Musnad Ahmad

Yunus narrated to us, he said: Aban narrated to us, from Yahya, from Hilal ibn ‘Iyad. And ‘Abd al-Razzaq narrated to us, Ma‘mar narrated to us, from Yahya, he said: ‘Iyad ibn Hilal informed me, that he heard Abu Sa‘id, and he mentioned its meaning.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Saeed Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that a man came to the service of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said, "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! I have a slave girl, I practice coitus interruptus with her. I desire from her what a man desires, but I do not like her to become pregnant. And the Jews say that coitus interruptus is a minor form of burying alive." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "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), while discussing "azl" (withdrawal), said: Will you create this newborn? Will you provide sustenance for it? Allah has placed it in its abode, so this is a part of destiny, and this is destiny.

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 you hear the call to prayer (Adhan), say the same words as the muezzin says.

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 fast for two days and do not pray at two times; do not fast on Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha, and do not offer voluntary prayers after Fajr prayer until sunrise and after Asr prayer until sunset. No woman should travel for three days without a mahram, and except for three mosques—Masjid al-Haram, Masjid al-Nabawi, and Masjid al-Aqsa—no riding animal should be prepared specifically to travel to any other mosque.

Aamir says that once Abu Saeed Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) and Marwan were sitting when a funeral procession passed by. Abu Saeed (may Allah be pleased with him) stood up, but Marwan said, "Sit down." Abu Saeed Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "A funeral procession passed in front of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and he stood up." Upon this, Marwan also had to stand up.

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) would leave his house (for the Eidgah) on the day of Eid al-Fitr and lead the people in two units of prayer.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Saeed (may Allah be pleased with him) that on the day of Eid al-Fitr, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would leave his house (for the Eid prayer ground) and lead the people in two units of prayer. Then he would move forward and face the people, while they remained seated, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would encourage them to give charity three times. Most of the women on this occasion would give earrings, rings, and similar items in charity. Then, if the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had any need to mention regarding the army, he would state it; otherwise, he would leave.

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.

A person asked Hazrat Abu Saeed Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) about the ritual bath (ghusl) after sexual impurity. He replied: Pour water over the body three times. The person said: I have a lot of hair on my head. Hazrat Abu Saeed (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had more and more fragrant hair than you, (yet he would pour water over his body three times only).

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 that some of the companions were staying behind, so the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Move forward and follow me in prayer, those behind you will follow your lead, for people will continue to stay behind until Allah will put them at the back on the Day of Resurrection."

A freed slave of Hazrat Abu Sa'id Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) says that once I entered the mosque with Hazrat Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him) in the company of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saw that in the middle of the mosque a man was sitting squatting and had interlaced the fingers of his hands and was talking to himself. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) gestured to him to stop, but he did not understand the gesture of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) turned towards Hazrat Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him) and said: When any one of you comes to pray, he should not interlace his fingers, for this is a satanic act, and as long as a person remains in the mosque, until he leaves the mosque, he is counted among those who are praying.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Sa'id Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: When Satan comes to any one of you and says, "Your ablution is broken," then say to him, "You are lying," unless he smells an odor in his nose or his ears hear its sound.

It is narrated from Tariq bin Shihab that once Marwan began to deliver the sermon before the prayer on the day of Eid, which had never happened before. Seeing this, a man stood up and said, "The prayer comes before the sermon." He (Marwan) said, "This practice has been abandoned." In that gathering, Hazrat Abu Saeed Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) was also present. He stood up and said, "This man has fulfilled his responsibility. I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) say: 'Whoever among you sees an evil, let him change it with his hand; if he is not able to do so, then with his tongue; and if he is not able to do so, then with his heart—and that is the weakest level of faith.'"

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Saeed Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: No woman should undertake a journey of three or more days without her father, brother, son, husband, or a mahram.

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 speak ill of my companions, for by the One in Whose hand is my soul, if any one of you were to spend gold equal to Mount Uhud, it would not reach the measure of a mudd of one of them, or even half of it. The previous hadith is also narrated through this second chain.

Muhammad ibn Ja'far narrated to us, Shu'bah narrated to us, from Sulayman, from Dhakwan, from Abu Sa'id al-Khudri, from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, the like of it.

Abu al-Nadr narrated to us, Shu'bah narrated to us, the like of 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: When any one of you prays in a single garment, he should place its two ends over his shoulders.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Saeed Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that once the uncle of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), Khawaja Abu Talib, was mentioned in the presence of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Perhaps my intercession will benefit him on the Day of Resurrection, and he will be placed in a shallow part of Hell, and the fire will reach up to his ankles, due to which his brain will boil like a cauldron.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Saeed Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that he heard the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) say: Prayer in congregation is twenty-five degrees more virtuous than prayer alone.

And it is narrated with the previous chain that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever sees me in a dream has indeed seen a true dream, because Satan cannot take my likeness.

And it is narrated with the previous chain that Hazrat Abu Saeed (may Allah be pleased with him) asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that if at night he becomes "impure" and then wishes to sleep, what should he do? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) instructed him to perform ablution and then go to sleep.

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: Whoever fasts in Ramadan, recognizes its limits, and avoids what should be avoided, it will be an expiation for all his past sins.

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, the most beloved person to Allah and the one closest to Him in assembly will be the just ruler, and on that day, the most hated and deserving of the severest punishment will be the oppressive ruler.

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 example of a believer and faith is like that of a horse tied to its stake; the horse wanders around but returns to its stake, and the believer also wanders but returns to faith. So feed your food to the pious and righteous Muslims. The previous hadith is also narrated through this second chain.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Sa'id Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that a message was sent to Banu Lihyan stating that from every group, one man should go out for jihad, and regarding those who stay behind, it was said that whoever among you takes good care of the family and wealth of the one who has gone out for jihad, he will receive half the reward of the one who has gone out for jihad.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Saeed Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that once some dates were presented to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), whose quality pleased him very much. The companions (may Allah be pleased with them) said, "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! We have acquired these for you to eat in exchange for one sa’ for two sa’." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) expressed disapproval at this and forbade it.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Saeed Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that he heard the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) say: Prayer in congregation has twenty-five degrees more excellence than prayer alone.

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: Allah Almighty has one hundred mercies, out of which Allah has sent down only one mercy upon all jinn, humans, and animals. Because of this one mercy, they show kindness and compassion to one another, and even wild animals show mercy to their offspring due to this one mercy.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: Allah Almighty has a hundred mercies, out of which He has sent down only one mercy upon all jinn, humans, and animals. Because of this one mercy, they show kindness and compassion to one another, and even wild animals show mercy to their offspring due to this one mercy. The remaining ninety-nine mercies are with Allah, and on the Day of Resurrection, He will add this one mercy to those ninety-nine.

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 worst thief is the one who steals in prayer." The companions (may Allah be pleased with them) asked, "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! How can one steal in prayer?" He replied, "By not performing the bowing (ruku) and prostration (sajdah) properly."

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 the people of Paradise will enter Paradise, Allah Almighty will say: Take out from Hell anyone who has in his heart even a mustard seed's weight of faith. When they will be taken out from there, they will have been burnt and turned into coal. Then those people will be washed in a special river called the River of Life, and they will grow just as a seed grows in the flow of a flood. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Just consider, a tree is first green and then it turns yellow.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Saeed Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that once Hazrat Jibreel (peace be upon him) came to the court of Prophethood and said, "O Muhammad (peace be upon him)! Are you ill?" He replied, "Yes." So Hazrat Jibreel (peace be upon him) said, "I perform ruqyah for you in the name of Allah from every thing that harms you, from the evil of the evil eye, and from the evil of the soul. May Allah grant you healing. I perform ruqyah for you in the name of Allah."

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), "Who is the best among the people?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) replied, "The believer who strives in the way of Allah with his life and wealth." The questioner asked, "Who is after him?" He replied, "The believer who lives in any locality, fears Allah, and keeps people safe from harm from his side."

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 write anything from me except the Noble Qur'an, and whoever has written anything other than the Qur'an should erase it. And he said: You may narrate from the Children of Israel, there is no harm in that, and you may also narrate hadith from me, but do not attribute lies to me, for whoever deliberately attributes a lie to me should make his abode in Hell.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Saeed Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that once the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) was distributing something when Dhu al-Khuwaisira al-Tamimi came and said, "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him)! Be just." The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said, "Wretched one! If I do not act justly, then who will?" Hazrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him)! Allow me to strike his neck?" The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said, "Leave him, he has some companions; 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 as an arrow passes through the prey. A man takes his arrow, looks at its tip and sees nothing, then looks at its sinew and sees nothing, then looks at its shaft and sees nothing, then looks at its feathers and sees nothing. Among them will be a black man, on one of whose hands will be a mark like a woman's breast or like a chewed piece of flesh. Their emergence will be at the time of division among people, and regarding them this verse was revealed: 'Among them are those who criticize you concerning the (distribution of) charities.' Hazrat Abu Saeed (may Allah be pleased with him) says, 'I bear witness that I heard this hadith from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), and I also bear witness that Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) fought against these people, and I was with him, and a man was brought who had the same appearance as the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) had described.'"

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 five cases: for the zakat collector, for the one who buys it with his own wealth, for the debtor, in jihad in the way of Allah, and in the case where a poor neighbor receives something as charity and then sends it as a gift to a wealthy person.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Saeed (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would lead the prayer before the sermon on the days of Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha, then deliver the sermon and explain the rulings related to that sermon.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Saeed (may Allah be pleased with him) that I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: When any one of you is praying, he should not allow anyone to pass in front of him, and he should stop him as much as possible. If the person does not stop, then he should fight him, for he is a devil.