9. Kūfans
٩۔ مسند الكوفيين
The revelation of "Your Lord has not forsaken you"
[AI] A woman said to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, "I do not see your companion except that he has delayed over you." He said: Then this verse was revealed: "Your Lord has not forsaken you, nor has He detested." [Ad-Duha: 3]
قالت امرأة لرسول الله ﷺ: مَا أَرَى صَاحِبَكَ إِلَّا قَدْ أَبْطَأَ عَلَيْكَ؟ قَالَ: فَنَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ: ﴿مَا وَدَّعَكَ رَبُّكَ وَمَا قَلَى﴾ [الضحى: ٣].
The Prophet's ﷺ injured finger
[AI] Something struck the Prophet's ﷺ finger - Ibn Jafar said: "a stone" - and it bled. So he said, "You are only a finger that has bled, and what you have suffered was in the path of Allah ﷻ."
أَصَابَ إِصْبَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ شَيْءٌ، وَقَالَ ابْنُ جَعْفَرٍ: حَجَرٌ، فَدَمِيَتْ، فَقَالَ: «هَلْ أَنْتِ إِلَّا إِصْبَعٌ دَمِيتِ، وَفِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ مَا لَقِيتِ».
I saw Messenger of Allah ﷺ observing ('Id) prayer on the Day of Sacrifice (10th of Dhu'l-Hijja) and then delivering a sermon and he said: He who sacrificed the (animal) before offering ('Id) prayer, he should offer again in its stead, and he who did not sacrifice the animal should slaughter it by reciting the name of Allah. (Using translation from Muslim 1960d)
أَنَّهُ شَهِدَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ صَلَّى ثُمَّ خَطَبَ فَقَالَ مَنْ كَانَ ذَبَحَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُصَلِّيَ فَلْيُعِدْ مَكَانَهَا أُخْرَى وَقَالَ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى فَلْيَذْبَحْ وَمَنْ كَانَ لَمْ يَذْبَحْ فَلْيَذْبَحْ بِاسْمِاللهِ
The vastness of Allah's mercy
[AI] A Bedouin came, made his riding animal kneel, then hobbled it, then prayed behind the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ finished praying, he went to his riding animal, untied its hobble, then mounted it, then called out: "O Allah ﷻ, have mercy on me and Muhammad, and do not let anyone share in our mercy." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Do you say this man is more astray, or his camel? Did you not hear what he said?" They said, "Yes." He said, "You have restricted it. The mercy of Allah ﷻ is vast. Allah ﷻ created one hundred mercies, then Allah ﷻ sent down one mercy by which the creatures show compassion to one another: its jinn, its humans, and its beasts. And with Him are ninety-nine. Do you say he is more astray, or his camel?"
جَاءَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ، فَأَنَاخَ رَاحِلَتَهُ، ثُمَّ عَقَلَهَا، ثُمَّ صَلَّى خَلْفَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، فَلَمَّا صَلَّى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَتَى رَاحِلَتَهُ، فَأَطْلَقَ عِقَالَهَا، ثُمَّ رَكِبَهَا، ثُمَّ نَادَى: اللهُمَّ ارْحَمْنِي وَمُحَمَّدًا، وَلَا تُشْرِكْ فِي رَحْمَتِنَا أَحَدًا. فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: «أَتَقُولُونَ هَذَا أَضَلُّ أَمْ بَعِيرُهُ؟ أَلَمْ تَسْمَعُوا مَا قَالَ؟» قَالُوا: بَلَى. قَالَ: «لَقَدْ حَظَرْتَ، رَحْمَةُ اللهِ وَاسِعَةٌ، إِنَّ اللهَ خَلَقَ مِائَةَ رَحْمَةٍ، فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ رَحْمَةً وَاحِدَةً، يَتَعَاطَفُ بِهَا الْخَلَائِقُ، جِنُّهَا وَإِنْسُهَا وَبَهَائِمُهَا، وَعِنْدَهُ تِسْعٌ وَتِسْعُونَ، أَتَقُولُونَ هُوَ أَضَلُّ أَمْ بَعِيرُهُ؟»
A wounded man who took his own life
[AI] that a man was wounded and was carried to his house. His wound caused him pain, so he took an arrow from his quiver and stabbed himself with it in his throat. They mentioned that to the Prophet ﷺ, and he said, in what he relates from his Lord ﷻ: "He rushed ahead of Me with his own life."
أَنَّ رَجُلًا أَصَابَتْهُ جِرَاحَةٌ، فَحُمِلَ إِلَى بَيْتِهِ، فَآلَمَتْ جِرَاحَتُهُ، فَاسْتَخْرَجَ سَهْمًا مِنْ كِنَانَتِهِ، فَطَعَنَ بِهِ فِي لَبَّتِهِ، فَذَكَرُوا ذَلِكَ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، فَقَالَ فِيمَا يَرْوِي عَنْ رَبِّهِ ﷻ: «سَابَقَنِي بِنَفْسِهِ».
I heard Jundub b. Sufyan say: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ fell ill and did not wake up for two or three nights (for prayers) A woman came to him and said: Muhammad, I hope that your satan has left you. I haven't seen him approach you for two or three nights. The narrator says: At this, Allah, the Glorious and Exalted, revealed:" By the Glorious......" (Using translation from Muslim 1797b)
سَمِعْتُ جُنْدُبَ بْنَ سُفْيَانَ يَقُولُ اشْتَكَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَلَمْ يَقُمْ لَيْلَتَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلَاثًا فَجَاءَتْهُ امْرَأَةٌ فَقَالَتْ يَا مُحَمَّدُ لَمْ أَرَهُ قَرَبَكَ مُنْذُ لَيْلَتَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلَاثٍ فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ ﷻ {وَالضُّحَى وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا سَجَى مَا وَدَّعَكَ رَبُّكَ وَمَا قَلَى} [الضحى 2]
Slaughtering the sacrifice after the Eid prayer
[AI] He prayed with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on the day of Adha. Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ finished, and there was meat and the sacrificial animals of Adha. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ realized that they had been slaughtered before he prayed, so the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Whoever slaughtered before we prayed, let him slaughter another in its place. And whoever had not slaughtered until we prayed, let him slaughter in the name of Allah."
أَنَّهُ صَلَّى مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ يَوْمَ أَضْحَى، فَانْصَرَفَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، فَإِذَا هُوَ بِاللَّحْمِ وَذَبَائِحِ الْأَضْحَى، فَعَرَفَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنَّهَا ذُبِحَتْ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُصَلِّيَ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: «مَنْ كَانَ ذَبَحَ قَبْلَ أَنْ نُصَلِّيَ، فَلْيَذْبَحْ مَكَانَهَا أُخْرَى، وَمَنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ ذَبَحَ حَتَّى صَلَّيْنَا، فَلْيَذْبَحْ بِاسْمِ اللهِ».
The protection of one who prays Fajr
[AI] that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Whoever prays the Fajr prayer is under the protection of Allah, so do not violate the protection of Allah ﷻ, and let Him not call you to account for anything from His protection."
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ: «مَنْ صَلَّى صَلَاةَ الْفَجْرِ، فَهُوَ فِي ذِمَّةِ اللهِ، فَلَا تُخْفِرُوا ذِمَّةَ اللهِ ﷻ، وَلَا يَطْلُبَنَّكُمْ بِشَيْءٍ مِنْ ذِمَّتِهِ»
The Prophet ﷺ became sick and did not get up (for Tahajjud prayer) for a night or two. (Using translation from Bukhārī 1124)
سَمِعْتُ جُنْدُبًا يَقُولُ اشْتَكَى النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَلَمْ يَقُمْ لَيْلَةً أَوْ لَيْلَتَيْنِ فَأَتَتْ امْرَأَةٌ فَقَالَتْ يَا مُحَمَّدُ مَا أَرَى شَيْطَانَكَ إِلَّا قَدْ تَرَكَكَ فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ ﷻ {وَالضُّحَى وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا سَجَى مَا وَدَّعَكَ رَبُّكَ وَمَا قَلَى} [الضحى 2]
Repeating the sacrifice if it was done before the Eid prayer
[AI] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, and Abd al-Rahman said: We went out with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on the day of Eid al-Adha to people who had slaughtered or sacrificed, and to people who had not slaughtered or sacrificed, so he said, "Whoever slaughtered or sacrificed before our prayer should do it again, and whoever has not slaughtered or sacrificed should slaughter or sacrifice in the name of Allah."
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، وَقَالَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ: خَرَجْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ يَوْمَ الْأَضْحَى عَلَى قَوْمٍ قَدْ ذَبَحُوا أَوْ نَحَرُوا، وَقَوْمٍ لَمْ يَذْبَحُوا أَوْ لَمْ يَنْحَرُوا، فَقَالَ «مَنْ ذَبَحَ أَوْ نَحَرَ قَبْلَ صَلَاتِنَا فَلْيُعِدْ، وَمَنْ لَمْ يَذْبَحْ أَوْ يَنْحَرْ فَلْيَذْبَحْ أَوْ يَنْحَرْ بِاسْمِ اللهِ».
The revelation of Surat Ad-Duha when Jibril was delayed
[AI] That Jibril delayed in coming to the Prophet ﷺ, so he became distressed. He said: Then it was said to him. He said: Then it was revealed: "By the morning brightness, and by the night when it grows still, your Lord has not forsaken you, nor has He detested you." [Ad-Duha 2].
أَنَّ جِبْرِيلَ أَبْطَأَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، فَجَزِعَ. قَالَ: فَقِيلَ لَهُ. قَالَ: فَنَزَلَتْ ﴿وَالضُّحَى وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا سَجَى مَا وَدَّعَكَ رَبُّكَ وَمَا قَلَى﴾ [الضحى 2].
A finger of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was wounded in one of the encounters He said: Thou art just a little finger which has bled, and what thou hast experienced is in the cause of Allah. (Using translation from Muslim 1796a)
دَمِيَتْ إِصْبَعُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ هَلْ أَنْتِ إِلَّا إِصْبَعٌ دَمِيتِ وَفِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ مَا لَقِيتِ
“Whoever wants to be heard of, Allah will make him heard of, and whoever wants to be seen, Allah will show him (i.e., expose his real motives).” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 4207)
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَنْ يُسَمِّعْ يُسَمِّعِ اللهُ بِهِ وَمَنْ يُرَائي يُرَائي اللهُ بِهِ
The Prophet ﷺ as the forerunner at the Pond
[AI] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "I am your forerunner at the Pond."
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: «أَنَا فَرَطُكُمْ عَلَى الْحَوْضِ».
I heard Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: I shall be there at the Cistern before you. (Using translation from Muslim 2289a)
سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ أَنَا فَرَطُكُمْ عَلَى الْحَوْضِ قَالَ سُفْيَانُ الْفَرَطُ الَّذِي يَسْبِقُ
I heard the Prophet, saying, "I am your predecessor at the Lake-Fount. (Al-Kauthar) . (Using translation from Bukhārī 6589)
سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ أَنَا فَرَطُكُمْ عَلَى الْحَوْضِ
Replacing a sacrifice slaughtered before the Eid prayer
[AI] He witnessed the Messenger of Allah ﷺ pray, then deliver a sermon and say: "Whoever slaughtered before we prayed, let him replace it with another in its place." And he would sometimes say: "Let him replace it with another." "And whoever has not slaughtered, let him slaughter in the name of Allah ﷻ."
أَنَّهُ شَهِدَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ صَلَّى، ثُمَّ خَطَبَ فَقَالَ: «مَنْ كَانَ ذَبَحَ قَبْلَ أَنْ نُصَلِّيَ، فَلْيُعِدْ مَكَانَهَا أُخْرَى». وَرُبَّمَا قَالَ: «فَلْيُعِدْ أُخْرَى». «وَمَنْ لَا، فَلْيَذْبَحْ عَلَى اسْمِ اللهِ ﷻ».
The Prophet ﷺ as the forerunner at the Hawd
[AI] "I am your forerunner at the Hawd." Sufyan said: The forerunner is the one who goes ahead.
«أَنَا فَرَطُكُمْ عَلَى الْحَوْضِ». قَالَ سُفْيَانُ: الْفَرَطُ الَّذِي يَسْبِقُ.
The protection granted by the dawn prayer
[AI] "Whoever prays the morning prayer is under the protection of Allah ﷻ, so beware, O son of Adam, lest Allah call you to account for anything of His protection."
«مَنْ صَلَّى صَلَاةَ الصُّبْحِ فَهُوَ فِي ذِمَّةِ اللهِ ﷻ، فَانْظُرْ يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ، لَا يَطْلُبَنَّكَ اللهُ مِنْ ذِمَّتِهِ بِشَيْءٍ»
Repeating the sacrifice if it was slaughtered before the Eid prayer
[AI] I witnessed the Eid on the Day of Sacrifice with the Prophet ﷺ. Then he delivered a sermon and said: "Whoever slaughtered before we pray, let him repeat his sacrifice, and whoever has not slaughtered, let him slaughter in the name of Allah ﷻ."
شَهِدْتُ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ الْعِيدَ يَوْمَ النَّحْرِ، ثُمَّ خَطَبَ، فَقَالَ: «مَنْ ذَبَحَ قَبْلَ أَنْ نُصَلِّيَ فَلْيُعِدْ أُضْحِيَّتَهُ، وَمَنْ لَمْ يَذْبَحْ فَلْيَذْبَحْ عَلَى اسْمِ اللهِ ﷻ»
Recite the Qur'an as long as your hearts agree to do so, and when you feel variance between them (between your hearts and tongues), then get up (and leave its recital for the time being). (Using translation from Muslim 2667a)
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ اقْرَءُوا الْقُرْآنَ مَا ائْتَلَفَتْ عَلَيْهِ قُلُوبُكُمْ فَإِذَا اخْتَلَفْتُمْ فَقُومُوا