Musnad Ahmad

It is narrated from Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: When any one of you makes supplication, he should do so with certainty and firmness, and he should not say: O Allah! If You wish, grant this to me, because there is no one who can compel Allah Almighty.

Once Qatadah asked Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him), "Which supplication did the Prophet (peace be upon him) most frequently make?" He replied that the Prophet (peace be upon him) would often supplicate: "O Allah! O our Lord! Grant us goodness in this world and goodness in the Hereafter, and save us from the punishment of Hell." Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) himself would also make this same supplication.

It is narrated from Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that Hazrat Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him) used to lead his people in prayer. On one occasion, he was leading the prayer when Hazrat Haram (may Allah be pleased with him), who was going to water his garden, entered the mosque to pray. When he saw that Hazrat Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him) was making the prayer long, he shortened his own prayer and went to water his garden. When Hazrat Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him) completed the prayer, someone informed him that Hazrat Haram (may Allah be pleased with him) had come to the mosque.

It is narrated from Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would enter the toilet, he would recite this supplication: "O Allah! I seek refuge with You from the male and female evil jinn."

It is narrated from Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to offer two rams as sacrifice, and I also do the same.

It is narrated from Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever wears silk in this world will never be able to wear it in the Hereafter.

It is narrated from Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) once entered the mosque and saw a rope hanging between two pillars. He asked, "What is this rope?" The people replied, "This is Zainab's rope. When she feels lazy or tired while praying, she ties herself to it." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Untie it." Then he said, "When any one of you prays, he should pray as long as he remains energetic, and when he feels lazy or tired, he should stop."

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. When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) stood up for prayer, the people had fallen asleep.

It is narrated from Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) arrived in Madinah Munawwarah, Hazrat Abu Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him) took my hand and brought me to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said, "O Messenger of Allah, Anas is an intelligent boy; let him serve you." Thus, I had the honor of serving the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) during both journeys and at home. If I ever did any work, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) never said to me, "Why did you do this work in this way?" And if I did not do any work, he never said, "Why did you not do this work?"

It is narrated from Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that once the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had a ring made for himself and said: We have had a ring made and have engraved an inscription (Muhammad Rasul Allah) on it, therefore no one should engrave this inscription on his ring.

It is narrated from Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would perform the prayer completely and concisely.

It is narrated from Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and the three Caliphs (may Allah be pleased with them) used to begin the recitation in prayer with "Alhamdu lillahi Rabbil 'alamin."

It is narrated from Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) set out for the Battle of Khaybar. We offered the Fajr prayer in Khaybar while it was still dark. After the prayer, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) mounted his ride and Hazrat Abu Talha (may Allah be pleased with him) mounted his ride, and I sat behind Hazrat Abu Talha (may Allah be pleased with him). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) began to move through the streets of Khaybar. Sometimes my knee would touch the blessed thigh of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and sometimes the lower garment of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would slip a little from his blessed thigh, and I could see the whiteness of his body. In short, when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) entered the city, he said "Allahu Akbar" and proclaimed, "Khaybar is destroyed! When we descend into the courtyard of a people, the morning of those who have been warned is the worst." He repeated these words three times. At that time, the people had gone out to work. They began to say, "Muhammad and his army have come." Then we conquered Khaybar by the sword and began to gather the captives. Meanwhile, Hazrat Dihya (may Allah be pleased with him) came and said, "O Prophet of Allah! Grant me a slave woman from among the captives." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Go and take a slave woman." So he took Hazrat Safiyyah bint Huyayy. Seeing this, a man came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said, "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! You have given the chief lady of Banu Qurayza and Banu Nadir, Safiyyah, to Dihya. By Allah! She is only suitable for you." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Call Dihya with Safiyyah." So they brought them. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) looked at Hazrat Safiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her) and said to Hazrat Dihya (may Allah be pleased with him), "Take another slave woman from among the captives." Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) set her free and married her. The narrator asked Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him), "O Abu Hamza! How much did the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) give her as mahr (dowry)?" He replied, "The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) set her free and made her freedom her mahr, and married her." On the way, Hazrat Umm Sulaim (may Allah be pleased with her) prepared Hazrat Safiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her) as a bride and presented her to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) at night. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) spent the morning as a groom. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Whoever has anything, let him bring it to us," and a dining cloth was spread. Someone brought cheese, someone brought dates, and someone brought ghee. The people made halwa from it. This was the wedding feast (walima) of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).

It is narrated from Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the armor of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was held as collateral, and there was not enough money to redeem it, until he (peace and blessings be upon him) departed from this world in that state.

It is narrated from Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Kawthar is a river in Paradise which my Lord has promised me."

It is narrated from Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Allah Almighty has said to me that the people of your Ummah will question each other until they say: "Allah created the people, then who created Allah?"

It is narrated from Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that once, while the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was sitting, a state of drowsiness overtook him. Then he raised his head smiling. The people asked the reason for his smile, so he said that just now a surah has been revealed to me. Then he recited the whole Surah Al-Kawthar after saying "Bismillah" and said, "Do you know what Al-Kawthar is?" The companions (may Allah be pleased with them) replied, "Allah and His Messenger know best." He said, "It is a river in Paradise which my Lord has promised me. There will be abundant goodness on it, and on the Day of Resurrection my followers will come to it, and the vessels of this river will be as numerous as the stars. One of the people will be pulled away from it, and I will say, 'O Lord! He is one of my followers.' I will be told, 'You do not know what innovations they introduced after you.'"

It is narrated from Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that one day the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) turned towards us after finishing the prayer and said: O people! I am your Imam, so do not go ahead of me in bowing, prostration, standing, sitting, or ending the prayer, because I see you from in front of me as well as from behind me. And by the One in Whose hand is my soul, if you had seen what I have seen, you would laugh little and weep much. The companions (may Allah be pleased with them) asked: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! What have you seen? He replied: I have seen Paradise and Hell with my own eyes.

It is narrated from Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever sends blessings upon me once, Allah will send ten mercies upon him and forgive ten of his sins.

Alaa ibn Abdur Rahman (may Allah have mercy on him) says that once I performed the Zuhr prayer with an Ansari man and then went to the service of Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him). Shortly after, he asked a maid to bring water for ablution. We asked him, "Which prayer are you performing at this time?" He replied, "The Asr prayer." We said, "We have just come after performing Zuhr (is Asr prayer so early?)" He said, "I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: That is the prayer of the hypocrite, that the hypocrite delays the prayer until, when the sun is between the two horns of Satan, he stands to pray and remembers Allah very little in it."

It is narrated from Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to visit Hazrat Umm Sulaim (may Allah be pleased with her). She would spread a mat for him, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would rest on it for a while. She would collect the Prophet’s (peace and blessings be upon him) sweat and mix it into her perfume, and she would spread a prayer mat for the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), upon which he would perform prayer.

It is narrated from Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that Hazrat Bilal (may Allah be pleased with him) was instructed to say the words of the adhan in even numbers and the words of the iqamah in odd numbers.

It is narrated from Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: There are three things, whoever possesses them will taste the sweetness of faith: First, that Allah and His Messenger are more beloved to him than anyone else; second, that when he loves someone, he loves him only for the sake of Allah; and third, that after being saved from disbelief, he dislikes returning to it just as he would dislike being thrown into the fire.

It is narrated from Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: No person who enters Paradise will ever wish to leave Paradise, except the martyr, who will wish to return to the world and be martyred again in the way of Allah, because he will see the honor that has been bestowed upon him.

It is narrated from Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whenever a prophet was sent to the world, he surely warned his nation about the one-eyed liar. Be aware! The Dajjal will be one-eyed, and your Lord is not one-eyed, and between his (Dajjal’s) two eyes will be written "Kafir" (disbeliever).

It is narrated from Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was once praying at night in his chamber, some people came and joined the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in prayer. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) shortened the prayer and went to his house. This happened several times until morning came. Then the people said, "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! You were praying, we wished that you would have prolonged it." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "I was aware of your presence, but I deliberately did so."

It is narrated from Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) arrived in Madinah, he found that there were two days in which the people used to celebrate festivals since the days of ignorance. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Allah has given you better days than these in exchange—Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha.

It is narrated from Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) once went to a garden of Banu Najjar in Madinah Munawwarah. There, a sound was heard from a grave. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) inquired about it and asked when the deceased had been buried in that grave. People replied, "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! This person was buried during the time of ignorance (Jahiliyyah)." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was astonished at this and said, "If you people did not stop burying your dead, I would have prayed to Allah to make you hear the punishment of the grave."

It is narrated from Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: I entered Paradise and suddenly saw a river, on both banks of which were tents made of pearls. I put my hand in and caught something flowing in the water, and it was fragrant musk. I asked Jibreel Amin, "What is this?" He replied, "This is the River Kawthar which Allah has granted to you."

It is narrated from Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was returning from the Battle of Tabuk and approached near Madinah Munawwarah, he said: "There are some people in Madinah Munawwarah that whichever path you traveled and whichever valley you crossed, they were with you in that." The companions (may Allah be pleased with them) submitted, "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! Were they with us even though they were in Madinah?" He replied, "Yes! Even though they were in Madinah, because some excuse had kept them back."

It is narrated from Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had a she-camel named "Adhba" which had never been left behind by anyone. Once, a Bedouin came on his camel and surpassed her. This was very hard on the Muslims. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) noticed the expressions on their faces. Then the people themselves said, "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! Adhba has been left behind." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "It is Allah's right that whatever He raises in this world, He also lowers it."

It is narrated from Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that one day the prayer was established, so the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) turned towards us and said, "Straighten your rows and stand close together, for I see you from behind me as well."

Humaid says that a person asked Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) about the night prayer of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), so he replied: "We could see the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) praying at whatever time of the night we wished to see him praying, and if we intended to see him sleeping, we could see him sleeping as well. Similarly, in some months the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would fast continuously to the extent that we would think he would not leave any fast, and at other times he would leave fasting to the extent that we would say perhaps now the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) will not fast anymore."

It is narrated from Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that we used to be very happy when a Bedouin would come and ask the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) a question. So once a Bedouin came and said, "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! When will the Hour (Day of Judgment) be established?" At that time, the Iqamah had been pronounced, so the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) began to lead the prayer. After finishing the prayer, he said, "Where is the one who asked about the Hour?" He said, "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! I am here." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "What preparation have you made for the Hour?" He said, "I have not prepared many good deeds, prayers, or fasts, but I do have this much: I love Allah and His Messenger." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "A person will be with the one whom he loves on the Day of Judgment." Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) says, "I have never seen the Muslims as happy as they were on that day after accepting Islam."

It is narrated from Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that once the time for prayer approached, at that time there was some bitterness between the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and the pure wives, and the pure wives were defending each other. Meanwhile, Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) arrived and said, "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! Put dust in their mouths and come outside for prayer."

It is narrated from Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: None of you should wish for death because of a calamity that has befallen him. If wishing for death becomes necessary, then he should say: O Allah! Keep me alive as long as life is better for me, and grant me death when death is better for me.

It is narrated from Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that Hazrat Abu Talha (may Allah be pleased with him) did not keep many voluntary fasts during the blessed lifetime of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), but after the Prophet’s (peace and blessings be upon him) passing, he would not leave fasting in any circumstance except for travel or illness.

It is narrated from Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was residing, he would observe i'tikaf during the last ten days of Ramadan, and when he was traveling, he would observe i'tikaf for twenty days the following year.

It is narrated from Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that once the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) was going somewhere with some of his companions (may Allah be pleased with them). On the way, there was a child lying on the ground. When his mother saw the people, she feared that the child might be trampled under their feet, so she ran, crying out, "My son, my son," and picked him up. The people said, "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him)! This woman can never throw her son into the fire." The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) silenced them and said, "Allah will also never throw His friend into the fire."

Humaid says that a person asked Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) whether the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to raise his hands in supplication. He replied that once, on a Friday, people said to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! The rain has stopped, the land has become dry, and wealth is being destroyed." Upon hearing this, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) raised his hands so high that I could see the whiteness of his blessed armpits, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) supplicated for rain. At the time when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) raised his blessed hands, there was no cloud visible in the sky, and when he finished supplicating, the young men living in nearby houses had difficulty returning to their homes. When the next Friday came, people said, "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! The buildings of the houses have collapsed, and the riders have been forced to stop outside Madinah." Upon hearing this, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) smiled at the impatience of the son of Adam and prayed to Allah, "O Allah! Let this rain fall around us, not upon us." Thus, the rain moved away from Madinah.