Zuhayr bin Harb narrated to me, Ismā’īl, rather, Ibn Ulayyah narrated to us, on authority of Abd il-Azīz ibn Suhayb, on authority of Anas bin Mālik, that he said: ‘Indeed what prevents me from relating to you a great number of Ḥadīth is that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah upon him, said: ‘Whoever intends to lie upon me, then let him take his seat in the Fire.’

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 Mu'adh bin Jabal: I was riding behind the Prophet (ﷺ) and there was nothing between him and me but the rear part of the saddle, when he said: Mu'adh bin Jabal: To which I replied: At your beck and call, and at your pleasure, Messenger of Allah! (ﷺ) He moved along for a few minutes, when again he said: Mu'adh bin Jabal: To which I replied: At your beck and call, and at your pleasure, Messenger of Allah! (ﷺ) He then again moved along for a few minutes and said: Mu'adh bin Jabal: To which I replied. At your beck and call, and at your pleasure. Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) He, (the Holy Prophet) said: Do you know what right has Allah upon His servants? I said: Allah and His Messenger know best. He (the Holy Prophet) said: Verily the right of Allah over His servants is that they should worship Him, not associating anything with Him. He (the Holy Prophet) with Mu'adh behind him, moved along for a few minutes and said: Mu'adh bin Jabal: To which I replied: At your beck and call, and at your pleasure, Messenger of Allah! (ﷺ) He (the Holy Prophet) said: Do you know what rights have servants upon Allah in case they do it (i. e. they worship Allah without associating anything with Him)? I (Mu'adh bin Jabal) replied: Allah and His Messenger know best. (Upon this) he (the Holy Prophet) remarked: That He would not torment them (with the fire of Hell).

It is reported on the authority of Anas bin Malik (RA) that the Prophet (ﷺ) of Allah (may peace and blessings be upon him) addressed Mu'adh bin Jabal as he was riding behind him to which he replied: At thy beck and call, and at thy pleasure, Messenger of Allah. He again called out: Mu'adh, to which he (again) replied: At thy beck and call, and at thy pleasure. He (the Holy Prophet) addressed him (again): Mu'adh, to which he replied: At thy beck and call, and at thy pleasure, Messenger of Allah. Upon this he (the Holy Prophet) observed: If anyone testifies (sincerely from his heart) that there is no god but Allah, and that Muhammad is His bondsman and His messenger, Allah immuned him from Hell. He (Mu'adh) said: Messenger of Allah, should I not then inform people of it, so that they may be of good cheer? He replied: Then they would trust in it alone. Mu'adh told about it at the time of his death, to avoid sinning.

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.

It is narrated on the authority of Anas that 'Itban bin Malik told him that he became blind. He sent a message to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) that he should come and mark a place of worship for him. Thereupon came the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and his people and then there was a discussion among them about a man who was known as Malik bin Dukhshum, and subsequently the narrator described the hadith of Sulaiman bin Mughira as stated above.

It is reported on the authority of Anas that the Prophet (ﷺ) of Allah (may peace and blessings be upon him) said: There are three qualities for which anyone who is characterised by them will relish the sweetness of faith: he to whom Allah and His Messenger are dearer than all else; he who loves a man for Allah's sake alone; and he who has as great an abhorrence of returning to unbelief after Allah has rescued him from it as he has of being cast into Hell.

It is reported on the authority of Anas that the Prophet (ﷺ) of Allah (may peace and blessings be upon him) said: There are three qualities for which anyone who is characterised by them will relish the sweetness of faith: he to whom Allah and His Messenger are dearer than all else; he who loves a man for Allah's sake alone; and he who has as great an abhorrence of returning to unbelief after Allah has rescued him from it as he has of being cast into Hell.

A similar hadith has been reported on the authority of Anas (with another chain of transmitters) with the exception of these words: that he again becomes a Jew or a Christian.

It is reported on the authority of Anas that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: No bondsman believes, and, in the hadith narrated by Abdul Warith, no person believes, till I am dearer to him than the members of his household, his wealth and the whole of mankind.

It is reported on the authority of Anas bin Malik (RA) that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: None of you is a believer till I am dearer to him than his child, his father and the whole of mankind.

It is arrested on the authority of Anas bin Malik (RA) that the Prophet (ﷺ) (may peace and blessings be upon him) observed: one amongst you believes (truly) till one likes for his brother or for his neighbour that which he loves for himself.

It is narrated on the authority of Anas that the Prophet (ﷺ) (may peace blessings be upon him) observed: By Him in whose Hand is my life, no, bondsman (truly) believes till he likes for his neighbour, or he (the Holy Prophet) said: for his brother, whatever he likes for himself.

It is reported on the authority of Anas that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) (may peace and blessings Be upon him) observed: The sign of a hypocrite is the hatred against the Ansar and the sign of a believer is the love for the Ansar.

It is narrated on the authority of Anas that the Apostle (ﷺ) (may peace and blessings be upon him) said: The love of the Ansar is the sign of faith and hatred against them is the sign of dissemblance.

Anas narrated from the Apostle (ﷺ) about the major sins. He (the Holy Prophet) observed: Associating anyone with Allah, disobedience to parents, killing a person and false utterance.

Ubaidullah bin Abu Bakr (RA) said: I heard Anas bin Malik (RA) saying: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) talked about the major sins, or he was asked about the major sins. Upon this he observed: Associating anyone with Allah, killing of a person, disobedience to parents. He (the Holy Prophet (ﷺ) further) said: Should I not inform you about the gravest of the major sins, and (in this connection) observed: False utterance or false testimony. Shu'bah said. It was most probably" false testimony".

It is narrated on the authority of Anas bin Malik (RA) that when this verse:" O ye who believe I raise not your voices above the voice of the Prophet, nor shout loud unto him in discourse, as ye shout loud unto one another, lest your deeds should become null and void, while you perceive not" (xlix. 2-5), was revealed. Thabit bin Qais confined himself in his house and said: I am one of the denizens of Fire, and he deliberately avoided coming to the Apostle (ﷺ) . The Apostle (ﷺ) asked Sa'd b, Mu'adh about him and said, Abu Amr, how is Thabit? Has he fallen sick? Sa'd said: He is my neighbour, but I do not know of his illness. Sa'd came to him (Thabit), and conveyed to him the message of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) . Upon this Thabit said: This verse was revealed, and you are well aware of the fact that, amongst all of you, mine is the voice louder than that of the Messenger of Allah, and so I am one amongst the denizens of Fire, Sa'd Informed the Holy Prophet (ﷺ) about it. Upon this the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) observed: (Nay, not so) but he (Thabit) is one of the dwellers of Paradise.

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Anas bin Malik (RA) by another chain of transmitters in which these words are found: Thabit bin Qais was the orator of the Ansar, when this verse was revealed: the rest of the hadith is the same with the exception that there is no mention of Sa'd bin Mu'adh in it. This hadith is also transmitted by Ahmad bin Sa'id, Habban, Sulaiman bin Mughira on the authority of Anas who said: When the verse was revealed:" Do not raise your voice louder than the voice of the Apostle," no mention was made of Sa'd b, Mu'adh in it.

(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).

This hadith is narrated on the authority of Anas by another chain of transmitters in which there is no mention of Sa'd bin Mu'adh, but the following words are there: We observed a man, one of the dwellers of Paradise, walking about amongst us.

Anas bin Malik (RA) transmitted it from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) that the Great and Glorious Allah said: Verily your people would constantly question about this and that till they would say: Well, it is Allah Who created the creation, but who created Allah?

Anas bin Malik (RA) transmitted it from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) that the Great and Glorious Allah said: Verily your people would constantly question about this and that till they would say: Well, it is Allah Who created the creation, but who created Allah?

It is narrated on the authority of Anas that verily the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) observed: The Hour (Resurrection) would not come so long as Allah is supplicated in the world.

It is narrated on the authority of Anas that verily the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) observed: The Hour (Resurrection) would not come so long as Allah is supplicated in the world.

Shaiban bin Farukh narrated to us, he said: Hammad bin Salamah narrated to us, he said: Thabit Banani narrated from Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Buraq was brought to me. It is a white, long animal, larger than a donkey and smaller than a mule, it places its hoof where its gaze ends." He said: "I mounted it until I reached Bayt al-Maqdis." He said: "I tied it to the same ring (hook) to which the Prophets (peace be upon them) used to tie their mounts." He said: "Then I entered the mosque and prayed two rak‘ahs in it, then (from there) I came out and Jibril brought me a vessel of wine and a vessel of milk. I chose the milk. So Jibril said: You have chosen the natural disposition (fitrah), then he took us up towards the heaven."

Jibril asked for (the door) to be opened, so it was asked: "Who are you?" He said: "I am Jibril." It was said: "And who is with you?" He said: "Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) is with me." It was said: "And has he been sent for?" He said: "He has been sent for." So (the door) was opened for us and suddenly I was before Adam (peace be upon him), he welcomed me and prayed for good for me, then he took us up to the second heaven, Jibril asked for the door to be opened, so it was asked: "Who are you?" He said: "I am Jibril." It was said: "Who is with you?" He said: "Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) is with me." It was said: "Has he been sent for?" He said: "He has been sent for." So the door was opened for us, and now I was before two maternal cousins, ‘Isa ibn Maryam and Yahya ibn Zakariya (peace be upon them), both welcomed me and prayed for good for me, then Jibril took us up to the third heaven, Jibril asked for the door to be opened, so it was said: "Who are you?" He said: "I am Jibril." It was said: "Who is with you?" He said: "Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) is with me." It was said: "Has a message been sent to him?" He said: "(Yes) it has been sent." So the door was opened for us and I saw Yusuf (peace be upon him), he was such that half of (all human) beauty had been given to him, he welcomed me and prayed for good for me, then we were taken up to the fourth heaven, Jibril asked for the door to be opened, so it was said: "Who are these?" He said: "I am Jibril." It was said: "And who is with you?" He said: "Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) is with me." It was said: "Has a message been sent to him?" He said: "Yes, it has been sent." So the door was opened for us, then before me was Idris (peace be upon him). He welcomed me and prayed for good for me. The statement of Allah, the Exalted: «وَرَفَعْنَاهُ مَكَانًا عَلِيًّا» "And We raised him (Idris) to a high station." Then we were taken up to the fifth heaven, so Jibril asked for the door to be opened, it was said: "Who are you?" He said: "I am Jibril." It was said: "And who is with you?" He said: "Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) is with me." It was asked: "Has a message been sent to him?" He said: "Yes, it has been sent." So the door was opened for us. Then I met Harun (peace be upon him), he welcomed me and prayed for good for me, then we were taken up to the sixth heaven, Jibril asked for the door to be opened, so it was said: "Who are these?" He said: "I am Jibril." It was said: "Who is with you?" He said: "Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) is with me." It was asked: "Has a message been sent to him?" He said: "Yes, it has been sent." So the door was opened for us. Then I met Musa (peace be upon him), he welcomed me and prayed for good for me, then we were taken up to the seventh heaven, Jibril asked for the door to be opened. It was said: "Who are these?" He said: "I am Jibril." It was said: "Who is with you?" He said: "Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) is with me." It was said: "Has a message been sent to him?" He said: "(Yes) it has been sent." So the door was opened for us and I was before Ibrahim (peace be upon him). He was reclining against the Bayt al-Ma‘mur. In it, every day seventy thousand angels enter (for worship), then never return to it again, then Jibril took me to Sidrat al-Muntaha (the Lote Tree at the utmost boundary), its leaves are like the ears of elephants and its fruits like big jars, when by Allah’s command that which was to cover it covered it, it changed, there is no creature of Allah that can describe its beauty, then Allah revealed to me what He revealed, and He made fifty prayers obligatory upon me every day and night. I descended and came to Musa (peace be upon him), so he said: "What has your Lord enjoined upon your Ummah?" I said: "Fifty prayers." Musa (peace be upon him) said: "Return to your Lord and ask Him for reduction, for your Ummah will not be able to bear it, I have tested and tried the Children of Israel." He said: "So I returned to my Lord and said: O my Lord! Reduce (the burden) for my Ummah." Allah reduced it by five prayers. I came to Musa (peace be upon him) and said: "Allah has reduced it by five prayers." He said: "Your Ummah will not be able to bear it. Return to your Lord and ask Him for reduction." He said: "I kept going back and forth between my Lord, Blessed and Exalted, and Musa (peace be upon him) until Allah said: O Muhammad! There are five prayers every day and night, and (in reward) for every prayer is ten (rewards), (thus) they are fifty prayers, and whoever intends to do a good deed but does not do it, one good deed will be written for him, and if he does it, ten good deeds will be written for him. And whoever intends to do an evil deed but does not do it, nothing will be written, and if he does it, one evil deed will be written." He said: "I descended and came to Musa (peace be upon him) and informed him, he said: Return to your Lord and ask Him for (more) reduction." So the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I said: I have gone back to my Lord (so many times) that I am now ashamed before 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 that Gabriel (ؑ) came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) (may peace be upo him) while he was playing with his playmates. He took hold of him and lay him prostrate on the ground and tore open his breast and took out the heart from it and then extracted a blood-clot out of it and said: That was the part of Satan in thee. And then he washed it with the water of Zamzam in a golden basin and then it was joined together and restored to it place. The boys came running to his mother, i. e. his nurse, and said: Verily Muhammad has been murdered. They all rushed toward him (and found him all right) His color was changed, Anas said. I myself saw the marks of needle on his breast.

Anas bin Malik (RA) reported that Gabriel (ؑ) came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) (may peace be upo him) while he was playing with his playmates. He took hold of him and lay him prostrate on the ground and tore open his breast and took out the heart from it and then extracted a blood-clot out of it and said: That was the part of Satan in thee. And then he washed it with the water of Zamzam in a golden basin and then it was joined together and restored to it place. The boys came running to his mother, i. e. his nurse, and said: Verily Muhammad has been murdered. They all rushed toward him (and found him all right) His color was changed, Anas said. I myself saw the marks of needle on his breast.

Ibn Shihab narrated from Hazrat Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: Hazrat Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) relates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I was in Mecca when the roof of my house was opened, Jibreel descended, split open my chest, then washed it with the water of Zamzam, then brought a golden basin filled with wisdom and faith, poured it into my chest, then closed it up. Then he took my hand and raised me towards the sky. When we reached the lowest (first) heaven, Jibreel said to the gatekeeper of the lowest heaven: Open the door." He said: "Who is this?" He said: "This is Jibreel." He asked: "Is there anyone with you?" He said: "Yes, Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) is with me." He asked: "Has he been called?" He said: "Yes." Then he opened the door. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When we reached the sky of the world, I saw a man, on his right side there was a great multitude of creatures and on his left side also a great multitude of creatures. When that man looked to his right, he laughed, and when he looked to his left, he wept." He said: "Welcome, O righteous Prophet and O righteous son." I asked Jibreel: "Who is this?" Jibreel said: "This is Adam (peace be upon him), and those on his right are the people of Paradise and those on his left are the people of Hell, so when he looks to his right he laughs and when he looks to his left he weeps." Then Jibreel took me to the second heaven and said to its gatekeeper: "Open the door." He said that the gatekeeper of the second heaven said the same as the gatekeeper of the sky of the world: "Open the door." Its gatekeeper also spoke as the first one did and opened the door. Hazrat Anas bin Malik said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said that I met Adam, Idris, Musa, and Ibrahim (peace be upon them) in the heavens (mentioning briefly). He (Abu Dharr) did not specify their stations, but he did say that Adam (peace be upon him) met him on the first heaven and Ibrahim (peace be upon him) on the seventh heaven (the narrator's error was corrected that Ibrahim (peace be upon him) was on the sixth heaven). He said: When Jibreel and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) passed by Idris (peace be upon him), he said: "Welcome, O righteous Prophet and righteous brother." Then they passed on, so I asked: "Who is this?" (Jibreel) said: "This is Idris (peace be upon him)." Then I passed by Musa (peace be upon him), and he said: "Welcome, O righteous Prophet and righteous brother." He said: I asked: "Who is this?" He said: "This is Musa (peace be upon him)." Then I passed by Isa (peace be upon him), and he said: "Welcome, O righteous Prophet and righteous brother." I asked: "Who is this?" He said: "This is Isa son of Maryam (peace be upon him)." He said: "Then I passed by Ibrahim (peace be upon him), and he said: 'Righteous Prophet and righteous son, welcome!'" I asked: "Who is this?" He said: "This is Ibrahim (peace be upon him)." Ibn Shihab said: Ibn Hazm told me that Ibn Abbas and Abu Habba Ansari (may Allah be pleased with them) used to say that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Then (Jibreel) took me up until I appeared before a high place, from within which I was hearing the sound of pens." Ibn Hazm and Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Allah the Exalted made fifty prayers obligatory upon my Ummah, I returned with this (command) until I passed by Musa (peace be upon him), so Musa (peace be upon him) asked: What has your Lord enjoined upon your Ummah?" He said: "I replied: He has made fifty prayers obligatory upon them." Musa (peace be upon him) said to me: "Return to your Lord, for your Ummah will not be able to bear it." He said: "So I returned to my Lord and He reduced a portion of it for me." He said: "I returned to Musa (peace be upon him) and informed him." He said: "Return to your Lord, for your Ummah will not be able to bear it (either)." He said: "I returned to my Lord, and He said: These are five and they are (equal to) fifty, My word does not change with Me." He said: "I returned to Musa (peace be upon him), and he said: Return to your Lord." So I said: "I am ashamed before my Lord (to ask repeatedly)." He said: "Then Jibreel took me on until we reached Sidrat al-Muntaha, and it was covered with such colors that I do not know what they were. Then I was taken into Paradise, in it were domes of pearls and its soil was musk."

Anas bin Malik (RA) reported on the authority of Malik bin Sa sa', perhaps a person of his tribe, that the Prophet (ﷺ) of Allah (ﷺ) said: I was near the House (i. e. Ka’bah) in a state between sleep and wakefulness when I heard someone say: He is the third among the two persons. Then he came to me and took me with him. Then a golden basin containing the water of Zamzam was brought to me and my heart was opened up to such and such (part). Qatada said: I asked him who was with me (i e. the narrator) and what he meant by such and such (part). He replied: (It means that it was opened) up to the lower part of his abdomen (Then the hadith continues): My heart was extracted and it was washed with the water of Zamzam and then it was restored in its original position, after which it was filled with faith and wisdom. I was then brought a white beast which is called al-Buraq, bigger than a donkey and smaller than a mule. Its stride was as long as the eye could reach. I was mounted on it, and then we went forth till we reached the lowest heaven. Gabriel (ؑ) asked for the (gate) to be opened, and it was said: Who is he? He replied: Gabriel (ؑ). It was again said: Who is with thee? He replied: Muhammad (ﷺ) . It was said: Has he been sent for? He ( Gabriel (ؑ)) said: Yes. He (the Prophet) said: Then (the gate) was opened for us (and it was said): Welcome unto him! His is a blessed arrival. Then we came to Adam ؑ(peace be upon him). And he (the narrator) narrated the whole account of the hadith. (The Holy Prophet) observed that he met Jesus in the second heaven, Yahya (peace be on both of them) in the third heaven, Yusuf in the third, Idris in the fourth, Harun in the fifth (peace and blessings of Allah be upon them). Then we travelled on till we reached the sixth heaven and came to Moses (ؑ) (peace be upon him) and I greeted him and he said: Welcome unto righteous brother and righteous prophet. And when I passed (by him) he wept, and a voice was heard saying: What makes thee weep? He said: My Lord, he is a young man whom Thou hast sent after me (as a prophet) and his followers will enter Paradise in greater numbers than my followers. Then we travelled on till we reached the seventh heaven and I came to Ibrahim. He (the narrator) narrat- ed in this hadith that the Prophet (ﷺ) of Allah (ﷺ) told that he saw four rivers which flowed from (the root of the lote-tree of the farthest limits): two manifest rivers and two hidden rivers. I said: ' Gabriel (ؑ)! what are these rivers? He replied: The two hidden rivers are the rivers of Paradise, and as regards the two manifest ones, they are the Nile and the Euphrates. Then the Bait-ul-Ma'mur was raised up to me. I said: O Gabriel (ؑ)! what is this? He replied: It is the Bait-ul-Ma'mur. Seventy thousand angels enter into it daily and, after they come out, they never return again. Two vessels were then brought to me. The first one contained wine and the second one contained milk, and both of them were placed before me. I chose milk. It was said: You did right. Allah will guide rightly through you your Ummah on the natural course. Then fifty prayers daily were made obligatory for me. And then he narrated the rest of the hadith to the end.

It is reported on the authority of Malik bin Sa'sa' that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) narrated the hadith (mentioned above) and added to it: I was brought a gold basin full of wisdom and faith, and then the (part of the body) right from the upper end of the chest to the lower part of the abdomen was opened and it was washed with the water of Zamzam and then flled with wisdom and faith.

Ibn Mas'ud reported: Verily the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: The last to enter Paradise would be a man who would walk once and stumble once and be burnt by the Fire once. Then when he gets beyond it, he will turn to it and say: Blessed is He Who has saved me from thee. Allah has given me something He has not given to any one of those in earlier or later times. Then a tree would be raised up for him and he will say: O my Lord I bring me near this tree so that I may take shelter in its shade and drink of its water. Allah, the Exalted and Great, would say: O son of Adam, if I grant you this, you will ask Me for something else. He would say: No. my Lord. And he would promise Him that he would not ask for anything else. His Lord would excuse him because He sees what he cannot help desiring; so He would bring him near it, and he would take shelter in its shade and drink of its water. Afterwards a tree more beautiful than the first would be raised up before him and he would say: O my Lord! bring me near this tree in order that I may drink of its water and take shelter in its shade and I shall not ask Thee for anything else. He (Allah) would say: O son of Adam, if I bring you near it you may ask me for something else. He would promise Him that he would not ask for anything else. His Lord will excuse him because He would see something he cannot help desiring. So He would bring him near it and he would enjoy its shade and drink its water. Then a tree would be raised up for him at the gate of the Paradise, more beautiful than the first two. He would say: O my Lord! bring me near this (tree) so that I may enjoy its shade and drink from its water. I shall not ask Thee for anything else. He (Allah) would say: O son of Adam! did you not promise Me that you would not ask Me anything else? He would say: Yes, my Lord, but I shall not ask Thee for anything else. His Lord would excuse him for He sees something the temptation of which he could not resist. He (Allah) would bring him near to it, and when He would bring him near it he would hear the voices of the inhabitants of the Paradise. He would say: O my Lord! admit me to it. He (Allah) would say: O son of Adam, what will bring an end to your requests to Me? Will it please you if I give you the whole world and a like one along with it? He will say: O my Lord! art Thou mocking at me, though Thou art the Lord of the worlds? Ibn Mas'ud laughed and asked (the hearers): Why don't you ask me what I am laughing at. They (then) said: Why do you laugh? He said: It is in this way that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) laughed. They (the companions of the Holy Prophet) asked: Why do you laugh. Messenger of Allah? (ﷺ) He said: On account of the laugh of the Lord of the universe, when he ldesirer of Paradise) sai Thou mocking at me though Thou art the Lord of the worlds? He would say: I am not mocking at you, but I have power to do whatever I will.

It is narrated on the authority of Anas bin Malik (RA) that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Four persons would be brought out from the Fire and would be presented to Allah. One of them would turn (towards the He)) ) and say: O my Lord, when Thou hast brought me out from it, do not throw me back into it, and Allah would rescue him from it.

Anas b Malik reported: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Allah would gather people on the Day of Resurrection and they would be concerned about it, and Ibn Ubaid said. They would get a Divine inspiration about it, and would say: If we could seek intercession with our Lord, we may be relieved from this predicament of ours. He (the Holy Prophet) said: They would come to Adam ؑandsay, Thou art Adam, the father of mankind. Allah created thee with His own hand and breathed unto thee of His Spirit and commanded the angels and they prostrated before thee. So intercede for us with thy Lords, that He may relieve us from this position of ours. He would say: I am not in a position to do this, and would recall his error, and would fight shy of his Lord on account of that; go to Noah the first messenger (after me) sent by Allah. He (the Holy Prophet) said: So they would come to Noah (peace be upon him). He would say: I am not in a position to do that for you, and recall his fault which he had committed, and would fight shy of his Lord on account of that, (and would say): You better go to Ibrahim (peace be upon him) whom Allah took for a friend. They would come to Ibrahim (peace be upon him) and he would say: I am not in a position to do that for you, and would recall his fault that he had committed and would, therefore, fight shy of his Lord on that account (and would say): You better go to Moses (ؑ) (peace be upon him) with whom Allah conversed and con- ferred Torah upon him. He (the Holy Prophet) said: So they would come to Moses (ؑ) (peace be upon him) He would say: I am not in a position to do that for you, and would recall his fault that he had committed and would fight shy of his Lord on account of that (and would say): You better go to Jesus, the Spirit of Allah and His word He would say: I am not in a position to do that for you; you better go to Muhammad (ﷺ) , a servant whose former and later sins have been forgiven. He (the narrator) said: The Messenger or Allah (ﷺ) observed: So they would come to me and I would ask the permission of my Lord and it would be granted to me, and when I would see Him, I would fall down in prostration, and He (Allah) would leave me thus as long as He would wish, and then it would be said: O Muhammad (ﷺ) , raise your head, say and you would be heard; ask and it would be granted; intercede and intercession would be accepted. Then I would raise my head and extrol my Lord with the praise which my Lord would teach me. I shall then inter- cede, but a limit would be set for me I would bring them out from the Fire and make them enter Paradise (according to the limit). I shall return then ard fall down in pros- tration and Allah would leave me (in that position) as long as He would wish to leave me it would be said: Rise, O Muhammad (ﷺ) , say and you would be heard; ask and it would be conferred; intercede and intercession would be granted. I would raise my head and extrol my Lord with praise that He would teach me. I would theft intercede and a limit would be set for me. I would bring them out of the Fire (of Hell) and make them enter Paradise. He (the narrator) said: I do not remember whether he (the Holy Prophet) said at the third time or at the fourth time: O my Lord, none has been left in the Fire, but thise restrained by the Holy Qur'an, i e. those who were eternally doomed. Ibn Ubaid said in a narration: Qatada observed: whose everlasting stay was imperative".

Anas bin Malik (RA) reported: The Prophet (ﷺ) of Allah (may peace be, upon him) said: Allah will gather the believers on the Day of Resurrection and they would be made mindful of it; and the rest (of the hadith) is like the one narrated above; and then he mentioned the fourth time: And I (the Holy Prophet) would say: O my Lord, no one is left in the Fire except he whom the Qur'an has restrained, i e. eternally doomed.

Anas reported: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: The believers would gather on the Day of Resurrection, and they would be concerned about it, or would be made mindful of it (i. e. the trjuble for it), (and the remaining part of the hadith w,) uld be narrated) like the one transmitted by Abu Uwana, and he said in the hadith: Then I would come for the fourth time, or I would return the fourth time, and would say: O my Lord, no one has been left but he whom the Holy Qur'an has restrained.

Anas bin Malik (RA) reported: Verily the Apostle (ﷺ) said: He who professed: There is no god but Allah, would be brought out of the Fire even though he has in his heart virtue equal to the weight of a barley grain. Then he who professed: There is no god but Allah, would come out of the Fire, even though he has in his heart virtue equal to the weight of a wheat grain. He would then bring out from the Fire he who professed: There is no god but Allah, even though he has in his heart virtue equal to the weight of an atom. Ibn Minhal has made an addition (of these words) in his narration: Yazid said: I met Shu'bah and narrated to him this hadith. Shu'bah said: Qatada transmitted to us this hadith from Anas bin Malik (RA) who heard it from the Apostle of Allah (ﷺ) with this alteration that he substituted the word Zurra (grain) in place of Zarra (atom). Yazid said: Abu Bistam has made a change in it.

Ma‘bad bin Hilal ‘Anazi said: We went to Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) and made Thabit (al-Banani) our intermediary (to obtain permission to meet him). When we arrived at his place, he was performing the Duha prayer. Thabit sought permission for us (to enter). We entered and presented ourselves before him. He seated Thabit with him on his bed. Thabit said to him: “O Abu Hamzah! Your brothers from among the people of Basra request you to narrate to them the hadith about intercession.” Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) told us: “When the Day of Resurrection comes, people will surge into each other like waves. They will come to Adam (peace be upon him) and say: ‘Intercede for your children (so that they may be saved from the hardships of the Gathering and the agonizing wait).’ He will say: ‘I am not for this. But you should go to Ibrahim (Abraham, peace be upon him), for he is the Khalil (close friend) of Allah.’ The people will go to Ibrahim (peace be upon him). He will reply: ‘I am not for this. But you should go to Musa (Moses, peace be upon him), for he is the one to whom Allah spoke directly.’ So they will go to Musa (peace be upon him). He will say: ‘I am not for this. But you should go to ‘Isa (Jesus, peace be upon him), for he is the Spirit of Allah and His Word.’ So they will go to ‘Isa (peace be upon him), and he will say: ‘I am not for this. But you should go to Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him).’ So they will come to me, and I will say: ‘I am for this (task).’ I will proceed and seek permission to appear before my Lord, and I will be granted permission. I will stand before Him and praise Him with such words of praise as I am not capable of now; Allah will inspire me with those praises. Then I will fall in prostration before Him. Then it will be said to me: ‘O Muhammad! Raise your head and speak, you will be heard; ask, you will be given; intercede, your intercession will be accepted.’ I will say: ‘O my Lord! My Ummah! My Ummah!’ Then it will be said to me: ‘Go, and take out from the Fire whoever has faith in his heart equal to a grain of wheat or barley.’ I will go and do so. Then I will return to my Lord and praise Him with the same forms of praise, then fall in prostration before Him. Then it will be said to me: ‘O Muhammad! Raise your head and speak, you will be heard; ask, you will be given; intercede, your intercession will be accepted.’ I will say: ‘O my Lord! My Ummah! My Ummah!’ It will be said to me: ‘Go, and take out from the Fire whoever has faith in his heart equal to a mustard seed.’ So I will go and do so. Then I will return to my Lord and praise Him with similar praises, then fall in prostration before Him. Then it will be said to me: ‘O Muhammad! Raise your head, speak, you will be heard; ask, you will be given; intercede, your intercession will be accepted.’ I will say: ‘O my Lord! My Ummah! My Ummah!’ Then it will be said to me: ‘Go, and take out from the Fire whoever has less than a mustard seed, even less, even less faith in his heart.’ So I will go and do so.” This is the narration of Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) which he related to us. (Ma‘bad bin Hilal ‘Anazi) said: So we left his place, and when we reached the upper part of the open plain, we said: (How good it would be) if we went to Hasan al-Basri and greeted him. He (out of fear of Hajjaj bin Yusuf) was hiding in the house of Abu Khalifah. When we reached him, we greeted him. We said: “O Abu Sa‘id! We are coming from your brother Abu Hamzah (the kunyah of Anas, may Allah be pleased with him). We have never heard a hadith like the one he narrated to us about intercession.” Hasan al-Basri said: “Bring it, narrate it.” We narrated the hadith to him, and he said: “Go on, narrate more.” We said: “He did not narrate more than this to us.” He (Hasan al-Basri) said: “He narrated this hadith to us twenty years ago, at that time he was in full strength. He has left out a part; I do not know whether the Shaykh forgot or he did not wish to narrate the whole hadith to you, lest you rely solely on what is mentioned in it.” We said: “Please narrate it to us.” So he laughed and said: «إِنَّ الْإِنسَانَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعًا» “Man was created hasty,” I only mentioned this to you for the reason that I wanted to narrate this hadith to you. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “Then I will return to my Lord a fourth time, and praise Him with the same praises, then fall in prostration before Him. Then it will be said to me: ‘O Muhammad! Raise your head, speak, you will be heard; ask, you will be given; intercede, your intercession will be accepted.’ I will say: ‘O my Lord! Grant me permission regarding those who said ‘La ilaha illallah’ (There is no god but Allah).’ Allah will say: ‘This is not for you, but by My Honor, My Majesty, My Greatness, and My Supremacy! I will take out from the Fire those who said ‘La ilaha illallah’.’” Ma‘bad said: I bear witness regarding Hasan al-Basri that he told us that he heard this narration from Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him). I think he said: twenty years ago, and at that time his faculties were complete.