Musnad Ahmad

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would lie down on his bed, he would place his right hand under his cheek and recite this supplication: «اللّٰهُمَّ قِنِي عَذَابَكَ يَوْمَ تَبْعَثُ عِبَادَكَ» "O Lord! Save me from the punishment of the Day when You will gather Your servants."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "It is not permissible for anyone to say that I am better than Prophet Yunus (peace be upon him)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would leave out some days in admonition and advice, as he did not consider it good for us to become weary.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "No woman should touch her naked body with another woman, so that she describes her physical features to her husband in such a way as if he is seeing her with his own eyes."

Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) used to say that Allah has cursed the woman who plucks hair and the one who gets it plucked, the one who tattoos and the one who has herself tattooed, and the woman who files her teeth for beauty. When a woman named Umm Ya'qub from the tribe of Banu Asad heard this, she came to him and said, "By Allah! I have thoroughly searched the Mushaf between its two covers, but I have not found this command anywhere in it." Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) asked, "Did you find this verse in it: «﴿وَمَا آتَاكُمُ الرَّسُولُ فَخُذُوهُ وَمَا نَهَاكُمْ عَنْهُ فَانْتَهُوا﴾» [الحشر : 7] 'Whatever the Messenger gives you, take it, and whatever he forbids you from, abstain from it'?" She said, "Yes!" He said, "Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) has forbidden these things." The woman said, "What if the women of your household do this?" Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) replied, "Go and see." The woman went to his house, then came back and said, "I did not see anything objectionable there." He said, "If it were so, my wife would not remain with me."

Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) says that there are two statements: one I heard from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and the other I say from myself. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever dies in a state while associating partners with Allah, will enter Hell." And I say: Whoever dies in a state while not associating anyone with Allah, will enter Paradise.

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

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to supplicate: «اللّٰهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْهُدَى وَالتُّقَى وَالْعِفَّةَ وَالْغِنَى» "O Allah! I ask You for guidance, piety, chastity, and self-sufficiency (freedom from need before the creation)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "Do not accumulate property, otherwise you will become engrossed in the world."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that once the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) performed a prostration of recitation at the end of Surah An-Najm, and all the Muslims also prostrated, except for one man from the Quraysh who took a handful of soil and brought it to his forehead and prostrated on it. Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) says that later I saw him killed in a state of disbelief.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) in a marfu' form that: "Allah has not sent down any disease except that He has also sent down its cure; whoever knows it, knows it, and whoever remains unaware of it, remains unaware."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that once the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) led the Zuhr prayer and performed five rak'ahs. Someone asked: "Has there been an addition to the prayer?" The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "No, what happened?" The companions (may Allah be pleased with them) said: "You performed five rak'ahs." Upon hearing this, the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) folded his legs, turned for salam, and performed two prostrations of forgetfulness (sujood as-sahw).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that once I was clinging to the covering of the Ka'bah when three men came. One of them was a Thaqafi and the other two were from the tribe of Quraysh, who were his sons-in-law. They had a lot of fat on their bellies but very little understanding in their hearts. They began to talk quietly among themselves, which I could not hear. Meanwhile, one of them said: What do you think, does Allah hear our conversations? The second said: I think that when we speak loudly, He hears us, and when we do not raise our voices, He does not hear us. The third said: If He can hear something, then He can hear everything. I mentioned this to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), so Allah Almighty revealed this verse: « ﴿وَمَا كُنْتُمْ تَسْتَتِرُونَ أَنْ يَشْهَدَ عَلَيْكُمْ سَمْعُكُمْ وَلَا أَبْصَارُكُمْ وَلَا جُلُودُكُمْ . . . . . فَمَا هُمْ مِنَ الْمُعْتَبِينَ﴾ » [فصلت : 22-24] "And you conceal things so that your ears, eyes, and skins may not bear witness against you... so they are not among those who are forgiven."

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

Abu Ma'mar says that once Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) saw a governor or a common man saying salam (salutation) twice (at the end of prayer), so he said: Where have you hung it?

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that when this blessed verse was revealed: «﴿الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَلَمْ يَلْبِسُوا إِيمَانَهُمْ بِظُلْمٍ . . . . .﴾» [الأنعام : 82] "Those who believe and do not mix their belief with injustice..." this was very hard on the people and they said: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! Which one of us has not wronged himself? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "It does not mean what you think it means. Have you not heard what the righteous servant (Luqman, peace be upon him) said: 'O my dear son! Do not associate anything with Allah, for indeed associating partners with Allah is a great injustice.' In this verse, what is meant is also shirk (associating partners with Allah)."

Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would turn to the right and to the left in such a manner while saying salam that the whiteness of his blessed cheeks would become visible.

Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) used to say that you should walk to the mosque on foot because this is the Sunnah and way of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).

Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) reports that once I asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "Which deed is most beloved to Allah?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) replied: "Prayer at its proper time." I asked: "Then what?" He said: "Kindness to parents." I asked: "Then what?" He said: "Striving in the way of Allah." If I had asked further, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would have answered my questions as well.

Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "No one is permitted to talk after the 'Isha prayer except for two persons: one who is praying or one who is traveling."

Sayyiduna Ibn Mas’ud (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “The blood of a Muslim who testifies that there is no deity except Allah and that I am the Messenger of Allah is not lawful, except in one of three cases: if he commits adultery after being married, or if he is killed in retaliation (qisas), or if he abandons his religion and separates from the community.”

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that I reached Abu Jahl during the Battle of Badr, and he was lying wounded, his leg had been cut off, and he was fending people off with his sword. I said to him: "All praise is due to Allah, O enemy of Allah! He has disgraced you." He replied, "Has any man ever been killed by his own people?" I began to strike him with my sword, which was blunt; it struck his hand and his sword fell. I picked up his sword and struck him with it until I killed him. Then I came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said, "Abu Jahl has been killed." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Swear by Allah, besides whom there is no deity." I swore, and this happened three times. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) walked with me to where he was lying, stood over him, and said, "All praise is due to Allah, O enemy of Allah! He has disgraced you. He was the Pharaoh of this Ummah." And in another chain of narration, this addition is also transmitted: Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) gave me his sword as a reward.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that on the day of the Battle of Badr, I came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said that Abu Jahl has been killed. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Swear by Allah, besides whom there is no deity." I swore. This happened three times. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said Allahu Akbar and said: "All praise is due to Allah who fulfilled His promise, helped His servant, and alone defeated all the armies. Come with me so that I may also see." Thus, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came to his corpse. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "This was the Pharaoh of this Ummah."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that once I was walking with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in a field in Madinah Munawwarah. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was walking, leaning on his staff. As we walked, we passed by a group of Jews. They began saying to one another, "Ask him about the soul," but some among them forbade the others from asking. Nevertheless, they asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) about the soul and said, "O Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), what is the soul?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) stood, leaning on his staff, and I realized that revelation was descending upon him. When that state ended, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) recited this verse: « ﴿وَيَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنِ الرُّوحِ قُلِ الرُّوحُ مِنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّي وَمَا أُوتِيتُمْ مِنَ الْعِلْمِ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا﴾ » [الإسراء : 85] "They ask you concerning the soul. Say: The soul is of the command of my Lord, and you have been given only a little knowledge." Upon hearing this, they began saying to one another, "Did we not tell you not to ask him?"

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "Whenever two things were presented before Ibn Sumayyah, he would choose the one which was more guided and rightly directed among them."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that once a man came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! I met a woman in a garden, I pulled her towards myself, embraced her, kissed her, and did everything with her except for intercourse. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) remained silent for a while, then Allah revealed this verse: «﴿وَأَقِمِ الصَّلَاةَ طَرَفَيِ النَّهَارِ وَزُلَفًا مِنَ اللَّيْلِ إِنَّ الْحَسَنَاتِ يُذْهِبْنَ السَّيِّئَاتِ ذَلِكَ ذِكْرَى لِلذَّاكِرِينَ﴾» [هود : 114] "Establish prayer at the two ends of the day and at some hours of the night. Indeed, good deeds erase bad deeds. That is a reminder for those who remember." Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) asked: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! Is this command specific to him? He replied: "No! Rather, this ruling is for every person of my Ummah who commits such an act."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Mas’ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that once, in the plain of Mina, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) related this hadith to us while he was reclining against a red tent. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “Are you pleased and satisfied that you will be one fourth of the people of Paradise?” We replied: Yes! Then he asked: “Are you pleased to be one third?” We again replied in the affirmative. He said: “By Him in Whose hand is my soul, I hope that you will be half of the people of Paradise. And I will tell you why the number of Muslims will be few on that day: in fact, on that day, Muslims among the people will be like a white hair on the skin of a black ox, or like a black hair on the skin of a red ox. And only that person will enter Paradise who is a Muslim.”

Falfala Jafi says that I was also among those who, feeling anxious about the Qur'anic manuscripts, went to the service of Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him). We entered his house, and one of us said, "We have not come to visit you at this time; rather, we have come to you in anxiety after hearing the news (that all copies of the Noble Qur'an except those prepared by Sayyiduna Uthman Ghani, may Allah be pleased with him, are to be destroyed)." Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "This Qur'an was revealed to your Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) upon seven doors, in seven letters (modes of recitation), whereas the previous books were revealed through one door, in one letter. (Therefore, there is flexibility in our Book that was not present in the previous books, so there is no need for us to be anxious.)"

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that your Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) was given the keys to everything except five things. Then he recited this verse: «﴿إِنَّ اللّٰهَ عِنْدَهُ عِلْمُ السَّاعَةِ . . . . .﴾» [لقمان : 34] "Knowledge of the Hour is with Allah alone . . . . ."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Mas’ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that once Umm al-Mu’minin Sayyidah Umm Habibah (may Allah be pleased with her) was making this supplication: “O Allah! Grant me benefit from my noble husband, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), my father Abu Sufyan, and my brother Mu’awiyah.” The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) heard her supplication and said: “You have asked Allah for a fixed term, a few numbered days, and apportioned sustenance. None of these things can come to you before their appointed time, nor can they be delayed beyond their fixed time. If you had supplicated to Allah to protect you from the punishment of Hell and the punishment of the grave, that would have been better and more virtuous.” The narrator says that once it was mentioned before the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that monkeys are the transformed form of humans. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “Allah never left any progeny for the people whose forms He transformed; whereas monkeys and pigs have existed from before.” The narrator says that once it was mentioned before the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that monkeys are the transformed form of humans. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “Allah never left any progeny for the people whose forms He transformed; whereas monkeys and pigs have existed from before.”

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that once I was performing prayer when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) passed by, and with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) were Sayyiduna Abu Bakr and Sayyiduna 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both). Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) began reciting Surah An-Nisa and continued to recite it skillfully. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever wishes to recite the Qur'an as firmly as it was revealed, let him recite it like Ibn Umm 'Abd." Then he sat and began to supplicate, so the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Ask, you will be given." He supplicated: «اللّٰهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ إِيمَانًا لَا يَرْتَدُّ وَنَعِيمًا لَا يَنْفَدُ وَمُرَافَقَةَ نَبِيِّكَ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي أَعْلَى جَنَّةِ الْخُلْدِ» "O Allah! I ask You for such blessings that never end, for such coolness of the eyes that never ceases, and I ask for the companionship of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in the eternal Paradise." Sayyiduna 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) went to give him glad tidings, but found that Sayyiduna Abu Bakr As-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) had preceded him, upon which Sayyiduna 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: If you have done this, then indeed you are always foremost in good deeds.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Mas’ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “Allah Almighty increases a good deed of the son of Adam from ten times up to seven hundred times, except for fasting, for (Allah says), ‘Fasting is for Me and I Myself will give its reward.’ And the fasting person has two moments of happiness: one at the time of breaking the fast, and one happiness will be on the Day of Resurrection. And the smell from the mouth of the fasting person is more beloved to Allah than the fragrance of musk.”

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: "When a servant or worker brings food to any one of you, he should let him eat from it first, or make him sit with him, because he has endured its heat and smoke."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The first person to set free «سائبه» among animals, and the one who started idol worship, was Abu Khuza'ah 'Amr bin 'Amir, and I saw him dragging his intestines in Hell."

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

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The one who goes around in the streets, returning with one or two dates or one or two morsels, is not the real needy person. The real needy person is the dignified one who does not ask people for anything, nor does he let people realize that he is in need so that someone might give him charity."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "There are three kinds of hands: Allah's hand is the highest, the hand of the giver comes after that, and the hand of the receiver is the lowest."

Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Abusing a Muslim is wickedness, and fighting him is disbelief, and the sanctity of his wealth is like the sanctity of his life."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Protect yourselves from playing with those dice games (which are called nardshir, chess, or barah tani) that have markings and are forbidden, for these are the gambling games of the non-Arabs."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "Repentance from sin is that after repenting, a person does not commit that sin again."