‘Ali ؓ said: Verily, Witr is not a must like your prescribed prayers, but the Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed Witr, then he said: “Pray Witr, O people of the Qurʿan. Pray Witr, for Allah is One and loves that which is odd numbered.”  

عَلِيٌّ أَلا إِنَّ الْوَتْرَ لَيْسَ بِحَتْمٍ كَصَلاتِكُمِ الْمَكْتُوبَةِ وَلَكِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَوْتَرَ ثُمَّ قَالَ أَوْتِرُوا يَا أَهْلَ الْقُرْآنِ أَوْتِرُوا فَإِنَّ اللهَ وَتْرٌ يُحِبُّ الْوَتْرَ وَهَذَا لَفْظُ حَدِيثِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ صَنْدَلٍ وَمَعْنَاهُمَا وَاحِدٌ  

I heard ‘Abdullah bin Mulail say: I heard Ali ؓ say: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ʿThere is no Prophet who came before me but he was given seven chiefs, advisors and nobles, but I have been given fourteen. Hamzah, Jaʿfar, ʿAli, Hasan, Husain, Abu Bakr, ʻUmar, al-Miqdad, Hudhaifah, Salman, ʿAmmar and Bilal”. ؓ   

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّهُ لَمْ يَكُنْ قَبْلِي نَبِيٌّ إِلا قَدْ أُعْطِيَ سَبْعَةَ رُفَقَاءَ نُجَبَاءَ وُزَرَاءَ وَإِنِّي أُعْطِيتُ أَرْبَعَةَ عَشَرَ حَمْزَةُ وَجَعْفَرٌ وَعَلِيٌّ وَحَسَنٌ وَحُسَيْنٌ وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ وَالْمِقْدَادُ وَحُذَيْفَةُ وَسَلْمَانُ وَعَمَّارٌ وَبِلالٌ  

I saw Ali ؓ doing wudoo’ and wiping over his shoes. Then he said: “If I had not seen the Messenger of Allah ﷺ doing what you have seen me do, I would have thought that the bottoms of the feet were more deserving of being wiped than their tops”.  

رَأَيْتُ عَلِيًّا تَوَضَّأَ وَمَسَحَ عَلَى النَّعْلَيْنِ ثُمَّ قَالَ لَوْلا أَنِّي رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَعَلَ كَمَا رَأَيْتُمُونِي فَعَلْتُ لَرَأَيْتُ أَنَّ بَاطِنَ الْقَدَمَيْنِ هُوَ أَحَقُّ بِالْمَسْحِ مِنْ ظَاهِرِهِمَا  

No zakah is due on wealth until one year has passed.  

لَيْسَ فِي مَالٍ زَكَاةٌ حَتَّى يَحُولَ عَلَيْهِ الْحَوْلُ  

I said to al-Hasan bin ʿAli: The Shiʿah claim that ‘Ali ؓ will return! He said. Those liars are lying. If we knew that, his wives would not have got married and we would not have divided his estate.  

كَذَبَ أُولَئِكَ الْكَذَّابُونَ لَوْ عَلِمْنَا ذَاكَ مَا تَزَوَّجَ نِسَاؤُهُ وَلا قَسَمْنَا مِيرَاثَهُ  

“I have exempted you with regard to horses and slaves; no zakah is due on them.”  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِنِّي قَدْ عَفَوْتُ لَكُمْ عَنِ الْخَيْلِ وَالرَّقِيقِ وَلا صَدَقَةَ فِيهِمَا  

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ʿWhoever reads Qurʿan and learns it by heart, he will be granted intercession for ten of his family for whom Hell was due.”  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَنْ قَرَأَ الْقُرْآنَ فَاسْتَظْهَرَهُ شُفِّعَ فِي عَشْرَةٍ مِنْ أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ قَدْ وَجَبَتْ لَهُمِ النَّارُ  

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ʿI have exempted horses and slaves from zakah.”  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَفَوْتُ عَنِ الْخَيْلِ وَالرَّقِيقِ فِي الصَّدَقَةِ  

ʿWe do not enter a house in which there is an image or a dog.ʿ And the dog belonging to al-Hasan was in the house.  

أَنَّ جِبْرِيلَ أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ إِنَّا لَا نَدْخُلُ بَيْتًا فِيهِ صُورَةٌ أَوْ كَلْبٌ وَكَانَ كَلْبٌ لِلحَسَنِ فِي الْبَيْتِ  

I said to ʿAli: Do you think that this decision of yours to leave (Madinah) is something that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ recommended to you to do, or is it something that you decided yourself? He said: why are you asking this question? I said: For the sake of our religion. He said. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not recommend me to do anything with regard to this; rather it is something I decided myself.  

قُلْتُ لِعَلِيٍّ أَرَأَيْتَ مَسِيرَكَ هَذَا عَهْدٌ عَهِدَهُ إِلَيْكَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَمْ رَأْيٌ رَأَيْتَهُ؟ قَالَ مَا تُرِيدُ إِلَى هَذَا قُلْتُ دِينَنَا دِينَنَا قَالَ مَا عَهِدَ إِلَيَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِيهِ شَيْئًا وَلَكِنْ رَأْيٌ رَأَيْتُهُ  

Al-Mugheerah bin Shuʿbah had a spear, and when we went out with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on a campaign, he would take it with him and stick it in the ground. And the people would pass by him and give him a ride. I said: When I go to the Prophet ﷺ I will tell him. He said: If you do that, no one will pick up a lost item.  

كَانَ لِلمُغِيرَةِ بْنِ شُعْبَةَ رُمْحٌ فَكُنَّا إِذَا خَرَجْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي غَزَاةٍ خَرَجَ بِهِ مَعَهُ فَيَرْكُزُهُ فَيَمُرُّ النَّاسُ عَلَيْهِ فَيَحْمِلُونَهُ فَقُلْتُ لَئِنْ أتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ لَأخْبِرَنَّهُ فَقَالَ إِنَّكَ إِنْ فَعَلْتَ لَمْ تَرْفَعْ ضَالَّةً  

’Ali ؓ did wudoo’, each part three times, then he drank the left over water. Then he said: This is how I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ do wudooʿ.  

تَوَضَّأَ عَلِيٌّ ثَلاثًا ثَلاثًا ثُمَّ شَرِبَ فَضْلَ وَضُوئِهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ هَكَذَا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَتَوَضَّأُ  

A man narrated to me from ʿAbdullah bin Mulail that he said: I heard ʿAli ؓ say: Each Prophet ﷺ was given seven nobles, but your Prophet ﷺ was given fourteen nobles, including Abu Bakr, ʻUmar, ‘Abdullah bin Masʿood and ‘Ammar bin Yasir. ؓ   

سَمِعْتُ عَلِيًّا يَقُولُ أُعْطِيَ كُلُّ نَبِيٍّ سَبْعَةَ نُجَبَاءَ وَأُعْطِيَ نَبِيُّكُمِ أَرْبَعَةَ عَشَرَ نَجِيبًا مِنْهُمْ أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ وَعَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ وَعَمَّارُ بْنُ يَاسِرٍ  

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded us to check the eyes and ears (of sacrificial animals), and told us not to sacrifice any that is one-eyed, or any muqabalah, mudabarah, sharqa’ or kharqaʿ. Zuhair said: “I said to Abu Ishaq, “Did he mention the one with its nose [or ear or lip] cut off?” He said: “No”, I said: “What is al-muqabalah?” He said: “One that has the edge of its ears cut.” I said: “What is al-mudabarah?” He said: “One whose ears are slit from the back.” I said: “What is ash-sharqaʿ?” He said: “One whose ears are slit in two lengthwise.” I said: “What is al-kharqaʿ?” He said: “One that has a round hole in its ear as a distinguishing mark.””  

أَمَرَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ نَسْتَشْرِفَ الْعَيْنَ وَالْأُذُنَ وَأَنْ لَا نُضَحِّيَ بِعَوْرَاءَ وَلا مُقَابَلَةٍ وَلا مُدَابَرَةٍ وَلا شَرْقَاءَ وَلا خَرْقَاءَ قَالَ زُهَيْرٌ فَقُلْتُ لِأَبِي إِسْحَاقَ أَذَكَرَ عَضْبَاءَ؟ قَالَ لَا قُلْتُ مَا الْمُقَابَلَةُ؟ قَالَ هِيَ الَّتِي يُقْطَعُ طَرَفُ أُذُنِهَا قُلْتُ فَالْمُدَابَرَةُ؟ قَالَ الَّتِي يُقْطَعُ مُؤَخَّرُ الْأُذُنِ قُلْتُ مَا الشَّرْقَاءُ؟ قَالَ الَّتِي يُشَقُّ أُذُنُهَا قُلْتُ فَمَا الْخَرْقَاءُ؟ قَالَ الَّتِي تَخْرِقُ أُذُنَهَا السِّمَةُ  

I heard ‘Ali ؓ say: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade keeping the meat of sacrificial animals after three days.  

سَمِعْتُ عَلِيًّا يَقُولُ نَهَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ تَحْبِسُوا لُحُومَ الْأَضَاحِيِّ بَعْدَ ثَلاثٍ  

I asked ʿAʿishah ؓ about wiping over the khuffain. She said: “Ask ‘Ali, for he knows more about that than me. He used to travel with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.” So I asked ‘Ali ؓ and he said: “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ʿFor one who is not travelling, one day and night; and for the traveller, three days and nights.ʿ  

سَلْ عَلِيًّا فَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِهَذَا مِنِّي هُوَ كَانَ يُسَافِرُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَسَأَلْتُ عَلِيًّا فَقَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لِلمُقِيمِ يَوْمٌ وَلَيْلَةٌ وَلِلمُسَافِرِ ثَلاثَةُ أَيَّامٍ وَلَيَالِيهِنَّ  

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Whoever learns the Qurʿan and learns it by heart, Allah will admit him to Paradise and will grant him intercession for ten of his family, all of whom were due for Hell.“  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَنْ تَعَلَّمَ الْقُرْآنَ فَاسْتَظْهَرَهُ وَحَفِظَهُ أَدْخَلَهُ اللهُ الْجَنَّةَ وَشَفَّعَهُ فِي عَشَرَةٍ مِنْ أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ كُلُّهُمْ قَدْ وَجَبَتْ لَهُمِ النَّارُ  

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ instructed me to sacrifice two rams on his behalf, and I like to do that. Muhammad bin ʿUbaid al-Muharibi said in his hadeeth: He sacrificed two rams, one on behalf of the Prophet ﷺ and one on behalf of himself. Something was said to him (concerning that) and he said: “He ordered me to do it and I will never omit to do it.”  

أَمَرَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ أُضَحِّيَ عَنْهُ بِكَبْشَيْنِ فَأَنَا أُحِبُّ أَنْ أَفْعَلَهُوَقَالَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ الْمُحَارِبِيُّ فِي حَدِيثِهِ ضَحَّى عَنْهُ بِكَبْشَيْنِ وَاحِدٌ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَالْآخَرُ عَنْهُ فَقِيلَ لَهُ فَقَالَ إِنَّهُ أَمَرَنِي فَلا أَدَعُهُ أَبَدًا  

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent me as a judge and said: ʿIf two disputants come to you, do not pass judgement against one of them until you hear what the other has to say, then the right verdict will become clear to you.ʿ  

بَعَثَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَاضِيًا فَقَالَ إِذَا جَاءَكَ الْخَصْمَانِ فَلا تَقْضِ عَلَى أَحَدِهِمَا حَتَّى تَسْمَعَ مِنَ الآخَرِ فَإِنَّهُ يَبِينُ لَكَ الْقَضَاءُ  

The Prophet ﷺ sent me to Yemen as a judge. I said: “Are you sending me to people when I am young and have no knowledge of judging?” He placed his hand on my chest and said: “May Allah make you steadfast and help you to get it right. If two disputants come to you, do not pass judgement in favour of the first one until you listen to what the other one has to say. That is more helpful and will enable you to reach the correct verdict.ʿ Since then I have become a (good) judge. It was narrated that ʿAli bin Abi Talib ؓ said: The Prophet ﷺ sent me as a judge to Yemen (and he narrated the above). He said: “Allah will make your heart steadfast and guide your mind and heart.” (and he mentioned the hadeeth.) A similar report was narrated from ‘Ali ؓ .  

بَعَثَنِي النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِلَى الْيَمَنِ قَاضِيًا فَقُلْتُ تَبْعَثُنِي إِلَى قَوْمٍ وَأَنَا حَدَثُ السِّنِّ وَلا عِلْمَ لِي بِالْقَضَاءِ؟ فَوَضَعَ يَدَهُ عَلَىصَدْرِي فَقَالَ ثَبَّتَكَ اللهُ وَسَدَّدَكَ إِذَا جَاءَكَ الْخَصْمَانِ فَلا تَقْضِ للأوَّلِ حَتَّى تَسْمَعَ مِنَ الآخَرِ فَإِنَّهُ أَجْدَرُ أَنْ يَبِينَ لَكَ الْقَضَاءُ قَالَ فَمَا زِلْتُ قَاضِيًا وَهَذَا لَفْظُ حَدِيثِ دَاوُدَ بْنِ عَمْرٍو الضَّبِّيِّ وَبَعْضُهُمِ أتَمُّ كَلامًا مِنْ بَعْضٍ  

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ sent me as a judge to Yemen, and he mentioned the narration saying, "Indeed, Allah is the sustainer of your heart and the guide of your conscience." Then he mentioned the narration.  

بَعَثَنِي النَّبِيُّ ﷺ قَاضِيًا إِلَى الْيَمَنِ فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ قَالَ إِنَّ اللهَ مُثَبِّتٌ قَلْبَكَ وَهَادٍ فُؤَادَكَ فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ  

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira through another chain of transmitters. (Using translation from Muslim 2242b)  

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ بِمِثْلِ مَعْنَاهُ  

“Do you know what mission I am sending you on? It is the same mission as the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent me. To erase every image and level every grave.”  

لَهُ أَتَدْرِي عَلَى مَا أَبْعَثُكَ؟عَلَى مَا بَعَثَنِي عَلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ؟ أَنْ أَنْحِتَ كُلَّ يَعْنِي صُورَةً وَأَنْ أُسَوِّيَ كُلَّ قَبْرٍ  

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “If two men come to you for judgement, do not judge in favour of the first one until you listen to what the other one says. Then you will know how to judge.ʿ  

لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا تَقَاضَى إِلَيْكَ رَجُلانِ فَلا تَقْضِ لِلأوَّلِ حَتَّى تَسْمَعَ مَا يَقُولُ الْآخَرُ فَإِنَّكَ سَوْفَ تَرَى كَيْفَ تَقْضِي  

I saw ‘Ali ؓ sacrificing two rams and I said to him: “What is this?” He said: “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ told me to offer a sacrifice on his behalf”.  

رَأَيْتُ عَلِيًّا يُضَحِّي بِكَبْشَيْنِ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ مَا هَذَا؟ فَقَالَ أَوْصَانِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ أُضَحِّيَ عَنْهُ  

“O Prophet ﷺ of Allah, I am not eloquent or a good speaker.” He said: “I have no choice but to go myself or send you with it.” Ali ؓ said: “If that is the case, I have no choice but to go.” He said: ʿGo, and Allah will make your tongue steadfast and guide your heart.ʿ Then he placed his hand over his mouth.  

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ حِينَ بَعَثَهُ بِبَرَاءَةٌ فَقَالَ يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ إِنِّيلَسْتُ بِاللَّسِنِ وَلا بِالْخَطِيبِ قَالَ مَا بُدٌّ أَنْ أَذْهَبَ بِهَا أَنَا أَوْ تَذْهَبَ بِهَا أَنْتَ قَالَ فَإِنْ كَانَ وَلا بُدَّ فَسَأَذْهَبُ أَنَا قَالَ فَانْطَلِقْ فَإِنَّ اللهَ يُثَبِّتُ لِسَانَكَ وَيَهْدِي قَلْبَكَ قَالَ ثُمَّ وَضَعَ يَدَهُ عَلَى فَمِهِ  

“They distracted us from the middle prayer until the sunset. May Allah fill their graves, houses and stomachs with fire.”  

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ شَغَلُونَا عَنْ صَلاةِ الْوُسْطَى حَتَّى آبَتِ الشَّمْسُ مَلَأَ اللهُ قُبُورَهُمْ وَبُيُوتَهُمْ وَبُطُونَهُمْ نَارًا  

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ cursed the one who consumes riba, the one who pays it, the one who witness it, the one who writes it down, the woman who does tattoos, the woman who has 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, and the one who withholds zakah. And he forbade wailing for the dead.  

أَنَّهُ قَالَ لَعَنَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ آكِلَ الرِّبَا وَمُوكِلَهُ وَشَاهِدَيْهِ وَكَاتِبَهُ وَالْوَاشِمَةَ وَالْمُتَوَشِّمَةَ وَالْمُحِلَّ وَالْمُحَلَّلَ لَهُ وَمَانِعَ الصَّدَقَةِ وَنَهَى عَنِ النَّوْحِ  

I used to spend a little time with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ at night, during which Allah, may He be glorified and exalted, benefited me (as He willed). The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ʿThe angels do not enter a house in which there is an image or a dog or a person who is junub.ʿ He said: ʿI looked and found a puppy belonging to al Hasan bin ‘Ali beneath the bed, so I took it out.ʿ  

كَانَتْ لِي سَاعَةٌ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ يَنْفَعُنِي اللهُ ﷻ بِمَا شَاءَ أَنْ يَنْفَعَنِي بِهَا قَالَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا تَدْخُلُ الْمَلائِكَةُ بَيْتًا فِيهِ صُورَةٌ وَلا كَلْبٌ وَلا جُنُبٌ قَالَ فَنَظَرْتُ فَإِذَا جِرْوٌ لِلحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ تَحْتَ السَّرِيرِ فَأَخْرَجْتُهُ  

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade me to put the ring on the middle finger.  

نَهَانِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ أَضَعَ الْخَاتَمَ فِي الْوُسْطَى  

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ʿDo not tell lies about me, for the one who tells lies about me will enter Hell.ʿ  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا تَكْذِبُوا عَلَيَّ فَإِنَّهُ مَنْ يَكْذِبْ عَلَيَّ يَلِجِ النَّارَ  

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade (sacrificing) an animal that had lost most of its horn or ear.  

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ عَلِيًّا يَقُولُ نَهَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ عَضْبَاءِ الْقَرْنِ وَالْأُذُنِ  

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade sacrificing any animal that had lost most of its horn or ear.  

نَهَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ يُضَحَّى بِأَعْضَبِ الْقَرْنِ وَالْأُذُنِ  

It was narrated from ‘Ali ؓ that The Prophet ﷺ used to say at the end of his Witr. “O Allah, I seek refuge in Your pleasure from Your wrath, I seek refuge in Your forgiveness from Your punishment. I seek refuge in You from You, I cannot praise You enough, You are as You have praised Yourself.ʿ  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ يَقُولُ فِي آخِرِ وِتْرِهِ اللهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِرِضَاكَ مِنْ سَخَطِكَ وَمُعَافَاتِكَ مِنْ عُقُوبَتِكَ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَمِنْكَ لَا أُحْصِي ثَنَاءً عَلَيْكَ أَنْتَ كَمَا أَثْنَيْتَ عَلَى نَفْسِكَ  

“O Allah, by Your power I charge at the enemy, by Your power I ward off the plot of the enemy and by Your power I march to the enemy.”  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ إِذَا أَرَادَ سَفَرًا قَالَ اللهُمَّ بِكَ أَصُولُ وَبِكَ أَحُولُ وَبِكَ أَسِيرُ  

When the ten verses of Baraʿah (Surah at-Tawbah) were revealed to the Prophet ﷺ, he called Abu Bakr ؓ and sent him to recite them to the people of Makkah. Then the Prophet ﷺ called me and said to me: ʿCatch up with Abu Bakr ؓ and wherever you meet him, take the document from him and take it to the people of Makkah and read it to them.ʿ I caught up with him at al-Juhfah and took the letter from him. Abu Bakr ؓ went back to the Prophet ﷺ and said: O Messenger of Allah ﷺ, has something been revealed concerning me? He said: ʿNo, but Jibreel came to me and said: No one should do this for you except you or a man of your [family].ʿ  

لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ عَشْرُ آيَاتٍ مِنْ بَرَاءَةٌ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ دَعَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَبَا بَكْرٍ فَبَعَثَهُ بِهَا لِيَقْرَأَهَا عَلَى أَهْلِ مَكَّةَ ثُمَّ دَعَانِي النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَقَالَ لِي أَدْرِكْ أَبَا بَكْرٍ فَحَيْثُمَا لَحِقْتَهُ فَخُذِ الْكِتَابَ مِنْهُ فَاذْهَبْ بِهِ إِلَى أَهْلِ مَكَّةَ فَاقْرَأْهُ عَلَيْهِمْ فَلَحِقْتُهُ بِالْجُحْفَةِ فَأَخَذْتُ الْكِتَابَ مِنْهُ وَرَجَعَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ نَزَلَ فِيَّ شَيْءٌ؟ قَالَ لَا وَلَكِنَّ جِبْرِيلَ جَاءَنِي فَقَالَ لَنْ يُؤَدِّيَ عَنْكَ إِلا أَنْتَ أَوْ رَجُلٌ مِنْكَ  

It was said to ‘Ali ؓ : “Did your Messenger say anything to you only that was not for the people in general?” He said: “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not say anything to us only that he did not say to the people, except something in the sheath of this sword of mine. He took out a document on which there was something about the ages of camels [for zakah] and in it was said: ʿMadinah is sacred, the area between Thawr and ‘A’ir. Whoever commits an offence or gives refuge to an offender, upon him will be the curse of Allah, the angels and all the people, and on the Day of Resurrection Allah will not accept any nafl or obligatory act of worship from him. Protection given by any Muslim is binding upon all of them. Whoever transgresses protection given by a Muslim, upon him be the curse of Allah, the angels and all the people, and on the Day of Resurrection Allah will not accept any nafl or obligatory act of worship from him. Whoever takes people as mawla without the permission of the ones who set him free, upon him be the curse of Allah, the angels and all the people, and on the Day of Resurrection Allah will not accept any nafl or obligatory act of worship from him.ʿ The word mawla refers to the one who manumits a slave, who has a right to inherit ex-slave. Changing one’s mawla means giving the right of inheritance to the new mawla.  

قِيلَ لِعَلِيٍّ إِنَّ رَسُولَكُمْ كَانَ يَخُصُّكُمْ بِشَيْءٍ دُونَ النَّاسِ عَامَّةً قَالَ مَا خَصَّنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِشَيْءٍ لَمْ يَخُصَّ بِهِ النَّاسَ إِلا بِشَيْءٍ فِي قِرَابِ سَيْفِي هَذَا فَأَخْرَجَ صَحِيفَةً فِيهَا شَيْءٌ مِنْ أَسْنَانِ الْإِبِلِ وَفِيهَا إِنَّ الْمَدِينَةَ حَرَمٌ مِمَّا بَيْنِ ثَوْرٍ إِلَى عَائِرٍ مَنْ أَحْدَثَ فِيهَا حَدَثًا أَوْ آوَى مُحْدِثًا فَإِنَّ عَلَيْهِ لَعْنَةَ اللهِ وَالْمَلائِكَةِ وَالنَّاسِ أَجْمَعِينَ لَا يُقْبَلُ مِنْهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ صَرْفٌ وَلا عَدْلٌ وَذِمَّةُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَاحِدَةٌ فَمَنْ أَخْفَرَ مُسْلِمًا فَعَلَيْهِ لَعْنَةُ اللهِ وَالْمَلائِكَةِ وَالنَّاسِ أَجْمَعِينَ لَا يُقْبَلُ مِنْهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ صَرْفٌ وَلا عَدْلٌ وَمَنْ تَوَلَّى مَوْلًى بِغَيْرِ إِذْنِهِمْ فَعَلَيْهِ لَعْنَةُ اللهِ وَالْمَلائِكَةِ وَالنَّاسِ أَجْمَعِينَ لَا يُقْبَلُ مِنْهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ صَرْفٌ وَلا عَدْلٌ  

“They distracted us from the middle prayer, ʿAsr prayer, until the sunset. May Allah fill their graves and houses - or their graves and bellies - with fire.” Shuʿbah said: “May Allah fill their graves and houses - or their graves and bellies - with fireʿ. I do not know whether this is part of the hadeeth or is not part of the hadeeth; I am not certain about it.  

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ يَوْمَ الْأَحْزَابِ حَبَسُونَا عَنْ صَلاةِ الْوُسْطَى صَلاةِ الْعَصْرِ حَتَّى غَرَبَتِ الشَّمْسُ مَلَأَ اللهُ قُبُورَهُمْ وَبُيُوتَهُمْ أَوْ قُبُورَهُمْ وَبُطُونَهُمْ نَارًا قَالَ شُعْبَةُ مَلَأَ اللهُ قُبُورَهُمْ وَبُيُوتَهُمْ أَوْ قُبُورَهُمْ وَبُطُونَهُمْ نَارًا لَا أَدْرِي أَفِي الْحَدِيثِ هُوَ أَمْ لَيْسَ فِي الْحَدِيثِ أَشُكُّ فِيهِ  

“He was not very tall, a little above average height. When he came with people he would stand out among them. He was very white, with a large head, a bright face, long eyelashes and large hands and feet. When he walked, he walked with energy, as is going downhill. It was as if the sweat on his face was pearls; I have never seen anyone like him before or since, may my father and mother be sacrificed for him. It was narrated from ‘Ali ؓ that It was said to him: “Describe the Prophet ﷺ to us.” He said: “He was not very tall…” and he mentioned a similar report.  

يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ انْعَتْ لَنَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ صِفْهُ لَنَا فَقَالَ كَانَ لَيْسَ بِالذَّاهِبِ طُولًا وَفَوْقَ الرَّبْعَةِ إِذَا جَاءَ مَعَ الْقَوْمِ غَمَرَهُمْ أَبْيَضَ شَدِيدَ الْوَضَحِ ضَخْمَ الْهَامَةِ أَغَرَّ أَبْلَجَ هَدِبَ الْأَشْفَارِ شَثْنَ الْكَفَّيْنِ وَالْقَدَمَيْنِ إِذَا مَشَى يَتَقَلَّعُ كَأَنَّمَا يَنْحَدِرُ فِي صَبَبٍ كَأَنَّ الْعَرَقَ فِي وَجْهِهِ اللُّؤْلُؤُ لَمْ أَرَ قَبْلَهُ وَلا بَعْدَهُ مِثْلَهُ بِأَبِي وَأُمِّي ﷺ  

[Machine] He was told that the Prophet ﷺ had been called to us, so he said, "He was not of tall stature." Then he mentioned someone similar to him.  

أَنَّهُ قِيلَ لَهُ انْعَتْ لَنَا النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ كَانَ لَيْسَ بِالذَّاهِبِ طُولًا فَذَكَرَ مِثْلَهُ سَوَاءً  

There were idols on top of the Kaʿbah, and I wanted to lift up the Prophet ﷺ so he could reach them, but I could not do it. So he lifted me up, and I started smashing them, and if I had wanted to, I could have touched the sky.  

كَانَ عَلَى الْكَعْبَةِ أَصْنَامٌ فَذَهَبْتُ لِأَحْمِلَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ إِلَيْهَا فَلَمِ أَسْتَطِعْ فَحَمَلَنِي فَجَعَلْتُ أَقْطَعُهَا وَلَوْ شِئْتُ لَنِلْتُ السَّمَاءَ  

“Some people will pass out of Islam as the arrow passes out of the prey. They will recite the Qurʿan but it will go no further than their collar bones. Glad tidings to the one who kills them and they kill him. Their sign will be a man with a deformed arm.  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ قَوْمًا يَمْرُقُونَ مِنَ الإِسْلامِ كَمَا يَمْرُقُ السَّهْمُ مِنَ الرَّمِيَّةِ يَقْرَءُونَ الْقُرْآنَ لَا يُجَاوِزُ تَرَاقِيَهُمْ طُوبَى لِمَنْ قَتَلَهُمْ وَقَتَلُوهُ عَلامَتُهُمْ رَجُلٌ مُخْدَجُ الْيَدِ  

“O Messenger of Allah ﷺ, al-Waleed hits me, (Nasr bin’ Ali said in his hadeeth - she complained about him) He said: “Tell him: ‘He [the Prophet ﷺ] has given me protection’.ʿ ʿAli ؓ said: It was not long before she came back and said: “He only hit me more.” He took a piece of his garment and gave it to her and said: “Tell him: ‘The Messenger of Allah ﷺ has given me protection’.” It was not long before she came back and said: “He only hit me more.” He raised his hands and said: ʿO Allah, punish al-Waleed; he has wronged me twice.” It was narrated from ‘Ali ؓ that The wife of al-Waleed bin ʿUqbah came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, complaining about al-Waleed and saying that he hit her (and he narrated the same hadith as above).  

أَنَّ امْرَأَةَ الْوَلِيدِ بْنِ عُقْبَةَ أَتَتِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ الْوَلِيدَ يَضْرِبُهَا وَقَالَ نَصْرُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ فِي حَدِيثِهِ تَشْكُوهُ قَالَ قُولِي لَهُ قَدْ أَجَارَنِي قَالَ عَلِيٌّ فَلَمْ تَلْبَثْ إِلا يَسِيرًا حَتَّى رَجَعَتْ فَقَالَتْ مَا زَادَنِي إِلا ضَرْبًا فَأَخَذَ هُدْبَةً مِنْ ثَوْبِهِ فَدَفَعَهَا إِلَيْهَا وَقَالَ قُولِي لَهُ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَدْ أَجَارَنِي فَلَمْ تَلْبَثْ إِلا يَسِيرًا حَتَّى رَجَعَتْ فَقَالَتْ مَا زَادَنِي إِلا ضَرْبًا فَرَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ وَقَالَ اللهُمَّ عَلَيْكَ الْوَلِيدَ أَثِمَ بِي مَرَّتَيْنِ وَهَذَا لَفْظُ حَدِيثِ الْقَوَارِيرِيِّ وَمَعْنَاهُمَا وَاحِدٌ  

[Machine] That the wife of Walid ibn Uqbah came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ complaining about Walid hitting her, so he mentioned the hadith.  

أَنَّ امْرَأَةَ الْوَلِيدِ بْنِ عُقْبَةَ جَاءَتِ الَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ تَشْتَكِي الْوَلِيدَ أَنَّهُ يَضْرِبُهَا فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ  

ʿThey distracted us from the middle prayer until the sunset; may Allah fill their graves and their houses - or their bellies and their houses - with fire.”  

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَوْمَ الْأَحْزَابِ عَلَى فُرْضَةٍ مِنْ فِرَاضِ الْخَنْدَقِ فَقَالَ شَغَلُونَا عَنْ صَلاةِ الْوُسْطَى حَتَّى غَرَبَتِ الشَّمْسُ مَلأ اللهُ قُبُورَهُمْ وَبُيُوتَهُمْ أَوْ بُطُونَهُمْ وَبُيُوتَهُمْ نَارًا  

Ali ؓ was asked: “Did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say anything to you exclusively; He said: “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not say anything to us exclusively that he did not say to all the people, except what is in the sheath of this sword of mine. He took out a document on which was written ʿMay Allah curse the one who offers a sacrifice to anyone other than Allah; may Allah curse the one who steals the boundary markers; may Allah curse the one who curses his father; may Allah curse the one who gives refuge to an offender.ʿ  

سُئِلَ عَلِيٌّ هَلْ خَصَّكُمْ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِشَيْءٍ؟ فَقَالَ مَا خَصَّنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِشَيْءٍ لَمْ يَعُمَّ بِهِ النَّاسَ كَافَّةً إِلا مَا كَانَ فِي قِرَابِ سَيْفِي هَذَا قَالَ فَأَخْرَجَ صَحِيفَةً فِيهَا مَكْتُوبٌ لَعَنَ اللهُ مَنْ ذَبَحَ لِغَيْرِ اللهِلَعَنَ اللهُ مَنْ سَرَقَ مَنَارَ الْأَرْضِ وَلَعَنَ اللهُ مَنْ لَعَنَ وَالِدَهُ وَلَعَنَ اللهُ مَنْ آوَى مُحْدِثًا  

“O Allah, fill their houses and their graves with fire, as they distracted us from the middle prayer until the sunset.”  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ يَوْمَ الْأَحْزَابِ اللهُمَّ امْلَأَ بُيُوتَهُمْ وَقُبُورَهُمْ نَارًا كَمَا شَغَلُونَا عَنْ صَلاةِ الْوُسْطَى حَتَّى آبَتِ الشَّمْسُ  

I heard Hujayyah bin Adiyy say: I heard ʿAli bin Abi Talib ؓ When a man asked him about a cow. He said: “(It may be sacrificed) on behalf of seven.” He asked him about the animal that is lame. He said: “If it can reach the place of sacrifice (then sacrifice it).” He was asked about the horn. He said: “It doesnʿt matter.” And ‘Ali ؓ said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ instructed us to check the eye and ear.  

وَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ أَمَرَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ نَسْتَشْرِفَ الْعَيْنَ وَالْأُذُنَ  

“Woe to you! Would you kill two hundred people for four men? Come and I will judge between you, if you accept it (all well and good), otherwise refer the matter to the Prophet ﷺ.” He ruled that one quarter of the diyah should be given for the first one, one third of the diyah for the second one, half of the diyah for the third one and the complete diyah for the fourth one. Some of them accepted it and some of them did not like it. And he imposed the diyah on the tribes of the people who had crowded one another in that place. So they referred the matter to the Prophet ﷺ. Bahz said: Hammad said: I think he said: He was reclining, then he sat up and said: “I shall judge between you.” Then he was told that ‘Ali ؓ had issued such and such a verdict, and he approved of it, ʿAffan said: ʿI shall judge between you.”  

أَنَّ عَلِيًّا كَانَ بِالْيَمَنِ فَاحْتَفَرُوا زُبْيَةً لِلأسَدِ فَجَاءَ حَتَّى وَقَعَ فِيهَارَجُلٌ وَتَعَلَّقَ بِآخَرَ وَتَعَلَّقَ الْآخَرُ بِآخَرَ وَتَعَلَّقَ الْآخَرُ بِآخَرَ حَتَّى صَارُوا أَرْبَعَةً فَجَرَحَهُمِ الْأَسَدُ فِيهَا فَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ مَاتَ فِيهَا وَمِنْهُمْ مَنِ أخْرِجَ فَمَاتَ قَالَ فَتَنَازَعُوا فِي ذَلِكَ حَتَّى أَخَذُوا السِّلاحَ قَالَ فَأَتَاهُمْ عَلِيٌّ فَقَالَ وَيْلَكُمْ تَقْتُلُونَ مِائَتَيِ إنْسَانٍ فِي شَأْنِ أَرْبَعَةِ أَنَاسِيَّ تَعَالَوْا أَقْضِ بَيْنَكُمْ بِقَضَاءٍ فَإِنْ رَضِيتُمْ بِهِ وَإِلا فَارْتَفِعُوا إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ فَقَضَى لِلأوَّلِ رُبُعَ دِيَتِهٍ وَلِلثَّانِي ثُلُثَ دِِيَتِهِ وَلِلثَّالِثِ نِصْفَ دِيَتِهِ وَلِلرَّابِعِ الدِّيَةُ كَامِلَةً قَالَ فَرَضِيَ بَعْضُهُمْ وَكَرِهَ بَعْضُهُمْ وَجَعَلَ الدِّيَةَ عَلَى قَبَائِلِ الَّذِينَ ازْدَحَمُوا قَالَ فَارْتَفَعُوا إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ بَهْزٌ قَالَ حَمَّادٌ أَحْسَبُهُ قَالَ كَانَ مُتَّكِئًا فَاحْتَبَى قَالَ سَأَقْضِي بَيْنَكُمْ بِقَضَاءٍ قَالَ فَأُخْبِرَ أَنَّ عَلِيًّا قَضَى بِكَذَا وَكَذَا قَالَ فَأَمْضَى قَضَاءَهُ قَالَ عَفَّانُ سَأَقْضِي بَيْنَكُمْ  

ʿIf I am a personʿs mawla (friend and supporter) then ʿAli is also his mawla.” And the people added after that: ʿSo take as friends those who take him as a friend and take as enemies those who take him as an enemy.”  

حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو مَرْيَمَ وَرَجُلٌ مِنْ جُلَسَاءِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ يَوْمَ غَدِيرِ خُمٍّ مَنْ كُنْتُ مَوْلاهُ فَعَلِيٌّ مَوْلاهُ قَالَ فَزَادَ النَّاسُ بَعْدُ وَالِ مَنْ وَالاهُ وَعَادِ مَنْ عَادَاهُ