Musnad Ahmad

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not consider it good for a traveler to return to his home at night.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that during a journey, I sold my camel to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Upon returning to Madinah Munawwarah, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me, "Go and perform two rak‘ahs in the mosque and then come back." Then he ordered that I be given the money by weight, and he had it weighed generously. And I always had something left from it, even though during the days of Harrah, the people of Syria took it away.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that once the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was on a journey. On the way, he saw that people had gathered around a man and were shading him. Upon inquiry, the people informed that he was fasting. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Fasting while on a journey is not an act of righteousness.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: When you enter the city at night, do not go to your house without informing them. Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) says: By Allah, after that we began to enter our homes at night.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that during a journey, I was traveling on my tired camel. I thought of setting the camel free and leaving it in the wilderness. In the meantime, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came to me, struck it with his leg, and prayed for it. Suddenly, it became so swift as it had never been before. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Sell this camel to me for one uqiyah of silver. I did not consider it appropriate to sell it, but when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked again to sell it to him, I sold it to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) on the condition that I would ride it until I reached my home. After returning, I brought it to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: When I was making the deal with you, you thought I would take your camel. Take your camel and the price, both; these two things are yours.

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

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that an Ansari man gave a date orchard to his mother until the Day of Judgment. When his mother passed away, his brothers came and said, "We all have an equal share in it," but he refused. The people brought this case to the service of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), so the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) divided it among them as inheritance.

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 sits or lies on his back, he should not place one leg over the other.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade making nabidh by mixing unripe and ripe dates, or by mixing raisins and dates.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that I saw the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) during the expedition of Anmar, performing voluntary prayer on his mount, facing towards the east.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade handing a naked sword (unsheathed) to one another.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that once Sayyiduna Mu'adh bin Jabal, while leading the people in the Fajr prayer, began reciting Surah Al-Baqarah. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him twice: "Mu'adh, do you want to put the people to trial?"

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that I saw the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) praying in a single garment.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that I asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) during prayer about removing pebbles, so he said: You may level it only once, and if you do not do even that, then it is better for you than a hundred she-camels, all of whose eyes are black.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that once the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) fell from a horse and landed on a branch or trunk of a date-palm, and sprained his foot. We went to visit the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) to inquire about his health, and there we saw him leading the prayer. We also joined in and prayed standing. After finishing the prayer, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The Imam is appointed only so that he may be followed, so when he prays standing, you should also pray standing; if he prays sitting, you should also pray sitting. If he is sitting, then do not remain standing, as 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) used to deliver sermons while leaning against the trunk of a date-palm tree. An Ansari woman, whose slave was a carpenter, said, "O Messenger of Allah! My slave is a carpenter. Should I not order him to make a pulpit for you so that you may deliver sermons upon it?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Why not?" Thus, the pulpit was prepared, and on Friday, when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sat on it to deliver the sermon, the pillar against which he used to lean began to cry like a child. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said that it was crying because the remembrance of Allah had been lost from its presence.

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 last part of the night, the angels are present at the time of prayer, and this is the best way."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "You have left behind in Madinah some companions who, for every valley you cross and every path you tread, are equal partners with you in reward. Illness has kept them back."

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 recite «لا اله الا الله». When they do this, they have protected their lives and property from me, except for the right of Islam, and their reckoning is with Allah." Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) recited this verse: "You should admonish, for your duty is only to admonish, but you are not a taskmaster over them."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that some people asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "Which is the best jihad?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "That of the person whose horse's legs are cut and his own blood is shed."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that on the occasion of digging the trench, three days passed over the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and his companions in such a state that they had not tasted anything. While digging the trench, at one point the companions (may Allah be pleased with them) said: "O Messenger of Allah! Here a rock from the mountain has come in the way." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Sprinkle water on it." They sprinkled water on it. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came, took a pickaxe, recited Bismillah, and struck it three times. At that moment, the rock broke and became a mound of sand. Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) says that I noticed at that time the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had tied a stone to his blessed stomach.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The slave who marries without the permission of his master commits adultery."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) arrived in Madinah, the people slaughtered a camel or a cow.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "Whoever sells a slave who possesses property, then his property belongs to the seller, unless the buyer stipulates otherwise."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sold a mudabbar slave.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sold a mudabbar slave.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sold a mudabbar slave.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) increased the speed of his mount in the valley of Muhassir.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "My Ummah should learn the rites of Hajj and pelt the Shaytan with pebbles made of clay."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that on the occasion of the trench, very severe conditions befell the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and his companions (may Allah be pleased with them), to the extent that due to hunger, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had tied a stone to his blessed stomach.

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 eats food, he should not wipe his hands with a towel until he has licked his fingers himself or given them to someone else to lick, because he does not know in which part of his food the blessing lies."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The food of one person is sufficient for two people, the food of two is sufficient for four, and the food of four is sufficient for eight people."

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

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 whatever harmful thing has stuck to it and eat it, and not leave it for Satan."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Vinegar is the best condiment."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that when I got married, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked, "Do you have woolen clothes?" I replied, "O Messenger of Allah! How could we have any!" He said, "Soon you will surely get woolen clothes." Now today, when I have received them, I say to my wife, "Keep your woolen clothes with you," but she says, "Did not the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say that you would get woolen clothes?" (Hearing this, I leave her to her own condition.)

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Name yourselves after me, but do not take my kunya, for I am Abu al-Qasim and I distribute among you."

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."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that we performed Hajj in the presence of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and we slaughtered one camel on behalf of seven people and likewise one cow on behalf of seven people.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Keep your wealth with yourself, do not give it to anyone, and whoever gives something to someone for his lifetime, then it belongs to him."