The Emigrants and the Ansar started digging the trench around Medina carrying the earth on their backs and saying, "We are those who have given a pledge of allegiance to Muhammad that we will I carry on Jihad as long as we live." The Prophet ﷺ kept on replying, "O Allah, there is no good except the good of the Hereafter; so confer Your Blessings on the Ansar and the Emigrants." (Using translation from Bukhārī 2835)   

جَعَلَ الْمُهَاجِرُونَ وَالْأَنْصَارُ يَحْفِرُونَ الْخَنْدَقَ حَوْلَ الْمَدِينَةِ وَهُمْ يَرْتَجِزُونَ وَيَنْقُلُونَ التُّرَابَ عَلَى مُتُونِهِمْ وَيَقُولُونَ «نَحْنُ الَّذِينَ بَايَعُوا مُحَمَّدًا عَلَى الْإِسْلَامِ مَا بَقِينَا أَبَدًا» فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «وَهُوَ يُجِيبُهُمُ اللهُمَّ لَا خَيْرَ إِلَّا خَيْرُ الْآخِرَةِ فَبَارِكْ فِي الْأَنْصَارِ وَالْمُهَاجِرَةِ»  

Al-Muhajirun (i.e. the Emigrants) and the Ansar were digging the trench around Medina and were carrying the earth on their backs while saying, "We are those who have given the pledge of allegiance to Muhammad for Islam as long as we live." The Prophet ﷺ said in reply to their saying, "O Allah! There is no goodness except the goodness of the Hereafter; so please grant Your Blessing to the Ansar and the Emigrants." The people used to bring a handful of barley, and a meal used to be prepared thereof by cooking it with a cooking material (i.e. oil, fat and butter having a change in color and smell) and it used to be presented to the people (i.e. workers) who were hungry, and it used to stick to their throats and had a nasty smell. (Using translation from Bukhārī 4100)   

كَانَ الْمُهَاجِرُونَ وَالْأَنْصَارُ يَحْفِرُونَ الْخَنْدَقَ حَوْلَ الْمَدِينَةِ وَيَنْقُلُونَ التُّرَابَ عَلَى مُتُونِهِمْ وَيَقُولُونَ [البحر الرجز] نَحْنُ الَّذِينَ بَايَعُوا مُحَمَّدَا عَلَى الْإِسْلَامِ مَا بَقِينَا أَبَدَا قَالَ وَيَقُولُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ يُجِيبُهُمْ اللهُمَّ لَا خَيْرَ إِلَّا خَيْرُ الْآخِرَةْ فَبَارِكْ فِي الْأَنْصَارِ وَالْمُهَاجِرَةْ قَالَ وَيُؤْتَوْنَ بِمِلْءِ جَفْنَتَيْنِ شَعِيرٍ فَيُصْنَعُ لَهُمْ إِهَالَةٌ سَنِخَةٌ وَهِيَ بَشِعَةٌ فِي الْحَلْقِ وَلَهَا رِيحٌ مُنْكَرَةٌ فَيُوضَعُ بَيْنَ يَدَيِ الْقَوْمِ  

The Prophet ﷺ used to invoke Allah with the following invocation: 'Rabbi-ghfir-li Khati 'ati wa jahli wa israfi fi ʿAmri kullihi, wa ma anta a'lamu bihi minni. Allahumma ighfirli khatayaya wa 'amdi, wa jahli wa jiddi, wa kullu dhalika'indi. Allahumma ighrifli ma qaddamtu wa ma akhartu wa ma asrartu wa ma a'lantu. Anta-l-muqaddimu wa anta-l-mu'akh-khiru, wa anta 'ala kulli shai'in qadir.'  

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَدْعُو بِهَذَا الدُّعَاءِ رَبِّ اغْفِرْ لِي خَطِيئَتِي وَجَهْلِي وَإِسْرَافِي فِي أَمْرِي كُلِّهِ وَمَا أَنْتَ أَعْلَمُ بِهِ مِنِّي اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي خَطَايَاىَ وَعَمْدِي وَجَهْلِي وَهَزْلِي وَكُلُّ ذَلِكَ عِنْدِي اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي مَا قَدَّمْتُ وَمَا أَخَّرْتُ وَمَا أَسْرَرْتُ وَمَا أَعْلَنْتُ أَنْتَ الْمُقَدِّمُ وَأَنْتَ الْمُؤَخِّرُ وَأَنْتَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ وَقَالَ عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُعَاذٍ وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ بْنِ أَبِي مُوسَى عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ بِنَحْوِهِ  

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ used to invoke these supplications: "O Allah, forgive me for my sins, my ignorance, and my excessive behavior in my affairs, and for what You know better about me. O Allah, forgive me for my seriousness, my joking, my mistakes, my deliberate sins, and all of that which I have with me."  

كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَدْعُو بِهَؤُلَاءِ الدَّعَوَاتِ اللهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي خَطَايَايَ وَجَهْلِي وَإِسْرَافِي فِي أَمْرِي وَمَا أَنْتَ أَعْلَمُ بِهِ مِنِّي اللهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي جِدِّي وَهَزْلِي وَخَطَئِي وَعَمْدِي وَكُلُّ ذَلِكَ عِنْدِي  

" O Allah, forgive me my faults, my ignorance, my immoderation in my concerns. And Thou art better aware (of my affairs) than myself. O Allah, grant me forgiveness (of the faults which I committed) seriously or otherwise (and which I committed inadvertently and de- liberately. All these (failings) are in me. O Allah, grant me forgiveness from the fault which I did in haste or deferred, which I committed in privacy or in public and Thou art better aware of (them) than myself. Thou art the First and the Last and over all things Thou art Omnipotent." (Using translation from Muslim 2719a)   

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَدْعُو بِهَذَا الدُّعَاءِ «رَبِّ اغْفِرْ لِي خَطِيئَتِي وَجَهْلِي وَإِسْرَافِي فِي أَمْرِي وَمَا أَنْتَ أَعْلَمُ بِهِ مِنِّي اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي خَطَايَايَ وَعَمْدِي وَجَهْلِي وَجَدِّي وَهَزْلِي وَكُلُّ ذَلِكَ عِنْدِي اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي مَا قَدَّمْتُ وَمَا أَخَّرْتُ وَمَا أَسْرَرْتُ وَمَا أَعْلَنْتُ إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْمُقَدِّمُ وَأَنْتَ الْمُؤَخِّرُ وَأَنْتَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ»  

The People of Kufa complained against Saʿd to ʿUmar and the latter dismissed him and appointed ʿAmmar as their chief . They lodged many complaints against Saʿd and even they alleged that he did not pray properly. ʿUmar sent for him and said, "O Aba 'Is-haq! These people claim that you do not pray properly." Abu 'Is-haq said, "By Allah, I used to pray with them a prayer similar to that of Allah's Apostle and I never reduced anything of it. I used to prolong the first two rakʿat of ʿIsha prayer and shorten the last two rakʿat." ʿUmar said, "O Aba 'Is-haq, this was what I thought about you." And then he sent one or more persons with him to Kufa so as to ask the people about him. So they went there and did not leave any mosque without asking about him. All the people praised him till they came to the mosque of the tribe of Bani ʿAbs; one of the men called Usama bin Qatada with a surname of Aba Saʿda stood up and said, "As you have put us under an oath; I am bound to tell you that Saʿd never went himself with the army and never distributed (the war booty) equally and never did justice in legal verdicts." (On hearing it) Saʿd said, "I pray to Allah for three things: O Allah! If this slave of yours is a liar and got up for showing off, give him a long life, increase his poverty and put him to trials." (And so it happened). Later on when that person was asked how he was, he used to reply that he was an old man in trial as the result of Saʿd's curse. ʿAbdul Malik, the sub narrator, said that he had seen him afterwards and his eyebrows were overhanging his eyes owing to old age and he used to tease and assault the small girls in the way.  

شَكَا أَهْلُ الْكُوفَةِ سَعْدًا إِلَى عُمَرَ ؓ فَعَزَلَهُ وَاسْتَعْمَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ عَمَّارًا فَشَكَوْا حَتَّى ذَكَرُوا أَنَّهُ لاَ يُحْسِنُ يُصَلِّي فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ يَا أَبَا إِسْحَاقَ إِنَّ هَؤُلاَءِ يَزْعُمُونَ أَنَّكَ لاَ تُحْسِنُ تُصَلِّي قَالَ أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ أَمَّا أَنَا وَاللَّهِ فَإِنِّي كُنْتُ أُصَلِّي بِهِمْ صَلاَةَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَا أَخْرِمُ عَنْهَا أُصَلِّي صَلاَةَ الْعِشَاءِ فَأَرْكُدُ فِي الأُولَيَيْنِ وَأُخِفُّ فِي الأُخْرَيَيْنِ قَالَ ذَاكَ الظَّنُّ بِكَ يَا أَبَا إِسْحَاقَ فَأَرْسَلَ مَعَهُ رَجُلاً أَوْ رِجَالاً إِلَى الْكُوفَةِ فَسَأَلَ عَنْهُ أَهْلَ الْكُوفَةِ وَلَمْ يَدَعْ مَسْجِدًا إِلاَّ سَأَلَ عَنْهُ وَيُثْنُونَ مَعْرُوفًا حَتَّى دَخَلَ مَسْجِدًا لِبَنِي عَبْسٍ فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ مِنْهُمْ يُقَالُ لَهُ أُسَامَةُ بْنُ قَتَادَةَ يُكْنَى أَبَا سَعْدَةَ قَالَ أَمَّا إِذْ نَشَدْتَنَا فَإِنَّ سَعْدًا كَانَ لاَ يَسِيرُ بِالسَّرِيَّةِ وَلاَ يَقْسِمُ بِالسَّوِيَّةِ وَلاَ يَعْدِلُ فِي الْقَضِيَّةِ قَالَ سَعْدٌ أَمَا وَاللَّهِ لأَدْعُوَنَّ بِثَلاَثٍ اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كَانَ عَبْدُكَ هَذَا كَاذِبًا قَامَ رِيَاءً وَسُمْعَةً فَأَطِلْ عُمْرَهُ وَأَطِلْ فَقْرَهُ وَعَرِّضْهُ بِالْفِتَنِ وَكَانَ بَعْدُ إِذَا سُئِلَ يَقُولُ شَيْخٌ كَبِيرٌ مَفْتُونٌ أَصَابَتْنِي دَعْوَةُ سَعْدٍ قَالَ عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ فَأَنَا رَأَيْتُهُ بَعْدُ قَدْ سَقَطَ حَاجِبَاهُ عَلَى عَيْنَيْهِ مِنَ الْكِبَرِ وَإِنَّهُ لَيَتَعَرَّضُ لِلْجَوَارِي فِي الطُّرُقِ يَغْمِزُهُنَّ  

[Machine] My covenant with him is that he is a good prayer, so he called him and informed him. He said, "As for the prayer of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , I have prayed with him by bowing in the first two units and omitting it in the last two units." That was your assumption, Abu Ishaq. So he sent someone with him to ask about him in Kufa. He roamed around in the mosques of Kufa and no one said anything about him except good until he reached the mosque of Bani Abis and there he found a man named Abu Sa'dah. He said, "O Allah, he was not a coward in secret missions, he never swore by equal measures, and he never compromised in judgment." Sa'd became angry and said, "O Allah, if he is lying, then prolong his life, increase his poverty, and afflict him with tribulations." Ibn Umayr claimed to have seen him with his eyebrows fallen over his eyes, impoverished and afflicted. He couldn't find anyone to ask, "How are you, Abu Sa'dah?" A venerable old man, afflicted, answered, "I have been responded to in the supplication of Sa'd."  

عَهْدِي بِهِ وَهُوَ حَسَنُ الصَّلَاةِ فَدَعَاهُ فَأَخْبَرَهُ فَقَالَ «أَمَّا صَلَاةُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَدْ صَلَّيْتُ بِهِمْ أَرْكُدُ فِي الْأُولَيَيْنِ وَأَحْذِفُ فِي الْأُخْرَيَيْنِ» فَقَالَ ذَاكَ الظَّنُّ بِكَ أَبَا إِسْحَاقَ فَبَعَثَ مَعَهُ مَنْ يَسْأَلُ عَنْهُ بِالْكُوفَةِ فَطِيفَ بِهِ فِي مَسَاجِدِ الْكُوفَةِ فَلَمْ يُقَلْ لَهُ إِلَّا خَيْرًا حَتَّى انْتَهَى إِلَى مَسْجِدِ بَنِي عَبْسٍ فَإِذَا رَجُلٌ يُدْعَى أَبَا سَعْدَةَ فَقَالَ اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّهُ كَانَ لَا يَنْفِرُ فِي السَّرِيَّةِ وَلَا يَقْسِمُ بِالسَّوِيَّةِ وَلَا يَعْدِلُ فِي الْقَضِيَّةِ قَالَ فَغَضِبَ سَعْدٌ وَقَالَ «اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كَانَ كَاذِبًا فَأَطِلْ عُمْرَهُ وَشَدِّدْ فَقْرَهُ وَاعْرِضْ عَلَيْهِ الْفِتَنَ» قَالَ فَزَعَمَ ابْنُ عُمَيْرٍ أَنَّهُ رَآهُ قَدْ سَقَطَ حَاجِبَاهُ عَلَى عَيْنَيْهِ قَدِ افْتَقَرَ وَافْتُتِنَ فَلَمْ يَجِدْ شَيْئًا يُسْأَلُ كَيْفَ أَنْتَ أَبَا سَعْدَةَ؟ فَيَقُولُ شَيْخٌ كَبِيرٌ مَفْتُونٌ أُجِيبَتْ فِيَّ دَعْوَةُ سَعْدٍ  

The People of Kufa complained against Saʿd to ʿUmar and the latter dismissed him and appointed ʿAmmar as their chief . They lodged many complaints against Saʿd and even they alleged that he did not pray properly. ʿUmar sent for him and said, "O Aba 'Is-haq! These people claim that you do not pray properly." Abu 'Is-haq said, "By Allah, I used to pray with them a prayer similar to that of Allah's Apostle and I never reduced anything of it. I used to prolong the first two rakʿat of ʿIsha prayer and shorten the last two rakʿat." ʿUmar said, "O Aba 'Is-haq, this was what I thought about you." And then he sent one or more persons with him to Kufa so as to ask the people about him. So they went there and did not leave any mosque without asking about him. All the people praised him till they came to the mosque of the tribe of Bani ʿAbs; one of the men called Usama bin Qatada with a surname of Aba Saʿda stood up and said, "As you have put us under an oath; I am bound to tell you that Saʿd never went himself with the army and never distributed (the war booty) equally and never did justice in legal verdicts." (On hearing it) Saʿd said, "I pray to Allah for three things: O Allah! If this slave of yours is a liar and got up for showing off, give him a long life, increase his poverty and put him to trials." (And so it happened). Later on when that person was asked how he was, he used to reply that he was an old man in trial as the result of Saʿd's curse. ʿAbdul Malik, the sub narrator, said that he had seen him afterwards and his eyebrows were overhanging his eyes owing to old age and he used to tease and assault the small girls in the way. (Using translation from Bukhārī 755)   

شَكَا أَهْلُ الْكُوفَةِ سَعْدًا إِلَى عُمَرَ فَعَزَلَهُ وَاسْتَعْمَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ عَمَّارًا فَشَكَوْا حَتَّى ذَكَرُوا أَنَّهُ لَا يُحْسِنُ يُصَلِّي فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ يَا أَبَا إِسْحَاقَ إِنَّ هَؤُلَاءِ يَزْعُمُونَ أَنَّكَ لَا تُحْسِنُ تُصَلِّي قَالَ أَمَّا أَنَا وَاللهِ فَإِنِّي كُنْتُ أُصَلِّي بِهِمْ صَلَاةَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مَا أَخْرِمُ عَنْهَا أُصَلِّي صَلَاةَ الْعِشَاءِ فَأَرْكُدُ فِي الْأُولَيَيْنِ وَأَحْذِفُ فِي الْأُخْرَيَيْنِ قَالَ ذَاكَ الظَّنُّ بِكَ يَا أَبَا إِسْحَاقَ فَأَرْسَلَ مَعَهُ رَجُلًا أَوْ رِجَالًا إِلَى أَهْلِ الْكُوفَةِ يَسْأَلُ عَنْهُ أَهْلَ الْكُوفَةِ فَلَمْ يَدَعْ مَسْجِدًا إِلَّا سَأَلَ عَنْهُ وَيُثْنُونَ مَعْرُوفًا حَتَّى دَخَلَ مَسْجِدَ بَنِي عَبْسٍ فَجَلَسَ فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ مِنْهُمْ يُقَالُ لَهُ أُسَامَةُ بْنُ قَتَادَةَ يُكْنَى أَبَا سَعْدَةَ قَالَ أَمَا إِذَا أَنَشَدْتَنَا فَإِنَّ سَعْدًا كَانَ لَا يَسِيرُ بِالسَّرِيَّةِ وَلَا يَقْسِمُ بِالسَّوِيَّةِ وَلَا يَعْدِلُ فِي الْقَضِيَّةِ قَالَ سَعْدٌ أَمَا وَاللهِ لَأَدْعُوَنَّ اللهَ بِثَلَاثٍ اللهُمَّ إِنْ كَانَ عَبْدُكَ هَذَا كَاذِبًا قَامَ رِيَاءً وَسُمْعَةً فَأَطِلْ عُمْرَهُ وَأَطِلْ فَقْرَهُ وَعَرِّضْهُ بِالْفِتَنِ وَكَانَ بَعْدُ إِذْ يُسْأَلُ يَقُولُ شَيْخٌ كَبِيرٌ مَفْتُونٌ أَصَابَتْنِي دَعْوَةُ سَعْدٍ قَالَ عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ فَأَنَا رَأَيْتُهُ بَعْدُ قَدْ سَقَطَ حَاجِبَاهُ عَلَى عَيْنَيْهِ مِنَ الْكِبَرِ وَإِنَّهُ لَيَتَعَرَّضُ لِلْجَوَارِي فِي الطُّرُقِ يَغْمِزُهُنَّ  

(the wife of the Prophet) Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to invoke Allah in the prayer saying "Allahumma inni aʿudhu bika min ʿadhabi l-qabr, wa aʿudhu bika min fitnati l-masihi d-dajjal, wa aʿudhu bika min fitnati l-mahya wa fitnati l-mamat. Allahumma inni aʿudhu bika mina l-ma'thami wa l-maghram. (O Allah, I seek refuge with You from the punishment of the grave, from the afflictions of the imposter- Messiah, and from the afflictions of life and death. O Allah, I seek refuge with You from sins and from debt)." Somebody said to him, "Why do you so frequently seek refuge with Allah from being in debt?" The Prophet ﷺ replied, "A person in debt tells lies whenever he speaks, and breaks promises whenever he makes (them)." ʿAisha also narrated: I heard Messenger of Allah ﷺ in his prayer seeking refuge with Allah from the afflictions of Ad-Dajjal.  

عَنْ عَائِشَةَ زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَخْبَرَتْهُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ يَدْعُو فِي الصَّلاَةِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ فِتْنَةِ الْمَسِيحِ الدَّجَّالِ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ فِتْنَةِ الْمَحْيَا وَفِتْنَةِ الْمَمَاتِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْمَأْثَمِ وَالْمَغْرَمِ فَقَالَ لَهُ قَائِلٌ مَا أَكْثَرَ مَا تَسْتَعِيذُ مِنَ الْمَغْرَمِ فَقَالَ إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ إِذَا غَرِمَ حَدَّثَ فَكَذَبَ وَوَعَدَ فَأَخْلَفَ وَعَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عُرْوَةُ أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ ؓ قَالَتْ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَسْتَعِيذُ فِي صَلاَتِهِ مِنْ فِتْنَةِ الدَّجَّالِ  

Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to invoke Allah in the prayer saying, "O Allah, I seek refuge with you from all sins, and from being in debt." Someone said, O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! (I see you) very often you seek refuge with Allah from being in debt. He replied, "If a person is in debt, he tells lies when he speaks, and breaks his promises when he promises."  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ يَدْعُو فِي الصَّلاَةِ وَيَقُولُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْمَأْثَمِ وَالْمَغْرَمِ فَقَالَ لَهُ قَائِلٌ مَا أَكْثَرَ مَا تَسْتَعِيذُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مِنَ الْمَغْرَمِ قَالَ إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ إِذَا غَرِمَ حَدَّثَ فَكَذَبَ وَوَعَدَ فَأَخْلَفَ  

The Apostle of Allah ﷺ used to supplicate in prayer thus:" O Allah! I seek refuge with Thee from the torment of the grave, and I seek refuge with Thee from the trial of the Masih al-Dajjal (Antichrist) and I seek refuge with Thee from the trial of life and death. O Allah! I seek refuge with Thee from sin and debt." She ('A'isha) reported: Someone said to him - (the Holy Prophet): Messenger of Allah! why is it that you so often seek refuge from debt? He said: When a (person) incurs debt, (he is obliged) to tell lies and break promise.  

أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ زَوْجَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَخْبَرَتْهُ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ يَدْعُو فِي الصَّلاَةِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ فِتْنَةِ الْمَسِيحِ الدَّجَّالِ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ فِتْنَةِ الْمَحْيَا وَالْمَمَاتِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْمَأْثَمِ وَالْمَغْرَمِ قَالَتْ فَقَالَ لَهُ قَائِلٌ مَا أَكْثَرَ مَا تَسْتَعِيذُ مِنَ الْمَغْرَمِ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ إِذَا غَرِمَ حَدَّثَ فَكَذَبَ وَوَعَدَ فَأَخْلَفَ  

The Apostle of Allah ﷺ used to supplicate in prayer thus:" O Allah! I seek refuge with Thee from the torment of the grave, and I seek refuge with Thee from the trial of the Masih al-Dajjal (Antichrist) and I seek refuge with Thee from the trial of life and death. O Allah! I seek refuge with Thee from sin and debt." She ('A'isha) reported: Someone said to him - (the Holy Prophet): Messenger of Allah! why is it that you so often seek refuge from debt? He said: When a (person) incurs debt, (he is obliged) to tell lies and break promise. (Using translation from Muslim 589)  

أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ زَوْجَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَخْبَرَتْهُ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ يَدْعُو فِي الصَّلَاةِ اللهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ فِتْنَةِ الْمَسِيحِ الدَّجَّالِ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ فِتْنَةِ الْمَحْيَا وَفِتْنَةِ الْمَمَاتِ اللهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْمَأْثَمِ وَالْمَغْرَمِ قَالَتْ فَقَالَ لَهُ قَائِلٌ مَا أَكْثَرَ مَا تَسْتَعِيذُ مِنَ الْمَغْرَمِ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ فَقَالَ إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ إِذَا غَرِمَ حَدَّثَ فَكَذَبَ وَوَعَدَ فَأَخْلَفَ  

Aishah told him that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to say the following supplication in his prayer: Allahumma inni audhu bika min 'adhab ilqabri wa 'audhu bika min fitnatil-masihid-dajjal, wa 'audhu bika min fitnatil-mahya walmamati, Allahumma inni 'audhu bika min al-ma'thami wal-maghram ( O Allah, I seek refuge with You from the torment of the grave, and I seek refuge in You from the tribulation of the Al-Masihid-Dajjal, and I seek refuge with You from the trials of life and death. O Allah, I seek refuge in You from sin and debt.) Someone said to him: "How often you seek refuge from debt!" He said: "If a man gets into debt, when he speaks lies, and when he makes a promise, he betrays it." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1309)  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ يَدْعُو فِي الصَّلَاةِ «اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ عَذَابِ النَّارِ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ فِتْنَةِ الْمَسِيحِ الدَّجَّالِ وَأَعُوذُ بِكْ مِنْ فِتْنَةِ الْمَحْيَا وَالْمَمَاتِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْمَأْثَمِ وَالْمَغْرَمِ» قَالَتْ فَقَالَ قَائِلٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا أَكْثَرَ مَا تَسْتَعِيذُ مِنَ الْمَغْرَمِ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ إِذَا غَرِمَ حَدَّثَ فَكَذَبَ وَوَعَدَ فَأَخْلَفَ»  

[Machine] Aisha, the wife of the Prophet ﷺ, informed him that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to supplicate during the prayer, saying, "O Allah, I seek refuge in You from committing sins and incurring debts." She said, so someone said to him, "How often do you seek refuge from incurring debts?" He replied, "Indeed, when a person incurs a debt, he speaks and lies, and he promises and breaks his word, so the wording of the hadith of Ibn Sakhtawayh was adopted."  

أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ زَوْجَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَخْبَرَتْهُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ يَدْعُو فِي الصَّلَاةِ فَيَقُولُ اللهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْمَأْثَمِ وَالْمَغْرَمِ قَالَتْ فَقَالَ لَهُ قَائِلٌ مَا أَكْثَرَ مَا تَسْتَعِيذُ مِنَ الْمَغْرَمِ قَالَ إنَّ الرَّجُلَ إِذَا غَرِمَ حَدَّثَ فَكَذَبَ وَوَعَدَ فَأَخْلَفَ لَفْظُ حَدِيثِ ابْنِ سَخْتَوَيْهِ  

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to make supplication during the prayer saying: "O Allah, I seek refuge in Thee from the punishment of the grave; I seek refuge in Thee from the trial of the Antichrist; I seek refuge in Thee from the trial of life and the trial of death; O Allah, I seek refuge in Thee from sin and debt." Someone said to him: How often you seek refuge from debt! He replied: When a man is in debt, he talks and tells lies, makes promises and breaks them. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 880)   

أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَخْبَرَتْهُ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ يُدْعُو فِي الصَّلَاةِ اللهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ فِتْنَةِ الْمَسِيحِ الدَّجَّالِ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْمَأْثَمِ وَالْمَغْرَمِ قَالَتْ فَقَالَ لَهُ قَائِلٌ مَا أَكْثَرَ مَا تَسْتَعِيذُ مِنَ الْمَغْرَمِ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَالَ إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ إِذَا غَرِمَ حَدَّثَ فَكَذَبَ وَوَعَدَ فَأَخْلَفَ  

That the Prophet ﷺ used to take him and Al-Hasan, and used to say, "O Allah! I love them, so please love them," or said something similar.  

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَأْخُذُهُ وَالْحَسَنَ وَيَقُولُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أُحِبُّهُمَا فَأَحِبَّهُمَا أَوْ كَمَا قَالَ  

[Machine] He informed me that he saw the Prophet ﷺ hugging Hasan and Husayn and saying, "O Allah, I love them, so love them."  

أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّهُ رَأَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَضُمُّ إِلَيْهِ حَسَنًا وَحُسَيْنًا يَقُولُ اللهُمَّ إِنِّي أُحِبُّهُمَا فَأَحِبَّهُمَا  

When Messenger of Allah ﷺ reached Medina, Abu Bakr and Bilal became ill. When Abu Bakr's fever got worse, he would recite (this poetic verse): "Everybody is staying alive with his People, yet Death is nearer to him than His shoe laces." And Bilal, when his fever deserted him, would recite: "Would that I could stay overnight in A valley wherein I would be Surrounded by Idhkhir and Jalil (kinds of goodsmelling grass). Would that one day I could Drink the water of the Majanna, and Would that (The two mountains) Shama and Tafil would appear to me!" The Prophet ﷺ said, "O Allah! Curse Shaiba bin Rabiʿa and ʿUtba bin Rabiʿa and Umaiya bin Khalaf as they turned us out of our land to the land of epidemics." Messenger of Allah ﷺ then said, "O Allah! Make us love Medina as we love Mecca or even more than that. O Allah! Give blessings in our Sa and our Mudd (measures symbolizing food) and make the climate of Medina suitable for us, and divert its fever towards Aljuhfa." Aisha added: When we reached Medina, it was the most unhealthy of Allah's lands, and the valley of Bathan (the valley of Medina) used to flow with impure colored water.  

لَمَّا قَدِمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ الْمَدِينَةَ وُعِكَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَبِلاَلٌ فَكَانَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ إِذَا أَخَذَتْهُ الْحُمَّى يَقُولُ كُلُّ امْرِئٍ مُصَبَّحٌ فِي أَهْلِهِ وَالْمَوْتُ أَدْنَى مِنْ شِرَاكِ نَعْلِهِ وَكَانَ بِلاَلٌ إِذَا أُقْلِعَ عَنْهُ الْحُمَّى يَرْفَعُ عَقِيرَتَهُ يَقُولُ أَلاَ لَيْتَ شِعْرِي هَلْ أَبِيتَنَّ لَيْلَةً بِوَادٍ وَحَوْلِي إِذْخِرٌ وَجَلِيلُ وَهَلْ أَرِدَنْ يَوْمًا مِيَاهَ مَجَنَّةٍ وَهَلْ يَبْدُوَنْ لِي شَامَةٌ وَطَفِيلُ قَالَ اللَّهُمَّ الْعَنْ شَيْبَةَ بْنَ رَبِيعَةَ وَعُتْبَةَ بْنَ رَبِيعَةَ وَأُمَيَّةَ بْنَ خَلَفٍ كَمَا أَخْرَجُونَا مِنْ أَرْضِنَا إِلَى أَرْضِ الْوَبَاءِ ثُمَّ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ اللَّهُمَّ حَبِّبْ إِلَيْنَا الْمَدِينَةَ كَحُبِّنَا مَكَّةَ أَوْ أَشَدَّ اللَّهُمَّ بَارِكْ لَنَا فِي صَاعِنَا وَفِي مُدِّنَا وَصَحِّحْهَا لَنَا وَانْقُلْ حُمَّاهَا إِلَى الْجُحْفَةِ قَالَتْ وَقَدِمْنَا الْمَدِينَةَ وَهْىَ أَوْبَأُ أَرْضِ اللَّهِ قَالَتْ فَكَانَ بُطْحَانُ يَجْرِي نَجْلاً تَعْنِي مَاءً آجِنًا  

When Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to Medina, Abu Bakr and Bilal got fever, and I went to both of them and said, "O my father, how do you feel? O Bilal, how do you feel?" Whenever Abu Bakr's fever got worse, he would say, "Every man will meet his death once in one morning while he will be among his family, for death is really nearer to him than his leather shoe laces (to his feet)." And whenever fever deserted Bilal, he would say aloud, "Would that I know whether I shall spend a night in the valley (of Mecca) with Idhkhir and Jalil (i.e. kinds of grass) around me, and whether I shall drink one day the water of Mijannah, and whether I shall see once again the hills of Shamah and Tafil?" Then I went to Messenger of Allah ﷺ and told him of that. He said, "O Allah, make us love Medina as much as or more than we used to love Mecca, O Allah, make it healthy and bless its Sa' and Mud (i.e. measures), and take away its fever to Al-Juhfa."  

أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ لَمَّا قَدِمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ الْمَدِينَةَ وُعِكَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَبِلاَلٌ قَالَتْ فَدَخَلْتُ عَلَيْهِمَا فَقُلْتُ يَا أَبَتِ كَيْفَ تَجِدُكَ وَيَا بِلاَلُ كَيْفَ تَجِدُكَ قَالَتْ فَكَانَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ إِذَا أَخَذَتْهُ الْحُمَّى يَقُولُ كُلُّ امْرِئٍ مُصَبَّحٌ فِي أَهْلِهِ وَالْمَوْتُ أَدْنَى مِنْ شِرَاكِ نَعْلِهِ وَكَانَ بِلاَلٌ إِذَا أَقْلَعَ عَنْهُ الْحُمَّى يَرْفَعُ عَقِيرَتَهُ وَيَقُولُ أَلاَ لَيْتَ شِعْرِي هَلْ أَبِيتَنَّ لَيْلَةً بِوَادٍ وَحَوْلِي إِذْخِرٌ وَجَلِيلُ وَهَلْ أَرِدَنْ يَوْمًا مِيَاهَ مَجَنَّةٍ وَهَلْ يَبْدُوَنْ لِي شَامَةٌ وَطَفِيلُ قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ فَجِئْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ فَقَالَ اللَّهُمَّ حَبِّبْ إِلَيْنَا الْمَدِينَةَ كَحُبِّنَا مَكَّةَ أَوْ أَشَدَّ وَصَحِّحْهَا وَبَارِكْ لَنَا فِي صَاعِهَا وَمُدِّهَا وَانْقُلْ حُمَّاهَا فَاجْعَلْهَا بِالْجُحْفَةِ  

When Messenger of Allah ﷺ emigrated to Medina, Abu Bakr and Bilal got a fever. I entered upon them and asked, "O my father! How are you? O Bilal! How are you?" Whenever fever attacked Abu Bakr, he would recite the following poetic verses: 'Everybody is staying alive among his people, yet death is nearer to him than his shoe laces." And whenever the fever deserted Bilal, he would recite (two poetic lines): 'Would that I could stay overnight in a valley wherein I would be surrounded by Idhkhir and Jalil (two kinds of good smelling grass). Would that one day I would drink of the water of Majinna and would that Shama and Tafil (two mountains at Mecca) would appear to me.' Then I came and informed Messenger of Allah ﷺ about that, whereupon he said, "O Allah! Make us love Medina as much or more than we love Mecca. O Allah! Make it healthy and bless its Mudd and Sa for us, and take away its fever and put it in Al Juhfa."  

أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ لَمَّا قَدِمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ الْمَدِينَةَ وُعِكَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَبِلاَلٌ ؓ قَالَتْ فَدَخَلْتُ عَلَيْهِمَا قُلْتُ يَا أَبَتِ كَيْفَ تَجِدُكَ وَيَا بِلاَلُ كَيْفَ تَجِدُكَ قَالَتْ وَكَانَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ إِذَا أَخَذَتْهُ الْحُمَّى يَقُولُ كُلُّ امْرِئٍ مُصَبَّحٌ فِي أَهْلِهِ وَالْمَوْتُ أَدْنَى مِنْ شِرَاكِ نَعْلِهِ وَكَانَ بِلاَلٌ إِذَا أَقْلَعَتْ عَنْهُ يَقُولُ أَلاَ لَيْتَ شِعْرِي هَلْ أَبِيتَنَّ لَيْلَةً بَوَادٍ وَحَوْلِي إِذْخِرٌ وَجَلِيلُ وَهَلْ أَرِدَنْ يَوْمًا مِيَاهَ مِجَنَّةٍ وَهَلْ تَبْدُوَنْ لِي شَامَةٌ وَطَفِيلُ قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ فَجِئْتُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ فَقَالَ اللَّهُمَّ حَبِّبْ إِلَيْنَا الْمَدِينَةَ كَحُبِّنَا مَكَّةَ أَوْ أَشَدَّ اللَّهُمَّ وَصَحِّحْهَا وَبَارِكْ لَنَا فِي مُدِّهَا وَصَاعِهَا وَانْقُلْ حُمَّاهَا فَاجْعَلْهَا بِالْجُحْفَةِ  

When Messenger of Allah ﷺ emigrated to Medina, Abu Bakr and Bilal had a fever. I entered upon them and said, "O my father! How are you? O Bilal! How are you?" Whenever Abu Bakr got the fever he used to say, "Everybody is staying alive with his people, yet death is nearer to him than his shoe laces." And when fever deserted Bilal, he would recite (two poetic verses): "Would that I could stay overnight in a valley wherein I would be surrounded by Idhkhir and Jalil (two kinds of good smelling grass). Would that one day I could drink of the water of Majinna, and would that Shama and Tafil (two mountains at Mecca) would appear to me!" I went to Messenger of Allah ﷺ and informed him about that. He said, "O Allah! Make us love Medina as much or more than we love Mecca, and make it healthy, and bless its Sa and its Mudd, and take away its fever and put it in Al-Juhfa." (See Hadith No 558) .  

أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ لَمَّا قَدِمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وُعِكَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَبِلاَلٌ قَالَتْ فَدَخَلْتُ عَلَيْهِمَا فَقُلْتُ يَا أَبَتِ كَيْفَ تَجِدُكَ وَيَا بِلاَلُ كَيْفَ تَجِدُكَ قَالَتْ وَكَانَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ إِذَا أَخَذَتْهُ الْحُمَّى يَقُولُ كُلُّ امْرِئٍ مُصَبَّحٌ فِي أَهْلِهِ وَالْمَوْتُ أَدْنَى مِنْ شِرَاكِ نَعْلِهِ وَكَانَ بِلاَلٌ إِذَا أُقْلِعَ عَنْهُ يَرْفَعُ عَقِيرَتَهُ فَيَقُولُ أَلاَ لَيْتَ شِعْرِي هَلْ أَبِيتَنَّ لَيْلَةً بِوَادٍ وَحَوْلِي إِذْخِرٌ وَجَلِيلُ وَهَلْ أَرِدَنْ يَوْمًا مِيَاهَ مِجَنَّةٍ وَهَلْ تَبْدُوَنْ لِي شَامَةٌ وَطَفِيلُ قَالَ قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ فَجِئْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ فَقَالَ اللَّهُمَّ حَبِّبْ إِلَيْنَا الْمَدِينَةَ كَحُبِّنَا مَكَّةَ أَوْ أَشَدَّ وَصَحِّحْهَا وَبَارِكْ لَنَا فِي صَاعِهَا وَمُدِّهَا وَانْقُلْ حُمَّاهَا فَاجْعَلْهَا بِالْجُحْفَةِ  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ arrived in Medina and it was mentioned that fever had affected them. Abu Bakr fell ill and whenever he was affected by fever, he would say, "Every person is awakening among his family, and death is closer than the straps of his sandals." Bilal, when afflicted with fever, would say, "Oh, would that my hair were made into a pillow for me to spend a night in a valley with abundant water, and would there be a wound that appears on me and heals!" O Allah, curse Utabah bin Rabee'ah, Shaybah bin Rabee'ah, and Umayyah bin Khalf as they expelled us from Makkah. When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saw what they went through, he said, "O Allah, make us love Medina as much as we love Makkah, or even more. O Allah, bless us in its measuring utensil (i.e., food), its length, and extend its boundaries. And transfer its fever to Ju'fah." Consequently, newborns began to be born in Ju'fah and they would not experience sleep until fever afflicted them.  

قَدِمَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْمَدِينَةَ وَهِيَ وَبِيئَةٌ ذُكِرَ أَنَّ الْحُمَّى صَرَعَتْهُمْ فَمَرِضَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَكَانَ إِذَا أَخَذَتْهُ الْحُمَّى يَقُولُ[البحر الرجز]كُلُّ امْرِئٍ مُصَبَّحٌ فِي أَهْلِهِ وَالْمَوْتُ أَدْنَى مِنْ شِرَاكِ نَعْلِهِقَالَتْ وَكَانَ بِلَالٌ إِذَا أَخَذَتْهُ الْحُمَّى يَقُولُ[البحر الطويل]أَلَا لَيْتَ شِعْرِي هَلْ أَبِيتَنَّ لَيْلَةً بِوَادٍ وَحَوْلِي إِذْخِرٌ وَجَلِيلُوَهَلْ أَرِدْنَ يَوْمًا مِيَاهَ مِجَنَّةٍ وَهَلْ يَبْدُوَنْ لِي شَامَةٌ وَطَفِيلُاللهُمَّ الْعَنْ عُتْبَةَ بْنَ رَبِيعَةَ وَشَيْبَةَ بْنَ رَبِيعَةَ وَأُمَيَّةَ بْنَ خَلَفٍ كَمَا أَخْرَجُونَا مِنْ مَكَّةَ فَلَمَّا رَأَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَا لَقُوا قَالَ اللهُمَّ حَبِّبْ إِلَيْنَا الْمَدِينَةَ كَحُبِّنَا مَكَّةَ أَوْ أَشَدَّ اللهُمَّ صَحِّحْهَا وَبَارِكْ لَنَا فِي صَاعِهَا وَمُدِّهَا وَانْقُلْ حُمَّاهَا إِلَى الْجُحْفَةِ قَالَ فَكَانَ الْمَوْلُودُ يُولَدُ بِالْجُحْفَةِ فَمَا يَبْلُغُ الْحُلُمَ حَتَّى تَصْرَعَهُ الْحُمَّى  

[Machine] "When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ arrived in Medina, his companions, Abu Bakr, Amr ibn Fuhayrah, the freed slave of Abu Bakr, and Bilal complained. Aisha sought permission from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ to visit them, and he granted her permission. She asked Abu Bakr, "How are you feeling?" He replied, "Every person wakes up with his family, and death is closer than the strap of his sandal." She then asked Amr, who replied, "I have experienced death even before tasting it. The coward dies a thousand deaths before his actual death." Aisha then asked Bilal, who said, "I wish my hair would find me spending a night in a valley surrounded by hills and abundant water." Then I went to the Messenger of Allah and informed him of their words. He looked at the sky and said, "O Allah, make Medina beloved to us as You made Mecca beloved to us." And he prayed, "Bless us in its measuring and construction, and transfer its disease to Mahya' (a place) called Al-Juhfah, as they claimed."  

أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ لَمَّا قَدِمَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْمَدِينَةَ اشْتَكَى أَصْحَابُهُ وَاشْتَكَى أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعَامِرُ بْنُ فُهَيْرَةَ مَوْلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَبِلَالٌ فَاسْتَأْذَنَتْ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَائِشَةُ فِي عِيَادَتِهِمْ فَأَذِنَ لَهَا فَقَالَتْ لِأَبِي بَكْرٍ كَيْفَ تَجِدُكَ؟ فَقَالَ[البحر الرجز]كُلُّ امْرِئٍ مُصَبَّحٌ فِي أَهْلِهِ وَالْمَوْتُ أَدْنَى مِنْ شِرَاكِ نَعْلِهِوَسَأَلْتُ عَامِرًا فَقَالَ[البحر الرجز]إِنِّي وَجَدْتُ الْمَوْتَ قَبْلَ ذَوْقِهِ إِنَّ الْجَبَانَ حَتْفُهُ مِنْ فَوْقِهِوَسَأَلْتُ بِلَالًا فَقَالَ[البحر الطويل]أَلَا لَيْتَ شِعْرِي هَلْ أَبِيتَنَّ لَيْلَةً بِفَجٍّ وَحَوْلِي إِذْخِرٌ وَجَلِيلُفَأَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ بِقَوْلِهِمْ فَنَظَرَ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ ثُمَّ قَالَ اللهُمَّ حَبِّبْ إِلَيْنَا الْمَدِينَةَ كَمَا حَبَّبْتَ إِلَيْنَا مَكَّةَ وَأَشَدَّ وَبَارِكْ لَنَا فِي صَاعِهَا وَمُدِّهَا وَانْقُلْ وَبَاءَهَا إِلَى مَهْيَعَةٍ وَهِيَ الْجُحْفَةُ كَمَا زَعَمُوا  

[Machine] When the Prophet ﷺ arrived in Medina, his companions, Abu Bakr, 'Amir ibn Fuhayrah, who was a slave of Abu Bakr, and Bilal complained about their health. Aisha, the Prophet's wife, sought his permission to visit them, and he allowed her. She asked Abu Bakr how he was feeling, and he responded [with a verse from Al-Bahr al-Rajz], "Every person wakes up fine with his family, and death is closer than the strap of his sandal." She asked 'Amir, and he replied [with a verse from Al-Bahr al-Rajz], "I found death before experiencing its taste. The coward's death is coming upon him from above." She then asked Bilal, and he said [with a verse from Al-Bahr al-Tawil], "I wish my hair would shelter me for a night when there is bounty all around me." Aisha then informed the Prophet ﷺ of their words, and he looked at the sky and said, "O Allah, make Medina beloved to us as You made Mecca beloved to us. And O Allah, make it more abundant in blessings and prosperity for us. And let its epidemic be transferred to Al-Mahya'ah, which is Al-Juhfah, as they claim."  

لَمَّا قَدِمَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ الْمَدِينَةَ اشْتَكَى أَصْحَابُهُ وَاشْتَكَى أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعَامِرُ بْنُ فُهَيْرَةَ مَوْلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَبِلَالٌ فَاسْتَأْذَنَتْ عَائِشَةُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فِي عِيَادَتِهِمْ فَأَذِنَ لَهَا فَقَالَتْ لِأَبِي بَكْرٍ كَيْفَ تَجِدُكَ؟ فَقَالَ[البحر الرجز]كُلُّ امْرِئٍ مُصَبَّحٌ فِي أَهْلِهِ وَالْمَوْتُ أَدْنَى مِنْ شِرَاكِ نَعْلِهِوَسَأَلَتْ عَامِرًا فَقَالَ[البحر الرجز]إِنِّي وَجَدْتُ الْمَوْتَ قَبْلَ ذَوْقِهِ إِنَّ الْجَبَانَ حَتْفُهُ مِنْ فَوْقِهِوَسَأَلَتْ بِلَالًا فَقَالَ[البحر الطويل]يَا لَيْتَ شِعْرِي هَلْ أَبِيتَنَّ لَيْلَةً بِفَجٍّ وَحَوْلِي إِذْخِرٌ وَجَلِيلُفَأَتَتِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَأَخْبَرَتْهُ بِقَوْلِهِمْ فَنَظَرَ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ وَقَالَ اللهُمَّ حَبِّبْ إِلَيْنَا الْمَدِينَةَ كَمَا حَبَّبْتَ إِلَيْنَا مَكَّةَ وَأَشَدَّ اللهُمَّ بَارِكْ لَنَا فِي صَاعِهَا وَفِي مُدِّهَا وَانْقُلْ وَبَاءَهَا إِلَى مَهْيَعَةَ وَهِيَ الْجُحْفَةُ كَمَا زَعَمُوا  

[Machine] When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ arrived in Medina, Abu Bakr and Bilal were with him. Whenever Abu Bakr was afflicted with fever, he would say, "Every man is a lamp for his family, and death is closer to him than the strap of his sandal." And whenever Bilal would take a break from him, he would sing and say, "Oh, if only my hair knew that I spent a night in a valley surrounded by treasure and beauty! Would I desire one day the waters of a flowing spring, and would I show a scar to anyone?" O Allah, afflict Utbah bin Rabeeah, Shaibah bin Rabeeah, and Umayyah bin Khalaf as they expelled us from Makkah.  

لَمَّا قَدِمَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْمَدِينَةَ وَعَكَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَبِلَالٌ فَكَانَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ إِذَا أَخَذَتْهُ الْحُمَّى قَالَ[البحر الرجز]كُلُّ امْرِئٍ مُصَبَّحٌ فِي أَهْلِهِ وَالْمَوْتُ أَدْنَى مِنْ شِرَاكِ نَعْلِهِوَكَانَ بِلَالٌ إِذَا أَقْلَعَ عَنْهُ تَغَنَّى فَقَالَ[البحر الطويل]أَلَا لَيْتَ شِعْرِي هَلْ أَبِيتَنَّ لَيْلَةً بِوَادٍ وَحَوْلِي إِذْخِرٌ وَجَلِيلُوَهَلْ أَرِدَنْ يَوْمًا مِيَاهَ مَجَنَّةٍ وَهَلْ يَبْدُوَنْ لِي شَامَةٌ وَطَفِيلُاللهُمَّ اخْزِ عُتْبَةَ بْنَ رَبِيعَةَ وَشَيْبَةَ بْنَ رَبِيعَةَ وَأُمَيَّةَ بْنَ خَلَفٍ كَمَا أَخْرَجُونَا مِنْ مَكَّةَ  

When Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to Medina, Abu Bakr and Bilal got fever, and I went to both of them and said, "O my father, how do you feel? O Bilal, how do you feel?" Whenever Abu Bakr's fever got worse, he would say, "Every man will meet his death once in one morning while he will be among his family, for death is really nearer to him than his leather shoe laces (to his feet)." And whenever fever deserted Bilal, he would say aloud, "Would that I know whether I shall spend a night in the valley (of Mecca) with Idhkhir and Jalil (i.e. kinds of grass) around me, and whether I shall drink one day the water of Mijannah, and whether I shall see once again the hills of Shamah and Tafil?" Then I went to Messenger of Allah ﷺ and told him of that. He said, "O Allah, make us love Medina as much as or more than we used to love Mecca, O Allah, make it healthy and bless its Sa' and Mud (i.e. measures), and take away its fever to Al-Juhfa." (Using translation from Bukhārī 3926)  

لَمَّا قَدِمَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْمَدِينَةَ وُعِكَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَبِلَالٌ فَدَخَلْتُ عَلَيْهِمَا فَقُلْتُ يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ كَيْفَ تَجِدُكَ؟ وَيَا بِلَالُ كَيْفَ تَجِدُكَ؟ قَالَتْ كَانَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ إِذَا أَخَذَتْهُ الْحُمَّى يَقُولُ [البحر الرجز] كُلُّ امْرِئٍ مُصَبَّحٌ فِي أَهْلِهِ وَالْمَوْتُ أَدْنَى مِنْ شِرَاكِ نَعْلِهِ وَكَانَ بِلَالٌ إِذَا أُقْلِعَ عَنْهُ يَرْفَعُ عَقِيرَتَهُ وَيَقُولُ لَهَا [البحر الطويل] أَلَا لَيْتَ شِعْرِي هَلْ أَبِيتَنَّ لَيْلَةً بِوَادٍ وَحَوْلِي إِذْخِرٌ وَجَلِيلُ وَهَلْ أَرِدَنَّ يَوْمًا مِيَاهَ مِجَنَّةٍ؟ وَهَلْ يَبْدُوَنَّ لِي شَامَةٌ وَطَفِيلُ قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ فَجِئْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ فَقَالَ «اللهُمَّ حَبِّبْ إِلَيْنَا الْمَدِينَةَ كَحُبِّنَا مَكَّةَ أَوْ أَشَدَّ وَصَحِّحْهَا» قَالَ حَارِثَةُ فِي حَدِيثَةِ لَنَا «وَبَارِكْ لَنَا فِي صَاعِهَا وَمُدِّهَا وَانْقُلْ حُمَّاهَا وَاجْعَلْهَا بِالْجُحْفَةِ»  

[Machine] When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ arrived in Medina, his companions, Abu Bakr, Aamir bin Fuhayra, a freed slave of Abu Bakr, and Bilal, complained about their health to Aisha, the wife of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ . She sought permission from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ to visit them and he granted her permission. She asked Abu Bakr, "How do you find yourself?" He replied, "Like a sea that is stormy. Every person is a source of trouble for his family, and death is closer to me than the straps of my sandals." She then asked Aamir bin Fuhayra and he replied, "I have seen death before tasting it. Indeed, a coward's death hangs over him like a cloud." Aisha also asked Bilal, and he replied, "I wish my hair would stay at night in a valley surrounded by lofty mountains, and that I would have access to the water of a paradise, and that no scars would appear on my body." Aisha then went to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and informed him of what they said. He looked up at the sky and said, "O Allah, make us love Medina, and bless us in its measured and unmeasured portions, and transfer its fever to Mahya' (a place) while it remains the Juhfa."  

لَمَّا قَدِمَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْمَدِينَةَ اشْتَكَى أَصْحَابُهُ وَاشْتَكَى أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعَامِرُ بْنُ فُهَيْرَةَ مَوْلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَبِلَالٌ فَاسْتَأْذَنَتْ عَائِشَةُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فِي عِيَادَتِهِمْ فَأَذِنَ لَهَا فَقَالَتْ لِأَبِي بَكْرٍ كَيْفَ تَجِدُكَ؟ قَالَ [البحر الرجز] كُلُّ امْرِئٍ مُصَبَّحٌ فِي أَهْلِهِ وَالْمَوْتُ أَدْنَى مِنْ شِرَاكِ نَعْلِهِ وَسَأَلْتُ عَامِرَ بْنَ فُهَيْرَةَ فَقَالَ [البحر الرجز] قَدْ رَأَيْتُ الْمَوْتَ قَبْلَ ذَوْقِهْ إِنَّ الْجَبَانَ حَتْفُهُ مِنْ فَوْقِهْ وَسَأَلْتُ بِلَالًا فَقَالَ [البحر الطويل] أَلَا لَيْتَ شِعْرِي هَلْ أَبِيتَنَّ لَيْلَةً بِوَادٍ وَحَوْلِي إِذْخِرٌ وَجَلِيلُ وَهَلْ أَرِدَنَّ يَوْمًا مِيَاهَ مِجَنَّةٍ وَهَلْ يَبْدُوَنْ لِي شَامَةٌ وَطَفِيلُ فَأَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ بِقَوْلِهِمْ فَنَظَرَ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ فَقَالَ «اللهُمَّ حَبِّبْ إِلَيْنَا الْمَدِينَةَ اللهُمَّ بَارِكْ لَنَا فِي صَاعِهَا وَمُدِّهَا وَانْقُلْ حُمَّاهَا إِلَى مَهْيَعَةَ وَهِيَ الْجُحْفَةُ»  

When Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to Medina, Abu Bakr and Bilal got fever, and I went to both of them and said, "O my father, how do you feel? O Bilal, how do you feel?" Whenever Abu Bakr's fever got worse, he would say, "Every man will meet his death once in one morning while he will be among his family, for death is really nearer to him than his leather shoe laces (to his feet)." And whenever fever deserted Bilal, he would say aloud, "Would that I know whether I shall spend a night in the valley (of Mecca) with Idhkhir and Jalil (i.e. kinds of grass) around me, and whether I shall drink one day the water of Mijannah, and whether I shall see once again the hills of Shamah and Tafil?" Then I went to Messenger of Allah ﷺ and told him of that. He said, "O Allah, make us love Medina as much as or more than we used to love Mecca, O Allah, make it healthy and bless its Sa' and Mud (i.e. measures), and take away its fever to Al-Juhfa." (Using translation from Bukhārī 3926)   

قَدِمَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْمَدِينَةَ وُعِكَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَبِلَالٌ ؓ قَالَتْ فَدَخَلْتُ عَلَيْهِمَا فَقُلْتُ يَا أَبَتِ كَيْفَ تَجِدُكَ؟ وَقُلْتُ لِبِلَالٍ كَيْفَ تَجِدُكَ؟ قَالَتْ وَكَانَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ إِذَا أَخَذَتْهُ الْحُمَّى يَقُولُ [البحر الرجز] كُلُّ امْرِئٍ مُصَبَّحٌ فِي أَهْلِهِ وَالْمَوْتُ أَدْنَى مِنْ شِرَاكِ نَعْلِهِ وَكَانَ بِلَالٌ ؓ إِذَا أَقْلَعَتْ عَنْهُ يَقُولُ [البحر الطويل] أَلَا لَيْتَ شِعْرِي هَلْ أَبِيتَنَّ لَيْلَةً بِوَادٍ وَحَوْلِي إِذْخِرٌ وَجَلِيلُ وَهَلْ أَرِدَنَّ يَوْمًا مِيَاهَ مَجَنَّةٍ وَهَلْ يَبْدُوَنَّ لِي شَامَةٌ وَطَفِيلُ قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ فَجِئْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ فَقَالَ اللهُمَّ حَبِّبْ إِلَيْنَا الْمَدِينَةَ كَحُبِّنَا مَكَّةَ أَوْ أَشَدَّ وَصَحِّحْهَا وَبَارِكْ لَنَا فِي صَاعِهَا وَمُدِّهَا وَانْقُلْ حُمَّاهَا فَاجْعَلْهَا بِالْجُحْفَةِ  

"When the "Surat-An-Nasr", 'When comes the Help of Allah and the conquest,' had been revealed to the Prophet ﷺ he did not offer any prayer except that he said therein, "Subhanka Rabbana wa bihamdika; Allahumma ighfirli (I testify the Uniqueness of our Lord, and all the praises are for Him: O Allah, forgive me!")  

مَا صَلَّى النَّبِيُّ ﷺ صَلاَةً بَعْدَ أَنْ نَزَلَتْ عَلَيْهِ {إِذَا جَاءَ نَصْرُ اللَّهِ وَالْفَتْحُ} إِلاَّ يَقُولُ فِيهَا سُبْحَانَكَ رَبَّنَا وَبِحَمْدِكَ اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي  

Never did I, see the Messenger of Allah ﷺ after the revelation (of these verses):" When Allah's help and victory came." observin- his prayer without making (this supplication) or he said in it (supplication): Hallowed be Thee, my Lord, and with Thy praise, O Allah, forgive me.  

مَا رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ مُنْذُ نَزَلَ عَلَيْهِ { إِذَا جَاءَ نَصْرُ اللَّهِ وَالْفَتْحُ} يُصَلِّي صَلاَةً إِلاَّ دَعَا أَوْ قَالَ فِيهَا سُبْحَانَكَ رَبِّي وَبِحَمْدِكَ اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي  

Never did I, see the Messenger of Allah ﷺ after the revelation (of these verses):" When Allah's help and victory came." observin- his prayer without making (this supplication) or he said in it (supplication): Hallowed be Thee, my Lord, and with Thy praise, O Allah, forgive me. (Using translation from Muslim 484c)  

مَا رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ مُنْذُ نَزَلَ عَلَيْهِ إِذَا جَاءَ نَصْرُ اللهِ وَالْفَتْحُ يُصَلِّي صَلَاةً إِلَّا دَعَا وَقَالَ سُبْحَانَكَ رَبِّي وَبِحَمْدِكَ اللهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي  

[Machine] "When the verse 'When the victory of Allah has come and the conquest' until the end of it was revealed, I did not see the Messenger of Allah ﷺ perform any prayer without saying, 'Subhanaka Allahumma wa bihamdika Allahumma ighfirli' meaning 'Glory be to You, O Allah, and all praise is due to You, O Allah, forgive me.'"  

لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ {إِذَا جَاءَ نَصْرُ اللَّهِ وَالْفَتْحُ} إِلَى آخِرِهَا مَا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ صَلَّى صَلَاةً إِلَّا قَالَ «سُبْحَانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ وَبِحَمْدِكَ اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي»  

We were at Al-Ahwaz fighting the Al-Haruriya (tribe). While I was at the bank of a river a man was praying and the reins of his animal were in his hands and the animal was struggling and he was following the animal. (Shuʿba, a sub-narrator, said that man was Abu Barza Al-Aslami). A man from the Khawarij said, "O Allah! Be harsh to this sheik." And when the sheik (Abu Barza) finished his prayer, he said, "I heard your remark. No doubt, I participated with Messenger of Allah ﷺ in six or seven or eight holy battles and saw his leniency, and no doubt, I would rather retain my animal than let it return to its stable, as it would cause me much trouble. "  

كُنَّا بِالأَهْوَازِ نُقَاتِلُ الْحَرُورِيَّةَ فَبَيْنَا أَنَا عَلَى جُرُفِ نَهَرٍ إِذَا رَجُلٌ يُصَلِّي وَإِذَا لِجَامُ دَابَّتِهِ بِيَدِهِ فَجَعَلَتِ الدَّابَّةُ تُنَازِعُهُ وَجَعَلَ يَتْبَعُهَا قَالَ شُعْبَةُ هُوَ أَبُو بَرْزَةَ الأَسْلَمِيُّ فَجَعَلَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْخَوَارِجِ يَقُولُ اللَّهُمَّ افْعَلْ بِهَذَا الشَّيْخِ فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ الشَّيْخُ قَالَ إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ قَوْلَكُمْ وَإِنِّي غَزَوْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ سِتَّ غَزَوَاتٍ أَوْ سَبْعَ غَزَوَاتٍ وَثَمَانِيًا وَشَهِدْتُ تَيْسِيرَهُ وَإِنِّي أَنْ كُنْتُ أَنْ أُرَاجِعَ مَعَ دَابَّتِي أَحَبُّ إِلَىَّ مِنْ أَنْ أَدَعَهَا تَرْجِعُ إِلَى مَأْلَفِهَا فَيَشُقَّ عَلَىَّ  

[Machine] Abu Barzah was in Ahwaz, on the bank of a river, and he had a rein in his hand. He started to pray and the animal started to jerk. He kept delaying and a man from the Khawarij said, "O Allah! Humiliate this sheikh, how does he pray?" Abu Barzah said, "After I finished praying, I heard what you said. I fought in six or seven or eight expeditions with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and witnessed his orders and facilitation. Going back with my animal is easier for me than leaving it so that it would return to its familiar place, which would be difficult for me. Abu Barzah then performed the afternoon prayer of two units.  

كَانَ أَبُو بَرْزَةَ بِالْأَهْوَازِ عَلَى حَرْفِ نَهْرٍ وَقَدْ جَعَلَ اللِّجَامَ فِي يَدِهِ وَجَعَلَ يُصَلِّي فَجَعَلَتِ الدَّابَّةُ تَنْكُصُ وَجَعَلَ يَتَأَخَّرُ مَعَهَا فَجَعَلَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْخَوَارِجِ يَقُولُ اللهُمَّ اخْزِ هَذَا الشَّيْخَ كَيْفَيُصَلِّي؟ قَالَ فَلَمَّا صَلَّى قَالَ قَدْ سَمِعْتُ مَقَالَتَكُمْ غَزَوْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ سِتًّا أَوْ سَبْعًا أَوْ ثَمَانِيًا فَشَهِدْتُ أَمْرَهُ وَتَيْسِيرَهُ فَكَانَ رُجُوعِي مَعَ دَابَّتِي أَهْوَنَ عَلَيَّ مِنْ تَرْكِهَا فَتَنْزِعُ إِلَى مَأْلَفِهَا فَيَشُقُّ عَلَيَّ وَصَلَّى أَبُو بَرْزَةَ الْعَصْرَ رَكْعَتَيْنِ  

We were at Al-Ahwaz fighting the Al-Haruriya (tribe). While I was at the bank of a river a man was praying and the reins of his animal were in his hands and the animal was struggling and he was following the animal. (Shuʿba, a sub-narrator, said that man was Abu Barza Al-Aslami). A man from the Khawarij said, "O Allah! Be harsh to this sheik." And when the sheik (Abu Barza) finished his prayer, he said, "I heard your remark. No doubt, I participated with Messenger of Allah ﷺ in six or seven or eight holy battles and saw his leniency, and no doubt, I would rather retain my animal than let it return to its stable, as it would cause me much trouble. " (Using translation from Bukhārī 1211)   

كُنَّا بِالْأَهْوَازِ نُقَاتِلُ الْحَرُورِيَّةَ فَبَيْنَا أَنَا عَلَى جُرُفِ نَهَرٍ إِذَا رَجُلٌ يُصَلِّي وَإِذَا لِجَامُ دَابَّتِهِ بِيَدِهِ فَجَعَلَتِ الدَّابَّةُ تُنَازِعُهُ وَجَعَلَ يَتْبَعُهَا قَالَ شُعْبَةُ هُوَ أَبُو بَرْزَةَ الْأَسْلَمِيُّ قَالَ وَجَعَلَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْخَوَارِجِ يَقُولُ اللهُمَّ افْعَلْ بِهَذَا الشَّيْخِ فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ الشَّيْخُ قَالَ إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ قَوْلَكُمْ وَإِنِّي قَدْ غَزَوْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ سِتَّ غَزَوَاتٍ أَوْ سَبْعَ غَزَوَاتٍ أَوْ ثَمَانِ غَزَوَاتٍ وَشَهِدْتُ تَيْسِيرَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَلَأَنْ كُنْتُ أَرْجِعُ مَعَ دَابَّتِي أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ أَنْ أَدَعَهَا تَذْهَبُ إِلَى مَأْلَفِهَا فَيَشُقَّ عَلَيَّ  

'Alqama went to Sham and when he entered the mosque, he said, "O Allah ! Bless me with a pious companion." So he sat with Abu Ad-Darda. Abu Ad-Darda' asked him, "Where are you from?" 'Alqama replied, "From the people of Kufa." Abu Ad-Darda said, "Isn't there amongst you the Keeper of the secret which nobody else knows i.e. Hudhaifa?" Al-qama said, "Yes." Then Abu Ad-Darda further said, "Isn't there amongst you the person whom Allah gave Refuge from Satan through the invocation of His Prophet namely ʿAmmar?" Alqama replied in the affirmative Abu Ad-Darda said, "Isn't there amongst you the person who carries the Siwak (or the Secret) (i.e. of the Prophet ﷺ namely ʿAbdullah bin Massud)?" Alqama said, "Yes." Then Abu Ad-Darda asked, "How (Abdullah bin Masud) used to recite the Sura starting with: "By the night as it envelopes; By the day as it appears in brightness?" (92.1-2). Alqama said "And by male and female." Abu Ad-Darda then said, "These people (of Sham) tried hard to make me accept something other than what I had heard from the Prophet."  

ذَهَبَ عَلْقَمَةُ إِلَى الشَّأْمِ فَلَمَّا دَخَلَ الْمَسْجِدَ قَالَ اللَّهُمَّ يَسِّرْ لِي جَلِيسًا صَالِحًا فَجَلَسَ إِلَى أَبِي الدَّرْدَاءِ فَقَالَ أَبُو الدَّرْدَاءِ مِمَّنْ أَنْتَ قَالَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكُوفَةِ قَالَ أَلَيْسَ فِيكُمْ أَوْ مِنْكُمْ صَاحِبُ السِّرِّ الَّذِي لاَ يَعْلَمُهُ غَيْرُهُ يَعْنِي حُذَيْفَةَ قَالَ قُلْتُ بَلَى قَالَ أَلَيْسَ فِيكُمُ أَوْ مِنْكُمُ الَّذِي أَجَارَهُ اللَّهُ عَلَى لِسَانِ نَبِيِّهِ ﷺ يَعْنِي مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ يَعْنِي عَمَّارًا قُلْتُ بَلَى قَالَ أَلَيْسَ فِيكُمْ أَوْ مِنْكُمْ صَاحِبُ السِّوَاكِ أَوِ السِّرَارِ قَالَ بَلَى قَالَ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ يَقْرَأُ {وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَى * وَالنَّهَارِ إِذَا تَجَلَّى} قُلْتُ {وَالذَّكَرِ وَالأُنْثَى} قَالَ مَا زَالَ بِي هَؤُلاَءِ حَتَّى كَادُوا يَسْتَنْزِلُونِي عَنْ شَىْءٍ سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ  

'Alaqama went to Sham and came to the mosque and offered a two-rakʿat prayer, and invoked Allah: "O Allah! Bless me with a (pious) good companion." So he sat beside Abu Ad-Darda' who asked, "From where are you?" He said, "From the people of Kufa." Abu Darda' said, "Wasn't there among you the person who keeps the secrets (of the Prophet ﷺ ) which nobody knew except him (i.e., Hudhaifa (bin Al-Yaman)). And isn't there among you the person whom Allah gave refuge from Satan through the request (tongue) of Messenger of Allah ﷺ? (i.e., ʿAmmar). Isn't there among you the one who used to carry the Siwak and the cushion (or pillows (of the Prophets)? (i.e., Ibn Masʿud). How did Ibn Masʿud use to recite 'By the night as it conceals (the light)?" (Sura 92). 'Alqama said, "Wadhdhakari Wal Untha' (And by male and female.") Abu Ad-Darda added. 'These people continued to argue with me regarding it till they were about to cause me to have doubts although I heard it from Messenger of Allah ﷺ."  

ذَهَبَ عَلْقَمَةُ إِلَى الشَّأْمِ فَأَتَى الْمَسْجِدَ فَصَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ فَقَالَ اللَّهُمَّ ارْزُقْنِي جَلِيسًا فَقَعَدَ إِلَى أَبِي الدَّرْدَاءِ فَقَالَ مِمَّنْ أَنْتَ قَالَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكُوفَةِ قَالَ أَلَيْسَ فِيكُمْ صَاحِبُ السِّرِّ الَّذِي كَانَ لاَ يَعْلَمُهُ غَيْرُهُ يَعْنِي حُذَيْفَةَ أَلَيْسَ فِيكُمْ أَوْ كَانَ فِيكُمُ الَّذِي أَجَارَهُ اللَّهُ عَلَى لِسَانِ رَسُولِهِ ﷺ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ يَعْنِي عَمَّارًا أَوَلَيْسَ فِيكُمْ صَاحِبُ السِّوَاكِ وَالْوِسَادِ يَعْنِي ابْنَ مَسْعُودٍ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ يَقْرَأُ {وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَى} قَالَ {وَالذَّكَرِ وَالأُنْثَى} فَقَالَ مَا زَالَ هَؤُلاَءِ حَتَّى كَادُوا يُشَكِّكُونِي وَقَدْ سَمِعْتُهَا مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ  

[Machine] He arrived in Damascus and entered the mosque of Damascus and prayed two units of prayer in it and said, "O Allah, grant me a righteous companion." Then he came and sat with Abu Darda and Abu Darda said to him, "Who are you?" He said, "I am from the people of Kufa." Abu Darda said, "How did you hear Ibn Umm Abd reciting: 'By the night when it covers, and [by] the day when it appears?' He said, 'Alqamah and Zikr and An-Nisa.' Abu Darda said, 'I heard it from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ .' So they continued to question me until they doubted me. Then he said, 'Wasn't there among you the one who had the sleeping mat and the one who had the secret that no one else knew, and the one who was saved from the devil by the tongue of the Prophet ﷺ ?' The one with the sleeping mat was Ibn Mas'ud, and the one with the secret was Hudhaifah, and the one who was saved from the devil was 'Ammar.  

أَنَّهُ قَدِمَ الشَّامَ فَدَخَلَ مَسْجِدَ دِمَشْقَ فَصَلَّى فِيهِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَقَالَ اللهُمَّ ارْزُقْنِي جَلِيسًا صَالِحًا قَالَ فَجَاءَ فَجَلَسَ إِلَى أَبِي الدَّرْدَاءِ فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبُو الدَّرْدَاءِ مِمَّنْ أَنْتَ؟ قَالَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكُوفَةِ قَالَ كَيْفَ سَمِعْتَ ابْنَ أُمِّ عَبْدٍ يَقْرَأُ وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَى وَالنَّهَارِ إِذَا تَجَلَّى؟ قَالَ عَلْقَمَةُ وَالذَّكَرِ وَالْأُنْثَى فَقَالَ أَبُو الدَّرْدَاءِ لَقَدْ سَمِعْتُهَا مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَمَا زَالَ هَؤُلَاءِ حَتَّى شَكَّكُونِي ثُمَّ قَالَ أَلَمْ يَكُنْ فِيكُمْ صَاحِبُ الْوِسَادِ وَصَاحِبُ السِّرِّ الَّذِي لَا يَعْلَمُهُ أَحَدٌ غَيْرُهُ وَالَّذِي أُجِيرَ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ عَلَى لِسَانِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ؟ وَصَاحِبُ الْوِسَادِ ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ وَصَاحِبُ السِّرِّ حُذَيْفَةُ وَالَّذِي أُجِيرَ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِعَمَّارٌ  

[Machine] I arrived in Damascus and entered the mosque of Damascus and prayed two units of prayer, then I said, "O Allah, grant me a righteous companion." So I sat with Abu Darda and he said to me, "Who are you?" I said, "I am from the people of Iraq." He said, "So how did Abdullah used to recite (And [by] the night when it covers and [by] the day when it appears and [by] the male and the female)?" I said, "This is how Abdullah used to recite it." Abu Darda said, "This is how I heard it from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ." Then he said, "Among you is the one who is protected from Satan, 'Ammar ibn Yasir, and among you is the one who knows the secrets that no one else knows, meaning Hudhayfah."  

قَدِمْتُ الشَّامَ فَدَخَلْتُ مَسْجِدَ دِمَشْقَ فَصَلَّيْتُ رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ قُلْتُ اللهُمَّ ارْزُقْنِي جَلِيسًا صَالِحًا فَجَلَسْتُ إِلَى أَبِي الدَّرْدَاءِ فَقَالَ لِي مِمَّنْ أَنْتَ؟ قُلْتُ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعِرَاقِ قَالَ فَكَيْفَ كَانَ يَقْرَأُ عَبْدُ اللهِ {وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَى وَالنَّهَارِ إِذَا تَجَلَّى وَالذَّكَرَ وَالْأُنْثَى} قُلْتُ هَكَذَا كَانَ يَقْرَؤُهَا عَبْدُ اللهِ فَقَالَ أَبُو الدَّرْدَاءِ هَكَذَا سَمِعْتُهَا مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ ثُمَّ قَالَ «فِيكُمُ الَّذِي أُجِيرَ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ عَمَّارُ بْنُ يَاسِرٍ وَفِيكُمُ الَّذِي يَعْلَمُ السِّرَّ لَا يَعْلَمُهُ غَيْرُهُ يَعْنِي حُذَيْفَةَ»  

That he heard Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "While a lady was nursing her child, a rider passed by and she said, 'O Allah! Don't let my child die till he becomes like this (rider).' The child said, 'O Allah! Don't make me like him,' and then returned to her breast (sucking it). (After a while) they passed by a lady who was being pulled and teased (by the people). The child's mother said, 'O Allah! Do not make my child like her.' The child said, 'O Allah! Make me like her.' Then he said, 'As for the rider, he is an infidel, while the lady is accused of illegal sexual intercourse (falsely) and she says: Allah is sufficient for me (He knows the truth).  

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ بَيْنَمَا امْرَأَةٌ تُرْضِعُ ابْنَهَا إِذْ مَرَّ بِهَا رَاكِبٌ وَهْىَ تُرْضِعُهُ فَقَالَتِ اللَّهُمَّ لاَ تُمِتِ ابْنِي حَتَّى يَكُونَ مِثْلَ هَذَا فَقَالَ اللَّهُمَّ لاَ تَجْعَلْنِي مِثْلَهُ ثُمَّ رَجَعَ فِي الثَّدْىِ وَمُرَّ بِامْرَأَةٍ تُجَرَّرُ وَيُلْعَبُ بِهَا فَقَالَتِ اللَّهُمَّ لاَ تَجْعَلِ ابْنِي مِثْلَهَا فَقَالَ اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْنِي مِثْلَهَا فَقَالَ أَمَّا الرَّاكِبُ فَإِنَّهُ كَافِرٌ وَأَمَّا الْمَرْأَةُ فَإِنَّهُمْ يَقُولُونَ لَهَا تَزْنِي وَتَقُولُ حَسْبِي اللَّهُ وَيَقُولُونَ تَسْرِقُ وَتَقُولُ حَسْبِي اللَّهُ  

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "While a woman was breastfeeding her child, a rider passed by her. She asked Allah not to let her son die until he becomes like this rider. She then asked Allah not to make her like him. Then the rider went back to his original state and passed by a cursed woman. She asked Allah not to make her son like her. Then she asked Allah to make her like her. As for the rider, he was a disbeliever, and as for the woman, they accused her of adultery, but she said, 'Allah is sufficient for me.' They accused her of stealing, but she said, 'Allah is sufficient for me.'"  

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «بَيْنَمَا امْرَأَةٌ تُرْضِعُ ابْنَهَا مَرَّ بِهَا رَاكِبٌ وَهِيَ تُرْضِعُهُ فَقَالَتِ اللَّهُمَّ لَا تَمِتِ ابْنِي حَتَّى يَكُونَ مِثْلَ هَذَا قَالَ اللَّهُمَّ لَا تَجْعَلْنِي مِثْلَهُ ثُمَّ رَجَعَ إِلَى الثَّدْيِ فَمَرَّ بِامْرَأَةٍ تُلْعَنُ فَقَالَتِ اللَّهُمَّ لَا تَجْعَلِ ابْنِي مِثْلَهَا فَقَالَ اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْنِي مِثْلَهَا أَمَّا الرَّاكِبُ فَكَانَ كَافِرًا وَأَمَّا الْمَرْأَةُ فَيَقُولُونَ لَهَا إِنَّهَا تَزْنِي فَتَقُولُ حَسْبِيَ اللَّهُ وَيَقُولُونَ تَسْرِقُ وَتَقُولُ حَسْبِيَ اللَّهُ»  

The Prophet ﷺ said, "The people were displayed in front of me and I saw one prophet passing by with a large group of his followers, and another prophet passing by with only a small group of people, and another prophet passing by with only ten (persons), and another prophet passing by with only five (persons), and another prophet passed by alone. And then I looked and saw a large multitude of people, so I asked Gabriel, "Are these people my followers?' He said, 'No, but look towards the horizon.' I looked and saw a very large multitude of people. Gabriel said. 'Those are your followers, and those are seventy thousand (persons) in front of them who will neither have any reckoning of their accounts nor will receive any punishment.' I asked, 'Why?' He said, 'For they used not to treat themselves with branding (cauterization) nor with Ruqya (get oneself treated by the recitation of some Verses of the Qur'an) and not to see evil omen in things, and they used to put their trust (only) in their Lord." On hearing that, 'Ukasha bin Mihsan got up and said (to the Prophet), "Invoke Allah to make me one of them." The Prophet ﷺ said, "O Allah, make him one of them." Then another man got up and said (to the Prophet), "Invoke Allah to make me one of them." The Prophet ﷺ said, 'Ukasha has preceded you."  

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ عُرِضَتْ عَلَىَّ الأُمَمُ فَأَخَذَ النَّبِيُّ يَمُرُّ مَعَهُ الأُمَّةُ وَالنَّبِيُّ يَمُرُّ مَعَهُ النَّفَرُ وَالنَّبِيُّ يَمُرُّ مَعَهُ الْعَشَرَةُ وَالنَّبِيُّ يَمُرُّ مَعَهُ الْخَمْسَةُ وَالنَّبِيُّ يَمُرُّ وَحْدَهُ فَنَظَرْتُ فَإِذَا سَوَادٌ كَثِيرٌ قُلْتُ يَا جِبْرِيلُ هَؤُلاَءِ أُمَّتِي قَالَ لاَ وَلَكِنِ انْظُرْ إِلَى الأُفُقِ فَنَظَرْتُ فَإِذَا سَوَادٌ كَثِيرٌ قَالَ هَؤُلاَءِ أُمَّتُكَ وَهَؤُلاَءِ سَبْعُونَ أَلْفًا قُدَّامَهُمْ لاَ حِسَابَ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلاَ عَذَابَ قُلْتُ وَلِمَ قَالَ كَانُوا لاَ يَكْتَوُونَ وَلاَ يَسْتَرْقُونَ وَلاَ يَتَطَيَّرُونَ وَعَلَى رَبِّهِمْ يَتَوَكَّلُونَ فَقَامَ إِلَيْهِ عُكَّاشَةُ بْنُ مِحْصَنٍ فَقَالَ ادْعُ اللَّهَ أَنْ يَجْعَلَنِي مِنْهُمْ قَالَ اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْهُ مِنْهُمْ ثُمَّ قَامَ إِلَيْهِ رَجُلٌ آخَرُ قَالَ ادْعُ اللَّهَ أَنْ يَجْعَلَنِي مِنْهُمْ قَالَ سَبَقَكَ بِهَا عُكَّاشَةُ  

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said: "The nations were presented to me, and I saw my nation, and I was amazed by their countless number and their appearance, as they filled the plains and mountains. Then Allah said, 'O Muhammad, are you pleased?' I said, 'Yes, my Lord.' Allah said, 'With them are also seventy thousand who will enter Paradise without being held accountable. They are those who do not seek omens, do not burn themselves with branding, and do not seek blessings through the performance of actions. Rather, they put their trust in their Lord.' Ukkashah said, 'O Allah, make me one of them.' Allah replied, 'You are one of them.' Then another man said, 'O Allah, make me one of them.' Allah said, 'Ukkashah has preceded you in asking for that.'"  

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ «عُرِضَتْ عَلَيَّ الْأُمَمُ بِالْمَوْسِمِ فَرَأَيْتُ أُمَّتِي فَأَعْجَبَتْنِي كَثْرَتُهُمْ وَهَيْئَتُهُمْ قَدْ مَلَؤُوا السَّهْلَ وَالْجَبَلَ فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ أَرَضِيتَ؟ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ أَيْ رَبِّ قَالَ وَمَعَ هَؤُلَاءِ سَبْعُونَ أَلْفًا يَدْخُلُونَ الْجَنَّةَ بِغَيْرِ حِسَابٍ الَّذِينَ لَا يَسْتَرْقُونَ وَلَا يَكْتَوُونَ وَلَا يَتَطَيَّرُونَ وَعَلَى رَبِّهِمْ يَتَوَكَّلُونَ» فَقَالَ عُكَّاشَةُ ادْعُ اللَّهَ أَنْ يَجْعَلَنِي مِنْهُمْ قَالَ «اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْهُ مِنْهُمْ» ثُمَّ قَالَ رَجُلٌ آخَرُ ادْعُ اللَّهَ أَنْ يَجْعَلَنِي مِنْهُمْ قَالَ «سَبَقَكَ بِهَا عُكَّاشَةُ»  

I was with Messenger of Allah ﷺ in one of the Markets of Medina. He left (the market) and so did I. Then he asked thrice, "Where is the small (child)?" Then he said, "Call Al-Hasan bin ʿAli." So Al-Hasan bin ʿAli got up and started walking with a necklace (of beads) around his neck. The Prophet ﷺ stretched his hand out like this, and Al-Hasan did the same. The Prophet ﷺ embraced him and said, "0 Allah! l love him, so please love him and love those who love him." Since Messenger of Allah ﷺ said that. nothing has been dearer to me than Al-Hasan.  

كُنْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي سُوقٍ مِنْ أَسْوَاقِ الْمَدِينَةِ فَانْصَرَفَ فَانْصَرَفْتُ فَقَالَ أَيْنَ لُكَعُ ثَلاَثًا ادْعُ الْحَسَنَ بْنَ عَلِيٍّ فَقَامَ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ يَمْشِي وَفِي عُنُقِهِ السِّخَابُ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بِيَدِهِ هَكَذَا فَقَالَ الْحَسَنُ بِيَدِهِ هَكَذَا فَالْتَزَمَهُ فَقَالَ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أُحِبُّهُ فَأَحِبَّهُ وَأَحِبَّ مَنْ يُحِبُّهُ قَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ فَمَا كَانَ أَحَدٌ أَحَبَّ إِلَىَّ مِنَ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ بَعْدَ مَا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَا قَالَ  

[Machine] I was with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in one of the markets of the city. He turned around and I turned with him. He said, "Call Hassan ibn Ali." So, Hassan came walking, and he had a cloak around his neck. The Prophet ﷺ said, "Like this, with his hand." So, Hassan did it with his hand like that, and the Prophet ﷺ took hold of it and said, "O Allah, I love him, so love him and love those who love him." Abu Hurairah said, "No one was more beloved to me after the Messenger of Allah ﷺ than Hassan ibn Ali, after what the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said."  

كُنْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي سُوقٍ مِنْ أَسْوَاقِ الْمَدِينَةِ فَانْصَرَفَ وَانْصَرَفْتُ مَعَهُ فَقَالَ «ادْعُ الْحَسَنَ بْنَ عَلِيٍّ» فَجَاءَ الْحَسَنُ يَمْشِي وَفِي عُنُقِهِ الشِّحَابُ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «بِيَدِهِ هَكَذَا» فَقَالَ الْحَسَنُ بِيَدِهِ هَكَذَا فَأَخَذَهُ وَقَالَ «اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أُحِبُّهُ فَأَحِبَّهُ وَأَحِبَّ مَنْ يُحِبُّهُ» قَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ فَمَا كَانَ أَحَدٌ أَحَبَّ إِلَيَّ مِنَ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ بَعْدَ مَا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَا قَالَ  

Once the Prophet ﷺ entered a lavatory and I placed water for his ablution. He asked, "Who placed it?" He was informed accordingly and so he said, "O Allah! Make him (Ibn ʿAbbas) a learned scholar in religion (Islam).  

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ دَخَلَ الْخَلاَءَ فَوَضَعْتُ لَهُ وَضُوءًا قَالَ مَنْ وَضَعَ هَذَا فَأُخْبِرَ فَقَالَ اللَّهُمَّ فَقِّهْهُ فِي الدِّينِ  

We were with ʿAbdullah and he said, "When the Prophet ﷺ saw the refusal of the people to accept Islam he said, "O Allah! Send (famine) years on them for (seven years) like the seven years (of famine during the time) of (Prophet) Joseph." So famine overtook them for one year and destroyed every kind of life to such an extent that the people started eating hides, carcasses and rotten dead animals. Whenever one of them looked towards the sky, he would (imagine himself to) see smoke because of hunger. So Abu Sufyan went to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "O Muhammad! You order people to obey Allah and to keep good relations with kith and kin. No doubt the people of your tribe are dying, so please pray to Allah for them." So Allah revealed: "Then watch you For the day that The sky will bring forth a kind Of smoke Plainly visible ... Verily! You will return (to disbelief) On the day when We shall seize You with a mighty grasp. (44.10-16) Ibn Masʿud added, "Al-Batsha (i.e. grasp) happened in the battle of Badr and no doubt smoke, Al-Batsha, Al-Lizam, and the verse of Surat Ar-Rum have all passed .  

إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ لَمَّا رَأَى مِنَ النَّاسِ إِدْبَارًا قَالَ اللَّهُمَّ سَبْعٌ كَسَبْعِ يُوسُفَ فَأَخَذَتْهُمْ سَنَةٌ حَصَّتْ كُلَّ شَىْءٍ حَتَّى أَكَلُوا الْجُلُودَ وَالْمَيْتَةَ وَالْجِيَفَ وَيَنْظُرَ أَحَدُهُمْ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ فَيَرَى الدُّخَانَ مِنَ الْجُوعِ فَأَتَاهُ أَبُو سُفْيَانَ فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ إِنَّكَ تَأْمُرُ بِطَاعَةِ اللَّهِ وَبِصِلَةِ الرَّحِمِ وَإِنَّ قَوْمَكَ قَدْ هَلَكُوا فَادْعُ اللَّهَ لَهُمْ قَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى {فَارْتَقِبْ يَوْمَ تَأْتِي السَّمَاءُ بِدُخَانٍ مُبِينٍ} إِلَى قَوْلِهِ {عَائِدُونَ * يَوْمَ نَبْطِشُ الْبَطْشَةَ الْكُبْرَى} فَالْبَطْشَةُ يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ وَقَدْ مَضَتِ الدُّخَانُ وَالْبَطْشَةُ وَاللِّزَامُ وَآيَةُ الرُّومِ  

Anas I said, "While Messenger of Allah ﷺ was delivering the Friday Khutba (sermon) a man came and said, 'O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! Rain is scarce; please ask Allah to bless us with rain.' So he invoked Allah for it, and it rained so much that we could hardly reach our homes and it continued raining till the next Friday." Anas further said, "Then the same or some other person stood up and said, 'O Allah's Apostle! Invoke Allah to withhold the rain.' On that, Messenger of Allah ﷺ I said, 'O Allah! Round about us and not on us.' " Anas added, "I saw the clouds dispersing right and left and it continued to rain but not over Medina."  

بَيْنَمَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَخْطُبُ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ إِذْ جَاءَ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَحَطَ الْمَطَرُ فَادْعُ اللَّهَ أَنْ يَسْقِيَنَا فَدَعَا فَمُطِرْنَا فَمَا كِدْنَا أَنْ نَصِلَ إِلَى مَنَازِلِنَا فَمَا زِلْنَا نُمْطَرُ إِلَى الْجُمُعَةِ الْمُقْبِلَةِ قَالَ فَقَامَ ذَلِكَ الرَّجُلُ أَوْ غَيْرُهُ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ادْعُ اللَّهَ أَنْ يَصْرِفَهُ عَنَّا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ اللَّهُمَّ حَوَالَيْنَا وَلاَ عَلَيْنَا قَالَ فَلَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ السَّحَابَ يَتَقَطَّعُ يَمِينًا وَشِمَالاً يُمْطَرُونَ وَلاَ يُمْطَرُ أَهْلُ الْمَدِينَةِ  

While the Prophet ﷺ was delivering a sermon on a Friday, a man stood up and said, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! Invoke Allah to bless us with rain." (The Prophet ﷺ invoked Allah for rain.) So, the sky became overcast and it started raining till one could hardly reach one's home. It kept on raining till the next Friday when the same man or another man got up and said (to the Prophet), "Invoke Allah to withhold the rain from us, for we have been drowned (with heavy rain )." The Prophet ﷺ said, "O Allah! Let it rain around us and not on us." Then the clouds started dispersing around Medina and rain ceased to fall on the people of Medina.  

بَيْنَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَخْطُبُ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ادْعُ اللَّهَ أَنْ يَسْقِيَنَا فَتَغَيَّمَتِ السَّمَاءُ وَمُطِرْنَا حَتَّى مَا كَادَ الرَّجُلُ يَصِلُ إِلَى مَنْزِلِهِ فَلَمْ تَزَلْ تُمْطَرُ إِلَى الْجُمُعَةِ الْمُقْبِلَةِ فَقَامَ ذَلِكَ الرَّجُلُ أَوْ غَيْرُهُ فَقَالَ ادْعُ اللَّهَ أَنْ يَصْرِفَهُ عَنَّا فَقَدْ غَرِقْنَا فَقَالَ اللَّهُمَّ حَوَالَيْنَا وَلاَ عَلَيْنَا فَجَعَلَ السَّحَابُ يَتَقَطَّعُ حَوْلَ الْمَدِينَةِ وَلاَ يُمْطِرُ أَهْلَ الْمَدِينَةِ  

One day I went to Ibn Masʿud who said, "When Quraish delayed in embracing Islam, the Prophet ﷺ I invoked Allah to curse them, so they were afflicted with a (famine) year because of which many of them died and they ate the carcasses and Abu Sufyan came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, 'O Muhammad! You came to order people to keep good relation with kith and kin and your nation is being destroyed, so invoke Allah I ? So the Prophet ﷺ I recited the Holy verses of Sirat-Ad-Dukhan: 'Then watch you For the day that The sky will Bring forth a kind Of smoke Plainly visible.' (44.10) When the famine was taken off, the people renegade once again as nonbelievers. The statement of Allah, (in Sura "Ad- Dukhan"-44) refers to that: 'On the day when We shall seize You with a mighty grasp.' (44.16) And that was what happened on the day of the battle of Badr." Asbath added on the authority of Mansur, "Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed for them and it rained heavily for seven days. So the people complained of the excessive rain. The Prophet ﷺ said, 'O Allah! (Let it rain) around us and not on us.' So the clouds dispersed over his head and it rained over the surroundings."  

عَنِ الإِسْلاَمِ فَدَعَا عَلَيْهِمُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَأَخَذَتْهُمْ سَنَةٌ حَتَّى هَلَكُوا فِيهَا وَأَكَلُوا الْمَيْتَةَ وَالْعِظَامَ فَجَاءَهُ أَبُو سُفْيَانَ فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ جِئْتَ تَأْمُرُ بِصِلَةِ الرَّحِمِ وَإِنَّ قَوْمَكَ هَلَكُوا فَادْعُ اللَّهَ فَقَرَأَ {فَارْتَقِبْ يَوْمَ تَأْتِي السَّمَاءُ بِدُخَانٍ مُبِينٍ} ثُمَّ عَادُوا إِلَى كُفْرِهِمْ فَذَلِكَ قَوْلُهُ تَعَالَى {يَوْمَ نَبْطِشُ الْبَطْشَةَ الْكُبْرَى} يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ قَالَ وَزَادَ أَسْبَاطٌ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ فَدَعَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَسُقُوا الْغَيْثَ فَأَطْبَقَتْ عَلَيْهِمْ سَبْعًا وَشَكَا النَّاسُ كَثْرَةَ الْمَطَرِ فَقَالَ اللَّهُمَّ حَوَالَيْنَا وَلاَ عَلَيْنَا فَانْحَدَرَتِ السَّحَابَةُ عَنْ رَأْسِهِ فَسُقُوا النَّاسُ حَوْلَهُمْ