Musnad Ahmad

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Angel of Death used to come before everyone openly to seize their soul. So when he came to Hazrat Musa (peace be upon him) to seize his soul, Hazrat Musa (peace be upon him) struck him a blow and gouged out his eye. He returned to the Lord and said, "Your servant has gouged out my eye. If Your mercy had not been upon him, I would have given him a harsh reply." Allah restored his eye and said, "Go back to him and tell him to place his hand on the back of an ox; for every hair that comes under his hand, his life will be extended by one year." Hazrat Musa (peace be upon him) asked, "O Lord, what will happen after that?" Allah said, "Then death will come." He said, "Then let it be now." So the Angel of Death made him smell something and seized his soul.

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 some people asked the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), will we see our Lord on the Day of Resurrection?" The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) replied, "Is there any difficulty in seeing the sun when there are no clouds in between?" The companions (may Allah be pleased with them) said, "No, O Messenger of Allah." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Is there any difficulty for you in seeing the moon on the night of the full moon when there are no clouds in between?" The people said, "No, O Messenger of Allah." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Then you will see your Lord in the same way."

Allah will gather the people on the Day of Resurrection and will say, 'Whoever used to worship something, let him follow it.' So whoever used to worship the sun will follow it, and whoever used to worship the moon will follow it, and whoever used to worship idols and devils will follow them. And the hypocrites of this Ummah will remain. Allah will come to them in a form which they do not recognize and will say, 'I am your Lord.' They will say, 'We seek refuge in Allah from you. We will stay here until our Lord comes, and when our Lord comes, we will recognize Him.' Then when our Lord comes to them in a form which they recognize, He will say, 'I am your Lord.' They will say, 'Indeed, You are our Lord.' Then all will follow Him.

And a bridge (Sirat) will be set up over the back of Hell, and the first to cross it will be the Messengers. On that day, no one will be allowed to speak except the Messengers, and the words of the Messengers on that day will be, 'O Allah, grant safety, grant safety.' In Hell there will be thorns like the thorny bush called Sa'dan. Have you seen the thorns of Sa'dan?" The companions (may Allah be pleased with them) said, "Yes, O Messenger of Allah!" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "They will be like the thorns of Sa'dan. No one knows their size except Allah. People will be caught according to their deeds. Some believers will be saved because of their (good) deeds, and some will be recompensed for their deeds, and some will cross the bridge and be saved.

When Allah has finished judging between His servants and, by His mercy, wills to take out from Hell whomever He wishes among those who did not associate anything with Allah, He will command the angels to bring them out. The angels will recognize them by the marks of prostration on their faces. Allah has forbidden the Fire to consume the marks of prostration on the human body. Then they will be brought out with their bodies burnt, and water of life will be poured over them, and they will grow as a seed grows in the silt after a flood.

Then there will remain a man whose face will be turned towards Hell, and he will say, 'O my Lord, turn my face away from the Fire, for its stench has harmed me and its heat has burnt me.' He will keep supplicating, then Allah will turn to him and say, 'If I grant you this, will you ask for anything else?' He will say, 'By Your honor, I will not ask for anything else.' So Allah will turn his face away from the Fire (and towards Paradise). Then he will say, 'O my Lord, bring me to the gate of Paradise.' Allah will say, 'Did you not promise Me that you would not ask for anything else?' Alas, the son of Adam is very treacherous to his promises. He will keep asking Allah until his Lord says, 'If I grant you this, will you ask for anything else?' He will say, 'No, by Your honor, I will not ask for anything else.' Allah will take from him as many promises as He wills, according to the firmness of the new covenant, and will place him at the gate of Paradise. When he stands there, all of Paradise will be visible to him, all its comforts and joys will be before his eyes. He will remain silent as long as Allah wills, then he will say, 'O my Lord, admit me into Paradise.' Allah will say to him, 'Did you not promise Me that after this you would not ask for anything else?' He will say...

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Hospitality is for three days; whatever is beyond that is charity.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "This pulpit of mine will be at one of the gates of Paradise, and the area between my chamber and my pulpit is one of the gardens from the gardens of Paradise."

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 says, "I deal with My servant according to his expectation of Me. Whenever My servant remembers Me, I am with him. Allah is more pleased with the repentance of His servant than any one of you who finds his lost belongings (or mount) in the wilderness. And whoever comes near Me by a handspan, I come near him by a cubit; and if he comes near Me by a cubit, I come near him by a fathom; and if he comes to Me walking, I come to him running."

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) that he reports from the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that Allah Almighty will say on the Day of Resurrection: "Where are those who loved one another for My sake? By My Majesty! Today I will grant them a place in My shade, when there is no shade except My shade."

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 eyes also commit adultery, the hands also commit adultery, the feet also commit adultery, and the private part either confirms or denies it.

Hazrat Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) says that in whichever battle I participated with the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) certainly gave me a share from the spoils of war, except for Khaybar, as that was specifically for the people of Hudaybiyyah. It should be noted that Hazrat Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) and Abu Musa Ash'ari came between the events of Hudaybiyyah and Khaybar.

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 height of Hazrat Adam (peace be upon him) was sixty cubits and his width was seven cubits.

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 people of Bani Israel used to bathe naked and would look at each other's private parts, whereas Hazrat Musa (peace be upon him), out of modesty and shyness, used to bathe alone. The people of Bani Israel began to accuse him of having a physical defect. Once, Hazrat Musa (peace be upon him) went to bathe, and as usual, took off his clothes and placed them on a stone. The stone ran away with his clothes. Hazrat Musa (peace be upon him) ran after it, saying, "O stone, my clothes! O stone, my clothes!" until the stone stopped in the midst of a gathering of Bani Israel. Hazrat Musa (peace be upon him) took his clothes from it, and the people saw Hazrat Musa (peace be upon him) and found him to be the most handsome and well-built among them. Upon seeing this, the people said, "May Allah's curse be upon those who accused Bani Israel." This was the exoneration that Allah had mentioned.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) that he heard the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: After the obligatory prayers, the most virtuous prayer is the one performed in the middle part of the night, and after the fasts of Ramadan, the most virtuous fast is that of the month of Allah which you call Muharram.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) that there was a dispute between two women of the Banu Huzail. One of them struck the other, who was pregnant, with a stone and killed her, and the child in her womb was also born dead. The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) gave the ruling in this matter that the family of the killer must pay the blood money (diyah) for the slain woman, and for her child, one "ghurra" (i.e., a male or female slave). Upon this decision, a man objected (in rhymed prose), saying, "How can the blood money for a child be decided, who neither ate nor drank, nor spoke nor cried? Such things are usually left aside." According to Hazrat Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him), the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "This man is the brother of soothsayers."

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sent Hazrat Abdullah bin Huzafah (may Allah be pleased with him) to go around Mina and announce that do not fast on these days; the days of Tashreeq are days of eating, drinking, and remembering Allah.

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: Once I was walking with the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) in the garden of one of the people of Madinah, when the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: O Abu Huraira! The people who have an abundance of wealth have been ruined, except for those who distribute it with both hands, to the right, to the left, and in front, but such people are very few. After walking for a while, he said: Abu Huraira! Shall I not tell you of a treasure from the treasures of Paradise? I said: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), why not? He said: Say, "La hawla wa la quwwata illa billah wa la malja'a min Allah illa ilayh." After walking for a while, he said: Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him), do you know what is Allah's right upon the people, and what is the people's right upon Allah? I said: Allah and His Messenger know best. The Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: Allah's right upon the people is that they worship Him alone and do not associate anything with Him, and when they do this, their right upon Allah is that He does not punish them. I said: Should I not inform the people of this? The Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: Let them act.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) that once the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) heard a man reciting Surah Ikhlas, so he said, "It has become obligatory." The people asked, "O Messenger of Allah! What has become obligatory?" He replied, "Paradise has become obligatory for him." Hazrat Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) says that I thought of going to him and giving him this glad tidings and sacrificing my breakfast, but then I feared that my breakfast with the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) might be missed. So later, when I reached that man, he had already left.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Every human being has a share in adultery. Thus, the eyes also commit adultery, and their adultery is looking; the hands also commit adultery, and their adultery is touching; the feet also commit adultery, and their adultery is walking (towards it); the mouth also commits adultery, and its adultery is kissing. The heart desires and wishes, and the private part either confirms or denies it.

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 best women among those who ride camels are the women of Quraysh, who are compassionate to their children in childhood and are the greatest protectors of their husbands’ honor. Then Hazrat Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) knew that Hazrat Maryam (peace be upon her) had never ridden a camel.

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 seller and the buyer (the one who sells and the one who buys and sells) should not separate in any transaction until there is mutual consent.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) that a woman came to the service of the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) with a child and said, "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), pray for this (child's life), for I have already buried three children before him." The Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked, "In the time of Islam?" She replied, "Yes." The Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Whoever among the Muslims has three minor children die in the time of Islam, he has indeed saved himself well from the fire of Hell."

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 Allah, Lord of the seven heavens, the earth, and everything in them, 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 You hold 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 closer than 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 Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: There are three signs of a hypocrite, even if he performs prayer and fasting and considers himself a Muslim: when he speaks, he lies; when he makes a promise, he breaks it; and when something is entrusted to him, he betrays the trust.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Destruction is for the Arabs because of an evil that has drawn near. Knowledge will decrease and turmoil (harj) will increase." I asked, "O Messenger of Allah! What is meant by harj?" The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Killing."

Once Marwan said, "O Abu Hurairah, tell us a hadith that you yourself heard from the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him)." He said, "I heard the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) say: 'A time will soon come when a person will wish that he would fall from the height of the Pleiades star, but no responsibility of government affairs would be assigned to him.' And I heard the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) say: 'The destruction of the Arabs will be at the hands of a few young men from the Quraysh.' Marwan said, 'By Allah, they will be the worst of youths.'"

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: A believer is possessive (protective), and Allah is even more possessive. And a part of Allah's possessiveness is that a person should avoid those things which Allah has forbidden for him.

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: Those who lead you in prayer, if they perform it correctly, you will receive reward and so will they; and if they make a mistake, you will still receive reward and the sin will be upon them.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: On the Day of Resurrection, the molar tooth of a disbeliever will be as large as the Uhud mountain, and the width of his skin will be seventy cubits, and his thigh and upper arm will be as large as mountains, and the place where he sits in Hell will be as much as the distance between Qadid and Makkah, and the thickness of his skin, according to the measure of Jabbar, will be forty-two cubits.

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 person in Paradise with the lowest rank will have seven levels, he himself will be on the sixth, and above him will be the seventh level. He will have three hundred servants, and every morning and evening, three hundred dishes will be presented before him, each dish differing in color from the other, and he will enjoy the same pleasure from the first and the last dish. (Similarly, there will be three hundred vessels of drinks, each vessel differing in color from the other, and he will enjoy the same delight from the first and the last vessel.) And he will say: O Lord! If You permit me, I will invite all the people of Paradise, and nothing that I have will be diminished. And besides his worldly wives, he will be given seventy-two houris, each of whom will have a residence equal to a mile on earth.

Abu’l-Sha’tha’ Muharibi (may Allah have mercy on him) says that once we were sitting in the mosque with Hazrat Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) when the muezzin gave the call to prayer. A man stood up and left the mosque. Hazrat Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: “This man has disobeyed Abu’l-Qasim (peace and blessings be upon him).” Then he said: “The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded us that when you are in the mosque and the call to prayer is given, do not leave the mosque without offering the prayer.”

Hashim narrated to us, Sharik narrated to us from Al-Mas'udi, who said: "The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, commanded us: If you are in the mosque and the call to prayer is made, then none of you should leave until he has prayed."

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) that once the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) delayed the Isha prayer so much that a third of the night was about to pass. Then he came to the mosque and saw the people in scattered groups. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) became very angry and said: If someone were to offer a person a bone or two hooves in front of the people, they would surely accept it, but they sit in their homes leaving the prayer. I had intended to order a man to go out in search of those who sit in their homes away from the prayer and set their houses on fire.

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 receives a wound in the path of Allah—and Allah knows who is wounded in His path—he will come on the Day of Resurrection with his wound fresh, just as it was on the day it was inflicted. Its color will be like blood, but its fragrance will be like musk.

Ziyad Harithi (may Allah have mercy on him) says that a man came to Hazrat Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) and said, "Are you the one who forbids people from praying while wearing shoes?" He replied, "No, by the Lord of this Haram, I myself have seen the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) standing in this very place, praying while wearing shoes, and then leaving."

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 you lead the prayer as an imam, make the prayer light, because among the worshippers are the elderly, the weak, and children.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: None of you will be saved by his deeds. The companions (may Allah be pleased with them) asked, "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), not even you?" He replied, "Not even me, unless my Lord covers me with His forgiveness and mercy. Therefore, remain on the right path. But stay close to the straight path, go forth in the morning and evening, devote a portion of the night to worship, and adopt moderation; you will reach your destination."

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever has traces of grease on his hands and goes to sleep without washing them, and as a result something harms him, then he should blame only himself (for not washing his hands before sleeping).

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Angels do not accompany a caravan in which there is a dog or bells.

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 a person gets up from his place and goes away, then after returning, he is the most deserving of that place.

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 Hour will not be established until time draws near, so that a year will be like a month, a month like a week, a week like a day, a day like an hour, and an hour will be like the flare of a firebrand.