Book 60: The Accounts of the Prophets
Sahih al-Bukhari
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Abdullah bin Muhammad narrated to us that Abdur Razzaq told us. He narrated from Ma'mar, Ma'mar from Hammam, Hammam from Hazrat Abu Hurairah (ra), Hazrat Abu Hurairah (ra) from the Prophet (saw) that he (saw) said: “Allah created Adam (as) and his height was made sixty cubits. Then He said: Go and greet those angels with peace (Salam), and listen to how they answer your greeting, for that will be your greeting and the greeting of your offspring. Adam (as) said: As-salamu alaikum (that is, peace be upon you). The angels said: As-salamu alaika wa rahmatullah (that is, peace and the mercy of Allah be upon you). They added the words ‘wa rahmatullah’ to his greeting. So everyone who enters Paradise will be in the form of Adam (as), and since then until now the stature has been decreasing.”
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Qutaibah bin Sa'id narrated to us that Jarir told us. He narrated from Umarah, Umarah from Abu Zur'ah, Abu Zur'ah from Hazrat Abu Hurairah (ra) that he said: The Messenger of Allah (saw) said: “The first group that will enter Paradise will be like the moon on the fourteenth night. Then those who go after them will be like that brilliant star which is the brightest in the sky. They will neither urinate nor relieve themselves, nor spit, nor blow their noses. Their combs will be of gold and their sweat will be musk, and in their censers aloeswood, that is fragrant incense, will burn. Their wives will be beautiful, with large eyes. All will be of the build of one man, that is, in the form of their father Adam (as), who was sixty cubits tall.”
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Musaddad narrated to us that Yahya (al-Qattan) told us. He narrated from Hisham bin Urwah, Hisham from his father, his father from Zainab bint Abi Salamah, Zainab from Hazrat Umm Salamah (ra) that Hazrat Umm Sulaim (ra) (the mother of Hazrat Anas (ra)) said: O Messenger of Allah (saw)! Allah is not shy of the truth. Is it necessary for a woman as well to take a bath when she has a wet dream? He (saw) said: “Yes, if she sees the fluid.” Hearing this, Hazrat Umm Salamah (ra) laughed and said: Does a woman have wet dreams? The Messenger of Allah (saw) said: “Then why does the child resemble (her)?”
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Muhammad bin Salam narrated to us that (Marwan) Fazari told us. He narrated from Humaid, Humaid from Hazrat Anas (ra) that he said: News reached Hazrat Abdullah bin Salam (ra) that the Prophet (saw) was coming to Medina. Then he came to him (saw). He said: I am going to ask you about three things which only a prophet knows. He said: What is the first of the signs of the Hour? And what is the first food that the people of Paradise will eat? And for what reason does a child resemble its father, and for what reason does it resemble its mother's family? The Messenger of Allah (saw) said: “Gabriel (as) has just now told me these things.” Hazrat Abdullah (ra) said: He (Gabriel) is, among the angels, the enemy of the Jews. The Messenger of Allah (saw) said: “The first of the signs of the Hour is a fire that will drive people from the east to the west. And the first food that the people of Paradise will eat is the extra lobe which is on the liver of the fish. And as for the resemblance in the child, it is because when a man has intercourse with a woman, if the man's discharge comes first, the resemblance is to him, and if the woman's comes first, the resemblance is to the woman.” (Having heard the answers of the Holy Prophet (saw), Hazrat Abdullah bin Salam (ra)) said: I bear witness that you are the Messenger of Allah (saw). Then after that he said: O Messenger of Allah (saw)! The Jews are people who lie and deceive to the utmost degree. If they learn that I have accepted Islam before you ask them about me, they will slander me. Meanwhile the Jews came, and Hazrat Abdullah (bin Salam (ra)) went into a small room. The Messenger of Allah (saw) asked: “What kind of man is Abdullah bin Salam among you?” They said: He is the most learned among us and the son of the most learned among us, and he is the best of us and the son of the best man. The Messenger of Allah (saw) said: “Tell me then, what if Abdullah becomes a Muslim?” They said: May Allah keep him in His protection from that. Hearing this, Hazrat Abdullah came out to them and said: I proclaim that there is none worthy of worship except Allah, and I proclaim that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah (saw). Hearing this, the Jews said: He is the worst of us and the son of the very worst man, and they began to revile him.
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Bishr bin Muhammad narrated to us that Abdullah (bin Mubarak) informed us that Ma'mar told us. He narrated from Hammam, Hammam from Hazrat Abu Hurairah (ra), Hazrat Abu Hurairah (ra) from the Prophet (saw) in the same way. That is: “Had it not been for the Children of Israel, meat would not rot, and had it not been for Eve, no woman would betray her husband.”
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Abu Kuraib and Musa bin Hizam both narrated to us that Husain bin Ali (bin Walid) told us. He narrated from Za'idah (bin Qudamah), Za'idah from Maisarah Ashja'i, Maisarah from Abu Hazim, Abu Hazim from Hazrat Abu Hurairah (ra) that he said: The Messenger of Allah (saw) said: “Act upon my counsel concerning women. Treat them with kindness. For woman too was created from a rib, and you can see that the most crooked part of the rib is its upper part. If you try to straighten it, you will break it, and if you leave it, it will remain crooked. Therefore act upon my counsel concerning women.”
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Umar bin Hafs narrated to us that my father told us that A'mash narrated to us that Zaid bin Wahb told us. Hazrat Abdullah (bin Mas'ud (ra)) narrated to us that the Messenger of Allah (saw) told us, and he (saw) is truthful, and what was promised to him (saw) is also true: “Each of you is formed gradually in his mother's womb for forty days. Then in a like period he becomes an alaqah (clinging clot). Then after that, in a like period, he becomes a mudghah (lump of flesh). Then Allah sends the angel to him with the command concerning four things, and it is written what deeds he will do, and how long he will remain in the world, and what his provision will be, and whether he will be wretched or blessed. Then the soul is breathed into him. That is why a man may be doing the deeds of the people of Hell, until there remains only a cubit (distance) between him and Hell, when the writ of destiny swiftly overtakes him, and then he does the deeds of the people of Paradise and enters Paradise. And a man may be doing the deeds of the people of Paradise, with only a single cubit (distance) remaining between him and Paradise, when the writ of destiny swiftly overtakes him, and then he does the deeds of the people of Hell and enters Hell.”
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Abun Nu'man narrated to us that Hammad bin Zaid told us. He narrated from Ubaidullah bin Abi Bakr bin Anas bin Malik, Ubaidullah from Hazrat Anas bin Malik (ra), Hazrat Anas (ra) from the Prophet (saw) that he (saw) said: “Allah has appointed an angel in the womb who says: O Lord! Now it is a drop of fluid (nutfah). O Lord! Now it is an alaqah (clinging clot). O Lord! Now it is a lump of flesh. When He intends to create it, he says: O Lord! Is it to be male or female? O Lord! Wretched or blessed? And what is its provision to be, and what is its lifespan to be? All these things are written down exactly as they are while it is still in its mother's womb.”
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Qais bin Hafs narrated to us that Khalid bin Harith narrated to us that Shu'bah told us. He narrated from Abu Imran Jauni, Abu Imran from Hazrat Anas (ra). He traced this hadith back to the Messenger of Allah (saw) (he (saw) said): “Allah the Exalted will ask the person who will have the lightest punishment among the people of Hell: If whatever is in the earth were yours, would you give it to ransom yourself? He will say: Yes. (Allah the Exalted) will say: I asked of you something far easier than this while you were still in the loins of Adam, namely that you should not associate any partner with Me, but you refused and did associate partners.”
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Umar bin Hafs bin Ghiyath told us. My father narrated to us that A'mash told us. He said: Abdullah bin Murrah told me. He narrated from Masruq, Masruq from Hazrat Abdullah (bin Mas'ud) (ra). He said: The Messenger of Allah (saw) said: “No soul is killed unjustly but a share of the burden of its blood falls upon the first son of Adam, because he was the first person who laid the foundation of killing.”
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(Imam Bukhari) said: And Laith told us. He narrated from Yahya bin Sa'id (Ansari), Yahya from Amrah, Amrah from Hazrat Aishah (ra). She used to say: I heard the Prophet (saw). He (saw) used to say: “Souls too are armies, ranged in separate troops. So those of them that recognised one another became familiar with one another, and those that did not recognise one another differed among themselves.” And Yahya bin Ayyub said: Yahya bin Sa'id narrated this hadith to me.
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Abdan narrated to us that Abdullah (bin Mubarak) told us. He narrated from Yunus, Yunus from Zuhri, that Salim said: And Hazrat Ibn Umar (ra) said: The Messenger of Allah (saw) stood up among the people. He (saw) praised Allah as befits Him. Then he (saw) mentioned the Dajjal. He (saw) said: “I too warn you against him, and there has been no prophet who did not warn his people against him. Noah (as) too warned his people. But I shall tell you something about him which no prophet told his people. Know that he will be one-eyed, and Allah is not one-eyed.”
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Abu Nu'aim narrated to us that Shaiban told us. He narrated from Yahya (bin Abi Kathir), Yahya from Abu Salamah. (He said:) I heard Hazrat Abu Hurairah (ra). He said: The Messenger of Allah (saw) said: “Shall I not tell you something about the Dajjal which no prophet told his people? He will be one-eyed, and he will bring with him such (blessings and afflictions) as will resemble Paradise and Hell. So those (blessings) of which he will say that they are Paradise will be Hell. And see, I too warn you of the same danger of which Hazrat Noah (as) warned his people.”
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Musa bin Isma'il told us. Abdul Wahid bin Ziyad narrated to us that A'mash told us. He narrated from Abu Salih, Abu Salih from Hazrat Abu Sa'id (ra). He said that the Messenger of Allah (saw) said: “Hazrat Noah (as) and the people of his Ummah will come, and Allah the Exalted will ask: Did you convey (My message)? He will say: Yes, O my Lord. Then (Allah the Exalted) will ask his Ummah: Did he convey (My message) to you? They will say: No, no prophet came to us. Thereupon Allah the Exalted will ask Hazrat Noah (as): Who will bear witness for you? He will say: Muhammad (saw) and his Ummah. Then we shall bear witness that he did indeed convey the truth. And this is what is meant by this saying of Allah, exalted be His mention: (And thus have We made you an exalted nation (Qur’an 2:144)), that is, for this reason We have made you a nation of the highest rank, so that you may stand as witnesses against those who deny. And in this verse wasat means mu'tadil, that is, of the highest rank.”
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Ishaq bin Nasr told us. Muhammad bin Ubaid narrated to us that Abu Hayyan told us. He narrated from Abu Zur'ah, Abu Zur'ah from Hazrat Abu Hurairah (ra) that he said: We were with the Prophet (saw) at a feast when a shoulder of goat was presented before him (saw), and he (saw) used to like the meat of the shoulder. He (saw) ate a little of it and said: “I shall be the leader of mankind on the Day of Resurrection. Do you know by what means Allah will gather the first and the last in a single plain, so that the onlooker will see them and the caller will make them hear? And the sun will come near them. At that time some people will say: Do you not see the state you have come to, the plight you have reached? Will you not look for someone who will intercede for you with your Lord? Some people will say: Your father is Adam (as). And they will come to him and say: O Adam! You are the father of all mankind. Allah made you with His own hand and breathed His spirit into you, and commanded the angels and they became obedient to you, and He made you dwell in Paradise. Will you not intercede for us with your Lord? Do you not see the state we are in and the plight we have reached? And he will say: My Lord is so angry that He has never been so angry before, nor will He be so angry after this. And He had forbidden me the tree, but I disobeyed (Him). I am concerned only for myself. Go to someone else. Go to Noah (as). And they will come to Noah (as) and say: O Noah! You are the first messenger to the people of the earth, and Allah has called you a grateful servant. Do you not see the state we are in, and do you not see the plight we have reached? Will you not intercede for us with your Lord? He will say: My Lord is so angry today that He has never been so angry before, nor will He be so angry after this. I am concerned only for my own soul. Go to the Prophet (saw). So they will come to me. I shall go beneath the Throne and fall down in prostration. It will be said to me: Muhammad! Raise your head and intercede. Your intercession will be accepted, and ask, and you will be given.” Muhammad bin Ubaid said: I do not remember the rest of the hadith.
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Nasr bin Ali bin Nasr narrated to us that Abu Ahmad told us. He narrated from Sufyan (Thauri), Sufyan from Abu Ishaq, Abu Ishaq from Aswad bin Yazid, Aswad from Hazrat Abdullah (bin Mas'ud) (ra) that the Messenger of Allah (saw) recited (in Surah al-Qamar) “fahal min muddakir” in the way the people generally recite it.
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Abdan said: Abdullah (bin Mubarak) told us. Yunus informed us, narrating from Zuhri. And also Ahmad bin Salih told us. Anbasah narrated to us that Yunus told us. He narrated from Ibn Shihab. He used to say: Hazrat Anas bin Malik (ra) said: Hazrat Abu Dharr (ra) used to relate that the Messenger of Allah (saw) said: “The roof of my house was opened. I was in Mecca at the time. Gabriel (as) descended and split open my chest. Then he washed it with the water of Zamzam. Then he brought a golden basin filled with wisdom and faith, and he poured it into my chest and emptied it. Then he closed the chest. Then, taking me by the hand, he ascended with me to the heaven. When we reached the lowest heaven, Gabriel (as) said to the keeper of the heaven: Open. He asked: Who is it? He said: Gabriel. He asked: Is there anyone with you as well? He said: Muhammad is with me. He asked: Has he been sent for? He said: Yes, so open. (Thereupon he opened the gate.) When we ascended to the heaven, we saw a man sitting with shadowy figures on his right and shadowy figures on his left as well. When he looked to his right he laughed, and when he looked to his left he wept. He said: We welcome the righteous prophet and the righteous son. I said: Gabriel, who is this? He replied: This is Adam (as), and these shadowy figures on his right and his left are the souls of his offspring. Those of them on the right are the people of Paradise, and the shadowy figures on his left are the people of Hell. When he looks to his right he laughs, and when he looks to his left he weeps. After this Gabriel (as) took me up until we reached the second heaven. He said to its guard: Open. The keeper of this heaven too asked him as the first had asked. So he opened it.” Hazrat Anas (ra) used to say: Hazrat Abu Dharr (ra) related that the Holy Prophet (saw) met Hazrat Idris (as), Hazrat Moses (as), Hazrat Jesus (as) and Hazrat Abraham (as) in the heavens, but he did not relate in which heaven he met whom. He related only this much, that he (saw) found Hazrat Adam (as) in the lowest heaven and Hazrat Abraham (as) in the sixth. And Hazrat Anas (ra) said: When Gabriel (as) passed by Hazrat Idris (as), he said: We welcome the righteous prophet and the righteous brother. “I asked: Who is this? He said: This is Idris (as). Then I passed by Hazrat Moses (as) and he said: Welcome. We welcome the righteous prophet and the righteous brother. I asked: Who is this? He said: This is Moses (as). Then I passed by Hazrat Jesus (as). He said: Welcome, the righteous prophet and the righteous brother. I asked: Who is this? He said: This is Jesus. Then I passed by Hazrat Abraham (as) and he said: Welcome, the righteous prophet and the righteous son. I asked: Who is this? He said: This is Abraham (as).” Ibn Shihab used to say: (Abu Bakr) Ibn Hazm told me that Hazrat Ibn Abbas (ra) and Hazrat Abu Habbah Ansari (ra) both used to say: The Prophet (saw) said: “Then he took me up until I ascended to a level place where I could hear the sound of the pens writing.” Ibn Hazm and Hazrat Anas bin Malik (ra) said: The Prophet (saw) said: “Then Allah made fifty Prayers (Salat) obligatory upon me, and I returned with them, until, as I was passing by Hazrat Moses (as), Hazrat Moses (as) asked: What has been made obligatory upon your Ummah? I said: Fifty Prayers have been made obligatory upon it. He said: Go back to your Lord and have it reconsidered, for your Ummah will not have the strength for so many. So I returned and asked my Lord for reconsideration. Thereupon He reduced half of it, and I came back to Hazrat Moses (as). Then he said: Have your Lord reconsider it.” So he (saw) again mentioned the same, and Allah the Exalted reduced a portion of the Prayers. “Then I came back to Hazrat Moses (as) and told him. He said: Go back and have your Lord reconsider it, for your Ummah will not be able to bear so much. I returned and requested my Lord for reconsideration. Allah the Exalted said: They are five Prayers, and they are also fifty. The word is not changed in My presence. Thereupon I came back to Hazrat Moses (as). He said: Go back to your Lord and have it reconsidered again. I said: Now I feel shy before my Lord. Then Gabriel (as) went on until he reached the Sidrat al-Muntaha, and various kinds of colours covered it. I do not know what they were. Then I was taken into Paradise. I saw that in it there were domes of pearl, and I saw that the soil there was of musk.”
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Muhammad bin Ar'arah narrated to us that Shu'bah told us. He narrated from Hakam, Hakam from Mujahid, Mujahid from Hazrat Ibn Abbas (ra), he from the Prophet (saw) that he (saw) said: “I was helped by the east wind, and Ad were destroyed by the west wind.”
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(Imam Bukhari) said: And Ibn Kathir said, narrating from Sufyan (Thauri): Sufyan narrated from his father (Sa'id bin Masruq Thauri), his father from (Abdur Rahman) bin Abi Nu'm, he from Hazrat Abu Sa'id (Khudri) (ra). He said: Hazrat Ali (ra) sent a little gold to the Prophet (saw), and he (saw) distributed it among four men, namely Aqra' bin Habis Hanzali Mujashi'i, Uyainah bin Badr Fazari, Zaid Ta'i, who was of the Banu Nabhan, and Alqamah bin Ulathah Amiri, who was of the Banu Kilab. The Quraish and the Ansar became displeased at this. They said: He gives to the chiefs of the people of Najd and does not give to us. He (saw) said: “I am only winning their hearts (because they are new to Islam).” Hearing this, a man came forward. His eyes were sunken, his cheeks prominent, his forehead protruding, his beard thick, and his head shaven. He said: Muhammad! Fear the displeasure of Allah. He (saw) said: “If I am disobedient, then who will obey Allah? Allah considers me trustworthy for the people of the earth, and you do not trust me.” Thereupon a man asked his (saw) permission to kill him. I think he was Khalid bin Walid (ra). He (saw) forbade him. When he turned his back and went away, he (saw) said: “From the progeny of this man,” or he said: “from the loins of this man, there will be people who will recite the Qur’an, but it will not go beyond their throats. They will go out of the religion as an arrow goes out through the game. They will fight the people of Islam and will not fight the idol worshippers. If I were to find their time, I would certainly destroy them as Ad were destroyed.”
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Khalid bin Yazid narrated to us that Isra'il told us. He narrated from Abu Ishaq, Abu Ishaq from Aswad, that he said: I heard Hazrat Abdullah (bin Mas'ud (ra)). He used to say: I heard the Prophet (saw) recite this verse (of Surah al-Qamar) thus: “fahal min muddakir”, is there anyone who would receive admonition? (Qur’an 54:16)
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