Companions of the Prophet

ʿAli narrated to us: Sufyan narrated to us. He said: I went to ask al-Zuhri about the report of the Makhzumi woman, but he shouted at me. I said to Sufyan, “Did you not receive it from someone?” He said, “I found it in a book that Ayyub ibn Musa had written, from al-Zuhri, from ʿUrwa, from ʿAʾisha, may Allah be pleased with her: A woman from Banu Makhzum committed theft. They said, ‘Who will speak to the Prophet on her behalf?’ No one dared speak to him, until Usama ibn Zayd spoke to him. He said, ‘When a person of high standing among the Children of Israel stole, they would leave him alone, but when a weak person stole, they would cut his hand. If Fatima were to steal, I would cut her hand.’”

Al-Hasan ibn Muhammad narrated to me: Abu ʿAbbad—Yahya ibn ʿAbbad—narrated to us: al-Majishun narrated to us: ʿAbdullah ibn Dinar informed us: One day, while Ibn ʿUmar was in the mosque, he saw a man dragging his garment in one corner of the mosque. He said, “See who this is. I wish he were near me.” Someone said to him, “Do you not know who this is, Abu ʿAbd al-Rahman? This is Muhammad ibn Usama.” Ibn ʿUmar lowered his head and tapped the ground with his hands, then said, “If the Messenger of Allah had seen him, he would have loved him.”

Musa ibn Ismaʿil narrated to us: Muʿtamir narrated to us. He said: I heard my father narrate to us: Abu ʿUthman, from Usama ibn Zayd, may Allah be pleased with them both, reported from the Prophet that he used to take him and al-Hasan and say, “O Allah, love them both, for I love them both.”

Nuʿaym said, from Ibn al-Mubarak: Maʿmar informed us, from al-Zuhri: A freedman of Usama ibn Zayd informed me that al-Hajjaj ibn Ayman ibn Umm Ayman—Ayman ibn Umm Ayman was Usama’s maternal brother and a man of the Ansar—was seen by Ibn ʿUmar, who noticed that he had not completed his bowing or prostration. He told him, “Repeat [the prayer].”

Abu ʿAbdullah said: Sulayman ibn ʿAbd al-Rahman narrated to me: al-Walid narrated to us: ʿAbd al-Rahman ibn Nimr narrated to us, from al-Zuhri. Harmala, the freedman of Usama ibn Zayd, narrated to me that while he was with ʿAbdullah ibn ʿUmar, al-Hajjaj ibn Ayman came in and did not complete his bowing or prostration. Ibn ʿUmar told him, “Repeat [the prayer].” When he had left, Ibn ʿUmar asked me, “Who is that?” I said, “Al-Hajjaj ibn Ayman, son of Umm Ayman.” Ibn ʿUmar said, “If the Messenger of Allah had seen him, he would have loved him.” He then mentioned the Prophet’s love for him and for those whom Umm Ayman had borne. One of my companions related to me from Sulayman that she had been the Prophet’s nursemaid.

Ishaq ibn Nasr narrated to us: ʿAbd al-Razzaq narrated to us, from Maʿmar, from al-Zuhri, from Salim, from Ibn ʿUmar, may Allah be pleased with them both, who said: During the Prophet’s lifetime, whenever someone saw a dream, he would tell it to the Prophet. I wished to see a dream that I could tell to the Prophet. I was an unmarried youth, and during the Prophet’s lifetime I used to sleep in the mosque. I dreamed that two angels took me and led me to the Fire. It was built up like a well, with two sides like the two sides of a well. There I saw people I knew. I began saying, “I seek refuge in Allah from the Fire; I seek refuge in Allah from the Fire.” Then another angel met the two and said to me, “Do not be alarmed.”

I told the dream to Hafsa, and Hafsa told it to the Prophet. He said, “What an excellent man ʿAbdullah is, if only he would pray at night.” Salim said: Thereafter, ʿAbdullah slept very little at night.

Yahya ibn Sulayman narrated to us: Ibn Wahb narrated to us, from Yunus, from al-Zuhri, from Salim, from Ibn ʿUmar, from his sister Hafsa, that the Prophet said to her, “ʿAbdullah is a righteous man.”

Malik ibn Ismaʿil narrated to us: Israʾil narrated to us, from al-Mughira, from Ibrahim, from ʿAlqama, who said: I came to Syria and prayed two units. Then I said, “O Allah, grant me a righteous companion.” I went to a group of people and sat with them. An old man came and sat beside me. I asked, “Who is this?” They said, “Abu al-Dardaʾ.” I said, “I asked Allah to grant me a righteous companion, and He granted you to me.” He asked, “Where are you from?” I said, “From the people of Kufa.” He said, “Do you not have among you Ibn Umm ʿAbd, the companion of the sandals, the cushion, and the water vessel? And among you the one whom Allah protected from Satan through the words of His Prophet? And do you not have among you the Prophet’s confidant, whose secret no one else knows?” Then he said, “How does ʿAbdullah recite ‘By the night when it covers’?” I recited to him: “By the night when it covers, and by the day when it shines, and by the male and the female.” He said, “By Allah, the Messenger of Allah recited it to me, mouth to mouth.”

Sulayman ibn Harb narrated to us: Shuʿba narrated to us, from Mughira, from Ibrahim, who said: ʿAlqama went to Syria. When he entered the mosque, he said, “O Allah, grant me a righteous companion.” He sat with Abu al-Dardaʾ. Abu al-Dardaʾ asked, “Where are you from?” He said, “From the people of Kufa.” Abu al-Dardaʾ said, “Do you not have among you—or belong to you—the keeper of the secret that no one else knows?” He meant Hudhayfa. I said, “Yes.” He said, “Do you not have among you—or belong to you—the one whom Allah protected from Satan through the words of His Prophet?” He meant ʿAmmar. I said, “Yes.” He said, “Do you not have among you the one associated with the tooth-stick—or with confidential matters?” I said, “Yes.” He said, “How did ʿAbdullah recite: ‘By the night when it covers, and by the day when it shines’?” I said, “‘And by the male and the female.’” He said, “These people nearly made me give up something I had heard from the Messenger of Allah.”

Muslim ibn Ibrahim narrated to us: Shuʿba narrated to us, from Abu Ishaq, from Sila, from Hudhayfa, may Allah be pleased with him, who said: The Prophet said to the people of Najran, “I will certainly send someone—meaning, over you—someone truly trustworthy.” His Companions craned their necks, and he sent Abu ʿUbayda, may Allah be pleased with him.

ʿAmr ibn ʿAli narrated to us: ʿAbd al-Aʿla narrated to us: Khalid narrated to us, from Abu Qilaba, who said: Anas ibn Malik narrated to me that the Messenger of Allah said, “Every community has a trusted custodian, and our trusted custodian, O community, is Abu ʿUbayda ibn al-Jarrah.”

Muslim ibn Ibrahim narrated to us: Shuʿba narrated to us, from Abu Ishaq, from Sila, from Hudhayfa, may Allah be pleased with him, who said: The Prophet said to the people of Najran, “I will certainly send someone—meaning, over you—someone truly trustworthy.” His Companions craned their necks, and he sent Abu ʿUbayda, may Allah be pleased with him.

Muslim ibn Ibrahim narrated to us: Shuʿba narrated to us, from Abu Ishaq, from Sila, from Hudhayfa, may Allah be pleased with him, who said: The Prophet said to the people of Najran, “I will certainly send someone—meaning, over you—someone truly trustworthy.” His Companions craned their necks, and he sent Abu ʿUbayda, may Allah be pleased with him.

Sadaqa narrated to us: Ibn ʿUyayna narrated to us: Abu Musa narrated to us, from al-Hasan, who heard Abu Bakra say: I heard the Prophet on the pulpit, with al-Hasan beside him, looking once at the people and once at him, say, “This son of mine is a leader, and perhaps Allah will bring reconciliation through him between two groups of Muslims.”

Musaddad narrated to us: al-Muʿtamir narrated to us. He said: I heard my father say: Abu ʿUthman narrated to us, from Usama ibn Zayd, may Allah be pleased with them both, from the Prophet that he used to take him and al-Hasan and say, “O Allah, I love them both, so love them both,” or words to that effect.

Muhammad ibn al-Husayn ibn Ibrahim narrated to me. He said: Husayn ibn Muhammad narrated to me: Jarir narrated to us, from Muhammad, from Anas ibn Malik, may Allah be pleased with him: The head of al-Husayn, peace be upon him, was brought to ʿUbaydullah ibn Ziyad and placed in a basin. He began prodding at it and said something about its beauty. Anas said, “He was the one among them who most resembled the Messenger of Allah, and his hair was dyed with wasma.”

Hajjaj ibn al-Minhhal narrated to us: Shuʿba narrated to us. He said: ʿAdi informed me: I heard al-Baraʾ, may Allah be pleased with him, say: I saw the Prophet with al-Hasan on his shoulder, saying, “O Allah, I love him, so love him.”

ʿAbdan reported to us: ʿAbdullah informed us. He said: ʿUmar ibn Saʿid ibn Abi Husayn informed me, from Ibn Abi Mulayka, from ʿUqba ibn al-Harith, who said: I saw Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him, carrying al-Hasan and saying, “May my father be your ransom! He resembles the Prophet; he does not resemble ʿAli.” ʿAli was laughing.

Yahya ibn Maʿin and Sadaqa narrated to me. They both said: Muhammad ibn Jaʿfar informed us, from Shuʿba, from Waqid ibn Muhammad, from his father, from Ibn ʿUmar, may Allah be pleased with them both, who said: Abu Bakr said, “Be mindful of Muhammad with regard to his household.”

Ibrahim ibn Musa narrated to me: Hisham ibn Yusuf informed us, from Maʿmar, from al-Zuhri, from Anas. ʿAbd al-Razzaq said: Maʿmar informed us, from al-Zuhri, who informed me from Anas, who said: “No one resembled the Prophet more than al-Hasan ibn ʿAli.”