Musnad Ahmad

It is narrated from Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came and stood by the blessed body of Hazrat Hamza (may Allah be pleased with him). He saw that the polytheists had mutilated his body. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "If Safiyyah would not feel burdened in her heart, I would have left him as he is so that birds would eat his flesh and on the Day of Resurrection he would come out from the bellies of those birds." Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) called for a sheet and shrouded him in it. When the sheet was pulled over his head, his feet would be uncovered, and when it was pulled over his feet, his head would be uncovered. During the Battle of Uhud, the number of martyrs was large and the shrouds were few, so two or three men would be wrapped together in one shroud. However, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would ask which of them knew more of the Qur'an, and he would place that one closest to the Qiblah. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) buried all of them in this manner and did not perform their funeral prayer.

It is narrated from Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: When I reached Sidrat al-Muntaha, I saw that its fruits were as large as water jars and its leaves were as big as elephant ears. When it was covered by that which covered it by Allah's command, it turned into ruby and emerald.

It is narrated from Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that Rubayyi‘, who was the paternal aunt of Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him), broke the tooth of a girl. Then her family asked the girl's family for forgiveness, but they refused to forgive and came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) demanding retribution (qisas). Anas bin Nadr (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! Will the tooth of so-and-so (my sister) be broken?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Anas! The decision of the Book of Allah is retribution (qisas)." He said, "By Him Who has sent you with the truth, the tooth of so-and-so woman will not be broken." In the meantime, those people became pleased and forgave her and gave up their demand for retribution. Upon this, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "There are some servants of Allah, if they swear by Allah about something, Allah surely fulfills their oath."

It is narrated from Hazrat Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that one of my uncles once invited the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) for a meal and said, "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! I wish that you eat food at my house and pray there." So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came. There was a mat in the house which had become old and black. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered it to be placed in a corner, it was dusted and water was sprinkled on it. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed there and we also prayed with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).

It is narrated from Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that on the day of the Battle of Badr, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Who will go and see what has become of Abu Jahl?" Hazrat Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) went for this service. He saw that the two sons of Afraa had struck him until he was lifeless. Hazrat Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) caught Abu Jahl by his beard and said, "Are you Abu Jahl?" He replied, "Have you ever killed a man greater than me?"

It is narrated from Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that an Ansari woman (along with her child) came to the service of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to her in private: "By Him in Whose hand is my soul, you people are the most beloved to me among all people." He said this sentence three times.

It is narrated from Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said regarding the Ansar: "You are the most beloved of all people to me."

Bukair bin Wahb, may Allah have mercy on him, says that once Hazrat Anas, may Allah be pleased with him, said to me: "I will narrate to you a hadith which I do not narrate to everyone, and it is this: Once the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, stood at the door of a house while we were inside it, and said: 'There will be leaders from among the Quraysh, and they will have rights over you, and you will have rights over them in the same way. When people ask them for mercy, they should show mercy; when they make a promise, they should fulfill it; when they judge, they should judge with justice. Whoever does not do so, upon him is the curse of Allah, the angels, and all people.'"

Hamzah (may Allah have mercy on him) says that once Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) said to him, "Shall I narrate to you a hadith from which Allah may benefit you?" And that is: Whenever the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) halted at a place, he would not depart from there before performing the Zuhr prayer. Muhammad bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) asked Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him), "O Abu Hamzah! Even if it was at midday?" He replied, "Yes! Even if it was at midday." Hamzah (may Allah have mercy on him) says that once, by the bank of the Nile River, I met Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him), and between me and him was Muhammad bin Amr. Then the narrator mentioned the complete hadith.

Abdu-s-Samad narrated to us, Shu'bah narrated to us, Hamzah ad-Dabbi narrated to us, he said: I met Anas ibn Malik at the mouth of the Nile, and Muhammad ibn Amr was walking between me and him, and he mentioned the like of it. He said: Muhammad ibn Amr said: Even if it is at midday?

Abu Fazarah (may Allah have mercy on him) says that once he asked Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) about the two rak‘ahs before Maghrib, so he replied that during the blessed era of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), we used to hasten towards them. After that, when he asked again, he did not mention the blessed era of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).

Abu Sadaqah, who was the freed slave of Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him), says that I asked Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) about the prayer of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). He replied that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to perform the Zuhr prayer after the sun had passed its zenith, the Asr prayer between those two prayers, the Maghrib prayer at the time of sunset, the Isha prayer after the disappearance of twilight, and the Fajr prayer when the dawn had appeared, until the eyes could see clearly.

It is narrated from Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: On the Day of Resurrection, a person from among the people of Hell, who will have the lightest punishment, will be asked: "Tell me, if you had everything that is on the face of the earth, would you give it as ransom for yourself?" He will say, "Yes!" Allah will say, "I asked you for something even lighter than this in the world. I took a covenant from you in the loins of Adam that you would not associate anyone with Me, but you did not accept without committing shirk."

Yahya bin Yazid (may Allah have mercy on him) says that I asked Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) about the shortened prayer (Qasr). He replied: When I used to set out towards Kufa, I would perform only two rak'ahs until I returned. And when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) set out for a distance of three miles or three farsakhs, he would perform two rak'ahs.

It is narrated from Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that once the time for prayer arrived, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was conversing in private with a man in the mosque, until the people fell asleep, then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) led his companions in prayer.

It is narrated from Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and his noble wife used to perform ghusl from the same vessel.

It is narrated from Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: A sign of faith is to love the Ansar, and a sign of hypocrisy is to harbor enmity towards the Ansar.

It is narrated from Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Patience is only at the first stroke of calamity (after that, everyone becomes patient).

It is narrated from Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) offered the funeral prayer at the grave of a woman who had already been buried.

It is narrated from Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever comes closer to Allah by a span, Allah comes closer to him by a cubit; and whoever comes closer to Allah by a cubit, Allah comes closer to him by a fathom; and whoever comes to Allah walking, Allah comes to him running.

It is narrated from Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) once said to Hazrat Ubayy bin Ka'b (may Allah be pleased with him) that Allah has commanded me to recite to you the Surah "Alam Yakunilladhina Kafaru". Hazrat Ubayy bin Ka'b (may Allah be pleased with him) asked, "Did Allah mention me by name?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) replied, "Yes!" Upon hearing this, Ubayy bin Ka'b (may Allah be pleased with him) began to weep.

It is narrated from Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Perform bowing and prostration completely, for by Allah, I see you even from behind my back."

It is narrated from Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: I and the Hour (Day of Judgment) have been sent like these two fingers together. (Saying this, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) pointed towards his index finger and middle finger.)

It is narrated from Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet said: There is no reality in bad omens, however, I like optimism, that is, a good and pure word.

It is narrated from Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that once something of charity came to Bareerah (the slave girl of Hazrat Aisha, may Allah be pleased with her), so the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "This is charity for her and a gift for us."

It is narrated from Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) never ate on a table or in small bowls, nor was fine bread ever baked for him. The narrator asked, "Then on what did he eat his food?" He replied, "On dining cloths (dastarkhwan)."

It is narrated from Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) passed away at the age of sixty, and at that time there were not even twenty white hairs in the blessed beard of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).

It is narrated from Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The example of my Ummah is like that of rain; it is not known whether its beginning is better or its end."

It is narrated from Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) gave the kunyah Musharsh after the name of the vegetable which I used to pick.

It is narrated from Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that there was a man who was very heavyset and could not come repeatedly to pray with the Prophet (peace be upon him). He said to the Prophet (peace be upon him) that he did not have the strength to come again and again to pray with him, and requested that if the Prophet (peace be upon him) would come to his house one day and pray at a certain place, then he would pray there from then on. So, he arranged an invitation once and called the Prophet (peace be upon him), and sprinkled water on a corner of a mat. The Prophet (peace be upon him) prayed two rak‘ahs there. A man from the family of Jarud, upon hearing this, asked Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) whether the Prophet (peace be upon him) used to pray the Duha prayer. He replied that he had only seen the Prophet (peace be upon him) pray that prayer on that day.

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

It is narrated from Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to perform the Asr prayer when the sun was bright and in the shape of its circle.

It is narrated from Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to Hazrat Muadh bin Jabal (may Allah be pleased with him): Remember! Whoever dies bearing witness that there is no god but Allah will enter Paradise.

It is narrated from Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Create ease, do not create difficulties; give comfort, do not spread hatred.

It is narrated from Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I and the Hour have been sent like these two fingers together." Saying this, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) pointed towards his index finger and middle finger.

It is narrated from Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that before the construction of the Prophet’s Mosque, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to offer prayers in a goat enclosure as well.

It is narrated from Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), while mentioning the major sins, said: They are these—associating partners with Allah, unjustly killing, disobedience to parents. And he said: Shall I not tell you the greatest of the major sins? That is false speech or false testimony.

Sayyar says that I was walking with Thabit Banani (may Allah have mercy on him), and on the way he passed by some children and greeted them with salam. He said that he was walking with Anas (may Allah be pleased with him), and on the way he passed by some children and greeted them with salam. He said that I was walking with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and on the way he passed by some children and greeted them with salam.

It is narrated from Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade drinking water while standing. We asked Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) about eating (while standing), so he replied that this is even more severe.

Abdul Hameed bin Mahmood says that I once offered the Friday prayer with Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him). We found space near the pillars, due to which we became ahead and behind (in rows). Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) said: In the blessed era of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), we used to avoid this.