Musnad Ahmad

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) at the time of the Battle of Khaybar allotted two shares for the horse and one share for the rider. According to another narrator, the wording is that for a man and his horse, three shares were allotted, of which one share was for the man and two shares were for the horse.

Ziyad bin Jubair says that I saw a man come to Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) and ask this question: "I have made a vow that I will fast every Wednesday. Now, if Eid al-Adha or Eid al-Fitr falls on a Wednesday, what should I do?" Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) replied: "Allah has commanded the fulfillment of vows, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) has forbidden us from fasting on the Day of Sacrifice (the tenth of Dhul-Hijjah)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When you are three people, then two of you should not whisper to each other leaving the third one out."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever frees his share of a slave, he will be obliged to free the slave completely according to the price set by just men."

Saeed bin Jubair (may Allah have mercy on him) says that at the time of departure from Arafat towards Muzdalifah, we were with Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both). He led us in the complete Maghrib prayer, then said «الصلوة» and led us in two rak'ahs (of Isha), and said that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) also did at this place just as I have done.

Once, Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) passed by Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him), who at that time was narrating this hadith of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Whoever goes with a funeral and offers the funeral prayer will receive a reward equal to one qirat, and if he also remains present at the time of burial, he will receive a reward equal to two qirats, each of which is greater than Mount Uhud." Upon hearing this, Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said, "Abu Hurairah! Consider carefully what you are narrating from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)." At this, Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) stood up and took him to Sayyidah Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) and said to her, "O Mother of the Believers! I ask you by Allah, did you hear the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say that whoever goes with a funeral and offers the funeral prayer will receive a reward equal to one qirat, and if he also remains present at the time of burial, he will receive a reward equal to two qirats?" She replied, "By Allah! Yes." After this, Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "Planting date palms or engaging in business in the markets was not the reason I did not attend the service of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) (because I did not do these things). I used to seek two things from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): one was the knowledge that he taught me, and the other was the morsel that he fed me." Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said, "Abu Hurairah, you used to stay with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) more than us, and you are more knowledgeable than us regarding his hadith."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "If a pilgrim in the state of Ihram does not find shoes, he should wear socks, but he should cut them below the ankles."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that a man asked the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him): "From where should a person enter into the state of Ihram?" The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "For the people of Madinah, it is Dhu'l-Hulayfah; for the people of Sham, it is Juhfah; for the people of Yemen, it is Yalamlam; and for the people of Najd, it is Qarn." Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) says that later people made Dhat 'Irq analogous to Qarn.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "If a pilgrim in the state of Ihram does not find shoes, he should wear socks, but he should cut them below the ankles."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Talbiyah of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was: "Here I am, O Allah, here I am. Here I am, You have no partner, here I am. All praise and all blessings are for You, and the sovereignty is Yours, You have no partner." Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) used to add to this: "Here I am, here I am, I have come to serve You, all kinds of goodness are in Your hands, here I am, all desires and actions are for You."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that when we set out towards the plain of Arafat with the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), some among us were proclaiming takbeer and some were reciting talbiyah.

Ziyad bin Jubair says that I was with Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) in the plain of Mina. On the way, he passed by a man who had made his she-camel kneel down and wanted to slaughter it. Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said to him: Make it stand, tie its legs, and then slaughter it; this is the Sunnah of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).

Saeed bin Jubair (may Allah have mercy on him) says that at the time of departure from Arafat to Muzdalifah, we were with Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both). He led us in the complete Maghrib prayer, then after saying «الصلوة», he led two rak'ahs (of Isha), and said that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) also did at this place just as I have done.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that once someone asked the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): Which animals can a Muhrim kill? The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "A scorpion, a mouse, a kite, a crow, and a rabid dog can be killed."

Ubaid bin Umair (may Allah have mercy on him) once asked Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both), "I see you only touching the two corners, the Black Stone and the Yemeni Corner. What is the reason for this?" Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) replied: "If I do so, it is because I heard the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say that touching these two corners wipes away a person's sins. And I also heard the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say that whoever performs seven circuits of Tawaf, counting them, and then offers two units of prayer after Tawaf, it is equal to freeing a slave. And I heard the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say that for every step a person takes or puts down, ten good deeds are written for him, ten sins are erased, and ten ranks are raised."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that I myself saw the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) touching the Black Stone, so I will continue to touch it regardless of any hardship or ease.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) once entered the House of Allah (the Ka'bah). At that time, Fadl bin Abbas, Usamah bin Zaid, Uthman bin Talhah, and Bilal (may Allah be pleased with them) were with the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). At the command of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), Sayyiduna Bilal (may Allah be pleased with him) closed the door, and they remained inside for as long as Allah willed. Then the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came out, and the first person I met was Sayyiduna Bilal (may Allah be pleased with him). I asked him, "Where did the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) pray?" He replied, "Here, between these two pillars."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade making nabidh (a drink) in hollowed-out gourds or wood (and drinking it).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When any one of you comes for Jumu'ah, he should come after performing ghusl (ritual bath)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever raises a weapon against us is not one of us."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) would place his mount in front of him as a sutrah and would pray.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "It is not befitting for any person that three nights should pass without his will being written and kept with him." Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) says: "Since the day I heard this statement, there has not been a single night that has passed in which my will was not written and kept with me."

Nafi' (may Allah have mercy on him) says: I saw Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) performing voluntary prayers on his mount, regardless of which direction it was facing. I once asked him about this, so he said: I saw Abu al-Qasim (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) doing the same.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade milking the animals of people and using it for oneself without their permission.

Nafi' (may Allah have mercy on him) says that Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) used to combine Maghrib and Isha prayers after the twilight had disappeared, and he used to say that when the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) was in a hurry to travel, he would also combine these two prayers.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade "Qaza’". "Qaza’" means that when cutting a child's hair, some hair is cut and some is left.

Qaqa’ bin Hakim says that once Abdul Aziz bin Marwan wrote a letter to Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) saying, “Present your needs before me (so that I may order them to be fulfilled).” Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) replied to this letter, writing: “The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to say: ‘The upper hand is better than the lower hand, and begin (giving) with those whose maintenance is your responsibility.’ I do not ask you for anything, nor will I reject the sustenance that Allah grants me from your side.”

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "The image-makers will be subjected to punishment on the Day of Resurrection, and it will be said to them: 'Give life to what you have created and blow soul into them.'"

Saeed bin Jubair (may Allah have mercy on him) says that Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) would offer the nawafil (supererogatory prayers) on his mount, but when he wanted to pray witr, he would dismount and pray witr on the ground.

Saeed bin Jubair (may Allah have mercy on him) says that I asked Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) about the issue of those who perform li'an. He replied that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) separated such a husband and wife and said: "Allah knows that one of you is certainly lying, so is any one of you ready to repent?" But neither of them was willing. The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) repeated this statement before them three times, and upon their refusal, he separated them.

Nafi' reports that once in the valley of Dajnan, Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) had the call for prayer announced, then made this proclamation: "Pray in your tents." And he narrated this hadith from the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), while traveling on cold nights or rainy nights, would have the call for prayer announced and then proclaim: "Pray in your tents."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever keeps a dog that is neither for protection nor a hunting dog, then his reward will decrease by one qirat every day." Someone said to him that Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) also mentions the dog kept for guarding crops? So Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) replied: Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) has his own field, (that is why he remembers this exception very well).

Nafi’ (may Allah have mercy on him) says that Abdullah, the son of Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both), came to him and said, “I fear that this year there will be fighting among the people and you may be prevented from reaching the Sacred Sanctuary. Would it not be better if you stayed this year and did not go for Hajj?” Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) replied, “The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) also set out from Madinah, and the disbelievers of Quraysh came between him and the Sacred Sanctuary. So, if any obstacle comes before me as well, I will do what the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did.” Then he recited this verse: “Indeed, in the Messenger of Allah you have an excellent example,” and said, “I have already made the intention for ‘Umrah.” After that, he set out, and when he reached the place of Bayda’, he said, “The matter of Hajj and ‘Umrah is the same; I make you witnesses that I have now made the intention for Hajj along with my ‘Umrah.” Thus, he reached Makkah and performed a single Tawaf for both.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that I saw men and women performing ablution together from the same vessel during the blessed era of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that a man asked the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him): "O Messenger of Allah! What clothing can a person in the state of ihram wear?" Or he asked: "What clothing should a person in ihram avoid?" The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "A person in ihram cannot wear a shirt, trousers, turban, or leather socks, except if he does not find sandals. Whoever does not find sandals should cut the leather socks below the ankles and wear them. Likewise, a cap or any garment dyed with wars (a kind of grass) or saffron should also not be worn by a person in ihram."

Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) regarding the fast of Ashura states that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) himself observed the fast on this day and also ordered others to fast on this day. When the fasts of Ramadan were made obligatory, this fast was abandoned. Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) himself would not fast on this day except when it coincided with his habitual fasting days.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The seller and the buyer have the option (to cancel the transaction) as long as they do not separate, or if it is a sale with an option (of rescinding)." Nafi' would sometimes say: or if one of them says to the other, 'Make your choice.'"

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to come to the Quba Mosque both on foot and riding.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) prescribed for every male and female, free and slave, the Sadaqat al-Fitr of one sa’ of dates or one sa’ of barley. But after the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), people started giving half a sa’ of wheat. Nafi’ says that Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) used to give dates as Sadaqat al-Fitr; there was only one occasion when this practice changed, and that was when dates became scarce, so that year he gave barley.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that once the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) organized a horse race. Among them, the lean horses were designated to race from "Hafyaa" to Thaniyyat al-Wada', and those that were not lean-bodied had their race from Thaniyyat al-Wada' to the Mosque of Banu Zuraiq. At that time, I had started horse riding, and I won that race; my horse brought me close to the Mosque of Banu Zuraiq.