[AI] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ had me follow him. He said: We set out until I came to such-and-such a place, and he drew a line for me. He said to me: "Stay within this; do not come out of it, for if you come out, you will perish." He said: So I stayed in it. He said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ then went on a short distance, or somewhat farther, or as he said. Then he mentioned some beings, as if they were the Zutt—Affan said, or as Affan said, if Allah wills—with no clothes on them, yet I did not see their private parts; they were tall and had little flesh. He said: They came and began climbing upon the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He said: The Prophet of Allah ﷺ began reciting to them. He said: They began coming to me, appearing as phantoms—or swaying—around me and crossing in front of me. Abdullah said: I was terrified of them with intense terror. He said: So I sat down, or as he said. He said: When the first column of dawn split forth, they began to depart, or as he said.

He said: Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came, heavy and in pain—or almost in pain—because of what they had done in climbing upon him. He said: "I find myself heavy," or as he said. Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ placed his head in my lap, or as he said. He said: Then some beings came, wearing white garments and tall, or as he said, while the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had dozed off. Abdullah said: I was more terrified of them than I had been the first time. Arim said in his narration: He said: Some of them said to others, "This servant has certainly been given good," or as they said. "His two eyes are asleep"—or he said, "his eye," or as they said—"while his heart is awake."

Then he said: Arim and Affan said: Some of them said to others, "Come, let us strike a parable for him," or as they said. Some of them said to others, "Strike a parable for him and we will interpret it, or we will strike it and you will interpret." Some of them said to others, "His likeness is that of a master who built a fortified structure, then sent food to the people," or as he said. "Whoever did not come to his food"—or he said, "did not follow him"—"he punished with a severe punishment," or as they said. The others said, "As for the master, he is the Lord of all worlds; as for the structure, it is Islam; the food is Paradise; and he is the caller. Whoever follows him will be in Paradise." Arim said in his narration: or as they said. "And whoever does not follow him will be punished," or as he said.

Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ woke up and said: "What did you see, O Ibn Umm Abd?" Abdullah said: I saw such-and-such. The Prophet ﷺ said: "Nothing of what they said was hidden from me." The Prophet of Allah ﷺ said: "They are a group of the angels," or he said: "They are from the angels," or as Allah willed.

اسْتَتبْعَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، قَالَ: فَانْطَلَقْنَا حَتَّى أَتَيْتُ مَكَانَ كَذَا وَكَذَا، فَخَطَّ لِي خِطَّةً، فَقَالَ لِي: «كُنْ بَيْنَ ظَهْرَيْ هَذِهِ، لَا تَخْرُجْ مِنْهَا؛ فَإِنَّكَ إِنْ خَرَجْتَ هَلَكْتَ». قَالَ: فَكُنْتُ فِيهَا، قَالَ: فَمَضَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ حَذَفَةً أَوْ أَبْعَدَ شَيْئًا أَوْ كَمَا قَالَ، ثُمَّ إِنَّهُ ذَكَرَ هَنِينًا كَأَنَّهُمْ الزُّطُّ (قَالَ عَفَّانُ أَوْ كَمَا قَالَ عَفَّانُ إِنْ شَاءَ اللهُ)، لَيْسَ عَلَيْهِمْ ثِيَابٌ، وَلَا أَرَى سَوْآتِهِمْ، طِوَالًا قَلِيلٌ لَحْمُهُمْ، قَالَ: فَأَتَوْا فَجَعَلُوا يَرْكَبُونَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ، قَالَ: وَجَعَلَ نَبِيُّ اللهِ ﷺ يَقْرَأُ عَلَيْهِمْ، قَالَ: وَجَعَلُوا يَأْتُونِي فَيُخَيِّلُونَ أَوْ يَمِيلُونَ حَوْلِي وَيَعْتَرِضُونَ لِي، قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ: فَأُرْعِبْتُ مِنْهُمْ رُعْبًا شَدِيدًا، قَالَ: فَجَلَسْتُ أَوْ كَمَا قَالَ، قَالَ: فَلَمَّا انْشَقَّ عَمُودُ الصُّبْحِ جَعَلُوا يَذْهَبُونَ أَوْ كَمَا قَالَ.

قَالَ: ثُمَّ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ جَاءَ ثَقِيلًا وَجِعًا أَوْ يَكَادُ أَنْ يَكُونَ وَجِعًا مِمَّا رَكِبُوهُ، قَالَ: «إِنِّي لَأَجِدُنِي ثَقِيلًا» أَوْ كَمَا قَالَ، فَوَضَعَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ رَأْسَهُ فِي حِجْرِي أَوْ كَمَا قَالَ، قَالَ: ثُمَّ إِنَّ هَنِين أَتَوْا عَلَيْهِمْ ثِيَابٌ بِيضٌ طِوَالٌ أَوْ كَمَا قَالَ، وَقَدْ أَغْفَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ: فَأُرْعِبْتُ مِنْهُمْ أَشَدَّ مِمَّا أُرْعِبْتُ الْمَرَّةَ الْأُولَى، قَالَ عَارِمٌ فِي حَدِيثِهِ: قَالَ: فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ: لَقَدْ أُعْطِيَ هَذَا الْعَبْدُ خَيْرًا أَوْ كَمَا قَالُوا؛ إِنَّ عَيْنَيْهِ نَائِمَتَانِ أَوْ قَالَ عَيْنَهُ أَوْ كَمَا قَالُوا، وَقَلْبَهُ يَقْظَانُ.

ثُمَّ قَالَ: قَالَ عَارِمٌ وَعَفَّانُ: قَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ: هَلُمَّ فَلْنَضْرِبْ لَهُ مَثَلًا أَوْ كَمَا قَالُوا، قَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ: اضْرِبُوا لَهُ مَثَلًا وَنُؤَوِّلُ نَحْنُ، أَوْ نَضْرِبُ نَحْنُ وَتُؤَوِّلُونَ أَنْتُمْ، فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ: مَثَلُهُ كَمَثَلِ سَيِّدٍ ابْتَنَى بُنْيَانًا حَصِينًا، ثُمَّ أَرْسَلَ إِلَى النَّاسِ بِطَعَامٍ أَوْ كَمَا قَالَ، فَمَنْ لَمْ يَأْتِ طَعَامَهُ أَوْ قَالَ لَمْ يَتْبَعْهُ عَذَّبَهُ عَذَابًا شَدِيدًا أَوْ كَمَا قَالُوا. قَالَ الْآخَرُونَ: أَمَّا السَّيِّدُ فَهُوَ رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ، وَأَمَّا الْبُنْيَانُ فَهُوَ الْإِسْلَامُ، وَالطَّعَامُ الْجَنَّةُ، وَهُوَ الدَّاعِي، فَمَنِ اتَّبَعَهُ كَانَ فِي الْجَنَّةِ، قَالَ عَارِمٌ فِي حَدِيثِهِ: أَوْ كَمَا قَالُوا، وَمَنْ لَمْ يَتَّبِعْهُ عُذِّبَ أَوْ كَمَا قَالَ.

ثُمَّ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ اسْتَيْقَظَ، فَقَالَ: «مَا رَأَيْتَ يَا ابْنَ أُمِّ عَبْدٍ؟» فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ: رَأَيْتُ كَذَا وَكَذَا، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: «مَا خَفِيَ عَلَيَّ مِمَّا قَالُوا شَيْءٌ». قَالَ نَبِيُّ اللهِ ﷺ: «هُمْ نَفَرٌ مِنَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ» أَوْ قَالَ: «هُمْ مِنَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ» أَوْ كَمَا شَاءَ اللهُ.

from the Prophet ﷺ who said: "May Allah brighten ˹the face of˺ a man who hears a saying of mine, so he internalizes it, remembers it, and conveys it ˹to others˺. Perhaps he carries ˹its˺ understanding to the one who has more understanding than him. There are three ˹qualities˺ that will not cause rancor in the heart of a Muslim toward ˹others˺: (1) sincerity in the deeds for ˹the sake of˺ Allah, (2) giving sincere advice to the leaders / religious authority of the Muslims, and (3) staying involved within their community for their dua guards them from behind them."

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ: «نَضَّرَ اللَّهُ امْرَأً سَمِعَ مَقَالَتِي فَوَعَاهَا وَحَفِظَهَا وَبَلَّغَهَا فَرُبَّ حَامِلِ فِقْهٍ إِلَى مَنْ هُوَ أَفْقَهُ مِنْهُ ثَلاَثٌ لاَ يُغَلُّ عَلَيْهِنَّ قَلْبُ مُسْلِمٍ: (١) إِخْلاَصُ الْعَمَلِ لِلَّهِ، (٢) وَمُنَاصَحَةُ أَئِمَّةِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ، (٣) وَلُزُومِ جَمَاعَتِهِمْ، فَإِنَّ الدَّعْوَةَ تُحِيطُ مِنْ وَرَائِهِمْ».

While the people were performing the dawn prayer in Masjid Qubā’, a man came and said, “Allah has revealed to the Prophet ﷺ Quran commanding him to face the Kabah, so face it.” So they turned toward the Kabah.

بَيْنَا النَّاسُ يُصَلُّونَ الصُّبْحَ فِي مَسْجِدِ قُبَاءٍ إِذْ جَاءَ جَاءٍ فَقَالَ أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قُرْآنًا أَنْ يَسْتَقْبِلَ الْكَعْبَةَ فَاسْتَقْبِلُوهَا فَتَوَجَّهُوا إِلَى الْكَعْبَةِ

that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "The best of your women are the loving, fertile, compliant, and supportive, if they fear Allah ﷻ. The worst of your women are those who make a display ˹of their beauty˺ and behave arrogantly; they are the hypocrites. None of them will enter Paradise except as rare as the white-marked crow."

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ: «خَيْرُ نِسَائِكُمُ الْوَدُودُ الْوَلُودُ الْمُوَاتِيَةُ الْمُوَاسِيَةُ إِذَا اتَّقَيْنَ اللهَ، وَشَرُّ نِسَائِكُمُ الْمُتَبَرِّجَاتُ الْمُتَخَيِلَّاتُ، وَهُنَّ الْمُنَافِقَاتُ، لَا يَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ مِنْهُنَّ إِلَّا مِثْلُ الْغُرَابِ الْأَعْصَمِ».

He saw the Prophet ﷺ pray: he said the takbir and raised his hands; when he bowed, he raised his hands; and when he raised his head from bowing, he raised his hands. He kept his arms away from his sides in his bowing, and kept them away in his prostration. When he sat to recite the tashahhud, he placed his right thigh upon the left, placed his right hand, pointed with his index finger, and formed a circle with the middle finger.

أَنَّهُ رَأَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ صَلَّى، فَكَبَّرَ، فَرَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ، فَلَمَّا رَكَعَ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ، فَلَمَّا رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ مِنَ الرُّكُوعِ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ، وَخَوَّى فِي رُكُوعِهِ، وَخَوَّى فِي سُجُودِهِ، فَلَمَّا قَعَدَ يَتَشَهَّدُ وَضَعَ فَخِذَهُ الْيُمْنَى عَلَى الْيُسْرَى، وَوَضَعَ يَدَهُ الْيُمْنَى، وَأَشَارَ بِإِصْبَعِهِ السَّبَّابَةِ، وَحَلَّقَ بِالْوُسْطَى.

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "If he becomes intoxicated, flog him; then if he becomes intoxicated, flog him; then if he becomes intoxicated, flog him; then if he returns a fourth time, kill him."

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: «إِذَا سَكِرَ فَاجْلِدُوهُ، ثُمَّ إِنْ سَكِرَ فَاجْلِدُوهُ، ثُمَّ إِنْ سَكِرَ فَاجْلِدُوهُ، فَإِنْ عَادَ الرَّابِعَةَ فَاقْتُلُوهُ».

There were two brothers during the time of the Prophet ﷺ. One of them used to come to the Prophet ﷺ ˹to learn˺, while the other ˹used to˺ work ˹and earn˺. The one who worked complained about his brother to the Prophet ﷺ, and he said: "Perhaps you are provided for because of him."

كَانَ أَخَوَانِ عَلَى عَهْدِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، فَكَانَ أَحَدُهُمَا يَأْتِي النَّبِيَّ ﷺ، وَالْآخَرُ يَحْتَرِفُ، فَشَكَا الْمُحْتَرِفُ أَخَاهُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، فَقَالَ: «لَعَلَّكَ تُرْزَقُ بِهِ».

The Prophet ﷺ passed by some Jews who had fasted the day of Ashura, and he said, "What is this fast?" They said, "This is the day on which Allah saved Moses and the Children of Israel from drowning, and on it He drowned Pharaoh. This is also the day on which the ship came to rest upon al-Judi, so Noah and Moses fasted out of gratitude to Allah." Then the Prophet ﷺ said, "I have more right to Moses, and more right to fast this day," so he ordered his companions to fast.

مَرَّ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بِأُنَاسٍ مِنَ الْيَهُودِ قَدْ صَامُوا يَوْمَ عَاشُورَاءَ، فَقَالَ: «مَا هَذَا مِنَ الصَّوْمِ؟» قَالُوا: هَذَا الْيَوْمُ الَّذِي نَجَّى اللهُ مُوسَى وَبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنَ الْغَرَقِ، وَغَرَّقَ فِيهِ فِرْعَوْنَ، وَهَذَا يَوْمُ اسْتَوَتْ فِيهِ السَّفِينَةُ عَلَى الْجُودِيِّ، فَصَامَ نُوحٌ وَمُوسَى شُكْرًا لِلَّهِ. فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: «أَنَا أَحَقُّ بِمُوسَى وَأَحَقُّ بِصَوْمِ هَذَا الْيَوْمِ»، فَأَمَرَ أَصْحَابَهُ بِالصَّوْمِ.

My close friend, ˹the Prophet˺ ﷺ instructed me: "When you cook broth, then add water to it; then look for a household among your neighbors and give them some of it in ˹an appropriate portion˺."

إِنَّ خَلِيلِي ﷺ أَوْصَانِي: «إِذَا طَبَخْتَ مَرَقًا، فَأَكْثِرْ مَاءَهُ، ثُمَّ انْظُرْ أَهْلَ بَيْتٍ مِنْ جِيرَانِكَ، فَأَصِبْهُمْ مِنْهَا بِمَعْرُوفٍ».

I came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while he was at the standing place (Arafah), and I said, “O Messenger of Allah, I have come from the mountain of Tayy; I have worn out my riding mount and exhausted myself. By Allah, there was no mountain among those mountains except that I stood upon it.” He said: "Whoever catches this prayer with us —that is, the morning prayer— and had come to Arafah before that, by night or day, has completed his Hajj and fulfilled his tafath."

جِئْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ بِالمَوقِفِ، فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، أَتَيْتُ مِنْ جَبَلِ طَيِّئٍ، أَكْلَلْتُ مَطِيَّتِي وَأَتْعَبْتُ نَفْسِي، وَاللَّهِ مَا بَقِيَ مِنْ جَبَلٍ مِنْ تِلْكَ الْجِبَالِ إِلَّا وَقَفْتُ عَلَيْهِ، فَقَالَ: «مَنْ أَدْرَكَ مَعَنَا هَذِهِ الصَّلَاةَ يَعْنِي صَلَاةَ الْغَدَاةِ وَقَدْ أَتَى عَرَفَةَ قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ لَيْلًا أَوْ نَهَارًا فَقَدْ أَتَمَّ حَجَّهُ وَقَضَى تَفَثَهُ».

that she heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying: "The liar is not the one who reconciles between people: he says good, and conveys good."

أَنَّهَا سَمِعَتْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ: «لَيْسَ الْكَذَّابُ الَّذِي يُصْلِحُ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ، وَيَقُولُ خَيْرًا، وَيَنْمِي خَيْرًا.»

She heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: "The liar is not the one who reconciles between people, conveying good or saying good."

أَنَّهَا سَمِعَتْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: «لَيْسَ الْكَذَّابُ الَّذِي يُصْلِحُ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ فَيَنْمِي خَيْرًا أَوْ يَقُولُ خَيْرًا».

[AI] We were sitting around the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when a desert Arab—an eloquent Bedouin from Yemen—entered on a red she-camel. He made it kneel at the door of the mosque, then came in, greeted us, and sat down. When he had finished, they said, “O Messenger of Allah, the she-camel under the Bedouin is stolen.” He said, “Is there proof?” They said, “Yes, O Messenger of Allah.” He said, “O ʿAlī, take Allah’s due from the Bedouin if the proof is established against him; and if it is not established, then return him to me.”

The Bedouin lowered his head for a while. Then the Prophet ﷺ said to him, “Stand, O Bedouin, for Allah’s matter; otherwise present your argument.” Whereupon the she-camel spoke from behind the door: “By Him who sent you with honor, O Messenger of Allah, this man did not steal me, and no one has owned me other than he.” The Prophet ﷺ said to him, “O Bedouin, by Him who made her speak in your defense—what was it that you said?” He replied, “I said: O Allah, You are not a Lord whom we have newly invented, nor is there with You a god who aided You in creating us, nor is there with You any lord such that we would doubt Your lordship. You are our Lord as we say, and above what those who speak can say. I ask You to send blessings upon Muhammad and to clear me by my innocence.”

The Prophet ﷺ said to him, “By Him who sent me with honor, O Bedouin, I have indeed seen the angels racing to the mouths of the alleys, writing down your words—so increase your prayers for blessings upon me.”

كُنَّا جُلُوسًا حَوْلَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذْ دَخَلَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ جَهْوَرِيٌّ بَدَوِيٌّ يَمَانِيٌّ عَلَى نَاقَةٍ حَمْرَاءَ فَأَنَاخَ بِبَابِ الْمَسْجِدِ فَدَخَلَ فَسَلَّمَ ثُمَّ قَعَدَ فَلَمَّا قَضَى نَحْبَهُ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ النَّاقَةَ الَّتِي تَحْتَ الْأَعْرَابِيِّ سَرِقَةٌ قَالَ «أَثَمَّ بَيِّنَةٌ؟» قَالُوا نَعَمْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ «يَا عَلِيُّ خُذْ حَقَّ اللَّهِ مِنَ الْأَعْرَابِيِّ إِنْ قَامَتْ عَلَيْهِ الْبَيِّنَةُ وَإِنْ لَمْ تَقُمْ فَرُدَّهُ إِلَيَّ» 

قَالَ فَأَطْرَقَ الْأَعْرَابِيُّ سَاعَةً فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «قُمْ يَا أَعْرَابِيُّ لِأَمْرِ اللَّهِ وَإِلَّا فَادْلُ بِحُجَّتِكَ» فَقَالَتِ النَّاقَةُ مِنْ خَلْفِ الْبَابِ وَالَّذِي بَعَثَكَ بِالْكَرَامَةِ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ هَذَا مَا سَرَقَنِي وَلَا مَلَكَنِي أَحَدٌ سِوَاهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «يَا أَعْرَابِيُّ بِالَّذِي أَنْطَقَهَا بِعُذْرِكَ مَا الَّذِي قُلْتِ؟» قَالَ قُلْتُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّكَ لَسْتَ بِرَبٍّ اسْتَحْدَثْنَاكَ وَلَا مَعَكَ إِلَهٌ أَعَانَكَ عَلَى خَلْقِنَا وَلَا مَعَكَ رَبٌّ فَنَشُكُّ فِي رُبُوبِيَّتِكَ أَنْتَ رَبُّنَا كَمَا نَقُولُ وَفَوْقَ مَا يَقُولُ الْقَائِلُونَ أَسْأَلُكَ أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَأَنْ تُبَرِّئَنِي بِبَرَاءَتِي 

فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «وَالَّذِي بَعَثَنِي بِالْكَرَامَةِ يَا أَعْرَابِيُّ لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ الْمَلَائِكَةَ يَبْتَدِرُونَ أَفْوَاهَ الْأَزِقَّةِ يَكْتُبُونَ مَقَالَتَكَ فَأَكْثِرِ الصَّلَاةَ عَلَيَّ»

I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: Seek for me weak persons, for you are provided means of subsistence and helped through your weaklings. Abu Dawud said: Zaid b. Artat is the brother of 'Adi b. Artat.

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ ابْغُونِي الضُّعَفَاءَ فَإِنَّمَا تُرْزَقُونَ وَتُنْصَرُونَ بِضُعَفَائِكُمْ

"Umar came in when the Ethiopians were playing in the masjid. Umar, may Allah (SWT) be pleased with him, rebuked them, but the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Let them be there, O Umar, for they are Banu Arfidah.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1596)

دَخَلَ عُمَرُ وَالْحَبَشَةُ يَلْعَبُونَ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَزَجَرَهُمْ عُمَرُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «دَعْهُمْ يَا عُمَرُ فَإِنَّهُمْ هُمْ بَنُو أَرْفِدَةَ»

“Consult the orphan girl about herself, and her consent is her silence.”

"آمِّرُوا الْيَتِيمَةَ في نَفْسِها وإِذْنُها صمَاتُها ".