The Book of Faith - Libri i Besimit - كتاب الإيمان

1 - Salamah narrated to us, Abd al-Razzaq narrated to us, Ma'mar informed us, from al-Zuhri; and Ibrahim ibn Ziyad al-Sa'igh narrated to us, Ya'qub ibn Ibrahim ibn Sa'd narrated to us, my father narrated to me, from Salih ibn Kaysan, from Ibn Shihab: A man from the Ansar from the people of al-Aqaba, who is beyond suspicion, narrated to me; I heard him narrating from Sa'id ibn al-Musayyib, that he heard Uthman ibn Affan (may Allah be pleased with him) narrating that some men among the companions of the Prophet (pbuh), when the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) passed away, were overcome by distressing thoughts. Uthman said: "I was among them. While I was sitting in the shade of one of the fortresses, Umar ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) passed by me and greeted me with Salam, but I did not notice him. So, Umar went until he entered upon Abu Bakr (may Allah's mercy be upon them both) and said: 'Does it not amaze you? I passed by Uthman and greeted him with Salam, but he did not return the greeting.' Abu Bakr and Umar then came forward until they reached me and greeted me together. Abu Bakr said: 'Your brother Umar came to me and claimed that he passed by you and greeted you, but you did not return the Salam.' Uthman said: 'I said: By Allah, I did not notice you when you passed by or greeted me.' Abu Bakr said: 'Uthman has spoken the truth; something must have preoccupied you from that.' I said: 'Yes.' He asked: 'What was it?' I said: 'The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) passed away before I could ask him about the salvation of this matter.' Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: 'I already asked the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) about that.' Uthman said: 'I said: May my father and mother be sacrificed for you, tell me of it!' Abu Bakr said: 'I asked: O Messenger of Allah, what is the salvation of this matter? The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: Whoever accepts from me the word that I presented to my uncle, it shall be salvation for him.'"

2 - Ibrahim narrated to us, Muhammad ibn Isma'il ibn 'Ayyash narrated to us, my father narrated to me, from 'Abdullah ibn Abi Husayn, from Shahr ibn Hawshab, from Mu'adh ibn Jabal, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "The key to Paradise is the testimony that there is no god but Allah."

3 - Abu Kamil narrated to us, Abu 'Awanah narrated to us, from Mansur, from Hilal ibn Yasaf, from Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Whoever says: 'There is no god but Allah,' it will benefit him one day of his time; whatever befell him before that shall have befallen him."

4 - 'Abd al-Warith ibn 'Abd al-Samad narrated to us, my father narrated to me, 'Ubaydah ibn Abi Ra'itah narrated to us, from 'Abd al-Malik ibn 'Umayr thus, who said: from 'Abd al-Rahman al-Qurashi, from 'Iyad al-Ansari, who attributed it to the Prophet (pbuh), saying: "Indeed, 'There is no god but Allah' is a word noble to Allah; it has an esteemed place with Allah. It is a word such that whoever utters it sincerely, Allah will admit him into Paradise because of it. And whoever utters it falsely, it protects his blood and secures his wealth, and he shall meet Allah tomorrow and He will hold him to account."

5 - Al-Hasan ibn Yahya narrated to us, [who said]: Musa ibn Isma'il narrated to us; [and via another chain] Muhammad ibn Ma'mar narrated to us, [who said]: Abu Hisham al-Mughira ibn Salama narrated to us, [who said]: Abd al-Wahid ibn Ziyad narrated to us, [who said]: Al-Hasan ibn 'Ubayd Allah narrated to us, [who said]: Zayd ibn Wahb narrated to us, who said: I heard Abu al-Darda' saying: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Whoever dies while not associating anything with Allah shall enter Paradise." I said: "Even if he committed adultery and even if he stole?" He said: "Even despite the reluctance of Abu al-Darda'."

6 - Al-Hasan bin Khalaf narrated to us, Ishaq bin Yusuf narrated to us, Zakariyya bin Abi Za'idah narrated to us, from 'Atiyyah, from Abu Sa'id, then he mentioned hadiths with this [isnad], then he said: and with his chain from the Prophet (pbuh), he said: "Whoever dies without associating anything with Allah shall enter Paradise."

7 - Muhammad ibn Isma'il ibn Samurah and Ali ibn Shu'ayb narrated to us, they both said: Al-Walid ibn al-Qasim narrated to us, Isma'il ibn Abi Khalid narrated to us, from Atiyyah, from Abu Sa'id, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Whoever says: 'There is no deity but Allah' sincerely shall enter Paradise."

8 - Mahmud ibn Bakr ibn ... narrated to us, my father narrated to me, from 'Isa ibn al-Mukhtar, from Muhammad ibn Abi Layla, from 'Atiyyah, from Abu Sa'id, who mentioned hadiths with this [chain], then he said: And with his chain of narration from the Messenger of Allah (pbuh), that he said one day: "Whoever says 'There is no deity but Allah,' Paradise becomes mandatory for him." Mu'adh then sought his permission to go out to the people to give them these glad tidings, and he gave him permission. He went out joyfully and in haste, and was met by 'Umar, who asked, "What is the matter with you?" So he informed him. 'Umar said to him, "Stay as you are, do not hasten." Then he entered upon the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) and said, "O Prophet of Allah! You possess the superior judgment; indeed, if the people hear this, they will rely solely upon it and will not perform good deeds." He said, "Bring him back," so he brought him back.

9 - 'Amr ibn 'Ali narrated to us, Badal ibn al-Muhabbir Abu al-Munir narrated to us, Za'idah narrated to us, from 'Abdullah ibn Muhammad ibn 'Aqil, from Ibn 'Umar, from 'Umar, that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) commanded him to announce to the people that whoever bears witness that there is no deity but Allah shall enter Paradise. 'Umar said: "Then they will rely [solely upon it]." He replied: "Let them rely [upon it]."

10 - Umar ibn al-Khattab al-Sijistani narrated to us, al-Hasan ibn Ali al-Sakuni narrated to us, Ismail ibn Ayyash narrated to us, from Rashid ibn Dawud, from Ya'la ibn Shaddad ibn Aws, who said: My father Shaddad ibn Aws narrated to me while 'Ubadah was present and confirmed it, saying: We pledged allegiance to the Messenger of Allah (pbuh), and he said: "Is there a stranger among you?" meaning: from the People of the Book. We said: "No, O Messenger of Allah!" Then he ordered the door to be closed and said: "Raise your hands and say: 'La ilaha illa Allah' (There is no god but Allah)." We raised our hands for a time, then he said: "O Allah, indeed You have sent me with this word, commanded me with it, and promised me Paradise for it, and indeed You do not fail in Your promise." Then he said: "Rejoice, for Allah has surely forgiven you."

11 - Ibrahim ibn Sa'id narrated to us, Yahya ibn Sa'id al-Umawi narrated to us, from Abu Bakr ibn 'Ayyash, from Yazid ibn Abi Ziyad, from 'Asim ibn 'Ubayd Allah, from his father, from 'Umar, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "I bear witness that there is no god but Allah and that I am the Messenger of Allah, and I bear witness that no one says it from the sincerity of his heart except that Allah protects him from the heat of the Fire."

12 - Abdullah ibn al-Sabbah al-Attar narrated to us, al-Hajjaj ibn Nusayr narrated to us, Hilal ibn Abd al-Rahman narrated to us, Ata ibn Abi Maymunah narrated to us, from Abu Salama ibn Abd al-Rahman, from his father, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Indeed, the Muslim is under the protection of Allah from the time his mother gave birth to him until he stands before his Lord (Mighty and Majestic). If he meets Allah with the testimony that there is no god but Allah sincerely, or with a sincere seeking of forgiveness, He will decree for him an acquittal from the Fire."

13 - Muhammad ibn 'Uthman narrated to us, 'Ubayd Allah narrated to us, Ibn Abi Layla narrated to us, from al-Minhal ibn 'Amr, from Sa'id ibn Jubayr, from Ibn 'Abbas, who said: A man came to the Prophet (pbuh) and said: "My mother has an obligation to free a slave, and I have a black slave-girl." He (pbuh) said: "Bring her to me." So the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said to her: "Do you bear witness that there is no deity but Allah and that I am the Messenger of Allah?" She said: "Yes." He said: "Then set her free."

14 - Amr ibn Ali narrated to us, Ayub ibn Sulayman narrated to us, Umar ibn Muhammad ibn Umar ibn Ma'dan narrated to us, from Imran al-Qasir, from Abdullah ibn Abi al-Qalus, from Mutarrif ibn Abdullah, from Imran ibn Husayn, who said: Shall I not narrate to you a Hadith that I have not narrated to anyone since I heard it from the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) for fear that people might rely solely upon it? I heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) saying: "Whoever knows that Allah is his Lord and that I am His Prophet, being certain in his heart—and he pointed with his hand to his skin—Allah has forbidden him to the Fire, or Allah has forbidden his skin to the Fire."

15 - Muhammad ibn Abd Allah al-Makhrami narrated to us, Aswad ibn Amir narrated to us, Isra’il narrated to us, from Simak, from al-Nu'man ibn Bashir, that the Prophet (pbuh) said: "I have been commanded to fight the people until they say: 'There is no god but Allah.' So when they say it, they have protected their blood and their wealth from me, except by its right."

16 - Yahya bin Hakim narrated to us, Abu Dawud narrated to us, Shu'bah narrated to us, from Abu Bishr, from Sa'id bin Jubayr, from Abu Musa, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "No one from this nation hears of me, nor any Jew, nor any Christian, and then does not believe in me, except that he will be of the inhabitants of the Fire."

17 - Al-Hasan ibn Ali ibn Affan al-Tusi narrated to us, Al-Hasan ibn Atiyyah narrated to us, Qatari—meaning al-Khashshab—narrated to us, Simak ibn Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman narrated to us, from his father Hudhayfah, who said: I was riding behind the Prophet (pbuh), and he said: "O Hudhayfah, do you know what the right of Allah over the servants is?" I said: "Allah and His Messenger know best." He said: "That they worship Him and do not associate anything with Him." Then he traveled on and said: "O Hudhayfah!" I said: "At your service, O Messenger of Allah!" He said: "Do you know what the right of the servants over Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, is if they do that?" I said: "Allah and His Messenger know best." He said: "That He forgives them."

18 - Ishaq bin Buhlul and Muhammad bin al-Muntashir narrated to us, they said: Al-Walid bin al-Qasim narrated to us, Abu Hayyan al-Taymi narrated to us, from Abu Zur'ah, from Abu Hurayrah, who said: Mu'adh bin Jabal was riding behind the Messenger of Allah (pbuh), and the Prophet (pbuh) said: "Do you know what is Allah's right over the servants?" Mu'adh said: "Allah and His Messenger know best." The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "His right over them is that they worship Him and not associate anything with Him." The Prophet (pbuh) said: "Do you know what is the servants' right over Allah if they worship Him and do not associate anything with Him?" Mu'adh said: "Allah and His Messenger know best." He said: "Their right over Him is that He enters them into Paradise." Mu'adh said: "O Messenger of Allah! Shall I not go and give them the glad tidings?" The Prophet (pbuh) said: "No, leave them so that they may work."

19 - Al-Hasan ibn Yahya al-Aruzzi and Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Qati'i narrated to us, they said: Al-Hajjaj ibn al-Minhal narrated to us: Salih al-Murri narrated to us: Al-Hasan narrated to us, on the authority of Anas, on the authority of the Prophet (pbuh), who said: Allah the Exalted says: "O son of Adam, one thing is for you, one is for Me, and one is between Me and you. As for that which is for Me, it is that you worship Me and associate nothing with Me. As for that which is for you, whatever deed you perform, I shall recompense you for it in full. And as for that which is between Me and you, from you is the supplication and upon Me is the response."

20 - Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna narrated to us, Umayyah ibn Khalid narrated to us, Ali ibn Mas'adah narrated to us, from Ubadah, from Anas, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Faith is in the heart, and Islam is what is manifest." He said: "Publicly."

21 - Ibrahim ibn Muhammad ibn Salamah narrated to us, from Ali ibn Zayd, Yunus, and Humayd, from Anas, that the Prophet (pbuh) said: "The believer is the one from whom people are secure, and the Muslim is the one from whom the Muslims are safe from his tongue and his hand, and the emigrant is the one who abandons evil. By the One in Whose Hand is my soul, no servant shall enter Paradise whose neighbor is not secure from his harm."

22 - Muhammad ibn Marzuq narrated to us, Harami ibn Hafs narrated to us, Al-Dahhak ibn Nibras—there is no harm in him—narrated to us, Thabit narrated to us, from Anas, who said: While the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) was sitting with his companions, a man wearing the garments of travel came to him, weaving through the people until he sat before the Messenger of Allah (pbuh). He placed his hand on the knee of the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) and said, "O Muhammad, what is Islam?" He replied, "To testify that there is no god but Allah alone, without partner, and that Muhammad is His servant and Messenger, to establish the prayer, to give the zakat, to fast the month of Ramadan, and to perform the pilgrimage to the House if you are able to find a way to it." He said, "If I do that, am I a Muslim?" He replied, "Yes." He said, "You have spoken the truth." The companions of the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said, "Look at him; he asks him and then confirms his truthfulness as if he knows more than him," and they did not recognize the man. Then he said, "O Muhammad, what is Iman (faith)?" He replied, "Faith in Allah, the Last Day, the angels, the Book, the prophets, in death, the resurrection, the reckoning, Paradise, the Fire, and the entirety of the divine decree (qadar)." He asked, "If I do that, am I a believer?" He replied, "Yes." He said, "You have spoken the truth." He said, "O Muhammad, what is Ihsan (excellence)?" He replied, "That you fear Allah as if you see Him, for if you do not see Him, He surely sees you." He asked, "If I do that, am I a person of Ihsan?" He replied, "Yes." He said, "You have spoken the truth." He said, "O Muhammad, when is the Hour?" He replied, "The one questioned about it is not more knowledgeable than the questioner." Then the man turned his back and departed. The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said, "Bring the man back to me." They followed him, searching for him, but they saw nothing, so they returned to the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) and said, "O Messenger of Allah, we followed the man and searched for him, but we saw nothing." The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said, "That was Gabriel (pbuh), who came to you to teach you your religion."

23 - Abbas ibn Muhammad al-Duri narrated to us, Ubayd Allah ibn Musa narrated to us, Abu Ja'far al-Razi narrated to us, from al-Rabi', from Anas, who said: A man came to the Prophet (pbuh) in the appearance of a traveling man and said: "O Muhammad! What is Islam?" He [the narrator] said: Then he mentioned something similar to the hadith of Ibn Umar and Umar.

24 - Ahmad ibn Mu'alla al-Adami narrated to us, Jabir ibn Ishaq narrated to us, Salam Abu al-Munthir narrated to us, on the authority of 'Asim, on the authority of Abu Dhabyan, on the authority of Ibn Abbas, that Gabriel (pbuh) came to the Prophet (pbuh) in the form of a pale traveling man until he placed his hand upon the knees of the Prophet (pbuh) and said: "What is Islam?" He replied: "That you testify that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, the establishment of prayer, the giving of zakat, the fasting of Ramadan, and the pilgrimage to the House." He said: "If I do that, have I submitted?" He said: "Yes." He said: "You have spoken the truth." He [Ibn Abbas] said: "We were amazed by his questioning the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) and his confirming him." Then he said: "What is Excellence (Ihsan)?" The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "That you fear Allah as if you see Him, for if you do not see Him, then He surely sees you." He said: "If I do that, have I achieved excellence?" He said: "Yes." He said: "You have spoken the truth." He said: "Then inform me, what is Faith (Iman)?" He said: "Faith is to believe in Allah, His angels, His books, His messenger, the Last Day, Paradise and Hell, the Resurrection after death, and the Divine Decree (al-Qadar), both its good and its evil." He said: "If I do that, have I believed?" He said: "Yes." He said: "You have spoken the truth." He said: "So when is the Hour?" He said: "By the One in Whose hand is my soul, the one being questioned about it is no more knowledgeable than the questioner, but it has signs: when you see the slave-girl give birth to her mistress, and when you see the barefoot, naked, and destitute—meaning the Arabs—becoming the rulers of the people." He said: "You have spoken the truth," then he turned away. The Prophet (pbuh) said: "Bring the man back to me," so they looked but did not see anything. Then the Prophet (pbuh) said: "Do you know who this was?" We said: "Allah and His Messenger know best." He said: "This was Gabriel, he came to teach you your religion; he never came to me in any form except that I recognized him, other than this time."

25 - Muhammad ibn Rizq al-Kalwadhani and Umar ibn al-Khattab al-Sijistani narrated to us, they said: al-Hakam ibn Nafi' Abu al-Yaman narrated to us, Shu'ayb ibn Abi Hamzah narrated to us, Abd Allah ibn Abi Husayn narrated to me, 'Isa ibn Talhah narrated to me, from 'Amr ibn Murrah al-Juhani, who said: A man from Quda'ah came to the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) and said: "If I testify that there is no god but Allah and that you are the Messenger of Allah, and I pray the five prayers, and I fast the month of Ramadan at its time, and I pay the zakat?" The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Whoever dies upon this will be among the truthful and the martyrs."

26 - Ahmad bin 'Abdah narrated to us, 'Abd al-'Aziz bin Muhammad narrated to us, from Zayd bin Aslam, from 'Ata' bin Yasar, from Mu'adh bin Jabal, that the Prophet (pbuh) said: "Whoever fasts Ramadan, performs the five daily prayers, and performs the pilgrimage to the House—I do not know if he mentioned the Zakat or not—it is a right upon Allah to forgive him." I said: "Shall I not inform the people of this?" The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Leave the people to work, for indeed Paradise has a hundred levels; between every two levels is as between the heaven and the earth. Al-Firdaws al-A'la is its highest level and its middle part, and above it is the Throne, and from it the rivers of Paradise gush forth. So when you ask Allah, ask Him for al-Firdaws."

27 - Abdullah bin Abi Shamah narrated to us, Ali bin al-Ja'd narrated to us, Ibn Thawban informed us, from his mother, from Makhul, who said: and narrated to us from 'Umayr, that he heard Abd al-Rahman bin Ghanm narrating, that he heard Mu'adh bin Jabal narrating from the Messenger of Allah (pbuh), that he said to him: Tell me of a deed by which Paradise becomes mandatory for a servant if he performs it. He said: "Excellent, excellent! You have asked about a momentous matter, and indeed it is easy for whomever Allah makes it easy: establish the prescribed prayer, pay the obligatory zakat, and do not associate anything with Allah."

28 - Al-Hasan bin 'Affan narrated to us, Al-Hasan bin 'Atiyyah narrated to us, Qatari narrated to us, on the authority of Simak bin Hudhayfah, on the authority of Hudhayfah, who said: I came to the Prophet (pbuh) while Al-Abbas was sitting on his right and Fatimah was on his left. He said: "O Fatimah, daughter of the Messenger of Allah (pbuh)! Do good for the sake of Allah, for indeed I cannot avail you anything against Allah on the Day of Resurrection"—the narrator said: meaning he said that three times. Then he said: "O Abbas bin Abd al-Muttalib! O uncle of the Messenger of Allah! Do good for the sake of Allah, for indeed I cannot avail you anything against Allah on the Day of Resurrection"—three times. Then he said: "O Hudhayfah! Come closer," so I came closer. Then he said: "O Hudhayfah, come closer," so I came closer. Then he said: "O Hudhayfah, whoever testifies that there is no god but Allah and that I am the Messenger of Allah, and believes—I think he said—in what I have brought, except that Allah will forbid the Fire for him and Paradise will be mandatory for him." I said: "O Messenger of Allah! Shall I keep this secret or announce it?" He said: "Announce it."

29 - Abdullah bin Ahmad—meaning Ibn Shabbuwayh—narrated to us, saying: Abu al-Yaman narrated to us, saying: Sa'id bin Sinan narrated to us, from Abu al-Zahiriyyah, from Kathir bin Murrah, from Ibn 'Umar, from the Prophet (pbuh) who said: "Five are of faith; whoever has none of them has no faith: submission to the command of Allah, contentment with the decree of Allah, entrusting [one's affairs] to the command of Allah, reliance upon Allah, and patience at the first stroke of calamity. A person does not taste the reality of Islam until people are safe from him regarding their blood and their wealth." A questioner asked: "O Messenger of Allah! Which aspect of Islam is best?" He replied: "The one from whose tongue and hand the Muslims are safe. There are signs like the landmarks of a road: the testimony that there is no god but Allah, the establishment of prayer, the payment of zakat, judging by the Book of Allah, obedience to the Unlettered Prophet, and offering greetings to the children of Adam when you meet them."

30 - Al-Hasan ibn 'Abd Allah al-Kufi narrated to us, 'Abd al-Razzaq narrated to us, Ma'mar informed us, from Abu Ishaq, from Silah, from 'Ammar, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Three things are part of faith: spending despite poverty, offering greetings of peace to the world, and being just toward oneself."

31 - Muhammad ibn al-Hasan narrated to us, Hani' ibn al-Mutawakkil narrated to us, Abdullah ibn Sulayman narrated to us, from Ishaq, from Anas, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Three traits, whoever possesses them deserves reward and has perfected faith: a character with which he lives among people, piety that restrains him from the prohibitions of Allah, and forbearance that wards off the ignorance of the ignorant."

32 - Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Laythi narrated to us: Yusuf ibn Atiyyah narrated to us, from Thabit, from Anas, that the Prophet (pbuh) met a man called Harithah in one of the streets of Madinah and said: "How have you reached the morning, O Harithah?" He replied: "I have reached the morning as a true believer." He said: "Indeed, for every faith there is a reality, so what is the reality of your faith?" He replied: "My soul has turned away from this world, so I have made my day thirsty and my night sleepless, and it is as if I see the Throne of my Lord prominently displayed, and as if I see the people of Paradise in Paradise enjoying bliss, and the people of the Fire in the Fire being punished." The Prophet (pbuh) then said: "You have attained the truth, so remain steadfast; a believer whose heart Allah has illuminated."

33 - Amr narrated to us, Sulayman ibn Abd al-Rahman narrated to us, Sulayman ibn Utbah narrated to us, he said: I heard Yunus ibn Maysarah ibn Halbas narrating from Abu Idris, from Abu al-Darda', then he mentioned a narration like this, then he said: and with his chain from the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) who said: "A servant does not reach the reality of faith until he knows that what befell him was not meant to miss him, and what missed him was not meant to befall him."

34 - Ibrahim ibn Sa'id al-Jawhari narrated to us, Mu'alla ibn Mansur narrated to us, Abu Ayyub narrated to us, from Muhammad ibn al-Munkadir, from Jabir, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "The most complete of the believers in faith are those best in character."

35 - Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna narrated to us, Zakariyya ibn Yahya al-Ta'i narrated to us, Shu'ayb ibn al-Habhab narrated to us, from Anas, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Indeed, the most perfect of people in faith is the best of them in character, and indeed, good character reaches the degree of fasting and prayer."

36 - Muhammad ibn Ma'mar narrated to us, saying: Abu Dawud told us, saying: Abd al-Wahid ibn Zayd told us, from Abd Allah ibn Rashid, the freedman of 'Uthman, from 'Uthman, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Indeed, Allah has one hundred and seventeen laws; whoever meets Him with one character trait from among them shall enter Paradise."

37 - Abu Kuraib narrated to us, Abu Mu'awiya narrated to us, from Sa'id ibn al-Marzuban, from 'Ikrimah, from Ibn 'Abbas, who said: A man came to the Prophet (pbuh), and with him was a black slave-girl belonging to him. He said: "I have an obligation to free a slave"—I think he [the narrator] said: "a believing slave"—"so does this one suffice on my behalf?" He said to her: "Where is Allah?" She gestured with her hand toward the sky. He said: "Who am I?" She said: "You are the Messenger of Allah." He (pbuh) said: "Emancipate her, for she is a believer."

38 - Abu Kurayb narrated to us, Abu Mu'awiya narrated to us, Muhammad ibn 'Amr narrated to us, from Abu Salama, from Abu Hurayra, from the Prophet (pbuh), who narrated the like of it.

39 - Al-Fadl ibn Sahl narrated to us, Yahya ibn Abi Bukayr narrated to us, Isra'il narrated to us, from Abu Ishaq, from 'Abdullah ibn Khalifah, from 'Umar, that a woman came to the Prophet (pbuh) and said: "Supplicate to Allah that He admits me into Paradise." He glorified the Lord, the Exalted, and said: "Indeed, His Kursi (Footstool) encompasses the heavens and the earth, and indeed it makes a creaking sound like the creaking of a new saddle when it is ridden, due to the weight."

40 - Salama bin Shabib and al-Abbas bin Abd Allah narrated to us, they said: Abu al-Mughira narrated to us, al-Walid bin Sulayman bin Abi al-Sa'ib narrated to us, from Busr bin Ubayd Allah, from Abu Idris, from Nu'aym bin Hammar, that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "The Balance is in the hand of the Most Merciful; He raises some peoples and abases others."

41 - Ibrahim ibn Sa'id al-Jawhari narrated to us, Abu Usamah narrated to us, 'Umar ibn Hamzah narrated to us, from Salim, from Ibn 'Umar, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Allah (Glorified and Exalted be He) will fold the heavens, then He will take them in His right hand, and He will fold the earth and take it in His other hand, then He will say: 'I am the King, where are the kings?'" 'Umar ibn Hamzah said: I narrated it to 'Ikrimah, and he said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said... He [the narrator] said: Then he mentioned the like of the hadith of Salim.

42 - Salama bin Shabib narrated to us, Abdullah bin Yazid narrated to us, Abdurrahman bin Ziyad narrated to us, from Abdullah bin Yazid, from Abdullah bin Amr, that the Prophet (pbuh) used to say: "Indeed, Allah is more sparing regarding the death of His believing servant than any one of you is with his most precious property, until He takes him upon his bed."

43 - Humayd bin Mas'adah narrated to us, Husayn bin Numayr narrated to us, Sufyan bin Husayn narrated to us, from Abu Bishr, from Mujahid, from Ibn Umar, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "The likeness of the believer is like that of the date-palm tree; whatever comes to you from it benefits you." I said: It is in the Sahih except for his saying: "whatever comes to you from it benefits you."

44 - Ahmad ibn Abd al-Jabbar narrated to us, Abu Bakr ibn 'Ayyash narrated to us, from al-A'mash, from Abu Sufyan, from Anas ibn Malik, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "The likeness of the believer is as the likeness of a feather in a wasteland, which the wind turns over and another blows back and forth."

45 - Muhammad ibn Ishaq narrated to us, Muhammad ibn Abd Allah ibn Yunus narrated to us, Abu Bakr ibn Ayash narrated to us, from al-A'mash, from 'Ata', meaning: ibn Abi Rabah, from Jabir, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "The example of the believer is like that of a tender plant of the crop, which the wind inclines at times and knocks down, while the example of the disbeliever is like a cedar tree, which remains standing until it is snapped."

46 - It was narrated to us by Umar ibn al-Khattab, who said: Ahmad ibn Abd Allah ibn Yunus narrated to us, who said: Abu Bakr ibn Ayyash narrated to us, who said: then he mentioned the like of it.

47 - Muhammad ibn Isma'il al-Bukhari narrated to us, Isma'il ibn Abi Uways narrated to us, Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi al-Zinad narrated to us, from Musa ibn 'Uqbah, from Jabir: I said: then he mentioned the like of it.

48 - Hudbah ibn Khalid narrated to us, 'Ubayd Allah ibn Muslim, the dealer of Sabiri cloth, narrated to us, from Thabit, from Anas, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "The likeness of the believer is like that of an ear of grain; it inclines at times and stands upright at times." And Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Rahim narrated to us, Fahd ibn Hayyan narrated to us, Hammam narrated to us—I say: and he mentioned something similar.

49 - Yahya ibn Hakim narrated to us, Abu Dawud narrated to us, Ibrahim ibn Sa'd narrated to us, from al-Zuhri, from 'Umarah ibn Abi al-Hasan al-Mazini and Ibn Abi Hasan, from his uncle: that the people asked the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) about the intrusive whispering that one of them experiences, such that falling from the Pleiades would be more beloved to him than speaking of it. He said: So the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "That is clear faith. Indeed, Satan comes to the servant in matters less than that, and when he is protected from them, he falls into what is there."

50 - Humayd narrated to us: Muhammad ibn Isma'il ibn Abi Fudayk narrated to us: Al-Dahhak ibn 'Uthman narrated to us, from Hisham ibn 'Urwah, from his father, from 'Aishah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Indeed, Satan comes to one of you and says: 'Who created you?' and he replies: 'Allah.' Then he says: 'Who created Allah, the Mighty and Sublime?' So if he experiences that, let him say: 'I believe in Allah and His Messengers,' for indeed that will make it go away."

51 - Hawthara ibn Muhammad narrated to us, Abu Usamah narrated to us, Mujalid narrated to us, from 'Amir, from al-Muharrar ibn Abi Hurayrah, from his father, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "People will continue to say: 'Allah was before everything, so what was before Him?'"

52 - Talut ibn Abbad narrated to us, al-Harith ibn Ubayd narrated to us, from Thabit, from Anas, who said: They said: O Messenger of Allah (pbuh)! Indeed, we are in a certain state when we are with you, but when we depart from you...

Abdullah bin Ahmad bin Shabbuwayh narrated to us, [who said] Ishaq bin Ibrahim al-Himsi narrated to us, [who said] Amr bin al-Harith narrated to us, [who said] Abdullah bin Salim narrated to me, from al-Zubaydi, [who said] al-Walid bin Abd al-Rahman narrated to me, that Jubayr bin Nufayr narrated to him, [who said] Shaddad bin Aws narrated to us, saying: We said, "O Messenger of Allah! How were you taken on the Night Journey the night you were taken?" He said, "I prayed the Night prayer ('Atamah) with my companions in Mecca late in the evening. Then Gabriel came to me with a white beast, larger than a donkey and smaller than a mule. It proved difficult for me to mount, so he turned it by its ear until he seated me upon it. It then set off, carrying us swiftly, placing its hoof where its gaze reached, until we arrived at a land with palm trees. He said, 'Dismount,' so I dismounted. He said, 'Pray,' so I prayed. Then we mounted again. He said to me, 'Do you know where you prayed?' I replied, 'Allah knows best.' He said, 'You prayed in Yathrib, you prayed in Taybah (Medina).' Then it set off swiftly, placing its hoof where its gaze reached, until we reached a white land. He said to me, 'Dismount,' and I dismounted. Then he said, 'Pray,' and I prayed. Then we mounted. He asked, 'Do you know where you prayed?' I replied, 'Allah knows best.' He said, 'You prayed in Madyan, you prayed at the tree of Moses.' Then it set off swiftly with us, placing its hoof—or he said its hoof falls—where its gaze reached. Then we ascended, and he said, 'Dismount,' so I dismounted. He said, 'Pray,' so I prayed. Then we mounted, and he said, 'Do you know where you prayed?' I replied, 'Allah knows best.' He said, 'You prayed in Bethlehem, where Jesus the Messiah, son of Mary, was born.' Then he took me until we entered the city (Jerusalem) through its eighth gate. He went to the Qibla of the mosque and tied his beast. We entered the mosque through a gate where the sun and moon incline. I prayed in the mosque as much as Allah willed—this is how Ibn Zibriq stated it. Then I was brought two vessels, one with milk and the other with honey; both were sent to me. I compared them, then Allah guided me, so I took the milk and drank until I was satisfied. Before me was an elderly man reclining, and he said, 'Your companion has chosen the natural disposition (Fitrah),' or he said, 'the Fitrah.' Then he took me until I reached the valley in the city, and behold, Hell was revealed, looking like layered mats. We asked, 'O Messenger of Allah, how did you find it?' He said, 'Like...' and he mentioned something that has escaped me. Then we passed by a caravan belonging to Quraysh at such-and-such a place; they had lost a camel of theirs. I greeted them, and some of them said to one another, 'This is the voice of Muhammad (pbuh).' Then I returned to my companions in Mecca before dawn. Abu Bakr came to me and said, 'O Messenger of Allah, where were you tonight? I searched for you in your place and did not find you.' He replied, 'I went to Jerusalem tonight.' He said, 'O Messenger of Allah! It is a month's journey, so describe it to me.' Then a vision was opened for me as if I were looking at it; they did not ask me about anything except that I informed them of it. Abu Bakr said, 'I bear witness that you are the Messenger of Allah.' The polytheists said, 'Look at Ibn Abi Kabshah, claiming he went to Jerusalem tonight!' He said, 'Yes, and I passed by a caravan of yours at such-and-such a place; they had lost a camel of theirs at such-and-such a place. Their caravan is traveling towards you, staying at such-and-such a place, and will reach you on such-and-such a day. They are led by a reddish-brown camel carrying a black cloth and two black sacks.' When that day came, the people looked out, and near midday, the caravan arrived, led by that very camel which the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) had described."

54 - Abdullah bin Abi Yamamah and Muhammad bin Ma'mar narrated to us, both saying: Affan narrated to us, Hammad—meaning ibn Salamah—narrated to us, from Ata bin al-Sa'ib, from Sa'id bin Jubayr, from Ibn Abbas, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "When I was taken on the Night Journey, I passed by a pleasant fragrance, so I said: 'What is this fragrance, O Gabriel?' He said: 'This is the fragrance of the hairdresser of Pharaoh's daughter. Her comb fell from her hand, so she said: "In the name of Allah." Pharaoh's daughter said: "My father?" She replied: "My Lord and the Lord of your father." She asked: "Shall I inform my father of that?" She replied: "Yes." So she informed him, and he summoned her and said: "Do you have a Lord other than me?" She said: "Yes, my Lord and your Lord is Allah." So a cow made of copper was brought and heated; then she said: "I have a request to you: that you gather my bones and the bones of my children." He said: "You have such a right upon us." He then cast her and her children into it, until he reached a nursing infant among them, who said: "Be patient, O mother! For you are upon the truth."'"

55 - Muhammad ibn Hassan narrated to us, Abu al-Nadr narrated to us, from Abu Ja'far al-Razi, from al-Rabi' ibn Anas, from Abu al-'Aliyah or someone else, from Abu Hurairah, that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) was brought a horse that placed its every stride at the furthest point of its vision. He traveled, and Gabriel (pbuh) traveled with him, until he came upon a people who were sowing in one day and harvesting in one day; whenever they harvested, the crop returned as it was. He asked, "O Gabriel, who are these?" He replied, "These are the mujahideen in the cause of Allah; their good deeds are multiplied seven hundred times, and whatever they spend, He replaces it." Then he came upon a people whose heads were being crushed with boulders; whenever they were crushed, they returned to their original state, and the punishment never ceased for a moment. He asked, "O Gabriel, who are these?" He replied, "These are those whose heads felt too heavy to perform the prescribed prayers." Then he came upon a people who had patches on their fronts and patches on their backs, grazing like cattle graze upon bitter thorns (Dhari'), Zaqqum, and the hot stones of Hell. I said, "Who are these, O Gabriel?" He replied, "These are the ones who did not pay the alms (Zakat) on their wealth, and Allah did not wrong them, for Allah is never unjust to His servants." Then he came upon a people who had before them cooked meat in a pot and other raw, foul meat, and they began eating the foul meat and leaving the good, cooked meat. He asked, "O Gabriel, who are these?" He replied, "This is a man from your nation who has a lawful wife but goes to a foul woman and spends the night with her until morning; and a woman who leaves her lawful, good husband to go to a foul man and spends the night with him until morning." Then he came upon a man who had gathered a huge bundle of wood that he could not carry, yet he wanted to add more to it. He asked, "O Gabriel, what is this?" He replied, "This is a man from your nation who is entrusted with people's trusts which he cannot fulfill, yet he seeks to take on more." Then he came upon a people whose lips and tongues were being clipped with shears of iron; whenever they were clipped, they returned as they were, and the punishment never ceased for a moment. He asked, "O Gabriel, who are these?" He replied, "The preachers of fitna (discord)." Then he came upon a small stone from which a huge bull emerged; the bull then wanted to re-enter from where it had come but could not. He asked, "What is this, O Gabriel?" He replied, "This is a man who speaks a great word and then regrets it, and he wishes to take it back but cannot." Then he came upon a valley and found a pleasant scent and the fragrance of musk along with a voice. He asked, "What is this?" He replied, "This is the voice of Paradise saying: 'O Lord, bring me my inhabitants and what You have promised me, for my trees, silk, brocade, thick silk, carpets, coral, silver, gold, cups, plates, pitchers, fruits, honey, garments, milk, and wine have increased. Bring me what You promised me.' He said: 'For you is every Muslim man and woman, every believing man and woman, and whoever believes in Me and My Messengers, does righteous deeds, does not associate anything with Me, and does not take rivals besides Me; such a one is safe. Whoever asks Me, I shall give to him; whoever lends to Me, I shall reward him; and whoever relies upon Me, I shall suffice him. Truly, I am Allah, there is no god but I; My promise is never broken. The believers have indeed attained success. Blessed be Allah, the Best of Creators.' She replied, 'I am satisfied.'" Then he came upon a valley and heard an atrocious sound. He asked, "O Gabriel, what is this sound?" He replied, "This is the voice of Hell, saying: 'O Lord, bring me my inhabitants and what You have promised me, for my chains, shackles, blazing fire, boiling water, pus, and foul discharge have increased. My depth has become distant and my heat has intensified. Bring me what You promised me.' He said: 'For you is every polytheist man and woman, every wicked man and woman, and every tyrant who does not believe in the Day of Account.' It said: 'I am satisfied.'" Then he traveled until he reached Bayt al-Maqdis and descended. He tethered his horse to a rock and prayed with the angels. When the prayer was finished, they asked, "O Gabriel, who is this with you?" He said, "This is Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah, the Seal of the Prophets." They asked, "Has he already been sent for?" He said, "Yes." They said, "May Allah grant him life as a brother and a successor; what an excellent brother and an excellent successor." Then they met the souls of the prophets, who praised their Lord, the Exalted. Abraham (pbuh) said, "O Allah, Who took me as an intimate friend, gave me a great kingdom, made me a submissive nation, chose me for His message, rescued me from the fire and made it cool and safe for me." Then Moses (pbuh) praised his Lord, saying, "Praise be to Allah Who spoke to me directly, chose me, revealed the Torah to me, and brought about the destruction of Pharaoh and the salvation of the Children of Israel at my hands." Then David (pbuh) praised his Lord, saying, "Praise be to Allah Who gave me a kingdom, revealed the Psalms to me, softened iron for me, and subjected the mountains to me, which glorify Him along with me, as well as the birds, and gave me wisdom and decisive speech." Then Solomon praised his Lord (the Exalted), saying, "Praise be to Allah Who subjected the winds to me, as well as the jinn and mankind, and subjected the devils to me, who performed whatever I willed of sanctuaries, statues, basins like reservoirs, and fixed cauldrons; and He taught me the speech of birds, caused the spring of molten copper to flow for me, and gave me a kingdom that shall not belong to anyone after me." Then Jesus (pbuh) praised his Lord, saying, "Praise be to Allah Who taught me the Torah and the Gospel, and made me heal the blind and the leper and bring the dead to life by His permission, and raised me and purified me from those who disbelieve, and protected me and my mother from the accursed Satan, and gave Satan no way over us." Then Muhammad (pbuh) praised his Lord, saying, "All of you have praised your Lord, and I praise my Lord: Praise be to Allah Who sent me as a mercy to the worlds and to all mankind as a giver of glad tidings and a warner, and revealed to me the Criterion (the Quran) in which is an explanation for all things, and made my nation the best nation brought forth for mankind, and made my nation a middle nation, and made my nation the first and the last, and expanded my chest for me, removed from me my burden, exalted for me my mention, and made me an opener and a sealer." Abraham (pbuh) then said, "With this, Muhammad (pbuh) has surpassed you." Then he was brought three covered vessels. A vessel was handed to him and it was said, "Drink." It contained water. Then another vessel was handed to him containing milk, and he drank from it until he was satisfied. Then another vessel was handed to him containing wine, but he said, "I am satisfied and will not taste it." It was said to him, "You have done right; truly it will be forbidden for your nation, and had you drunk it, only a few of your nation would have followed you." Then he was ascended to the heaven, and Gabriel asked for it to be opened. It was said, "Who is this?" He said, "Gabriel." It was said, "And who is with you?" He said, "Muhammad (pbuh)." They said, "Has he been sent for?" He said, "Yes." They said, "May Allah grant him life as a brother and a successor; what an excellent brother and an excellent successor, and what an excellent arrival he has made." He entered, and there he saw an old man sitting, of perfect stature, with nothing diminished from his creation as is diminished from the creation of humans. To his right was a door from which a pleasant scent emerged, and to his left was a door from which a foul scent emerged. When he looked at the door on his right, he laughed, and when he looked at the door on his left, he wept and grieved. He asked, "O Gabriel, who is this old man and what are these two doors?" He said, "This is your father Adam, and this door on his right is the gate of Paradise; when he sees those of his progeny who enter it, he laughs and rejoices. And when he looks at the door on his left, it is the gate of Hell; when he sees those of his progeny who enter it, he weeps and grieves." Then he ascended to the second heaven and asked for it to be opened. It was said, "Who is this?" He said, "Gabriel." They asked, "And who is with you?" He said, "Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah (pbuh)." They asked, "Has he been sent for?" He said, "Yes." They said, "May Allah grant him life as a brother and a successor; what an excellent brother and an excellent successor, and what an excellent arrival he has made." He entered, and there were two young men. He asked, "O Gabriel, who are these two young men?" He said, "These are Jesus and John, the sons of maternal aunts." Then he ascended to the third heaven and Gabriel asked for it to be opened. They said, "Who is this with you?" He said, "Muhammad." They said, "Has he been sent for?" He said, "Yes." They said, "May Allah grant him life as a brother and a successor; what an excellent brother and an excellent successor, and what an excellent arrival he has made." He entered, and there was a man who had been favored over other people in beauty as the moon on the night of its fullness is favored over all the other stars. He asked, "Who is this, O Gabriel?" He said, "Your brother Joseph (pbuh)." Then he ascended to the fourth heaven and Gabriel asked for it to be opened. They said, "Who is this with you?" He said, "Muhammad (pbuh)." They said, "Has he been sent for?" He said, "Yes." They said, "May Allah grant him life as a brother and a successor, and what an excellent arrival he has made." He entered, and there was a man. He asked, "O Gabriel, who is this man sitting?" He said, "This is your brother Idris, whom Allah raised to a high station." Then he was ascended to the fifth heaven and Gabriel asked for it to be opened. They said to him, "Who is this with you?" He said, "Muhammad (pbuh)." They said, "Has he been sent for?" He said, "Yes." They said, "May Allah grant him life as a brother and a successor; what an excellent brother and an excellent successor, and what an excellent arrival he has made." He entered, and there was a man sitting and narrating stories to them. He asked, "O Gabriel, who is this and who are these around him?" He said, "This is Aaron (pbuh), who was left with his people, and these are his people from the Children of Israel." Then he was ascended to the sixth heaven and Gabriel asked for it to be opened. They said, "Who is this with you?" He said, "Muhammad (pbuh)." They said, "Has he been sent for?" He said, "Yes." They said, "May Allah grant him life as a brother and a successor; how excellent a brother and how excellent a successor, and what an excellent arrival he has made." There he saw a man sitting. He passed him and the man wept. He asked, "O Gabriel, who is this?" He said, "This is Moses (pbuh)." He asked, "What makes him weep?" He said, "The Children of Israel claim that I am the best of creation, yet this one has succeeded me; and if it were only him alone, but with him is his entire nation." Then we were ascended to the seventh heaven and Gabriel asked for it to be opened. They said, "Who is with you?" He said, "Muhammad (pbuh)." They said, "Has he been sent for?" He said, "Yes." They said, "May Allah grant him life as a brother and a successor; what an excellent brother and an excellent successor, and what an excellent arrival he has made." There he saw a gray-haired man sitting on a chair by the gate of Paradise, and with him were people sitting whose complexions had something (of a blemish). Isa—meaning Abu Ja'far al-Razi—said: And I heard him once say: "with blackened faces." Those who had something in their complexions stood up and entered a river called "The Grace of Allah." They bathed and came out with some of the blemish removed from their complexions. Then they entered another river called "The Mercy of Allah," bathed, and came out with more of it removed. Then they entered another river—and that is His saying: {And their Lord will give them a pure drink} [Al-Insan: 21]—and they came out with their complexions cleared, just like the complexions of their companions. They then sat with their companions. He asked, "O Gabriel, who is this gray-haired man sitting? And who are these with white faces? And who are these whose complexions had something, then they entered these rivers and bathed in them and came out with their complexions cleared?" He said, "This is your father Abraham (pbuh), the first to turn gray on earth. These people with white faces are a people who did not clothe their faith with injustice. And these whose complexions had something are those who mixed a righteous deed with another that was evil; they repented, and Allah accepted their repentance." Then he proceeded to the Lote Tree (Sidrah), and it was said to him, "This is the Lote Tree of the Furthest Boundary (Sidrat al-Muntaha). Every single one of your nation who follows your path ends up here." It is the Sidrat al-Muntaha; from its base emerge rivers of water that never stalls, rivers of milk whose taste never changes, rivers of wine that is a delight to those who drink it, and rivers of purified honey. It is a tree under whose shade a rider can travel for seventy years, and a single leaf from it could shade the entire creation. Then it was covered by light and the angels covered it. Isa said: That is His saying: {When there covered the Lote Tree that which covered} [An-Najm: 16]. Then his Lord (the Exalted) said to him, "Ask." He said, "You took Abraham as an intimate friend and gave him a great kingdom; You spoke to Moses directly; You gave David a great kingdom, softened iron for him, and subjected the mountains to him; You gave Solomon a great kingdom and subjected to him the jinn, mankind, the devils, and the winds, and gave him a kingdom that shall not belong to anyone after him; You taught Jesus the Torah and the Gospel and made him heal the blind and the leper and protected him and his mother from the accursed Satan so he had no way over them." His Lord (the Exalted) said to him, "I have taken you as an intimate friend, and it is written in the Torah: 'Muhammad is the Beloved of the Most Merciful.' I have sent you to all of mankind, and I made your nation the first and the last. I have ordained that no sermon (Khutbah) is valid for your nation until they testify that you are My servant and My Messenger. I made you the first of the Prophets in creation and the last of them to be commissioned. I gave you the Seven Oft-Repeated verses (Al-Fatiha), which I did not give to any prophet before you. I gave you the concluding verses of Surah Al-Baqarah from a treasure beneath the Throne, which I did not give to any prophet before you. And I made you an opener and a sealer." The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "My Lord (the Exalted) favored me with six things: He cast terror into the hearts of my enemies for the distance of a month’s journey; spoils of war have been made lawful for me while they were not lawful for anyone before me; the earth has been made for me a place of prayer and a means of purification; I have been given the openings of speech and its comprehensive expressions; my nation was shown to me such that neither the followers nor those followed among them were hidden from me; and I saw them coming upon a people who wear shoes of hair, and I saw them coming upon a people with broad faces and small eyes, and I recognized who they were. And I was commanded fifty prayers." He returned to Moses, and Moses asked him, "How many prayers were you commanded?" He said, "Fifty prayers." Moses said, "Return to your Lord and ask Him for a reduction for your nation, for your nation is the weakest of nations, and I have dealt with the Children of Israel with great difficulty." So Muhammad (pbuh) returned and asked Allah (the Mighty and Majestic) for a reduction, and He removed ten. He returned to Moses, who asked, "How many were you commanded?" He said, "Forty prayers." Moses said, "Return to your Lord and ask Him for a reduction for your nation, for your nation is the weakest of nations, and I have dealt with the Children of Israel with great difficulty." So Muhammad (pbuh) returned and asked Him for a reduction, and He removed ten. He returned to Moses, who asked him, "How many were you commanded?" He said, "Thirty." Moses said, "Return to your Lord and ask Him for a reduction for your nation, for your nation is the weakest of nations, and I have dealt with the Children of Israel with great difficulty." So Muhammad returned and asked his Lord for a reduction, and He removed ten. He returned to Moses, who asked him, "How many were you commanded?" He said, "Twenty prayers." Moses said, "Return to your Lord and ask Him for a reduction for your nation, for your nation is the weakest of nations, and I have dealt with the Children of Israel with great difficulty." So Muhammad (pbuh) returned and asked his Lord for a reduction, and He removed ten. He returned to Moses, who asked him, "How many were you commanded?" He said, "Ten." Moses said, "Return to your Lord and ask Him for a reduction for your nation, for your nation is the weakest of nations, and I have dealt with the Children of Israel with great difficulty." So Muhammad returned and asked his Lord for a reduction, and He removed five. He returned to Moses, who asked, "How many were you commanded?" He said, "Five." Moses said, "Return to your Lord and ask Him for a reduction, for your nation is the weakest of nations, and I have dealt with the Children of Israel with great difficulty." He said, "I have returned to my Lord until I feel shy before Him, and I will not return to Him again." Then it was said to him, "Just as you have been patient with the five, they shall be rewarded as fifty; every good deed will be rewarded tenfold." Isa said: It has reached me that the Prophet (pbuh) said: "Moses (pbuh) was the firmest of them upon me at first and the best of them to me at last."

56 - Muhammad ibn al-Walid al-Qurashi narrated to us, Muhammad ibn Ja'far narrated to us, Awf narrated to us, from Zurarah ibn Awfa, from Ibn Abbas, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "When the night I was taken on the Night Journey occurred and I woke up in Makkah, I was distressed by my situation, knowing that the people would disbelieve me. I sat apart in sorrow, when the enemy of Allah, Abu Jahl, passed by him. He came and sat down, saying mockingly: 'Has anything happened?' The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: 'Yes.' He asked: 'What is it?' He said: 'I was taken on a journey last night.' He asked: 'To where?' He said: 'To Bayt al-Maqdis.' He asked: 'Then you were back among us by morning?' He said: 'Yes.' He [Abu Jahl] did not show that he disbelieved him and said: 'Do you think if I called your people, you would tell them what you told me?' The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: 'Yes.' He called out: 'O assembly of Bani Ka'b ibn Lu'ayy!' and the gatherings flocked to him and came until they sat with him. He said: 'Tell your people what you told me.' The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: 'I was taken on a journey last night.' They asked: 'To where?' He said: 'To Bayt al-Maqdis.' They asked: 'And you were back among us by morning?' He said: 'Yes.' Some of them began clapping their hands, and others placed their hands upon their heads in disbelief and denial. They said: 'Can you describe the Mosque to us?' He said: 'I began describing it, and I continued describing it until some of the description became obscure to me. Then the Mosque was brought while I was looking at it, until it was placed before the house of ‘Iqal or ‘Aqil. I then described it while looking at it.' He said: 'And there were people in the crowd who had seen it, and they said: "As for the description, by Allah, he was correct."'"

57 - Umar ibn al-Khattab narrated to us, saying: Ishaq ibn Ibrahim narrated to us, saying: Abdullah ibn Raja' narrated to us, from Shurahbil ibn al-Hakam, from Hakim ibn Umayr, from Abu Rashid, who said: Abu Thabit narrated to me—a man from the Quraysh who was called the 'Neighbor of Revelation' because his house was near the house of the Prophet (pbuh) in which he received revelation—he said: I prayed the Night prayer (al-Atamah) with the Messenger of Allah (pbuh). He [the narrator] said: and he mentioned the hadith.

58 - Salamah bin Shabib narrated to us, Sa'id bin Mansur narrated to us, Al-Harith bin 'Ubayd narrated to us, from Abu 'Imran al-Jawni, from Anas bin Malik, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "While I was sitting, Gabriel (pbuh) came and nudged me between my shoulders. I then went to a tree in which there were like two bird nests; he sat in one of them and I sat in the other. It then grew and ascended until it blocked the two horizons, and I was looking around; had I wished to touch the heaven, I would have touched it. I turned toward Gabriel, and he appeared like a worn-out mat clinging to the ground, and I recognized the excellence of his knowledge of Allah over mine. Then a door from the doors of heaven was opened and I saw the Greatest Light, and behold, beneath the veil were fluttering hangings of pearls and rubies. Then He revealed to me what He willed to reveal."

59 - Muhammad ibn Ma'mar narrated to us, Rawh ibn Aslam narrated to us, Hammad ibn Salamah narrated to us, from Abu Hamzah, from Ibrahim, from 'Alqamah, from 'Abdullah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "I was brought the Buraq and I rode it. Whenever it ascended a mountain, its hind legs would rise, and whenever it descended, its forelegs would rise. It traveled with us through a gloomy, foul-smelling land, then we reached a vast, pleasant land. Then he—I believe it was Gabriel (pbuh)—said: 'That is the land of the people of the Fire, and this is the land of the people of Paradise.' I then came upon a man standing, who asked: 'Who is this with you, O Gabriel?' He replied: 'Your brother Muhammad (pbuh).' So he welcomed me and prayed for blessings for me. I asked: 'Who is this, O Gabriel?' He said: 'This is your brother Jesus, son of Mary (pbuh).' We continued traveling, and I heard a voice, then we came upon a man who asked: 'Who is this with you, O Gabriel?' He replied: 'Your brother Muhammad (pbuh).' He greeted me, prayed for blessings for me, and said: 'Ask for ease for your nation.' I asked: 'Who is this, O Gabriel?' He said: 'Your brother Moses (pbuh).' I asked: 'Against whom was his grumbling?' He said: 'Against his Lord.' I said: 'Against his Lord?!' He said: 'Yes, He has known his intensity.' Then we traveled on and I saw something, so I asked: 'What is this?' or 'What is that, O Gabriel?' He said: 'This is the tree of your father Abraham; draw near to it.' I said: 'Yes,' so we drew near to it, and he welcomed me and prayed for blessings for me. Then we proceeded until we arrived at Bayt al-Maqdis, where he tied the beast to the ring with which the Prophets tie their mounts. Then we entered the Masjid, and [they] were brought forth..."

60 - 'Isa ibn Musa narrated to us: Yahya ibn Abi Bukayr narrated to us: Ja'far ibn Ziyad al-Ahmar narrated to us, from al-Hilal al-Sayrafi: Abu Kathir al-Ansari narrated to us: 'Abdullah ibn As'ad ibn Zurarah narrated to us, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "On the night I was taken on the Night Journey, I reached a palace made of a pearl shimmering with light, and I was given three [titles]: Verily, you are the Master of the Messengers, the Imam of the God-fearing, and the Leader of those with radiant faces and limbs."

61 - Sahl ibn Bahr narrated to us, Abd Allah ibn Muhammad al-Kufi narrated to us, Zayd ibn al-Hubab narrated to us, Muhammad ibn Muslim al-Ta'ifi narrated to us, 'Amr ibn Dinar narrated to us, on the authority of Ibn 'Abbas, who said: The Messenger (pbuh) said:

62 - Ahmad ibn 'Uthman ibn Hakim narrated to us, Ja'far ibn 'Awn narrated to us, from Hisham ibn Sa'd, from Zayd ibn Aslam and Nafi', from Ibn 'Umar, that the Prophet (pbuh) said: "The religion is sincere advice."

63 - Amr ibn Ali narrated to us, Muhammad ibn Ja'far narrated to us, Sa'id narrated to us, from Abu Balj, from Amr ibn Maymun, from Abu Hurayrah, from the Prophet (pbuh) who said: "Whoever would like to find the taste of faith, let him love a person, loving him for no reason other than for the sake of Allah."
Taliq ibn Muhammad narrated to us, Yazid narrated to us, Shu'bah narrated to us, from Ash'ath ibn Abi al-Sha'tha', from Amr ibn Maymun, who narrated a similar report.

64 - Al-Hasan ibn Yahya narrated to us, Sa'id ibn 'Abd Allah narrated to us, Al-Haytham ibn Jammaz narrated to us, from Thabit, from Anas, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Love for the Quraysh is faith and hatred for them is disbelief; whoever loves the Arabs has loved me, and whoever hates them has hated me."

65 - Ishaq ibn Bahlul al-Anbari narrated to us; al-Husayn ibn al-Hasan ibn ‘Atiyyah narrated to us, from his father, from ‘Atiyyah, from Abu Sa‘id, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Whoever loves me loves the Ansar, and whoever hates me has indeed hated the Ansar. A hypocrite does not love them, and a believer does not hate them. Whoever loves them, Allah loves him, and whoever hates them, Allah hates him. The people are an outer garment and the Ansar are an inner garment. If the people were to traverse a mountain pass and the Ansar were to traverse a mountain pass, I would traverse the mountain pass of the Ansar."

66 - Amr ibn Ali narrated it to us, Ubayd Allah ibn Abd al-Majid narrated to us, Fudayl narrated to us, from Atiyyah, and he mentioned the like of it.

67 - Muhammad bin Musa al-Harashi narrated to us, Hammad bin Zayd narrated to us, from Sa'id al-Sawwaf, from the son of Sa'd bin 'Ubadah, from his father, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "The Ansar are a test; none loves them except a believer, and none hates them except a hypocrite."

68 - Ahmad ibn 'Uthman ibn Hakim narrated to us, 'Ubayd Allah ibn Musa narrated to us, Isma'il narrated to us, he said: I heard Anas ibn Malik saying: I was sitting while a man was with the Prophet (pbuh), and the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "No servant believes until he loves for his Muslim brother what he loves for himself." Anas said: Then I and the man went out to the market, and there was a commodity being sold, so I bargained for it. He [the seller] said: "For thirty." The man looked and said: "I have taken it for forty." Its owner said: "What induces you to do this when I am giving it to you for less than this?" Then he looked again and said: "I have taken it for fifty." Its owner said: "What induces you to do this when I am giving it to you for less..."

69 - Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna narrated to us, saying: Ibn Abi Adi narrated to us, from Humayd, from Anas, that the Prophet (pbuh) said to a man: "Embrace Islam." The man said: "I find myself unwilling." He said: "Embrace Islam, even if you are unwilling."

70 - Ahmad ibn Mansur ibn Sayyar narrated to us, Abd al-Razzaq narrated to us, Ma'mar informed us, from al-Zuhri, from Urwa, from Aisha; he mentioned several hadiths with this chain, then he said: And through it, she said: Fatima bint Utbah ibn Rabi'ah came to pledge allegiance to the Messenger of Allah (pbuh), and he took a pledge from her that she should not commit adultery, so she placed her hand upon her head out of modesty until Aisha said to her: "Accept it, O woman, for by Allah, he did not take a pledge from us except upon this." She replied: "Yes, then."

71 - Yahya ibn Muhammad ibn al-Sakan narrated to us, Yahya ibn Kathir al-'Anbari narrated to us, Ishaq ibn Sa'id narrated to us, from Isma'il ibn 'Abd al-Rahman ibn 'Atiyyah, from his grandmother Umm 'Atiyyah, who said: When the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) arrived in Medina, he commanded the women of the Ansar and they were gathered in a house, then he sent 'Umar to them. 'Umar came and offered the greeting of peace to us, then said: "I am the messenger of the Messenger of Allah (pbuh)." We said: "Welcome to the messenger of the Messenger of Allah (pbuh)." He then said: "I take your pledge of allegiance that you shall not commit adultery, nor steal, nor kill your children, nor bring forth a slander that you invent between your hands and feet, nor disobey in what is right." Then he extended his hand from outside, and we extended our hands from inside the house, and he said: "O Allah, bear witness." And he commanded us to bring out the young women and the menstruating women on the two Eids, and we were forbidden from following funeral processions, and the Friday prayer was not made obligatory upon us.

72 - Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna ibn 'Ubayd Allah narrated to us, al-'Ala' ibn al-Fadl ibn Abi Sawiyyah narrated to us, 'Abbad ibn Kusayb narrated to us, al-Tufayl ibn 'Amr narrated to us, from Sa'sa'ah ibn Najiyah al-Mujashi'i—and he is the grandfather of al-Farazdaq ibn Ghalib—who said: I came to the Messenger of Allah (pbuh), and he presented Islam to me, so I embraced Islam and he taught me verses from the Qur'an, which I learned. I then said: "O Messenger of Allah! I performed certain deeds during the pre-Islamic period of ignorance; do I have any reward for them?" He said: "And what did you do?" I said: "I lost two of my ten-month pregnant camels, so I went out seeking them on a mountain of mine. Two houses appeared to me in an open space, so I headed toward them. In one of them, I found an elderly man, and I asked: 'Have you noticed two ten-month pregnant camels?' He said: 'What is their brand?' I said: 'The brand of Banu Darim.' He said: 'We found your two camels; we took them and used them as foster-mothers for our children, and through them, Allah revived the people of two households from your people among the Arabs.' He said: 'While the man was speaking to me, a woman from the other house called out: "She has given birth! She has given birth!" He asked: "What has she given birth to? If it is a boy, then we have been blessed among our people..."'

73 - Humayd ibn al-Rabi' related to us, Usayd ibn Zayd narrated to us, Sharik narrated to us, from al-A'mash, from Abu Sufyan, from Jabir, that a man said: "O Messenger of Allah (pbuh)! Shall we be held accountable for what we did during the pre-Islamic period (Jahiliyyah)?" He said: "Whoever excels in Islam will not be held accountable for what he did during the pre-Islamic period, and whoever among you does evil in Islam will be held accountable for what he did during the pre-Islamic period and in Islam."

74 - Ahmad ibn Ishaq al-Ahwazi narrated to us, Khallad ibn Yahya narrated to us, Abu ‘Aqil narrated to us, from Muhammad ibn Suqah, from Muhammad ibn al-Munkadir, from Jabir, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Indeed, this religion is firm, so delve into it with gentleness, for the one who overexerts himself [to the point of exhaustion] has neither traversed the land nor preserved the back [of his mount]."

75 - Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna narrated to us, Wahb ibn Jarir narrated to us, Shu'bah narrated to us, from Abu al-Tayyah, from Anas, that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Make things easy and do not make them difficult; bring tranquility and do not drive people away."

76 - Khalid ibn Yusuf narrated to us, my father Yusuf ibn Khalid narrated to me, Ja'far ibn Sa'd ibn Samurah narrated to us, Habib ibn Sulayman narrated to us, from his father Sulayman, from Samurah ibn Jundub; he mentioned narrations through this [chain] and then said: And through his chain of narration, the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Beware of excess, for indeed many of the Children of Israel went to extremes until a short woman from among them would take two wooden clogs, pad them, and then insert her feet into them; she would then stand beside a tall woman and walk with her, so that she became equal to her, whereas [the other] was taller than her."

77 - Abda bin Abd Allah al-Qasmali narrated to us, Abd al-Aziz bin Aban narrated to us, Ma'mar narrated to us, from al-Zuhri, from Umar bin Abd al-Aziz, from his father—and I reckon he mentioned it—from his grandfather, that the Prophet (pbuh) was asked: "Which Islam is best?" He replied: "The easy-going primordial monotheism."

78 - Yahya bin Khalaf Abu Salamah al-Juwaybari narrated to us—and he was trustworthy—'Abd al-A'la narrated to us, Muhammad bin Ishaq narrated to us, from Dawud bin al-Husayn, from 'Ikrimah, from Ibn 'Abbas,

79 - Muhammad ibn Aban al-Qurashi narrated to us, 'Abd al-'Aziz ibn Muhammad al-Darawardi narrated to us, from 'Amr ibn Abi 'Amr, from al-Muttalib ibn 'Abd Allah ibn Hantab, from Abu Musa, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Whoever is pleased by his good deed and saddened by his evil deed is a believer."

80 - Ahmad bin Malik al-Qushayri narrated to us, Za'idah bin Abi al-Ruqad narrated to us, from Ziyad al-Namari, from Anas, from the Prophet (pbuh), that he said: "Three are expiations, three are degrees, three are saviors, and three are destroyers. As for the expiations: they are performing ablution thoroughly in the cold, waiting for prayers after prayers, and walking on foot to the Friday prayers. As for the degrees: they are providing food, spreading peace, and praying at night while people are asleep. As for the saviors: they are justice in anger and pleasure, moderation in poverty and wealth, and fear of Allah in secret and in public. As for the destroyers: they are greed that is obeyed, desire that is followed, and a person’s self-admiration."

81 - Muhammad ibn al-Qasim ibn al-Hakam narrated to us, he said: I found in my father's book: Ayyub ibn 'Utbah narrated to us, from al-Fadl ibn Bukayr ibn Qatadah, from Anas, that the Prophet (pbuh) said: "Three are destructive: avarice that is obeyed, a whim that is followed, and a person's conceit regarding their own opinion."

82 - Ibrahim ibn 'Abd Allah ibn al-Junayd narrated to us, Muhammad ibn Sulayman narrated to us, Isma'il ibn Zakariyya narrated to us, from Muhammad ibn 'Awn al-Khurasani, from Muhammad ibn Zayd, from Sa'id ibn Jubayr, from Ibn 'Abbas, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "The destructive things are three: a person's conceit with themselves, stinginess that is obeyed, and a whim that is followed."

83 - Isma'il said: and Muhammad ibn 'Awn narrated to me, from Yahya ibn 'Aqil, from Ibn Abi Awfa, from the Prophet (pbuh), who narrated the like of it.

84 - Salamah narrated to us, al-Muqri narrated to us, Haywah narrated to us, Abu Hani’ informed me that Abu ‘Ali narrated to him that he heard Fadalah ibn ‘Ubayd narrate from the Messenger of Allah (pbuh), who said: "There are three about whom you should not ask: a man who separated from the community, disobeyed his leader, and died in a state of disobedience; a female slave or male slave who fled from their master and died; and a woman whose husband was absent and had provided her with sufficient worldly means, yet she displayed her beauty after him. And there are three who will be questioned: a man who contends with Allah over His cloak, for His cloak is pride and His lower garment is might; a man who was in doubt concerning the matter of Allah; and despairing of the mercy of Allah."

85 - Al-Jarrah ibn Makhlad narrated to us, Abd al-Rahman ibn Muqatil al-Tustari narrated to us, Abd al-Malik ibn Qudamah al-Jumahi narrated to us, Ishaq ibn Bakr narrated to us, from Sa'id ibn Abi Sa'id al-Maqbury, from his father, from Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Indeed, for the hypocrites there are signs by which they are recognized: their greeting is a curse, their food is plunder, their booty is embezzlement, they do not come to the mosques except rarely, and they do not come to the prayer except at its end, [they are like] logs by night and are boisterous by day."

86 - Amr ibn Ali narrated to us, Abu Dawud narrated to us, Shu'bah narrated to us, from Mansur, from Abu Wa'il, from Abdullah, from the Prophet (pbuh) who said: "There are three traits, whoever possesses them is a hypocrite, and if he possesses one of them, then there is a trait of hypocrisy in him: when he speaks, he lies; when he is entrusted, he betrays; and when he promises, he breaks his promise."

87 - Ibrahim bin Sa'id narrated to us, Shababah bin Sawwar narrated to us, from Yusuf bin al-Khattab, from 'Ubadah bin al-Walid, from Jabir, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said:

88 - Abu Musa narrated to us, Yahya ibn Hammad narrated to us, Abu ‘Awanah narrated to us, from Sulayman, from ‘Adi ibn Thabit, from Sa’id ibn Jubayr, from Ibn ‘Abbas, who said: “One of them says: ‘My father accompanied the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) and was with the Messenger of Allah (pbuh),’ yet a worn-out sandal is better than his father.”

89 - Umar ibn al-Khattab narrated to us, Amr ibn Abi Salama narrated to us, Sadaqah—meaning Ibn Abi Yazid—narrated to us, Nasr ibn 'Alqama narrated to us, from his brother, from the son of 'Amr ibn al-Aswad, from Mu'adh ibn Jabal, from the Prophet (pbuh) who said: "Indeed, the most hated of creation to me is the one who believed and then disbelieved."

90 - As-Sakan bin Sa'id narrated to us, Abdus-Samad narrated to us, my father narrated to us, and Hammad bin Salamah narrated to us, from Sa'id bin Juhman, from Safinah, that the Prophet (pbuh) was sitting,

91 - Amr ibn Ali narrated to us, Ibn Abi Ali narrated to us, from Shu'bah, from Zubayd, from Ibrahim, from Masruq, from Abdullah, that the Prophet (pbuh) said: "Ostentation consists of seventy-some doors, and polytheism is like that." I said: The doors of ostentation were narrated by Ibn Majah.

92 - Muhammad ibn Ma'mar narrated to us, 'Ubayd ibn Waqid al-Qaysi narrated to us, Abu Mudar narrated to us, from 'Abdullah ibn Dinar, from Ibn 'Umar, who said: Hatim was mentioned in the presence of the Prophet (pbuh), and he said: "That was a man who desired a matter and attained it."

93 - Zayd bin Akhzam and Muhammad bin 'Uthman bin Makhlad narrated to us, they said: Yazid bin Harun narrated to us, Ibrahim bin Sa'd informed us, from al-Zuhri, from 'Amir bin Sa'd, from his father, that a Bedouin came to the Prophet (pbuh) and said: "O Messenger of Allah! Where is my father?" He replied: "In the Fire." He asked: "Then where is your father?" He said: "Wherever you pass by the grave of a disbeliever, give him tidings of the Fire."

94 - Ahmad ibn al-Miqdam al-'Ijli narrated to us, Abu al-Ash'ath narrated to us, al-Mu'tamir ibn Sulayman narrated to us, who said: I heard my father narrating, from Qatadah, from 'Uqbah ibn 'Abd al-Ghafir, from Abu Sa'id al-Khudri, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "A man will surely take his father by the hand on the Day of Resurrection to cross the Fire with him, wanting to enter him into Paradise." He said: "Then it will be called out, or a caller will call out: 'Verily, Paradise shall not be entered by a polytheist.' He said: So he says: 'O my Lord! My father!' Then he is transformed into a form other than his own, and he leaves him." He said: The companions of Muhammad (pbuh) used to consider him to be Ibrahim (pbuh), and the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) did not refute them regarding that.

95 - Salamah ibn Shabib narrated to us, Muhammad ibn Munib narrated to us, al-Sari ibn Yahya narrated to us, from Sulayman al-Taymi, from 'Uqbah, who narrated similarly to it.

96 - Salamah bin Shabib narrated to us, Abdullah bin al-Wazir al-Ta'ifi narrated to us, Muhammad bin Jabir narrated to us, from Simak bin Harb, from al-Qasim bin Abd al-Rahman, from Ibn Buraydah, from his father, who said: We were with the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) until, when we were at Waddan or at the graves, he asked for intercession for his mother—I think he said: then Gabriel (pbuh) struck his chest and said, "Do not seek forgiveness for one who died as a polytheist." So he returned while he was grieved. I said: He has a hadith in the Sahih with a context other than this.

97 - Maymun bin al-Asbagh narrated to us, Adam bin Abi Iyas narrated to us, Hammad bin Salamah narrated to us, from Ayyub, from Muhammad bin Sirin, from Abu Hurairah, from the Prophet (pbuh) who said: "A man will meet his father on the Day of Resurrection and say: 'O my father, will you obey me today?' or 'Will you follow me today?' He will say: 'Yes.' So he takes him by the hand and goes with him until he brings him to Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, while He is presenting the creation [for judgment], and says: 'O my Lord, indeed You promised me that You would not disgrace me.' Then Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, turns away from him. Then he says the same thing again. Then Allah transforms his father into a male hyena and he falls into the Fire. He [Allah] then says: '[This is] your father,' and he says: 'I do not know you.'" I said: I have not seen it with this context.

98 - Muhammad bin al-Muthanna and 'Abd al-Quddus bin Muhammad narrated to us, and the wording is that of 'Abd al-Quddus, they both said: Muhammad bin Jahdam narrated to us, al-Azhar bin Sinan narrated to us, from Shabib bin Muhammad bin Wasi', from Mu'awiya bin Qurrah, from his father, who said: I was with my father, intending to reach the Prophet (pbuh). When we were on part of the way, we passed by a clan's settlement and spent the night there. Suddenly, the shepherd came to the people of the settlement running, saying: "I will not herd for you, for the wolf comes every night and takes a sheep from the flock while the idol looks on, neither denouncing nor changing the situation." They said: "Stay with us"—I think he said—"until you go to it [the idol]." So they went to it and spoke around it. The shepherd said: "I will stay tonight." My father said: "Stay tonight so that we may see." So we spent our night. When it was the time of the morning prayer, the shepherd came rushing to the people of the village, saying to them: "Glad tidings! Do you not see the wolf tied up in front of the sheep without any bond?" So they came, and we came with them. He [the shepherd] said: "Yes, do exactly like this." We then came to the Messenger of Allah (pbuh), and my father narrated the account to him, and he (pbuh) said: "Satan is playing with them."

99 - Al-Abbas ibn 'Abd al-'Azim narrated to us, al-Aswad ibn 'Amir narrated to us, Sharik narrated to us, from 'Abd Allah ibn 'Isa, from Jami' ibn 'Umayr, from his uncle—meaning Abu Burdah—that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Whoever cheats us is not of us."

100 - Umar ibn Musa al-Shami narrated to us, Abu Hilal narrated to us, from Qatadah, from Anas, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) never addressed us except that he said in his sermon: "There is no faith for the one who has no trustworthiness, and there is no religion for the one who has no covenant."

101 - Yusuf ibn Musa narrated to us, Abdur-Rahman ibn Maghra' narrated to us, al-Hasan ibn 'Amr narrated to us, from Muhammad ibn Abdur-Rahman ibn Yazid, from his father, from Abdullah, who said:

102 - Ibrahim ibn Ziyad al-Sa'igh narrated to us, Dawud ibn Rashid narrated to us, 'Ali ibn Hashim narrated to us, from al-A'mash, from Abu Ishaq, from Mus'ab ibn Sa'd, from his father, that the Prophet (pbuh) said: "The believer may be naturally disposed to every trait except treachery and lying."

103 - Ali ibn Harb narrated to us, Makki ibn Ibrahim narrated to us, from 'Ubayd Allah ibn Abi Humayd, from Abu al-Malih, from Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Cunning and deception are in the Fire."

104 - Abu Kuraib narrated to us, Ishaq ibn Mansur narrated to us, Ja'far ibn Ahmad narrated to us, al-Sari ibn Isma'il narrated to us, from Qays ibn Abi Hazim, who said: I came to the Messenger of Allah (pbuh), and I found that he had passed away. I heard Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) saying: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "It is disbelief in Allah to disown one's lineage, even if it be minute."

104 - Muhammad ibn 'Amir narrated to us, Muhammad ibn Kathir al-Missisi narrated to us, Harun ibn Hayyan narrated to us, from Khusayf, from Sa'id ibn Jubayr, from Ibn 'Abbas, from the Prophet (pbuh) who said: "One who possesses the weight of a mustard seed of pride shall not enter Paradise, and one who possesses the weight of a mustard seed of faith shall not enter the Fire."

105 - Salamah bin Shabib narrated to us, 'Amr bin 'Uthman narrated to us, Musa bin Ayman narrated to us, from Layth, from Abu Ishaq, from Silah, from Hudhayfah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Indeed, slandering a chaste woman destroys the deeds of a hundred years."

106 - Abdullah ibn Ishaq al-Attar narrated to us, ad-Dahhak ibn Makhlad narrated to us, Shabib ibn Bishr narrated to us, from Ikrima, from Ibn Abbas, that a man said: "O Messenger of Allah! What are the major sins?" He (pbuh) said: "Associating partners with Allah, despairing of the relief of Allah, and losing hope in the mercy of Allah."

107 - Amr ibn Malik narrated to us, Umar ibn Ali al-Muqaddami narrated to us, Salih ibn Hayyan narrated to us, from Abdullah ibn Buraydah, from his father, that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Verily, the greatest of the major sins are: associating partners with Allah, disobedience to parents, withholding surplus water, and withholding the stud animal."

108 - Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna narrated to us, Abu ‘Amir ‘Abbad ibn Rashid narrated to us, from Dawud ibn Abi Hind, from Abu Nadrah, from Abu Sa‘id, who said: Verily, you perform deeds that are finer in your eyes than a hair, which we used to consider during the era of the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) to be among the destructive sins.

109 - Khalid ibn Yusuf ibn Khalid narrated to us, Abu 'Awanah narrated to us, from 'Umar ibn Abi Salamah, from his father, from Abu Hurayrah, and he mentioned hadiths with this [chain], then he said: And by it, the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "The major sins—the first of them is associating partners with Allah, killing a soul without its right, consuming usury, consuming the wealth of an orphan, fleeing on the day of the march, slandering chaste women, and moving to [live with] the Bedouins after his migration."

110 - Hamdan narrated to us, Abd al-Rahman ibn al-Mubarak narrated to us, Fudayl ibn Sulayman narrated to us, Musa ibn Uqbah informed us, from Ubayd ibn Salman al-Aghar, from his father, from Mu'adh ibn Jabal, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "A woman continues to be cursed by the angels, or Allah and His angels curse her, and the keepers of mercy and punishment, so long as she commits any act of disobedience against Allah."

111 - Muhammad bin al-Muthanna narrated to us, Muhammad bin Ja'far narrated to us, Shu'bah narrated to us, from Firas, from Mudrik bin 'Umarah, from Ibn Abi Awfa, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "The adulterer does not commit adultery while he is a believer at the time of committing it, nor does the thief steal while he is a believer at the time of stealing, nor does one seize a valuable plunder—or he said: of high value—at the time of seizing it while he is a believer."

112 - Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna narrated to us: Muhammad ibn al-Fadl narrated to us: Hammad ibn Salamah narrated to us, from Hisham ibn Urwah, from his father, from Aisha, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "The adulterer does not commit adultery at the time he commits it while he is a believer, nor does the thief steal at the time he steals while he is a believer."

113 - And Ahmad ibn Aban narrated it to us, from al-Darawardi, from Hisham, from his father, from 'Aishah; he said: [It is] mawquf.

114 - Muhammad ibn al-Layth al-Hadadi narrated to us, Ahmad ibn Abd Allah ibn Yunus narrated to us, Abu Bakr ibn Ayyash narrated to us, from al-A'mash, from Abu Salih, from Abu Sa'id, from the Prophet (pbuh) who said: "The adulterer does not commit adultery at the time he commits it while being a believer, and the thief does not steal at the time he steals while being a believer, and I believe he said: and the wine-drinker does not drink wine at the time he drinks it while being a believer."

115 - Muhammad ibn Yazid al-Raqashi narrated to us, Abu Khalid Sulayman ibn Hayyan narrated to us, from Fudayl ibn Ghazwan, from 'Ikrimah, from Ibn 'Abbas. (h) And 'Uqbah ibn Mukram al-'Ammi narrated to us, Junayd ibn 'Abdullah al-Kufi narrated to us, from Zayd ibn Abi Usamah, from 'Ikrimah, from Ibn 'Abbas. (h) And Muhammad ibn 'Uthman ibn Karama narrated to us, 'Ubaydullah ibn Musa narrated to us, Isra'il narrated to us, from Jabir, from 'Ikrimah, from Ibn 'Abbas, Abu Hurayrah, and Ibn 'Umar, from the Prophet (pbuh) who said: "The adulterer does not commit adultery while he is a believer at the time of committing it, and the thief does not steal while he is a believer at the time of stealing." This is the wording of Fudayl ibn Ghazwan. Yazid added: "And he does not drink wine while he is a believer." Jabir al-Ju'fi added: "And he does not seize a plunder of high value while he is a believer; but if he repents, Allah accepts his repentance." I say: The Hadith of Ibn 'Abbas is in the Sahih and al-Nasa'i in brief, and the Hadith of Abu Hurayrah was also narrated by al-Nasa'i in brief.

116 - Al-Fadl ibn Sahl narrated to us, Malik ibn Isma'il narrated to us, Abu Isra'il narrated to us, from al-Suddi, from his father, from Abu Hurayrah, who said: I heard my close friend Abu al-Qasim (pbuh) saying: "The thief does not steal while he is a believer, and the adulterer does not commit adultery while he is a believer; faith is more noble to Allah than that."

117 - Abdullah bin Abdullah bin Usaid al-Bahili narrated to us, Abbad—meaning Ibn Abbad al-Muhallabi—narrated to us, Fadl bin Yasar narrated to us, he said: I heard Muhammad bin Ali when he was asked about the saying of the Prophet (pbuh): "The adulterer does not commit adultery at the time he commits adultery while he is a believer, nor does the thief steal at the time he steals while he is a believer." Then he drew a wide circle on the ground, then...

118 - Muhammad bin Salih bin al-Awwam narrated to us, Abu Uthman al-Ayli narrated to us, Mubarak bin Fadala narrated to us, from al-Hasan, from Samurah, that the Prophet (pbuh) said: "The believer eats in one intestine, and the disbeliever eats in seven intestines."

119 - Muhammad ibn 'Uthman ibn Karama narrated to us, Husayn ibn 'Ali al-Ju'fi narrated to us, Sufyan ibn 'Uyaynah narrated to us, from 'Ali ibn Zayd, from Anas, as far as I know, that the Prophet (pbuh) said: "He is not a believer who spends the night satiated while his neighbor is hungry."