I saw ‘Ali ؓ on the minbar, delivering a speech, wearing a sword that had an adornment of iron, and l heard him say: By Allah, we do not have any book that we recite to you except the Book of Allah, may He be exalted, and this document that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ gave to me. In it are the rates of zakah. He said: [This was] a document that was attached to his sword.  

رَأَيْتُ عَلِيًّا عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ يَخْطُبُ وَعَلَيْهِ سَيْفٌ حِلْيَتُهُ حَدِيدٌ فَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ وَاللهِ مَا عِنْدَنَا كِتَابٌ نَقْرَؤُهُ عَلَيْكُمْ إِلا كِتَابَ اللهِ تَعَالَى وَهَذِهِ الصَّحِيفَةَ أَعْطَانِيهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِيهَا فَرَائِضُ الصَّدَقَةِ قَالَ لِصَحِيفَةٍ مُعَلَّقَةٍ بِسَيْفِهِ  

I was sitting with ʿAli ؓ and Saʿsaʿah bin Soohan came in and greeted him, then he said: O Ameer al-Muʿmineen, forbid to us that which the Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade you. He said: He forbade us to use gourds, green glazed pitchers, varnished jars and hollowed-out stumps, and he forbade us to wear a blend of linen and silk, to use red saddle cloths, silk and gold jewellery. Then he said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ gave me a suit of silk and I went out wearing it so that people would see me wearing a garment that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had given to me. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ saw me and told me to take it off, so I sent one piece to Fatimah and I tore the other and shared it out among his wives.  

يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ انْهَنَا عَمَّا نَهَاكَ عَنْهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ نَهَانَا عَنِ الدُّبَّاءِ وَالْحَنْتَمِ وَالْمُزَفَّتِ وَالنَّقِيرِ وَنَهَانَا عَنِ الْقَسِّيِّ وَالْمِيثَرَةِ الْحَمْرَاءِ وَعَنِ الْحَرِيرِ وَالْحِلَقِ الذَّهَبِ ثُمَّ قَالَ كَسَانِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ حُلَّةً مِنْ حَرِيرٍ فَخَرَجْتُ فِيهَا لِيَرَى النَّاسُ عَلَيَّ كِسْوَةَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ فَرَآنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَمَرَنِي بِنَزْعِهِمَا فَأَرْسَلَ بِإِحْدَاهُمَا إِلَى فَاطِمَةَ وَشَقَّ الْأُخْرَى بَيْنَ نِسَائِهِ  

I entered upon ʿAbdur-Rahman bin Abi Laila, who told me that he heard ʿAli ؓ say in ar-Rahbah: I adjure by Allah any man who heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and was present on the day of Ghadeer Khumm to stand up, and no one is to stand up except those who saw him. Twelve men stood up and said: We saw and heard him when he took him by the hand and said, ʿO Allah, take as friends those who take him as a friend, and take as enemies those who take him as an enemy, support those who support him and forsake those who forsake him.ʿ Everyone stood up except three. He prayed against them and his supplication against them was fulfilled.  

سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَشَهِدَهُ يَوْمَ غَدِيرِ خُمٍّ إِلا قَامَ وَلا يَقُومُ إِلا مَنْ قَدْ رَآهُ فَقَامَ اثْنَا عَشَرَ رَجُلًا فَقَالُوا قَدْ رَأَيْنَاهُوَسَمِعْنَاهُ حَيْثُ أَخَذَ بِيَدِهِ يَقُولُ اللهُمَّ وَالِ مَنْ وَالاهُ وَعَادِ مَنْ عَادَاهُ وَانْصُرْ مَنْ نَصَرَهُ وَاخْذُلْ مَنْ خَذَلَهُ فَقَامَ إِلا ثَلاثَةٌ لَمْ يَقُومُوا فَدَعَا عَلَيْهِمْ فَأَصَابَتْهُمْ دَعْوَتُهُ  

When ʿAli bin Abi Talib ؓ heard the muʿaddhin giving the adhan, he used to repeat after him. When he said, I bear witness that there is no god but Allah and I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, ʿAli ؓ would say: I bear witness that there is no god but Allah and I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and that those who deny Muhammad are the liars.  

أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللهِ قَالَ عَلِيٌّ أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلا اللهُ وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللهِ وَأَنَّ الَّذِينَ جَحَدُوا مُحَمَّدًا هُمِ الْكَاذِبُونَ  

I asked ʿA’ishah about wiping over the khuffain (leather slippers) and she said: Ask ʿAli bin Abi Talib ؓ , for he used to travel with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. So I asked him and he said: For the traveller (the khuffain in may be wiped over) for three days and nights and for the one who is not travelling one day and night. Yahya said: He - meaning Shuʿbah - used to attribute it to the Prophet ﷺ, then he stopped doing that.  

سَلْ عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ فَإِنَّهُ كَانَ يُسَافِرُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَسَأَلْتُهُ فَقَالَ لِلْمُسَافِرِ ثَلاثَةُأَيَّامٍ وَلَيَالِيهِنَّ وَلِلْمُقِيمِ يَوْمٌ وَلَيْلَةٌ قَالَ يَحْيَى وَكَانَ يَرْفَعُهُ يَعْنِي شُعْبَةَ ثُمَّ تَرَكَهُ  

I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: Were it not that it would be too difficult for my ummah, I would have commanded them to use the siwak every time of prayer, and I would have delayed Ishaʿ until the first third of the night had passed, because when the first third of the night has passed. Allah may he be exalted descends to the first heaven and stays there until dawn comes, and says: Is there any asking so that he might be given? Is there anyone praying so that he might be answered? Is there any sick person asking for healing so that he might be healed? Is there any sinner asking for forgiveness, so that he might be forgiven? A hadeeth like that of Abu Hurairah was narrated from ʿAli bin Abi Talib ؓ from the Prophet ﷺ Abi Talib.  

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ لَوْلا أَنْ أَشُقَّ عَلَى أُمَّتِي لَأَمَرْتُهُمْ بِالسِّوَاكِ عِنْدَ كُلِّ صَلاةٍ وَلَأَخَّرْتُ عِشَاءَ الْآخِرَةِ إِلَى ثُلُثِ اللَّيْلِ الْأَوَّلِ فَإِنَّهُ إِذَا مَضَى ثُلُثُ اللَّيْلِ الْأَوَّلُ هَبَطَ اللهُ تَعَالَى إِلَى السَّمَاءِ الدُّنْيَا فَلَمْ يَزَلْ هُنَاكَ حَتَّى يَطْلُعَ الْفَجْرُ فَيَقُولَ قَائِلٌ أَلا سَائِلٌ يُعْطَى أَلا دَاعٍ يُجَابُ أَلا سَقِيمٌ يَسْتَشْفِي فَيُشْفَى أَلا مُذْنِبٌ يَسْتَغْفِرُ فَيُغْفَرَ لَهُ؟  

[Machine] Narrated by Ubaidullah ibn Abi Rafi, the freed slave of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , who narrated from his father, who narrated from Ali ibn Abi Talib, who narrated from the Prophet ﷺ , a hadith similar to the hadith of Abu Hurairah.  

عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي رَافِعٍ مَوْلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ مِثْلَ حَدِيثِ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ  

It is not like the obligatory prayer, but it is a Sunnah that was done by the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and his Companions, and they continued doing it until the end of their lives.  

أَمَّا كَالْفَرِيضَةِ فَلَا وَلَكِنَّهَا سُنَّةٌ صَنَعَهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَصْحَابُهُ حَتَّى مَضَوْا عَلَى ذَلِكَ  

Where are those who say that they dislike drinking whilst standing? He took it and drank whilst standing then he did a light wudooʿ and wiped over his shoes, then he said: This is the wudoo’ of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ for one who is pure and has not broken his wudoo’.  

أَيْنَ هَؤُلاءِ الَّذِينَ يَزْعُمُونَ أَنَّهُمْ يَكْرَهُونَ الشُّرْبَ قَائِمًا؟ قَالَ فَأَخَذَهُ فَشَرِبَ وَهُوَ قَائِمٌ ثُمَّ تَوَضَّأَ وُضُوءًا خَفِيفًا وَمَسَحَ عَلَى نَعْلَيْهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ هَكَذَا وُضُوءُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ لِلطَّاهِرِ مَا لَمْ يُحْدِثْ  

This is what I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ do.  

أَنَّهُ تَوَضَّأَ ثَلاثًا ثَلاثًا وَشَرِبَ فَضْلَ وَضُوئِهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ هَكَذَا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَعَلَ  

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “If one of you sneezes, let him say, Praise be to Allah the Lord of the Worlds, and let those who are around him say: May Allah have mercy on you, and let him say, May Allah guide you and rectify your condition.”  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا عَطَسَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَقُلْ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ وَلْيَقُلْ مَنْ حَوْلَهُ يَرْحَمُكَ اللهُ وَلْيَقُلْ هُوَ يَهْدِيكُمُ اللهُ وَيُصْلِحُ بَالَكُمْ  

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ʿIf one of you sneezes, let him say, Praise be to Allah in all situations, and let those who are around him say: May Allah have mercy on you, and let him reply, May Allah guide you and rectify your condition.ʿ  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا عَطَسَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَقُلْ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ عَلَى كُلِّ حَالٍ وَلْيَقُلْ لَهُ مَنْ عِنْدَهُ يَرْحَمُكَ اللهُ وَيَرُدُّ عَلَيْهِمْ يَهْدِيكُمُ اللهُ وَيُصْلِحُ بَالَكُمْ  

ʿAli bin Abi Talib ؓ came out to us when we were in the mosque and said: Where is the one who was asking about Witr? Those among us who had started the first rakʿah added a second to it so as to make it even, then we gathered around him and he said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray Witr at the beginning of the night, then he prayed Witr in the middle of the night, then he settled on praying Witr at this time. He said: That was when dawn was breaking.  

عَنِ الْوَتْرِ؟ فَمَنْ كَانَ مِنَّا فِي رَكْعَةٍ شَفَعَ إِلَيْهَا أُخْرَى حَتَّى اجْتَمَعْنَا إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ يُوتِرُ فِي أَوَّلِ اللَّيْلِ ثُمَّ أَوْتَرَ فِي وَسَطِهِ ثُمَّ أَثْبَتَ الْوَتْرَ فِي هَذِهِ السَّاعَةِ قَالَ وَذَلِكَ عِنْدَ طُلُوعِ الْفَجْرِ  

Abu Moosa al-Ash’ari visited al-Hasan bin ‘Ali when he was sick. ‘Ali ؓ said to him: Are you visiting him because he is sick, or is this a social visit? Abu Moosa said: Rather I have come to visit him because he is sick. ʿAli ؓ said: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: “Whoever visits a sick person in the morning, seventy thousand angels will go out with him, all of them praying for forgiveness for him, until evening comes, and he will have a garden in Paradise. And whoever visits a sick person in the evening, seventy thousand angels will go out with him, all of them praying for forgiveness for him until morning comes, and he will have a garden in Paradise.  

لَهُ عَلِيٌّ أَعَائِدًا جِئْتَ أَمْ زَائِرًا؟ فَقَالَ أَبُو مُوسَى بَلْ جِئْتُ عَائِدًا فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ مَنْ عَادَ مَرِيضًا بَكَرًا شَيَّعَهُ سَبْعُونَ أَلْفَ مَلَكٍ كُلُّهُمْ يَسْتَغْفِرُ لَهُ حَتَّى يُمْسِيَ وَكَانَ لَهُ خَرِيفٌ فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَإِنْ عَادَهُ مَسَاءً شَيَّعَهُ سَبْعُونَ أَلْفَ مَلَكٍ كُلُّهُمْ يَسْتَغْفِرُ لَهُ حَتَّى يُصْبِحَ وَكَانَ لَهُ خَرِيفٌ فِي الْجَنَّةِ  

Abu Moosa al-Ash’ari visited al-Hasan bin ʿAli bin Abi Talib ؓ when he was sick. ʿAli ؓ said to him: Have you come to visit him because he is sick or is it a social visit? He said: No, rather I have come to visit him because he is sick, ‘Ali ؓ said: There is no Muslim who visits a sick person, but seventy thousand angels go out with him, all of them praying for forgiveness for him. If he went out in the morning [they continued to do that] until evening comes, and he will have a garden in Paradise. If he goes out in the evening, seventy thousand angels go out with him, all of them praying for forgiveness for him until morning comes, and he will have a garden in Paradise.”  

لَهُ عَلِيٌّ أَعَائِدًا جِئْتَ أَمْ زَائِرًا؟ قَالَ لَا بَلْ جِئْتُ عَائِدًا قَالَ عَلِيٌّ أَمَا إِنَّهُ مَا مِنْ مُسْلِمٍ يَعُودُ مَرِيضًا إِلا خَرَجَ مَعَهُ سَبْعُونَ أَلْفَ مَلَكٍ كُلُّهُمْ يَسْتَغْفِرُ لَهُ إِنْ كَانَ مُصْبِحًا حَتَّى يُمْسِيَ وَكَانَ لَهُ خَرِيفٌ فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَإِنْ كَانَ مُمْسِيًا خَرَجَ مَعَهُ سَبْعُونَ أَلْفَ مَلَكٍ كُلُّهُمْ يَسْتَغْفِرُ لَهُ حَتَّى يُصْبِحَ وَكَانَ لَهُ خَرِيفٌ فِي الْجَنَّةِ  

I was a man who emitted a great deal of madhi. I asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about that and he said: ʿFor madhi, do wudooʿ and for mani do ghusl.”  

كُنْتُ رَجُلًا مَذَّاءً فَسَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ فِي الْمَذْيِ الْوُضُوءُ وَفِي الْمَنِيِّ الْغُسْلُ  

Sharahah had a husband who was absent in Syria. She became pregnant and her former master brought her to ʿAli bin Abi Talib ؓ and said: This one has committed zina, She admitted it, so he gave her one hundred lashes on Thursday and stoned her on Friday; he dug a hole for her to her navel, and I was present. Then he said: Stoning is a Sunnah established by the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. If anyone saw her do it, the first one to throw a stone should be the one who witnessed it; he should give his testimony and follow his testimony with his stone. But she admitted it, so I will be the first one to stone her. He threw a stone at her, then the people stoned her and I was among them. By Allah, I was among those who killed her.  

إِنَّ هَذِهِ زَنَتْ فَاعْتَرَفَتْ فَجَلَدَهَا يَوْمَ الْخَمِيسِ مِائَةً وَرَجَمَهَا يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ وَحَفَرَ لَهَا إِلَى السُّرَّةِ وَأَنَا شَاهِدٌ ثُمَّ قَالَ إِنَّ الرَّجْمَ سُنَّةٌ سَنَّهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَلَوْ كَانَ شَهِدَ عَلَى هَذِهِ أَحَدٌ لَكَانَ أَوَّلَ مَنْ يَرْمِي الشَّاهِدُ يَشْهَدُ ثُمَّ يُتْبِعُ شَهَادَتَهُ حَجَرَهُ وَلَكِنَّهَا أَقَرَّتْ فَأَنَا أَوَّلُ مَنْ رَمَاهَا فَرَمَاهَا بِحَجَرٍ ثُمَّ رَمَى النَّاسُ وَأَنَا فِيهِمْ قَالَ فَكُنْتُ وَاللهِ فِيمَنْ قَتَلَهَا  

ʿAli ؓ was asked: Can a man ride his sacrificial animal? He said: There is nothing wrong with it; the Prophet ﷺ used to pass by men who were walking and he would tell them to ride his sacrificial animails, i.e. the Prophetʿs sacrificial animals. He said: And there is nothing you could follow that is better than the Sunnah of your Prophet ﷺ.  

لَا بَأْسَ بِهِ قَدْ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَمُرُّ بِالرِّجَالِ يَمْشُونَ فَيَأْمُرُهُمْ يَرْكَبُونَ هَدْيَهُ هَدْيَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ وَلَا تَتَّبِعُونَ شَيْئًا أَفْضَلَ مِنْ سُنَّةِ نَبِيِّكُمْ ﷺ  

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ cursed riba, the one who pays it, the two who witness it, the one who writes it down, the one who withholds zakah, the woman who does tattoos and the woman who gets tattoos done, the one who marries a woman and divorces her so that she becomes permissible for her first husband, and the one for whom that is done. He said: And he used to forbid wailing (for the deceased).  

لَعَنَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ آكِلَ الرِّبَا وَمُطْعِمَهُ وَشَاهِدَيْهِ وَكَاتِبَهُ وَمَانِعَ الصَّدَقَةِ وَالْوَاشِمَةَ وَالْمَوْشُومَةَ وَالْحَالَّ وَالْمُحَلَّلَ لَهُ قَالَ وَكَانَ يَنْهَى عَنِ النَّوْحِ  

Purple saddle cloths and wearing a blend of linen and silk and gold rings were forbidden, Muhammad said: I mentioned that to my brother Yahya bin Seereen and he said: Did you not hear this? Yes, and borders of silk brocade.  

عَنْ مَيَاثِرِ الْأُرْجُوَانِ وَلُبْسِ الْقَسِّيِّ وَخَاتَمِ الذَّهَبِ  

‘Ali ؓ mentioned the people of an-Nahrawan. He said: Among them is a man with a defective arm, or an incomplete arm, or a small arm. If you could exercise restraint, I would have told you what Allah promised on the lips of Muhammad to those who kill them. I said: Did you hear that from him? He said: Yes, by the Lord of the Kaʿbah.  

فِيهِمْ رَجُلٌ مُودَنُ الْيَدِ أَوْ مَثْدُونُ الْيَدِ أَوْ مُخْدَجُ الْيَدِ لَوْلا أَنْ تَبْطَرُوا لَنَبَّأْتُكُمْ بِمَا وَعَدَ اللهُ الَّذِينَ يَقْتُلُونَهُمْ عَلَى لِسَانِ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ قَالَ قُلْتُ أَأَنْتَ سَمِعْتَهُ مِنْهُ؟ قَالَ إِي وَرَبِّ الْكَعْبَةِ  

When ʿAli killed the people of an-Nahrawan he said: Look for him. And they found him in a ditch lying beneath the slain. They brought him out and ‘Ali ؓ came to his companions and said: If you could exercise restraint, I would have told you what Allah promised on the lips of Muhammad to those who kill them. I said: Did you hear that from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ? He said: Yes, by the Lord of the Kaʿbah.  

الْتَمِسُوهُ فَوَجَدُوهُ فِي حُفْرَةٍ تَحْتَ الْقَتْلَى فَاسْتَخْرَجُوهُ وَأَقْبَلَ عَلِيٌّ عَلَى أَصْحَابِهِ فَقَالَ لَوْلَا أَنْ تَبْطَرُوا لَأَخْبَرْتُكُمْ مَا وَعَدَ اللهُ مَنْ يَقْتُلُ هَؤُلَاءِ عَلَى لِسَانِ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ قُلْتُ أَنْتَ سَمِعْتَهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ؟ قَالَ إِي وَرَبِّ الْكَعْبَةِ  

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “I have relieved you of zakah on horses and slaves. And on silver (the zakah) is one quarter of one tenth.  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَفَوْتُ لَكُمْ عَنْ صَدَقَةِ الْخَيْلِ وَالرَّقِيقِ وَفِي الرِّقَةِ رُبُعُ عُشْرِهَا  

If you are told a hadeeth from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, then think of it in the most guided, the best and the most pious manner.  

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ حَدِيثًا فَظُنُّوا بِهِ الَّذِي هُوَ أَهْدَى وَالَّذِي هُوَ أَهْيَا وَالَّذِي هُوَ أَتْقَى  

If you are told a hadeeth from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, then think of it in the best, most guided and most pious manner.  

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ حَدِيثًا فَظُنُّوا بِهِ الَّذِي هُوَ أَهْيَاهُ وَأَهْدَاهُ وَأَتْقَاهُ  

If you are told a hadeeth from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, then think of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in the best, most pious and most guided manner. ‘Ali ؓ came out to us when the mu’adhdhin was giving the call to prayer and said: Where is the one who was asking about Witr This time for Witr is good.  

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ حَدِيثًا فَظُنُّوا بِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَهْيَاهُ وَأَتْقَاهُ وَأَهْدَاهُ وَخَرَجَ عَلِيٌّ إِلَيْنَا حِينَ ثَوَّبَ الْمُثَوِّبُ فَقَالَ أَيْنَ السَّائِلُ عَنِ الْوِتْرِ؟ هَذَا حِينُ وِتْرٍ حَسَنٍ  

Among them is a man with a defective arm, or an incomplete arm, or a small arm. If you could exercise restraint, I would have told you what Allah promised on the lips of Muhammad ﷺ to those who kill them. I said: Did you hear him? He said: Yes, by the Lord of the Kaʿbah.  

فِيهِمْ رَجُلٌ مُودَنُ الْيَدِ أَوْ مَثْدُونُ الْيَدِ أَوْ مُخْدَجُ الْيَدِ لَوْلا أَنْ تَبْطَرُوا لَنَبَّأْتُكُمْ مَا وَعَدَ اللهُ الَّذِينَ يَقْتُلُونَهُمْعَلَى لِسَانِ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ فَقُلْتُ لِعَلِيٍّ أَأَنْتَ سَمِعْتَهُ؟ قَالَ إِي وَرَبِّ الْكَعْبَةِ  

I heard ‘Abd Khair say: I was with ʿAli and a chair and a stone vessel of water were brought. He washed his hands three times, his face three times, his forearms three times, and he wiped his head - Yahya described it: he started at the front of his head and moved to the back. And he said: I do not know whether he brought his hands back to the front or not - and he washed his feet. Then he said: Whoever would like to see the wudoo’ of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, this is the wudoo of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, Abu ‘Abdur-Rahman said: Shuʿbah made a mistake with this; rather it was narrated from Khalid bin ʿAlqamah, from ʿAbd Khair.  

كُنْتُ عِنْدَ عَلِيٍّ فَأُتِيَ بِكُرْسِيٍّ وَتَوْرٍ قَالَ فَغَسَلَ كَفَّيْهِ ثَلاثًا وَوَجْهَهُ ثَلاثًا وَذِرَاعَيْهِ ثَلاثًا وَمَسَحَ بِرَأْسِهِ وَصَفَ يَحْيَى فَبَدَأَ بِمُقَدَّمِ رَأْسِهِ إِلَى مُؤَخَّرِهِ قَالَ وَلا أَدْرِي أَرَدَّ يَدَهُ أَمْ لَا وَغَسَلَ رِجْلَيْهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ مَنْ أَحَبَّ أَنْ يَنْظُرَ إِلَى وُضُوءِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَهَذَا وُضُوءُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ لَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ هَذَا أَخْطَأَ فِيهِ شُعْبَةُ إِنَّمَا هُوَ عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ عَلْقَمَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ خَيْرٍ  

We thought that it was Fajr, but the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ʿIt is Asr prayer” - meaning the middle prayer.  

رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ هِيَ صَلاةُالْعَصْرِ يَعْنِي صَلاةَ الْوُسْطَى  

ʿThe believers are equal in respect of blood and they are one against their enemies; protection given even by the least among them is to be honoured, but no believer is to be killed (in retaliation) for a disbeliever and no one who has a covenant is to be killed during the covenant.ʿ  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ تَكَافَأُ دِمَاؤُهُمْ وَهُمْ يَدٌ عَلَى مَنْ سِوَاهُمْ يَسْعَى بِذِمَّتِهِمْ أَدْنَاهُمْ أَلا لَا يُقْتَلُ مُؤْمِنٌ بِكَافِرٍ وَلا ذُو عَهْدٍ فِي عَهْدِهِ  

These are days of eating and drinking. I asked who he was and they said: ʿAli bin Abi Talib ؓ .  

عَنْ جَدَّتِهِأَنَّ رَجُلًا مَرَّ بِهِمْ عَلَى بَعِيرٍ يُوضِعُهُ بِمِنًى فِي أَيَّامِ التَّشْرِيقِ إِنَّهَا أَيَّامُ أَكْلٍ وَشُرْبٍ فَسَأَلْتُ عَنْهُ فَقَالُوا عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ  

I set out with al-Ashtar to go to ‘Ali ؓ . We said: Did the Prophet of Allah ﷺ tell you something that he did not tell to all the people? He said: No, except what is in this document. He [the narrator] said: A document in the sheath of this sword. In it was said: “The believers are equal in respect of blood and they are one against their enemies; protection given even by the least among them is to be honoured, but no believer is to be killed (in retaliation) for a disbeliever and no one who has a covenant is to be killed during the covenant. Whoever commits an offence or gives refuge to an offender, upon him be the curse of Allah, the angels and all the people.ʿ  

انْطَلَقْتُ أَنَا وَالْأَشْتَرُ إِلَى عَلِيٍّ فَقُلْنَا هَلْ عَهِدَ إِلَيْكَ نَبِيُّ اللهِ ﷺ شَيْئًا لَمْ يَعْهَدْهُ إِلَى النَّاسِ عَامَّةً؟ قَالَ لَا إِلا مَا فِي كِتَابِي هَذَا قَالَ وَكِتَابٌ فِي قِرَابِ سَيْفِهِ فَإِذَا فِيهِ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ تَكَافَأُ دِمَاؤُهُمْ وَهُمْ يَدٌ عَلَى مَنْ سِوَاهُمْ وَيَسْعَى بِذِمَّتِهِمْ أَدْنَاهُمْ أَلا لَا يُقْتَلُ مُؤْمِنٌ بِكَافِرٍ وَلا ذُو عَهْدٍ فِي عَهْدِهِ مَنْ أَحْدَثَ حَدَثًا أَوْ آوَى مُحْدِثًا فَعَلَيْهِ لَعْنَةُ اللهِ وَالْمَلائِكَةِ وَالنَّاسِ أَجْمَعِينَ  

ʿThey distracted us from the middle prayer until the sun set - or until the sun was about to set, May Allah fill their stomachs - or their graves - with fire.”  

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ يَوْمَ الْخَنْدَقِ شَغَلُونَا عَنِ الصَّلاةِ الْوُسْطَى حَتَّى غَرَبَتِ الشَّمْسُ أَوْ كَادَتِ الشَّمْسُ أَنْ تَغْرُبَ مَلَأَ اللهُ أَجْوَافَهُمْ أَوْ قُبُورَهُمْ نَارًا  

ʿIf one of you sneezes, let him say: Praise be to Allah in all situations. Let others say to him; May Allah have mercy on you. And let him say May Allah guide you and rectify your condition.” I said to him: Is it from Abu Ayyoob? He said: ʿAli ؓ .  

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا عَطَسَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَقُلْ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ عَلَى كُلِّ حَالٍ وَلْيُقَلْ لَهُ يَرْحَمُكُمِ اللهُ وَلْيَقُلْ هُوَ يَهْدِيكُمُ اللهُ وَيُصْلِحُ بَالَكُمْ  

O Messenger of Allah ﷺ, Fatimah is complaining to you about the marks left on her hands from grinding flour and she is asking you for a servant. He said: “Shall I not tell you about something that is better for you than a servant?” and he told us, when going to sleep, to say thirty-three and thirty-three and thirty-four of tasbeeh, tahmeed and takbeer.  

اشْتَكَتْ إِلَيَّ فَاطِمَةُ مَجْلَ يَدَيْهَا مِنَ الطَّحْنِ فَأَتَيْنَا النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ فَاطِمَةُ تَشْتَكِي إِلَيْكَ مَجْلَ يَدَيْهَا مِنَ الطَّحْنِ وَتَسْأَلُكَ خَادِمًا فَقَالَ أَلا أَدُلُّكُمَا عَلَى مَا هُوَ خَيْرٌ لَكُمَا مِنْ خَادِمٍ؟ فَأَمَرَنَا عِنْدَ مَنَامِنَا بِثَلاثٍ وَثَلاثِينَ وَثَلاثٍ وَثَلاثِينَ وَأَرْبَعٍ وَثَلاثِينَ مِنْ تَسْبِيحٍ وَتَحْمِيدٍ وَتَكْبِيرٍ  

When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ bowed, if a glass of water were placed on his back it would not spill.  

كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِذَا رَكَعَ لَوْ وُضِعَ قَدَحٌ مِنْ مَاءٍ عَلَى ظَهْرِهِ لَمْ يُهَرَاقْ  

This is the wudoo’ of your Prophet. ﷺ  

تَوَضَّأَ فمَضْمَضَ ثَلَاثًا وَاسْتَنْشَقَ ثَلَاثًا مِنْ كَفٍّ وَاحِدٍ وَغَسَلَ وَجْهَهُ ثَلَاثًا ثُمَّ أَدْخَلَ يَدَهُ فِي الرَّكْوَةِ فَمَسَحَ رَأْسَهُ وَغَسَلَ رِجْلَيْهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ هَذَا وُضُوءُ نَبِيِّكُمْ ﷺ  

ʿThe good one, the purified one.”  

أَنَّ عَمَّارًا اسْتَأْذَنَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ الطَّيِّبُ الْمُطَيَّبُ  

I heard ʿAli ؓ say: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Do not tell lies about me, because whoever tells a lie about me will enter Hell.” Hajjaj said: I said to Shuʿbah: Did he meet ʿAli? He said. Yes; he narrated it to me from ‘Ali. And he did not say he heard it. It was narrated from Rib’i bin Hirash that he heard ʿAli ؓ deliver a khutbah; he said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said... and he narrated a similar report.  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا تَكْذِبُوا عَلَيَّ فَإِنَّهُ مَنْ يَكْذِبْ عَلَيَّ يَلِجِ النَّارَ قَالَ حَجَّاجٌ قُلْتُ لِشُعْبَةَ هَلْ أَدْرَكَ عَلِيًّا؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ حَدَّثَنِي عَنْ عَلِيٍّ وَلَمْ يَقُلْ سَمِعَ  

the Prophet ﷺ said, and the ˹narrator˺ mentioned similarly.  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَذَكَرَ مِثْلَهُ  

We will pay his wages ourselves  

أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ أَمَرَهُ أَنْ يَقُومَ عَلَى بُدْنِهِ وَأَمَرَهُ أَنْ يَقْسِمَ بُدْنَهُ كُلَّهَا لُحُومَهَا وَجُلُودَهَا وَجِلالَهَا وَلا يُعْطِيَ فِي جُزَارَتِهَا مِنْهَا شَيْئًا  

[Machine] And he said, "We will give him the reward from ourselves."  

وَقَالَ نَحْنُ نُعْطِيهِ مِنْ عِنْدِنَا الْأَجْرَ  

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

نَهَانِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ خَاتَمِ الذَّهَبِ وَأَنْ أَقْرَأَ وَأَنَا رَاكِعٌ وَعَنِ الْقَسِّيِّ وَالْمُعَصْفَرِ  

Some men dislike this, but I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ do what you have seen me do. Then he wiped himself with what was left over and said: This is the wudoo’ of one who has not broken his wudoo’.  

أَنَّ عَلِيًّا لَمَّا صَلَّى الظُّهْرَ دَعَا بِكُوزٍ مِنْ مَاءٍ فِي الرَّحَبَةِ فَشَرِبَ وَهُوَ قَائِمٌ ثُمَّ قَالَ إِنَّ رِجَالًا يَكْرَهُونَ هَذَا وَإِنِّي رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَعَلَ كَالَّذِي رَأَيْتُمُونِي فَعَلْتُ ثُمَّ تَمَسَّحَ بِفَضْلِهِ وَقَالَ هَذَا وُضُوءُ مَنْ لَمْ يُحْدِثْ  

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “The key to prayer is purification; entering it is takbeer and exiting it is tasleem.”  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مِفْتَاحُ الصَّلاةِ الطُّهُورُ وَتَحْرِيمُهَا التَّكْبِيرُ وَتَحْلِيلُهَا التَّسْلِيمُ  

I heard ʿAbd Khair say: ʿAli said: Shall I not show you the wudoo’ of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ Then he did wudoo’ washing each part three times.  

عَلِيٌّ أَلا أُرِيكُمْ وُضُوءَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ؟ ثُمَّ تَوَضَّأَ ثَلاثًا ثَلاثًا  

‘Abd Khair used to lead us in Fajr prayer, and he said: One day we Prayed Fajr behind ʿAli ؓ and when he said the salam he got up and we got up with him. Then he walked until he reached ar-Rahbah where he sat down and leaned his back against the wall. Then he raised his head and said: O Qanbar, bring me the scoop and the big vessel. Then he said to him: Pour (the water). So he poured water for him. He washed his hands three times, then he put his right hand in the vessel and rinsed his mouth and nose three times. Then he put his hand in the vessel and washed his face three times, Then he put his right hand in the vessel and washed his right arm three times, then he washed his left arm three times, And he said: This is the wudoo’ of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.  

صَلَّيْنَا يَوْمًا الْفَجْرَ خَلْفَ عَلِيٍّ فَلَمَّا سَلَّمَ قَامَ وَقُمْنَا مَعَهُ فَجَاءَ يَمْشِي حَتَّى انْتَهَى إِلَى الرَّحَبَةِ فَجَلَسَ وَأَسْنَدَ ظَهْرَهُ إِلَى الْحَائِطِ ثُمَّ رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ فَقَالَ يَا قَنْبَرُ ائْتِنِي بِالرَّكْوَةِ وَالطَّسْتِ ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهُ صُبَّ فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِ فَغَسَلَ كَفَّهُ ثَلاثًا وَأَدْخَلَ كَفَّهُ الْيُمْنَى فَمَضْمَضَ وَاسْتَنْشَقَ ثَلاثًا ثُمَّ أَدْخَلَ كَفَّيْهِ فَغَسَلَ وَجْهَهُ ثَلاثًا ثُمَّ أَدْخَلَ كَفَّهُ الْيُمْنَى فَغَسَلَ ذِرَاعَهُ الْأَيْمَنَ ثَلاثًا ثُمَّ غَسَلَ ذِرَاعَهُ الْأَيْسَرَ ثَلاثًا فَقَالَ هَذَا وُضُوءُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ  

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

عَلِيٌّ كُنْتُ رَجُلًا مَذَّاءً وَكُنْتُ أَسْتَحِي أَنْ أَسْأَلَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ لِمَكَانِ ابْنَتِهِ فَأَمَرْتُ الْمِقْدَادَ فَسَأَلَهُ فَقَالَ يَغْسِلُ ذَكَرَهُ وَأُنْثَيَيْهِ وَيَتَوَضَّأُ  

ʿLet him do wudooʿ.ʿ  

أَنَّ عَلِيًّا أَمَرَ الْمِقْدَادَ فَسَأَلَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ عَنِ الْمَذْيِ فَقَالَ يَتَوَضَّأُ  

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ would relieve himself, then eat meat with us and recite Qurʿan, and nothing stopped him or prevented him (from reciting Qurʿan) except janabah.  

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَقْضِي الْحَاجَةَ فَيَأْكُلُ مَعَنَا اللَّحْمَ وَيَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ يَحْجِزُهُ أَوْ يَحْجُبُهُ إِلا الْجَنَابَةُ