Book 3: Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal

Yūsuf ibn ʿAbdullāh ibn Salām (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ﷺ named me Yūsuf and sat me on his lap. Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 321

Yūsuf ibn ʿAbdullāh ibn Salām (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ﷺ said to a man of the Anṣār and his wife, “Perform ʿUmrah in Ramaḍān, for ʿUmrah in it is equivalent to Ḥajj for the two of you.” (On another occasion Sufyān related it without saying “Ibn al-Munkadir narrated to me,” with the wording: “For ʿUmrah in it is equivalent to Ḥajj.”) Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 322

Al-ʿAddāʾ ibn Khālid ibn Hawdhah (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: I saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ﷺ addressing the people on the Day of ʿArafah, upon a camel, standing in the stirrups. Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 323

ʿAmr ibn Salamah al-Jarmī (may Allah be pleased with him) reported, from his father: [The tribe of Jarm] came as a delegation to the Prophet (ﷺ) ﷺ, and when they wished to depart they said, “O Messenger of Allah, who should lead us in prayer?” He said, “Whichever of you has gathered the most Qurʾān,” or, “has taken in the most Qurʾān.” ʿAmr said: There was no one among the people who had gathered more Qurʾān than I had, so they brought me forward though I was a boy, and I would lead them in prayer wearing a small cloak of mine. He said: I have not attended a single gathering of Jarm since, without being their imām, and I lead their funeral prayers to this day. Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 324

ʿAmr ibn Salamah al-Jarmī (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: We were dwelling at a watering-place, and riders (or, as Ismāʿīl said on another occasion, people) used to pass by us returning from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ﷺ; I would draw near to them and listen, until I had memorized a great deal of Qurʾān. The people were delaying their acceptance of Islam until the conquest of Makkah; when it was conquered, each tribe hastened, and a man would come to him and say, “O Messenger of Allah, I am the delegate of such-and-such a people, and I have brought you news of their acceptance of Islam.” My father set out with his people’s acceptance of Islam, and when he returned he said, “The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ﷺ has said, ‘Let whichever of you has gathered the most Qurʾān lead you.‘” They looked, and, though I was among a great assembly, they found no one who had gathered more Qurʾān than I, so they brought me forward while I was a boy. I led them in prayer wearing a cloak of mine, and whenever I bowed or prostrated it would ride up, exposing my nakedness, until an old woman of ours said, after we had prayed, “Cover up the backside of your reciter, for us!” So they cut out a garment for me, and I have never been so pleased with anything as I was with that garment. Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 325

ʿUmayr, the freed slave of Ābī al-Laḥm al-Ghifārī (may Allah be pleased with him), reported: I witnessed [the conquest of] Khaybar together with my masters, and they spoke to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ﷺ about me, so he gave me permission [to take part]. I was girded with a sword, and found myself dragging it along [behind me, being so young]. When he was informed that I was a slave, he ordered that I be given a small portion of the goods. Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 326

Ṭāriq ibn Ashyam al-Ashjaʿī (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that he heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ﷺ say, when a man came and asked him, “O Prophet of Allah, what should I say when I ask my Lord?”: “Say: Allāhumma ghfir lī, wa-rḥamnī, wa-hdinī, wa-rzuqnī (O Allah, forgive me, have mercy on me, guide me, and grant me provision).” Then he closed his fist except for the thumb, and said, “These gather for you the good of your world and your Hereafter.” Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 327

Ṭāriq ibn Ashyam al-Ashjaʿī (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that he heard the Prophet (ﷺ) ﷺ say to a people, “Whoever affirms the oneness of Allah, the Exalted, and disbelieves in what is worshipped besides Him, his wealth and blood become inviolable, and his reckoning is with Allah, Mighty and Majestic.” Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 328

Abū Mālik [Saʿd ibn Ṭāriq ibn Ashyam] reported: My father had prayed behind the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ﷺ when he [my father] was sixteen years old, and behind Abū Bakr, ʿUmar, and ʿUthmān. I asked him, “Did they recite the qunūt supplication?” He said, “No, my son, it is an innovation.”. Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 329

Abū Mālik reported: I said to my father, “Father, you prayed behind the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ﷺ,” and behind Abū Bakr, ʿUmar, ʿUthmān, and ʿAlī here in Kūfah, for close to five years, “did they recite the qunūt?” He said, “My son, it is an innovation.” Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 330

Ṭāriq ibn Ashyam al-Ashjaʿī (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that he heard the Prophet (ﷺ) ﷺ say, “It is sufficient for my companions to be killed.” Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 331

Umaymah bint Ruqayqah (may Allah be pleased with her) reported: I gave my pledge of allegiance to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ﷺ along with a group of women, and he taught us [to say], “In whatever you are able and capable of.” I said, “Allah and His Messenger are more merciful to us than we are to ourselves.” I said, “O Messenger of Allah, take our pledge [by hand].” He said, “I do not shake hands with women; my word to one woman is [as binding as] my word to a hundred women.” Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 332