The Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood in ʿArafah and said: ʿThis is the place of standing and all of ʿArafah is a place of standing.ʿ He moved on when the sun set, then he put Usamah behind him (on his mount) and moved on at a measured pace on his camel, and the people started rushing right and left. He turned to them and said: ʿCalmly, O people.” Then he came to Jamʿ and led them in praying two prayers, Maghrib and ʿIshaʿ. Then he stayed all night until morning came, then he came to Quzah and stood at Quzah, and said: ʿThis is the place of standing and all of Jamʿ is a place of standing.” Then he moved on until he came to Muhassir, where he stood, then he struck his she-camel and she trotted until he crossed the valley, then he reined her in. Then he put al-Fadl behind him (on his mount) and carried on until he came to the Jamrah. He stoned it, then he came to the place of sacrifice and said: ʿThis is the place of sacrifice and all of Mina is a place of sacrifice.ʿ He [the narrator] said: A young woman of Khath’am asked him: My father is an old man and has become senile; he has lived until Allah made Hajj obligatory, Will it be acceptable if I perform Hajj on his behalf? He said: ʿYes; perform Hajj on behalf of your father.ʿ And he twisted al Fadlʿs neck (to turn his face away). Al-ʿAbbas said to him: O Messenger of Allah, why did you twist the neck of your cousin? He said: ʿI saw a young man and a young woman and I was not certain that they would be safe from the Shaitan.ʿ Then a man came to him and said: O Messenger of Allah, I shaved my head before offering a sacrifice. He said: “Offer your sacrifice, there is no problem.” Then another man came to him and said: O Messenger of Allah, I did tawafal-ifadah before shaving my head. He said: “Shave your head or cut your hair, there is no problem.ʿ Then he came to the Kaʿbah and circumambulated it, then he came to Zamzam and said: ʿO Banu ‘Abdul-Muttalib, it is your right to draw water for pilgrims. Were it not that the people would overwhelm you, I would have drawn water myself.ʿ  

وَقَفَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِعَرَفَةَ فَقَالَ هَذَا الْمَوْقِفُ وَعَرَفَةُ كُلُّهَا مَوْقِفٌ وَأَفَاضَ حِينَ غَابَتِ الشَّمْسُ ثُمَّ أَرْدَفَ أُسَامَةَ فَجَعَلَ يُعْنِقُ عَلَى بَعِيرِهِ وَالنَّاسُ يَضْرِبُونَ يَمِينًا وَشِمَالًا يَلْتَفِتُ إِلَيْهِمْ وَيَقُولُ السَّكِينَةَ أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ ثُمَّ أَتَى جَمْعًا فَصَلَّى بِهِمِ الصَّلاتَيْنِ الْمَغْرِبَ وَالْعِشَاءَ ثُمَّ بَاتَ حَتَّى أَصْبَحَ ثُمَّ أَتَى قُزَحَ فَوَقَفَ عَلَى قُزَحَ فَقَالَ هَذَا الْمَوْقِفُ وَجَمْعٌ كُلُّهَا مَوْقِفٌ ثُمَّ سَارَ حَتَّى أَتَى مُحَسِّرًا فَوَقَفَ عَلَيْهِ فَقَرَعَ نَاقَتَهُ فَخَبَّتْ حَتَّى جَازَ الْوَادِيَ ثُمَّ حَبَسَهَا ثُمَّ أَرْدَفَ الْفَضْلَ وَسَارَ حَتَّى أَتَى الْجَمْرَةَ فَرَمَاهَا ثُمَّ أَتَى الْمَنْحَرَ فَقَالَ هَذَا الْمَنْحَرُ وَمِنًى كُلُّهَا مَنْحَرٌ قَالَ وَاسْتَفْتَتْهُ جَارِيَةٌ شَابَّةٌ مِنْ خَثْعَمَ فَقَالَتْ إِنَّ أَبِي شَيْخٌ كَبِيرٌ قَدْأَفْنَدَ وَقَدْ أَدْرَكَتْهُ فَرِيضَةُ اللهِ فِي الْحَجِّ فَهَلْ يُجْزِئُ عَنْهُ أَنْ أُؤَدِّيَ عَنْهُ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ فَأَدِّي عَنْ أَبِيكِ قَالَ وَقَدْ لَوَى عُنُقَ الْفَضْلِ فَقَالَ لَهُ الْعَبَّاسُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ لِمَ لَوَيْتَ عُنُقَ ابْنِ عَمِّكَ؟ قَالَ رَأَيْتُ شَابًّا وَشَابَّةً فَلَمْ آمَنِ الشَّيْطَانَ عَلَيْهِمَا قَالَ ثُمَّ جَاءَهُ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ حَلَقْتُ قَبْلَ أَنْ أَنْحَرَ قَالَ انْحَرْ وَلا حَرَجَ ثُمَّ أَتَاهُ آخَرُ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنِّي أَفَضْتُ قَبْلَ أَنْ أَحْلِقَ قَالَ احْلِقْ أَوْ قَصِّرْ وَلا حَرَجَ ثُمَّ أَتَى الْبَيْتَ فَطَافَ بِهِ ثُمَّ أَتَى زَمْزَمَ فَقَالَ يَا بَنِي عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ سِقَايَتَكُمْ وَلَوْلا أَنْ يَغْلِبَكُمِ النَّاسُ عَلَيْهَا لَنَزَعْتُ بِهَا  

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ʿThe urine of a boy is to be sprinkled with water and the urine of a girl is to be washed.ʿ Qatadah said: That is if they are not yet eating solid food; if they are eating solid food then their urine is to be washed in both cases.  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بَوْلُ الْغُلامِ يُنْضَحُ عَلَيْهِ وَبَوْلُ الْجَارِيَةِ يُغْسَلُ قَالَ قَتَادَةُ هَذَا مَا لَمْ يَطْعَمَا فَإِذَا طَعِمَا غُسِلَ بَوْلُهُمَا  

ʿThis is the place of standing, and all of ʿArafah is a place of standing.ʿ Then he moved on at an unhurried pace, and the people started rushing right and left. He turned to them and said: ʿCalmly, O, people; calmly, O people.ʿ Then he came to al-Muzdalifah between the two prayers, then he stood in al-Muzdalifah and he stood at Quzah, with al-Fadl bin Abbas riding behind him, and he said: “This is the place of standing and all of Muzdalifah is a place of standing.” Then he moved on at an unhurried pace and the people started rushing right and left. He turned to them and said: ʿCalmly, calmly, O people.” He came to Muhassir and struck his mount, and it trotted until he left (the valley) then he resumed his original pace until he (came and) stoned the Jamrah. Then he went to the place of sacrifice and said: ʿThis is the place of sacrifice and all of Mina is a place of sacrifice.” Then a young woman from Khathʿam came and said: My father is an old man and has become senile; he has lived until Allah made Hajj obligatory, but he cannot do it. Will it be acceptable if i perform Hajj on his behalf? The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Yes”. And he started turning the face of al-Fadl bin al-ʿAbbas away from her. Then a man came to him and said: I stoned the jamrah and did tawafal-ifadah and put on my ordinary clothes, but I did not shave my head. He said: ʿNo problem, go ahead and shave your head.” Then another man came to him and said: I stoned the Jamrah and shaved my head and put on my ordinary clothes, but I did not offer the sacrifice. He said: “No problem, go ahead and offer the sacrifice.” Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ did tawafal-ifadah, then he called for a bucket of Zamzam water and drank from it and did wudoo’. Then he said: “Draw water, O Banu ʿAbdul-Muttalib, Were it not that you would be overwhelmed, I would have drawn water myself.” Al-ʿAbbas said: O Messenger of Allah ﷺ, why did I see you turning your cousinʿs face away? He said: ʿI saw a young man and a young woman and I feared that the Shaitan might tempt them.”  

عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي رَافِعٍ مَوْلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَقَفَ بِعَرَفَةَ وَهُوَ مُرْدِفٌ أُسَامَةَ بْنَ زَيْدٍ فَقَالَ هَذَا الْمَوْقِفُ وَكُلُّ عَرَفَةَ مَوْقِفٌ ثُمَّ دَفَعَ يَسِيرُ الْعَنَقَ وَجَعَلَ النَّاسُ يَضْرِبُونَ يَمِينًا وَشِمَالًا وَهُوَ يَلْتَفِتُ وَيَقُولُ السَّكِينَةَ أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ السَّكِينَةَ أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ حَتَّى جَاءَ الْمُزْدَلِفَةَ وَجَمَعَ بَيْنَ الصَّلاتَيْنِ ثُمَّ وَقَفَ بِالْمُزْدَلِفَةِ فَوَقَفَ عَلَى قُزَحَ وَأَرْدَفَ الْفَضْلَ بْنَ عَبَّاسٍ وَقَالَ هَذَا الْمَوْقِفُ وَكُلُّ الْمُزْدَلِفَةِ مَوْقِفٌ ثُمَّ دَفَعَ وَجَعَلَ يَسِيرُ الْعَنَقَ وَالنَّاسُ يَضْرِبُونَ يَمِينًا وَشِمَالًا وَهُوَ يَلْتَفِتُ وَيَقُولُ السَّكِينَةَ السَّكِينَةَ أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ حَتَّى جَاءَ مُحَسِّرًا فَقَرَعَ رَاحِلَتَهُ فَخَبَّتْ حَتَّى خَرَجَثُمَّ عَادَ لِسَيْرِهِ الْأَوَّلِ حَتَّى رَمَى الْجَمْرَةَ ثُمَّ جَاءَ الْمَنْحَرَ فَقَالَ هَذَا الْمَنْحَرُ وَكُلُّ مِنًى مَنْحَرٌ ثُمَّ جَاءَتْهُ امْرَأَةٌ شَابَّةٌ مِنْ خَثْعَمَ فَقَالَتْ إِنَّ أَبِي شَيْخٌ كَبِيرٌ وَقَدْ أَفْنَدَ وَأَدْرَكَتْهُ فَرِيضَةُ اللهِ فِي الْحَجِّ وَلا يَسْتَطِيعُ أَدَاءَهَا فَيُجْزِئُ عَنْهُ أَنْ أُؤَدِّيَهَا عَنْهُ ؟ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ نَعَمْ وَجَعَلَ يَصْرِفُ وَجْهَ الْفَضْلِ بْنِ الْعَبَّاسِ عَنْهَا ثُمَّ أَتَاهُ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ إِنِّي رَمَيْتُ الْجَمْرَةَ وَأَفَضْتُ وَلَبِسْتُ وَلَمْ أَحْلِقْ قَالَ فَلا حَرَجَ فَاحْلِقْ ثُمَّ أَتَاهُ رَجُلٌ آخَرُ فَقَالَ إِنِّي رَمَيْتُ وَحَلَقْتُ وَلَبِسْتُ وَلَمْ أَنْحَرْ فَقَالَ لَا حَرَجَ فَانْحَرْ ثُمَّ أَفَاضَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَدَعَا بِسَجْلٍ مِنْ مَاءِ زَمْزَمَ فَشَرِبَ مِنْهُ وَتَوَضَّأَ ثُمَّ قَالَ انْزِعُوا يَا بَنِي عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ فَلَوْلا أَنْ تُغْلَبُوا عَلَيْهَا لَنَزَعْتُ قَالَ الْعَبَّاسُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنِّي رَأَيْتُكَ تَصْرِفُ وَجْهَ ابْنِ أَخِيكَ؟ قَالَ إِنِّي رَأَيْتُ غُلامًا شَابًّا وَجَارِيَةً شَابَّةً فَخَشِيتُ عَلَيْهِمَا الشَّيْطَانَ  

When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ recited ruqyah for a sick person, said: “Remove the hardship and suffering. Lord of mankind, and grant healing, for You are the Healer and there is no healing except Your healing; (grant) healing which does not leave any sickness behind.ʿ  

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا عَوَّذَ مَرِيضًا قَالَ أَذْهِبِ الْبَأْسَ رَبَّ النَّاسِ اشْفِ أَنْتَ الشَّافِي لَا شِفَاءَ إِلا شِفَاؤُكَ شِفَاءً لَا يُغَادِرُ سَقَمًا  

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ʿIf I were to appoint anyone to a position of authority without consulting the believers, I would have appointed Ibn Umm ʿAbd (Abdullah bin Masʿood).ʿ  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَوْ كُنْتُ مُؤَمِّرًا أَحَدًا دُونَ مَشُورَةِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ لَأَمَّرْتُ ابْنَ أُمِّ عَبْدٍ  

Whilst we were in Mina, I saw ʿAli bin Abi Talib ؓ say: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “These days are for eating and drinking, so no one should fast these days.” And he went around to the people on his camel, shouting that,  

بَيْنَمَا نَحْنُ بِمِنًى إِذَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ يَقُولُ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ هَذِهِ أَيَّامُ أَكْلٍ وَشُرْبٍ فَلا يَصُومُهَا أَحَدٌ وَاتَّبَعَ النَّاسَ عَلَى جَمَلِهِ يَصْرُخُ بِذَلِكَ  

“Whoever tells a lie about his dream will be commanded to tie a grain of barley on the Day of Resurrection.ʿ  

مَنْ كَذَبَ فِي حُلْمِهِ كُلِّفَ عَقْدَ شَعِيرَةٍ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ  

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray the two rakʿahs of Fajr when the iqamah was given.  

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيِ الْفَجْرِ عِنْدَ الْإِقَامَةِ  

ʿAli said: There was a time before dawn when I would ask to enter upon the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. If he was praying, he would say Subhan Allah to me, and that was my permission to enter; if he was not praying, he would give me permission to enter.  

عَلِيٌّ كَانَتْ لِي سَاعَةٌ مِنَ السَّحَرِ أَدْخُلُ فِيهَا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَإِنْ كَانَ قَائِمًا يُصَلِّي سَبَّحَ بِي فَكَانَ ذَاكَ إِذْنُهُ لِي وَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ يُصَلِّي أَذِنَ لِي  

I heard ‘Ali say: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to me when Fatimah and I were sleeping, and that was at the time before dawn. He stood at the door and said, “Why donʿt you get up and pray?ʿ I answered him: O Messenger of Allah ﷺ, our souls are in the hand of Allah and if He wills. He will wake us up. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ went back and did not say anything else (to me), but I heard him, as he was leaving strike his hand against his thigh and say: “But, man is ever more quarrelsome than anythingʿ [al-Kahf 18:54].  

قَالَسَمِعْتُ عَلِيًّا يَقُولُ أَتَانِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَنَا نَائِمٌ وَفَاطِمَةُ وَذَلِكَ مِنَ السَّحَرِ حَتَّى قَامَ عَلَى الْبَابِ فَقَالَ أَلا تُصَلُّونَ؟ فَقُلْتُ مُجِيبًا لَهُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّمَا نُفُوسُنَا بِيَدِ اللهِ فَإِذَا شَاءَ أَنْ يَبْعَثَنَا بَعَثَنَا قَالَ فَرَجَعَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَلَمْ يَرْجِعْ إِلَى الْكَلامِ فَسَمِعْتُهُ حِينَ وَلَّى يَقُولُ وَضَرَبَ بِيَدِهِ عَلَى فَخِذِهِ {وَكَانَ الْإِنْسَانُ أَكْثَرَ شَيْءٍ جَدَلًا} [الكهف 54]  

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ and his wife used to do ghusl from the same vessel.  

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَهْلُهُ يَغْتَسِلُونَ مِنْ إِنَاءٍ وَاحِدٍ  

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent me to Yemen, and we came to some people who had built a trap for a lion. They began to push one another, and one man fell, so he grabbed onto another one, who then grabbed onto another one, until all four of them ended up in the trap and the lion wounded them. Then a man came and killed the lion with a spear, and they all died of their wounds, The next of kin of the first man went to the next of kin of the last man, and they took out weapons to fight, then ʿAli came to them straight away and said: Do you want to fight one another when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ is still alive? I will judge between you, and if you agree then that is the verdict, otherwise keep away from one another until you go to the Prophet ﷺ and he will be the one who judges between you, then whoever transgresses after that will have no right. Collect from the tribes of those who fell into the hole one quarter of the diyah [blood money], one third of the diyah, one half of the diyah and a complete diyah. For the first man (who fell in) there will be one quarter, because he caused the death of the one who came after him; for the second one there is one third of the diyah; and for the third one there is half of the diyah. They refused to accept that, so they went to the Prophet ﷺ when he was at Maqam Ibraheem and told him the story, and he said: “I will judge between you.” One of the people said: ʿAli has already passed judgement. They told him about it and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ approved it. It was narrated from Hanash that ʿAli ؓ said: The fourth one gets the diyah (blood money] in full.  

بَعَثَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَى الْيَمَنِ فَانْتَهَيْنَا إِلَى قَوْمٍ قَدْ بَنَوْا زُبْيَةً لِلْأَسَدِ فَبَيْنَا هُمْ كَذَلِكَ يَتَدَافَعُونَ إِذْ سَقَطَ رَجُلٌ فَتَعَلَّقَ بِآخَرَ ثُمَّ تَعَلَّقَ رَجُلٌ بِآخَرَ حَتَّى صَارُوا فِيهَا أَرْبَعَةً فَجَرَحَهُمِ الْأَسَدُ فَانْتَدَبَ لَهُ رَجُلٌ بِحَرْبَةٍ فَقَتَلَهُ وَمَاتُوا مِنْ جِرَاحَتِهِمْ كُلُّهُمْ فَقَامَ أَوْلِيَاءُ الْأَوَّلِ إِلَى أَوْلِيَاءِ الْآخِرِ فَأَخْرَجُوا السِّلاحَ لِيَقْتَتِلُوا فَأَتَاهُمْ عَلِيٌّ عَلَى تَفِيئَةِ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ تُرِيدُونَ أَنْ تَقَاتَلُوا وَرَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ حَيٌّ؟ إِنِّي أَقْضِي بَيْنَكُمْ قَضَاءً إِنْ رَضِيتُمْ فَهُوَ الْقَضَاءُ وَإِلا حَجَزَ بَعْضُكُمْ عَنْ بَعْضٍ حَتَّى تَأْتُوا النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَيَكُونَ هُوَ الَّذِي يَقْضِي بَيْنَكُمْ فَمَنْ عَدَا بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ فَلا حَقَّ لَهُ اجْمَعُوا مِنْ قَبَائِلِ الَّذِينَ حَضَرُوا الْبِئْرَ رُبُعَ الدِّيَةِ وَثُلُثَ الدِّيَةِ وَنِصْفَ الدِّيَةِ وَالدِّيَةَ كَامِلَةً فَلِلْأَوَّلِ الرُّبُعُ لِأَنَّهُ هَلَكَ مَنْ فَوْقَهُ وَلِلثَّانِي ثُلُثُ الدِّيَةِ وَلِلثَّالِثِ نِصْفُ الدِّيَةِ فَأَبَوْا أَنْ يَرْضَوْا فَأَتَوْا النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَهُوَ عِنْدَ مَقَامِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ فَقَصُّوا عَلَيْهِ الْقِصَّةَ فَقَالَ أَنَا أَقْضِي بَيْنَكُمْ واحْتَبَى فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ إِنَّ عَلِيًّا قَضَى فِينَا فَقَصُّوا عَلَيْهِ الْقِصَّةَ فَأَجَازَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ  

[Machine] "And for the fourth debt, it is complete."  

وَلِلرَّابِعِ الدِّيَةُ كَامِلَةً  

O Messenger of Allah, our souls are in the hand of Allah and if He wills to wake us up, He will wake us up. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ left when I said that to him and I heard him, as he was leaving, strike his hand against his thigh and say: ʿBut, man is ever more quarrelsome than anythingʿ (al-Kahf:18:54).  

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ طَرَقَهُ وَفَاطِمَةَ فَقَالَ أَلَا تُصَلُّونَ؟ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّمَا أَنْفُسُنَا بِيَدِ اللهِ فَإِذَا شَاءَ أَنْ يَبْعَثَنَا بَعَثَنَا وَانْصَرَفَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ حِينَ قُلْتُ لَهُ ذَلِكَ ثُمَّ سَمِعْتُهُ وَهُوَ مُدْبِرٌ يَضْرِبُ فَخِذَهُ وَيَقُولُ {وَكَانَ الْإِنْسَانُ أَكْثَرَ شَيْءٍ جَدَلًا}  

“Whoever loves me and loves these two and their father and their mother will be with me at my level on the Day of Resurrection.ʿ  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَخَذَ بِيَدِ حَسَنٍ وَحُسَيْنٍ فَقَالَ مَنْ أَحَبَّنِي وَأَحَبَّ هَذَيْنِ وَأَبَاهُمَا وَأُمَّهُمَا كَانَ مَعِي فِي دَرَجَتِي يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ  

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ʿNo woman should be married and become a co-wife to her paternal aunt or her maternal aunt.”  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا تُنْكَحُ الْمَرْأَةُ عَلَى عَمَّتِهَا وَلا عَلَى خَالَتِهَا  

I entered upon ʿAli bin Abi Talib ؓ - Hasan said: On the day of (Eid) al-Adha - and he brought some khazeerah (a dish made from small pieces of meat, broth and flour) to us. I said: May Allah guide you! Why donʿt you make a dish for us from these ducks, for Allah, may He be glorified and exalted, has blessed us with a great deal of bounty. He said: O son of Zurair, I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: “It is not permissible for the caliph to take more from the wealth of Allah than two dishes: one from which he and his family eat and one that he offers to the People.”  

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ لَا يَحِلُّ لِلْخَلِيفَةِ مِنْ مَالِ اللهِ إِلا قَصْعَتَانِ قَصْعَةٌ يَأْكُلُهَا هُوَ وَأَهْلُهُ وَقَصْعَةٌ يَضَعُهَا بَيْنَ يَدَيِ النَّاسِ  

I have never had an eye infection since the Prophet ﷺ spat in my eye.”  

مَا رَمِدْتُ مُنْذُ تَفَلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فِي عَيْنِي  

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray Witr at the beginning of the night and in the middle and at the end, then he persisted in praying it at the end of the night.  

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُوتِرُ فِي أَوَّلِ اللَّيْلِ وَفِي وَسَطِهِ وَفِي آخِرِهِ ثُمَّ ثَبَتَ لَهُ الْوَتْرُ فِي آخِرِهِ  

“Do not stare at lepers, and if you speak to them, let there be a distance of a spear between you and them.”  

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ لَا تُدِيمُوا النَّظَرَ إِلَى الْمُجَذَّمِينَ وَإِذَا كَلَّمْتُمُوهُمْ فَلْيَكُنْ بَيْنَكُمْ وَبَيْنَهُمْ قِيدُ رُمْحٍ  

The Prophet ﷺ said to me: “O ‘Ali, do wudoo’ properly even if it is difficult for you; do not consume charity; do not mate a donkey with a horse; and do not sit with astrologers.”  

لِي النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَا عَلِيُّ أَسْبِغِ الْوُضُوءَ وَإِنْ شَقَّ عَلَيْكَ وَلا تَأْكُلِ الصَّدَقَةَ وَلا تُنْزِ الْحَمِيرَ عَلَى الْخَيْلِ وَلا تُجَالِسْ أَصْحَابَ النُّجُومِ  

A jug of water was brought to ʿAli ؓ when he was in ar-Rahbah. He took a handful of water and rinsed his mouth and nose, and wiped his face, forearms and head. Then he drank whilst standing, then he said: This is the wudooʿ of one who has not broken his wudooʿ. I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ do this.  

أُتِيَ عَلِيٌّ بِكُوزٍ مِنْ مَاءٍ وَهُوَ فِي الرَّحْبَةِ فَأَخَذَ كَفًّا مِنْ مَاءٍ فَمَضْمَضَ وَاسْتَنْشَقَ وَمَسَحَ وَجْهَهُ وَذِرَاعَيْهِ وَرَأْسَهُ ثُمَّ شَرِبَ وَهُوَ قَائِمٌ ثُمَّ قَالَ هَذَا وُضُوءُ مَنْ لَمْ يُحْدِثْ هَكَذَا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَعَلَ  

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Whoever tells a lie about me deliberately, let him take his place in Hell.”  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَنْ كَذَبَ عَلَيَّ مُتَعَمِّدًا فَلْيَتَبَوَّأْ مَقْعَدَهُ مِنَ النَّارِ  

ʿThe last words of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ were: “Prayer, prayer! And fear Allah with regard to what your right hands possess, [i.e.female slaves].ʿ  

كَانَ آخِرُ كَلامِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ الصَّلاةَ الصَّلاةَ اتَّقُوا اللهَ فِيمَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُكُمْ  

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade me to put my ring on the forefinger or the one next to it  

نَهَانِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ أَجْعَلَ خَاتَمِي فِي هَذِهِ السَّبَّاحَةِ أَوِ الَّتِي تَلِيهَا  

Then I saw ʿAli bin Abi Talib ؓ after that on the day of Eid; he started with the prayer before the khutbah and he prayed with no adhan or iqamah. Then he said: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbidding (the people) to leave any of the meat of their sacrifice after three days.  

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَنْهَىأَنْ يُمْسِكَ أَحَدٌ مِنْ نُسُكِهِ شَيْئًا فَوْقَ ثَلاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ  

He gave his wives the choice between this world and the Hereafter; he did not give them the option of divorce.  

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ خَيَّرَ نِسَاءَهُ الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةَ وَلَمْ يُخَيِّرْهُنَّ الطَّلاقَ  

He gave his wives the choice between this world and the Hereafter; he did not give them the option of divorce. (Using translation from Aḥmad 588)   

وَقَالَ خَيَّرَ نِسَاءَهُ بَيْنَ الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ وَلَمْ يُخَيِّرْهُنَّ الطَّلاقَ  

ʿwhoever is killed defending his wealth is a martyr.ʿ  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَنْ قُتِلَ دُونَ مَالِهِ فَهُوَ شَهِيدٌ  

It was narrated from ‘Ali ؓ that The Prophet ﷺ said on the day of al-Ahzab. ʿMay Allah fill their houses and graves with fire, they distracted us from prayer until the sunset.ʿ  

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ يَوْمَ الْأَحْزَابِ مَلَأَ اللهُ بُيُوتَهُمْ وَقُبُورَهُمْ نَارًا كَمَا شَغَلُونَا عَنِ الصَّلاةِ الْوُسْطَى حَتَّى آبَتِ الشَّمْسُ  

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade mut’ah marriage and the meat of donkeys at the time of Khaibar.  

عَلِيّعَنْ أَبِيهِمَا وَكَانَ حَسَنٌ أَرْضَاهُمَا فِي أَنْفُسِنَا أَنَّ عَلِيًّا قَالَ لِابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ نَهَى عَنْ نِكَاحِ الْمُتْعَةِ وَعَنْ لُحُومِ الْحُمُرِ الْأَهْلِيَّةِ زَمَنَ خَيْبَرَ  

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ instructed me to share out the meat of his sacrifice and to be in charge of it, and to share out its skin and blankets, and he instructed me not to give the butcher anything of it and said: ʿWe will give him something ourselves.”  

أَمَرَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ أُقَسِّمَ بُدْنَهُ أَقُومُ عَلَيْهَا وَأَنْأُقَسِّمَ جُلُودَهَا وَجِلالَهَا وَأَمَرَنِي أَنْ لَا أُعْطِيَ الْجَازِرَ مِنْهَا شَيْئًا وَقَالَ نَحْنُ نُعْطِيهِ مِنْ عِنْدِنَا  

We asked ʿAli ؓ With what were you sent, i.e., on the day the Prophet ﷺ sent you with Abu Bakr ؓ for Hajj? He said: I was sent with four things. No one will enter Paradise except a believing soul; no one should circumambulate the Ka’bah naked; whoever had a covenant with the Prophet ﷺ it would remain in effect until the agreed time; and the mushrikeen were not to perform Hajj with the Muslims after that year.  

عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أُثَيْعٍ رَجُلٍ مِنْ هَمْدَانَ سَأَلْنَا عَلِيًّا بِأَيِّ شَيْءٍ بُعِثْتَ؟ يَعْنِي يَوْمَ بَعَثَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ مَعَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ فِي الْحَجَّةِ قَالَ بُعِثْتُ بِأَرْبَعٍ لَا يَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ إِلا نَفْسٌ مُؤْمِنَةٌ وَلا يَطُوفُ بِالْبَيْتِ عُرْيَانٌ وَمَنْ كَانَ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ عَهْدٌ فَعَهْدُهُ إِلَى مُدَّتِهِ وَلا يَحُجُّ الْمُشْرِكُونَ وَالْمُسْلِمُونَ بَعْدَ عَامِهِمْ هَذَا  

Muhammad ﷺ ruled that debts must be paid before carrying art bequests, but you read the will before debts are paid off. [And he ruled] that sons from the same mother inherit from one another, but sons from different mothers do not.  

أَنَّ الدَّيْنَ قَبْلَ الْوَصِيَّةِ وَأَنْتُمْ تَقْرَءُونَ الْوَصِيَّةَ قَبْلَ الدَّيْنِ وَأَنَّ أَعْيَانَ بَنِي الْأُمِّ يَتَوَارَثُونَ دُونَ بَنِي الْعَلاتِ  

The Prophet ﷺ said: “I will not give to you and leave Ahlus-Suffah suffering from hunger.ʿ On one occasion he said: ʿI shall not give you a servant and leave Ahlus-Suffah suffering from hunger.”  

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لَا أُعْطِيكُمْ وَأَدَعُ أَهْلَ الصُّفَّةِ تَلَوَّى بُطُونُهُمْ مِنَ الْجُوعِ وَقَالَ مَرَّةً لَا أُخْدِمُكُمَا وَأَدَعُ أَهْلَ الصُّفَّةِ تَطْوَى  

Muhammad bin ʿAli Abu Jaʿfar told us. My paternal uncle told me, from his father, that he saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ doing saʿy between as-Safa and al-Marwah in the Masʿa, lifting up his garment which reached to his knees.  

أَنَّهُ رَأَى رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَسْعَى بَيْنَ الصَّفَا وَالْمَرْوَةِ فِي الْمَسْعَى كَاشِفًا عَنْ ثَوْبِهِ قَدْ بَلَغَ إِلَى رُكْبَتَيْهِ  

ʿAli ؓ said: I used to come to the Prophet ﷺ and ask permission to enter. If he was praying, he would say Subhan Allah, and if he was not praying, he would give me permission to enter.  

عَلِيٌّ كُنْتُ آتِي النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَأَسْتَأْذِنُ فَإِنْ كَانَ فِي صَلاةٍ سَبَّحَ وَإِنْ كَانَ فِي غَيْرِ صَلاةٍ أَذِنَ لِي  

We asked ‘Ali ؓ : Do you have something from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ apart from the Qurʿan? He said: No, by the One who split the seed and created the soul, except the understanding that Allah, may He be glorified and exalted, helps a person to acquire of the Qurʿan or what is in the document.I said: What is in the document? He said: Diyah (blood money), ransom of prisoners and muslim should be killed in retaliation for a kafir.  

سَأَلْنَا عَلِيًّا هَلْ عِنْدَكُمْ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ شَيْءٌ بَعْدَ الْقُرْآنِ؟ قَالَ لَا وَالَّذِي فَلَقَ الْحَبَّةَ وَبَرَأَ النَّسَمَةَ إِلا فَهْمٌ يُؤْتِيهِ اللهُ ﷻ رَجُلًا فِي الْقُرْآنِ أَوْ مَا فِي الصَّحِيفَةِ قُلْتُ وَمَا فِي الصَّحِيفَةِ؟ قَالَ الْعَقْلُ وَفِكَاكُ الْأَسِيرِ وَلا يُقْتَلُ مُسْلِمٌ بِكَافِرٍ  

I heard ‘Ali ؓ say: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent me, az-Zubair and al-Miqdad, and he said: “Go to the garden of Khakh, where you will find a woman riding a camel with whom there is a letter, and take it from her.” We set out with our horses galloping, until we reached that garden, and there we found the woman. We said: Give us the letter. She said: I do not have any letter. We said: Either you give us the letter or we will remove your clothes. So she brought it out from her braided hair, and we took it and brought it to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and in it (was written): From Hatib bin Abi Baltaʿah to some of the mushrikeen of Makkah, telling them about some of the plans of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ʿO Hatib, what is this?ʿ He said: Do not be hasty in judging me, O Messenger of Allah ﷺ. I am a man who was attached to Quraish but I was one of them. The Muhajireen who are with you have relatives who will protect their families in Makkah, and I wanted, as i have no blood ties among them, to do them a favour so that they would protect my family. I did not do it out of kufr or because I apostatized from my religion, or because I approved of Kufr after becoming Muslim. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ʿHe has told you the truth.ʿ ʿUmar ؓ said: O Messenger of Allah ﷺ, let me strike the neck of this hypocrite. He said: “He was present at Badr, and you do not know, perhaps Allah looked upon the people of Badr and said: ʿDo what you wish, for I have forgiven you.ʿ  

أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ عَلِيًّا يَقُولُ بَعَثَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنَا وَالزُّبَيْرَ وَالْمِقْدَادَ فَقَالَ انْطَلِقُوا حَتَّى تَأْتُوا رَوْضَةَ خَاخٍ فَإِنَّ بِهَا ظَعِينَةً مَعَهَا كِتَابٌ فَخُذُوهُ مِنْهَا فَانْطَلَقْنَا تَعَادَى بِنَا خَيْلُنَا حَتَّى أَتَيْنَا الرَّوْضَةَ فَإِذَا نَحْنُ بِالظَّعِينَةِ قُلْنَا أَخْرِجِي الْكِتَابَ قَالَتْ مَا مَعِي مِنْ كِتَابٍ قُلْنَا لَتُخْرِجِنَّ الْكِتَابَ أَوْ لَنَقْلِبَنَّ الثِّيَابَ قَالَ فَأَخْرَجَتِ الْكِتَابَ مِنْ عِقَاصِهَا فَأَخَذْنَا الْكِتَابَ فَأَتَيْنَا بِهِ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَإِذَا فِيهِ مِنْ حَاطِبِ بْنِ أَبِي بَلْتَعَةَ إِلَى نَاسٍ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ بِمَكَّةَ يُخْبِرُهُمْ بِبَعْضِ أَمْرِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَا حَاطِبُ مَا هَذَا؟ قَالَ لَا تَعْجَلْ عَلَيَّ إِنِّي كُنْتُ امْرَأً مُلْصَقًا فِي قُرَيْشٍ وَلَمْ أَكُنْ مِنْ أَنْفُسِهَا وَكَانَ مَنْ كَانَ مَعَكَ مِنَ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ لَهُمْ قَرَابَاتٌ يَحْمُونَ أَهْلِيهِمْ بِمَكَّةَ فَأَحْبَبْتُ إِذْ فَاتَنِي ذَلِكَ مِنَ النَّسَبِ فِيهِمْ أَنْ أَتَّخِذَ فِيهِمْ يَدًا يَحْمُونَ بِهَا قَرَابَتِي وَمَا فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ كُفْرًا وَلا ارْتِدَادًا عَنْ دِينِي وَلا رِضًا بِالْكُفْرِ بَعْدَ الْإِسْلامِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّهُ قَدْ صَدَقَكُمْ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ دَعْنِيأَضْرِبْ عُنُقَ هَذَا الْمُنَافِقِ فَقَالَ إِنَّهُ قَدْ شَهِدَ بَدْرًا وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّ اللهَ قَدِ اطَّلَعَ إِلَى أَهْلِ بَدْرٍ فَقَالَ اعْمَلُوا مَا شِئْتُمْ فَقَدْ غَفَرْتُ لَكُمْ  

He forbade garments made from a blend of linen and silk, red saddle cloths and reciting Qurʿan whilst bowing.  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ نَهَانِي عَنْ ثَلَاثٍ قَالَ فَمَا أَدْرِي لَهُ خَاصَّةً أَمْ لِلنَّاسِ عَامَّةً نَهَانِي عَنِ الْقَسِّيِّ وَالْمِيثَرَةِ وَأَنْ أَقْرَأَ وَأَنَا رَاكِعٌ  

My father told me, from his father, that ‘Ali ؓ said: I was with the Prophet ﷺ when Abu Bakr and ʿUmar ؓ came and he said: ʿO ʿAli, these two are the leaders of the middle aged people of Paradise and its youth, after the Prophet ﷺ and Messengers.”  

كُنْتُ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَأَقْبَلَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ فَقَالَ يَا عَلِيُّ هَذَانِ سَيِّدَا كُهُولِ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ وَشَبَابِهَا بَعْدَ النَّبِيِّينَ وَالْمُرْسَلِينَ  

I wanted to propose marriage to the daughter of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, but I thought: I have nothing, so how could it be? Then I remembered how he upheld ties of kinship and his kindness and generosity, so I asked him for his daughterʿs hand in marriage. He said: “Do you have anything”? I said: No. He said: ʿWhere is the Hutamiyyah shield that I gave you on such and such a day?ʿ I said: I have it. He said: ʿThen give it to her.ʿ  

أَنْ أَخْطُبَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ ابْنَتَهُ فَقُلْتُ مَا لِي مِنْ شَيْءٍ فَكَيْفَ؟ ثُمَّ ذَكَرْتُ صِلَتَهُ وَعَائِدَتَهُ فَخَطَبْتُهَا إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ هَلْ لَكَ مِنْ شَيْءٍ؟ قُلْتُ لَا قَالَ فَأَيْنَ دِرْعُكَ الْحُطَمِيَّةُ الَّتِي أَعْطَيْتُكَ يَوْمَ كَذَا وَكَذَا؟ قَالَ هِيَ عِنْدِي قَالَ فَأَعْطِنِيهَا قَالَ فَأَعْطَيْتُهَا إِيَّاهُ  

“Shall I not tell you of something that is better for you than that? Say Subhanallah thirty-three times, Allahu Akbar thirty-three times and Alhamdulillah thirty-three times; one of them thirty-four times.ʿ  

أَنَّ فَاطِمَةَ أَتَتِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ تَسْتَخْدِمُهُ فَقَالَ أَلا أَدُلُّكِ عَلَى مَا هُوَ خَيْرٌ لَكِ مِنْ ذَلِكَ تُسَبِّحِينَ ثَلاثًا وَثَلاثِينَ وَتُكَبِّرِينَ ثَلاثًا وَثَلاثِينَ وَتَحْمَدِينَ ثَلاثًا وَثَلاثِينَ أَحَدُهَا أَرْبَعًا وَثَلاثِينَ  

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Allah loves the believing slave who falls into sin a great deal and repents a great deal.  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّ اللهَ يُحِبُّ الْعَبْدَ الْمُؤْمِنَ الْمُفَتَّنَ التَّوَّابَ  

I was a man who emitted a great deal of madhi, but I felt too shy to ask the Prophet ﷺ about that because of the position of his daughter, so I told al-Miqdad bin al-Aswad to ask him, and he said: ʿLet him wash his private part and do wudoo’.ʿ  

أَنْ أَسْأَلَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ لِمَكَانِ ابْنَتِهِ فَأَمَرْتُ الْمِقْدَادَ فَسَأَلَهُ فَقَالَ يَغْسِلُ ذَكَرَهُ وَيَتَوَضَّأُ  

The Prophet ﷺ said: ʿWere it not that it would be too difficult for the ummah, I would have commanded them to use the siwak at the time of every prayer.”  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَوْلا أَنْ أَشُقَّ عَلَى أُمَّتِي لَأَمَرْتُهُمْ بِالسِّوَاكِ عِنْدَ كُلِّ صَلَاةٍ  

ʿAli ؓ said: I used to enter upon the Messenger of Allah ﷺ twice, by night and by day. If I entered upon him and he was praying, he would clear his throat. I came to him one night and he said: ʿDo you know what the angel did this night? I was praying and I heard some movement in the house. I went out and I saw Jibreel (عليه السلام). He said: All night I have been waiting for you. In your house there is a dog and I could not enter. We do not enter the house in which there is a dog or a person who is junub or a statue.ʿ  

عَلِيٌّ كَانَ لِي مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مَدْخَلانِ بِاللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ وَكُنْتُ إِذَا دَخَلْتُ عَلَيْهِ وَهُوَ يُصَلِّي تَنَحْنَحَ فَأَتَيْتُهُ ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ فَقَالَ أَتَدْرِي مَا أَحْدَثَ الْمَلَكُ اللَّيْلَةَ؟ كُنْتُ أُصَلِّي فَسَمِعْتُ خَشْفَةً فِي الدَّارِ فَخَرَجْتُ فَإِذَا جِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ فَقَالَ مَا زِلْتُ هَذِهِ اللَّيْلَةَ أَنْتَظِرُكَ إِنَّ فِي بَيْتِكَ كَلْبًا فَلَمْ أَسْتَطِعِ الدُّخُولَ وَإِنَّا لَا نَدْخُلُ بَيْتًا فِيهِ كَلْبٌ وَلا جُنُبٌ وَلا تِمْثَالٌ  

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade sacrificing an animal with its ears slit from the front, an animal with its ears slit from the back, an animal whose ears are slit in two lengthwise, an animal with a round hole in its ear, and an animal with its nose [or ear or lip] cut off.  

نَهَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ يُضَحَّى بِالْمُقَابَلَةِ أَوْ بِمُدَابَرَةٍ أَوْ شَرْقَاءَ أَوْ خَرْقَاءَ أَوْ جَدْعَاءَ  

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “No prayer should be offered after ʿAsr unless the sun is bright and still high.”  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا يُصَلَّى بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ إِلا أَنْ تَكُونَ الشَّمْسُ بَيْضَاءَ مُرْتَفِعَةً  

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade me to recite Qurʿan whilst bowing or to wear gold rings, garments made of a blend of linen and silk, or garments dyed with safflower.  

نَهَانِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ أَقْرَأَ وَأَنَا رَاكِعٌ وَعَنْ خَاتَمِ الذَّهَبِ وَعَنِ الْقَسِّيِّ وَالْمُعَصْفَرِ