Musnad Ahmad

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever swears a false oath upon my pulpit, let him prepare his abode in Hell.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) used to teach us the way of performing Istikhara just as he used to teach us a surah from the Qur'an. He said: When any one of you is concerned about a matter, he should pray two rak‘ahs other than the obligatory prayers, then say this supplication: O Allah, I seek goodness from You by virtue of Your knowledge, and I seek ability from You by virtue of Your power, and I ask You from Your great bounty. For You have power, I have none. You know, I do not know, and You are the Knower of the unseen. O Allah, if You know that this matter (here he should mention his matter) is good for me in my religion, my livelihood, and the outcome of my affairs, then decree it for me, make it easy for me, and bless it for me. And if You know that this matter is bad for me in my religion, my livelihood, and the outcome of my affairs, then turn it away from me and turn me away from it, and decree for me what is good wherever it may be, and then make me content with it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) went to the house of an Ansari to visit him during his illness. Nearby, a small stream was flowing. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked him for water to drink and said: "If you have water left over from the night in this vessel, then that is fine; otherwise, we will drink directly (from the stream)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Every good deed is charity, and it is also a good deed that you meet your brother with a cheerful face or pour some water from your bucket into his vessel.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) say: Whoever fasts in the month of Ramadan and then follows it with six days of fasting in the month of Shawwal, it is as if he has fasted for the whole year.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "There are two things that make it obligatory: Whoever meets Allah in such a state that he does not associate anything with Him, he will enter Paradise; and whoever meets Allah in such a state that he associates something with Him, he will enter Hell."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Every prophet had a disciple, and my disciple is Zubair.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would not engage in jihad in the Sacred City except if war was imposed by others. Otherwise, when the sacred months began, he would refrain until they ended.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that he heard the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) saying: May Allah forgive the tribe of Ghifar and grant safety to the tribe of Aslam.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Harshness of hearts and oppression are found among the people of the East, and faith and gentleness are among the people of Hijaz."

Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates from Sayyiduna Umar regarding the statement of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that: I will surely expel the Jews and Christians from the Arabian Peninsula, and I will not leave anyone there except Muslims.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) saying: People ask me about the Hour (Day of Judgment), although its true knowledge is only with Allah. However, I swear by Allah that none of those living today will remain alive after one hundred years.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Before the Day of Judgment, there will be (about thirty) great liars. Among them will be the claimant of prophethood from Yamamah, the claimant of prophethood from Sana'a, and among them will also be the Dajjal, whose trial will be the greatest of them all."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that he heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: I will go ahead of you and wait for you; if you do not see me, then I will be at the Hawd (Pond) of Kawthar, which will be as long as the distance between Aylah and Makkah Mukarramah. Soon, many men and women will come with water skins and vessels, but they will not be able to drink anything from it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that he heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "A group from my Ummah will continue to fight for the truth and will remain dominant until the Day of Resurrection, until Sayyiduna Isa descends. Then their leader will say, 'Come forward and lead us in prayer.' But he (Isa) will reply, 'No, some of you are leaders over others, so that Allah may honor this Ummah.'"

Abu Zubair asked Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) about the arrival. He replied: I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: On the Day of Resurrection, we will be on a mound above all people. All the nations and their idols will be called, one after another. Then our Lord will come to us and ask: Whom are you waiting for? The people will reply: We are waiting for our Lord. He will say: I am your Lord. The people will say: We will remain here until we see Him. Then the Lord will manifest a radiance before them in which He will be smiling, and every person, whether a hypocrite or a true believer, will be given a light. Then darkness will fall, and the light of the hypocrite will be extinguished along with the Muslims, and the Muslims will be saved by crossing the bridge (Sirat). The first group of saved Muslims will have faces like the full moon of the fourteenth night; they will be seventy thousand in number and will not be held accountable. The second group to be saved will be like the brightest star in the sky, then, rank by rank, until permission for intercession will be granted, and people will intercede, by virtue of which the person who has even a grain of barley's worth of faith in his heart will be taken out of Hell and brought to the courtyard of Paradise. The people of Paradise will pour water over him until he grows forth like wild plants grow in a flood, and the burning of their bodies will be removed. Then Allah will question them and grant them a reward ten times greater than what they had in the world.

Abu Zubair asked Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) about the two angels who test in the grave. He replied that I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) say: This Ummah will be tested in its graves. So when a believer is placed in the grave and his companions turn away and leave, an angel comes whose rebuke is very severe. He asks the deceased: What did you use to say about this man? He replies: I used to say that he was Allah’s Messenger and His servant. The angel says: Look at your place which was prepared for you in Hell; Allah has saved you from it and, in exchange for that place in Hell, He has granted you this place in Paradise which you are now seeing. He sees both of these places. Upon hearing this, the Muslim says: Allow me to go and give glad tidings to my family. He is told: Remain here in peace. And if the deceased is a hypocrite, when his family turns away and leaves, he is made to sit up and is asked: What did you use to say about this man? He replies: I do not know; I used to say what others said. He is told: You did not know. This was not your place in Paradise, but now Allah has replaced it with this place in Hell for you. Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) says: I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) say: Every person will be raised in the state in which he died; the believer upon his faith and the hypocrite upon his hypocrisy.

Abu al-Zubair says that he asked Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) about the funeral: so he replied that a funeral passed by near the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), so he and the companions stood up and remained standing until it disappeared from sight.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that he heard the Prophet saying: I hope that on the Day of Resurrection, my followers—my Ummah—will constitute one fourth of all the people of Paradise. At this, we raised the slogan of Takbeer. Then he said: I hope that they will be one third of all the people. At this, we again raised the slogan of Takbeer. Then he said: I hope that they will be one half of all the people.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that he heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: When any believing man or woman, or any Muslim man or woman falls ill, Allah forgives his or her sins.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked for a paper before his passing so that he could dictate a writing after which people would not go astray, but Sayyiduna Umar held a different opinion regarding this until the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) left it.

Abu Zubair says that he asked Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) whether the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said that the best jihad is that of the person whose horse’s legs are cut and his own blood is shed. He replied: Yes.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) say: "The best charity is that which is given when one is self-sufficient, and begin giving charity with those who are under your care, and the upper hand is better than the lower hand."

Abu Zubair asked Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him): Did you hear the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say that when a person enters his house, he should greet (with salam)? And that a believer eats with one intestine? He replied: Yes. And I asked Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him): Did you also hear the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say that when a person enters his house and mentions the name of Allah upon entering and while eating, Satan says: There is no place for you to spend the night here, nor any food? And if he does not mention the name of Allah upon entering, Satan says: You have found a place to spend the night. And if he does not mention the name of Allah while eating, Satan says: You have found both food and a place to stay. He replied: Yes.

Abu Zubair asked Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) about a person's servant who saves him from hardship and heat. He replied that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded us to call them (the servants) at the time of eating, and if one does not consider it good for the servant to eat with him, then he should at least give him a single morsel with his own hand.

Abu Zubair says that I asked Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) whether he had heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say that when a person is committing adultery, he is not a believer at that time, and when a person is stealing, he is not a believer at that time. He replied that I myself have not heard this hadith from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), but Ibn Umar has informed me that he heard this hadith from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that once the companions were participating in a jihad between Makkah and Madinah when suddenly a strong wind blew. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "This is a sign of the death of a hypocrite." So when we reached Madinah Munawwarah, we found out that indeed a great hypocrite had died.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) achieved victory at Hunayn, he sent out various detachments. They brought back camels and goats, which the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) distributed among the Quraysh. We, the Ansar, felt something about this in our hearts. When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) found out, he gathered us and, delivering a sermon, said: "Are you not pleased that you will receive Allah's Messenger? By Allah, if people were to walk on one path and you were in another valley, I would choose your valley." Upon this, they said, "O Messenger of Allah! We are pleased."

Abu al-Zubair says that I asked Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) about the pledge of Aqabah: so he informed that on that occasion seventy men were present, they came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) while Sayyiduna Abbas was holding his hand. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said that I have taken the pledge and given the promise.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir, with reference to Sayyiduna Umar, that he heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: The people of Makkah will leave (that is, Makkah), then they will not be able to settle there again or will settle there very little. Then buildings will be constructed there, then they will leave it and never return to it again.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: A time will certainly come when a rider will be traveling on one side of the valley of Madinah and will say, "There used to be many believers living here."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) say: "It is neither permissible nor lawful for anyone to raise weapons in Madinah Munawwarah with the intention of fighting."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that a monk sent a silk cloak as a gift to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) wore it at that time, but took it off after reaching home. Then, upon learning of the arrival of a delegation, Sayyiduna Umar requested that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) wear that cloak. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Silk clothing is not suitable for us in this world; it will be suitable for us in the Hereafter. However, Umar, you may take it." Sayyiduna Umar said, "You dislike it, and I should take it?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "I am not instructing you to wear it, but rather so that you may send it to the land of Iran and obtain wealth through it." Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) himself sent that cloak to King Najashi, who had given refuge to the emigrant companions of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).

Abu Az-Zubair says that I asked Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) about the red saddle: so he informed that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: I do not ride on it, and I do not wear a shirt whose cuffs are of silk, nor do I wear silk clothing.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that Umm Malik Al-Bahziyyah used to send a gift of ghee to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in a bucket. Once, her children asked her for curry, but she had nothing at that time. She got up and went to the bucket in which she used to send ghee to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and saw that there was ghee in it. So she kept giving it to her children as curry for a long time, until one day she squeezed it out completely. She then went to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and narrated the whole incident. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked her, "Did you squeeze it out?" She replied, "Yes." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "If you had left it as it was, there would always have been ghee in it."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that once a man came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) to request some grain. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) gave him half a wasq. After that, the man, his wife, and their child continued to eat from it regularly until one day they measured it. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "If you had not measured it, you would have continued to take from it and it would have remained with you."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him), with reference to Banu Juhani, that once the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) passed by a group in the mosque who had drawn their swords and were exchanging them with each other without sheathing them. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The curse of Allah is upon the one who does this. Did I not strictly forbid you from doing so? When you draw swords, give them to each other only after sheathing them."

Abu al-Zubair says that I asked Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him), "Did you hear the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say that as long as a person waits for the prayer, he is counted as being in prayer?" He replied, "Once we were waiting for the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) for the 'Isha prayer. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not come until a portion of the night had passed. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) arrived, and we performed the prayer. Then he said, 'Sit down,' and while addressing us, he said, 'The people have performed the prayer and gone to sleep, but you remained in prayer the entire time you were waiting for the prayer.'"

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: When any one of you sees a woman and he is attracted to her, he should go to his wife, for this will remove from his heart what he is feeling.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever among you thinks that he may not be able to wake up in the last part of the night, he should offer Witr in the first part of the night. And whoever thinks that he will be able to wake up in the last part of the night, he should offer Witr at the end, because during the time of prayer in the last part of the night, the angels are present, and this is the best way.