Musnad Ahmad

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saying from the pulpit: When any person comes for Jumu'ah, he should come after performing ghusl (ritual bath).

Saeed bin Jubair (may Allah have mercy on him) says that I asked Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both): O Abu Abdur Rahman! Should separation be made between those who perform li'an (mutual cursing)? Upon hearing my question, he said, "Subhan Allah," and said: The first person to ask about li'an was so-and-so, he said, "O Messenger of Allah! Tell me, if a man sees his wife committing adultery, if he speaks, he says a very grave thing, and if he remains silent, he remains silent over such a great matter?" The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) remained silent instead of answering his question. After a short while, that person again came to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and said, "I have been afflicted with the matter I asked you about." Upon this, Allah revealed these verses of Surah An-Nur «والذين يرمون ازواجهم ...... ان كان من الصدقين». The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) called that man and recited these verses before him. Then, in accordance with these verses, he began the li'an with the man, admonished and advised him, and said, "The punishment of this world is lighter than the punishment of the Hereafter." He said, "By Him Who sent you with the truth, I am not lying to you." Secondly, the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) called the woman, admonished and advised her, and said, "The punishment of this world is lighter than the punishment of the Hereafter." She said, "By Him Who sent you with the truth, he is lying." Then the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) began with the man, and he swore by Allah four times, testifying that he was truthful, and the fifth time he said, "If I am lying, then may the curse of Allah be upon me." Then he turned to the woman, and she also swore by Allah four times, testifying that he was lying, and the fifth time she said, "If he is truthful, then may the wrath of Allah be upon me." Then the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) separated the two of them.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade that a trader should meet those coming on mounts outside (the city) before they arrive, or that a townsman should sell on behalf of a villager, or that a person should send his marriage proposal over the proposal of his brother until the marriage takes place or the proposal is withdrawn, and that there is no voluntary prayer after Asr until sunset, and no voluntary prayer after Fajr until the sun has risen high.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both), he says: The wife I had, I loved her very much, but Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) disliked her. He said to me, "Divorce her." I hesitated in divorcing her, so Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) went to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and said, "O Messenger of Allah! The woman who is in the marriage of Abdullah bin Umar, I do not like her. I tell him to divorce her, but he does not listen to me." The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said to me, "Abdullah! Divorce your wife." So I divorced her.

Abdullah bin Saraqah says that we were on a journey, and with us was Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both). I asked him, and he said: I saw the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he would not pray any (Sunnah) prayers before or after the obligatory prayers while traveling. I asked Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) about the sale of fruits, and he said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade the sale of fruits before the end of «عاهه». I asked him about the meaning of «عاهه», and he said: The rising of the Thurayya star (which is a sign that no calamity will befall the fruit after this). Ibn Sireen says that Khurasan is not a city of wise people; if there are any, then only in the city of "Marw."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade «حنتمه», someone asked: What is that thing? He replied: "It is the jug that is used for nabidh (or for distilling wine)."

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 drags his clothes on the ground out of arrogance, Allah will not look at him with mercy on the Day of Resurrection."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade (the use of) dubba’, hantam, and muzaffat. The narrator is in doubt about the word "naqir."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Witr is the last rak'ah of the night prayers."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "We are an unlettered nation; we do not know calculation. Sometimes the month is like this, like this, and like this," and the third time the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) folded his thumb, "and sometimes it is like this, like this, and like this," meaning a complete thirty days.

Saeed bin Jubair says that once Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them) was passing through a street in Madinah, when he saw some young men who had tied up a live chicken and were aiming at it for target practice. At this, Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them) became angry and said, "Who is doing this?" Immediately, all the young men scattered to the right and left. Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them) said, "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) cursed the person who mutilates an animal."

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 as follows: "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 also Yours, You have no partner."

Nafi' (may Allah have mercy on him) says that Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) saw a poor man, he called him near and placed food before him, and he ate a lot of food. Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) saw this and said to me: "Do not let him come to me again. I heard the Prophet (peace be upon him) say that a disbeliever eats with seven intestines."

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: "Do not prevent your women from coming to the mosque at night." Upon hearing this, Salim or a son of Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said, "By Allah! We will not leave them like this, they will take it as an excuse for themselves." Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) struck his chest and said, "I am narrating to you the hadith of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and you are saying this?"

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The Muslim who mixes with people and is patient over the harm they cause is far greater in reward than the Muslim who does not mix with people and thus does not have to be patient over their harm."

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 you are three people, then two of you should not whisper to each other excluding the third." The narrator says that I asked Sayyiduna Ibn 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both): What is the ruling if there are four? He replied: There is no harm in that.

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 also Yours, You have no partner."

Yunus bin Jubair, may Allah have mercy on him, once asked Sayyiduna Ibn Umar, may Allah be pleased with them both, about a man who divorces his wife during her menstrual period. He replied, "Do you know Abdullah bin Umar, may Allah be pleased with them both? He also divorced his wife during her menstrual period. Sayyiduna Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, went and informed the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, about this. The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: 'Tell him to take her back, and then if he wants to divorce her, he should do so during her period of purity.'" I asked Sayyiduna Ibn Umar, may Allah be pleased with them both, "Will that divorce be counted?" He replied, "Tell me, do you want to prove him foolish and ignorant?"

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I neither eat the lizard, nor do I command it, nor do I forbid it."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that when Ghaylan bin Salamah Thaqafi accepted Islam, he had ten wives in his marriage. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said to him: "Select four of them (and divorce the remaining six)."

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: "When you are about to sleep, do not leave fire burning in your houses."

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 example of people is like that of one hundred camels, among which not even one is fit for riding."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade (the use of) pitchers, that is, dubba and muzaffat, and said: Prepare nabidh in water skins.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar, may Allah be pleased with them both, that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Whoever seeks Laylat al-Qadr should seek it in the last ten nights; if he is unable or becomes weak, then he should not be overcome in the last seven nights."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The night prayer is offered in sets of two rak‘ahs. When the time of dawn approaches, then add one rak‘ah to them and perform Witr."

Hakam (may Allah have mercy on him) says: I saw Tawus raising his hands at the beginning of the prayer, when going into bowing (ruku‘), and when rising from bowing. One of his students told me that he narrates this from Sayyiduna Ibn ‘Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both), who attributes it to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).

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

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 calls a person a disbeliever, if he is truly a disbeliever, then it is correct; otherwise, that statement returns upon the one who said it."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that there was a man from the Quraysh whom people used to deceive in business transactions. He mentioned this matter to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "You should say: 'There is no deception in this transaction.'"

Jabalah says that Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Zubair (may Allah be pleased with him) used to give us dates to eat. At that time, people were facing extreme difficulties. One day, we were eating dates when Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) passed by us and said: "Do not eat several dates at once, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade eating several dates at once without your brother's permission." Imam Shu'bah (may Allah have mercy on him) says: "In my opinion, the statement about permission is the speech of Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both)."

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 drags his clothes on the ground out of arrogance, Allah will not look at him with mercy on the Day of Resurrection."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Sometimes the month is like this, like this, and like this." The third time, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) folded his thumb, meaning twenty-nine (days).

Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) used to offer voluntary prayers on his mount, regardless of which direction it was facing, and he used to say that he had seen the Prophet (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 he performed prayers in Mina with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), with the two Shaykhs (may Allah be pleased with them), and also for six years with Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him); all of them used to perform the travelers’ prayer, that is, two rak‘ahs. Later, Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) started performing the complete prayer.

Awn Azdi says that Umar bin Ubaidullah bin Ma'mar, "who was the governor of Fars," wrote a letter to Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both), in which he asked him about prayer. Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) replied in writing that when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would leave his house, he would only perform two rak'ahs until he returned (meaning the shortened prayer).

Once, Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) saw a man playing during prayer. Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said to him: Do not play during prayer, and do as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to do. The narrator says that then Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) placed his right thigh over his left, his left hand on his left knee, and his right hand on his right knee, and began to point with his finger.

Hayan Barqi, may Allah have mercy on him, says that once a person said to Sayyiduna Ibn Umar, may Allah be pleased with them both, "Our imam leads very long prayers." Sayyiduna Ibn Umar, may Allah be pleased with them both, replied, "The two rak'ahs of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, were lighter or equal to one rak'ah of this person's prayer."

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: "Do not prevent your women from coming to the mosques."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When you are three people, then two of you should not whisper to each other excluding the third, and no person should make his brother get up from his place in order to sit there himself."

Abdur Rahman bin Sa’d (may Allah have mercy on him) says that once I had the companionship of Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) from Madinah to Makkah. He began to pray on his mount at a corner of Makkah. I said to Salim, “If his face was towards Madinah, how would he pray?” Salim said, “You should ask him yourself.” So I asked him, and he replied, “Yes, I would pray in the same way here and there as well, because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) did the same.”