Musnad Ahmad

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) that in the year of the Battle of Tabuk, the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) woke up for the Tahajjud prayer, and many companions (may Allah be pleased with them) gathered behind the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) out of concern for his protection. When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) finished the prayer, he turned towards them and said: "Tonight, five virtues have been given to me which were not given to anyone before me. Thus, I have been sent as a Prophet to all of humanity in general, whereas before me, a Prophet used to be sent to a specific nation. I have been helped against the enemy through awe, so much so that if there is a distance of a month's journey between me and the enemy, he is filled with awe. The spoils of war have been made completely lawful for me, whereas before me, the noble Prophets (peace be upon them) considered it a great sin to consume it, so they would burn it. Then, the entire earth has been made a mosque and a means of purification for me; wherever the time of prayer comes, I perform tayammum on the earth and pray. Before me, the noble Prophets (peace be upon them) considered this a great matter, so they would only pray in their churches and places of worship. And the fifth virtue is the greatest, and that is that I have been told to ask, because every Prophet has asked, but I have postponed my request until the Day of Resurrection, the benefit of which will be for you and for every person who bears witness that there is no god but Allah."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) that once the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The person who enters through this door first will be from among the people of Paradise." Accordingly, Sayyiduna Sa'd bin Abi Waqqas (may Allah be pleased with him) entered from there.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Amr, may Allah be pleased with him, that the Noble Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "There is no reality in contagion of disease, bad omens, worms in the skull of the dead, or envy; however, the evil eye is indeed true."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) that once I asked the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), "O Messenger of Allah! Do you feel the coming of revelation?" The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) replied: "Yes! I feel the sound of bells, and at that time I become silent, and every time revelation is sent down upon me, I feel as if my soul is about to depart."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) that one day I was sitting with the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) when the sun was rising. The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "On the Day of Resurrection, some people from my Ummah will come in such a way that their light will be like the light of the sun." Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) asked, "O Messenger of Allah! Will those people be us?" He replied: "No, there is abundant good for you, but these will be the poor emigrants who will be gathered from every corner of the earth." And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said three times: "Glad tidings are for the poor." Someone asked, "O Messenger of Allah! Who are meant by the poor?" The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "A few righteous people among a multitude of evil people, whose number of followers is less than those who do not follow them."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Amr, may Allah be pleased with him, that the Noble Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "He is not one of us who does not show mercy to our young ones and does not recognize the rights of our elders."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "A man was walking arrogantly in his cloak when Allah commanded the earth, so it seized him, and now he will keep sinking in it until the Day of Resurrection."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Amr, may Allah be pleased with him, that a man came to the service of the Noble Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, and said: I bring water to fill my pond, and when I have filled it for my family, another man's camel comes to me and I give it water to drink. Will I get a reward for this? The Noble Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "There is a reward for every living being with a warm body."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Amr, may Allah be pleased with him, that the Noble Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Whoever touches his private part should perform ablution anew, and any woman who touches her private part should also perform ablution anew."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The time for Zuhr is from the decline of the sun when every person's shadow is equal to his height, and it lasts until the time for Asr begins. The time for Asr is until the sun becomes yellow. The time for Maghrib is until the twilight disappears. The time for Isha is until the first half of the night. The time for Fajr is from the appearance of dawn until the sun rises. When the sun rises, refrain from praying, for the sun rises between the two horns of Satan."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) that he heard the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "There is no man more truthful on the face of the earth and under the shade of the sky than Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) that once I was sitting in the service of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) when the mention of deeds arose. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "There are no days in which righteous deeds are more beloved to Allah than these ten days." Someone asked, "Not even Jihad in the way of Allah?" He replied: "Not even Jihad in the way of Allah, except for a person who goes out with his life and wealth and does not return with anything, until his blood is shed." (The narrator says that "these days" refers to the first ten days of Dhul-Hijjah.)

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) that when the son of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), Sayyiduna Ibrahim (may Allah be pleased with him), passed away, the sun was eclipsed. The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) stood up for prayer, performed two rak‘ahs, and made a long standing (qiyam), then bowed (ruku‘) for a duration equal to the standing, then prostrated (sajdah) for a duration equal to the bowing, and did the same in the second rak‘ah, and then concluded the prayer with salam.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) that he heard the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: If I have drunk an antidote to ward off poison, or hung an amulet around my neck, or composed a verse of poetry on my own, then I do not care about it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) that once we were walking with the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) when the Prophet’s gaze fell upon a woman. We did not think that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would have recognized her. When we turned our attention to the road, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) stopped there. When the woman arrived, it became clear that she was Sayyidah Fatimah (may Allah be pleased with her). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked her, “Fatimah! Have you left your house for some work?” She replied, “I came to the people of this house; there had been a death here, so I thought I would offer condolences and pray for mercy for the deceased.” The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “Then you must have gone with them to the graveyard?” She said, “God forbid that I would go with them to the graveyard, while I remember what I have heard from you regarding this.” The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “If you had gone with them, you would not have seen Paradise until your father’s grandfather saw it.”

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Amr, may Allah be pleased with him, that he heard the Noble Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, say: "In the last part of my Ummah, there will be people who will ride on saddles resembling those of men and will dismount at the doors of mosques. Their women will be clothed yet naked, and on their heads will be humps like those of Bactrian camels. Send curses upon them, for such women are accursed. If there were to be another Ummah after you, your women would serve their women just as the women before you served yours."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) that he heard the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: Whoever is killed unjustly while protecting his wealth, for him is Paradise.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Amr, may Allah be pleased with him, that the Noble Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Whoever seeks fame among people through his deeds, Allah hands him over to them and humiliates and disgraces him."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Amr, may Allah be pleased with him, that I heard the Noble Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, saying: A Muslim is the one from whose tongue and hand other Muslims are safe, and a Muhajir (emigrant) is the one who abandons what Allah has forbidden.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Amr, may Allah be pleased with him, that once I presented myself before the Noble Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, and said, "O Messenger of Allah! Give me a command regarding fasting." The Noble Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "If you fast one day, you will get the reward of nine." I requested an increase in this, so he said: "If you fast two days, you will get the reward of eight." I requested further increase, so he said: "If you fast three days, you will get the reward of seven." Then the Noble Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, kept decreasing continuously until finally he said: "The best way of fasting is that of Sayyiduna Dawood, peace be upon him, so fast one day and leave one day."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The blood money (diyah) for accidental killing resembling intentional murder (shibh ‘amd) is aggravated, just as the blood money for intentional murder (‘amd) is, except that in shibh ‘amd the killer will not be killed. And whoever raises arms against us or lies in wait on the road is not one of us."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Amr, may Allah be pleased with him, that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Allah Almighty boasts before His angels on the evening of Arafah about the people of Arafah and says: 'Look at My servants who have come to Me disheveled and covered in dust.'"

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The blood money (diyah) for one killed by mistake is one hundred camels, which include 30 bint makhad, 30 bint labun, 30 hiqqah, and 10 male ibn labun camels. And the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) set its value for city dwellers at four hundred dinars or its equivalent in silver, and the determination of the value was based on the price of camels. When the price of camels increased, he would increase the amount of diyah accordingly, and when it decreased, he would also reduce it. In the blessed era of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), this value reached from four hundred dinars up to eight hundred dinars, and the equivalent price in silver reached up to eight thousand dirhams."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) gave this ruling: "The blood money shall be distributed among the heirs of the murdered person according to their respective shares."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) gave the following ruling regarding the nose: "If it is completely cut off, the full blood money (diyah) will be obligatory, and if only the soft part is cut off, then half the diyah will be obligatory. The diyah for one eye is set at half, that is, fifty camels or their equivalent in gold or silver, or one hundred cows, or one thousand goats. Likewise, the diyah for one foot is also half, and the diyah for one hand is also half." And he gave this ruling: "The 'asaba (male agnates) of a woman will pay her diyah, whoever they may be, and they will inherit whatever remains from her inheritance. And if someone kills a woman, her diyah will be distributed among her heirs, and they will have the right to kill her killer." He also gave this ruling: "The diyah of the People of the Book, that is, Jews and Christians, will be half that of the Muslims."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Amr, may Allah be pleased with him, that the Noble Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Those people who sit in a gathering and do not remember Allah in it, on the Day of Resurrection they will feel regret and sorrow over it."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) that a man asked, "O Messenger of Allah! If a person enters a garden and steals fruit by breaking off clusters, what is the ruling?" The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whatever fruit he has eaten and has not kept hidden, nothing will be obligatory upon him for that."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) that once a tough-natured, bold Bedouin came to the court of the Messenger and said, "O Messenger of Allah! Where should migration be made to? Is it wherever you are, or to a specific region? Or is this command for a particular people, or will migration cease after your passing?" The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) remained silent for a while. Then he asked, "Where is the person who asked about migration?" He said, "O Messenger of Allah! I am here." The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "When you establish prayer and continue to give zakat, then you are a muhajir (migrant), even if your death comes in Hadramaut, which is a region of Yamamah."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) himself began by saying: "A man came to the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said, 'O Messenger of Allah! Tell me, will the clothes of the people of Paradise be made, or will they be extracted by splitting the fruit of Paradise?' People were amazed at the Bedouin's question. The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, 'What amazes you? An uninformed person is asking a scholar.' Then, after remaining silent for a while, he said, 'Where is the one who asked about the clothes of the people of Paradise?' He said, 'I am here.' The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said three times, 'The clothes of the people of Paradise will be extracted by splitting the fruit of Paradise.'"

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "Whoever is mutilated or burned in fire is free, and is freed by Allah and His Messenger." Once, a man named Sundar was brought to the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), who had been castrated. The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) set him free. When the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) passed away, he came to the service of Sayyiduna Abu Bakr as-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) and mentioned the will of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). He treated him well. Then, when Sayyiduna Abu Bakr as-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) passed away and Sayyiduna Umar al-Faruq (may Allah be pleased with him) was appointed as caliph, he came again and mentioned the will of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) also treated him well and said: "Yes! Where do you want to go?" He wished to go to Egypt, so Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) wrote a letter to the governor, Sayyiduna Amr ibn al-As, instructing him to treat him well and to remember the will of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) that a man came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said, "O Messenger of Allah! A man is absent and he does not have the ability to use water; can he have intercourse with his wife?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Yes!"

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Amr, may Allah be pleased with him, that once I presented myself before the Noble Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, and said, "O Messenger of Allah! Give me a command regarding fasting." The Noble Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "If you fast one day, you will get the reward of nine." I requested an increase in this, so he said: "If you fast two days, you will get the reward of eight." I requested further increase, so he said: "If you fast three days, you will get the reward of seven." Then the Noble Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, kept decreasing until finally he said: "The best way of fasting is that of Sayyiduna Dawud, peace be upon him, so fast one day and leave one day."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Amr, may Allah be pleased with him, that there was a woman named "Umm Mahzool" who used to commit adultery and would make it a condition for her sustenance from the one who committed adultery with her. A Muslim came to the Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, to seek permission to be close to her, or he mentioned her to the Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him. The Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, recited this verse before him: "Only a man who is himself an adulterer or a polytheist marries an adulterous woman."

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

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) that once we were sitting with the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) when a Bedouin man came, wearing a very expensive cloak with buttons of brocade and silk. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Your companion has completely adopted the style of Fāris ibn Fāris (a pure Persian man); it seems as if only Persian children will be born to him and the lineage of shepherds will come to an end." Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) gathered the cloak from different parts and said: "I do not see the clothing of fools on your body?" Then he said: "When the time of death of Allah's Prophet Sayyiduna Nuh (peace be upon him) approached, he said to his son: 'I am making a will to you in which I command you to do two things and forbid you from two things. I command you to keep affirming La ilaha illallah, for if the seven heavens and the seven earths were placed on one side of the scale and La ilaha illallah on the other, the side with La ilaha illallah would outweigh the other. And if the seven heavens and the seven earths were a closed ring, La ilaha illallah would break it. And the second is that you should keep reciting Subhan Allah wa bihamdihi, for this is the prayer of everything and through it the creation receives sustenance."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The testimony of any treacherous man or woman, and the testimony of an inexperienced person about his brother, is not accepted. Also, the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not accept the testimony of a servant in favor of his masters, but accepted it in favor of other people."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Amr, may Allah be pleased with him, that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, lagged behind during a journey and reached us when the time for Asr prayer had almost ended and we were performing ablution. We began wiping over our feet, so the Noble Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, loudly said two or three times: "Woe to the heels from the fire of Hell."

The Musnad of Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-As, may Allah Most High be pleased with them both