Sahih al-Bukhari — Merits of the Helpers in Madinah (Ansaar)

Narrated `Urwa bin Az-Zubair:I asked Ibn `Amr bin Al-As, "Tell me of the worst thing which the pagans did to the Prophet." He said, "While the Prophet (ﷺ) was praying in the Hijr of the Ka`ba; `Uqba bin Abi Mu'ait came and put his garment around the Prophet's neck and throttled him violently. Abu Bakr came and caught him by his shoulder and pushed him away from the Prophet (ﷺ) and said, "Do you want to kill a man just because he says, 'My Lord is Allah?

حدثنا عياش بن الوليد، حدثنا الوليد بن مسلم، حدثني الاوزاعي، حدثني يحيى بن ابي كثير، عن محمد بن ابراهيم التيمي، قال حدثني عروة بن الزبير، قال سالت ابن عمرو بن العاص اخبرني باشد، شىء صنعه المشركون بالنبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قال بينا النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم يصلي في حجر الكعبة اذ اقبل عقبة بن ابي معيط، فوضع ثوبه في عنقه فخنقه خنقا شديدا، فاقبل ابو بكر حتى اخذ بمنكبه ودفعه عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قال {اتقتلون رجلا ان يقول ربي الله} الاية. تابعه ابن اسحاق حدثني يحيى بن عروة عن عروة، قلت لعبد الله بن عمرو. وقال عبدة عن هشام عن ابيه قيل لعمرو بن العاص. وقال محمد بن عمرو عن ابي سلمة حدثني عمرو بن العاص

Narrated `Ammar bin Yasir:I saw Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) , and the only converts (to Islam) with him, were five slaves, two women and Abu Bakr

حدثني عبد الله بن حماد الاملي، قال حدثني يحيى بن معين، حدثنا اسماعيل بن مجالد، عن بيان، عن وبرة، عن همام بن الحارث، قال قال عمار بن ياسر رايت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم وما معه الا خمسة اعبد وامراتان، وابو بكر

Narrated Abu 'Is-haq: Sa`d bin Abi Waqqas said: None embraced Islam, except on the day I embraced it. And for seven days I was one of the three persons who were Muslims (one-third of Islam)

حدثني اسحاق، اخبرنا ابو اسامة، حدثنا هاشم، قال سمعت سعيد بن المسيب، قال سمعت ابا اسحاق، سعد بن ابي وقاص يقول ما اسلم احد الا في اليوم الذي اسلمت فيه، ولقد مكثت سبعة ايام واني لثلث الاسلام

Narrated `Abdur-Rahman:"I asked Masruq, 'Who informed the Prophet (ﷺ) about the Jinns at the night when they heard the Qur'an?' He said, 'Your father `Abdullah informed me that a tree informed the Prophet (ﷺ) about them

حدثني عبيد الله بن سعيد، حدثنا ابو اسامة، حدثنا مسعر، عن معن بن عبد الرحمن، قال سمعت ابي قال، سالت مسروقا من اذن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم بالجن ليلة استمعوا القران. فقال حدثني ابوك يعني عبد الله انه اذنت بهم شجرة

Narrated Abu Huraira:That once he was in the company of the Prophet (ﷺ) carrying a water pot for his ablution and for cleaning his private parts. While he was following him carrying it (i.e. the pot), the Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Who is this?" He said, "I am Abu Huraira." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Bring me stones in order to clean my private parts, and do not bring any bones or animal dung." Abu Huraira went on narrating: So I brought some stones, carrying them in the corner of my robe till I put them by his side and went away. When he finished, I walked with him and asked, "What about the bone and the animal dung?" He said, "They are of the food of Jinns. The delegate of Jinns of (the city of) Nasibin came to me--and how nice those Jinns were--and asked me for the remains of the human food. I invoked Allah for them that they would never pass by a bone or animal dung but find food on them

حدثنا موسى بن اسماعيل، حدثنا عمرو بن يحيى بن سعيد، قال اخبرني جدي، عن ابي هريرة، رضى الله عنه انه كان يحمل مع النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم اداوة لوضويه وحاجته، فبينما هو يتبعه بها فقال " من هذا ". فقال انا ابو هريرة. فقال " ابغني احجارا استنفض بها، ولا تاتني بعظم ولا بروثة ". فاتيته باحجار احملها في طرف ثوبي حتى وضعت الى جنبه ثم انصرفت، حتى اذا فرغ مشيت، فقلت ما بال العظم والروثة قال " هما من طعام الجن، وانه اتاني وفد جن نصيبين ونعم الجن، فسالوني الزاد، فدعوت الله لهم ان لا يمروا بعظم ولا بروثة الا وجدوا عليها طعاما

Narrated Ibn `Abbas:When Abu Dhar received the news of the Advent of the Prophet (ﷺ) he said to his brother, "Ride to this valley (of Mecca) and try to find out the truth of the person who claims to be a prophet who is informed of the news of Heaven. Listen to what he says and come back to me." So his brother set out and came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and listened to some of his talks, and returned to Abu Dhar and said to him. "I have seen him enjoining virtuous behavior and saying something that is not poetry." Abu Dhar said, "You have not satisfied me as to what I wanted." He then took his journey-food and carried a waterskin of his, containing some water till he reached Mecca. He went to the Mosque and searched for the Prophet and though he did not know him, he hated to ask anybody about him. When a part of the night had passed away, `Ali saw him and knew that he was a stranger. So when Abu Dhar saw `Ali, he followed him, and none of them asked his companion about anything, and when it was dawn, Abu Dhar took his journey food and his water-skin to the Mosque and stayed there all the day long without being perceived by the Prophet, and when it was evening, he came back to his retiring place. `Ali passed by him and said, "Has the man not known his dwelling place yet?" So `Ali awakened him and took him with him and none of them spoke to the other about anything. When it was the third day. `Ali did the same and Abu Dhar stayed with him. Then `Ali said "Will you tell me what has brought you here?" Abu Dhar said, "If you give me a firm promise that you will guide me, then I will tell you." `Ali promised him, and he informed `Ali about the matter. `Ali said, "It is true, and he is the Messenger of Allah. Next morning when you get up, accompany me, and if I see any danger for you, I will stop as if to pass water, but if I go on, follow me and enter the place which I will enter." Abu Dhar did so, and followed `Ali till he entered the place of the Prophet, and Abu Dhar went in with him, Abu Dhar listened to some of the Prophet's talks and embraced Islam on the spot. The Prophet (ﷺ) said to him, "Go back to your people and inform them (about it) till you receive my order." Abu Dhar said, "By Him in Whose Hand my life is, I will proclaim my conversion loudly amongst them (i.e. the pagans)." So he went out, and when he reached the Mosque, he said as loudly as possible, "I bear witness that None has the right to be worshipped except Allah, and Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah." The People got up and beat him painfully. Then Al-Abbas came and knelt over him ((to protect him) and said (to the people), "Woe to you! Don't you know that this man belongs to the tribe of Ghifar and your trade to Sha'm is through their way?" So he rescued him from them. Abu Dhar again did the same the next day. They beat him and took vengeance on him and again Al-Abbas knelt over him (to protect him)

Narrated Qais:I heard Sa`id bin Zaid bin `Amr bin Nufail saying in the mosque of Al-Kufa. "By Allah, I have seen myself tied and forced by `Umar to leave Islam before `Umar himself embraced Islam. And if the mountain of Uhud could move from its place for the evil which you people have done to `Uthman, then it would have the right to move from its place

حدثنا قتيبة بن سعيد، حدثنا سفيان، عن اسماعيل، عن قيس، قال سمعت سعيد بن زيد بن عمرو بن نفيل، في مسجد الكوفة يقول والله لقد رايتني وان عمر لموثقي على الاسلام قبل ان يسلم عمر، ولو ان احدا ارفض للذي صنعتم بعثمان لكان محقوقا ان يرفض

Narrated `Abdullah bin Mas'ud:We have been powerful since `Umar embraced Islam

حدثني محمد بن كثير، اخبرنا سفيان، عن اسماعيل بن ابي خالد، عن قيس بن ابي حازم، عن عبد الله بن مسعود رضى الله عنه قال ما زلنا اعزة منذ اسلم عمر

Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar:While `Umar was at home in a state of fear, there came Al-`As bin Wail As-Sahmi Abu `Amr, wearing an embroidered cloak and a shirt having silk hems. He was from the tribe of Bani Sahm who were our allies during the pre-Islamic period of ignorance. Al-`As said to `Umar "What is wrong with you?" He said, "Your people claim that they would kill me if I become a Muslim." Al-`As said, "Nobody will harm you after I have given protection to you." So Al-`As went out and met the people streaming in the whole valley. He said, "Where are you going?" They said, "We want Ibn Al-Khattab who has embraced Islam." Al-`As said, "There is no way for anybody to touch him." So the people retreated

حدثنا يحيى بن سليمان، قال حدثني ابن وهب، قال حدثني عمر بن محمد، قال فاخبرني جدي، زيد بن عبد الله بن عمر عن ابيه، قال بينما هو في الدار خايفا، اذ جاءه العاص بن وايل السهمي ابو عمرو، عليه حلة حبرة، وقميص مكفوف بحرير، وهو من بني سهم، وهم حلفاونا في الجاهلية فقال له ما بالك قال زعم قومك انهم سيقتلوني ان اسلمت. قال لا سبيل اليك. بعد ان قالها امنت، فخرج العاص، فلقي الناس قد سال بهم الوادي فقال اين تريدون فقالوا نريد هذا ابن الخطاب الذي صبا. قال لا سبيل اليه. فكر الناس

Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar:When `Umar embraced Islam, all The (disbelieving) people gathered around his home and said, "`Umar has embraced Islam." At that time I was still a boy and was on the roof of my house. There came a man wearing a cloak of Dibaj (i.e. a kind of silk), and said, "`Umar has embraced Islam. Nobody can harm him for I am his protector." I then saw the people going away from `Umar and asked who the man was, and they said, "Al-`As bin Wail

حدثنا علي بن عبد الله، حدثنا سفيان، قال عمرو بن دينار سمعته قال قال عبد الله بن عمر رضى الله عنهما لما اسلم عمر اجتمع الناس عند داره وقالوا صبا عمر. وانا غلام فوق ظهر بيتي، فجاء رجل عليه قباء من ديباج فقال قد صبا عمر. فما ذاك فانا له جار. قال فرايت الناس تصدعوا عنه فقلت من هذا قالوا العاص بن وايل

Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar:I never heard `Umar saying about something that he thought it would be so-and-so, but he was quite right. Once, while `Umar was sitting, a handsome man passed by him, `Umar said, "If I am not wrong, this person is still on his religion of the pre-Islamic period of ignorance or he was their foreteller. Call the man to me." When the man was called to him, he told him of his thought. The man said, "I have never seen such a day on which a Muslim is faced with such an accusation." `Umar said, "I am determined that you should tell me the truth." He said, "I was a foreteller in the pre-Islamic period of ignorance." Then `Umar said, "Tell me the most astonishing thing your female Jinn has told you of." He said, "One-day while I was in the market, she came to me scared and said, 'Haven't you seen the Jinns and their despair and they were overthrown after their defeat (and prevented from listening to the news of the heaven) so that they (stopped going to the sky and) kept following camel-riders (i.e. 'Arabs)?" `Umar said, "He is right." and added, "One day while I was near their idols, there came a man with a calf and slaughtered it as a sacrifice (for the idols). An (unseen) creature shouted at him, and I have never heard harsher than his voice. He was crying, 'O you bold evil-doer! A matter of success! An eloquent man is saying: None has the right to be worshipped except you (O Allah).' On that the people fled, but I said, 'I shall not go away till I know what is behind this.' Then the cry came again: 'O you bold evil-doer! A matter of success! An eloquent man is saying: None has the right to be worshipped except Allah.' I then went away and a few days later it was said, "A prophet has appeared

حدثنا يحيى بن سليمان، قال حدثني ابن وهب، قال حدثني عمر، ان سالما، حدثه عن عبد الله بن عمر، قال ما سمعت عمر، لشىء قط يقول اني لاظنه كذا. الا كان كما يظن، بينما عمر جالس اذ مر به رجل جميل فقال لقد اخطا ظني، او ان هذا على دينه في الجاهلية، او لقد كان كاهنهم، على الرجل، فدعي له، فقال له ذلك، فقال ما رايت كاليوم استقبل به رجل مسلم، قال فاني اعزم عليك الا ما اخبرتني. قال كنت كاهنهم في الجاهلية. قال فما اعجب ما جاءتك به جنيتك قال بينما انا يوما في السوق جاءتني اعرف فيها الفزع، فقالت الم تر الجن وابلاسها وياسها من بعد انكاسها ولحوقها بالقلاص واحلاسها قال عمر صدق، بينما انا عند الهتهم اذ جاء رجل بعجل فذبحه، فصرخ به صارخ، لم اسمع صارخا قط اشد صوتا منه يقول يا جليح، امر نجيح رجل فصيح يقول لا اله الا انت. فوثب القوم قلت لا ابرح حتى اعلم ما وراء هذا ثم نادى يا جليح، امر نجيح، رجل فصيح، يقول لا اله الا الله. فقمت فما نشبنا ان قيل هذا نبي

Narrated Qais:I heard Sa`id bin Zaid saying to the people, "If you but saw me and `Umar's sister tied and forced by `Umar to leave Islam while he was not yet a Muslim. And if the mountain of Uhud could move from its place for the evil which you people have done to `Uthman, it would have the right to do that

حدثني محمد بن المثنى، حدثنا يحيى، حدثنا اسماعيل، حدثنا قيس، قال سمعت سعيد بن زيد، يقول للقوم لو رايتني موثقي عمر على الاسلام انا واخته وما اسلم، ولو ان احدا انقض لما صنعتم، بعثمان لكان محقوقا ان ينقض

Narrated Anas bin Malik:The people of Mecca asked Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) to show them a miracle. So he showed them the moon split in two halves between which they saw the Hira' mountain

حدثني عبد الله بن عبد الوهاب، حدثنا بشر بن المفضل، حدثنا سعيد بن ابي عروبة، عن قتادة، عن انس بن مالك رضى الله عنه ان اهل، مكة سالوا رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم ان يريهم اية، فاراهم القمر شقتين، حتى راوا حراء بينهما

Narrated `Abdullah:The moon was split ( into two pieces ) while we were with the Prophet (ﷺ) in Mina. He said, "Be witnesses." Then a Piece of the moon went towards the mountain

حدثنا عبدان، عن ابي حمزة، عن الاعمش، عن ابراهيم، عن ابي معمر، عن عبد الله رضى الله عنه قال انشق القمر ونحن مع النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم بمنى فقال " اشهدوا ". وذهبت فرقة نحو الجبل وقال ابو الضحى عن مسروق عن عبد الله انشق بمكة. وتابعه محمد بن مسلم عن ابن ابي نجيح عن مجاهد عن ابي معمر عن عبد الله

Narrated `Abdullah bin `Abbas:During the lifetime of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) the moon was split (into two pieces)

حدثنا عثمان بن صالح، حدثنا بكر بن مضر، قال حدثني جعفر بن ربيعة، عن عراك بن مالك، عن عبيد الله بن عبد الله بن عتبة بن مسعود، عن عبد الله بن عباس رضى الله عنهما ان القمر، انشق على زمان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم

Narrated `Abdullah:The moon was split (into two pieces)

حدثنا عمر بن حفص، حدثنا ابي، حدثنا الاعمش، حدثنا ابراهيم، عن ابي معمر، عن عبد الله رضى الله عنه قال انشق القمر

Narrated 'Ubaidullah bin `Adi bin Al-Khiyar:That Al-Miswar bin Makhrama and `Abdur-Rahman bin Al-Aswad bin 'Abd Yaghuth had said to him, "What prevents you from speaking to your uncle `Uthman regarding his brother Al-Walid bin `Uqba?" The people were speaking against the latter for what he had done. 'Ubaidullah said, "So I kept waiting for `Uthman, and when he went out for the prayer, I said to him, 'I have got something to say to you as a piece of advice.' `Uthman said, 'O man! I seek Refuge with Allah from you. So I went away. When I finished my prayer, I sat with Al-Miswar and Ibn 'Abd Yaghuth and talked to both of them of what I had said to `Uthman and what he had said to me. They said, 'You have done your duty.' So while I was sitting with them. `Uthman's Messenger came to me. They said, 'Allah has put you to trial." I set out and when I reached `Uthman, he said, 'What is your advice which you mentioned a while ago?' I recited Tashahhud and added, 'Allah has sent Muhammad and has revealed the Holy Book (i.e. Qur'an) to him. You (O `Uthman!) were amongst those who responded to the call of Allah and His Apostle and had faith in him. And you took part in the first two migrations (to Ethiopia and to Medina), and you enjoyed the company of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and learned his traditions and advice. Now the people are talking much about Al-Walid bin `Uqba and so it is your duty to impose on him the legal punishment.' `Uthman then said to me, 'O my nephew! Did you ever meet Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) ?' I said, 'No, but his knowledge has reached me as it has reached the virgin in her seclusion.' `Uthman then recited Tashahhud and said, 'No doubt, Allah has sent Muhammad with the Truth and has revealed to him His Holy Book (i.e. Qur'an) and I was amongst those who responded to the call of Allah and His Apostle and I had faith in Muhammad's Mission, and I had performed the first two migrations as you have said, and I enjoyed the company of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and gave the pledge of allegiance to him. By Allah, I never disobeyed him and never cheated him till Allah caused him to die. Then Allah made Abu Bakr Caliph, and by Allah, I was never disobedient to him, nor did I cheat him. Then `Umar became Caliph, and by Allah, I was never disobedient to him, nor did I cheat him. Then I became Caliph. Have I not then the same rights over you as they had over me?' I replied in the affirmative. `Uthman further said, 'Then what are these talks which are reaching me from you? As for what you have mentioned about Al-Walid bin 'Uqba, Allah willing, I shall give him the legal punishment justly.' Then `Uthman ordered that Al-Walid be flogged forty lashes. He ordered `Ali to flog him and he himself flogged him as well

Narrated `Aisha:Um Habiba and Um Salama mentioned a church they had seen in Ethiopia and in the church there were pictures. When they told the Prophet (ﷺ) of this, he said, "Those people are such that if a pious man amongst them died, they build a place of worship over his grave and paint these pictures in it. Those people will be Allah's worst creatures on the Day of Resurrection

حدثني محمد بن المثنى، حدثنا يحيى، عن هشام، قال حدثني ابي، عن عايشة رضى الله عنها ان ام، حبيبة وام سلمة ذكرتا كنيسة راينها بالحبشة، فيها تصاوير، فذكرتا للنبي صلى الله عليه وسلم فقال " ان اوليك اذا كان فيهم الرجل الصالح فمات بنوا على قبره مسجدا، وصوروا فيه تيك الصور، اوليك شرار الخلق عند الله يوم القيامة

Narrated Um Khalid bint Khalid:When I came from Ethiopia (to Medina), I was a young girl. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) made me wear a sheet having marks on it. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was rubbing those marks with his hands saying, "Sanah! Sanah!" (i.e. good, good)

حدثنا الحميدي، حدثنا سفيان، حدثنا اسحاق بن سعيد السعيدي، عن ابيه، عن ام خالد بنت خالد، قالت قدمت من ارض الحبشة وانا جويرية، فكساني رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم خميصة لها اعلام، فجعل رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يمسح الاعلام بيده ويقول " سناه، سناه ". قال الحميدي يعني حسن حسن

Narrated `Abdullah:We used to greet the Prophet (ﷺ) while he used to be in prayers, and he used to reply to our greetings. But when we came back from Najashi (the King of Ethiopia) we greeted him (while he was praying) and he did not reply to us. We said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! We used to greet you in the past and you used to reply to us." He said, "Verily The Mind is occupied and busy with more important matter during the prayer." (So one cannot return One's greetings)

حدثنا يحيى بن حماد، حدثنا ابو عوانة، عن سليمان، عن ابراهيم، عن علقمة، عن عبد الله رضى الله عنه قال كنا نسلم على النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم وهو يصلي فيرد علينا، فلما رجعنا من عند النجاشي سلمنا عليه فلم يرد علينا، فقلنا يا رسول الله انا كنا نسلم عليك فترد علينا قال " ان في الصلاة شغلا ". فقلت لابراهيم كيف تصنع انت قال ارد في نفسي