Musnad Ahmad

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: "You should protect your face from the fire of Hell, even if it is with a piece of a date."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings 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) 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 the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When the last third of the night remains, Allah, in a manner befitting His Majesty, descends to the lowest heaven. The gates of the heavens are opened, and Allah spreads out His hands and says: 'Is there anyone who asks so that his request may be granted?' And this continues until the break of dawn."

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: "The one who walks with moderation is never needy or destitute."

Benefit: Imam Ahmad's (may Allah have mercy on him) son, Abdullah, has stated regarding the hadiths from 4255 to 4269 that he recited these hadiths to his father, and the hadiths after these were narrated to him by his father himself.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) regarding the interpretation of the Qur'anic verse: «﴿اقْتَرَبَتِ السَّاعَةُ وَانْشَقَّ الْقَمَرُ﴾» [القمر : 1] that during the blessed era of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), the moon was once split into two parts; one part went behind the mountain and the other part remained above the mountain. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Allah! Bear witness."

Alqamah narrates that once in the plain of Arafat, Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) met Sayyiduna Uthman Ghani (may Allah be pleased with him). He stood with him and they began to talk. Sayyiduna Uthman Ghani (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "Abu Abdur Rahman! Should we not arrange your marriage with a young girl?" Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) called Alqamah and narrated this hadith: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to us, "O group of young men! Whoever among you has the ability to marry should get married, for marriage lowers the gaze and protects the private parts. And whoever is not able to marry should fast, for fasting diminishes sexual desire."

Ibrahim says that once Aswad and Alqamah were with Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) in his house. Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) led them in prayer without adhan and iqamah, and he himself stood between them and said: When you are three people, do like this, and when you are more than three, then one of you should lead the prayer. And while bowing (in ruku'), you should bend by placing your hands between your thighs, because that scene is still before me that I am seeing the fingers of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) spread apart.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that Sabi'ah bint Harith gave birth to a child only fifteen days after the death of her husband. During this period, Abu Sanabil came to her and said, "It seems as if you want to remarry? It is not permissible for you to remarry until you have completed the long waiting period ('iddah)." Sabi'ah went to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and informed him of what Abu Sanabil had said. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Abu Sanabil has made a mistake. If a proposal comes to you that you like, then come and inform me." And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) informed her that her 'iddah had been completed.

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

The previous hadith is also narrated mursal through this second chain.

Abdullah bin Utbah says that once some people came to Sayyiduna Ibn Mas’ud (may Allah be pleased with him) and asked this question (that if a person marries a woman, no dowry is fixed, and before consummation he dies, what is the ruling?). Those people kept coming to Sayyiduna Ibn Mas’ud (may Allah be pleased with him) for about a month, insisting that he must give an answer to this issue. He said: I will state before you the conclusion I have reached by exercising my own judgment; if my answer is correct, it will be by Allah’s guidance, and if it is wrong, it will be from myself; Allah and His Messenger are free from it. The decision is that this woman will be given the dowry similar to that of women like her, she will also inherit, and she will have to observe the waiting period (‘iddah). Upon hearing this decision of Sayyiduna Ibn Mas’ud (may Allah be pleased with him), a group from the tribe of Ashja’ stood up, among whom were Sayyiduna Jarrah and Sayyiduna Abu Sinan (may Allah be pleased with them both), and said: We bear witness that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) gave the same decision regarding one of our women whose name was Barwa’ bint Washiq. Upon this, Sayyiduna Ibn Mas’ud (may Allah be pleased with him) became very happy that his decision matched the decision of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).

Abdullah bin Utbah says that once some people came to Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) and asked this question: If a person marries a woman, does not fix the dowry, and dies before consummation, what is the ruling? . . . . . Then the narrator mentioned the entire hadith and stated that the name of her husband was Hilal.

Abdullah bin Utbah says that once some people came to Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) and asked this question: If a person marries a woman, no dowry has been fixed, and before consummation he dies, what is the ruling? . . . . . Then the narrator mentioned the entire hadith and stated that the name of her husband was Hilal.

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 cycle of day and night and time will not end, that is, the Hour will not be established until a man from my Ahl al-Bayt rules over the Arabs whose name will correspond to my name."

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) narrates that once we were sitting in the Prophet's Mosque on a Friday evening when an Ansari said: If any one of us sees a man with his wife and kills him, you kill him in retaliation; if he speaks out, you flog him; and if he remains silent, he does so in anger. By Allah! If I am alive in the morning, I will surely ask the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) about this matter. So he asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) about this issue and said: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! If any one of us sees a strange man with his wife and kills him, you kill him in retaliation; if he speaks, you flog him; and if he remains silent, he does so in anger? O Allah! Decide between us. Then the verse of Li'an was revealed.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Mas’ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that once the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) led the companions (may Allah be pleased with them) in five rak‘ahs, and after finishing, he turned his face away. The people became concerned, so they said: “O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! You turned your face after leading five rak‘ahs?” Upon hearing this, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) performed two prostrations of forgetfulness and then gave salam, and said: “I am only a human being, and just as you forget, I also forget.”

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) cursed women who tattoo and get tattooed, women who add hair and have hair added, those who perform and have performed halalah, and those who consume and feed others with usury.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) cursed women who tattoo and get tattooed, women who add hair and have hair added, those who perform and have performed halalah, and those who consume and feed others with usury.

Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates 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: "Performing prayer at its proper time, showing kindness to parents, and striving in the path of Allah."

Wabisa Asadi, may Allah have mercy on him, says that once I was at my home in Kufa when there was a sound at the door: "Assalamu Alaikum! May I come in?" I said: "Wa Alaikum Assalam! Please come in." I saw that it was Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud, may Allah be pleased with him. I said: "O Abu Abdur Rahman! You have come to visit at this time?" It was midday (and it was very hot). He said: "Today has been a very long day for me. I was thinking about whom I should go and talk to (I thought of you, so I came to you)." Then he began to narrate to me the ahadith of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and I began to narrate to him. During this, he narrated this hadith: "I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: 'A time of tribulation is soon to come. In that time, the one who is asleep will be better than the one lying down, the one lying down will be better than the one sitting, the one sitting will be better than the one standing, the one standing will be better than the one walking, the one walking will be better than the one riding, and the one riding will be better than the one running. All those killed in that time will go to Hell.'"

I asked: "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! When will that be?" He said: "Those will be the days of Harj." I asked: "What is meant by the days of Harj?" He said: "When a person will not feel safe with his companion." I asked: "If I reach that time, what do you command me to do?" He said: "Restrain yourself and your hand, and stay inside your house." I asked: "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! Tell me, if someone enters my house, what should I do?" He said: "Go into your room." I asked: "If he enters my room, what should I do?" He said: "Go into your mosque and do this." Saying this, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) made a fist with his right hand and placed it on his thumb and said: "Keep saying, 'My Lord is Allah,' until death comes to you upon this faith and belief."

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

Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "It is extremely bad for any man among you to say, 'I forgot such and such verse,' rather he should say, 'Such and such verse was made to be forgotten by me.'"

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud, may Allah be pleased with him, regarding the Qur'anic verse: « ﴿لَقَدْ رَأَى مِنْ آيَاتِ رَبِّهِ الْكُبْرَى﴾ » [النجم : 18] "Indeed, he certainly saw some of the greatest signs of his Lord," that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, saw a green silk garment of Paradise (which Jibreel, peace be upon him, was wearing) and which covered the horizon.

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 of Allah be upon him) and said: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah 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 of Allah be upon him) remained silent for a while, and the man left. Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said that if he had concealed his sin, Allah would have concealed it for him. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) looked around and said: "Call him back to me." So the people called him back. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) recited this verse before him: «﴿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 Mu'adh bin Jabal (may Allah be pleased with him) asked: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him)! Is this command specific to him? He replied: "No, rather this command is for every person of my Ummah who commits such an act."

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: "Whoever supports and helps his people in something that is unjust and wrong, his example is like that of a camel which falls into a well and then tries to come out of the well by the support of its tail."

Abdur Rahman bin Yazid says that I departed from the plain of Arafat with Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him). When he reached Muzdalifah, upon arrival, Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) led us in Maghrib and Isha prayers with adhan and iqamah, and in between he called for food, ate, and then slept. When the early time of Fajr began, he woke up and offered the Fajr prayer in the darkness, and said that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) had delayed these two prayers at this place from their (usual) times: Maghrib because people arrive here at night, and Fajr was offered at that time. Then he stood (for wuquf), and when it became bright, he said: "If the Commander of the Faithful now departs, he will do the right thing." So, Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) had not even finished his words when Sayyiduna Uthman Ghani (may Allah be pleased with him) departed from there.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud, may Allah be pleased with him, that during an incident of Laylat al-Jinn, I was with the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him. When the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, returned from there, he was out of breath. I asked: Is everything alright? He said: "O Ibn Mas'ud! My death had come very near."

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: "At one time I intended to order a man to lead the people in prayer, and then order (some men) concerning those who do not join us for Jumu'ah, that their houses be set on fire."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that on the occasion of Laylat al-Jinn, two men among them stayed behind and said, "We will perform the Fajr prayer with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked me, "Abdullah! Do you have water with you?" He replied, "I do not have water, but I do have nabidh in a vessel." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "This is pure dates and it is purifying as well." Thus, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) performed ablution with it.

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: "At one time I intended to order a man to lead the people in prayer, and then to go to those who do not join us for the Friday prayer and order that their houses be set on fire."

Qasim narrates from his father that once Walid bin Uqbah delayed the prayer. Seeing this, Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas’ud (may Allah be pleased with him) stood up, gave the iqamah, and led the people in prayer. Walid sent a message to him asking, “Why did you do this? Have you received any order from the Commander of the Faithful regarding this matter, or have you invented something new?” He replied, “Neither have I received any order from the Commander of the Faithful, nor have I invented anything new. But Allah and His Messenger do not want us to wait for you for our prayer while you are busy with your own affairs.”

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that once the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) went out to relieve himself and said to me, "Bring me three stones." I was able to bring two stones and a dry piece of dung. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) took the two stones and threw away the piece of dung, saying: "This is impure."

Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) says that I have fasted thirty days of Ramadan with the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) more frequently than I have fasted twenty-nine (29) days.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me: "Abdullah! Do you have any water with you?" I replied, "No." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked, "What is in this vessel?" I replied, "Nabidh (a drink made from dates or raisins soaked in water)." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Show it to me; this is both a drink and purifying." Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) performed ablution with it and led us in prayer.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Mas’ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that we used to participate in battles with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and there were no women with us. Once we said: O Messenger of Allah! Should we not get ourselves castrated? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade us from doing so. Then he recited this verse: «﴿يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا تُحَرِّمُوا طَيِّبَاتِ مَا أَحَلَّ اللّٰهُ لَكُمْ . . .﴾» [المائدة : 87] "O you who believe! Do not make unlawful the good things which Allah has made lawful for you."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) prescribed, in the blood money for accidental killing, twenty bint makhad, twenty male ibn makhad, twenty bint labun, twenty hiqqah, and twenty jaz’ah.

Benefit: These are terms used by jurists, according to which bint makhad or ibn makhad refers to a camel that has entered its second year, bint labun refers to a she-camel that has entered its third year, hiqqah to one in its fourth year, and jaz’ah to a she-camel in its fifth year.

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: "Whoever sees me in a dream should be certain that he has truly seen me, for Satan cannot take my form or appearance."