Sunan Ibn Majah
The Book of the Sunnah
كتاب المقدمة
Chapter 1
اتِّبَاعِ سُنَّةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ
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Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah narrated to us: Sharik narrated to us, from al-Amash, from Abu Salih, from Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whatever I have commanded you, take it; and whatever I have forbidden you, refrain from it.
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The Arabic uses a paired command: take or follow what he commands, and desist from what he forbids.
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Abu Abdullah narrated to us: Muhammad ibn al-Sabbah narrated to us: Jarir informed us, from al-Amash, from Abu Salih, from Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Leave me with what I have left you. Those before you were only ruined by their questioning and their disagreement with their Prophets. When I command you to do something, do of it what you are able; and when I forbid you something, abstain from it.
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The Arabic begins by asking the audience to leave what he has left unaddressed; it does not include the explanatory parenthetical found in the English witness. The command to act is qualified by ability, while the prohibition is an unqualified instruction to abstain.
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Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah narrated to us: Abu Muawiyah and Waki narrated to us, from al-Amash, from Abu Salih, from Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever obeys me has obeyed Allah, and whoever disobeys me has disobeyed Allah.
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The Arabic gives Abu Muawiyah and Waki together in the chain before al-Amash, then states the paired relationship between obedience to the Messenger and obedience to Allah.
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Muhammad ibn Abdullah ibn Numayr narrated to us: Zakariyya ibn Adi narrated to us, from Ibn al-Mubarak, from Muhammad ibn Suqah, from Abu Jafar, who said: Whenever Ibn Umar heard a report from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), he did not go beyond it, nor fall short of it.
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The Arabic describes Ibn Umar as not exceeding or falling short of a report when he heard it from the Prophet. The English witness similarly conveys that he adhered to it exactly.
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Hisham ibn Ammar al-Dimashqi narrated to us: Muhammad ibn Isa ibn Sumay narrated to us: Ibrahim ibn Sulayman al-Aftas narrated to us, from al-Walid ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Jurashi, from Jubayr ibn Nufayr, from Abu al-Darda, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came out to us while we were speaking of poverty and fearing it. He said: Is it poverty you fear? By the One in whose hand is my soul, this world will surely be poured over you abundantly, until it causes no heart among you to turn aside except through it. By Allah, I have left you upon something like the clear, radiant path, whose night and day are the same. Abu al-Darda said: By Allah, the Messenger of Allah spoke truly. By Allah, he left us upon something like the clear, radiant path, whose night and day are the same.
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The Arabic gives an emphatic oath that worldly abundance will be poured upon the listeners and warns of its power to turn hearts aside. The phrase about hearts is expressed compactly in the source and has been retained closely. Abu al-Darda then affirms the Prophets statement, a concluding report not present in the English witness. The image of al-bayda is a clear, bright path on which night and day are alike.
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Muhammad ibn Bashshar narrated to us: Muhammad ibn Jafar narrated to us: Shubah narrated to us, from Muawiyah ibn Qurrah, from his father, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: A group from my community will continue to be granted victory; those who abandon them will not harm them, until the Hour is established.
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The Arabic describes the group as mansurin, supported or victorious, and says those who forsake them will not harm them; it does not specify the identity of the group in this report.
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Abu Abdullah narrated to us: He said: Hisham ibn Ammar narrated to us: He said: Yahya ibn Hamzah narrated to us: He said: Abu al-Qamah, Nasr ibn al-Qamah, narrated to us, from Umayr ibn al-Aswad and Kathir ibn Murrah al-Hadrami, from Abu Hurayrah, that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: A group from my community will continue to stand firm in the command of Allah, and those who oppose them will not harm them.
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The Arabic names Umayr ibn al-Aswad and Kathir ibn Murrah al-Hadrami together before Abu Hurayrah. It describes the group as qawwama upon Allahs command, meaning steadfast or resolute in it.
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Abu Abdullah narrated to us: He said: Hisham ibn Ammar narrated to us: al-Jarrah ibn Malih narrated to us: Bakr ibn Zurah narrated to us: I heard Abu Inabah al-Khawlani, who had prayed toward both qiblas with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), say: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: Allah will continue planting people in this religion, employing them in obedience to Him.
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The source includes an identifying note that Abu Inabah al-Khawlani prayed toward both qiblas with the Prophet. This note is part of the Arabic text and is preserved.
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Yaqub ibn Humayd ibn Kasib narrated to us: al-Qasim ibn Nafi narrated to us: al-Hajjaj ibn Artah narrated to us, from Amr ibn Shuaib, from his father, who said: Muawiyah stood to deliver a sermon and said: Where are your scholars? Where are your scholars? I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: The Hour will not come until a group from my community stands manifest over the people, caring neither who forsakes them nor who supports them.
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The Arabic includes Muawiyahs repeated call for the scholars before quoting the Prophetic report. It says the group is manifest or dominant over the people and is not concerned whether others abandon or support them.
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Hisham ibn Ammar narrated to us: Muhammad ibn Shuaib narrated to us: Said ibn Bashir narrated to us, from Qatadah, from Abu Qilabah, from Abu Asma al-Rahabi, from Thawban, that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: A group from my community will continue to uphold the truth, supported and victorious; those who oppose them will not harm them until the command of Allah, Mighty and Majestic, comes.
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The Arabic describes the group as remaining upon the truth and being mansurin, aided or victorious. It says opponents will not harm them until Allahs command comes.
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Abu Said Abdullah ibn Said narrated to us: Abu Khalid al-Ahmar narrated to us: I heard Mujalid mention, from al-Shabi, from Jabir ibn Abdullah, who said: We were with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). He drew a line, then two lines to its right and two lines to its left. Then he placed his hand on the middle line and said: This is the path of Allah. Then he recited this verse: And this is My straight path, so follow it; and do not follow the other ways, lest they separate you from His way. [Quran 6:153]
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The Arabic describes one central line and two on each side, then says the Prophet placed his hand on the middle line. The verse is quoted in full in the source; the English witness trails off with an ellipsis.
Chapter 2
تَعْظِيمِ حَدِيثِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ وَالتَّغْلِيظِ عَلَى مَنْ عَارَضَهُ
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Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah narrated to us: Zayd ibn al-Hubab narrated to us, from Muawiyah ibn Salih: al-Hasan ibn Jabir narrated to me, from al-Miqdam ibn Madikarib al-Kindi, that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Soon a man will recline on his couch, and when one of my reports is related to him, he will say: Between us and you is the Book of Allah, Mighty and Majestic. Whatever we find in it as lawful, we will treat as lawful, and whatever we find in it as forbidden, we will treat as forbidden. Behold, what the Messenger of Allah has forbidden is like what Allah has forbidden.
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The report portrays someone dismissing Prophetic reports in favor of what he finds in the Quran, then explicitly states that what the Messenger has forbidden is like what Allah has forbidden. The full chain and contrast are retained.
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Nasr ibn Ali al-Jahdami narrated to us: Sufyan ibn Uyaynah narrated to us in his house. I asked him about Salim, Abu al-Nadr. Then, in the course of the report, he said: Or Zayd ibn Aslam, from Ubaydullah ibn Abi Rafi, from his father, that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Let me not find any of you reclining on his couch, when a matter concerning something I have commanded or forbidden comes to him, saying: I do not know; whatever we find in the Book of Allah, we follow.
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The source gives a transmission uncertainty: after mentioning Salim, Abu al-Nadr, the wording continues or Zayd ibn Aslam, then Ubaydullah ibn Abi Rafi, from his father. This variant is preserved rather than resolved. The Prophetic statement addresses selective reliance on the Quran while disregarding commands and prohibitions conveyed by the Prophet.
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Abu Marwan, Muhammad ibn Uthman al-Uthmani, narrated to us: Ibrahim ibn Sad ibn Ibrahim ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf narrated to us, from his father, from al-Qasim ibn Muhammad, from Aishah, that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever introduces into this affair of ours something that does not belong to it, it is rejected.
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The Arabic says that anything introduced into this affair that is not part of it is rejected; the English witness gives the same sense.
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Muhammad ibn Rumh ibn al-Muhajir al-Misri narrated to us: al-Layth ibn Sad informed us, from Ibn Shihab, from Urwah ibn al-Zubayr, that Abdullah ibn al-Zubayr told him that a man from the Ansar disputed with al-Zubayr before the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) about the irrigation channels of al-Harrah by which they watered the date palms. The Ansari said: Let the water flow on. Al-Zubayr refused, and they brought their dispute before the Messenger of Allah. The Messenger of Allah said: Water your land, al-Zubayr, then send the water on to your neighbor. The Ansari became angry and said: Messenger of Allah, is it because he is the son of your paternal aunt? The face of the Messenger of Allah changed color. Then he said: Water your land, al-Zubayr, then hold back the water until it reaches the embankments. Al-Zubayr said: By Allah, I think this verse was revealed concerning that: But no, by your Lord, they will not believe until they make you judge concerning their disputes, then find no resistance within themselves against your decision, and submit completely. [Quran 4:65]
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The Arabic narrates the two-stage ruling: first to irrigate and pass water on, then after the Ansari objects, to irrigate until the water reaches the embankments before releasing it. The closing Quranic verse is quoted in the Arabic and retained in full. The Ansari explicitly links the decision to the Prophet being al-Zubayrs cousin.
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Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Naysaburi narrated to us: Abd al-Razzaq narrated to us: Mamar informed us, from al-Zuhri, from Salim, from Ibn Umar, that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Do not prevent the female servants of Allah from praying in the mosque. One of his sons said: We will certainly prevent them. He became intensely angry and said: I tell you a report from the Messenger of Allah, and you say, We will certainly prevent them!
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The Arabic says one of Ibn Umars sons made the objection; it does not name him. Ibn Umar responds with severe anger, emphasizing that he is conveying a Prophetic report.
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Ahmad ibn Thabit al-Jahdari and Abu Umar Hafs ibn Amr both narrated to us: Abd al-Wahhab al-Thaqafi narrated to us: Ayyub narrated to us, from Said ibn Jubayr, from Abdullah ibn Mughaffal: His brothers son was sitting beside him and flicked a pebble. He forbade him and said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade this and said: It does not catch game or injure an enemy, but it breaks teeth and puts out eyes. The nephew did it again, so he said: I tell you that the Messenger of Allah forbade this, and then you do it again? I will never speak to you again.
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The Arabic identifies the offender as Abdullah ibn Mughaffals brothers son (his nephew) and uses khadhf for flicking or shooting small stones. The Prophetic wording says they do not catch game or injure an enemy but can break teeth and put out eyes.
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Hisham ibn Ammar narrated to us: Yahya ibn Hamzah narrated to us: Burd ibn Sinan narrated to me, from Ishaq ibn Qabisah, from his father, that Ubadah ibn al-Samit al-Ansari, the naqib and Companion of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), campaigned with Muawiyah in the Roman lands. He saw people exchanging pieces of gold for dinars and pieces of silver for dirhams. He said: People, you are consuming usury! I heard the Messenger of Allah say: Do not trade gold for gold except like for like; there must be no excess between them and no deferment. Muawiyah said to him: Abu al-Walid, I see no usury in this except where there is deferment. Ubadah said: I relate to you a report from the Messenger of Allah, and you relate your opinion to me? If Allah brings me back, I will not live in a land where you hold authority over me. When he returned, he reached Madinah. Umar ibn al-Khattab asked him: What brought you here, Abu al-Walid? He told him the story and what he had said about not living under Muawiyah authority. Umar said: Return to your land, Abu al-Walid. What a bad land it would be if you and people like you were absent from it! He wrote to Muawiyah: You have no authority over him. Make the people follow what he said, for that is the ruling.
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The Arabic identifies Ubadah as a naqib, a representative or leader among his people, not specifically the head of the military unit as the English witness claims. The report includes both gold-for-gold and silver-for-silver exchanges in the setup, but the quoted Prophetic wording mentions gold for gold. It prohibits both excess and deferment. Umar then orders Muawiyah not to exercise authority over Ubadah and to make people follow his ruling.
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Abu Bakr ibn al-Khallad al-Bahili narrated to us: Yahya ibn Said narrated to us, from Shubah, from Ibn Ajlan: Awn ibn Abdullah informed us, from Abdullah ibn Masud, who said: When I relate to you something from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), think of the Messenger of Allah as the most beneficial, the best guided, and the most God-fearing.
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The Arabic uses three superlatives to describe the Prophet: ahna (most beneficial or agreeable), ahda (best guided), and atqa (most God-fearing). The English witness gives a similar sequence.
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Muhammad ibn Bashshar narrated to us: Yahya ibn Said narrated to us, from Shubah, from Amr ibn Murrah, from Abu al-Bakhtari, from Abu Abd al-Rahman al-Sulami, from Ali ibn Abi Talib, who said: When I relate a report to you from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), think of him as the most beneficial, the best guided, and the most God-fearing.
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This is a separate chain and parallel wording of the previous report, now from Ali ibn Abi Talib. The Arabic again uses three superlatives about the Prophet.