Sayings of the Messenger احادیثِ رسول اللہ ﷺ

حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ، عَنِ الأَوْزَاعِيِّ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ سَلاَمٍ، قَالَ: قَعَدْنَا نَفَرٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَتَذَاكَرْنَا، فَقُلْنَا: لَوْ نَعْلَمُ أَيَّ الأَعْمَالِ أَحَبَّ إِلَى اللهِ لَعَمِلْنَاهُ، فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى {سَبَّحَ لِلَّهِ مَا فِي السَّمَوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الأَرْضِ وَهُوَ العَزِيزُ الحَكِيمُ يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لِمَ تَقُولُونَ مَا لاَ تَفْعَلُونَ}، قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ سَلاَمٍ: فَقَرَأَهَا عَلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ أَبُو سَلَمَةَ: فَقَرَأَهَا عَلَيْنَا ابْنُ سَلاَمٍ قَالَ يَحْيَى: فَقَرَأَهَا عَلَيْنَا أَبُو سَلَمَةَ قَالَ ابْنُ كَثِيرٍ: فَقَرَأَهَا عَلَيْنَا الأَوْزَاعِيُّ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ: فَقَرَأَهَا عَلَيْنَا ابْنُ كَثِيرٍ.

Abdullah bin Salam (RA) said: “We, a group of Companions of Allah Apostle ﷺ, were sitting together and talking, and we said: ‘If we knew which deed is dearest to Allah then we would perform it.’ So, Allah, Most High, revealed: Whatsoever is in the earth glorifies Allah, and He the Mighty, the Wise. O you who believe, why do you say that which you do not?” Abdullah bin Salam (RA) said: “So Allah’s Apostle ﷺ recited it to us.” Abu Salamah (one of the narrators) said: “So Ibn Salam recited it to us.” Yahya (one of the narrators) said: “So Abu Salamah narrated it to us.” Ibn Kathir said: “So Al-Awza’i recited it to us.” Abdullah said: “So Ibn Kathir recited it to us.”

حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي ثَوْرُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ الدِّيْلِيُّ، عَنْ أَبِي الغَيْثِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ: كُنَّا عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ حِينَ أُنْزِلَتْ سُورَةُ الجُمُعَةِ فَتَلاَهَا، فَلَمَّا بَلَغَ {وَآخَرِينَ مِنْهُمْ لَمَّا يَلْحَقُوا بِهِمْ} قَالَ لَهُ رَجُلٌ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَنْ هَؤُلاَءِ الَّذِينَ لَمْ يَلْحَقُوا بِنَا؟ فَلَمْ يُكَلِّمْهُ، قَالَ: وَسَلْمَانُ فِينَا قَالَ: فَوَضَعَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَدَهُ عَلَى سَلْمَانَ فَقَالَ: وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَوْ كَانَ الإِيمَانُ بِالثُّرَيَّا لَتَنَاوَلَهُ رِجَالٌ مِنْ هَؤُلاَءِ.

Abu Hurairah (RA) said: “We were in the company of Allah’s Apostle ﷺ when Surat Al-Jumuah was revealed, so he recited it until he reached: ‘and (also for) others of them who have not yet joined them. And He is the Mighty, the Wise.’ A man asked him: ‘O Apostle of Allah! ﷺ Who are these people who have not yet joined us?’ But he did not say anything to him.” He said: “Salman Al-Farsi (RA) was among us.” He said: “So Allah’s Apostle ﷺ placed his hand upon Salman and said: ‘By Him in Whose Hand is my soul, if faith was in the Star Thurayya (Pleiades), men from these people would fetch it.”’

حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنِيعٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنَا حُصَيْنٌ، عَنْ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ، قَالَ: بَيْنَمَا النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَخْطُبُ يَوْمَ الجُمُعَةِ قَائِمًا إِذْ قَدِمَتْ عِيرُ الْمَدِينَةِ فَابْتَدَرَهَا أَصْحَابُ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ حَتَّى لَمْ يَبْقَ مِنْهُمْ إِلاَّ اثْنَا عَشَرَ رَجُلاً فِيهِمْ أَبُو بَكْرٍ، وَعُمَرُ، وَنَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الآيَةُ {وَإِذَا رَأَوْا تِجَارَةً أَوْ لَهْوًا انْفَضُّوا إِلَيْهَا وَتَرَكُوكَ قَائِمًا}.

Jabir (RA) said: “The Prophet ﷺ was delivering a Sermon on Friday, standing up, when a caravan arrived in Al-Madinah. So, the Companions of the Apostle of Allah ﷺ rushed off until only twelve men remained. Among them were Abu Bakr (RA) and Umar (RA). And This Ayah was revealed: And when they see some merchandise or some amusement, they flocked to it eagerly.”

حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مُوسَى، عَنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَرْقَمَ، قَالَ: كُنْتُ مَعَ عَمِّي فَسَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ أُبَيٍّ ابْنَ سَلُولَ، يَقُولُ لأَصْحَابِهِ: {لاَ تُنْفِقُوا عَلَى مَنْ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ حَتَّى يَنْفَضُّوا} وَ {لَئِنْ رَجَعْنَا إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ لِيُخْرِجَنَّ الأَعَزُّ مِنْهَا الأَذَلَّ} فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لِعَمِّي، فَذَكَرَ ذَلِكَ عَمِّي للنَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَدَعَانِي النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَحَدَّثْتُهُ، فَأَرْسَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، إِلَى عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أُبَيٍّ وَأَصْحَابِهِ، فَحَلَفُوا مَا قَالُوا، فَكَذَّبَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَصَدَّقَهُ، فَأَصَابَنِي شَيْءٌ لَمْ يُصِبْنِي شَيْءٌ قَطُّ مِثْلُهُ، فَجَلَسْتُ فِي البَيْتِ، فَقَالَ عَمِّي: مَا أَرَدْتَ إِلاَّ أَنْ كَذَّبَكَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَمَقَتَكَ، فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى {إِذَا جَاءَكَ الْمُنَافِقُونَ} فَبَعَثَ إِلَيَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَرَأَهَا، ثُمَّ قَالَ: إِنَّ اللَّهَ قَدْ صَدَّقَكَ.

Zaid bin Arqam (RA) said: “I was with my uncle when I heard Abdullah bin Ubayy bin Salul saying to his companions: ‘Expend not on those who are with Allah’s Apostle ﷺ until they disperse from him.’ And ‘If we return to Al-Madinah then the more honorable will expel the meaner among them.’ So, I mentioned that to my uncle, then my uncle mentioned it to the Prophet ﷺ. So, the Prophet ﷺ called for me to narrate it to him (what I had heard). Then the Apostle of Allah sent a message to Abdullah bin Ubayy and his companions, but they took an oath that they had not said it. So, Allah’s Messenger ﷺ belied me and he trusted what they said. I was struck with distress the likes of which I had not suffered before. So, I confined myself in my house, and my uncle said to me: ‘You had no intention but that Allah’s Apostle ﷺ belie you and hate you.’ Then Allah [Most High] revealed: ‘When the hypocrites come to you’ So, Allah’s Apostle ﷺ called me, and he recited it and said: ‘Surely, Allah has proved you true’”

حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مُوسَى، عَنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ، عَنِ السُّدِّيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الأَزْدِيِّ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا زَيْدُ بْنُ أَرْقَمَ، قَالَ: غَزَوْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَكَانَ مَعَنَا أُنَاسٌ مِنَ الأَعْرَابِ فَكُنَّا نَبْتَدِرُ الْمَاءَ، وَكَانَ الأَعْرَابُ يَسْبِقُونَا إِلَيْهِ، فَسَبَقَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ أَصْحَابَهُ، فَيَسْبِقُ الأَعْرَابِيُّ فَيَمْلَأُ الحَوْضَ وَيَجْعَلُ حَوْلَهُ حِجَارَةً وَيَجْعَلُ النِّطْعَ عَلَيْهِ حَتَّى يَجِيءَ أَصْحَابُهُ. قَالَ: فَأَتَى رَجُلٌ مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ أَعْرَابِيًّا فَأَرْخَى زِمَامَ نَاقَتِهِ لِتَشْرَبَ فَأَبَى أَنْ يَدَعَهُ فَانْتَزَعَ قِبَاضَ الْمَاءِ، فَرَفَعَ الأَعْرَابِيُّ خَشَبَةً فَضَرَبَ بِهَا رَأْسَ الأَنْصَارِيِّ فَشَجَّهُ، فَأَتَى عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ أُبَيٍّ رَأْسَ الْمُنَافِقِينَ فَأَخْبَرَهُ وَكَانَ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ، فَغَضِبَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أُبَيٍّ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: {لاَ تُنْفِقُوا عَلَى مَنْ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ حَتَّى يَنْفَضُّوا}، يَعْنِي الأَعْرَابَ، وَكَانُوا يَحْضُرُونَ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عِنْدَ الطَّعَامِ، فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ: إِذَا انْفَضُّوا مِنْ عِنْدِ مُحَمَّدٍ فَأْتُوا مُحَمَّدًا بِالطَّعَامِ، فَلْيَأْكُلْ هُوَ وَمَنْ عِنْدَهُ، ثُمَّ قَالَ لأَصْحَابِهِ: {لَئِنْ رَجَعْتُمْ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ لَيُخْرِجَنَّ الأَعَزُّ مِنْهَا الأَذَلَّ}، قَالَ زَيْدٌ: وَأَنَا رِدْفُ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: فَسَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ أُبَيٍّ، فَأَخْبَرْتُ عَمِّي،فَانْطَلَقَ فَأَخْبَرَ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَحَلَفَ وَجَحَدَ، قَالَ: فَصَدَّقَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَكَذَّبَنِي، قَالَ: فَجَاءَ عَمِّي إِلَيَّ، فَقَالَ: مَا أَرَدْتَ إِلاَّ أَنْ مَقَتَكَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَكَذَّبَكَ وَالمُسْلِمُونَ. قَالَ: فَوَقَعَ عَلَيَّ مِنَ الهَمِّ مَا لَمْ يَقَعْ عَلَى أَحَدٍ. قَالَ: فَبَيْنَمَا أَنَا أَسِيرُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي سَفَرٍ قَدْ خَفَقْتُ بِرَأْسِي مِنَ الهَمِّ، إِذْ أَتَانِي رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَعَرَكَ أُذُنِي وَضَحِكَ فِي وَجْهِي، فَمَا كَانَ يَسُرُّنِي أَنَّ لِي بِهَا الخُلْدَ فِي الدُّنْيَا، ثُمَّ إِنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ لَحِقَنِي فَقَالَ: مَا قَالَ لَكَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ؟ قُلْتُ: مَا قَالَ لِي شَيْئًا، إِلاَّ أَنَّهُ عَرَكَ أُذُنِي وَضَحِكَ فِي وَجْهِي. فَقَالَ: أَبْشِرْ، ثُمَّ لَحِقَنِي عُمَرُ، فَقُلْتُ لَهُ مِثْلَ قَوْلِي لأَبِي بَكْرٍ فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحْنَا قَرَأَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ سُورَةَ الْمُنَافِقِينَ.

Zaid bin Arqam (RA) said: “We participated in a battle along with Allah’s Apostle ﷺ. There were some Bedouins with us. So, we all rushed toward some water and the Bedouins overtook us to it. One of the Bedouins beat his companions to it and he (tried to obstruct) the pond, he placed rocks around it, and he put a leather sheet over it until his companions came.” He said: “A man among the Ansar reached the Bedouin and he dropped the reigns of his camel to drink, but the Bedouin would not allow him. So, he started removing the barriers around the water, but the Bedouin raised a stick beating the Ansari man on the head, and smashed it. He went to Abdullah bin Ubayy, the head of the hypocrite, to inform him – he was in fact one of his companions. So, Abdullah bin Ubayy became enraged, then he said: ‘Do not spend anything on whoever is with Muhammad until they depart.’ Meaning the Bedouins. They were preparing food for the Apostle of Allah. So, Abdullah said: ‘When they depart from Muhammad, then bring Muhammad some food, and let him and whoever is with him eat it.’ Then he said to his companions: ‘If we return to Al-Madinah, indeed the more honorable will expel therefrom the meaner.’” Zaid said: “And I was riding behind the Apostle of Allah ﷺ, and I had heard Abdullah bin Ubayy, so I informed my uncle who went to tell the Apostle of Allah ﷺ. He sent a message to him (Abdullah) but he took an oath and denied it.” He said: “So the Apostle of Allah ﷺ accepted what he said and belied me. So my uncle came to me and said: ‘You only intended that Allah’s Apostle ﷺ may hate you, and the Muslims may say that you lied.’” He said: “I suffered such worry as has not been suffered by anyone else.” He said: “(Later) while I was on the move with the Apostle of Allah ﷺ on a journey, my mind was relieved of worry, since the Apostle of Allah ﷺ came to me and rubbed my ear and smiled in my face. I would never be happier than with that as long as the world remained. Then Abu Bakr (Ra) caught up to me, and said: ‘What did the Apostle of Allah ﷺ say to you?’ I said: ‘He did not say anything to me, he only rubbed my ear and smiled in my face.’ He said: ‘Receive the good news!’ Then Umar (RA) caught up with me and I said the same to him as I had said to Abu Bakr. In the morning Allah’s Apostle ﷺ recited Surat Al-Munafiqin.”

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنِ الحَكَمِ بْنِ عُتَيْبَةَ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ كَعْبٍ القُرَظِيَّ، مُنْذُ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَرْقَمَ، أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ أُبَيٍّ، قَالَ فِي غَزْوَةِ تَبُوكَ: {لَئِنْ رَجَعْنَا إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ لَيُخْرِجَنَّ الأَعَزُّ مِنْهَا الأَذَلَّ} قَالَ: فَأَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لَهُ، فَحَلَفَ مَا قَالَهُ، فَلاَمَنِي قَوْمِي وَقَالُوا: مَا أَرَدْتَ إِلَى هَذِهِ، فَأَتَيْتُ البَيْتَ وَنِمْتُ كَئِيبًا حَزِينًا، فَأَتَانِي النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَوْ أَتَيْتُهُ، فَقَالَ: إِنَّ اللَّهَ قَدْ صَدَّقَكَ قَالَ: فَنَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الآيَةَ: {هُمُ الَّذِينَ يَقُولُونَ لاَ تُنْفِقُوا عَلَى مَنْ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ حَتَّى يَنْفَضُّوا}.

Al-Hakam bin Utaibah said: “I heard Muhammad bin Ka’b Al-Qurazi – forty years ago – narrating from Zaid bin Arqam [may Allah be pleased with him] that during the battle of Tabuk, Abdullah bin Ubayy said: “If we return to Al-Madinah, indeed the more honorable will expel therefrom the meaner.” He said: ‘So I went to the Prophet ﷺ and mentioned that to him, but he (Abdullah) took an oath that he did not say it. My people blamed me for that, they said: “What did you expect to accomplish from this?’ So, I went to my house and slept full of grief. Then the Prophet ﷺ came to me’ or ‘I went to him, and he said: “Indeed Allah has verified the truth of what you said.” He said: ‘So this Ayah was revealed: there are the ones who say: “Do not spend on those who are with the Apostle of Allah until they desert from him.”

حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عُمَرَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ دِينَارٍ، سَمِعَ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللهِ يَقُولُ: كُنَّا فِي غَزَاةٍ، قَالَ سُفْيَانُ: يَرَوْنَ أَنَّهَا غَزْوَةُ بَنِي الْمُصْطَلِقِ فَكَسَعَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ رَجُلاً مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ، فَقَالَ الْمُهَاجِرِيُّ: يَا لِلْمُهَاجِرِينَ وَقَالَ الأَنْصَارِيُّ: يَا لِلأَنْصَارِ،فَسَمِعَ ذَلِكَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ: مَا بَالُ دَعْوَى الجَاهِلِيَّةِ؟ قَالُوا: رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ كَسَعَ رَجُلاً مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: دَعُوهَا فَإِنَّهَا مُنْتِنَةٌ، فَسَمِعَ ذَلِكَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أُبَيٍّ ابْنُ سَلُولَ، فَقَالَ: أَوَقَدْ فَعَلُوهَا؟ وَاللَّهِ {لَئِنْ رَجَعْنَا إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ لَيُخْرِجَنَّ الأَعَزُّ مِنْهَا الأَذَلَّ}، فَقَالَ عُمَرُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، دَعْنِي أَضْرِبْ عُنُقَ هَذَا الْمُنَافِقِ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: دَعْهُ لاَ يَتَحَدَّثُ النَّاسُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا يَقْتُلُ أَصْحَابَهُ وَقَالَ غَيْرُ عَمْرٍو، فَقَالَ: لَهُ ابْنُهُ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ: وَاللَّهِ لاَ تَنْقَلِبُ حَتَّى تُقِرَّ أَنَّكَ الذَّلِيلُ، وَرَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ العَزِيزُ، فَفَعَلَ.

Sufyan narrated from Amr bin Dinar that he heard Jabir bin Abdullah (RA) saying: “We were in a battle” – Sufyan said: “They say it was the battle of Banu Mustaliq” – “A man from the Muhajirin kicked a man from the Ansar. The man from the Muhajirin said: ‘O Muhajirin!’ the man from the Ansar said: ‘O Ansar!’ The Prophet ﷺ heard that and said: ‘What is this evil call of Jahliyyah?’ They said: ‘A man from the Muhajirin kicked a man from the Ansar.’ So, the Prophet ﷺ said: ‘Leave that, for it is offensive.’ Abdullah bin Ubayy bin Salul heard that and said: ‘Did they really do that? By Allah! If we return to Al-Madinah indeed the more honorable will expel therefrom the meaner.’ Umar (RA) said: ‘Allow me to chop off the head of this hypocrite, O Apostle of Allah!’ The Prophet ﷺ said: ‘Leave him, I do not want the people to say that Muhammad kills his Companions.’” Someone other than Amr said: “So his son, Abdullah bin Abdullah, said: ‘By Allah! You shall not return until you say that you are the mean and that the Messenger of Allah is the honorable.’ So he did so.”

حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ عَوْنٍ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو جَنَابٍ الكَلْبِيُّ، عَنِ الضَّحَّاكِ بْنِ مُزَاحِمٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ: مَنْ كَانَ لَهُ مَالٌ يُبَلِّغُهُ حَجَّ بَيْتِ رَبِّهِ، أَوْ يَجِبُ عَلَيْهِ فِيهِ زَكَاةٌ، فَلَمْ يَفْعَلْ، يَسْأَلِ الرَّجْعَةَ عِنْدَ الْمَوْتِ، فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ: يَا ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ، اتَّقِ اللَّهَ، فَإِنَّمَا يَسْأَلُ الرَّجْعَةَ الكُفَّارُ؟ فَقَالَ: سَأَتْلُو عَلَيْكَ بِذَلِكَ قُرْآنًا: {يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لاَ تُلْهِكُمْ أَمْوَالُكُمْ وَلاَ أَوْلاَدُكُمْ عَنْ ذِكْرِ اللهِ وَمَنْ يَفْعَلْ ذَلِكَ فَأُولَئِكَ هُمُ الخَاسِرُونَ. وَأَنْفِقُوا مِمَّا رَزَقْنَاكُمْ مِنْ قَبْلِ أَنْ يَأْتِيَ أَحَدَكُمُ الْمَوْتُ فَيَقُولَ رَبِّ لَوْلاَ أَخَّرْتَنِي إِلَى أَجَلٍ قَرِيبٍ فَأَصَّدَّقَ}، إِلَى قَوْلِهِ: {وَاللَّهُ خَبِيرٌ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ} قَالَ: فَمَا يُوجِبُ الزَّكَاةَ؟ قَالَ: إِذَا بَلَغَ الْمَالُ مِائَتَيْنِ فَصَاعِدًا. قَالَ: فَمَا يُوجِبُ الحَجَّ؟ قَالَ: الزَّادُ وَالبَعِيرُ.

Ibn Abbas (RA) said: “If anyone possesses enough wealth to enable him to go and perform Hajj at the House of his Lord, or to make it obligatory on him to pay Zakah but does not do that, then upon his death he shall plead to return (the world).” A man said: “Oh Ibn Abbas! Have Taqwa of Allah! It is only the disbelievers who will be asked to return.” He said: “For that, I shall recite to you from the Qur’an: You who believe! Let not your properties or your children divert you from the remembrance of Allah. And whosever does that, then they are with the losers. And spend of that which We have provided you before death comes to one of you, and says: “My Lord! If only You would give me respite for a little while, then I should give Sadaqah” up to His saying: “And Allah is All-Aware of what you do.” He said: “So what makes Zakat obligatory?” He said: “When wealth reaches two hundred or above.” He said: “What makes Hajj obligatory?” He said: “Provisions and a camel.”

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا إِسْرَائِيلُ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا سِمَاكُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، وَسَأَلَهُ، رَجُلٌ عَنْ هَذِهِ الآيَةِ: {يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِنَّ مِنْ أَزْوَاجِكُمْ وَأَوْلاَدِكُمْ عَدُوًّا لَكُمْ فَاحْذَرُوهُمْ} قَالَ: هَؤُلاَءِ رِجَالٌ أَسْلَمُوا مِنْ أَهْلِ مَكَّةَ وَأَرَادُوا أَنْ يَأْتُوا النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَأَبَى أَزْوَاجُهُمْ وَأَوْلاَدُهُمْ أَنْ يَدَعُوهُمْ أَنْ يَأْتُوا رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَلَمَّا أَتَوْا رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ رَأَوْا النَّاسَ قَدْ فَقُهُوا فِي الدِّينِ هَمُّوا أَنْ يُعَاقِبُوهُمْ، فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: {يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِنَّ مِنْ أَزْوَاجِكُمْ وَأَوْلاَدِكُمْ عَدُوًّا لَكُمْ فَاحْذَرُوهُمْ} الآيَةَ.

Narrated from Ikrimah that Ibn Abbas (RA) was asked by a man about this Ayah: O you who believe! Verity, among your wives and your children there are enemies for you; therefore, beware of them! He said: “These were men who embraced Islam in Makkah, and they intended to come to the Prophet ﷺ, but their wives and children prevented them from coming to the Apostle of Allah ﷺ. So, when they came to the Apostle of Allah ﷺ, they saw that the people had gained such understanding in the religion that they resolved to punish them (their families). So, Allah revealed the Ayah: O you who believe! Verily, among your wives and your children there are enemies for you; therefore, beware of them!”

حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي ثَوْرٍ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ يَقُولُ: لَمْ أَزَلْ حَرِيصًا أَنْ أَسْأَلَ عُمَرَ عَنِ الْمَرْأَتَيْنِ مِنْ أَزْوَاجِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ اللَّتَيْنِ قَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: {إِنْ تَتُوبَا إِلَى اللهِ فَقَدْ صَغَتْ قُلُوبُكُمَا} حَتَّى حَجَّ عُمَرُ، وَحَجَجْتُ مَعَهُ، فَصَبَبْتُ عَلَيْهِ مِنَ الإِدَاوَةِ فَتَوَضَّأَ، فَقُلْتُ: يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، مَنِ الْمَرْأَتَانِ مِنْ أَزْوَاجِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ اللَّتَانِ قَالَ اللَّهُ: {إِنْ تَتُوبَا إِلَى اللهِ فَقَدْ صَغَتْ قُلُوبُكُمَا} فَقَالَ لِي: وَاعَجَبًا لَكَ يَا ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ الزُّهْرِيُّ: وَكَرِهَ وَاللَّهِ مَا سَأَلَهُ عَنْهُ وَلَمْ يَكْتُمْهُ: فَقَالَ: هِيَ عَائِشَةُ، وَحَفْصَةُ، قَالَ: ثُمَّ أَنْشَأَ يُحَدِّثُنِي الحَدِيثَ فَقَالَ: كُنَّا مَعْشَرَ قُرَيْشٍ نَغْلِبُ النِّسَاءَ، فَلَمَّا قَدِمْنَا الْمَدِينَةَ وَجَدْنَا قَوْمًا تَغْلِبُهُمْ نِسَاؤُهُمْ، فَطَفِقَ نِسَاؤُنَا يَتَعَلَّمْنَ مِنْ نِسَائِهِمْ، فَتَغَضَّبْتُ يَوْمًا عَلَى امْرَأَتِي، فَإِذَا هِيَ تُرَاجِعُنِي، فَأَنْكَرْتُ أَنْ تُرَاجِعَنِي، فَقَالَتْ: مَا تُنْكِرُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ؟ فَوَاللَّهِ إِنَّ أَزْوَاجَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَيُرَاجِعْنَهُ، وَتَهْجُرُهُ إِحْدَاهُنَّ اليَوْمَ إِلَى اللَّيْلِ. قَالَ: قُلْتُ فِي نَفْسِي: قَدْ خَابَتْ مَنْ فَعَلَتْ ذَلِكَ مِنْهُنَّ وَخَسِرَتْقَالَ: وَكَانَ مَنْزِلِي بِالعَوَالِي فِي بَنِي أُمَيَّةَ، وَكَانَ لِي جَارٌ مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ، كُنَّا نَتَنَاوَبُ النُّزُولَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: فَيَنْزِلُ يَوْمًا فَيَأْتِينِي بِخَبَرِ الوَحْيِ وَغَيْرِهِ، وَأَنْزِلُ يَوْمًا فَآتِيهِ بِمِثْلِ ذَلِكَ. قَالَ: فَكُنَّا نُحَدِّثُ أَنَّ غَسَّانَ تُنْعِلُ الخَيْلَ لِتَغْزُوَنَا. قَالَ: فَجَاءَنِي يَوْمًا عِشَاءً فَضَرَبَ عَلَيَّ الْبَابَ، فَخَرَجْتُ إِلَيْهِ، فَقَالَ: حَدَثَ أَمْرٌ عَظِيمٌ. قُلْتُ: أَجَاءَتْ غَسَّانُ قَالَ: أَعْظَمُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ، طَلَّقَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ نِسَاءَهُ. قَالَ: قُلْتُ فِي نَفْسِي: خَابَتْ حَفْصَةُ وَخَسِرَتْ، قَدْ كُنْتُ أَظُنُّ هَذَا كَائِنًا، قَالَ: فَلَمَّا صَلَّيْتُ الصُّبْحَ شَدَدْتُ عَلَيَّ ثِيَابِي، ثُمَّ انْطَلَقْتُ حَتَّى دَخَلْتُ عَلَى حَفْصَةَ، فَإِذَا هِيَ تَبْكِي، فَقُلْتُ: أَطَلَّقَكُنَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ؟ قَالَتْ: لاَ أَدْرِي، هُوَ ذَا مُعْتَزِلٌ فِي هَذِهِ الْمَشْرَبَةِ قَالَ: فَانْطَلَقْتُ فَأَتَيْتُ غُلاَمًا أَسْوَدَ، فَقُلْتُ: اسْتَأْذِنْ لِعُمَرَ، قَالَ: فَدَخَلَ ثُمَّ خَرَجَ إِلَيَّ، قَالَ: قَدْ ذَكَرْتُكَ لَهُ فَلَمْ يَقُلْ شَيْئًا. قَالَ: فَانْطَلَقْتُ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ، فَإِذَا حَوْلَ الْمِنْبَرِ نَفَرٌ يَبْكُونَ، فَجَلَسْتُ إِلَيْهِمْ، ثُمَّ غَلَبَنِي مَا أَجِدُ فَأَتَيْتُ الغُلاَمَ فَقُلْتُ: اسْتَأْذِنْ لِعُمَرَ، فَدَخَلَ، ثُمَّ خَرَجَ إِلَيَّ، قَالَ: قَدْ ذَكَرْتُكَ لَهُ فَلَمْ يَقُلْ شَيْئًا، قَالَ: فَانْطَلَقْتُ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ أَيْضًا فَجَلَسْتُ، ثُمَّ غَلَبَنِي مَا أَجِدُ، فَأَتَيْتُ الغُلاَمَ، فَقُلْتُ: اسْتَأْذِنْ لِعُمَرَ، فَدَخَلَ،ثُمَّ خَرَجَ إِلَيَّ فَقَالَ: ذَكَرْتُكَ لَهُ فَلَمْ يَقُلْ شَيْئًا. قَالَ: فَوَلَّيْتُ مُنْطَلِقًا، فَإِذَا الغُلاَمُ يَدْعُونِي، فَقَالَ: ادْخُلْ فَقَدْ أُذِنَ لَكَ، قَالَ: فَدَخَلْتُ، فَإِذَا النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مُتَّكِئٌ عَلَى رَمْلِ حَصِيرٍ، فَرَأَيْتُ أَثَرَهُ فِي جَنْبِهِ فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَطَلَّقْتَ نِسَاءَكَ؟ قَالَ: لاَ. قُلْتُ: اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ، لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ وَكُنَّا مَعْشَرَ قُرَيْشٍ نَغْلِبُ النِّسَاءَ، فَلَمَّا قَدِمْنَا الْمَدِينَةَ وَجَدْنَا قَوْمًا تَغْلِبُهُمْ نِسَاؤُهُمْ، فَطَفِقَ نِسَاؤُنَا يَتَعَلَّمْنَ مِنْ نِسَائِهِمْ، فَتَغَضَّبْتُ يَوْمًا عَلَى امْرَأَتِي، فَإِذَا هِيَ تُرَاجِعُنِي، فَأَنْكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ، فَقَالَتْ: مَا تُنْكِرُ؟ فَوَاللَّهِ إِنَّ أَزْوَاجَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَيُرَاجِعْنَهُ وَتَهْجُرُهُ إِحْدَاهُنَّ اليَوْمَ إِلَى اللَّيْلِ، قَالَ: فَقُلْتُ لِحَفْصَةَ: أَتُرَاجِعِينَ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ؟ قَالَتْ: نَعَمْ، وَتَهْجُرُهُ إِحْدَانَا اليَوْمَ إِلَى اللَّيْلِ، فَقُلْتُ: قَدْ خَابَتْ مَنْ فَعَلَتْ ذَلِكَ مِنْكُنَّ وَخَسِرَتْ، أَتَأْمَنُ إِحْدَاكُنَّ أَنْ يَغْضَبَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهَا لِغَضَبِ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَإِذَا هِيَ قَدْ هَلَكَتْ؟ فَتَبَسَّمَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ. قَالَ: فَقُلْتُ لِحَفْصَةَ: لاَ تُرَاجِعِي رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، وَلاَ تَسْأَلِيهِ شَيْئًا، وَسَلِينِي مَا بَدَا لَكِ، وَلاَ يَغُرَّنَّكِ إِنْ كَانَتْ صَاحِبَتُكِ أَوْسَمَ مِنْكِ، وَأَحَبَّ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ. قَالَ: فَتَبَسَّمَ أُخْرَى،فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَسْتَأْنِسُ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ. قَالَ: فَرَفَعْتُ رَأْسِي فَمَا رَأَيْتُ فِي البَيْتِ إِلاَّ أُهُبَةً ثَلاَثَةً. قَالَ: فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، ادْعُ اللَّهَ أَنْ يُوَسِّعَ عَلَى أُمَّتِكَ، فَقَدْ وَسَّعَ عَلَى فَارِسَ وَالرُّومِ وَهُمْ لاَ يَعْبُدُونَهُ، فَاسْتَوَى جَالِسًا، فَقَالَ: أَفِي شَكٍّ أَنْتَ يَا ابْنَ الخَطَّابِ؟ أُولَئِكَ قَوْمٌ عُجِّلَتْ لَهُمْ طَيِّبَاتُهُمْ فِي الحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا. قَالَ: وَكَانَ أَقْسَمَ أَنْ لاَ يَدْخُلَ عَلَى نِسَائِهِ شَهْرًا، فَعَاتَبَهُ اللَّهُ فِي ذَلِكَ وَجَعَلَ لَهُ كَفَّارَةَ اليَمِينِ. قَالَ الزُّهْرِيُّ، فَأَخْبَرَنِي عُرْوَةُ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ: فَلَمَّا مَضَتْ تِسْعٌ وَعِشْرُونَ دَخَلَ عَلَيَّ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بَدَأَ بِي قَالَ: يَا عَائِشَةُ، إِنِّي ذَاكِرٌ لَكِ شَيْئًا فَلاَ تَعْجَلِي حَتَّى تَسْتَأْمِرِي أَبَوَيْكِ قَالَتْ: ثُمَّ قَرَأَ هَذِهِ الآيَةَ: {يَا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ قُلْ لأَزْوَاجِكَ} الآيَةَ. قَالَتْ: عَلِمَ وَاللَّهِ أَنَّ أَبَوَيَّ لَمْ يَكُونَا يَأْمُرَانِي بِفِرَاقِهِ، قَالَتْ: فَقُلْتُ: أَفِي هَذَا أَسْتَأْمِرُ أَبَوَيَّ؟ فَإِنِّي أُرِيدُ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ وَالدَّارَ الآخِرَةَ. قَالَ مَعْمَرٌ، فَأَخْبَرَنِي أَيُّوبُ، أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ لَهُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، لاَ تُخْبِرْ أَزْوَاجَكَ أَنِّي اخْتَرْتُكَ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: إِنَّمَا بَعَثَنِي اللَّهُ مُبَلِّغًا وَلَمْ يَبْعَثْنِي مُتَعَنِّتًا.

Ibn Abbas (RA) said: “I was ever determined to ask Umar (RA) about the two women, among the Prophet’s wives, about whom Allah [the Mighty and Sublime] said: If you two turn towards Allah repentant, your hearts are indeed so inclined … until once when Umar performed Hajj, and I performed Hajj along with him. I poured water for his Wudu from a vessel, and I asked: ‘O Commander of the Believers! Who are the two women among the Prophet’s wives, about whom Allah said: If you two turn in repentance, your hearts are indeed so inclined?’ He said to me: ‘I am astonished at you O Ibn Abbas!’” – Az-Zubair (one of the narrators) said: “By Allah! He disliked what he asked him, but he did not conceal it.” – “He said to me: ‘It was Aishah (RA) and Hafsah (RA).’” He said: “Then he began narrating the Hadith to me. He said: ‘We, the people of the Quraish, used to have the upper hand over our women but when we came to Madinah, we came across a people whom their women dominated. Our women began acquiring the habits of their women. One day I was angry at my wife when she started answering back to me, she said: “What do you mind that? By Allah! The wives of the Prophet answer back to him, and one of them may stay away from him a whole day until the night?’” “He said: ‘I said to myself: “Whoever does so has indeed lost and harms herself.’” “He said: ‘My house was in Al-Awali among those of Banu Umayyah, and I had a neighbor among the Ansar, and he and I would take turns visiting the Apostle of Allah ﷺ.’ He said: ‘One day I would visit him and bring the news of the Revelation, and other than that, and one day he would visit him and bring the same. We heard stories that Ghassan were preparing their horses to attack us. He said: ‘One day he came to me in the evening and knocked on my door, so I went out to him. He said: “A horrible thing has happened.” I said: “Ghassan has come?” He said: “Worse than that. Allah’s Apostle ﷺ has divorced his wives.’” He said: ‘I said to myself: “Hafsah (RA) has harmed herself and is a loser! I thought this would happen someday.’” He said: ‘After we offered morning Salah, I put over my clothes, then went to visit Hafsah. There I found her crying. I said: “Has the Apostle of Allah ﷺ divorced (all of you)?” She said: “I do not know. He has isolated himself in the upper room.’” He said: ‘So I went up and came upon a black slave, I said: “Seek permission for Umar.’” He said: ‘So he entered then came out to me. He said: “I mentioned you to him, but he did not say anything.’” He said: ‘So I went to the Masjid. There I found a group of people sitting around the Minbar weeping, so I sat down with them. But, I was overcome by thoughts, so I went to the slave and said: “Seek permission for Umar.” He went in, then he came out to me and said: “I mentioned you to him, but he did not say anything.’” He said: ‘So I went to the Masjid again and sat there until I was overcome by thoughts again, and I went back to the slave and said: “Seek permission for Umar.” He went in, then he came out to me and said: “I mentioned you to him but he did not say anything.’” He said: ‘So I turned to leave, when the slave called me back. He said: “Go in for he has granted you permission.’” He said: ‘So I entered and found the Prophet ﷺ reclining upon a woven mat, and I detected the imprints it left on his side. I asked: “O Apostle of Allah! ﷺ Have you divorced your women?” He replied: “No.” I exclaimed: “Allahu Akbar! If you observe us O Apostle of Allah! ﷺ We the people of the Quraish used to have the upper hand over our women, but when we came to Al-Madinah we found a people whose women had the upper hand over them. Our women started picking up the habits of their women. One day I became angry at my wife, so when she started answering back to me, I rebuked her and she said: ‘Why do you mind that? By Allah! The Prophet’s wives answer back to him, and one of them may stay away from him a whole day until the night?’” He said: “I asked Hafsah: ‘Do you answer back to the Apostle of Allah ﷺ?’ She said: ‘Yes, and one of us may stay away from him all day until the night.’” He said: “I said: ‘Whoever among you does this is at a loss. Could any of you be at peace if Allah is angry at her because of the displeasure of His Apostle?’ He said: ‘So the Prophet ﷺ smiled.’ He said: ‘So I said to Hafsah: “Do not answer back to the Apostle of Allah ﷺ, and don’t ask him for anything. Ask me for whatever you want. And do not let it occupy your mind that your co-wife is more beautiful than you and dearer to Allah’s Apostle ﷺ.’” He said: ‘So he smiled again, I said: “O Apostle of Allah! ﷺ May I speak candidly?” He said: “Yes.’” He said: ‘I raised my head and did not see in the house except for three hides. So, I said: “O Apostle of Allah! ﷺ Supplicate to Allah to increase the provision of your ummah. For verily, He has made the Persians and the Romans prosper, while they do not worship Him.” He then sat up straight and said: “Are you in doubt O Ibn Al-Khattab? They are a people whose good has been rewarded for them in this world’s life.’” He said: ‘He swore that he would not enter upon his women for a month. So Allah censured him for that, and he made the expiation of an oath.’” Az-Zuhri said: “Urwah informed me that Aishah (RA) said: “When twenty-nine days passed, the Prophet ﷺ came to me first, and he said: “O Aishah! I am about to mention something to you, but do not be hasty in reply until you consult your parents.’” She said: ‘Then he recited this Ayah: “O Prophet, say to your wives, ‘If you desire the life of this world, and its adornment, come I will provide for your comfort and allow you to depart by a fair departing.” She said: ‘He knew by Allah! That my parents would not tell me to part with him.’ She said: ‘I said: “Shall I consult with my parents about this? Indeed I want Allah and His Apostle and the adornment of the Hereafter.” Ma’mar (one of the narrators) said: “Ayyub informed me that Aishah said to him: ‘O Apostle of Allah! ﷺ Do not inform your wives that I chose you.’ So the Prophet ﷺ said: ‘Allah has sent me only to convey and not to put into difficulty.’”

حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ مُوسَى، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ الطَّيَالِسِيُّ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الوَاحِدِ بْنُ سُلَيْمٍ، قَالَ: قَدِمْتُ مَكَّةَ فَلَقِيتُ عَطَاءَ بْنَ أَبِي رَبَاحٍ فَقُلْتُ: يَا أَبَا مُحَمَّدٍ إِنَّ نَاسًا عِنْدَنَا يَقُولُونَ فِي القَدَرِ، فَقَالَ عَطَاءٌ: لَقِيتُ الوَلِيدَ بْنَ عُبَادَةَ بْنِ الصَّامِتِ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: إِنَّ أَوَّلَ مَا خَلَقَ اللَّهُ القَلَمَ، فَقَالَ لَهُ: اكْتُبْ، فَجَرَى بِمَا هُوَ كَائِنٌ إِلَى الأَبَدِ.

Abdul-Wahid bin Sulaim said: “I arrived in Makkah and met Ata bin Abi Rabah. I said: ‘O Abu Muhammad! Some people with us speak about Al-Qadar (Divine destiney).’ Ata said: ‘I met Al-Walid bin Ubadah bin As-Samit and he said: “My father narrated to me, he said: ‘I heard the Apostle of Allah ﷺ saying: “Indeed the first of what Allah created was the Pen. He said to it: “Write.” So, it recorded what will be forever.’”

حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ سَعْدٍ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ أَبِي قَيْسٍ، عَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُمَيْرَةَ، عَنِ الأَحْنَفِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ، عَنِ الْعَبَّاسِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ قَالَ: زَعَمَ أَنَّهُ كَانَ جَالِسًا فِي البَطْحَاءِ فِي عِصَابَةٍ، وَرَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ جَالِسٌ فِيهِمْ، إِذْ مَرَّتْ عَلَيْهِمْ سَحَابَةٌ فَنَظَرُوا إِلَيْهَا، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: هَلْ تَدْرُونَ مَا اسْمُ هَذِهِ؟ قَالُوا: نَعَمْ، هَذَا السَّحَابُ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: وَالمُزْنُ؟ قَالُوا: وَالمُزْنُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: وَالعَنَانُ؟ قَالُوا: وَالعَنَانُثُمَّ قَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: هَلْ تَدْرُونَ كَمْ بُعْدُ مَا بَيْنَ السَّمَاءِ وَالأَرْضِ؟ قَالُوا: لاَ، وَاللَّهِ مَا نَدْرِي، قَالَ: فَإِنَّ بُعْدَ مَا بَيْنَهُمَا إِمَّا وَاحِدَةٌ، وَإِمَّا اثْنَتَانِ، أَوْ ثَلاَثٌ وَسَبْعُونَ سَنَةً، وَالسَّمَاءُ الَّتِي فَوْقَهَا كَذَلِكَ، حَتَّى عَدَّدَهُنَّ سَبْعَ سَمَوَاتٍ كَذَلِكَ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: فَوْقَ السَّمَاءِ السَّابِعَةِ بَحْرٌ بَيْنَ أَعْلاَهُ وَأَسْفَلِهِ كَمَا بَيْنَ السَّمَاءِ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ، وَفَوْقَ ذَلِكَ ثَمَانِيَةُ أَوْعَالٍ بَيْنَ أَظْلاَفِهِنَّ وَرُكَبِهِنَّ مِثْلُ مَا بَيْنَ سَمَاءٍ إِلَى سَمَاءٍ، ثُمَّ فَوْقَ ظُهُورِهِنَّ العَرْشُ، بَيْنَ أَسْفَلِهِ وَأَعْلاَهُ مِثْلُ مَا بَيْنَ سَمَاءٍ إِلَى سَمَاءٍ، وَاللَّهُ فَوْقَ ذَلِكَ.

Narrated from Al-Abbas bin Abdul-Muttalib (RA) that he and a group was sitting in Al-Batha with Allah’s Apostle ﷺ, when a cloud passed over them. They looked at it, and the Apostle of Allah said: ‘Did you know what its name is?’ They said: ‘Yes. This is As-Sahab (cloud).’ Allah’s Apostle ﷺ said: ‘Al-Muzn (rain cloud)?’ They said: ‘Yes. This is As-Sahab (cloud).’ Then Allah’s Apostle ﷺ asked: ‘Do you know how much distance there is between the heavens and the earth?’ They said: ‘No, by Allah we do not know.’ He said: ‘The distance between every two of them is either seventy-one, or two, or three, years, and the heaven that is above that one is like that.’ Until he enumerated Seven heavens like that. Then he said: ‘Above the seventh heaven is an ocean, between its highest part and its lowest is just as there is between one heaven to another heaven. Above that are eight angels like mountain goats, the length between their hoof and knee is like (the distance) between heaven and heaven. Then above their backs is the Throne. Between its lowest and highest parts is the same as what is between one heaven to another heaven, and Allah is above that.’”

Abdur-Rahman bin Abdullah bin Sa’d Ar-Razi [and he is Ad-Dashtaki] narrated: that his father informed him, that his father – may Allah have mercy upon him – informed him, he said: “I saw a man in Bukhara upon a mule wearing a black Imamah, saying: ‘It was given to me by the Apostle of Allah ﷺ.’”

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا رِشْدِينُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ الحَارِثِ، عَنْ دَرَّاجٍ أَبِي السَّمْحِ، عَنْ أَبِي الهَيْثَمِ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي قَوْلِهِ: {كَالمُهْلِ} قَالَ: كَعَكَرِ الزَّيْتِ، فَإِذَا قَرَّبَهُ إِلَى وَجْهِهِ سَقَطَتْ فَرْوَةُ وَجْهِهِ فِيهِ.

Abu Sa’eed (RA) narrated from the Prophet regarding Allah’s saying: Like Al-Muhl – he said: “Like boiling oil, such that when it is brought close to one’s face the skin of his face will fall off into it.”