Musnad Ahmad

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: Whoever frightens the people of Madinah, he frightens that which is between my two sides.

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: "Woe to the heels from the fire of Hell."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Let none of you move pebbles with his hand; this is better for him than a hundred she-camels, all of whose eyes are black. If Satan overcomes any one of you, then let him level it only once.

The previous hadith is also narrated through this second chain.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that a man made his slave a mudabbar. That man himself was in debt. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sold the mudabbar slave for the payment of his master's debt, and Nu'aym bin Nahham bought him.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came to the Mosque of Ahzab, placed his cloak down, stood up, and spread his hands to make supplication, but did not perform the funeral prayer. Then after a while, he came again, supplicated, and also performed the funeral prayer.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) decreed that if something is given to a person for his lifetime, it will belong to him.

Abu Zubair says that I asked Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) about the circumambulation (tawaf) of the Ka'bah: so he said: We used to touch the first and last corner while performing tawaf. After the Fajr prayer until sunrise and after the Asr prayer until sunset, we did not perform tawaf. And I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) say: The sun rises between the horns of Satan.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that he heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Madinah is like a furnace. Sayyiduna Ibrahim declared Makkah sacred, and I declare Madinah sacred. Therefore, the area between its two boundaries and its pastures are completely sacred; no tree may be cut down there except if a person feeds it to his camel. And, by the will of Allah, plague and the Dajjal will not come near it. Angels will be guarding all its entrances and exits."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings 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 an Ansari came to the service of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said, "O Messenger of Allah! Can I treat a scorpion sting through incantation (ruqyah)?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever can benefit his brother should do so."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that a woman in Madinah Munawwarah was bitten by a snake. People called Amr bin Hazm so that he could perform ruqyah (incantation) for her, but he refused. When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came to know of this, he called Amr. He said, "O Messenger of Allah! You prohibit incantations." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Recite your incantation before me." He recited it, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "There is no harm in this; you may perform ruqyah for them."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that he heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: "None of you will enter Paradise or be saved from Hell because of his deeds." The companions asked: "O Messenger of Allah! Not even you?" He replied: "Not even me, unless Allah covers me with His mercy."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: When a morsel of food falls from any of you, he should remove any harmful thing from it and eat it, and not leave it for Satan. And he should not wipe his hand with a towel until he has licked his fingers, for he does not know in which part of his food the blessing lies.

It is narrated from Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Avoid major sins, remain steadfast on the right path, and receive glad tidings.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that he heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbidding the selling of dates by estimation. He was saying: "Tell me, if the dates are ruined, what will you do? Do you want to consume your brother's wealth unjustly?"

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: A person will be with the one whom he loves.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: I have been commanded to fight the people until they say La ilaha illallah. When they do this, they have protected their lives and wealth from me, except for the right of Islam, and their reckoning is with Allah.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "If a person says something in a gathering and, while speaking, looks to his right and left, then that statement is a trust."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) performed ramal (brisk walking) in three circuits up to the Black Stone, then he prayed two rak'ahs, then he came again to the Black Stone, then he went to the well of Zamzam, drank its water and poured it over his blessed head, then returned and touched the Black Stone again, then proceeded towards Safa and Marwah and said: "Begin from here, from where Allah has begun."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that once we set out with the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) towards Makkah Mukarramah with the intention of Hajj only. Sayyidah Aisha put on the Ihram for Umrah. When we reached the place of Sarif, her menstrual period began. When we reached Makkah Mukarramah, we performed the Tawaf of the Ka'bah, performed Sa'i between Safa and Marwah, and those among us who did not have a sacrificial animal, the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) ordered them to come out of Ihram. We asked about the nature of coming out of Ihram, so he said: Become completely halal (lawful). Thus, we went to our wives, applied perfume, while there were only four nights left between us and Arafah. Then, on the eighth of Dhul-Hijjah, we put on the Ihram for Hajj. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) came to Sayyidah Aisha, and she was crying. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) asked her the reason for crying, so she said: I am crying because everyone has come out of Ihram, but I have not been able to do so yet. People have performed Tawaf, but I have not been able to do so yet, and the days of Hajj are upon us. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: This is something that Allah has written for the daughters of Adam, so you should perform Ghusl, put on the Ihram for Hajj, and perform Hajj. So she did so, and after being free from her excuse, the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said to her: Perform the Tawaf of the House (Ka'bah) and Sa'i between Safa and Marwah, thus you will be free from the restrictions of Ihram for your Hajj and Umrah. She said: O Messenger of Allah! There will always be a feeling in my heart that I did not perform any Tawaf until Hajj. Upon this, the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said to her brother Abdur Rahman (may Allah be pleased with him): Take her and let her perform Umrah from Tan'eem. This was the night of Hasbah.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The example of a Muslim is like that of an ear of wheat, which sometimes bends and sometimes stands upright, and the example of a disbeliever is like that of a stalk of rice, which always remains standing until it falls, and no hair grows on it (or it does not even realize it).

Ata says that once Abdullah bin Zubair sold the fruit of a land on lease for three years. When this news reached Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him), he went out towards the mosque and said to the people in the mosque that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) forbade us from selling fruit before it ripens.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that a woman from Banu Makhzum committed theft. She tried to seek protection by interceding through the Prophet’s (peace be upon him) stepson. The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: "If my daughter Fatimah had committed theft, I would have cut off her hand as well." And the Prophet (peace be upon him) had her hand cut off. Ibn Abi Zinad says that by "stepson" is meant Salamah bin Abu Salamah or Umar bin Abu Salamah.

Sulaiman ibn Dawud narrated to us, 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi al-Zinad narrated to us, from Musa ibn 'Uqbah, from Abu al-Zubayr, from Jabir, who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, say: "A man should not lie with another man under a single garment, nor should a woman lie with another woman under a single garment."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that no man should touch his naked body with another man in a single garment, nor should any woman touch her naked body with another woman in a single garment. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) strictly forbade this. And he said that when any one of you is attracted to a woman, he should go to his wife, for this will remove the thoughts that have arisen in his heart.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade (a traveler) from returning to his home at night without prior notice.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that once the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sprained his foot. We went to visit the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and found him praying there. We also joined him and prayed standing. After finishing the prayer, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: If I pray standing, then you should also pray standing, and if I pray sitting, then you should also pray sitting, and do not remain standing in the way the people of Persia do with their chiefs and elders.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade the advance sale of fruits for two or three years.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever does not find shoes should wear leather socks, and whoever does not find an izar (waist-wrapper) should wear trousers.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever commits looting has no connection with us. The previous hadith is also narrated through this second chain.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) forbade the sale of fruit before it had ripened and become good. The previous hadith is also narrated through this second chain.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: At night when you go to sleep, close the doors, cover the vessels, extinguish the lamps, and tie the mouths of the water skins, because Satan cannot open a closed door, cannot remove a cover, and cannot untie a knot. And sometimes a mouse becomes the cause of burning down the whole house. And when the sun sets, do not let your animals and children go out of the houses until the darkness of the night has passed, because when the sun sets, the devils descend until the darkness of the night has passed.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that I submitted in the presence of the Prophet: O Messenger of Allah! My father left behind some debt owed to the Jews. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: If Allah wills, I will come to you on Saturday. It was the season for harvesting dates. On Saturday morning, the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) came to me. There was water standing in the garden. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) entered and, standing near the water channel, performed ablution and prayed two rak‘ahs. Then I took the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) into my tent and spread out a bed made of hair and placed behind it a pillow made of hair filled with date palm fibers. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) leaned against it. After a short while, Abu Bakr as-Siddiq also arrived. It seemed as if he had seen the actions of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) with his own eyes, for he too performed ablution and prayed two rak‘ahs. Shortly after, Sayyiduna Umar also arrived, and he too performed ablution and prayed two rak‘ahs, as if he had seen both of them before him. Then both of them also entered the tent, and Sayyiduna Abu Bakr as-Siddiq sat at the head of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), and Sayyiduna Umar sat at the feet of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that my father was martyred in the Battle of Uhud. My sisters sent me with our water-drawing camel and said, "Go and bring our father on the camel and bury him in the graveyard of Banu Salamah." So I went there with some of my friends. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was informed, and at that time he was sitting on Mount Uhud. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) called me and said, "By the One in Whose hand is my soul, he will be buried with his brothers." Thus, he was buried with his companions at the foot of Uhud.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) regarding the pledge of Aqabah that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came to them in such a state that Sayyiduna Abbas was holding his hand. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: I have taken the pledge and given the promise. I asked Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him): Did you pledge allegiance to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) for death on that day? He said: No, rather it was on the condition that we would not flee from the battlefield. I asked Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him): What happened on the occasion of the pledge of Ridwan? He said: I was holding the hand of Sayyiduna Umar and pledged allegiance to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). I asked him: How many of you were there? He said: Fourteen hundred people. All except Jad bin Qais pledged allegiance to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him); he had hidden under a camel. On that day, we sacrificed seventy camels, one camel for every seven men.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: When any one of you is praying, he should not spit in front of him or to his right side, but rather he should spit to his left side or under his foot.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered Sayyiduna Umar at the time of the conquest of Makkah to go to the Ka'bah and erase all the pictures present in it, and he did not enter the Ka'bah until all the pictures in it had been erased.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "No person who participated in Hudaybiyyah will enter Hell in the Battle of Khaybar."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet, the Honourable Leader of the Worlds (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Every prophet had a supplication which he made for his ummah, but I have reserved my supplication for my ummah as intercession for the Day of Resurrection.