Sunan Ibn Majah
The Book of the Sunnah
كتاب المقدمة
Chapter 31
فَضْلِ أَهْلِ بَدْرٍ
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Muhammad ibn al-Sabbah reported to us: Jarir reported to us. Ali ibn Muhammad reported to us: Waki reported to us. Abu Kurayb reported to us: Abu Muawiyah reported to us. All three reported from al-Amash, from Abu Salih, from Abu Said al-Khudri, who said: The Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and grant him peace) said, ‘Do not revile my Companions. By the One in whose hand is my soul, if one of you were to spend gold equal to Mount Uhud, it would not equal even a mudd—or half a mudd—spent by one of them.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The Arabic transmitter is Abu Said al-Khudri; the English witness incorrectly attributes this report to Abu Hurairah. A mudd is a measure of volume.
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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 Nusayr ibn Dhu‘luq, who said: Ibn Umar used to say, ‘Do not revile the Companions of Muhammad (Allah bless him and grant him peace), for even a brief time spent by one of them with him is better than the lifetime’s deeds of any one of you.’
Chapter 32
فَضْلِ الأَنْصَارِ
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Ali ibn Muhammad and Amr ibn Abdullah reported to us; they said: Waki reported to us, from Shu‘bah, from Adi ibn Thabit, from al-Bara ibn Azib, who said: The Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and grant him peace) said, ‘Whoever loves the Ansar, Allah loves him; and whoever hates the Ansar, Allah hates him.’ Shu‘bah said: I asked Adi, ‘Did you hear it from al-Bara ibn Azib?’ He replied, ‘He narrated it to me personally.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The final exchange about Adi personally hearing the report is retained.
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Abd al-Rahman ibn Ibrahim reported to us: Ibn Abi Fudayk reported to us, from Abd al-Muhaymin ibn Abbas ibn Sahl ibn Sad, from his father, from his grandfather, that the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and grant him peace) said, ‘The Ansar are like an inner garment, while the people are like an outer garment. If the people headed toward one valley—or mountain pass—and the Ansar headed toward another, I would take the valley of the Ansar. Were it not for the emigration, I would be one of the Ansar.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The Arabic uses the imagery of an inner garment (shi‘ar) and an outer garment (dithar), and preserves uncertainty between a valley and a mountain pass.
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Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah reported to us: Khalid ibn Makhlad reported to us: Kathir ibn Abdullah ibn Amr ibn Awf reported to me, from his father, from his grandfather, who said: The Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and grant him peace) said, ‘May Allah have mercy on the Ansar, their children, and their children’s children.’
Chapter 33
فَضْلِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ
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Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna and Abu Bakr ibn Khallad al-Bahili reported to us; they said: Abd al-Wahhab reported to us: Khalid al-Hadhdha reported to us, from Ikrimah, from Ibn Abbas, who said: The Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and grant him peace) drew me close to him and said, ‘O Allah, teach him wisdom and the interpretation of the Book.’
Chapter 12
فِي ذِكْرِ الْخَوَارِجِ
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Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah reported to us: Ismail ibn Ulayyah reported to us, from Ayyub, from Muhammad ibn Sirin, from Ubaydah, from Ali ibn Abi Talib, who mentioned the Khawarij and said: Among them is a man with a defective, shortened, or stunted hand. Were it not that you might become overjoyed, I would tell you what Allah promised, through Muhammad (Allah bless him and grant him peace), to those who kill them. I asked, ‘Did you hear this from Muhammad?’ He replied, ‘Yes, by the Lord of the Ka‘bah!’—three times.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The Arabic preserves three alternative descriptions of the man’s hand; it does not settle which precise impairment is intended.
مُخْدَجُ الْيَدِ أَوْ مُودَنُ الْيَدِ أَوْ مُثْدَنُ الْيَدِ
The source itself gives three variant descriptors, and their exact physical distinctions are uncertain.
Should the three variants be retained in this form or normalized to one descriptive term?
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Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah and Abdullah ibn Amir ibn Zurarah reported to us; they said: Abu Bakr ibn Ayyash reported to us, from Asim, from Zirr, from Abdullah ibn Masud, who said: The Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and grant him peace) said, ‘At the end of time, a people will emerge who are young in age and foolish in judgment. They will speak some of the finest words people have spoken and recite the Quran, but it will not pass beyond their collarbones. They will exit Islam as an arrow exits its prey. Whoever encounters them, let him fight them, for fighting them is a reward with Allah for whoever does so.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The Arabic term ahdath al-asnan means young in age; the English witness gives a literal parenthetical rendering about new teeth. The account’s instruction to fight is translated as historical source text.
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Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah reported to us: Yazid ibn Harun reported to us: Muhammad ibn Amr informed us, from Abu Salamah, who said: I asked Abu Said al-Khudri, ‘Did you hear the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and grant him peace) mention anything about the Haruriyyah?’ He replied, ‘I heard him mention a people devoted in worship: “One of you would consider his own prayer and fasting insignificant beside theirs, yet they will exit the religion as an arrow exits its prey.”’ He picked up his arrow and examined its tip, but saw nothing. He examined its binding and saw nothing. He examined its shaft and saw nothing. Then he examined its feathers, wondering whether there was anything there or not.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The Arabic gives detailed parts of the arrow: its head, binding, shaft, and feathers. The English witness includes an explanatory gloss about the binding not present in the Arabic.
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Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah reported to us: Abu Usamah reported to us, from Sulayman ibn al-Mughirah, from Humayd ibn Hilal, from Abdullah ibn al-Samit, from Abu Dharr, who said: The Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and grant him peace) said, ‘After me—or there will be after me from among my community—a people who recite the Quran, but it does not pass beyond their throats. They exit the religion as an arrow exits its prey, and never return to it. They are the worst of creation, both humankind and all creatures.’ Abdullah ibn al-Samit said: I mentioned this to Rafi ibn Amr, the brother of al-Hakam ibn Amr al-Ghifari, and he said, ‘I too heard it from the Messenger of Allah.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The Arabic preserves the narrator’s uncertainty in the opening phrase (‘after me’ or ‘there will be after me’).
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Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah and Suwayd ibn Said reported to us; they said: Abu al-Ahwas reported to us, from Simak, from Ikrimah, from Ibn Abbas, who said: The Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and grant him peace) said, ‘People from my community will indeed recite the Quran and pass out of Islam as an arrow passes through its prey.’
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Muhammad ibn al-Sabbah informed us: Sufyan ibn Uyaynah reported to us, from Abu al-Zubayr, from Jabir ibn Abdullah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and grant him peace) was at Ji‘ranah, distributing gold and spoils while they were in Bilal’s lap. A man said, ‘Be just, Muhammad, for you have not been just.’ He replied, ‘Woe to you! Who would be just after me if I am not just?’ Umar said, ‘Messenger of Allah, let me strike the neck of this hypocrite.’ The Messenger of Allah said, ‘This man has companions—or a small band of companions—who recite the Quran, but it does not pass beyond their collarbones. They pass out of the religion as an arrow passes through its prey.’
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The Arabic preserves two forms for ‘companions’: ashab or usayhab (a diminutive, ‘small band of companions’).
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Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah reported to us: Ishaq al-Azraq reported to us, from al-Amash, from Ibn Abi Awfa, who said: The Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and grant him peace) said, ‘The Khawarij are the dogs of Hell.’
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Hisham ibn Ammar reported to us: Yahya ibn Hamzah reported to us: al-Awza‘i reported to us, from Nafi, from Ibn Umar, that the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and grant him peace) said, ‘A group of people will arise who recite the Quran, but it does not pass beyond their collarbones. Whenever a faction arises, it is cut down.’ Ibn Umar said: I heard the Messenger of Allah say, ‘Whenever a faction arises, it is cut down,’ more than twenty times, ‘until the Antichrist emerges among them.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The Arabic repeats the phrase about each faction arising and being cut down; the repetition count is more than twenty.
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Bakr ibn Khalaf Abu Bishr reported to us: Abd al-Razzaq reported to us, from Ma‘mar, from Qatadah, from Anas ibn Malik, who said: The Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and grant him peace) said, ‘At the end of time—or among this community—a people will emerge who recite the Quran, but it does not pass beyond their collarbones—or throats. Their distinguishing mark is shaving their heads. When you see them—or encounter them—then kill them.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The Arabic preserves alternatives regarding the time or community, collarbones or throats, and seeing or meeting them.
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Sahl ibn Abi Sahl reported to us: Sufyan ibn Uyaynah reported to us, from Abu Ghalib, from Abu Umamah, who said: ‘The worst of those slain under the sky are those killed by them, and the best of those slain are those killed by them. They are the dogs of the people of Hell. These people were Muslims, then became unbelievers.’ I asked, ‘Abu Umamah, is this your own statement?’ He said, ‘Rather, I heard it from the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and grant him peace).’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The Arabic says the best of those slain are those who were killed by them, and then states that they were Muslims who became unbelievers.
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Muhammad ibn Abdullah ibn Numayr reported to us: My father and Waki reported to us. Ali ibn Muhammad reported to us: My maternal uncle Ya‘la, Waki, and Abu Muawiyah reported to us. All said: Ismail ibn Abi Khalid reported to us, from Qays ibn Abi Hazim, from Jarir ibn Abdullah, who said: We were sitting with the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and grant him peace) when he looked at the full moon and said, ‘You will see your Lord as you see this moon, without difficulty or crowding in seeing Him. If you can ensure that nothing overcomes you in performing a prayer before sunrise and before sunset, then do so.’ Then he recited, ‘Glorify your Lord with praise before sunrise and before sunset.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The opening transmission clauses are unusually arranged in the Arabic; the report preserves its named transmitters and then the shared route. The quotation is the verse as included in the source text.
Chapter 13
فِيمَا أَنْكَرَتِ الْجَهْمِيَّةُ
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Muhammad ibn Abdullah ibn Numayr reported to us: Yahya ibn Isa al-Ramli reported to us, from al-Amash, from Abu Salih, from Abu Hurairah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and grant him peace) said, ‘Do you jostle one another to see the moon on a full-moon night?’ They replied, ‘No.’ He said, ‘Likewise, you will not jostle one another to see your Lord on the Day of Resurrection.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The verb tadammun here concerns crowding or pressing against one another; the question and answer are retained.
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Muhammad ibn al-Ala al-Hamdani reported to us: Abdullah ibn Idris reported to us, from al-Amash, from Abu Salih al-Samman, from Abu Said, who said: We asked, ‘Messenger of Allah, will we see our Lord?’ He said, ‘Do you jostle one another to see the sun at midday when there are no clouds?’ We replied, ‘No.’ He said, ‘Do you jostle one another to see the full moon on a cloudless night?’ They said, ‘No.’ He said, ‘You will not jostle one another in seeing Him, just as you do not jostle one another in seeing those two.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The Arabic uses two related verbs for crowding in the questions and answer; both are translated consistently as ‘jostle one another.’
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Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah reported to us: Yazid ibn Harun reported to us: Hammad ibn Salamah informed us, from Ya‘la ibn Ata, from Waki ibn Hudus, from his paternal uncle Abu Razin, who said: I asked, ‘Messenger of Allah, will all of us see Allah on the Day of Resurrection, and what is the sign of that in His creation?’ He replied, ‘Abu Razin, does not each one of you see the moon plainly, by itself?’ I said, ‘Indeed.’ He said, ‘Allah is greater, and that is His sign in His creation.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The Arabic says ‘mukhliyan bihi,’ which may mean seeing the moon clearly and without obstruction; the rendering remains close to the phrase.