Musnad Ahmad

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that I was present in the service of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) when the two Shaykhs (may Allah be pleased with them both) were seen coming from the front. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Ali! These two are the leaders of all the elders and youths of Paradise, except for the Prophets and Messengers."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that when I intended to send a marriage proposal for the daughter of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), I thought to myself that I have nothing, so how will this happen? Then I remembered the kindness and compassion of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), so I sent the marriage proposal. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said, "Do you have anything?" I replied, "No!" He said, "What happened to that coat of mail of Hatimiyyah which I gave you on such and such day?" I replied, "That is with me." He said, "Then give that." So I brought it and gave it to him.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that once Sayyidah Fatimah (may Allah be pleased with her) came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) with a request for a servant. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Shall I not tell you something better than that? Say Subhan Allah thirty-three times, Allahu Akbar thirty-three times, and Alhamdulillah thirty-three times, and say any one of them thirty-four times."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Allah Almighty loves that believing servant who repents after being afflicted with a trial."

Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said that I used to have a lot of madhi (pre-seminal fluid), and since the daughter of the Prophet (peace be upon him) was in my marriage, I felt shy to ask the Prophet (peace be upon him) about this issue myself. So I asked Sayyiduna Miqdad (may Allah be pleased with him) to ask the Prophet (peace be upon him) about this issue. Accordingly, he asked about this issue, and the Prophet (peace be upon him) said that such a person should wash his private part and perform ablution.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah and Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with them) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "If I did not fear hardship for my ummah, I would have commanded them to use the miswak at the time of every prayer."

Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) says that I used to present myself before the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) twice every morning and evening. If I wanted to enter the house of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and he was praying, I would cough. Once, I came at night, so the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Do you know what happened tonight? I was praying when I sensed some movement in the house. I became anxious and went outside, and there was Jibreel (peace be upon him) standing. He said: 'My whole night has passed waiting for you. A dog has entered your room from somewhere, so I could not come inside, because we do not enter a house in which there is a dog, a person in a state of major impurity, or any picture or statue.'"

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade sacrificing an animal whose ear is cut from the front or back, or has a hole in it, or is torn, or whose other body parts are cut.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "No prayer should be performed after the Asr prayer, except if the sun appears clear and bright, then it is permissible."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade me from reciting the Noble Qur'an in the state of bowing (ruku'), wearing a gold ring, silk clothes, and clothes dyed with safflower.

Abdur Rahman bin Abi Laila says that once Sayyiduna Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) came to visit Sayyiduna Hasan (may Allah be pleased with him) for his illness. Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said to him: Have you come with the intention of visiting the sick or to express happiness over his illness? He replied: I have come with the intention of visiting the sick. Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: If you have truly come with the intention of visiting the sick, then I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: When a person visits his Muslim brother who is ill, he walks in the gardens of Paradise until he sits down. When he sits, Allah’s mercy covers him. Then, if he goes in the morning, seventy thousand angels pray for his forgiveness until the evening, and if he goes in the evening, they pray for him until the morning.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) stood in the plain of Arafat during the Farewell Pilgrimage and said: "This is the place of standing, and the whole of Arafah is the place of standing." Then after sunset, he departed, seated Sayyiduna Usamah (may Allah be pleased with him) behind him, and increased the pace of his mount. People began to rush to the right and left, so the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) turned towards them and said: "O people! Adopt calmness and tranquility." Then when he reached Muzdalifah, he combined the Maghrib and Isha prayers and stayed there the whole night. In the morning, the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) came to Mount Qazah, stood there, and said: "This is the place of standing, and the whole of Muzdalifah is the place of standing." Then, while walking, he reached the valley of Muhassir, stopped there for a moment, then made his she-camel run swiftly until he had crossed that valley (because it was a place of punishment). Then he stopped his mount, seated Sayyiduna Fadl (may Allah be pleased with him) behind him, and while walking reached Mina, came to Jamrat al-Aqabah and pelted it with pebbles. Then he went to the place of sacrifice and said: "This is the place of sacrifice, and the whole of Mina is the place of sacrifice." Then the narrator mentioned the complete hadith.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Only a hypocrite can hate the Arabs."

Ibrahim Taimi narrates from his father that once Sayyiduna Ali Murtaza (may Allah be pleased with him) while delivering a sermon said: Whoever thinks that we have anything besides the Book of Allah and this scroll in which are written the ages of camels and some details about wounds, which we read, then he is a liar. In this scroll it is also written that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "From 'Ir to Thawr, Madinah Munawwarah is a sanctuary. Whoever introduces an innovation in it or gives refuge to an innovator, upon him is the curse of Allah, the angels, and all people. On the Day of Resurrection, Allah will not accept any obligatory or voluntary act of worship from him. And whoever attributes himself to someone other than his father (calls someone else his father), or any slave calls someone other than his master his master, upon him is also the curse of Allah, the angels, and all people. On the Day of Resurrection, Allah will not accept any obligatory or voluntary act from him either. And the responsibility of all Muslims is the same; if an ordinary person grants protection to someone, it must be respected."

Suwaid bin Ghaflah says that Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) once said: When I narrate to you a hadith from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), then falling from the sky is more beloved to me than attributing a lie to him, and when I say something from someone else, then I am a warrior, and war is nothing but strategies and tricks. I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: Near the Day of Judgment, there will emerge such people whose age will be young and whose intellect will be foolish. They will speak the words of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), but faith will not go beyond their throats. Wherever you find them, kill them, for killing them will be a source of reward on the Day of Judgment.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that on the day of the Battle of Khandaq, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "May Allah fill their houses and graves with fire, for they did not let us perform the Asr prayer until the sun had set. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) performed the Asr prayer between Maghrib and Isha."

Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said that I used to have a lot of madhi (pre-seminal fluid), and I felt shy to ask about this issue myself. I asked Sayyiduna Miqdad (may Allah be pleased with him) to ask the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) about this issue. So he asked about it, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Such a person should perform wudu (ablution)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) forbade the recitation of the Noble Qur'an while in the state of bowing (ruku') or prostration (sujud).

Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that I once submitted in the presence of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), "O Messenger of Allah! Why do you prefer other families of Quraysh over us?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Do you also have something (to offer)?" I replied, "Yes! The daughter of Sayyiduna Hamza (may Allah be pleased with him)!" So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "She is not lawful for me because she is my foster niece." (In fact, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and Sayyiduna Amir Hamza were foster brothers as well as uncle and nephew to each other.)

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that one day the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was sitting, and in his blessed hand was a stick with which he was scratching the ground. After a short while, he raised his head and said: "The abode of every one of you, whether in Paradise or Hell, is already known and determined by Allah." The noble companions (may Allah be pleased with them) asked: "O Messenger of Allah! Then why should we act?" He said: "Continue to act, for each person will find it easy to do the deeds for which he was created." Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) recited this verse of the Qur'an: "So as for he who gives, fears Allah, and affirms the best (truth), We will ease him toward ease. But as for he who withholds, considers himself free of need, and denies the best (truth), We will ease him toward difficulty."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that once the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sent out an army and appointed an Ansari as their commander. When they set out, that Ansari became angry with them over something and said to them, "Gather firewood." After that, he had a fire lit in the wood and said, "I make you swear that you must enter this fire." The people were just considering jumping into it when a young man said, "It was from this very fire that you fled and sought refuge with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Do not be hasty; first go and ask the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). If he commands you to jump into it, then certainly do so." So the people stopped and, upon returning, told the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) the whole incident. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "If you had entered it once, you would never have come out of it. Remember! Obedience is only in matters of goodness."

Waqid bin Amr says that I was present at a funeral of someone from Banu Salamah. When I saw the funeral, I stood up. Nafi’ bin Jubair said to me, “Sit down, I will tell you something strong regarding this matter. Mas’ud bin Hakam told me that he heard Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) in the courtyard of the Kufa mosque saying that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to order us to stand upon seeing a funeral, but later he himself started sitting and ordered us to sit as well.”

Abu Sasan Raqashi says that some people from Kufa came to the service of Sayyiduna Uthman Ghani (may Allah be pleased with him) and they informed Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) about some news regarding Walid's drinking of alcohol. Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) also spoke to them about this matter, so Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) said to him, "Your cousin is in your charge, you carry out the punishment on him." He said to Sayyiduna Hasan (may Allah be pleased with him), "Hasan! Stand up and lash him." He said, "You cannot do this work, assign it to someone else." He said, "Actually, you have become weak and helpless, so Abdullah bin Ja'far! You stand up and carry out the punishment on him." Thus, Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Ja'far (may Allah be pleased with him) kept lashing him and Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) kept counting. When forty lashes were completed, Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "Stop now. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) gave forty lashes to the one who drank alcohol, Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) also gave forty lashes, but Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) gave eighty lashes, and both are Sunnah."

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that once Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) came to my house. He asked for water for ablution. We brought him a bowl in which there was about a mudd or close to it of water, and placed it before him. At that time, he had finished relieving himself. He said to me: O Ibn Abbas! Shall I not show you how the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) performed ablution? I said: Why not? May my parents be sacrificed for you. So, a vessel was placed for his ablution. First, he washed both hands, rinsed his mouth, put water into his nose and cleaned it, then took water in both hands and wiped it over his face, and with his thumb, he put water on the front part of his ears, and did this three times. Then, with his right hand, he took a handful of water and poured it on his forehead so that it would flow over his face. Then he washed his right arm up to and including the elbow three times, and washed his left arm in the same way, wiped his head and ears, then took water in both hands and poured it over his feet, while he was wearing shoes. Then he moved the shoe and did the same with the other foot. I asked: Is ablution valid while wearing shoes? He replied: Yes, it is valid. This question and answer happened three times.

Once, the mention of the Khawarij was made in the presence of Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), so he said: Among them there will be a man who is deformed in creation. If you do not go to extremes, I will tell you the promise that Allah has made, through the tongue of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), to those who kill them. The narrator says: I asked him, "Did you really hear any statement from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding this?" So he replied three times: Yes! By the Lord of the Ka'bah.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to teach us the Noble Qur'an, provided that we were not in need of a ritual bath (ghusl) by choice.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that once I submitted in the presence of the Messenger (peace be upon him), "When you send me somewhere, should I go as a molded coin (i.e., strictly following instructions) or should I make decisions after observing the circumstances there, because the person present at the scene sees what the absent one does not see?" He replied: "Rather, keep this in mind that the person present at the scene sees what the absent one does not see (and make decisions after observing the circumstances)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Do not attribute false statements to me, for whoever attributes a false statement to me will enter Hell."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Do not attribute false statements to me, for whoever attributes a false statement to me will enter Hell."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that at first we saw the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) standing out of respect for the funeral, so we also started standing. Later, we saw him sitting, so we also started sitting.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The angels of mercy do not enter a house in which there is a person in a state of major ritual impurity (junub), or an image, or a dog."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) forbade sacrificing an animal whose horn or ear has been cut off.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) forbade (the use of) dubba’ and muzaffat. (The explanation of which has already passed.)

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) cursed ten types of people: the one who consumes usury, the one who gives usury to others, the one who writes usurious transactions, the witnesses to usurious transactions, the one who performs halalah, the one for whom halalah is performed, the one who withholds zakat, the woman who tattoos others, and the woman who gets herself tattooed.

Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sent me to Yemen, I was young at that time. I said to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), "You are sending me to a people among whom there are differences and disputes, and I have absolutely no knowledge of making judgments?" He said: "Allah will guide your tongue to the right path and will strengthen your heart." Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) says that after that, I never had any doubt in making decisions between two people.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that once the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) passed by me while I was ill, and I was making this supplication: "O Allah! If the time of my death is near, then grant me relief from this illness and call me to Yourself. If it is to be delayed, then raise me up, and if this is a trial, then grant me patience." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "What are you saying?" I repeated my words. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) struck me with his foot, meaning he expressed displeasure, and said: "What are you saying?" I repeated my words again. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) supplicated: "O Allah! Grant him well-being and healing." Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) says that after that, I never suffered that pain again.

The previous narration is also mentioned through another chain, which has already been stated in the wording.

Abdullah bin Salamah says that I was present with a man in the company of Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him). He said that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would come out after relieving himself and start reciting the Noble Qur'an without performing ablution. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would also eat meat with us, and nothing except major ritual impurity (janabah) would prevent him from reciting the Qur'an.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, that I heard the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, say: The best of women is Lady Maryam bint Imran, peace be upon her, and the best of women is Lady Khadijah, may Allah be pleased with her.

Zadhan says that I heard Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) in the courtyard of the mosque, asking people by Allah to tell who was present with the Prophet (peace be upon him) at the occasion of Ghadir Khumm and who heard the statement of the Prophet (peace be upon him)? At this, thirteen men stood up and all of them testified that they heard the Prophet (peace be upon him) saying: "Whoever I am the master of, Ali is also his master."