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 Hour will not be established until you fight against a people whose eyes are small and faces are flat, their eyes will be like the circles around a locust’s eyes and their faces will be like flat shields. They will wear shoes made of hair and use shields made of leather, and they will tie their horses to trees.

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 of you feels the urge to yawn, he should keep his mouth closed as much as possible, otherwise Satan will enter his mouth.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Saeed (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) delivered a sermon while standing on his feet.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Saeed (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever sleeps without offering Witr or forgets it, he should offer it when he remembers or wakes up.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Saeed (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Do not give preference or superiority to any one of the noble Prophets (peace be upon them) over another.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Saeed (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The meaning of 'the day when some of the signs of your Lord will come' is the rising of the sun from the west."

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Saeed (may Allah be pleased with him) that in the blessed era of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), there were four people among the Mu’allafatul Quloob: Alqamah bin Alathah Al-Amiri, Aqra’ bin Habis, Zaid Al-Khail, and Uyainah bin Badr. Once, Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) brought a piece of gold from Yemen, wrapped in tanned leather—“whose soil had not been spoiled”—and presented it to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) distributed it among those four men.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Saeed (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: It is not permissible for a wealthy person to take charity (zakat), except in three cases: in jihad in the way of Allah, in a state of travel, and in the case where something from charity is sent to his neighbor and the neighbor gives it as a gift to the wealthy person.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Saeed Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that once "musk" was mentioned in the presence of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), so the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "It is the best of all fragrances."

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Saeed (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Visit the sick and accompany the funeral, this will remind you of the Hereafter.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Saeed (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) interpreted "ummatan wasatan" as a moderate community.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Saeed Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him): "Your relation to me is like that of Hazrat Haroon (peace be upon him) to Hazrat Musa (peace be upon him), except that there will be no prophet after me."

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Saeed Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that a person asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) whether a Muhrim (one in the state of Ihram) can kill a snake? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: There is no harm.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Saeed Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that once I bought a ram for sacrifice. Coincidentally, a wolf came and bit off and ate a part of its haunch. I asked the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) (whether it could still be sacrificed or not?). The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: Sacrifice it as it is.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Saeed (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: (My ummah will be divided into two factions and) a group will emerge between these two factions, which will be killed by the faction that is closer to the truth among the two.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Saeed Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) finished eating, he would recite this supplication: "All praise is due to Allah who fed us, gave us drink, and made us Muslims."

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Saeed Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that a man intoxicated with wine was brought to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) struck him with forty shoes.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Saeed Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) strictly forbade drinking water while standing.

Abu al-Muthanna (may Allah have mercy on him) says that once I was sitting with Marwan when Hazrat Abu Sa'id Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) also came. Marwan asked him, "Have you heard the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) forbidding breathing into drinks?" He replied, "Yes!" A man said, "I cannot quench my thirst in one breath, what should I do?" He said, "Separate the vessel from your mouth and then breathe." He said, "If I see a straw or something in it, should I not blow into it?" He replied, "Pour it out."

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Saeed Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever does not thank people, does not thank Allah.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Saeed Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Partake in suhoor, for there is blessing in suhoor."

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Saeed Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: A man has more right to sit in the front of his own mount, and when he leaves a gathering and returns, he has more right to his own seat.

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, Hazrat Nuh (peace be upon him) will be called and he will be asked, "Did you convey the message of Tawheed?" He will reply, "Yes!" Then his people will be called and they will be asked, "Did he convey the message to you?" They will reply, "No warner came to us and no one came to us." Hazrat Nuh (peace be upon him) will be asked, "Who will testify in your favor?" He will reply, "Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) and his Ummah." This is the meaning of the verse: "Thus We have made you a just (wasat) community," that in it, "wasat" means moderate. Thus, this Ummah will be called and it will testify in favor of Hazrat Nuh (peace be upon him) that he conveyed the message of Tawheed. Then I will testify as a witness over 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: On the Day of Resurrection, Allah Almighty will say, "O Adam! Stand up and take out the army of Hell." He will reply, "At Your service, O Lord! What is meant by the army of Hell?" It will be commanded, "From every thousand, take out nine hundred and ninety-nine for Hell." At that time, newborn children will become old, every pregnant woman will miscarry, and you will see people as if they are intoxicated, though they will not be intoxicated, but the punishment of Allah is very severe.

The companions asked, "O Messenger of Allah! Who will be that fortunate one among us?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Nine hundred and ninety-nine will be from Gog and Magog, and one will be from you." Upon hearing this, the companions exclaimed "Allahu Akbar." Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Are you not pleased that you will be one-fourth of the people of Paradise? By Allah! I hope that you will be one-fourth of the people of Paradise. I hope that you will be one-third of the people of Paradise. By Allah! I hope that you will be half of the people of Paradise." Upon this, the companions again exclaimed "Allahu Akbar." Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "On that day, you will be like a white hair on a black bull or a black hair on a white bull."

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Saeed Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would swear a very firm oath about something, he would say, "No, by Him in Whose hand is the soul of Abu al-Qasim." On one occasion, after swearing such an oath, he said, "A people will surely appear in my Ummah whose deeds you will consider insignificant compared to your own deeds. They will recite the Qur'an, but it will not go beyond their throats. They will leave Islam just as an arrow passes through its prey." The Companions asked, "Is there any sign by which they can be recognized?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Among them will be a man on whose hand there will be a mark like a woman's breast, and their heads will be shaved." Hazrat Abu Saeed (may Allah be pleased with him) says that even more Companions have told me that Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) killed those people. The narrator says that I saw Hazrat Abu Saeed Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) in his old age when his hands were trembling, and he was saying that in my view, killing those people was more lawful than killing so many Turks.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Saeed Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Do not give preference to one prophet over another. On the Day of Resurrection, my grave will be opened first and I will regain consciousness, then I will see that Hazrat Musa (peace be upon him) is standing holding the Throne of Allah. Now I do not know whether the unconsciousness he experienced at Mount Tur was considered as his recompense, or he regained consciousness before me.

It is narrated as testimony from Hazrat Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) and Abu Saeed Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whenever a group of people sits together to remember Allah, the angels surround them, tranquility descends upon them, mercy covers them, and Allah mentions them among those who are with Him in the highest assembly.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Saeed Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Jews used to say that coitus interruptus is a minor form of burying alive. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said that the Jews are wrong; if Allah intends to create something, no one has the power to prevent it.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Saeed Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Some of you will fight over the interpretation and explanation of the Qur'an just as I fought over its revelation. Upon this, Hazrat Abu Bakr and Umar (may Allah be pleased with them) stood up, but the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: No, it is the one who is mending the sandal. And at that time, Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) was mending his sandal.

Hazrat Abu Saeed (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates from Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: O Allah! I make a covenant with You which You will never break with me. I am also a human being. O Allah! If I have ever caused harm to anyone (unknowingly), or struck someone with a whip, or uttered abuse or curse, then make it a means of purification and mercy for that person, and on the Day of Resurrection, make it a cause for Your closeness.

Abu Salamah (may Allah have mercy on him) says that a man came to Hazrat Abu Sa'id Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) and said, "Have you heard the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) mention the Haruriyyah sect?" He replied, "I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) mention a people who will adopt extremism in religion. You will consider your prayers insignificant compared to their prayers, and your fasts insignificant compared to their fasts, but they will go out of the religion just as an arrow passes through its prey. A man takes his arrow, looks at its tip and sees nothing on it, then looks at its sinew and sees nothing on it, then looks at its wood and sees nothing on it, then looks at its feathers and sees nothing on them."

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Sa'id Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that once the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saw the companions (may Allah be pleased with them) staying behind, so the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "You should come forward and follow me in prayer; those behind will follow you. For people will continue to stay behind until Allah will put them at the back on the Day of Resurrection."

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Saeed Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that once the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saw a man making his mount circle around in front of the people. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever has an extra mount should give it to the one who has no mount, and whoever has extra provisions should give them to the one who has none at all, until we began to think that we had no right to anything extra.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Saeed Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that I heard four things from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) which I liked very much. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade that any woman should travel for two days without a mahram or her husband, and he forbade offering nawafil prayers during two times: after Asr prayer until sunset, and after Fajr prayer until sunrise. He also forbade fasting on the days of Eid-ul-Fitr and Eid-ul-Adha, and said that except for three mosques—Masjid al-Haram, Masjid al-Nabawi, and Masjid al-Aqsa—one should not make a special journey to any other mosque.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Saeed (may Allah be pleased with him) and Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: When one third of the night passes, Allah Almighty descends to the lowest heaven and announces: Who is there to supplicate to Me? Who is there to seek forgiveness from Me? Who is there to repent? A man asked: Does this announcement continue until the break of dawn? He replied: Yes!

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Saeed (may Allah be pleased with him) that once some women said to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! The men dominate your gatherings, so please appoint a day for us as well, so that we may come to you?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) promised them a specific time, and there he preached and advised them, and said: "If any woman among you has three children who die, they will become a barrier for her from Hell." A woman asked: "What if there are two? For I have lost two children." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Even if there are two, the same ruling applies."

Ibn Wadak, may Allah have mercy on him, says that when I heard this hadith from Hazrat Abu Saeed Khudri, may Allah be pleased with him, I made a vow that I would not drink nabidh, that a young man was brought to the service of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, in a state of intoxication. He said that he had not drunk wine, but had drunk water of raisins and dates that had been kept in a jug. By the order of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, he was beaten with hands and shoes, and the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, forbade making nabidh by mixing raisins and dates in a jug.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Saeed Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Where there are three people, at the time of prayer one of them should become the imam, and the one most deserving of leading them is the one who knows the most Qur'an among 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: When any one of you is praying, he should not let anyone pass in front of him and should stop him as much as possible. If he does not stop, then fight him, for he is a devil.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Saeed (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever believes in Allah and His Messenger cannot bear enmity towards the Ansar.