Anas ibn Malik
أبو حمزة أنس بن مالك بن النضر
Companion, died 90 AH in Basra. Named in the chains of 2,901 narrations of the library, 703 in Bukhari, 271 in Muslim, 243 in Abu Dawud.
2,901narrations name him
16collections
90 AHhe died, in Basra
Narrations he is named in
Bukhari703Muslim271Abu Dawud243Tirmidhi324Nasa'i317Ibn Majah266Muwatta31Ahmad7Darimi129Riyad as-Salihin127Bulugh al-Maram77Al-Adab Al-Mufrad87Shama'il66Mishkat249Nawawi's Forty2Forty Qudsi2
Sunan Abi Dawud, page 2 of 9
Sunan Abi Dawud 601SahihThe Messenger of Allah rode a horse and was thrown off it and his right was grazed. He then prayed one of the prayers sitting and we prayed one of the prayers sitting, and when he finished he said: the Imam is appointed only to be followed; so when he prays…Sunan Abi Dawud 608SahihThe Messenger of Allah entered upon Umm Haram. The people (in her house) brought some cooking oil dates to him. He said; Put it (dates) back in its container and return it (cooking oil) to its bag, because I am keeping fast. He then stood and led us in prayer…Sunan Abi Dawud 609SahihThe Messenger of Allah led him and one of their women in prayer. He (the prophet) put him on his right side and the woman behind him (Anas).Sunan Abi Dawud 612SahihHis grandmother Mulaikah the Messenger of Allah to take meals which she prepared for him. He took some of it and prayed. He said: Get up, I shall lead you in prayer. Anas said: I got up and took a mat which had become black on account of long use. I then…Sunan Abi Dawud 624SahihThe prophet persuaded them to say prayer in congregation and prohibited them to leave before he goes away from the prayer.Sunan Abi Dawud 657SahihA man from the Ansar said: I am a corpulent man-and he was (actually) a fat man; I cannot pray along with you. He prepared food for him and invited him to his house. (he said) (please) pray (here) so that I may see how you pray, and then I would follow you.…Sunan Abi Dawud 658SahihThe prophet used to visit Umm Sulaim. Sometimes the time for prayer would come and he would pray on out carpet that was really a mat. She (Umm Sulaim) used to wash it with water.Sunan Abi Dawud 660SahihWe used to pray along with the Messenger of Allah in intense heat. When any of us could not rest his face on bare ground while prostrating due to intense heat he spread his cloth and would prostrate on it.Sunan Abi Dawud 667SahihThe Prophet said: Stand close together in your rows, bring them near one another, and stand neck to neck, for by Him in Whose hand my soul is, I see the devil coming in through openings in the row just like a small black sheep.Sunan Abi Dawud 668SahihThe Messenger of Allah said: Straighten your rows for the straightening of the rows is part of perfecting the prayer.Sunan Abi Dawud 670DaifThis tradition has also ben transmitted by Anas through a different chain of transmitters. This version goes: when the Messenger of Allah stood for prayer, he took it (the stick) in his right hand and turning (to the right side) said; keep straight and…Sunan Abi Dawud 671SahihThe Prophet said: Complete the front row, then the one that comes next, and if there is any incompleteness, let it be in the last row.Sunan Abi Dawud 763SahihA man came panting to join the row of worshippers, and said: Allah is most great; praise be to Allah, much praise, good and blessed. When the Messenger of Allah finished his prayer, he asked: Which of you is the one who spoke the words? He said nothing wrong.…Sunan Abi Dawud 782Sahih‘Anas said: The Prophet(peace be upon hm), Abu Bakr, Umar and Uthman used to begin the recitation with ‘Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the Universe.’’Sunan Abi Dawud 784HasanThe Messenger of Allah said: A surah has just been revealed to me. He then recited:In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful. Lo! We have given thee Abundance until he finished it. Then he asked: Do you know what Abundance (al-Kawthar) is? They…Sunan Abi Dawud 853SahihI did not offer prayer behind anyone more brief than the one offered by the Messenger of Allah and that was perfect. When the Messenger of Allah said: “Allah listens to him who praises Him,” he stood long we thought that he had omitted something; then he say…Sunan Abi Dawud 888DaifI did not offer behind anyone after the Messenger of Allah a prayer like the prayer offered by the Messenger of Allah than this youth, i.e. Umar ibn AbdulAziz. We estimated reciting glorification ten times in his bowing, and in his prostration ten times.Sunan Abi Dawud 897SahihThe Messenger of Allah said:; Adopt a moderate position when prostrating yourselves, and see that none of you stretches out his forearms (on the ground) like a dog.Sunan Abi Dawud 913SahihAnas ibn Malik reported the Messenger of Allah assaying: What is the matter that people raise their (Upwards) in prayer. He then said sternly: They should stop doing that, otherwise their sight will be snatched away.Sunan Abi Dawud 943SahihThe Prophet used to make a sign during prayer.Sunan Abi Dawud 1045SahihThe Prophet and his Companions used to pray in the direction of Jerusalem. When the following verse was revealed: “ So turn thy face towards the inviolable mosque”; and Ye (O Muslims), wheresoever ye may be, turn your face towards it(ii. 144), a man passed by…Sunan Abi Dawud 1084SahihThe Messenger of Allah used to offer the Friday prayer when the sun declined.Sunan Abi Dawud 1120DaifI saw the Messenger would descend from the pulpit and a man stop him for his need. He would remain standing with him until his need was fulfilled. Then he would stand and pray.Sunan Abi Dawud 1134SahihWhen the Messenger of Allah came to Medina, the people had two days on which they engaged in games. He asked: What are these two days (what is the significance)? They said: We used to engage ourselves on them in the pre-Islamic period. The Messenger of Allah…Sunan Abi Dawud 1170SahihThe Prophet was not accustomed to raise his hands in any supplication he made except when praying for rain. He would then raise them high enough so much so that the whiteness of his armpits was visible.Sunan Abi Dawud 1171SahihThe Prophet used to make supplication for rain in this manner. he spread his hands keeping the inner side (of hands) towards the earth, so I witnessed the whiteness of his armpits.Sunan Abi Dawud 1174SahihThe people of Medina had a drought during the time of the Prophet. While he was preaching on a Friday, a man stood up and said: Messenger of Allah, the horses have perished, the goats have perished, pray to Allah to give us water. He spread his hands and…Sunan Abi Dawud 1175SahihMentioned tradition has been narrated by Anas through a different chain of transmitters: The Messenger of Allah raised his hands in front of his face and said: O Allah! Give us water. the narrator then reported then reported the tradition like the former.Sunan Abi Dawud 1201SahihI asked Anas ibn Malik about the shortening of the prayer (while travelling). He said: When the Messenger of Allah went out on a journey of three miles or three farsakh (the narrator Shubah doubted), he used to pray two rakahs.Sunan Abi Dawud 1202SahihI prayed along with the Messenger of Allah four rakahs at the noon prayer at Medina and two rakahs at the afternoon prayer in Dhu al-Hulaifah.