Musnad Ahmad

It is narrated from Hazrat Miqdad bin Aswad (may Allah be pleased with him) that once Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said to me: Ask the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) about the ruling for a person who "plays" with his wife and madhiy (pre-seminal fluid), which is not "water of life" (semen), is discharged from his private part? The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) replied: He should wash his private part and perform ablution as for prayer.

It is narrated from Hazrat Miqdad bin Aswad (may Allah be pleased with him) that once I and my two companions presented ourselves before the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). We were extremely hungry. We presented ourselves to the companions (may Allah be pleased with them), but none of them accepted us. Then we came to the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), and he took us to his house. There were four goats in the house of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me, "Miqdad! Milk these goats and divide the milk into four portions." So I did as he said.

One night, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was delayed in returning. I thought to myself that perhaps the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had eaten and drunk at the house of some Ansari and was satisfied. If I drank his share of the milk, it would not make any difference. I kept thinking like this until I stood up and drank the Prophet's (peace and blessings be upon him) share of the milk and covered the bowl. When I had drunk the milk, various thoughts began to arise in my heart, and I started thinking, "What if the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) comes in a state of hunger and finds nothing?" I wrapped myself in my sheet and kept thinking these thoughts.

While I was still lost in these thoughts, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) arrived and greeted softly so that one who was awake would hear, but one who was asleep would not wake up. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) went to his milk, opened the vessel, but found nothing in it. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "O Allah! Feed the one who feeds me, and give drink to the one who gives me drink." (I considered this supplication a blessing and took a knife and went towards the goats to slaughter the fattest one for the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). I saw that all the goats' udders were full of milk. Then I milked one into a vessel until it was full. Then I presented it to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). He said, "Did you drink your share of the milk last night?" I replied, "O Messenger of Allah! You drink the milk, then I will tell you what happened." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) drank the milk, then gave it to me. When I realized that you were satisfied, I also drank it.

The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Now tell me what happened." I narrated the incident before the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "That milk at that time was nothing but mercy. Why did you not tell me earlier so that we could have awakened our companions and they too could have drunk from it?" I said, "When you and I have received this blessing, I do not care who did not get their share."

Jubair bin Nafeer says that once we were sitting with Hazrat Miqdad bin Aswad (may Allah be pleased with him) when a man passed by and said, "How fortunate are these eyes that have seen the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). By Allah, it has always been our wish that we had seen what you saw and witnessed what you witnessed." At this, he became angry. I was surprised because the man had said a good thing. Then he turned towards him and said, "What makes a person desire to be present at those occasions from which Allah kept him absent? Does he not know what his attitude would have been if he had been present at that time? By Allah, there were people during the blessed life of the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) whom Allah will throw face down into Hell on their chests. These were the people who neither responded to the Prophet's call nor affirmed him. You affirm the Shariah brought by the Prophet through others, and you have been saved from trials. By Allah, Allah sent His Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) during the period of the cessation of revelation and ignorance, which was the hardest time compared to the time of any other Prophet's sending. In that era, people considered no religion better than idol worship. Then the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) came with the Furqan (criterion), through which he made clear the distinction between truth and falsehood, and made a distinction between a father and his children, to the extent that a man would consider his father, son, or brother to be a disbeliever, and Allah had opened the lock of his heart for faith. He knew that if he died in a state of disbelief, he would enter Hell. Therefore, when he realized that his beloved would remain in Hell, his eyes would not be cooled, and this is the very thing about which Allah Almighty has said: 'Those who say, "Our Lord! Grant us coolness of our eyes from our wives and children."'

It is narrated from Hazrat Miqdad bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) that once I submitted in the presence of the Messenger of Allah, "O Messenger of Allah! Tell me, if a man attacks me with a sword and cuts off my hand, then seeks shelter behind a tree to save himself from me, and at that moment recites 'La ilaha illallah,' can I kill him?" The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "No." I repeated my question two or three times, and the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "No, otherwise, before he recited the Kalimah, you would become like he was, and he would become as you were before this incident."

It is narrated from Hazrat Miqdad bin Aswad (may Allah be pleased with him) that once I and my two companions came, and due to hardship, we had lost our hearing and sight. We presented ourselves to the companions of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), but none of them accepted us. Then we came to the service of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and he took us to his house. There were three goats in the house of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Milk these goats." So we used to milk them, and each of us would drink his share of the milk, and we would set aside the share of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The narrator says that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would come at night and greet in such a manner that the one who was sleeping would not wake up, and the one who was awake would hear his greeting. Then he would go to the mosque and pray, then come to his milk and drink it.

One night, Satan came while I had already drunk my share of the milk. Satan said, "Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) goes to the Ansar, and they give him gifts, and whatever he needs, he gets. What need does he have for this one sip of milk?" (As a result of this temptation from Satan), I went and drank that milk. When the milk entered my stomach and I was certain that now there was no way for the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) to get the milk, Satan made me feel regret and said, "Woe to you! What have you done? You have drunk the share of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). He will come and not find the milk, and he will curse you, and you will be destroyed, and your world and Hereafter will be ruined."

I had a sheet; when I covered my feet with it, my head would be uncovered, and when I covered my head, my feet would be uncovered. I was also feeling sleepy, while my two companions were sleeping; they had not done what I had done. Eventually, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came, prayed, then went to his milk, opened the vessel, but found nothing in it. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) raised his blessed head towards the sky. I said in my heart, "Now he will curse me, and I will be destroyed." But the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "O Allah! Feed the one who feeds me, and give drink to the one who gives me drink." (When I heard this) I tied my sheet tightly, then took a knife and went towards the goats to slaughter the fattest one for the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). I saw that one of its udders was full of milk, rather, all the goats' udders were full of milk. Then I took a vessel from the house, one in which milk was not usually milked, and I milked into that vessel until the froth of the milk rose to the top. Then I presented myself to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). He said, "Did you drink your share of the milk at night?" I said, "O Messenger of Allah! Please drink the milk, then I will tell you what happened." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) drank the milk, then gave it to me. When I knew that you were satisfied and I had received your supplication, I laughed so much that I rolled on the ground with joy. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "O Miqdad! This is a bad habit of yours." I said, "O Messenger of Allah! This is what happened to me, and I did this." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "This milk at that time was nothing but mercy. Why did you not tell me earlier so that we could wake our companions and they could also drink from it?" I said, "By the One Who sent you with the truth, when you have drunk this milk and I have also drunk it, I care for nothing else (i.e., I have attained Allah's mercy, so now I do not care (out of happiness) whether anyone else among the people attains this mercy or not)."

It is narrated from Hazrat Miqdad bin Aswad (may Allah be pleased with him) that I heard the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) say: On the Day of Resurrection, the sun will be brought so close to the servants that it will remain at a distance of one or two miles. Due to the intensity of the heat, people will be submerged in their sweat according to their deeds. Some will have sweat up to their ankles, some will have sweat up to their knees, some will have sweat up to their ribs, and some will have sweat like a bridle in their mouths.

It is narrated from Hazrat Miqdad bin Aswad (may Allah be pleased with him) that I heard the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: There will not remain any house, whether made of clay or of hair, on the face of the earth in which Allah will not cause the word of Islam to enter. Whether the people accept it with honor and become dignified, or accept it with humiliation—those whom Allah grants honor, He will include them among the people of the word (of Islam), and those whom He humiliates, they will submit before it (and will be obedient to it, paying the tax).

It is narrated from Hazrat Miqdad bin Aswad (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: When the ruler searches for suspicion among the people, he will plunge them into corruption.

Hazrat Miqdad (may Allah be pleased with him) says that since I heard a hadith from the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), I do not make any judgment of good or bad about any person. Someone asked, "What did you hear from the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)?" He replied, "I heard the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say that the heart of the son of Adam changes more rapidly than a boiling pot."

It is narrated from Hazrat Miqdad bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) that once I submitted in the presence of the Messenger of Allah, "O Messenger of Allah! Tell me, if a man attacks me with a sword and cuts off my hand, then seeks shelter behind a tree to save himself from me, and at that moment recites 'La ilaha illallah,' can I kill him?" The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "No." I repeated my question two or three times, and the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "No, otherwise, before he recited the Kalimah, you would become like he was, and he would become as you were before this incident."

It is narrated from Hazrat Miqdad (may Allah be pleased with him) that when we came to Madinah Munawwarah, the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) divided us into groups of ten in each house. I was among those ten people in whose group the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was also included. We had only one goat from which we used to get milk. If on any day the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was delayed in returning, we would drink its milk and save some for the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Once, the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) returned late at night; by that time, we had already fallen asleep. Since the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was delayed for a long time and I thought that perhaps the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would not return—maybe someone had invited him for a meal—I drank the milk that was kept for the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), thinking this. But after some part of the night had passed, the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) arrived. On the other hand, I could not sleep either. The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came inside, greeted softly, and moved towards the bowl, but when he saw that there was nothing in it, he remained silent. Then he said, "O Allah! Whoever feeds us tonight, feed him." Hearing this, I got up, took a knife, and went towards the goat. The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked, "What happened?" I replied, "I am going to slaughter it." The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Do not slaughter it, rather bring it to me." I brought it, and the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) passed his hand over its udders. A little milk came out, which the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) drank and then lay down and slept.

It is narrated from Hazrat Miqdad bin Aswad (may Allah be pleased with him) that once Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said to me: Ask the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) about the ruling for a person who "plays" with his wife and madhiy (pre-seminal fluid), which is not "water of life" (semen), is discharged from his private part? In response, the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said: He should wash his private part and perform ablution as for prayer.

It is narrated from Hazrat Miqdad (may Allah be pleased with him) that whenever I saw the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) praying with a pillar, a piece of wood, or a tree as a sutrah, the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would place it to the right or left of his eyebrows, not directly in front of him.

It is narrated from Hazrat Miqdad (may Allah be pleased with him) that whenever I saw the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) praying with a pillar, a piece of wood, or a tree as a sutrah, the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would place it to the right or left of his eyebrows, not directly in front of him.

It is narrated from Hazrat Miqdad bin Aswad (may Allah be pleased with him) that once I and my two companions presented ourselves before the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). We were extremely hungry. We presented ourselves to the companions (may Allah be pleased with them), but none of them accepted us. Then we came to the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), and he took us to his house. There were four goats in the house of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me, "Miqdad! Milk these goats and divide the milk into four portions." So I did as he said. One night, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was delayed in returning. I thought to myself that perhaps the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had eaten and drunk at the house of some Ansari and was satisfied. If I drank his share of the milk, it would not make any difference. I kept thinking like this until I stood up and drank the Prophet's (peace and blessings be upon him) share of the milk and covered the bowl. When I had drunk the milk, various thoughts began to arise in my heart, and I started thinking, "What if the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) comes in a state of hunger and finds nothing?" I wrapped myself in my sheet and kept thinking these thoughts. While I was still lost in these thoughts, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) arrived and greeted softly so that one who was awake would hear, but one who was asleep would not wake up. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) went to his milk, opened the vessel, but found nothing in it. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "O Allah! Feed the one who feeds me, and give drink to the one who gives me drink." (I considered this supplication a blessing and took a knife and went towards the goats, intending to slaughter the fattest goat for the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). I saw that all the goats' udders were full of milk. Then I milked one into a vessel until it was full. Then I presented it to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Did you drink your share of the milk last night?" I replied, "O Messenger of Allah! You drink the milk, then I will tell you what happened." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) drank the milk, then gave it to me. When I realized that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was satisfied, I also drank it. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Now tell me what happened." I narrated the incident before the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "The milk at that time was nothing but mercy. Why did you not tell me earlier so that we could have awakened our companions and they too could have drunk from it?" I replied, "When you and I have received this blessing, I do not care if anyone else did not get their share."

Maymun bin Abi Shabib says that an official began to praise Hazrat Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him), so Hazrat Miqdad (may Allah be pleased with him) stepped forward and began to throw dust on his face. Hazrat Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) asked him, "What is this?" He replied that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "When you see someone praising another, throw dust on his face."

Maymun bin Abi Shabib says that an official began to praise Hazrat Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him), so Hazrat Miqdad (may Allah be pleased with him) stepped forward and began to throw dust on his face. Hazrat Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) asked him, "What is this?" He replied that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "When you see someone praising another, throw dust on his face."

It is narrated from Hazrat Miqdad bin Aswad (may Allah be pleased with him) that once Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said to me: Ask the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) about the ruling for a person who "plays" with his wife and madhy (pre-seminal fluid) is discharged from his private part, which is not "water of life" (i.e., not semen)? The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) replied: He should wash his private part and perform ablution as for prayer.

Maymun bin Abi Shabib says that an official began to praise Hazrat Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him), so Hazrat Miqdad (may Allah be pleased with him) stepped forward and began to throw dust on his face. Hazrat Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) asked him, "What is this?" He replied that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "When you see someone praising another, throw dust on his face."

Maymun bin Abi Shabib says that an official began to praise Hazrat Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him), so Hazrat Miqdad (may Allah be pleased with him) stepped forward and began to throw dust on his face. Hazrat Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) asked him, "What is this?" He replied that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When you see someone praising another, then throw dust on his face."

Maymun bin Abi Shabib says that an official began to praise Hazrat Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him), so Hazrat Miqdad (may Allah be pleased with him) stepped forward and began to throw dust on his face. Hazrat Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) asked him, "What is this?" He replied that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "When you see someone praising another, throw dust on his face."

It is narrated from Hazrat Miqdad bin Aswad (may Allah be pleased with him) that once Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said to me: Ask the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) about the ruling for a person who "plays" with his wife and madhy (pre-seminal fluid) is discharged from his private part, which is not "water of life" (i.e., not semen)? The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) replied: He should wash his private part and perform ablution as for prayer.

Muhammad ibn Ja'far narrated to us, Shu'bah narrated to us, and Hajjaj informed us, Shu'bah from Mansur from Ibrahim from Hammam ibn al-Harith that a man began to praise 'Uthman, and he mentioned something similar in meaning to the hadith of Sufyan.

It is narrated from Hazrat Miqdad bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) that once I submitted in the presence of the Messenger of Allah, "O Messenger of Allah! Tell me, if a man attacks me with a sword and cuts off my hand, then to save himself takes shelter behind a tree and at that moment recites 'La ilaha illallah', can I kill him?" The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "No." I repeated my question two or three times, and the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "No, otherwise before he recited the Kalimah, you would become like he was, and he would become like you were before this incident."

Abd al-Razzaq narrated to us, Ma'mar narrated to us from al-Zuhri from Ata ibn Yazid al-Laythi from Ubaydullah ibn Adi ibn al-Khiyar that al-Miqdad ibn al-Aswad narrated to him, he said: I said, "O Messenger of Allah, what do you think if I differ with a man..." and he mentioned the hadith except that he said: "Shall I kill him or leave him?"