Abu Hurayrah
أبو هريرة عبد الرحمن بن صخر
Companion, died 57 AH in Madinah. Named in the chains of 5,488 narrations of the library, 969 in Bukhari, 557 in Muslim, 492 in Abu Dawud.
5,488narrations name him
16collections
57 AHhe died, in Madinah
Narrations he is named in
Bukhari969Muslim557Abu Dawud492Tirmidhi544Nasa'i559Ibn Majah596Muwatta156Ahmad14Darimi245Riyad as-Salihin309Bulugh al-Maram186Al-Adab Al-Mufrad226Shama'il22Mishkat579Nawawi's Forty9Forty Qudsi25
Mishkat al-Masabih, page 17 of 20
Mishkat al-Masabih 3422Abu Hurayrah told that when Maiz al-Aslami came to God’s Messenger and said he had committed fornication he turned away from him. He then came round to the other side and said he had committed fornication, but he turned away from him. He came round again…Mishkat al-Masabih 3440Ibn Abbas and Abu Hurayrah reported God’s Messenger as saying, “Accursed is he who does what Lot’s people did.”
In a version by him on the authority of Ibn Abbas it says that Ali had the two people concerned burned and that Abu Bakr had a wall thrown down on…Mishkat al-Masabih 3447The Prophet said:, “God curse a thief who steals an egg and has his hand cut off, and steals a rope and has his hand cut off!”*
(Bukhari and Muslim.)
*It has been suggested that baida (egg or steel helmet) should have the latter meaning and that a ship’s…Mishkat al-Masabih 3455Abu Salamah quoted Abu Hurayrah’s authority to the effect that God’s Messenger said regarding a thief, “If he steals cut off his hand, if he steals again cut off his foot, if he steals again cut off his hand, and if he steals again cut off his foot.”
It is…Mishkat al-Masabih 3458DaifAbu Hurayrah reported God’s Messenger as saying, “When, a slave steals sell him, even though it be for half an uqiyah.”*
Abu Dawud, Nasai and Ibn Majah transmitted it.
* Nashsh, This is half an uqiya, or twenty dirhams.Mishkat al-Masabih 3469SahihWhen a man who had drunk wine was brought to God’s Messenger he told us to beat him, and some struck him with their hands, some with their garments and some with their sandals. He then told them to reproach him, and they faced him and said, “You have not…Mishkat al-Masabih 3474SahihWhen a man who had been drinking was brought to the Prophet he told those present to beat him, so some of us beat him with their hands, some with their sandals and some with their garments. Then when the man went away and one of those present said, “God shame…Mishkat al-Masabih 3475DaifAbu Hurayrah told that al-Aslami (i.e. Maiz. See p. 759) came to the Prophet and testified four times that he had had illicit intercourse with a woman, while he all the time was turning away from him. Then when he confessed a fifth time he turned round and…Mishkat al-Masabih 3479SahihThe Prophet said:, “When one of you inflicts a beating he should avoid striking the face.”Mishkat al-Masabih 3482SahihAbu Hurayrah reported God’s Messenger as saying, “Wine comes from these two trees, the date-palm and the grapevine.”Mishkat al-Masabih 3506SahihThe Messenger of Allah said:, “He who obeys me has obeyed God and he who disobeys me has disobeyed God; he who obeys the commander has obeyed me and he who disobeys the commander has disobeyed me. The imam is only a shield behind whom fighting is engaged in…Mishkat al-Masabih 3514SahihAbu Hurayrah told that he heard God’s Messenger say, “He who abandons obedience and separates from the community and then dies, will die like those of pre-Islamic times; he who fights under a banner of ignorance* showing anger in support of party spirit, or…Mishkat al-Masabih 3520SahihThe Prophet said:, “The B. Israil were governed by the prophets, as often as one died another taking his place. There will be no prophet after me, but there will be numerous caliphs.” He was asked what command he had to give and replied, “Fulfil the oath of…Mishkat al-Masabih 3526SahihThe Prophet said:, “You will be eager for the office of commander, but it will become a cause of regret on the day of resurrection. It is a good suckler but an evil weaner.”*
Bukhari transmitted it.
*In the beginning it causes pleasure, but later such…Mishkat al-Masabih 3529SahihAbu Hurayrah reported God’s Messenger as saying, “You will find among the best people those who have the strongest dislike of this command till they fall into it.”*
(Bukhari and Muslim.)
*This is explained as meaning either they cease to dislike having…Mishkat al-Masabih 3542Abu Hurayrah reported God’s Messenger as saying, “He who has been ruler over ten people will be brought on the day of resurrection shackled till justice loosens his chains or tyranny brings him to destruction.”*
Darimi transmitted it.
*The reference is to…Mishkat al-Masabih 3560Abu Hurayrah reported God’s Messenger as saying, “Seek refuge in God from the beginning of the year seventy and the governorship exercised by boys.”*
Ahmad.
*This tradition is direction against some of the Umayyads.Mishkat al-Masabih 3576SahihAbdallah ibn Amr and Abu Hurayrah reportad God’s Messenger as saying, “When a judge gives a decision having tried his best to decide correctly and is right, he will have a double reward; and when he gives a decision having tried his best to decide correctly…Mishkat al-Masabih 3577SahihAbu Hurayrah reported God’s Messenger as saying, “He who has been appointed a qadi among the people has been killed without a knife.”*
Ahmad, Tirmidhi, Abu Dawud and Ibn Majah transmitted it.
*This phrase has troubled commentators. Perhaps the best…Mishkat al-Masabih 3580DaifAbu Hurayrah reported God’s Messenger as saying, “If anyone seeks the office of qadi among Muslims till he gets it and his justice prevails over his tyranny, he will go to paradise; but the man whose tyranny prevails over his justice will go to hell.”Mishkat al-Masabih 3588SahihThe Messenger of Allah said:, “What I give you and do not withhold from you I am just distributing, putting it where I have been commanded.”Mishkat al-Masabih 3609SahihAbu Hurayrah told that the Prophet suggested to some people that they should swear an oath and when they hastened to do so he ordered that lots should be cast among them concerning the oath as to who should swear it.Mishkat al-Masabih 3614Abu Hurayrah told that two men disputed about an animal but could produce no proof, so the Prophet said, “Cast lots about the oath.”Mishkat al-Masabih 3623SahihThe Messenger of Allah said:, “The testimony of a nomadic Arab against a townsman is not allowable.”Mishkat al-Masabih 3627SahihAbu Hurayrah reported God’s Messenger as saying, “If anyone believes in God and His Messenger, observes the prayer and fasts during Ramadan, God will assuredly bring him into paradise whether he has engaged in jihad in God’s path or remained in his land in…Mishkat al-Masabih 3635SahihThe Messenger of Allah said:, “An infidel and the one who killed him will never be brought together in hell.”*
* The meaning is probably that one who kills an infidel in the course of jihad will on that account have his sins forgiven, and will therefore not…Mishkat al-Masabih 3642SahihAbu Hurayrah reported God’s Messenger as saying, “No one is wounded in God’s path, and God knows best those who are wounded in His path, without coming on the day of resurrection with his wound spouting blood, the colour being that of blood but the fragrance…Mishkat al-Masabih 3647SahihThe Messenger of Allah said:, “God most high will cheerfully welcome two men one of whom kills the other. They will enter paradise, one having fought in God’s path and been killed, and the slayer, after receiving God’s pardon, having died as a martyr.”*
*…Mishkat al-Masabih 3651Sahih‘Abu Hurayrah reported God’s Messenger as saying, ‘Whom do you reckon to be the martyr among you?’ His hearers replied, ‘The one who is killed in God’s path is the martyr, Messenger of God.’ He said, ‘The martyrs among my people would then be few. He who is…Mishkat al-Masabih 3653SahihAbu Hurayrah reported God’s Messenger as saying, “He who dies without having fought, or having felt it to be his duty will die guilty of a kind of hypocrisy.”