Musnad Ahmad

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 asked about the children of the polytheists, so the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Allah knows best what deeds they would have done when they grew up."

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: "Wear white clothes, for they are the best of your clothes, and shroud your dead in them. And the best kohl among you is 'ithmid', for it sharpens the eyesight and grows the eyelashes."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that a person asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! I shaved my head before offering the sacrifice? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) indicated with his hand and said, "There is no harm." Then another man said: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! I offered the sacrifice before stoning? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) indicated with his hand and said, "There is no harm."

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: "Whoever attributes himself to anyone other than his father (starts calling someone else his father), or any slave who claims someone other than his master as his master, upon him is the curse of Allah, the angels, and all people."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) performed the stoning of the Jamarat after the sun had declined.

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 recite Surah As-Sajdah and Surah Ad-Dahr in the Fajr prayer on Friday.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that once his maternal aunt, Sayyida Umm Hufaid (may Allah be pleased with her), 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 due to dislike, he left the lizard. However, others ate it from the Prophet’s (peace and blessings be upon him) dining mat. If eating it had been forbidden, it could never have been eaten at the Prophet’s (peace and blessings be upon him) dining mat, nor would the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) have permitted it to be eaten.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that on the day of Arafah, so-and-so (Fadl) was riding behind the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). He was a young man and began to look at women. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) turned his face away several times with his blessed hand, but he still kept glancing at them from the corner of his eyes. Upon this, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Nephew! Today is such a day that whoever safeguards his ears, his eyes, and his tongue in it, Allah will forgive his sins."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that on the day of the Battle of Badr, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed in his tent, saying: "O Allah! Fulfill Your promise. O Allah! If (today this handful of Muslims is destroyed) then never again will You be worshipped on the earth." Seeing this, Sayyiduna Abu Bakr Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) stepped forward, took the hand of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and said: O Messenger of Allah! You have supplicated much to your Lord; He will surely fulfill His promise. Thereupon Allah the Exalted revealed this verse: « ﴿سَيُهْزَمُ الْجَمْعُ وَيُوَلُّونَ الدُّبُرَ﴾ [القمر : 45]» "Soon this assembly will be defeated and they will turn their backs and flee."

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that a person once presented the daughter of Sayyiduna Hamza (may Allah be pleased with him) for marriage to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "She is my foster niece and she is not lawful for me, because all those relationships that become unlawful due to lineage also become unlawful due to suckling (fosterage)."

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) while he was praying, and said: "Did I not forbid you?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) rebuked him. He said: "Muhammad! Are you rebuking me even though you know that no one in this entire city has a greater assembly than mine?" At this, Jibreel (peace be upon him) brought down this verse: «﴿أَرَأَيْتَ الَّذِي يَنْهَى o عَبْدًا إِذَا صَلَّى o أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ كَانَ عَلَى الْهُدَى o أَوْ أَمَرَ بِالتَّقْوَى o أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّى﴾ [العلق : 9-13]» "Have you seen the one who forbids a servant when he prays? Have you seen if he is upon guidance, or enjoins righteousness? Have you seen if he denies and turns away?" Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) says: By the One in Whose hand is my soul, 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), in a marfu‘ form, that Islam has only increased the intensity or strictness of every covenant and pact of the Age of Ignorance.

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 Black Stone came from Paradise; it was whiter than snow, but the sins of the polytheists made it black."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that once the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) passed by a dead goat which had been thrown away by his family, so he said: "By Him in Whose Hand is my soul! The worth and value of this world in the sight of Allah is even less than the importance this goat could have to its owners."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that once Sayyiduna Sa'd bin Ubadah (may Allah be pleased with him) asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that his mother had made a vow, but she passed away before fulfilling it, so what is the ruling? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "You should fulfill it on her behalf."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that on the occasion of the Farewell Pilgrimage, a woman from the tribe of Khath'am came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), at that time Sayyiduna Fadl (may Allah be pleased with him) was riding behind the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). She said: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! The obligation of Hajj has been imposed by Allah upon my father, but he has become so old that he cannot even sit on a mount. If I perform Hajj on his behalf, will it be fulfilled? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Yes! You may perform Hajj on behalf of your father."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) once drank milk and then rinsed his mouth and said, "It has greasiness in it."

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) passed by a dead goat. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Why did you not benefit from its skin?" The people said: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! It is dead. He said: "Its eating is forbidden (but its skin can be purified by tanning)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) married Sayyidah Maymunah (may Allah be pleased with her) while in the state of ihram during a journey.

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) instructed Duba‘ah to "stipulate a condition in your Ihram." Benefit: For clarification, see Hadith number 3117.

Muhammad bin Ubaid Makki (may Allah have mercy on him) says that once people said to Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them): "These days, there is a man among us who denies predestination (qadar)." He replied: "I already knew about this." At that time, Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them) had lost his eyesight. People asked: "O Abu al-Abbas! What will you do about him?" He said: "By the One in Whose hand is my soul! If I gain power over him, I will cut off his nose, and if his neck comes into my hand, I will break it, because I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: 'I am seeing with my own eyes the time when the polytheist women of Banu Fihr will perform tawaf with the people of Khazraj and their buttocks will be moving. This will be the beginning of shirk in this ummah. By the One in Whose hand is my soul, the evil of their opinion will surely reach these people until Allah removes them from that state in which He decides good for them, just as He removed them from that state in which He decided evil for them.'"

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 during the Prophetic era, a man received a wound, and coincidentally he had a wet dream. The people ordered him to perform ghusl, due to which he died. When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) learned of this, he said: "They killed him, may Allah kill them! Was not the cure for ignorance to ask?"

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that once the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) seated him behind himself on a mount, and when he sat upright on it, he said "Allahu Akbar" three times, "Alhamdulillah" three times, "Subhan Allah" three times, and "La ilaha illallah" once. Then he lay down on his back and began to laugh. Then, turning towards me, he said: "Whoever mounts his ride and does as I have done, Allah turns towards him and looks at him with a smile just as I have smiled at you."

Someone asked Imam Zuhri, may Allah have mercy on him: Is it obligatory to perform ghusl (ritual bath) on Friday? He narrated with his chain of transmission from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar, may Allah be pleased with them both, this hadith: I heard the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, say, "Whoever among you comes for Friday (prayer), he should perform ghusl." And Tawus says: Once I asked Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas, may Allah be pleased with them both, that people think the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Even if you are not in a state of janabah, still perform ghusl on Friday, wash your head, and apply perfume"? Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas, may Allah be pleased with them both, said: As for perfume, I do not know about that, but the matter of ghusl is correct.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) cursed the woman who joins hair and the one for whom it is done, and the men who become effeminate, and the women who imitate men.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that once I came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) during the last part of the night and began to pray standing behind him. He took hold of my hand, pulled me, and made me stand next to him. When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) turned towards the prayer, I again moved back. After finishing the prayer, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "What is the matter! I make you stand next to me and you move back?" I replied: "O Messenger of Allah! Is it appropriate for anyone to stand next to you in prayer while you are the Messenger of Allah and Allah has granted you such a high status and rank?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was amazed at this and prayed for an increase in my knowledge and understanding. After that, I saw that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) lay down and slept until the sound of his snoring could be heard. After a short while, Sayyiduna Bilal (may Allah be pleased with him) came and informed about the prayer, so the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) stood up to lead the prayer and did not perform a fresh ablution.

Amr bin Maymoon (may Allah have mercy on him) says that once I was sitting with Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) when a delegation of nine men came and said, "O Abu al-Abbas! Either you come with us or let these people give us privacy, we want to ask you some questions." Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said, "I will go with you." This was before Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) lost his eyesight. Those people began their conversation and kept talking, but we do not know what they said. After a while, Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) came back, dusting off his clothes, and said, "Uff, tuf! These people are finding faults in a man who possessed ten virtues and qualities. These people are after the honor of a man about whom the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, 'Now I will send a man whom Allah will never disgrace, and he loves Allah and His Messenger.' The onlookers began peeking to see who would receive this honor, but the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, 'Where is Ali?' People said he must be grinding flour at the mill. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, 'Why does none of you grind the flour?' Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) went to him and found that he had an eye ailment, as if he could not see anything. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) applied his saliva to his eyes, shook the flag three times, and handed it over to him, and he became the cause of bringing Umm al-Mu'mineen Sayyidah Safiyyah bint Huyayy (may Allah be pleased with her).

Once, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sent Sayyiduna Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) to Makkah to announce Surah Tawbah, and later sent Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) after him. He took over this responsibility, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, 'This message can only be delivered by someone who has a close relationship with me, and I have a relationship with him.'

Once, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to his cousins, 'Who among you will be my ally in this world and the Hereafter?' At that time, Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) was also present. All the others refused, but Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said, 'I will establish alliance with you in this world and the Hereafter.' The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, 'You are my friend in this world and the Hereafter.' After that, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) again turned to one of them, and the same situation occurred again.

After Sayyidah Khadijah (may Allah be pleased with her), among all people, the honor of being the first to accept Islam among children belongs to Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him). Once, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) took a cloth and covered Sayyiduna Ali, Sayyidah Fatimah, Sayyiduna Hasan, and Sayyiduna Husayn (may Allah be pleased with them all) and said, 'O People of the House! Allah only wishes to remove impurity from you and purify you thoroughly.'

Then Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) sold himself; he wore the Prophet's (peace and blessings be upon him) clothes on the night of migration and slept in his place. The polytheists were showering arrows at the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) at that time. Sayyiduna Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) came there and Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) was sleeping, but Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) thought that it was the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) lying there, so he said, 'O Messenger of Allah!' Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) opened his mouth and said that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) has gone towards Bir Maymoon, you should meet him there. So Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) went and entered the cave with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) was being showered with arrows just as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was, and he was in pain. He had wrapped his head in a cloth and did not uncover his head until morning. When he removed the cloth from his head, the people of Quraysh said, 'You are very mean; we were showering arrows at your companion, and instead you were harmed in his place, and we found this strange.'

Once, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) set out with the people for the Battle of Tabuk. Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) asked, 'Will I also go with you?' He replied, 'No.' At this, he began to cry. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, 'Are you not pleased that your relation to me is like that of Harun (peace be upon him) to Musa (peace be upon him), except that there is no prophet after me? And it is not appropriate for me to go unless you become my deputy.' Also, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, 'After me, you are my friend regarding every believer.' Also, all the doors of the Prophet's Mosque were closed except the door of Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), so he would enter the mosque even in a state of major ritual impurity, because he had no other way in. Also, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, 'Whoever I am the master of, Ali is also his master.'

Also, Allah has told us in the Noble Qur'an that He is pleased with them, meaning the People of the Tree (those who pledged allegiance at Ridwan), and Allah knows what is in their hearts. Has Allah ever told us later that He became displeased with them? Also, Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) once said to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding Sayyiduna Hatib bin Abi Balta'ah (may Allah be pleased with him), 'Give me permission, I will strike off his neck.' The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him, 'Can you really do that? Do you not know that Allah looked at the people of Badr and said, "Do whatever you wish, I have forgiven you" (and Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) was also among the people of Badr).'

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

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that I was present on the occasion of Eid with the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), Sayyiduna Abu Bakr, Sayyiduna Umar, and Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with them all). All of these noble persons used to lead the prayer before the sermon, without any call to prayer (adhan) or iqamah. One day, on the day of Eid, the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) delivered the sermon, and afterwards he thought that the women might not have heard his voice. So, the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) went to the women along with Sayyiduna Bilal (may Allah be pleased with him), admonished and advised them, recited the verse of allegiance, and after finishing, asked them: "Do you acknowledge this?" Among them, one woman—whose name the narrator does not remember and who was the only one to reply—said: "Yes, O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him)!" Then the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) ordered them to give charity, upon which the women began to take off their earrings and rings, etc., and give them in charity. Sayyiduna Bilal (may Allah be pleased with him) spread out a cloth and kept saying: "Give charity, may my parents be sacrificed for you."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that I was present with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) when he led the prayer before the sermon on the day of Eid. Then he delivered the sermon. Afterwards, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) thought that the women might not have heard his voice, so the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) went to the women and admonished and advised them, and instructed them to give charity. Upon this, the women began to take off their earrings and rings, etc., and started giving them in charity. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered Sayyiduna Bilal (may Allah be pleased with him) to collect those things, and then he returned.

It is narrated both connectedly and disconnectedly from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) appointed Dhu’l-Hulayfah as the miqat for the people of Madinah, Juhfah for the people of Sham, Yalamlam for the people of Yemen, and Qarn for the people of Najd, and said: “These places are miqat for the residents of these areas and for those who pass through them—who intend Hajj and Umrah—until the people of Makkah will assume ihram from where they begin.”

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade the killing of four kinds of animals: "the ant, the honeybee, the hoopoe, and the shrike."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that once two roasted lizards were presented to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). At that time, Sayyiduna Khalid bin Walid (may Allah be pleased with him) was also present. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was about to reach out his hand to eat when someone informed him that it was lizard. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) withdrew his hand. Sayyiduna Khalid bin Walid (may Allah be pleased with him) asked: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! Is it forbidden? He replied: "No, but since it is not found in the region of my people, I prefer to abstain from it." So Sayyiduna Khalid (may Allah be pleased with him) ate it, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) kept watching him.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that once a Bedouin came to the presence of the Messenger of Allah and spoke very eloquently. Upon hearing this, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Some poetry is full of wisdom, and some speech has an effect like magic."

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.

Mujahid (may Allah have mercy on him) says that once I was present in the service of Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) and said: O Abu al-Abbas! I was with Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both), he recited this verse and began to weep. He asked, "Which verse?" I said: « ﴿وَإِنْ تُبْدُوا مَا فِي أَنْفُسِكُمْ أَوْ تُخْفُوهُ يُحَاسِبْكُمْ بِهِ اللّٰهُ﴾ [البقرة : 284]» "Whether you disclose what is in your hearts or conceal it, Allah will call you to account for it." Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said that when this verse was revealed, a state of intense grief and anxiety overcame the noble Companions (may Allah be pleased with them), and they began to say: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! If we are taken to account for our words and our deeds, we will be destroyed, for our hearts are not in our control? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "You should say: We have heard and we obey." The noble Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) began to say in obedience to the Prophet's command: We have heard and we obey. Later, this command was abrogated by the next verse: «﴿لَا يُكَلِّفُ اللّٰهُ نَفْسًا إِلَّا وُسْعَهَا . . . . .﴾ [البقرة : 286]» "Allah does not burden any soul beyond its capacity, . . . . ." and the whisperings that come into the heart were pardoned, and accountability was made dependent only on actions.

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: "A good dream is one of the seventy parts of prophethood."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that once the people of Quraysh went to a soothsayer woman and said, "Tell us, among us, who most closely resembles the one associated with Maqam Ibrahim?" She said, "Spread a sheet on this ground and walk over it, then I will tell you." So they spread a sheet and walked over it. The soothsayer woman carefully observed the footprints of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said, "He among you most closely resembles Ibrahim (peace be upon him)." After this incident, twenty years or nearly twenty years passed, and then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was sent as a Messenger.

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) once washed each limb of wudu only once while performing ablution.