The Book of the Sunnah

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'Abd al-Wahhab ibn al-Dahhak narrated to us; Isma'il ibn 'Ayyash narrated to us, from Safwan ibn 'Amr, from 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Jubayr ibn Nufayr, from Kathir ibn Murrah al-Hadrami, from 'Abdullah ibn 'Amr, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Allah has taken me as a close friend, as He took Abraham as a close friend. My dwelling and Abraham's dwelling in Paradise on the Day of Resurrection will face each other, with al-'Abbas between us, a believer between two close friends.

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Ahmad ibn 'Abdah narrated to us; Sufyan ibn 'Uyaynah narrated to us, from 'Ubaydullah ibn Abi Yazid, from Nafi' ibn Jubayr, from Abu Hurayrah, that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to al-Hasan: O Allah, I love him, so love him, and love whoever loves him. The narrator said: He drew him close to his chest.

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'Ali ibn Muhammad narrated to us; Waki' narrated to us, from Sufyan, from Dawud ibn Abi 'Awf Abu al-Jahhaf—and he was well regarded—from Abu Hazim, from Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever loves al-Hasan and al-Husayn has loved me, and whoever hates the two of them has hated me.

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Ya‘la ibn Murrah told them that they had gone out with the Prophet (Allah bless him and grant him peace) to a meal to which they had been invited. Husayn was playing in the lane, so the Prophet went ahead of the people, stretched out both hands, and the boy began darting this way and that. The Prophet made him laugh until he caught him. He placed one hand beneath his chin and the other on the crown of his head, kissed him, and said, ‘Husayn is from me and I am from Husayn. May Allah love whoever loves Husayn. Husayn is a grandson among grandsons.’

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Al-Hasan ibn Ali al-Khallal and Ali ibn al-Mundhir reported to us; they said: Abu Ghassan reported to us, from Asbat ibn Nasr, from al-Suddi, from Subayh, the freedman of Umm Salamah, from Zayd ibn Arqam, who said: The Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and grant him peace) said to Ali, Fatimah, al-Hasan, and al-Husayn, ‘I am at peace with whoever is at peace with you, and at war with whoever is at war with you.’

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Uthman ibn Abi Shaybah and Ali ibn Muhammad reported to us; they said: Waki reported to us, from Sufyan, from Abu Ishaq, from Hani ibn Hani, from Ali ibn Abi Talib, who said: I was sitting with the Prophet (Allah bless him and grant him peace) when Ammar ibn Yasir asked permission to enter. The Prophet said, ‘Admit him; welcome to the good and purified one.’

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Nasr ibn Ali al-Jahdami reported to us: Aththam ibn Ali reported to us, from al-Amash, from Abu Ishaq, from Hani ibn Hani, who said: Ammar entered upon Ali, who said, ‘Welcome to the good and purified one. I heard the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and grant him peace) say, “Ammar is filled with faith to his very bones.”’

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Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah reported to us: Ubaydullah ibn Musa reported to us. Ali ibn Muhammad and Amr ibn Abdullah also reported to us; they both said: Waki reported to us, from Abd al-Aziz ibn Siyah, from Habib ibn Abi Thabit, from Ata ibn Yasar, from Aishah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and grant him peace) said, ‘Ammar: whenever he is presented with two courses of action, he chooses the more rightly guided of them.’

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Ismail ibn Musa and Suwayd ibn Sa‘id reported to us; they said: Sharik reported to us, from Abu Rabi‘ah al-Iyadi, from Ibn Buraydah, from his father, who said: The Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and grant him peace) said, ‘Allah has commanded me to love four people and informed me that He loves them.’ It was asked, ‘Messenger of Allah, who are they?’ He said, ‘Ali is one of them,’ saying this three times, ‘and Abu Dharr, Salman, and al-Miqdad.’

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Ahmad ibn Said al-Darimi reported to us: Yahya ibn Abi Bukayr reported to us: Za’idah ibn Qudamah reported to us, from Asim ibn Abi al-Najud, from Zirr ibn Hubaysh, from Abdullah ibn Masud, who said: The first seven to proclaim their Islam were the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and grant him peace), Abu Bakr, Ammar and his mother Sumayyah, Suhayb, Bilal, and al-Miqdad. Allah protected the Messenger through his paternal uncle Abu Talib, and protected Abu Bakr through his people. The polytheists seized the rest, clothed them in iron coats of mail, and exposed them to the sun’s heat. Each of them yielded to what the polytheists wanted except Bilal, for he held himself of little account for Allah’s sake, and his people likewise cared little for him. They seized him and handed him over to the children, who led him around the mountain passes of Makkah while he said, ‘One, One.’

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Ali ibn Muhammad reported to us: Waki reported to us, from Hammad ibn Salamah, from Thabit, from Anas ibn Malik, who said: The Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and grant him peace) said, ‘I have been persecuted for Allah’s sake as no one else has been, and I have been frightened for Allah’s sake as no one else has been. A third day came upon me when Bilal and I had no food for any living creature to eat except what Bilal’s armpit could conceal.’

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Ali ibn Muhammad reported to us: Abu Usamah reported to us, from Umar ibn Hamzah, from Salim: A poet praised Bilal ibn Abdullah, saying, ‘Bilal ibn Abdullah is the best of the Bilals.’ Ibn Umar said, ‘You have spoken falsely. No indeed, the Bilal of the Messenger of Allah is the best of the Bilals.’

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Ali ibn Muhammad and Amr ibn Abdullah reported to us; they said: Waki reported to us: Sufyan reported to us, from Abu Ishaq, from Abu Layla al-Kindi, who said: Khabbab came to Umar, who said, ‘Come close, for no one is more entitled to this seat than you, except Ammar.’ Khabbab then showed him the marks on his back from the torture inflicted by the polytheists.

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Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna reported to us: Abd al-Wahhab ibn Abd al-Majid reported to us: Khalid al-Hadhdha reported to us, from Abu Qilabah, from Anas ibn Malik, that the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and grant him peace) said, ‘The most merciful of my community toward my community is Abu Bakr; the firmest of them in Allah’s religion is Umar; the most sincere of them in modesty is Uthman; the soundest in judgment is Ali ibn Abi Talib; the finest reciter of the Book of Allah is Ubayy ibn Kab; the most knowledgeable of them about the lawful and the unlawful is Muadh ibn Jabal; and the most knowledgeable about inheritance shares is Zayd ibn Thabit. Every community has a trusted guardian, and the trusted guardian of this community is Abu Ubaydah ibn al-Jarrah.’

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Ali ibn Muhammad reported to us: Waki reported to us, from Sufyan, from Khalid al-Hadhdha, from Abu Qilabah. A similar report is found with Ibn Qudamah, except that for Zayd it says: ‘The most knowledgeable of them about inheritance shares.’

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Ali ibn Muhammad reported to us: Abdullah ibn Numayr reported to us: al-Amash reported to us, from Uthman ibn Umayr, from Abu Harb ibn Abi al-Aswad al-Dili, from Abdullah ibn Amr, who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and grant him peace) say, ‘The earth has borne no man, nor has the sky shaded any man, more truthful in speech than Abu Dharr.’

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Hannad ibn al-Sari reported to us: Abu al-Ahwas reported to us, from Abu Ishaq, from al-Bara ibn Azib, who said: A piece of silk was presented to the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and grant him peace), and the people began passing it among themselves. The Messenger of Allah said, ‘Do you admire this?’ They replied, ‘Yes, Messenger of Allah.’ He said, ‘By the One in whose hand is my soul, the handkerchiefs of Sad ibn Muadh in Paradise are better than this.’

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Ali ibn Muhammad reported to us: Abu Muawiyah reported to us, from al-Amash, from Abu Sufyan, from Jabir, who said: The Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and grant him peace) said, ‘The Throne of Allah, Mighty and Majestic, shook at the death of Sad ibn Muadh.’

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Muhammad ibn Abdullah ibn Numayr reported to us: Abdullah ibn Idris reported to us, from Ismail ibn Abi Khalid, from Qays ibn Abi Hazim, from Jarir ibn Abdullah al-Bajali, who said: Since I accepted Islam, the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and grant him peace) never kept me from him; whenever he saw me, he smiled at me. I complained to him that I could not stay steady on horseback. He struck my chest with his hand and said, ‘O Allah, make him steadfast, and make him one who guides and is rightly guided.’

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Ali ibn Muhammad and Abu Kurayb reported to us; they said: Waki reported to us: Sufyan reported to us, from Yahya ibn Said, from Abayah ibn Rifaah, from his grandfather Rafi ibn Khadij, who said: Jibril—or an angel—came to the Prophet (Allah bless him and grant him peace) and said, ‘How do you regard those among you who were present at Badr?’ They replied, ‘The best of us.’ He said, ‘So are they regarded among us; they are the best of the angels.’