Uqbah ibn Amir al-Juhani
أبو حماد عقبة بن عامر بن عبس
Companion, died 58 AH in Egypt. Named in the chains of 204 narrations of the library, 17 in Bukhari, 16 in Muslim, 28 in Abu Dawud.
204narrations name him
13collections
58 AHhe died, in Egypt
Narrations he is named in
Bukhari17Muslim16Abu Dawud28Tirmidhi16Nasa'i35Ibn Majah21Ahmad2Darimi26Riyad as-Salihin5Bulugh al-Maram7Al-Adab Al-Mufrad3Mishkat27Forty Qudsi1
Mishkat al-Masabih
Mishkat al-Masabih 271SahihUqbah ibn Amir reported God’s messenger as saying, “If any Muslim performs ablution well, then stands and prays two rakas, setting about their performance both inwardly and outwardly, he will be guaranteed paradise.”Mishkat al-Masabih 619SahihGod is pleased with a shepherd on the top of a rock on a mountain who makes the call to prayer and prays. God says, “Look at this servant of Mine who makes the call to prayer, observes the prayer and fears Me. I forgive My servant and will cause him to enter…Mishkat al-Masabih 709SahihUqbah ibn Amir said that God’s Messenger was presented with a silk gown which he put on and wore while praying. Then when he withdrew he pulled it off vigorously as though he disapproved of it, saying, “This is not fitting for the pious.”Mishkat al-Masabih 796SahihWhen I was leading God’s Messenger’s she-camel for him on a journey he said to me, “Shall I not teach you, Uqba, the best two suras to recite?” Then he taught me “Say, I seek refuge in the Lord of the dawn” and “Say, I seek refuge in the Lord of men”…Mishkat al-Masabih 825DaifUqbah ibn Amir said that when “Glorify the name of your mighty Lord” (Al-Qur’an; 56:74, 96; 69:52) was revealed, God’s Messenger said, “Use it when bowing;” and when “Glorify the name of your most high Lord” (Al-Qur’an; 87) was revealed, he said, “Use it when…Mishkat al-Masabih 914SahihUqbah ibn Amir said that God’s Messenger ordered him to recite al-Muawwidhat* after every prayer.
* Suras 113 and 114 are commonly called al-Muawwidhatan, this being the dual. Although al-Masabih has the dual, the Mishkat has the plural. In the notes to the…Mishkat al-Masabih 970SahihUqbah ibn Amir told that he said, “Messenger of God, sura al-Hajj has been given superior excellence through having two prostrations in it.” He replied, “Yes, and he who does not make the two prostrations should not recite the two verses.”
Abu Dawud and…Mishkat al-Masabih 980SahihThere were three times at which God’s Messenger used to forbid us to pray or bury our dead—when the sun begins to rise till it is fully up, when the sun is at its height at midday till it passes the meridian, and when the sun draws near to setting till it…Mishkat al-Masabih 1379SahihUqbah ibn Amir said the Prophet gave him some goats to divide among his friends as sacrificial animals, and a yearling remained over. He mentioned it to God’s Messenger, and he said, “Sacrifice it yourself.” In a version he said he told God’s Messenger he had…Mishkat al-Masabih 2016SahihWhen we were in the Suffa (A kind of verandah at the mosque in Medina where certain poor people lived) God’s messenger came out and asked, “Which of you would like to go out every morning to Buthan or al-Aqiq (Two wadis not far from Medina where camels were…Mishkat al-Masabih 2036SahihUqbah ibn Amir reported God’s messenger as saying, “What wonderful verses have been sent down to-night! The like of them has never been seen. They are ‘Say, I seek refuge in the Lord of the dawn’ and ‘Say, I seek refuge in the Lord of men.’” (Qur’an, 113 and…Mishkat al-Masabih 2045Uqbah ibn Amir said he heard God’s messenger say, “If the Qur’an were put in a skin and thrown into the fire it would not burn.”
Darimi transmitted it.Mishkat al-Masabih 2066SahihWhile I was travelling with God’s messenger between *al-Juhfa and al-Abwa a wind and intense darkness enveloped us, whereupon God’s messenger began to seek refuge in God, reciting “I seek refuge in the Lord of the dawn” and “I seek refuge in the Lord of…Mishkat al-Masabih 2068SahihUqbah ibn Amir said that when he asked God’s messenger whether he should recite sura Hud (Qur’an, 11) or sura Yusuf (Qur’an, 12), he told him he could recite nothing more effective with God than “Say, I seek refuge in the Lord of the dawn.”
Ahmad, Nasai and…Mishkat al-Masabih 2106HasanUqbah ibn Amir reported God’s messenger as saying, “He who recites the Qur’an loudly is like him who gives sadaqa openly, and he who recites the Qur’an quietly is like him who gives sadaqa secretly.”
Tirmidhi, Abu Dawud and Nasai transmitted it, Tirmidhi…Mishkat al-Masabih 2273Uqbah ibn Amir reported God’s messenger as saying, “One who does evil deeds and afterwards does good deeds is like a man who was wearing a tight coat of mail which choked him, then did a good deed and a ring was loosened, then did another and another was…Mishkat al-Masabih 2978SahihUqbah ibn Amir reported God’s Messenger as saying, “Avoid going in where women are.” A man said, “Messenger of God, tell me about the relatives of a woman’s husband,” to which he replied, “The relatives of a woman’s husband are death.”*
*The word “death” is…Mishkat al-Masabih 3018SahihUqbah ibn Amir reported God’s Messenger as saying, “The most worthy conditions you fulfil are those by which you make sexual intercourse lawful.”Mishkat al-Masabih 3296SahihUqbah ibn Amir reported God’s Messenger as saying, “The atonement for a vow is the same as for an oath.”Mishkat al-Masabih 3308DaifAbdallah ibn Malik told that when Uqbah ibn Amir consulted the Prophet about a sister of his who had vowed to perform the Pilgrimage. If barefoot and bareheaded, he said, “Command her to cover her head and to ride, and to fast three days.”
Abu Dawud…Mishkat al-Masabih 3548DaifUqbah ibn Amir reported God’s Messenger as saying, “Sahib maks, meaning one who tithes people, will not enter paradise.”Mishkat al-Masabih 3699SahihUqbah ibn Amir told that he heard God’s Messenger say when he was on the pulpit, “Prepare for them as much strength as you can. Strength is shooting; strength is shooting; strength is shooting.”Mishkat al-Masabih 3710Daifthe maker when he has a good motive in making it, the one who shoots it, and the one who hands it; so shoot and ride, but your shooting is more appreciated by me than your riding. Everything with which a man amuses himself is vain, except his shooting with…Mishkat al-Masabih 3876SahihUqbah ibn Amir told that he said, “Messenger of God, we come to people who do not give us hospitality, or pay what is due to us from them, and we take nothing from them.” He replied, “If they make it necessary for you to take it by force, do so.”Mishkat al-Masabih 4074SahihUqbah ibn Amir told that he said to the Prophet, “You send us out and we come to people who do not give us hospitality, so what is your opinion?” He replied, “If you come to people who order for you what is fitting for a guest accept it; but if they do not…Mishkat al-Masabih 4221SahihUqbah ibn Amir told that God’s messenger used to restrain people who adorned themselves and wore silk, saying, “If you want the adornment and silk of paradise, do not wear them in this world.”Mishkat al-Masabih 4340Sahih“Do not force your invalids to eat, for God most high gives them food and drink.”