Musnad Ahmad

It is narrated from Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that a man came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) at Khaybar and said twice that the meat of donkeys is being eaten. Then he came again and said that the donkeys have finished. Upon this, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) made an announcement that Allah and His Messenger forbid you from the meat of donkeys because their meat is impure.

It is narrated from Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that once the companions (may Allah be pleased with them) asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) about this issue: The People of the Book greet us with Salam, what should we reply to them? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Just say "Wa Alaikum" in response.

It is narrated from Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: A person grows old, but two things always remain in him: desire and hope.

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 Afra had beaten 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 when this verse was revealed: "You cannot attain the highest level of righteousness until you spend from that which you love," and the verse: "Who is it that will lend Allah a goodly loan," Hazrat Abu Talha (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! My such-and-such garden which is at such-and-such place, I give it in the name of Allah, and by Allah! If it were possible for me to keep it hidden, I would never let it be known." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Distribute it among the poor of your family."

It is narrated from Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The Dajjal's left eye will be defective, there will be a thick film over it, and between his two eyes will be written "Kafir" (disbeliever).

It is narrated from Hazrat Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: What is the matter with people that during prayer they raise their eyes towards the sky? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) strongly forbade this and said: People should refrain from this, otherwise their eyesight will be taken away.

It is narrated from Hazrat Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to offer two speckled, horned rams as sacrifice, and he would mention the name of Allah and say Takbeer. I saw that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would slaughter them with his own hand and would place his foot on their side.

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: Maintain moderation in prostrations, and none of you should spread his hands like a dog.

It is narrated from Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) recited Qunoot Nazilah after the bowing (ruku) in the Fajr prayer for a month and kept supplicating against some Arab tribes, then he abandoned it.

It is narrated from Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: I entered Paradise and suddenly saw a river on whose banks were tents made of pearls. I put my hand into it and caught something flowing in the water, and it was fragrant musk. I asked Jibreel (peace be upon him), "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 the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) recited Qunoot Nazilah after bowing in the Fajr prayer for a month, and kept invoking curses upon the tribes of Ri'l and Dhakwaan, and said that 'Usayyah has disobeyed Allah and His Messenger.'

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, all the Muslims will gather together. This thought will be put into their hearts and they will say: If we take someone to intercede before our Lord, perhaps He will grant us relief from this place. So they will go to Hazrat Adam (peace be upon him) and say: O Adam! You are the father of mankind, Allah created you with His own hand, made the angels prostrate to you, and taught you the names of all things. Therefore, intercede for us with our Lord so that He may deliver us from this place. Hazrat Adam (peace be upon him) will reply: I am not worthy of this, and he will remember his mistake and feel shy before his Lord and say: Go to Hazrat Nuh (peace be upon him), for he was the first Messenger whom Allah sent to the people of the earth. So all the people will go to Hazrat Nuh (peace be upon him) and say to him: Intercede for us with your Lord. He will reply: The matter you seek is not with me. Go to Hazrat Ibrahim (peace be upon him), for Allah made him His close friend (Khalil). So all the people will go to Hazrat Ibrahim (peace be upon him), and he will also say: The matter you seek is not with me, but go to Hazrat Musa (peace be upon him), for Allah spoke to him directly and gave him the Torah. Hazrat Musa (peace be upon him) will also excuse himself, saying: I killed a person unjustly, but go to Hazrat Isa (peace be upon him), who was Allah’s servant, His Messenger, His word, and a spirit from Him. But Hazrat Isa (peace be upon him) will also excuse himself and say: Go to Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), he will intercede for you, whose past and future shortcomings Allah has forgiven.

The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: I will seek permission to present myself before my Lord, which will be granted to me. When I see my Lord, I will fall into prostration before Him. Allah will let me remain in prostration as long as He wills. Then it will be said to me: O Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him)! Raise your head, whatever you say will be heard, whatever you ask will be granted, and whoever you intercede for, your intercession will be accepted. So I will raise my head and praise Allah with such praises as He will teach me. Then I will intercede, and Allah will set a limit for me, and I will admit them into Paradise and return again. This will happen three times. On the fourth time, I will say: O Lord! Only those remain whom the Qur’an has kept back. So every person will be taken out of Hell who says "La ilaha illallah" and in whose heart there is even the weight of a barley grain of goodness. Then every person will be taken out of Hell who says "La ilaha illallah" and in whose heart there is even the weight of a wheat grain of goodness. And every person will be taken out of Hell who says "La ilaha illallah" and in whose heart there is even the weight of a mustard seed of goodness.

It is narrated from Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever deliberately attributes a lie to me, he should make his abode in Hell. He said this twice.

It is narrated from Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: What is the matter with people that during prayer they raise their eyes towards the sky and look? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) strongly forbade this and said: People should refrain from this, otherwise their eyesight will be taken away.

It is narrated from Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and his honorable wife used to perform ghusl from the same vessel. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to perform ghusl with five makook of water and perform wudu with one makook of water.

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 appointed an angel over the womb of the mother, who at its appointed time keeps saying: O Lord! Now it has become a drop of fluid. O Lord! Now it has become a clot of flesh. Then when Allah intends to create it, the angel asks: O Lord! Will it be wretched or blessed? Will it be male or female? And how long will its lifespan be? All these things are written in the mother's womb.

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 once something of charity came to Bareerah (the maid 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 I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: I am amazed at the believer, for whatever decision Allah makes for him, it is always better for him.

It is narrated from Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade tying up an animal and using it as a target for practice.

It is narrated from Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that whatever time comes upon you, it will be worse than the one before it. We have heard this from your Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in this very way.

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, every poor and wealthy person will wish that he had been given only as much in the world as was sufficient for his needs.

It is narrated from Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) once addressed me as "the one with two ears."

It is narrated from Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that once Hazrat Umm Sulaym (may Allah be pleased with her) was traveling with the noble wives. A man, whose name was Anjasha, was driving the mounts of the Mothers of the Believers. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came to him and said, "Anjasha, drive gently with these glass vessels."

It is narrated from Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to supplicate: O Allah! I seek refuge in You from incapacity, laziness, cowardice, old age, miserliness, and the torment of the grave, and I seek refuge in You from the trials of life and death.

It is narrated from Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that once, in the gathering of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), two men sneezed. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) replied to one of them (by saying "Yarhamukallah") and left the other. Someone asked, "Two men sneezed, you replied to one of them, why did you not reply to the other?" He said, "He had said 'Alhamdulillah' and the other had not said it."

It is narrated from Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Allah Almighty becomes pleased with His servant even on such a small thing that after eating a morsel of food or drinking water, he thanks Allah.

It is narrated from Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that at the time of departing from this world, the general advice of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was regarding prayer and taking care of slaves, to the extent that even when the state of rattling (of the throat) overtook him, these words were still flowing from his blessed tongue.

It is narrated from Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever seeks refuge from Hell three times, Hell itself says, "O Allah! Save this servant from me." And whoever asks for Paradise three times, Paradise itself says, "O Allah! Grant this servant entry into me."

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 Eid al-Adha: Whoever has offered the sacrifice before the prayer should offer the sacrifice again. Upon hearing this, a man stood up and said, "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! This is a day in which people generally desire meat." Then he mentioned the case of one of his neighbors, and it seemed as if the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was affirming him. Then he said, "I have a six-month-old lamb, which is more beloved to me than the meat of two goats." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) permitted him to sacrifice it. Now, I do not know whether this permission is for others as well or not. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) turned towards his two rams and slaughtered them. The people were standing in anticipation of "war booty," so they distributed it.

It is narrated from Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that once the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) informed us during a sermon that Zaid took the flag but was martyred, then Ja’far took it but he too was martyred, then Abdullah bin Rawahah took it but he too was martyred, then Khalid bin Walid took the flag without any commandership and Allah granted victory to the Muslims at his hands, and I do not rejoice that they remained with us; at that time, tears were flowing from the eyes 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) permitted ruqyah (spiritual healing) for the evil eye, sting, and namlah (a disease in which the side becomes filled with pustules).

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 hair of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would reach his shoulders.

It is narrated from Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that when fragrance was presented to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), he (peace be upon him) would not refuse it.

It is narrated from Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would break his fast at someone's place, he would say: "The fasting people have broken their fast with you, the righteous have eaten your food, and the angels of mercy have descended upon you."

It is narrated from Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the place of Masjid Nabawi (peace be upon him) originally belonged to Banu Najjar. There was a tree and some graves of polytheists there. The Prophet (peace be upon him) said to Banu Najjar, "Settle its price with me." They replied, "We will not take its price." The Prophet (peace be upon him) himself participated in the construction of Masjid Nabawi. People would hand bricks to the Prophet (peace be upon him), and the Prophet (peace be upon him) kept saying, "True life is the life of the Hereafter. O Allah! Forgive the Ansar and the Muhajireen." And before the construction of Masjid Nabawi, wherever the time for prayer occurred, the Prophet (peace be upon him) would pray there.

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