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
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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 8 of 9
Mishkat al-Masabih 3794DaifThe Messenger of Allah said:, “Go in God’s name, trusting in God, and adhering to the religion of God’s Messenger. Do not kill a decrepit old man, or a young infant, or a woman; do not be dishonest about booty, but collect your spoils, do right and act well…Mishkat al-Masabih 3804SahihAnas told that eighty Meccans came down armed from the mountain of at-Tanim against God’s Messenger intending to take him and his companions unawares, but he took them captive without fighting and spared them. A version says he set them free and God most high…Mishkat al-Masabih 3840Anas reported God’s Messenger as saying on that day, meaning the day of Hunain, “He who kills an infidel gets what he takes from him.” Abu Talha killed twenty men that day and got what was taken from them.Mishkat al-Masabih 3865SahihAnas reported God’s Messenger as saying at the battle of Badr, “Who will find out for us what has happened to Abu Jahl?” Ibn Masud went and. found that the two sons of Afra, had struck him till he was almost dead, so he seized him by his beard and said, “Are…Mishkat al-Masabih 3874Anas told that God’s Messenger sent Khalid b. al-Walid to Ukaidir of Duma,* and when they seized him and brought him he spared his life and made peace with him on condition that he should pay jizya.
*Duma was a fortress-near Tabuk. Ukaidir was a Christian.…Mishkat al-Masabih 3880SahihAnas told that Quraish made an agreement with the Prophet laying down the condition that if anyone came to them from him they should not send him back, but that if anyone came to him from them he should send him back. They asked God’s Messenger whether they…Mishkat al-Masabih 3915SahihAnas told that one morning he took Abdallah ibn Abu Talha to God’s messenger for him to chew something and rub his palate with it,* and found him with a branding-iron in his hand branding the camels of the sadaqa.
*This was a custom for the purpose of…Mishkat al-Masabih 3916SahihHisham ibn Zaid quoted Anas as saying that he went to visit the Prophet when he was in an enclosure and saw him branding sheep. He thought he said it was on their ears.Mishkat al-Masabih 3944SahihWe started a hare at Marr az-Zahran1 and when I caught it and brought it to Abu Talha he cut its throat and sent its haunch and two hindlegs to God’s messenger, and he accepted it.
1. A wadi near Mecca.Mishkat al-Masabih 4003SahihQatada quoted Anas as saying that the Prophet never ate at a low table or from a small bowl* and that thin bread was not baked for him. Qatada was asked what they ate off and replied that it was off leather cloths.
*This would have indicated pride throngh…Mishkat al-Masabih 4004SahihAnas said he was not aware of the Prophet having seen a thin loaf till he met God, nor did he ever see with his eye a sheep roasted in its skin.Mishkat al-Masabih 4011SahihA tailor invited the Prophet to a meal which he had prepared and I went along with the Prophet. He presented barley bread and soup containing pumpkin and dried sliced meat, and I saw the Prophet going after the pumpkin round the dish, so I have always liked…Mishkat al-Masabih 4018SahihAnas told that he saw the Prophet squatting and eating dates. A version says he was eating some quickly.Mishkat al-Masabih 4031SahihAnas reported God’s messenger as saying, “God most high is pleased when a man eats something and praises Him for it, or drinks something and praises Him for it.”Mishkat al-Masabih 4046Anas said God’s messenger liked what was at the bottom of the pot.*
*Mirqat, iv, 381 has quite a long discussion of the meaning of thufl. It means ‘dregs’, or ‘what sinks to the bottom’. The preference for the meaning in the translation above is said to “be…Mishkat al-Masabih 4055HasanAnas told that when the Prophet was brought some old dates he began to examine them and remove the worms from them.Mishkat al-Masabih 4068Anas ibn Malik reported God’s messenger as saying, “The lord of your condiment is salt.”*
*Probably meaning that salt is necessary to make food palatable, while other condiments are extras.Mishkat al-Masabih 4091SahihGod’s messenger used to breathe three times in the course of a drink.
(Bukhari and Muslim.) In a version Muslim added that he used to say, “It is more thirst-quenching, healthier and more wholesome.”Mishkat al-Masabih 4094SahihAnas said the Prophet forbade that a man should drink standing.Mishkat al-Masabih 4101SahihAnas told that a domestic sheep was milked for God’s messenger and its milk was mixed with water from a well in Anas’s house. God’s messenger was then given a cup and drank, Abu Bakr being on his left and a nomadic Arab on his right. Umar asked God’s…Mishkat al-Masabih 4114SahihI have given God’s messenger in this cup of mine all kinds of drink: honey, nabidh, water and milk.Mishkat al-Masabih 4128SahihAnas said the clothing the Prophet liked best wear was a striped cloak.Mishkat al-Masabih 4146Anas told that God’s messenger gave licence to Az-Zubayr and Abd ar-Rahman ibn Auf to wear silk because of an itch which they had.
(Bukhari and Muslim.)
In a version by Muslim he said they complained of bugs and he gave them licence to wear silk shirts.Mishkat al-Masabih 4178Anas told that when the Prophet was ill he came out leaning on Usamah, wearing a striped garment with an end over his left shoulder, and led them in the prayer.
It is transmitted in Sharh as-sunna.Mishkat al-Masabih 4204SahihWhen the Prophet wanted to write to the Persian Emperor, the Byzantine Emperor and the Negus he was told that they would not accept a letter without a seal; so God’s messenger fashioned a seal in the form of a silver ring on which he engraved “Muhammad God’s…Mishkat al-Masabih 4225SahihAnas said the Prophet’s sandal had two thongs.Mishkat al-Masabih 4238SahihAnas said they were told not to let more than forty days elapse between the times they clipped the moustache, pared the nails, plucked out hairs under the armipits and shaved the pubes.Mishkat al-Masabih 4250SahihAnas said the Prophet forbade men to use saffron. (Mirqat, iv, 461, says this applies to their clothing and their bodies, as it is a female custom but does not prohibit a small use of it.)Mishkat al-Masabih 4260HasanAnas said God’s messenger had sukka (A perfume made from ramik, a black substance mixed with musk. After an elaborate process of pounding and moistening it was left for a year before being used. Its perfume is said to have improved with age. Cf. Mirqat, iv…Mishkat al-Masabih 4276DaifAnas said he had a hanging lock of hair and his mother told him not to cut it, for God’s messenger used to stretch it out and hold it.