Musnad Ahmad

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Rafi’ (may Allah be pleased with him) that once we slaughtered a goat for the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) instructed us, so we presented a small portion of it to him. The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ate from it and then stood up to perform prayer, and in between, he did not perform fresh ablution.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Rafi' (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade a man from performing prayer while his hair is tied in a knot on his head.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Rafi’ (may Allah be pleased with him) that once some people of the Quraysh sent me to the service of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). As soon as I saw the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), Islam settled in my heart and I said, "O Messenger of Allah! Now I do not want to return to the Quraysh." The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "I cannot break a covenant, nor can I detain envoys with me. Therefore, you should return now. If the intention in your heart remains the same as it is now, then come back to me." (So I went to them, then returned and presented myself in the court of Prophethood and was honored with Islam.)

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Rafi’ (may Allah be pleased with him) that when the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) sent Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) by giving him his flag (on the occasion of the Battle of Khaybar), we also went out with him. When he reached near the fort, the people of the fort came out and the fighting began. A Jew attacked Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), and Hazrat Ali’s shield fell from his hand. He uprooted the door of the fort and used it as a shield, and during the battle it remained continuously in his hand until Allah granted him victory. After the battle was over, Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) threw it away from his hand. I saw that a group of seven men—among whom I was the eighth—put all their strength into moving that door, but we could not move it.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Rafi’ (may Allah be pleased with him) that once he cooked meat in a pot for the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “Give me its foreleg.” So I took it out and gave it to him. After a little while, the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked for another foreleg, and I gave that too. After a little while, the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) again asked for a foreleg. I said, “O Messenger of Allah! How many forelegs does a goat have?” The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “By Him in Whose hand is my soul, if you had remained silent, forelegs would have continued to come out from this pot as long as I kept asking you for them.”

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Rafi’ (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sacrificed two beautiful, castrated rams and said: One of them is on behalf of every person who bears witness to the oneness of Allah and to the Prophethood of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and the other is on behalf of himself and his family. The narrator says that in this way, the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sufficed for us.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Rafi' (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: I know of a person among you to whom a hadith of mine reaches, and he, reclining on his couch, says: I do not find this command in the Book of Allah.

Hazrat Abu Rafi’ (may Allah be pleased with him) says that once the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) visited all his pure wives in a single day, and after being with each one, he performed ghusl (ritual bath). Someone asked, “O Messenger of Allah! If you had performed ghusl only once (would there have been any harm)?” The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) replied, “This way is more pure, better, and cleaner.”

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Rafi’ (may Allah be pleased with him) that once Arqam (may Allah be pleased with him) or his son passed by me. They had been appointed for the collection of zakat. They invited me to go with them. I presented myself before the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and asked him about this matter. The Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: O Abu Rafi’! Zakat is forbidden for Muhammad and the family of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), and the freed slave of a people is counted among them.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Rafi’ (may Allah be pleased with him) that in the beginning, Hazrat Abbas bin Abdul Muttalib (may Allah be pleased with him) was a slave. Islam had entered our house and I and Umm al-Fadl had accepted Islam. Hazrat Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) had also accepted Islam but he kept it hidden out of fear of his people. Abu Lahab, the enemy of Allah, could not participate in the Battle of Badr and he sent As bin Hisham in his place, because it was customary among the people that if a man could not participate in the battle, he would send another man in his stead. Then, when the good news of the victory at Badr reached us, Allah humiliated and disgraced Abu Lahab and we felt strength within ourselves. Then he mentioned the complete hadith.

The continuation of the previous hadith is mentioned in Yaqub’s book in a mursal form as follows: Among the captives of the Battle of Badr was a man named Abu Wada’ah bin Sabirah Sahmi. The Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said that he has a son in Makkah who is very clever, a trader, and wealthy. Soon you will see that he will come to me to pay the ransom for his father. At that time, the Quraysh had announced that they should not be hasty in paying the ransom for their captives, so that Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) and his companions would not be able to keep them away from you. Abu Wada’ah’s son, Mutalib, also said that you are right, do so. But when night fell, he quietly slipped out of Makkah and reached Madinah, and for four thousand dirhams, he ransomed his father and set out with him. Similarly, Makraz bin Hafs also came with the ransom for Suhail bin Amr. He was the same one who had been captured by Hazrat Malik bin Dakhsh (may Allah be pleased with him), who belonged to Banu Malik bin Auf.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Rafi’ (may Allah be pleased with him) that once the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me, “O Abu Rafi’! Kill all the dogs found in Madinah.” He says that I saw some Ansari women in Jannat al-Baqi’ who had some trees, and those women also had dogs with them. They said, “O Abu Rafi’! The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) has sent our men for jihad. After Allah, now only these dogs protect us, and by Allah, no one dares to come near us. Even when any one of us women gets up, these dogs become a barrier between her and the people. Therefore, mention this matter to the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).” So he mentioned this matter to the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “Abu Rafi’! You kill them; Allah Himself will protect the women.”

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Rafi’ (may Allah be pleased with him) that when the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would hear the voice of the muezzin, he would repeat the same phrases that he was saying, but when he reached "Hayya ‘ala-s-Salah" and "Hayya ‘ala-l-Falah," the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would say: "La hawla wa la quwwata illa billah."

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Rafi’ (may Allah be pleased with him) that once we slaughtered a goat for the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) instructed us, so we presented a small portion of it to the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ate from it and then stood up to perform prayer, and in between, he did not perform fresh ablution.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Rafi’ (may Allah be pleased with him) that once we slaughtered a goat for the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) instructed us, so we presented a small portion of it to him. The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ate from it and then stood up to pray, and in between, he did not perform fresh ablution.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Rafi’ (may Allah be pleased with him) that when Imam Hasan (may Allah be pleased with him) was born to Hazrat Fatimah (may Allah be pleased with her), I saw that the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) himself gave the call to prayer (adhan) in his ear.

Hazrat Abu Rafi’ (may Allah be pleased with him) says that once the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) visited all his noble wives in a single day, and after being with each one, he performed ghusl (ritual bath). Someone asked, “O Messenger of Allah! If you had performed ghusl only once (would there have been any harm)?” The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) replied, “This way is purer, better, and more conducive to cleanliness.”

Amr bin Shuraid narrates that Hazrat Sa’d bin Abi Waqqas (may Allah be pleased with him) and Hazrat Abu Rafi’ (may Allah be pleased with him) were bargaining with each other over a matter, so Hazrat Abu Rafi’ (may Allah be pleased with him) said: If I had not heard the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) say, "The neighbor who is closer has more right," I would never have given you this land.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Rafi’ (may Allah be pleased with him) that once Arqam (may Allah be pleased with him) or his son passed by me. They had been appointed for the collection of zakat. They invited me to go with them. I presented myself before the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and asked him about this. The Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: O Abu Rafi’! Zakat is forbidden for Muhammad and the family of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), and the freed slave of a people is counted among them.

Muhammad ibn Ja'far narrated to us, Shu'bah narrated to us, from Mukhawwal, from Abu Sa'd, who said: I saw Abu Rafi' come to al-Hasan ibn Ali while he was praying, and he had tied up his hair, so he released it or forbade him from that, and said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, "saw a man praying with his head tied up, and he forbade him," or he said: "The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, forbade a man from praying while his hair is tied up."

Abu Kamil narrated to us, Zuhayr narrated to us, Mukhawwal narrated to us, from Abu Sa'id the mu'adhdhin, and he mentioned its meaning. Mukhawwal said: from Abu Sa'id al-Madani, and he mentioned its meaning. He said: Abu Ja'far says: O Abu Sa'id, did you see him? ...

Sufyan narrated to us, Salih ibn Kaysan narrated to us, from Sulayman, who said: Abu Rafi‘ said: He did not command me to make him dismount, but I pitched his tent and he dismounted. ‘Abdullah said: My father said: I asked Ibn ‘Uyaynah about this.

Sufyan narrated to us, from Abu al-Nadr, from Ubayd Allah ibn Abi Rafi', from his father, from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, who said: "Let me not find one of you reclining on his couch, when a matter from my command comes to him, of what I have commanded or forbidden, and he says: 'We do not know; whatever we find in the Book of Allah, we follow it.'"

Zakariya ibn ‘Adi narrated to us, ‘Ubayd Allah ibn ‘Amr narrated to us, from ‘Abd Allah ibn Muhammad ‘Aqil, who said: I asked ‘Ali ibn Husayn, he said: Abu Rafi‘, the freed slave of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, informed me that when Hasan ibn ‘Ali al-Akbar was born, his mother Fatimah wanted to perform ‘aqiqah with two rams, but the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Do not perform ‘aqiqah for him, but shave his head and then give charity in silver equal to the weight of his hair in the way of Allah." Then Husayn was born after that, and she did the same.

Abd al-Razzaq narrated to us, Ibn Jurayj narrated to us, Imran ibn Musa narrated to me, from Sa'id ibn Abi Sa'id al-Maqburi, from his father, that he saw Abu Rafi', the freed slave of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, pass by Hasan ibn Ali while he was praying standing, and he had inserted his braid into the back of his head, so Abu Rafi' untied it. He turned to him angrily, so Abu Rafi' said: "Turn to your prayer and do not be angry, for I heard the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, say: 'That is the portion of Satan,'" meaning: the place where he had inserted his braid.

It is narrated from Abu Tufail, from Abu Sarihah, but it is not narrated as marfu’. One of them mentioned the descent of ‘Isa ibn Maryam, and the other mentioned the wind that will throw them into the sea.