Musnad Ahmad

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) used to perform the Duha prayer.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that he addressed his companion "Hayan" and said: I am sending you for the same task for which the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sent me. He commanded me to level every grave and to obliterate every idol.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had a large blessed head, big eyes, long eyelashes, reddish streaks in his eyes, a thick beard, a radiant complexion, and his manner of walking was such that he would walk with firm, small, and swift steps. It seemed as if he (peace and blessings be upon him) was descending a slope, and when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) turned his attention to someone, he would turn his attention completely. The palms of his hands and both his blessed feet were full.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) used to pray three rak‘ahs of Witr.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that once the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) recited the Noble Qur'an after becoming without ablution and before touching water.

Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that once, due to the severity of hunger, I left my house (I passed by a woman who had gathered some clay; I understood that she wanted to moisten it with water. I went to her and made an agreement with her that) for every bucket I draw, you will give me one date. So I drew sixteen buckets (until my hands became tired). Then I went to the water and drank some water (after that, I went to the woman and stretched out both my hands, and she counted out sixteen dates and placed them in my hands). I took those dates and went to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) (and told him the whole incident), and I fed some dates to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and ate some myself.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that a man came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: "I have made a vow that I will slaughter my she-camel and do such-and-such things." He (the Prophet) said: "Slaughter your she-camel, but such-and-such things are from Satan, so leave them."

A man from Banu Asad says that Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) came to us. People asked him questions about Witr. He said that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded us to perform Witr at this time. Ibn Nabbah! Get up and give the adhan.

Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me: "When two parties come to you, do not listen to only one of them, rather listen to both of them; you will see how you judge." Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) says that after this, I continuously remained in the position of judge.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) intended to set out on a journey, he would recite this supplication: O Allah! I attack with the blessing of Your name, I move with the blessing of Your name, and I walk with the blessing of Your name.

Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that once the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had excess blood removed from a vein of his blessed body and ordered me to give wages to the person who performed this task, who was called a hajjam (barber/cupping practitioner).

Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered me to bring a tablet so that he could write instructions on it, by following which the Ummah would never go astray after him. I feared that if I went to get paper, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) might pass away in my absence, so I said, "O Messenger of Allah! Please tell me verbally, I will remember it." He said: "I advise you to establish prayer and give zakat, and I also emphasize good treatment of slaves."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) in a marfu’ form that whoever relates a false dream will be made to tie a knot in a grain of barley on the Day of Resurrection (he will be ordered to do so).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Soon there will be differences in the Ummah; if safety is possible for you, then choose that."

Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) says that Allah has declared war to be a stratagem through the words of your Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him).

Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said that Allah has declared war to be a stratagem on the tongue of your Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that once a silk garment was sent as a gift to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) from somewhere. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sent it to me. I wore it, but when I saw signs of displeasure on the blessed face of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), I distributed it among my women.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) in a marfu’ form that whoever relates a false dream will be made to tie a knot in a grain of barley on the Day of Resurrection (he will be ordered to do so).

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 observe continuous fasting until Suhoor (i.e., after Iftar he would not eat or drink anything until Suhoor).

Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that upon facing any pain or hardship, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) taught me this supplication: "There is no deity except Allah, He is Most Forbearing and Most Merciful. Allah is free from every defect and imperfection. The Being of Allah is greatly blessed, He is the Lord of the Mighty Throne, and all praise is for Allah, the Lord of all the worlds."

Once, Sayyiduna Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) came to visit Sayyiduna Hasan (may Allah be pleased with him) due to his illness. Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said to him: Have you come with the intention of visiting the sick or just to meet? He replied: O Commander of the Faithful! I have come with the intention of visiting the sick. Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say that when a person visits his Muslim brother who is ill, seventy thousand angels pray for his forgiveness from morning till evening, and Allah Almighty creates a "khareef" for him in Paradise. We asked: O Commander of the Faithful! What is meant by "khareef"? He replied: It is a canal from which gardens are irrigated.

Zaid bin Wahb narrates that once a group of Khawarij from Basra came to Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), among them was a man named Ja'd bin Ba'jah. He said, "Ali! Fear Allah, you too will die one day." He (Ali) replied, "No, rather I will be martyred. It will be a single blow that will strike my head and color this beard. This is a settled matter and a decided thing, and the person who fabricates lies will be at loss." Then that man took out some insects from Sayyiduna Ali's (may Allah be pleased with him) garment, so he (Ali) said, "What concern do you have with my garment? It is far from arrogance and worthy that Muslims follow me in this matter."

Harith bin Abdullah A’war says that once I thought in my heart that tonight I must visit the Commander of the Faithful, Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), and ask him about the matter which I heard from him yesterday. So, after ‘Isha prayer, I went to him. Then he mentioned the complete hadith and narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: Jibreel came to me and said, “O Muhammad! Your ummah will fall into disagreements after you.” I asked, “O Jibreel! What is the way to safety from this?” He said, “The Noble Qur’an. Through it, Allah will destroy every oppressor. Whoever holds firmly to it will be saved, and whoever abandons it will be destroyed.” He said this twice. Then he said, “This Qur’an is a decisive word; it is not a thing of amusement. It does not become old on the tongues, its wonders never cease. In it are the stories of those before, the judgments for those in between, and the events that will happen after.”

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that once the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came to us at night and woke us up for prayer, then went to his own room and began to pray. After a long time had passed and he did not hear any movement from us, he came again and woke us up and said: "Stand up and pray." I sat up rubbing my eyes and said, "We can only pray that which has been written for us, and our souls are in Allah's possession; when He wants to wake us, He wakes us." Upon hearing this, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not reply to me and went back. I listened carefully and heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) striking his hand on his thigh and saying, "We can only pray that which has been written for us. Man is indeed very argumentative."

Zaid bin Wahb narrates that when the Khawarij rebelled at Nahrawan, Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) stood among his companions and said: "These people have shed blood unjustly, have plundered people's animals, and they are your nearest enemies. Therefore, in my opinion, you should march towards your enemies. I fear that these people may attack you from behind. And I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say that a group will appear in my Ummah whose prayers will seem insignificant compared to your prayers, whose fasts will seem insignificant compared to your fasts, whose recitation will seem insignificant compared to your recitation. They will recite the Qur'an thinking that they are earning reward from it, but it will be a cause of punishment for them, because the Qur'an will not go below their throats. They will go out of Islam just as an arrow passes through its prey. And their sign will be that among them there will be a man who will have an arm but no elbow, and on his hand there will be a mark like the nipple of a woman's breast, around which will be a cluster of white hairs. If any army that attacks them were to know the reward that has been promised about them by their Prophet, they would rely solely on that. Therefore, set out in the name of Allah." After this, the narrator mentioned the complete hadith.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Zubair (may Allah be pleased with him) says: By Allah! We were with Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) at the place of Juhfa when a delegation from the people of Syria came to him, among whom was Habib bin Maslamah Fahri. The mention of Hajj Tamattu' was brought up before Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him), so he said: The completion of Hajj and Umrah is that both should not be combined in the months of Hajj. If you delay your Umrah and visit the House of Allah twice, then this is more virtuous, because Allah Almighty has placed ease and spaciousness in good deeds. At that time, Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) was in the valley feeding his camel. When he learned of what Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) had said, he came to him and said: Will you prevent people from a Sunnah of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and from the concession which Allah has given His servants in the Qur'an, and thereby put them in hardship? Whereas for the needy person and for the one whose house is far, this ruling, i.e., Hajj Tamattu', still remains. After saying this, Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) entered into the state of Ihram for both Hajj and Umrah (so that the permissibility of this would become clear to the people). Upon this, Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) came before the people and asked them: Have I prohibited Hajj Tamattu'? I have not prohibited it; it was merely an opinion which I suggested. Whoever wishes may accept it, and whoever wishes may leave it.

Mas'ud bin Hakm Ansari's mother says: It seems to me as if I can still see Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) before my eyes, riding on the white mule of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), during the Farewell Pilgrimage. He stopped by a group of the Ansar and said: O people! The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to say: These are not days of fasting; rather, these are days of eating, drinking, and remembrance.

Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) says that I never heard the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) combine his parents for anyone except Sayyiduna Sa’d (may Allah be pleased with him). On the day of the Battle of Uhud, he was saying to Sayyiduna Sa’d bin Abi Waqqas (may Allah be pleased with him): “Sa’d, shoot (arrows), may my parents be sacrificed for you.”

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me: "I do not say to you" that you are forbidden from wearing a gold ring, silk, or clothes dyed with safflower, and from reciting the Noble Qur'an in the state of bowing (ruku’). And once, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) gifted me a silk garment. I wore it and went out, so he said: "Ali! I did not give it to you so that you would wear it yourself." So I took it and went back to Sayyidah Fatimah (may Allah be pleased with her) and handed one edge of it to her so that she would pull it with me, and thus I tore it into two pieces. Seeing this, Sayyidah Fatimah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: "What has happened to you? What have you done?" I said: "The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) has forbidden me from wearing this garment, so now you make a dress for yourself from it, and give it to the women of the house as well."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I have exempted you from paying zakat on horses and slaves, therefore you must pay zakat on silver in any case. Its nisab is that for every forty, one dirham will be obligatory. Nothing will be obligatory up to one hundred and ninety dirhams, but when their amount reaches two hundred, then five dirhams will be obligatory on it."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that once the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me, "Shall I not teach you such words that when you utter them with your tongue, your sins will be forgiven, even though your sins have already been forgiven? Recite these words, whose translation is: There is no deity except Allah, He is Forbearing and Generous. There is no deity except Allah, He is Great and Exalted. Allah is free from every defect and shortcoming. He is the Lord of the seven heavens and the Mighty Throne. All praise is for Allah, the Lord of all the worlds."

Abu Yahya says that when a wretched and wicked man named Ibn Muljam made a murderous attack on Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Treat him in the same way as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) treated the person who intended to martyr him." Then he said: "Kill him and burn his corpse."

Nuaim bin Dajjajah says that once Sayyiduna Abu Mas’ud Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) came to Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him). Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: “Are you the one who said that a hundred years will not pass over the people before there will not remain an eye on the earth that blinks, meaning all the people will die?” What the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) actually said was: “Of those who are alive today, after a hundred years, there will not remain an eye among them that blinks,” meaning the Day of Judgment is not intended. By Allah! After a hundred years, this Ummah will receive ease.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) gave in the dowry of Sayyidah Fatimah (may Allah be pleased with her) a coarse cloth, a water skin, and a leather pillow stuffed with a grass called idhkhir.

Once, Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) carried out the punishment of stoning on a woman from Kufa. On Thursday, he flogged her, and on Friday, he stoned her to death. He said, "I flogged her because of the Noble Qur'an, and I stoned her because of the Sunnah."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) would begin the obligatory prayer after the takbeer, he would say "Allahu Akbar" and raise his hands to the level of his shoulders. After completing the recitation, when he (peace be upon him) would go into bowing (ruku'), he would do the same. When rising from ruku', he would do the same. While sitting, during any posture, he (peace be upon him) would not raise his hands. However, when he would stand up after performing both prostrations, he would say the takbeer while raising his hands.

Nuaim bin Dajjajah says that once Sayyiduna Abu Mas'ud Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) came to Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him). Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Is it you who said that a hundred years will not pass over the people before there remains no eye on the earth that blinks, meaning all people will die?" What the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) actually said was that among those who are alive today, after a hundred years, there will not remain any eye that blinks, meaning it does not refer to the Day of Judgment. By Allah! After a hundred years, this Ummah will receive ease.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that when the day of Friday comes, the devils come out from their places and try to keep people busy in the markets. They have some flags with them. On the other hand, the angels sit at the doors of the mosques and write down the rewards for people according to their ranks: for the first, for the second, and for those who come after, until the Imam comes out. So whoever sits close to the Imam, sits silently, listens attentively to his words, and does not engage in any idle activity, for him there is double reward. And whoever sits far from the Imam but still sits silently, listens attentively, and does not engage in any idle activity, for him there is single reward. And whoever sits close to the Imam but engages in useless activities, does not sit silently, nor listens attentively to his words, for him there is single sin. And whoever says "be quiet" to someone to silence him, he too has spoken, and whoever speaks during the sermon will not receive any reward for Friday. Then he said: I heard this from your Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in this way.

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 Hour will not be established (until all of my companions have completely departed from this world); to the extent that one of my companions will be sought as something lost is sought, but not a single companion will be found."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) cursed the one who consumes usury, the one who gives it to others, the one who writes usurious transactions, the witnesses to usurious transactions, the one who performs halalah, and the one for whom halalah is performed.