Allah will give you something better than what you give up out of His fear

ahmad:20739Ismāʿīl > Sulaymān b. al-Mughīrah > Ḥumayd b. Hilāl > Abū Qatādah and Abu al-Dahmāʾ

They used to travel frequently toward this House. They said: We came upon a man from the desert-dwellers, and the Bedouin said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ took my hand and began teaching me from what Allah had taught him, and he said: “You will not give up anything out of fear of Allah except that Allah will give you something better than it.”  

أحمد:٢٠٧٣٩حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ الْمُغِيرَةِ عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ هِلَالٍ عَنْ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ وَأَبِي الدَّهْمَاءِ قَالَا

كَانَا يُكْثِرَانِ السَّفَرَ نَحْوَ هَذَا الْبَيْتِ قَالَا أَتَيْنَا عَلَى رَجُلٍ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْبَادِيَةِ فَقَالَ الْبَدَوِيُّ أَخَذَ بِيَدِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَجَعَلَ يُعَلِّمُنِي مِمَّا عَلَّمَهُ اللهُ وَقَالَ إِنَّكَ لَنْ تَدَعَ شَيْئًا اتِّقَاءَ اللهِ إِلَّا أَعْطَاكَ اللهُ خَيْرًا مِنْهُ  

Allah replaces what you abandon for his sake with something better than it

ahmad:23074Wakīʿ > Sulaymān b. al-Mughīrah > Ḥumayd b. Hilāl > Abū Qatādah and Abū al-Dahmāʾ

We came upon a man from among the desert-dwellers and said, “Have you heard anything from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ?” He said, “Yes, I heard him say: ‘You will not give up anything for Allah except that Allah will replace it for you with something better for you than it.’”  

أحمد:٢٣٠٧٤حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ الْمُغِيرَةِ عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ هِلَالٍ عَنْ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ وَأَبِي الدَّهْمَاءِ قَالَا

أَتَيْنَا عَلَى رَجُلٍ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْبَادِيَةِ فَقُلْنَا هَلْ سَمِعْتَ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ شَيْئًا؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ «إِنَّكَ لَنْ تَدَعَ شَيْئًا لِلَّهِ إِلَّا بَدَّلَكَ اللهُ بِهِ مَا هُوَ خَيْرٌ لَكَ مِنْهُ»  

A man who thought of himself as unpleasant in appearance rewarded by Allah for his sincerity

hakim:2463Aḥmad b. Muḥammad al-ʿAnazī > ʿUthmān b. Saʿīd al-Dārimī > Mūsá b. Ismāʿīl > Ḥammād > Thābit > Anas > a man

A black man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "O Messenger of Allah, I am a black man with a foul odor and an ugly face, and I have no wealth. If I fight these people ˹in the path of Allah˺ until I am killed, where will I be?" The Prophet ﷺ said, "In Paradise." So he fought until he was killed.

Then the Prophet ﷺ came to him and said, "Allah has enlightened your face, sweetened your fragrance, and increased your wealth." And he said to him or to someone else, "I have seen his wife from the beautiful black-eyed maidens stripping off her garment of silk to cover him.  

الحاكم:٢٤٦٣أَخْبَرَنِي أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْعَنَزِيُّ ثنا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الدَّارِمِيُّ ثنا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ ثنا حَمَّادٌ أَنْبَأَ ثَابِتٌ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ رَجُلًا أَسْوَدَ أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي رَجُلٌ أَسْوَدُ مُنْتِنُ الرِّيحِ قَبِيحُ الْوَجْهِ لَا مَالَ لِي فَإِنْ أَنَا قَاتَلْتُ هَؤُلَاءِ حَتَّى أُقْتَلَ فَأَيْنَ أَنَا؟ قَالَ «فِي الْجَنَّةِ» فَقَاتَلَ حَتَّى قُتِلَ فَأَتَاهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَقَالَ «قَدْ بَيَّضَ اللَّهُ وَجْهَكَ وَطَيَّبَ رِيحَكَ وَأَكْثَرَ مَالَكَ» وَقَالَ لِهَذَا أَوْ لِغَيْرِهِ «لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ زَوْجَتَهُ مِنَ الْحُورِ الْعِينِ نَازَعَتْهُ جُبَّةً لَهُ مِنْ صُوفٍ تَدْخُلُ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ جُبَّتِهِ»  

هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ عَلَى شَرْطِ مُسْلِمٍ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ على شرط مسلم

When ‘If Only’ Opens the Door to Satan

muslim:2664Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah And Ibn Numayr > ʿAbdullāh b. Idrīs > Rabīʿah b. ʿUthmān > Muḥammad b. Yaḥyá b. Ḥabbān > al-Aʿraj > Abū Hurayrah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “The strong believer is better and more beloved to Allah than the weak believer, though there is good in both. Be keen on what benefits you, seek help from Allah, and do not give up.

If something befalls you, do not say, ‘If only I had done such-and-such, then such-and-such would have happened.’ Rather say, ‘Allah has decreed it, and whatever He wills, He does,’ for ‘if only’ opens the door to the work of Satan.”  

مسلم:٢٦٦٤حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ وَابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ إِدْرِيسَ عَنْ رَبِيعَةَ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى بْنِ حَبَّانَ عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ الْمُؤْمِنُ الْقَوِيُّ خَيْرٌ وَأَحَبُّ إِلَى اللَّهِ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِ الضَّعِيفِ وَفِي كُلٍّ خَيْرٌ احْرِصْ عَلَى مَا يَنْفَعُكَ وَاسْتَعِنْ بِاللَّهِ وَلاَ تَعْجِزْ

وَإِنْ أَصَابَكَ شَىْءٌ فَلاَ تَقُلْ لَوْ أَنِّي فَعَلْتُ كَانَ كَذَا وَكَذَا وَلَكِنْ قُلْ قَدَرُ اللَّهِ وَمَا شَاءَ فَعَلَ فَإِنَّ لَوْ تَفْتَحُ عَمَلَ الشَّيْطَانِ  

Three types of people who Allah will ignore on the Day of Judgement

muslim:106aAbū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah And Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná And Ibn Bashhār > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > ʿAlī b. Mudrik > Abū Zurʿah > Kharashah b. al-Ḥur > Abū Dhar

Three are the (persons) with whom Allah would neither speak on the Day of Resurrection, nor would look at them nor would absolve the and there is a painful chastisement for them. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ repeated it three times. Abu Dharr remarked: They failed and they lost; who are these persons, Messenger of Allah? Upon this he (the Holy) Prophet) observed: They are: (2) the one who does isbal (drags the lower garment below the ankles), (2) the one who recounts favors, and (3) the seller of goods by false oath.  

مسلم:١٠٦aحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى وَابْنُ بَشَّارٍ قَالُوا حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُدْرِكٍ عَنْ أَبِي زُرْعَةَ عَنْ خَرَشَةَ بْنِ الْحُرِّ عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ ثَلاَثَةٌ لاَ يُكَلِّمُهُمُ اللَّهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَلاَ يَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهِمْ وَلاَ يُزَكِّيهِمْ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ قَالَ فَقَرَأَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ ثَلاَثَ مِرَارٍ قَالَ أَبُو ذَرٍّ خَابُوا وَخَسِرُوا مَنْ هُمْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ الْمُسْبِلُ وَالْمَنَّانُ وَالْمُنَفِّقُ سِلْعَتَهُ بِالْحَلِفِ الْكَاذِبِ  

Strange and questionable narration on the Night of the Jinn

ahmad:3788ʿĀrim And ʿAffān > Muʿtamir from my father > Abū Tamīmah > ʿAmr Laʿallah > Yakūn Qad > al-Bikālī > ʿAmr > ʿAbdullāh b. Masʿūd > ʿAmr In ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ followed me and said, "So we set off until I reached a certain place, and he drew a line for me and told me to stay within it. He said, 'Do not leave this area, for if you do, you will perish.' So I stayed within it. Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ went away for a while, or seemingly went far away.

Then he returned and mentioned Haneen, as if they were locusts. (Affan said, or as Affan said if Allah wills), they had no clothes on, and I did not see their private parts at all. They had very little flesh. Then they came and started riding on the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. Prophet of Allah ﷺ began reciting to them. They came to me and it seemed as if they were flooding around me and attempting to interpose themselves. Abdullah said, "I was terrified of them more severely than I was the first time." A'rif said in his narration, "Then he sat down or as he said." Then when the dawn broke, they left, or as he said. Then indeed the Messenger of Allah ﷺ returned very weary and exhausted, or almost exhausted due to what he had ridden. He said, "I feel heavy, or as he said." So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ rested his head on me, or as he said. Then the Haneen came to them wearing long white clothes, or as he said. Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ fell into a trance." Abdullah said, "I was terrified of them more severely than the first time." A'rim said in his narration, or as they said, "Some of them said to others, 'Indeed, this servant has received something good,' or as they said, 'His eyes are sleeping, or he said his eye, and his heart is awake.' Then A'rim said, "Some of them said to others, 'Come, let us strike a similitude for him,' or as they said, 'Let us strike a similitude for him and let us interpret it ourselves, or you interpret and we will interpret and you interpret, or as they said.' Then some of them said to others, 'His similitude is like the similitude of a master who built a strong edifice and then sent food to the people. So whoever did not come to his food, or he said whoever did not follow him, he would severely punish him, or as they said.' Others said, 'As for the master, he is the Lord of the Worlds, and as for the edifice, it is Islam, and the food is Paradise, and he is the inviter. So whoever follows him will be in Paradise,' A'rim said in his narration, or as they said. 'And whoever does not follow him will be punished severely,' or as they said.

Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ awoke and said, 'What have you seen, O son of Umm 'Abd?' 'Abdullah said, 'I saw such and such.' The Prophet ﷺ said, 'There is nothing they said that is hidden from me.' The Prophet ﷺ said, 'They are a group of angels, or he said they are from the angels, or as Allah wills.' "  

أحمد:٣٧٨٨حَدَّثَنَا عَارِمٌ وَعَفَّانُ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا مُعْتَمِرٌ قَالَ قَالَ أَبِي حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو تَمِيمَةَ عَنْ عَمْرٍو لَعَلَّهُ أَنْ يَكُونَ قَدْ قَالَ الْبِكَالِيَّ يُحَدِّثُهُ عَمْرٌو عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ عَمْرٌو إِنَّ عَبْدَ اللهِ قَالَ

اسْتَتبْعَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ فَانْطَلَقْنَا حَتَّى أَتَيْتُ مَكَانَ كَذَا وَكَذَا فَخَطَّ لِي خِطَّةً فَقَالَ لِي كُنْ بَيْنَ ظَهْرَيْ هَذِهِ لَا تَخْرُجْ مِنْهَا فَإِنَّكَ إِنْ خَرَجْتَ هَلَكْتَ قَالَ فَكُنْتُ فِيهَا قَالَ فَمَضَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ حَذَفَةً أَوْ أَبْعَدَ شَيْئًا أَوْ كَمَا

قَالَ ثُمَّ إِنَّهُ ذَكَرَ هَنِينًا كَأَنَّهُمْ الزُّطُّ (قَالَ عَفَّانُ أَوْ كَمَا قَالَ عَفَّانُ إِنْ شَاءَ اللهُ) لَيْسَ عَلَيْهِمْ ثِيَابٌ وَلَا أَرَى سَوْآتِهِمْ طِوَالًا قَلِيلٌ لَحْمُهُمْ قَالَ فَأَتَوْا فَجَعَلُوا يَرْكَبُونَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ وَجَعَلَ نَبِيُّ اللهِ ﷺ يَقْرَأُ عَلَيْهِمْ قَالَ وَجَعَلُوا يَأْتُونِي فَيُخَيِّلُونَ أَوْ يَمِيلُونَ حَوْلِي وَيَعْتَرِضُونَ لِي قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ فَأُرْعِبْتُ مِنْهُمْ رُعْبًا شَدِيدًا قَالَ فَجَلَسْتُ أَوْ كَمَا قَالَ قَالَ فَلَمَّا انْشَقَّ عَمُودُ الصُّبْحِ جَعَلُوا يَذْهَبُونَ أَوْ كَمَا قَالَ قَالَ ثُمَّ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ جَاءَ ثَقِيلًا وَجِعًا أَوْ يَكَادُ أَنْ يَكُونَ وَجِعًا مِمَّا رَكِبُوهُ قَالَ إِنِّي لَأَجِدُنِي ثَقِيلًا أَوْ كَمَا قَالَ فَوَضَعَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ رَأْسَهُ فِي حِجْرِي أَوْ كَمَا قَالَ قَالَ ثُمَّ إِنَّ هَنِين أَتَوْا عَلَيْهِمْ ثِيَابٌ بِيضٌ طِوَالٌ أَوْ كَمَا قَالَ وَقَدْ أَغْفَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ فَأُرْعِبْتُ مِنْهُمْ أَشَدَّ مِمَّا أُرْعِبْتُ الْمَرَّةَ الْأُولَى قَالَ عَارِمٌ فِي حَدِيثِهِ قَالَ فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ لَقَدْ أُعْطِيَ هَذَا الْعَبْدُ خَيْرًا أَوْ كَمَا قَالُوا إِنَّ عَيْنَيْهِ نَائِمَتَانِ أَوْ قَالَ عَيْنَهُ أَوْ كَمَا قَالُوا وَقَلْبَهُ يَقْظَانُ ثُمَّ قَالَ قَالَ عَارِمٌ وَعَفَّانُ قَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ هَلُمَّ فَلْنَضْرِبْ لَهُ مَثَلًا أَوْ كَمَا قَالُوا قَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ اضْرِبُوا لَهُ مَثَلًا وَنُؤَوِّلُ نَحْنُ أَوْ نَضْرِبُ نَحْنُ وَتُؤَوِّلُونَ أَنْتُمْ فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ مَثَلُهُ كَمَثَلِ سَيِّدٍ ابْتَنَى بُنْيَانًا حَصِينًا ثُمَّ أَرْسَلَ إِلَى النَّاسِ بِطَعَامٍ أَوْ كَمَا قَالَ فَمَنْ لَمْ يَأْتِ طَعَامَهُ أَوْ قَالَ لَمْ يَتْبَعْهُ عَذَّبَهُ عَذَابًا شَدِيدًا أَوْ كَمَا قَالُوا قَالَ الْآخَرُونَ أَمَّا السَّيِّدُ فَهُوَ رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ وَأَمَّا الْبُنْيَانُ فَهُوَ الْإِسْلَامُ وَالطَّعَامُ الْجَنَّةُ وَهُوَ الدَّاعِي فَمَنِ اتَّبَعَهُ كَانَ فِي الْجَنَّةِ قَالَ عَارِمٌ فِي حَدِيثِهِ أَوْ كَمَا قَالُوا وَمَنْ لَمْ يَتَّبِعْهُ عُذِّبَ أَوْ كَمَا

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

Satan doesn’t wear folded clothes

suyuti:3427aJābir

Fold your clothes so that their spirits may return to them “for when Satan finds a garment folded, he does not wear it; but when he finds it spread out, he wears it.”  

al-Ṭabarānī in *al-Awsaṭ* on the authority of Jābir.
السيوطي:٣٤٢٧a

"اطْوُوا ثيابَكُمْ ترجعْ إليها أرْواحُها (فإِنَّ الشيطانَ إذا وجد ثوبًا مطويًا لم يَلْبَسْهُ، وإذا وَجدَه مَنْشُورًا لَبِسَهُ) " .  

[طس] الطبرانى في الأوسط عن جابر

Danger of gate keeping

abudawud:3658Mūsá b. Ismāʿīl > Ḥammād > ʿAlī b. al-Ḥakam > ʿAṭāʾ > Abū Hurayrah

The Prophet ﷺ said: He who is asked something he knows and conceals it will have a bridle of fire put on him on the Day of Resurrection.  

أبو داود:٣٦٥٨حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ عَطَاءٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَنْ سُئِلَ عَنْ عِلْمٍ فَكَتَمَهُ أَلْجَمَهُ اللَّهُ بِلِجَامٍ مِنْ نَارٍ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ  

Trustworthiness and honoring contracts is a part of faith

ahmad:12567Ḥasan > Abū Hilāl al-Rāsibī > Qatādah > Anas

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ would hardly ever address us without saying: “There is no faith for the one who has no trustworthiness, and there is no religion for the one who has no commitment (to his covenant).”  

أحمد:١٢٥٦٧حَدَّثَنَا حَسَنٌ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو هِلَالٍ الرَّاسِبِيُّ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

قَلَّمَا خَطَبَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَّا قَالَ لَا إِيمَانَ لِمَنْ لَا أَمَانَةَ لَهُ وَلَا دِينَ لِمَنْ لَا عَهْدَ لَهُ  

The Prophet ﷺ curses those involved in bribery

ahmad:22399al-Aswad b. ʿĀmir > Abū Bakr / Ibn ʿAyyāsh > Layth > Abū al-Khaṭṭāb > Abū Zurʿah > Thawbān

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ cursed the briber, the one who takes the bribe, and the one who facilitates it, meaning the one who walks between them.  

أحمد:٢٢٣٩٩حَدَّثَنَا الْأَسْوَدُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ يَعْنِي ابْنَ عَيَّاشٍ عَنْ لَيْثٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْخَطَّابِ عَنْ أَبِي زُرْعَةَ عَنْ ثَوْبَانَ قَالَ

لَعَنَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الرَّاشِيَ وَالْمُرْتَشِيَ وَالرَّائِشَ يَعْنِي الَّذِي يَمْشِي بَيْنَهُمَا  

One who speaks the truth is guided righteousness

bukhari:6094ʿUthmān b. Abū Shaybah > Jarīr > Manṣūr > Abū Wāʾil > ʿAbdullāh

The Prophet ﷺ said, "Truthfulness leads to righteousness, and righteousness leads to Paradise. And a man keeps on telling the truth until he becomes a truthful person. Falsehood leads to Al-Fajur (i.e. wickedness, evil-doing), and Al-Fajur (wickedness) leads to the (Hell) Fire, and a man may keep on telling lies till he is written before Allah, a liar."  

البخاري:٦٠٩٤حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ؓ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ: «إِنَّ الصِّدْقَ يَهْدِي إِلَى الْبِرِّ وَإِنَّ الْبِرَّ يَهْدِي إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ، وَإِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَيَصْدُقُ حَتَّى يَكُونَ صِدِّيقًا۔ وَإِنَّ الْكَذِبَ يَهْدِي إِلَى الْفُجُورِ وَإِنَّ الْفُجُورَ يَهْدِي إِلَى النَّارِ، وَإِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَيَكْذِبُ حَتَّى يُكْتَبَ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ كَذَّابًا۔»  

Complete your parents duties after they have passed away

adab:39Yasarah b. Safwan > Muhammad b. Muslim > Amr > Ikrimah > Ibn Abbas

Ibn 'Abbas reported that a man said, "Messenger of Allah, my mother died without a will. Will it help her if I give sadaqa on her behalf?" "Yes," he replied.  

الأدب المفرد:٣٩حَدَّثَنَا يَسَرَةُ بْنُ صَفْوَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ عَمْرٍو عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ رَجُلاً قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ أُمِّي تُوُفِّيَتْ وَلَمْ تُوصِ أَفَيَنْفَعُهَا أَنْ أَتَصَدَّقَ عَنْهَا؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ  

Advice of gradualism in dawah given to Muadh by the Prophet ﷺ

bukhari:128Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > Muʿādh b. Hishām from my father > Qatādah > Anas b. Mālik

"Once Muʿadh was along with Messenger of Allah ﷺ as a companion rider. Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "O Muʿadh bin Jabal." Muʿadh replied, "Labbaik and Saʿdaik. O Messenger of Allah ﷺ!" Again the Prophet ﷺ said, "O Muʿadh!" Muʿadh said thrice, "Labbaik and Saʿdaik, O Messenger of Allah ﷺ!" Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "There is none who testifies sincerely that none has the right to be worshipped but Allah and Muhammad is his Apostle, except that Allah, will save him from the Hell-fire." Muʿadh said, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ ! Should I not inform the people about it so that they may have glad tidings?" He replied, "When the people hear about it, they will solely depend on it." Then Muʿadh narrated the above-mentioned Hadith just before his death, being afraid of committing sin (by not telling the knowledge).  

البخاري:١٢٨حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ قَتَادَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَمُعَاذٌ رَدِيفُهُ عَلَى الرَّحْلِ قَالَ يَا مُعَاذُ بْنَ جَبَلٍ قَالَ لَبَّيْكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَسَعْدَيْكَ قَالَ يَا مُعَاذُ قَالَ لَبَّيْكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَسَعْدَيْكَ ثَلاَثًا قَالَ مَا مِنْ أَحَدٍ يَشْهَدُ أَنْ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صِدْقًا مِنْ قَلْبِهِ إِلاَّ حَرَّمَهُ اللَّهُ عَلَى النَّارِ قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَفَلاَ أُخْبِرُ بِهِ النَّاسَ فَيَسْتَبْشِرُوا قَالَ إِذًا يَتَّكِلُوا وَأَخْبَرَ بِهَا مُعَاذٌ عِنْدَ مَوْتِهِ تَأَثُّمًا  

Narrating only what people can grasp in order to avoid fitnah

muslim:i008Abū al-Ṭāhir And Ḥarmalah b. Yaḥyá > Ibn Wahb > Yūnus > Ibn Shihāb > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUtbah > ʿAbdullāh b. Masʿūd

‘It is the case that you do not relate to the people a narration which their minds cannot grasp except that it becomes a Fitnah for some of them’.  

مسلم:i٠٠٨وَحَدَّثَنِي أَبُو الطَّاهِرِ وَحَرْمَلَةُ بْنُ يَحْيَى قَالاَ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي يُونُسُ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ

مَا أَنْتَ بِمُحَدِّثٍ قَوْمًا حَدِيثًا لاَ تَبْلُغُهُ عُقُولُهُمْ إِلاَّ كَانَ لِبَعْضِهِمْ فِتْنَةً  

The Tashahhud of Ibn Abbas

muslim:403a[Chain 1] Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Layth [Chain 2] Muḥammad b. Rumḥ b. al-Muhājir > al-Layth > Abū al-Zubayr > Saʿīd b. Jubayr and Ṭāwūs > Ibn ʿAbbās

that he said that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to teach us tashahhud just as he used to teach us a Surah of the Quran, and he would say:

al-taḥiyyātu al-mubārakātu al-ṣalawātu al-ṭayyibātu li-llāhi al-salāmu ʿalayka ayyuhā al-nabiyyu wa-raḥmatu Allāhi wa-barakātuhu al-salāmu ʿalaynā wa-ʿalā ʿibādi Allāhi al-ṣāliḥīna ʾashhadu ʾan lā ʾilāha ʾillā Allāhu wa-ʾashhadu ʾanna Muḥammadan rasūlu Allāhi

(All greetings, blessings, prayers, and pure deeds belong to Allah. Peace be upon you, O Prophet, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings. Peace be upon us and upon the righteous servants of Allah. I bear witness that there is no deity except Allah, and I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah.)  

مسلم:٤٠٣aحَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا لَيْثٌ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رُمْحِ بْنِ الْمُهَاجِرِ أَخْبَرَنَا اللَّيْثُ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ وَعَنْ طَاوُسٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّهُ قَالَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُعَلِّمُنَا التَّشَهُّدَ كَمَا يُعَلِّمُنَا السُّورَةَ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ فَكَانَ يَقُولُ:

(التَّحِيَّاتُ الْمُبَارَكَاتُ الصَّلَوَاتُ الطَّيِّبَاتُ لِلَّهِ السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ وَرَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْنَا وَعَلَى عِبَادِ اللَّهِ الصَّالِحِينَ أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ)  

وَفِي رِوَايَةِ ابْنِ رُمْحٍ كَمَا يُعَلِّمُنَا الْقُرْآنَ

Advice to Muadh on preventing misunderstanding the practice of Islam holistically

bukhari:129Musaddad > Muʿtamir from my father > Anas > Dhukir Lī

I was informed that the Prophet ﷺ had said to Muʿadh, "Whosoever will meet Allah without associating anything in worship with Him will go to Paradise." Muʿadh asked the Prophet, "Should I not inform the people of this good news?" The Prophet ﷺ replied, "No, I am afraid, lest they should depend upon it (absolutely).  

البخاري:١٢٩حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُعْتَمِرٌ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبِي قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَنَسًا قَالَ ذُكِرَ لِي

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ لِمُعَاذٍ مَنْ لَقِيَ اللَّهَ لاَ يُشْرِكُ بِهِ شَيْئًا دَخَلَ الْجَنَّةَ قَالَ أَلاَ أُبَشِّرُ النَّاسَ قَالَ لاَ إِنِّي أَخَافُ أَنْ يَتَّكِلُوا  

Dua of a righteous child elevates your ranks in Jannah

adab:36Ahmad b. Yunus > Abu Bakr > ‘Asim > Abi Salih > Abu Hurayrah

Abu Hurayra said, "The dead person can be raised a degree after his death. He said, 'My Lord, how is this?' He was told, 'Your child can ask for forgiveness for you.'"  

الأدب المفرد:٣٦حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يُونُسَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

تُرْفَعُ لِلْمَيِّتِ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهِ دَرَجَتُهُ فَيَقُولُ أَيْ رَبِّ أَيُّ شَيْءٍ هَذِهِ؟ فَيُقَالُ وَلَدُكَ اسْتَغْفَرَ لَكَ  

Speak to people at their level in order to prevent religious discord

bukhari:127ʿUbaydullāh b. Mūsá > Maʿrūf b. Kharrabūdh > Abū al-Ṭufayl > ʿAlī

The above mentioned Statement of ʿAli ˹who said: "Speak to the people in a way that they understand. Do you like for Allah and His Messenger to be denied?"˺  

البخاري:١٢٧حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُوسَى عَنْ مَعْرُوفِ بْنِ خَرَّبُوذٍ عَنْ أَبِي الطُّفَيْلِ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ

بِذَلِكَ: [حَدِّثُوا النَّاسَ، بِمَا يَعْرِفُونَ، أَتُحِبُّونَ أَنْ يُكَذَّبَ، اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ]  

Story of the destruction of the false Yemeni Kābah

bukhari:3076Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná > Yaḥyá > Ismāʿīl > Qays > Jarīr b. ʿAbdullāh

Jarir bin ʿAbdullah said to me, "Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me, 'Won't you relieve me from Dhu al-Khalasah?' Dhu al-Khalasah was a house where the tribe of Khatham used to stay, and it used to be called Kaʿbat al-Yamaniyah. So I proceeded with one hundred-and-fifty (men) from the tribe of Ahmas who were good cavalry. I informed the Prophet ﷺ that I could not sit firm on horses, so he stroke me on the chest with his hand and I noticed his finger marks on my chest. He invoked, 'O Allah! Make him firm and a guiding and rightly-guided man." Jarir set out towards that place, dismantled and burnt it, and then sent the good news to Messenger of Allah ﷺ . The messenger of Jarir said to Messenger of Allah ﷺ. "O Allah's Apostle! By Him Who has sent you with the Truth, I did not come to you till it (i.e. the house) had been turned (black) like a scabby camel (covered with tar)." So the Prophet ﷺ invokes Allah to Bless the horses of the men of Ahmas five times.  

البخاري:٣٠٧٦حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي قَيْسٌ قَالَ قَالَ لِي جَرِيرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ؓ

قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَلاَ تُرِيحُنِي مِنْ ذِي الْخَلَصَةِ وَكَانَ بَيْتًا فِيهِ خَثْعَمُ يُسَمَّى كَعْبَةَ الْيَمَانِيَةَ فَانْطَلَقْتُ فِي خَمْسِينَ وَمِائَةٍ مِنْ أَحْمَسَ وَكَانُوا أَصْحَابَ خَيْلٍ فَأَخْبَرْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ أَنِّي لاَ أَثْبُتُ عَلَى الْخَيْلِ فَضَرَبَ فِي صَدْرِي حَتَّى رَأَيْتُ أَثَرَ أَصَابِعِهِ فِي صَدْرِي فَقَالَ اللَّهُمَّ ثَبِّتْهُ وَاجْعَلْهُ هَادِيًا مَهْدِيًّا فَانْطَلَقَ إِلَيْهَا فَكَسَرَهَا وَحَرَّقَهَا فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ يُبَشِّرُهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ جَرِيرٍ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَالَّذِي بَعَثَكَ بِالْحَقِّ مَا جِئْتُكَ حَتَّى تَرَكْتُهَا كَأَنَّهَا جَمَلٌ أَجْرَبُ فَبَارَكَ عَلَى خَيْلِ أَحْمَسَ وَرِجَالِهَا خَمْسَ مَرَّاتٍ قَالَ مُسَدَّدٌ بَيْتٌ فِي خَثْعَمَ  

Addressing your father with his kunyah

adab:46Abu ʿAbd Allah (al-Bukhari) > Ashabuna > Wakiʿ > Sufyan > ʿAbd Allah b. Dinar > Ibn ʿUmar

'Abdullah ibn Dinar said reported that Ibn 'Umar said, "But Abu Hafs 'Umar decided..."  

الأدب المفرد:٤٦قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ يَعْنِي الْبُخَارِيَّ حَدَّثَنَا أَصْحَابُنَا عَنْ وَكِيعٍ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

لَكِنْ أَبُو حَفْصٍ عُمَرُ قَضَى  

Etiquettes in front of ones father

adab:44Abu al-Rabi‘ > Isma‘il b. Zakariyya > Hisham b. ‘Urwa > Abihi aw ghayrihi

Abu Hurayra saw two men and said to one of them, "Who is this man in relation to you?" He is my father," he replied. He said, "Do not call him by his own name nor walk in front of him nor sit down before him."  

الأدب المفرد:٤٤حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الرَّبِيعِ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ زَكَرِيَّا قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ أَوْ غَيْرِهِ

أَنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ أَبْصَرَ رَجُلَيْنِ فَقَالَ لأَحَدِهِمَا مَا هَذَا مِنْكَ؟ فَقَالَ أَبِي فَقَالَ لاَ تُسَمِّهِ بِاسْمِهِ وَلاَ تَمْشِ أَمَامَهُ وَلا تَجْلِسْ قَبْلَهُ  

The love of the loved ones of your parents are an inheritance to you

adab:43Bishr b. Muhammad > Abdullah > Muhammad b. Abd al-Rahman > Muhammad b. Fulan b. Talhah > Abu Bakr b. Hazm > a man

Abu Bakr ibn Hazm reported that one of the Companions of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "It is enough that I tell you that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, 'Love is inherited.'"  

الأدب المفرد:٤٣حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ فُلاَنِ بْنِ طَلْحَةَ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ حَزْمٍ عَنْ رَجُلٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ

كَفَيْتُكَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ الْوُدَّ يُتَوَارَثُ  

Maintaining what was loved by ones father

adab:40`Abdullah b. Salih > al-Layth > Khalid b. Yazid > Abdullah b. Dinar > Ibn Umar

'Abdullah ibn Dinar reported that Ibn 'Umar passed by a bedouin during a journey. The bedouin's father had been a friend of 'Umar's. The bedouin said, "Am I not the son of so-and-so?" He said, "Yes, indeed." Ibn 'Umar ordered that he be given a donkey which was following him. He also took off his turban and gave it to him, One of the men with him said, "Wouldn't two dirhams be enough for him?" He replied, "The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, 'Maintain what your father loved. Do not cut it off so that Allah puts out your light."  

الأدب المفرد:٤٠حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ صَالِحٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي اللَّيْثُ عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

مَرَّ أَعْرَابِيٌّ فِي سَفَرٍ فَكَانَ أَبُو الأعْرَابِيِّ صَدِيقًا لِعُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ فَقَالَ لِلأَعْرَابِيِّ أَلَسْتَ ابْنَ فُلاَنٍ؟ قَالَ بَلَى فَأَمَرَ لَهُ ابْنُ عُمَرَ بِحِمَارٍ كَانَ يَسْتَعْقِبُ وَنَزَعَ عِمَامَتَهُ عَنْ رَأْسِهِ فَأَعْطَاهُ فَقَالَ بَعْضُ مَنْ مَعَهُ أَمَا يَكْفِيهِ دِرْهَمَانِ؟ فَقَالَ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ احْفَظْ وُدَّ أَبِيكَ لاَ تَقْطَعْهُ فَيُطْفِئَ اللَّهُ نُورَكَ  

Maintaining ties of the ones whom ones father loved

adab:41`Abd Allah b. Yazid > Haywah > Abu Uthman al-Walid b. Abi al-Walid > Abd Allah b. Dinar > Ibn Umar

Ibn 'Umar reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "The strongest form of dutifulness is when a man maintains relations with the people his father loved."  

الأدب المفرد:٤١حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ يَزِيدَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَيْوَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو عُثْمَانَ الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي الْوَلِيدِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ أَبَرَّ الْبِرِّ أَنْ يَصِلَ الرَّجُلُ أَهْلَ وُدِّ أَبِيهِ  

Good deeds that continue to be earned after death

adab:38Abu al-Rabi` > Isma`il b. Ja`far > al-`Ala' > abihi > Abu Hurayrah

that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "When a person dies, all action is cut off for him with the exception of three things: sadaqa which continues, knowledge which benefits, or a righteous child who makes supplication for him."  

الأدب المفرد:٣٨حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الرَّبِيعِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا الْعَلاَءُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا مَاتَ الْعَبْدُ انْقَطَعَ عَنْهُ عَمَلُهُ إِلاَّ مِنْ ثَلاَثٍ صَدَقَةٍ جَارِيَةٍ أَوْ عِلْمٍ يُنْتَفَعُ بِهِ أَوْ وَلَدٍ صَالِحٍ يَدْعُو لَهُ  

Dua and other good deeds one can do for their deceased parents

adab:35Abu Nuʿaym > ʿAbd al-Rahman b. al-Ghasil > Usayd b. ʿAli b. ʿUbayd from his father > Abu Usayd

Abu Usayd said, "We were with the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, when a man asked, 'Messenger of Allah, is there any act of dutifulness which I can do for my parents after their death?' He replied, 'Yes. There are four things: Supplication for them, asking forgiveness for them, fulfilling their pledges, and being generous to friends of theirs. You only have ties of kinship through your parents."  

الأدب المفرد:٣٥حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ الْغَسِيلِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي أُسَيْدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا أُسَيْدٍ يُحَدِّثُ الْقَوْمَ قَالَ كُنَّا عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ هَلْ بَقِيَ مِنْ بِرِّ أَبَوَيَّ شَيْءٌ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهِمَا أَبَرُّهُمَا؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ خِصَالٌ أَرْبَعٌ الدُّعَاءُ لَهُمَا وَالِاسْتِغْفَارُ لَهُمَا وَإِنْفَاذُ عَهْدِهِمَا وَإِكْرَامُ صَدِيقِهِمَا وَصِلَةُ الرَّحِمِ الَّتِي لاَ رَحِمَ لَكَ إِلاَّ مِنْ قِبَلِهِمَا  

A mother's dua for her child is accepted; Story of Jurayj and the baby that spoke in defense of his innocence

adab:33ʿAyyāsh b. al-Walīd > ʿAbd al-Aʿlā > Muḥammad b. Isḥāq > Yazīd b. ʿAbd Allāh b. Quṣayṭ > Muḥammad b. Shuraḥbīl > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "No newborn has spoken in the cradle except Jesus, the son of Mary ﷺ, and the companion of Jurayj." It was asked, "O Prophet of Allah, and who is the companion of Jurayj?" He said, "Jurayj was a monk who used to worship in his hermitage. A cattle shepherd would take refuge under his hermitage, and there was a woman from the village who frequently visited the shepherd. One day, Jurayj's mother came and called out, 'O Jurayj!' while he was praying. He thought to himself as he was praying: 'My mother or my prayer?' He decided to prefer his prayer. She called out to him a second time, and he thought to himself: 'My mother or my prayer?' He decided to prefer his prayer. She called out to him a third time, and he again thought: 'My mother or my prayer?' and he decided to prefer his prayer. When he did not respond to her, she said, 'May Allah not let you die, Jurayj, until you have looked in the faces of the wicked women.' Then she left.

Later, the king was presented with that woman who had given birth. He asked, 'Whose child is this?' She said, 'Jurayj’s.' The king asked, 'The companion of the hermitage?' She replied, 'Yes.' He said, 'Destroy his hermitage and bring him to me!' So they destroyed his hermitage with axes until it collapsed. They tied his hands to his neck with a rope and brought him. He was taken past the wicked women, and he saw them and smiled while they were looking at him among the people. The king asked him, 'What does she claim?' Jurayj asked, 'What does she claim?' The king answered, 'She claims that her child is yours.' Jurayj asked her, 'Do you claim this?' She replied, 'Yes.' He asked, 'Where is the child?' They said, 'He is in her arms.' Jurayj turned to him and asked, 'Who is your father?' The baby responded, 'The cattle shepherd.'

The king then asked, 'Shall we make your hermitage out of gold?' Jurayj replied, 'No.' The king asked, 'Out of silver?' Jurayj replied, 'No.' The king asked, 'Then what shall we make it from?' Jurayj replied, 'Return it as it was.' The king asked, 'Why did you smile?' Jurayj said, 'Something I understood: my mother's supplication reached me,' and then he explained to them."  

الأدب المفرد:٣٣حَدَّثَنَا عَيَّاشُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الأَعْلَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ قُسَيْطٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ شُرَحْبِيلَ أَخِي بَنِي عَبْدِ الدَّارِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ مَا تَكَلَّمَ مَوْلُودٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ فِي مَهْدٍ إِلاَّ عِيسَى ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ ﷺ وَصَاحِبُ جُرَيْجٍ قِيلَ يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ وَمَا صَاحِبُ جُرَيْجٍ؟ قَالَ فَإِنَّ جُرَيْجًا كَانَ رَجُلاً رَاهِبًا فِي صَوْمَعَةٍ لَهُ وَكَانَ رَاعِيَ بَقَرٍ يَأْوِي إِلَى أَسْفَلِ صَوْمَعَتِهِ وَكَانَتِ امْرَأَةٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْقَرْيَةِ تَخْتَلِفُ إِلَى الرَّاعِي فَأَتَتْ أُمُّهُ يَوْمًا فَقَالَتْ يَا جُرَيْجُ وَهُوَ يُصَلِّي فَقَالَ فِي نَفْسِهِ وَهُوَ يُصَلِّي أُمِّي وَصَلاَتِي؟ فَرَأَى أَنْ يُؤْثِرَ صَلاَتَهُ ثُمَّ صَرَخَتْ بِهِ الثَّانِيَةَ فَقَالَ فِي نَفْسِهِ أُمِّي وَصَلاَتِي؟ فَرَأَى أَنْ يُؤْثِرَ صَلاَتَهُ ثُمَّ صَرَخَتْ بِهِ الثَّالِثَةَ فَقَالَ أُمِّي وَصَلاَتِي؟ فَرَأَى أَنْ يُؤْثِرَ صَلاَتَهُ فَلَمَّا لَمْ يُجِبْهَا قَالَتْ لاَ أَمَاتَكَ اللَّهُ يَا جُرَيْجُ حَتَّى تَنْظُرَ فِي وَجْهِ الْمُومِسَاتِ ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَتْ

فَأُتِيَ الْمَلِكُ بِتِلْكَ الْمَرْأَةِ وَلَدَتْ فَقَالَ مِمَّنْ؟ قَالَتْ مِنْ جُرَيْجٍ قَالَ أَصَاحِبُ الصَّوْمَعَةِ؟ قَالَتْ نَعَمْ قَالَ اهْدِمُوا صَوْمَعَتَهُ وَأْتُونِي بِهِ فَضَرَبُوا صَوْمَعَتَهُ بِالْفُئُوسِ حَتَّى وَقَعَتْ فَجَعَلُوا يَدَهُ إِلَى عُنُقِهِ بِحَبْلٍ ثُمَّ انْطُلِقَ بِهِ فَمَرَّ بِهِ عَلَى الْمُومِسَاتِ فَرَآهُنَّ فَتَبَسَّمَ وَهُنَّ يَنْظُرْنَ إِلَيْهِ فِي النَّاسِ فَقَالَ الْمَلِكُ مَا تَزْعُمُ هَذِهِ؟ قَالَ مَا تَزْعُمُ؟ قَالَ تَزْعُمُ أَنَّ وَلَدَهَا مِنْكَ قَالَ أَنْتِ تَزْعُمِينَ؟ قَالَتْ نَعَمْ قَالَ أَيْنَ هَذَا الصَّغِيرُ؟ قَالُوا هَذا هُوَ فِي حِجْرِهَا فَأَقْبَلَ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ مَنْ أَبُوكَ؟ قَالَ رَاعِي الْبَقَرِ

قَالَ الْمَلِكُ أَنَجْعَلُ صَوْمَعَتَكَ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ؟ قَالَ لاَ قَالَ مِنْ فِضَّةٍ؟ قَالَ لاَ قَالَ فَمَا نَجْعَلُهَا؟ قَالَ رُدُّوهَا كَمَا كَانَتْ قَالَ فَمَا الَّذِي تَبَسَّمْتَ؟ قَالَ أَمْرًا عَرَفْتُهُ أَدْرَكَتْنِي دَعْوَةُ أُمِّي ثُمَّ أَخْبَرَهُمْ  

Dua of the parents, the oppressed, and travelers is not rejected

adab:32Mu‘adh b. Fadalah > Hisham > Yahya (b. Abi Kathir) > Abi Ja‘far > Abu Hurayrah

that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "Three supplications are answered without a doubt: the supplication of someone who is oppressed, the supplication of someone on a journey, and the supplication of parents against their child."  

الأدب المفرد:٣٢حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ فَضَالَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ عَنْ يَحْيَى هُوَ ابْنُ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَقُولُ

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ ثَلاَثُ دَعَوَاتٍ مُسْتَجَابَاتٌ لَهُنَّ لاَ شَكَّ فِيهِنَّ دَعْوَةُ الْمَظْلُومِ وَدَعْوَةُ الْمُسَافِرِ وَدَعْوَةُ الْوَالِدِيْنِ عَلَى وَلَدِهِمَا  

Making parents weep is a major sin

adab:31Musa > Hammad b. Salamah > Ziyad b. Mikhraq > Taysalah

Ibn 'Umar said, "Making parents weep is part of disobedience and one of the major wrong actions."  

الأدب المفرد:٣١حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ زِيَادِ بْنِ مِخْرَاقٍ عَنْ طَيْسَلَةَ

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ ابْنَ عُمَرَ يَقُولُ بُكَاءُ الْوَالِدَيْنِ مِنَ الْعُقُوقِ وَالْكَبَائِرِ  

Causing hurt to parents is a major sin

adab:30Al-Hasan b. Bishr > Al-Hakam b. Abd al-Malik > Qatadah > Al-Hasan > Imran b. Husayn

'Imran ibn Husayn said, "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, 'What do you say about fornication, drinking wine and theft?' 'Allah and His Messenger know best,' we replied. He stated, 'They are acts of outrage and there is punishment for them, but shall I tell you which is the greatest of the great wrong actions? Associating with Allah Almighty and disobeying parents.' He had been reclining, but then he sat up and said, 'and lying.'"  

الأدب المفرد:٣٠حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ بِشْرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْحَكَمُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَا تَقُولُونَ فِي الزِّنَا وَشُرْبِ الْخَمْرِ وَالسَّرِقَةِ؟ قُلْنَا اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ قَالَ هُنَّ الْفَوَاحِشُ وَفِيهِنَّ الْعُقُوبَةُ أَلاَ أُنَبِّئُكُمْ بِأَكْبَرِ الْكَبَائِرِ؟ الشِّرْكُ بِاللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وَعُقُوقُ الْوَالِدَيْنِ وَكَانَ مُتَّكِئًا فَاحْتَفَزَ قَالَ وَالزُّورُ  

One may earn worldly punishment for disobedience to parents

adab:29`Abd Allah b. Yazid > `Uyaynah b. `Abd al-Rahman > Abihi > Abi Bakrah`

Abu Bakra reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "There is no wrong action more likely to bring punishment in this world in addition to what is stored up in the Next World than oppression and severing ties of kinship."  

الأدب المفرد:٢٩حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ يَزِيدَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عُيَيْنَةُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ مَا مِنْ ذَنْبٍ أَجْدَرُ أَنْ يُعَجَّلَ لِصَاحِبِهِ الْعُقُوبَةُ مَعَ مَا يُدَّخَرُ لَهُ مِنَ الْبَغِيِّ وَقَطِيعَةِ الرَّحِمِ  

Ridiculing parents is a major sin

adab:28Muhammad b. Salam > Makhlad > Ibn Jurayj > Muhammad b. al-Harith b. Sufyan > ʿUrwah b. ʿIyad > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAmr b. al-ʿAs

'Abdullah ibn 'Amr said, "A man causing his parent to be reviled is one of the major sins in the sight of Allah Almighty."  

الأدب المفرد:٢٨حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلاَمٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا مَخْلَدٌ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ سُفْيَانَ يَزْعُمُ أَنَّ عُرْوَةَ بْنَ عِيَاضٍ أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِ يَقُولُ

مِنَ الْكَبَائِرِ عِنْدَ اللهِ تَعَالَى أَنْ يَسْتَسِبَّ الرَّجُلُ لِوَالِدِهِ  

Causing one’s parents to be ridiculed is a major sin

adab:27Muhammad b. Kathir > Sufyan > Sa‘d b. Ibrahim > Humayd b. ‘Abd al-Rahman > ‘Abdullah b. ‘Amr

'Abdullah ibn 'Amr said that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "Reviling one's parents is one of the great wrong actions." They asked, "How could he revile them?" He said, "He reviles a man who then in turn reviles his mother and father."  

الأدب المفرد:٢٧حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي سَعْدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو قَالَ

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ مِنَ الْكَبَائِرِ أَنْ يَشْتِمَ الرَّجُلُ وَالِدَيْهِ فَقَالُوا كَيْفَ يَشْتِمُ؟ قَالَ يَشْتِمُ الرَّجُلَ فَيَشْتُمُ أَبَاهُ وَأُمَّهُ  

Giving away impermissible items to non-Muslims

adab:26Mūsā > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Muslim > ʿAbdullāh b. Dīnār > Ibn ʿUmar

Ibn 'Umar said, "'Umar saw a silk robe for sale. He said, 'Messenger of Allah, would you buy this robe and wear it on Jumu'a and when delegations visit you?' He replied, 'Only a person who has no portion in the Next World could wear this.' Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was given some robes made of the same material. He sent one of the robes to 'Umar. 'Umar exclaimed, 'How can I wear it when you said what you said about it?' The Prophet replied, 'I did not give it to you so that you could wear it. You can sell it or give it to someone.' 'Umar sent it to a brother of his in Makka who had not yet become Muslim."  

الأدب المفرد:٢٦حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ عُمَرَ يَقُولُ

رَأَى عُمَرُ ؓ حُلَّةً سِيَرَاءَ تُبَاعُ فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ابْتَعْ هَذِهِ فَالْبَسْهَا يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ وَإِذَا جَاءَكَ الْوُفُودُ. قَالَ: «إِنَّمَا يَلْبَسُ هَذِهِ مَنْ لاَ خَلاَقَ لَهُ۔» فَأُتِيَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ مِنْهَا بِحُلَلٍ فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَى عُمَرَ بِحُلَّةٍ فَقَالَ: كَيْفَ أَلْبَسُهَا وَقَدْ قُلْتَ فِيهَا مَا قُلْتَ؟ قَالَ: «إِنِّي لَمْ أُعْطِكَهَا لِتَلْبَسَهَا وَلَكِنْ تَبِيعَهَا أَوْ تَكْسُوَهَا» فَأَرْسَلَ بِهَا عُمَرُ إِلَى أَخٍ لَهُ مِنْ أَهْلِ مَكَّةَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُسْلِمَ  

Not seeking forgiveness for disbelieving parents

adab:23Ishaq > Ali b. Husayn from his father > Yazid al-Nahwi > Ikrimah > Ibn Abbas

Ibn 'Abbas mentioned the words of the Almighty, "When one or both of them reach old age with you, do not say 'Ugh!' to them out of irritation and do not be harsh with them but speak to them with gentleness and generosity. Take them under your wing, out of mercy, with due humility and say: 'Lord, show mercy to them as they did in looking after me when I was small." (17:23-24) He said, "This was abrogated in Surat at-Tawba: 'It is not right for the Prophet and those who have iman to ask forgiveness for the mushrikun even if they are close relatives after it has become clear to them that they are the Companions of the Blazing Fire.' (9:113)"  

الأدب المفرد:٢٣حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُسَيْنٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ يَزِيدَ النَّحْوِيِّ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

فِي قَوْلِهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ {إِمَّا يَبْلُغَنَّ عِنْدَكَ الْكِبَرَ أَحَدُهُمَا أَوْ كِلاَهُمَا فَلاَ تَقُلْ لَهُمَا أُفٍّ} إِلَى قَوْلِهِ {كَمَا رَبَّيَانِي صَغِيرًا} فَنَسَخَتْهَا الْآيَةُ فِي بَرَاءَةَ {مَا كَانَ لِلنَّبِيِّ وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا أَنْ يَسْتَغْفِرُوا لِلْمُشْرِكِينَ وَلَوْ كَانُوا أُولِي قُرْبَى مِنْ بَعْدِ مَا تَبَيَّنَ لَهُمْ أَنَّهُمْ أَصْحَابُ الْجَحِيمِ}  

Hellfire is for the one who does not fulfill the rights of parents

adab:21Khalid b. Makhlad > Sulayman b. Bilal > Suhayl from his father > Abu Hurayrah

Abu Hurayra reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "May his nose be dusted (i.e. may he be disgraced), may his nose be dusted, may his nose be dusted." They said, "Messenger of Allah, who?" He said, "The one who lives to see his parents or one of them in old age, and (still) enters the Fire."  

الأدب المفرد:٢١حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ مَخْلَدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ بِلاَلٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُهَيْلٌ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ: «رَغِمَ أَنْفُهُ! رَغِمَ أَنْفُهُ! رَغِمَ أَنْفُهُ!» قَالُوا: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَنْ؟ قَالَ: «مَنْ أَدْرَكَ وَالِدَيْهِ عِنْدَ الْكِبْرِ أَوْ أَحَدَهُمَا فَدَخَلَ النَّارَ»  

Kindness toward parents prolongs one’s life

adab:22Asbagh b. al-Faraj > Ibn Wahb > Yahya b. Ayyub > Zabban b. Fa’id > Sahl b. Mu’adh from his father

Mu'adh said, "Bliss belongs to someone who is dutiful towards his parents. Allah Almighty will prolong his life."  

الأدب المفرد:٢٢حَدَّثَنَا أَصْبَغُ بْنُ الْفَرَجِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي ابْنُ وَهْبٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ زَبَّانَ بْنِ فَائِدٍ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ مُعَاذٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: «مَنْ بَرَّ وَالِدَيْهِ طُوبَى لَهُ زَادَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ فِي عُمْرِهِ۔»  

Taking care of parents is like jihad

adab:20Ali b. al-Ja‘d > Shu‘bah > Habib b. Abu Thabit > Abu al-‘Abbas al-A‘ma > ‘Abd Allah b. ‘Amr

'Abdullah ibn 'Amr said, "A man came to the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, wanting to do jihad. The Prophet asked, 'Are your parents alive?' 'Yes,' he replied. he said, 'Then exert yourself on their behalf.'"  

الأدب المفرد:٢٠حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْجَعْدِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ حَبِيبِ بْنِ أَبِي ثَابِتٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا الْعَبَّاسِ الأَعْمَى عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو قَالَ

جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ يُرِيدُ الْجِهَادَ فَقَالَ: «أَحَيٌّ وَالِدَاكَ؟» فَقَالَ نَعَمْ فَقَالَ «فَفِيهِمَا فَجَاهِدْ»  

Giving up what you prefer to please your parents

adab:18Muhammad b. Abd al-Aziz > Abd al-Malik b. al-Khattab b. Ubayd Allah b. Abu Bakrah al-Basri > Rashid Abu Muhammad > Shahr b. Hawshab > Umm al-Darda' > Abu al-Darda'

Abu al-Darda said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ recommended nine things to me: (1) Do not associate anything with Allah, even if you are cut to pieces or burned. (2) Do not abandon a prescribed prayer deliberately, for anyone who abandons it will forfeit Allah's protection. (3) Do not drink wine for it is the key to every evil. (4) Obey your parents. If they command you to abandon your worldly possessions, then leave those for them. (5) Do not contend with those in power, even if you think that you are in the right. (6) Do not run away from the army when it advances, even if you are killed while your companions run away. (7) Spend on your wife out of your means. (8) Do not lift ˹away˺ the stick against from your wife. (9) Cause your family to fear Allah, the Almighty and Exalted.'"  

الأدب المفرد:١٨حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرَةَ الْبَصْرِيُّ لَقِيتُهُ بِالرَّمْلَةِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي رَاشِدٌ أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ شَهْرِ بْنِ حَوْشَبٍ عَنْ أُمِّ الدَّرْدَاءِ عَنْ أَبِي الدَّرْدَاءِ قَالَ

أَوْصَانِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِتِسْعٍ: (١) لاَ تُشْرِكْ بِاللَّهِ شَيْئًا وَإِنْ قُطِّعْتَ أَوْ حُرِّقْتَ، (٢) وَلاَ تَتْرُكَنَّ الصَّلاَةَ الْمَكْتُوبَةَ مُتَعَمِّدًا وَمَنْ تَرَكَهَا مُتَعَمِّدًا بَرِئَتْ مِنْهُ الذِّمَّةُ، (٣) وَلاَ تَشْرَبَنَّ الْخَمْرَ فَإِنَّهَا مِفْتَاحُ كُلِّ شَرٍّ، (٤) وَأَطِعْ وَالِدَيْكَ وَإِنْ أَمَرَاكَ أَنْ تَخْرُجَ مِنْ دُنْيَاكَ فَاخْرُجْ لَهُمَا، (٥) وَلاَ تُنَازِعَنَّ وُلاَةَ الأَمْرِ وَإِنْ رَأَيْتَ أَنَّكَ أَنْتَ، (٦) وَلاَ تَفْرُرْ مِنَ الزَّحْفِ وَإِنْ هَلَكْتَ وَفَرَّ أَصْحَابُكَ، (٧) وَأَنْفِقْ مِنْ طَوْلِكَ عَلَى أَهْلِكَ، (٨) وَلاَ تَرْفَعْ عَصَاكَ عَنْ أَهْلِكَ، (٩) وَأَخِفْهُمْ فِي اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ۔  

Allah curses the one who curses his parents

adab:17`Amr b. Marzuq > Shuʿbah > al-Qasim b. Abu Bazzah > Abu al-Tufayl

Abu't-Tufayl said, "'Ali was asked, 'Did the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, give you something special which he did not give to anyone else?' He replied, 'The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, did not give me anything special which he did not give to everyone else except for what I have in my sword scabbard.' He brought out a piece of paper. Written on that paper was: 'Allah curses anyone who sacrifices an animal to something other than Allah. Allah curses anyone who steals a milestone. Allah curses anyone who curses his parents. Allah curses anyone who gives shelter to an innovator.'"  

الأدب المفرد:١٧حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ مَرْزُوقٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ أَبِي بَزَّةَ عَنْ أَبِي الطُّفَيْلِ قَالَ

سُئِلَ عَلِيٌّ هَلْ خَصَّكُمُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بِشَيْءٍ لَمْ يَخُصَّ بِهِ النَّاسَ كَافَّةً؟ قَالَ مَا خَصَّنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِشَيْءٍ لَمْ يَخُصَّ بِهِ النَّاسَ إِلاَّ مَا فِي قِرَابِ سَيْفِي ثُمَّ أَخْرَجَ صَحِيفَةً فَإِذَا فِيهَا مَكْتُوبٌ لَعَنَ اللَّهُ مَنْ ذَبَحَ لِغَيْرِ اللهِ لَعَنَ اللَّهُ مَنْ سَرَقَ مَنَارَ الأَرْضِ لَعَنَ اللَّهُ مَنْ لَعَنَ وَالِدَيْهِ لَعَنَ اللَّهُ مَنْ آوَى مُحْدِثًا  

Disobeying parents is a major sin

adab:15Musaddad > Bishr b. al-Fadl > al-Jurayri > Abd al-Rahman b. Abu Bakrah from his father

Abu Bakra reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "Shall I tell you which is the worst of the major wrong actions?" "Yes, Messenger of Allah," they replied. He said, "Associating something else with Allah and disobeying parents." He had been reclining but then he sat up and said, "and false witness." Abu Bakra said, "He continued to repeat it until I said, 'Is he never going to stop?'"  

الأدب المفرد:١٥حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْجُرَيْرِيُّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: «أَلاَ أُنَبِّئُكُمْ بِأَكْبَرِ الْكَبَائِرِ؟»ثَلاَثًا قَالُوا: بَلَى يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، قَالَ: «الإِشْرَاكُ بِاللَّهِ وَعُقُوقُ الْوَالِدَيْنِ» وَجَلَسَ وَكَانَ مُتَّكِئًا «أَلاَ وَقَوْلُ الزُّورِ» مَا زَالَ يُكَرِّرُهَا حَتَّى قُلْتُ لَيْتَهُ سَكَتَ.  

Greeting parents affectionately and making dua for them

adab:14`Abd al-Rahman b. Shaybah > Ibn Abu al-Fudayk > Musa > Abu Hazim > Abu Murrah

Abu Hazim reported that Abu Murra, the mawla of Umm Hani' bint Abi Talib had told him that he rode with Abu Hurayra to his land in al-'Aqiq. When he entered his land, he shouted out in his loudest voice, "Peace be upon you, mother, and the mercy of Allah and His blessing!" She replied, "And peace be upon you and the mercy of Allah and His blessing." He said, "May Allah have mercy on you as you raised me when I was a child." She replied, "My son, may Allah repay you well and be pleased with you as you were dutiful towards me when I was old."  

الأدب المفرد:١٤حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ شَيْبَةَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي ابْنُ أَبِي الْفُدَيْكِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مُوسَى عَنْ أَبِي حَازِمٍ أَنَّ أَبَا مُرَّةَ مَوْلَى أُمِّ هَانِئِ ابْنَةِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ أَخْبَرَهُ

أَنَّهُ رَكِبَ مَعَ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ إِلَى أَرْضِهِ بِالْعَقِيقِ فَإِذَا دَخَلَ أَرْضَهُ صَاحَ بِأَعْلَى صَوْتِهِ: عَلَيْكِ السَّلاَمُ وَرَحْمَةُ اللهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ يَا أُمَّتَاهُ تَقُولُ: وَعَلَيْكَ السَّلاَمُ وَرَحْمَةُ اللهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ, يَقُولُ: رَحِمَكِ اللَّهُ رَبَّيْتِنِي صَغِيرًا فَتَقُولُ: يَا بُنَيَّ وَأَنْتَ فَجَزَاكَ اللَّهُ خَيْرًا وَرَضِيَ عَنْكَ كَمَا بَرَرْتَنِي كَبِيرًا  

قَالَ مُوسَى كَانَ اسْمُ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ عَمْرٍو

Ensuring that parents are pleased with you

adab:13Abu Nuʿaym > Sufyan > ʿAtaʾ b. al-Saʾib from his father > ʿAbd Allah b. ʿAmr

'Abdullah ibn 'Amr said, "A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and made a pledge to him that he would do hijrah. He left his parents who were in tears. The Prophet said, 'Go back to them and make them laugh as you made them weep.'"  

الأدب المفرد:١٣حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ السَّائِبِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو قَالَ

جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ يُبَايِعُهُ عَلَى الْهِجْرَةِ وَتَرَكَ أَبَوَيْهِ يَبْكِيَانِ فَقَالَ: «ارْجِعْ إِلَيْهِمَا وَأَضْحِكْهُمَا كَمَا أَبْكَيْتَهُمَا»  

Abu Hurayrah’s kindness toward her mother

adab:12ʿAbd Allah b. Salih > al-Layth > Khalid b. Yazid > Saʿid b. Abu Hilal > Abu Hazim > Abu Murrah

Marwan used to make Abu Hurayra his agent and he used to be located in Dhu'l-Hulayfa. His mother was in one house and he was in another. When he wanted to go out, he would stop at her door and say, "Peace be upon you, mother, and the mercy of Allah and His blessing." She would reply, "And peace be upon you, my son, and the mercy of Allah and His blessing." Then he said, "May Allah have mercy on you as you raised me when I was a child." She answered, "May Allah have mercy on you as you were dutiful to me when I was old." Whenever he wanted to go inside, he would do something similar.  

الأدب المفرد:١٢حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ صَالِحٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي اللَّيْثُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي خَالِدُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي هِلاَلٍ عَنْ أَبِي حَازِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي مُرَّةَ مَوْلَى عَقِيلٍ

أَنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ كَانَ يَسْتَخْلِفُهُ مَرْوَانُ وَكَانَ يَكُونُ بِذِي الْحُلَيْفَةِ فَكَانَتْ أُمُّهُ فِي بَيْتٍ وَهُوَ فِي آخَرَ قَالَ فَإِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَخْرُجَ وَقَفَ عَلَى بَابِهَا فَقَالَ: السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكِ يَا أُمَّتَاهُ وَرَحْمَةُ اللهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ فَتَقُولُ: وَعَلَيْكَ السَّلاَمُ يَا بُنَيَّ وَرَحْمَةُ اللهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ فَيَقُولُ: رَحِمَكِ اللَّهُ كَمَا رَبَّيْتِنِي صَغِيرًا فَتَقُولُ: رَحِمَكَ اللَّهُ كَمَا بَرَرْتَنِي كَبِيرًا. ثُمَّ إِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَدْخُلَ صَنَعَ مِثْلَهُ  

Fulfilling desires of the parent

adab:9Abu Nu‘aym > Sufyan > Hisham b. ‘Urwah from his father

Hisham ibn 'Urwa related this ayat from his father, "Take them under your wing, out of mercy, with due humility." (17:24) He said; Do not prevent them from anything they like.  

الأدب المفرد:٩حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

قَالَ {وَاخْفِضْ لَهُمَا جَنَاحَ الذُّلِّ مِنَ الرَّحْمَةِ} قَالَ لاَ تَمْتَنِعْ مِنْ شَيْءٍ أَحَبَّاهُ  

Kindness toward the mother is a deed that brings one closest to Allah

adab:4Sa‘id b. Abu Maryam > Muhammad b. Ja‘far b. Abu Kathir > Zayd b. Aslam > ‘Ata’ b. Yasar

that a man came to Ibn 'Abbas and said, "I asked a woman to marry me and she refused to marry me. Another man asked her and she agreed to marry him. I became jealous and killed her. Is there any way for me to repent?" He asked, "Is your mother alive?" "No," he replied. He said, "repent to Allah Almighty and try to draw near Him as much as you can." So I went and asked Ibn `Abbas why he inquired about the man's mother. He replied: "I don't know of a deed closer to Allah, Exalted and Majestic, other than dutifulness to the mother."  

الأدب المفرد:٤حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي زَيْدُ بْنُ أَسْلَمَ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ

عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ أَنَّهُ أَتَاهُ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ إِنِّي خَطَبْتُ امْرَأَةً فَأَبَتْ أَنْ تَنْكِحَنِي وَخَطَبَهَا غَيْرِي فَأَحَبَّتْ أَنْ تَنْكِحَهُ فَغِرْتُ عَلَيْهَا فَقَتَلْتُهَا فَهَلْ لِي مِنْ تَوْبَةٍ؟ قَالَ أُمُّكَ حَيَّةٌ؟ قَالَ لاَ قَالَ تُبْ إِلَى اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وَتَقَرَّبْ إِلَيْهِ مَا اسْتَطَعْتَ فَذَهَبْتُ فَسَأَلْتُ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ لِمَ سَأَلْتَهُ عَنْ حَيَاةِ أُمِّهِ؟ فَقَالَ إِنِّي لاَ أَعْلَمُ عَمَلاً أَقْرَبَ إِلَى اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ مِنْ بِرِّ الْوَالِدَةِ  

Mother of Sa’d b. Abu Waqqas’ protest against his Islam

adab:24Muhammad b. Yusuf > Isra’il > Simak > Mus‘ab b. Sa‘d > Sa‘d b. Abu Waqqas

Four ayat were revealed about me:

(1) The first was when my mother swore she would neither eat nor drink until I left Muhammad, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. Allah Almighty revealed, 'But if they try to make you associate something with Me about which you have no knowledge, do not obey them. Keep company with them correctly and courteously in this world' (31:15)

(2) The second was when I took a sword that I admired and said, 'Messenger of Allah, give me this!' Then the ayat was revealed: 'They will ask you about booty.' (8:1)

(3) The third was when I was ill and the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, came to me and I said, 'Messenger of Allah, I want to divide my property. Can I will away a half?' He said, 'No.' 'A third?' I asked. He was silent and so after that it was allowed to will away a third.

(4) The fourth was when I had been drinking wine with some of the Ansar. One of them hit my nose with the jawbone of a camel. I went to the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and Allah Almighty revealed the prohibition of wine."  

الأدب المفرد:٢٤حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْرَائِيلُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سِمَاكٌ عَنْ مُصْعَبِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ سَعْدِ بْنِ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ قَالَ

نَزَلَتْ فِيَّ أَرْبَعُ آيَاتٍ مِنْ كِتَابِ اللهِ تَعَالَى:

(١) كَانَتْ أُمِّي حَلَفَتْ أَنْ لاَ تَأْكُلَ وَلاَ تَشْرَبَ حَتَّى أُفَارِقَ مُحَمَّدًا ﷺ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ {وَإِنْ جَاهَدَاكَ عَلَى أَنْ تُشْرِكَ بِي مَا لَيْسَ لَكَ بِهِ عِلْمٌ فَلاَ تُطُعْهُمَا وَصَاحِبْهُمَا فِي الدُّنْيَا مَعْرُوفًا}

(٢) وَالثَّانِيَةُ أَنِّي كُنْتُ أَخَذْتُ سَيْفًا أَعْجَبَنِي فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ هَبْ لِي هَذَا فَنَزَلَتْ {يَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنِ الأَنْفَالِ}

(٣) وَالثَّالِثَةُ أَنِّي مَرِضْتُ فَأَتَانِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنِّي أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَقْسِمَ مَالِي أَفَأُوصِي بِالنِّصْفِ؟ فَقَالَ: «لاَ» فَقُلْتُ: الثُّلُثُ؟ فَسَكَتَ، فَكَانَ الثُّلُثُ بَعْدَهُ جَائِزًا

(٤) وَالرَّابِعَةُ إِنِّي شَرِبْتُ الْخَمْرَ مَعَ قَوْمٍ مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ فَضَرَبَ رَجُلٌ مِنْهُمْ أَنْفِي بِلَحْيِ جَمَلٍ فَأَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَأَنْزَلَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ تَحْرِيمَ الْخَمْرِ  

Favor from parents can never be repaid

adab:10Qabisah > Sufyan > Suhayl b. Abu Salih from his father > Abu Hurayrah

Abu Hurayra reported that the Prophet ﷺ said, "A child cannot repay his parent unless he finds them as a slave and then buys them and ˹thereby˺ sets them free."  

الأدب المفرد:١٠حَدَّثَنَا قَبِيصَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ سُهَيْلِ بْنِ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ لاَ يَجْزِي وَلَدٌ وَالِدَهُ إِلاَّ أَنْ يَجِدَهُ مَمْلُوكًا فَيَشْتَرِيَهُ فَيُعْتِقَهُ  

The nine major sins includes causing parents pain

adab:8Musaddad > Ismaʿil b. Ibrahim > Ziyad b. Mikhraq > Taysalah b. Mayyas

Taysala ibn Mayyas said, "I was with the Najadites [Kharijites] when I committed wrong actions which I supposed were major wrong actions. I mentioned that to Ibn 'Umar. He inquired, 'What are they?" I replied, 'Such-and-such.' He stated, 'These are not major wrong actions. There are nine major wrong actions. They are: associating others with Allah, killing someone, desertion from the army when it is advancing, slandering a chaste woman, usury, consuming an orphan's property, heresy in the mosque, scoffing, and causing one's parents to weep through disobedience.'

Ibn 'Umar then said to me, 'Do you wish to separate yourself from the Fire? Would you like to enter Paradise?' 'By Allah, yes!' I replied. He asked, 'Are your parents still alive?' I replied, 'My mother is.' He said, 'By Allah, if you speak gently to her and feed her, then you will enter the Garden as long as you avoid the major wrong actions.'"  

الأدب المفرد:٨حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا زِيَادُ بْنُ مِخْرَاقٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي طَيْسَلَةُ بْنُ مَيَّاسٍ قَالَ

كُنْتُ مَعَ النَّجَدَاتِ فَأَصَبْتُ ذُنُوبًا لاَ أَرَاهَا إِلاَّ مِنَ الْكَبَائِرِ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لِابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ مَا هِيَ؟ قُلْتُ كَذَا وَكَذَا قَالَ لَيْسَتْ هَذِهِ مِنَ الْكَبَائِرِ هُنَّ تِسْعٌ: (١) الإِشْرَاكُ بِاللَّهِ (٢) وَقَتْلُ نَسَمَةٍ (٣) وَالْفِرَارُ مِنَ الزَّحْفِ (٤) وَقَذْفُ الْمُحْصَنَةِ (٥) وَأَكْلُ الرِّبَا (٦) وَأَكْلُ مَالِ الْيَتِيمِ (٧) وَإِلْحَادٌ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ (٨) وَالَّذِي يَسْتَسْخِرُ (٩) وَبُكَاءُ الْوَالِدَيْنِ مِنَ الْعُقُوقِ۔

قَالَ لِي ابْنُ عُمَرَ أَتَفْرَقُ النَّارَ وَتُحِبُّ أَنْ تَدْخُلَ الْجَنَّةَ؟ قُلْتُ إِي وَاللَّهِ قَالَ أَحَيٌّ وَالِدُكَ؟ قُلْتُ عِنْدِي أُمِّي قَالَ فَوَاللَّهِ لَوْ أَلَنْتَ لَهَا الْكَلاَمَ وَأَطْعَمْتَهَا الطَّعَامَ لَتَدْخُلَنَّ الْجَنَّةَ مَا اجْتَنَبْتَ الْكَبَائِرَ  

Being kind to parents even when they’re unjust

adab:7Hajjaj > Hammad b. Salamah > Sulayman al-Taymi > Sa‘id al-Qaysi > Ibn ‘Abbas

Ibn 'Abbas said, "If any Muslim obeys Allah regarding his parents, Allah will open two gates of the Garden for him. If there is only one parent, then one gate will be opened. If one of them is angry, then Allah will not be pleased with him until that parent is pleased with him." He was asked, "Even if they wrong him?" "Even if they wrong him" he replied.  

الأدب المفرد:٧حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ هُوَ ابْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ التَّيْمِيِّ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ الْقَيْسِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

مَا مِنْ مُسْلِمٍ لَهُ وَالِدَانِ مُسْلِمَانِ يُصْبِحُ إِلَيْهِمَا مُحْتَسِبًا إِلاَّ فَتْحَ لَهُ اللَّهُ بَابَيْنِ يَعْنِي مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ وَإِنْ كَانَ وَاحِدًا فَوَاحِدٌ وَإِنْ أَغْضَبَ أَحَدَهُمَا لَمْ يَرْضَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ حَتَّى يَرْضَى عَنْهُ قِيلَ وَإِنْ ظَلَمَاهُ؟ قَالَ وَإِنْ ظَلَمَاهُ