Musnad Ahmad

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that a man captured a woman and took her as a prisoner. The woman resisted him by grabbing the hilt of his sword (trying to snatch his sword), so the man killed her. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) passed by there and was informed of the whole matter. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade the killing of women.

And once the Prophet (peace be upon him) sent an expedition towards Mu'tah and appointed Sayyiduna Zaid bin Harithah (may Allah be pleased with him) as its commander. In case he was martyred, Sayyiduna Ja'far (may Allah be pleased with him) was to be appointed, and if he was martyred, then Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Rawahah (may Allah be pleased with him) was to be appointed. Sayyiduna Ibn Rawahah (may Allah be pleased with him) stayed behind and participated in the Friday prayer with the Prophet (peace be upon him). When the Prophet (peace be upon him) saw him, he said, "What prevented you from setting out with your companions in the morning?" He replied, "I thought I would perform the Friday prayer with you and then join them." Upon this, the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: "Going out in the way of Allah in the morning or evening is better than the world and whatever is in it."

And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "He is not one of us who has intercourse with a pregnant woman."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that on the day of the Battle of the Trench, the Muslims killed a man from among the polytheists. The polytheists began to offer wealth and riches in order to retrieve his corpse, but the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Hand over his corpse to them as it is; it is a filthy corpse and its blood money is also impure."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that once the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed in a garment—having wrapped it well—and used its extra part to protect himself from the heat and cold of the ground.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that once Abu Jahl passed by the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: "Did I not forbid you?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) rebuked him. He said: "Muhammad! You are rebuking me even though you know that no one in this entire city has a greater assembly than mine?" Upon this, Hazrat Jibreel (peace be upon him) descended with this verse: «﴿فَلْيَدْعُ نَادِيَهُ﴾ [العلق : 17]» "Let him call his assembly," Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) says: If he had called his companions, the angels of punishment, "Zabaniyah," would have seized him.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to deliver the sermon standing on the day of Jumu'ah, then he would sit for a short while, and then stand up again and deliver the sermon.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "There is appointed for each one of you a companion from among the devils." The people asked: "O Messenger of Allah! Is this also the case with you?" He replied: "Yes! But Allah has helped me and my devil has submitted to me."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that on the night when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was granted the great honor of Mi'raj, he (peace be upon him) entered Paradise and heard a slight sound on one side of it. The Prophet (peace be upon him) asked: "Jibreel! What is this?" He replied: "This is your muezzin Bilal." After returning, the Prophet (peace be upon him) told the people: "Bilal has succeeded; I saw such and such things for him." Anyway! On the night of Mi'raj, the Prophet (peace be upon him) met Prophet Musa (peace be upon him), who welcomed the Prophet (peace be upon him) and said: «مَرْحَبًا بِالنَّبِيِّ الْاُمِّيِّ», he was a wheat-colored, tall man whose hair was straight and reached his ears or above. The Prophet (peace be upon him) asked: "Jibreel! Who is this?" He replied: "This is Musa (peace be upon him)." Moving a little further, he met Prophet Isa (peace be upon him), who also welcomed the Prophet (peace be upon him). The Prophet (peace be upon him) asked: "Jibreel! Who is this?" He replied: "This is Isa (peace be upon him)." Moving a little further, he met a dignified and venerable elder, who also welcomed the Prophet (peace be upon him) and greeted him as all the others had. The Prophet (peace be upon him) asked: "Jibreel! Who is this?" He replied: "This is your father (great ancestor), Ibrahim (peace be upon him)." During this same journey of Mi'raj, the Prophet (peace be upon him) also saw Hell, where he saw a group eating dead corpses. The Prophet (peace be upon him) asked: "Jibreel! Who are these people?" He replied: "These are the people who eat the flesh of others (commit backbiting)." There, the Prophet (peace be upon him) also saw a man of red complexion with curly hair, and if you saw him, he would appear disheveled. The Prophet (peace be upon him) asked: "Jibreel, who is this?" He replied: "This is the unfortunate one who hamstrung the she-camel of Salih." Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) says that when the Prophet (peace be upon him) entered Masjid al-Aqsa, he (peace be upon him) stood up to pray, but when the Prophet (peace be upon him) turned his attention, all the Prophets were offering prayer behind him in congregation. When the Prophet (peace be upon him) finished the prayer, two bowls were brought to him, one from the right side and one from the left side. One contained milk and the other honey. The Prophet (peace be upon him) took the bowl of milk and drank it. The angel who brought the bowl said: "You have chosen the sound nature (fitrah)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that once I stood on the left side of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) during prayer, so the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) moved me to his right side.

The previous hadith is also narrated through this second chain of transmission.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "I will be waiting for you at the Hawd (Pond) of Kawthar and I will be there before you. Whoever reaches the Hawd of Kawthar will be successful. However, some people will be brought there but they will be seized from the left side. I will say: 'O Lord! (These are my followers).' It will be said: 'These people turned back on their heels and became apostates after you.'"

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to take good omens, did not entertain evil suspicions, and he (peace be upon him) liked good names.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) in a marfu’ form that: He is not one of us who does not respect elders, does not show kindness to the young, and does not enjoin what is right and forbid what is wrong.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: There are five creatures, each of which is wicked, and a person in the state of ihram may kill them, and they may also be killed within the Haram: the mouse, the scorpion, the snake, the rabid dog, and the crow.

The previous hadith is also narrated through this second chain of transmission.

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) says that I have preserved all the Sunnahs of the Prophet (peace be upon him), but there are three things I do not know: The first is whether the Prophet (peace be upon him) used to recite (audibly) in Zuhr and Asr or not? And I also do not know how the Prophet (peace be upon him) used to pronounce this word: «وَقَدْ بَلَغْتُ مِنْ الْكِبَرِ عُتِيًّا» (with a dhamma on ‘Ain and with a Ta) or «عُسُيًّا» (with a dhamma on ‘Ain and with a Seen)? The third thing the narrator forgot.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Quraysh demanded from the Prophet (peace be upon him) to supplicate to his Lord to turn the mountain of Safa into gold for them, and to remove the other mountains so that they could cultivate the land, and they said, "We will believe in you." (The Prophet [peace be upon him] said: "Will you really believe?" They said: "Yes!" The Prophet [peace be upon him] supplicated, and Jibreel [peace be upon him] appeared and said: "Your Lord sends you greetings and says:) 'If you wish, wait, and if you wish, the mountain of Safa will be turned into gold for them, but after that, if any of them disbelieves, then I will destroy them as I destroyed the former peoples.'" The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, "I will wait." Then Allah the Exalted revealed this verse: «﴿وَمَا مَنَعَنَا أَنْ نُرْسِلَ بِالْآيَاتِ إِلَّا أَنْ كَذَّبَ بِهَا الْأَوَّلُونَ وَآتَيْنَا ثَمُودَ النَّاقَةَ مُبْصِرَةً﴾ [الإسراء : 59]» "Nothing prevents Us from sending the signs except that the former peoples denied them. So We gave Thamud the she-camel as a visible sign, but they wronged her."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the name of Sayyidah Juwayriyyah (may Allah be pleased with her) was Barrah. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not like this name and changed it to Juwayriyyah. The reason for this dislike was that it might be said: "The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) is coming from Barrah." The narrator says that once the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) left after prayer and came to Sayyidah Juwayriyyah (may Allah be pleased with her). Sayyidah Juwayriyyah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: "O Messenger of Allah! After you left, I have been sitting here continuously." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to her: "After I left you, I said a few words which, if weighed, would outweigh all the glorifications you have recited, and those words are: «سُبْحَانَ اللّٰهِ عَدَدَ مَا خَلَقَ اللّٰهُ سُبْحَانَ اللّٰهِ رِضَاءَ نَفْسِهِ سُبْحَانَ اللّٰهِ زِنَةَ عَرْشِهِ سُبْحَانَ اللّٰهِ مِدَادَ كَلِمَاتِهِ.»"

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Fast upon sighting the moon and celebrate Eid al-Fitr upon sighting the moon. If clouds come between you and the moon, then complete the count to thirty. However, sometimes the month is also of twenty-nine days."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that a man came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: O Messenger of Allah! My mother has passed away, and she had a month's worth of fasts due upon her. Can I make them up on her behalf? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Tell me, if your mother had a debt, would you pay it off or not?" He said: Of course. The Prophet said: "Then Allah's debt is more deserving of being paid."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had cupping done and gave the cupper his wages, and medicine was administered into his nose.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was asked about the ruling if there is any change in the order of sacrifice, stoning, and shaving (or any other change in the sequence). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "There is no harm."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that once the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ate roasted shoulder meat and performed prayer without renewing his ablution.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "There are two blessings among the blessings of Allah regarding which many people are deceived: health and free time."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that once the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ate only meat or meat with bone and performed prayer, and did not perform fresh ablution.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to teach him this supplication just as he would teach a surah from the Noble Qur'an, and he used to say: "Say like this: «اَللّٰهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ عَذَابِ جَهَنَّمَ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ الْمَسِيحِ الدَّجَّالِ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ فِتْنَةِ الْمَحْيَا وَالْمَمَاتِ» 'O Allah! I seek refuge in You from the punishment of Hell, from the punishment of the grave, from the trial of the False Messiah (Dajjal), and from the trials of life and death.'"

The previous hadith is also narrated through this second chain of transmission.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was afflicted with hardship, he used to say: «لَا إِلٰهَ إِلَّا اللّٰهُ الْعَظِيمُ الْحَلِيمُ لَا إِلٰهَ إِلَّا اللّٰهُ أَنْتَ رَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ لَا إِلٰهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ رَبُّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَرَبُّ الْأَرْضِ وَرَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْكَرِيمِ» "There is no deity except Allah, the Most Great, the Most Forbearing. There is no deity except Allah, the Lord of the Mighty Throne. There is no deity except Allah, the Lord of the heavens and the earth and the Noble Throne."

The previous hadith is also narrated through this second chain of transmission.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that when the month of Rajab would begin, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would supplicate: «اَللّٰهُمَّ بَارِكْ لَنَا فِي رَجَبٍ وَشَعْبَانَ وَبَارِكْ لَنَا فِي رَمَضَانَ» "O Allah! Bless us in the months of Rajab and Sha'ban and grant us the blessings of Ramadan." He would also say, "The night of Friday is radiant and its day is shining."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "On the night of Mi'raj, I saw Musa bin Imran (peace be upon him); he was wheat-colored, tall, and had curly hair, and it seemed as if he was one of the men from the tribe of Shanu’ah. I also saw Isa (peace be upon him); he was of medium height, had a reddish-white complexion, and straight hair."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered the noble Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) to "Make this Ihram the Ihram of Umrah, because if what has come before me now had come earlier, I would have commanded you to do so from the beginning. Therefore, whoever does not have a sacrificial animal with him should come out of Ihram." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had sacrificial animals with him. He also said: "Umrah has been included in Hajj until the Day of Judgment," and as he said this, he interlaced his fingers together to demonstrate. He further said: "Umrah has been included in Hajj until the Day of Judgment," and as he said this, he interlaced his fingers together to demonstrate.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that once the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was on a journey. In the last part of the night, the Prophet (peace be upon him) stopped to camp and slept, and did not wake up until the sun had risen. The Prophet (peace be upon him) ordered Sayyiduna Bilal (may Allah be pleased with him), and he gave the call to prayer (adhan). Then the Prophet (peace be upon him) led two rak‘ahs. Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) used to say: The concession that has been granted to us—if the whole world and whatever is in it were given to me in exchange for it, I would not be pleased.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) set out from Madinah Munawwarah with the intention of Makkah Mukarramah. He was fasting, but when he reached the place of Usfan, he had a vessel brought and placed it on his hand so that everyone could see, and then he broke his fast. Therefore, Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) used to say that a traveler has permission whether he fasts or not (he can make it up later).

The previous hadith is also narrated through this second chain of transmission.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that once the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was seen coming quickly towards his noble companions (may Allah be pleased with them), which made us anxious. When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) reached near us, he said, "I was coming to you quickly so that I could inform you about the Night of Qadr, but in the meantime, its exact determination was made to be forgotten by me. However, you should seek it in the last ten nights of Ramadan."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said on the day of the conquest of Makkah: "This city is sacred. Allah Almighty has declared Makkah to be a sanctuary, so fighting is not lawful here for those before me nor for those after me. It was made lawful for me only for a few hours of the day. Its grass should not be cut, its trees should not be cut, its game should not be frightened away, and its lost property should not be picked up except by one who will announce it and return it to its owner." Sayyiduna Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "O Messenger of Allah! Except for the idhkhir grass, for our goldsmiths and our graves." So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) made an exception for it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that a person presented clarified butter, lizard, and cheese as a gift to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ate some of the clarified butter and cheese, but left the lizard due to dislike, and said: "This is something I have never eaten, but whoever wishes to eat it may do so." Thus, others ate it from the Prophet’s (peace and blessings be upon him) dining mat.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had cupping done on his head while in the state of ihram. The narrator says that this was due to some ailment.