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مسند الحميدي
Musnad Humaydi
Hadiths of Abdullah ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him)
Instruction for Salvation from Hell by Praying for Long Life
Hadith 125
125 - قَالَ: وَسُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّي اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنِ الْقِرَدَةِ وَالْخَنَازِيرِ تَرَاهُمْ مِنْ نَسْلِ الَّذِينَ كَانُوا مُسِخُوا أَوْ مِنْ شَيْءٍ كَانَ قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ: «لَا بَلْ مِنْ شَيْءٍ كَانَ قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَي لَمْ يُهْلِكْ قَوْمًا قَطُّ فَيَجْعَلُ لَهُمْ نَسْلًا وَلَا عَاقِبَةً، وَلَكِنَّهُمْ مِنْ شَيْءٍ كَانَ قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ»
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: Sayyidah Umm Habibah (may Allah be pleased with her) made a supplication: "O Allah! Grant my husband, the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), my father Abu Sufyan, and my brother Mu'awiyah a long life." So the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "You have supplicated to Allah regarding something whose time is fixed, whose final limit is determined, and whose sustenance is apportioned. Nothing can come before its appointed time, nor can anything be delayed from it. When that time ends. If you had supplicated to Allah that He save you from the punishment of Hell and the punishment of the grave, that would have been better." (The narrator is in doubt, perhaps these are the words) "It would have been more virtuous." The narrator states: The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was asked about monkeys and pigs: What is your opinion, are they from the descendants of those who were transformed? Or are they something from before that? The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "No! They are something from before that, because whenever Allah destroys a people, their progeny and their end is in the form of those who existed before them."
125 - حَدَّثَنَا الْحُمَيْدِيُّ، ثنا سُفْيَانُ قَالَ: ثنا مِسْعَرٌ، عَنْ مُرَّةَ، عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ مَرْثَدٍ، عَنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ الْيَشْكُرِيِّ، عَنِ الْمَعْرُورِ بْنِ سُوَيْدٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ: قَالَتْ أُمُّ حَبِيبَةَ: اللَّهُمَّ أَمْتِعْنِي بِزَوْجِي رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّي اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، وَبِأَبِي أَبِي سُفْيَانَ وَبِأَخِي مُعَاوِيَةَ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّي اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «دَعَوْتِ اللَّهَ لِآجَالٍ مَضْرُوبَةٍ، وَلِآمَادٍ مَبْلُوغَةٍ، وَلِأَرْزَاقٍ مَقْسُومَةٍ لَا يَتَقَدَّمُ مِنْهَا شَيْءُ قَبْلَ أَجَلِهِ، وَلَا يَتَأَخَّرُ مِنْهَا شَيْءٌ بَعْدَ حِلِّهِ، وَلَوْ كُنْتِ سَأَلْتِ اللَّهِ أَنْ يُنْجِيَكِ مِنْ عَذَابٍ فِي النَّارِ، وَعَذَابٍ فِي الْقَبْرِ كَانَ خَيْرًا أَوْ أَفْضَلَ»
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: Sayyidah Umm Habibah (may Allah be pleased with her) made a supplication: "O Allah! Grant my husband, the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), my father Abu Sufyan, and my brother Mu'awiyah a long life." So the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "You have supplicated to Allah regarding something whose time is fixed, whose final limit is determined, and whose sustenance is apportioned. Nothing can come before its appointed time, nor can anything be delayed from it. When that time ends. If you had supplicated to Allah that He save you from the punishment of Hell and the punishment of the grave, that would have been better." (The narrator is in doubt, perhaps these are the words) "It would have been more virtuous." The narrator states: The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was asked about monkeys and pigs: What is your opinion, are they from the descendants of those who were transformed? Or are they something from before that? The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "No! They are something from before that, because whenever Allah destroys a people, their progeny and their end is in the form of those who existed before them."
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125 - حَدَّثَنَا الْحُمَيْدِيُّ، ثنا سُفْيَانُ قَالَ: ثنا مِسْعَرٌ، عَنْ مُرَّةَ، عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ مَرْثَدٍ، عَنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ الْيَشْكُرِيِّ، عَنِ الْمَعْرُورِ بْنِ سُوَيْدٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ: قَالَتْ أُمُّ حَبِيبَةَ: اللَّهُمَّ أَمْتِعْنِي بِزَوْجِي رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّي اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، وَبِأَبِي أَبِي سُفْيَانَ وَبِأَخِي مُعَاوِيَةَ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّي اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «دَعَوْتِ اللَّهَ لِآجَالٍ مَضْرُوبَةٍ، وَلِآمَادٍ مَبْلُوغَةٍ، وَلِأَرْزَاقٍ مَقْسُومَةٍ لَا يَتَقَدَّمُ مِنْهَا شَيْءُ قَبْلَ أَجَلِهِ، وَلَا يَتَأَخَّرُ مِنْهَا شَيْءٌ بَعْدَ حِلِّهِ، وَلَوْ كُنْتِ سَأَلْتِ اللَّهِ أَنْ يُنْجِيَكِ مِنْ عَذَابٍ فِي النَّارِ، وَعَذَابٍ فِي الْقَبْرِ كَانَ خَيْرًا أَوْ أَفْضَلَ»
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: Sayyidah Umm Habibah (may Allah be pleased with her) made a supplication: "O Allah! Grant my husband, the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), my father Abu Sufyan, and my brother Mu'awiyah a long life." So the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "You have supplicated to Allah regarding something whose time is fixed, whose final limit is determined, and whose sustenance is apportioned. Nothing can come before its appointed time, nor can anything be delayed from it. When that time ends. If you had supplicated to Allah that He save you from the punishment of Hell and the punishment of the grave, that would have been better." (The narrator is in doubt, perhaps these are the words) "It would have been more virtuous." The narrator states: The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was asked about monkeys and pigs: What is your opinion, are they from the descendants of those who were transformed? Or are they something from before that? The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "No! They are something from before that, because whenever Allah destroys a people, their progeny and their end is in the form of those who existed before them."
125 - قَالَ: وَسُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّي اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنِ الْقِرَدَةِ وَالْخَنَازِيرِ تَرَاهُمْ مِنْ نَسْلِ الَّذِينَ كَانُوا مُسِخُوا أَوْ مِنْ شَيْءٍ كَانَ قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ: «لَا بَلْ مِنْ شَيْءٍ كَانَ قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَي لَمْ يُهْلِكْ قَوْمًا قَطُّ فَيَجْعَلُ لَهُمْ نَسْلًا وَلَا عَاقِبَةً، وَلَكِنَّهُمْ مِنْ شَيْءٍ كَانَ قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ»
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: Sayyidah Umm Habibah (may Allah be pleased with her) made a supplication: "O Allah! Grant my husband, the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), my father Abu Sufyan, and my brother Mu'awiyah a long life." So the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "You have supplicated to Allah regarding something whose time is fixed, whose final limit is determined, and whose sustenance is apportioned. Nothing can come before its appointed time, nor can anything be delayed from it. When that time ends. If you had supplicated to Allah that He save you from the punishment of Hell and the punishment of the grave, that would have been better." (The narrator is in doubt, perhaps these are the words) "It would have been more virtuous." The narrator states: The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was asked about monkeys and pigs: What is your opinion, are they from the descendants of those who were transformed? Or are they something from before that? The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "No! They are something from before that, because whenever Allah destroys a people, their progeny and their end is in the form of those who existed before them."
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Related hadith on this topic
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Muhammad Ibrahim bin Basheer
Benefit:
In this hadith, one issue pertains to supplication (du'a): that supplication should be comprehensive in every respect, and making supplication for the benefit of specific individuals is a limited supplication. One should frequently supplicate for salvation from the punishment of Hell and the punishment of the grave, and this is comprehensive in every respect.
The second issue mentioned in this hadith is that monkeys and pigs are an independent creation, which have existed since long ago; it is not correct to consider them as the corrupted people of Bani Isra'il. Yes, those people were also transformed into the form of monkeys and pigs, but they died after three days.
In this hadith, one issue pertains to supplication (du'a): that supplication should be comprehensive in every respect, and making supplication for the benefit of specific individuals is a limited supplication. One should frequently supplicate for salvation from the punishment of Hell and the punishment of the grave, and this is comprehensive in every respect.
The second issue mentioned in this hadith is that monkeys and pigs are an independent creation, which have existed since long ago; it is not correct to consider them as the corrupted people of Bani Isra'il. Yes, those people were also transformed into the form of monkeys and pigs, but they died after three days.
Source: Musnad al-Humaydi: Commentary by Muhammad Ibrahim bin Bashir, Page: 125
Maulana Dawood Raz
Hadith Commentary:
It is evident from this hadith that the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) provided the Mujahideen of Islam with military training in the field of Badr and also taught them the rules of warfare and jihad.
In reality, the commander of an army should indeed be such that he is able to control the people in every way (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam).
It is evident from this hadith that the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) provided the Mujahideen of Islam with military training in the field of Badr and also taught them the rules of warfare and jihad.
In reality, the commander of an army should indeed be such that he is able to control the people in every way (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam).
Source: Sahih Bukhari: Commentary by Maulana Dawood Raz, Page: 2900
Maulana Dawood Raz
Hadith Commentary:
That is, do not shoot all your arrows hastily, whether they hit or not, as this would be wasting the arrows. Worthy generals are those who have the equipment of their army expended in a very cautious manner. The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) was also a great military commander and an expert in the arts of warfare in this regard. The meaning of "idha akthabukum" in this hadith, according to the narrator, is that many (enemies) come and appear in the form of a crowd. Some have said that in the lexicon, "kathb" means to come near, that is, until they come near you, keep your arrows preserved so that they may be useful at the right time and not be wasted in vain. Even today, this is the principle that is accepted throughout the world.
That is, do not shoot all your arrows hastily, whether they hit or not, as this would be wasting the arrows. Worthy generals are those who have the equipment of their army expended in a very cautious manner. The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) was also a great military commander and an expert in the arts of warfare in this regard. The meaning of "idha akthabukum" in this hadith, according to the narrator, is that many (enemies) come and appear in the form of a crowd. Some have said that in the lexicon, "kathb" means to come near, that is, until they come near you, keep your arrows preserved so that they may be useful at the right time and not be wasted in vain. Even today, this is the principle that is accepted throughout the world.
Source: Sahih Bukhari: Commentary by Maulana Dawood Raz, Page: 3984
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues:
➊ The formation of ranks in the face of the enemy should be excellent.
➋ And one should aim carefully before striking.
➌ So that no arrow, bullet, or shell, etc., is wasted.
➍ And at no occasion is it permissible to waste wealth.
➊ The formation of ranks in the face of the enemy should be excellent.
➋ And one should aim carefully before striking.
➌ So that no arrow, bullet, or shell, etc., is wasted.
➍ And at no occasion is it permissible to waste wealth.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 2663
