Musaddad ibn Musarhad
أبو الحسن مسدد بن مسرهد بن مسربل
Fourth generation, died 228 AH in Basra. Named in the chains of 1,021 narrations of the library, 389 in Bukhari, 546 in Abu Dawud, 1 in Tirmidhi.
1,021narrations name him
6collections
228 AHhe died, in Basra
In the books of narrators: Trustworthy and exact, ثقة حافظ.
Narrations he is named in
Sunan Abi Dawud, page 6 of 19
Sunan Abi Dawud 1263SahihUmmul Muminin: When the Prophet prayed the two rakahs of the dawn prayer, he would lie down if I was asleep; in case I was awake, he would talk to me.Sunan Abi Dawud 1292SahihAllah ibn Shaqiq: I asked Aishah: Did the Messenger of Allah pray in the Duha? She replied: No, except when he returned from his journey. I then asked: Did the Messenger of Allah recite the surahs combining each other? She said: He would do so in the mufassal…Sunan Abi Dawud 1375SahihWe fasted with the Messenger of Allah during Ramadan, but he did not make us get up at night for prayer at any time during the month till seven nights remained; then he made us get up for prayer till a third of the night had passed. When the sixth remaining…Sunan Abi Dawud 1378HasanI said to Ubayy ibn Kab: Tell me about lailat al-qadr, O Abu al-Mundhir, for our companion (Ibn Masud) was questioned about it, and he said: Anyone who gets up for prayer every night all the year round will hit upon it (i.e. lailat al-qadr). He replied: May…Sunan Abi Dawud 1393DaifWe came upon the Messenger of Allah in a deputation of Thaqif. The signatories of the pact came to Al-Mughirah ibn Shubah as his guests. The Messenger of Allah made Banu-Malik stay in a tent of his. Musaddad’s version says: He was in the deputation of Thaqif…Sunan Abi Dawud 1407SahihWe prostrated ourselves along with the Messenger of Allah on account of: “When the sky is rent asunder” and “Recite in the name of Your Lord Who created.”Sunan Abi Dawud 1408SahihI offered the night prayer behind Abu Hurayrah. He recited Surah Inshiqaq (“When the sky is rent asunder”) and prostrated himself. I asked him: What is this prostration? He replied: I prostrated myself on account of this (surah) behind Abu al-Qasim (i.e. the…Sunan Abi Dawud 1414SahihUmmul Muminin: The Messenger of Allah prostrated himself at night when reciting the Qur’an. He said repeatedly: My face prostrates itself to Him Who created it and brought forth its hearing and seeing by His might and power.Sunan Abi Dawud 1439SahihQays ibn Talq said: Talq ibn Ali visited us on a certain day during Ramadan. He remained with us till evening and broke fast with us. He then stood up and led us in the witr prayer. He then went to his mosque and led them in prayer. When the witr remained, he…Sunan Abi Dawud 1444SahihAnas ibn Malik was asked whether the Messenger of Allah had recited supplication in the dawn prayer. He replied: Yes. He was again asked whether before bowing or after bowing. He said after bowing. This version of Musaddad adds the words: “For a short period.”Sunan Abi Dawud 1446SahihPrayed with the Prophet: Muhammad ibn Sirin said: Someone who prayed the morning prayer along with the Prophet narrated to me: When he raised his head after the second rakah, he remained standing for a short while.Sunan Abi Dawud 1448SahihThe Messenger of Allah said: Some offer prayer in your houses; do not make them graves.Sunan Abi Dawud 1464HasanThe Messenger of Allah said: One who was devoted to the Qur’an will be told to recite, ascend and recite carefully as he recited carefully when he was in the world, for he will reach his abode when he comes to the last verse he recites.Sunan Abi Dawud 1480HasanIbn Sad said: My father (Sad ibn AbuWaqqas) heard me say: O Allah, I ask Thee for Paradise, its blessings, its pleasure and such-and-such, and such-and-such; I seek refuge in Thee from Hell, from its chains, from its collars, and from such-and-such, and from…Sunan Abi Dawud 1493SahihThe Messenger of Allah heard a man saying: O Allah, I ask Thee, I bear witness that there is no god but Thou, the One, He to Whom men repair, Who has not begotten, and has not been begotten, and to Whom no one is equal, and he said: You have supplicated Allah…Sunan Abi Dawud 1496HasanThe Prophet said: “Allah’s Greatest Names is in these two verses: ‘And your Ilaha (God) is One Ilaha (God), none has the right to be worshipped but He, the Ever-Merciful, the Mercy-Giving and the beginning of Surah Al Imran, ‘A.L.M Allah, there is no deity…Sunan Abi Dawud 1501HasanThe Prophet commanded them (the women emigrants) to be regular (in remembering Allah by saying): “Allah is most great”; “Glory be to the King, the Holy”; “there is no god but Allah”; and that they should count them on fingers, for they (the fingers) will be…Sunan Abi Dawud 1505Sahih“Muawiyah wrote to Al-Mughirah ibn Shubah: ‘What would the the Messenger of Allah recite when he gave Taslim (salutation) in the prayer?’ Al-Mughirah dictated and wrote to Muawiyah: ‘The Messenger of Allah used to say (at the end of the prayer after taslim)…Sunan Abi Dawud 1508DaifI heard the Messenger of Allah saying (the version of Sulayman has: The Messenger of Allah used to say) after his prayer: “O Allah, our Lord and Lord of everything, I bear witness that Thou art the Lord alone Who hast no partner; O Allah, Our Lord and Lord of…Sunan Abi Dawud 1511SahihThe aforesaid tradition has also been transmitted by Amr ibn Murrah through a different chain of narrators to the same effect. This version adds: “And make right guidance easy for me.” The narrator did not say: “my right guidance”.Sunan Abi Dawud 1515SahihAl-Agharr al-Muzani said (Musaddad in his version of this tradition said that he was a Companion of the Prophet): The Messenger of Allah said: My heart is invaded by unmindfulness, and I ask Allah’s pardon a hundred times in the day.Sunan Abi Dawud 1519SahihQatadah asked Anas: Which Supplication would the Prophet often make? He replied: The supplication he would usually recite was: “O Allah, give us in this world what is good and in the next what is good, and protect us from the punishment of Hell-fire”. The…Sunan Abi Dawud 1521SahihAsma bint al-Hakam said: I heard Ali say: I was a man; when I heard a tradition from the Messenger of Allah, Allah benefited me with it as much as He willed. But when some one of his companions narrated a tradition to me I adjured him. When he took an oath, I…Sunan Abi Dawud 1525SahihThe Messenger of Allah said to me: May I not teach you phrases which you utter in distress? (These are:) “Allah, Allah is my Lord, I do not associate anything as partner with Him.”Sunan Abi Dawud 1527SahihThey (the Companions) accompanied the Prophet while they were climbing the turning of a hill. A man uttered loudly: “There is no god but Allah, and Allah is most great” when he ascended the hill. The Prophet of Allah said: You are not supplicating one who is…Sunan Abi Dawud 1540SahihThe Messenger of Allah used to say: “O Allah, I seek refuge in You from weakness, and laziness, and cowardice, and old age, and I seek refuge in You from the punishment of the grave, and I seek refuge in You from the trails of the life and death.”Sunan Abi Dawud 1579HasanI went myself or someone who accompanied the collector of the Prophet told me: It was recorded in the document written by the Messenger of Allah not to accept a milking goat or she-camel or a (suckling) baby (as zakat on animals); and those which are in…Sunan Abi Dawud 1613SahihThe Messenger of Allah prescribed sadaqah at the end of Ramadan one sa of barley and dried dates, payable by young and old freeman and slave. The version of Musa adds: “ male and female”.Sunan Abi Dawud 1615SahihAbd Allah (b. Umar) said “The people then began to pay half a sa of wheat later on. The narrator said: Abd Allah (b. Umar) use to pay dried dates as sadaqah one year the people of Medina lacked dried dates, hence he paid barley.”Sunan Abi Dawud 1617DaifThe aforesaid tradition has also been transmitted by Abu Said through a different chain of narrators. This version adds: “Half a sa of wheat ‘. But this is a misunderstanding on the part of muawayah ibn Hisham and of those who narrated from him.’”