My husband is a sort of the meat of a lean camel placed at the top of a hill, which it is difficult to climb up, nor (the meat) is good enough that one finds in oneself the urge to take it away (from the top of that mountain). The second one said: My husband (is so bad) that I am afraid I would not be able to describe his faults-both visible and invisible completely. The third one said: My husband is a long-statured fellow (i. e. he lacks intelligence). If I give vent to my feelings about him, he would divorce me, and if I keep quiet I would be made to live in a state of suspense (neither completely abandoned by him nor entertained as wife). The fourth one said: My husband is like the night of Tihama (the night of Hijaz and Mecca), neither too cold nor hot, neither there is any fear of him nor grief. The fifth one said: My husband is (like) a leopard as he enters the house, and behaves like a lion when he gets out, and he does not ask about that which he leaves in the house. The sixth one said: So far as my husband is concerned, he eats so much that nothing is left back and when he drinks he drinks that no drop is left behind. And when he lies down he wraps his body and does not touch me so that he may know my grief. The seventh one said: My husband is heavy in spirit, having no brightness in him, impotent, suffering from all kinds of conceivable diseases, heaving such rough manners that he may break my head or wound my body, or may do both. The eighth one said: My husband is as sweet as the sweet-smelling plant, and as soft as the softness of the hare. The ninth one said: My husband is the master of a lofty building, long-statured, having heaps of ashes (at his door) and his house is near the meeting place and the inn. The tenth one said: My husband is Malik, and how fine Malik is, much above appreciation and praise (of mine). He has many folds of his camel, more in number than the pastures for them. When they (the camels) hear the sound of music they become sure that they are going to be slaughtered. The eleventh one said: My husband is Abu Zara'. How fine Abu Zara' is! He has suspended in my ears heavy ornaments and (fed me liberally) that my sinews and bones are covered with fat. So he made me happy. He found me among the shepherds living in the side of the mountain, and he made me the owner of the horses, camels and lands and heaps of grain and he finds no fault with me. I sleep and get up in the morning (at my own sweet will) and drink to my heart's content. The mother of Abu Zara', how fine is the mother of Abu Zara'! Her bundles are heavily packed (or receptacles in her house are filled to the brim) and the house quite spacious. So far as the son of Abu Zara' is concerned, his bed is as soft as a green palm-stick drawn forth from its bark, or like a sword drawn forth from its scabbard, and whom just an arm of a lamb is enough to satiate. So far as the daughter of Abu Zara' is concerned, how fine is the daughter of Abu Zara', obedient to her father, obedient to her mother, wearing sufficient flesh and a source of jealousy for her co-wife. As for the slave-girl of Abu Zara', how fine is she; she does not disclose our affairs to others (outside the four walls of the house). She does not remove our wheat, or provision, or take it forth, or squander it, but she preserves it faithfully (as a sacred trust). And she does not let the house fill with rubbish. One day Abu Zara' went out (of his house) when the milk was churned in the vessels, that he met a woman, having two children like leopards playing with her pomegranates (chest) under her vest. He divorced me (Umm Zara') and married that woman (whom Abu Zara') met on the way. I (Umm Zara') later on married another person, a chief, who was an expert rider, and a fine archer: he bestowed upon me many gifts and gave me one pair of every kind of animal and said: Umm Zara', make use of everything (you need) and send forth to your parents (but the fact) is that even if I combine all the gifts that he bestowed upon me, they stand no comparison to the least gift of Abu Zara'. 'A'isha reported that Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me: I am for you as Abu Zara' was for Umm Zara'. (Using translation from Muslim 2448a)  

«جَلَسَ إِحْدَى عَشْرَةَ امْرَأَةً فَتَعَاهَدْنَ وَتَعَاقَدْنَ أَنْ لَا يَكْتُمْنَ مِنْ أَخْبَارِ أَزْوَاجِهِنَّ شَيْئًا» قَالَتِ الْأُولَى زَوْجِي لَحْمُ جَمَلٍ غَثٍّ عَلَى رَأْسِ جَبَلٍ لَا سَهْلٌ فَيُرْتَقَى وَلَا سَمِينٌ فَيُنْتَقَلُ وَقَالَتِ الثَّانِيَةُ زَوْجِي لَا أَبُثُّ خَبَرَهُ إِنِّي أَخَافُ أَنْ لَا أَذَرَهُ إِنْ أَذْكُرْهُ أَذْكُرْ عُجَرَهُ وَبُجَرَهُ وَقَالَتِ الثَّالِثَةُ زَوْجِيَ الْعَشَنَّقُ إِنْ أَنْطِقْ أُطَلَّقْ وَإِنْ أَسْكُتْ أُعَلَّقْ وَقَالَتِ الرَّابِعَةُ زَوْجِي كَلَيْلِ تِهَامَةَ لَا حَرٌّ وَلَا قُرٌّ وَلَا مَخَافَةَ وَلَا سَآمَةَ وَقَالَتِ الْخَامِسَةُ زَوْجِي إِنْ دَخَلَ فَهِدَ وَإِنْ خَرَجَ أَسِدَ وَلَا يَسْأَلُ عَمَّا عَهِدَ وَقَالَتِ السَّادِسَةُ زَوْجِي إِنْ أَكَلَ لَفَّ وَإِنْ شَرِبَ اشْتَفَّ وَإِنِ اضْطَجَعَ الْتَفَّ وَلَا يُولِجُ الْكَفَّ لِيَعْلَمَ الْبَثَّ وَقَالَتِ السَّابِعَةُ زَوْجِي غَيَايَاءُ أَوْ عَيَايَاءُ طَبَاقَاءُ كُلُّ دَاءٍ لَهُ دَاءٌ شَجَّكِ أَوْ فَلَّكِ أَوْ جَمَعَ كَلًّا لَكِ وَقَالَتِ الثَّامِنَةُ زَوْجِي الْ مَسُّ مَسُّ أَرْنَبٍ وَالرِّيحُ رِيحُ زَرْنَبٍ قَالَتِ التَّاسِعَةُ زَوْجِي رُفَيْعُ الْعِمَادِ طَوِيلُ النِّجَادِ عَظِيمُ الرَّمَادِ قَرِيبُ الْبَيْتِ مِنَ النَّادِ قَالَتِ الْعَاشِرَةُ زَوْجِي مَالِكٌ فَمَا مَالِكٌ؟ مَالِكٌ خَيْرٌ مِنْ ذَلِكَ لَهُ إِبِلٌ كَثِيرَاتُ الْمَبَارِكِ قَلِيلَاتُ الْمَسَارِحِ إِذَا سَمِعْنَ أَصْوَاتَ الْمَزَاهِرِ أَيْقَنَّ أَنَّهُنَّ هَوَالِكُ قَالَتِ الْحَادِيَةُ عَشْرَةَ زَوْجِي أَبُو زَرْعٍ وَمَا أَبُو زَرْعٍ أَنَاسَ مِنْ حُلِيِّ أُذُنِي وَمَلَأَ مِنْ شَحْمِ عَضُدَيَّ فَبَجَّحَنِي فَبَجِحَتْ إِلَيَّ نَفْسِي وَجَدَنِي فِي أَهْلِ غُنَيْمَةٍ بِشَقٍّ فَجَعَلَنِي فِي أَهْلِ صَهِيلٍ وَأَطِيطٍ وَدَائِسٍ وَمُنَقٍّ فَعِنْدَهُ أَقُولُ فَلَا أُقَبَّحُ وَأَرْقُدُ فَأَتَصَبَّحُ وَأَشْرَبُ فَأَتَقَمَّحُ أُمُّ أَبِي زَرْعٍ فَمَا أُمُّ أَبِي زَرْعٍ عُكُومُهَا رَدَاحٌ وَبَيْتُهَا فَسَاحٌ ابْنُ أَبِي زَرْعٍ فَمَا ابْنُ أَبِي زَرْعٍ؟ مَضْجَعُهُ كَمَسَلِّ شَطْبَةٍ وَيُشْبِعُهُ ذِرَاعُ الْجَفْرَةِ وَابْنَةُ أَبَى زَرْعٍ فَمَا ابْنَةُ أَبِي زَرْعٍ؟ طَوْعُ أَبِيهَا وَطَوْعُ أُمِّهَا وَمِلْءُ كِسَائِهَا وَغَيْظُ جَارَتِهَا جَارِيَةُ أَبِي زَرْعٍ فَمَا جَارِيَةُ أَبِي زَرْعٍ؟ لَا تَبُثُّ حَدِيثَنَا تَبْثِيثًا وَلَا تُنَقِّثُ مِيرَتَنَا تَنْقِيثًا وَلَا تَمْلَأُ بَيْتَنَا تَعْشِيشًا قَالَتْ خَرَجَ أَبُو زَرْعٍ وَالْأَوْطَابُ تُمْخَضُ فَلَقِيَ امْرَأَةً مَعَهَا وَلَدَانِ لَهَا كَالْفَهْدَيْنِ يَلْعَبَانِ مِنْ تَحْتِ خَصْرِهَا بِرُمَّانَتَيْنِ فَطَلَّقَنِي وَنَكَحَهَا فَنَكَحْتُ بَعْدَهُ رَجُلًا سَرِيًّا رَكِبَ شَرِيًّا وَأَخَذَ خَطِّيًّا وَأَرَاحَ عَلَيَّ نَعَمًا ثَرِيًّا وَأَعْطَانِي مِنْ كُلِّ رَائِحَةٍ زَوْجًا وَقَالَ كُلِي أُمَّ زَرْعٍ وَمِيرِي أَهْلَكِ فَلَوْ جَمَعْتُ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ أَعْطَانِيهِ مَا بَلَغَ أَصْغَرَ آنِيَةِ أَبِي زَرْعٍ قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ فَقَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «كُنْتُ لَكِ كَأَبِي زَرْعٍ لِأُمِّ زَرْعٍ» قَالَ هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ سَأَلْتُ عِيسَى بْنَ يُونُسَ عَنِ الدَّائِسِ فَقَالَ هُوَ الْأَنْدَرُ وَالْمُنَقِّ الْغِرْبَالُ «  

"The wives of the Prophet got together and sent Fatimah to the Prophet. They told her to say: 'Your wives'" -and he (the narrator) said something to the effect that they are urging you to be equitable with regard to the matter of the daughter of Abu Quhafah. She said: "So she entered upon the Prophet when he was with 'Aishah under her cover. She said to him: 'Your wives have sent me and they are urging you to be equitable with regard to the matter of the daughter of Abu Quhafah.' The Prophet said to her: 'Do you love me?' She said: 'Yes.' He said: 'Then love her.' So she went back to them and told them what he said. They said to her: 'You did not do anything; go back to him.' She said: 'By Allah, I will never go back (and speak to him) about her again.' She was truly the daughter of the Messenger of Allah. So they sent Zainab bint Jahsh." 'Aishah said: "She was somewhat my equal among the wives of the Prophet. She said: 'Your wives have sent me to urge you to be equitable with regard to the matter of the daughter of Abu Quhafa.' Then she swooped on me and abused me, and I started watching the Prophet to see if he would give me permission to respond to her. She insulted me and I started to think that he would not disapprove if I responded to her. So I insulted her and I soon silenced her. Then the Prophet said to her: 'She is the daughter of Abu Bakr.'" 'Aishah said: "And I never saw any woman who was better, more generous in giving charity, more keen to uphold the ties of kinship, and more generous in giving of herself in everything by means of which she could draw closer to Allah than Zainab. But she had a quick temper; however, she was also quick to calm down." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3946)   

قَالَتِ اجْتَمَعَ أَزْوَاجُ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَأَرْسَلْنَ فَاطِمَةَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقُلْنَ لَهَا قُولِي لَهُ إِنَّ نِسَاءَكَ قَدِ اجْتَمَعْنَ إِلَيَّ وَهُنَّ يَسْأَلْنَكَ الْعَدْلَ فِي بِنْتِ أَبِي قُحَافَةَ قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ فَدَخَلْتُ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَهُوَ مَعِي فِي مِرْطٍ فَقَالَتْ لَهُ إِنَّ نِسَاءَكَ أَرْسَلْنَنِي إِلَيْكَ وَقَدِ اجْتَمَعْنَ وَهُنَّ يَنْشُدْنَكَ الْعَدْلَ فِي بِنْتِ أَبِي قُحَافَةَ فَقَالَ ﷺ «أَتُحِبِّينِي؟ » قَالَتْ نَعَمْ قَالَ «فَأَحِبِّيهَا» فَرَجَعَتْ إِلَيْهِنَّ فَأَخْبَرَتْهُنَّ بِمَا قَالَ لَهَا فَقُلْنَ إِنَّكِ لَمْ تَصْنَعِي شَيْئًا فَارْجِعِي إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَتْ لَا وَاللَّهِ لَا أَرْجِعُ إِلَيْهِ فِيهَا أَبَدًا وَكَانَتْ بِنْتُ أَبِيهَا حَقًّا فَأَرْسَلْنَ زَيْنَبَ بِنْتَ جَحْشٍ قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ وَهِيَ الَّتِي كَانَتْ تُسَامِينِي مِنْ بَيْنَ أَزْوَاجِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَتْ إِنَّ أَزْوَاجَكَ أَرْسَلْنَنِي إِلَيْكَ وَهُنَّ يَنْشُدْنَكَ الْعَدْلَ فِي بِنْتِ أَبِي قُحَافَةَ ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَتْ عَلَيَّ فَشَتَمَتْنِي فَسَكَتُّ أُرَاقِبُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَأَنْظُرُ إِلَى طَرْفِهِ هَلْ يَأْذَنُ لِي أَنْ أَنْتَصِرَ مِنْهَا فَلَمْ يَتَكَلَّمْ فَشَتَمَتْنِي حَتَّى ظَنَنْتُ أَنَّهُ لَا يَكْرَهُ أَنْ أَنْتَصِرَ مِنْهَا فَاسْتَقْبَلْتُهَا فَلَمْ أَلْبَثْ أَنْ أَفْحَمْتُهَا فَقَالَ لَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِنَّهَا بِنْتُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ» قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ وَلَمْ أَرَ «امْرَأَةً قَطُّ أَكْثَرَ خَيْرًا وَأَكْثَرَ صَدَقَةً وَأَوْصَلَ لِلرَّحِمِ وَأَبْذَلَ لِنَفْسِهَا فِي شَيْءٍ تَتَقَرَّبُ بِهِ إِلَى اللَّهِ جَلَّ وَعَلَا مِنْ زَيْنَبَ مَا عَدَا سُورَةً مِنْ غَرْبِ حِدَّةٍ كَانَ فِيهَا يُوشِكُ مِنْهَا الْفَيْئَةَ» *  

[Machine] I said, "O Messenger of Allah, who do you love the most among the people?" He said, "Aisha." So I said, "I do not mean women, but rather men." He said, "Abu Bakr" or he said, "her father."  

قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَيُّ النَّاسِ أَحَبُّ إِلَيْكَ؟ قَالَ «عَائِشَةُ» فَقُلْتُ إِنِّي لَسْتُ أَعْنِي النِّسَاءَ إِنَّمَا أَعْنَى الرِّجَالَ فَقَالَ «أَبُو بَكْرٍ» أَوْ قَالَ «أَبُوهَا»  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked, "Who is the most beloved person to you?" He said, "Aisha." It was said to him, "We are not asking you about your family." He said, "Then her father."  

سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَنْ أَحَبُّ النَّاسِ إِلَيْكَ؟ قَالَ «عَائِشَةُ» قِيلَ لَهُ لَيْسَ عَنْ أَهْلِكِ نَسْأَلُكَ قَالَ «فَأَبُوهَا»  

[Machine] "Oh mother, rejoice! By Allah, there is nothing between you and meeting Muhammad ﷺ and the beloved friends except for your soul leaving your body. You were the most beloved of the wives of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ to him, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not love anyone except for kindness. She asked, "Also?" He said, "Your necklace was destroyed by the fathers, so the Messenger of Allah ﷺ woke up without finding water, so they performed Tayammum with clean sand. This happened because of you and your blessings. Allah has revealed to this nation leniency and ease. It was due to a flat matter, so Allah revealed your innocence from above the seven heavens. There is no mosque where Allah is mentioned except that your issue is mentioned during the hours of night and day." She said, "O Ibn Abbas, leave me and your praise. By Allah, I wish I were a forgotten and neglected person."  

«يَا أُمَّاهُ أَبْشِرِي فَوَاللَّهِ مَا بَيْنَكِ وَبَيْنَ أَنْ تَلْقِي مُحَمَّدًا ﷺ وَالْأَحِبَّةَ إِلَّا أَنْ تُفَارِقَ رُوحُكِ جَسَدَكِ كُنْتِ أَحَبَّ نِسَاءِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِلَيْهِ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ يُحِبُّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ إِلَّا طَيْبَةً قَالَتْ وَأَيْضًا؟ قَالَ » هَلَكَتْ قِلَادَتُكِ بِالْأَبْوَاءِ فَأَصْبَحَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَلَمْ يَجِدُوا مَاءً فَتَيَمَّمُوا صَعِيدًا طَيِّبًا فَكَانَ ذَلِكَ بِسَبَبِكِ وَبَرَكَتِكِ مَا أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ لِهَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ مِنَ الرُّخْصَةِ فَكَانَ مِنْ أَمْرِ مِسْطَحٍ مَا كَانَ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ بَرَاءَتَكِ مِنْ فَوْقِ سَبْعِ سَمَاوَاتٍ فَلَيْسَ مَسْجِدٌ يُذْكَرُ فِيهِ اللَّهُ إِلَّا وَشَأْنُكِ يُتْلَى فِيهِ آنَاءَ اللَّيْلِ وَأَطْرَافَ النَّهَارِ « فَقَالَتْ يَا ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ دَعْنِي مِنْكَ وَمِنْ تَزْكِيَتِكَ فَوَاللَّهِ لَوَدِدْتُ أَنِّي كُنْتُ نَسْيًا مَنْسِيًّا»  

[Machine] "To speak to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and ask him to command the people to give me their allegiance wherever he may be, for people seek his favor by giving him gifts on the day of Aisha. And indeed, we love goodness just as Aisha loves it." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ remained silent and did not respond to me. Then my companions came to me, and I told them that he did not speak to me. They replied, "By Allah, we will not leave him." So, I spoke to him again, saying the same words two or three times. Still, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ remained silent. Then he said, 'O Umm Salamah, do not harm me with regards to Aisha. By Allah, revelation has not come to me while I am in the house of any of my wives except Aisha.'" I said, "I seek refuge in Allah from harming you in relation to Aisha."  

أَنْ أُكَلِّمَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنْ يَأْمُرَ النَّاسَ فَيُهْدُوا لَهُ حَيْثُ كَانَ فَإِنَّ النَّاسَ يَتَحَرَّوْنَ بِهَدَايَاهُمْ يَوْمَ عَائِشَةَ وَإِنَّا نُحِبُّ الْخَيْرَ كَمَا تُحِبُّ عَائِشَةَ فَسَكَتَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَلَمْ يُرَاجِعْنِي فَجَاءَنِي صَوَاحِبِي فَأَخْبَرْتُهُنَّ أَنَّهُ لَمْ يُكَلِّمْنِي فَقُلْنَ وَاللَّهِ لَا نَدَعُهُ قَالَتْ فَكَلَّمْتُهُ مِثْلَ الْمَقَالَةِ الْأُولَى مَرَّتَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلَاثًا كُلُّ ذَلِكَ يَسْكُتُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ ثُمَّ قَالَ «يَا أُمَّ سَلَمَةَ لَا تُؤْذِينِي فِي عَائِشَةَ فَإِنِّي وَاللَّهِ مَا نَزَلَ الْوَحْيُ عَلَيَّ وَأَنَا فِي بَيْتِ امْرَأَةٍ مِنْ نِسَائِي غَيْرَ عَائِشَةَ» قَالَتْ فَقُلْتُ أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ أَنْ أَسُوءَكَ فِي عَائِشَةَ  

"Aishah said: 'Shall I not tell you about me and about the Prophet?' We said: 'Yes.' She said: 'When it was my night when he was with me' - meaning the Prophet -'He came back (from 'Isha' prayer), put his sandals by his feet and spread the edge of his Izar on his bed. He stayed until he thought that I had gone to sleep. Then he put his sandals on slowly, picked up his cloak slowly, then opened the door slowly and went out slowly. I covered my head, put on my vie and tightened my waist wrapper, then I followed his steps until he came to Al-Baqi'. He raised his hands three times, and stood there for a long time, then he left and I left. He hastened and I also hastened; he ran and I also ran. He came (to the house) and I also came, but I got there first and entered, and as I lay down he came in. He said: "Tell me, or the Subtle, the All-Aware will tell me.' I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, may my father and mother be ransomed for you,' and I told him (the whole story). He said: 'So you were the black shape that I saw in front of me?' I said, 'Yes.' He gave me a nudge on the chest which I felt, then he said: 'Did you think that Allah and His Messenger would deal unjustly with you?' I said: 'Whatever the people conceal, Allah knows it.' He said: Jibril came to me when I saw you, but he did not enter upon me because you where not fully dressed. He called me but he concealed that from you, and I answered him, but I concealed that from you too. I thought that you had gone to sleep and I did not want to wake you up, and I was afraid that you would be frightened. He told me to go to Al-Baqi' and pray for forgiveness for them.' I said: 'What should I say, O Messenger of Allah?' He said: 'Say" Peace be upon the inhabitants of this place among the believers and Muslims. May Allah have mercy upon those who have gone on ahead of us and those who come later on, and we will join you, if Allah wills."' (Using translation from Nasāʾī 2037)  

أَلَا أُحَدِّثُكُمْ عَنِّي وَعَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قُلْنَا بَلَى قَالَتْ لَمَّا كَانَ لَيْلَتِي انْقَلَبَ ﷺ فَوَضَعَ نَعْلَيْهِ عَنْ رِجْلَيْهِ وَوَضَعَ رِدَاءَهُ وَبَسَطَ طَرَفَ إِزَارِهِ عَلَى فِرَاشِهِ فَلَمْ يَلْبَثْ إِلَّا رَيْثَمَا ظَنَّ أَنِّي قَدْ رَقَدْتُ ثُمَّ انْتَعَلَ رُوَيْدًا وَأَخَذَ رِدَاءَهُ رُوَيْدًا ثُمَّ فَتْحَ الْبَابَ فَخَرَجَ وَأَجَافَهُ رُوَيْدًا فَجَعَلْتُ دِرْعِي فِي رَأْسِي ثُمَّ تَقَنَّعْتُ بِإِزَارِي فَانْطَلَقْتُ فِي إِثْرِهِ حَتَّى أَتَى الْبَقِيعَ فَرَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ فَأَطَالَ الْقِيَامَ ثُمَّ انْحَرَفَ فَانْحَرَفْتُ فَأَسْرَعَ فَأَسْرَعْتُ فَهَرْوَلَ فَهَرْوَلْتُ فَأَحْضَرَ فَأَحْضَرْتُ فَسَبَقْتُهُ فَدَخَلْتُ فَلَيْسَ إِلَّا أَنِ اضْطَجَعْتَ دَخَلَ فَقَالَ «مَا لَكِ يَا عَائِشَةُ؟ » قُلْتُ لَا شَيْءَ قَالَ «لَتُخْبِرِنِّي أَوْ لَيُخْبِرَنِّي اللَّطِيفُ الْخَبِيرُ» قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ بِأَبِي أَنْتَ وَأُمِّي فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ الْخَبَرَ قَالَ «أَنْتِ السَّوَادُ الَّذِي رَأَيْتُ أَمَامِي؟ » قُلْتُ نَعَمْ قَالَتْ فَلَهَزَ فِي صَدْرِي لَهْزَةً أَوْجَعَتْنِي ثُمَّ قَالَ «أَظَنَنْتِ أَنْ يَحِيفَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْكِ وَرَسُولُهُ» قَالَتْ فَقُلْتُ مَهْمَا يَكْتُمِ النَّاسُ فَقَدْ عَلِمَهُ اللَّهُ قَالَ «فَإِنَّ جِبْرِيلَ صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ أَتَانِي حِينَ رَأَيْتِ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ يَدْخُلُ عَلَيْكِ وَقَدْ وَضَعْتِ ثِيَابَكِ فَنَادَانِي فَأَخْفَى مِنْكِ فَأَجَبْتُهُ فَأَخْفَيْتُهُ مِنْكِ وَظَنَنْتُ أَنَّكِ قَدْ رَقَدْتِ وَكَرِهْتُ أَنْ أُوقِظَكِ وَخَشِيتُ أَنْ تَسْتَوْحِشِيَ فَأَمَرَنِي أَنْ آتِيَ أَهْلَ الْبَقِيعِ فَأَسْتَغْفِرَ لَهُمْ» قُلْتُ كَيْفَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ؟ قَالَ قُولِي السَّلَامُ عَلَى أَهْلِ الدِّيَارِ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَيَرْحَمُ اللَّهُ الْمُسْتَقْدِمِينَ مِنَّا وَالْمُسْتَأْخِرِينَ وَإِنَّا إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ بِكُمْ لَاحِقُونَ «  

[Machine] She said, "When I saw the Prophet ﷺ in a good mood, I said, 'O Messenger of Allah, make du'a (supplication) for me.' He said, 'O Allah, forgive Aisha for her past sins and future sins, both those that she has kept hidden and those that she has made known.' Aisha laughed so much that her head fell into her lap from laughing. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to her, 'Does my du'a please you?' She replied, 'And why wouldn't your du'a please me?' He ﷺ said, 'By Allah, this du'a of mine is for my Ummah (nation) in every prayer.'  

أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ لَمَّا رَأَيْتُ مِنَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ طِيبَ نَفْسٍ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ادْعُ اللَّهَ لِي فَقَالَ «اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِعَائِشَةَ مَا تَقَدَّمَ مِنْ ذَنَبِهَا وَمَا تَأَخَّرَ مَا أَسَرَّتْ وَمَا أَعْلَنَتْ» فَضَحِكَتْ عَائِشَةُ حَتَّى سَقَطَ رَأْسُهَا فِي حِجْرِهَا مِنَ الضَّحِكِ قَالَ لَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «أَيَسُرُّكِ دُعَائِي؟ » فَقَالَتْ وَمَا لِي لَا يَسُرُّنِي دُعَاؤُكَ فَقَالَ ﷺ «وَاللَّهِ إِنَّهَا لَدُعَائِي لِأُمَّتِي فِي كُلِّ صَلَاةٍ»  

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me: I can well discern when you are pleased with me and when you are annoyed with me. I said: How do you discern it? Thereupon be said: When you are pleased with me you say;" No, by the Lord of Muhammad," and when you are annoyed with me, you say:" No, by the Lord of Ibrahim." I said: Messenger of Allah, by Allah, I in fact leave your name (when I am annoyed with you). (Using translation from Muslim 2439a)   

لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِنِّي لَأَعْلَمُ إِذَا كُنْتِ عَنِّي رَاضِيَةً وَإِذَا كُنْتِ عَلَيَّ غَضْبَى» قَالَتْ وَبِمَ تَعْرِفُ ذَلِكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ؟ قَالَ «إِذَا كُنْتِ عَنِّي رَاضِيَةً فَحَلَفْتِ قُلْتِ لَا وَرَبُّ مُحَمَّدٍ وَإِذَا كُنْتِ عَلَيَّ غَضْبَى قُلْتِ لَا وَرَبُّ إِبْرَاهِيمَ» قُلْتُ أَجَلْ مَا أَهْجُرُ إِلَّا اسْمَكَ  

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘The superiority of ‘Aishah over other women is like the superiority of Tharid over all other foods.’” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3281)  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «فَضْلُ عَائِشَةَ عَلَى النِّسَاءِ كَفَضْلِ الثَّرِيدِ عَلَى الطَّعَامِ»  

“Many men have attained perfection but no women have attained perfection except Maryam bint ‘Imran (Mary) and Asiyah the wife of Fir’awn. And the superiority of ‘Aishah over other women is like the superiority of Tharid over all other foods.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3280)  

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «كَمُلَ مِنَ الرِّجَالِ كَثِيرٌ وَلَمْ يَكْمُلْ مِنَ النِّسَاءِ إِلَّا مَرْيَمُ بِنْتُ عِمْرَانَ وَآسِيَةُ امْرَأَةُ فِرْعَوْنَ وَفَضْلُ عَائِشَةَ عَلَى النِّسَاءِ كَفَضْلِ الثَّرِيدِ عَلَى الطَّعَامِ»  

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘The superiority of ‘Aishah over other women is like the superiority of Tharid over all other foods.’” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3281)  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «فَضْلُ عَائِشَةَ عَلَى النِّسَاءِ كَفَضْلِ الثَّرِيدِ عَلَى سَائِرِ الطَّعَامِ»  

[Machine] "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ died in my house, on my day, and between my magic and sacrifice. Then Abdullah ibn Abu Bakr entered with a wet toothstick (miswak). The Messenger of Allah ﷺ looked at it, so I thought that he needed it. I took it, chewed on it, and perfumed it. Then I handed it to him, so he used it as beautifully as I had ever seen anyone using it before. Then he wanted to hand it back to me, but it fell from his hand. So I took it, and I sought assistance with a supplication that he used to make when he got sick, but he did not make that supplication during his sickness. Then he looked up to the sky and said, 'The Highest Companion, the Highest Companion.' Then his soul departed. Praise be to Allah who has brought my saliva and his saliva together on the last day of his life in this world."  

«مَاتَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي بَيْتِي وَفِي يَوْمِي وَبَيْنَ سَحْرِي وَنَحْرِي فَدَخَلَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَمَعَهُ سِوَاكٌ رَطْبٌ فَنَظَرَ إِلَيْهِ ﷺ فَظَنَنْتُ أَنَّ لَهُ فِيهِ حَاجَةً فَأَخَذْتُهُ فَلَقَطْتُهُ وَمَضَغْتُهُ وَطَيَّبْتُهُ ثُمَّ دَفَعْتُهُ إِلَيْهِ فَاسْتَنَّ كَأَحْسَنِ مَا رَأَيْتُهُ مُسْتَنًّا قَطُّ ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ يَرْفَعُهُ إِلَيَّ فَسَقَطَ مِنْ يَدِهِ فَأَخَذْتُ أَدْعُو بِدُعَاءٍ كَانَ يَدْعُو بِهِ ﷺ إِذَا مَرِضَ فَلَمْ يَدْعُ بِهِ فِي مَرَضِهِ ذَلِكَ فَرَفَعَ بَصَرَهُ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ فَقَالَ » الرَّفِيقَ الْأَعْلَى الرَّفِيقَ الْأَعْلَى « فَفَاضَتْ نَفْسُهُ ﷺ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي جَمَعَ بَيْنَ رِيقِي وَرِيقِهِ فِي آخِرِ يَوْمٍ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا»  

[Machine] When Abdullah ibn Zubayr was born, I brought him to the Prophet ﷺ and he performed the tahneek (a custom of placing a piece of softened date in the newborn's mouth). The first thing that entered his (Abdullah's) stomach was this tahneek. The Prophet ﷺ said, "He is Abdullah and you are the mother of Abdullah. I will always be attached to him and I have never had any other children."  

لَمَّا وُلِدَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ أَتَيْتُ بِهِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَتَفَلَ فِي فِيهِ فَكَانَ أَوَّلَ شَيْءٍ دَخَلَ جَوْفَهُ وَقَالَ «هُوَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ وَأَنْتِ أُمُّ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ فَمَا زِلْتُ أُكَنَّى بِهَا وَمَا وَلَدْتُ قَطُّ»  

that the Prophet ﷺ married her when she was six years old and he consummated his marriage when she was nine years old, and then she remained with him for nine years (i.e., till his death). (Using translation from Bukhārī 5133)  

«أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ تَزَوَّجَهَا وَهِيَ بِنْتُ سِتٍّ وَأُدْخِلَتْ عَلَيْهِ وَهِيَ ابْنَةُ تِسْعٍ وَمَكَثَتْ عِنْدَهُ تِسْعًا»  

Abu ʿAbdur-Rahman as-Sulami and Hibban bin ʿAtiyyah had a dispute. ʿAbdur-Rahman said to Hibban: I know what made your companion - meaning ʿAli ؓ - audacious. He said: What is it, may you be bereft of your father? He said. Something I heard ʿAli ؓ say. He said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent me, az-Zubair and Abu Marthad on a mission, and we were all horsemen. He said: ʿGo to Rawdat Khakh, for there you will find a woman who has a letter with her from Hatib bin Abi Baltaʿah to the mushrikeen; bring it to me.ʿ So we went on our horses until we caught up with her where the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had told us, travelling on a camel of hers. He [Hatib] had written to the people of Makkah, telling them about the march of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. We said to her. Where is the letter you have with you? She said: I do not have any letter. We made her camel kneel down and searched her luggage for it, but we did not find anything. My two companions said: We do not see any letter with her, I said: You know that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not tell a lie. Then I swore: By the One by whom oaths are sworn, you will give us the letter or we will remove your clothes. She stretched out her hand to her girdle, which was wrapped around her, and brought out the letter. I brought it to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and they said: O Messenger of Allah ﷺ, he has betrayed Allah and His Messenger and the believers; let me strike his neck. He said: ʿO Hatib, what made you do what you did?ʿ He said: O Messenger of Allah ﷺ, by Allah, it is not that I do not believe in Allah and His Messenger, but I wanted to do a favour for the people by means of which Allah might protect my family and my property, for every one of your Companions has some of his people there through whom Allah will protect his family and his property. He said: You have spoken the truth, do not say anything to him but good.ʿ ʻUmar said: O, Messenger of Allah, he betrayed Allah and His Messenger and the believers, let me strike his neck. He said. ʿls he not one of the people of Badr? How do you know? Perhaps Allah looked upon them and said. “Do what you like, for Paradise is guaranteed for you.ʻʼ ʻUmarʻs eyes filled with tears and he said: Allah, may He be exalted, and His Messenger know best. (Using translation from Aḥmad 827)   

سَمِعْتُ عَلِيًّا يَقُولُ وَهُوَ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ بَعَثَنِي النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَأَبَا مَرْثَدٍ السُّلَمِيَّ وَكِلَانَا فَارِسٌ قَالَ «انْطَلِقُوا حَتَّى تَأْتُوا رَوْضَةَ خَاخٍ فَإِنَّ بِهَا امْرَأَةً وَمَعَهَا صَحِيفَةٌ مِنْ حَاطِبِ بْنِ أَبِي بَلْتَعَةَ إِلَى الْمُشْرِكِينَ فَأْتُونِي بِهَا فَأَدْرَكْنَاهَا وَهِيَ عَلَى بَعِيرٍ لَهَا حَيْثُ قَالَ لَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقُلْتُ أَيْنَ الْكِتَابُ الَّذِي مَعَكِ؟ فَقَالَتْ مَا مَعِي كِتَابٌ قَالَ فَأَنَخْنَا بَعِيرَهَا وَفَتَّشْنَا رَحْلَهَا فَقَالَ صَاحِبِي مَا نَرَى مَعَهَا شَيْئًا فَقُلْتُ لَهُ لَقَدْ عَلِمْتَ مَا كَذِبَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَالَّذِي يُحْلَفُ بِهِ لَتُخْرِجِنَّهُ أَوْ لَأَجُزَّنَّكِ بِالسَّيْفِ فَلَمَّا رَأَتِ الْجِدَّ أَهْوَتْ إِلَى حُجْزَتِهَا وَعَلَيْهَا إِزَارٌ مِنْ صُوفٍ فَأَخْرَجَتِ الْكِتَابَ فَأَتَيْنَا بِهِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ » يَا حَاطِبُ مَا حَمَلَكَ عَلَى الَّذِي صَنَعْتَ؟ «فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا بِي أَنْ لَا أَكُونَ مُؤْمِنًا بِاللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ وَلَكِنِّي أَرَدْتُ أَنْ يَكُونَ لِي عِنْدَ الْقَوْمِ يَدٌ يَدْفَعُ اللَّهُ بِهَا عَنْ أَهْلِي وَمَالِي فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ » صَدَقَ لَا تَقُولُوا لَهُ إِلَّا خَيْرًا « فَقَالَ عُمَرُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّهُ قَدْ خَانَ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ وَالْمُؤْمِنِينَ فَدَعْنِي حَتَّى أَضْرِبَ عُنُقَهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ » أَوَ لَيْسَ مِنْ أَهْلِ بَدْرٍ؟ مَا يُدْرِيكَ يَا عُمَرُ لَعَلَّ اللَّهَ اطَّلَعَ عَلَى أَهْلِ بَدْرٍ « فَقَالَ » اعْمَلُوا مَا شِئْتُمْ فَقَدْ وَجَبَتْ لَكُمُ الْجَنَّةُ « فَدَمَعَتْ عَيْنُ عُمَرَ وَقَالَ اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ  

Hatib will definitely go to Hell. (But) Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: You tell a lie; he would not get into that for he had taken part in Badr and in (the expedition of) Hudaibiya. (Using translation from Muslim 2495)   

أَنَّ عَبْدًا لِحَاطِبِ بْنِ أَبِي بَلْتَعَةَ جَاءَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ لَيَدْخُلَنَّ حَاطِبٌ النَّارَ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «كَذَبْتَ إِنَّهُ لَا يَدْخُلُهَا فَإِنَّهُ قَدْ شَهِدَ بَدْرًا وَالْحُدَيْبِيَةَ»  

'Utba b. Ghazwan delivered us a sermon and he praised Allah and lauded Him, then said: Now coming to the point, verily the world has been given the news of its end and that too quite early. Nothing would be left out of it but only water left in the utensil which its owner leaves, and you are going to shift to an abode which knows no end, and you should shift with the good before you, for we have been told that a stone would be thrown at one side of the Hell and it would go down even for seventy years but would not be able to reach its bottom. By Allah, it would be fully packed. Do you find it something strange, and it has been mentioned that there yawns a distance which one would be able to cover in forty years from one end to another of Paradise, and a day would come when it would be fully packed and you must be knowing that I was the seventh amongst seven who had been with Messenger of Allah ﷺ and we had nothing to eat but the leaves of the tree until the corners of the mouth were injured. We found a sheet which we tore in two and divided between myself and Sa'd b. Malik. I made the lower garment with halt of it and so did Sa'd make the lower garment with half of it and today there is none amongst us who has not become the governor of a city from amongst the cities (of the Islamic Commonwealth) and I seek refuge with Allah that I should consider myself great whereas I am insignificant in the eye of Allah. Prophethood does not remain for ever and its impact fades with the result that it changes eventually into kingship, and you would soon come to know and experience those rulers who would come after us and see (how far they are from religion). (Using translation from Muslim 2967a)   

«أَمَّا بَعْدُ فَإِنَّ الدُّنْيَا قَدْ آذَنَتْ بِصُرْمٍ وَوَلَّتْ حَذَّاءَ وَإِنَّمَا بَقِيَ مِنْهَا صُبَابَةٌ كَصُبَابَةِ الْإِنَاءِ صَبَّهَا أَحَدُكُمْ وَإِنَّكُمْ مُنْتَقِلُونَ مِنْهَا إِلَى دَارٍ لَا زَوَالَ لَهَا فَانْتَقِلُوا مَا بِحَضْرَتِكُمْ يُرِيدُ مِنَ الْخَيْرِ فَلَقَدْ بَلَغَنِي أَنَّ الْحَجَرَ يُلْقَى مِنْ شَفِيرِ جَهَنَّمَ فَمَا يَبْلُغُ لَهَا قَعْرًا سَبْعِينَ عَامًا وَايْمُ اللَّهِ لَتُمْلَأَنَّ أَفَعَجِبْتُمْ وَلَقَدْ ذُكِرَ لِي أَنَّ مَا بَيْنَ مِصْرَاعَيِ الْجَنَّةِ مَسِيرَةَ أَرْبَعِينَ عَامًا وَلَيَأْتِيَنَّ عَلَيْهِ يَوْمٌ وَهُوَ كَظِيظٌ مِنَ الزِّحَامِ وَلَقَدْ رَأَيْتُنِي سَابِعَ سَبْعَةٍ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَا لَنَا طَعَامٌ إِلَّا وَرَقُ الشَّجَرِ حَتَّى قَرِحَتْ مِنْهُ أَشْدَاقُنَا وَلَقَدِ الْتَقَطْتُ بُرْدَةً فَشَقَقْتُهَا بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ سَعْدٍ فَاتَّزَرْتُ بِنِصْفِهَا وَاتَّزَرَ سَعْدٌ بِنِصْفِهَا مَا مِنَّا أَحَدٌ الْيَوْمَ حَيٌّ إِلَّا أَصْبَحَ أَمِيرًا عَلَى مِصْرٍ مِنَ الْأَمْصَارِ وَأَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ أَنْ أَكُونَ عَظِيمًا فِي نَفْسِي صَغِيرًا عِنْدَ اللَّهِ وَإِنَّهَا لَمْ تَكُنْ نُبُوَّةٌ إِلَّا تَنَاسَخَتْ حَتَّى تَكُونَ عَاقِبَتُهَا مُلْكًا سَتُبْلُونَ الْأُمَرَاءَ بَعْدَنَا»  

We used to go to Abdullah b. 'Amr and talk to him, Ibn Numair said: One day we made a mention of Abdullah b. Mas'ud, whereupon he said: You have made mention of a person whom I love more than anything else. I heard Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: Learn Qur'an from four persons: Ibn Umm 'Abd (i. e. 'Abdullah b. Mas'ud) he started from him-then Mu'adh b. Jabal and Ubayya b. Ka'b, then Salim the ally of Abu Hudhaifa. (Using translation from Muslim 2464a)   

ذَاكَ رَجُلٌ مَا أَزَالُ أُحِبُّهُ مُنْذُ شَيْءٍ سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «اقْرَءُوا الْقُرْآنَ مِنْ أَرْبَعَةٍ مِنِ ابْنِ أُمِّ عَبْدٍ وَمِنْ أُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ وَمِنْ سَالِمٍ مَوْلَى أَبِي حُذَيْفَةَ وَمِنْ مُعَاذِ بْنِ جَبَلٍ»  

We were sitting in the company of Hudhaifa. A man said: If I were in the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, I would have fought by his side and would have striven hard for his causes. Hudhaifa said: You might have done that, (but you should not make a flourish of your enthusiasm). I was with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on the night of the Battle of Abzib and we were gripped by a violent wind and severe cold. The Messenger of Allah (may peace be him) said: Hark, the man who (goes reconnoitring and) brings me the news of the enemy shall be ranked with me on the Day of Judgment by Allah (the Glorious and Exalted). We all kept quiet and none of us responed to him. (Again) he said: Hark, a man who (goes reconnoitring and) brings me the news of the enemy shall be ranked with me on the Day of Judgment by Allah (the Glorious and Exalted). We kept quiet and none of us responded to him. He again said: Hark, a man who (goes reconnoitring and) brings me the news of the enemy shall be ranked with me on the Day of Judgtuent by Allah (the Glorious and Exalted) Then he said: Get up Hudhaifa, bring me the news of the enemy. When he called me by name I had no alternative but to get up. He said: Go and bring me information about the enemy, and do nothing that may provoke them against me. When I left him, I felt warm as if I were walking in a heated bath untill I reached them. I saw Abu Sufyan warming his back against fire I put an arrow in the middle of the bow. intending to shoot at him, when I recalled the words of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ" Do not provoke them against me." Had I shot at him, I would have hit him. But I returned and (felt warm as if) I were walking in a heated bath (hammam). Presenting myself before him, I gave him information about the enemy. When I had done so, I began to feel cold, so the Messenger of Allah ﷺ wrapped me in a blanket that he had in excess to his own requirement and with which he used to cover himself while saying his prayers. So I continued to sleep until it was morning. When it was morning he said: Get up, O heavy sleeper. (Using translation from Muslim 1788)   

رَجُلٌ لَوْ أَدْرَكْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَقَاتَلْتُ مَعَهُ فَقَالَ حُذَيْفَةُ أَنْتَ كُنْتَ تَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَيْلَةَ الْأَحْزَابِ وَأَخَذَتْنَا رِيحٌ شَدِيدَةٌ وَقُرٌّ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «أَلَا رَجُلٌ يَأْتِينَا بِخَبَرِ الْقَوْمِ جَعَلَهُ اللَّهُ مَعِي يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ» قَالَ فَسَكَتْنَا فَلَمْ يُجِبْهُ مِنَّا أَحَدٌ ثُمَّ قَالَ «أَلَا رَجُلٌ يَأْتِينَا بِخَبَرِ الْقَوْمِ جَعَلَهُ اللَّهُ مَعِي يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ» قَالَ فَسَكَتْنَا فَلَمْ يُجِبْهُ مِنَّا أَحَدٌ ثُمَّ قَالَ فَسَكَتْنَا فَقَالَ ﷺ «قُمْ يَا حُذَيْفَةُ فَأْتِنَا بِخَبَرِ الْقَوْمِ وَلَا تَذْعَرْهُمْ» فَلَمَّا وَلَّيْتُ مِنْ عِنْدِهِ جَعَلْتُ كَأَنَّمَا أَمْشِي فِي حَمَّامٍ حَتَّى أَتَيْتُهُمْ فَرَأَيْتُ أَبَا سُفْيَانَ يُصْلِي ظَهْرَهُ بِالنَّارِ فَوَضَعْتُ سَهْمًا فِي كَبِدِ الْقَوْسِ فَأَرَدْتُ أَنْ أَرْمِيَهُ فَذَكَرْتُ قَوْلَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لَا تَذْعَرْهُمْ» وَلَوْ رَمَيْتُهُ لَأَصَبْتُهُ فَرَجَعْتُ وَأَنَا أَمْشِي فِي مِثْلِ الْحَمَّامِ فَلَمَّا أَتَيْتُهُ ﷺ أَخْبَرْتُهُ بِخَبَرِ الْقَوْمِ فَأَلْبَسَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَضْلَ عَبَاءَةٍ كَانَتْ عَلَيْهِ يُصَلِّي فِيهَا فَلَمْ أَزَلْ نَائِمًا حَتَّى أَصْبَحْتُ فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحْتُ قَالَ ﷺ «قُمْ يَا نَوْمَانُ»  

[Machine] My mother asked, "When did you promise the Messenger of Allah ﷺ?" I said, "I didn't make any promise to him since such and such happened to me." So, my mother told me, "Then go to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and pray with him, and seek forgiveness for you and me." So, I went to him and prayed with him the Maghrib prayer, and he ﷺ performed what was between the two prayers. Then, he left and I followed him. He asked me, "Who is this?" I said, "Hudhayfah bin Al-Yaman." He asked, "What brings you here?" So, I informed him of what my mother had told me. He ﷺ said, "May Allah forgive you and your mother."  

لِي أُمِّي مَتَى عَهْدُكَ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ؟ فَقُلْتُ مَا لِي بِهِ عَهْدٌ مُذْ كَذَا أَوْ كَذَا فَنَالَتْ مِنِّي فَقُلْتُ فَإِنِّي آتِي رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَأُصَلِّي مَعَهُ وَيَسْتَغْفِرُ لِي وَلَكَ فَأَتَيْتُهُ فَصَلَّيْتُ مَعَهُ الْمَغْرِبَ فَصَلَّى ﷺ مَا بَيْنَهُمَا ثُمَّ مَضَى وَتَبِعْتُهُ فَقَالَ لِي «مَنْ هَذَا؟ » فَقُلْتُ حُذَيْفَةُ بْنُ الْيَمَانِ فَقَالَ «مَا جَاءَ بِكَ؟ » فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ بِمَا قَالَتْ لِي أُمِّي فَقَالَ ﷺ «غَفَرَ اللَّهُ لَكَ وَلِأُمِّكَ»  

[Machine] Al-Qama from Sham came and entered the mosque and performed prayer in it. Then he approached a group and sat among them. A man came and sat next to me, so I said, "Praise be to Allah, I hope that Allah has answered my prayer." He said, "And who is that?" al-Qama said, "I prayed to Allah to grant me a righteous companion, and I hope it is you." Abu Al-Darda' said, "Who are you?" I said, "I am from the people of Kufa or from the people of Iraq, and then from the people of Kufa." Abu Al-Darda' said, "Didn't you have the one who possesses the secret that no one else knows, meaning Hudhayfah?" He said, "Then he said, “Do you preserve it as Abdullah used to recite?’ I said, ‘Yes.’ He said, ‘{By the night when it covers, and [by] the day when it appears}.’ Al-Qama said, "So I said, 'And the male and the female.' Abu Al-Darda' said, 'By Allah, whom there is no deity except Him, this is how the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to recite it, from (fihi) to (fiiya).' They continued on like this until they almost turned me away from it."  

أَتَى عَلْقَمَةُ الشَّامَ فَدَخَلَ الْمَسْجِدَ فَصَلَّى فِيهِ ثُمَّ مَالَ إِلَى حَلْقَةٍ فَجَلَسَ فِيهَا قَالَ فَجَاءَ رَجُلٌ فَجَلَسَ إِلَى جَنْبِي فَقُلْتُ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ إِنِّي لَأَرْجُو أَنْ يَكُونَ اللَّهُ قَدِ اسْتَجَابَ دَعْوَتِي قَالَ وَذَلِكَ الرَّجُلُ أَبُو الدَّرْدَاءِ فَقَالَ «وَمَا ذَاكَ؟ » فَقَالَ عَلْقَمَةُ دَعَوْتُ اللَّهَ أَنْ يَرْزُقَنِيَ جَلِيسًا صَالِحًا فَأَرْجُو أَنْ تَكُونَ أَنْتَ فَقَالَ «مَنْ أَنْتَ؟ » قُلْتُ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكُوفَةِ أَوْ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعِرَاقِ ثُمَّ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكُوفَةِ فَقَالَ أَبُو الدَّرْدَاءِ «أَلَمْ يَكُنْ فِيكُمْ صَاحِبُ السِّرِّ الَّذِي لَا يَعْلَمُهُ غَيْرُهُ أَحَدٌ يَعْنِي حُذَيْفَةَ » قَالَ ثُمَّ قَالَ «أَتَحْفَظُ كَمَا كَانَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ يَقْرَأُ؟ » قُلْتُ نَعَمْ قَالَ «{وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَى وَالنَّهَارِ إِذَا تَجَلَّى} قَالَ عَلْقَمَةُ فَقُلْتُ وَالذَّكَرِ وَالْأُنْثَى فَقَالَ أَبُو الدَّرْدَاءِ وَاللَّهِ الَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ هَكَذَا أَقْرَأَنِيهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مِنْ فِيهِ إِلَى فِيَّ فَمَا زَالَ هَؤُلَاءِ حَتَّى كَادُوا يَرُدُّونَنِي عَنْهَا»  

They made a mention of Ibn Mas'ud before 'Abdullah b. Amr, whereupon he said: He is a person whose love is always fresh in my heart after I heard Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: Learn the recita- tion of the Qur'an from four persons: from Ibn Mas'ud, Salim, the ally of Abu Hudhaifa, Ubayy b. Ka'b, Mu'adh b. Jabal. (Using translation from Muslim 2464e)  

ذَاكَ رَجُلٌ لَا أَزَالُ أُحِبُّهُ بَعْدَمَا سَمِعْتُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «اسْتَقْرِئُوا الْقُرْآنَ مِنْ أَرْبَعَةٍ مِنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ وَسَالِمٍ مَوْلَى أَبِي حُذَيْفَةَ وَأُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ وَمُعَاذِ بْنِ جَبَلٍ»  

narrated that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "What an excellent man is Abu Bakr, what an excellent man is 'Umar, what an excellent man is Abu 'Ubaidah bin Al-Jarrah, what an excellent man is Usaid bin Hudair, what an excellent man is Thabit bin Qais bin Shammas, what an excellent man is Mua'dh bin Jabal, and what an excellent man is Mu'adh bin 'Amr bin Al-Jamuh." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 3795)   

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «نِعْمَ الرَّجُلُ أَبُو بَكْرٍ نِعْمَ الرَّجُلُ عُمَرُ نِعْمَ الرَّجُلُ مُعَاذُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْجَمُوحِ نِعْمَ الرَّجُلُ مُعَاذُ بْنُ جَبَلٍ نِعْمَ الرَّجُلُ أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ بْنُ الْجَرَّاحِ وَبِئْسَ الرَّجُلُ حَتَّى عَدَّ سَبْعَةً»  

Four persons collected the Qur'an during the lifetime of Messenger of Allah ﷺ and all of them were Ansar: Mu'adh b. Jabal, Ubayy b. Ka'b, Zaid b. Thabit, Abu Zaid. Qatada said: Anas, who was Abu Zaid? He said: He was one of my uncles. (Using translation from Muslim 2465a)   

سَمِعْتُ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ يَقُولُ «جَمَعَ الْقُرْآنَ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَرْبَعَةٌ كُلُّهُمْ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ مُعَاذُ بْنُ جَبَلٍ وَأُبَيُّ بْنُ كَعْبٍ وَزَيْدُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ وَأَبُو زَيْدٍ رَحِمَهُمُ اللَّهُ»  

The Messenger of Allah said: The most merciful of my Ummah towards my Ummah is Abu Bakr; the one who adheres most sternly to the religion of Allah is 'Umar; the most sincere of them in shyness and modesty is 'Uthman; the best judge is 'Ali bin Abu Talib; the best in reciting the Book of Allah is Ubayy bin Ka'b; the most knowledgeable of what is lawful and unlawful is Mu'adh bin Jabal; and the most knowledgeable of the rules of inheritance (Fara'id) is Zaid bin Thabit. And every nation has a trustworthy guardian, and the trustworthy guardian of this Ummah is Abu 'Ubaidah bin Jarrah." (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 154)  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «أَرْحَمُ أُمَّتِي بِأُمَّتِي أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَأَشَدُّهُمْ فِي اللَّهِ عُمَرُ وَأَصْدَقُهُمْ حَيَاءً عُثْمَانُ وَأَقْرَؤُهُمْ لِكِتَابِ اللَّهِ أُبَيُّ بْنُ كَعْبٍ وَأَفْرَضُهُمْ زَيْدُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ وَأَعْلَمُهُمْ بِالْحَلَالِ وَالْحَرَامِ مُعَاذُ بْنُ جَبَلٍ أَلَا وَإِنَّ لِكُلِّ أُمَّةٍ أَمِينًا وَأَمِينُ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ بْنُ الْجَرَّاحِ»  

لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «مَا أَظَلَّتِ الْخَضْرَاءُ وَلَا أَقَلَّتِ الْغَبْرَاءُ عَلَى ذِي لَهْجَةٍ أَصْدَقَ مِنْكَ يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ»  

We set out from our tribe Ghafir who look upon the prohibited months as permissible months. I and my brother Unais and our mother stayed with our maternal uncle who treated us well. The men of his tribe fell jealous and they said: When you are anay from your house, Unais commits adultery with your wife. Our -naternal uncle came and he accused us of the sin which was conveyed to him. I said: You have undone the good you did to us. We cannot stay with you after this. We came to our camels and loaded (our) luggage. Our maternal uncle began to weep covering himself with (a piece of) cloth. We proceeded on until we encamped by the side of Mecca. Unais cast lot on the camels (we had) and an equal number (above that). They both went to a Kahin and he made Unais win and Unais came with our camels and an equal number along with them. He (Abu Dharr) said: My nephew, I used to observe prayer three years before my meeting with Messenger of Allah ﷺ. I said: For whom did you say prayer? He said: For Allah. I said: To which direction did you turn your face (for observing prayer)? He said: I used to turn my face as Allah has directed me to turn my face. I used to observe the night prayer at the time of the end of night and I fell down in prostration like the mantle until the sun rose over me. Unais said: I have a work in Mecca, so you better stay here. Unais went until he came to Mecca and he came to me late. I said: What did you do? He said: I met a person in Mecca who is on your religion and he claims that verily it is Allah Who has sent him. I said: What do the people say about him? He said: They say that he is a poet or a Kahin or a magician. Unais who was himself one of the poets said. I have heard the words of a Kahin but his words in no way resemble his (words). And 1 also compared his words to the verses of poets but such words cannot be uttered by any poet. By Allah, he is truthful and they are liars. Then I said: you stay here, until I go, so that I should see him. He said: I came to Mecca and I selected an insignificant person from amongst them and said to him: Where is he whom you call as-Sabi? He pointed out towards me saying: He is Sabi. Thereupon the people of the valley attacked me with sods and bows until I fell down unconscious. I stood up after havin. regained my consciousness and I found as if I was a red idol. I came to Zamzarn and washed blood from me and drank water from it and listen, O son of my brother, I stayed there for thirty nights or days and there was no food for me but the water of Zamzarn. And I became so bulky that there appeared wrinkles upon my stomach, and I did not feel any hunger in my stomach. It was during this time that the people of Mecca slept in the moonlit night and none was there to eircumambulate the House but only two women who had been invoking the name of Isafa, and Na'ila (the two idols). They came to me while in their circuit and I said: Marry one with the other, but they did not dissuade from their invoking. They came to me and I said to them: Insert wood (in the idols' private parts). (I said this to them in such plain words) as I could not express in metaphorical terms. These women went away crying and saying: Had there been one amongst our people (he would have taught a lesson to you for the obscene words used for our idols before us). These women met Messenger of Allah ﷺ and Abu Bakr who had also been coming down the hill. He asked them: What has happened to you? They said: There is Sabi, who has hidden himself between the Ka'ba and its curtain. He said: What did he say to you? They said: He uttered such words before us as we cannot express. Messenger of Allah ﷺ came and he kissed the Black Stone and circumambulated the House along with his Companion and then observed prayer, and when he had finished his prayer, Abu Dharr said: I was the first to greet him with the salutation of peace and uttered (these words) in this way; Allah's Messen- ger, may there be peace upon you, whereupon he said: It may be upon you too and the mercy of Allah. He then said: Who are you? I said: From the tribe of Ghifar. He leaned his hand and placed his finger on his forehead and I said to myself: Perhaps he has not liked it that I belong to the tribe of Ghifar. I attempted to catch hold of his hand but his friend who knew about him more than I dissuaded me f rom doing so. He then lifted his head and said: Since how long have you been here? I said: I have been here for the last thirty nights or days. He said: Who has been feeding you? I said: There has been no food for me but the water of Zamzam. I have grown so bulky that there appear wrinkles upon my stomach and I do not feel any hunger. He said: It is blessed (water) and it also serves as food. Thereupon Abu Bakr said: Messenger of Allah, let me serve as a host to him for tonight, and then Messenger of Allah ﷺ proceeded forth and so did Abu Bakr and I went along with them. Abu Bakr opened the door and then he brought for us the raisins of Ta'if and that was the first food which I ate there. Then I stayed as long as I had to stay. I then came to Allah's Messenaer ﷺ and he said: I have been shown the land abound- ing in trees and I think it cannot be but that of Yathrib (that is the old name of Medina). You are a preacher to your people on my behalf. I hope Allah would benefit them through you and He would reward you. I came to Unais and he said: What have you done? I said: I have done that I have embraced Islam and I have testified (to the prophethood of Messenger of Allah). He said: I have no aversion for your religion and I also embrace Islam and testify (to the prophethood of Muhammad). Then both of us came to our mother and she said: I have no aversion for your religion and I also embrace Islam and testify to the prophethood of Muhammad. We then loaded our camels and came to our tribe Ghifir and half of the tribe embraced Islam and their chief was Aimi' b. Rahada Ghifirl and he was their leader and hall of the tribe said: We will embrace Islam when Messenger of Allah (may p,. ace be upon him) would come to Medina, and when Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to Medina the remaining half also embraced Islam. Then a tribe Aslam came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: Messenger of Allah, we also embrace Islam like our brothers who have embraced Islam. And they also embraced Islam. Thereupon Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Allah granted pardon to the tribe of Ghifar and Allah saved (from destruction) the tribe of Aslam. (Using translation from Muslim 2473a)  

أَبُو ذَرٍّ خَرَجْنَا فِي قَوْمِنَا غِفَارٍ وَكَانُوا يَحِلُّونَ الشَّهْرَ الْحَرَامَ فَخَرَجْتُ أَنَا وَأَخِي أُنَيْسٌ وَأُمُّنَّا فَنَزَلْنَا عَلَى خَالٍ لَنَا فَأَكْرَمَنَا خَالُنَا وَأَحْسَنَ إِلَيْنَا فَحَسَدَنَا قَوْمُهُ فَقَالُوا إِنَّكَ إِذَا خَرَجْتَ عَنْ أَهْلِكَ خَالَفَكَ إِلَيْهِمْ أُنَيْسٌ فَجَاءَ خَالُنَا فَذَكَرَ الَّذِي قِيلَ لَهُ فَقُلْتُ أَمَّا مَا مَضَى مِنْ مَعْرُوفِكَ فَقَدْ كَدَّرْتَهُ وَلَا حَاجَةَ لَنَا فِيمَا بَعْدُ قَالَ فَقَدَّمْنَا صِرْمَتَنَا فَاحْتَمَلْنَا عَلَيْهَا فَانْطَلَقْنَا حَتَّى نَزَلْنَا بِحَضْرَةِ مَكَّةَ قَالَ وَقَدْ صَلَّيْتُ يَا ابْنَ أَخِي قَبْلَ أَنْ أَلْقَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ قُلْتُ لِمَنْ؟ قَالَ لِلَّهِ قُلْتُ فَأَيْنَ تَوَجَّهُ؟ قَالَ أَتَوَجَّهُ حَيْثُ يُوَجِّهُنِي رَبِّي أُصَلِّي عَشِيًّا حَتَّى إِذَا كَانَ مِنْ آخِرِ اللَّيْلِ أُلْقِيتُ حَتَّى تَعْلُوَنِي الشَّمْسُ قَالَ أُنَيْسٌ إِنَّ لِيَ حَاجَةً بِمَكَّةَ فَانْطَلَقَ أُنَيْسٌ حَتَّى أَتَى مَكَّةَ قَالَ ثُمَّ جَاءَ فَقُلْتُ مَا صَنَعْتَ؟ قَالَ لَقِيتُ رَجُلًا بِمَكَّةَ عَلَى دِينِكَ يَزْعُمُ أَنَّ اللَّهَ أَرْسَلَهُ قَالَ قُلْتُ فَمَا يَقُولُ النَّاسُ؟ قَالَ يَقُولُونَ شَاعِرٌ كَاهِنٌ سَاحِرٌ قَالَ فَكَانَ أُنَيْسٌ أَحَدَ الشُّعَرَاءِ قَالَ أُنَيْسُ لَقَدْ سَمِعْتُ قَوْلَ الْكَهَنَةِ وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِهِمْ وَلَقَدْ وَضَعْتُ قَوْلَهُ عَلَى أَقْرَاءِ الشَّعْرِ فَمَا يَلْتَئِمُ عَلَى لِسَانِ أَحَدٍ بَعْدِي أَنَّهُ شِعْرٌ وَاللَّهِ إِنَّهُ لَصَادِقٌ وَإِنَّهُمْ لَكَاذِبُونَ قَالَ قُلْتُ فَاكْفِنِي حَتَّى أَذْهَبَ فَأَنْظُرَ فَأَتَيْتُ مَكَّةَ فَتَضَيَّفْتُ رَجُلًا مِنْهُمْ فَقُلْتُ أَيْنَ هَذَا الَّذِي تَدْعُونَهُ الصَّابِئَ؟ قَالَ فَأَشَارَ إِلَيَّ وَقَالَ الصَّابِئَ قَالَ فَمَالَ عَلَيَّ أَهْلُ الْوَادِي بِكُلِّ مَدَرَةٍ وَعَظْمٍ حَتَّى خَرَرْتُ مَغْشِيًّا عَلَيَّ فَارْتَفَعْتُ حِينَ ارْتَفَعْتُ كَأَنِّي نَصْبٌ أَحْمَرٌ فَأَتَيْتُ زَمْزَمَ فَغَسَلْتُ عَنِّي الدِّمَاءَ وَشَرِبْتُ مِنْ مَائِهَا وَقَدْ لَبِثْتُ مَا بَيْنَ ثَلَاثِينَ مِنْ لَيْلَةٍ وَيَوْمٍ مَالِي طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مَاءُ زَمْزَمَ فَسَمِنْتُ حَتَّى تَكَسَّرَتْ عُكَنُ بَطْنِي وَمَا وَجَدْتُ عَلَى كَبِدِي سُخْفَةَ جُوعٍ قَالَ فَبَيْنَا أَهْلُ مَكَّةَ فِي لَيْلَةٍ قَمْرَاءَ إِضْحِيَانَ إِذْ ضُرِبَ عَلَى أَسْمِخَتِهِمْ فَمَا يَطُوفُ بِالْبَيْتِ أَحَدٌ وَامْرَأَتَانِ مِنْهُمْ تَدْعُوَانِ إِسَافًا وَنَائِلَةَ قَالَ فَأَتَتَا عَلَيَّ فِي طَوَافِهِمَا فَقُلْتُ أَنْكِحَا أَحَدَهُمَا الْآخَرَ قَالَ فَمَا تَنَاهَتَا عَنْ قَوْلِهِمَا فَأَتَتَا عَلَيَّ فَقُلْتُ هُنَّ مِثْلُ الْخَشَبَةِ فَرَجَعَتَا تَقُولَانِ لَوْ كَانَ هَاهُنَا أَحَدٌ فَاسْتَقْبَلَهُمَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ وَهُمَا هَابِطَانِ فَقَالَ «مَا لَكُمَا؟ » قَالَتَا الصَّابِئُ بَيْنَ الْكَعْبَةِ وَأَسْتَارِهَا قَالَا «مَا قَالَ لَكُمَا؟ » قَالَتَا إِنَّهُ قَالَ لَنَا كَلِمَةً تَمْلَأُ الْفَمَ قَالَ وَجَاءَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ حَتَّى اسْتَلَمَ الْحَجَرَ ثُمَّ طَافَ بِالْبَيْتِ هُوَ وَصَاحِبُهُ ثُمَّ صَلَّى فَقَالَ أَبُو ذَرٍّ فَكُنْتُ أَوَّلَ مَنْ حَيَّاهُ بِتَحِيَّةِ الْإِسْلَامِ قَالَ «وَعَلَيْكَ وَرَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ» ثُمَّ قَالَ «مِمَّنْ أَنْتَ؟ » فَقُلْتُ مِنْ غِفَارٍ قَالَ فَأَهْوَى بِيَدِهِ وَوَضَعَ أَصَابِعَهُ عَلَى جَبْهَتِهِ فَقُلْتُ فِي نَفْسِي كَرِهَ أَنِّي انْتَمَيْتُ إِلَى غِفَارٍ قَالَ ثُمَّ رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ وَقَالَ «مُذْ مَتَى كُنْتَ هَاهُنَا؟ » قَالَ كُنْتُ هَاهُنَا مِنْ ثَلَاثِينَ بَيْنَ يَوْمٍ وَلَيْلَةٍ قَالَ «فَمَنْ كَانَ يُطْعِمُكَ؟ » قُلْتُ مَا كَانَ لِي طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مَاءُ زَمْزَمَ فَسَمِنْتُ حَتَّى تَكَسَّرَتْ عُكَنُ بَطْنِي قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِنَّهَا مُبَارَكَةٌ إِنَّهَا طَعَامُ طُعْمٍ» فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ائْذَنْ لِي فِي طَعَامِهِ اللَّيْلَةَ فَانْطَلَقَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ فَانْطَلَقْتُ مَعَهُمَا فَفَتَحَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ بَابًا فَجَعَلَ يَقْبِضُ لَنَا مِنْ زَبِيبِ الطَّائِفِ فَكَانَ ذَلِكَ أَوَّلُ طَعَامٍ أَكَلْتُهُ بِهَا ثُمَّ غَبَرْتُ مَا غَبَرْتُ ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ «إِنَّهُ قَدْ وُجِّهَتْ لِي أَرْضٌ ذَاتُ نَخْلٍ مَا أُرَاهَا إِلَّا يَثْرِبَ فَهَلْ أَنْتَ مُبَلَّغٍ عَنِّي قَوْمَكَ عَسَى اللَّهُ أَنْ يَهْدِيَهُمُ بِكَ وَيَأْجُرَكَ فِيهِمْ» قَالَ فَانْطَلَقْتُ فَلَقِيتُ أُنَيْسًا فَقَالَ مَا صَنَعْتَ؟ قُلْتُ صَنَعْتُ أَنِّي قَدْ أَسْلَمْتُ وَصَدَّقْتُ قَالَ مَا بِي رَغْبَةٌ عَنْ دِينِكِ فَإِنِّي قَدْ أَسْلَمْتُ وَصَدَّقْتُ قَالَ فَأَتَيْنَا أُمَّنَا فَقَالَتْ مَا بِي رَغْبَةٌ عَنْ دِينِكُمَا فَإِنِّي قَدْ أَسْلَمْتُ وَصَدَّقْتُ فَاحْتَمَلْنَا حَتَّى أَتَيْنَا قَوْمَنَا غِفَارًا فَأَسْلَمَ نِصْفُهُمْ وَكَانَ يَؤُمُّهُمْ إِيمَاءُ بْنُ رَحَضَةَ وَكَانَ سَيِّدَهُمْ وَقَالَ نِصْفُهُمْ إِذَا قَدِمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ الْمَدِينَةَ أَسْلَمْنَا فَلَمَّا قَدِمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ الْمَدِينَةَ أَسْلَمَ نِصْفُهُمُ الْبَاقِي وَجَاءَتْ أَسْلَمُ فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِخْوَانُنَا نُسَلِّمُ عَلَى الَّذِي أَسْلَمُوا عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «غِفَارٌ غَفَرَ اللَّهُ لَهَا وَأَسْلَمُ سَالَمَهَا اللَّهُ»  

[Machine] "I was the fourth to embrace Islam before me, three people had already accepted it. When I came to the Prophet ﷺ, I greeted him saying, 'peace be upon you, O Messenger of Allah. I bear witness that there is no god but Allah and I bear witness that Muhammad is His servant and Messenger.' I saw joy on the face of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, so he asked, 'Who are you?' I replied, 'I am Jundub, a man from the tribe of Ghifar.'"  

كُنْتُ رُبُعَ الْإِسْلَامِ أَسْلَمَ قَبْلِي ثَلَاثَةٌ وَأَنَا الرَّابِعُ أَتَيْتُ نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهُ وَرَسُولُهُ فَرَأَيْتُ الِاسْتِبْشَارَ فِي وَجْهِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ «مَنْ أَنْتَ؟ » فَقُلْتُ إِنِّي «جُنْدُبٌ رَجُلٌ مِنْ بَنِي غِفَارٍ»  

[Machine] "For me, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'The less grammar is used, the clearer the meaning and expression. No one can rival the eloquence and fidelity of Abi Dhar in resembling Jesus son of Mary among our Prophets, peace be upon them.' Umar ibn al-Khattab stood up and asked, 'O Prophet of Allah, do we know who that is?' He said, 'Yes, recognize him.'"  

لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «مَا تُقِلُّ الْغَبْرَاءُ وَلَا تُظِلُّ الْخَضْرَاءُ عَلَى ذِي لَهْجَةٍ أَصْدَقَ وَأَوْفَى مِنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ شَبِيهِ عِيسَى ابْنِ مَرْيَمَ عَلَى نَبِيِّنَا وَعَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ» قَالَ فَقَامَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ فَقَالَ يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ أَفَنَعْرِفُ ذَلِكَ لَهُ؟ قَالَ «نَعَمْ» فَاعْرِفُوا لَهُ  

[Machine] "To me, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Do you understand Syriac?'. I said, 'No'. He said, 'Learn it, for indeed it is coming to us in books.' He said, 'So I learned it in seventeen days.' Al-A'mash said, 'Books would come to him that no one would desire to look at except for those who trusted him.'"  

لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «أَتُحْسِنُ السُّرْيَانِيَّةَ؟ » قُلْتُ لَا قَالَ فَتَعَلَّمْهَا فَإِنَّهُ تَأْتِينَا كُتُبٌ قَالَ فَتَعَلَّمْتُهَا فِي سَبْعَةِ عَشَرَ يَوْمًا قَالَ الْأَعْمَشُ كَانَتْ تَأْتِيهِ كُتُبٌ لَا يَشْتَهِي أَنْ يَطَّلِعَ عَلَيْهَا إِلَّا مَنْ يَثِقُ بِهِ «  

that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "The most merciful of my nation to my nation is Abu Bakr, and the most severe of them concerning the order of Allah is 'Umar, and the most truly modest of them is 'Uthman bin 'Affan. The best reciter (of the Qur'an) among them is Ubayy bin Ka'b, the most knowledgeable of them concerning (the laws of) inheritance is Zaid bin Thabit, the most knowledgeable of them concerning the lawful and the unlawful is Mu'adh bin Jabal. Truly, every nation has a trustworthy one, and the trustworthy one of this nation is Abu 'Ubaidah bin Al-Jarrah." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 3791)  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «أَرْحَمُ أُمَّتِي بِأُمَّتِي أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَأَشَدَّهُمْ فِي أَمْرِ اللَّهِ عُمَرُ وَأَصْدَقُهُمْ حَيَاءً عُثْمَانُ وَأَقْرَؤُهُمْ لِكِتَابِ اللَّهِ أُبَيُّ بْنُ كَعْبٍ وَأَفْرَضُهُمْ زَيْدُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ وَأَعْلَمُهُمْ بِالْحَلَالِ وَالْحَرَامِ مُعَاذُ بْنُ جَبَلٍ وَلِكُلِّ أُمَّةٍ أَمِينٌ وَأَمِينُ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ بْنُ الْجَرَّاحِ»  

[Machine] "That his father died and left behind nine daughters or seven daughters. So I went to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and he asked me, 'Did you get married, O Jabir?' I said, 'Yes.' He asked, 'A virgin or a previously married?' I said, 'Rather previously married.' He said, 'So why don't you marry a young girl who will play with you, and you will play with her, and she will make you laugh, and you will make her laugh?' So I said, 'Indeed, Abdullah died and left behind nine daughters or seven daughters, and I dislike marrying them to someone like themselves, and I want a woman who can take care of them.' He said to me, 'May Allah bless you.'"  

أَنَّ أَبَاهُ هَلَكَ وَتَرَكَ تِسْعَ بَنَاتٍ أَوْ سَبْعَ بَنَاتٍ قَالَ فَأَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ لِي «تَزَوَّجْتَ يَا جَابِرُ؟ » قُلْتُ نَعَمْ قَالَ « بِكْرًا أَوْ ثَيِّبًا؟ » قُلْتُ بَلْ ثَيِّبًا قَالَ «فَهَلَّا جَارِيَةً تُلَاعِبُهَا وَتُلَاعِبُكَ وَتُضَاحِكُهَا وَتُضَاحِكُكَ» فَقُلْتُ إِنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ مَاتَ وَتَرَكَ تِسْعَ بَنَاتٍ أَوْ سَبْعَ بَنَاتٍ وَإِنِّي كَرِهْتُ أَنْ أَجِيئَهُنَّ بِمِثْلِهِنَّ وَأَرَدْتُ امْرَأَةً تَقُومُ عَلَيْهِنَّ فَقَالَ لِي «بَارِكَ اللَّهُ لَكَ»  

"My father died owing debts. I offered to his creditors that they could take the fruits in lieu of what he owed them, but they refused as they thought that it would not cover the debt. I went to the Messenger of Allah and told him about that, he said: 'When you pick the dates and have put them in the Mirbad (place for drying dates), call me.' When I had picked the dates and put them in the Mirbad, I went to the Messenger of Allah and he came, accompanied by Abu Bakr and 'Umar. He sat on (the dates) and prayed for blessing. Then he said: 'Call your creditors and pay them off.' I did not leave anyone to whom my father owed anything but I paid him off, and I had thirteen Wasqs left over. I mentioned that to him and he smiled and said: 'Go to Abu Bakr and 'Umar and tell them about that.' So I went to Abu Bakr and 'Umar and told them about that, and they said: 'We knew, when the Messenger of Allah did what he did, that this would happen.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3640)   

تُوُفِّيَ أَبِي وَعَلَيْهِ دَيْنٌ فَعَرَضْتُ عَلَى غُرَمَائِهِ أَنْ يَأْخُذُوا التَّمْرَ بِمَا عَلَيْهِ فَأَبَوْا وَلَمْ يُعْرَفُوا أَنَّ فِيهِ وَفَاءً فَأَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَقَالَ «إِذَا جَدَدْتَهُ وَوَضَعْتَهُ فَآذِنْ لِي» فَلَمَّا جَدَدْتُ وَوَضَعْتُهُ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ آذَنْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَجَاءَ وَمَعَهُ أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ فَجَلَسَ فَدَعَا لَهُ بِالْبَرَكَةِ وَقَالَ «ادْعُ غُرَمَاءَكَ وَأَوْفِهِمْ» فَمَا تَرَكْتُ أَحَدًا لَهُ عَلَى أَبِي دَيْنٌ إِلَّا قَضَيْتُهُ وَفَضَلَ لِي ثَلَاثَةَ عَشَرَ وَسْقًا عَجْوَةً قَالَ فَوَافَيْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ صَلَاةَ الْمَغْرِبِ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَضَحِكَ ﷺ وَقَالَ «ائْتِ أَبَا بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ فَأَخْبِرْهُمَا» فَقَالَا قَدْ عَلِمْنَا إِذْ صَنَعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَا صَنَعَ أَنْ يَكُونَ ذَلِكَ  

[Machine] I was on a journey with the Prophet ﷺ while I was riding. He was behind most of the people, so the Messenger of Allah ﷺ struck him with something he had with him. After that, he began to move ahead of the people, urging me to catch up with him until I reached him. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Are you selling me for such and such? By Allah, He will forgive you." I said, "It is for you, O Messenger of Allah." He said, "Are you selling it to me for such and such? By Allah, He will forgive you." I said, "It is for you, O Messenger of Allah."  

كُنْتُ فِي مَسِيرٍ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَأَنَا عَلَى نَاضِحٍ إِنَّمَا هُوَ فِي أُخْرَيَاتِ النَّاسِ فَضَرَبَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِشَيْءٍ كَانَ مَعَهُ فَجَعَلَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ يَتَقَدَّمُ النَّاسَ يُسَارِعُنِي حَتَّى إِنِّي لَأَكُفُّهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «أَتَبِيعُنِي بِكَذَا وَكَذَا؟ وَاللَّهُ يَغْفِرُ لَكَ» قَالَ قُلْتُ هُوَ لَكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ «أَتَبِيعُنِيهِ بِكَذَا وَكَذَا وَاللَّهُ يَغْفِرُ لَكَ» قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ هُوَ لَكَ  

[Machine] We were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on a journey, and he said, "Would you sell me this provision (nadīḥak) when we reach Madinah, if Allah wills, for one dinar? And Allah shall forgive you." I said, "Is it your provision, O Messenger of Allah?" He said, "Sell it to me when we reach Madinah, if Allah wills, for two dinars." I said, "It is your provision, O Messenger of Allah." He continued to say this until it reached twenty dinars. He kept saying, "And Allah shall forgive you." When we reached Madinah, I brought it to him, and I said, "Here is your provision, O Messenger of Allah." He said, "O Bilal, give him twenty dinars from the booty and return his provision to his family."  

كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي سَفَرٍ فَقَالَ «نَاضِحَكَ تَبِيعُنِيهِ إِذَا قَدِمْنَا الْمَدِينَةَ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ بِدِينَارٍ؟ وَاللَّهُ يَغْفِرُ لَكَ» قَالَ قُلْتُ هُوَ نَاضِحُكُمْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ «تَبِيعُنِيهِ إِذَا قَدِمْنَا الْمَدِينَةَ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ بِدِينَارَيْنِ» قَالَ قُلْتُ نَاضِحُكُمْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَمَازَالَ يَقُولُ حَتَّى بَلَغَ عِشْرِينَ دِينَارًا كُلُّ ذَلِكَ يَقُولُ «وَاللَّهُ يَغْفِرُ لَكَ» فَلَمَّا قَدِمْنَا الْمَدِينَةَ جِئْتُ بِهِ أَقُودُهُ قُلْتُ دُونَكُمْ نَاضِحَكُمْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ «يَا بِلَالُ أَعْطِهِ مِنَ الْغَنِيمَةِ عِشْرِينَ دِينَارًا وَارْجِعْ بِنَاضِحِكَ إِلَى أَهْلِكَ»  

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ sought forgiveness for me on the night of Al-Ba'ir twenty-five times.  

«اسْتَغْفَرَ لِي النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لَيْلَةَ الْبَعِيرِ خَمْسًا وَعِشْرِينَ مَرَّةً»  

«خَرَجْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي غَزَاةٍ فَأَبْطَأَ عَلَيَّ جَمَلِي فَأَعْيَا عَلَيَّ فَأَتَى عَلَيَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ » يَا جَابِرُ « قُلْتُ نَعَمْ قَالَ » مَا شَأْنُكَ؟ «قُلْتُ أَبْطَأَ بِي جَمَلِي وَأَعْيَا فَتَخَلَّفْتُ فَنَزَلْتُ فَحَجَنَهُ بِمِحْجَنِهِ ﷺ قَالَ » ارْكَبْ « فَرَكِبْتُهُ فَلَقَدْ رَأَيْتُنِي أَكُفُّهُ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ » تَزَوَّجْتَ؟ «قُلْتُ نَعَمْ قَالَ » بِكْرًا أَوْ ثَيِّبًا؟ «قَالَ قُلْتُ ثَيِّبًا قَالَ » فَهَلَّا جَارِيَةً تُلَاعِبُهَا وَتُلَاعِبُكَ «قُلْتُ إِنَّ لِي أَخَوَاتٍ أَحْبَبْتُ أَنْ أَتَزَوَّجَ مَنْ تَجْمَعُهُنَّ وَتَمْشُطُهُنَّ وَتَقُومُ عَلَيْهِنَّ قَالَ » أَمَا إِنَّكَ قَادِمٌ فَإِذَا قَدِمْتَ فَالْكَيْسَ الْكَيْسَ « ثُمَّ قَالَ » أَتَبِيعُ جَمَلَكَ؟ «قُلْتُ نَعَمْ فَاشْتَرَاهُ مِنِّي بِأُوقِيَّةٍ ثُمَّ قَدِمَ الْمَسْجِدَ فَوَجَدْتُهُ عَلَى بَابِ الْمَسْجِدِ فَقَالَ » الْآنَ قَدِمْتَ؟ «قُلْتُ نَعَمْ قَالَ » فَدَعْ جَمَلَكَ وَادْخُلِ الْمَسْجِدَ فَصَلِّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ « فَدَخَلْتُ فَصَلَّيْتُ فَأَمَرَ بِلَالًا أَنْ يَزِنَ لِي أُوقِيَّةً فَوَزَنَ لِي قَالَ » فَأَرْجَحَ فِي الْمِيزَانِ « قَالَ فَانْطَلَقْتُ حَتَّى إِذَا وَلَّيْتُ قَالَ » ادْعُ لِي جَابِرًا « قُلْتُ الْآنَ يَرُدُّ عَلَيَّ الْجَمَلَ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ شَيْءٌ أَبْغَضُ إِلَيَّ مِنْهُ قَالَ » خُذْ جَمَلَكَ وَلَكَ ثَمَنُهُ «  

Verily Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, has commanded me to recite the Qur'an to you, whereupon he said: (Has) Allah mentioned my name to you? He said: Allah has mentioned your name to me. Thereupon he began to shed tears (of joy) (Using translation from Muslim 799d)   

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ لِأُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ «إِنَّ اللَّهَ أَمَرَنِي أَنْ أَقْرَأَ عَلَيْكَ الْقُرْآنَ» فَقَالَ أُبَيٌّ آللَّهُ سَمَّانِي لَكَ؟ قَالَ «اللَّهُ سَمَّاكَ لِي» قَالَ فَجَعَلَ أُبَيٌّ يَبْكِي  

[Machine] She said, "Hassan ibn Thabit sought permission from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ to insult the polytheists. So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'What about my lineage?' Hassan replied, 'I will protect you from them as a strand of hair is separated from dough.'"  

قَالَتِ اسْتَأْذَنَ حَسَّانُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي هِجَاءِ الْمُشْرِكِينَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «كَيْفَ بِنَسَبِي؟ » قَالَ حَسَّانُ لَأَسُلَنَّكَ مِنْهُمْ كَمَا تُسَلُّ الشَّعْرَةُ مِنَ الْعَجِينِ «  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to Hassan, "Indeed, the Holy Spirit is with you as long as you do not argue with them."  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لِحَسَّانَ «إِنَّ رُوحَ الْقُدُسِ مَعَكَ مَا هَاجَيْتَهُمْ»  

[Machine] She said: "I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying to Hassaan ibn Thabit, 'Verily, the Holy Spirit will continue to support you as long as you defend Allah and His Messenger.'"  

أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ لِحَسَّانَ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ «إِنَّ رُوحَ الْقُدُسِ لَا يَزَالُ يُؤَيِّدُكَ مَا نَافَحْتَ عَنِ اللَّهِ وَعَنْ رَسُولِهِ»  

I adjure you by Allah if you had not heard Allah's Apostle ﷺ saying: Hassin, give a reply on behalf of the Messenger of Allah. O Allah, help him with Ruh-ul-Qudus. Abu Huraira said: Yes, it is so. (Using translation from Muslim 2485c)   

سَمِعْتَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «أَجِبْ عَنِّي اللَّهُمَّ أَيِّدْهُ بِرُوحِ الْقُدُسِ» قَالَ نَعَمْ  

[Machine] Khuzaymah bin Thabit bin Khuzaymah bin Thabit informed me that the Prophet ﷺ made his testimony equivalent to the testimony of two men that Khuzaymah bin Thabit saw in his dream that he prostrated on the forehead of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. So Khuzaymah came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and informed him. Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ leaned towards him and said, "Your vision is true." Then he prostrated on the forehead of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.  

أَخْبَرَنِي خُزَيْمَةُ بْنُ ثَابِتِ بْنِ خُزَيْمَةَ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ الَّذِي جَعَلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ شَهَادَتَهُ بِشَهَادَةِ رَجُلَيْنِ أَنَّ خُزَيْمَةَ بْنَ ثَابِتٍ أُرِيَ فِي النَّوْمِ أَنَّهُ سَجَدَ عَلَى جَبْهَةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَأَتَى خُزَيْمَةَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَحَدَّثَهُ قَالَ فَاضْطَجَعَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ ثُمَّ قَالَ «صَدِّقْ رُؤْيَاكَ» فَسَجَدَ عَلَى جَبْهَةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ «  

[Machine] While I was traveling at night, I came across a man who was performing the act of tasbih (saying "Subhanallah"). I asked him, "Who is this person who is performing tasbih?" He replied, "Abu Hurairah." I then asked, "Why is he performing tasbih?" He said, "Out of gratitude." I asked, "Gratitude for what?" He answered, "Gratitude for the fact that I used to serve Busrat, the daughter of Ghazwan, by carrying her belongings and providing for her sustenance. When the people would ride their camels, I would give them water, and when they would stop, I would serve them. Allah then blessed me with her, and she became my wife. So now, whenever the people ride, I ride, and whenever they stop, I serve."  

بَيْنَا أَنَا أَسِيرُ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ إِذَا رَجُلٌ يُكَبِّرُ فَأَلْحَقْتُهُ بَعِيرِي قُلْتُ مَنْ هَذَا الْمُكَبِّرُ؟ قَالَ «أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ» قُلْتُ مَا هَذَا التَّكْبِيرُ؟ قَالَ «شُكْرًا» قُلْتُ عَلَى مَهْ؟ قَالَ «عَلَى أَنِّي كُنْتُ أَجِيرًا لِبُسْرَةَ بِنْتِ غَزْوَانَ بعُقْبَةِ رِجْلِي وَطَعَامِ بَطْنِي فَكَانَ الْقَوْمُ إِذَا رَكِبُوا سُقْتُ لَهُمْ وَإِذَا نَزَلُوا خَدَمْتُهُمْ فَزَوَّجَنِيهَا اللَّهُ فَهِيَ امْرَأَتِي الْيَوْمَ فَأَنَا إِذَا رَكِبَ الْقَوْمُ رَكِبْتُ وَإِذَا نَزَلُوا خُدِمْتُ» *  

[Machine] So I walked a short distance until I became tired. Suddenly, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ appeared in front of me and said, "O Abu Hurairah!" I replied, "At your service, O Messenger of Allah, and may my life be sacrificed for you." He then took my hand and stood me up, recognizing who I was. He then proceeded towards his camel and commanded for a cup of milk to be brought to me. I drank it, and then he said, "Come back, O Abu Hurairah." I returned and drank until my stomach was full and it resembled a pot. I then saw Umar and remembered the question I had in mind. I asked him, "Who is more deserving of this honor, O Umar, you or me? By Allah, I have memorized this verse before you." Umar replied, "By Allah, for me to have brought you into Islam is more beloved to me than having the red camels."  

فَمَشَيْتُ غَيْرَ بَعِيدٍ فَخَرَرْتُ لِوَجْهِي مِنَ الْجَهْدِ فَإِذَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَائِمٌ عَلَى رَأْسِي فَقَالَ «يَا أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ» قُلْتُ لَبَّيْكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَسَعْدَيْكَ قَالَ فَأَخَذَ بِيَدِي فَأَقَامَنِي وَعَرَفَ الَّذِي بِي فَانْطَلَقَ إِلَى رَحْلِهِ فَأَمَرَ لِي بِعُسٍّ مِنْ لَبَنٍ فَشَرِبْتُ ثُمَّ قَالَ «عُدْ يَا أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ» فَعُدْتُ فَشَرِبْتُ حَتَّى اسْتَوَى بَطْنِي وَصَارَ كَالْقِدْحِ قَالَ وَرَأَيْتُ عُمَرَ فَذَكَرْتُ الَّذِي كَانَ مِنْ أَمْرِي وَقُلْتُ لَهُ مَنْ كَانَ أَحَقَّ بِهِ مِنْكَ يَا عُمَرُ؟ وَاللَّهِ لَقَدِ اسْتَقْرَأْتُكَ الْآيَةَ وَلَأَنَا أَقْرَأُ لَهَا مِنْكَ قَالَ عُمَرُ وَاللَّهِ لَأَنْ أَكُونَ أَدْخَلْتُكَ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ أَنْ يَكُونَ لِي حُمْرُ النَّعَمِ  

that the heard Abu Hurairah say: "None of the Companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ narrated more Ahadith from him than me, except 'Abdullah bin 'Amr. For he used to write them down and I did not write." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 2668)   

سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَقُولُ «مَا مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَكْثَرَ حَدِيثًا مِنِّي إِلَّا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو فَإِنَّهُ كَانَ يَكْتُبُ وَكُنْتُ لَا أَكْتُبُ»  

People say that Abu Huraira transmits so many ahadith, whereas Allah is the Reckoner, and they say: How is it with Muhajirs and the Ansar that they do not narrate ahadith like him (like Abu Huraira)? Abu Huraira said: I tell you that my brothers from Ansar remained busy with their lands and my brothers Muhajirs were busy in transactions in the bazars, but I always kept myself attached to Messenger of Allah ﷺ with bare subsistence. I remained present (in the company of the Holy Prophet), whereas they had been absent. I retained in my mind (what the Prophet said), whereas they forgot it. One day Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: He who amongst you spreads the cloth and listens to my talk and would then press it against his chest would never forget anything heard from me. So I spread my mantle and when he had concluded his talk I then pressed it against my chest and so I never forgot after that day anything that he (the Holy Prophet) said. And if these two verses would not have been revealed in the Book I would have never transmitted anything (to anybody):" Those who conceal the clear evidence and the guidance that We revealed" (ii. 159) tip to the last verse. (Using translation from Muslim 2492c)   

أَلَا يُعْجِبُكَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ؟ جَاءَ فَجَلَسَ إِلَى بَابِ حُجْرَتِي يُحَدِّثُ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ يُسْمِعُنِي ذَلِكَ وَكُنْتُ أُسَبِّحُ فَقَامَ قَبْلَ أَنْ أَقْضِيَ سُبْحَتِي وَلَوْ أَدْرَكْتُهُ لَرَدَدْتُ عَلَيْهِ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَمْ يَكُنْ يَسْرُدُ الْحَدِيثَ كَسَرْدِكُمْ قَالَ ابْنُ شِهَابٍ وَقَالَ ابْنُ الْمُسَيَّبِ إِنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ يَقُولُونَ إِنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يُكْثِرُ أَوْ قَالَ أَكْثَرَ وَاللَّهُ الْمَوْعِدُ وَيَقُولُونَ مَا بَالُ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ وَالْأَنْصَارِ لَا يَتَحَدَّثُونَ بِمِثْلِ أَحَادِيثِهِ وَسَأُخْبِرُكُمْ عَنْ ذَلِكَ إِنَّ إِخْوَانِي مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ كَانَ يَشْغَلُهُمْ عَمَلٌ أَرَضِيهِمْ وَأَمَّا إِخْوَانِي مِنَ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ فَكَانَ يَشْغَلُهُمُ الصَّفْقُ بِالْأَسْوَاقِ وَكُنْتُ أَخْدِمُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَلَى مِلْءِ بَطْنِي فَأَشْهَدُ مَا غَابُوا وَأَحْفَظُ إِذَا نَسُوا وَلَقَدْ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَوْمًا «أَيُّكُمْ يَبْسُطُ ثَوْبَهُ فَيَأْخُذُ حَدِيثِي هَذَا ثُمَّ يَجْمَعُهُ إِلَى صَدْرِهِ فَإِنَّهُ لَنْ يَنْسَى شَيْئًا يَسْمَعُهُ» فَبَسَطْتُ بُرْدَةً عَلَيَّ حَتَّى جَمَعْتُهَا إِلَى صَدْرِي فَمَا نَسِيتُ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ شَيْئًا حَدَّثَنِي بِهِ وَلَوْلَا آيَتَانِ فِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ مَا حُدِّثْتُ شَيْئًا أَبَدًا {إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَكْتُمُونَ مَا أَنْزَلْنَا مِنَ الْبَيِّنَاتِ وَالْهُدَى} إِلَى آخِرِ الْآيَةِ «  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ recited this verse: "And if you turn away, He will replace you with another people; then they will not be like you." They asked, "O Messenger of Allah, who are those people that if we turn away, they will replace us and not be like us?" He struck the thigh of Salman al-Farsi and said, "This is him and his people. If faith were to be found at the Pleiades, men from Persia would attain it."  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ تَلَا هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ {وَإِنْ تَتَوَلَّوْا يَسْتَبْدِلْ قَوْمًا غَيْرَكُمْ ثُمَّ لَا يَكُونُوا أَمْثَالُكُمْ} قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَنْ هَؤُلَاءِ الَّذِينَ إِنْ تَوَلَّيْنَا اسْتُبْدِلُوا بِنَا ثُمَّ لَا يَكُونُوا أَمْثَالَنَا؟ فَضَرَبَ عَلَى فَخِذِ سَلْمَانَ الْفَارِسَيِّ ثُمَّ قَالَ «هَذَا وَقَوْمُهُ لَوْ كَانَ الدِّينُ عِنْدَ الثُّرَيَّا لَتَنَاوَلَهُ رِجَالٌ مِنْ فَارِسٍ»  

[Machine] "My father was from the sons of Asawira, and I used to differ with him regarding the book. I had two young boys with me, and when they returned from the book, they entered upon a priest, and I entered with them. The priest said to them, 'Did I not forbid you from coming with anyone?' I said to him, 'I differ with him until he loves me more than them.' He said to me, 'O Salman, if your family asks you who detained you, say it was your teacher. And if your teacher asks you who detained you, say it was your family.' He also said to me, 'O Salman, I want to convert.' I said to him, 'I am with you.' So he converted and entered a village where a woman used to differ with him. When he arrived, he said to me, 'O Salman, dig.' So I dug and found a jar of money. He poured it on my chest and began hitting his own chest, saying, 'Woe to the priest!' Then he died, and I blew into his mouth. The priests and monks gathered and attended to him. He said to them, 'I had intended to keep the money, but Allah diverted my attention from it. When the priests and monks gathered, I said to them, 'He left some money behind.' So some young men from the village took it and buried him. I said to the priests, 'Show me a knowledgeable person whom I can join.' They said, 'We do not know anyone on earth who is more knowledgeable than a man who used to go to Bayt al-Maqdis. If you leave now, you will find his donkey at the door of Bayt al-Maqdis.' So I went and found the donkey. I sat beside it until he came out, and I told him my story. He said, 'Stay here until I return to you,' but I never saw him again. He used to go to Bayt al-Maqdis only once a year in that month. When he returned, I asked him, 'What did you do with me?' He said, 'Do you still have it?' I said, 'Yes.' He said, 'I do not know anyone on earth who is more knowledgeable than an orphan who left Tihama and whom you would meet if you leave now.' I left and found him. He raised me to a certain place and then lowered me to another place. I encountered a tribe of Arabs who rejected me and sold me until I arrived in Medina. I heard them mentioning the Prophet and that life there was good. So I asked my family to give me a gift for a day, and they did. I left and saved some money, and then I brought it to him and placed it in front of him. He asked, 'What is this?' I said, 'It is charity.' He said to his companions, 'Eat.' But he refused to eat. I said, 'This is only one, and I waited as Allah willed.' Then I asked my family for a gift for a day, and they gave it to me. I left and saved some money, and then I brought him something better than that. I cooked food and brought it to him. He placed it in front of him and asked, 'What is this?' I said, 'It is a gift.' He said, 'In the name of Allah.' Then he said to his companions, 'Take it and eat with me.' I stood behind him, and he placed his cloak in front of him. I saw the seal of prophethood on the back of his right shoulder, which resembled an egg with the color of his skin. I said, 'I bear witness that you are the Messenger of Allah.' He asked, 'What is that?' I told him, and then I asked him, 'O Messenger of Allah, will the priest enter Paradise? He claims that you are a prophet.' He said, 'No one will enter Paradise except a Muslim soul.' I said, 'O Messenger of Allah, he informed me that you are a prophet.' He said, 'No one will enter Paradise except a Muslim soul.'"  

كَانَ أَبِي مِنْ أَبْنَاءِ الْأَسَاوِرَةِ وَكُنْتُ أَخْتَلِفُ إِلَى الْكِتَابِ وَكَانَ مَعِي غُلَامَانِ إِذَا رَجَعَا مِنَ الْكِتَابِ دَخَلَا عَلَى قَسٍّ فَدَخَلْتُ مَعَهُمَا فَقَالَ لَهُمَا «أَلَمْ أَنْهَكُمَا أَنْ تَأْتِيَانِي بِأَحَدٍ» قَالَ فَكُنْتُ أَخْتَلِفُ إِلَيْهِ حَتَّى كُنْتُ أَحَبُّ إِلَيْهِ مِنْهُمَا فَقَالَ لِي «يَا سَلْمَانُ إِذَا سَأَلَكَ أَهْلُكَ مَنْ حَبَسَكَ فَقُلْ مُعَلِّمِي وَإِذَا سَأَلَكَ مُعَلِّمُكَ مَنْ حَبَسَكَ فَقُلْ أَهْلِي» وَقَالَ لِي «يَا سَلْمَانُ إِنِّي أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَتَحَوَّلَ» قَالَ قُلْتُ أَنَا مَعَكَ قَالَ «فَتَحَوَّلَ فَأَتَى قَرْيَةً فَنَزَلَهَا وَكَانَتِ امْرَأَةٌ تَخْتَلِفُ إِلَيْهِ فَلَمَّا حَضَرَ قَالَ » يَا سَلْمَانُ احْتَفِرْ « قَالَ فَاحْتَفَرْتُ فَاسْتَخْرَجْتُ جَرَّةً مِنْ دَرَاهِمَ قَالَ صُبَّهَا عَلَى صَدْرِي فَصَبَبْتُهَا فَجَعَلَ يَضْرِبُ بِيَدِهِ عَلَى صَدْرِي وَيَقُولُ » وَيْلٌ لِلْقَسِّ فَمَاتَ فَنَفَخْتُ فِي بُوقِهِمْ ذَلِكَ فَاجْتَمَعَ الْقِسِّيسُونَ وَالرُّهْبَانُ فَحَضَرُوهُ وَقَالَ «وَهَمَمْتُ بِالْمَالِ أَنْ أَحْتَمِلَهُ ثُمَّ إِنَّ اللَّهَ صَرَفَنِي عَنْهُ فَلَمَّا اجْتَمَعَ الْقِسِّيسُونَ وَالرُّهْبَانُ قُلْتُ إِنَّهُ قَدْ تَرَكَ مَالًا فَوَثَبَ شَبَابٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْقَرْيَةِ وَقَالُوا هَذَا مَالُ أَبَيْنَا كَانَتْ سُرِّيَّتُهُ تَأْتِيَهِ فَأَخَذُوهُ فَلَمَّا دُفِنَ قُلْتُ يَا مَعْشَرَ الْقِسِّيسِينَ دُلُّونِي عَلَى عَالِمٍ أَكُونُ مَعَهُ قَالُوا مَا نَعْلَمُ فِي الْأَرْضِ أَعْلَمَ مِنْ رَجُلٍ كَانَ يَأْتِي بَيْتَ الْمَقْدِسِ وَإِنِ انْطَلَقْتَ الْآنَ وَجَدْتَ حِمَارَهُ عَلَى بَابِ بَيْتِ الْمَقْدِسِ فَانْطَلَقْتُ فَإِذَا أَنَا بِحِمَارٍ فَجَلَسْتُ عِنْدَهُ حَتَّى خَرَجَ فَقَصَصْتُ عَلَيْهِ الْقِصَّةَ فَقَالَ اجْلِسْ حَتَّى أَرْجِعَ إِلَيْكَ قَالَ فَلَمْ أَرَهُ إِلَى الْحَوْلِ وَكَانَ لَا يَأْتِي بَيْتَ الْمَقْدِسِ إِلَّا فِي كُلِّ سَنَةٍ فِي ذَلِكَ الشَّهْرِ فَلَمَّا جَاءَ قُلْتُ مَا صَنَعْتَ فِيَّ؟ قَالَ وَإِنَّكَ لَهَا هُنَا بَعْدُ؟ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ قَالَ لَا أَعْلَمُ فِي الْأَرْضِ أَحَدًا أَعْلَمُ مِنْ يَتِيمٍ خَرَجَ فِي أَرْضِ تِهَامَةَ وَإِنْ تَنْطَلِقِ الْآنَ تُوَافِقْهُ وَفِيهِ ثَلَاثٌ يَأْكُلُ الْهَدِيَّةَ وَلَا يَأْكُلُ الصَّدَقَةَ وَعِنْدَ غُضْرُوفِ كَتِفِهِ الْيُمْنَى خَاتَمُ نُبُوَّةٍ مِثْلُ بَيْضَةٍ لَوْنُهَا لَوْنُ جِلْدِهِ وَإِنِ انْطَلَقْتَ الْآنَ وَافَقْتَهُ فَانْطَلَقْتُ تَرْفَعُنِي أَرْضٌ وَتَخْفِضُنِي أُخْرَى حَتَّى أَصَابَنِي قَوْمٌ مِنَ الْأَعْرَابِ فَاسْتَبْعَدُونِي فَبَاعُونِي حَتَّى وَقَعْتُ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ فَسَمِعْتُهُمْ يَذْكُرُونَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَكَانَ الْعَيْشُ عَزِيزًا فَسَأَلْتُ أَهْلِي أَنْ يَهَبُوا لِي يَوْمًا فَفَعَلُوا فَانْطَلَقْتُ فَاحْتَطَبْتُ فَبِعْتُهُ بِشَيْءٍ يَسِيرٍ ثُمَّ جِئْتُ بِهِ فَوَضَعْتُهُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ فَقَالَ ﷺ » مَا هُوَ؟ «فَقُلْتُ صَدَقَةٌ فَقَالَ لِأَصْحَابِهِ » كُلُوا «وَأَبَى أَنْ يَأْكُلَ قُلْتُ هَذِهِ وَاحِدَةٌ ثُمَّ مَكَثْتُ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ ثُمَّ اسْتَوْهَبْتُ أَهْلِي يَوْمًا فَوَهَبُوا لِي يَوْمًا فَانْطَلَقْتُ فَاحْتَطَبْتُ فَبِعْتُهُ بِأَفْضَلَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ فَصَنَعْتُ طَعَامًا فَأَتَيْتُهُ فَوَضَعْتُهُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ فَقَالَ » مَا هَذَا؟ «قُلْتُ هَدِيَّةٌ فَقَالَ بِيَدِهِ » بِاسْمِ اللَّهِ «خُذُوا فَأَكَلَ وَأَكَلُوا مَعَهُ وَقُمْتُ إِلَى خَلْفِهِ فَوَضَعَ رِدَاءَهُ فَإِذَا خَاتَمُ النُّبُوَّةِ كَأَنَّهُ بَيْضَةٌ قُلْتُ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ قَالَ » وَمَا ذَاكَ؟ «قَالَ فَحَدَّثْتُهُ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ الْقَسُّ هَلْ يَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ؟ فَإِنَّهُ زَعَمَ أَنَّكَ نَبِيٌّ قَالَ » لَا يَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ إِلَّا نَفْسٌ مُسْلِمَةٌ « قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَخْبَرَنِي أَنَّكَ نَبِيٌّ قَالَ لَنْ يَدْخُلَ الْجَنَّةَ إِلَّا نَفْسٌ مُسْلِمَةٌ»