It is reported on the authority of Anas bin Malik (RA) that he said: We were forbidden that we should ask anything (without the genuine need) from the Holy Prophet (صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ). It, therefore, pleased us that an intelligent person from the dwellers of the desert should come and asked him (the Holy Prophet (صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ)) and we should listen to it. A man from the dwellers of the desert came (to the Holy Prophet (صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ)) and said: Muhammad, your messenger came to us and told us your assertion that verily Allah had sent you (as a prophet). He (the Holy Prophet (صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ)) remarked: He told the truth. He (the bedouin) said: Who created the heaven? He (the Holy Prophet (صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ)) replied: Allah. He (the bedouin again) said: Who created the earth? He (the Holy Prophet (صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ)) replied: Allah. He (the bedouin again) said: Who raised these mountains and who created in them whatever is created there? He (the Holy Prophet (صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ)) replied: Allah. Upon this he (the bedouin) remarked: By Him Who created the heaven and created the earth and raised mountains thereupon, has Allah (in fact) sent you? He (the Holy Prophet (صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ)) said: Yes. He (the bedouin) said: Your messenger also told us that five prayers (had been made) obligatory for us during the day and the night. He (the Holy Prophet (صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ)) remarked: He told you the truth. He (the bedouin) said: By Him Who sent you, is it Allah Who ordered you about this (i. e. prayers)? He (the Holy Prophet (صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ)) said: Yes. He (the bedouin) said: Your messenger told us that Zakat had been made obligatory in our riches. He (the Holy Prophet) said. He has told the truth. He (the bedouin) said: By Him Who sent you (as a prophet), is it Allah Who ordered you about it (Zakat)? He (the Holy Prophet) said: Yes. He (the bedouin) said: Your messenger told us that it had been made obligatory for us to fast every year during the month of Ramadan. He (the Holy Prophet) said: He has told the truth. He (the bedouin) said: By Him Who sent you (as a prophet), is it Allah Who ordered you about it (the fasts of Ramadan)? He (the Holy Prophet) said: Yes. He (the bedouin) said: Your messenger also told us that pilgrimage (Hajj) to the House (of Ka’bah) had been made obligatory for him who is able to undertake the journey to it. He (the Holy Prophet) said: Yes. The narrator said that he (the bedouin) set off (at the conclusion of this answer, but at the time of his departure) remarked: 'By Him Who sent you with the Truth, I would neither make any addition to them nor would I diminish anything out of them. Upon this the Holy Prophet (ﷺ) remarked: If he were true (to what he said) he must enter Paradise.

It is narrated on the authority of Thabit that Anas said: We were forbidden in the Holy Qur'an that we should ask about anything from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and then Anas reported the hadith in similar words.

It is narrated on the authority of 'Itban bin Malik that he came to Madinah and said: Something had gone wrong with my eyesight. I, therefore, sent (a message to the Holy Prophet): Verily it is my ardent desire that you should kindly grace my house with your presence and observe prayer there so, that I should make that corner a place of worship. He said: The Prophet (ﷺ) came there, and those amongst the Companions whom Allah willed also accompanied him. He entered (my place) and offered prayer at my residence and his Companions began to talk amongst themselves (and this conversation centered round hypocrites), and then the conspicuous one, Malik bin Dukhshum was made the target and they wished that he (the Holy Prophet) should curse him and he should die or he should meet some calamity. In the meanwhile the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) (may peace and blessings be upon him) completed his prayer and said: Does Malik bin Dukhshum not testify the fact that there is no god but Allah and verily I am the messenger of Allah. They replied: He makes a profession of it (no doubt) but does not do it out of (sincere) heart. He (the Holy Prophet) said: He who testifies that there is no god but Allah and I am the messenger of Allah would not enter Hell or its (flames) would not consume him. Anas said: This hadith impressed me very much and I told my son to write it down.

(In place of Ja'far bin Sulaiman) Sulaiman bin Mughira narrated from Thabit (Banani), who narrated from Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that when this verse was revealed: «لَا تَرْفَعُوا أَصْوَاتَكُمْ فَوْقَ صَوْتِ النَّبِيِّ»..... he also did not mention Sa'd bin Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him).

It is narrated on the the outhority of Anas bin Malik (RA) that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: (the angels) came to me and took me to the Zamzam and my heart was opened and washed with the water of Zamzam and then I was left (at my place).

Anas bin Malik (RA) reported: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: I will come to the gate of Paradise on the Day of Resurrection. and would seek its opening. and the keeper would say: Who art thou? I would say: Muhammad. He would then say: It is for thee that I have been ordered, and not to open it for anyone before thee.

Abu Salih al-Samman reported: I narrate to you what I heard and saw from Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (RA) : One day I was with Abu Sa'id and he was saying prayer on Friday turning to a thing which concealed him from the people when a young man from Banu Mu'ait came there and he tried to pass in front of him; he turned him back by striking his chest. He looked about but finding no other way to pass except in front of Abu Sa'id, made a second attempt. He (Abu Sa'id) turned him away by striking his chest more vigorously than the first stroke. He stood up and had a scuffle with Abu Sa'id. Then the people gathered there. He came out and went to Marwan and complained to him what had happened to him. Abu Sa'id too came to Marwan. Marwin said to him: What has happened to you and the son of your brother that he came to complain against you? Abu Sa'id said: I heard from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying: When any one of you prays facing something which conceals him from people and anyone tries to pass in front of him, he should be turned away, but if he refuses, he should be forcibly restrained from it, for he is a devil.

This hadith has been transmitted by Humaid bin Hilal on the authority of Yunus.

Thabit reported on the authority of Anas (RA) : The Apostle of Allah (ﷺ) came to us and there was none in our house but I, my mother and my aunt Umm Haram. He (the Holy Prophet) said: Stand up so that I may lead you in prayer (and there was no time for prescribed prayer). He led us in prayer. A person said to Thabit (RA) : Where stood Anas with him (the Holy Prophet)? He replied: He was on the right side. He then blessed us, the members of the household with every good of this world and of the Hereafter. My mother said: Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) (and then, pointing towards Anas, said), here is your little servant, invoke the blessing of Allah upon him too. He then blessed me with every good, and he concluded his blessings for me (with these words): Allah! increase his wealth, and his children and make (them the source of) blessing for him.

Thabit narrated from Abdullah bin Rabah, and he narrated from Abu Qatadah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) addressed us and said: "You will keep traveling throughout your evening and night, and if Allah wills, you will reach water by tomorrow." The people set out, and no one even looked back at another. Abu Qatadah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: In this state, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) kept walking until half the night had passed. I was walking by his side. He said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) became drowsy and leaned to one side on his mount. I came to him and, without waking him, supported him until he sat upright on his mount. Then he continued walking until most of the night had passed, and again he leaned (to one side) on his mount. He said: I supported him without waking him until he sat upright on his mount. He said: Then he continued walking until it was the last part of the pre-dawn time, and then he leaned again, this time more than the previous two times, and it was close that he would fall from the camel. I came to him and supported him, so he raised his blessed head and said: "Who is this?" I said: Abu Qatadah. He said: "Since when have you been traveling with me like this?" I said: I have been traveling like this since the night. He said: "May Allah protect you as you have protected His Prophet." Then he said: "Do you see (that) we are hidden from the people?" Then he asked: "Do you see anyone (else)?" I said: Here is one rider. Then I said: Here is another rider, until we gathered and became seven riders. He said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) moved aside from the road, then put his head down (and lay down), then said: "Take care of our prayer for us." Then the first to wake up was the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) himself, and the sun was shining on his back. He said: We stood up in a state of great anxiety. Then he said: "Mount up." We mounted and set out until, when the sun had risen high, he dismounted. Then he asked for the ablution vessel which was with me, and there was some water in it. He said: Then he performed a light ablution from it, less than a complete ablution, and some water remained in it. Then he said to me, Abu Qatadah (may Allah be pleased with him): "Keep our ablution vessel safe for us, there will be a matter concerning it." Then Bilal (may Allah be pleased with him) called the adhan for prayer, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed two rak'ahs, then he led the morning prayer as he used to do. He said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) mounted, and we mounted with him. He said: Some of us began whispering to each other about what expiation there was for our shortcoming in the prayer. Upon this, he said: "Is there not an example for you in my action?" Then he said: "Know that there is no shortcoming in sleep (overcoming someone). The shortcoming is for the one who does not pray until the time of the next prayer comes after waking up. Whoever does so, let him pray when he wakes up, and when the next day comes, let him pray at its time." Then he said: "What do you think the (other) people have done?" He said: Then he said: "The people, when morning came, found their Prophet missing. Abu Bakr and Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) is behind you; he would not leave you behind. (Other) people said: Indeed, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) is ahead of you. If they follow the words of Abu Bakr and Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both), they will be on the right path." He said: We reached the people when the day had risen and everything was hot, and they were saying: O Messenger of Allah! We are dying of thirst. So he said: "No destruction has come upon you." Then he said: "Let my small cup come to me." He said: Then the vessel of ablution water was brought, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) kept pouring (from it into the cup), and Abu Qatadah (may Allah be pleased with him) kept giving people to drink. Not much time passed before the people saw the little water left in the ablution vessel, and they crowded around it. So the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Adopt a good manner, each of you will quench his thirst well." He said: The people did so, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) kept pouring water (into the cup), and I kept giving people to drink until none remained except me and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). He said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) poured water again and said to me: "Drink." I said: O Messenger of Allah! I will not drink until you drink. He said: "The one who gives water to the people drinks last among them." He said: Then I drank, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) also drank. He said: After that, the people reached the (next) water in such a state that all their vessels were filled with water and they were well satiated. (Thabit said) Abdullah bin Rabah said: I will narrate this hadith to all the people in the main mosque. Then Imran bin Husain (may Allah be pleased with him) said: O young man! Be careful how you narrate the hadith; I was also among the riders of the caravan that night. He said: I said: You know this hadith better. So he asked: Which tribe are you from? I said: From the Ansar. He said: Narrate the hadith, you are more aware of your own traditions (Among the Ansar, Abu Qatadah (may Allah be pleased with him) observed the whole incident most closely, and he was with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) throughout the event, and Abdullah bin Rabah, who heard from him, was also from the Ansar.) He said: I narrated the hadith to the people, so Imran (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I was also present that night, and I do not think anyone remembered it as you have remembered it.

Abu Rifa'a reported: I came to the Holy Prophet (ﷺ) when he was delivering the sermon, and I said: Messenger of Allah, here is a stranger and he wants to learn about this religion and he does not know what this religion is. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) looked at me and left his sermon till he came to me, and he was given a chair and I thought that its legs were made of iron. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) sat in it and he began to teach me what Allah had taught him. He then came (to the pulpit) for his sermon and completed it to the end.

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Anas but with this addition:" Allah gathered the clouds and as we (were obliged) to stay back I saw that even the strong man, impelled by a desire to go to his family, (could not do so)."

Abu Dharr (RA) reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: Verily there would arise from my Ummah after me or soon after me a group (of people) who would recite the Qur'an, but it would not go beyond their throats, and they would pass clean through their religion just as the arrow passes through the prey, and they would never come back to it. They would be the worst among the creation and the creatures. Ibn Samit (one of the narrators) said: I met Rafi' bin 'Amr Ghifari, the brother of Al-Hakam Ghifari and I said: What is this hadith that I heard from Abu Dharr, i. e. so and so? and then I narrated that hadith to him and said: I heard it from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) .

Anas (RA) reported The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was observing prayer during Ramadan. I came and stood by his side. Then another man came and he stood likewise till we became a group. When the Apostle of Allah (ﷺ) perceived that we were behind him, he lightened the prayer. He then went to his abode and observed such (a long) prayer (the like of which) he never observed with us. When it was morning we said to him: Did you perceive us during the night? Upon this he said: Yes, it was this (realisation) that induced me to do that which I did. He (the narrator) said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) began to observe Saum Wisal at the end of the month (of Ramadan), and some persons among his Companions began to observe this uninterrupted fast, whereupon the Apostle of Allah (ﷺ) said: What about such persons who observe uninterrupted fasts? You are not like me. By Allah. if the month were lengthened for me, I would have observed Saum Wisal, so that those who act with an exaggeration would (have been obliged) to abandon their exaggeration. 1501

And Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah narrated to us, he said: Shababa narrated to us, he said: Sulayman narrated to us, from Thabit, from Anas. And Abdullah ibn Hashim ibn Hayyan also narrated it to me, and the wording is his: Bahz narrated to us, Sulayman ibn al-Mughira narrated to us, from Thabit, Anas narrated to us, he said: Safiyyah became the share of Dihyah in his portion, and they began to praise her before the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him. He said: And they said: "We have not seen among the captives anyone like her." He said: "So he sent for Dihyah, and gave him for her whatever he wanted, then he handed her over to my mother and said: 'Prepare her.'" He said: Then the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, left Khaybar, and when he placed her behind him, he dismounted, then set up a tent for her. When morning came, the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Whoever has surplus food, let him bring it to us." He said: So a man would come with surplus dates and surplus sawiq, until they made from that a blackish hais, and they began to eat from that hais and drink from the water basins beside them from the water of the sky. He said: Anas said: That was the wedding feast of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, for her. He said: So we set out until when we saw the walls of Madinah, we became eager for it, so we raised our mounts and the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, raised his mount. He said: Safiyyah was behind him, the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, had seated her behind him. He said: The mount of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, stumbled, and he fell and she fell. He said: No one among the people looked at him or at her, until the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, stood up and covered her. He said: So we came to him, and he said: "We were not harmed." He said: Then we entered Madinah, and the slave girls of his wives came out to look at her and to gloat over her fall.

Anas (RA) reported: When the 'Iddah of Zainab was over, Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said to Zaid to make a mention to her about him. Zaid went on until he came to her and she was fermenting her flour. He (Zaid) said: As I saw her I felt in my heart an idea of her greatness so much so that I could not see towards her (simply for the fact) that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) had made a mention of her. So I turned my back towards her, and I turned upon my heels, and said: Zainab, Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) has sent (me) with a message to you. She said: I do not do anything until I solicit the will of my Lord. So she stood at her place of worship and the (verse of) the Qur'an (pertaining to her marriage) were revealed, and Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) came to her without permission. He (the narrator) said: I saw that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) served us bread and meat until it was broad daylight and the people went away, but some persons who were busy in conversation stayed on in the house after the meal. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) also went out and I also followed him, and he began to visit the apartments of his wives greeting them (with the words): As-Salamu 'alaikum, and they would say: Allah's Messenger, how did you find your family (hadrat Zainab)? He (the narrator) stated: I do not know whether I had informed him that the people had gone out or he (the Holy Prophet) informed me (about that). He moved on until he entered the apartment, and I also went and wanted to enter (the apartment) along with him, but he threw a curtain between me and him, as (the verses pertaining to seclusion) had been revealed, and people were instructed in what they had been instructed. Ibn Rafii had made this addition in his narration: "O you who believe, enter not the houses of the Prophet (ﷺ) unless permission is given to you for a meal, not waiting for its cooking being finished..." to the words"... Allah forbears not from the truth."

Anas (RA) reported that Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) had nine wives. So when he divided (his stay) with them, the turn of the first wife did not come but on the ninth (day). They (all the wives) used to gather every night in the house of one where he had to come (and stay that night). It was (the night when he had to stay) in the house of 'A'isha (Allah be pleased with her), when Zainab came there. He (the Holy Prophet) stretched his hand towards her (Zainab), whereupon she ('A'isha) said: It is Zainab. Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) withdrew his hand. There was an altercation between the two until their voices became loud (and it was at that time) when Iqama was pronounced for prayer. There happened to come Abu Bakr (RA) and he heard their voices and said: Messenger of Allah, (kindly) come for prayer, and throw dust in their mouths. So the Prophet (ﷺ) went out. 'A'isha said: When Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) would finish his prayer there would also come Abu Bakr (RA) and he would do as he does (on such occasions, i. e. reprimanding). When Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) had finished his prayer, there came to her Abu Bakr. and spoke to her ('A'isha) in stern words and said: Do you behave like this?

It has been narrated on the authority of'Abdullah bin Mughaffal who said I found a bag containing fat on the day of the Battle of Khaibar. I caught hold of it and said: I will not give anything today from it to anybody. Then I turned round and saw that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was smiling (at my words).

It has been narrated by 'Abdullah bin Rabah from Abu Hurairah (RA) , who said: Many deputations came to Mu'awiyah. This was in the month of Ramadan. We would prepare food for one another. Abu Hurairah (RA) was one of those who frequently invited us to his house. I said: Should I not prepare food and invite them to my place? So I ordered meals to be prepared Then I met Abu Hurairah (RA) in the evening and said: (You will have) your meals with me tonight. He said: You have forestalled me. I said: Yes, and invited them. (When they had finished with the meals) Abu Hurairah (RA) said: Should I not tell yon a tradition from your traditions, O ye assembly of the Ansar? He then gave an account of the Conquest of Makkah and said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) advanced until he reached Makkah. He deputed Zubair on his right flank and Khalid on the left, and he despatched Abu Ubaida with the force that had no armour. They advanced to the interior of the valley. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was in the midst of a large contingent of fighters. He saw me and said: Abu Hurairah (RA) . I said: I am here at your call, Messenger of Allah. He said: Let no one come to me except the Ansar, so call to me the Ansar (only). Abu Hurairah (RA) continued: So they gathered round him. The Quraish also gathered their ruffians and their (lowly) followers, and said: We send these forward. If they get anything, we shall be with them (to share it), and if misfortune befalls them, we shall pay (as compensation) whatever we are asked for. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said (to the Ansar): You see the ruffians and the (lowly) followers of the Quraish. And he indicated by (striking) one of his hands over the other that they should be killed and said: Meet me at as-Safa. Then we went on (and) if any one of us wanted that a certain person should be killed, he was killed, and none could offer any resistance. Abu Hurairah (RA) continued: Then came Abu Sufyan (RA) and said: Messenger of Allah, the blood of the Quraish has become very cheap. There will be no Quraish from this day on. Then he (the Holy Prophet) said: Who enters the house of Abu Sufyan (RA) , he will be safe. Some of the Ansar whispered among themselves: (After all), love for his city and tenderness towards his relations have overpowered him. Abu Hurairah (RA) said: (At this moment) revelation came to the Holy Prophet (ﷺ) and when he was going to receive the Revelation, we understood it, and when he was (actually) receiving it, none of us would dare raise his eyes to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) until the revelation came to an end. When the revelation came to an end, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: O ye Assembly of the Ansar! They said: Here we are at your disposal, Messenger of Allah. He said: You were saying that love for his city and tenderness towards his people have overpowered this man. They said: So it was. He said: No, never. I am a bondman of God and His Messenger. I migrated towards God and towards you. I will live with you and will die with you. So, they (the Ansar) turned towards him in tears and they were saying: By Allah, we said what we said because of our tenacious attachment to Allah and His Messenger. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Surely, Allah and His Messenger testify to your assertions and accept your apology. The narrator continued: People turned to the house of Abu Sufyan (RA) and people locked their doors. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) proceeded until he approached the (Black) Stone. He kissed it and circumambulated the Ka’bah. He reached near an idol by the side of the Ka’bah which was worshipped by the people. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) had a bow in his hand, and he was holding it from a corner. When he came near the idol, he began to pierce its eyes with the bow and (while doing so) was saying: Truth has been established and falsehood has perished. When he had finished the circumambulation, he came to Safa', ascended it to a height from where he could see the Ka’bah, raised his hands (in prayer) and began to praise Allah and prayed what he wanted to pray.

The tradition has been narrated by a different chain of transmitters with the following additions: Then he (the Messenger of Allah) (ﷺ) said with his hands one upon the other: Kill them (who stand in your way).... (ii) They (the Ansar) replied: We said so, Messenger of Allah! (ﷺ) He said: What is my name? I am but Allah's bondman and His Messenger.

It has been reported on the authority of Anas bin Malik (RA) who said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) sent Busaisah as a scout to see what the caravan of Abu Sufyan (RA) was doing. He came (back and met the Holy Prophet (ﷺ) in his house) where there was nobody except myself and the Messenger of Allah. I do not remember whether he (Hadrat Anas) made an exception of some wives of the Holy Prophet (ﷺ) or not and told him the news of the caravan. (Having heard the news), the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) came out (hurriedly), spoke to the people and said: We are in need (of men) ; whoever has an animal to ride upon ready with him should ride with us. People began to ask him permission for bringing their riding animals which were grazing on the hillocks near Madinah. He said: No. (I want) only those who have their riding animals ready. So the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and his Companions proceeded towards Badr and reached there forestalling the polytheists (of Makkah). When the polytheists (also) reached there, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: None of you should step forward to (do) anything unless I am ahead of him. The polytheists (now) advanced (towards us), and the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said. Get up to enter Paradise which is equal in width to the heavens and the earth. 'Umair bin al- Humam al-Ansari said: Messenger of Allah, is Paradise equal in extent to the heavens and the earth? He said: Yes. 'Umair said: My goodness! The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) asked him: What prompted you to utter these words (i. e. my goodness! ')? He said: Messenger of Allah, nothing but the desire that I be among its residents. He said: Thou art (surely) amona its residents. He took out dates from his bag and began to eat them. Then he said: If I were to live until I have eaten all these dates of mine, it would be a long life. (The narrator said): He threw away all the dates he had with him. Then he fought the enemies until he was killed.

It has been Deported on the authority of Anas who said: My uncle and I have been named after him was not present with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) (mav peace be upon him) on the Day of Badr. He felt distressed about it. He would say: I have missed the first battle fought by the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) , and if God now gives me an opportunity to see a battlefield with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) , God will see what I do therein. He was afraid to say more than this (lest he be unable to keep his word with God). He was present with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) on the Day of Uhud. He met Sa'd bin Mu'adh (who was retreating). Anas said to him: O Abu 'Amr, where (are you going)? Woe (to thee)! I find the smell of Paradise beside the Uhud mountain. (Reprimanding Sa'd in these words) he went forward and fought thein (the enemy) until he was killed. (The narrator says). More than eighty wounds inflicted with swords, spears and arrows were found on his body. His sister, my aunt, ar-Rubayyi', daughter of Nadr, said: I could not recognise my brother's body (it was so badly mutilated) except from his finger-tips. (It was on this occasion that) the Qur'anic verse:" Among the Believers are men who have been true to their covenant with God. Of them some have completed their vow (to the extreme), and some still wait: but they have never changed (their determination) in the least" (xxxiii. 23). The narrator said that the verse had been revealed about him (Anas bin Nadr) and his Companions.

Anas bin Malik (RA) reported that a person invited Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) to a meal. I also went along with him. He brought soup containing pumpkin. Allah's 'messenger (ﷺ) ate that pumpkin with relish. He (Anas) said: When I saw that I began to place it before him, and did not eat it (myself). Anas said: It was since then that pumpkin was always my favourite (food).

Miqdad reported: I and two of my companions were so much afflicted by hunger that we had lost our power of seeing and hearing. We presented ourselves (as guests) to the Companions of the Holy Prophet (ﷺ) , but none amongst them would entertain us. So we came to Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) , and he took us to his residence and there were three goats. Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) said: Milk these for us. So we milked them and every person amongst us drank his share and we set aside the share of Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) . (It was his habit) to come during the night and greet (the people present there) in a manner that would not wake up one in sleep but make one who was awake hear it. He would then go to the mosque and say prayer, then go to the milk and drink it. Miqdad added: One night the Satan came to me when I had taken my share, and he said: Muhammad has gone to the Ansar, who would offer him hospitality and he would get what is with them, and he has no need for this draught (of milk). So I took (that milk) and drank it, and when it had penetrated deeply in my stomach and I was certain that there was no way out (but to digest it), the Satan aroused (my sense of) remorse and said: Woe be to thee! what have you done? You have taken the drink reserved for Muhammad (ﷺ) ! When he would come and he would not find it, he would curse you, and you would be ruined, and thus there would go (waste) this world and the Hereafter (for) you. There was a sheet over me; as I placed (pulled) it upon my feet, my head was uncovered and as I placed it upon my head, my feet were uncovered, and I could not sleep, but my two companions had gone to sleep for they had not done what I had done. There came Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) , and he greeted as he used to greet (by saying as-Salamu 'Alaikum). He then came to the mosque and observed prayer and then came to his drink (milk) and uncovered it, but did not find anything in it. He raised his head towards the sky, and I said (to myself) that he (the Holy Prophet) was going to invoke curse upon me and I would be thus ruined; but he (the Holy Prophet) said: Allah, feed him who fed me and give drink to him who provided me drink. I held tight the sheet upon myself (and when he had supplicated), I took hold of the knife and went to the goats (possessed by the Holy Prophet) so that I may slauhter one for Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) which was the fattest amongst them, and in fact all of them were milch goats; then I took hold of the vessel which belonged to the family of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) in which they used to milk and drink therefrom, and milked them in that until it swelled up with foam. I came to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and he said: Have you taken your share of the milk during the night? I said: Drink it. and he drank it; he then handed over (the vessel) to me and I said: Allah's Messenger, drink it, and he drank it and handed over (the vessel) to me again, I then perceived that Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) had been satiated and I had got his blessings. I burst into laughter (so much) so that I fell upon the ground, whereupon Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: Miqdad, it must be one of your mischiefs. I said: Allah's Messenger, this affair of mine is like this and this, and I have done so. Thereupon Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) said: This is nothing but a mercy from Allah. Why is it that you did not give me an opportunity so that we should have awakened our two friends and they would have got their share (of the milk)? I said: By Him Who has sent you with Truth. I do not mind whatever you give (to them), and whatever the (other) people happen to get, when I had got it along with you from among the people.

This hadith has been reported on the authority of Mughira with the same chain of transmitters.

Abu Burda reported: I visited A'isha and she brought out for us the coarse lower garfnent (of Allah's Messenger) made in Yemen and clothes made out of Mulabbada cloth, and she swore in the name of Allah that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) died in these two clothes.

Anas bin Malik (RA) reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: A child was born into me this night and I named him after the name of my father Ibrahim. He then sent him to Umm Saif, the wife of a blacksmith who was called Abu Saif. He (the Holy Prophet) went to him and I followed him until we reached Abu Saif and he was blowing fire with the help of blacksmith's bellows and the house was filled with smoke. I hastened my step and went ahead of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and said: Abu Saif, stop it, as there comes Allah's Messenger (may peace he upon him). He stopped and Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) called for the child. He embraced him and said what Allah had desired. Anas said: I saw that the boy breathed his last in the presence of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) . The eyes of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) shed tears and he said: Ibrahim, our eyes shed tears and our hearts are filled with grief, but we do not say anything except that by which Allah is pleased. O Ibrahim, we are grieved for you.

Anas bin Malik (RA) reported that when Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) had completed his dawn prayer, the servants of Madinah came to him with utensils containing water, and no utensil was brought in which he did not dip his hand; and sometime they came in the cold dawn (and he did not feel reluctant in acceding to their request even in the cold weather) and dipped his hand in them.

Anas reported: I saw when the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) got his hair cut by the barber, his Companions came round him and they eagerly wanted that no hair should fall but in the hand of a person.

Anas reported: I never smelt ambergris or musk as fragrant as the fragrance of the body of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and I never touched brocade or silk and found it as soft as the body of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) .

Anas bin Malik (RA) reported that Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) used to come to our house and there was perspiration upon his body. My mother brought a bottle and began to pour the sweat in that. When Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) got up he said: Umm Sulaim, what is this that you are doing? Thereupon she said: That is your sweat which we mix in our perfume and it becomes the most fragrant perfume.

Anas reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) went to Umm Aiman and I went along with him and she served him a drink in a vessel and he reported that the narrator said: I do not know whether it was because of the fasting (or for any other reason) that he (the Holy Prophet) refused to accept that. She raised her voice and showed annoyance to him.

Anas reported that after the death of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) Abu Bakr (RA) said to 'Umar (RA) : Let us visit Umm Aiman as Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) used to visit her. As we came to her, she wept. They ( Abu Bakr (RA) and Umar) said to her: What makes you weep? What is in store (in the next world) for Allah's-Messenger (ﷺ) is better than (this worldly life). She said: I weep not because I am ignorant of the fact that what is in store for Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) (in the next world) is better than (this world), but I weep because the revelation which came from the Heaven has ceased to come. This moved both of them to tears and they began to weep along with her.

Anas reported that the son of Abu Talha who was born of Umm Sulaim died. She (Umm Sulaim) said to the members of her family: Do not narrate to Abu Talha about his son until I narrate it to him. Abu Talha came (home) ; she presented to him the supper. He took it and drank water. She then embellished herself which she did not do before. He (Abu Talha) had a sexual intercourse with her and when she saw that he was satisfied after sexual intercourse with her, she said: Abu Talha, if some people borrow something from another family and then (the members of the family) ask for its return, would they resist its return? He said: No. She said: I inform you about the death of your son. He was annoyed, and said: You did not inform me until I had a sexual intercourse with you and you later on gave me information about my son. He went to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and informed him what had happened. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: May Allah bless both of you in the night spent by you! He (the narrator) said: She became pregnant. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was in the course of a journey and she was along with him and when Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) came back to Madinah from the journey he did not enter (his house) (during the night). When the people came near Madinah, she felt the pangs of delivery. He (Abu Talha) remained with her and Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) proceeded on. Abu Talha said: O Lord, you know that I love to go along with Allah's Messenger when he goes out and enter along with him when he enters and I have been detained as Thou seest. Umm Sulaim said: Abu Talha, I do not feel (so much pain) as I was feeling formerly, so better proceed on. So we proceeded on and she felt the pangs of delivery as they reached (Madinah) and a child was born and my mother said to me: Anas, none should suckle him until you go to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) tomorrow morning. And when it was morning I carried him (the child) and went along with him to Allah's Messenger (may peace beupon him). He said: I saw that he had in his hand the instrument for the cauterisation of the camels. When he saw me. he said: This is, perhaps, what Umm Sulaim has given birth to. I said: Yes. He laid down that instrument on the ground. I brought that child to him and placed it in his lap and Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) asked Ajwa dates of Madinah to be brought and softened them in his month. When these had become palatable he placed them in the mouth of that child. The child began to taste them. Then Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: See what love the Ansar have for dates. He then wiped his face and named him 'Abdullah.

Anas reported that the son of Abu Talha who was born of Umm Sulaim died. She (Umm Sulaim) said to the members of her family: Do not narrate to Abu Talha about his son until I narrate it to him. Abu Talha came (home) ; she presented to him the supper. He took it and drank water. She then embellished herself which she did not do before. He (Abu Talha) had a sexual intercourse with her and when she saw that he was satisfied after sexual intercourse with her, she said: Abu Talha, if some people borrow something from another family and then (the members of the family) ask for its return, would they resist its return? He said: No. She said: I inform you about the death of your son. He was annoyed, and said: You did not inform me until I had a sexual intercourse with you and you later on gave me information about my son. He went to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and informed him what had happened. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: May Allah bless both of you in the night spent by you! He (the narrator) said: She became pregnant. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was in the course of a journey and she was along with him and when Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) came back to Madinah from the journey he did not enter (his house) (during the night). When the people came near Madinah, she felt the pangs of delivery. He (Abu Talha) remained with her and Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) proceeded on. Abu Talha said: O Lord, you know that I love to go along with Allah's Messenger when he goes out and enter along with him when he enters and I have been detained as Thou seest. Umm Sulaim said: Abu Talha, I do not feel (so much pain) as I was feeling formerly, so better proceed on. So we proceeded on and she felt the pangs of delivery as they reached (Madinah) and a child was born and my mother said to me: Anas, none should suckle him until you go to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) tomorrow morning. And when it was morning I carried him (the child) and went along with him to Allah's Messenger (may peace beupon him). He said: I saw that he had in his hand the instrument for the cauterisation of the camels. When he saw me. he said: This is, perhaps, what Umm Sulaim has given birth to. I said: Yes. He laid down that instrument on the ground. I brought that child to him and placed it in his lap and Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) asked Ajwa dates of Madinah to be brought and softened them in his month. When these had become palatable he placed them in the mouth of that child. The child began to taste them. Then Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: See what love the Ansar have for dates. He then wiped his face and named him 'Abdullah.

Hudhab bin Khalid Azdi said: Sulaiman bin Mughira narrated to us, he said: Humaid bin Hilal informed us from Abdullah bin Samit, who said that Sayyiduna Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I, my brother Anis, and our mother, all three of us, left from our tribe Ghifar, who used to consider the sacred months as permissible. So we went to one of our maternal uncles. He treated us well and did good to us, but his people became jealous of us and said to him: "When you leave your house, Anis commits adultery with your wife." He came to us and spread this rumor foolishly. I said: "The favor you did to us is now ruined, we cannot stay with you anymore." So we went to our camels, loaded our belongings, and our uncle wrapped himself in his cloth and began to weep. We left until we camped in front of Mecca. Anis made a bet with our camels for an equal number more. Then both went to a soothsayer, and the soothsayer said to Anis: "He is better." So Anis brought us all the camels and as many more. Abu Dharr said: "O son of my brother! I prayed three years before meeting the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)." I asked: "For whom did you pray?" Sayyiduna Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "For Allah, the Exalted." I asked: "In which direction did you face?" He said: "I faced in the direction Allah turned my face." I used to pray the Isha prayer in the last part of the night and would lie like a blanket until the sun rose. Anis said: "I have some work in Mecca, you stay here, I will go." He went and delayed his return. When he came back, I asked: "What did you do?" He said: "I met a man in Mecca who is upon your religion and says that Allah has sent him." I asked: "What do people call him?" He said: "People call him a poet, a soothsayer, and a magician." And Anis himself was a poet. He said: "I have heard the words of soothsayers, but the words this man recites are not the words of soothsayers, and I have measured his words against all the meters of poetry, but after me, no one's tongue will be able to compose poetry like it. By Allah, he is truthful and the people are liars." I said: "You stay here, I will go and see this man." Then I came to Mecca and picked out a weak person from among the people of Mecca (because a strong person might harm me), and asked him: "Where is the man whom you call a Sabi (apostate)?" He pointed at me and said: "This is the Sabi (since you are asking about the Sabi)." Hearing this, all the people of the valley attacked me with stones and bones until I fell unconscious. When I regained consciousness and stood up, I saw that I was as if a red idol (i.e., covered in blood from head to toe). Then I came to Zamzam, washed off all the blood, and drank Zamzam water. So, O my nephew! I stayed there for thirty nights or thirty days, and I had no food except Zamzam water (whenever I felt hungry, I drank it). Then I became fat until the folds of my belly hung down (from obesity), and I did not feel the weakness of hunger in my chest. Once, the people of Mecca slept on a moonlit night, and at that time no one was circumambulating the Ka'bah except two women who were calling upon Isaf and Na'ilah (Isaf and Na'ilah were two idols in Mecca; Isaf was a man and Na'ilah a woman, and the disbelievers believed that they committed adultery there, so they were transformed into idols), they came before me while circumambulating. I said: "Marry one to the other (i.e., Isaf to Na'ilah)." Hearing this, they did not desist from their act. Then I said openly: "Put wood in their private parts (i.e., this obscenity is due to the worship of Isaf and Na'ilah)," and I did not use a euphemism (i.e., I did not use indirect language but openly cursed Isaf and Na'ilah to anger those accursed women who were calling upon them in Allah's House instead of Allah)." Hearing this, both women screamed and said: "If only there was someone from our people (to punish this man for his disrespect)." On the way, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) met them as they were descending from the mountain. They asked the women: "What happened?" They said: "A Sabi has come who is hiding in the curtains of the Ka'bah." They asked: "What did this Sabi say?" They said: "He said something that fills the mouth (i.e., they could not utter it)." And the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came until he kissed the Black Stone, circumambulated with his companion, and prayed. When they finished praying, Sayyiduna Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "I was the first to greet and said: 'Peace be upon you, O Messenger of Allah!' The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'And upon you be peace and the mercy of Allah.' Then he asked: 'Who are you?' I said: 'A man from Ghifar.' The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) lowered his hand and placed his fingers on his forehead (as if in remembrance). I thought to myself that perhaps he disliked that I said I was from (the tribe of) Ghifar. I reached out to take his hand, but his companion (Sayyiduna Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him), who knew more about the Prophet's condition than I did, stopped me. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) raised his head and said: 'When did you come here?' I replied: 'I have been here for thirty nights or days.' The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'Who feeds you?' I said: 'I have nothing except Zamzam water.' Then I became fat until the folds of my belly turned over, and I do not feel the weakness of hunger in my chest.' The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'Zamzam water is blessed, it is food and it fills like food.' Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: 'O Messenger of Allah! Allow me to host him tonight.' Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) left, and Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) as well, and I went with both of them. Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) opened a door and brought out some dried grapes from Ta'if; this was the first food I ate in Mecca. Then I stayed as long as I stayed, and after that I came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and he said: 'A land with date palms has been shown to me, and I think that land is none other than Yathrib.' (Yathrib was the name of Madinah). Then he said: 'Go to your people and invite them to the religion on my behalf; perhaps Allah will benefit them through you and reward you.' I went to Anis, and he asked: 'What did you do?' I said: 'I have accepted Islam and affirmed the Prophethood of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him).' He said: 'I do not dislike your religion; I too have accepted Islam and affirmed his Prophethood.' Then we both went to our mother, and she said: 'I do not dislike your religion either; I too have accepted Islam and affirmed it.' Then we loaded our belongings on the camels until we reached our tribe Ghifar. Half of the tribe became Muslim, and their leader was Ima' bin Rahdah Ghifari, who was also their chief. The other half said: 'When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) comes to Madinah, we will become Muslim.' Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came to Madinah, and the remaining half also became Muslim. The people of (the tribe of) Aslam came and said: 'O Messenger of Allah! We too become Muslim like our Ghifari brothers.' So they also became Muslim. Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'Allah has forgiven Ghifar, and Allah has saved Aslam.'"

This hadlth has been narrated on the authority of Humaid bin Hilal with the same chain of transmitters but with this addition:" As I came to Makkah, Unais said: (Well), go but be on your guard against the Makkahns for they are his enemies and are annoyed with him."

Anas reportedAllah's Apostle (ﷺ) visited us and there was none else (in the house) but I, my mother and my mother's sister Umm Haram. My mother said to him: Allah's Messenger, here is a small servant of yours, invoke blessings of Allah upon him. And he invoked blessings for me (that I should be bestowed upon) every good and this was what he (said) at the end of what be supplicated for me: O Allah, make an increase in his wealth, and progeny, and cqnfer blessings (upon him) in (each one) of them.

Abu Dharr (RA) reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: Go to your people and say that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) says: Ghifar (is a tribe) to whom Allah granted pardon, and Aslam (is the tribe) to whom Allah granted safety.

Usair bin Jabir reported that a delegation from Kufa came to 'Umar and there was a person amongst them who jeered at Uwais. Thereupon Umar said: Is there amongst us one from Qaran? That person came and Umar said: Verily Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) has said: There would come to you a person from Yemen who would be called Uwais and he would leave none in Yemen (behind him) except his mother, and he would have the whiteness (due to leprosy) and he supplicated Allah and it was cured except for the size of a dinar or dirham. He who amongst you meets him should ask him to supplicate for forgiveness (from Allah) for you.