The Prophetic Characteristics and the Mustafawian Virtues [1]

The Prophetic Characteristics and the Mustafawi ¹ Qualities: Chapter on the Creation of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him; Chapter on the Seal of Prophethood; Chapter on the Hair of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him; Chapter on the Combing of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him; Chapter on the Gray Hairs of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him; Chapter on the Dyeing of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him; Chapter on the Kohl ² of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him; Chapter on the Clothing of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him; Chapter on the Livelihood of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him; Chapter on the Khuff ³ of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him; Chapter on the Sandal of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him; Chapter on the Mention of the Ring of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him; Chapter on the Prophet, peace be upon him, Wearing a Ring on His Right Hand; Chapter on the Description of the Sword of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him; Chapter on the Description of the Armor of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him; Chapter on the Description of the Helmet of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him; Chapter on the Turban of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him; Chapter on the Description of the Waist Wrap of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him; Chapter on the Gait of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him; Chapter on the Veiling of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him; Chapter on the Sitting Posture of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him; Chapter on the Leaning of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him; Chapter on the Reclining of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him; Chapter on the Description of the Eating of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him; Chapter on the Description of the Bread of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him; Chapter on the Description of the Condiment of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him; Chapter on the Description of the Ablution of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, Before Food; Chapter on the Saying of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, Before Food and After Finishing It; Chapter on the Drinking Vessel of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him; Chapter on the Fruit of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him; Chapter on the Description of the Drink of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him; Chapter on the Description of the Drinking Manner of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him; Chapter on the Perfuming of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him; Chapter on How Was the Speech of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him; Chapter on the Laughter of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him; Chapter on the Description of the Joking of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him; Chapter on the Description of the Speech of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, in Poetry; Chapter on the Speech of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, Regarding Night Conversation; The Hadith of Umm Zar‘ ⁴; Chapter on the Sleep of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him; Chapter on the Worship of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him; Chapter on the Forenoon Prayer; Chapter on Supererogatory Prayer at Home; Chapter on the Fasting of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him; Chapter on the Recitation of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him; Chapter on the Weeping of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him; Chapter on the Bed of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him; Chapter on the Humility of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him; Chapter on the Character of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him; Chapter on the Modesty of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him; Chapter on the Cupping of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him; Chapter: On the Names of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him; Chapter: On the Livelihood of the Prophet, peace be upon him; Chapter: On the Age of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him; Chapter: On the Death of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him; Chapter: On the Inheritance of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him; Chapter: On Seeing the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, in a Dream.

1. Mustafawi : Derived from al-Mustafa, 'the Chosen One,' a title of the Prophet Muhammad.
2. Kohl : Antimony powder used as eyeliner, traditionally applied by the Prophet.
3. Khuff : Leather socks or slippers worn over the feet, permissible to wipe over during ablution.
4. Umm Zar‘ : A woman mentioned in a famous hadith about marital relationships, known as the Hadith of Umm Zar‘.

The Prophetic Characteristics and the Chosen Traits [1]

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Chapter on the Creation of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him…

Chapter on the Creation of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace [1]

Chapter on the Creation of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. 1. Al-Hafiz Abu Isa Muhammad ibn Isa ibn Sawra al-Tirmidhi said: Abu Raja' Qutayba ibn Sa'id narrated to us from Malik ibn Anas, from Rabi'a ibn Abi Abd al-Rahman, from Anas ibn Malik, that he heard him say: "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was neither conspicuously tall nor short, neither extremely white nor brown, neither very curly nor straight. Allah, exalted, sent him at the age of forty. He stayed in Mecca for ten years and in Medina for ten years, and Allah, exalted, took him at the age of sixty, with not twenty white hairs on his head or beard." 2. Humayd ibn Mas'ada al-Basri narrated to us: Abd al-Wahhab al-Thaqafi narrated to us from Humayd, from Anas ibn Malik, who said: "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was of medium height, neither tall nor short, with a handsome body. His hair was neither curly nor straight, and his complexion was brown. When he walked, he leaned forward." 3. Muhammad ibn Bashshar narrated to us: Muhammad ibn Ja'far narrated to us: Shu'ba narrated to us from Abu Ishaq, who said: I heard al-Bara' ibn 'Azib say: "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was a man of medium stature, broad-shouldered, with a thick head of hair reaching his earlobes, wearing a red garment. I have never seen anything more handsome than him." 4. Mahmud ibn Ghaylan narrated to us: Waki' narrated to us: Sufyan narrated to us from Abu Ishaq, from al-Bara' ibn 'Azib, who said: "I have never seen anyone with long hair in a red garment more handsome than the Messenger of Allah. He had hair that reached his shoulders, broad-shouldered, neither short nor tall." 5. Muhammad ibn Isma'il narrated to us: Abu Nu'aym narrated to us: al-Mas'udi narrated to us from 'Uthman ibn Muslim ibn Hurmuz, from Nafi' ibn Jubayr ibn Mut'im, from 'Ali ibn Abi Talib, who said: "The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was neither tall nor short. His hands and feet were thick, his head was large, his joints were large, and he had a line of hair from the chest to the navel. When he walked, he leaned forward as if descending a slope. I have never seen anyone like him before or after him, may Allah bless him and grant him peace." 6. Sufyan ibn Waki' narrated to us: My father narrated to us from al-Mas'udi with the same chain, similar in meaning. 7. Ahmad ibn 'Abda al-Dabbi al-Basri, 'Ali ibn Hujr, and Abu Ja'far Muhammad ibn al-Husayn ibn Abi Halima narrated to us, all with the same meaning: 'Isa ibn Yunus narrated to us from 'Umar ibn 'Abd Allah, the freed slave of Ghufra, who said: Ibrahim ibn Muhammad, from the descendants of 'Ali ibn Abi Talib, narrated to me: When 'Ali described the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, he said: "The Messenger of Allah was neither excessively tall nor extremely short. He was of medium stature among the people. His hair was neither very curly nor straight, but wavy. He was neither plump nor round-faced. His face was round, white with a reddish tint, with intensely black eyes, long eyelashes, large joints and shoulder muscles, smooth-skinned with a line of hair from chest to navel, thick hands and feet. When he walked, he walked briskly as if descending a slope. When he turned, he turned his whole body. Between his shoulder blades was the Seal of Prophethood, and he is the Seal of the Prophets. He was the most generous in heart, the most truthful in speech, the gentlest in nature, and the most noble in companionship. Whoever saw him suddenly would be awed, and whoever associated with him would love him. His describer says: 'I have never seen anyone like him before or after him, may Allah bless him and grant him peace.'" Abu 'Isa said: I heard Abu Ja'far Muhammad ibn al-Husayn say: I heard al-Asma'i say in explanation of the description of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace: "Al-mumaghit is the one who is excessively tall." He said: I heard a Bedouin say in his speech: "Tamaghata fi nashshabatihi," meaning he stretched it intensely. "Al-mutaraddid" is the one who is short and compact. "Al-qatat" is very curly. "Al-rajul" is one whose hair has slight waves. "Al-mutahham" is the fleshy, fat person. "Al-mukaltham" is the round-faced. "Al-mushrab" is white with a reddish tint. "Al-ad'aj" is intensely black-eyed. "Al-ahdab" is long-lashed. "Al-katad" is the area between the shoulder blades, the upper back. "Al-masruba" is the fine hair like a line from the chest to the navel. "Al-shathn" is thick-fingered in hands and feet. "Al-taqallu'" is walking with strength. "Al-sabab" is a slope; we say: "We descended on a slope (sabub or sabab)." His saying "jalil al-mushash" means the ends of the shoulders. "Al-'ishra" is companionship, and "al-'ashir" is the companion. "Al-badiha" is suddenness; it is said: "Badah'tuhu bi-amr," meaning I surprised him with a matter." 8. Sufyan ibn Waki' narrated to us: Jumay' ibn 'Umar ibn 'Abd al-Rahman al-'Ijli dictated to us from his book, saying: A man from Banu Tamim, from the descendants of Abu Hala, the husband of Khadija, who was called Abu 'Abd Allah, informed me from a son of Abu Hala, from al-Hasan ibn 'Ali, who said: I asked my maternal uncle Hind ibn Abi Hala, who was a describer, about the appearance of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and I desired that he describe something of it for me to hold onto. He said: "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was majestic and revered, his face shining like the moon on the night of the full moon. He was taller than a medium-statured man and shorter than a tall, slender man. His head was large, his hair wavy. If his hair parted naturally, he left it parted; otherwise, it did not go beyond his earlobes when he let it grow. His complexion was luminous, his forehead broad, his eyebrows arched and thick without meeting, with a vein between them that would swell in anger. His nose was aquiline with a light above it; one who did not examine him would think him high-nosed. His beard was thick, his cheeks smooth, his mouth wide, his teeth spaced, with a fine line of hair from chest to navel. His neck was like the neck of a statue in the purity of silver, his build well-proportioned, solid and compact, his belly and chest even, his chest broad, his shoulders wide, his joints large, his bare skin luminous. Between the collarbone and navel was a line of hair like a streak, while his chest and belly were otherwise hairless. His forearms, shoulders, and upper chest were hairy. His forearms were long, his palms wide, his hands and feet thick. His limbs were long (or: raised), his arches hollow, his feet smooth, water would bead off them. When he moved, he moved briskly, stepping as if leaning forward, walking with dignity, with a swift gait. When he walked, it was as if he were descending a slope. When he turned, he turned his whole body. He lowered his gaze, looking at the ground more than at the sky, most of his looking being observation. He would lead his companions and greet whomever he met first." 9. Abu Musa Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna narrated to us: Muhammad ibn Ja'far narrated to us: Shu'ba narrated to us from Simak ibn Harb, who said: I heard Jabir ibn Samura say: "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, had a wide mouth, eyes with long slits, and heels with little flesh." Shu'ba said: I said to Simak: What is "dali' al-fam"? He said: Wide-mouthed. I said: What is "ashkal al-'ayn"? He said: Long slit of the eye. I said: What is "manhus al-'aqib"? He said: Little flesh on the heel.

**10 -** Haddathana Hannād ibn al-Sarī, qāla: Haddathana 'Abthar ibn al-Qāsim, 'an Ash'ath, ya'nī ibn Sawwār, 'an Abī Isḥāq, 'an Jābir ibn Samurah, qāla: "Ra'aytu Rasūla Llāhi ṣallā Llāhu 'alayhi wa sallama fī laylatin iḍḥiyānin, wa 'alayhi ḥullatun ḥamrā'u, faja'altu anẓuru ilayhi wa ilā l-qamari, falahuwa 'indī aḥsanu mina l-qamari." **10 -** Hannad ibn al-Sari narrated to us, saying: 'Abthar ibn al-Qasim narrated to us, from Ash'ath, meaning Ibn Sawwar, from Abu Ishaq, from Jabir ibn Samurah, who said: "I saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) on a moonlit night, and he was wearing a red cloak. I began to look at him and at the moon, and he was, in my sight, more beautiful than the moon." **11 -** Haddathana Sufyān ibn Wakī', qāla: Haddathana Ḥumayd ibn 'Abdi r-Raḥmān ar-Ru'āsī, 'an Zuhayr, 'an Abī Isḥāq, qāla: Sa'ala rajulun al-Barā'a ibn 'Āzib: Akāna wajhu Rasūli Llāhi ṣallā Llāhu 'alayhi wa sallama mithla s-sayfi? Qāla: "Lā, bal mithla l-qamari." **11 -** Sufyan ibn Waki' narrated to us, saying: Humayd ibn 'Abd al-Rahman al-Ru'asi narrated to us, from Zuhayr, from Abu Ishaq, who said: A man asked al-Bara' ibn 'Azib: "Was the face of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) like a sword?" He said: "No, rather like the moon." **12 -** Haddathana Abū Dāwūda l-Maṣāḥifī Sulaymān ibn Salm, qāla: Haddathana n-Naḍr ibn Shumayl, 'an Ṣāliḥ ibn Abī l-Akhḍar, 'ani bni Shihāb, 'an Abī Salamah, 'an Abī Hurayrah, qāla: "Kāna Rasūlu Llāhi ṣallā Llāhu 'alayhi wa sallama abyaḍa ka'annamā ṣīgha min fiḍḍatin, rajila sh-sha'ri." **12 -** Abu Dawud al-Masahifi, Sulayman ibn Salm, narrated to us, saying: al-Nadr ibn Shumayl narrated to us, from Salih ibn Abi al-Akhdar, from Ibn Shihab, from Abu Salamah, from Abu Hurayrah, who said: "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) was white (fair-skinned), as if he were moulded from silver, with wavy hair." **13 -** Haddathana Qutaybah ibn Sa'īd, qāla: Akhbaranī l-Layth ibn Sa'd, 'an Abī z-Zubayr, 'an Jābir ibn 'Abdi Llāh, anna Rasūla Llāhi ṣallā Llāhu 'alayhi wa sallama qāla: "'Uriḍa 'alayya l-anbiyā'u, fa-idhā Mūsā 'alayhi s-salāmu ḍarbun mina r-rijāli, ka'annahu min rijāli Shanū'ata, wa ra'aytu 'Īsā bna Maryama 'alayhi s-salāmu, fa-idhā aqrabu man ra'aytu bihi shabahan 'Urwatu bnu Mas'ūdin, wa ra'aytu Ibrāhīma 'alayhi s-salāmu, fa-idhā aqrabu man ra'aytu bihi shabahan ṣāḥibukum, ya'nī nafsahu, wa ra'aytu Jibrīla 'alayhi s-salāmu fa-idhā aqrabu man ra'aytu bihi shabahan Diḥyah." **13 -** Qutaybah ibn Sa'id narrated to us, saying: al-Layth ibn Sa'd informed me, from Abu al-Zubayr, from Jabir ibn 'Abd Allah, that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "The prophets were presented to me. There was Moses (peace be upon him), a man of medium build, as if he were from the men of Shanu'ah. And I saw Jesus, son of Mary (peace be upon him), and the closest person I have seen in resemblance to him is 'Urwah ibn Mas'ud. And I saw Abraham (peace be upon him), and the closest person I have seen in resemblance to him is your companion," meaning himself. "And I saw Gabriel (peace be upon him), and the closest person I have seen in resemblance to him is Dihyah." **14 -** Haddathana Sufyān ibn Wakī', wa Muḥammad ibn Bashshār, al-ma'nā wāḥidun, qālā: Akhbaranā Yazīd ibn Hārūn, 'an Sa'īdi l-Jurayrī, qāla: Sami'tu Abā ṭ-Ṭufayli yaqūlu: "Ra'aytu n-Nabiyya ṣallā Llāhu 'alayhi wa sallama wa mā baqiya 'alā wajhi l-arḍi aḥadun ra'āhu ghayrī." Qultu: Ṣifhu lī, qāla: "Kāna abyaḍa malīḥan muqaṣṣadan." **14 -** Sufyan ibn Waki' and Muhammad ibn Bashshar narrated to us, the meaning being the same, they said: Yazid ibn Harun informed us, from Sa'id al-Jurayri, who said: I heard Abu al-Tufayl say: "I saw the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), and there remains no one on the face of the earth who saw him besides me." I said: "Describe him to me." He said: "He was white (fair-skinned), handsome, and of medium build." **15 -** Haddathana 'Abdu Llāhi bnu 'Abdi r-Raḥmān, qāla: Haddathana Ibrāhīmu bnu l-Mundhiri l-Ḥizāmī, qāla: Haddathana 'Abdu l-'Azīzi bnu Abī Thābita z-Zuhrī, qāla: Haddathanī Ismā'īlu bnu Ibrāhīma bnu akhī Mūsā bni 'Uqbah, 'an Mūsā bni 'Uqbah, 'an Kurayb, 'ani bni 'Abbās, qāla: "Kāna Rasūlu Llāhi ṣallā Llāhu 'alayhi wa sallama aflaja th-thaniyyatayni, idhā takallama ru'iya ka-n-nūri yakhruju min bayni thanāyāhu." **15 -** 'Abd Allah ibn 'Abd al-Rahman narrated to us, saying: Ibrahim ibn al-Mundhir al-Hizami narrated to us, saying: 'Abd al-'Aziz ibn Abi Thabit al-Zuhri narrated to us, saying: Isma'il ibn Ibrahim, the nephew of Musa ibn 'Uqbah, narrated to me, from Musa ibn 'Uqbah, from Kurayb, from Ibn 'Abbas, who said: "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) had a gap between his front teeth. When he spoke, it was as if light could be seen coming out from between his front teeth."

Chapter on the Seal of Prophethood [1]

Chapter on the Seal of Prophethood ¹ 16 - Abu Rajā' Qutaybah ibn Sa'īd narrated to us, saying: Hātim ibn Ismā'īl narrated to us, from al-Ja'd ibn 'Abd al-Rahmān, who said: I heard al-Sā'ib ibn Yazīd say: My maternal aunt took me to the Prophet ﷺ and said, 'O Messenger of Allah, my sister's son is ill.' So he wiped my head and prayed for blessing for me, then he performed ablution, and I drank from his ablution water. Then I stood behind him and looked at the seal between his shoulders, and it was like the button of a bridal canopy ². 17 - Sa'īd ibn Ya'qūb al-Tālaqānī narrated to us, saying: Ayyūb ibn Jābir narrated to us, from Simāk ibn Harb, from Jābir ibn Samurah, who said: I saw the seal between the shoulders of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ; it was a red gland like a pigeon's egg. 18 - Abū Mus'ab al-Madanī narrated to us, saying: Yūsuf ibn al-Mājishūn narrated to us, from his father, from 'Āsim ibn 'Umar ibn Qatādah, from his grandmother Rumaythah, who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ—and if I wished to kiss the seal that was between his shoulders due to its proximity, I could have done so—saying to Sa'd ibn Mu'ādh on the day he died: 'The Throne of the Most Merciful trembled for him.' 19 - Ahmad ibn 'Abdah al-Dabbī, 'Alī ibn Hujr, and several others narrated to us, saying: 'Īsā ibn Yūnus narrated to us, from 'Umar ibn 'Abd Allāh, the freed slave of Ghufrah, who said: Ibrāhīm ibn Muhammad, from the descendants of 'Alī ibn Abī Tālib, narrated to me, saying: 'Alī, when he described the Messenger of Allah ﷺ—and he mentioned the lengthy hadith—said: 'Between his shoulders is the Seal of Prophethood, and he is the Seal of the Prophets.' 20 - Muhammad ibn Bashshār narrated to us, saying: Abū 'Āsim narrated to us, saying: 'Azrah ibn Thābit narrated to us, saying: 'Ilbā' ibn Ahmar al-Yashkurī narrated to me, saying: Abū Zayd 'Amr ibn Akhtab al-Ansārī narrated to me, saying: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me: 'O Abū Zayd, come close to me and wipe my back.' So I wiped his back, and my fingers fell upon the seal. I said, 'What is the seal?' He said: 'Clustered hairs.' 21 - Abū 'Ammār al-Husayn ibn Hurayth al-Khuzā'ī narrated to us, saying: 'Alī ibn Husayn ibn Wāqid narrated to us, saying: My father narrated to me, saying: 'Abd Allāh ibn Buraydah narrated to me, saying: I heard my father Buraydah say: Salmān al-Fārisī came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when he arrived in Medina with a tray of fresh dates and placed it before the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He said, 'O Salmān, what is this?' He said, 'Charity for you and your companions.' He said, 'Take it away, for we do not eat charity.' So he took it away. The next day he came with something similar and placed it before the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He said, 'What is this, O Salmān?' He said, 'A gift for you.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to his companions, 'Spread out.' 22 - Muhammad ibn Bashshār narrated to us, saying: Bishr ibn al-Waddāh narrated to us, saying: Abū 'Aqīl al-Dawraqī narrated to us, from Abū Nadrah al-'Awaqī, who said: I asked Abū Sa'īd al-Khudrī about the seal of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ—meaning the Seal of Prophethood—and he said: 'It was a protruding piece of flesh on his back.' 23 - Ahmad ibn al-Miqdām Abū al-Ash'ath al-'Ijlī al-Basrī narrated to us, saying: Hammad ibn Zayd informed us, from 'Āsim al-Ahwal, from 'Abd Allāh ibn Sarjis, who said: I came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while he was with a group of his companions, and I circled around behind him. He knew what I wanted, so he removed his cloak from his back, and I saw the place of the seal on his shoulder blades, like a fist ³ with moles around it resembling warts. Then I went back until I faced him and said, 'May Allah forgive you, O Messenger of Allah.' He said, 'And you.' The people said, 'The Messenger of Allah ﷺ asked forgiveness for you?' He said, 'Yes, and for you.' Then he recited this verse: {And ask forgiveness for your sin and for the believing men and believing women} [Muhammad: 19].

1. khatam al-nubuwwa : The Seal of Prophethood; a physical mark on the Prophet Muhammad's back, believed to be a sign of his prophethood.
2. zirr al-hajala : The button of a bridal canopy; a comparison indicating the size and shape of the seal, like a round button.
3. al-jum' : A fist; used here to describe the size of the seal, approximately the size of a closed fist.

Chapter on what has been reported concerning the hair of the Messenger of Allah, may…

Chapter on what has been reported concerning the hair of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace.

Chapter on the Hair of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. 24. Ali ibn Hujr narrated to us: Isma'il ibn Ibrahim informed us, from Humaid, from Anas ibn Malik, who said: "The hair of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, reached halfway down his ears." 25. Hannad ibn al-Sari narrated to us: Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi al-Zinad informed us, from Hisham ibn Urwa, from his father, from Aisha, who said: "I used to perform ghusl ¹ with the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, from a single vessel, and he had hair that was above the jumma ² and below the wafra ³." 26. Ahmad ibn Mani' narrated to us: Abu Qatan narrated to us: Shu'ba narrated to us, from Abu Ishaq, from al-Bara' ibn Azib, who said: "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was of medium stature, broad-shouldered, and his jumma ² reached his earlobes." 27. Muhammad ibn Bashshar narrated to us: Wahb ibn Jarir ibn Hazim narrated to us: my father narrated to me, from Qatada, who said: I said to Anas: "How was the hair of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace?" He said: "It was neither curly nor straight; his hair reached his earlobes." 28. Muhammad ibn Yahya ibn Abi Umar al-Makki narrated to us: Sufyan ibn Uyayna narrated to us, from Ibn Abi Najih, from Mujahid, from Umm Hani bint Abi Talib, who said: "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, came to Mecca on one occasion and he had four braids ⁴." 29. Suwayd ibn Nasr narrated to us: Abdullah ibn al-Mubarak narrated to us, from Ma'mar, from Thabit al-Bunani, from Anas: "The hair of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, reached halfway down his ears." 30. Suwayd ibn Nasr narrated to us: Abdullah ibn al-Mubarak narrated to us, from Yunus ibn Yazid, from al-Zuhri, who said: Ubaydullah ibn Abdullah ibn Utba narrated to us, from Ibn Abbas: "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, used to let his hair hang down ⁵, while the polytheists used to part their hair, and the People of the Book used to let their hair hang down. He loved to agree with the People of the Book in matters concerning which he had not been commanded anything. Then the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, parted his hair." 31. Muhammad ibn Bashshar narrated to us: Abd al-Rahman ibn Mahdi narrated to us, from Ibrahim ibn Nafi' al-Makki, from Ibn Abi Najih, from Mujahid, from Umm Hani, who said: "I saw the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, with four braids ⁴."

1. ghusl : Full-body ritual purification bath required after major impurity (janaba).
2. jumma : Hair that reaches the earlobes or shoulders; a style of hair length.
3. wafra : Hair that reaches the shoulders; longer than jumma.
4. ghada'ir / dafa'ir : Braids or plaits of hair; the Prophet had four braids.
5. isdal : Letting hair hang down without parting; a practice of the People of the Book.

Chapter on the Combing of the Hair of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and…

Chapter on the Combing of the Hair of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace [1]

Chapter on the Combing of the Hair of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. 32. Ishaq ibn Musa al-Ansari narrated to us, saying: Ma'n ibn Isa narrated to us, saying: Malik ibn Anas narrated to us, from Hisham ibn 'Urwa, from his father, from 'A'isha, who said: "I used to comb the hair of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, while I was menstruating." 33. Yusuf ibn 'Isa narrated to us, saying: Waki' narrated to us, saying: al-Rabi' ibn Sabih narrated to us, from Yazid ibn Aban al-Raqashi, from Anas ibn Malik, who said: "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, would frequently oil his head and comb his beard, and he would frequently wear a head covering ¹ until his garment resembled that of an oil seller." 34. Hannad ibn al-Sari narrated to us, saying: Abu al-Ahwas narrated to us, from Ash'ath ibn Abi al-Sha'tha', from his father, from Masruq, from 'A'isha, who said: "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, loved to begin with the right side in his purification when he purified himself, in his combing when he combed his hair, and in his putting on sandals when he put them on." 35. Muhammad ibn Bashshar narrated to us, saying: Yahya ibn Sa'id narrated to us, from Hisham ibn Hassan, from al-Hasan, from 'Abdullah ibn Mughaffal, who said: "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, forbade combing the hair except every other day ²." 36. al-Hasan ibn 'Arafa narrated to us, saying: 'Abd al-Salam ibn Harb narrated to us, from Yazid ibn Abi Khalid, from Abu al-'Ala' al-Awdi, from Humayd ibn 'Abd al-Rahman, from a man among the Companions of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace: "That the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, used to comb his hair every other day."

1. al-qina' : A head covering or turban; here it refers to wearing a head covering frequently.
2. ghibban : Every other day; not daily, but with intervals.

Chapter on what has been reported concerning the grey hairs of the Messenger of Allah…

Chapter on what has been reported concerning the grey hairs of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace [1].

Chapter on the Gray Hairs of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. 37 - Muhammad ibn Bashshar narrated to us, saying: Abu Dawud informed us, saying: Hammam informed us, from Qatada, who said: I said to Anas ibn Malik: Did the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, dye his hair? He said: "It did not reach that point; there were only a few gray hairs at his temples." But Abu Bakr dyed his hair with henna and katam ¹. 38 - Ishaq ibn Mansur and Yahya ibn Musa narrated to us, both saying: Abd al-Razzaq informed us, from Ma'mar, from Thabit, from Anas, who said: "I counted no more than fourteen white hairs on the head and beard of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace." 39 - Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna narrated to us, saying: Abu Dawud informed us, saying: Shu'ba narrated to us, from Simak ibn Harb, who said: I heard Jabir ibn Samura, when he was asked about the gray hairs of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and he said: "When he oiled his head, no gray hair was visible, but when he did not oil it, some could be seen." 40 - Muhammad ibn Amr ibn al-Walid al-Kindi al-Kufi narrated to us, saying: Yahya ibn Adam narrated to us, from Sharik, from Ubaydullah ibn Umar, from Nafi', from Abdullah ibn Umar, who said: "The gray hairs of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, were only about twenty white hairs." 41 - Abu Kurayb Muhammad ibn al-Ala' narrated to us, saying: Mu'awiya ibn Hisham narrated to us, from Shayban, from Abu Ishaq, from Ikrima, from Ibn Abbas, who said: Abu Bakr said: O Messenger of Allah, you have grown gray. He said: "Hud ², al-Waqi'a ³, al-Mursalat ⁴, Amma Yatasa'alun ⁵, and Idha al-Shamsu Kuwwirat ⁶ have made me gray." 42 - Sufyan ibn Waki' narrated to us, saying: Muhammad ibn Bishr narrated to us, from Ali ibn Salih, from Abu Ishaq, from Abu Juhaifa, who said: They said: O Messenger of Allah, we see that you have grown gray. He said: "Hud and its sisters ⁷ have made me gray." 43 - Ali ibn Hujr narrated to us, saying: Shu'ayb ibn Safwan informed us, from Abd al-Malik ibn Umayr, from Iyad ibn Laqit al-Ijli, from Abu Rimtha al-Taymi, Taym al-Rabab, who said: I came to the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, with a son of mine. He said: I showed him, and when I saw him, I said: "This is the Prophet of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and he was wearing two green garments, and he had hair that was overtaken by gray, and his gray hair was reddish." 44 - Ahmad ibn Mani' narrated to us, saying: Surayj ibn al-Nu'man narrated to us, saying: Hammad ibn Salama narrated to us, from Simak ibn Harb, who said: It was said to Jabir ibn Samura: Were there gray hairs on the head of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace? He said: "There were no gray hairs on the head of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, except a few hairs at the parting of his head; when he oiled them, the oil concealed them."

1. katam : A plant (Buxus dioica) used for dyeing hair, producing a reddish-black color.
2. Hud : Surah 11 of the Quran, which contains stories of prophets and warnings.
3. al-Waqi'a : Surah 56 of the Quran, describing the Day of Resurrection.
4. al-Mursalat : Surah 77 of the Quran, which speaks of the messengers and the Day of Judgment.
5. Amma Yatasa'alun : Surah 78 of the Quran, beginning with 'About what do they ask one another?'
6. Idha al-Shamsu Kuwwirat : Surah 81 of the Quran, describing the sun being wrapped up.
7. its sisters : Referring to other surahs similar to Hud in theme, such as al-Waqi'a, al-Mursalat, etc.

Chapter on the Dyeing of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace…

Chapter on the Dyeing of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace [1]

Chapter on the Dyeing of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. 45. Ahmad ibn Mani' narrated to us, saying: Hushaym narrated to us, saying: 'Abd al-Malik ibn 'Umayr narrated to us, from Iyad ibn Laqit, who said: Abu Rimthah informed me, saying: I came to the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, with a son of mine. He said: "Is this your son?" I said: "Yes, I bear witness to it." He said: "He does not commit a crime for you, nor do you commit a crime for him." He said: And I saw the white hairs [on him] red. Abu 'Isa said: "This is the best thing narrated on this topic, and the most explanatory; because the authentic narrations are that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, did not reach [the age of] white hairs. And Abu Rimthah's name is Rifa'ah ibn Yathribi al-Taymi." 46. Sufyan ibn Waki' narrated to us, saying: My father narrated to us, from Sharik, from 'Uthman ibn Mawhab, who said: Abu Hurayrah was asked: "Did the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, dye [his hair]?" He said: "Yes." Abu 'Isa said: "And Abu 'Awanah narrated this hadith from 'Uthman ibn 'Abdullah ibn Mawhab, and he said: from Umm Salamah." 47. Ibrahim ibn Harun narrated to us, saying: al-Nadr ibn Zurarah informed us, from Abu Janab, from Iyad ibn Laqit, from al-Jahdamah, the wife of Bishr ibn al-Khasasiyyah, who said: "I saw the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, coming out of his house shaking his head after having performed a ritual bath ¹, and on his head was a trace of henna ²." Or he said: "a trace of mud"—the shaykh ³ was uncertain about this. 48. 'Abdullah ibn 'Abd al-Rahman narrated to us, saying: 'Amr ibn 'Asim narrated to us, saying: Hammad ibn Salamah narrated to us, saying: Humayd narrated to us, from Anas, who said: "I saw the hair of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, dyed." 49. Hammad said: And 'Abdullah ibn Muhammad ibn 'Aqil informed us, saying: "I saw the hair of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, with Anas ibn Malik, dyed."

1. ghusl : A full-body ritual purification bath required after major impurity.
2. hinna' : Henna, a plant-based dye traditionally used for hair and skin.
3. shaykh : An honorific title for an elder or scholar; here referring to the narrator.

Chapter on what has been reported regarding the kohl [1] of the Messenger of Allah, peace…

Chapter on what has been reported regarding the kohl [1] of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him.

Chapter on the Kohl of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. 50 - Muhammad ibn Humayd al-Razi narrated to us, saying: Abu Dawud al-Tayalisi narrated to us, from 'Abbad ibn Mansur, from 'Ikrimah, from Ibn 'Abbas, that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: "Apply kohl with ithmid ¹, for it clears the vision and makes the hair grow." And he claimed that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, had a kohl container ² from which he would apply kohl every night, three times in this eye and three times in this eye. 51 - 'Abdullah ibn al-Sabbah al-Hashimi al-Basri narrated to us, saying: 'Ubaydullah ibn Musa narrated to us, saying: Isra'il narrated to us, from 'Abbad ibn Mansur, (h) and 'Ali ibn Hujr narrated to us, saying: Yazid ibn Harun narrated to us, saying: 'Abbad ibn Mansur narrated to us, from 'Ikrimah, from Ibn 'Abbas, who said: "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, would apply kohl with ithmid before sleeping, three times in each eye." And Yazid ibn Harun said in his narration: "The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, had a kohl container from which he would apply kohl at bedtime, three times in each eye." 52 - Ahmad ibn Mani' narrated to us, saying: Muhammad ibn Yazid narrated to us, from Muhammad ibn Ishaq, from Muhammad ibn al-Munkadir, from Jabir ibn 'Abdullah, who said: The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: "You must use ithmid at bedtime, for it clears the vision and makes the hair grow." 53 - Qutaybah ibn Sa'id narrated to us, saying: Bishr ibn al-Mufaddal narrated to us, from 'Abdullah ibn 'Uthman ibn Khuthaym, from Sa'id ibn Jubayr, from Ibn 'Abbas, who said: The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: "Indeed, the best of your kohls is ithmid; it clears the vision and makes the hair grow." 54 - Ibrahim ibn al-Mustamir al-Basri narrated to us, saying: Abu 'Asim narrated to us, from 'Uthman ibn 'Abd al-Malik, from Salim, from Ibn 'Umar, who said: The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: "You must use ithmid, for it clears the vision and makes the hair grow."

1. ithmid : A type of antimony stone (stibnite) used as kohl; traditionally believed to have medicinal benefits for the eyes and hair.
2. mukḥulah : A small container or applicator used for storing and applying kohl.

Chapter on what has been reported regarding the clothing of the Messenger of Allah, may…

Chapter on what has been reported regarding the clothing of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace [1].

Chapter on the clothing of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. 55 - Muhammad ibn Humayd al-Razi narrated to us, saying: al-Fadl ibn Musa, Abu Tumayla, and Zayd ibn Hubab narrated to us, from Abd al-Mu'min ibn Khalid, from Abdullah ibn Burayda, from Umm Salama, who said: "The garment most beloved to the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was the shirt ¹." 56 - Ali ibn Hujr narrated to us, saying: al-Fadl ibn Musa narrated to us, from Abd al-Mu'min ibn Khalid, from Abdullah ibn Burayda, from Umm Salama, who said: "The garment most beloved to the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was the shirt." 57 - Ziyad ibn Ayyub al-Baghdadi narrated to us, saying: Abu Tumayla narrated to us, from Abd al-Mu'min ibn Khalid, from Abdullah ibn Burayda, from his mother, from Umm Salama, who said: "The garment most beloved to the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, to wear was the shirt." He said: "Thus said Ziyad ibn Ayyub in his hadith: from Abdullah ibn Burayda, from his mother, from Umm Salama. And thus narrated more than one, from Abu Tumayla, similar to the narration of Ziyad ibn Ayyub. And Abu Tumayla adds in this hadith 'from his mother,' and it is more correct." 58 - Abdullah ibn Muhammad ibn al-Hajjaj narrated to us, saying: Mu'adh ibn Hisham narrated to us, saying: my father narrated to me, from Budayl, meaning ibn Maysara al-Uqayli, from Shahr ibn Hawshab, from Asma bint Yazid, who said: "The sleeve of the shirt of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, reached to the wrist." 59 - Abu Ammar al-Husayn ibn Hurayth narrated to us, saying: Abu Nu'aym narrated to us, saying: Zuhayr narrated to us, from Urwa ibn Abdullah ibn Qushayr, from Mu'awiya ibn Qurra, from his father, who said: I came to the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, with a group from Muzayna to pledge allegiance to him, and his shirt was unbuttoned ², or he said: the button of his shirt was undone. He said: So I inserted my hand into the pocket ³ of his shirt and touched the seal ⁴. 60 - Abd ibn Humayd narrated to us, saying: Muhammad ibn al-Fadl narrated to us, saying: Hammad ibn Salama narrated to us, from Habib ibn al-Shahid, from al-Hasan, from Anas ibn Malik, that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, came out leaning on Usama ibn Zayd, wearing a Qitri ⁵ garment which he had wrapped around himself, and led them in prayer. And Abd ibn Humayd said: Muhammad ibn al-Fadl said: Yahya ibn Ma'in asked me about this hadith the first time he sat with me, and I said: Hammad ibn Salama narrated to us. He said: If it were from your book... So I stood up to bring out my book, but he grabbed my garment and said: Dictate it to me, for I fear I may not meet you. He said: So I dictated it to him, then I brought out my book and read it to him. 61 - Suwayd ibn Nasr narrated to us, saying: Abdullah ibn al-Mubarak narrated to us, from Sa'id ibn Iyas al-Jurayri, from Abu Nadra, from Abu Sa'id al-Khudri, who said: When the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, got a new garment, he would name it by its name, turban ⁶ or shirt or cloak ⁷, then say: "O Allah, to You be praise as You have clothed me with it. I ask You for its goodness and the goodness for which it was made, and I seek refuge in You from its evil and the evil for which it was made." 62 - Hisham ibn Yunus al-Kufi narrated to us, saying: al-Qasim ibn Malik al-Muzani narrated to us, from al-Jurayri, from Abu Nadra, from Abu Sa'id al-Khudri, from the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, similar to it. 63 - Muhammad ibn Bashshar narrated to us, saying: Mu'adh ibn Hisham narrated to us, saying: my father narrated to me, from Qatada, from Anas ibn Malik, who said: "The garment most beloved to the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, to wear was the hibara ⁸." 64 - Mahmud ibn Ghaylan narrated to us, saying: Abd al-Razzaq narrated to us, saying: Sufyan narrated to us, from Awn ibn Abi Juhaifa, from his father, who said: "I saw the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, wearing a red hulla ⁹, as if I am looking at the shine of his shins." Sufyan said: I think it was hibara. 65 - Ali ibn Khashram narrated to us, saying: Isa ibn Yunus narrated to us, from Isra'il, from Abu Ishaq, from al-Bara' ibn Azib, who said: "I have not seen anyone among people more handsome in a red hulla than the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. His hair ¹⁰ would reach close to his shoulders." 66 - Muhammad ibn Bashshar narrated to us, saying: Abd al-Rahman ibn Mahdi narrated to us, saying: Ubaydullah ibn Iyad narrated to us, from his father, from Abu Rimtha, who said: "I saw the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, wearing two green burds ¹¹." 67 - Abd ibn Humayd narrated to us, saying: Affan ibn Muslim narrated to us, saying: Abdullah ibn Hassan al-Anbari narrated to us, from his two grandmothers, Duhaiba and Ulaiba, from Qayla bint Makhrama, who said: "I saw the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, wearing two worn-out mulayyatayn ¹² that had been dyed with saffron and had lost their color." And the hadith has a long story. 68 - Qutayba ibn Sa'id narrated to us, saying: Bishr ibn al-Mufaddal narrated to us, from Abdullah ibn Uthman ibn Khuthaym, from Sa'id ibn Jubayr, from Ibn Abbas, who said: The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: "You should wear white garments; let your living wear them, and shroud your dead in them, for they are among the best of your garments." 69 - Muhammad ibn Bashshar narrated to us, saying: Abd al-Rahman ibn Mahdi narrated to us, saying: Sufyan narrated to us, from Habib ibn Abi Thabit, from Maymun ibn Abi Shabib, from Samura ibn Jundub, who said: The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: "Wear white, for it is purer and better, and shroud your dead in it." 70 - Ahmad ibn Mani' narrated to us, saying: Yahya ibn Zakariyya ibn Abi Za'ida narrated to us, saying: my father narrated to us, from Mus'ab ibn Shayba, from Safiyya bint Shayba, from Aisha, who said: "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, went out one morning wearing a black woolen mirt ¹³." 71 - Yusuf ibn Isa narrated to us, saying: Waki' narrated to us, saying: Yunus ibn Abi Ishaq narrated to us, from his father, from al-Sha'bi, from Urwa ibn al-Mughira ibn Shu'ba, from his father, that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, wore a Roman jubbah ¹⁴ with tight sleeves.

1. qamīṣ : A long shirt or tunic, typically reaching to the knees or below, with long sleeves.
2. muṭlaq : Unbuttoned or open; the buttons of the shirt were undone.
3. jayb : The opening or pocket of a garment, often at the chest area.
4. khātam : The seal or signet ring of the Prophet, which he wore.
5. Qitri : A type of striped Yemeni garment, often made of wool or cotton.
6. imāma : A turban, a headwrap worn by men.
7. ridā' : A cloak or wrap worn over the shoulders, often an upper garment.
8. ḥibara : A type of fine striped Yemeni cloth, often used for garments.
9. ḥulla : A suit of garments, often consisting of a cloak and a shirt or wrap, sometimes of two pieces.
10. jumma : Hair that reaches the earlobes or shoulders; a hairstyle.
11. burd : A striped cloak or wrap, often made of wool or cotton.
12. mulayyatān : Two worn-out garments; a dual form of mulayya, meaning a tattered or old garment.
13. mirṭ : A cloak or wrap made of wool or hair, often worn by women.
14. jubba : A long outer garment, often open in front, with sleeves; a type of coat or robe.

Chapter on the livelihood of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him…

Chapter on the livelihood of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace [1]

Chapter on the Life of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. 72. Qutayba ibn Sa'id narrated to us, saying: Hammad ibn Zayd narrated to us, from Ayyub, from Muhammad ibn Sirin, who said: We were with Abu Hurayra, and he was wearing two garments of striped linen ¹. He blew his nose in one of them, then said: "Bravo, bravo! Abu Hurayra blows his nose in linen! I recall that I used to fall unconscious between the pulpit of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and the chamber of Aisha, and a passerby would come and place his foot on my neck, thinking I was possessed, but I was not possessed—it was only hunger." 73. Qutayba narrated to us, saying: Ja'far ibn Sulayman al-Duba'i narrated to us, from Malik ibn Dinar, who said: "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, never ate his fill of bread or meat except when eating with others ²." Malik said: I asked a man from the desert: "What is al-dafaf ²?" He said: "That he partook with the people."

1. mumashshaqān : Garments made of striped linen, often of high quality.
2. ḍafaf : Eating with others, sharing the meal, implying scarcity or hardship.

Chapter on what has been reported regarding the sandals [1] of the Messenger of Allah…

Chapter on what has been reported regarding the sandals [1] of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace.

Chapter: What has been related about the leather socks ¹ of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. 74 - Hannad ibn al-Sari narrated to us, saying: Waki' narrated to us, from Dalham ibn Salih, from Hujayr ibn 'Abdullah, from Ibn Buraydah, from his father, that the Negus ² gifted to the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, a pair of black, plain leather socks, and he wore them, then performed ablution and wiped over them. 75 - Qutaybah ibn Sa'id narrated to us, saying: Yahya ibn Zakariyya ibn Abi Za'idah narrated to us, from al-Hasan ibn 'Ayyash, from Abu Ishaq, from al-Sha'bi, who said: al-Mughirah ibn Shu'bah said: "Dihyah ³ gifted to the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, a pair of leather socks, and he wore them." And Isra'il said, from Jabir, from 'Amir: "And a cloak, and he wore them until they wore out." The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, did not know whether they were from slaughtered animals ⁴ or not. Abu 'Isa said: "This Abu Ishaq is Abu Ishaq al-Shaybani, and his name is Sulayman."

1. khuff : Leather socks or slippers worn over the feet, which can be wiped over during ablution according to Islamic law.
2. al-Najashi : The title of the ruler of Abyssinia (Ethiopia) during the time of the Prophet, who was a Christian king that protected Muslim refugees.
3. Dihyah : Dihyah ibn Khalifah al-Kalbi, a companion of the Prophet known for his handsome appearance and for delivering messages to rulers.
4. dhaki : Refers to an animal that has been slaughtered according to Islamic rites; the Prophet was unsure if the leather came from such an animal.

Chapter on what has been reported regarding the sandal of the Messenger of Allah, may…

Chapter on what has been reported regarding the sandal of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace [1]

Chapter on the Sandals of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. 76 - Muhammad ibn Bashshar narrated to us, saying: Abu Dawud al-Tayalisi narrated to us, saying: Hammam narrated to us, from Qatada, who said: I said to Anas ibn Malik: How were the sandals of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace? He said: "They had two straps ¹." 77 - Abu Kurayb Muhammad ibn al-'Ala' narrated to us, saying: Waki' narrated to us, from Sufyan, from Khalid al-Hadhdha', from 'Abdullah ibn al-Harith, from Ibn 'Abbas, who said: "The sandals of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, had two straps, and their thongs ² were doubled." 78 - Ahmad ibn Mani' narrated to us, saying: Abu Ahmad al-Zubayri narrated to us, saying: 'Isa ibn Tahman narrated to us, saying: "Anas ibn Malik brought out to us two sandals that were smooth ³, having two straps." He said: Then Thabit later narrated to me from Anas that they were the sandals of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. 79 - Ishaq ibn Musa al-Ansari narrated to us, saying: Ma'n narrated to us, saying: Malik narrated to us, saying: Sa'id ibn Abi Sa'id al-Maqburi narrated to us, from 'Ubayd ibn Jurayj, that he said to Ibn 'Umar: I saw you wearing sandals made of tanned leather ⁴. He said: "I saw the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, wearing sandals that had no hair, and he performed ablution in them, so I love to wear them." 80 - Ishaq ibn Mansur narrated to us, saying: 'Abd al-Razzaq narrated to us, from Ma'mar, from Ibn Abi Dhi'b, from Salih, the freed slave of al-Taw'ama, from Abu Hurayra, who said: "The sandals of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, had two straps." 81 - Ahmad ibn Mani' narrated to us, saying: Abu Ahmad narrated to us, saying: Sufyan narrated to us, from al-Suddi, who said: Someone who heard 'Amr ibn Hurayth narrated to me, saying: "I saw the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, praying in sandals that were patched ⁵." 82 - Ishaq ibn Musa al-Ansari narrated to us, saying: Ma'n narrated to us, saying: Malik narrated to us, from Abu al-Zinad, from al-A'raj, from Abu Hurayra, that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: "Let none of you walk in one sandal; let him wear both or go barefoot in both." 83 - Qutayba narrated to us, from Malik ibn Anas, from Abu al-Zinad, similar to it. 84 - Ishaq ibn Musa narrated to us, saying: Ma'n narrated to us, saying: Malik narrated to us, from Abu al-Zubayr, from Jabir, that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, forbade a man from eating with his left hand, or walking in one sandal. 85 - Qutayba narrated to us, from Malik; and Ishaq ibn Musa narrated to us, saying: Ma'n narrated to us, saying: Malik narrated to us, from Abu al-Zinad, from al-A'raj, from Abu Hurayra, that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: "When one of you puts on sandals, let him begin with the right; and when he takes them off, let him begin with the left. Let the right be the first to be put on and the last to be taken off." 86 - Abu Musa Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna narrated to us, saying: Muhammad ibn Ja'far narrated to us, saying: Shu'ba narrated to us, saying: Ash'ath—he is Ibn Abi al-Sha'tha'—narrated to us, from his father, from Masruq, from 'A'isha, who said: "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, loved to begin with the right whenever possible, in his combing, putting on sandals, and purification." 87 - Muhammad ibn Marzuq Abu 'Abdullah narrated to us, saying: 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Qays Abu Mu'awiya narrated to us, saying: Hisham narrated to us, from Muhammad, from Abu Hurayra, who said: "The sandals of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, had two straps, and so did those of Abu Bakr and 'Umar. The first to tie a single knot ⁶ was 'Uthman."

1. qibālān : Two straps or thongs that pass between the toes and attach to the sandal.
2. shirāk : The thong or strap of a sandal that goes over the foot.
3. jardāwān : Smooth sandals without hair or ornamentation.
4. al-ni‘āl al-sibtiyya : Sandals made from tanned leather with the hair removed.
5. makhṣūfatayn : Sandals that have been patched or mended.
6. ‘aqada ‘aqdan wāḥidan : Tied a single knot, meaning he used a single strap instead of two.

Chapter on the mention of the seal ring of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him…

Chapter on the mention of the seal ring of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace [1].

Chapter on the mention of the seal ring of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. 88 - Qutayba ibn Sa'id and others narrated to us from 'Abdullah ibn Wahb, from Yunus, from Ibn Shihab, from Anas ibn Malik who said: "The seal ring of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was of silver, and its stone was Abyssinian." 89 - Qutayba narrated to us, saying: Abu 'Awana narrated to us from Abu Bishr, from Nafi', from Ibn 'Umar, that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, took a seal ring of silver, and he would seal with it but not wear it. Abu 'Isa said: "Abu Bishr's name is Ja'far ibn Abi Wahshiyya." 90 - Mahmud ibn Ghaylan narrated to us, saying: Hafs ibn 'Umar ibn 'Ubayd al-Tanafisi narrated to us, saying: Zuhayr Abu Khaythama narrated to us from Humayd, from Anas ibn Malik who said: "The seal ring of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was of silver, and its stone was from it." 91 - Ishaq ibn Mansur narrated to us, saying: Mu'adh ibn Hisham narrated to us, saying: My father narrated to me from Qatada, from Anas ibn Malik who said: "When the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, wanted to write to the non-Arabs ¹, it was said to him: 'The non-Arabs only accept a letter with a seal.' So he had a seal ring made, and it is as if I see its whiteness in his palm." 92 - Muhammad ibn Yahya narrated to us, saying: Muhammad ibn 'Abdullah al-Ansari narrated to us, saying: My father narrated to me from Thumama, from Anas ibn Malik who said: "The engraving on the seal ring of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was: Muhammad in a line, Messenger in a line, Allah in a line." 93 - Nasr ibn 'Ali al-Jahdami Abu 'Amr narrated to us, saying: Nuh ibn Qays narrated to us from Khalid ibn Qays, from Qatada, from Anas ibn Malik, that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, wrote to Kisra ², Qaysar ³, and the Negus ⁴, and it was said to him: 'They only accept a letter with a seal.' So the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, had a seal ring made, its band of silver, and engraved on it: Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah." 94 - Ishaq ibn Mansur narrated to us, saying: Sa'id ibn 'Amir and al-Hajjaj ibn Minhal narrated to us from Hammam, from Ibn Jurayj, from al-Zuhri, from Anas, that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, when he entered the privy, he would remove his seal ring. 95 - Ishaq ibn Mansur narrated to us, saying: 'Abdullah ibn Numayr narrated to us, saying: 'Ubaydullah ibn 'Umar narrated to us from Nafi', from Ibn 'Umar who said: "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, took a seal ring of silver, and it was on his hand, then on the hand of Abu Bakr, and the hand of 'Umar, then on the hand of 'Uthman, until it fell into the well of Aris ⁵. Its engraving was: Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah."

1. al-ʿajam : Non-Arabs, specifically Persians and other peoples who did not speak Arabic.
2. Kisrā : Title of the Sassanid Persian emperor, equivalent to 'Chosroes'.
3. Qayṣar : Title of the Roman/Byzantine emperor, equivalent to 'Caesar'.
4. al-Najāshī : Title of the ruler of Abyssinia (Ethiopia) at the time of the Prophet.
5. Biʾr Arīs : A well in Medina, near the Quba mosque, where the Prophet's seal ring was lost during the caliphate of 'Uthman.

Chapter on what has been reported that the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him…

Chapter on what has been reported that the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, used to wear his signet ring on his right hand.

Chapter: What has been reported about the Prophet ¹ wearing his ring on his right hand. 96. Muhammad ibn Sahl ibn 'Askar al-Baghdadi and 'Abdullah ibn 'Abd al-Rahman narrated to us, both saying: Yahya ibn Hassan informed us, saying: Sulayman ibn Bilal narrated to us, from Sharik ibn 'Abdullah ibn Abi Namir, from Ibrahim ibn 'Abdullah ibn Hunayn, from his father, from 'Ali ibn Abi Talib: that the Prophet ¹ used to wear his ring on his right hand. 97. Muhammad ibn Yahya narrated to us, saying: Ahmad ibn Salih narrated to us, saying: 'Abdullah ibn Wahb narrated to us, from Sulayman ibn Bilal, from Sharik ibn 'Abdullah ibn Abi Namir, similar to it. 98. Ahmad ibn Mani' narrated to us, saying: Yazid ibn Harun narrated to us, from Hammad ibn Salama, who said: I saw Ibn Abi Rafi' wearing a ring on his right hand, so I asked him about that, and he said: I saw 'Abdullah ibn Ja'far wearing a ring on his right hand, and 'Abdullah ibn Ja'far said: "The Messenger of Allah ¹ used to wear a ring on his right hand." 99. Yahya ibn Musa narrated to us, saying: 'Abdullah ibn Numayr narrated to us, saying: Ibrahim ibn al-Fadl narrated to us, from 'Abdullah ibn Muhammad ibn 'Aqil, from 'Abdullah ibn Ja'far: "That the Prophet ¹ used to wear a ring on his right hand." 100. Abu al-Khattab Ziyad ibn Yahya narrated to us, saying: 'Abdullah ibn Maymun narrated to us, from Ja'far ibn Muhammad, from his father, from Jabir ibn 'Abdullah: "That the Prophet ¹ used to wear a ring on his right hand." 101. Muhammad ibn Humayd al-Razi narrated to us, saying: Jarir narrated to us, from Muhammad ibn Ishaq, from al-Salt ibn 'Abdullah, who said: Ibn 'Abbas used to wear a ring on his right hand, and I think he said: "The Messenger of Allah ¹ used to wear a ring on his right hand." 102. Muhammad ibn Abi 'Umar narrated to us, saying: Sufyan narrated to us, from Ayyub ibn Musa, from Nafi', from Ibn 'Umar: "That the Prophet ¹ took a silver ring, and placed its stone ² facing his palm, and engraved on it 'Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah', and forbade anyone from engraving (the same) on it." And it is the one that fell from Mu'ayqib ³ into the well of Aris ⁴. 103. Qutayba ibn Sa'id narrated to us, saying: Hatim ibn Isma'il narrated to us, from Ja'far ibn Muhammad, from his father, who said: "Al-Hasan and al-Husayn used to wear rings on their left hands." 104. 'Abdullah ibn 'Abd al-Rahman narrated to us, saying: Muhammad ibn 'Isa—he is Ibn al-Tabba'—narrated to us, saying: 'Abbad ibn al-'Awwam narrated to us, from Sa'id ibn Abi 'Aruba, from Qatada, from Anas ibn Malik: "That he ¹ used to wear a ring on his right hand." Abu 'Isa said: "This is a strange hadith ⁵; we do not know it from the narration of Sa'id ibn Abi 'Aruba, from Qatada, from Anas, from the Prophet ¹, similar to this, except from this chain." And some of Qatada's companions narrated from Qatada, from Anas ibn Malik, from the Prophet ¹: "That he used to wear a ring on his left hand," and this hadith is also not authentic. 105. Muhammad ibn 'Ubaydullah al-Muharibi narrated to us, saying: 'Abd al-'Aziz ibn Abi Hazim narrated to us, from Musa ibn 'Uqba, from Nafi', from Ibn 'Umar, who said: The Messenger of Allah ¹ took a gold ring, and he used to wear it on his right hand. Then the people took gold rings, so he ¹ discarded it and said: "I will never wear it." So the people discarded their rings.

1. صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : An honorific phrase meaning 'peace and blessings of Allah be upon him', used after mentioning the Prophet Muhammad.
2. فَصّ : The stone or gem set in a ring.
3. مُعَيْقِيب : Mu'ayqib, a companion of the Prophet, who was the keeper of the seal.
4. بِئْرِ أَرِيس : The well of Aris, a well in Medina near the Quba mosque.
5. حَدِيثٌ غَرِيبٌ : A 'strange' hadith, meaning it has a unique chain of transmission or is narrated by only one person.

Chapter on the Description of the Sword of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him…

Chapter on the Description of the Sword of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace.

Chapter on the Description of the Sword of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. 106 - Muhammad ibn Bashshar narrated to us, saying: Wahb ibn Jarir narrated to us, saying: My father narrated to us, from Qatada, from Anas, who said: "The pommel ¹ of the sword of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was of silver." 107 - Muhammad ibn Bashshar narrated to us, saying: Mu'adh ibn Hisham narrated to us, saying: My father narrated to me, from Qatada, from Sa'id ibn Abi al-Hasan, who said: "The pommel of the sword of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was of silver." 108 - Abu Ja'far Muhammad ibn Sudran al-Basri narrated to us, saying: Talib ibn Hujayr narrated to us, from Hud—he is Ibn 'Abdullah ibn Sa'd—from his grandfather, who said: "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, entered Mecca on the Day of Conquest ² while on his sword there was gold and silver." Talib said: I asked him about the silver, and he said: "The pommel of the sword was silver." 109 - Muhammad ibn Shuja' al-Baghdadi narrated to us, saying: Abu 'Ubayda al-Haddad narrated to us, from 'Uthman ibn Sa'd, from Ibn Sirin, who said: "I made my sword after the sword of Samura ibn Jundub, and Samura claimed that he made his sword after the sword of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and it was a Hanafi ³." 110 - 'Uqba ibn Mukram al-Basri narrated to us, saying: Muhammad ibn Bakr narrated to us, from 'Uthman ibn Sa'd, with this chain, similar to it.

1. qabīʿa : The pommel or hilt of a sword, often made of metal or other material.
2. Yawm al-Fatḥ : The Day of Conquest, referring to the conquest of Mecca in 8 AH (630 CE).
3. Ḥanafī : A type of sword with a curved blade, or possibly a reference to a specific style or origin.

Chapter on the Description of the Coat of Mail of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless…

Chapter on the Description of the Coat of Mail of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace [1]

Chapter on the Description of the Coat of Mail of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ 111 - Abu Sa'id Abdullah ibn Sa'id al-Ashajj narrated to us, saying: Yunus ibn Bukayr narrated to us, from Muhammad ibn Ishaq, from Yahya ibn 'Abbad ibn 'Abdullah ibn al-Zubayr, from his father, from his grandfather 'Abdullah ibn al-Zubayr, from al-Zubayr ibn al-'Awwam, who said: On the day of Uhud, the Prophet ﷺ was wearing two coats of mail ¹. He tried to climb onto a rock but could not, so he had Talhah sit beneath him, and the Prophet ﷺ climbed until he stood on the rock. He said: I heard the Prophet ﷺ say: "Talhah has made it obligatory ²." 112 - Muhammad ibn Abi 'Umar narrated to us, saying: Sufyan ibn 'Uyaynah narrated to us, from Yazid ibn Khusayfah, from al-Sa'ib ibn Yazid, that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was wearing two coats of mail on the day of Uhud, having worn one over the other ³.

1. dir'ayn : Two coats of mail (armor) worn simultaneously for extra protection.
2. awjaba Talhah : Meaning that Talhah's action (helping the Prophet) made Paradise obligatory for him, or that he fulfilled a duty.
3. zāhara baynahumā : Literally 'he made one a backing for the other,' meaning he wore one over the other.

Chapter on what has been reported concerning the manner of the Messenger of Allah's…

Chapter on what has been reported concerning the manner of the Messenger of Allah's forgiveness, may Allah bless him and grant him peace.

Chapter: What has been related about the description of the helmet of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. 113 - Qutaybah ibn Sa'id narrated to us, saying: Malik ibn Anas narrated to us, from Ibn Shihab, from Anas ibn Malik: that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, entered Mecca wearing a helmet ¹. It was said to him: "This is Ibn Khatal ² clinging to the curtains of the Ka'bah." He said: "Kill him." 114 - 'Isa ibn Ahmad narrated to us, saying: 'Abdullah ibn Wahb narrated to us, saying: Malik ibn Anas narrated to me, from Ibn Shihab, from Anas ibn Malik: that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, entered Mecca in the Year of the Conquest ³ with a helmet on his head. He said: When he removed it, a man came to him and said: "Ibn Khatal is clinging to the curtains of the Ka'bah." He said: "Kill him." Ibn Shihab said: And it has reached me that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was not in a state of ihram ⁴ on that day.

1. mighfar : A helmet, specifically a type of head armor worn in battle.
2. Ibn Khatal : Abdullah ibn Khatal, a former Muslim who apostatized and committed murder and other crimes, and was one of those the Prophet ordered to be killed even if found clinging to the Ka'bah's curtains.
3. Year of the Conquest : The conquest of Mecca in 8 AH (630 CE), when the Muslims took control of the city without significant bloodshed.
4. ihram : The sacred state of ritual consecration during Hajj or 'Umrah, during which certain actions are prohibited, including wearing sewn garments and covering the head.

Chapter on what has been reported regarding the turban of the Messenger of Allah, may…

Chapter on what has been reported regarding the turban of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace.

Chapter on the turban of the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace. 115 - Muhammad ibn Bashshar narrated to us, saying: Abd al-Rahman ibn Mahdi narrated to us, from Hammad ibn Salama, (and) Mahmud ibn Ghaylan narrated to us, saying: Waki' narrated to us, from Hammad ibn Salama, from Abu al-Zubayr, from Jabir, who said: "The Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, entered Mecca on the day of the Conquest wearing a black turban." 116 - Ibn Abi Umar narrated to us, saying: Sufyan narrated to us, from Musawir al-Warraq, from Ja'far ibn Amr ibn Hurayth, from his father, who said: "I saw the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, delivering a sermon on the pulpit wearing a black turban." 117 - Mahmud ibn Ghaylan and Yusuf ibn Isa narrated to us, both saying: Waki' narrated to us, from Musawir al-Warraq, from Ja'far ibn Amr ibn Hurayth, from his father, "that the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, delivered a sermon to the people wearing a black turban." 118 - Harun ibn Ishaq al-Hamdani narrated to us, saying: Yahya ibn Muhammad al-Madani narrated to us, from Abd al-Aziz ibn Muhammad, from Ubayd Allah ibn Umar, from Nafi', from Ibn Umar, who said: "When the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, wore a turban, he would let its end hang down between his shoulder blades." Nafi' said: "Ibn Umar used to do that." Ubayd Allah said: "I saw al-Qasim ibn Muhammad and Salim doing that." 119 - Yusuf ibn Isa narrated to us, saying: Waki' narrated to us, saying: Abu Sulayman, who is Abd al-Rahman ibn al-Ghasil, narrated to us, from Ikrima, from Ibn Abbas: "that the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, delivered a sermon to the people wearing a dark-colored headband ¹."

1. ʿiṣāba dasmāʾ : A headband or turban that is dark-colored, often black or very dark green, worn around the head.

Chapter on the description of the waist-wrapper of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah…

Chapter on the description of the waist-wrapper of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace.

Chapter on the Description of the Lower Garment (Izar) of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. 120. Ahmad ibn Mani' narrated to us, saying: Isma'il ibn Ibrahim narrated to us, saying: Ayyub narrated to us, from Humaid ibn Hilal, from Abu Burda, who said: 'A'ishah brought out to us a felt cloak and a thick lower garment, and said: "The soul of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was taken while he was wearing these two." 121. Mahmud ibn Ghaylan narrated to us, saying: Abu Dawud narrated to us, from Shu'bah, from al-Ash'ath ibn Sulaym, who said: I heard my paternal aunt narrating from her paternal uncle, who said: While I was walking in Medina, suddenly someone behind me said: "Raise your lower garment, for it is more pious and more lasting." And behold, it was the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. So I said: O Messenger of Allah, it is only a striped cloak. He said: "Do you not have an example in me?" So I looked, and behold, his lower garment reached halfway down his shins. 122. Suwayd ibn Nasr narrated to us, saying: 'Abdullah ibn al-Mubarak narrated to us, from Musa ibn 'Ubaydah, from Iyas ibn Salamah ibn al-Akwa', from his father, who said: 'Uthman ibn 'Affan used to wear his lower garment halfway down his shins, and he said: "This was the way of wearing the lower garment of my Companion," meaning the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. 123. Qutaybah ibn Sa'id narrated to us, saying: Abu al-Ahwas narrated to us, from Abu Ishaq, from Muslim ibn Nadhir, from Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman, who said: The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, took hold of the muscle of my shin—or his shin—and said: "This is the place of the lower garment. If you refuse, then lower. If you refuse, then the lower garment has no right to the ankles ¹."

1. ka'bayn : The two ankle bones; the lower garment should not go below the ankles, as it is a sign of pride and is prohibited.

Chapter on the gait of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace [1]

Chapter on the gait of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. 124 - Qutayba ibn Sa'id narrated to us, saying: Ibn Lahi'a narrated to us, from Abu Yunus, from Abu Hurayra, who said: "I have never seen anything more beautiful than the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace; it was as if the sun was flowing in his face. And I have never seen anyone faster in his gait than the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace; it was as if the earth was folded up for him. We would exert ourselves [to keep up], while he was unconcerned." 125 - 'Ali ibn Hujr and others narrated to us, saying: 'Isa ibn Yunus narrated to us, from 'Umar ibn 'Abd Allah, the freed slave of Ghufra, who said: Ibrahim ibn Muhammad, from the descendants of 'Ali ibn Abi Talib, informed me, saying: When 'Ali described the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, he said: "When he walked, he would lift his feet vigorously ¹, as if he were descending from a slope." 126 - Sufyan ibn Waki' narrated to us, saying: My father narrated to us, from al-Mas'udi, from 'Uthman ibn Muslim ibn Hurmuz, from Nafi' ibn Jubayr ibn Mut'im, from 'Ali ibn Abi Talib, who said: "When the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, walked, he would lean forward ², as if he were descending from a slope."

1. taqalla'a : Lifted his feet vigorously, as if pulling them from the ground with energy and purpose.
2. takaffa'a takaffu'an : Leaned forward slightly while walking, with a gentle swaying motion, indicating briskness and humility.

Chapter on the Veiling of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace…

Chapter on the Veiling of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace [1]

Chapter on the Covering of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ¹ 127 - Yusuf ibn 'Isa narrated to us, saying: Waki' narrated to us, saying: Al-Rabi' ibn Sabih narrated to us, from Yazid ibn Aban, from Anas ibn Malik, who said: "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ ¹ would often cover his head ² as if his garment was that of an oil merchant ³."

1. ﷺ : Abbreviation for 'salla Allahu 'alayhi wa sallam' (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), a formula of reverence used after mentioning the Prophet Muhammad.
2. al-qina' : Covering the head with a garment, often used to describe a turban or headwrap.
3. thawbu zayyat : Garment of an oil merchant, typically stained or greasy due to handling oil.

Chapter on the Sitting Posture of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant…

Chapter on the Sitting Posture of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace [1]

Chapter on the Sitting Posture of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ 128 - 'Abd ibn Humayd narrated to us, saying: 'Affan ibn Muslim narrated to us, saying: 'Abdullah ibn Hassan narrated to us, from his two grandmothers, from Qaylah bint Makhramah, that she saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in the mosque sitting in the qurfuṣā' ¹ posture. She said: "When I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in such humble posture, I trembled with fear." 129 - Sa'id ibn 'Abd al-Rahman al-Makhzumi and others narrated to us, saying: Sufyan narrated to us, from al-Zuhri, from 'Abbad ibn Tamim, from his uncle, that he saw the Prophet ﷺ lying on his back in the mosque, placing one leg over the other. 130 - Salamah ibn Shabib narrated to us, saying: 'Abdullah ibn Ibrahim al-Madani narrated to us, saying: Ishaq ibn Muhammad al-Ansari narrated to us, from Rubayh ibn 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Sa'id, from his father, from his grandfather Abu Sa'id al-Khudri, who said: "When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sat in the mosque, he would wrap his arms around his knees ²."

1. qurfuṣā' : A sitting posture where one sits on the buttocks with the knees drawn up to the chest and the arms wrapped around the legs, or sitting with the thighs drawn up against the belly and the arms clasped around them.
2. iḥtabā bi-yadayhi : A sitting posture where one sits on the buttocks, draws the knees up to the chest, and wraps the arms around the legs, often with the hands clasped together.

Chapter on the leaning of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace…

Chapter on the leaning of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace [1]

Chapter on the Reclining of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. 131 - 'Abbas ibn Muhammad al-Duri al-Baghdadi narrated to us, saying: Ishaq ibn Mansur narrated to us, from Isra'il, from Simak ibn Harb, from Jabir ibn Samurah, who said: "I saw the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, reclining on a cushion on his left side." 132 - Humayd ibn Mas'adah narrated to us, saying: Bishr ibn al-Mufaddal narrated to us, saying: al-Jurayri narrated to us, from 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Bakrah, from his father, who said: The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: "Shall I not inform you of the greatest of the major sins?" They said: "Yes, O Messenger of Allah." He said: "Associating partners with Allah ¹, and disobedience to parents." He said: And the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, sat up, and he had been reclining, and said: "And false testimony," or "false speech." He said: And the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, kept repeating it until we said: "Would that he were silent." 133 - Qutaybah ibn Sa'id narrated to us, saying: Sharik narrated to us, from 'Ali ibn al-Aqmar, from Abu Juhaifah, who said: The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: "As for me, I do not eat while reclining." 134 - Muhammad ibn Bashshar narrated to us, saying: 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Mahdi narrated to us, saying: Sufyan narrated to us, from 'Ali ibn al-Aqmar, who said: I heard Abu Juhaifah say: The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: "I do not eat while reclining." 135 - Yusuf ibn 'Isa narrated to us, saying: Waki' narrated to us, saying: Isra'il narrated to us, from Simak ibn Harb, from Jabir ibn Samurah, who said: "I saw the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, reclining on a cushion." Abu 'Isa said: "Waki' did not mention 'on his left side,' and thus more than one narrated from Isra'il similar to the narration of Waki', and we do not know anyone who narrated 'on his left side' in it except what Ishaq ibn Mansur narrated from Isra'il."

1. al-ishrāk bi-llāh : Associating partners with Allah; the sin of polytheism or idolatry.

Chapter on the Reclining of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him…

Chapter on the Reclining of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace [1]

Chapter on the Leaning of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. 136. 'Abdullah ibn 'Abd al-Rahman narrated to us: 'Amr ibn 'Asim narrated to us: Hammad ibn Salama narrated to us, from Humayd, from Anas: "The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was ill, so he went out leaning on Usama ibn Zayd, wearing a Qitri ¹ garment which he had wrapped around himself, and he led them in prayer." 137. 'Abdullah ibn 'Abd al-Rahman narrated to us: Muhammad ibn al-Mubarak narrated to us: 'Ata' ibn Muslim al-Khaffaf al-Halabi narrated to us: Ja'far ibn Burqan narrated to us, from 'Ata' ibn Abi Rabah, from al-Fadl ibn 'Abbas, who said: I entered upon the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, during his illness in which he died, and on his head was a yellow turban ². I greeted him, and he said: "O Fadl." I said: "At your service, O Messenger of Allah." He said: "Tighten this turban around my head." He said: So I did. Then he sat up and placed his hand on my shoulder, then stood and entered the mosque. And the hadith has a story."

1. Qitri : A type of striped Yemeni garment made from cotton or linen.
2. turban : The Arabic term is 'isaba, a headband or turban worn around the head.

Chapter on what has been reported regarding the description of the eating of the…

Chapter on what has been reported regarding the description of the eating of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace.

Chapter on the Description of the Eating of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. 138 - Muhammad ibn Bashshar narrated to us, saying: Abd al-Rahman ibn Mahdi narrated to us, from Sufyan, from Sa'd ibn Ibrahim, from a son of Ka'b ibn Malik, from his father: "The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, used to lick his fingers three times." Abu 'Isa said: "Others besides Muhammad ibn Bashshar narrated this hadith, saying: 'He would lick his three fingers.'" 139 - Al-Hasan ibn 'Ali al-Khallal narrated to us, saying: 'Affan narrated to us, saying: Hammad ibn Salama narrated to us, from Thabit, from Anas, who said: "When the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, ate food, he would lick his three fingers." 140 - Al-Husayn ibn 'Ali ibn Yazid al-Suda'i al-Baghdadi narrated to us, saying: Ya'qub ibn Ishaq al-Hadrami narrated to us, saying: Shu'ba narrated to us, from Sufyan al-Thawri, from 'Ali ibn al-Aqmar, from Abu Juhaifa, who said: The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: "As for me, I do not eat while reclining." 141 - Muhammad ibn Bashshar narrated to us, saying: Abd al-Rahman ibn Mahdi narrated to us, saying: Sufyan narrated to us, from 'Ali ibn al-Aqmar, similar to it. 142 - Harun ibn Ishaq al-Hamdani narrated to us, saying: 'Abda ibn Sulayman narrated to us, from Hisham ibn 'Urwa, from a son of Ka'b ibn Malik, from his father, who said: "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, used to eat with three fingers and lick them." 143 - Ahmad ibn Mani' narrated to us, saying: al-Fadl ibn Dukayn narrated to us, saying: Mus'ab ibn Sulaym narrated to us, saying: I heard Anas ibn Malik say: "Dates were brought to the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and I saw him eating while squatting ¹ due to hunger."

1. muq'in : Squatting on the heels, a sitting posture where one sits on the balls of the feet with the buttocks raised, often associated with humility or necessity.

Chapter on the description of the bread of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him…

Chapter on the description of the bread of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace.

Chapter on the description of the bread of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. 144 - Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna and Muhammad ibn Bashshar narrated to us, they said: Muhammad ibn Ja'far narrated to us, he said: Shu'bah narrated to us, from Abu Ishaq, he said: I heard 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Yazid narrating from al-Aswad ibn Yazid, from 'A'ishah, that she said: "The family of Muhammad, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, never ate their fill of barley bread for two consecutive days until the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was taken." 145 - 'Abbas ibn Muhammad al-Duri narrated to us, he said: Yahya ibn Abi Bukayr narrated to us, he said: Hariz ibn 'Uthman narrated to us, from Sulaym ibn 'Amir, he said: I heard Abu Umamah al-Bahili saying: "Barley bread never remained over from the household of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace." 146 - 'Abdullah ibn Mu'awiyah al-Jumahi narrated to us, he said: Thabit ibn Yazid narrated to us, from Hilal ibn Khabbab, from 'Ikrimah, from Ibn 'Abbas, he said: "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, would spend consecutive nights hungry, he and his family, finding no supper, and most of their bread was barley bread." 147 - 'Abdullah ibn 'Abd al-Rahman narrated to us, he said: 'Ubaydullah ibn 'Abd al-Majid al-Hanafi narrated to us, 'Abd al-Rahman ibn 'Abdullah ibn Dinar narrated to us, he said: Abu Hazim narrated to us, from Sahl ibn Sa'd, that it was said to him: Did the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, eat naqi ¹? - meaning al-huwari ² - Sahl said: "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, never saw naqi until he met Allah, Mighty and Majestic, Exalted." It was said to him: Did you have sieves in the time of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace? He said: "We had no sieves." It was said: How did you deal with barley? He said: "We would blow on it, and whatever flew away flew away, then we would knead it." 148 - Muhammad ibn Bashshar narrated to us, he said: Mu'adh ibn Hisham narrated to us, he said: My father narrated to me, from Yunus, from Qatadah, from Anas ibn Malik, he said: "The Prophet of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, never ate on a khiwan ³ nor in a sukurrujah ⁴, nor was thin bread baked for him." He said: I said to Qatadah: On what then did they eat? He said: "On these sufar ⁵." Muhammad ibn Bashshar said: "This Yunus who narrated from Qatadah is Yunus al-Iskaf." 149 - Ahmad ibn Mani' narrated to us, he said: 'Abbad ibn 'Abbad al-Muhallabi narrated to us, from Mujalid, from al-Sha'bi, from Masruq, he said: I entered upon 'A'ishah, and she called for food for me and said: "I never eat my fill of food but I wish to weep, and I weep." He said: I said: Why? She said: "I remember the state in which the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, left this world. By Allah, he never ate his fill of bread and meat twice in a day." 150 - Mahmud ibn Ghaylan narrated to us, he said: Abu Dawud narrated to us, he said: Shu'bah narrated to us, from Abu Ishaq, he said: I heard 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Yazid narrating from al-Aswad ibn Yazid, from 'A'ishah, she said: "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, never ate his fill of barley bread for two consecutive days until he was taken." 151 - 'Abdullah ibn 'Abd al-Rahman narrated to us, he said: 'Abdullah ibn 'Amr Abu Ma'mar narrated to us, 'Abd al-Warith narrated to us, from Sa'id ibn Abi 'Arubah, from Qatadah, from Anas, he said: "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, never ate on a khiwan nor ate thin bread until he died."

1. naqi : Finely sifted flour or bread made from it.
2. huwari : White bread made from finely sifted flour.
3. khiwan : A large tray or table used for dining.
4. sukurrujah : A small bowl or dish for condiments or food.
5. sufar : A leather or cloth mat spread on the ground for eating.

Chapter on what has been reported regarding the description of the condiment of the…

Chapter on what has been reported regarding the description of the condiment of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace.

Chapter on the description of the condiment of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. 152. Muhammad ibn Sahl ibn 'Askar and 'Abdullah ibn 'Abd al-Rahman narrated to us, both saying: Yahya ibn Hassan narrated to us, saying: Sulayman ibn Bilal narrated to us, from Hisham ibn 'Urwa, from his father, from 'Aisha, that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: "What an excellent condiment is vinegar." 'Abdullah ibn 'Abd al-Rahman said in his narration: "What an excellent condiment or seasoning is vinegar." 153. Qutayba narrated to us, saying: Abu al-Ahwas narrated to us, from Simak ibn Harb, saying: I heard al-Nu'man ibn Bashir saying: "Are you not in food and drink as you wish? I have seen your Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, when he could not find even inferior dates to fill his stomach." 154. 'Abda ibn 'Abdullah al-Khuza'i narrated to us, saying: Mu'awiya ibn Hisham narrated to us, from Sufyan, from Muharib ibn Dithar, from Jabir ibn 'Abdullah, saying: The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: "What an excellent condiment or seasoning is vinegar." 155. Hannad narrated to us, saying: Waki' narrated to us, from Sufyan, from Ayyub, from Abu Qilaba, from Zahdam al-Jarmi, saying: We were with Abu Musa al-Ash'ari, and chicken meat was brought. A man from the people moved away, so he said: "What is the matter with you?" He said: "I saw it eating something, so I swore that I would not eat it." He said: "Come near, for I saw the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, eating chicken meat." 156. Al-Fadl ibn Sahl al-A'raj al-Baghdadi narrated to us, saying: Ibrahim ibn 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Mahdi narrated to us, from Ibrahim ibn 'Umar ibn Safina, from his father, from his grandfather, saying: "I ate with the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, the meat of a bustard." 157. 'Ali ibn Hujr narrated to us, saying: Isma'il ibn Ibrahim narrated to us, from Ayyub, from al-Qasim al-Tamimi, from Zahdam al-Jarmi, saying: We were with Abu Musa al-Ash'ari. He said: He presented his food, and in his food he presented chicken meat. Among the people was a man from Banu Taym Allah, red-skinned as if a freed slave. He said: He did not come near. Abu Musa said to him: "Come near, for I have seen the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, eat from it." He said: "I saw it eating something, so I loathed it and swore that I would never eat it." 158. Mahmud ibn Ghaylan narrated to us, saying: Abu Ahmad al-Zubayri and Abu Nu'aym narrated to us, both saying: Sufyan narrated to us, from 'Abdullah ibn 'Isa, from a man from the people of Syria called 'Ata', from Abu Usayd, saying: The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: "Eat olive oil and anoint yourselves with it, for it comes from a blessed tree." 159. Yahya ibn Musa narrated to us, saying: 'Abd al-Razzaq narrated to us, saying: Ma'mar narrated to us, from Zayd ibn Aslam, from his father, from 'Umar ibn al-Khattab, saying: The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: "Eat olive oil and anoint yourselves with it, for it comes from a blessed tree." Abu 'Isa said: "'Abd al-Razzaq was inconsistent in this hadith, sometimes tracing it back and sometimes leaving it incomplete." 160. Al-Sinji, who is Abu Dawud Sulayman ibn Ma'bad al-Sinji, narrated to us, saying: 'Abd al-Razzaq narrated to us, from Ma'mar, from Zayd ibn Aslam, from his father, from the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, similarly, and he did not mention 'Umar in it. 161. Muhammad ibn Bashshar narrated to us, saying: Muhammad ibn Ja'far and 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Mahdi narrated to us, both saying: Shu'ba narrated to us, from Qatada, from Anas ibn Malik, saying: "The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, liked gourd ¹. Food was brought to him, or he was invited to it, and I would follow it and place it before him because I knew he liked it." 162. Qutayba ibn Sa'id narrated to us, saying: Hafs ibn Ghiyath narrated to us, from Isma'il ibn Abi Khalid, from Hakim ibn Jabir, from his father, saying: I entered upon the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and I saw gourd being cut up. I said: "What is this?" He said: "We increase our food with it." Abu 'Isa said: "Jabir is Jabir ibn Tariq, and it is said: Ibn Abi Tariq, and he is a man from the Companions of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and we do not know of him except this single hadith. Abu Khalid's name is Sa'd." 163. Qutayba ibn Sa'id narrated to us, from Malik ibn Anas, from Ishaq ibn 'Abdullah ibn Abi Talha, that he heard Anas ibn Malik say: A tailor invited the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, to food he had prepared. Anas said: I went with the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, to that food. He brought near to the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, barley bread and broth containing gourd and dried meat. Anas said: "I saw the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, following the gourd around the bowl." From that day on, I have always loved gourd. 164. Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Dawraqi, Salama ibn Shabib, and Mahmud ibn Ghaylan narrated to us, all saying: Abu Usama narrated to us, from Hisham ibn 'Urwa, from his father, from 'Aisha, who said: "The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, loved sweets and honey." 165. Al-Hasan ibn Muhammad al-Za'farani narrated to us, saying: Al-Hajjaj ibn Muhammad narrated to us, saying: Ibn Jurayj said: Muhammad ibn Yusuf informed me that 'Ata' ibn Yasar informed him that Umm Salama informed him that she "brought near to the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, a roasted shoulder, and he ate from it, then stood up for prayer without performing ablution." 166. Qutayba narrated to us, saying: Ibn Lahi'a narrated to us, from Sulayman ibn Ziyad, from 'Abdullah ibn al-Harith, saying: "We ate roasted meat with the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, in the mosque." 167. Mahmud ibn Ghaylan narrated to us, saying: Waki' narrated to us, saying: Mis'ar narrated to us, from Abu Sakhra Jami' ibn Shaddad, from al-Mughira ibn 'Abdullah, from al-Mughira ibn Shu'ba, saying: I was a guest with the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, one night. A roasted shoulder was brought, then he took the knife and began to cut, and he cut a piece for me with it. He said: Then Bilal came to call him to prayer, so he threw the knife and said: "What is the matter with him? May his hands be rubbed with dust!" He said: His moustache had grown long, so he said to him: "Shall I trim it for you with a tooth-stick?" or "Trim it with a tooth-stick." 168. Wasil ibn 'Abd al-A'la narrated to us, saying: Muhammad ibn Fudayl narrated to us, from Abu Hayyan al-Taymi, from Abu Zur'a, from Abu Hurayra, saying: "Meat was brought to the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and the foreleg was raised to him, and he liked it, so he bit from it." 169. Muhammad ibn Bashshar narrated to us, saying: Abu Dawud narrated to us, from Zuhayr ibn Muhammad, from Abu Ishaq, from Sa'd ibn 'Iyad, from Ibn Mas'ud, saying: "The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, liked the foreleg." He said: "And poison was placed in the foreleg, and he thought that the Jews poisoned him." 170. Muhammad ibn Bashshar narrated to us, saying: Muslim ibn Ibrahim narrated to us, saying: Aban ibn Yazid narrated to us, from Qatada, from Shahr ibn Hawshab, from Abu 'Ubayd, saying: I cooked a pot for the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and he liked the foreleg. I handed him the foreleg, then he said: "Hand me the foreleg." So I handed it to him. Then he said: "Hand me the foreleg." I said: "O Messenger of Allah, how many forelegs does a sheep have?" He said: "By the One in whose hand is my soul, if you had kept silent, I would have kept handing me the foreleg as long as I called for it."

171. Al-Hasan ibn Muhammad al-Za'farani narrated to us, saying: Yahya ibn 'Abbad narrated to us, from Fulayh ibn Sulayman, who said: A man from Banu 'Abbad, called 'Abd al-Wahhab ibn Yahya ibn 'Abbad, narrated to me, from 'Abdullah ibn al-Zubayr, from 'A'isha, who said: "The foreleg was not the most beloved meat to the Messenger of Allah ², but he would only find meat occasionally, and he would hasten to it because it was the quickest to cook." 172. Mahmud ibn Ghaylan narrated to us, saying: Abu Ahmad narrated to us, saying: Mis'ar narrated to us, saying: I heard an old man from Fahm say: I heard 'Abdullah ibn Ja'far say: I heard the Messenger of Allah ² say: "Indeed, the best meat is the meat of the back." 173. Sufyan ibn Waki' narrated to us, saying: Zayd ibn al-Hubab narrated to us, from 'Abdullah ibn al-Mu'ammal, from Ibn Abi Mulayka, from 'A'isha: That the Prophet ² said: "What an excellent condiment vinegar is!" 174. Abu Kurayb Muhammad ibn al-'Ala' narrated to us, saying: Abu Bakr ibn 'Ayyash narrated to us, from Thabit Abu Hamza al-Thumali, from al-Sha'bi, from Umm Hani', who said: The Prophet ² entered upon me and said: "Do you have anything?" I said: "Nothing except dry bread and vinegar." He said: "Bring it. How empty is a house that has no condiment when it has vinegar!" 175. Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna narrated to us, saying: Muhammad ibn Ja'far narrated to us, saying: Shu'ba narrated to us, from 'Amr ibn Murra, from Murra al-Hamdani, from Abu Musa al-Ash'ari, from the Prophet ², who said: "The superiority of 'A'isha over women is like the superiority of tharid ³ over all other foods." 176. 'Ali ibn Hujr narrated to us, saying: Isma'il ibn Ja'far narrated to us, saying: 'Abdullah ibn 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Ma'mar al-Ansari Abu Tu'ala narrated to us, that he heard Anas ibn Malik say: The Messenger of Allah ² said: "The superiority of 'A'isha over women is like the superiority of tharid ³ over all other foods." 177. Qutayba ibn Sa'id narrated to us, saying: 'Abd al-'Aziz ibn Muhammad narrated to us, from Suhayl ibn Abi Salih, from his father, from Abu Hurayra, that he saw the Messenger of Allah ² perform ablution after eating dried yogurt ⁴, then he saw him eat a sheep's shoulder, then pray without performing ablution. 178. Ibn Abi 'Umar narrated to us, saying: Sufyan ibn 'Uyayna narrated to us, from Wa'il ibn Dawud, from his son Bakr ibn Wa'il, from al-Zuhri, from Anas ibn Malik, who said: "The Messenger of Allah ² gave a wedding feast for Safiyya with dates and sawiq ⁵." 179. Al-Husayn ibn Muhammad al-Basri narrated to us, saying: Al-Fudayl ibn Sulayman narrated to us, saying: Fa'id, the freed slave of 'Ubaydullah ibn 'Ali ibn Abi Rafi', the freed slave of the Messenger of Allah ², narrated to me, saying: 'Ubaydullah ibn 'Ali narrated to me, from his grandmother Salma, that al-Hasan ibn 'Ali, Ibn 'Abbas, and Ibn Ja'far came to her and said: "Prepare for us a food that the Messenger of Allah ² liked and ate well." She said: "O my sons, do you not desire it today?" They said: "Yes, prepare it for us." So she stood up, took some barley, ground it, put it in a pot, poured some oil over it, and crushed pepper and spices, then brought it to them. She said: "This is what the Messenger of Allah ² liked and ate well." 180. Mahmud ibn Ghaylan narrated to us, saying: Abu Ahmad narrated to us, saying: Sufyan narrated to us, from al-Aswad ibn Qays, from Nubayh al-'Anazi, from Jabir ibn 'Abdullah, who said: The Prophet ² came to our home, so we slaughtered a sheep for him. He said: "It is as if they knew that we love meat." And there is a story in the hadith. 181. Ibn Abi 'Umar narrated to us, saying: Sufyan narrated to us, saying: 'Abdullah ibn Muhammad ibn 'Aqil narrated to us, that he heard Jabir say—and Sufyan said: Muhammad ibn al-Munkadir narrated to us, from Jabir, who said: "The Messenger of Allah ² went out, and I was with him. He entered upon a woman from the Ansar, and she slaughtered a sheep for him. He ate from it, and she brought him a basket of fresh dates, and he ate from it. Then he performed ablution for Zuhr and prayed. Then he left, and she brought him some leftover meat from the sheep, and he ate, then prayed 'Asr without performing ablution." 182. Al-'Abbas ibn Muhammad al-Duri narrated to us, saying: Yunus ibn Muhammad narrated to us, saying: Fulayh ibn Sulayman narrated to us, from 'Uthman ibn 'Abd al-Rahman, from Ya'qub ibn Abi Ya'qub, from Umm al-Mundhir, who said: The Messenger of Allah ² entered upon me, and with him was 'Ali. We had some hanging dates. She said: The Messenger of Allah ² began to eat, and 'Ali was eating with him. The Messenger of Allah ² said to 'Ali: "Stop, O 'Ali, for you are convalescing." She said: So 'Ali sat down, and the Prophet ² continued eating. She said: I prepared for them chard and barley. The Prophet ² said to 'Ali: "Eat from this, for this is more suitable for you." 183. Mahmud ibn Ghaylan narrated to us, saying: Bishr ibn al-Sarri narrated to us, from Sufyan, from Talha ibn Yahya, from 'A'isha bint Talha, from 'A'isha, the Mother of the Believers, who said: The Prophet ² would come to me and say: "Do you have any lunch?" I would say: "No." He would say: "I am fasting." She said: Then one day he came to me, and I said: "O Messenger of Allah, a gift was given to us." He said: "What is it?" I said: "Hays ⁶." He said: "But I started the day fasting." She said: Then he ate. 184. 'Abdullah ibn 'Abd al-Rahman narrated to us, saying: 'Umar ibn Hafs ibn Ghiyath narrated to us, saying: My father narrated to us, from Muhammad ibn Abi Yahya al-Aslami, from Yazid ibn Abi Umayya al-A'war, from Yusuf ibn 'Abdullah ibn Salam, who said: I saw the Prophet ² take a piece of barley bread, put a date on it, and say: "This is the condiment for this," and he ate. 185. 'Abdullah ibn 'Abd al-Rahman narrated to us, saying: Sa'id ibn Sulayman narrated to us, from 'Abbad ibn al-'Awwam, from Humayd, from Anas: "That the Messenger of Allah ² liked thufl ⁷." 'Abdullah said: "Meaning the leftover food."

1. dubba' : Gourd, specifically a type of squash or pumpkin, often identified as bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria).
2. صلى الله عليه وسلم : Peace and blessings be upon him; a formula of respect used after mentioning the Prophet Muhammad.
3. الثريد : Tharid: a dish of bread soaked in broth, often with meat; considered a staple and highly praised food in early Islamic tradition.
4. ثور أقط : Dried yogurt (aqit) that has been aged or hardened; a type of preserved dairy product.
5. سويق : Sawiq: a type of roasted barley or wheat flour, often mixed with water or milk to make a porridge-like drink.
6. حيس : Hays: a mixture of dates, dried yogurt (aqit), and clarified butter (samn), sometimes with other ingredients; a nutritious sweet dish.
7. الثفل : Thufl: the residue or leftovers of food, especially the sediment or remaining bits at the bottom of a pot.

Chapter on what has been reported concerning the description of the ablution of the…

Chapter on what has been reported concerning the description of the ablution of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, before food.

Chapter on the description of the ablution of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, at the time of food. 186 - Ahmad bin Mani' narrated to us, saying: Isma'il bin Ibrahim narrated to us, from Ayyub, from Ibn Abi Mulaikah, from Ibn 'Abbas, that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, came out from the privy and food was brought near to him. They said: Shall we bring you water for ablution? He said: "I have only been commanded to perform ablution when I stand for prayer." 187 - Sa'id bin 'Abd al-Rahman al-Makhzumi narrated to us, saying: Sufyan bin 'Uyainah narrated to us, from 'Amr bin Dinar, from Sa'id bin al-Huwayrith, from Ibn 'Abbas, who said: The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, came out from the toilet and food was brought to him. It was said to him: Will you not perform ablution? He said: "Am I about to pray so that I should perform ablution?" 188 - Yahya bin Musa narrated to us, saying: 'Abdullah bin Numair narrated to us, saying: Qais bin al-Rabi' narrated to us. (Another chain) Qutaibah narrated to us, saying: 'Abd al-Karim al-Jurjani narrated to us, from Qais bin al-Rabi', from Abu Hashim, from Zadhan, from Salman, who said: I read in the Torah that the blessing of food is the ablution after it. So I mentioned that to the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and informed him of what I had read in the Torah. The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: "The blessing of food is the ablution before it and the ablution after it."

Chapter on what has been reported concerning the saying of the Messenger of Allah, may…

Chapter on what has been reported concerning the saying of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, before food and after finishing it.

Chapter on what has been reported concerning the saying of the Messenger of Allah ¹ before food and after finishing it. 189 - Qutaybah narrated to us, saying: Ibn Lahi'ah narrated to us, from Yazid ibn Abi Habib, from Rashid ibn Jandal al-Yafi'i, from Habib ibn Aws, from Abu Ayyub al-Ansari ², who said: One day we were with the Prophet ¹, and food was brought near. I have never seen food with greater blessing ³ at its beginning, nor less blessing at its end. We said: O Messenger of Allah, how is this? He said: "We mentioned the name of Allah when we ate, then someone who ate sat down without mentioning Allah the Exalted, so the devil ate with him." 190 - Yahya ibn Musa narrated to us, saying: Abu Dawud narrated to us, saying: Hisham al-Dastuwa'i narrated to us, from Budayl al-Uqayli, from 'Abdullah ibn 'Ubayd ibn 'Umayr, from Umm Kulthum, from 'A'ishah ⁴, who said: The Messenger of Allah ¹ said: "When one of you eats and forgets to mention Allah the Exalted over his food, let him say: 'In the name of Allah, at its beginning and its end.'" 191 - 'Abdullah ibn al-Sabbah al-Hashimi al-Basri narrated to us, saying: 'Abd al-A'la narrated to us, from Ma'mar, from Hisham ibn 'Urwah, from his father, from 'Umar ibn Abi Salamah, that he entered upon the Messenger of Allah ¹ while there was food with him. He said: "Come close, my son, mention Allah the Exalted, eat with your right hand, and eat from what is in front of you." 192 - Mahmud ibn Ghaylan narrated to us, saying: Abu Ahmad al-Zubayri narrated to us, saying: Sufyan al-Thawri narrated to us, from Abu Hashim, from Isma'il ibn Riyyah, from his father Riyyah ibn 'Ubaydah, from Abu Sa'id al-Khudri ⁵, who said: When the Messenger of Allah ¹ finished his food, he would say: "Praise be to Allah, who fed us, gave us drink, and made us Muslims." 193 - Muhammad ibn Bashshar narrated to us, saying: Yahya ibn Sa'id narrated to us, saying: Thawr ibn Yazid narrated to us, from Khalid ibn Ma'dan, from Abu Umamah ⁶, who said: When the tablecloth was lifted from before the Messenger of Allah ¹, he would say: "Praise be to Allah, abundant, good, and blessed praise, not farewell nor independent of it, our Lord." 194 - Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Aban narrated to us, saying: Waki' narrated to us, from Hisham al-Dastuwa'i, from Budayl ibn Maysarah al-Uqayli, from 'Abdullah ibn 'Ubayd ibn 'Umayr, from Umm Kulthum, from 'A'ishah ⁴, who said: The Prophet ¹ was eating food with six of his Companions when a Bedouin came and ate it in two mouthfuls. The Messenger of Allah ¹ said: "If he had said 'Bismillah' ⁷, it would have sufficed you." 195 - Hannad and Mahmud ibn Ghaylan narrated to us, both saying: Abu Usamah narrated to us, from Zakariyya ibn Abi Za'idah, from Sa'id ibn Abi Burdah, from Anas ibn Malik ⁸, who said: The Messenger of Allah ¹ said: "Indeed, Allah is pleased with a servant who eats a meal or drinks a drink and praises Him for it."

1. صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : An invocation meaning 'may Allah bless him and grant him peace,' used after mentioning the Prophet Muhammad.
2. أَبُو أَيُّوبَ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ : Abu Ayyub al-Ansari, a prominent Companion of the Prophet Muhammad, known for hosting the Prophet in Medina.
3. بَرَكَةً : Barakah, meaning divine blessing or spiritual abundance.
4. عَائِشَةَ : Aisha, the wife of the Prophet Muhammad and a major narrator of hadith.
5. أَبُو سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ : Abu Sa'id al-Khudri, a Companion of the Prophet known for narrating many hadith.
6. أَبُو أُمَامَةَ : Abu Umamah al-Bahili, a Companion of the Prophet and narrator of hadith.
7. بِسْمِ اللَّهِ : Bismillah, meaning 'In the name of Allah,' a phrase recited before actions to seek blessing.
8. أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ : Anas ibn Malik, a Companion of the Prophet and a prolific narrator of hadith.

Chapter on what has been reported regarding the drinking vessel of the Messenger of…

Chapter on what has been reported regarding the drinking vessel of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace.

Chapter on the drinking vessel of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. 196 - Al-Husayn ibn al-Aswad al-Baghdadi narrated to us, saying: 'Amr ibn Muhammad narrated to us, saying: 'Isa ibn Tahman narrated to us, from Thabit, who said: Anas ibn Malik brought out to us a thick wooden vessel bound with iron ¹ and said: "O Thabit, this is the drinking vessel of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace." 197 - 'Abdullah ibn 'Abd al-Rahman narrated to us, saying: 'Amr ibn 'Asim informed us, saying: Hammad ibn Salama informed us, saying: Humayd and Thabit informed us, from Anas, who said: "I gave the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, to drink from this vessel all kinds of drinks: water, nabidh ², honey, and milk."

1. mudabbab bi-hadid : Bound or reinforced with iron bands, indicating the vessel was mended or strengthened with iron.
2. nabidh : A drink made from soaked dates or raisins, sometimes lightly fermented, but not intoxicating when consumed in small amounts.

Chapter on what has been reported about the fruit of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah…

Chapter on what has been reported about the fruit of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace.

Chapter on the Fruit of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. 198 - Isma'il ibn Musa al-Fazzari narrated to us, saying: Ibrahim ibn Sa'd narrated to us, from his father, from 'Abdullah, who said: "The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, used to eat cucumber with fresh dates." 199 - 'Abda ibn 'Abdullah al-Khuza'i al-Basri narrated to us, saying: Mu'awiya ibn Hisham narrated to us, from Sufyan, from Hisham ibn 'Urwa, from his father, from 'A'isha: "The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, used to eat watermelon with fresh dates." 200 - Ibrahim ibn Ya'qub narrated to us, saying: Wahb ibn Jarir narrated to us, saying: My father narrated to us, saying: I heard Humaid, or he said: Humaid narrated to me—Wahb said: He was a friend of his—from Anas ibn Malik, who said: "I saw the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, combining melon and fresh dates." 201 - Muhammad ibn Yahya narrated to us, saying: Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz al-Ramli narrated to us, saying: 'Abdullah ibn Yazid ibn al-Salt narrated to us, from Muhammad ibn Ishaq, from Yazid ibn Ruman, from 'Urwa, from 'A'isha: "The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, ate watermelon with fresh dates." 202 - Qutayba ibn Sa'id narrated to us, from Malik ibn Anas; (another chain) and Ishaq ibn Musa narrated to us, saying: Ma'n narrated to us, saying: Malik narrated to us, from Suhayl ibn Abi Salih, from his father, from Abu Hurayra, who said: "When people saw the first fruit, they would bring it to the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. When the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, took it, he would say: 'O Allah, bless us in our fruits, and bless us in our city, and bless us in our sa' ¹ and in our mudd ². O Allah, indeed Ibrahim is Your servant, Your friend, and Your prophet, and I am Your servant and Your prophet. He called upon You for Mecca, and I call upon You for Medina with the like of what he called upon You for Mecca, and the like of it with it.'" He said: "Then he would call the youngest child he saw and give him that fruit." 203 - Muhammad ibn Humaid al-Razi narrated to us, saying: Ibrahim ibn al-Mukhtar narrated to us, from Muhammad ibn Ishaq, from Abu 'Ubayda ibn Muhammad ibn 'Ammar ibn Yasir, from al-Rubayyi' bint Mu'awwidh ibn 'Afra', who said: "Mu'adh ibn 'Afra' sent me with a tray of fresh dates on which were some small cucumbers. The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, loved cucumbers. So I brought it to him, and with him was some jewelry that had come to him from Bahrain. He filled his hand with it and gave it to me." 204 - 'Ali ibn Hujr narrated to us, saying: Sharik narrated to us, from 'Abdullah ibn Muhammad ibn 'Aqil, from al-Rubayyi' bint Mu'awwidh ibn 'Afra', who said: "I brought the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, a tray of fresh dates and small cucumbers, and he gave me a handful of jewelry"—or she said: "gold."

1. ṣāʿ : A unit of volume measurement used in Islamic times, approximately 2.5-3 kg of wheat or equivalent.
2. mudd : A unit of volume measurement, approximately 0.5-0.75 liters, often used for dry goods.

Chapter on what has been reported concerning the description of the drink of the…

Chapter on what has been reported concerning the description of the drink of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace.

Chapter on the description of the drink of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. 205 - Ibn Abi 'Umar narrated to us, saying: Sufyan narrated to us, from Ma'mar, from al-Zuhri, from 'Urwa, from 'A'isha, who said: "The drink most beloved to the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was sweet and cold." 206 - Ahmad ibn Mani' narrated to us, saying: Isma'il ibn Ibrahim narrated to us, saying: 'Ali ibn Zayd narrated to us, from 'Umar ibn Abi Harmala, from Ibn 'Abbas, who said: I entered with the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and Khalid ibn al-Walid upon Maymuna ¹, and she brought us a vessel of milk. The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, drank, and I was on his right and Khalid on his left. He said to me: 'The drink is for you, and if you wish, you may give preference to Khalid with it.' I said: 'I would not give preference to anyone over your leftover ².' Then the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: 'Whoever Allah feeds food, let him say: O Allah, bless us in it and feed us better than it. And whoever Allah, Mighty and Majestic, gives milk to drink, let him say: O Allah, bless us in it and increase us from it.' Then he said: The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: 'Nothing takes the place of food and drink except milk.' Abu 'Isa said: Thus Sufyan ibn 'Uyayna narrated this hadith from Ma'mar, from al-Zuhri, from 'Urwa, from 'A'isha. And 'Abdullah ibn al-Mubarak, 'Abd al-Razzaq, and many others narrated it from Ma'mar, from al-Zuhri, from the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, as mursal ³, and they did not mention 'Urwa from 'A'isha in it. And thus Yunus and many others narrated from al-Zuhri, from the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, as mursal. Abu 'Isa said: 'Only Ibn 'Uyayna among the people narrated it as musnad ⁴.' Abu 'Isa said: 'Maymuna bint al-Harith, the wife of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, is the maternal aunt of Khalid ibn al-Walid, the maternal aunt of Ibn 'Abbas, and the maternal aunt of Yazid ibn al-Asamm. And the people differed regarding the narration of this hadith from 'Ali ibn Zayd ibn Jud'an. Some narrated from 'Ali ibn Zayd, from 'Umar ibn Abi Harmala, and Shu'ba narrated from 'Ali ibn Zayd, saying: from 'Amr ibn Harmala, but the correct is 'Umar ibn Abi Harmala.'

1. Maymuna : Maymuna bint al-Harith, one of the wives of the Prophet Muhammad.
2. leftover : The remaining liquid after the Prophet drank from the vessel, considered blessed.
3. mursal : A hadith where a Successor (Tabi'i) narrates directly from the Prophet without mentioning the Companion.
4. musnad : A hadith with a continuous chain of transmission going back to a Companion.

Chapter on the Description of the Drinking of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him…

Chapter on the Description of the Drinking of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace [1]

Chapter on the Description of the Drinking of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. 207 - Ahmad ibn Mani' narrated to us, saying: Hushaym narrated to us, saying: 'Asim al-Ahwal and Mughira narrated to us, from al-Sha'bi, from Ibn 'Abbas: "The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, drank from Zamzam while standing." 208 - Qutayba ibn Sa'id narrated to us, saying: Muhammad ibn Ja'far narrated to us, from Husayn al-Mu'allim, from 'Amr ibn Shu'ayb, from his father, from his grandfather, who said: "I saw the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, drinking while standing and while sitting." 209 - 'Ali ibn Hujr narrated to us, saying: Ibn al-Mubarak narrated to us, from 'Asim al-Ahwal, from al-Sha'bi, from Ibn 'Abbas, who said: "I gave the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, water from Zamzam, and he drank while standing." 210 - Abu Kurayb Muhammad ibn al-'Ala' and Muhammad ibn Tarif al-Kufi narrated to us, both saying: Ibn al-Fudayl narrated to us, from al-A'mash, from 'Abd al-Malik ibn Maysara, from al-Nazzal ibn Sabra, who said: "'Ali was brought a jug of water while he was in the courtyard ¹; he took a handful from it, washed his hands, rinsed his mouth, sniffed water into his nose, wiped his face, forearms, and head, then drank while standing." Then he said: "This is the ablution of one who has not broken his ablution ²; thus I saw the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, do." 211 - Qutayba ibn Sa'id and Yusuf ibn Hammad narrated to us, both saying: 'Abd al-Warith ibn Sa'id narrated to us, from Abu 'Isam, from Anas ibn Malik, that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, used to breathe three times into the vessel when drinking, and he would say: "It is more thirst-quenching and more satisfying." 212 - 'Ali ibn Khashram narrated to us, saying: 'Isa ibn Yunus narrated to us, from Rashdin ibn Kurayb, from his father, from Ibn 'Abbas: "The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, when he drank, would breathe twice." 213 - Ibn Abi 'Umar narrated to us, saying: Sufyan narrated to us, from Yazid ibn Yazid ibn Jabir, from 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi 'Amra, from his grandmother Kabsha, who said: "The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, entered upon me and drank from a hanging waterskin while standing, so I went to its mouth and cut it off." 214 - Muhammad ibn Bashshar narrated to us, saying: 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Mahdi narrated to us, saying: 'Uzra ibn Thabit al-Ansari narrated to us, from Thumama ibn 'Abd Allah, who said: Anas ibn Malik used to breathe three times into the vessel, and Anas claimed that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, used to breathe three times into the vessel. 215 - 'Abd Allah ibn 'Abd al-Rahman narrated to us, saying: Abu 'Asim narrated to us, from Ibn Jurayj, from 'Abd al-Karim, from al-Bara' ibn Zayd, the son of the daughter of Anas ibn Malik, from Anas ibn Malik: "The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, entered upon Umm Sulaym, and there was a hanging waterskin; he drank from the mouth of the waterskin while standing, so Umm Sulaym went to the top of the waterskin and cut it off." 216 - Ahmad ibn Nasr al-Naysaburi narrated to us, saying: Ishaq ibn Muhammad al-Farwi narrated to us, saying: 'Ubayda bint Na'il narrated to us, from 'A'isha bint Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas, from her father, that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, used to drink while standing. Abu 'Isa said: Some say: 'Ubayda bint Nabil.

1. al-Rahba : A place in Kufa, the courtyard of the mosque or the house of 'Ali.
2. wudu' man lam yuhdith : Ablution performed by one who has not nullified his ablution; i.e., a renewal of ablution without prior impurity.

Chapter on the Perfuming of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him…

Chapter on the Perfuming of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace [1]

Chapter on the Perfuming of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. 217. Muhammad ibn Rafi' and others narrated to us, saying: Abu Ahmad az-Zubayri narrated to us, saying: Shayban narrated to us, from 'Abdullah ibn al-Mukhtar, from Musa ibn Anas ibn Malik, from his father who said: "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, had a vessel ¹ from which he would perfume himself." 218. Muhammad ibn Bashshar narrated to us, saying: 'Abdurrahman ibn Mahdi narrated to us, saying: 'Azrah ibn Thabit narrated to us, from Thumamah ibn 'Abdullah who said: Anas ibn Malik would not refuse perfume, and Anas said: "The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, would not refuse perfume." 219. Qutaybah ibn Sa'id narrated to us, saying: Ibn Abi Fudayk narrated to us, from 'Abdullah ibn Muslim ibn Jundub, from his father, from Ibn 'Umar who said: The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: "Three things are not to be refused: cushions, oil, and milk." 220. Mahmud ibn Ghaylan narrated to us, saying: Abu Dawud al-Hafari narrated to us, from Sufyan, from al-Jurayri, from Abu Nadrah, from a man, from Abu Hurayrah who said: The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: "The perfume of men is that whose scent is apparent and color is hidden, and the perfume of women is that whose color is apparent and scent is hidden." 221. 'Ali ibn Hujr narrated to us, saying: Isma'il ibn Ibrahim informed us, from al-Jurayri, from Abu Nadrah, from at-Tufawi, from Abu Hurayrah, from the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, similar to it with the same meaning. 222. Muhammad ibn Khalifah and 'Amr ibn 'Ali narrated to us, both saying: Yazid ibn Zuray' narrated to us, saying: Hajjaj as-Sawwaf narrated to us, from Hanan, from Abu 'Uthman an-Nahdi who said: The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: "If one of you is given basil ², let him not refuse it, for it comes from Paradise." Abu 'Isa said: "We do not know of Hanan except this hadith." 223. 'Umar ibn Isma'il ibn Mujalid ibn Sa'id al-Hamdani narrated to us, saying: My father narrated to us, from Bayan, from Qays ibn Abi Hazim, from Jarir ibn 'Abdullah who said: I was presented before 'Umar ibn al-Khattab, and Jarir threw his cloak and walked in an izār ³. He said to him: "Take your cloak." 'Umar said to the people: "I have not seen a man with a better appearance than Jarir, except what has reached us of the appearance of Yusuf, peace be upon him."

1. sukkah : A vessel or container specifically used for perfume or scent.
2. rayḥān : Sweet basil or any fragrant plant; often associated with Paradise.
3. izār : A waist-wrapper or lower garment worn by men.

Chapter on how the speech of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him…

Chapter on how the speech of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was.

Chapter on how the speech of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was. 224 - Humayd ibn Mas‘ada al-Basri narrated to us, saying: Humayd ibn al-Aswad narrated to us, from Usama ibn Zayd, from al-Zuhri, from ‘Urwa, from ‘A’isha, who said: "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not speak rapidly as you do, but rather he spoke with clear, distinct words, which those who sat with him would memorize." 225 - Muhammad ibn Yahya narrated to us, saying: Abu Qutayba Salm ibn Qutayba narrated to us, from ‘Abdullah ibn al-Muthanna, from Thumama, from Anas ibn Malik, who said: "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ would repeat a word three times so that it would be understood from him." 226 - Sufyan ibn Waki‘ narrated to us, saying: Jumay‘ ibn ‘Umar ibn ‘Abd al-Rahman al-‘Ijli narrated to us, saying: A man from Banu Tamim, from the descendants of Abu Hala, the husband of Khadija, who was known as Abu ‘Abdullah, narrated to me, from a son of Abu Hala, from al-Hasan ibn ‘Ali, who said: I asked my maternal uncle Hind ibn Abi Hala, who was a skilled describer, and said: Describe to me the speech of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He said: "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was continuously sorrowful, perpetually thoughtful, having no rest, long in silence, not speaking without need. He would begin and end his speech with the name of Allah Most High ¹. He spoke with comprehensive words ²; his speech was decisive, neither excessive nor deficient. He was neither harsh nor contemptuous. He would magnify a blessing, even if small, and would not disparage anything from it. However, he would neither criticize nor praise a taste ³. The world and what pertains to it did not anger him. But when the truth was transgressed, nothing could withstand his anger until he vindicated it. He did not get angry for himself, nor did he seek vengeance for himself. When he pointed, he pointed with his whole hand; when he expressed wonder, he turned it over; when he spoke, he gestured with it, striking the palm of his right hand against the inside of his left thumb. When he was angry, he turned away and averted his face; when he was pleased, he lowered his gaze. Most of his laughter was a smile, and he would show his teeth like hailstones ⁴."

1. bismillah : The phrase 'In the name of Allah' (bismillah) used to begin and end speech.
2. jawami‘ al-kalim : Comprehensive speech that conveys much meaning in few words, a gift from Allah to prophets.
3. dhawwaq : Refers to food or drink; the Prophet neither praised nor criticized any food or drink he tasted.
4. habb al-ghamam : Literally 'grains of clouds,' meaning hailstones or small pearls, describing the whiteness and beauty of his teeth when he smiled.

Chapter on the Laughter of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him…

Chapter on the Laughter of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace [1]

**Chapter: What has been reported concerning the laughter of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace** 227. Ahmad ibn Mani' narrated to us, saying: 'Abbad ibn al-'Awwam narrated to us, saying: Al-Hajjaj – and he is Ibn Artah – informed us, from Simak ibn Harb, from Jabir ibn Samurah, who said: "The shanks of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, had slenderness (humushah), and he would not laugh except as a smile (tabassum). When I looked at him, I would say: 'He is kohl-eyed (akhal al-'aynayn), though he is not (actually) kohl-eyed.'" 228. Qutaybah ibn Sa'id narrated to us, saying: Ibn Lahi'ah informed us, from 'Ubaydullah ibn al-Mughirah, from 'Abdullah ibn al-Harith ibn Jaz', that he said: "I have not seen anyone who smiled more than the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace." 229. Ahmad ibn Khalid al-Khallal narrated to us, saying: Yahya ibn Ishaq al-Saylahani narrated to us, saying: Layth ibn Sa'd narrated to us, from Yazid ibn Abi Habib, from 'Abdullah ibn al-Harith, who said: "The laughter of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was nothing but a smile (tabassum)." Abu 'Isa said: "This is a strange (gharib) hadith from the narration of Layth ibn Sa'd." 230. Abu 'Ammar al-Husayn ibn Hurayth narrated to us, saying: Waki' narrated to us, saying: Al-A'mash narrated to us, from al-Ma'rur ibn Suwayd, from Abu Dharr, who said: The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: "Indeed, I know the first man to enter Paradise and the last man to come out of the Fire. On the Day of Resurrection, a man will be brought and it will be said: 'Present his minor sins to him,' while his major sins are concealed from him. Then it will be said to him: 'On such-and-such a day, you did such-and-such,' and he will confess, not denying, while he is fearful of his major sins. Then it will be said: 'Give him, in place of every evil deed he committed, a good deed.' He will then say: 'I have sins that I do not see here.'" Abu Dharr said: "And indeed, I saw the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, laugh until his molars (nawajidh) became visible." 231. Ahmad ibn Mani' narrated to us, saying: Mu'awiyah ibn 'Amr narrated to us, saying: Za'idah narrated to us, from Bayan, from Qays ibn Abi Hazim, from Jarir ibn 'Abdullah, who said: "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, never veiled me (i.e., prevented me from entering) since I embraced Islam, and he never saw me except that he laughed." 232. Ahmad ibn Mani' narrated to us, saying: Mu'awiyah ibn 'Amr narrated to us, saying: Za'idah narrated to us, from Isma'il ibn Abi Khalid, from Qays, from Jarir, who said: "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, never veiled me, and he never saw me since I embraced Islam except that he smiled (tabassama)." 233. Hannad ibn al-Sari narrated to us, saying: Abu Mu'awiyah narrated to us, from al-A'mash, from Ibrahim, from 'Abidah al-Salmani, from 'Abdullah ibn Mas'ud, who said: The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: "Indeed, I know the last of the people of the Fire to come out: a man who will come out of it crawling. It will be said to him: 'Go and enter Paradise.'" He said: "He will go to enter Paradise, but he will find that the people have already taken the dwellings. So he will return and say: 'O Lord, the people have taken the dwellings.' It will be said to him: 'Do you remember the time you were in (the Fire)?' He will say: 'Yes.'" He said: "Then it will be said to him: 'Wish (for something).' He will wish, and it will be said to him: 'Indeed, you will have what you wished for and ten times the like of the world.'" He said: "Then he will say: 'Do you mock me, while You are the King?'" He said: "And indeed, I saw the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, laugh until his molars (nawajidh) became visible." 234. Qutaybah ibn Sa'id narrated to us, saying: Abu al-Ahwas narrated to us, from Abu Ishaq, from 'Ali ibn Rabi'ah, who said: I witnessed 'Ali when a riding beast was brought for him to mount. When he placed his foot in the stirrup, he said: "In the name of Allah (Bismillah)." When he was seated on its back, he said: "Praise be to Allah (Al-Hamdu lillah)." Then he said: "{Glory be to Him Who has subjected this to us, and we were not able to do it} [Az-Zukhruf: 13] {And indeed, to our Lord we will surely return} [Az-Zukhruf: 14]." Then he said: "Praise be to Allah" three times, and "Allah is the Greatest (Allahu Akbar)" three times, "Glory be to You (Subhanaka), indeed I have wronged myself, so forgive me, for none forgives sins except You." Then he laughed. I said to him: "Why did you laugh, O Commander of the Faithful?" He said: "I saw the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, do as I did, then he laughed. I said: 'Why did you laugh, O Messenger of Allah?' He said: 'Indeed, your Lord marvels (ya'jabu) at His servant when he says: "My Lord, forgive me my sins, for none forgives sins except You."'" 235. Muhammad ibn Bashshar narrated to us, saying: Muhammad ibn 'Abdullah al-Ansari narrated to us, saying: 'Abdullah ibn 'Awn narrated to us, from Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn al-Aswad, from 'Amir ibn Sa'd, who said: Sa'd said: "Indeed, I saw the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, laugh on the Day of the Trench (al-Khandaq) until his molars (nawajidh) became visible." He said: I said: "How was that?" He said: "There was a man with a shield, and Sa'd was an archer. The man would do such-and-such with the shield, covering his forehead. Sa'd shot an arrow at him, and when he raised his head, he shot him and did not miss this part of him – meaning his forehead – and the man fell over, lifting his leg. The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, laughed until his molars (nawajidh) became visible." He said: I said: "Why did he laugh?" He said: "Because of his action with the man."

Chapter on what has been reported regarding the character of the jesting of the Messenger…

Chapter on what has been reported regarding the character of the jesting of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace [1].

Chapter on the Description of the Joking of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. 236 - Mahmud ibn Ghaylan narrated to us, saying: Abu Usama narrated to us, from Sharik, from 'Asim al-Ahwal, from Anas ibn Malik, that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said to him: "O you with the two ears." Mahmud said: Abu Usama said: "Meaning he was joking with him." 237 - Hannad ibn al-Sari narrated to us, saying: Waki' narrated to us, from Shu'ba, from Abu al-Tayyah, from Anas ibn Malik, who said: The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, would mix with us until he would say to a young brother of mine: "O Abu 'Umayr, what did the nightingale do?" Abu 'Isa said: "The understanding of this hadith is that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, used to joke. And in it is that he gave a kunya ¹ to a young boy, saying to him: 'O Abu 'Umayr.' And in it is that there is no harm in giving a bird to a child to play with. The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, only said to him: 'O Abu 'Umayr, what did the nightingale do?' because he had a nightingale he played with, and it died, and the boy grieved over it, so the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, joked with him: 'O Abu 'Umayr, what did the nightingale do?'" 238 - 'Abbas ibn Muhammad al-Duri narrated to us, saying: 'Ali ibn al-Hasan ibn Shaqiq narrated to us, saying: 'Abdullah ibn al-Mubarak informed us, from Usama ibn Zayd, from Sa'id al-Maqburi, from Abu Hurayra, who said: They said: O Messenger of Allah, you joke with us. He said: "I only say what is true." 239 - Qutayba ibn Sa'id narrated to us, saying: Khalid ibn 'Abdullah narrated to us, from Humayd, from Anas ibn Malik, that a man asked the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, for a mount, and he said: "I will carry you on the offspring of a she-camel." He said: O Messenger of Allah, what shall I do with the offspring of a she-camel? He, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: "Do she-camels give birth except to she-camels?" 240 - Ishaq ibn Mansur narrated to us, saying: 'Abd al-Razzaq narrated to us, saying: Ma'mar narrated to us, from Thabit, from Anas ibn Malik, that a man from the desert whose name was Zahir used to give gifts to the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, from the desert, and the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, would equip him when he wanted to leave. The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: "Indeed, Zahir is our desert, and we are his city." He, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, loved him, and he was an ugly man. One day the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, came to him while he was selling his goods, and embraced him from behind while he could not see him. He said: Who is this? Let me go. Then he turned and recognized the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and he began to press his back against the chest of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, when he recognized him. The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, began to say: "Who will buy this slave?" He said: O Messenger of Allah, then by Allah, you will find me unsellable. The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: "But with Allah, you are not unsellable," or he said: "You are precious with Allah." 241 - 'Abd ibn Humayd narrated to us, saying: Mus'ab ibn al-Miqdam narrated to us, saying: al-Mubarak ibn Fadala narrated to us, from al-Hasan, who said: An old woman came to the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and said: O Messenger of Allah, supplicate to Allah to admit me into Paradise. He said: "O mother of so-and-so, indeed, Paradise is not entered by an old woman." He said: So she turned away weeping. He said: "Inform her that she will not enter it while she is old." Indeed, Allah Almighty says: {Indeed, We have produced them in a new creation, and made them virgins, loving, of equal age.} [al-Waqi'a: 36]

1. kunya : A teknonym; an honorific name derived from one's child, e.g., Abu 'Umayr meaning 'father of 'Umayr'.

Chapter on what has been reported concerning the speech of the Messenger of Allah, may…

Chapter on what has been reported concerning the speech of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, regarding poetry.

Chapter on the description of the speech of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, concerning poetry. 242 - Ali ibn Hujr narrated to us, saying: Sharik narrated to us, from al-Miqdam ibn Shurayh, from his father, from Aisha, who said: It was asked of her: Did the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, ever recite any poetry? She said: He would recite the poetry of Ibn Rawaha, and he would recite his saying: "And news will come to you from one you did not provide for." 243 - Muhammad ibn Bashshar narrated to us, saying: Abd al-Rahman ibn Mahdi narrated to us, saying: Sufyan al-Thawri narrated to us, from Abd al-Malik ibn Umayr, who said: Abu Salama narrated to us, from Abu Hurayra, who said: The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: "The truest word spoken by a poet is the word of Labid: 'Indeed, everything except Allah is false.' And Umayya ibn Abi al-Salt was on the verge of becoming Muslim." 244 - Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna narrated to us, saying: Muhammad ibn Ja'far narrated to us, saying: Shu'ba narrated to us, from al-Aswad ibn Qays, from Jundub ibn Sufyan al-Bajali, who said: A stone struck the finger of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and it bled, so he said: "You are nothing but a finger that has bled, and what you have encountered is in the path of Allah." 245 - Ibn Abi Umar narrated to us, saying: Sufyan ibn Uyayna narrated to us, from al-Aswad ibn Qays, from Jundub ibn Abd Allah al-Bajali, similar to it. 246 - Muhammad ibn Bashshar narrated to us, saying: Yahya ibn Sa'id narrated to us, saying: Sufyan al-Thawri narrated to us, saying: Abu Ishaq informed us, from al-Bara' ibn Azib, who said: A man said to him: Did you flee from the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, O Abu Umara? He said: No, by Allah, the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, did not turn his back, but the hasty people turned back, as Hawazin met them with arrows, while the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was on his mule, and Abu Sufyan ibn al-Harith ibn Abd al-Muttalib was holding its reins, and the Messenger of Allah was saying: "I am the Prophet, no lie, I am the son of Abd al-Muttalib." 247 - Ishaq ibn Mansur narrated to us, saying: Abd al-Razzaq narrated to us, saying: Ja'far ibn Sulayman narrated to us, saying: Thabit narrated to us, from Anas: That the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, entered Mecca during the 'Umra of al-Qada' ¹, and Ibn Rawaha was walking before him, saying: "Leave, O sons of the disbelievers, from His path, Today we strike you for its revelation, A strike that removes heads from their resting places, And makes the friend forget his friend." So Umar said to him: O Ibn Rawaha, before the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and in the sanctuary of Allah, you recite poetry? So he, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: "Leave him, O Umar, for it is swifter against them than the shower of arrows." 248 - Ali ibn Hujr narrated to us, saying: Sharik narrated to us, from Simak ibn Harb, from Jabir ibn Samura, who said: I sat with the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, more than a hundred times, and his companions would recite poetry to each other and mention things from the time of ignorance ², while he remained silent, and sometimes he would smile with them. 249 - Ali ibn Hujr narrated to us, saying: Sharik narrated to us, from Abd al-Malik ibn Umayr, from Abu Salama, from Abu Hurayra, from the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, who said: "The most poetic word spoken by the Arabs is the word of Labid: 'Indeed, everything except Allah is false.'" 250 - Ahmad ibn Mani' narrated to us, saying: Marwan ibn Mu'awiya narrated to us, from Abd Allah ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Ta'ifi, from Amr ibn al-Sharid, from his father, who said: I was riding behind the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and I recited to him a hundred verses from the poetry of Umayya ibn Abi al-Salt al-Thaqafi. Whenever I recited a verse to him, the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, would say to me: "Go on" until I recited a hundred verses to him. Then the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: "He was on the verge of becoming Muslim." 251 - Isma'il ibn Musa al-Fazari and Ali ibn Hujr narrated to us, and the meaning is the same, they said: Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi al-Zinad narrated to us, from Hisham ibn Urwa, from his father, from Aisha, who said: The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, would set up a pulpit for Hassan ibn Thabit in the mosque, upon which he would stand and defend the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, or he said: he would contend on behalf of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. And he, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: "Indeed, Allah supports Hassan with the Holy Spirit ³ as long as he defends or contends on behalf of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace." 252 - Isma'il ibn Musa and Ali ibn Hujr narrated to us, they said: Ibn Abi al-Zinad narrated to us, from his father, from Urwa, from Aisha, from the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, similar to it.

1. 'Umra of al-Qada' : The 'Umra of al-Qada' was the compensatory lesser pilgrimage performed by the Prophet in 7 AH after the Treaty of Hudaybiyya, when the Quraysh prevented him from entering Mecca the previous year.
2. time of ignorance : Jahiliyya, the pre-Islamic period of ignorance and polytheism.
3. Holy Spirit : Ruh al-Qudus, often interpreted as the Angel Gabriel or a divine spirit of support.

Chapter on what has been reported regarding the speech of the Messenger of Allah, may…

Chapter on what has been reported regarding the speech of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, concerning night conversation [1].

Chapter on the Speech of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, during the Night Conversation ¹. 253 - Al-Hasan ibn Sabbah al-Bazzar narrated to us, saying: Abu al-Nadr narrated to us, saying: Abu 'Aqil al-Thaqafi 'Abdullah ibn 'Aqil narrated to us, from Mujalid, from al-Sha'bi, from Masruq, from 'A'isha, who said: One night, the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, told his wives a story. One of them said, "This story seems like the story of Khurafah ²." He said, "Do you know what Khurafah is? Indeed, Khurafah was a man from 'Udhrah ³ whom the jinn ⁴ captured in the Jahiliyyah ⁵. He stayed among them for a long time, then they returned him to humans. He used to tell people about the wonders he saw among them. So people said, 'The story of Khurafah.'"

1. samar : Night conversation or storytelling, often after the 'Isha' prayer.
2. Khurafah : A legendary figure known for telling fantastical tales; his name became synonymous with fables or myths.
3. 'Udhrah : An ancient Arab tribe.
4. jinn : Invisible beings created from smokeless fire, possessing free will and living in a parallel world to humans.
5. Jahiliyyah : The pre-Islamic period of ignorance, characterized by polytheism and moral darkness.

The Hadith of Umm Zar' [1]

The Hadith of Umm Zar‘ ¹ 254 – ‘Ali ibn Hujr narrated to us, saying: ‘Isa ibn Yunus narrated to us, from Hisham ibn ‘Urwa, from his brother ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Urwa, from ‘Urwa, from ‘A’isha, who said: Eleven women sat together and made a mutual pledge and covenant that they would not conceal anything about their husbands. The first said: “My husband is like the lean meat of a camel on top of a rugged mountain—neither easy to climb, nor fat enough to be carried away.” The second said: “My husband—I do not spread his news, for I fear I may not leave him. If I mention him, I mention his faults and blemishes.” The third said: “My husband is the tall, heavy one ²; if I speak, I am divorced; if I remain silent, I am left hanging.” The fourth said: “My husband is like the night of Tihama ³—neither hot nor cold, neither fearful nor tiresome.” The fifth said: “My husband—if he enters, he is like a leopard; if he goes out, he is like a lion; and he does not ask about what he has left behind.” The sixth said: “My husband—if he eats, he devours; if he drinks, he drains; if he lies down, he curls up; and he does not insert his hand to know my distress.” The seventh said: “My husband is either ‘Ayaya’ or ‘Ghayaya’ ⁴—a ‘Tabaqa’ ⁵; every ailment he has is an ailment; he may split your head, or break your teeth, or combine all for you.” The eighth said: “My husband—his touch is the touch of a rabbit, and his scent is the scent of a zarnab ⁶.” The ninth said: “My husband is high of pillar, long of sword-belt, great of ashes, and his house is near the gathering place.” The tenth said: “My husband is Malik—and what is Malik? Malik is better than that. He has camels that are many in resting places, few in pastures; when they hear the sound of the lute, they know they are doomed.” The eleventh said: “My husband is Abu Zar‘—and what is Abu Zar‘? He adorned my ears with jewelry, filled my arms with fat, and made me proud so that my soul was pleased with me. He found me among a family of little wealth, with a small flock, and placed me among a family of neighing, groaning, threshing, and winnowing. With him, I speak and am not rebuked; I sleep and wake up in the morning; I drink and am satisfied. The mother of Abu Zar‘—and what is the mother of Abu Zar‘? Her storage bags are full and heavy, and her house is spacious. The son of Abu Zar‘—and what is the son of Abu Zar‘? His bed is like the sheath of a sword, and a foreleg of a young goat suffices him. The daughter of Abu Zar‘—and what is the daughter of Abu Zar‘? She is obedient to her father and mother, fills her garment, and is the envy of her neighbor. The servant of Abu Zar‘—and what is the servant of Abu Zar‘? She does not spread our gossip, nor does she waste our provisions, nor does she fill our house with chattering.” She said: “Abu Zar‘ went out while the waterskins were being churned, and he met a woman with two children like leopards, playing under her waist with two pomegranates. So he divorced me and married her. After him, I married a noble man who rode a fine steed, took a spear, and brought me abundant cattle. He gave me a pair of every kind of livestock and said: ‘Eat, Umm Zar‘, and provide for your family.’ But if I gathered everything he gave me, it would not reach the smallest vessel of Abu Zar‘.” ‘A’isha said: The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said to me: “I am to you as Abu Zar‘ was to Umm Zar‘.”

1. Umm Zar‘ : Umm Zar‘ (Mother of Zar‘) is the name of the eleventh woman in the hadith, and the story is known as the Hadith of Umm Zar‘.
2. al-‘ashannaq : Al-‘ashannaq refers to a tall, heavy, and coarse man.
3. Tihama : Tihama is a lowland region in Arabia known for its moderate climate.
4. ‘Ayaya’ or ‘Ghayaya’ : These are obscure terms; ‘Ayaya’ may mean one who is impotent or slow, and ‘Ghayaya’ may mean one who is foolish or confused.
5. Tabaqa’ : Tabaqa’ means one who is layered or covered, possibly referring to a man who is heavy and clumsy.
6. zarnab : Zarnab is a fragrant plant, possibly a type of rush or aromatic herb.

Chapter on the sleep of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace…

Chapter on the sleep of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace [1]

Chapter on the sleep of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. 255 - Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna narrated to us, saying: Abd al-Rahman ibn Mahdi narrated to us, saying: Isra'il narrated to us, from Abu Ishaq, from Abdullah ibn Yazid, from al-Bara' ibn 'Azib, that when the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, lay down to sleep, he would place his right palm under his right cheek and say: "My Lord, protect me from Your punishment on the day You resurrect Your servants." 256 - Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna narrated to us, saying: Abd al-Rahman narrated to us, saying: Isra'il narrated to us, from Abu Ishaq, from Abu 'Ubayda, from Abdullah, similar to it, and he said: "On the day You gather Your servants." 257 - Mahmud ibn Ghaylan narrated to us, saying: Abd al-Razzaq narrated to us, saying: Sufyan narrated to us, from Abd al-Malik ibn 'Umayr, from Rib'i ibn Hirash, from Hudhayfa, who said: When the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, went to his bed, he would say: "O Allah, in Your name I die and live." And when he woke up, he would say: "Praise be to Allah who has given us life after He caused us to die, and to Him is the resurrection." 258 - Qutayba ibn Sa'id narrated to us, saying: al-Mufaddal ibn Fadala narrated to us, from 'Uqayl, I think from al-Zuhri, from 'Urwa, from 'A'isha, who said: When the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, went to his bed every night, he would cup his hands together, blow into them, and recite into them "Say: He is Allah, the One" ¹ and "Say: I seek refuge with the Lord of the daybreak" ² and "Say: I seek refuge with the Lord of mankind" ³. Then he would wipe with them as much of his body as he could, starting with his head and face and the front of his body, doing that three times. 259 - Muhammad ibn Bashshar narrated to us, saying: Abd al-Rahman ibn Mahdi narrated to us, saying: Sufyan narrated to us, from Salama ibn Kuhayl, from Kurayb, from Ibn 'Abbas: That the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, slept until he snored, and when he slept he would snore. Then Bilal came to him and informed him of the prayer, so he got up and prayed without performing ablution. And in the hadith there is a story. 260 - Ishaq ibn Mansur narrated to us, saying: 'Affan narrated to us, saying: Hammad ibn Salama narrated to us, from Thabit, from Anas ibn Malik, that when the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, went to his bed, he would say: "Praise be to Allah who has fed us, given us drink, sufficed us, and given us shelter. How many are there who have no one to suffice them and no one to give them shelter." 261 - al-Husayn ibn Muhammad al-Jurayri narrated to us, saying: Sulayman ibn Harb narrated to us, saying: Hammad ibn Salama narrated to us, from Humayd, from Bakr ibn Abdullah al-Muzani, from Abdullah ibn Rabah, from Abu Qatada: That when the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, halted for the night ⁴, he would lie down on his right side, and when he halted shortly before dawn, he would set up his forearm and place his head on his palm.

1. Qul Huwa Allahu Ahad : Surah al-Ikhlas (112:1-4), meaning 'Say: He is Allah, the One.'
2. Qul A'udhu bi Rabbi al-Falaq : Surah al-Falaq (113:1-5), meaning 'Say: I seek refuge with the Lord of the daybreak.'
3. Qul A'udhu bi Rabbi al-Nas : Surah al-Nas (114:1-6), meaning 'Say: I seek refuge with the Lord of mankind.'
4. arrasa : To halt or camp for the night during a journey, especially at the last part of the night.

Chapter on the Worship of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace…

Chapter on the Worship of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace [1]

Chapter on the Worship of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ 262. Qutaybah ibn Sa‘id and Bishr ibn Mu‘adh narrated to us, they said: Abu ‘Awanah narrated to us, from Ziyad ibn ‘Ilaqah, from al-Mughirah ibn Shu‘bah, who said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed until his feet became swollen. It was said to him: "Do you burden yourself with this when Allah has forgiven you your past and future sins?" He said: "Shall I not be a grateful servant?" 263. Abu ‘Ammar al-Husayn ibn Hurayth narrated to us, he said: al-Fadl ibn Musa narrated to us, from Muhammad ibn ‘Amr, from Abu Salamah, from Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray until his feet became swollen. It was said to him: "Do you do this when it has come to you that Allah has forgiven you your past and future sins?" He said: "Shall I not be a grateful servant?" 264. ‘Isa ibn ‘Uthman ibn ‘Isa ibn ‘Abd al-Rahman al-Ramli narrated to us, he said: My uncle Yahya ibn ‘Isa al-Ramli narrated to us, from al-A‘mash, from Abu Salih, from Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to stand in prayer until his feet became swollen. It would be said to him: "O Messenger of Allah, do you do this when Allah has forgiven you your past and future sins?" He said: "Shall I not be a grateful servant?" 265. Muhammad ibn Bashshar narrated to us, he said: Muhammad ibn Ja‘far narrated to us, he said: Shu‘bah narrated to us, from Abu Ishaq, from al-Aswad ibn Yazid, who said: I asked ‘A’ishah about the night prayer of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. She said: "He used to sleep at the beginning of the night, then get up. When it was the time of sahar ¹, he would pray witr ², then go to his bed. If he had a need, he would approach his family. When he heard the adhan ³, he would spring up. If he was in a state of janabah ⁴, he would pour water over himself; otherwise, he would perform wudu ⁵ and go out to prayer." 266. Qutaybah ibn Sa‘id narrated to us, from Malik ibn Anas; and Ishaq ibn Musa al-Ansari narrated to us, he said: Ma‘n narrated to us, from Malik, from Makhramah ibn Sulayman, from Kurayb, from Ibn ‘Abbas, that he informed him that he spent the night at Maimunah’s, who was his maternal aunt. He said: "I lay down across the pillow, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ lay down along its length. He slept until midnight, or a little before or after. Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ woke up and began to wipe the sleep from his face. Then he recited the last ten verses of Surah Al ‘Imran. Then he went to a water skin ⁶ hanging and performed wudu from it, doing it well. Then he stood up to pray." ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Abbas said: "I stood beside him. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ placed his right hand on my head, then took my right ear and twisted it. Then he prayed two rak‘ahs ⁷, then two, then two, then two, then two, then two—Ma‘n said: six times—then he prayed witr. Then he lay down until the mu’adhdhin ⁸ came to him. Then he got up and prayed two light rak‘ahs, then went out and prayed the morning prayer." 267. Abu Kurayb Muhammad ibn al-‘Ala’ narrated to us, he said: Waki‘ narrated to us, from Shu‘bah, from Abu Jamrah, from Ibn ‘Abbas, who said: "The Prophet ﷺ used to pray thirteen rak‘ahs at night." 268. Qutaybah ibn Sa‘id narrated to us, he said: Abu ‘Awanah narrated to us, from Qatadah, from Zurarah ibn Awfa, from Sa‘d ibn Hisham, from ‘A’ishah: "When the Prophet ﷺ did not pray at night due to sleep or his eyes overcoming him, he would pray twelve rak‘ahs during the day." 269. Muhammad ibn al-‘Ala’ narrated to us, he said: Abu Usamah narrated to us, from Hisham ibn Hassan, from Muhammad ibn Sirin, from Abu Hurayrah, from the Prophet ﷺ, who said: "When one of you gets up at night, let him begin his prayer with two light rak‘ahs." 270. Qutaybah ibn Sa‘id narrated to us, from Malik ibn Anas; and Ishaq ibn Musa narrated to us, he said: Ma‘n narrated to us, he said: Malik narrated to us, from ‘Abdullah ibn Abi Bakr, from his father, that ‘Abdullah ibn Qays ibn Makhramah informed him, from Zayd ibn Khalid al-Juhani, that he said: "I will surely observe the prayer of the Prophet ﷺ. So I rested my head on his threshold or his tent. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed two light rak‘ahs, then he prayed two long, long, long rak‘ahs, then he prayed two rak‘ahs that were shorter than the two before them, then he prayed two rak‘ahs that were shorter than the two before them, then he prayed two rak‘ahs that were shorter than the two before them, then he prayed two rak‘ahs that were shorter than the two before them, then he prayed witr. That makes thirteen rak‘ahs." 271. Ishaq ibn Musa narrated to us, he said: Ma‘n narrated to us, he said: Malik narrated to us, from Sa‘id ibn Abi Sa‘id al-Maqburi, from Abu Salamah ibn ‘Abd al-Rahman, that he informed him that he asked ‘A’ishah: "How was the prayer of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ during Ramadan?" She said: "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ would not increase during Ramadan or otherwise beyond eleven rak‘ahs. He would pray four—do not ask about their beauty and length—then he would pray four—do not ask about their beauty and length—then he would pray three." ‘A’ishah said: "I said: O Messenger of Allah, do you sleep before praying witr?" He said: "O ‘A’ishah, my eyes sleep but my heart does not sleep." 272. Ishaq ibn Musa narrated to us, he said: Ma‘n narrated to us, he said: Malik narrated to us, from Ibn Shihab, from ‘Urwah, from ‘A’ishah: "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray eleven rak‘ahs at night, concluding with one witr. When he finished, he would lie down on his right side." 273. Ibn Abi ‘Umar narrated to us, he said: Ma‘n narrated to us, from Malik, from Ibn Shihab, similar to it. And Qutaybah narrated to us, from Malik, from Ibn Shihab, similar to it. 275. Hannad narrated to us, he said: Abu al-Ahwas narrated to us, from al-A‘mash, from Ibrahim, from al-Aswad, from ‘A’ishah, who said: "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray nine rak‘ahs at night." Mahmud ibn Ghaylan narrated to us, he said: Yahya ibn Adam narrated to us, he said: Sufyan al-Thawri narrated to us, from al-A‘mash, similar to it.

276. Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna narrated to us, saying: Muhammad ibn Ja'far narrated to us, saying: Shu'bah narrated to us, from 'Amr ibn Murrah, from Abu Hamzah, a man from the Ansar, from a man from Banu 'Abs, from Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman, that he prayed with the Prophet ⁹ during the night. He said: When he entered the prayer, he said: "Allahu Akbar, Possessor of dominion ¹⁰, and power ¹¹, and pride ¹², and greatness ¹³." He said: Then he recited al-Baqarah, then he bowed for a bowing similar in length to his standing, and he would say: "Subhana Rabbiyal-'Adhim, Subhana Rabbiyal-'Adhim." Then he raised his head, and his standing was similar in length to his bowing, and he would say: "Lirabbiyal-hamd, Lirabbiyal-hamd." Then he prostrated, and his prostration was similar in length to his standing, and he would say: "Subhana Rabbiyal-A'la, Subhana Rabbiyal-A'la." Then he raised his head, and the interval between the two prostrations was similar in length to the prostration, and he would say: "Rabbighfir li, Rabbighfir li." Until he recited al-Baqarah, Al 'Imran, an-Nisa', and al-Ma'idah or al-An'am—Shu'bah is the one who doubted about al-Ma'idah and al-An'am. Abu 'Isa said: "Abu Hamzah's name is Talhah ibn Zayd, and Abu Hamzah ad-Duba'i's name is Nasr ibn 'Imran." 277. Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Nafi' al-Basri narrated to us, saying: 'Abd as-Samad ibn 'Abd al-Warith narrated to us, from Isma'il ibn Muslim al-'Abdi, from Abu al-Mutawakkil, from 'A'ishah, who said: "The Messenger of Allah ⁹ stood [in prayer] reciting a verse from the Qur'an for an entire night." 278. Mahmud ibn Ghaylan narrated to us, saying: Sulayman ibn Harb narrated to us, saying: Shu'bah narrated to us, from al-A'mash, from Abu Wa'il, from 'Abdullah ibn Mas'ud, who said: "I prayed one night with the Messenger of Allah ⁹, and he kept standing until I intended to do something bad." It was said to him: "What did you intend?" He said: "I intended to sit down and leave the Prophet ⁹." 279. Sufyan ibn Waki' narrated to us, saying: Jarir narrated to us, from al-A'mash, similar to it. 280. Ishaq ibn Musa al-Ansari narrated to us, saying: Ma'n narrated to us, saying: Malik narrated to us, from Abu an-Nadr, from Abu Salamah, from 'A'ishah: "The Prophet ⁹ used to pray sitting, and he would recite while sitting. Then when about thirty or forty verses remained of his recitation, he would stand up and recite while standing, then bow and prostrate. Then he would do the same in the second rak'ah." 281. Ahmad ibn Mani' narrated to us, saying: Hushaym narrated to us, saying: Khalid al-Hadhdha' narrated to us, from 'Abdullah ibn Shaqiq, who said: I asked 'A'ishah about the prayer of the Messenger of Allah ⁹ regarding his voluntary prayers. She said: "He used to pray for a long time at night standing, and for a long time at night sitting. When he recited while standing, he would bow and prostrate while standing, and when he recited while sitting, he would bow and prostrate while sitting." 282. Ishaq ibn Musa al-Ansari narrated to us, saying: Ma'n narrated to us, saying: Malik narrated to us, from Ibn Shihab, from as-Sa'ib ibn Yazid, from al-Muttalib ibn Abi Wada'ah as-Sahmi, from Hafsah, the wife of the Prophet ⁹, who said: "The Messenger of Allah ⁹ used to pray in his voluntary prayers sitting, and he would recite a surah and recite it slowly until it became longer than the longest of them." 283. Al-Hasan ibn Muhammad az-Za'farani narrated to us, saying: Al-Hajjaj ibn Muhammad narrated to us, from Ibn Jurayj, who said: 'Uthman ibn Abi Sulayman informed me that Abu Salamah ibn 'Abd ar-Rahman informed him that 'A'ishah informed him: "The Prophet ⁹ did not die until most of his prayer was while sitting." 284. Ahmad ibn Mani' narrated to us, saying: Isma'il ibn Ibrahim narrated to us, saying: Ayyub narrated to us, from Nafi', from Ibn 'Umar, who said: "I prayed with the Prophet ⁹ two rak'ahs before Dhuhr, two after it, two after Maghrib in his house, and two after 'Isha' in his house." 285. Ahmad ibn Mani' narrated to us, saying: Isma'il ibn Ibrahim narrated to us, saying: Ayyub narrated to us, from Nafi', from Ibn 'Umar, who said: Hafsah narrated to me: "The Messenger of Allah ⁹ used to pray two rak'ahs when dawn broke and the caller called [the adhan]." Ayyub said: "And I think he said: 'Light [i.e., short] two rak'ahs.'" 286. Qutaybah ibn Sa'id narrated to us, saying: Marwan ibn Mu'awiyah al-Fazari narrated to us, from Ja'far ibn Burqan, from Maymun ibn Mihran, from Ibn 'Umar, who said: "I memorized from the Messenger of Allah ⁹ eight rak'ahs: two before Dhuhr, two after it, two after Maghrib, and two after 'Isha'." Ibn 'Umar said: "And Hafsah narrated to me about the two rak'ahs of the morning [Fajr], and I had not seen them from the Prophet ⁹." 287. Abu Salamah Yahya ibn Khalaf narrated to us, saying: Bishr ibn al-Mufaddal narrated to us, from Khalid al-Hadhdha', from 'Abdullah ibn Shaqiq, who said: I asked 'A'ishah about the prayer of the Prophet ⁹. She said: "He used to pray two rak'ahs before Dhuhr, two after it, two after Maghrib, two after 'Isha', and two before Fajr." 288. Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna narrated to us, saying: Muhammad ibn Ja'far narrated to us, saying: Shu'bah narrated to us, from Abu Ishaq, who said: I heard 'Asim ibn Damrah saying: We asked 'Ali about the prayer of the Messenger of Allah ⁹ during the day. He said: "You cannot bear that." We said: "Whoever among us can bear it, prays." He said: "When the sun was in the position here like its position here at 'Asr, he would pray two rak'ahs. And when the sun was here like its position here at Dhuhr, he would pray four. He would pray four before Dhuhr, two after it, and four before 'Asr, separating between every two rak'ahs with the taslim ¹⁴ upon the angels brought near ¹⁵, the prophets, and those who follow them among the believers and Muslims."

1. sahar : The last third of the night before dawn.
2. witr : An odd-numbered prayer performed after the night prayer, typically consisting of one, three, five, seven, nine, or eleven rak'ahs.
3. adhan : The Islamic call to prayer.
4. janabah : A state of major ritual impurity requiring a full-body wash (ghusl) before prayer.
5. wudu : Ritual ablution performed before prayer.
6. water skin : A container made of animal skin used for storing water.
7. rak'ah : A unit of Islamic prayer consisting of standing, bowing, prostrating, and sitting.
8. mu'adhdhin : The person who calls the adhan.
9. صلى الله عليه وسلم : Salla Allahu 'alayhi wa sallam: May Allah's peace and blessings be upon him, a formula of respect used after mentioning the Prophet Muhammad.
10. الملكوت : Al-Malakut: The dominion or sovereignty, often referring to the unseen realm of divine power.
11. الجبروت : Al-Jabarut: The realm of divine power and might, often associated with God's omnipotence.
12. الكبرياء : Al-Kibriya': Divine pride or majesty, a quality exclusive to Allah.
13. العظمة : Al-'Adhamah: Divine greatness or grandeur.
14. التسليم : At-Taslim: The greeting of peace (saying 'As-salamu 'alaykum') at the end of the prayer, or here, the act of concluding the prayer with the salam.
15. الملائكة المقربين : Al-Mala'ikah al-Muqarrabun: The angels brought near to Allah, i.e., the highest-ranking angels.

Chapter on the Forenoon Prayer [1]

Chapter: The Duha Prayer ¹ 289 - Mahmud ibn Ghaylan narrated to us, saying: Abu Dawud al-Tayalisi narrated to us, saying: Shu'bah narrated to us, from Yazid al-Rishk, who said: I heard Mu'adhah say: I said to 'A'ishah: Did the Prophet ﷺ pray Duha? She said: "Yes, four rak'ahs ², and he would add as much as Allah Almighty willed." 290 - Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna narrated to us, saying: Hakim ibn Mu'awiyah al-Ziyadi narrated to me, saying: Ziyad ibn 'Ubayd Allah ibn al-Rabi' al-Ziyadi narrated to us, from Humayd al-Tawil, from Anas ibn Malik: "That the Prophet ﷺ used to pray Duha as six rak'ahs." 291 - Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna narrated to us, saying: Muhammad ibn Ja'far narrated to us, saying: Shu'bah narrated to us, from 'Amr ibn Murrah, from 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Layla, who said: No one informed me that they saw the Prophet ﷺ praying Duha except Umm Hani' ³, for she narrated: "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ entered her house on the day of the Conquest of Mecca ⁴, bathed, and then prayed eight rak'ahs. I never saw him pray any prayer lighter than that, except that he completed the bowing and prostration." 292 - Ibn Abi 'Umar narrated to us, saying: Waki' narrated to us, saying: Kahmas ibn al-Hasan narrated to us, from 'Abd Allah ibn Shaqiq, who said: I said to 'A'ishah: Did the Prophet ﷺ pray Duha? She said: "No, unless he returned from his absence." 293 - Ziyad ibn Ayyub al-Baghdadi narrated to us, saying: Muhammad ibn Rabi'ah narrated to us, from Fudayl ibn Marzuq, from 'Atiyyah, from Abu Sa'id al-Khudri, who said: "The Prophet ﷺ would pray Duha until we said: He will never abandon it, and he would abandon it until we said: He will not pray it." 295 - Ahmad ibn Mani' narrated to us, from Hushaym, who said: 'Ubaydah narrated to us, from Ibrahim, from Sahm ibn Minjab, from Qarth' al-Dabbi, or from Qaza'ah, from Qarth', from Abu Ayyub al-Ansari: "That the Prophet ﷺ used to persist in four rak'ahs at the time of the sun's zenith ⁵. I said: O Messenger of Allah, you persist in these four rak'ahs at the time of the sun's zenith. He said: 'Indeed, the gates of heaven are opened at the sun's zenith and are not closed until the Zuhr prayer ⁶ is prayed, so I love that good deeds ascend for me at that hour.' I said: Is there recitation in all of them? He said: 'Yes.' I said: Is there a separating taslim ⁷? He said: 'No.'" Ahmad ibn Mani' informed me, saying: Abu Mu'awiyah narrated to us, saying: 'Ubaydah narrated to us, from Ibrahim, from Sahm ibn Minjab, from Qaza'ah, from Qarth', from Abu Ayyub al-Ansari, from the Prophet ﷺ, similar to it. 296 - Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna narrated to us, saying: Abu Dawud narrated to us, saying: Muhammad ibn Muslim ibn Abi al-Waddah narrated to us, from 'Abd al-Karim al-Jazari, from Mujahid, from 'Abd Allah ibn al-Sa'ib: "That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray four rak'ahs after the sun had passed its zenith before Zuhr, and he said: 'Indeed, it is an hour in which the gates of heaven are opened, so I love that a righteous deed ascend for me in it.'" 297 - Abu Salamah Yahya ibn Khalaf narrated to us, saying: 'Umar ibn 'Ali al-Muqaddami narrated to us, from Mis'ar ibn Kidam, from Abu Ishaq, from 'Asim ibn Damrah, from 'Ali: "That he used to pray four rak'ahs before Zuhr, and he mentioned that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray them at the zenith and would lengthen them."

1. Duha : The forenoon prayer, also known as Salat al-Duha or Ishraq, a voluntary prayer performed after sunrise.
2. rak'ahs : Units of Islamic prayer, each consisting of a sequence of standing, bowing, prostrating, and sitting.
3. Umm Hani' : A female companion of the Prophet, daughter of Abu Talib and sister of 'Ali ibn Abi Talib.
4. Conquest of Mecca : The peaceful conquest of Mecca by the Muslims in 8 AH (630 CE), during which the Prophet entered the city.
5. sun's zenith : The time when the sun is at its highest point in the sky, just before the Zuhr prayer time begins.
6. Zuhr prayer : The midday obligatory prayer, performed after the sun passes its zenith.
7. taslim : The concluding salutation of the prayer, turning the head to the right and left saying 'Assalamu 'alaykum wa rahmatullah'.

Chapter on Voluntary Prayer at Home

Chapter: Voluntary prayer at home 298 - Abbas al-Anbari narrated to us, saying: Abd al-Rahman ibn Mahdi narrated to us, from Mu'awiyah ibn Salih, from al-'Ala' ibn al-Harith, from Haram ibn Mu'awiyah, from his uncle Abdullah ibn Sa'd, who said: I asked the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, about prayer in my house and prayer in the mosque. He said: "You see how close my house is to the mosque, yet praying in my house is more beloved to me than praying in the mosque, except for an obligatory prayer ¹."

1. ṣalāt maktūba : Obligatory prayer; the five daily prayers that are prescribed and required.

Chapter on the Fasting of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace…

Chapter on the Fasting of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace [1]

Chapter on the Fasting of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. 299 - Qutaybah ibn Sa'id narrated to us, saying: Hammad ibn Zayd narrated to us, from Ayyub, from 'Abdullah ibn Shaqiq, who said: I asked 'Aishah about the fasting of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. She said: "He would fast until we said he was fasting, and he would break his fast until we said he had broken his fast." She said: "And the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, never fasted a complete month after he came to Medina except Ramadan." 300 - 'Ali ibn Hujr narrated to us, saying: Isma'il ibn Ja'far narrated to us, from Humayd, from Anas ibn Malik, that he was asked about the fasting of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. He said: "He would fast during the month until we thought he did not intend to break his fast from it, and he would break his fast from it until we thought he did not intend to fast any of it. And you would not wish to see him at night praying except you saw him praying, nor sleeping except you saw him sleeping." 301 - Mahmud ibn Ghaylan narrated to us, saying: Abu Dawud narrated to us, saying: Shu'bah narrated to us, from Abu Bishr, who said: I heard Sa'id ibn Jubayr, from Ibn 'Abbas, who said: "The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, would fast until we said he did not intend to break his fast from it, and he would break his fast until we said he did not intend to fast from it. And he never fasted a complete month after he came to Medina except Ramadan." 302 - Muhammad ibn Bashshar narrated to us, saying: 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Mahdi narrated to us, from Sufyan, from Mansur, from Salim ibn Abi al-Ja'd, from Abu Salamah, from Umm Salamah, who said: "I never saw the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, fast two consecutive months except Sha'ban and Ramadan." Abu 'Isa said: "This chain is authentic, and thus he said: from Abu Salamah, from Umm Salamah. And more than one narrated this hadith from Abu Salamah, from 'Aishah, from the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. It is possible that Abu Salamah ibn 'Abd al-Rahman narrated the hadith from both 'Aishah and Umm Salamah, from the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace." 303 - Hannad narrated to us, saying: 'Abdah narrated to us, from Muhammad ibn 'Amr, who said: Abu Salamah narrated to us, from 'Aishah, who said: "I never saw the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, fast in any month more than his fasting for Allah in Sha'ban. He would fast Sha'ban except a little; rather, he would fast all of it." 305 - Al-Qasim ibn Dinar al-Kufi narrated to us, saying: 'Ubaydullah ibn Musa and Talq ibn Ghannam narrated to us, from Shayban, from 'Asim, from Zirr ibn Hubaysh, from 'Abdullah, who said: "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, would fast three days from the beginning of every month, and rarely did he break his fast on Friday." 307 - Abu Hafs 'Amr ibn 'Ali narrated to us, saying: 'Abdullah ibn Dawud narrated to us, from Thawr ibn Yazid, from Khalid ibn Ma'dan, from Rabi'ah al-Jurashi, from 'Aishah, who said: "The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, would be keen to fast on Mondays and Thursdays." 308 - Muhammad ibn Yahya narrated to us, saying: Abu 'Asim narrated to us, from Muhammad ibn Rifa'ah, from Suhayl ibn Abi Salih, from his father, from Abu Hurayrah, that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: "Deeds are presented on Monday and Thursday, so I love that my deeds be presented while I am fasting." 309 - Mahmud ibn Ghaylan narrated to us, saying: Abu Ahmad and Mu'awiyah ibn Hisham narrated to us, both saying: Sufyan narrated to us, from Mansur, from Khaythamah, from 'Aishah, who said: "The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, would fast Saturday, Sunday, and Monday of one month, and Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday of the next month." Abu Mus'ab al-Madini narrated to us, from Malik ibn Anas, from Abu al-Nadr, from Abu Salamah ibn 'Abd al-Rahman, from 'Aishah, who said: "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, never fasted in any month more than his fasting in Sha'ban." Mahmud ibn Ghaylan narrated to us, saying: Abu Dawud narrated to us, saying: Shu'bah narrated to us, from Yazid al-Rishk, who said: I heard Mu'adhah, who said: I said to 'Aishah: Did the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, fast three days of every month? She said: "Yes." I said: From which part did he fast? She said: "He did not mind from which part he fasted." Abu 'Isa said: "Yazid al-Rishk is Yazid al-Dubba'i al-Basri, and he is trustworthy. Shu'bah, 'Abd al-Warith ibn Sa'id, Hammad ibn Zayd, Isma'il ibn Ibrahim, and many other imams narrated from him. He is Yazid al-Qasim, and it is said: al-Qassam. Al-Rishk in the language of the people of Basra is al-Qassam." 310 - Harun ibn Ishaq al-Hamdani narrated to us, saying: 'Abdah ibn Sulayman narrated to us, from Hisham ibn 'Urwah, from his father, from 'Aishah, who said: "'Ashura' was a day that Quraysh used to fast in the Jahiliyyah ¹, and the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, used to fast it. When he came to Medina, he fasted it and commanded its fasting. When Ramadan was made obligatory, Ramadan became the obligation, and 'Ashura' was left. So whoever wished fasted it, and whoever wished left it." 311 - Muhammad ibn Bashshar narrated to us, saying: 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Mahdi narrated to us, saying: Sufyan narrated to us, from Mansur, from Ibrahim, from 'Alqamah, who said: I asked 'Aishah: Did the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, single out any days? She said: "His work was continuous ², and which of you can endure what the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, could endure?" 312 - Harun ibn Ishaq narrated to us, saying: 'Abdah narrated to us, from Hisham ibn 'Urwah, from his father, from 'Aishah, who said: The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, entered upon me while there was a woman with me. He said: "Who is this?" I said: So-and-so, she does not sleep at night. The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: "Take on deeds that you can endure, for by Allah, Allah does not get tired until you get tired." And the most beloved of that to the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was that which its doer persisted in. 313 - Abu Hisham Muhammad ibn Yazid al-Rifa'i narrated to us, saying: Ibn Fudayl narrated to us, from al-A'mash, from Abu Salih, who said: I asked 'Aishah and Umm Salamah: Which deed was most beloved to the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace? They both said: "That which is persisted in, even if little." 314 - Muhammad ibn Isma'il narrated to us, saying: 'Abdullah ibn Salih narrated to us, saying: Mu'awiyah ibn Salih narrated to me, from 'Amr ibn Qays, that he heard 'Asim ibn Humayd, who said: I heard 'Awf ibn Malik say: I was with the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, one night. He used the tooth-stick ³, then performed ablution, then stood to pray. I stood with him. He began and opened with al-Baqarah ⁴. He did not pass by a verse of mercy except he stopped and asked, nor a verse of punishment except he stopped and sought refuge. Then he bowed and remained bowing for as long as his standing, saying in his bowing: "Glory be to the Possessor of Might, Dominion, Grandeur, and Majesty." Then he prostrated for as long as his bowing, saying in his prostration: "Glory be to the Possessor of Might, Dominion, Grandeur, and Majesty." Then he recited Al 'Imran ⁵, then surah after surah, doing the same.

1. Jahiliyyah : The period of ignorance before Islam.
2. dīmah : Continuous, steady, like a constant rain.
3. siwāk : A teeth-cleaning twig made from the Salvadora persica tree.
4. al-Baqarah : The second chapter (Surah) of the Quran.
5. Āl 'Imrān : The third chapter (Surah) of the Quran.

Chapter on the recitation of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him…

Chapter on the recitation of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace [1]

Chapter on the Recitation of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. 315 - Qutaybah ibn Sa'id narrated to us, saying: Al-Layth narrated to us, from Ibn Abi Mulaykah, from Ya'la ibn Mamlak, that he asked Umm Salamah about the recitation of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and she described it as "a recitation that was clear, letter by letter." 316 - Muhammad ibn Bashshar narrated to us, saying: Wahb ibn Jarir ibn Hazim narrated to us, saying: My father narrated to us, from Qatadah, who said: I said to Anas ibn Malik: How was the recitation of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace? He said: "With elongation ¹." 317 - Ali ibn Hujr narrated to us, saying: Yahya ibn Sa'id al-Umawi narrated to us, from Ibn Jurayj, from Ibn Abi Mulaykah, from Umm Salamah, who said: The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, would pause in his recitation, saying: {Al-ḥamdu lillāhi rabbi l-ʿālamīn} [Al-Fatihah: 2] then he would stop, then say: {Ar-raḥmāni r-raḥīm} [Al-Fatihah: 1] then he would stop, and he would recite (Maliki yawmi d-dīn). 318 - Qutaybah narrated to us, saying: Al-Layth narrated to us, from Mu'awiyah ibn Salih, from Abdullah ibn Abi Qays, who said: I asked A'ishah about the recitation of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace: Did he recite quietly or aloud? She said: "He did both; sometimes he would recite quietly and sometimes aloud." So I said: Praise be to Allah who has made the matter flexible. 319 - Mahmud ibn Ghaylan narrated to us, saying: Waki' narrated to us, saying: Mis'ar narrated to us, from Abu al-'Ala' al-'Abdi, from Yahya ibn Ja'dah, from Umm Hani', who said: "I used to hear the recitation of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, at night while I was on my bed." 320 - Mahmud ibn Ghaylan narrated to us, saying: Abu Dawud narrated to us, saying: Shu'bah narrated to us, from Mu'awiyah ibn Qurrah, who said: I heard Abdullah ibn Mughaffal saying: "I saw the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, on his she-camel on the Day of Conquest ², reciting: {Innā fataḥnā laka fatḥan mubīnā li-yaghfira laka llāhu mā taqaddama min dhanbika wa mā ta'akhkhara} [Al-Fath: 2]." He said: "He recited with modulation ³." Mu'awiyah ibn Qurrah said: "Were it not that people would gather around me, I would have demonstrated for you that voice" or he said: "that melody." 321 - Qutaybah ibn Sa'id narrated to us, saying: Nuh ibn Qays al-Huddani narrated to us, from Husam ibn Misakk, from Qatadah, who said: "Allah did not send any prophet except with a beautiful face and a beautiful voice, and your Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, had a beautiful face and a beautiful voice, and he did not modulate ⁴." 322 - Abdullah ibn Abd al-Rahman narrated to us, saying: Yahya ibn Hassan narrated to us, saying: Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi al-Zinad narrated to us, from Amr ibn Abi Amr, from Ikrimah, from Ibn Abbas, who said: "The recitation of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, could sometimes be heard by those in the chamber while he was in the house."

1. maddan : Elongation or prolongation of vowel sounds in recitation.
2. Yawm al-Fatḥ : The Day of Conquest, referring to the conquest of Mecca.
3. rajja'a : To modulate the voice, often with a tremulous or melodious effect.
4. lā yurajji'u : He did not modulate; i.e., he did not use a tremulous or overly melodious voice.

Chapter on the Weeping of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace

Chapter on the Weeping of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. 323 - Suwayd ibn Nasr narrated to us: 'Abdullah ibn al-Mubarak narrated to us, from Hammad ibn Salamah, from Thabit, from Mutarrif ibn 'Abdullah ibn al-Shikhkhir, from his father, who said: "I came to the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, while he was praying, and his chest had a sound like the boiling of a pot from weeping." 324 - Mahmud ibn Ghaylan narrated to us: Mu'awiyah ibn Hisham narrated to us: Sufyan narrated to us, from al-A'mash, from Ibrahim, from 'Ubaydah, from 'Abdullah ibn Mas'ud, who said: "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said to me: 'Recite to me.' I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, shall I recite to you when it was revealed to you?' He said: 'I love to hear it from someone other than me.' So I recited Surat al-Nisa' until I reached {And We bring you as a witness against these} [4:41]. He said: 'Then I saw the eyes of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, overflowing.'" 325 - Qutaybah narrated to us: Jarir narrated to us, from 'Ata' ibn al-Sa'ib, from his father, from 'Abdullah ibn 'Amr, who said: "The sun was eclipsed one day during the time of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, stood to pray, until he almost did not bow, then he bowed, until he almost did not raise his head, then he raised his head, until he almost did not prostrate, then he prostrated, until he almost did not raise his head, then he raised his head, until he almost did not prostrate, then he prostrated, until he almost did not raise his head. He began to blow and weep, saying: 'My Lord, did You not promise me that You would not punish them while I am among them? My Lord, did You not promise me that You would not punish them while they seek forgiveness? And we seek Your forgiveness.' When he had prayed two rak'ahs ¹, the sun cleared. He stood, praised Allah the Exalted and extolled Him, then said: 'Indeed, the sun and the moon are two signs among the signs of Allah; they are not eclipsed for the death or life of anyone. So when they are eclipsed, hasten to the remembrance of Allah the Exalted.'" 326 - Mahmud ibn Ghaylan narrated to us: Abu Ahmad narrated to us: Sufyan narrated to us, from 'Ata' ibn al-Sa'ib, from 'Ikrimah, from Ibn 'Abbas, who said: "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, took a daughter of his who was dying ². He embraced her and placed her before him, and she died while she was before him. Umm Ayman cried out, so he—meaning the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace—said: 'Do you weep in the presence of the Messenger of Allah?' She said: 'Do I not see you weeping?' He said: 'I am not weeping; this is mercy. Indeed, the believer is in all good in every state; his soul is pulled from between his sides while he praises Allah, the Mighty and Majestic.'" 327 - Muhammad ibn Bashshar narrated to us: 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Mahdi narrated to us: Sufyan narrated to us, from 'Asim ibn 'Ubaydullah, from al-Qasim ibn Muhammad, from 'A'ishah: "That the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, kissed 'Uthman ibn Maz'un while he was dead, and he was weeping"—or he said: "his eyes were overflowing." 328 - Ishaq ibn Mansur narrated to us: Abu 'Amir informed us: Fulayh ibn Sulayman narrated to us, from Hilal ibn 'Ali, from Anas ibn Malik, who said: "We attended the burial of a daughter of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and the Messenger of Allah was sitting by the grave. I saw his eyes shedding tears, and he said: 'Is there any among you who did not commit a sin ³ tonight?' Abu Talhah said: 'I am.' He said: 'Descend.' So he descended into her grave."

1. rak'ahs : Units of Islamic prayer, each consisting of a sequence of standing, bowing, prostrating, and sitting.
2. taqdi : Literally 'passing away' or 'dying'; here it means she was in her final moments.
3. lam yuqarif : Literally 'did not commit a sin' or 'did not engage in sexual intercourse'; interpreted as being in a state of ritual purity free from major impurity.

Chapter on what has been reported concerning the bed of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah…

Chapter on what has been reported concerning the bed of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace.

Chapter: What has been reported about the bedding of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. 329 - Ali ibn Hujr narrated to us, saying: Ali ibn Mushir narrated to us, from Hisham ibn Urwa, from his father, from Aisha, who said: "The bedding of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, on which he slept was only made of leather stuffed with palm fibers." 330 - Abu al-Khattab Ziyad ibn Yahya al-Basri narrated to us, saying: Abdullah ibn Maymun narrated to us, saying: Ja'far ibn Muhammad narrated to us, from his father, who said: Aisha was asked, 'What was the bedding of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, in your house?' She said: 'Leather stuffed with palm fibers.' And Hafsah was asked, 'What was the bedding of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, in your house?' She said: 'A coarse woolen cloth which we folded double and he slept on it. One night I said, "If you fold it fourfold, it will be softer for him." So we folded it fourfold for him. When morning came, he said, "What did you spread for me last night?" We said, "It is your bedding, but we folded it fourfold, thinking it would be softer for you." He said, "Return it to its original state, for its softness prevented me from my prayer ¹ last night."'

1. salati : The night prayer (tahajjud) which the Prophet used to perform after waking up from sleep.

Chapter on the Humility of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him…

Chapter on the Humility of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace [1]

Chapter on the Humility of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. 331 - Ahmad ibn Mani', Sa'id ibn 'Abd al-Rahman al-Makhzumi, and others narrated to us: Sufyan ibn 'Uyaynah narrated to us, from al-Zuhri, from 'Ubayd Allah, from Ibn 'Abbas, from 'Umar ibn al-Khattab, who said: The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: "Do not exaggerate in praising me as the Christians exaggerated in praising the son of Mary ¹. I am only a servant, so say: the servant of Allah and His Messenger." 332 - 'Ali ibn Hujr narrated to us: Suwayd ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz narrated to us, from Humayd, from Anas ibn Malik, that a woman came to the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and said to him: "I have a need of you." He said: "Sit in whichever road of Medina you wish, and I will sit with you." 333 - 'Ali ibn Hujr narrated to us: 'Ali ibn Mushir narrated to us, from Muslim al-A'war, from Anas ibn Malik, who said: "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, used to visit the sick, attend funerals, ride a donkey, and accept the invitation of a slave. On the day of Banu Qurayzah ², he was on a donkey bridled with a rope of palm fiber, and on it was a packsaddle of palm fiber." 334 - Wasil ibn 'Abd al-A'la al-Kufi narrated to us: Muhammad ibn Fudayl narrated to us, from al-A'mash, from Anas ibn Malik, who said: "The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, would be invited to barley bread and rancid fat ³ and he would accept. He had a coat of mail pawned with a Jew, and he could not find anything to redeem it until he died." 335 - Mahmud ibn Ghaylan narrated to us: Abu Dawud al-Hafari narrated to us, from Sufyan, from al-Rabi' ibn Sabih, from Yazid ibn Aban, from Anas ibn Malik, who said: "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, performed Hajj on a worn-out saddle ⁴, wearing a cloak worth less than four dirhams, and said: 'O Allah, make it a Hajj with no ostentation ⁵ nor reputation-seeking ⁶.'" 336 - 'Abd Allah ibn 'Abd al-Rahman narrated to us: 'Affan narrated to us: Hammad ibn Salamah narrated to us, from Humayd, from Anas ibn Malik, who said: "There was no person more beloved to them than the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. And when they saw him, they would not stand up, because they knew he disliked that." 337 - Sufyan ibn Waki' narrated to us: Jumay' ibn 'Umar ibn 'Abd al-Rahman al-'Ijli narrated to us: A man from Banu Tamim, from the descendants of Abu Halah ⁷, the husband of Khadijah, who was called Abu 'Abd Allah, informed us, from a son of Abu Halah, from al-Hasan ibn 'Ali, who said: I asked my maternal uncle Hind ibn Abi Halah, who was a describer, about the description ⁸ of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and I desired that he describe something of it to me. He said: "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was majestic and revered, his face shining like the full moon on the night of the full moon." Then he mentioned the hadith at length. Al-Hasan said: "I concealed it from al-Husayn for a time, then I told him, and I found that he had preceded me to it. He asked him about what I had asked, and I found that he had asked their father about his entering, his leaving, and his appearance, and he left nothing out." Al-Husayn said: I asked my father about the entering of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. He said: "When he retired to his home, he divided his entering into three parts: a part for Allah, a part for his family, and a part for himself. Then he divided his part between himself and the people, and he would return that through the elite to the common people, and he withheld nothing from them. Among his practices in the part of the community was giving precedence to the people of merit by his permission and distribution according to their merit in religion. Among them were those with one need, those with two needs, and those with many needs. He would occupy himself with them and occupy them with what would benefit them and the community, by asking them about him and informing them of what was appropriate for them. He would say: 'Let those present convey to those absent, and inform me of the need of one who cannot convey it, for whoever conveys to a ruler ⁹ the need of one who cannot convey it, Allah will make his feet firm on the Day of Resurrection.' Nothing else was mentioned in his presence, and nothing else was accepted from anyone. They would enter as seekers, and they would not depart except after tasting, and they would leave as guides—meaning to good." He said: I asked him about his leaving, how he would act in it. He said: "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, would guard his tongue except regarding what concerned him. He would unite them and not repel them. He would honor the noble of every people and appoint him over them. He would warn the people and guard against them without withholding his cheerfulness and character from any of them. He would check on his companions and ask people about what was among them. He would approve of good and strengthen it, and disapprove of evil and weaken it. He was moderate in affairs, not differing. He did not neglect, fearing that they would neglect or deviate. For every situation he had a preparation. He did not fall short of the truth nor exceed it. Those who were close to him from the people were the best of them. The most excellent among him was the most comprehensive in advice. The greatest in rank with him was the best in sharing and supporting." He said: I asked him about his sitting. He said: "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, would not stand or sit except upon remembrance ¹⁰. When he came to a group, he would sit where the gathering ended, and he commanded that. He gave each of his companions their share, so that no companion thought that anyone was more honored by him than him. Whoever sat with him or consulted him about a need, he would be patient with him until he was the one to leave. Whoever asked him for a need, he would not send him away except with it or with a gracious word. His kindness and character encompassed the people, so he became a father to them, and they became equal in his sight regarding the truth. His gathering was a gathering of knowledge, forbearance, modesty, trustworthiness, and patience. Voices were not raised in it, nor were sanctities violated, nor were his slips mentioned. They were equal, but they excelled in it through piety. They were humble, respecting the elder and showing mercy to the young, giving preference to the needy, and caring for the stranger." 338 - Muhammad ibn 'Abd Allah ibn Bazi' narrated to us: Bishr ibn al-Mufaddal narrated to us: Sa'id narrated to us, from Qatadah, from Anas ibn Malik, who said: The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: "If a foreleg ¹¹ were gifted to me, I would accept it; and if I were invited to it, I would accept." 339 - Muhammad ibn Bashshar narrated to us: 'Abd al-Rahman narrated to us: Sufyan narrated to us, from Muhammad ibn al-Munkadir, from Jabir, who said: "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, came to me, not riding a mule nor a hack ¹²." 340 - 'Abd Allah ibn 'Abd al-Rahman narrated to us: Abu Nu'aym narrated to us: Yahya ibn Abi al-Haytham al-'Attar informed us, saying: I heard Yusuf ibn 'Abd Allah ibn Salam say: "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, named me Yusuf, seated me on his lap, and wiped my head." 341 - Ishaq ibn Mansur narrated to us: Abu Dawud al-Tayalisi narrated to us: al-Rabi'—he is Ibn Sabih—narrated to us: Yazid al-Raqashi narrated to us, from Anas ibn Malik, that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, performed Hajj on a worn-out saddle and a cloak, whose price we thought was four dirhams. When his mount stood up with him, he said: "Here I am ¹³ for a Hajj with no reputation-seeking nor ostentation."

342. Ishaq ibn Mansur narrated to us, saying: Abd al-Razzaq narrated to us, saying: Ma'mar narrated to us, from Thabit al-Bunani and 'Asim al-Ahwal, from Anas ibn Malik [282], that a tailor invited the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and placed before him some tharid ¹⁴ with gourd ¹⁵ on it. He said: "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, would take the gourd, and he loved gourd." Thabit said: I heard Anas saying: "No food was prepared for me that I could have gourd made in it, except that it was made." 343. Muhammad ibn Isma'il narrated to us, saying: 'Abdullah ibn Salih narrated to us, saying: Mu'awiya ibn Salih narrated to us, from Yahya ibn Sa'id, from 'Amra, who said [283]: It was said to 'A'isha: "What did the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, do in his house?" She said: "He was a human being from among humans; he would delouse his garment, milk his sheep, and serve himself."

1. Maryam : Mary, the mother of Jesus (peace be upon him). The Christians are criticized for exaggerating in praising Jesus beyond his status as a prophet and servant of God.
2. Banu Qurayzah : A Jewish tribe in Medina that was besieged and punished after betraying the Muslims during the Battle of the Trench.
3. al-ihalah al-sanikhah : Rancid or stale fat, often used as a condiment with barley bread. It indicates the Prophet's humility in accepting simple food.
4. rahl rathth : A worn-out or shabby saddle, indicating the Prophet's humility even during the pilgrimage.
5. riya' : Ostentation or showing off, performing deeds for the sake of being seen by others.
6. sum'ah : Reputation-seeking, performing deeds to gain fame or a good reputation.
7. Abu Halah : The husband of Khadijah (the Prophet's first wife) after her death. He was known for his detailed descriptions of the Prophet.
8. hilyah : Physical description or attributes, often used for the detailed description of the Prophet's appearance and character.
9. sultan : A ruler or authority figure. Here it refers to the Prophet as the leader of the community.
10. dhikr : Remembrance of Allah, often through specific phrases or prayers.
11. kura' : A foreleg or shank of an animal, often a sheep or goat, considered a humble gift.
12. birdhawn : A hack or a common horse, as opposed to a thoroughbred or a mule.
13. Labbayk : A phrase meaning 'Here I am [at Your service]' recited by pilgrims during Hajj and 'Umrah.
14. tharid : A traditional Arab dish consisting of bread soaked in broth, often with meat or vegetables.
15. dubba' : Gourd, specifically a type of squash or pumpkin, known as 'dubba'' in Arabic.

Chapter on the Creation of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him…

Chapter on the Creation of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace [1]

Chapter on the Character of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. 344 - 'Abbas ibn Muhammad al-Duri narrated to us, saying: 'Abdullah ibn Yazid al-Muqri' narrated to us, saying: Layth ibn Sa'd narrated to us, saying: Abu 'Uthman al-Walid ibn Abi al-Walid narrated to me, from Sulayman ibn Kharijah, from Kharijah ibn Zayd ibn Thabit, who said: A group entered upon Zayd ibn Thabit and said to him: Narrate to us the hadiths of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. He said: What should I narrate to you? I was his neighbor, and when revelation descended upon him, he sent for me and I wrote it for him. When we mentioned this world, he mentioned it with us; when we mentioned the Hereafter, he mentioned it with us; and when we mentioned food, he mentioned it with us. All of this I narrate to you from the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. 345 - Ishaq ibn Musa narrated to us, saying: Yunus ibn Bukayr narrated to us, from Muhammad ibn Ishaq, from Ziyad ibn Abi Ziyad, from Muhammad ibn Ka'b al-Qurazi, from 'Amr ibn al-'As, who said: The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, would turn his face and attention to the worst of the people to win them over. He would turn his face and attention to me until I thought I was the best of the people. I said: O Messenger of Allah, am I better or Abu Bakr? He said: "Abu Bakr." I said: O Messenger of Allah, am I better or 'Umar? He said: "'Umar." I said: O Messenger of Allah, am I better or 'Uthman? He said: "'Uthman." When I asked the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and he told me the truth, I wished I had not asked him. 346 - Qutaybah ibn Sa'id narrated to us, saying: Ja'far ibn Sulayman al-Dubba'i narrated to us, from Thabit, from Anas ibn Malik, who said: I served the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, for ten years, and he never said "Uff" to me, nor did he ever say to me regarding something I did: "Why did you do that?" nor regarding something I left: "Why did you leave it?" The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was the best of people in character. I never touched silk or brocade or anything softer than the palm of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, nor did I ever smell musk or any perfume more fragrant than the sweat of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. 347 - Qutaybah ibn Sa'id and Ahmad ibn 'Abadah al-Dabbi narrated to us—the meaning is the same—saying: Hammad ibn Zayd narrated to us, from Salam al-'Alawi, from Anas ibn Malik, from the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, that a man who had a trace of yellowness ¹ was with him. The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, would hardly ever confront anyone with something he disliked. When the man stood up, he said to the people: "If only you had told him to leave this yellowness." 348 - Muhammad ibn Bashshar narrated to us, saying: Muhammad ibn Ja'far narrated to us, saying: Shu'bah narrated to us, from Abu Ishaq, from Abu 'Abdullah al-Jadali—whose name is 'Abd ibn 'Abd—from 'A'ishah, who said: The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was not obscene, nor did he use obscene language, nor was he loud in the markets, nor did he repay evil with evil, but he would forgive and overlook. 349 - Harun ibn Ishaq al-Hamdani narrated to us, saying: 'Abdah narrated to us, from Hisham ibn 'Urwah, from his father, from 'A'ishah, who said: The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, never struck anything with his hand except when striving in the way of Allah, nor did he strike a servant or a woman. 350 - Ahmad ibn 'Abadah al-Dabbi narrated to us, saying: Fudayl ibn 'Iyad narrated to us, from Mansur, from al-Zuhri, from 'Urwah, from 'A'ishah, who said: I never saw the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, take revenge for any wrong done to him, unless the sanctities of Allah Almighty were violated. If something of the sanctities of Allah was violated, he was the most severe of them in anger. And he was never given a choice between two matters except that he chose the easier of them, as long as it was not sinful. 351 - Ibn Abi 'Umar narrated to us, saying: Sufyan narrated to us, from Muhammad ibn al-Munkadir, from 'Urwah, from 'A'ishah, who said: A man sought permission to enter upon the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, while I was with him. He said: "What an evil son of his clan" or "brother of his clan." Then he gave him permission and spoke gently to him. When he left, I said: O Messenger of Allah, you said what you said, then you spoke gently to him? He said: "O 'A'ishah, among the worst of people are those whom people leave or abandon out of fear of his obscenity." 352 - Sufyan ibn Waki' narrated to us, saying: Jumay' ibn 'Umar ibn 'Abd al-Rahman al-'Ijli narrated to us, saying: A man from Banu Tamim, from the descendants of Abu Halah, the husband of Khadijah—who was called Abu 'Abdullah—informed us, from a son of Abu Halah, from al-Hasan ibn 'Ali, who said: Al-Husayn said: I asked my father about the conduct of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, in his gatherings. He said: "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was always cheerful, easy-going, gentle in disposition, not harsh or coarse, not loud or obscene, not fault-finding or contentious. He would overlook what he disliked, and would not disappoint those who hoped in him nor let them down. He kept himself from three things: disputation, excessive speech, and what did not concern him. And he kept himself from three things regarding people: he would not disparage anyone, nor criticize them, nor seek out their faults. He only spoke where he hoped for reward. When he spoke, his companions would lower their heads as if birds were perched on them. When he fell silent, they would speak. They would not dispute in his presence, and whoever spoke in his presence would be listened to until he finished. Their speech in his presence was that of the first among them. He would laugh at what they laughed at, and wonder at what they wondered at. He would bear with the stranger's roughness in speech and questioning until his companions would bring them in. He would say: 'When you see someone seeking a need, assist him.' He would not accept praise except from one who was equal ², and he would not interrupt anyone's speech until they exceeded bounds, then he would stop them with a prohibition or by standing up." 353 - Muhammad ibn Bashshar narrated to us, saying: 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Mahdi narrated to us, saying: Sufyan narrated to us, from Muhammad ibn al-Munkadir, who said: I heard Jabir ibn 'Abdullah say: The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was never asked for anything and said "No." 354 - 'Abdullah ibn 'Imran Abu al-Qasim al-Qurashi al-Makki narrated to us, saying: Ibrahim ibn Sa'd narrated to us, from Ibn Shihab, from 'Ubaydullah, from Ibn 'Abbas, who said: The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was the most generous of people in doing good, and he was most generous in the month of Ramadan until it ended. Gabriel would come to him and review the Qur'an with him. When Gabriel met him, the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was more generous in doing good than the sent wind. 355 - Qutaybah ibn Sa'id narrated to us, saying: Ja'far ibn Sulayman informed us, from Thabit, from Anas ibn Malik, who said: The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, would not store anything for the next day.

356. Harun ibn Musa ibn Abi 'Alqamah al-Madini narrated to us, saying: My father narrated to me, from Hisham ibn Sa'd, from Zayd ibn Aslam, from his father, from 'Umar ibn al-Khattab, that a man came to the Prophet ³ and asked him to give him something. The Prophet said: "I have nothing with me, but purchase on my credit, and when something comes to me, I will repay it." 'Umar said: "O Messenger of Allah, you have given him, and Allah has not burdened you with what you cannot afford." The Prophet disliked 'Umar's statement. Then a man from the Ansar ⁴ said: "O Messenger of Allah, spend and do not fear from the Lord of the Throne ⁵ any reduction." The Messenger of Allah smiled and his face showed joy at the Ansari's statement. Then he said: "I have been commanded to do this." 357. 'Ali ibn Hujr narrated to us, saying: Sharik informed us, from 'Abdullah ibn Muhammad ibn 'Aqil, from al-Rubayyi' bint Mu'awwidh ibn 'Afra', who said: "I brought to the Prophet a basket of fresh dates and small cucumbers, and he gave me a handful of jewelry and gold." 'Ali ibn Khashram and others narrated to us, saying: 'Isa ibn Yunus narrated to us, from Hisham ibn 'Urwah, from his father, from 'A'ishah: "The Prophet used to accept gifts and reward for them."

1. ṣufra : Yellowness; refers to a yellow dye or perfume (like saffron) that men were discouraged from using.
2. mukāfi’ : One who is equal or comparable; here it may mean someone who is not excessive in praise or who is deserving of praise themselves.
3. al-Nabi : The Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him.
4. al-Ansar : The Helpers; the Muslim inhabitants of Medina who supported the Prophet after his emigration from Mecca.
5. Dhi al-'Arsh : The Lord of the Throne; a reference to Allah, emphasizing His sovereignty.

Chapter on the Modesty of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace…

Chapter on the Modesty of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace [1]

Chapter on the Modesty of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. 359 - Mahmud ibn Ghaylan narrated to us, saying: Abu Dawud narrated to us, saying: Shu'bah narrated to us, from Qatadah, who said: I heard 'Abdullah ibn Abi 'Utbah narrating from Abu Sa'id al-Khudri, who said: "The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was more modest than a virgin in her seclusion ¹, and when he disliked something, we would recognize it on his face." 360 - Mahmud ibn Ghaylan narrated to us, saying: Waki' narrated to us, saying: Sufyan narrated to us, from Mansur, from Musa ibn 'Abdullah ibn Yazid al-Khatmi, from a freed slave of 'A'ishah, who said: 'A'ishah said: "I never looked at the private part of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace," or she said: "I never saw the private part of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, ever."

1. khidr : A curtained alcove or private chamber used by women for seclusion, symbolizing utmost privacy and modesty.

Chapter on the Cupping of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace…

Chapter on the Cupping of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace [1]

Chapter: What has been related about the cupping of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. 361. Ali ibn Hujr narrated to us, saying: Isma'il ibn Ja'far narrated to us, from Humaid, who said: Anas ibn Malik was asked about the earnings of a cupper, and he said: The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was cupped by Abu Taybah. He ordered that he be given two sa' ¹ of food, and he spoke to his family, and they reduced his tax ². And he said: "Indeed, the best of what you treat yourselves with is cupping," or "Indeed, among the best of your remedies is cupping." 362. Amr ibn Ali narrated to us, saying: Abu Dawud narrated to us, saying: Warqa' ibn Umar narrated to us, from Abd al-A'la, from Abu Jamilah, from Ali: "The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was cupped and ordered me, so I gave the cupper his wages." 363. Harun ibn Ishaq al-Hamdani narrated to us, saying: Abdah narrated to us, from Sufyan al-Thawri, from Jabir, from al-Sha'bi, from Ibn Abbas, who said: "The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was cupped on the two jugular veins ³ and between the shoulders, and he gave the cupper his wages. If it had been forbidden, he would not have given it to him." 364. Harun ibn Ishaq narrated to us, saying: Abdah narrated to us, from Ibn Abi Layla, from Nafi', from Ibn Umar, that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, called a cupper, who cupped him, and he asked him: "How much is your tax?" He said: "Three sa'." So he reduced one sa' for him and gave him his wages. 365. Abd al-Quddus ibn Muhammad al-Attar al-Basri narrated to us, saying: Amr ibn Asim narrated to us, saying: Hammam and Jarir ibn Hazim narrated to us, both saying: Qatadah narrated to us, from Anas ibn Malik, who said: "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, used to be cupped on the two jugular veins and the upper back ⁴, and he used to be cupped on the seventeenth, nineteenth, and twenty-first [of the month]." 366. Ishaq ibn Mansur narrated to us, saying: Abd al-Razzaq informed us, from Ma'mar, from Qatadah, from Anas ibn Malik: "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was cupped while in ihram ⁵ at a place called Malal ⁶ on the top of the foot."

1. sa' : A unit of volume measurement used in Islamic law, approximately equivalent to 2.5-3 kilograms of wheat or barley.
2. kharaj : A land tax or tribute paid by non-Muslim subjects in an Islamic state, or a tax levied on land.
3. akhda'ayn : The two jugular veins on the sides of the neck; a common site for cupping.
4. kahil : The upper back between the shoulder blades; also a site for cupping.
5. ihram : The sacred state of ritual consecration during Hajj or Umrah, during which certain actions are prohibited.
6. Malal : A place about 12 miles from Medina on the road to Mecca.

Chapter: What has been reported concerning the names of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah…

Chapter: What has been reported concerning the names of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace [1]

Chapter: What has been related about the names of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. 367 - Sa'id ibn 'Abd al-Rahman al-Makhzumi and others narrated to us, they said: Sufyan narrated to us, from al-Zuhri, from Muhammad ibn Jubayr ibn Mut'im, from his father, who said: The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: "Indeed, I have names. I am Muhammad, and I am Ahmad, and I am al-Mahi ¹ by whom Allah erases disbelief, and I am al-Hashir ² before whom people will be gathered, and I am al-'Aqib ³, and al-'Aqib is the one after whom there is no prophet." 368 - Muhammad ibn Tarif al-Kufi narrated to us, he said: Abu Bakr ibn 'Ayyash narrated to us, from 'Asim, from Abu Wa'il, from Hudhayfa, who said: I met the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, on one of the roads of Medina, and he said: "I am Muhammad, and I am Ahmad, and I am the Prophet of Mercy, and the Prophet of Repentance, and I am al-Muqaffa ⁴, and I am al-Hashir, and the Prophet of Malahim ⁵." 369 - Ishaq ibn Mansur narrated to us, he said: al-Nadr ibn Shumayl narrated to us, he said: Hammad ibn Salama informed us, from 'Asim, from Zirr, from Hudhayfa, from the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, similar to it in meaning. Thus said Hammad ibn Salama, from 'Asim, from Zirr, from Hudhayfa.

1. al-Mahi : The Eraser; one of the Prophet's names indicating that through him Allah erases disbelief.
2. al-Hashir : The Gatherer; the one before whom people will be gathered on the Day of Resurrection.
3. al-'Aqib : The Last; the one after whom there is no prophet, signifying the finality of prophethood.
4. al-Muqaffa : The Follower; the one who follows the previous prophets, or the one who is the last in the line of prophets.
5. Malahim : Great battles or wars; the Prophet is called the Prophet of Malahim because he was sent with prophecies of future battles.

Chapter: What has been reported about the life of the Prophet, may God bless him and…

Chapter: What has been reported about the life of the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace [1]

Chapter: What has been related about the life of the Prophet, may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him. 370 - Qutaybah ibn Sa'id narrated to us, saying: Abu al-Ahwas narrated to us, from Simak ibn Harb, who said: I heard al-Nu'man ibn Bashir saying: Are you not in food and drink as you wish? "I have seen your Prophet, may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him, and he could not find even inferior dates ¹ to fill his stomach." 371 - Harun ibn Ishaq narrated to us, saying: Abdah narrated to us, from Hisham ibn Urwah, from his father, from A'ishah, who said: "We, the family of Muhammad, would stay a month without lighting a fire, having only dates and water." 372 - Abdullah ibn Abi Ziyad narrated to us, saying: Sayyar narrated to us, saying: Sahl ibn Aslam narrated to us, from Yazid ibn Abi Mansur, from Anas, from Abu Talhah, who said: "We complained to the Messenger of Allah, may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him, of hunger, and we lifted from our bellies stone after stone ²; then the Messenger of Allah, may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him, lifted from his belly two stones." Abu Isa said: "This is a strange hadith from the hadith of Abu Talhah; we do not know it except from this chain. The meaning of his saying: 'we lifted from our bellies stone after stone' is that each of them would tie a stone to his belly due to the hardship and weakness caused by hunger." 373 - Muhammad ibn Isma'il narrated to us, saying: Adam ibn Abi Iyas narrated to us, saying: Shayban Abu Mu'awiyah narrated to us, saying: Abd al-Malik ibn Umayr narrated to us, from Abu Salamah ibn Abd al-Rahman, from Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah, may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him, went out at an hour when he would not normally go out and no one would meet him. Then Abu Bakr came to him, and he said: 'What brought you, O Abu Bakr?' He said: 'I went out to meet the Messenger of Allah, may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him, and to look at his face and greet him.' Soon after, Umar came, and he said: 'What brought you, O Umar?' He said: 'Hunger, O Messenger of Allah.' He, may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him, said: 'I too have felt some of that.' So they went to the home of Abu al-Haytham ibn al-Tayyihan al-Ansari, who was a man with many palm trees and sheep, but he had no servants. They did not find him, so they said to his wife: 'Where is your husband?' She said: 'He has gone to fetch fresh water for us.' Soon after, Abu al-Haytham came carrying a water skin ³, and he placed it down. Then he came and embraced the Prophet, may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him, and ransomed him with his father and mother. Then he took them to his garden and spread out a mat for them. Then he went to a palm tree and brought a bunch of dates ⁴ and placed it. The Prophet, may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him, said: 'Why did you not pick out ripe dates for us?' He said: 'O Messenger of Allah, I wanted you to choose from its ripe and unripe dates.' So they ate and drank from that water. Then he, may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him, said: 'This, by Him in Whose hand is my soul, is among the blessings about which you will be asked on the Day of Resurrection: cool shade, good ripe dates, and cold water.' Then Abu al-Haytham went to prepare food for them. The Prophet, may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him, said: 'Do not slaughter a milk-giving animal.' So he slaughtered a young goat or kid for them and brought it to them, and they ate. Then he, may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him, said: 'Do you have a servant?' He said: 'No.' He said: 'When captives come to us, come to us.' Then the Prophet, may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him, was brought two heads ⁵ without a third. Abu al-Haytham came to him, and the Prophet, may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him, said: 'Choose one of them.' He said: 'O Messenger of Allah, choose for me.' The Prophet, may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him, said: 'The one who is consulted is entrusted. Take this one, for I saw him praying, and treat him well.' So Abu al-Haytham went to his wife and told her what the Messenger of Allah, may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him, had said. His wife said: 'You will not fulfill the right of what the Prophet, may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him, said about him unless you free him.' He said: 'Then he is free.' Then he, may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him, said: 'Allah has not sent a prophet or a caliph except that he has two confidants ⁶: a confidant that commands him to good and forbids him from evil, and a confidant that spares no effort to ruin him. Whoever is protected from the evil confidant is indeed protected.' 374 - Umar ibn Isma'il ibn Mujalid ibn Sa'id narrated to us, saying: My father narrated to me, from Bayan ibn Bishr, from Qays ibn Abi Hazim, who said: I heard Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas saying: 'I am the first man to shed blood in the cause of Allah, Mighty and Majestic, and I am the first man to shoot an arrow in the cause of Allah. I have seen myself fighting in a group of the companions of Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, and we ate nothing but leaves of trees and al-hublah ⁷ until our mouths became sore. One of us would relieve himself like a sheep or camel. And now the Banu Asad ⁸ rebuke me for my religion. Then I would have failed and lost, and my deeds would be in vain.' 375 - Muhammad ibn Bashshar narrated to us, saying: Safwan ibn Isa narrated to us, saying: Amr ibn Isa Abu Na'amah al-Adawi narrated to us, who said: I heard Khalid ibn Umayr and Shuways Abu al-Raqad say: Umar ibn al-Khattab sent Utbah ibn Ghazwan and said: 'Go, you and those with you, until you reach the farthest land of the Arabs and the nearest land of the non-Arabs, then return.' When they reached al-Mirbad ⁹, they found this al-Kidhdhan ¹⁰. They said: 'What is this?' They said: 'This is Basra.' So they traveled until they reached the area of the small bridge, and they were told: 'Here you are commanded to stop.' So they dismounted. Then they mentioned the hadith at length. He said: Utbah ibn Ghazwan said: 'I have seen myself as the seventh of seven with the Messenger of Allah, may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him, and we had no food except leaves of trees until our mouths became sore. I picked up a cloak and divided it between me and Sa'd. Not one of those seven is now but he is the governor of a province. And you will experience governors after us.' 376 - Abdullah ibn Abd al-Rahman narrated to us, saying: Rawh ibn Aslam Abu Hatim al-Basri narrated to us, saying: Hammad ibn Salamah narrated to us, saying: Thabit narrated to us, from Anas, who said: The Messenger of Allah, may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him, said: 'I have been frightened in the cause of Allah as no one else has been frightened, and I have been harmed in the cause of Allah as no one else has been harmed. There have come upon me thirty days and nights when Bilal and I had no food that a living being could eat except something that Bilal could hide under his armpit ¹¹.' 377 - Abdullah ibn Abd al-Rahman narrated to us, saying: Affan ibn Muslim narrated to us, saying: Aban ibn Yazid al-Attar narrated to us, saying: Qatadah narrated to us, from Anas ibn Malik: 'The Prophet, may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him, never had both lunch and dinner of bread and meat together except when there was a large number of people ¹².' Abdullah said: 'Some of them said: It means a large number of hands.' 378 - Abd ibn Humayd narrated to us, saying: Muhammad ibn Isma'il ibn Abi Fudayk narrated to us, saying: Ibn Abi Dhi'b narrated to us, from Muslim ibn Jundub, from Nawfal ibn Iyas al-Hudhali, who said: Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf was our companion, and he was an excellent companion. One day he returned with us until we entered his house. He entered and bathed, then came out, and we were brought a large plate ¹³ containing bread and meat. When it was placed, Abd al-Rahman wept. I said to him: 'O Abu Muhammad, what makes you weep?' He said: 'The Messenger of Allah, may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him, passed away and he and his family never ate their fill of barley bread. So I do not think we have been delayed for what is better for us.'

1. al-daqal : Inferior or low-quality dates, often the leftover or poor kind.
2. hajar : Stones tied to the belly to alleviate hunger pangs, a practice among the poor.
3. qirbah : A water skin made from animal hide used for carrying water.
4. qinw : A bunch of dates, including both ripe and unripe ones.
5. ra'sayn : Two heads; here meaning two captives or slaves.
6. bitanah : Confidant or inner circle; those who are close and have influence.
7. al-hublah : A type of plant or herb, possibly a wild legume, used as food in scarcity.
8. Banu Asad : A tribe; here referring to people who criticized Sa'd for his piety.
9. al-Mirbad : A place near Basra, known as a market or open area.
10. al-Kidhdhan : A type of stone or rocky ground; here referring to the terrain of Basra.
11. ibṭ : Armpit; the phrase indicates a small amount of food hidden in the armpit.
12. ḍafaf : A large number of people; here meaning that food was only abundant when many shared.
13. ṣaḥfah : A large plate or dish used for serving food.

Chapter: What has been reported regarding the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah…

Chapter: What has been reported regarding the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace.

Chapter: What has been related about the age of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. 379 - Ahmad bin Mani' narrated to us, he said: Rawh bin 'Ubadah narrated to us, he said: Zakariya bin Ishaq narrated to us, he said: 'Amr bin Dinar narrated to us, from Ibn 'Abbas, who said: "The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, stayed in Mecca for thirteen years receiving revelation, and in Medina for ten years, and he died when he was sixty-three years old." 380 - Muhammad bin Bashshar narrated to us, he said: Muhammad bin Ja'far narrated to us, from Shu'bah, from Abu Ishaq, from 'Amir bin Sa'd, from Jarir, from Mu'awiyah, that he heard him giving a sermon saying: "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, died when he was sixty-three years old, and Abu Bakr and 'Umar [died at that age], and I am sixty-three." 381 - Husayn bin Mahdi al-Basri narrated to us, he said: 'Abd al-Razzaq narrated to us, from Ibn Jurayj, from al-Zuhri, from 'Urwah, from 'A'ishah: "The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, died when he was sixty-three years old." 382 - Ahmad bin Mani' and Ya'qub bin Ibrahim al-Dawraqi narrated to us, they said: Isma'il bin 'Ulayyah narrated to us, from Khalid al-Hadhdha', he said: 'Ammar, the freed slave of Banu Hashim, informed us, he said: I heard Ibn 'Abbas saying: "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, died when he was sixty-five years old." 383 - Muhammad bin Bashshar and Muhammad bin Aban narrated to us, they said: Mu'adh bin Hisham narrated to us, he said: My father narrated to me, from Qatadah, from al-Hasan, from Daghfal bin Hanzalah: "The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, passed away when he was sixty-five years old." Abu 'Isa said: Daghfal—we do not know of him having heard from the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and he was a man during the time of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. 384 - Ishaq bin Musa al-Ansari narrated to us, he said: Ma'n narrated to us, Malik bin Anas narrated to us, from Rabi'ah bin Abi 'Abd al-Rahman, from Anas bin Malik, that he heard him saying: "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was neither conspicuously tall nor short, neither extremely white nor brown, neither very curly nor straight-haired. Allah, the Exalted, sent him at the age of forty. He stayed in Mecca for ten years and in Medina for ten years, and Allah took him at the age of sixty, and there were not twenty white hairs on his head or beard." 385 - Qutaybah bin Sa'id narrated to us, from Malik bin Anas, from Rabi'ah bin Abi 'Abd al-Rahman, from Anas bin Malik, similar to it.

Chapter: What has been reported regarding the death of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah…

Chapter: What has been reported regarding the death of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace [1]

Chapter: What has been related about the death of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. 386 - Abu Ammar al-Husayn ibn Hurayth, Qutayba ibn Sa'id, and several others narrated to us: Sufyan ibn 'Uyayna narrated to us, from al-Zuhri, from Anas ibn Malik, who said: "The last glance I cast upon the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was when the curtain was lifted on Monday. I looked at his face as if it were the page of a Mushaf ¹, while the people were behind Abu Bakr. He gestured to the people to stay put, and Abu Bakr was leading them in prayer. He then let the curtain fall, and the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, passed away at the end of that day." 387 - Humayd ibn Mas'ada al-Basri narrated to us: Sulaym ibn Akhdar narrated to us, from Ibn 'Awn, from Ibrahim, from al-Aswad, from 'A'isha, who said: "I was leaning the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, against my chest—or she said: against my lap—and he called for a basin to urinate in, then he urinated, and then he died." 388 - Qutayba narrated to us: al-Layth narrated to us, from Ibn al-Had, from Musa ibn Sarjis, from al-Qasim ibn Muhammad, from 'A'isha, that she said: "I saw the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, at the time of death, and with him was a cup containing water. He would dip his hand into the cup and then wipe his face with the water, saying: 'O Allah, help me with the agonies ²—or he said: the pangs—of death.'" 389 - al-Hasan ibn al-Sabbah al-Bazzaz narrated to us: Mubashshir ibn Isma'il narrated to us, from 'Abd al-Rahman ibn al-'Ala', from his father, from Ibn 'Umar, from 'A'isha, who said: "I do not envy anyone an easy death after what I saw of the severity of the death of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace." 390 - Abu Kurayb Muhammad ibn al-'Ala' narrated to us: Abu Mu'awiya narrated to us, from 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Bakr—who is Ibn al-Mulayki—from Ibn Abi Mulayka, from 'A'isha, who said: "When the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was taken ³, they differed about his burial. Abu Bakr said: 'I heard something from the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, which I have not forgotten. He said: "Allah does not take a prophet except in the place where he wishes to be buried." Bury him in the place of his bed.'" 391 - Muhammad ibn Bashshar, 'Abbas al-'Anbari, Sawwar ibn 'Abd Allah, and several others narrated to us: Yahya ibn Sa'id narrated to us, from Sufyan al-Thawri, from Musa ibn Abi 'A'isha, from 'Ubayd Allah ibn 'Abd Allah, from Ibn 'Abbas and 'A'isha, that Abu Bakr "kissed the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, after he had died." 392 - Nasr ibn 'Ali al-Jahdami narrated to us: Marhum ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz al-'Attar narrated to us, from Abu 'Imran al-Jawni, from Yazid ibn Babnus, from 'A'isha, that Abu Bakr entered upon the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, after his death, placed his mouth between his eyes, placed his hands on his forearms, and said: "O my prophet! O my chosen one! O my intimate friend!" 393 - Bishr ibn Hilal al-Sawwaf al-Basri narrated to us: Ja'far ibn Sulayman narrated to us, from Thabit, from Anas, who said: "On the day the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, entered Medina, everything in it became bright. On the day he died, everything in it became dark. We had not yet shaken the dust from our hands when we were already burying him, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, until we felt our hearts changed." 394 - Muhammad ibn Hatim narrated to us: 'Amir ibn Salih narrated to us, from Hisham ibn 'Urwa, from his father, from 'A'isha, who said: "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, died on Monday." 395 - Muhammad ibn Abi 'Umar narrated to us: Sufyan ibn 'Uyayna narrated to us, from Ja'far ibn Muhammad, from his father, who said: "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was taken on Monday. He remained that day and the night of Tuesday, and was buried at night." Sufyan said: "And someone else said: 'The sound of spades could be heard at the end of the night.'" 396 - Qutayba ibn Sa'id narrated to us: 'Abd al-'Aziz ibn Muhammad narrated to us, from Sharik ibn 'Abd Allah ibn Abi Namir, from Abu Salama ibn 'Abd al-Rahman ibn 'Awf, who said: "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, died on Monday and was buried on Tuesday." Abu 'Isa said: "This hadith is gharib ⁴."

397. Nasr ibn Ali al-Jahdami narrated to us: Abdullah ibn Dawud narrated to us: Salamah ibn Nubayt narrated to us, from Nu'aym ibn Abi Hind, from Nubayt ibn Sharit, from Salim ibn Ubayd—who was a Companion ⁵—who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) fell unconscious during his illness, then regained consciousness and said, "Has the prayer time come?" They said, "Yes." He said, "Tell Bilal to give the call to prayer, and tell Abu Bakr to lead the people in prayer." Then he fell unconscious again, then regained consciousness and said, "Has the prayer time come?" They said, "Yes." He said, "Tell Bilal to give the call to prayer, and tell Abu Bakr to lead the people in prayer." Aisha said, "My father is a soft-hearted man ⁶; when he stands in that place, he weeps and cannot (lead). So why not command someone else?" Then he fell unconscious again, then regained consciousness and said, "Tell Bilal to give the call to prayer, and tell Abu Bakr to lead the people in prayer. Indeed, you are the companions ⁷ of Joseph." He said: So Bilal was ordered and gave the call, and Abu Bakr was ordered and led the people in prayer. Then the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) felt some relief, and said, "Find me someone to lean on." So Barirah ⁸ and another man came, and he leaned on them. When Abu Bakr saw him, he began to step back, but he gestured to him to stay in his place until Abu Bakr finished his prayer. Then the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) passed away. Umar said, "By Allah, if I hear anyone say that the Messenger of Allah has died, I will strike him with this sword of mine." The people were illiterate ⁹; there had been no prophet among them before him. So the people held back, and they said, "O Salim, go to the Companion of the Messenger of Allah and call him." So I went to Abu Bakr, who was in the mosque, and I came to him weeping and bewildered. When he saw me, he said, "Has the Messenger of Allah passed away?" I said, "Umar says, 'If I hear anyone say that the Messenger of Allah has died, I will strike him with this sword.'" He said to me, "Go." So I went with him. He came, and the people had entered upon the Messenger of Allah. He said, "O people, make way for me." So they made way for him, and he came until he leaned over him and touched him, and said, "Indeed, you are to die, and indeed, they are to die" [Quran 39:30]. Then they said, "O Companion of the Messenger of Allah, has the Messenger of Allah passed away?" He said, "Yes." So they knew that he had spoken the truth. They said, "O Companion of the Messenger of Allah, should we pray over the Messenger of Allah?" He said, "Yes." They said, "How?" He said, "A group enters, says the takbir ¹⁰, prays, and makes supplication, then leaves. Then another group enters, says the takbir, prays, and makes supplication, then leaves, until all the people have entered." They said, "O Companion of the Messenger of Allah, should we bury the Messenger of Allah?" He said, "Yes." They said, "Where?" He said, "In the place where Allah took his soul, for Allah only took his soul in a good place." So they knew that he had spoken the truth. Then he ordered that his paternal relatives wash him. The Muhajirun ¹¹ gathered to consult, and they said, "Let us go to our brothers among the Ansar ¹² and include them in this matter." The Ansar said, "An amir ¹³ from us and an amir from you." Umar ibn al-Khattab said, "Who has the like of these three (virtues)? 'The second of two when they were in the cave, when he said to his companion, 'Do not grieve; indeed Allah is with us' [Quran 9:40]. Who are they?" Then he extended his hand and pledged allegiance to him, and the people pledged allegiance to him in a good and beautiful pledge.

1. Mushaf : A written copy of the Quran, often referring to the codex form.
2. sakarāt : The pangs or agonies of death; the severe moments before death.
3. qubiḍa : Literally 'was taken'; a euphemism for death, especially of prophets.
4. gharīb : A technical term in hadith classification meaning 'strange' or 'uncommon', often referring to a hadith with a single narrator at some point in its chain.
5. ṣuḥba : Companionship with the Prophet Muhammad, referring to a Companion (ṣaḥābī).
6. asīf : Soft-hearted, tender, easily moved to tears.
7. ṣawāḥib / ṣawāḥibāt Yūsuf : Reference to the women who cut their hands upon seeing Joseph's beauty (Quran 12:31); here used as a reproach to Aisha and other wives for their persistence.
8. Barīra : A freed slave woman of Aisha who served the Prophet.
9. ummīyīn : Illiterate or unlettered; here meaning they had no scripture or prophet before Muhammad.
10. takbīr : Saying 'Allāhu Akbar' (Allah is the Greatest).
11. Muhājirūn : The early Muslims who migrated from Mecca to Medina.
12. Anṣār : The 'Helpers,' the residents of Medina who supported the Prophet and the Muhajirun.
13. amīr : Leader, commander, or ruler.

Chapter: What has been narrated regarding the inheritance of the Messenger of Allah, may…

Chapter: What has been narrated regarding the inheritance of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace [1]

Chapter: What has been reported about the inheritance of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. 400 - Ahmad ibn Mani' narrated to us, saying: Husayn ibn Muhammad narrated to us, saying: Isra'il narrated to us, from Abu Ishaq, from 'Amr ibn al-Harith, the brother of Juwayriyah, who was a Companion, who said: "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, left nothing but his weapon, his mule, and land which he made as charity ¹." 401 - Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna narrated to us, saying: Abu al-Walid narrated to us, saying: Hammad ibn Salamah narrated to us, from Muhammad ibn 'Amr, from Abu Salamah, from Abu Hurayrah, who said: Fatimah came to Abu Bakr and said: "Who will inherit from you?" He said: "My family and my children." She said: "Why do I not inherit from my father?" Abu Bakr said: "I heard the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, say: 'We are not inherited from ².' But I support those whom the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, used to support, and I spend on those whom the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, used to spend on." 402 - Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna narrated to us, saying: Yahya ibn Kathir al-'Anbari Abu Ghassan narrated to us, saying: Shu'bah narrated to us, from 'Amr ibn Murrah, from Abu al-Bakhtari, that al-'Abbas and 'Ali came to 'Umar disputing, each one saying to the other: "You are such and such, you are such and such." So 'Umar said to Talhah, al-Zubayr, 'Abd al-Rahman ibn 'Awf, and Sa'd: "I adjure you by Allah, did you hear the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, say: 'All of a prophet's wealth is charity ¹, except what he eats. Indeed, we are not inherited from ²'?" And the hadith has a story. 403 - Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna narrated to us, saying: Safwan ibn 'Isa narrated to us, from Usamah ibn Zayd, from al-Zuhri, from 'Urwah, from 'A'ishah, that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: "We are not inherited from ²; what we leave is charity ¹." 404 - Muhammad ibn Bashshar narrated to us, saying: 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Mahdi narrated to us, saying: Sufyan narrated to us, from Abu al-Zinad, from al-A'raj, from Abu Hurayrah, from the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, who said: "My heirs will not divide a dinar or a dirham; what I leave after the maintenance of my wives and the provision of my worker is charity ¹." 405 - Al-Hasan ibn 'Ali al-Khallal narrated to us, saying: Bishr ibn 'Umar narrated to us, saying: I heard Malik ibn Anas, from al-Zuhri, from Malik ibn Aws ibn al-Hadathan, who said: I entered upon 'Umar, and 'Abd al-Rahman ibn 'Awf, Talhah, and Sa'd entered upon him, and 'Ali and al-'Abbas came disputing. 'Umar said to them: "I adjure you by Him by Whose permission the heavens and the earth stand, do you know that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: 'We are not inherited from ²; what we leave is charity ¹'?" They said: "O Allah, yes." And the hadith has a long story. 406 - Muhammad ibn Bashshar narrated to us, saying: 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Mahdi narrated to us, saying: Sufyan narrated to us, from 'Asim ibn Bahdalah, from Zirr ibn Hubaysh, from 'A'ishah, who said: "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, left neither a dinar nor a dirham, nor a sheep nor a camel." He said: "And I doubt about the male slave and the female slave."

1. ṣadaqah : Charity; here it refers to property given as an endowment (waqf) for public benefit, not inheritable.
2. lā nūrathu : We are not inherited from; a prophetic statement indicating that prophets do not leave material inheritance; their wealth is given as charity.

Chapter: What has been reported regarding seeing the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless…

Chapter: What has been reported regarding seeing the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, in a dream [1]

Chapter: What has been reported about seeing the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, in a dream. 407 - Muhammad ibn Bashshar narrated to us, saying: Abd al-Rahman ibn Mahdi narrated to us, saying: Sufyan narrated to us, from Abu Ishaq, from Abu al-Ahwas, from Abdullah ibn Mas'ud, from the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, who said: "Whoever sees me in a dream has indeed seen me, for Satan cannot impersonate me." 408 - Muhammad ibn Bashshar and Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna narrated to us, both saying: Muhammad ibn Ja'far narrated to us, saying: Shu'ba narrated to us, from Abu Husayn, from Abu Salih, from Abu Hurayra, who said: The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: "Whoever sees me in a dream has indeed seen me, for Satan cannot take my form" or he said: "cannot resemble me." 410 - Qutayba narrated to us, saying: Khalaf ibn Khalifa narrated to us, from Abu Malik al-Ashja'i, from his father, who said: The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: "Whoever sees me in a dream has indeed seen me." Abu Isa said: "This Abu Malik is Sa'd ibn Tariq ibn Ashjam, and Tariq ibn Ashjam is one of the Companions of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and he narrated several hadiths from the Prophet." I heard Ali ibn Hujr say: Khalaf ibn Khalifa said: "I saw Amr ibn Hurayth, the Companion of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, when I was a small boy." Qutayba ibn Sa'id narrated to us, saying: Abd al-Wahid ibn Ziyad narrated to us, from Asim ibn Kulayb, who said: My father narrated to me that he heard Abu Hurayra say: The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: "Whoever sees me in a dream has indeed seen me, for Satan cannot impersonate me." My father said: So I narrated this to Ibn Abbas and said: I have seen him, and I mentioned al-Hasan ibn Ali and said: I likened him to him. Ibn Abbas said: "Indeed, he resembled him." 412 - Muhammad ibn Bashshar narrated to us, saying: Ibn Abi Adi and Muhammad ibn Ja'far narrated to us, both saying: Awf ibn Abi Jamila narrated to us, from Yazid al-Farisi - who used to write the mushafs ¹ - who said: I saw the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, in a dream during the time of Ibn Abbas. He said: So I said to Ibn Abbas: I saw the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, in a dream. Ibn Abbas said: The Messenger of Allah used to say: "Indeed, Satan cannot resemble me, so whoever sees me in a dream has indeed seen me." Can you describe this man you saw in the dream? He said: Yes, I will describe to you a man of medium stature, his body and flesh were fair with a ruddy complexion ², with kohl-lined eyes ³, handsome in smile, beautiful in the curves of his face, his beard filled from here to here, covering his chest. Awf said: I do not know what else was with this description. Ibn Abbas said: If you had seen him while awake, you could not have described him beyond this. Abu Isa said: "Yazid al-Farisi is Yazid ibn Hurmuz, and he is older than Yazid al-Raqashi. Yazid al-Farisi narrated several hadiths from Ibn Abbas. Yazid al-Raqashi did not meet Ibn Abbas; he is Yazid ibn Aban al-Raqashi, and he narrates from Anas ibn Malik. Both Yazid al-Farisi and Yazid al-Raqashi are from Basra. Awf ibn Abi Jamila is Awf al-A'rabi." 413 - Abu Dawud Sulayman ibn Salm al-Balkhi narrated to us, saying: al-Nadr ibn Shumayl narrated to us, saying: Awf al-A'rabi said: "I am older than Qatada." 414 - Abdullah ibn Abi Ziyad narrated to us, saying: Ya'qub ibn Ibrahim ibn Sa'd narrated to us, saying: The nephew of Ibn Shihab al-Zuhri narrated to us, from his uncle, who said: Abu Salama said: Abu Qatada said: The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: "Whoever sees me - meaning in a dream - has indeed seen the truth." 415 - Abdullah ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Darimi narrated to us, saying: Mu'alla ibn Asad narrated to us, saying: Abd al-Aziz ibn al-Mukhtar narrated to us, saying: Thabit narrated to us, from Anas, that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: "Whoever sees me in a dream has indeed seen me, for Satan cannot take my form." And he said: "The dream of a believer is one part of forty-six parts of prophethood." 416 - Muhammad ibn Ali narrated to us, saying: I heard my father say: Abdullah ibn al-Mubarak said: "If you are tested with judgment ⁴, then adhere to the tradition ⁵." 417 - Muhammad ibn Ali narrated to us, saying: al-Nadr ibn Shumayl narrated to us, saying: Ibn Awf informed us, from Ibn Sirin, who said: "This hadith is religion, so look to whom you take your religion."

1. mushafs : Plural of mushaf, meaning written copies of the Quran.
2. asmaru ila al-bayad : A description meaning a complexion between brown and white, often translated as fair with a ruddy or wheatish tone.
3. akhal al-aynayn : Having eyes naturally lined with kohl, i.e., dark-rimmed eyes.
4. al-qada' : Judgment or judicial authority; here it refers to being appointed as a judge or having to give legal rulings.
5. al-athar : Tradition, specifically the prophetic tradition or the reports from the early Muslims.