Musnad Ahmad

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Saeed Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The earth will be filled with oppression and injustice, then a man from my Ahl al-Bayt will emerge, he will fill the earth with justice and fairness just as it was previously filled with oppression and injustice, and he will remain for seven or nine years.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Saeed Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Soon there will be rulers over you with whom hearts will be content and bodies will be gentle towards them. After that, there will be rulers with whom hearts will be uneasy and bodies will tremble. A man asked, "O Messenger of Allah! Should we fight against such rulers?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "No, as long as they establish prayer."

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Saeed Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that once Hazrat Jibreel came to the service of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and asked, "O Muhammad! Have you fallen ill?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) replied, "Yes!" Upon this, Hazrat Jibreel said, "I recite over you in the name of Allah, from every thing that harms you, and from the evil of every soul and the evil eye. May Allah grant you healing. I recite over you in the name of Allah."

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Saeed Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to eat something before going to the Eidgah on the day of Eid al-Fitr, and he did not offer any nawafil before the Eid prayer. When he had performed the Eid prayer, then he would offer two rak'ahs.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Saeed Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: If a man approaches his wife, then wishes to approach her again, he should perform ablution.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Saeed Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said regarding the captives of the Battle of Autas: No person should have intercourse with a pregnant slave woman until she gives birth, and if she is not pregnant, then he should not have intercourse with her until one menstrual cycle has passed.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Saeed Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that one day the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was distributing something, when a man came from the front and stood bowing before the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) pricked him with a stick that was with him, which caused a wound on his face. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him, "Come forward and take retribution from me." He said, "O Messenger of Allah! I have forgiven you."

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Saeed Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: If any one of you performs a deed while hiding in a closed rock which has neither an opening nor a window, even then that deed of his will come before the people. Whatever the deed may be (good or bad).

And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said that if a bucket of "Ghassaq" (the water of Hell) were to be poured out on the earth, its stench would spread throughout the whole world.

And the Prophet (peace be upon him) said that the earth consumes everything of the human except the coccyx (tailbone). Someone asked, "O Messenger of Allah! How much of the coccyx remains?" He replied, "As much as a mustard seed, and from that you will be resurrected again."

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Saeed Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Soon there will be rulers over you with whom hearts will be content and bodies will be gentle towards them. After that, there will be rulers with whom hearts will be uneasy and bodies will tremble. A man asked, "O Messenger of Allah! Should we not fight against such rulers?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "No, as long as they establish prayer."

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Saeed Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: In Hell, the place where a disbeliever sits will be spread out to the distance of a three-day journey. Each molar tooth will be as large as Mount Uhud, the thighs will be as large as Mount Wurqan, and after removing the flesh and bones, only the skin will be forty cubits thick.

And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: If an iron mace is taken out from Hell and placed upon the earth, and all mankind and jinn are gathered together, even then they would not be able to move it from the earth.

And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The walls of Hell will be equal to four walls, each of which will have a thickness equal to the distance of forty years.

And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: It is forbidden to boast about having intercourse with a woman and to mention it before people.

And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Paradise has one hundred levels; if all the people of the worlds were to gather in one of its levels, it would still be sufficient for them.

And the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Satan said, "My Lord! By Your honor, I will continue to mislead Your servants as long as their souls remain in their bodies." And the Lord of the worlds said, "By My honor and majesty! I will continue to forgive them as long as they keep seeking forgiveness from Me."

And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: By Him in Whose Hand is my soul, on the Day of Resurrection people will dispute, even two goats that had butted each other.

The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The distance between the two panels (doors) of the gate of Paradise is the span of forty years.

And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The truest dreams are those that are seen at the time of Sahar (pre-dawn).

And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: If people knew the reward for giving the call to prayer (adhan), they would fight each other with swords to give the adhan.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Saeed Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) reached Marr az-Zahran in the year of the conquest of Makkah, he informed us about facing the enemy and ordered us to break our fast, so all of us broke our fast.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Saeed Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The obligation of ghusl (ritual bath) is due to the discharge of the fluid of life.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Saeed Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: Satan said, "O Lord! By Your honor, I will continue to mislead Your servants as long as their souls remain in their bodies." And the Lord of the worlds said, "By My honor and majesty! As long as they keep seeking forgiveness from Me, I will continue to forgive them."

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Saeed Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: On the Day of Resurrection, Allah Almighty will ask the servant, "When you saw a sinful act being committed, why did you not stop it?" Then the one to whom Allah grants an argument will say, "O Lord! I hoped for Your forgiveness but I was afraid of the people."

Abu Sa'id, may Allah have mercy on him, who was the freed slave of Mahri, says: When my brother passed away, I went to Hazrat Abu Sa'id Khudri, may Allah be pleased with him, and said, "O Abu Sa'id! My brother has passed away, and he has left behind children. I also have my own children, and we do not have any money. I am thinking of taking my children and my brother's children and moving to another city so that our livelihood may become stable." He replied, "I am sorry for your thinking. Do not leave from here, because I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: Whoever is patient with the hardships and difficulties of Madinah, I will intercede for him on the Day of Resurrection."

Bishr bin Harb says that once Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) came to Abu Saeed Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) and said, "I have come to know that you pledged allegiance to two leaders before there was consensus on one leader?" He replied, "Yes! I pledged allegiance to Ibn Zubair (may Allah be pleased with him), then the people of Syria came and dragged me to the army of Ibn Dillah, so I was compelled to pledge allegiance to him as well." Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "This is exactly what I fear (he said it twice)." Then Abu Saeed (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "O Abdur Rahman! Did you not hear the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that whoever has the ability that no sleep passes, no morning or evening comes upon him except that he has a ruler over him, then he should do so?" He replied, "Yes! I have heard it, but I dislike pledging allegiance to two leaders before there is consensus on one leader among the people."

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Saeed Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) wore a new garment, he would first mention its name, for example, shirt or turban, then he would recite this supplication: O Allah! All praise is due to You, for You have clothed me with this garment. I ask You for its goodness and the goodness of what it was made for, and I seek refuge with You from its evil and the evil of what it was made for.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Saeed Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Once Hazrat Jibreel (peace be upon him) led me in prayer. So he led the Zuhr prayer at the time when the sun had declined, the Asr prayer at the time when the shadow was equal to the object, the Maghrib prayer at sunset, the Isha prayer after the disappearance of twilight, and the Fajr prayer after the dawn had appeared. Then the next day he came again and led the Zuhr prayer when the shadow of everything had become equal to it, the Asr prayer when the shadow was twice its length, the Maghrib prayer at sunset, the Isha prayer in the first third of the night, and the Fajr prayer at the time when the sun was about to rise, and he said: The time for prayer is between these two times.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Saeed Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: On the day of Friday, it is obligatory upon every adult person to perform ghusl, use miswak, and apply perfume according to his means, even if it is from his own house.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Saeed Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade fasting continuously without breaking the fast (wisal). The companions said, "O Messenger of Allah! You fast continuously like this?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "In this matter, I am not like you. I spend the night in such a state that my Lord Himself feeds and gives me drink."

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Saeed Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that we used to take turns staying with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) at night, so that if the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) needed anything or had any work at night, he could send us. Sometimes, a considerable number of those seeking this reward and those whose turn it was would gather together, and in such a situation, we would talk among ourselves. Once, during the night, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came to us and said, "What are these whispers? Did I not forbid you from whispering?" We said, "O Messenger of Allah! We repent. Actually, we were mentioning Dajjal and we are afraid of him." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Shall I not tell you something which, in my view, is more dangerous for you than Dajjal?" We said, "Why not?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "It is hidden shirk: that a person stands up for an action because of another person."

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Saeed (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: There is no zakat on less than five camels, no zakat on less than five uqiyah of silver, and no zakat on less than five wasq of wheat.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Saeed (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Soon the best wealth of a Muslim will be "goats," which he will take to the tops of mountains and places where rain falls, fleeing with his religion from tribulations.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Saeed Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: None of you should consider himself so insignificant that he withholds saying a word for the sake of Allah’s pleasure when he has the right to say it, but does not say it. For Allah will ask him: What prevented you from saying that word? The servant will say: My Lord! I was afraid of the people. Allah will say: I was more deserving that you should fear Me.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Saeed Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The lower garment of a Muslim should be till the middle of the shin; there is no harm if it is between the shin and the ankles, but the part of the lower garment which is below the ankles will be in Hell.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Saeed Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that once someone asked, "O Messenger of Allah! Can we perform ablution with the water of the well of Buda'ah?" In fact, dirty clothes of women, other foul things, and the flesh of dogs were thrown into the well. The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, "Water is pure; nothing can make it impure."

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Saeed Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that once we were sitting with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Some people among you will fight over the interpretation and explanation of the Qur'an just as I fight over its revelation.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Saeed Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Three people with an abundance of wealth and property have been destroyed." We became afraid. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Except for those who distribute with their own hands, giving handfuls to the right, left, and in front, but such people are very few."

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Saeed Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that once the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was asked about the ruling if the offspring of a she-camel, cow, or goat dies in its womb. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: If you wish, you may eat it, because the slaughtering of its mother is in fact its slaughtering as well.