Musnad Ahmad

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that in the beginning, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to offer eighteen rak‘ahs at night, three rak‘ahs of witr, and two rak‘ahs (of the sunnah of Fajr). But when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) grew older, their number was reduced to nine, six, and three.

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: "Avoid three accursed acts." The Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) asked: O Messenger of Allah! What are those three acts? He said: "That one of you relieves himself (defecates or urinates) in a shaded place where people take shade, or in a pathway, or at a place where water flows."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that once the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had cupping done and blood was drawn, and at that time he (peace and blessings be upon him) was also fasting.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Jibreel (peace be upon him) taught me the Qur'an on one mode, but I kept requesting him for more, and he continued to increase it for me until it reached seven modes, and then he stopped."

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: "The best companions for a journey are four people, the best detachment consists of four hundred individuals, the best army consists of four thousand soldiers, and a group of twelve thousand cannot be overcome due to being few in number."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that once a man set out on a journey, and two men started following him. Behind those two men, there was another man who was telling them to turn back. He kept telling them until both of them turned back. He said to the traveler, "These two were devils. I kept following them until I succeeded in sending them back. When you reach the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), convey my greetings to him and give him this message: We have collected some charity; if it is appropriate for him, we will send it to him." After this, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade traveling alone.

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 pray three rak'ahs of Witr and in them he would recite Surah Al-A'la, Surah Al-Kafiroon, and Surah Al-Ikhlas (in this order).

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) forbade us from constantly looking at people afflicted with leprosy.

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 in the house of one of his noble wives. After a short while, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) rested his head and fell asleep. During his sleep, he began to laugh. When he woke up, one of his noble wives asked, "You were laughing in your sleep, was everything alright?" He replied, "I was feeling happiness for those people of my Ummah who set out on a sea journey to frighten the enemy; they are striving in the path of Allah." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) mentioned great goodness for them.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) intended to set out on a journey, he would recite this supplication: «اَللّٰهُمَّ أَنْتَ الصَّاحِبُ فِي السَّفَرِ وَالْخَلِيفَةُ فِي الْأَهْلِ اَللّٰهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ الضُّبْنَةِ فِي السَّفَرِ وَالْكَآبَةِ فِي الْمُنْقَلَبِ اَللّٰهُمَّ اقْبِضْ لَنَا الْأَرْضَ وَهَوِّنْ عَلَيْنَا السَّفَرَ» "O Allah! You are my companion in travel and the guardian of my family in my absence. O Allah! I seek refuge with You from the hardship of travel and distress upon return. O Allah! Fold the earth for us and make this journey easy for us."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that once the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) looked towards the mountain of Uhud and said: "By Him in Whose hand is my soul, I do not like that the mountain of Uhud be turned into gold for the family of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him); I would spend from it in the way of Allah, and when I die, not even two dinars remain with me, except for those two dinars which I keep for the repayment of a debt, if there is any debt." Thus, when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) passed away, he did not leave behind any dinar or dirham, nor any slave or slave-girl, rather his armor was held in pledge with a Jew, for which the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had taken thirty sa’ of barley.

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 pray three rak'ahs of Witr and in them he would recite Surah Al-A'la, Surah Al-Kafiroon, and Surah Al-Ikhlas (in this order).

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 the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever commits sodomy with an animal, kill that person and also kill the animal, and whoever commits adultery with a mahram (a close relative whom one is forbidden to marry), kill him as well."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would dispatch any of his armies, he would say: "Set out in the name of Allah, fight those who disbelieve in Allah, do not be treacherous, do not commit breach of trust regarding the spoils of war, do not mutilate the dead bodies, and do not kill children or religious leaders."

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 us this supplication for protection from fever and every kind of pain and suffering: «بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الْكَبِيرِ أَعُوذُ بِاللّٰهِ الْعَظِيمِ مِنْ شَرِّ عِرْقٍ نَعَّارٍ وَمِنْ شَرِّ حَرِّ النَّارِ» "In the name of Allah, the Most Great, I seek refuge with Allah, the Most Mighty, from the evil of the blazing fire and the heat of Hell."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that a bowl of tharid was presented to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). He said: "Eat from the edges of the bowl (dish), and do not eat from the middle, for indeed, blessing descends in the middle of the food (and spreads to all sides)."

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 on the day of 10th Dhul-Hijjah about a person who gets his head shaved before offering the sacrifice, or if there is any other change in the prescribed order, then what is the ruling? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) kept replying to every question, "There is no harm."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever commits the act of the people of Lut with someone, kill both the doer and the one with whom it is done."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that whoever commits sodomy with an animal, kill that person as well as the animal.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that a man from the Ansar spoke ill words about the father of Sayyiduna Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him), who had died during the time of ignorance. Sayyiduna Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) slapped him. The people of his tribe came and said that they would slap him in the same way as he had done, and they began to arm themselves. When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) learned of this, he ascended the pulpit and said: "O people! Tell me, who is the most honorable among the people of the earth in the sight of Allah?" The people replied: "You are." He said: "Then Abbas is from me and I am from him, so do not harm our living by speaking ill of our deceased." Upon hearing this, the people of that Ansari came and said: "We seek refuge with Allah from your anger."

Mujahid (may Allah have mercy on him) says that once people were performing Tawaf of the Ka'bah and Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) was present in the Haram. He also had a stick with him. He said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) recited this verse «﴿يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اتَّقُوا اللّٰهَ حَقَّ تُقَاتِهِ وَلَا تَمُوتُنَّ إِلَّا وَأَنْتُمْ مُسْلِمُونَ﴾ [آل عمران : 102]» "O you who believe! Fear Allah as He should be feared, and do not die except as Muslims," and said: "If even a single drop of Zaqqum were to drip onto the earth, it would make the lives of the people of the earth bitter. Now think, what will be the state of the one whose food is Zaqqum." Benefit: "Zaqqum" is the name of a tree in Hell.

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 no one among the children of Adam except Prophet Yahya (peace be upon him) who has not made a mistake, that is, committed a sin, or intended to commit a sin."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not observe complete fasting in any month except the month of Ramadan. However, sometimes he would fast with such continuity that people would say that now the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) will not leave any fast, and sometimes he would break his fasts with such continuity that people would say that now the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) will not fast anymore.

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 trim his moustache, and before him, your father, Prophet Ibrahim (peace be upon him), also used to trim his moustache.

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: "Do not boast about your ancestors who died in the time of ignorance. By Him in Whose hand is my soul, the dust that falls into the nostrils of a Muslim is better than your ancestors who died in the time of ignorance."

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 pray three rak‘ahs of Witr.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that a man submitted in the court of the Messenger: O Messenger of Allah! Is Hajj obligatory every year? The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Hajj is obligatory upon every Muslim who has the means, if I had said 'every year,' then performing Hajj every year would have become obligatory."

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: "I have been granted five such distinctions which were not given to anyone before me, and I do not say this out of pride: I have been sent to every red and black (i.e., to all mankind), I have been helped by awe (cast into the hearts of my enemies) from a distance of one month's journey, spoils of war have been made lawful for me whereas they were not made lawful for anyone before me, the entire earth has been made a place of prostration and a means of purification for me, and I have been granted the right of intercession which I have deferred for my Ummah until the Day of Resurrection, and it is for everyone who does not associate anything with Allah."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that once the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) looked towards the mountain of Uhud and said: "By Him in Whose hand is the life of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), I do not like that the mountain of Uhud be turned into gold for the family of Muhammad, and that I keep spending from it in the way of Allah, and when I die, even two dinars remain with me, except for those two dinars which I keep aside for the repayment of a debt, if there is any debt." Thus, when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) passed away, he did not leave behind any dinar or dirham, nor any slave or slave-girl, but his armor was held as collateral with a Jew, against which the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had taken thirty sa’ of barley.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that once Sayyiduna Umar Farooq (may Allah be pleased with him) came to the presence of the Messenger of Allah. He saw that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was sitting on a mat, and its marks had appeared on his blessed side. He said, "O Messenger of Allah! If you had a softer bed made from this, how good it would be!" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) replied: "What do I have to do with the world? My example and the example of the world is like that of a rider who travels all day in the summer, and for a short while takes shade under a tree, then leaves it and moves on."

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 Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) fought against the enemy, and because of this, the Asr prayer was delayed from its prescribed time. Seeing this, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Allah! Fill their houses and graves with fire, for they did not let us perform the Asr prayer."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) recited Qunoot Nazilah continuously for a whole month in the prayers of Dhuhr, Asr, Maghrib, Isha, and Fajr. At the end of every prayer, after raising his head from the bowing (ruku) of the second rak'ah and saying «سَمِعَ اللّٰهُ لِمَنْ حَمِدَهُ», he would supplicate against a tribe of Banu Sulaym, Ri'l, Dhakwan, 'Usayyah, and those who gave them refuge. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had sent his companions (may Allah be pleased with them) to these tribes to invite them to Islam, but these people martyred them.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade every predatory animal that hunts with its fangs and every bird that hunts with its talons.

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 supplicate: «اَللّٰهُمَّ لَكَ أَسْلَمْتُ وَبِكَ آمَنْتُ وَعَلَيْكَ تَوَكَّلْتُ وَإِلَيْكَ أَنَبْتُ وَبِكَ خَاصَمْتُ أَعُوذُ بِعِزَّتِكَ لَا إِلٰهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ أَنْ تُضِلَّنِي أَنْتَ الْحَيُّ الَّذِي لَا تَمُوتُ وَالْجِنُّ وَالْإِنْسُ يَمُوتُونَ» "O Allah! I have submitted to You, I have believed in You, I have put my trust in You, I have turned to You, by Your power I contend, I seek refuge in Your dominance, there is no deity except You, from the possibility that You misguide me. You are the Ever-Living who never dies, and all jinn and mankind will die."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that Dhamad Azdi once came to Makkah Mukarramah. He saw the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and also those few young men who followed the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), and said, "O Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him)! I treat madness." In response, the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said these words: «إِنَّ الْحَمْدَ لِلّٰهِ نَسْتَعِينُهُ وَنَسْتَغْفِرُهُ وَنَعُوذُ بِاللّٰهِ مِنْ شُرُورِ أَنْفُسِنَا مَنْ يَهْدِهِ اللّٰهُ فَلَا مُضِلَّ لَهُ وَمَنْ يُضْلِلْ فَلَا هَادِيَ لَهُ وَأَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلٰهَ إِلَّا اللّٰهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهُ وَرَسُولُهُ» "All praise is due to Allah, we seek help and forgiveness from Him, and we seek refuge in Him from the evil of our souls. Whomever Allah guides, none can misguide, and whomever He lets go astray, none can guide. I bear witness that there is no deity except Allah, He is alone, He has no partner, and I bear witness that Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) is His servant and His Messenger." Dhamad said, "Recite these words again." Then he said, "I have heard poetry, astrology, and soothsaying, but I have never heard words like these. These are words that reach the depths of the sea." He said this and recited the testimony of faith and accepted Islam. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said, "Is the guarantee of this testimony upon you and your people both?" He replied, "Yes! It is upon me and also upon my people." Thus, some time after this incident, a detachment of the Prophet's (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) companions passed by the people of Dhamad, and some people took a vessel or something of theirs. The companions (may Allah be pleased with them) said, "This is a vessel belonging to the people of Dhamad, return it." So they returned that vessel to them.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that once Sayyidah Umm al-Fadl bint Harith (may Allah be pleased with her) brought Umm Habibah bint Abbas to the service of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and seated her in the lap of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). She urinated, and Sayyidah Umm al-Fadl (may Allah be pleased with her) felt embarrassed and struck the child between her shoulders. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Give me a vessel of water." So, wherever she had urinated, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) poured water over it and said: "Pour water over the place of urine."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that once I stood beside the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and performed prayer, and behind us stood Sayyidah Aisha Siddiqa (may Allah be pleased with her), who was participating with us in the prayer.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade deceptive sales and trade. The narrator of the hadith, Ayyub, says that Yahya explained deceptive trade by stating that it also includes the case where a person says, "I am casting a net in the river; whatever fish come into it, I sell them to you for such and such amount," and the sale of a runaway slave, the sale of a wild goat that is prone to escape, the sale of the unborn offspring of animals, the sale of the earth from mines, and the sale of the milk present in the udders of an animal without measuring it. However, if the milk is measured and then sold, it is permissible.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that once I saw the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) in the state of prostration, and I saw the whiteness of the blessed armpits of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him).