Sunan an-Nasa'i al-Kubra, Book of Knowledge

Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > al-Layth > ʿUqayl > al-Zuhrī > Ḥamzah b. ʿAbdullāh > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar

I heard Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "While I was sleeping, I saw that a cup full of milk was brought to me and I drank of it and gave the remaining of it to ʿUmar bin Al-Khattab." They asked. What have you interpreted (about the dream)? O Messenger of Allah ﷺ?" The Prophet ﷺ said. "(It is Religious) knowledge."

أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ عَنْ عُقَيْلٍ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ حَمْزَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «بَيْنَا أَنَا نَائِمٌ أُتِيتُ بِقَدَحٍ فَشَرِبْتُ مِنْهُ ثُمَّ أَعْطَيْتُ فَضْلِي عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ» قَالُوا فَمَا أَوَّلْتَهُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ قَالَ «الْعِلْمُ»

Nūḥ b. Ḥabīb > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > Sālim

I heard Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "While I was sleeping, I saw a bowl full of milk was brought to me and I drank of it (to my fill) till I noticed its wetness flowing (in my body). Then I gave the remaining of it to ʿUmar." They asked, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! What have you interpreted (about the dream)? He said, "(It is Religious) knowledge." (See Hadith No. 134)

أَخْبَرَنَا نُوحُ بْنُ حَبِيبٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ سَالِمٍ

عَنْ أَبِيهِ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يُحَدِّثُ قَالَ «بَيْنَا أَنَا نَائِمٌ رَأَيْتُ أَنِّي أُتِيتُ بِقَدَحٍ فَشَرِبْتُ مِنْهُ حَتَّى أَنِّي أَرَى الرِّيَّ يَجْرِي ثُمَّ إِنِّي أَعْطَيْتُ فَضْلِي عُمَرَ» قَالُوا فَمَا أَوَّلْتَهُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ؟ قَالَ «الْعِلْمُ»

Muḥammad b. Yaḥyá b. ʿAbdullāh > Abū al-Yamān > Shuʿayb > al-Zuhrī > Abū Salamah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Abū Hurayrah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever Allah wishes good for, He gives him understanding of the religion. Indeed, I am merely a distributor, and it is Allah who gives." Abu Abdur-Rahman disagreed with him. Yunus narrated it from Az-Zuhri, from Humaid bin Abdul Rahman, from Abu Hurairah.

أَخْبَرَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْيَمَانِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا شُعَيْبٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو سَلَمَةَ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ قَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَنْ يُرِدِ اللهُ بِهِ خَيْرًا يُفَقِّهْهُ فِي الدِّينِ فَإِنَّمَا أَنَا قَاسِمٌ وَيُعْطِي اللهُ» قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ خَالَفَهُ يُونُسُ رَوَاهُ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

Sūwayd b. Naṣr > ʿAbdullāh > Ismāʿīl > Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > Jarīr And Wakīʿ > Ismāʿīl > Qays > ʿAbdullāh b. Masʿūd

The Prophet ﷺ said, "Do not wish to be like anyone except in two cases. (The first is) A person, whom Allah has given wealth and he spends it righteously; (the second is) the one whom Allah has given wisdom (the Holy Qur'an) and he acts according to it and teaches it to others." (Fath-al-Bari page 177 Vol. 1)

أَخْبَرَنَا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ وَأَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا جَرِيرٌ وَوَكِيعٌ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ عَنْ قَيْسٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «لَا حَسَدَ إِلَّا فِي اثْنَتَيْنِ رَجُلٍ آتَاهُ اللهُ مَالًا فَسَلَّطَهُ عَلَى هَلَكَتِهِ فِي الْحَقِّ وَرَجُلٍ آتَاهُ اللهُ حِكْمَةً فَهُوَ يَقْضِي بِهَا وَيُعَلِّمُهَا»

Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > Jarīr > al-Aʿmash > Abū Ṣāliḥ > Abū Hurayrah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Do not feel envious except in two cases: a man whom Allah has given the Quran and he recites it day and night, and a man whom Allah has given knowledge."

أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا جَرِيرٌ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «لَا تَحَاسُدَ إِلَّا فِي اثْنَتَيْنِ رَجُلٍ آتَاهُ اللهُ الْقُرْآنَ وَهُو يَتْلُوهُ فِي آنَاءِ اللَّيْلِ وَآنَاءِ النَّهَارِ فَيَقُولُ لَوْ أُوتِيتُ مِثْلَ مَا أُوتِيَ هَذَا لَفَعَلْتُ كَمَا يَفْعَلُ هَذَا وَرَجُلٍ آتَاهُ اللهُ عِلْمًا»

ʿAlī b. Ḥujr > Ismāʿīl / Ibn Jaʿfar > ʿAmr > Saʿīd b. Abū Saʿīd > Abū Hurayrah

I said: "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! Who will be the luckiest person, who will gain your intercession on the Day of Resurrection?" Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: O Abu Huraira! "I have thought that none will ask me about it before you as I know your longing for the (learning of) Hadiths. The luckiest person who will have my intercession on the Day of Resurrection will be the one who said sincerely from the bottom of his heart "None has the right to be worshipped but Allah."

أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ وَهُوَ ابْنُ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ عَمْرٍو عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَنْ أَسْعَدُ النَّاسِ بِشَفَاعَتِكَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ؟ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لَقَدْ ظَنَنْتُ يَا أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ أَنْ لَا يَسْأَلَنِي عَنْ هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ أَحَدٌ أَوَّلَ مِنْكَ لِمَا رَأَيْتُ مِنْ حِرْصِكَ عَلَى الْحَدِيثِ أَسْعَدُ النَّاسِ بِشَفَاعَتِي يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ مَنْ قَالَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ خَالِصًا مِنْ قِبَلِ نَفْسِهِ

al-Qāsim b. Zakariyyā b. Dīnār > Ḥammād b. Usāmah > Burayd b. ʿAbdullāh from his grandfather Abū Burdah > Abū Mūsá

The similitude of that guidance and knowledge with which Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, has sent me is that of rain falling upon the earth. There is a good piece of land which receives the rainfall (eagerly) and as a result of it there is grown in it herbage and grass abundantly. Then there is a land hard and barren which retains water and the people derive benefit from it and they drink it and make the animals drink. Then there is another land which is barren. Neither water is retained in it, nor is the grass grown in it. And that is the similitude of the first one who develops the understanding of the religion of Allah and it becomes a source of benefit to him with which Allah sent me. (The second one is that) who acquires the knowledge of religion and imparts it to others. (Then the other type is) one who does not pay attention to (the revealed knowledge) and thus does not accept guidance of Allah with which I have been sent.

أَخْبَرَنَا الْقَاسِمُ بْنُ زَكَرِيَّا بْنِ دِينَارٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ أُسَامَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي بُرَيْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «إِنَّ مَثَلَ مَا بَعَثَنِي اللهُ بِهِ مِنَ الْهُدَى وَالْعِلْمِ كَمَثَلِ غَيْثٍ أَصَابَ الْأَرْضَ فَكَانَتْ مِنْهَا طَائِفَةٌ قَبِلَتِ الْمَاءَ فَأَنْبَتَتِ الْكَلَأَ وَالْعُشْبَ الْكَثِيرَ وَكَانَتْ مِنْهَا أَجَادِبُ أَمْسَكَتِ الْمَاءَ فَنَفَعَ اللهُ بِهَا النَّاسَ فَشَرِبُوا مِنْهَا وَرَعَوْا وَسَقَوْا وَأَصَابَ طَائِفَةٌ مِنْهَا أُخْرَى إِنَّمَا هِيَ قِيعَانٌ لَا تُمْسِكُ مَاءً وَلَا تُنْبِتُ كَلَأً فَذَلِكَ مَثَلُ مَنْ فَقُهَ فِي دِينِ اللهِ فَنَفَعَهُ مَا بَعَثَنِي اللهُ بِهِ وَنَفَعَ بِهِ فَعَلِمَ وَعَلَّمَ وَمَثَلُ مَنْ لَمْ يَرْفَعْ بِذَلِكَ رَأْسًا وَلَمْ يَقْبَلْ هُدَى اللهِ الَّذِي أُرْسِلْتُ بِهِ»

Aḥmad b. Sulaymān > ʿUbaydullāh b. Mūsá > Isrāʾīl > Abū Isḥāq > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās > Ubay b. Kaʿb

I said to Ibn ʿAbbas, "Nauf Al-Bukah claims that Moses, the companion of Al-Khadir was not Moses (the prophet) of the children of Israel, but some other Moses." Ibn ʿAbbas said, "Allah's enemy (i.e. Nauf) has told a lie. Ubai bin Kaʿb told us that the Prophet ﷺ said, 'Once Moses stood up and addressed Bani Israel. He was asked who was the most learned man amongst the people. He said, 'I.' Allah admonished him as he did not attribute absolute knowledge to Him (Allah). So, Allah said to him, 'Yes, at the junction of the two seas there is a Slave of Mine who is more learned than you.' Moses said, 'O my Lord! How can I meet him?' Allah said, 'Take a fish and put it in a large basket and you will find him at the place where you will lose the fish.' Moses took a fish and put it in a basket and proceeded along with his (servant) boy, Yushaʿ bin Noon, till they reached the rock where they laid their heads (i.e. lay down). Moses slept, and the fish, moving out of the basket, fell into the sea. It took its way into the sea (straight) as in a tunnel. Allah stopped the flow of water over the fish and it became like an arch (the Prophet ﷺ pointed out this arch with his hands). They travelled the rest of the night, and the next day Moses said to his boy (servant), 'Give us our food, for indeed, we have suffered much fatigue in this journey of ours.' Moses did not feel tired till he crossed that place which Allah had ordered him to seek after. His boy (servant) said to him, 'Do you know that when we were sitting near that rock, I forgot the fish, and none but Satan caused me to forget to tell (you) about it, and it took its course into the sea in an amazing way?.' So there was a path for the fish and that astonished them. Moses said, 'That was what we were seeking after.' So, both of them retraced their footsteps till they reached the rock. There they saw a man Lying covered with a garment. Moses greeted him and he replied saying, 'How do people greet each other in your land?' Moses said, 'I am Moses.' The man asked, 'Moses of Bani Israel?' Moses said, 'Yes, I have come to you so that you may teach me from those things which Allah has taught you.' He said, 'O Moses! I have some of the Knowledge of Allah which Allah has taught me, and which you do not know, while you have some of the Knowledge of Allah which Allah has taught you and which I do not know.' Moses asked, 'May I follow you?' He said, 'But you will not be able to remain patient with me for how can you be patient about things which you will not be able to understand?' (Moses said, 'You will find me, if Allah so will, truly patient, and I will not disobey you in aught.') So, both of them set out walking along the sea-shore, a boat passed by them and they asked the crew of the boat to take them on board. The crew recognized Al-Khadir and so they took them on board without fare. When they were on board the boat, a sparrow came and stood on the edge of the boat and dipped its beak once or twice into the sea. Al-Khadir said to Moses, 'O Moses! My knowledge and your knowledge have not decreased Allah's Knowledge except as much as this sparrow has decreased the water of the sea with its beak.' Then suddenly Al-Khadir took an adze and plucked a plank, and Moses did not notice it till he had plucked a plank with the adze. Moses said to him, 'What have you done? They took us on board charging us nothing; yet you I have intentionally made a hole in their boat so as to drown its passengers. Verily, you have done a dreadful thing.' Al-Khadir replied, 'Did I not tell you that you would not be able to remain patient with me?' Moses replied, 'Do not blame me for what I have forgotten, and do not be hard upon me for my fault.' So the first excuse of Moses was that he had forgotten. When they had left the sea, they passed by a boy playing with other boys. Al-Khadir took hold of the boys head and plucked it with his hand like this. (Sufyan, the sub narrator pointed with his fingertips as if he was plucking some fruit.) Moses said to him, "Have you killed an innocent person who has not killed any person? You have really done a horrible thing." Al-Khadir said, "Did I not tell you that you could not remain patient with me?' Moses said "If I ask you about anything after this, don't accompany me. You have received an excuse from me.' Then both of them went on till they came to some people of a village, and they asked its inhabitant for wood but they refused to entertain them as guests. Then they saw therein a wall which was just going to collapse (and Al Khadir repaired it just by touching it with his hands). (Sufyan, the sub-narrator, pointed with his hands, illustrating how Al-Khadir passed his hands over the wall upwards.) Moses said, "These are the people whom we have called on, but they neither gave us food, nor entertained us as guests, yet you have repaired their wall. If you had wished, you could have taken wages for it." Al-Khadir said, "This is the parting between you and me, and I shall tell you the explanation of those things on which you could not remain patient." The Prophet ﷺ added, "We wished that Moses could have remained patient by virtue of which Allah might have told us more about their story. (Sufyan the sub-narrator said that the Prophet ﷺ said, "May Allah bestow His Mercy on Moses! If he had remained patient, we would have been told further about their case.")

أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مُوسَى قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا إِسْرَائِيلُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أُبَيُّ بْنُ كَعْبٍ

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ رَحْمَةُ اللهِ عَلَيْنَا وَعَلَى مُوسَى لَوْلَا أَنَّهُ عَجِلَ وَاسْتَحْيَا وَأَخَذَتْهُ ذَمَامَةٌ مِنْ صَاحِبِهِ فَقَالَ {إِنْ سَأَلْتُكَ عَنْ شَيْءٍ بَعْدَهَا فَلَا تُصَاحِبْنِي} [الكهف 76] لَرَأَى مِنْ صَاحِبِهِ عَجَبًا قَالَ وَكَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِذَا ذَكَرَ نَبِيًّا مِنَ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ بَدَأَ بِنَفْسِهِ فَقَالَ رَحْمَةُ اللهِ عَلَيْنَا وَعَلَى أَخِي صَالِحٍ رَحْمَةُ اللهِ عَلَيْنَا وَعَلَى أَخِي عَادٍ ثُمَّ قَالَ إِنَّ مُوسَى ﷺ بَيْنَمَا هُوَ يَخْطُبُ قَوْمَهُ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ مَا فِي الْأَرْضِ أَعْلَمُ مِنِّي فَأَوْحَى اللهُ إِلَيْهِ أَنَّ فِي الْأَرْضِ مَنْ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ مِنْكَ وَآيَةُ ذَلِكَ أَنْ تُزَوَّدَ حُوتًا مَالِحًا فَإِذَا فَقَدْتَهُ فَهُوَ حَيْثُ فَقَدْتَهُ فَانْطَلَقَ هُوَ وَفَتَاهُ حَتَّى بَلَغَ الْمَكَانَ الَّذِي أُمِرُوا بِهِ فَلَمَّا انْتَهَوْا إِلَى الصَّخْرَةِ انْطَلَقَ مُوسَى ﷺ يَطْلُبُ وَوَضَعَ فَتَاهُ الْحُوتَ عَلَى الصَّخْرَةِ فَاضْطَرَبَ فَاتَّخَذَ سَبِيلَهُ فِي الْبَحْرِ سَرَبًا فَقَالَ فَتَاهُ إِذَا جَاءَ نَبِيُّ اللهِ ﷺ حَدَّثْتُهُ فَأَنْسَاهُ الشَّيْطَانُ فَانْطَلَقَا فَأَصَابَهُمَا مَا يُصِيبُ الْمُسَافِرَ مِنَ النَّصَبِ وَالْكَلَالِ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ يُصِيبُهُ مَا يُصِيبُ الْمُسَافِرَ مِنَ النَّصَبِ وَالْكَلَالِ حَتَّى جَازَ مَا أُمِرَ بِهِ قَالَ مُوسَى لِفَتَاهُ آتِنَا غَدَاءَنَا لَقَدْ لَقِينَا مِنْ سَفَرِنَا هَذَا نَصَبًا فَقَالَ لَهُ فَتَاهُ يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ أَرَأَيْتَ إِذْ أَوَيْنَا إِلَى الصَّخْرَةِ فَإِنِّي نَسِيتُ الْحُوتَ أَنْ أُحَدِّثَكَ وَمَا أَنْسَانِيهُ إِلَّا الشَّيْطَانُ أَنْ أَذْكُرَهُ وَاتَّخَذَ سَبِيلَهُ فِي الْبَحْرِ عَجَبًا قَالَ ذَلِكَ مَا كُنَّا نَبْغِي فَرَجَعَا عَلَى آثَارِهِمَا قَصَصًا يَقُصَّانِ الْأَثَرَ حَتَّى انْتَهَيَا إِلَى الصَّخْرَةِ فَأَطَافَ بِهَا مُوسَى فَإِذَا هُوَ مُتَسَجٍّ ثَوْبًا فَسَلَّمَ فَرَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ فَقَالَ مَنْ أَنْتَ؟ فَقَالَ مُوسَى قَالَ مَنْ مُوسَى؟ قَالَ مُوسَى بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ قَالَ فَمَا لَكَ؟ قَالَ أُخْبِرْتُ أَنَّ عِنْدَكَ عِلْمًا فَأَرَدْتُ أَنْ أَصْحَبَكَ [361] قَالَ إِنَّكَ لَنْ تَسْتَطِيعَ مَعِيَ صَبْرًا قَالَ سَتَجِدُنِي إِنْ شَاءَ اللهُ صَابِرًا وَلَا أَعْصِي لَكَ أَمْرًا قَالَ كَيْفَ تَصْبِرُ عَلَى مَا لَمْ تُحِطْ بِهِ خُبْرًا؟ قَالَ قَدْ أُمِرْتُ أَنْ أَفْعَلَهُ سَتَجِدُنِي إِنْ شَاءَ اللهُ صَابِرًا قَالَ فَإِنِ اتَّبَعْتَنِي فَلَا تَسْأَلْنِي عَنْ شَيْءٍ حَتَّى أُحْدِثَ لَكَ مِنْهُ ذِكْرًا فَانْطَلَقَا حَتَّى إِذَا رَكِبَا فِي السَّفِينَةِ فَخَرَجَ مَنْ كَانَ فِيهَا وَتَخَلَّفَ لِيَخْرِقَهَا فَقَالَ لَهُ مُوسَى أَتَخْرِقُهَا لِتُغْرِقَ أَهْلَهَا لَقَدْ جِئْتَ شَيْئًا إِمْرًا قَالَ أَلَمْ أَقُلْ إِنَّكَ لَنْ تَسْتَطِيعَ مَعِيَ صَبْرًا؟ قَالَ لَا تُؤَاخِذْنِي بِمَا نَسِيتُ وَلَا تُرْهِقْنِي مِنْ أَمْرِي عُسْرًا فَانْطَلَقَا حَتَّى إِذَا أَتَوْا عَلَى غِلْمَانٍ يَلْعَبُونَ عَلَى سَاحِلِ الْبَحْرِ فِيهِمْ غُلَامٌ لَيْسَ فِي الْغِلْمَانِ أَحْسَنُ وَلَا أَنْظَفُ مِنْهُ فَقَتَلَهُ فَنَفَرَ مُوسَى ﷺ عِنْدَ ذَلِكَ وَقَالَ قَتَلْتَ نَفْسًا زَكِيَّةً بِغَيْرِ نَفْسٍ لَقَدْ جِئْتَ شَيْئًا نُكْرًا قَالَ أَلَمْ أَقُلْ لَكَ إِنَّكَ لَنْ تَسْتَطِيعَ مَعِيَ صَبْرًا؟ قَالَ فَأَخَذَتْهُ ذَمَامَةٌ مِنْ صَاحِبِهِ وَاسْتَحْيَا وَقَالَ إِنْ سَأَلْتُكَ عَنْ شَيْءٍ بَعْدَهَا فَلَا تُصَاحِبْنِي قَدْ بَلَغْتَ مِنْ لَدُنِّي عُذْرًا فَانْطَلَقَا حَتَّى إِذَا أَتَيَا أَهْلَ قَرْيَةٍ لِئَامٍ وَقَدْ أَصَابَ مُوسَى جَهْدٌ فَلَمْ يُضَيِّفُوهُمَا فَوَجَدَا فِيهَا جِدَارًا يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَنْقَضَّ فَأَقَامَهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ مُوسَى مِمَّا نَزَلَ بِهِ مِنَ الْجَهْدِ لَوْ شِئْتَ لَاتَّخَذْتَ عَلَيْهِ أَجْرًا قَالَ هَذَا فِرَاقُ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنِكَ فَأَخَذَ مُوسَى بِطَرَفِ ثَوْبِهِ فَقَالَ حَدِّثْنِي فَقَالَ أَمَّا السَّفِينَةُ فَكَانَتْ لِمَسَاكِينَ يَعْمَلُونَ فِي الْبَحْرِ وَكَانَ وَرَاءَهُمْ مَلِكٌ يَأْخُذُ كُلَّ سَفِينَةٍ غَصْبًا فَإِذَا مَرَّ عَلَيْهَا فَرَآهَا مُنْخَرِقَةً تَرَكَهَا وَرَقَّعَهَا أَهْلُهَا بِقِطْعَةِ خَشَبَةٍ فَانْتَفَعُوا بِهَا وَأَمَّا الْغُلَامُ فَكَانَ يَوْمَ طُبِعَ طُبِعَ كَافِرًا وَكَانَ قَدْ أُلْقِيَ عَلَيْهِ مَحَبَّةٌ مِنْ أَبَوَيْهِ وَلَوْ عَصَيَاهُ شَيْئًا لَأَرْهَقَهُمَا طُغْيَانًا وَكُفْرًا فَأَرَدْنَا أَنْ يُبَدِلَهُمَا رَبُّهُمَا خَيْرًا مِنْهُ زَكَاةً وَأَقْرَبَ رُحْمًا فَوَقَعَ أَبُوهُ عَلَى أُمِّهِ فَوَلَدَتْ خَيْرًا مِنْهُ زَكَاةً وَأَقْرَبَ رُحْمًا وَأَمَّا الْدَّارُ فَكَانَ لِغُلَامَيْنِ يَتِيمَيْنِ فِي الْمَدِينَةِ وَكَانَ تَحْتَهُ كَنْزٌ لَهُمَا وَكَانَ أَبُوهُمَا صَالِحًا فَأَرَادَ رَبُّكَ أَنْ يَبْلُغَا أَشَدُّهَمَا وَيَسْتَخْرِجَا كَنْزَهُمَا رَحْمَةً مِنْ رَبِّكَ وَمَا فَعَلْتُهُ عَنْ أَمْرِي ذَلِكَ تَأْوِيلُ مَا لَمْ تَسْطِعْ عَلَيْهِ صَبْرًا

Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > ʿĪsá b. Yūnus > ʿUmar b. Saʿīd b. Abū Ḥusayn > Ibn Abū Mulaykah > ʿUqbah b. al-Ḥārith

He married the daughter of Abi Ihab, and a woman from the people of Mecca came to claim that she had breastfed both of them. The people of the girl denied it when asked. So, I rode to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, who was in Medina, and I mentioned this to him. I said, "O Messenger of Allah, I asked the people of the girl, and they denied it." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "How is it possible when it has been mentioned? How is it possible when it has been mentioned?" So, he separated from her, and she married someone else.

أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ يُونُسَ حَدَّثَنِي عُمَرُ بْنُ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي حُسَيْنٍ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ

أَنَّهُ تَزَوَّجَ ابْنَةَ أَبِي إِهَابٍ فَجَاءَتِ امْرَأَةٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ مَكَّةَ صَبِيحَةَ مَلَكَهَا فَقَالَتْ قَدْ أَرْضَعْتُكُمَا فَسَأَلَتْ أَهْلَ الْجَارِيَةِ فَأَنْكَرُوا ذَلِكَ فَرَكِبْتُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ بِالْمَدِينَةِ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لَهُ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَدْ سَأَلْتُ أَهْلَ الْجَارِيَةِ فَأَنْكَرُوا ذَلِكَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «كَيْفَ وَقَدْ قِيلَ؟ كَيْفَ وَقَدْ قِيلَ؟» فَفَارَقَهَا وَنَكَحَتْ غَيْرَهُ

Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > al-Layth > Saʿīd b. Abū Saʿīd > Abū Shurayḥ al-ʿAdawī

Abu Shuraih said, "When ʿAmr bin Saʿid was sending the troops to Mecca (to fight ʿAbdullah bin Az- Zubair) I said to him, 'O chief! Allow me to tell you what the Prophet ﷺ said on the day following the conquests of Mecca. My ears heard and my heart comprehended, and I saw him with my own eyes, when he said it. He glorified and praised Allah and then said, "Allah and not the people has made Mecca a sanctuary. So anybody who has belief in Allah and the Last Day (i.e. a Muslim) should neither shed blood in it nor cut down its trees. If anybody argues that fighting is allowed in Mecca as Messenger of Allah ﷺ did fight (in Mecca), tell him that Allah gave permission to His Apostle, but He did not give it to you. The Prophet ﷺ added: Allah allowed me only for a few hours on that day (of the conquest) and today (now) its sanctity is the same (valid) as it was before. So it is incumbent upon those who are present to convey it (this information) to those who are absent." Abu- Shuraih was asked, "What did ʿAmr reply?" He said ʿAmr said, "O Abu Shuraih! I know better than you (in this respect). Mecca does not give protection to one who disobeys (Allah) or runs after committing murder, or theft (and takes refuge in Mecca).

أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ عَنْ أَبِي شُرَيْحٍ الْعَدَوِيِّ

أَنَّهُ قَالَ لِعَمْرِو بْنِ سَعِيدٍ وَهُوَ ابْنُ الْعَاصِي وَهُوَ يَبْعَثُ الْبُعُوثَ إِلَى مَكَّةَ ائْذَنْ لِي أَيُّهَا الْأَمِيرُ أُحَدِّثْكَ قَوْلًا قَامَ بِهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْغَدَ مِنْ يَوْمِ الْفَتْحِ سَمِعَتْهُ أُذُنَايَ وَوَعَاهُ قَلْبِي وَأَبْصَرَتْهُ عَيْنَايَ حِينَ تَكَلَّمَ بِهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ حَمِدَ اللهَ وَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ «إِنَّ مَكَّةَ حَرَّمَهَا اللهُ وَلَمْ يُحَرِّمْهَا النَّاسُ فَلَا تَحِلُّ لِامْرِئٍ يُؤْمِنُ بِاللهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ أَنْ يَسْفِكَ بِهَا دَمًا وَلَا يَعْضِدَ بِهَا شَجَرَةً فَإِنْ أَحَدٌ تَرَخَّصَ بِقِتَالِ رَسُولِ اللهِ فِيهَا فَقُولُوا إِنَّ اللهَ أَذِنَ لِرَسُولِهِ وَلَمْ يَأْذَنْ لَكُمْ وَإِنَّمَا أَذِنَ لِي فِيهَا سَاعَةٍ مِنْ نَهَارٍ وَقَدْ عَادَتْ حُرْمَتُهَا الْيَوْمَ كَحُرْمَتِهَا بِالْأَمْسِ وَلْيُبَلِّغِ الشَّاهِدُ الْغَائِبَ» فَقِيلَ لِأَبِي شُرَيْحٍ مَا قَالَ لَكَ عَمْرٌو؟ قَالَ أَنَا أَعْلَمُ بِذَلِكَ مِنْكَ يَا أَبَا شُرَيْحٍ إِنَّ الْحَرَمَ لَا يُعِيذُ عَاصِيًا وَلَا فَارًّا بِدَمٍ وَلَا فَارًّا بِخَرْبَةٍ

Ḥamad b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbd al-Ḥakam > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd al-Qaṭṭān > Shuʿbah > ʿUmar b. Sulaymān > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abān b. ʿUthmān b. ʿAffān from his father

I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: May Allah brighten a man who hears a tradition from us, gets it by heart and passes it on to others. Many a bearer of knowledge conveys it to one who is more versed than he is; and many a bearer of knowledge is not versed in it.

أَخْبَرَنَا أحَمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْحَكَمِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الْقَطَّانُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عُمَرُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبَانَ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَفَّانَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ خَرَجَ زَيْدُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ مِنْ عِنْدِ مَرْوَانَ قَرِيبًا مِنْ نِصْفِ النَّهَارِ فَقُمْتُ إِلَيْهِ فَسَأَلْتُهُ فَقَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «نَضَّرَ اللهُ امْرَأً سَمِعَ مِنَّا حَدِيثًا حَفِظَهُ حَتَّى يُبَلِّغَهُ غَيْرَهُ فَرُبَّ حَامِلِ فِقْهٍ إِلَى مَنْ هُوَ أَفْقَهُ مِنْهُ وَرُبَّ حَامِلِ فِقْهٍ لَيْسَ بِفَقِيهٍ»

al-Faḍl b. al-ʿAbbās b. Ibrāhīm > ʿAffān > Hammām > Zayd b. Aslam > ʿAṭāʾ b. Yasār > Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī

On the authority of the Prophet ﷺ , he said: "Narrate about the Children of Israel without any restriction, and narrate about me without falsehood."

أَخْبَرَنَا الْفَضْلُ بْنُ الْعَبَّاسِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا زَيْدُ بْنُ أَسْلَمَ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «حَدِّثُوا عَنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ وَلَا حَرَجَ وَحَدِّثُوا عَنِّي وَلَا تَكْذِبُوا عَلَيَّ»

Muḥammad b. Bashhār > Muḥammad > Shuʿbah

I used to sit with Ibn 'Abbas and he made me sit on his sitting place. He requested me to stay with him in order that he might give me a share from his property. So I stayed with him for two months. Once he told (me) that when the delegation of the tribe of 'Abdul Qais came to the Prophet, the Prophet ﷺ asked them, "Who are the people (i.e. you)? (Or) who are the delegate?" They replied, "We are from the tribe of Rabi'a." Then the Prophet ﷺ said to them, "Welcome! O people (or O delegation of 'Abdul Qais)! Neither will you have disgrace nor will you regret." They said, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! We cannot come to you except in the sacred month and there is the infidel tribe of Mudar intervening between you and us. So please order us to do something good (religious deeds) so that we may inform our people whom we have left behind (at home), and that we may enter Paradise (by acting on them)." Then they asked about drinks (what is legal and what is illegal). The Prophet ﷺ ordered them to do four things and forbade them from four things. He ordered them to believe in Allah Alone and asked them, "Do you know what is meant by believing in Allah Alone?" They replied, "Allah and His Apostle know better." Thereupon the Prophet ﷺ said, "It means: 1. To testify that none has the right to be worshipped but Allah and Muhammad is Messenger of Allah ﷺ. 2. To offer prayers perfectly 3. To pay the Zakat (obligatory charity) 4. To observe fast during the month of Ramadan. 5. And to pay Al-Khumus (one fifth of the booty to be given in Allah's Cause). Then he forbade them four things, namely, Hantam, Dubba,' Naqir Ann Muzaffat or Muqaiyar; (These were the names of pots in which Alcoholic drinks were prepared) (The Prophet ﷺ mentioned the container of wine and he meant the wine itself). The Prophet ﷺ further said (to them): "Memorize them (these instructions) and convey them to the people whom you have left behind."

أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَبِي جَمْرَةَ كُنْتُ أُتَرْجِمُ بَيْنَ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ وَبَيْنَ النَّاسِ فَأَتَتْهُ امْرَأَةٌ تَسْأَلُهُ عَنْ نَبِيذِ الْجَرِّ فَنَهَى عَنْهُ قَالَ

إِنَّ وَفْدَ عَبْدِ الْقَيْسِ أَتَوْا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّا نَأْتِيكَ مِنْ شُقَّةٍ بَعِيدَةٍ وَإِنَّ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَكَ هَذَا الْحَيَّ مِنْ مُضَرَ وَإِنَّا لَا نَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ نَأْتِيَكَ إِلَّا فِي شَهْرٍ حَرَامٍ فَمُرْنَا بِأَمْرٍ نُخْبِرْ بِهِ مَنْ وَرَاءَنَا وَنَدْخُلْ بِهِ الْجَنَّةَ فَأَمَرَهُمْ بِأَرْبَعٍ وَنَهَاهُمْ عَنْ أَرْبَعٍ أَمَرَهُمْ بِالْإِيمَانِ بِاللهِ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ وَقَالَ «هَلْ تَدْرُونَ مَا الْإِيمَانُ بِاللهِ؟» قَالُوا اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ قَالَ شَهَادَةُ أَنَّ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللهِ وَإِقَامُ الصَّلَاةِ وَإِيتَاءُ الزَّكَاةِ وَصَوْمُ رَمَضَانَ وَأَنْ تُعْطُوا الْخُمُسَ مِنَ الْمَغْنَمِ وَنَهَاهُمْ عَنِ الدُّبَّاءِ وَالْحَنْتَمِ وَالْمُزَفَّتِ قَالَ شُعْبَةُ وَرُبَّمَا قَالَ النَّقِيرُ وَرُبَّمَا قَالَ الْمَقِيرُ فَقَالَ «احْفَظُوهُ وَأَخْبِرُوا بِهِ مَنْ وَرَاءَكُمْ»

ʿUbaydullāh b. Saʿīd > Abū ʿĀmir > Qurrah b. Khālid > Muḥammad b. Sīrīn

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ delivered a sermon on the day of sacrifice, saying, "Verily, your blood and your wealth are sacred among you, just as this day of yours is sacred in this month of yours, in this land of yours, until the day you meet your Lord. Behold, have I conveyed (the message)?" They replied, "Yes." He said, "O Allah, bear witness. Let the one who is present convey (the message) to the one who is absent, for perhaps the one who receives the message will better comprehend it than the one who hears it." This is a summary.

أَخْبَرَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَامِرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا قُرَّةُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرَةَ وَرَجُلٌ فِي نَفْسِي أَفْضَلُ مِنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ حُمَيْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ كِلَاهُمَا عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرَةَ فَقَالَ

خَطَبَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَوْمَ النَّحْرِ قَالَ «إِنَّ دِمَاءَكُمْ وَأَمْوَالَكُمْ بَيْنَكُمْ حَرَامٌ كَحُرْمَةِ يَوْمِكُمْ هَذَا فِي شَهْرِكُمْ هَذَا فِي بَلَدِكُمْ هَذَا إِلَى يَوْمِ تَلْقَوْنَ رَبَّكُمْ أَلَا هَلْ بَلَّغْتُ؟» قَالُوا نَعَمْ قَالَ «اللهُمَّ اشْهَدْ يُبَلِّغُ الشَّاهِدُ مِنْكُمُ الْغَائِبَ فَرُبَّ مُبَلَّغٍ أَوْعَى مِنْ سَامِعٍ» مُخْتَصَرٌ

Sulaymān b. Salam > al-Naḍr > Ibn ʿAwn > Ibn Sīrīn > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Bakrah > Abū Bakrah

Once the Prophet ﷺ was riding his camel and a man was holding its rein. The Prophet ﷺ asked, "What is the day today?" We kept quiet, thinking that he might give that day another name. He said, "Isn't it the day of Nahr (slaughtering of the animals of sacrifice)" We replied, "Yes." He further asked, "Which month is this?" We again kept quiet, thinking that he might give it another name. Then he said, "Isn't it the month of Dhul-Hijja?" We replied, "Yes." He said, "Verily! Your blood, property and honor are sacred to one another (i.e. Muslims) like the sanctity of this day of yours, in this month of yours and in this city of yours. It is incumbent upon those who are present to inform those who are absent because those who are absent might comprehend (what I have said) better than the present audience."

أَخْبَرَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ سَلَمٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا النَّضْرُ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ عَوْنٍ عَنِ ابْنِ سِيرِينَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرَةَ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرَةَ قَالَ

لَمَّا كَانَ ذَاكَ الْيَوْمُ قَعَدَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ عَلَى بَعِيرِهِ فَقَالَ «أَيُّ يَوْمٍ هَذَا؟» قَالَ فَسَكَتْنَا حَتَّى ظَنَنَّا أَنَّهُ سَيُسَمِّيهِ سِوَى اسْمِهِ فَقَالَ «أَلَيْسَ بِيَوْمِ النَّحْرِ؟» فَقُلْنَا بَلَى قَالَ «فَأَيُّ شَهْرٍ هَذَا؟» قَالَ فَسَكَتْنَا حَتَّى ظَنَنَّا أَنَّهُ سَيُسَمِّيهِ سِوَى اسْمِهِ فَقَالَ «أَلَيْسَ بِذِي الْحِجَّةِ؟» فَقُلْنَا بَلَى قَالَ «فَأَيُّ بَلَدٍ هَذَا؟» قَالَ فَسَكَتْنَا حَتَّى ظَنَنَّا أَنَّهُ سَيُسَمِّيهِ سِوَى اسْمِهِ قَالَ «أَلَيْسَ بِالْبَلْدَةِ؟» فَقُلْنَا بَلَى قَالَ «فَإِنَّ دِمَاءَكُمْ وَأَمْوَالَكُمْ وَأَعْرَاضَكُمْ بَيْنَكُمْ حَرَامٌ كَحُرْمَةِ يَوْمِكُمْ هَذَا فِي شَهْرِكُمْ هَذَا فِي بَلَدِكُمْ هَذَا أَلَا لِيُبَلِّغِ الشَّاهِدُ الْغَائِبَ فَإِنَّ الشَّاهِدَ عَسَى أَنْ يُبَلِّغَهُ مَنْ هُوَ أَوْعَى لَهُ مِنْهُ»

Zakariyyā b. Yaḥyá > Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh > Ibn ʿAbbās

When Messenger of Allah ﷺ was on his death-bed and in the house there were some people among whom was ʿUmar bin Al-Khattab, the Prophet ﷺ said, "Come, let me write for you a statement after which you will not go astray." ʿUmar said, "The Prophet ﷺ is seriously ill and you have the Qur'an; so the Book of Allah is enough for us." The people present in the house differed and quarrelled. Some said "Go near so that the Prophet ﷺ may write for you a statement after which you will not go astray," while the others said as ʿUmar said. When they caused a hue and cry before the Prophet, Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Go away!" Narrated 'Ubaidullah: Ibn ʿAbbas used to say, "It was very unfortunate that Messenger of Allah ﷺ was prevented from writing that statement for them because of their disagreement and noise."

أَخْبَرَنَا زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ يَحْيَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

لَمَّا حَضَرَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَفِي الْبَيْتِ رِجَالٌ فِيهِمْ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «هَلُمَّ أَكْتُبُ لَكُمْ كِتَابًا لَنْ تَضِلُّوا بَعْدَهُ أَبَدًا» فَقَالَ عُمَرُ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَدْ غَلَبَ عَلَيْهِ الْوَجَعُ وَعِنْدَكُمُ الْقُرْآنُ حَسْبُنَا كِتَابُ اللهِ فَاجْتَمَعُوا فِي الْبَيْتِ فَقَالَ قَوْمٌ قَرِّبُوا يَكْتُبُ لَكُمْ كِتَابًا لَنْ تَضِلُّوا بَعْدَهُ أَبَدًا وَقَالَ قَوْمٌ مَا قَالَ عُمَرُ فَلَمَّا أَكْثَرُوا اللَّغَطَ وَالِاخْتِلَافَ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ لَهُمْ «قُومُوا» قَالَ عُبَيْدُ اللهِ فَكَانَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ يَقُولُ الرَّزِيَّةُ كُلُّ الرَّزِيَّةِ مَا فَاتَ مِنَ الْكِتَابِ الَّذِي أَرَادَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ يَكْتُبَ أَنْ لَا يَضِلُّوا بَعْدَهُ أَبَدًا لَمَّا كَثُرَ لَغَطُهُمْ وَاخْتِلَافُهُمْ

Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > Sufyān > ʿAmr > Ibn Munabbih > Akhīh > Abū Hurayrah

There is none among the companions of the Prophet ﷺ who has narrated more Hadiths than I except ʿAbdullah bin ʿAmr (bin Al-ʿAs) who used to write them and I never did the same.

أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَمْرٍو عَنِ ابْنِ مُنَبِّهٍ عَنْ أَخِيهِ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَقُولُ «مَا كَانَ أَحَدٌ أَكْثَرَ حَدِيثًا مِنِّي عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَّا مَا كَانَ مِنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو فَإِنَّهُ كَانَ يَكْتُبُ وَكُنْتُ لَا أَكْتُبُ»

Muḥammad b. Manṣūr > Sufyān > Sulaymān > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās

Thursday! And how great that Thursday was! The ailment of Messenger of Allah ﷺ became worse (on Thursday) and he said, fetch me something so that I may write to you something after which you will never go astray." The people (present there) differed in this matter, and it was not right to differ before a prophet. Some said, "What is wrong with him ? (Do you think ) he is delirious (seriously ill)? Ask him ( to understand his state )." So they went to the Prophet ﷺ and asked him again. The Prophet ﷺ said, "Leave me, for my present state is better than what you call me for." Then he ordered them to do three things. He said, "Turn the pagans out of the 'Arabian Peninsula; respect and give gifts to the foreign delegations as you have seen me dealing with them." (Saʿid bin Jubair, the sub-narrator said that Ibn ʿAbbas kept quiet as rewards the third order, or he said, "I forgot it.") (See Hadith No. 116 Vol. 1)

أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

يَوْمُ الْخَمِيسِ وَمَا يَوْمُ الْخَمِيسِ اشْتَدَّ بِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَجَعُهُ فَقَالَ ائْتُونِي أَكْتُبُ لَكُمْ كِتَابًا لَا تَضِلُّوا بَعْدَهُ أَبَدًا فَتَنَازَعُوا وَلَا يَنْبَغِي عِنْدَ نَبِيِّ اللهِ ﷺ تَنَازُعٌ فَقَالُوا مَا شَأْنُهُ أَهَجَرَ اسْتَفْهِمُوهُ فَذَهَبُوا يُعِيِدُونَ عَلَيْهِ قَالَ «دَعُونِي فَالَّذِي أَنَا فِيهِ خَيْرٌ مِمَّا تَدْعُونِي إِلَيْهِ» وَأَوْصَاهُمْ عِنْدَ مَوْتِهِ قَالَ «أَخْرِجُوا الْمُشْرِكِينَ مِنْ جَزِيرَةِ الْعَرَبِ وَأَجِيزُوا الْوَفْدَ بِنَحْوِ مَا كُنْتُ أُجِيزُهُمْ»

al-ʿAbbās b. al-Walīd b. Mazyad from my father > al-Awzāʿī > Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Ashʿath > Abū Mushir > Ismāʿīl / Ibn Samāʿah > al-Awzāʿī > Yaḥyá b. Abū Kathīr > Abū Salamah > Abū Hurayrah

When Allah gave victory to His Apostle over the people of Mecca, Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood up among the people and after glorifying Allah, said, "Allah has prohibited fighting in Mecca and has given authority to His Apostle and the believers over it, so fighting was illegal for anyone before me, and was made legal for me for a part of a day, and it will not be legal for anyone after me. Its game should not be chased, its thorny bushes should not be uprooted, and picking up its fallen things is not allowed except for one who makes public announcement for it, and he whose relative is murdered has the option either to accept a compensation for it or to retaliate." Al-ʿAbbas said, "Except Al-Idhkhir, for we use it in our graves and houses." Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Except Al-Idhkhir." Abu Shah, a Yemenite, stood up and said, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! Get it written for me." Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Write it for Abu Shah." (The sub-narrator asked Al-Auza'i): What did he mean by saying, "Get it written, O Allah's Apostle?" He replied, "The speech which he had heard from Messenger of Allah ﷺ ."

أَخْبَرَنَا الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ بْنِ مَزْيَدٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبِي قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ وَأَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَشْعَثَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُسْهِرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ وَهُوَ ابْنُ سَمَاعَةَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو سَلَمَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

لَمَّا افْتُتِحَتْ مَكَّةُ قَتَلَتْ هُذَيْلٌ رَجُلًا مِنْ بَنِي لَيْثٍ بِقَتِيلٍ لَهُمْ مِنَ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَامَ فَقَالَ «إِنَّ اللهَ حَبَسَ عَنْ مَكَّةَ الْفِيلَ وَسَلَّطَ عَلَيْهَا رَسُولَهُ وَالْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَإِنَّهَا لَمْ تَحِلَّ لِأَحَدٍ قَبْلِي وَلَنْ تَحِلَّ لِأَحَدٍ بَعْدِي وَإِنَّمَا أُحِلَّتْ لِيَ سَاعَةً مِنْ نَهَارٍ وَإِنَّهَا سَاعَتِي هَذِهِ حَرَامٌ لَا يُعْضَدُ شَجَرُهَا وَلَا يُخْتَلَى شَوْكُهَا وَلَا يُلْتَقَطُ سَاقِطَتُهَا إِلَّا مُنْشِدٌ وَمَنْ قُتِلَ لَهُ قَتِيلٌ فَهُوَ بِخَيْرِ النَّظَرَيْنِ إِمَّا يُقَادُ وَإِمَّا يُفْدِيَ» فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْيَمَنِ يُقَالَ لَهُ أَبُو شَاهٍ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ اكْتُبُوا لِي فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «اكْتُبُوا لِأَبِي شَاهٍ» ثُمَّ قَامَ الْعَبَّاسُ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِلَّا الْإِذْخِرَ فَإِنَّا نَجْعَلُهُ فِي مَسَاكِنِنَا وَقُبُورِنَا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِلَّا الْإِذْخِرَ»

Muḥammad b. Ismāʿīl b. Ibrāhīm > ʿUthmān b. ʿUmar > Qurrah b. Khālid > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ called for a paper during his illness so that he could write a book for his Ummah (community) that they would not go astray after him. He said, "They will not go astray nor will they cause others to go astray while this paper is present." Omar began to speak, so he left it.

أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا قُرَّةُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ «دَعَا بِصَحِيفَةٍ فِي مَرَضِهِ لِيَكْتُبَ فِيهَا كِتَابًا لِأُمَّتِهِ لَا يَضِلُّونَ بَعْدَهُ وَلَا يُضِلُّونَ وَكَانَ فِي الْبَيْتِ لَغَطٌ» وَتَكَلَّمَ عُمَرُ فَتَرَكَهُ

Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Mubārak > Wakīʿ > Mālik b. Mighwal > Ṭalḥah b. Muṣarrif > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās > Yawm al-Khamīs Wamā Yawm al-Khamīs

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Bring me the tablet and the stylus, or the shoulder and the stylus, so that I may write for you a book that you will never go astray after." They said, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ , he has abandoned."

أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْمُبَارَكِ عَنْ وَكِيعٍ عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ مِغْوَلٍ عَنْ طَلْحَةَ بْنِ مُصَرِّفٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ يَوْمُ الْخَمِيسِ وَمَا يَوْمُ الْخَمِيسِ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «ائْتُونِي بِاللَّوْحِ وَالدَّوَاةِ أَوِ الْكَتِفِ وَالدَّوَاةِ لِأَكْتُبَ لَكُمْ كِتَابًا لَا تَضِلُّوا بَعْدَهُ أَبَدًا» قَالُوا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَهْجُرُ

Abū Dāwud > Yaʿqūb from my father > Ṣāliḥ > Ibn Shihāb > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbbās

He (the narrator) informed him that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ wrote to Caesar inviting him to Islam, and sent his letter with Dihyah Al-Kalbi and ordered him (Dihyah) to deliver it to the governor of Busra who would then deliver it to Caesar.

أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي عَنْ صَالِحٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ عَبَّاسٍ

أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ «كَتَبَ إِلَى قَيْصَرَ يَدْعُوهُ إِلَى الْإِسْلَامِ وَبَعَثَ كِتَابَهُ مَعَ دِحْيَةَ الْكَلْبِيِّ وَأَمَرَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ يَدْفَعَهُ إِلَى عَظِيمِ بُصْرَى لِيَدْفَعَهُ إِلَى قَيْصَرَ فَدَفَعَهُ عَظِيمُ بُصْرَى إِلَى قَيْصَرَ»

Muḥammad b. Ismāʿīl b. Ibrāhīm > Sulaymān > Ibrāhīm > Ṣāliḥ b. Kaysān And from my cousin Ibn Shihāb > Ibn Shihāb > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh > Ibn ʿAbbās

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent Abdullah ibn Hudhafah with his letter to the ruler of Persia, who would redirect it to the ruler of Bahrain. However, the ruler of Bahrain would redirect it back to the ruler of Persia. When the ruler of Persia read the letter, he tore it apart.

أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي صَالِحُ بْنُ كَيْسَانَ وَابْنُ أَخِي ابْنِ شِهَابٍ كِلَاهُمَا عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

«بَعَثَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ حُذَافَةَ بِكِتَابِهِ إِلَى كِسْرَى يَدْفَعُهُ إِلَى عَظِيمِ الْبَحْرَيْنِ فَدَفَعَهُ عَظِيمُ الْبَحْرَيْنِ إِلَى كِسْرَى فَلَمَّا قَرَأَهُ خَرَّقَهُ»

Ḥumayd b. Masʿadah > Bishr / Ibn al-Mufaḍḍal > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Anas

"The Messenger of Allah [SAW] wanted to write to the Romans, but they (the Companions) said: 'They do not read any letter unless it has a seal.' So he took a ring of silver, and it is as if I can see its whiteness on his hand, and on it were engraved (the words): "Muhammad Rasul Allah (Muhammad the Messenger of Allah)."

أَخْبَرَنَا حُمَيْدُ بْنُ مَسْعَدَةَ عَنْ بِشْرٍ وَهُوَ ابْنُ الْمُفَضَّلِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

أَرَادَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ يَكْتُبَ إِلَى الرُّومِ فَقَالُوا «إِنَّهُمْ لَا يَقْرَءُونَ كِتَابًا إِلَّا مَخْتُومًا فَاتَّخَذَ خَاتَمًا مِنْ فِضَّةٍ كَأَنِّي أَنْظُرُ إِلَى بَيَاضِهِ فِي يَدِهِ وَنَقَشَ فِيهِ مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولُ اللهِ»

Muḥammad b. Ādam > ʿAbd al-Raḥīm / Ibn Sulaymān > Sulaymān al-Shaybānī > Ḥabīb b. Abū Thābit > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ wrote to the people of Jurash, forbidding them from mixing dates with raisins, and from mixing dates with "Busr"."

أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ آدَمَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحِيمِ وَهُوَ ابْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ الشَّيْبَانِيِّ عَنْ حَبِيبِ بْنِ أَبِي ثَابِتٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

«كَتَبَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَى أَهْلِ جُرَشٍ يَنْهَاهُمْ عَنْ خَلِيطِ التَّمْرِ وَالزَّبِيبِ وَعَنِ التَّمْرِ وَالْبُسْرِ»

Aḥmad b. Ḥarb > Abū Muʿāwiyah > Abū Isḥāq > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ wrote to the people of Jurash prohibiting them from mixing dates and raisins.

أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

«كَتَبَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَى أَهْلِ جُرَشٍ يَنْهَاهُمْ أَنْ يَخْلِطُوا التَّمْرَ وَالزَّبِيبَ»

Muḥammad b. Maʿmar > Abū ʿĀmir al-ʿAqadī > Sulaymān b. al-Mughīrah > Thābit > Anas

"We were forbidden in the Quran to ask the Prophet about anything not imperative, so we liked it when a wise man from among the people of the desert came and asked him. A man from among the desert people came and said: 'O Muhammad, your messenger came to us and told us that you say that Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, has sent you.' He said: 'He spoke the truth.' He said: 'Who created the heavens?' He said: 'Allah.' He said: 'Who created the Earth?' He said: 'Allah.' He said: 'Who set up the mountains in it?' He said: 'Allah.' He said: 'Who created beneficial things in them?' He said: 'Allah.' He said: 'By the One Who created the heavens and the Earth, and set up the mountains therein, and created beneficial things in them, has Allah sent you?' He said: 'Yes.' He said: 'Your messenger said that we have to offer five prayers each day and night.' He said: 'He spoke the truth.' He said: 'By the One Who sent you, has Allah commanded you to do this?' He said: 'Yes.' He said: 'Your messenger said that we have to pay Zakah on our wealth.' He said: 'He spoke the truth.' He said: 'By the One Who sent you, has Allah commanded you to do this?' He said: 'Yes.' He said: 'Your messenger said that we have to fast the month of Ramadan each year.' He said: 'He spoke the truth.' He said: 'By the One Who sent You, has Allah commanded you to do this?' He said: 'Yes.' He said: 'Your messenger said that we have to perform Hajj, those who can afford it.' He said: 'He spoke the truth.' He said: 'By the One Who sent you, has Allah commanded you to do this?' He said: 'Yes.' He said: 'By the One Who sent you with the truth, I will not do more than this or less.' When he left, the Prophet said: 'If he is sincere, he will certainly enter paradise.'"

أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَعْمَرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَامِرٍ الْعَقَدِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ الْمُغِيرَةِ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ نُهِينَا فِي الْقُرْآنِ

أَنْ نَسْأَلَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ عَنْ شَيْءٍ فَكَانَ يُعْجِبُنَا أَنْ يَجِيءَ الرَّجُلُ الْعَاقِلُ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْبَادِيَةِ فَيَسْأَلَهُ فَجَاءَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْبَادِيَةِ فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ أَتَانَا رَسُولُكَ فَأَخْبَرَنَا أَنَّكُ تَزْعُمُ أَنَّ اللهَ أَرْسَلَكَ قَالَ «صَدَقَ» قَالَ فَمَنْ خَلَقَ السَّمَاءَ؟ قَالَ «اللهُ» قَالَ فَمَنْ خَلَقَ الْأَرْضَ؟ قَالَ «اللهُ» قَالَ فَمَنْ نَصَبَ فِيهَا الْجِبَالَ؟ قَالَ «اللهُ» قَالَ فَمَنْ جَعَلَ فِيهَا الْمَنَافِعَ؟ قَالَ «اللهُ» قَالَ فَبِالَّذِي خَلَقَ السَّمَاءَ وَالْأَرْضَ وَنَصَبَ فِيهَا الْجِبَالَ وَجَعَلَ فِيهَا الْمَنَافِعَ آاللهُ أَرْسَلَكَ؟ قَالَ «نَعَمْ» قَالَ وَزَعَمَ رَسُولُكَ أَنَّ عَلَيْنَا خَمْسَ صَلَوَاتٍ فِي كُلِّ يَوْمٍ وَلَيْلَةٍ قَالَ «صَدَقَ» قَالَ فَبِالَّذِي أَرْسَلَكَ اللهُ أَمَرَكَ بِهَذَا؟ قَالَ «نَعَمْ» قَالَ وَزَعَمَ رَسُولُكَ أَنَّ عَلَيْنَا زَكَاةً فِي أَمْوَالِنَا قَالَ «صَدَقَ» قَالَ فَبِالَّذِي أَرْسَلَكَ آللَّهُ أَمَرَكَ بِهَذَا؟ قَالَ «نَعَمْ» قَالَ وَزَعَمَ رَسُولُكَ أَنَّ عَلَيْنَا صَوْمَ شَهْرٍ فِي كُلِّ سَنَةٍ قَالَ «صَدَقَ» قَالَ فَبِالَّذِي أَرْسَلَكَ آللَّهُ أَمَرَكَ بِهَذَا؟ قَالَ «نَعَمْ» قَالَ وَزَعَمَ رَسُولُكَ أَنَّ عَلَيْنَا الْحَجَّ مَنِ اسْتَطَاعَ إِلَيْهِ سَبِيلًا قَالَ «صَدَقَ» قَالَ فَبِالَّذِي أَرْسَلَكَ آللَّهُ أَمَرَكَ بِهَذَا؟ قَالَ «نَعَمْ» قَالَ وَالَّذِي بَعَثَكَ بِالْحَقِّ لَا أَزِيدُ عَلَيْهِنَّ وَلَا أَنْقُصُ فَلَمَّا وَلَّى قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «لَئِنْ صَدَقَ لَيَدْخُلَنَّ الْجَنَّةَ»

Muḥammad b. Salamah > Ibn al-Qāsim > Mālik > Ibn Shihāb > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUtbah > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbbās > Aqbalt Rākib > Ḥimār

Once I came riding a she-ass and had (just) attained the age of puberty. Messenger of Allah ﷺ was offering the prayer at Mina. There was no wall in front of him and I passed in front of some of the row while they were offering their prayers. There I let the she-ass loose to graze and entered the row, and nobody objected to it.

أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ الْقَاسِمِ عَنْ مَالِكٍ حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ شِهَابٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

أَقْبَلْتُ رَاكِبًا عَلَى حِمَارٍ وَأَنَا يَوْمَئِذٍ قَدْ نَاهَزْتُ الِاحْتِلَامَ وَرَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي بِالنَّاسِ بِمِنًى فَمَرَرْتُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْ بَعْضِ الصَّفِّ فَنَزَلْتُ فَأَرْسَلْتُ الْحِمَارَ تَرْتَعُ وَدَخَلْتُ فِي الصَّفِّ «فَلَمْ يُنْكَرْ ذَلِكَ عَلَيَّ أَحَدٌ»

Muḥammad b. al-Muṣaffá > Muḥammad b. Ḥarb > al-Zubaydī > al-Zuhrī

It has been reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was approached by a five-year-old boy who claimed that he had recovered a bucket hanging by a thread."

أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُصَفَّى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ عَنِ الزُّبَيْدِيِّ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ مَحْمُودِ بْنِ الرَّبِيعِ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ وَكَانَ «§يَزْعُمُ

أَنَّهُ قَدْ أَدْرَكَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ ابْنُ خَمْسِ سِنِينَ وَزَعَمَ أَنَّهُ عَقِلَ مَجَّةً مَجَّهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مِنْ دَلْوٍ مُعَلَّقٍ فِي دَرَاهِمْ»

Muḥammad b. Khālid > Bishr b. Shuʿayb from his father > al-Zuhrī > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyib And ʾAbū Salamah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Abū Hurayrah > Innakum > Ūn In Abū Hurayrah Yukthir al-Ḥadīth

You people say that Abu Huraira tells many narrations from Messenger of Allah ﷺ and you also wonder why the emigrants and Ansar do not narrate from Messenger of Allah ﷺ as Abu Huraira does. My emigrant brothers were busy in the market while I used to stick to Messenger of Allah ﷺ content with what fills my stomach; so I used to be present when they were absent and I used to remember when they used to forget, and my Ansari brothers used to be busy with their properties and I was one of the poor men of Suffa. I used to remember the narrations when they used to forget. No doubt, Messenger of Allah ﷺ once said, "Whoever spreads his garment till I have finished my present speech and then gathers it to himself, will remember whatever I will say." So, I spread my colored garment which I was wearing till Messenger of Allah ﷺ had finished his saying, and then I gathered it to my chest. So, I did not forget any of that narrations.

أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ شُعَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي سَعِيدُ بْنُ الْمُسَيِّبِ وَأَبُو سَلَمَةَ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ أَنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ إِنَّكُمْ تَقُولُونَ إِنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يُكْثِرُ الْحَدِيثَ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَيَقُولُونَ مَا لِلْمُهَاجِرِينَ وَالْأَنْصَارِ لَا يُحَدِّثُونَ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مِثْلَ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ وَأَنَّ إِخْوَانِي مِنَ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ كَانَ يَشْغَلُهُمُ الصَّفْقُ بِالْأَسْوَاقِ وَكَانَ يَشْغَلُ إِخْوَانِي مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ عَمَلُ أَمْوَالِهِمْ وَكُنْتُ امْرَأً مِسْكِينًا مِنْ مَسَاكِينِ الصُّفَّةِ أَلْزَمُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى مِلْءِ بَطْنِي فَأَحْضُرُ حِينَ يَغِيبُونَ وَأَعِي حِينَ يَنْسَوْنَ وَقَدْ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي حَدِيثٍ يُحَدِّثُهُ يَوْمًا إِنَّهُ «لَنْ يَبْسُطَ أَحَدٌ ثَوْبَهُ حَتَّى أَقْضِيَ مَقَالَتِي هَذِهِ ثُمَّ يَجْمَعُ إِلَيْهِ ثَوْبَهُ إِلَّا وَعَى مَا أَقُولُ» فَبَسَطْتُ نَمِرَةً عَلَيَّ حَتَّى إِذَا قَضَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَقَالَتَهُ جَمَعْتُهَا إِلَى صَدْرِي فَمَا نَسِيتُ مِنْ مَقَالَةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ تِلْكَ شَيْئًا