near the doors of Kindah, a man was praying. He was not performing the bowing (ruku) and prostration (sajdah) properly. When he finished the prayer, Hazrat Hudhaifa (may Allah be pleased with him) asked him, "Since when have you been praying like this?" He replied, "For forty years." Hazrat Hudhaifa (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "You have not prayed a single prayer in forty years, and if you were to depart from this world with this prayer, you would not die upon the nature (fitrah) which was granted to the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)." Then he began to teach him the prayer and said, "A person should pray lightly, but should complete the bowing and prostration."

It is narrated from Hazrat Hudhaifa (may Allah be pleased with him) that once the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Count the people who profess Islam and tell me their number." We submitted, "O Messenger of Allah! Do you fear anything about us while we are between six and seven hundred?" The Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "You do not know, it may be that you will be tested." Accordingly, when we were tested, each one of us could only pray secretly.

It is narrated from Hazrat Hudhaifa (may Allah be pleased with him) that once the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: After me, there will come some rulers who will act with falsehood and commit oppression. So whoever goes to them and declares their lies as truth and helps them in their oppression, he has no connection with me and I have no connection with him, and he will not be able to come to me at the Pond of Kawthar. And whoever does not confirm their lies nor helps them in their oppression, then he is from me and I am from him, and he will come to me at the Pond of Kawthar.

It is narrated from Hazrat Hudhaifa (may Allah be pleased with him) that once I prayed with the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) began Surah Al-Baqarah. When he reached one hundred verses, I thought that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would now bow (ruku‘), but the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) continued reciting until he reached two hundred verses. I thought that perhaps now he would bow, but the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) continued reciting until he completed it. Then the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) began Surah An-Nisa’ and, after reciting it, performed ruku‘. In his ruku‘, the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) kept saying "Subhana Rabbiyal ‘Azim" and in his prostration "Subhana Rabbiyal A‘la". Whenever he passed by a verse of mercy, he would pause and supplicate, and whenever he passed by a verse of punishment, he would pause and seek refuge from it.

It is narrated from several Tabi'een that once Hazrat Hudhaifa (may Allah be pleased with him) came to us while we were talking, and he said: "You people are saying things which, in the time of the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), we used to consider as 'hypocrisy'."

It is narrated from Hazrat Hudhaifa (may Allah be pleased with him) that whoever sits in the middle of a circle has been declared accursed by the tongue of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).

It is narrated from Hazrat Hudhaifa (may Allah be pleased with him) that once he met the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in a market of Madinah Munawwarah. The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) extended his hand towards him for a handshake, so I said, "I am in a state of impurity by choice." The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "A believer does not become impure."

It is narrated from Hazrat Hudhaifah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Do not say, "What Allah willed and what so-and-so willed," but rather say, "What Allah willed, and then what so-and-so willed."

It is narrated from Hazrat Hudhaifa (may Allah be pleased with him) that after those tents, there were no tents left like the ones that were with the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) at Badr, and no one's defense was like their defense. And whenever any people intended evil against them, something or the other would occupy them with itself.

It is narrated from Hazrat Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) led the prayer of fear in a region of Banu Sulaym called "Dhi Qarad." The people formed two rows behind the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): one row stood facing the enemy, and the other row stood behind the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) for prayer. The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) led this group in one rak'ah, then these people walked backwards to the place of those who were standing in front of the enemy, and those people came and stood behind the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in their place. The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) then led them in the second rak'ah.

Tha’laba bin Zahdam narrates that once we were in Tabaristan with Hazrat Sa’eed bin Aas (may Allah be pleased with him). He asked the people, “Who among you has performed Salat al-Khawf with the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him)?” Hazrat Hudhaifah (may Allah be pleased with him) replied, “I have.” Then he described exactly the same method as is narrated from Hazrat Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) and Zaid bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him).

It is narrated from Hazrat Hudhaifah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade wearing silk and brocade and using gold and silver utensils, and said: These things are for the disbelievers in this world and for us in the Hereafter.

It is narrated from Hazrat Hudhaifah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade announcing someone's death with wailing and loud cries.

It is narrated from Hazrat Hudhaifa (may Allah be pleased with him) that when the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would come to his bed at night, he would say: "O Allah! In Your name we live and die." And when he would wake up, he would say: "All praise is due to Allah who gave us life after causing us to die, and to Him is the gathering."

It is narrated from Hazrat Hudhaifa (may Allah be pleased with him) that once two men named Aqib and Sayyid came from Najran. They said to the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), "O Messenger of Allah! Please send with us a trustworthy man." The Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "I will send with you such a trustworthy man who truly deserves to be called trustworthy." Upon hearing this, the companions (may Allah be pleased with them) began to look around, raising their heads. Then the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sent Hazrat Abu Ubaidah bin Al-Jarrah (may Allah be pleased with him) with them.

It is narrated from Hazrat Hudhaifa (may Allah be pleased with him) that once Hazrat Jibreel Amin came to meet the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) while the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was at a place called Ahjar al-Mara, and he said: "The people of your Ummah can recite the Noble Qur'an on seven modes (ahruf). Whoever among them wishes to recite according to a particular recitation, let him recite in the manner he has been taught and not turn away from it."

It is narrated from Hazrat Hudhaifa (may Allah be pleased with him) that once the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) stood among us and did not leave out any event that would occur until the Day of Judgment without mentioning it right there while standing. Whoever remembered it, remembered it, and whoever forgot it, forgot it. And I see many such things which I had forgotten, but when I see them, I recognize them, just as a man is absent and another man recognizes him by his face when he sees him.

It is narrated from Hazrat Hudhaifa (may Allah be pleased with him) that I have asked the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) about everything, even about leveling pebbles during prayer. The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Level it once, otherwise leave it.

It is narrated from Hazrat Hudhaifa (may Allah be pleased with him) that once we were sitting with the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: I do not know how long I will remain among you, so follow the two men who will be after me, and he pointed towards Hazrat Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) and Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), and hold firmly to the way of Ammar, and whatever Ibn Mas'ud tells you, affirm it.

It is narrated from Hazrat Hudhaifah (may Allah be pleased with him) that when the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed for someone, the effects of that supplication would reach him, his children, and even his grandchildren.

It is narrated from Hazrat Hudhaifah (may Allah be pleased with him) that in the blessed era of the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), sometimes a person would utter a sentence and because of it would become a hypocrite, and now in a single gathering I hear dozens of such words daily.

It is narrated from Hazrat Hudhaifa (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: I know more about what will happen with the Dajjal than even he does. He will have with him two flowing rivers, one of which will appear to be white water and the other will appear to be blazing fire. If any of you encounters that time, he should enter the river which appears to him as fire, and immerse himself in it, then lower his head and drink its water, for it will be cool water. And the Dajjal’s left eye will be wiped out, over it will be a thick piece of skin, and between his two eyes will be written "Kafir" (disbeliever), which every literate and illiterate Muslim will be able to read.