Musnad Ahmad

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that during the illness of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), some people came to visit him. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) led them in prayer while sitting, and the people began to pray standing. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) gestured to them to sit down, and after finishing the prayer, he said: "The Imam is appointed so that he may be followed. When he bows, you should also bow; when he raises his head, you should also raise your heads; and when he prays sitting, you should also pray sitting."

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that a man said to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), "My mother’s soul has been taken, and I think that if she could speak, she would have instructed to give some charity. If I give charity on her behalf, will she receive its reward?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Yes!"

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that Hazrat Umm Habibah and Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with them) once mentioned a church which they had seen in Abyssinia and in which there were pictures. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: When a righteous man among those people would die, they would build a mosque over his grave and make these pictures there. They will be the worst of creatures in the sight of Allah on the Day of Resurrection.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that once during his final illness, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Call some of my companions to me." I said, "Abu Bakr?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "No." I said, "Umar?" He said, "No." I said, "Umar?" He said, "No." I said, "Shall I call Uthman?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Yes!" When he came, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) told me to move away from there and began to speak to him in whispers. During this, the color of Hazrat Uthman's (may Allah be pleased with him) face kept changing. Then, when Hazrat Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) was besieged on the day of the house, we said to him, "O Leader of the Believers! Why do you not fight?" He replied, "No, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) took a covenant from me, and I will remain steadfast upon it."

Qais (may Allah have mercy on him) says that when Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) reached near the springs of Banu Amir at night, the dogs there started barking. Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) asked, "Which spring is this?" People informed her that it was the spring of Haw'ab. Upon hearing its name, she said, "I think I should return from here." One of her companions said, "You should keep going; when the Muslims see you, perhaps Allah will bring about reconciliation among them through you." She replied, "Once the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to us: 'What will be the condition of one of you when the dogs of Haw'ab will bark at her?'"

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to order the killing of those snakes which have a cut tail or are two-striped, because such snakes cause blindness and cause miscarriages in women.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that people used to bring their children to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would pray for them. Once, a child was brought and he urinated on the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Pour water over it."

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that the details of the Prophet's (peace and blessings be upon him) ritual bath (ghusl) after impurity are as follows: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would first wash both his hands, then perform ablution (wudu) as for prayer, then run his fingers through the roots of his hair, and when he was sure that his hand had reached the skin, he would pour water three times, then pour water over the rest of his body.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that I never saw the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) performing the night prayer while sitting. However, when the blessed body of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) became heavy, he would perform as much prayer as Allah willed while sitting, and when thirty or forty verses of the surah remained, he would stand up, recite them, and then go into prostration.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that once the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) brought a prisoner to my place. I got busy with the women and became heedless, and the prisoner ran away. After a short while, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) returned and asked, "Where is the prisoner?" I replied, "I was busy with the women and became heedless, and during that time he ran away." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "May your hands be broken! What have you done?" Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) went outside and announced among the people about the prisoner. People went out in search of him and brought him back. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came to me, and I was turning my hands over and looking at them. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked, "What has happened to you? Have you gone mad?" I replied, "You had cursed me, so I am turning my hands over and looking to see which of them will break." Upon this, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) raised his hands for supplication, and after praising and glorifying Allah, he said, "O Allah! I am also a human being, and like other human beings, I also get angry. So, for any believing man or woman whom I have cursed, make it a means of purification and cleansing for them."

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Hazrat Jibreel (peace be upon him) continued to advise me to treat the neighbor well, to the extent that I thought he would make him an heir.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would not leave in his house any cloth on which there was a sign of a cross, until he would remove it.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to offer two rak'ahs between the call to Fajr prayer and the (Fajr) prayer itself.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that during the illness of the Prophet (peace be upon him) leading to his death, we put medicine into his mouth. The Prophet (peace be upon him) kept signaling to us not to put medicine into his mouth, but we thought this was just like every sick person who dislikes medicine. When the Prophet (peace be upon him) regained consciousness, he said, "Did I not forbid you from putting medicine into my mouth?" Now, except for Abbas, let no one remain in this house whose mouth is not given medicine, because he was not present with you.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whenever a Muslim is afflicted with any hardship, it becomes a source of reward and expiation for him.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: On the Day of Resurrection, you will be gathered barefoot, naked, and uncircumcised. She asked, "O Messenger of Allah! Will men and women be looking at each other?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) replied: "Aisha! The matter at that time will be much more severe than that people would pay attention to this."

Narrated to us by Rawh, narrated to us by Hatim ibn Abi Saghirah, narrated to us by Abdullah ibn Abi Mulaykah, he said: Al-Qasim ibn Muhammad narrated to me, from Aisha, she said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, and he mentioned the like of it.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that we had a curtain on which there was a picture of a bird. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me, "Aisha! Change this curtain. Whenever I enter the house and my eyes fall upon it, the world comes to my mind." Similarly, we had a sheet about which we used to say that its designs were of silk, and we used to wear it.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that once a Jewish woman came to me asking for something and said, "May Allah protect you from the punishment of the grave." When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came, I asked, "O Messenger of Allah! Will there be punishment in the graves for us?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "May Allah protect (us)!" and mounted his ride. Meanwhile, a solar eclipse occurred. I also went out, and while I was between the chambers with the other noble wives, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) arrived. He went to his prayer mat, and the people formed the intention to pray behind the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) stood for a long time, then bowed for a long time, then raised his head and stood for quite a while, then bowed again for a long time, then raised his head and stood for a long time, then performed a long prostration, then stood up, but this standing was shorter than the first unit. Similarly, the first bowing was shorter than the first bowing of the first unit, the standing was shorter than the first standing, the second bowing was shorter than the first bowing, and the prostration was shorter than the first prostration. In this way, there were four bowings and four prostrations. Meanwhile, the sun also became clear. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Your trial in the graves will be like the trial through Dajjal." After that, I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) seeking Allah's protection from the punishment of the grave.

It is narrated from Hazrat Zararah (may Allah be pleased with him) that Hazrat Sa’d bin Hisham bin ‘Amir (may Allah be pleased with him) divorced his wife, then intended to go for jihad in the path of Allah, so he came to Madinah Munawwarah and intended to sell his land and other property so that he could buy weapons and horses with it and fight against the Romans until death. When he arrived in Madinah Munawwarah and met some people from among the people of Madinah, they forbade Hazrat Sa’d (may Allah be pleased with him) from doing so and informed him that during the blessed life of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), six men had also intended to do the same, but the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had stopped them from doing so. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “Is there not an example for you in my life?” When the people of Madinah narrated this hadith to Hazrat Sa’d (may Allah be pleased with him), he took back his wife whom he had divorced and made people witnesses to his taking her back. Then he went to Hazrat Ibn ‘Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) and asked him about the Witr prayer of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). Hazrat Ibn ‘Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said, “Shall I not tell you of the person among the people of the earth who knows the most about the Witr prayer of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)?” Hazrat Sa’d (may Allah be pleased with him) asked, “Who is that?” Hazrat Ibn ‘Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said, “Hazrat ‘A’ishah (may Allah be pleased with her), so go to her and ask her, then come back to me and inform me of what she tells you.” (Hazrat Sa’d (may Allah be pleased with him) said) Then I went to Hazrat ‘A’ishah (may Allah be pleased with her) (and first I) came to Hakim bin Aflah and said to him, “Take me to Hazrat ‘A’ishah (may Allah be pleased with her).” He said, “I cannot take you to Hazrat ‘A’ishah (may Allah be pleased with her) because I had forbidden her from saying anything about those two groups (between ‘Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) and Mu’awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him)), but she did not listen and went ahead.” Hazrat Sa’d (may Allah be pleased with him) says, “I made him swear, so he set out with us to go to Hazrat ‘A’ishah (may Allah be pleased with her), and we sought permission. Hazrat ‘A’ishah (may Allah be pleased with her) granted us permission, and we presented ourselves before her. Hazrat ‘A’ishah (may Allah be pleased with her) recognized Hakim bin Aflah and said, ‘Is this Hakim?’ Hakim said, ‘Yes!’ Hazrat ‘A’ishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said, ‘Who is with you?’ Hakim said, ‘Sa’d bin Hisham.’ She (Hazrat ‘A’ishah (may Allah be pleased with her)) said, ‘Who is Hisham?’ Hakim said, ‘The son of ‘Amir.’ Hazrat ‘A’ishah (may Allah be pleased with her) prayed for mercy on ‘Amir and spoke good words about him. I said, ‘O Mother of the Believers! Tell me about the character of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him).’ Hazrat ‘A’ishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said, ‘Do you not read the Qur’an?’ I said, ‘I do.’ Hazrat ‘A’ishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said, ‘The character of the Prophet of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was the Qur’an itself.’ Hazrat Sa’d says, ‘I intended to get up and leave and never ask anyone anything until I died. Then I thought and said, ‘Tell me about the (night) prayer of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him).’ Hazrat ‘A’ishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said, ‘Have you not read “O you who wraps himself [in clothing]” (Surah Al-Muzzammil)?’ I said, ‘Yes!’ Hazrat ‘A’ishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said, ‘Allah Almighty made standing in prayer at night obligatory at the beginning of this Surah, so the Prophet of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and his noble Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) stood in prayer at night for a year, and Allah Almighty withheld the last part of this Surah in the heavens for twelve months, until Allah Almighty revealed the concession at the end of this Surah, so after the night prayer (Tahajjud) was made obligatory, it became voluntary.’ Hazrat Sa’d (may Allah be pleased with him) said, ‘We used to prepare the miswak and water for ablution for you, so Allah Almighty would awaken you at night whenever He wished, so you would use the miswak and perform ablution and pray nine rak’ahs. In these rak’ahs, you would not sit except after the eighth rak’ah, and you would remember Allah Almighty, praise Him, and supplicate to Him, then you would stand up and not say salam, then stand and pray the ninth rak’ah, then you would sit, remember Allah Almighty, praise Him, and supplicate to Him. Then you would say salam and make us hear your salam. Then after saying salam, you would pray two rak’ahs while sitting, so these became eleven rak’ahs. O my son! Then when the age of the Prophet of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) increased and his blessed body became heavier, he began to pray seven rak’ahs of Witr and two rak’ahs in the same manner as previously described, so these became nine rak’ahs.’

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: No person should offer prayer when food has been served before him, or while suppressing the urge to urinate or defecate.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not observe any voluntary prayer more regularly than the two rak'ahs before Fajr among the optional prayers.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) married her in the month of Shawwal and in Shawwal she was sent to his house. Now tell me, which wife had a greater share with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) than me? (Therefore, to say that the month of Shawwal is unlucky is incorrect.) For this reason, Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) liked that women should be sent to their husbands' homes in the month of Shawwal.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Bilal gives the call to prayer when there is still a portion of the night remaining, so after his call you may eat and drink, until Ibn Umm Maktum gives the call to prayer. She says: To my knowledge, the interval between the two calls was only as much as it would take for someone to descend and another to ascend.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that sometimes when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would pray at night, I would be lying between him and the Qiblah. When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) wanted to prostrate, he would pinch my feet, I would draw up my feet, and then he would prostrate.

Abu Salamah (may Allah have mercy on him) says that I asked Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), "Mother! How many rak'ahs did the Prophet (peace be upon him) pray after the 'Isha prayer?" She replied, "He used to pray four rak'ahs standing, two rak'ahs sitting, and two rak'ahs between the adhan and iqamah of Fajr."

Masruq says that I asked Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), "Did the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) recite anything when entering the house?" She replied that when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would enter the house, he would say: "If the son of Adam had two valleys full of wealth, he would seek a third, and nothing can fill his mouth except dust. We only made wealth so that prayer may be established and zakat may be given, and whoever repents, Allah accepts his repentance."

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The most detested person is the one who is extremely quarrelsome.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that after the passing of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), Hazrat Siddiq Akbar (may Allah be pleased with him) kissed him.

Urwah bin Zubair (may Allah have mercy on him) asked Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) whether the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) performed Umrah in the month of Rajab. He replied, "Yes!" Urwah conveyed this to Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), and she said, "May Allah have mercy on Abu Abdur Rahman. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) performed every Umrah that he performed, and they (Ibn Umar and others) were with him (but he forgot that) the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) never performed Umrah in Rajab." Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) neither affirmed nor denied this, but remained silent.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) instructed me, I would tie my lower garment even though I was menstruating, then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would place his body against mine, and I would wash the blessed head of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) even though I was menstruating, while the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was in i'tikaf.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) once said to me that Hazrat Jibreel (peace be upon him) is conveying greetings of peace to you. She replied, "Wa 'alayhi wa rahmatullah."

Alqamah (may Allah be pleased with him) says that I asked Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) about the special deeds of the Prophet (peace be upon him) during his special days. She replied, "Who among you can have the strength that the Prophet (peace be upon him) had? However, remember that every deed of the Prophet (peace be upon him) was continuous."

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The grave squeezes once, and if anyone could have been saved from this, it would have been Saad bin Muadh.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: Whoever loves to meet Allah, Allah loves to meet him, and whoever dislikes to meet Allah, Allah dislikes to meet him. And before meeting Allah, there is death.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Among the previous nations there were some people who were Muhaddath (those who received inspiration from Allah); if there is any such person in my Ummah, it is Umar.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) kissed the body of Hazrat Uthman bin Maz'oon (may Allah be pleased with him), and I saw that tears were flowing on the face of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: When any one of you feels drowsy, he should go to sleep until his sleep is complete, because if he prays while in a state of drowsiness, it is possible that he may intend to seek forgiveness but may unknowingly curse himself.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that when the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) arrived in Madinah Munawwarah, it was the most epidemic-prone area on Allah’s earth, due to which Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) fell ill. So the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) prayed to Allah: O Allah! Grant us love for Madinah like we have for Makkah, or even greater; make it suitable for us; bless its mudd and sa’ for us; and transfer its fever towards Juhfa.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that if the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) commanded people to do something within their capacity, and they would say, "O Messenger of Allah! We are not like you; Allah Almighty has forgiven all your past and future sins," then the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) would become displeased, and signs of anger would appear on his blessed face.