Chapter 22: The merits of Al-Hasan and Al-Husain رضي الله عنهما - كتاب فضائل أصحاب النبى صلى الله عليه وسلم
Narrated Ibn Abi Nu'm:
حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا غُنْدَرٌ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي يَعْقُوبَ، سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ أَبِي نُعْمٍ، سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ، وَسَأَلَهُ، عَنِ الْمُحْرِمِ،، قَالَ شُعْبَةُ أَحْسِبُهُ يَقْتُلُ الذُّبَابَ فَقَالَ أَهْلُ الْعِرَاقِ يَسْأَلُونَ عَنِ الذُّبَابِ وَقَدْ قَتَلُوا ابْنَ ابْنَةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم، وَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم
" هُمَا رَيْحَانَتَاىَ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا ".
A person asked `Abdullah bin `Umar whether a Muslim could kill flies. I heard him saying (in reply).
"The people of Iraq are asking about the killing of flies while they themselves murdered the son of the
daughter of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) . The Prophet (ﷺ) said, They (i.e. Hasan and Husain) are my two sweet basils
in this world."
Bilal said to Abu Bakr, "If you have bought me for yourself then keep me (for yourself), but if you
have bought me for Allah's Sake, then leave me for Allah's Work."
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Chapter 25: The merits of Khalid bin Al-Walid رضي الله عنه - كتاب فضائل أصحاب النبى صلى الله عليه وسلم
Narrated Anas:
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ وَاقِدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ، عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ هِلاَلٍ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ ـ رضى الله عنه أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم نَعَى زَيْدًا وَجَعْفَرًا وَابْنَ رَوَاحَةَ لِلنَّاسِ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَأْتِيَهُمْ خَبَرُهُمْ، فَقَالَ
" أَخَذَ الرَّايَةَ زَيْدٌ فَأُصِيبَ، ثُمَّ أَخَذَ جَعْفَرٌ فَأُصِيبَ، ثُمَّ أَخَذَ ابْنُ رَوَاحَةَ فَأُصِيبَ ـ وَعَيْنَاهُ تَذْرِفَانِ ـ حَتَّى أَخَذَ سَيْفٌ مِنْ سُيُوفِ اللَّهِ حَتَّى فَتَحَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ ".
The Prophet (ﷺ) had informed the people about the death of Zaid, Ja`far and Ibn Rawaha before the news
of their death reached them. He said with his eyes flowing with tears, "Zaid took the flag and was
martyred; then Ja`far took the flag and was martyred, and then Ibn Rawaha took the flag and was
martyred. Finally the flag was taken by one of Allah's Swords (i.e. Khalid bin Al-Walid) and Allah
gave them (i.e. the Muslims) victory."
`Abdullah (bin Mas`ud) was mentioned before `Abdullah bin `Amr. The latter said, "That is a man I
continue to love because I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saying, ' Learn the recitation of the Qur'an from (any
of these) four persons: `Abdullah bin Masud, Salim the freed slave of Abu Hudhaifa, Ubai bin Ka`b,
and Mu`adh bin Jabal." I do not remember whether he mentioned Ubai first or Mu`adh.
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) neither talked in an insulting manner nor did he ever speak evil intentionally. He used
to say, "The most beloved to me amongst you is the one who has the best character and manners." He
added, " Learn the Qur'an from (any of these) four persons. `Abdullah bin Mas`ud, Salim the freed
slave of Abu Hudhaifa, Ubai bin Ka`b, and Mu`adh bin Jabal."
I went to Sham and was offering a two-rak`at prayer; I said, "O Allah! Bless me with a (pious)
companion." Then I saw an old man coming towards me, and when he came near I said, (to myself),
"I hope Allah has given me my request." The man asked (me), "Where are you from?" I replied, "I am
from the people of Kufa." He said, "Weren't there amongst you the Carrier of the (Prophet's) shoes,
Siwak and the ablution water container? Weren't there amongst you the man who was given Allah's
Refuge from the Satan? And weren't there amongst you the man who used to keep the (Prophet's)
secrets which nobody else knew? How did Ibn Um `Abd (i.e. `Abdullah bin Mas`ud) use to recite
Surat-al-lail (the Night:92)?" I recited:--
"By the Night as it envelops By the Day as it appears in brightness. And by male and female." (92.1-
3) On that, Abu Darda said, "By Allah, the Prophet (ﷺ) made me read the Verse in this way after listening
to him, but these people (of Sham) tried their best to let me say something different."
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Chapter 27: The merits of 'Abdullah bin Mas’ud رضي الله عنه - كتاب فضائل أصحاب النبى صلى الله عليه وسلم
Narrated `Abdur-Rahman bin Yazid:
حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ،، قَالَ سَأَلْنَا حُذَيْفَةَ عَنْ رَجُلٍ، قَرِيبِ السَّمْتِ وَالْهَدْىِ مِنَ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم حَتَّى نَأْخُذَ عَنْهُ فَقَالَ مَا أَعْرِفُ أَحَدًا أَقْرَبَ سَمْتًا وَهَدْيًا وَدَلاًّ بِالنَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم مِنِ ابْنِ أُمِّ عَبْدٍ.
We asked Hudhaifa to tell us of a person resembling (to some extent) the Prophet (ﷺ) in good appearance
and straight forward behavior so that we may learn from him (good manners and acceptable conduct).
Hudhaifa replied, "I do not know anybody resembling the Prophet (to some extent) in appearance and
conduct more than Ibn Um `Abd.
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Chapter 27: The merits of 'Abdullah bin Mas’ud رضي الله عنه - كتاب فضائل أصحاب النبى صلى الله عليه وسلم
Narrated Abu Musa Al-Ash`ari:
حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَلاَءِ، حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ بْنِ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي الأَسْوَدُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا مُوسَى الأَشْعَرِيَّ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ يَقُولُ قَدِمْتُ أَنَا وَأَخِي مِنَ الْيَمَنِ، فَمَكُثْنَا حِينًا مَا نُرَى إِلاَّ أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ مَسْعُودٍ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ بَيْتِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم، لِمَا نَرَى مِنْ دُخُولِهِ وَدُخُولِ أُمِّهِ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم.
My brother and I came from Yemen, and for some time we continued to consider `Abdullah bin
Mas`ud as one of the members of the family of the Prophet (ﷺ) because we used to see him and his mother
going in the house of the Prophet (ﷺ) very often.
Muawiya offered one rak`a witr prayer after the `Isha prayer, and at that time a freed slave of Ibn
`Abbas was present. He (i.e. the slave) went to Ibn `Abbas (and told him that Muawiya offered one
rak`a witr prayer). Ibn `Abbas said, "Leave him, for he was in the company of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)."
Somebody said to Ibn `Abbas, "Can you speak to the chief of the believers Mu`awiyah, as he does not
pray except one rak`a as witr?" Ibn `Abbas replied, "He is a Faqih (i.e. a learned man who can give
religious verdicts) ."
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Chapter 28: Narration about Mu'awiya رضي الله عنه - كتاب فضائل أصحاب النبى صلى الله عليه وسلم
Narrated Humran bin Aban:
حَدَّثَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ عَبَّاسٍ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ أَبِي التَّيَّاحِ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ حُمْرَانَ بْنَ أَبَانَ، عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ إِنَّكُمْ لَتُصَلُّونَ صَلاَةً لَقَدْ صَحِبْنَا النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَمَا رَأَيْنَاهُ يُصَلِّيهَا، وَلَقَدْ نَهَى عَنْهُمَا، يَعْنِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ.
Muawiya said (to the people), "You offer a prayer which we, who were the companions of the Prophet (ﷺ)
never saw the Prophet (ﷺ) offering, and he forbade its offering," i.e. the two rak`at after the compulsory
`Asr prayer.
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Chapter 30: The superiority of 'Aishah رضي الله عنها - كتاب فضائل أصحاب النبى صلى الله عليه وسلم
Narrated Abu Salama:
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ بُكَيْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ، عَنْ يُونُسَ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، قَالَ أَبُو سَلَمَةَ إِنَّ عَائِشَةَ ـ رضى الله عنها ـ قَالَتْ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَوْمًا
" يَا عَائِشَ، هَذَا جِبْرِيلُ يُقْرِئُكِ السَّلاَمَ ". فَقُلْتُ وَعَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ وَرَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ، تَرَى مَا لاَ أَرَى. تُرِيدُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم.
`Aisha said, "Once Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said (to me), 'O Aish (`Aisha)! This is Gabriel greeting you.' I said,
'Peace and Allah's Mercy and Blessings be on him, you see what I don't see' " She was addressing
Allah 's Apostle.
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Chapter 30: The superiority of 'Aishah رضي الله عنها - كتاب فضائل أصحاب النبى صلى الله عليه وسلم
Narrated Abu Musa Al-Ash`ari:
حَدَّثَنَا آدَمُ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، قَالَ وَحَدَّثَنَا عَمْرٌو، أَخْبَرَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مُرَّةَ، عَنْ مُرَّةَ، عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى الأَشْعَرِيِّ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم
" كَمَلَ مِنَ الرِّجَالِ كَثِيرٌ، وَلَمْ يَكْمُلْ مِنَ النِّسَاءِ إِلاَّ مَرْيَمُ بِنْتُ عِمْرَانَ، وَآسِيَةُ امْرَأَةُ فِرْعَوْنَ، وَفَضْلُ عَائِشَةَ عَلَى النِّسَاءِ كَفَضْلِ الثَّرِيدِ عَلَى سَائِرِ الطَّعَامِ ".
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Many amongst men attained perfection but amongst women none attained the
perfection except Mary, the daughter of `Imran and Asiya, the wife of Pharaoh. And the superiority of
`Aisha to other women is like the superiority of Tharid (i.e. an Arabic dish) to other meals."
Once `Aisha became sick and Ibn `Abbas went to see her and said, "O mother of the believers! You
are leaving for truthful fore-runners i.e. for Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and Abu Bakr.
When `Ali sent `Ammar and Al-Hasan to (the people of) Kufa to urge them to fight, `Ammar
addressed them saying, "I know that she (i.e. `Aisha) is the wife of the Prophet (ﷺ) in this world and in the
Hereafter (world to come), but Allah has put you to test, whether you will follow Him (i.e. Allah) or
her."
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Chapter 30: The superiority of 'Aishah رضي الله عنها - كتاب فضائل أصحاب النبى صلى الله عليه وسلم
Narrated `Aisha:
حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ، عَنْ هِشَامٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ـ رضى الله عنها أَنَّهَا اسْتَعَارَتْ مِنْ أَسْمَاءَ قِلاَدَةً فَهَلَكَتْ، فَأَرْسَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم نَاسًا مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ فِي طَلَبِهَا، فَأَدْرَكَتْهُمُ الصَّلاَةُ، فَصَلَّوْا بِغَيْرِ وُضُوءٍ، فَلَمَّا أَتَوُا النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم شَكَوْا ذَلِكَ إِلَيْهِ، فَنَزَلَتْ آيَةُ التَّيَمُّمِ. فَقَالَ أُسَيْدُ بْنُ حُضَيْرٍ جَزَاكِ اللَّهُ خَيْرًا، فَوَاللَّهِ مَا نَزَلَ بِكِ أَمْرٌ قَطُّ إِلاَّ جَعَلَ اللَّهُ لَكِ مِنْهُ مَخْرَجًا، وَجَعَلَ لِلْمُسْلِمِينَ فِيهِ بَرَكَةً.
That she borrowed a necklace from Asma' and it was lost. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) sent some of his
companions to look for it. During their journey the time of prayer was due and they prayed without
ablution. When they returned to the Prophet (ﷺ) they complained about it. So the Divine Verse of
Tayammum was revealed. Usaid bin Hudair said (to `Aisha), "May Allah reward you handsomely. By
Allah, whenever you have a difficulty, Allah took you out of it and brought with it, a Blessing for the
Muslims."
When Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was in his fatal illness, he started visiting his wives and saying, "Where will I
be tomorrow?" He was anxious to be in `Aisha's home. `Aisha said, "So when it was my day, the
Prophet became silent (no longer asked the question).
The people used to send presents to the Prophet (ﷺ) on the day of `Aisha's turn. `Aisha said, "My
companions (i.e. the other wives of the Prophet) gathered in the house of Um Salama and said, "O Um
Salama! By Allah, the people choose to send presents on the day of `Aisha's turn and we too, love the
good (i.e. presents etc.) as `Aisha does. You should tell Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) to tell the people to send their
presents to him wherever he may be, or wherever his turn may be." Um Salama said that to the
Prophet and he turned away from her, and when the Prophet (ﷺ) returned to her (i.e. Um Salama), she
repeated the same, and the Prophet (ﷺ) again turned away, and when she told him the same for the third
time, the Prophet (ﷺ) said, "O Um Salama! Don't trouble me by harming `Aisha, for by Allah, the Divine
Inspiration never came to me while I was under the blanket of any woman amongst you except her."
I asked Anas, "Tell me about the name 'Al-Ansar.; Did you call yourselves by it or did Allah call you
by it?" He said, "Allah called us by it." We used to visit Anas (at Basra) and he used to narrate to us
the virtues and deeds of the Ansar, and he used to address me or a person from the tribe of Al-Azd and
say, "Your tribe did so-and-so on such-and-such a day."
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Chapter 1: The merits of Al-Ansar - كتاب مناقب الأنصار
Narrated `Aisha:
حَدَّثَنِي عُبَيْدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ، عَنْ هِشَامٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ـ رضى الله عنها ـ قَالَتْ كَانَ يَوْمُ بُعَاثَ يَوْمًا قَدَّمَهُ اللَّهُ لِرَسُولِهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَدِمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَقَدِ افْتَرَقَ مَلَؤُهُمْ، وَقُتِلَتْ سَرَوَاتُهُمْ، وَجُرِّحُوا، فَقَدَّمَهُ اللَّهُ لِرَسُولِهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فِي دُخُولِهِمْ فِي الإِسْلاَمِ.
The day of Bu'ath (i.e. Day of fighting between the two tribes of the Ansar, the Aus and Khazraj) was
brought about by Allah for the good of His Apostle so that when Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) reached (Medina),
the tribes of Medina had already divided and their chiefs had been killed and wounded. So Allah had
brought about the battle for the good of H is Apostle in order that they (i.e. the Ansar) might embrace
Islam.
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Narrated Anas:
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ أَبِي التَّيَّاحِ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَنَسًا ـ رضى الله عنه ـ يَقُولُ قَالَتِ الأَنْصَارُ يَوْمَ فَتْحِ مَكَّةَ ـ وَأَعْطَى قُرَيْشًا ـ وَاللَّهِ إِنَّ هَذَا لَهُوَ الْعَجَبُ، إِنَّ سُيُوفَنَا تَقْطُرُ مِنْ دِمَاءِ قُرَيْشٍ، وَغَنَائِمُنَا تُرَدُّ عَلَيْهِمْ. فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَدَعَا الأَنْصَارَ قَالَ فَقَالَ " مَا الَّذِي بَلَغَنِي عَنْكُمْ ". وَكَانُوا لاَ يَكْذِبُونَ. فَقَالُوا هُوَ الَّذِي بَلَغَكَ. قَالَ " أَوَلاَ تَرْضَوْنَ أَنْ يَرْجِعَ النَّاسُ بِالْغَنَائِمِ إِلَى بُيُوتِهِمْ، وَتَرْجِعُونَ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم إِلَى بُيُوتِكُمْ لَوْ سَلَكَتِ الأَنْصَارُ وَادِيًا أَوْ شِعْبًا، لَسَلَكْتُ وَادِيَ الأَنْصَارِ أَوْ شِعْبَهُمْ ".
On the day of the Conquest of Mecca, when the Prophet (ﷺ) had given (from the booty) the Quraish, the
Ansar said, "By Allah, this is indeed very strange: While our swords are still dribbling with the blood
of Quraish, our war booty are distributed amongst them." When this news reached the Prophet (ﷺ) he
called the Ansar and said, "What is this news that has reached me from you?" They used not to tell
lies, so they replied, "What has reached you is true." He said, "Doesn't it please you that the people
take the booty to their homes and you take Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) to your homes? If the Ansar took their way
through a valley or a mountain pass, I would take the Ansar's valley or a mountain pass."