Book 94: Wishing
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Sa'id bin Ufair narrated to us that Laith told me. Abdur Rahman bin Khalid narrated to me. Abdur Rahman narrated from Ibn Shihab, and Ibn Shihab from Abu Salamah and Sa'id bin Musayyab, that Hazrat Abu Hurairah (ra) said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (saw). He (saw) used to say: “By Him in Whose hand is my life, were it not that some people dislike staying behind after I have gone, and I do not find any mount on which to carry them, I would never stay behind. My wish is that I be killed in the way of Allah, then brought to life, then killed, then brought to life, then killed, then brought to life, then killed.”
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Abdullah bin Yusuf narrated to us that Malik told us. He narrated from Abuz Zinad, Abuz Zinad from A'raj, and A'raj from Hazrat Abu Hurairah (ra), that the Messenger of Allah (saw) said: “By Him in Whose hand is my life, I wish that I fight in the way of Allah and be killed, then be brought to life and be killed, then be brought to life and be killed.” (The narrator said:) I swear by Allah and bear witness that Hazrat Abu Hurairah (ra) used to say these words three times.
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Ishaq bin Nasr narrated to me that Abdur Razzaq told us. He narrated from Ma'mar, and Ma'mar from Hammam. He heard Hazrat Abu Hurairah (ra). He used to narrate from the Prophet (saw). He (saw) said: “If I had gold as much as Uhud, I would surely like that three nights should not pass over me while even one dinar of it was with me. I would look for someone who would take even this dinar. If I keep back something for paying a debt that is on me, that is not such a thing.”
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Yahya bin Bukair narrated to us that Laith told us. He narrated from Uqail, and Uqail from Ibn Shihab, that Urwah narrated to me that Hazrat Aishah (ra) said: The Messenger of Allah (saw) said: “If I had known before about my matter what I came to know afterwards, I would not have driven the sacrificial animals along, and I too would have come out of the state of consecration (Ihram) along with the people when they came out of it.”
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Hasan bin Umar narrated to us that Yazid (bin Zurai' Basri) told us. He narrated from Habib (bin Abi Quraibah), Habib from Ata (bin Abi Rabah), and Ata from Hazrat Jabir bin Abdullah (ra). He said: We were with the Messenger of Allah (saw), and we called out Labbaik for Hajj, and we arrived in Mecca when four nights of Dhul Hijjah had passed. Then the Prophet (saw) ordered us to perform the circuit (Tawaf) of the House of Allah and of Safa and Marwah, and to make this (intention of Hajj) an Umrah, and to come out of the state of consecration (Ihram), except those who had sacrificial animals with them. Hazrat Jabir (ra) used to say: And none of us had a sacrificial animal except the Prophet (saw) and Talhah (ra). And Hazrat Ali (ra) came from Yemen, and he too had a sacrificial animal with him, and he said: I have called out Labbaik with the same intention with which the Messenger of Allah (saw) called out Labbaik. People said: Shall we go to Mina in such a state that we have just finished with sexual impurity? The Messenger of Allah (saw) said: “If I had known before about my matter what I came to know afterwards, I would not have brought sacrificial animals; and were it not that I have the sacrificial animals with me, I too would have come out of the state of consecration (Ihram).” Hazrat Jabir (ra) used to say: And Suraqah (bin Malik (ra)) met him (saw) at the time when he (saw) was throwing stones at Jamrat al-Aqabah. He asked: O Messenger of Allah (saw), is this specially for us? He (saw) said: “No. It is for ever.” Hazrat Jabir (ra) used to say: And Hazrat Aishah (ra) arrived in Mecca in such a state that she was menstruating, so the Prophet (saw) ordered her to perform all the rites of Hajj except that she should not perform the circuit (Tawaf) nor offer the Prayer until she became clean. When they encamped at Batha, Hazrat Aishah (ra) said: O Messenger of Allah (saw), will you people go back having performed Hajj and Umrah, and I go back having performed only Hajj? Hazrat Jabir (ra) used to say that then he (saw) ordered Abdur Rahman bin Abi Bakr Siddiq (ra) to go with Hazrat Aishah (ra) to Tan'im.
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Khalid bin Makhlad narrated to us that Sulaiman bin Bilal told us that Yahya bin Sa'id narrated to me that I heard Abdullah bin Amir bin Rabi'ah. He said: Hazrat Aishah (ra) used to say: One night the Prophet (saw) could not sleep, so he (saw) said: “Would that some good man from among my companions would guard me tonight.” Just then we heard the sound of weapons. He (saw) asked: “Who is this?” The reply came: O Messenger of Allah (saw), it is Sa'd; I have come to guard you. So the Holy Prophet (saw) slept, and we heard the sound of his snoring. Abu Abdullah (Imam Bukhari (rh)) said: And Hazrat Aishah (ra) used to say that Bilal (ra) recited this verse of poetry: Would that I knew whether I shall spend a night in the valley with idhkhir and jalil grass around me. Then I told the Prophet (saw) about this.
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Uthman bin Abi Shaibah narrated to us that Jarir (bin Abdul Hamid) told us. He narrated from A'mash, A'mash from Abu Salih, and Abu Salih from Hazrat Abu Hurairah (ra). He said: The Messenger of Allah (saw) said: “There should be no envy among you except concerning two men: one, a man to whom Allah, the Exalted, has given knowledge of the Qur’an and he recites it night and day, and someone says: ‘Would that I too were given the like of what has been given to him; I too would surely do as he does’; and one, a man to whom Allah has given wealth and he is spending it in the right way, and someone says: ‘Would that I too were given the like of what has been given to him; I too would do as he does.’” Qutaibah narrated to us that Jarir also told us.
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Hasan bin Rabi' narrated to us that Abul Ahwas told us. He narrated from Asim (bin Sulaiman), and Asim from Nadr bin Anas. He said: Hazrat Anas (ra) used to say: Had I not heard the Prophet (saw) say: “Do not wish for death,” I would surely have wished for it.
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Muhammad (bin Salam) narrated to us that Abdah told us. He narrated from (Isma'il) bin Abi Khalid, and he from Qais. He said: We came to Hazrat Khabbab bin Aratt (ra) to visit him in his illness, and he had been cauterised in seven places. He said: Had the Messenger of Allah (saw) not forbidden praying for death, I would surely have prayed for it.
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Abdullah bin Muhammad narrated to us that Hisham bin Yusuf told us. Ma'mar informed us. He narrated from Zuhri, and Zuhri from Abu Ubaid, whose name is Sa'd bin Ubaid, the freed slave of Abdur Rahman bin Azhar, from Hazrat Abu Hurairah (ra), that the Messenger of Allah (saw) said: “None of you should wish for death. If he is righteous, it may be that he does more good deeds; and if he is bad, it may be that by doing good deeds he removes the displeasure of Allah.”
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" لَوْلاَ أَنْتَ مَا اهْتَدَيْنَا نَحْنُ وَلاَ تَصَدَّقْنَا وَلاَ صَلَّيْنَا فَأَنْزِلَنْ سَكِينَةً عَلَيْنَا إِنَّ الأُلَى وَرُبَّمَا قَالَ الْمَلاَ قَدْ بَغَوْا عَلَيْنَا إِذَا أَرَادُوا فِتْنَةً أَبَيْنَا " أَبَيْنَا يَرْفَعُ بِهَا صَوْتَهُ.
Abdan narrated to us that my father told me. He narrated from Shu'bah that Abu Ishaq narrated to us. He narrated from Hazrat Bara bin Azib (ra). He said: On the day of the Battle of the Confederates (Ahzab) the Prophet (saw) was carrying earth with us, and I saw him (saw) when the earth had covered the whiteness of his belly. He (saw) used to say: “Had it not been for You, we would never have found the right path, nor given charity, nor offered Prayers. So send down tranquillity upon us. These,” and sometimes the narrator said thus: “these very people have transgressed against us. Whenever they wished to make mischief, we refused it, we refused it.” He (saw) used to raise his voice at these words.
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Abdullah bin Muhammad narrated to me that Mu'awiyah bin Amr told us that Abu Ishaq narrated to us. He narrated from Musa bin Uqbah, and Musa from Salim Abun Nadr, the freed slave and scribe of Hazrat Umar bin Ubaidullah (ra). He said: Hazrat Abdullah bin Abi Aufa (ra) wrote a letter to him, and I read it, and in it was this content: that the Messenger of Allah (saw) said: “Do not wish to meet the enemy, and keep asking Allah for well-being.”
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Ali bin Abdullah narrated to us that Sufyan (bin Uyainah) told us. Abuz Zinad narrated to us. He narrated from Qasim bin Muhammad. He said: Hazrat Ibn Abbas (ra) mentioned two spouses who had performed mutual cursing (Li'an), and Abdullah bin Shaddad asked: Was this the woman about whom the Messenger of Allah (saw) said: “If I were to stone any woman without proof”? Hazrat Ibn Abbas (ra) said: No. That was a woman who used to commit it openly.
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وَقَالَ عَمْرٌو حَدَّثَنَا عَطَاءٌ لَيْسَ فِيهِ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ أَمَّا عَمْرٌو فَقَالَ رَأْسُهُ يَقْطُرُ. وَقَالَ ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ يَمْسَحُ الْمَاءَ عَنْ شِقِّهِ. وَقَالَ عَمْرٌو لَوْلاَ أَنْ أَشُقَّ عَلَى أُمَّتِي. وَقَالَ ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ إِنَّهُ لَلْوَقْتُ لَوْلاَ أَنْ أَشُقَّ عَلَى أُمَّتِي. وَقَالَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْمُنْذِرِ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْنٌ حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ عَمْرٍو عَنْ عَطَاءٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم.
Ali (Madini) narrated to us that Sufyan (bin Uyainah) told us. He narrated from Amr (bin Dinar) that Ata (bin Abi Rabah) told us. He said: The Prophet (saw) delayed the Isha Prayer. Upon this Hazrat Umar (ra) came out and said: O Messenger of Allah (saw), lead the Prayer; the women and children have fallen asleep. He (saw) came out and his head was dripping with water. He (saw) was saying: “Were it not that I would put my Ummah,” or he said: “the people, to hardship, I would order them to offer the Prayer at this time.” Sufyan (bin Uyainah) also said thus: “my Ummah.” And Ibn Juraij reported these words from Ata, and Ata from Hazrat Ibn Abbas (ra): The Prophet (saw) delayed this Prayer, so Hazrat Umar (ra) came and said: O Messenger of Allah (saw), the women and children have fallen asleep. He (saw) came out wiping water from one side of his head, saying: “This is the real time. Were it not that I would put my Ummah to hardship...” And Amr (bin Dinar) said: Ata narrated to us. In this chain the name of Hazrat Ibn Abbas (ra) is not there, but Amr (bin Dinar) said thus: his (saw) head was dripping with water. And Ibn Juraij said: he (saw) was wiping water from one side of his head. And Amr said: “Were it not that I would put my Ummah to hardship.” And Ibn Juraij said: “This is indeed the real time, were it not that I would put my Ummah to hardship.” And Ibrahim bin Mundhir said: Ma'n (bin Isa) narrated to us that Muhammad bin Muslim told me. He narrated from Amr (bin Dinar), Amr from Ata, Ata from Hazrat Ibn Abbas (ra), and he from the Prophet (saw).
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Yahya bin Bukair narrated to us that Laith told us. He narrated from Ja'far bin Rabi'ah, and Ja'far from Abdur Rahman. (He said:) I heard Hazrat Abu Hurairah (ra). He used to relate that the Messenger of Allah (saw) said: “Were it not that I would put my Ummah to hardship, I would surely order them to use the tooth-stick (miswak).”
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Ayyash bin Walid narrated to us that Abdul A'la told us. Humaid narrated to us. Humaid narrated from Thabit, and Thabit from Hazrat Anas (ra). He said: At the end of the month the Prophet (saw) fasted continuously without breaking the fast (Wisal), and some men among the people also began to fast continuously without breaking the fast. This news reached the Prophet (saw). He (saw) said: “If this month were longer, I would fast continuously without breaking the fast for so long that these people who go to extremes would give up their extremes. I am not like you. I am such that my Lord keeps giving me food and drink.” (Like Humaid) Sulaiman bin Mughirah also narrated it. Sulaiman narrated from Thabit, Thabit from Hazrat Anas (ra), and Hazrat Anas (ra) from the Prophet (saw).
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Abul Yaman narrated to us. Shu'aib told us. Shu'aib narrated from Zuhri. And Laith said: Abdur Rahman bin Khalid told me. He narrated from Ibn Shihab. Sa'id bin Musayyab told him that Hazrat Abu Hurairah (ra) said: The Messenger of Allah (saw) forbade fasting day after day without breaking the fast (Wisal). People said: But you do it? He (saw) said: “Which of you is like me? I spend the night in such a state that my Lord gives me food and drink.” When they did not desist, he (saw) fasted with them for one day without breaking the fast, then another day, and then the people saw the new moon, and he (saw) said: “If the moon had delayed in appearing, I would have fasted more with you,” as if he (saw) were admonishing them.
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Musaddad narrated to us that Abul Ahwas told us. Ash'ath narrated to us. He narrated from Aswad bin Yazid, and Aswad from Hazrat Aishah (ra). She used to say: I asked the Prophet (saw) about the wall of the Hatim: Is this also part of the House of Allah? He (saw) said: “Yes.” I asked: Then what prevented them from including it in the House of Allah? He (saw) said: “Your people ran short of funds.” I said: Then why is its door so high? He (saw) said: “Your people raised it so that they might let in whom they wished and keep out whom they wished. Were it not that your people are recently out of the time of ignorance (Jahiliyyah), and I fear lest their hearts should take it ill, I would include the wall of the Hatim in the House of Allah and bring its door down to the ground (I would surely have done so).”
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Abul Yaman narrated to us that Shu'aib told us. Abuz Zinad narrated to us. He narrated from A'raj, and A'raj from Hazrat Abu Hurairah (ra). He said: The Messenger of Allah (saw) said: “Had I not migrated (Hijrah), I too would have been one of the Ansar. If the people enter one valley and the Ansar walk in another valley,” or he said: “mountain pass, I would surely walk in the valley of the Ansar,” or he said: “on the path of the Ansar.”
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تَابَعَهُ أَبُو التَّيَّاحِ عَنْ أَنَسٍ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فِي الشِّعْبِ.
Musa (bin Isma'il) narrated to us that Wuhaib told us. He narrated from Amr bin Yahya, Amr from Abbad bin Tamim, Abbad from Hazrat Abdullah bin Zaid (ra), and he from the Prophet (saw). He (saw) said: “Had I not migrated (Hijrah), I would surely have been one of the Ansar. And if the people enter a valley,” or he said: “walk in a mountain pass, I would surely walk in the valley of the Ansar and on their path.” (Like Abbad) Abut Tayyah narrated this hadith from Hazrat Anas (ra), and he from the Prophet (saw). He too mentioned the mountain pass.
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