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 3 of 9
Mishkat al-Masabih 1047SahihAn orphan and I prayed in our house behind the Prophet, and Umm Sulaim* was behind us.
*She was the mother of Anas.Mishkat al-Masabih 1060God’s Messenger appointed Ibn Umm Maktum as substitute to lead the people in prayer, and he was blind.Mishkat al-Masabih 1068SahihI never prayed behind an imam, who was more brief or more perfect in his prayer than the Prophet. If he heard a boy crying he would shorten the prayer for fear his mother might be distressed.Mishkat al-Masabih 1076SahihGod’s Messenger led us in prayer one day, and when he finished his prayer he faced us and said, “O people, I am your imam, so do not bow, prostrate yourselves, stand, or go away before I do, for I see you both in front of me and behind me.”Mishkat al-Masabih 1078Anas said God’s Messenger was thrown off a horse he was riding and his right side was grazed. He then prayed one of the prayers sitting and we prayed behind him sitting, and when he finished he said, “The imam is appointed only to be followed; so when he…Mishkat al-Masabih 1083HasanAnas reported God’s Messenger as saying, “If anyone prays to God for forty days in congregation being present in time for the first takbira, two immunities will be recorded for him, one from hell and one from hypocrisy,”Mishkat al-Masabih 1118SahihI asked Anas ibn Malik about the voluntary prayers after the afternoon prayer and he replied, “Umar used to forbid prayer after the afternoon prayer, but in the time of God’s Messenger we used to pray two rakas after the setting of the sun before the sunset…Mishkat al-Masabih 1119Sahih“When we were in Medina, the moment the muadhdhin made the call to the sunset prayer the people hastened to the pillars of the mosque and prayed two rakas, with the result that any stranger coming into the mosque would think that the obligatory prayer had…Mishkat al-Masabih 1146Sahih“We never wanted to see God’s Messenger praying at night without doing so, and we never wanted to see him sleeping without doing so.”*
*The tradition most probably means that he Prophet did not go to extremes in religious observances.Mishkat al-Masabih 1178Sahih“God’s Messenger used to break his fast during a month so that we imagined he had not fasted during it at all, and he fasted so that we imagined he had not broken it. You did not wish to see him praying during the night without doing so, or sleeping without…Mishkat al-Masabih 1181SahihAnas reported God’s Messenger as saying, “One should pray as long as he is lively, but when he slackens he should stop.”Mishkat al-Masabih 1222SahihI asked Anas ibn Malik whether the humble supplication1 during the prayer was before or after bowing and he replied, “Before it; God’s Messenger observed it after bowing only for a month. He had sent out some people called Qur’an readers, to the number of…Mishkat al-Masabih 1224SahihThe Prophet stood in humble supplication for a month and then gave it up.Mishkat al-Masabih 1247DaifAnas reported God’s Messenger as saying, “If anyone prays twelve rakas in the forenoon God will build for him a castle of gold in paradise.”
Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah transmitted it, but Tirmidhi said, “This is a gharib tradition which I know only by this line…Mishkat al-Masabih 1262SahihGod’s Messenger prayed four rakas at the noon prayer in Medina and two rakas at the afternoon prayer in Dhul Hulaifa.Mishkat al-Masabih 1265SahihWe went out from Medina to Mecca with God’s Messenger and he prayed two rakas at each time of prayer till we returned to Medina. On being asked whether they had stayed any length of time in Mecca, he replied that they had stayed ten days.Mishkat al-Masabih 1274When God’s Messenger was on a journey and wished to say voluntary prayers he made his she-camel face the qibla and said, “God is most great,” then prayed in whatever direction his mount made him face.Mishkat al-Masabih 1288HasanAnas reported God’s Messenger as saying, “Seek the time in which hope is placed on Friday from after the afternoon prayer till sunset.”Mishkat al-Masabih 1296When Rajab came God’s Messenger said, “O God, bless us in Rajab and Shaban and bring us to Ramadan.” He also quoted him as saying, “Thursday night is a very bright night and Friday is a shining day.”
Baihaqi transmitted it in ad-Daawat al-kabir.Mishkat al-Masabih 1324SahihThe Prophet used to observe the Friday prayer when the sun passed the meridian.Mishkat al-Masabih 1326SahihWhen it was very cold the Prophet observed the prayer early, and when it was very hot he delayed the prayer till it was cooler. The reference is to the Friday prayer.Mishkat al-Masabih 1356SahihGod’s Messenger did not go out in the morning on the day of the breaking of the fast till he ate some dates, and he would eat an odd number.Mishkat al-Masabih 1362SahihWhen the Prophet came to Medina the people had two days on which they engaged in games. Having asked what their significance was and being told that they had engaged in games on them in the pre-Islamic period, he said, “God has substituted for them something…Mishkat al-Masabih 1376SahihI saw him placing his foot on their sides and saying, “In the name of God. God is most great.”Mishkat al-Masabih 1419SahihAnas said the 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 for the whiteness under his armpits to be visible.Mishkat al-Masabih 1420SahihHe said the Prophet prayed for rain pointing the back of his hands to the sky.Mishkat al-Masabih 1422SahihA shower of rain fell when we were with God’s Messenger, so he removed his garment till some of the rain fell on him. We asked him why he did this, and he replied, “Because it has recently been with its Lord.”Mishkat al-Masabih 1430SahihWhen they experienced a drought Umar ibn al-Khattab prayed for rain by virtue of al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib, and said, “O God, we used to supplicate Thee by virtue of our prophet and Thou didst give us water. We are now supplicating Thee by virtue of our…Mishkat al-Masabih 1466SahihAnas reported God’s messenger as saying, “Every Muslim who dies of plague is credited with martyrdom.”Mishkat al-Masabih 1470SahihAnas said he heard the Prophet declare that God who is glorious and exalted said, “When I afflict my servant in his two loved things (i.e. his eyes), and he endures patiently, I shall compensate him for them with paradise.”