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
Mishkat al-Masabih, page 2 of 9
Mishkat al-Masabih 526SahihAnas told of a man who came and said, “Messenger of God, I have done something which merits punishment, so appoint it for me.” He did not question him about it, and when the time for prayer came the man prayed along with him. Then when the Prophet had…Mishkat al-Masabih 547Sahih“When we prayed behind the Prophet at midday in summer we prostrated ourselves on our clothing to protect ourselves from the heat.”Mishkat al-Masabih 549SahihGod’s Messenger used to pray the afternoon prayer when the sun was high and bright, then one would go off to al-Awali (Villages on high ground outside Medina) and get there while the sun was still high. Parts of al-Awali were four miles or thereabouts from…Mishkat al-Masabih 556SahihThe Prophet and Zaid b Anas had a meal at daybreak, and when they finished their meal God’s prophet got up to pray and performed the prayer. On being asked how long it was between the end of their meal and their beginning to pray Anas replied that it was…Mishkat al-Masabih 560SahihThe Messenger of Allah said:, “If anyone forgets a stated prayer or oversleeps, expiation is made by observing it when he remembers it.” A version has “That is the only expiation for it.”Mishkat al-Masabih 576SahihDuring the hot weather God’s Messenger delayed the prayer till it was cooler, but in the cold weather he observed it early.
Nasai transmitted it.Mishkat al-Masabih 595SahihAnas said they mentioned kindling fire and the use of a bell, and mentioned the Jews and the Christians. Then Bilal was ordered to repeat the call to prayer twice and the statement that the time for prayer had come (al-iqama) once. Ismail1 said that he…Mishkat al-Masabih 614SahihThe Prophet used to attack the enemy at dawn, and he would sometimes hear the adhan, so if he heard an adhan he stopped, but otherwise he attacked. Once on hearing a man say, “God is most great, God is most great,” God’s Messenger said, “You follow Islam.”…Mishkat al-Masabih 625SahihAnas reported God’s Messenger as saying, “A supplication made between the adhan and the iqama is not rejected.”Mishkat al-Masabih 661SahihThe Messenger of Allah said:, “Spitting in the mosque is a sin which is expiated by burying the spittle.”Mishkat al-Masabih 671DaifAnas reported God’s Messenger as saying, “One of the signs of the last hour will be that people will vie with one another about mosques.
Abu Dawud, Nasai.”Mishkat al-Masabih 672DaifHe also reported God’s Messenger as saying, “The rewards of my people were placed before me, even and the sins of my people were placed before me, and I saw no sin greater than that a man should memorise a sura or verse of the Qur’an, then forget it.”*
* Cf.…Mishkat al-Masabih 696SahihThe Prophet saw some mucus in the direction of the qibla and his displeasure was apparent in his face, so he got up, scraped it with his hand and said, “When one of you gets up to pray, he is holding intimate converse only with his Lord, and his Lord is…Mishkat al-Masabih 702DaifAnas ibn Malik reported God’s Messenger as saying, “A man’s prayer in his house is equivalent to a single observance of prayer, his prayer in a tribal mosque is equivalent to twenty-five, his prayer in a mosque in which the Friday prayer is observed is…Mishkat al-Masabih 708SahihAishah had a figured curtain with which she secluded the side of her house, but the Prophet said to her, “Remove this figured curtain of yours from us, for its pictures keep interfering with my prayer.”Mishkat al-Masabih 764SahihA man came panting and entered the row of worshippers and said, “God is most great. Praise be to God, much, good and blessed.” When God’s Messenger finished his prayer he asked, “Which of you is the one who spoke the words?” but the people remained silent. He…Mishkat al-Masabih 773SahihThe Prophet, Abu Bakr and Umar used to begin the prayer with, “Praise be to God the Lord of the universe.”Mishkat al-Masabih 814SahihAnas reported God’s Messenger as saying, “Perform the bowing and the prostration properly, for I swear by God that I can see you behind me.”Mishkat al-Masabih 816SahihWhen the Prophet said, “God listens to him who praises Him,” he stood so long that we thought he had omitted something; then he would prostrate himself and sit between the sajdas so long that we thought he had omitted something.Mishkat al-Masabih 829DaifHe heard Anas ibn Malik declare, “After the death of God’s Messenger I never prayed behind anyone whose prayer more closely resembled that of God’s Messenger than this young man,” meaning Umar ibn Abd al-‘AzIz.* He reported him as saying, ‘I computed that he…Mishkat al-Masabih 834SahihAnas reported God’s Messenger as saying, “Adopt a moderate position when prostrating yourselves, and see that none of you stretches out his forearms like a dog.”Mishkat al-Masabih 867SahihAnas reported God’s Messenger as saying, “If anyone invokes a blessing on me once, God will grant him ten blessings, ten sins will be remitted from him, and he will be raised ten degrees.”
Nasai transmitted it.Mishkat al-Masabih 890SahihWhen the Prophet went away* he turned to his right.
*i.e. at the end of the salat.Mishkat al-Masabih 899SahihThe Prophet urged them to pray and forbade them to leave after prayer before he did.Mishkat al-Masabih 915HasanAnas reported God’s Messenger as saying, “To sit with people who make mention of God after the morning prayer till sunrise is more pleasing to me than setting free four of the descendants of Ishmael, and to sit with people who make mention of God after the…Mishkat al-Masabih 938HasanAnas told that the Prophet said, “Keep looking in the direction towards which you prostrate yourself, Anas.”
Baihaqi transmitted it in as-sunan al-kabir through al-Hasan from Anas, tracing it back to the Prophet.Mishkat al-Masabih 1025SahihThe iqama* had been uttered and God’s Messenger faced us and said, “Make your rows straight and stand close together, for l can see you behind my back.”
* A repetition of the words of the call to prayer after the worshippers have taken their places with the…Mishkat al-Masabih 1032SahihAnas reported God’s Messenger as saying, “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 like a number of small black sheep.”Mishkat al-Masabih 1037Anas told how God’s Messenger used to say to those on his right, “Keep straight and straighten your rows,” and say the same to those on his left.Mishkat al-Masabih 1039Anas told how the Prophet used to say, “Keep in alignment, keep in alignment, keep in alignment, for by Him in whose hand my soul is, I can see you behind me just as I see you in front of me.”