Musnad Ahmad

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: When any one of you performs prostration, he should not sit like a camel, rather he should place his hands on the ground first, then his knees.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) that when the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) congratulated someone on marriage, he would say: May Allah bless you, may Allah send His blessings upon you, and may He unite you both in the best way.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) that when the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) congratulated someone on marriage, he would say: May Allah bless you, may Allah send down His blessings upon you, and may He unite both of you in the best way.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: When Allah decided to create the creation, He wrote in a book which is with Him above the Throne: "My mercy prevails over My wrath."

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Every prophet has a supplication that is certainly accepted, and I have reserved my supplication for the intercession of my Ummah on the Day of Resurrection.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) that when the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would come to lie down on his bed, he would say: O Lord of the seven heavens, the earth, and everything in them, O Allah, the One who splits the grain and the date-stone, the One who sent down the Torah, the Gospel, and the Qur'an! I seek refuge in You from the evil of every evil one whose forelock is in Your grasp. You are the First, there is nothing before You. You are the Last, there is nothing after You. You are the Most High, there is nothing above You. You are the Most Near, there is nothing beyond You. Settle my debts for me and free me from poverty and want.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: When any one of you gives charity from lawful wealth, Allah accepts it and takes it in His hand, and just as one of you raises and nurtures his young goat, in the same way Allah nurtures it. And when a person gives even a morsel in charity, it grows in the hand of Allah until that morsel becomes as large as a mountain.

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

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: A man was driving a bull along the road. On the way, he mounted it and started beating it. The bull, by the power of Allah, spoke and said: "We have not been created for this purpose; we have been created for plowing." The people said, "Glory be to Allah! Do bulls ever speak?" The Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I, Abu Bakr, and Umar believe in this." Then he said: "A man was among his flock of goats when a wolf attacked the flock and snatched away a goat. The man chased after the wolf (and after going some distance, caught up with it and rescued his goat). Seeing this, the wolf, by the power of Allah, spoke and said: 'O so-and-so! Today you have rescued this goat from me, but who will rescue it on the day when I will be its only shepherd?' The people said, 'Glory be to Allah! Does a wolf also speak?' The Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'But I, Abu Bakr, and Umar believe in this, even though both of them were not present in that gathering.'"

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Come to prayer with calmness and tranquility; whatever part of the prayer you catch, perform it, and complete what you have missed.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: When any one of you wakes up from his sleep, he should wash his hand three times before putting it into any vessel, for he does not know where his hand was during the night.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: When the call to prayer (adhan) is given, do not come running, but come with calmness and tranquility. Whatever part of the prayer you catch, perform it, and whatever you miss, complete it.

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

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) that once, while I was in a state of impurity, I met the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). I continued walking with the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) until he sat down at a place. Taking the opportunity, I slipped away from behind, went to my tent, performed ghusl (ritual bath), and then returned to the presence of the Prophet. The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was still sitting there. Upon seeing me, he asked, "Where did you go?" I replied, "When I met you, I was in a state of impurity. I did not like to sit with you in that state, so I left and performed ghusl (and have now come back to your service)." The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Subhan Allah! A believer does not become impure."

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade the earnings from the prostitution of slave women.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The imam is responsible and the muezzin is trustworthy. O Allah, guide the imams and forgive the muezzins.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The blood of one who is killed by an animal is wasted; the blood of one who dies by falling into a well is wasted; the blood of one who dies in a mine is also wasted; and for the buried treasure (found) that comes into someone's possession, one-fifth (khums) is obligatory.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: There are some angels of Allah Almighty, who are appointed for a task other than the angels who write the deeds of people. These angels roam about on the earth. Whenever these angels see some people engaged in the remembrance of Allah, they call out to each other, saying, "Come to your objective." Thus, they all gather together and cover those people up to the sky of the world. (Then when they ascend to the heavens,) Allah asks them, "In what state did you leave My servants?" They say, "We left them while they were praising and glorifying You and remembering You." Allah asks, "Have they seen Me?" They say, "No." Allah asks, "If they had seen Me, what would have happened?" They say, "If they had seen You, they would have been even more intensely engaged in Your praise, glorification, and remembrance." Allah asks, "What were they seeking?" They say, "They were seeking Paradise." Allah asks, "Have they seen Paradise?" They say, "No." Allah asks, "If they had seen Paradise, what would have happened?" They say, "If they had seen Paradise, they would have been even more eager and desirous for it." Allah asks, "From what were they seeking refuge?" They say, "From Hell." Allah asks, "Have they seen Hell?" They say, "No." Allah asks, "If they had seen Hell, what would have happened?" They say, "If they had seen Hell, they would have fled from it and feared it even more intensely." Allah says, "Bear witness that I have forgiven all of their sins." The angels say, "Among them is such-and-such a sinful person who did not come for their sake, but some need or necessity brought him." Allah says, "This is a group whose companion will never be deprived."

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Once Hazrat Isa (peace be upon him) saw a man stealing, so he said to him, "Are you stealing?" He immediately replied, "Never! By Allah, I have not stolen." Hazrat Isa (peace be upon him) said, "I believe in Allah (by whom you have sworn) and I consider my eyes to be mistaken."

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) and Abu Saeed Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: When one third of the night remains, Allah Almighty descends to the lowest heaven and announces: Who is there who will supplicate to Me so that I may forgive him?

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Mercy is a part of the Most Merciful, which will come on the Day of Resurrection and will say, 'O Lord, I was broken, I was wronged, O Lord, I was treated badly.' Allah will reply, 'Are you not pleased that I will join the one who joins you, and I will cut off the one who cuts you off?'"

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: If any of you is sitting in the sun and the sun moves away from there, then that person should also change his place.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever owns treasures and does not pay their due right, all his treasures will be melted into a slab and heated in the fire of Hell. Then, with it, his forehead, sides, and back will be branded until Allah decides among His servants. That will be a day whose length, according to your reckoning, will be equal to fifty thousand years. After that, he will be shown his path either to Paradise or to Hell.

Similarly, the man who owns camels but does not pay their due zakat, all those camels will come on the Day of Resurrection in a healthier state than before, and the ground will be made soft for them. Thus, they will trample him with their hooves. As soon as the last camel passes over him, the first one will return, and this will continue until Allah decides among His servants. That will be a day whose length, according to your reckoning, will be equal to fifty thousand years. After that, he will be shown his path either to Paradise or to Hell.

Similarly, the man who owns goats but does not pay their due zakat, all those goats will come on the Day of Resurrection in a healthier state than before, and the ground will be made soft for them. Then, they will gore him with their horns and trample him with their hooves. There will be no goat among them with twisted horns or without horns. As soon as the last goat passes over him, the first one will return, and this will continue until Allah decides among His servants. That will be a day whose length, according to your reckoning, will be equal to fifty thousand years. After that, he will be shown his path either to Paradise or to Hell.

Then someone asked the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) about horses. He said: The foreheads of horses are a source of protection and beauty, and sometimes a cause of punishment. The person for whom a horse is a source of reward is the one who keeps and prepares it for jihad in the way of Allah. Whatever goes into the belly of such a horse is a source of reward for him. If it drinks water from a river while passing by, the water that enters its belly is also a source of reward. If it eats something while passing by somewhere, that too is a source of reward for that person. If it climbs a hill, for every hoofbeat and every step, he will be given a reward, until the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) even mentioned its dung and urine.

And the horse that is a source of protection and beauty for a person is for the one who keeps it for adornment and does not neglect the rights of its belly and back in ease or hardship.

And the horse that is a source of burden for a person is for the one who keeps horses out of pride, arrogance, and show.

Then the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was asked about donkeys. He said: Allah has revealed about them this comprehensive verse: Whoever does an atom's weight of good will see it, and whoever does an atom's weight of evil will see it.

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

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

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Allah Almighty has taken it upon Himself regarding the person who sets out in His path, that if he sets out only with the intention of striving in My path, having faith in Me and affirming My Messenger, then it is My responsibility to admit him into Paradise, or to return him to his place of residence in such a state that he has obtained reward or spoils of war.

And the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever receives a wound in the path of Allah, he will come on the Day of Resurrection with it fresh as it was on the day it was inflicted; its color will be like blood, but its fragrance will be like musk.

It is narrated from the same chain of transmission that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: By Him in Whose hand is my soul, if I did not think that the Muslims would fall into hardship, I would never stay behind from any expedition sent out in the way of Allah. But I do not find enough mounts on which I could make them ride, and they do not have enough means to follow me, and their hearts would not be content, and after me, they would begin to stay behind from participating in jihad.

And the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: By Him in Whose hand is my soul, I wish that I fight in the path of Allah and attain martyrdom, then be granted life again, and participate in jihad and be martyred, then participate in jihad and be martyred again.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: I have been commanded to go to a town which will consume all other towns, and it will remove people's sins just as a blacksmith's furnace removes the impurities of iron.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the companions (may Allah be pleased with them) asked the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), what is backbiting?" The Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Backbiting is that you mention about your brother something which he dislikes." Someone asked, "Tell us, if that fault is actually present in my brother which I mention in his absence, then what is the ruling?" The Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "If the fault you mention is present in him, then you have backbitten him, and if the fault you mention is not present in him, then you have slandered him."

Abu Uthman (may Allah have mercy on him) says that once Hazrat Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) was on a journey. The people camped at a place and sent for Hazrat Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) to come and eat. At that time, he was performing prayer. He sent word through the messenger that he was fasting. So the people began to eat. When they were about to finish eating, Hazrat Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) also arrived and started eating. The people began to look at the messenger. He said, "Why are you staring at me? He himself told me that he was fasting." Hazrat Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "He is telling the truth. I heard the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: 'Fasting the complete month of Ramadan and three days in every month is equal to fasting the whole year.' Therefore, I fast three days every month. When I do not fast, I am under the shade of Allah's concession, and when I fast, I am under the shade of Allah's multiplication (the reward of every deed being doubled)."

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), in the explanation of "If only I had strength with you..." said: Prophet Lot (peace be upon him) was seeking the support of a strong pillar. After him, whichever prophet Allah sent, He made them from among the wealthy people of their nation.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: (The permission of a virgin, mature girl should be sought regarding her marriage.) If she remains silent, then this will be considered as her permission, and if she refuses, then there is no justification for forcing her.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Allah Almighty says, "If a Muslim servant passes away and three of his close neighbors testify to his goodness, Allah Almighty says: I have accepted the testimony of My servants according to their knowledge, and I have concealed and forgiven what I knew according to My knowledge."

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said on the day of the Battle of Khaybar: "I will give this flag to the person who loves Allah and His Messenger, and victory of this fort will be achieved at his hands." Hazrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) says that before this, I never had a desire for leadership, but in the hope that perhaps the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would hand the flag to me, I began to raise my neck and look around. But when the next day came, the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) called Hazrat Ali (may Allah honor his face) and handed the flag to him and said, "Fight them and do not turn your attention elsewhere until victory is achieved." So he set out, and after going a little distance, he called out and asked, "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), how long should I fight them?" He replied, "Until they bear witness that there is no god but Allah and Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) is the Messenger of Allah. When they do so, they have protected their lives and property from me except for the right of this word, and their reckoning is with Allah."

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: When the month of Ramadan would approach, the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would say: The month of Ramadan is coming to you; it is a blessed month. Allah has made its fasting obligatory upon you. In this blessed month, the gates of Paradise are opened and the gates of Hell are closed, and the devils are chained. In this month, there is a night which is better than a thousand months. Whoever is deprived of its goodness and blessings is truly deprived.

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

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Only camels or horses may be raced.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Among the Children of Israel there was a man named Jurayj. Once, he was praying when his mother came and called out, "Jurayj, my son! Look towards me, I am your mother, I have come to speak to you." He thought to himself, "Should I respond to my mother or continue my prayer?" In the end, he did not reply to his mother. This happened several times. Finally, his mother (prayed against him and) said, "O Allah, do not let him die until he is confronted by wicked women."

Meanwhile, there was a slave girl who used to graze her master's goats and would take shelter under his monastery. She committed adultery and became pregnant. The people caught her. At that time, the custom was to kill the adulterer. The people asked her, "Whose child is this?" She said, "This boy is Jurayj's." The people came to Jurayj with axes and ropes and said, "O hypocrite, Jurayj, come down!" Jurayj refused to come down and started praying. The people began to demolish his monastery, upon which he came down. The people put a rope around the necks of Jurayj and the woman and paraded them among the people. He placed his finger on the child's stomach and asked, "O boy, who is your father?" The boy replied, "So-and-so shepherd." The people (seeing this truth) said, "We will rebuild your place of worship with gold and silver." Jurayj replied, "Make it as it was before."