I invited my mother, who was a polytlieist, to Islam. I invited her one day and she said to me something about Messenger of Allah ﷺ which I hated. I came to Messenger of Allah ﷺ weeping and said: Messenger of Allah, I invited my mother to Islam but she did not accept (my invitation). I invited her today but she said to me something which I did not like. (Kindly) supplicate Allah that He may set the mother of Abu Huraira right. Thereupon Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: O Allah, set the mother of Abu Huraira on the right path. I came out quite pleased with the supplication of Allah's Apostle ﷺ and when I came near the door it was closed from within. My mother heard the noise of my footsteps and she said: Abu Huraira, just wait. And I heard the noise of falling of water. She took a bath and put on the shirt and quickly covered her head with a headdress and opened the door and then said: Abu Huraira, I bear witness to the fact that there is no god but Allah and Muhammad is His bondsman and His Messenger. He (Abu Huraira) said: I went back to Messenger of Allah ﷺ and (this time) I was shedding the tears of joy. I said: Messenger of Allah, be happy, for Allah has responded to your supplication and He has set on the right path the mother of Abu Huraira. He (the Holy Prophet) praised Allah, and extolled Him and uttered good words. I said: Messenger of Allah, supplicate to Allah so that He may instill love of mine and that of my mother too in the believing servants and let our hearts be filled with their love, whereupon Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: O Allah, let there be love of these servants of yours, i.e. Abu Huraira and his mother, in the hearts of the believing servants and let their hearts be filled with the love of the believing servants. (Abu Huraira said: This prayer) was so well granted by Allah that no believer was ever born who heard of me and who saw me but did not love me. (Using translation from Muslim 2491)   

أَمَا وَاللَّهِ مَا خَلَقَ اللَّهُ مُؤْمِنًا يَسْمَعُ بِي وَيَرَانِي إِلَّا أَحَبَّنِي قُلْتُ وَمَا عِلْمُكَ بِذَلِكَ يَا أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ؟ قَالَ إِنَّ أُمِّي كَانَتِ امْرَأَةً مُشْرِكَةً وَكُنْتُ أَدْعُوهَا إِلَى الْإِسْلَامِ فَتَأْبَى عَلَيَّ فَدَعَوْتُهَا يَوْمًا فَأَسْمَعَتْنِي فِي رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَا أَكْرَهُ فَأَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَأَنَا أَبْكِي فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي كُنْتُ أَدْعُو أُمِّي إِلَى الْإِسْلَامِ فَتَأْبَى عَلَيَّ وَأَدْعُوهَا فَأَسْمَعَتْنِي فِيكَ مَا أَكْرَهُ فَادْعُ اللَّهَ أَنْ يَهْدِيَ أُمَّ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «اللَّهُمَّ اهْدِهَا» فَلَمَّا أَتَيْتُ الْبَابَ إِذَا هُوَ مُجَافٌ فَسَمِعْتُ خَضْخَضَةَ الْمَاءِ وَسَمِعْتُ خَشْفَ رَجُلٍ أَوْ رِجُلٍ فَقَالَتْ يَا أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ كَمَا أَنْتَ وَفَتَحَتِ الْبَابَ وَلَبِسَتْ دِرْعَهَا وَعَجِلَتْ عَلَى خِمَارِهَا فَقَالَتْ إِنِّي أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ فَرَجَعْتُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَبْكِي مِنَ الْفَرَحِ كَمَا بَكَيْتُ مِنَ الْحُزْنِ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَبْشِرْ فَقَدِ اسْتَجَابَ اللَّهُ دَعَوْتَكَ قَدْ هَدَى اللَّهُ أُمَّ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ وَقَالَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ادْعُ اللَّهَ أَنْ يُحَبِّبَنِي أَنَا وَأُمِّي إِلَى عِبَادِهِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَيُحَبِّبَهُمْ إِلَيَّ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «اللَّهُمَّ حَبِّبْ عُبَيْدَكَ وَأُمَّهُ إِلَى عِبَادِكَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَحَبِّبْهُمْ إِلَيْهِمَا» أَبُو كَثِيرٍ السُّحَيْمِيُّ اسْمُهُ يَزِيدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ  

[Machine] "Abu Huraira used to be bold in asking the Prophet ﷺ about things that we would not ask him about."  

«كَانَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ جَرِيئًا عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ يَسْأَلُهُ عَنْ أَشْيَاءَ لَا نَسْأَلَهُ عَنْهَا» *  

[Machine] "I arrived at the city with the Prophet ﷺ to Khaybar, and a man from the Banu Ghaafar was leading them in the morning prayer. He recited in the first rak'ah 'Kaf Ha Ya 'Ain Saad,' and in the second rak'ah, 'Woe to the Defrauders.' We had a man with us who had two measures: a large measure and a small measure. He would give with one and take with the other." Then I said, "Woe to so and so."  

«قَدِمْتُ الْمَدِينَةَ وَالنَّبِيُّ ﷺ بِخَيْبَرَ وَرَجُلٌ مِنْ بَنِي غِفَارَ يَؤُمُّهُمْ فِي الصُّبْحِ فَقَرَأَ فِي الْأُولَى كهيعص وَفِي الثَّانِيَةِ وَيْلٌ لِلْمُطَفِّفِينَ وَكَانَ عِنْدَنَا رَجُلٌ لَهُ مِكْيَالَانِ مِكْيَالٌ كَبِيرٌ وَمِكْيَالٌ صَغِيرٌ يُعْطِي بِهَذَا وَيَأْخُذُ بِهَذَا» فَقُلْتُ «وَيْلٌ لِفُلَانٍ»  

[Machine] We were with the Prophet ﷺ at the funeral of Abu Dahdah. After he prayed upon him, a horse was brought and he rode it while we were running behind him. He ﷺ said, "How many splendid gardens (or rides) for Abu Dahdah in Paradise!"  

كُنَّا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِي جَنَازَةِ أَبِي الدَّحْدَاحِ فَلَمَّا صَلَّى عَلَيْهَا أُتِيَ بِفَرَسٍ فَرَكِبَهُ وَنَحْنُ نَسْعَى خَلْفَهُ فَقَالَ ﷺ «كَمْ مِنْ عِذْقٍ مُدَلًّى لِأَبِي الدَّحْدَاحِ فِي الْجَنَّةِ»  

[Machine] "The Prophet ﷺ prayed upon Abu Duhdah while we were present. The Prophet ﷺ was brought a horse and he rode it while we crowded around him. He said ﷺ, 'How many delights are there for Abu Duhdah hanging in Paradise!'"  

صَلَّى النَّبِيُّ ﷺ عَلَى أَبِي الدَّحْدَاحِ وَنَحْنُ شُهُودٌ فَأُتِيَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ بِفَرَسٍ فَرَكِبَهُ فَجَعَلَ يَتَوَقَّصُ بِهِ وَنَحْنُ نَسْعَى حَوْلَهُ فَقَالَ ﷺ «كَمْ مِنْ عِذْقٍ لِأَبِي الدَّحْدَاحِ مُعَلَّقٍ فِي الْجَنَّةِ»  

[Machine] A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "O Messenger of Allah, so-and-so has a palm tree, and I have erected my wall with it. So, command him to give it to me, and I will let him keep my wall." The Prophet ﷺ said, "Give it to him, and you will have a palm tree in Paradise." The man refused, so Abu ad-Dahhak came to him and said, "Sell me your palm tree for my wall." The man agreed, so Abu ad-Dahhak went to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "O Messenger of Allah, I have bought his palm tree in exchange for my wall. So, give it to him." The Prophet ﷺ said, "How many sweet dates will there be for Abu ad-Dahhak in Paradise!" He repeated this several times. Then, Abu ad-Dahhak went to his wife and said, "O mother of ad-Dahhak, leave the wall, for I have sold it in exchange for a palm tree in Paradise." She said, "The price is a good one."  

أَتَى رَجُلٌ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ لِفُلَانٍ نَخْلَةً وَأَنَا أُقِيمُ حَائِطِي بِهَا فَمُرْهُ يُعْطِينِي أُقِيمُ بِهَا حَائِطِي فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «أَعْطِهِ إِيَّاهَا بِنَخْلَةٍ فِي الْجَنَّةِ» فَأَبَى فَأَتَاهُ أَبُو الدَّحْدَاحِ فَقَالَ بِعْنِي نَخْلَتَكَ بِحَائِطِي فَفَعَلَ فَأَتَى أَبُو الدَّحْدَاحِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي قَدِ ابْتَعْتُ النَّخْلَةَ بِحَائِطِي وَقَدْ أَعْطَيْتُكُهَا فَاجْعَلْهَا لَهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «كَمْ مِنْ عِذْقٍ دَوَّاحٍ لِأَبِي الدَّحْدَاحِ فِي الْجَنَّةِ» مِرَارًا فَأَتَى أَبُو الدَّحْدَاحِ امْرَأَتَهُ فَقَالَ يَا أُمَّ الدَّحْدَاحِ اخْرُجِي مِنَ الْحَائِطِ فَقَدْ بِعْتُهُ بِنَخْلَةٍ فِي الْجَنَّةِ فَقَالَتْ رَبِحَ السِّعْرُ  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ called him and said, "I have been informed that Ibn Safwan ibn Nubayh al-Hudhali has gathered people to support me while he is near a date palm or a cluster of dates, so go to him." He said, "O Messenger of Allah, describe him to me so that I may recognize him." He said, "One of the signs between you and him is that when you see him, you will find a shiver down your spine." He said, "So I set out with my sword wrapped around me until I came to him while he was in a shady place which he usually visited at the time of Asr prayer. When I saw him, I found exactly what the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had described to me. So I approached him and feared that there might be some attempt to distract me from the prayer, so I prayed while walking towards him and nodded with my head. When I finished the prayer, I went up to him and he said, "Who is it?" I said, "A man from the Arabs who heard about you and your gathering for this man and came for that reason." He said, "It is indeed me." So I walked with him for a while until it was possible for me to seize him with my sword, so I killed him. Then I came and left his belongings piled up around him. When I came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and he saw me, he said, "The face has succeeded." I said, "I killed him, O Messenger of Allah." He said, "You have spoken the truth." Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood up with me and took me to his house and gave me a stick and said, "Keep this stick with you, O Abdullah ibn Unays." He said, "So I went out with it among the people, and they said, "What is this stick?" I said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ gave it to me and ordered me to keep it." They said, "Why don't you return to the Messenger of Allah and ask him about it?" He said, "So I went back to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, "O Messenger of Allah, why did you give me this stick?" He said, "It is a sign between you and me on the Day of Resurrection. Indeed, the least of people on that day will be those who are too short." So Abdullah linked it to his sword and it remained with him until his death. Then he (the Prophet) ordered that it be buried with him in his shroud, and so we were all buried together.  

دَعَاهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ «إِنَّهُ قَدْ بَلَغَنِي أَنَّ ابْنَ سُفْيَانَ بْنَ نُبَيْحٍ الْهُذَلِيَّ جَمَعَ لِيَ النَّاسَ لِيَعْزُوَنِي وَهُوَ بِنَخْلَةَ أَوْ بِعُرَنَةَ فَأْتِهِ» قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ انْعَتْهُ لِي حَتَّى أَعْرِفَهُ قَالَ «آيَةُ مَا بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَهُ أَنَّكَ إِذَا رَأَيْتَهُ وَجَدْتَ لَهُ إِقْشَعْرِيَرَةً» قَالَ فَخَرَجْتُ مُتَوَشِّحًا بِسَيْفِي حَتَّى دُفِعْتُ إِلَيْهِ وَهُوَ فِي ظُعُنٍ يَرْتَادُ لَهُنَّ مَنْزِلًا حِينَ كَانَ وَقْتُ الْعَصْرِ فَلَمَّا رَأَيْتُهُ وَجَدْتُ مَا وَصَفَ لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مِنَ الْإِقْشَعْرِيرَةِ فَأَخَذْتُ نَحْوَهُ وَخَشِيتُ أَنْ يَكُونَ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَهُ مُحَاوَلَةٌ تَشْغَلُنِي عَنِ الصَّلَاةِ فَصَلَّيْتُ وَأَنَا أَمْشِي نَحْوَهُ وَأُومِئُ بِرَأْسِي فَلَمَّا انْتَهَيْتُ إِلَيْهِ قَالَ مِمَّنِ الرَّجُلُ؟ قُلْتُ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْعَرَبِ سَمِعَ بِكَ وَبِجَمْعِكَ لِهَذَا الرَّجُلِ فَجَاءَ لِذَلِكَ قَالَ فَقَالَ أَنَا فِي ذَلِكَ فَمَشَيْتُ مَعَهُ شَيْئًا حَتَّى إِذَا أَمْكَنَنِي حَمَلْتُ عَلَيْهِ بِالسَّيْفِ حَتَّى قَتَلْتُهُ ثُمَّ خَرَجْتُ وَتَرَكْتُ ظَعَائِنَهُ مُنْكَبَّاتٍ عَلَيْهِ فَلَمَّا قَدِمْتُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَرَآنِي قَالَ «قَدْ أَفْلَحَ الْوَجْهُ» قُلْتُ قَتَلْتُهُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ «صَدَقْتَ» قَالَ ثُمَّ قَامَ مَعِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَأَدْخَلَنِي بَيْتَهُ وَأَعْطَانِي عَصًا فَقَالَ «أَمْسِكْ هَذِهِ الْعَصَا عِنْدَكَ يَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ أُنَيْسٍ» قَالَ فَخَرَجْتُ بِهَا عَلَى النَّاسِ فَقَالُوا مَا هَذِهِ الْعَصَا؟ قُلْتُ أَعْطَانِيهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَأَمَرَنِي أَنْ أُمْسِكَهَا قَالُوا أَفَلَا تَرْجِعُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَتَسْأَلَهُ لِمَ ذَلِكَ؟ قَالَ فَرَجَعْتُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ لَمَ أَعْطَيْتَنِي هَذِهِ الْعَصَا قَالَ «آيَةٌ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ إِنَّ أَقَلَّ النَّاسِ الْمُتَخَصِّرُونَ يَوْمَئِذٍ» فَقَرَنَهَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بِسَيْفِهِ فَلَمْ تَزَلْ مَعَهُ حَتَّى إِذَا مَاتَ أَمَرَ بِهَا فَضُمَّتْ مَعَهُ فِي كَفَنِهِ ثُمَّ دُفِنَا جَمِيعًا  

I have never heard the Prophet ﷺ saying about anybody walking on the earth that he is from the people of Paradise except ʿAbdullah bin Salam. The following Verse was revealed concerning him: "And a witness from the children of Israel testifies that this Qur'an is true" (46.10) (Using translation from Bukhārī 3812)  

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ لِأَحَدٍ يَمْشِي عَلَى الْأَرْضِ «إِنَّهُ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ» إِلَّا لِعَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سَلَامٍ «*  

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ was brought a bowl, and we drank from it. It overflowed with blessings, so the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "A man will emerge from this valley who will eat from this bowl among the people of Paradise." Saad said, "I left my brother Umair to perform ablution, thinking he is my brother." Then Abdullah ibn Salam came and ate from it.  

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ أُتِيَ بِقَصْعَةٍ فَأَصَبْنَا مِنْهَا فَفَضَلَتْ فَضْلَةٌ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «يَطْلُعُ رَجُلٌ مِنْ هَذَا الْفَجِّ يَأْكُلُ هَذِهِ الْقَصْعَةَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ» فَقَالَ سَعْدٌ وَكُنْتُ تَرَكْتُ أَخِي عُمَيْرًا يَتَطَهَّرُ فَقُلْتُ هُوَ أَخِي فَجَاءَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَلَامٍ فَأَكَلَهَا  

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "Verily, he is (one of) the tenth (people) in Paradise."  

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «إِنَّهُ عَاشِرُ عَشْرَةٍ فِي الْجَنَّةِ»  

I was sitting in a circle in the mosque of Medina and there was an old man, quite handsome. He was 'Abdullah b. Salim. He was telling good things to them (to the people sitting in that company). As he stood up (to depart) the people said: He who is desirous of looking at a person from amongst the people of Paradise should see him. I said: By Allah, I will follow him, and would try to know his residence. So I followed him and he walked on until he reached the outskirts of Medina. He then entered his house. I sought permission from him to get in, and he granted me the permission, saying: My nephew, what is the need (that has brought you here)? I said to him: As you stood up, I heard people say about you: He who is desirous of seeing a person from among the people of Paradise should look at him. So I became desirous of accompanying you. He ('Abdullah b. Salim) said: It is Allah Who knows best about the people of Paradise. I would, however, narrate to you as to why they said like it. (The story is) that while I was asleep (one night) there came to me a person (in the dream) who asked me to stand up. (So I stood up) and he caught hold of my hand and I walked along with him, and, lo, I found some paths on my left and I was about to set out upon them. Thereupon he said to me Do not set yourself on (them) for these are the paths of the leftists (denizens of Hell-fire). Then there were paths leading to the right side, whereupon he said: Set yourself on these paths. We came across a hill and he said to me: Climb up, and I attempted to climb up that I fell upon my buttocks. I made several attempts (but failed to succeed). He led until he came to a pillar (so high) that its upper end touched the sky and its base was in the earth. And there was a handhold at its upper end. He said to me Climb over it. I said: How can I climb upon it, as its upper end touches the sky? He cought hold of my hand and pushed me up and I found myself suspended with the handhold. He then struck the pillar and it fell down, but I remained attached to that handhold until it was morning (and the dream was thus over). I came to Allah's Apostle ﷺ and narrated it to him. He said: So far as the paths which you saw on your left are concerned, these are paths of the leftists (denizens of Hell) and the paths which you saw on your right, these are the paths of the rightists (the dwellers of Paradise) and the mountain represents the destination of the martyrs which you would not be able to attain. The pillar implies the pillar of Islam. and so far as the handhold is concerned, it implies the handhold of Islam, and you would hold to it fastly until you would meet death. (Using translation from Muslim 2484c)   

أَنْ يَنْظُرَ إِلَى رَجُلٍ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ فَلْيَنْظُرْ إِلَى هَذَا قَالَ قُلْتُ وَاللَّهِ لَأَتْبَعَنَّهُ فَلَأَعْلَمَنَّ بَيْتَهُ قَالَ فَتَبِعْتُهُ فَانْطَلَقَ حَتَّى كَادَ أَنْ يَخْرُجَ مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ دَخَلَ مَنْزِلَهُ فَاسْتَأْذَنْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَأَذِنَ لِي فَقَالَ مَا حَاجَتُكَ يَا ابْنَ أَخِي؟ قُلْتُ إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ الْقَوْمَ يَقُولُونَ لَمَّا قُمْتَ مَنْ سَرَّهُ أَنْ يَنْظُرَ إِلَى رَجُلٍ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ فَلْيَنْظُرْ إِلَى هَذَا فَأَعْجَبَنِي أَنْ أَكُونَ مَعَكَ قَالَ اللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِأَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ وَسَأُخْبِرُكَ مِمَّا قَالُوا ذَلِكَ إِنِّي بَيْنَا أَنَا نَائِمٌ أَتَانِي رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ قُمْ فَأَخَذَ بِيَدِي فَانْطَلَقْتُ مَعَهُ فَإِذَا أَنَا بِجَوَادٍ عَنْ شِمَالِي فَأَخَذْتُ لِآخُذَ فِيهَا فَقَالَ لِي لَا تَأْخُذْ فِيهَا فَإِنَّهَا طُرُقُ أَصْحَابِ الشِّمَالِ قَالَ وَإِذَا جَوَادٌ مَنْهَجٌ عَنْ يَمِينِي قَالَ لِي خُذْ هَاهُنَا فَأَتَى بِي جَبَلًا فَقَالَ لِي اصْعَدْ فَوْقَ هَذَا فَجَعَلْتُ إِذَا أَرَدْتُ أَنْ أَصْعَدَ خَرَرْتُ عَلَى اسْتِي حَتَّى فَعَلْتُهُ مِرَارًا ثُمَّ انْطَلَقَ حَتَّى أَتَى بِي عَمُودًا رَأْسُهُ فِي السَّمَاءِ وَأَسْفَلُهُ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَأَعْلَاهُ حَلْقَةٌ فَقَالَ لِي اصْعَدْ فَوْقَ هَذَا فَقُلْتُ كَيْفَ أَصْعَدُ فَوْقَ هَذَا وَرَأْسُهُ فِي السَّمَاءِ؟ فَأَخَذَ بِيَدِي فَزَحَلَ بِي فَإِذَا أَنَا مُتَعَلِّقٌ بِالْحَلْقَةِ ثُمَّ ضَرَبَ الْعَمُودَ فَخَرَّ وَبَقِيتُ مُتَعَلِّقًا بِالْحَلْقَةِ حَتَّى أَصْبَحْتُ فَأَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَصَصْتُهَا عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ «أَمَّا الطَّرِيقُ الَّذِي رَأَيْتَ عَلَى يَسَارِكَ فَهِيَ طَرِيقُ أَصْحَابِ الشِّمَالِ وَأَمَّا الطَّرِيقُ الَّذِي رَأَيْتَ عَنْ يَمِينِكَ فَهِيَ طَرِيقُ أَصْحَابِ الْيَمِينِ وَالْجَبَلُ هُوَ مَنَازِلُ الشُّهَدَاءِ وَلَنْ تَنَالَهُ وَأَمَّا الْعَمُودُ فَهُوَ عَمُودُ الْإِسْلَامِ وَأَمَّا الْعُرْوَةُ فَهِيَ عُرْوَةُ الْإِسْلَامِ وَلَنْ تَزَالَ مُسْتَمْسِكًا بِهَا حَتَّى تَمُوتَ»  

يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَاللَّهِ لَقَدْ خَشِيتُ أَنْ أَكُونَ قَدْ هَلَكْتُ قَالَ «لِمَ؟ » قَالَ قَدْ نَهَانَا اللَّهُ عَنْ أَنْ نُحِبَّ أَنْ نُحْمَدَ بِمَا لَمْ نَفْعَلْ وَأَجِدُنِي أُحِبُّ الْحَمْدَ وَنَهَى اللَّهُ عَنِ الْخُيَلَاءِ وَأَجِدُنِي أُحِبُّ الْجَمَالَ وَنَهَى اللَّهُ أَنْ نَرْفَعَ أَصْوَاتَنَا فَوْقَ صَوْتِكَ وَأَنَا امْرُؤٌ جَهِيرُ الصَّوْتِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «يَا ثَابِتُ أَلَا تَرْضَى أَنْ تَعِيشَ حَمِيدًا وَتُقْتَلَ شَهِيدًا وَتَدْخُلَ الْجَنَّةَ؟ » قَالَ بَلَى يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ فَعَاشَ حَمِيدًا وَقُتِلَ شَهِيدًا يَوْمَ مُسَيْلِمَةَ الْكَذَّابِ  

[Machine] When this verse was revealed: "O you who have believed, do not raise your voices above the voice of the Prophet or be loud to him in speech" (Quran 49:2), Thabit ibn Qays ibn Shammas was sitting in his house. He said, "I am the one who used to raise my voice and speak loudly to him, and I am one of the people of Hellfire." The Prophet ﷺ missed him, so they informed him about it, and he said, "Rather, he is one of the people of Paradise." Anas said, "So we used to see him walking among us, knowing that he is from the people of Paradise. And on the day of Yamamah, when this revelation was revealed, he put on his clothes and prepared himself, then he fought until he was killed."  

لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ {يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا تَرْفَعُوا أَصْوَاتَكُمُ فَوْقَ صَوْتِ النَّبِيِّ وَلَا تَجْهَرُوا لَهُ بِالْقَوْلِ} قَعَدَ ثَابِتُ بْنُ قَيْسِ بْنِ شَمَّاسٍ فِي بَيْتِهِ وَقَالَ أَنَا الَّذِي كُنْتُ أَرْفَعُ صَوْتِي وَأَجْهَرُ لَهُ بِالْقَوْلِ وَأَنَا مِنْ أَهْلِ النَّارِ فَفَقَدَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَأَخْبَرُوهُ فَقَالَ «بَلْ هُوَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ» قَالَ أَنَسٌ «فَكُنَّا نَرَاهُ يَمْشِي بَيْنَ أَظْهُرِنَا وَنَحْنُ نَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ فَلَمَّا كَانَ يَوْمُ الْيَمَامَةِ وَكَانَ ذَلِكَ الِانْكِشَافُ لَبِسَ ثِيَابَهُ وَتَحَنَّطَ وَتَقَدَّمَ فَقَاتَلَ حَتَّى قُتِلَ»  

[Machine] "When this verse was revealed: 'O you who have believed, do not raise your voices above the voice of the Prophet,' Thabit bin Qais said, 'By Allah, I used to raise my voice in the presence of the Messenger of Allah, and I fear that Allah may have become angry with me.' So he became sad and his complexion changed. The Messenger of Allah asked about him, and it was said, 'O Prophet of Allah, he says: I fear that I will be one of the people of the Fire, for I used to raise my voice in the presence of the Prophet.' The Prophet ﷺ said, 'Rather, he is one of the people of Paradise.' So we used to see him walking among us, a man from the people of Paradise."  

لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ {يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا تَرْفَعُوا أَصْوَاتَكُمُ فَوْقَ صَوْتِ النَّبِيِّ} قَالَ ثَابِتُ بْنُ قَيْسٍ أَنَا وَاللَّهِ الَّذِي كُنْتُ أَرْفَعُ صَوْتِي عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَأَنَا أَخْشَى أَنْ يَكُونَ اللَّهُ قَدْ غَضِبَ عَلَيَّ فَحَزِنَ وَاصْفَرَّ فَفَقَدَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَسَأَلَ عَنْهُ فَقِيلَ يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ إِنَّهُ يَقُولُ إِنِّي أَخْشَى أَنْ أَكُونَ مِنْ أَهْلِ النَّارِ إِنِّي كُنْتُ أَرْفَعُ صَوْتِي عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «بَلْ هُوَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ» فَكُنَّا نَرَاهُ يَمْشِي بَيْنَ أَظْهُرِنَا رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ «  

[Machine] "That the Prophet ﷺ prayed for him with beauty."  

«أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ دَعَا لَهُ بِالْجَمَالِ»  

«أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَسَحَ وَجْهَهُ وَدَعَا لَهُ بِالْجَمَالِ»  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ once asked for water, so I brought him a container that had water in it and also had a hair in it. I lifted the hair and handed him the container. He looked at me and said, "O Allah, beautify it." Then, I saw him and he was ninety-three years old, yet there was not a single white hair on his head or beard.  

اسْتَسْقَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَأَتَيْتُهُ بِإِنَاءٍ فِيهِ مَاءٌ وَفِيهِ شَعْرَةٌ فَرَفَعْتُهَا فَنَاوَلْتُهُ فَنَظَرَ إِلَيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ «اللَّهُمَّ جَمِّلْهُ» قَالَ فَرَأَيْتُهُ وَهُوَ ابْنُ ثَلَاثٍ وَتِسْعِينَ وَمَا فِي رَأْسِهِ وَلِحْيَتِهِ شَعْرَةٌ بَيْضَاءُ  

[Machine] I arrived in the city during the time of Hudaybiyah with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ . I and Rabah, his young servant, were tending to the camels. When we reached Ghals, Abdur-Rahman ibn 'Uwainah became jealous of the Prophet's camels and killed their shepherd. He then began driving them away while being accompanied by people. I said to Rabah, "Sit on this horse, catch up to Tublah, and inform the Messenger of Allah ﷺ that his camels have been seized." So I went up onto a hill, faced towards the city, and called out three times, "O morning has come!" Then I followed the group with my sword and spear. I began throwing and striking them when the trees became dense. When a horseman came towards me, I killed him, for I do not hesitate to confront a horseman. I continued throwing and saying...  

قَدِمْتُ الْمَدِينَةَ زَمَنَ الْحُدَيْبِيَةِ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَخَرَجْتُ أَنَا وَرَبَاحٌ غُلَامُهُ أُنَدِّيهِ مَعَ الْ إِبِلِ فَلَمَّا كَانَ بِغَلَسٍ أَغَارَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَلَى إِبِلِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَقَتْلَ رَاعِيَهَا وَخَرَجَ يَطْرُدُ بِهَا وَهُوَ فِي أُنَاسٍ مَعَهُ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَبَاحُ اقْعُدْ عَلَى هَذَا الْفَرَسِ وَأَلْحِقْهُ بِطَلْحَةَ وَأَخْبِرْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنْ قَدْ أُغِيرَ عَلَى سَرْحِهِ قَالَ وَقُمْتُ عَلَى تَلٍّ فَجَعَلْتُ وَجْهِي قِبَلَ الْمَدِينَةِ ثُمَّ نَادَيْتُ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ يَا صَبَاحَاهُ ثُمَّ اتَّبَعْتُ الْقَوْمَ مَعِي سَيْفِي وَنَبْلِي فَجَعَلْتُ أَرْمِيهِمْ وَأَرْتَجِزُهُمْ وَذَلِكَ حِينَ كَثُرَ الشَّجَرُ فَإِذَا رَجَعَ إِلَيَّ فَارِسٌ جَلَسْتُ لَهُ فِي أَصْلِ شَجَرَةٍ ثُمَّ رَمَيْتُهُ وَلَا يُقْبِلُ عَلَيَّ فَارِسٌ إِلَّا عَقَرْتُ بِهِ فَجَعَلْتُ أَرْمِيهِ وَأَقُولُ  

[Machine] I heard Al-Bara' say, "I participated in fifteen military expeditions with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, along with Abdullah bin Umar."  

سَمِعْتُ الْبَرَاءَ يَقُولُ «غَزَوْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ غَزْوَةً أَنَا وَعَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ»  

My mother Umm Anas came to Messenger of Allah ﷺ. And she prepared my lower garment out of the half of her headdress and (with the other half) she covered my upper body and said: Messenger of Allah, here is my son Unais; I have brought him to you for serving you. Invoke blessings of Allah upon him. Thereupon he (the Holy Prophet) said: O Allah, make an increase in his wealth, and progeny. Anas said: By Allah, my fortune is huge and my children, and grand-children are now more than one hundred. (Using translation from Muslim 2481b)   

جَاءَتْ أُمُّ سُلَيْمٍ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَقَدْ أَزَّرَتْنِي بِخِمَارِهَا وَرَدَّتْنِي بِبَعْضِهِ قَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ هَذَا أَنَسٌ أَتَيْتُكَ بِهِ لَيَخْدُمَكَ فَادْعُ اللَّهَ لَهُ قَالَ «اللَّهُمَّ أَكْثِرْ مَالَهُ وَوَلَدَهُ» قَالَ أَنَسٌ فَوَاللَّهِ إِنَّ مَالِي لَكَثِيرٌ وَإِنَّ وَلَدِي وَوَلَدَ وَلَدِي يَتَعَاقَبُونَ عَلَى نَحْوِ الْمِائَةِ  

from Umm Sulaim, that she said: "O Messenger of Allah, Anas bin Malik is your servant, supplicate to Allah for him." He said: "O Allah, increase his wealth and his children, and bless him in what You have given him." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 3829)  

أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنَسٌ خَادِمُكَ ادْعُ اللَّهَ لَهُ قَالَ «اللَّهُمَّ أَكْثِرْ مَالَهُ وَوَلَدَهُ وَبَارِكْ لَهُ فِيمَا أَعْطَيْتَهُ»  

[Machine] "I served the Prophet ﷺ for ten years, and he never sent me on a task except that he would say, 'If it happens, then it would have been destined to happen.'"  

«خَدَمْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ عَشْرَ سِنِينَ فَمَا بَعَثَنِي فِي حَاجَةٍ لَمْ تَتَهَيَّأْ إِلَّا قَالَ » لَوْ قُضِيَ لَكَانَ أَوْ لَوْ قُدِّرَ لَكَانَ «  

[Machine] "We were overcome by drowsiness while we were in our ranks on the day of Badr," said Abu Talha. "So, I was among those who were overcome by drowsiness that day. My sword kept falling from my hand, and every time it fell, I would pick it up again. As for the other group, the hypocrites, they had no concern except for themselves. They were the most cowardly people and the most humiliated in terms of truth. They thought wrongly about Allah, like the beliefs of the ignorant people of the pre-Islamic era. They were people of doubt and uncertainty in matters related to Allah."  

«غَشِيَنَا النُّعَاسُ وَنَحْنُ فِي مَصَافِّنَا يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ» قَالَ أَبُو طَلْحَةَ «فَكُنْتُ فِيمَنْ غَشِيَهُ النُّعَاسُ يَوْمَئِذٍ فَجَعَلَ سَيْفِي يَسْقُطُ مِنْ يَدِي وَآخُذُهُ وَيَسْقُطُ وَآخُذُهُ وَالطَّائِفَةُ الْأُخْرَى الْمُنَافِقُونَ لَيْسَ لَهُمْ هَمٌّ إِلَّا أَنْفُسُهُمْ أَجْبَنُ قَوْمٍ وَأَذَلُّهُ لِلْحَقِّ يَظُنُّونَ بِاللَّهِ غَيْرَ الْحَقِّ ظَنَّ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ أَهْلُ شَكٍّ وَرِيبَةٍ فِي أَمْرِ اللَّهِ»  

[Machine] Abu Talhah used to throw himself in front of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ and the Prophet ﷺ would raise his head from behind him to see where his arrows would fall. Abu Talhah would then block the Prophet ﷺ with his chest, protecting him, and he would say, "O Messenger of Allah, may Allah make me a sacrifice for you, let my neck be sacrificed instead of yours."  

أَنَّ أَبَا طَلْحَةَ كَانَ يَرْمِي بَيْنَ يَدَيْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَكَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَرْفَعُ رَأْسَهُ مِنْ خَلْفِهِ لَيَنْظُرَ أَيْنَ يَقَعُ نَبْلُهُ فَيَتَطَاوَلُ أَبُو طَلْحَةَ بِصَدْرِهِ يَقِي بِهِ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَيَقُولُ هَكَذَا يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ جَعَلَنِي اللَّهُ فِدَاكَ نَحْرِي دُونَ نَحْرِكَ «  

Abu Talha was the one among the Ansar of Medina who possessed the largest property and among his property he valued most was his garden known as Bairaha' which was opposite the mosque, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ often visited it and he drank of its sweet water. When this verse was revealed: "You will never attain righteousness till you give freely of what you love" (iii. 91), Abu Talha got up and, going to Messenger of Allah ﷺ, said: Allah says in His Book: "You will never attain righteousness till you give freely of what you love," and the dearest of my property is Bairaha' so I give it as Sadaqa to God from Whom I hope for reward for it and the treasure with Allah; so spend it, Messenger of Allah, on whatever purpose you deem it proper. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Well done! that is a profitable deal, that is a profitable deal. I have heard what you have said, but I think you should spend it on your nearest relatives. So Abu Talha distributed it among the nearest relatives and his cousins on his father's side. (Using translation from Muslim 998a)  

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ يَقُولُ كَانَ أَبُو طَلْحَةَ أَكْثَرَ أَنْصَارِيٍّ بِالْمَدِينَةِ مَالًا وَكَانَ أَحَبَّ أَمْوَالِهِ إِلَيْهِ بَيْرُحَاءُ وَكَانَتْ مُسْتَقْبِلَةَ الْمَسْجِدِ وَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَدْخُلُهَا وَيَشْرَبُ مِنْ مَاءٍ فِيهَا طَيِّبٍ قَالَ أَنَسٌ فَلَمَّا نَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ {لَنْ تَنَالُوا الْبِرَّ حَتَّى تُنْفِقُوا مِمَّا تُحِبُّونَ} قَامَ أَبُو طَلْحَةَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَقُولُ فِي كِتَابِهِ {لَنْ تَنَالُوا الْبِرَّ حَتَّى تُنْفِقُوا مِمَّا تُحِبُّونَ} وَإِنَّ أَحَبَّ أَمْوَالِي إِلَيَّ بَيْرُحَاءُ وَإِنَّهَا صَدَقَةٌ لِلَّهِ أَرْجُو بِرَّهَا وَذُخْرَهَا عِنْدَ اللَّهِ فَضَعْهَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ حَيْثُ شِئْتَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «بَخٍ ذَاكَ مَالٌ رَابِحٌ بَخٍ ذَاكَ مَالٌ رَابِحٌ وَقَدْ سَمِعْتُ مَا قُلْتَ فِيهَا وَإِنِّي أَرَى أَنْ تَجْعَلَهَا فِي الْأَقْرَبِينَ» قَالَ أَبُو طَلْحَةَ أَفْعَلُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَقَسَمَهَا أَبُو طَلْحَةَ فِي أَقَارِبِهِ وَبَنِي عَمِّهِ «  

"When this Verse was revealed -'By no means shall you attain Al Birr (piety, righteousness--here it means Allah's reward, i.e. Paradise), unless you spend (in Allah's cause) of that which you love'- Abu Talha said: 'Our Lord will ask us about our wealth. I adjure you, O Messenger of Allah! I am giving my land to Allah.' The Messenger of Allah said: 'Make it for your relatives, Hassan bin Thabit and Ubayy bin Ka'b.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3602)   

لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ {لَنْ تَنَالُوا الْبِرَّ حَتَّى تُنْفِقُوا مِمَّا تُحِبُّونَ} قَالَ أَبُو طَلْحَةَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَسْأَلُنَا مِنْ أَمْوَالِنَا فَإِنِّي أُشْهِدُكَ أَنِّي قَدْ جَعَلْتُ أَرْضِي وَقْفًا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «اجْعَلْهَا فِي قَرَابَتِكَ» فَقَسَمَهَا بَيْنَ حَسَّانَ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ وَأُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ  

[Machine] Abu Talhah recited Surah Baraat and came across the verse "March forth, whether light or heavy." He then said, "Do I not see that my Lord is preparing me, a young man and an old man?" His sons said to him, "You have already fought alongside the Messenger of Allah ﷺ until he passed away. You fought alongside Abu Bakr until he died. You fought alongside Umar, and now we fight on your behalf." He said, "Prepare me." So they prepared him, and he rode on the sea but died. They could not find an island to bury him until after seven days, and his body did not decompose.  

أَنَّ أَبَا طَلْحَةَ قَرَأَ سُورَةَ بَرَاءَةً فَأَتَى عَلَى هَذِهِ الْآيَةِ {انْفِرُوا خِفَافًا وَثِقَالًا} فَقَالَ «أَلَا أَرَى رَبِّي يَسْتَنفِرُنِي شَابًّا وَشَيْخًا جَهِّزُونِي» فَقَالَ لَهُ بَنُوهُ قَدْ غَزَوْتَ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ حَتَّى قُبِضَ وَغَزَوْتُ مَعَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ حَتَّى مَاتَ وَغَزَوْتُ مَعَ عُمَرَ فَنَحْنُ نَغْزُو عَنْكَ فَقَالَ «جَهِّزُونِي» فَجَهَّزُوهُ وَرَكِبَ الْبَحْرَ فَمَاتَ فَلَمْ يَجِدُوا لَهُ جَزِيرَةً يَدْفِنُونَهُ فِيهَا إِلَّا بَعْدَ سَبْعَةِ أَيَّامٍ فَلَمْ يَتَغَيَّرْ «  

[Machine] Um Salim went out with the Prophet ﷺ on the day of Hunayn, and she had a dagger with her. Abu Talha said to her, "Um Salim, what is this?" She said, "I took it, and by Allah, a man approached me and I struck him in his stomach." Abu Talha said, "Do you not pay attention to what Um Salim is saying? She is saying such and such." She said, "O Messenger of Allah, kill those who come after us from the Thulqa' because they retreated because of you." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Um Salim, Allah is sufficient and He is the best."  

أَنَّ أُمَّ سُلَيْمِ خَرَجَتْ يَوْمَ حُنَيْنٍ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَمَعَهَا خِنْجَرٌ فَقَالَ لَهَا أَبُو طَلْحَةَ يَا أُمَّ سُلَيْمٍ مَا هَذَا؟ قَالَتِ اتَّخَذْتُهُ وَاللَّهِ إِنْ دَنَا مِنِّي رَجُلٌ بَعَجْتُ بِهِ بَطْنَهُ فَقَالَ أَبُو طَلْحَةَ أَلَا تَسْمَعُ مَا تَقُولُ أُمُّ سُلَيْمٍ تَقُولُ كَذَا وَكَذَا فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ اقْتُلْ مَنْ بَعْدَنَا مِنَ الطُّلَقَاءِ انْهَزَمُوا بِكَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «يَا أَمُّ سُلَيْمٍ إِنَّ اللَّهَ قَدْ كَفَى وَأَحْسَنَ»  

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ entered the house of Umm Salim and she brought him dates and clarified butter. He said, "Take your clarified butter and put it in its container, and put your dates in their place, for I am fasting." Then he went to a side of the house and performed a non-obligatory prayer and made supplication for Umm Salim and her family. Umm Salim said, "O Messenger of Allah, I have a cousin." He asked, "Who is it?" She replied, "It is your servant Anas, who has not left anything good for the hereafter or the worldly life except that you supplicate for it." Then he said, "O Allah, grant him wealth, children, and bless him." Anas said, "I have never seen anyone among the Ansar (helpers) who has more wealth than me." He also mentioned that his daughter Umaynah informed him that he was buried near the Mashhad of Al-Hajjaj in Basra.  

دَخَلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ عَلَى أُمِّ سُلَيْمٍ فَأَتَتْهُ بِتَمْرٍ وَسَمْنٍ فَقَالَ أَعِيدُوا سَمْنَكُمْ فِي سِقَائِهِ وَتَمْرَكُمْ فِي وِعَائِهِ فَإِنِّي صَائِمٌ ثُمَّ قَامَ إِلَى نَاحِيَةِ الْبَيْتِ فَصَلَّى صَلَاةً غَيْرَ مَكْتُوبَةٍ وَدَعَا لِأُمِّ سُلَيْمٍ وَأَهْلِ بَيْتِهَا فَقَالَتْ أُمُّ سُلَيْمٍ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ لِي خُوَيْصَةً قَالَ «مَا هِيَ؟ » قَالَتْ خُوَيْدِمُكَ أَنَسٌ فَمَا تَرَكَ خَيْرَ آخِرَةٍ وَلَا دُنْيَا إِلَّا دَعَا لِي بِهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ «اللَّهُمَّ ارْزُقْهُ مَالًا وَوَلَدًا وَبَارِكْ لَهُ» قَالَ فَإِنِّي لَمِنْ أَكْثَرِ الْأَنْصَارِ مَالًا قَالَ وَحَدَّثَتْنِي ابْنَتِي أُمَيْنَةُ قَالَتْ قَدْ دُفِنَ لِصُلْبِي إِلَى مَقْدَمِ الْحَجَّاجِ الْبَصْرَةَ بِضْعٌ وَعِشْرُونَ وَمِائَةً «  

[Machine] "He (Abu Talhah) has no equal to you. But I am a Muslim woman and you are a disbelieving man, so it is not permissible for me to marry you. However, if you convert, that will be my dowry and I will not ask you for anything else." So he converted and she became his wife. They consummated the marriage and she became pregnant and gave birth to a boy in the morning. Abu Talhah loved him intensely. The boy lived until he was able to move, but then he fell ill and Abu Talhah was deeply saddened by him to the point of becoming physically weak. He would visit the Messenger of Allah ﷺ during the day and stay there until the evening. The baby eventually passed away, and Umm Sulaym performed the necessary rituals for him, cleaned him, and placed him in their bed. Abu Talhah came and asked her, "How is our son doing?" She replied, "He is in the best condition since he fell ill. He had a peaceful night." Abu Talhah praised Allah and was pleased with that. She served him dinner, and after eating, he touched her in a subtle way, and she allowed it until they had intimate relations. Afterward, when he got up, he mentioned to her, "If you were to lend a neighbor of yours some priceless possessions and then he wanted to take them back, would you return them to him?" She replied, "By Allah, I would certainly return them to him." He said, "Is your own self valuable to you?" She said, "My own self is definitely valuable to me." He said, "Indeed, Allah has lent us a son and allowed us to enjoy him for as long as He wished, but then He took him back. So be patient and seek reward from Allah." Abu Talhah remained patient and then set off in the morning to visit the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and narrated to him the incident as told by Umm Sulaym. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "May Allah bless both of you in your night." Umm Sulaym became pregnant again, and this time the pregnancy was heavier. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to Abu Talhah, "When Umm Sulaym gives birth, bring the child to me." Abu Talhah wrapped the baby in a cloth and brought him to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ . The Messenger of Allah then chewed a date and placed it in the baby's mouth, and the baby immediately stopped crying. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to Abu Talhah, "The people of Madinah love dates." He smoothed the baby's hair, named him Abdullah, and made dua for him.  

لَهُ مَا مِثْلُكَ يَا أَبَا طَلْحَةَ يُرَدُّ وَلَكِنِّي امْرَأَةٌ مَسْلِمَةٌ وَأَنْتَ رَجُلٌ كَافِرٌ وَلَا يَحِلُّ لِي أَنْ أَتَزَوَّجَكَ فَإِنْ تُسْلِمْ فَذَلِكَ مَهْرِي لَا أَسْأَلُكَ غَيْرَهُ فَأَسْلَمَ فَكَانَتْ لَهُ فَدَخَلَ بِهَا فَحَمَلَتْ فَوَلَدَتْ غُلَامًا صَبِيحًا وَكَانَ أَبُو طَلْحَةَ يُحِبُّهُ حُبًّا شَدِيدًا فَعَاشَ حَتَّى تَحَرَّكَ فَمَرِضَ فَحَزِنَ عَلَيْهِ أَبُو طَلْحَةَ حُزْنًا شَدِيدًا حَتَّى تَضَعْضَعَ قَالَ وَأَبُو طَلْحَةَ يَغْدُو عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَيَرُوحُ فَرَاحَ رَوْحَةً وَمَاتَ الصَّبِيُّ فَعَمَدَتْ إِلَيْهِ أُمُّ سُلَيْمٍ فَطَيَّبَتْهُ وَنَظَّفْتُهُ وَجَعَلَتْهُ فِي مِخْدَعِنَا فَأَتَى أَبُو طَلْحَةَ فَقَالَ كَيْفَ أَمْسَى بُنَيَّ؟ قَالَتْ بِخَيْرٍ مَا كَانَ مُنْذُ اشْتَكَى أَسْكَنَ مِنْهُ اللَّيْلَةَ قَالَ فَحَمِدَ اللَّهَ وَسُرَّ بِذَلِكَ فَقَرَّبَتْ لَهُ عَشَاءَهُ فَتَعَشَّى ثُمَّ مَسَّتْ شَيْئًا مِنْ طِيبٍ فَتَعَرَّضَتْ لَهُ حَتَّى وَاقَعَ بِهَا فَلَمَّا تَعَشَّى وَأَصَابَ مِنْ أَهْلِهِ قَالَتْ يَا أَبَا طَلْحَةَ رَأَيْتَ لَوَ أَنَّ جَارًا لَكَ أَعَارَكَ عَارِيَّةً فَاسْتَمْتَعْتَ بِهَا ثُمَّ أَرَادَ أَخْذَهَا مِنْكَ أَكُنْتَ رَادَّهَا عَلَيْهِ؟ فَقَالَ إِي وَاللَّهِ إِنِّي كُنْتُ لَرَادُّهَا عَلَيْهِ قَالَتْ طَيْبَةً بِهَا نَفْسُكَ؟ قَالَ طَيْبَةً بِهَا نَفْسِي قَالَتْ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ قَدْ أَعَارَكَ بُنَيَّ وَمَتَّعَكَ بِهِ مَا شَاءَ ثُمَّ قُبِضَ إِلَيْهِ فَاصْبِرْ وَاحْتَسَبَ قَالَ فَاسْتَرْجَعَ أَبُو طَلْحَةَ وَصَبَرَ ثُمَّ أَصْبَحَ غَادِيًا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَحَدَّثَهُ حَدِيثَ أُمِّ سُلَيْمٍ كَيْفَ صَنَعَتْ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «بَارَكَ اللَّهُ لَكُمَا فِي لَيْلَتِكُمَا» قَالَ وَحَمَلَتْ تِلْكَ الْوَاقِعَةَ فَأَثْقَلَتْ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لِأَبِي طَلْحَةَ «إِذَا وَلَدَتْ أُمُّ سُلَيْمٍ فَجِئْنِي بِوَلَدِهَا» فَحَمَلَهُ أَبُو طَلْحَةَ فِي خِرْقَةٍ فَجَاءَ بِهِ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ فَمَضَغَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ تَمْرَةً فَمَجَّهَا فِي فِيهِ فَجَعَلَ الصَّبِيُّ يَتَلَمَّظُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لِأَبِي طَلْحَةَ «حِبُّ الْأَنْصَارِ التَّمْرَ» فَحَنَّكَهُ وَسَمَّى عَلَيْهِ وَدَعَا لَهُ وَسَمَّاهُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ  

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ used to say, "What happened to Abu Umair?" He (Abu Talhah) replied, "He fell ill, and Abu Talhah was absent in one of his gardens. The child died, so Umm Sulaim washed, shrouded, and perfumed him, and she put a cloth on him and said, 'No one should inform Abu Talhah until I inform him myself.' Then Abu Talhah came in angrily as he was fasting, so Umm Sulaim prepared herself for him and made herself presentable. She brought him his dinner, and he asked, 'What did Abu Umair do?' She replied, 'He had dinner and afterwards he was gone.' He said, 'Then I will also have dinner.' He ate from it what a man would eat from his family, and then she said, 'O Abu Talhah, have you seen a people who would lend their clothes to another family naked? So their owners may ask them to return it, or they would keep it?' He replied, 'No, they would return it to them.' She said, 'Then be patient and have hope, O Abu Umair.' He became angry and went to the Prophet ﷺ and informed him of the words of Umm Sulaim. The Prophet ﷺ said, 'May Allah bless your night.' Then she gave birth to Abdullah bin Abu Talhah on the seventh day. Umm Sulaim said to me, 'O Anas, take this baby and this towel, and there is some ajwa dates in it, to the Prophet ﷺ so that he will massage and name him.' So I went to the Prophet ﷺ with the baby, and he extended his legs and laid him down in his bed, and he took a date, chewed it, and placed it in the mouth of the baby and rubbed it on his palate. Then he said, 'The Ansar would only love dates.'"  

فَكَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَقُولُ «أَبَا عُمَيْرٍ مَا فَعَلَ النُّغَيْرُ؟ » قَالَ فَمَرِضَ وَأَبُو طَلْحَةَ غَائِبٌ فِي بَعْضِ حِيطَانِهِ فَهَلَكَ الصَّبِيُّ فَقَامَتْ أُمُّ سُلَيْمٍ فَغَسَّلَتْهُ وَكَفَّنَتْهُ وَحَنَّطَتْهُ وَسَجَّتْ عَلَيْهِ ثَوْبًا وَقَالَتْ لَا يَكُونُ أَحَدٌ يُخْبِرُ أَبَا طَلْحَةَ حَتَّى أَكُونَ أَنَا الَّذِي أُخْبِرُهُ فَجَاءَ أَبُو طَلْحَةَ كَالًّا وَهُوَ صَائِمٌ فَتَطَيَّبَتْ لَهُ وَتَصَنَّعَتْ لَهُ وَجَاءَتْ بِعَشَائِهِ فَقَالَ مَا فَعَلَ أَبُو عُمَيْرٍ فَقَالَتْ تَعَشَّى وَقَدْ فَرَغَ قَالَ فَتَعَشَّى وَأَصَابَ مِنْهَا مَا يُصِيبُ الرَّجُلُ مِنْ أَهْلِهِ ثُمَّ قَالَتْ يَا أَبَا طَلْحَةَ أَرَأَيْتَ أَهْلَ بَيْتٍ أَعَارُوا أَهْلَ بَيْتٍ عَارِيَّةً فَطَلَبَهَا أَصْحَابُهَا أَيَرُدُّونَهَا أَوْ يَحْبِسُونَهَا فَقَالَ بَلْ يَرُدُّونَهَا عَلَيْهِمْ قَالَتْ احْتَسِبْ أَبَا عُمَيْرٍ قَالَ فَغَضِبَ وَانْطَلَقَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَأَخْبَرَهُ بِقَوْلِ أُمِّ سُلَيْمٍ فَقَالَ ﷺ «بَارَكَ اللَّهُ لَكُمَا فِي غَابِرِ لَيْلَتِكُمَا» قَالَ فَحَمَلَتْ بِعَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي طَلْحَةَ حَتَّى إِذَا وَضَعَتْ وَكَانَ يَوْمُ السَّابِعِ قَالَتْ لِي أُمُّ سُلَيْمٍ يَا أَنَسُ اذْهَبْ بِهَذَا الصَّبِيِّ وَهَذَا الْمِكْتَلِ وَفِيهِ شَيْءٌ مِنْ عَجْوَةٍ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ حَتَّى يَكُونَ هُوَ الَّذِي يُحَنِّكُهُ وَيُسَمِّيهِ قَالَ فَأَتَيْتُ بِهِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَمَدَّ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ رِجْلَيْهِ وَأَضْجَعَهُ فِي حِجْرِهِ وَأَخَذَ تَمْرَةً فَلَاكَهَا ثُمَّ مَجَّهَا فِي فِيِّ الصَّبِيِّ فَجَعَلَ يَتَلَمَّظُهَا فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «أَبَتِ الْأَنْصَارُ إِلَّا حُبَّ التَّمْرِ»  

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to us and took a nap in our house, then he woke up smiling. I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, may my father and mother be ransomed for you, what has made you smile?' He said: 'I saw some people of my Ummah riding on the sea like kings on thrones.' I said: 'Pray to Allah to make me one of them.' He said: 'You will be one of them.' Then he slept again, and woke up smiling. I asked him and he said the same thing. I said: 'Pray to Allah to make me one of them.' He said: 'You will be one of the first.' Then 'Ubadah bin As-Samit married her, and he traveled by sea, and she traveled with him, but when she came ashore a mule was brought to her and she mounted it, and it threw her off and broke her neck." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3172)   

أَتَانَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ عِنْدَنَا فَاسْتَيْقَظَ وَهُوَ يَضْحَكُ قَالَتْ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ بِأَبِي أَنْتَ وَأُمِّي مَا أَضْحَكَكَ؟ قَالَ «رَأَيْتُ قَوْمًا مِنْ أُمَّتِي يَرْكَبُونَ هَذَا الْبَحْرَ كَالْمُلُوكِ عَلَى الْأَسِرَّةِ» ثُمَّ نَامَ فَاسْتَيْقَظَ وَهُوَ يَضْحَكُ قَالَتْ فَسَأَلْتُهُ فَقَالَ لِي مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ قُلْتُ ادْعُ اللَّهَ أَنْ يَجْعَلَنِي مِنْهُمْ قَالَ «أَنْتِ مِنَ الْأَوَّلِينَ» فَتَزَوَّجَهَا عُبَادَةُ بْنُ الصَّامِتِ فَرَكِبَ وَرَكِبَتْ مَعَهُ فَلَمَّا قُدِّمَتْ إِلَيْهَا بَغْلَةٌ؛ لِتَرْكَبَهَا انْدَقَّتْ عُنُقُهَا فَمَاتَتْ «  

[Machine] The Prophet (PBUH) said, "I entered Jannah (Paradise) and heard a rustling sound. I asked, 'Who is this?' They replied, 'It is Rumaysa bint Milhan'."  

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «دَخَلْتُ الْجَنَّةَ فَسَمِعْتُ خَشْفَةً فَقُلْتُ مَنْ هَذَا؟ فَقَالُوا الرُّمَيْصَاءُ بِنْتُ مِلْحَانَ»  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ awarded Abu Amer Al-Ash'ari a share of the spoils of war from the Battle of Hunayn. When the horses of the tribe of Talibah were defeated, he pursued them until he caught up with Dureed bin As-Simah. He quickly attacked him and killed him. Abu Musa said, "I became severe with Dureed and killed him, and I took the flag and returned with the people to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ . When he saw me with the flag in my hand, he asked, 'Abu Musa, was Abu Amer killed?' I said, 'Yes, O Messenger of Allah.' He raised his hands to supplicate for him and said, 'O Allah, make Abu Amer among those who will have the most on the Day of Resurrection.'"  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَقَدَ يَوْمَ حُنَيْنٍ لِأَبِي عَامِرٍ الْأَشْعَرِيِّ عَلَى خَيْلِ الطَّلَبِ فَلَمَّا انْهَزَمَتْ هَوَازِنُ طَلَبَهَا حَتَّى أَدْرَكَ دُرَيْدَ بْنَ الصِّمَّةِ فَأَسْرَعَ بِهِ فَرَسُهُ فَقَتَلَ ابْنُ دُرَيْدٍ أَبَا عَامِرٍ قَالَ أَبُو مُوسَى فَشَدَدْتُ عَلَى ابْنِ دُرَيْدٍ فَقَتَلْتُهُ وَأَخَذْتُ اللِّوَاءَ وَانْصَرَفْتُ بِالنَّاسِ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَلَمَّا رَآنِي وَاللِّوَاءُ بِيَدِي قَالَ «أَبَا مُوسَى قُتِلَ أَبُو عَامِرٍ؟ » قُلْتُ نَعَمْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ فَرَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ يَدْعُو لَهُ يَقُولُ «اللَّهُمَّ أَبَا عَامِرٍ اجْعَلْهُ فِي الْأَكْثَرِينَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ»  

[Machine] "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'There will come a people who have the tenderest hearts.' The Ash'arites were among them and Abu Musa was one of them, so they started to cringe and say,'  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «يَقْدَمُ قَوْمٌ هُمْ أَرَقُّ أَفْئِدَةً» فَقَدِمَ الْأَشْعَرِيُّونَ فِيهِمْ أَبُو مُوسَى فَجَعَلُوا يَرْتَجِزُونَ وَيَقُولُونَ  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "A people will come before you, more tender in hearts than you." The Ash'aris came and among them was Abu Musa. They were the first to show handshakes in Islam. When they approached the city, they would tremble and say...  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «يَقْدَمُ عَلَيْكُمْ قَوْمٌ أَرَقُّ مِنْكُمْ قُلُوبًا» فَقَدِمَ الْأَشْعَرِيُّونَ وَفِيهِمْ أَبُو مُوسَى فَكَانُوا أَوَّلَ مَنْ أَظْهَرَ الْمُصَافَحَةَ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ فَجَعَلُوا حِينَ دَنَوَا الْمَدِينَةَ يَرْتَجِزُونَ وَيَقُولُونَ  

[Machine] We went out to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on the sea until we reached Mecca, and my brothers were with me, fifty from the people of Ash'ariyyin and six from the people of 'Akk. Abu Musa said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to say, 'Indeed, people have one migration, but you have two migrations.'"  

خَرَجْنَا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي الْبَحْرِ حَتَّى جِئْنَا مَكَّةَ وَإِخْوَتِي مَعِي فِي خَمْسِينَ* مِنَ الْأَشْعَرِيِّينَ وَسِتَّةٍ مِنْ عَكٍّ قَالَ أَبُو مُوسَى فَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «إِنَّ لِلنَّاسِ هِجْرَةً وَاحِدَةً وَلَكُمْ هِجْرَتَيْنِ»  

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ heard the recitation of Abu Musa and said: He has been given a Mizmar among the Mazamir of the family of Dawud, peace be upon him." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1019)   

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ سَمِعَ قِرَاءَةَ أَبِي مُوسَى فَقَالَ «لَقَدْ أُوتِيَ هَذَا مِنْ مَزَامِيرِ آلِ دَاوُدَ»  

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ heard the recitation of Abu Musa and said: He has been given a Mizmar among the Mazamir of the family of Dawud, peace be upon him." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1019)   

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ سَمِعَ قِرَاءَةَ أَبِي مُوسَى الْأَشْعَرِيِّ فَقَالَ «قَدْ أُوتِيَ هَذَا مِنْ مَزَامِيرِ آلِ دَاوُدَ»  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ listened to my recitation during the night. When I woke up, he said, "O Abu Musa, I heard your recitation tonight. You have been given a flute from the flutes of the family of Dawood (David)." I said, "O Messenger of Allah, if I had known your location, I would have prepared a proper recitation for you."  

اسْتَمَعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ قِرَاءَتِي مِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحْتُ قَالَ «يَا أَبَا مُوسَى اسْتَمَعْتُ قِرَاءَتَكَ اللَّيْلَةَ لَقَدْ أُوتِيتَ مِزْمَارًا مِنْ مَزَامِيرِ آلِ دَاوُدَ» قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ لَوْ عَلِمْتُ مَكَانَكَ لَحَبَّرْتُ لَكَ تَحْبِيرًا «  

He (the Holy Prophet) sent me along with Abu 'Amir and Abu 'Amir received a wound in his knee from the arrow, (shot by) a person of Bani Jusham. It stuck in his knee. I went to him and said: Uncle, who shot an arrow upon you? Abu 'Amir pointed out to Abu Musa and said: Verily that one who shot an arrow upon me in fact killed me. Abu Musa said: I followed him with the determination to kill him and overtook him and when he saw me he turned upon his heels. I followed him and I said to him: Don't you feel ashamed (that you run), aren't you an Arab? Why don't you stop? He stopped and I had an encounter with him and we exchanged the strokes of (swords). I struck him with the sword and killed him. Then I came back to Abu Amir and said: Verily Allah has killed the one who killed you. And he said: Now draw out this arrow. I drew out the arrow and there came out from that (wound) water. Abu 'Amir said: My nephew, go to Messenger of Allah ﷺ and convey my greetings to him and tell him that Abu Amir begs you to ask forgiveness for him. And Abu Amir appointed me as the chief of the people and he died after a short time. When I came to Allah's Apostle ﷺ I visited him and he had been lying on the cot woven by strings and there was (no) bed over it and so there had been marks of the strings on the back of Messenger of Allah ﷺ and on his sides. I narrated to him what had happened to us and narrated to him about Abu Amir and said to him that he had made a request to the effect that forgiveness should be sought for him (from Allah). Thereupon Messenger of Allah (may peace be. upon him) called for water and performed ablution with it. He then lifted his hands and said. O Allah, grant pardon to Thy servant Abu Amir. (The Prophet had raised his hands so high for supplication) that I saw the whiteness of his armpits. He again said: O Allah, grant him distinction amongst the majority of Thine created beings or from amongst the people. I said: Messenger of Allah, ask forgiveness for me too. Thereupon Allah's Apostle ﷺ said: Allah, forgive the sins of Abdullah b. Qais (Abu Musa Ash'ari) and admit him to an elevated place on the Day of Resurrection. Abu Burda said: One prayer is for abu 'Amir and the other is tor Abu Musa. (Using translation from Muslim 2498)   

لَمَّا فَرَغَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مِنْ حُنَيْنٍ بَعَثَ أَبَا عَامِرٍ عَلَى جَيْشٍ إِلَى أَوْطَاسَ فَلَقِيَ دُرَيْدَ بْنَ الصِّمَّةِ فَقَتَلَ دُرَيْدًا وَهَزَمَ اللَّهُ أَصْحَابَهُ وَرُمِيَ أَبُو عَامِرٍ فِي رُكْبَتِهِ رَمَاهُ رَجُلٌ مِنْ بَنِي جُشَمٍ بِسَهْمٍ فَأَثْبَتَهُ فِي رُكْبَتِهِ فَانْتَهَيْتُ إِلَيْهِ فَقُلْتُ يَا عَمِّ مَنْ رَمَاكَ؟ فَأَشَارَ إِلَى أَنْ ذَاكَ قَاتِلِي يُرِيدُ ذَلِكَ الَّذِي رَمَانِي قَالَ أَبُو مُوسَى فَقَصَدْتُ لَهُ فَلَحِقْتُهُ فَلَمَّا رَآنِي وَلَّى عَنِّي ذَاهِبًا فَاتَّبَعْتُهُ وَجَعَلْتُ أَقُولُ أَلَا تَسْتَحِي أَلَا تَثْبُتُ؟ أَلَا تَسْتَحِي أَلَسْتَ عَرَبِيًّا؟ فَكَفَّ فَالْتَقَيْتُ أَنَا وَهُوَ فَاخْتَلَفْنَا فَضَرَبْتُهُ بِالسَّيْفِ فَقَتَلْتُهُ ثُمَّ رَجَعْتُ فَقُلْتُ قَدْ قَتَلَ اللَّهُ صَاحِبِكَ قَالَ فَانْزِعْ هَذَا السَّهْمَ فَنَزَعْتُهُ فَنَزَلَ مِنْهُ الْمَاءُ فَقَالَ يَا ابْنَ أَخِي انْطَلِقْ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَأَقْرِئْهُ مِنِّي السَّلَامَ وَقُلْ لَهُ يَقُولُ لَكَ اسْتَغْفِرْ لِي قَالَ وَاسْتَخْلَفَنِي أَبُو عَامِرٍ وَمَكَثَ يَسِيرًا ثُمَّ إِنَّهُ مَاتَ فَلَمَّا رَجَعْتُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَدَخَلْتُ عَلَيْهِ وَهُوَ فِي بَيْتٍ عَلَى سَرِيرٍ وَقَدْ أَثَّرَ السَّرِيرُ بِظَهْرِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَجَنْبَيْهِ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ خَبَرَنَا وَخَبَرَ أَبَى عَامِرٍ وَقُلْتُ لَهُ إِنَّهُ قَالَ قُلْ لَهُ يَسْتَغْفِرْ لِي قَالَ فَدَعَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِمَاءٍ فَتَوَضَّأَ مِنْهُ وَرَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ «اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِعُبَيْدٍ أَبِي عَامِرٍ اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ فَوْقَ كَثِيرٍ مِنْ خَلْقِكَ» فَقُلْتُ وَلِي يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَاسْتَغْفِرْ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِعَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ ذَنْبَهُ وَأَدْخِلْهُ مُدْخَلًا كَرِيمًا» قَالَ أَبُو بُرْدَةَ أَحَدُهُمَا لِأَبِي عَامِرٍ وَأَحَدُهُمَا لِأَبِي مُوسَى  

[Machine] "When I approached the city of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, I tied my camel, untied my baggage, and wore my best clothes. Then I entered upon the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while he was delivering a sermon, and the people looked at me with surprise. So I said to my companion, 'O Abdullah, did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ mention anything about me?' He replied, 'Yes, he mentioned you in the best way while he was delivering his sermon. He said, 'Indeed, he will enter upon you from this door or from this gap, bringing goodness from the right, and there is a mark of an angel on his face.' So I praised Allah for what He had shown me."  

لَمَّا دَنَوْتُ مِنْ مَدِينَةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنَخْتُ رَاحِلَتِي وَحَلَلْتُ عَيْبَتِي فَلَبِسْتُ حُلَّتِي فَدَخَلْتُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَخْطُبُ فَسَلَّمَ عَلَيَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَرَمَانِي النَّاسُ بِالْحَدَقِ فَقُلْتُ لِجَلِيسِي يَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ هَلْ ذَكَرُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مِنْ أَمْرِي شَيْئًا؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ ذَكَرَكَ بِأَحْسَنِ الذِّكْرِ بَيْنَمَا هُوَ يَخْطُبُ إِذْ عَرَضَ لَهُ فِي خُطْبَتِهِ فَقَالَ «إِنَّهُ سَيَدْخُلُ عَلَيْكُمْ مِنْ هَذَا الْبَابِ أَوْ مِنْ هَذَا الْفَجِّ مِنْ خَيْرِ ذِي يَمَنٍ وَإِنَّ عَلَى وَجْهِهِ مَسْحَةَ مَلَكٍ» فَحَمِدْتُ اللَّهَ عَلَى مَا أَبْلَانِي  

Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not screen himself from me since my embracing Islam, and whenever he saw me he would receive me with a smile. Once I told him that I could not sit firm on horses. He stroke me on the chest with his hand and said, "O Allah! Make him firm and make him a guiding and a rightly guided man." (Using translation from Bukhārī 3035)  

«مَا حَجَبَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مُنْذُ أَسْلَمْتُ وَلَا رَآنِي إِلَّا تَبَسَّمَ فِي وَجْهِي»  

[Machine] "To the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, I said, 'Would you not grant me rest from the hardships?' There was a house belonging to Khath'am in the period of ignorance, called the Yemeni Ka'bah. I said, 'O Messenger of Allah, I am a man who cannot stay on a horse.' He then placed his hand on my chest and said, 'O Allah, make him guided and rightly guided until he finds the contentment.'"  

لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «أَلَا تُرِيحُنِي مِنْ ذِي الْخَلَصَةِ» بَيْتًا كَانَ لِخَثْعَمٍ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ يُسَمَّى الْكَعْبَةَ الْيَمَانِيَّةَ قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي رَجُلٌ لَا أَثْبُتُ عَلَى الْخَيْلِ قَالَ فَمَسَحَ صَدْرِي ثُمَّ قَالَ «اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْهُ هَادِيًا مَهْدِيًّا حَتَّى وَجَدْتُ بَرْدَهَا»  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "O Jarir, there is no longer any trace of the tyrants of Jahiliyyah except for the house of Dhul-Khalasa, so destroy it." Jarir said, "So I set out with seventy of my people and we burnt it down. Then I sent a man to the Prophet ﷺ to give him the good news, and he was called Abu Artah. The Prophet ﷺ said, 'O Allah, bless the horses and men of Ahmas.'"  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «يَا جَرِيرُ إِنَّهُ لَمْ يَبْقَ مِنْ طَوَاغِيتِ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ إِلَّا بَيْتُ ذِي الْخَلَصَةِ فَاكْفِينِهِ» قَالَ فَخَرَجْتُ فِي سَبْعِينَ وَمِائَةٍ مِنْ قَوْمِي فَأَحْرَقْنَاهُ وَبَعَثْتُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ رَجُلًا يُبَشِّرُهُ يُكَنَّى أَبَا أَرْطَاةَ فَقَالَ وَاللَّهِ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا جِئْتُكَ حَتَّى تَرَكْتُهُ مِثْلَ الْبَعِيرِ الْأَجْرَبِ فَقَالَ ﷺ «اللَّهُمَّ بَارِكْ فِي خَيْلِ أَحْمَسَ وَرِجَالِهَا»  

[Machine] We were informed by Al-Muthanna Al-Abdi, the father of Munazil, one of Bani Ghanm, from Al-Ashajj Al-Asari that he came with a group from Abd Al-Qays to visit the Prophet ﷺ . They arrived and the Prophet ﷺ welcomed them and allowed them to stay with him. When they arrived, the Prophet ﷺ raised his voice for them, so they dismounted. The people rushed and only wore their travel clothes. Al-Asari then led the prayer and straightened the rows for his companions and his camel. He then took off his clothes from his cloak and that was seen by the Messenger of Allah ﷺ . Then he approached the Prophet ﷺ and greeted him. The Prophet ﷺ said to him, "Indeed, you possess two qualities that Allah and His Messenger love." Al-Asari asked, "What are they?" The Prophet ﷺ said, "Humility and patience." Al-Asari asked, "Is that something I was created with, or something I can learn?" The Prophet ﷺ replied, "No, rather it is something you were created with." Al-Asari said, "All praise is due to Allah." Then the Prophet ﷺ said, "O people of Abd Al-Qays, why do I see that your faces have changed?" They said, "O Prophet of Allah, we are in a land of famine, where we used to take from these leaves what would cut into our stomachs. But when we were prohibited from eating them, this is what you see in our faces." The Prophet ﷺ said, "Indeed, leaves are neither halal (permissible) nor haram (forbidden), but every intoxicant is haram. And it is not that you should withhold from drinking until your veins are filled, then you get into a dispute and one man strikes his cousin with a sword, leaving him crippled." He added, "And on that day, he (Al-Asari) was the crippled one among the people who experienced this."  

حَدَّثَنَا الْمُثَنَّى الْعَبْدِيُّ أَبُو مُنَازِلٍ أَحَدُ بَنِي غَنْمٍ عَنِ الْأَشَجِّ الْعَصَرِيِّ أَنَّهُ أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فِي رُفْقَةٍ مِنْ عَبْدِ الْقَيْسِ لِيَزُورَهُ فَأَقْبَلُوا فَلَمَّا قَدِمُوا رَفَعَ لَهُمُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَأَنَاخُوا رِكَابَهُمْ فَابْتَدَرَ الْقَوْمُ وَلَمْ يَلْبَسُوا إِلَّا ثِيَابَ سَفَرِهِمْ وَأَقَامَ الْعَصَرِيُّ فَعَقَلَ رَكَائِبَ أَصْحَابِهِ وَبَعِيرَهُ ثُمَّ أَخْرَجَ ثِيَابَهُ مِنْ عَيْبَتِهِ وَذَلِكَ بِعَيْنِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَسَلَّمَ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «إِنَّ فِيكَ لَخَصْلَتَيْنِ يُحِبُّهُمَا اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ» قَالَ مَا هُمَا؟ قَالَ «الْأَنَاةُ وَالْحِلْمُ» قَالَ شَيْءٌ جُبِلْتُ عَلَيْهِ أَوْ شَيْءٌ أَتَخَلَّقُهُ؟ قَالَ «لَا بَلْ جُبِلْتَ عَلَيْهِ» قَالَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ ﷺ «مَعْشَرَ عَبْدِ الْقَيْسِ مَالِي أَرَى وجُوهَكُمْ قَدْ تَغَيَّرَتْ» قَالُوا يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ نَحْنُ بِأَرْضٍ وَخِمَةٍ كُنَّا نَتَّخِذُ مِنْ هَذِهِ الْأَنْبِذَةِ مَا يَقْطَعُ اللُّحْمَانَ فِي بُطُونِنَا فَلَمَّا نُهِينَا عَنِ الظُّرُوفِ فَذَلِكَ الَّذِي تَرَى فِي وُجُوهِنَا فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «إِنَّ الظُّرُوفَ لَا تَحِلُّ وَلَا تُحَرِّمُ وَلَكِنْ كُلُّ مُسْكِرٍ حَرَامٌ وَلَيْسَ أَنْ تَحْبِسُوا فَتَشْرَبُوا حَتَّى إِذَا امْتَلَأَتِ الْعُرُوقُ تَنَاحَرْتُمْ فَوَثَبَ الرَّجُلُ عَلَى ابْنِ عَمِّهِ فَضَرَبَهُ بِالسَّيْفِ فَتَرَكَهُ أَعْرَجَ» قَالَ وَهُوَ يَوْمَئِذٍ فِي الْقَوْمِ الْأَعْرَجُ الَّذِي أَصَابَهُ ذَلِكَ  

[Machine] Abdullah ibn Salam went to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when he first arrived in Medina and said, "I have three questions that only a prophet knows." The Prophet ﷺ said, "Ask." Abdullah asked, "What is the first sign of the Hour or the first thing that will happen at the Hour? What do the people of Paradise eat? And what causes a child to resemble his father or his mother?" The Prophet ﷺ replied, "Jibril informed me about them earlier." Jibril said, "Yes." The Prophet ﷺ said, "That is one of the enemies of the Jews from the angels." The Prophet ﷺ continued, "As for the first sign of the Hour or the first thing that will happen at the Hour, it is a fire that will come out of the East and drive people to the West. As for what the people of Paradise eat, it is the additional lobe of the liver of a fish. And as for what causes a child to resemble his father or mother, when the water of the man precedes the water of the woman, the child resembles the father, and when the water of the woman precedes the water of the man, the child resembles the mother." Abdullah said, "I bear witness that there is no god but Allah and that you are the Messenger of Allah." Abdullah said, "O Messenger of Allah, the Jews are a confused people. If they come to know about my conversion to Islam before the others, a group of them will accompany me and ask them which one among them is Abdullah ibn Salam." They would respond, "The best and most knowledgeable among us." Abdullah went back to them and said, "I bear witness that there is no god but Allah." They said, "Woe to us, he is the most evil among us." Abdullah said, "This is the person I was afraid of them realizing."  

أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ سَلَّامٍ أَتَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَقْدَمَهُ الْمَدِينَةَ فَقَالَ إِنِّي سَائِلُكَ عَنْ ثَلَاثِ خِصَالٍ لَا يَعْلَمُهُنَّ إِلَّا نَبِيٌّ قَالَ ﷺ «سَلْ» قَالَ مَا أَوَّلُ أَمْرِ السَّاعَةِ أَوْ أَشْرَاطِ السَّاعَةِ؟ وَمَا أَوَّلُ مَا يَأْكُلُ أَهْلُ الْجَنَّةِ وَمِمَّ يَنْزِعُ الْوَلَدُ إِلَى أَبِيهِ وَإِلَى أُمِّهِ؟ قَالَ ﷺ «أَخْبَرَنِي جِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ بِهِنَّ آنِفًا» قَالَ جِبْرِيلُ قَالَ «نَعَمْ» قَالَ ذَاكَ عَدُوُّ الْيَهُودِ مِنَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ قَالَ ﷺ «أَمَّا أَوَّلُ أَشْرَاطِ السَّاعَةِ أَوْ أَمْرِ السَّاعَةِ نَارٌ تَخْرُجُ مِنَ الْمَشْرِقِ تَحْشُرُ النَّاسَ إِلَى الْمَغْرِبِ وَأَمَّا أَوَّلُ مَا يَأْكُلُ أَهْلُ الْجَنَّةِ فَزِيَادَةُ كَبِدِ حُوتٍ وَأَمَّا مَا يَنْزِعُ الْوَلَدُ إِلَى أَبِيهِ وَإِلَى أُمِّهِ فَإِذَا سَبَقَ مَاءُ الرَّجُلِ مَاءَ الْمَرْأَةِ نَزَعَ الْوَلَدُ إِلَى أَبِيهِ وَإِذَا سَبَقَ مَاءُ الْمَرْأَةِ مَاءَ الرَّجُلِ نَزَعَ الْوَلَدُ إِلَى أُمِّهِ» فَقَالَ أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَأَنَّكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ الْيَهُودَ قَوْمٌ بُهْتَةٌ اسْتَنْزِلْهُمْ وَسَلْهُمْ أَيُّ رَجُلٍ أَنَا فِيهِمْ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَعْلَمُوا بِإِسْلَامِي فَجَاءَ مِنْهُمْ رَهْطٌ فَسَأَلَهُمُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «أَيُّ رَجُلٍ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَلَّامٍ؟ » قَالُوا خَيْرُنَا وَابْنُ خَيْرِنَا وَسَيِّدُنَا وَابْنُ سَيِّدِنَا وَأَعْلَمُنَا وَابْنُ أَعْلَمِنَا فَقَالَ لَهُمُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «أَرَأَيْتُمْ إِنْ أَسْلَمَ؟ » قَالُوا أَعَاذَهُ اللَّهُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ قَالَ فَخَرَجَ إِلَيْهِمْ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَلَّامٍ وَقَالَ أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ فَقَالُوا شَرُّنَا وَابْنُ شَرِّنَا قَالَ يَقُولُ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ هَذَا الَّذِي كُنْتُ أَتَخَوَّفُ «  

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ and I went together until we entered the synagogue of the Jews in the city on their holiday, but they did not like our entry. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to them, "O assembly of Jews, show me twelve men who bear witness that there is no god but Allah and that I am the Messenger of Allah, and Allah will remove His anger from any Jew beneath the sky." None of them answered him, so he repeated his request three times, and no one answered him. Then he said, "You have refused, so by Allah, I am the gatherer, the last to live, and the one who will strike with punishment. Have you believed or denied?" Then he left and I was with him until he was about to leave, when a man from behind us said, "As you are, O Muhammad." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Who are you, O Jews?" They said, "We do not know of any person among us who is more knowledgeable about the Book of Allah than you, nor more understanding than you or your father before you, or your grandfather before your father." He said, "Then I bear witness for him with Allah that he is the Messenger of Allah whom you find written in the Torah." They said, "You have lied." Then they rejected him and said evil things to him. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to them, "You have lied, and your words will not be accepted. As for now, you praise him with good words when he does something good, but when he believes, you deny him and say what you do not say. Your words will not be accepted." Then we left, and we were three: the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , Abdullah ibn Salam, and I. Then Allah revealed in this regard the verse: "Say, 'Have you considered: if it is from Allah and you disbelieved in it...?'" (Surah Al-An'am, 6:35).  

انْطَلَقَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَأَنَا مَعَهُ حَتَّى دَخَلْنَا كَنِيسَةَ الْيَهُودِ بِالْمَدِينَةِ يَوْمَ عِيدِهِمْ وَكَرِهُوا دُخُولَنَا عَلَيْهِمْ فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «يَا مَعْشَرَ الْيَهُودِ أَرُونِي إِثْنَيْ عَشَرَ رَجُلًا يَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَأَنِّي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ يُحْبِطُ اللَّهُ عَنْ كُلِّ يَهُودِيٍّ تَحْتَ أَدِيمِ السَّمَاءِ الْغَضَبَ الَّذِي غَضِبَ عَلَيْهِ قَالَ فَأَمْسَكُوا وَمَا أَجَابَهُ مِنْهُمْ أَحَدٌ ثُمَّ رَدَّ عَلَيْهِمْ فَلَمْ يُجِبْهُ أَحَدٌ ثُمَّ ثَلَّثَ فَلَمْ يُجِبْهُ أَحَدٌ فَقَالَ » أَبَيْتُمْ فَوَاللَّهِ إِنِّي لَأَنَا الْحَاشِرُ وَأَنَا الْعَاقِبُ وَأَنَا الْمُقَفِّي آمَنْتُمْ أَوْ كَذَّبْتُمْ « ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ وَأَنَا مَعَهُ حَتَّى دَنَا أَنْ يَخْرُجَ فَإِذَا رَجُلٌ مِنْ خَلْفِنَا يَقُولُ كَمَا أَنْتَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ قَالَ فَقَالَ ذَلِكَ الرَّجُلُ أَيُّ رَجُلٍ تَعْلَمُونِي فِيكُمْ يَا مَعْشَرَ الْيَهُودِ؟ قَالُوا مَا نَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ كَانَ فِينَا رَجُلٌ أَعْلَمُ بِكِتَابِ اللَّهِ وَلَا أَفْقَهُ مِنْكَ وَلَا مِنْ أَبِيكَ مِنْ قَبْلِكَ وَلَا مِنْ جَدِّكَ قَبْلَ أَبِيكَ قَالَ فَإِنِّي أَشْهَدُ لَهُ بِاللَّهِ أَنَّهُ نَبِيُّ اللَّهِ الَّذِي تَجِدُونَهُ فِي التَّوْرَاةِ قَالُوا كَذَبْتَ ثُمَّ رُدُّوا عَلَيْهِ وَقَالُوا لَهُ شَرًّا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ » كَذَبْتُمْ لَنْ يُقْبَلَ قَوْلُكُمْ أَمَّا آنِفًا فَتُثْنُونَ عَلَيْهِ مِنَ الْخَيْرِ مَا أَثْنَيْتُمْ وَأَمَّا إِذَا آمَنَ كَذَّبْتُمُوهُ وَقُلْتُمْ مَا قُلْتُمْ فَلَنْ يُقْبَلَ قَوْلُكُمْ « قَالَ فَخَرَجْنَا وَنَحْنُ ثَلَاثَةٌ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَأَنَا وَعَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَلَّامٍ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ فِيهِ {قُلْ أَرَأَيْتُمْ إِنْ كَانَ مِنْ عِنْدِ اللَّهِ وَكَفَرْتُمْ بِهِ}» الْآيَةَ*  

[Machine] He said, "I participated in seven military expeditions with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , and I participated in nine military expeditions with Zaid bin Haritha, as commanded by the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ."  

أَنَّهُ قَالَ «غَزَوْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ سَبْعَ غَزَوَاتٍ وَمَعَ زَيْدِ بْنِ حَارِثَةَ تِسْعَ غَزَوَاتٍ أَمَّرَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَلَيْنَا»  

[Machine] "We accompanied the Messenger of Allah ﷺ to Hudaybiyah, then we returned to Madinah. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'The best of our cavalry today is Abu Qatadah, and the best of our foot soldiers today is Salamah ibn al-Akwa.' Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ gave me the arrow of the horsemen and the arrow of the foot soldiers."  

قَدِمْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ الْحُدَيْبِيَةَ ثُمَّ خَرَجْنَا رَاجِعِينَ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «خَيْرُ فُرْسَانِنَا الْيَوْمَ أَبُو قَتَادَةَ وَخَيْرُ رَجَّالَتِنَا الْيَوْمَ سَلَمَةُ بْنُ الْأَكْوَعِ» ثُمَّ أَعْطَانِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ سَهْمَ الْفَارِسِ وَسَهْمَ الرَّاجِلِ