Abdullah ibn Masud
أبو عبد الرحمن عبد الله بن مسعود بن غافل
Companion, died 28 AH in Kufa. Named in the chains of 964 narrations of the library, 166 in Bukhari, 73 in Muslim, 74 in Abu Dawud.
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28 AHhe died, in Kufa
Narrations he is named in
Bukhari166Muslim73Abu Dawud74Tirmidhi121Nasa'i112Ibn Majah99Muwatta12Darimi71Riyad as-Salihin65Bulugh al-Maram28Al-Adab Al-Mufrad25Shama'il6Mishkat111Nawawi's Forty1
Mishkat al-Masabih, page 2 of 4
Mishkat al-Masabih 854SahihWhen we prayed with the Prophet we said,* “Peace be to God before it is supplicated for His servants; peace be to Gabriel; peace be to Michael; peace be to so and so.” When the Prophet finished he turned his face to us and said: Do not say, “Peace be to God”…Mishkat al-Masabih 860DaifAbdallah ibn Masud said that in the first two rakas the Prophet was as though he were on heated stones till he got up.*
*A figurative phrase to express the shortening of the sitting during the tashahhud.
Tirmidhi, Abu Dawud and Nasai transmitted it.Mishkat al-Masabih 863HasanIbn Masud used to say, “It pertains to the sunna to repeat the tashahhud quietly.”Mishkat al-Masabih 868DaifIbn Masud reported God’s Messenger as saying, “The one who will be nearest me on the day of resurrection will be the one who invoked most blessings on me.”Mishkat al-Masabih 869SahihHe also reported God’s Messenger as saying, “God has angels who travel about in the earth and convey to me greetings from my people.”
Nassai and.Mishkat al-Masabih 876SahihI was praying, and so was the Prophet accompanied by Abu Bakr and Umar When I sat I first extolled God’s praises then invoked blessings on the Prophet, then made supplication for myself, and the Prophet said, “If you ask you will be given it, if you ask you…Mishkat al-Masabih 891SahihAbdallah ibn Masud said, “None of you must give the devil any place in his prayer, thinking it is his duty when he leaves to turn only to his right. I have often seen God’s Messenger turning to his left when he went away.”Mishkat al-Masabih 895SahihGod’s Messenger took him by the hand and said, “I love you, Muadh,” to which he replied, “And I love you, Messenger of God.” He then told him not to omit to say at the end of every prayer, “My Lord, help me to remember Thee, thank Thee, and worship Thee…Mishkat al-Masabih 897Abdallah ibn Masud said that the Prophet most commonly turned to his left after his prayer, going to his room.
transmitted it in Sharh as-sunna.Mishkat al-Masabih 923SahihWe used to greet the Prophet while he was engaged in prayer and he would respond to our greeting, but when we returned from the Negus* we greeted him and he did not respond to us, so we said, “Messenger of God, we used to greet you when you were engaged in…Mishkat al-Masabih 932HasanBefore we went to Abyssinia we used to greet God’s Messenger when he was engaged in prayer and he would respond to us, but when we returned from Abyssinia I came to him and found him praying. I greeted him and he did not respond to me, but when he finished…Mishkat al-Masabih 957SahihAbdallah ibn Masud said that God’s Messenger prayed five rakas in the noon prayer and was asked whether the prayer had been extended. He asked what they meant by that, and when they told him he had prayed five rakas he made two prostrations after having given…Mishkat al-Masabih 977The Prophet recited “By the star”(Al-Qur’an; 53) prostrating himself when doing so, as did those who were with him with the exception of an old man of Quraish who took a handful of pebbles or dust and raised it to his forehead saying. “This is enough for me.”…Mishkat al-Masabih 1003SahihThe Prophet said:, “It is more excellent for a woman to pray in her house than in her courtyard, and more excellent for her to pray in her private chamber than in her house.”Mishkat al-Masabih 1012SahihI have seen the time when no one stayed away from prayer except a hypocrite whose hypocrisy was well known, or a sick man, but if a sick man could walk with one on each side of him he would come to prayer. He also said: God’s Messenger taught us the paths of…Mishkat al-Masabih 1028SahihAbdallah ibn Masud reported God’s Messenger as saying, “Let those of you who are sedate and prudent be near me, then those who are next to them (saying it three times), and beware of haphazardness* such as is found in markets.”
* Or “tumult”.Mishkat al-Masabih 1137Sahih37, 45, 47, 48, 50, 61, 67, 87, and 93. The name is most appropriately explained ay meaning that this is the section of the Qur’an which contains many shorter suras.
2. Al-Qur’an; 94. As this is included as one of the suras in al Mufassal, it suggests that…Mishkat al-Masabih 1159SahihA man was mentioned in the Prophet’s presence, and he was told that he continued sleeping till morning, never having got up to pray. He said, “That is a man in whose ear (or, in whose ears) the devil has urinated.”Mishkat al-Masabih 1188Our Lord is pleased with two men. One is a man who gets up from his blanket and his covering from among his beloved and his family to engage in prayer. God says to His angels, “Look at my servant who has got up from his bedding and his blanket from among his…Mishkat al-Masabih 1303SahihThe Prophet said: to people who stayed away from the Friday prayer, “I have thought about commanding a man to lead the people in prayer, then burning their houses over men who stayed away from the Friday prayer.”Mishkat al-Masabih 1337DaifAbdallah ibn Masud said, “When the Prophet sat down on the pulpit we faced him.”
Tirmidhi transmitted it, and said this was a tradition he knew only among the traditions of Muhammad b. al-Fadl who was weak and whose traditions were not accepted.Mishkat al-Masabih 1459SahihI went in to visit the Prophet when he was jaded by fever, and touching him with my hand, I said, “You are seriously jaded by fever, messenger of God.” The Prophet replied, “Yes, I am twice as jaded as any of you.” I said, “That is because you have a double…Mishkat al-Masabih 1527HasanIbn Masud told of the Prophet saying to his companions one day, “Show due respect towards God.” On their replying, “Prophet of God, we show due respect towards God, praise be to God,” he said, “That is not what I mean; but he who shows due respect to God must…Mishkat al-Masabih 1587DaifAbdallah ibn Masud reported God’s messenger as saying, “The bier should be followed and should not follow. Those who go in front of it are not accompanying it.”
Tirmidhi, Abu Dawud and Ibn Majah transmitted it. Tirmidhi said that Abu Majid the transmitter is…Mishkat al-Masabih 1640SahihAbdallah ibn Masud reported God’s messenger as saying, “He who beats the cheeks, tears the front of the garments, and cries out as people did in pre-Islamic times, does not belong to us.”Mishkat al-Masabih 1652DaifAbdallah ibn Masud reported God’s messenger as saying, “If anyone comforts one who has been afflicted he will have a reward equivalent to his.”
Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah transmitted it, Tirmidhi saying this is a gharib tradition which was known to him as traced…Mishkat al-Masabih 1670DaifAbdallah ibn Masud reported God’s messenger as saying, “If anyone is predeceased by three of his children who did not grow old enough to sin, they will be a strong protection for him from hell.” When Abu Dharr said he had been predeceased by two, he told him…Mishkat al-Masabih 1684DaifIbn Masud reported God’s messenger as saying, “I forbade you to visit graves, but you may now visit them, for they produce abstinence in this world and act as a reminder of the next.”Mishkat al-Masabih 1707SahihThe Prophet said:,
“No man will fail to pay the zakat on his property without God putting a large snake on his neck on the day of resurrection.” He then recited to them the justification of it from God s Book, “Let not those who are niggardly with what God…Mishkat al-Masabih 1760DaifAbdallah ibn Masud reported God’s messenger as saying,
“He who begs from people when he has a sufficiency will come on the day of resurrection with his begging showing itself as scrapes, scratching or lacerations on his face.”
On being asked what constituted…