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 4 of 9
Mishkat al-Masabih 1473Sahihas saying, “If anyone performs ablution well and pays a sick visit to his brother Muslim seeking his reward from God, he will be removed a distance of sixty years (here kharif is used in another of its meanings) from jahannam.”Mishkat al-Masabih 1481Anas reported God’s messenger as saying, “When a Muslim is afflicted with some trouble in his body the angel is told to record for him his good deeds which he was accustomed to do. Then if God cures him He washes and purifies him, and if He takes him in death…Mishkat al-Masabih 1486HasanAnas reported God’s messenger as saying, “When God has a good purpose towards His servant He gives him punishment beforehand in this world, but when He has an evil purpose towards His servant He refrains from dealing with his sin till He takes from him full…Mishkat al-Masabih 1487HasanHe reported God’s messenger as saying, “The magnitude of the reward goes along with the magnitude of the affliction. When God who is great and glorious loves people He afflicts them, and those who accept it gladly receive God’s good pleasure, but those who…Mishkat al-Masabih 1495SahihAnas told that when a young Jew who was a servant of the Prophet became ill the Prophet went to visit him and, sitting down by his head, said to him, “Accept Islam.” He looked at his father who was beside him, and he said, “Obey Abul Qasim.” So he accepted…Mishkat al-Masabih 1506Anas reported God’s messenger as stating that the Lord who is glorious and exalted says, “By my might and glory, I will not take out of the world anyone I intend to forgive till I get payment for every sin which hangs on his neck by illness in his body and…Mishkat al-Masabih 1508DaifAnas said the Prophet was not accustomed to visit an invalid till he had been ill for three days.
Ibn Majah and Baihaqi, in Shuab al- iman, transmitted it.Mishkat al-Masabih 1511The Prophet said:, “A visit should last as long as the time between the two milkings of a she-camel.”(The reference is to the practice of drawing some milk from the camel, then leaving her for a little for her young to suck milk. When she then let her milk…Mishkat al-Masabih 1520SahihThe Prophet said:, “None of you must wish for death because he is afflicted by evil circumstances, but if he cannot help doing so he should say, ‘O God, give me life as long as life is better for me, and take me when death is better for me.’”Mishkat al-Masabih 1531The Prophet visited a young man who was dying and asked him how he was. He replied, “I am hoping in God, messenger of God, but I am afraid of my sins,” whereupon God’s messenger said, “The two cannot come together in a man’s heart at such a time without God…Mishkat al-Masabih 1580Anas told that when some people passed a dead body on a bier and spoke highly of the dead man the Prophet said, “It is certain.” When they passed another and spoke very badly of the dead man he said, “It is certain.” Umar asked what was certain, and he…Mishkat al-Masabih 1602When a bier came past God’s messenger and he stood up he was told that it was carrying a Jew. He replied, “I stood up simply out of respect for the angels.”
Nasai transmitted it.Mishkat al-Masabih 1630SahihI was present when the daughter of God’s messenger was being buried. He was sitting beside the grave and I saw his eyes shedding tears. He then asked, “Is there any of you who did not have sexual intercourse last night?” Abu Talha replied that he had not, so…Mishkat al-Masabih 1637SahihTo him, “You too, messenger of God?” He replied, “Ibn Auf, it is compassion,” then shed more tears and said, “The eye weeps and the heart grieves, but we say only what our Lord is pleased with, and we are grieved over being separated from you, Ibrahim.”Mishkat al-Masabih 1643SahihAnas told that when the Prophet came upon a woman weeping at a grave he said, “Fear God and show endurance.” She, not recognising him, replied, “Go away, for you have not been afflicted as I have.” She was told that he was the Prophet, so she went to his…Mishkat al-Masabih 1649DaifAnas reported God’s messenger as saying, “Every believer has two gates, one by which deeds ascend and one by which his provision comes down, and when he dies they weep for him.” That agrees with God’s words, “Neither the heaven nor the earth wept for…Mishkat al-Masabih 1711SahihIn the name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful. This is the obligatory sadaqa which God’s messenger imposed on the Muslims which God commanded him to impose. Those Muslims who are asked for the proper amount must give it, but those who are asked for more…Mishkat al-Masabih 1716HasanAnas reported God’s messenger as saying,
“He who collects more sadaqa than is due is like him who refuses to pay it.” *
Abu Dawud and Tirmidhi transmitted it.
* Meaning that the sin committed by both is similar in its seriousness.Mishkat al-Masabih 1736SahihAnas told that the Prophet came upon a date on the road and said,
“Were it not that I fear it may be part of the sadaqa I would eat it.”Mishkat al-Masabih 1764Daifone who is in grinding poverty, one who is seriously in debt, or one who is responsible for blood-wit he finds it difficult to pay.
Abu Dawud transmitted it, and Ibn Majah transmitted up to “the day of resurrection.”Mishkat al-Masabih 1813Anas reported God’s messenger as saying,
“If any Muslim plants something or sows seed from which man, bird, or beast eats, it counts as sadaqa for him.”
(Bukhari and Muslim.)
In a version by Muslim from Jabir it says that what is stolen from it counts as…Mishkat al-Masabih 1821DaifAnas reported God’s messenger as saying,
“Sadaqa appeases the Lord’s anger and averts an evil death.”Mishkat al-Masabih 1835DaifWhen God created the earth it began to oscillate, so He created the mountains, ordered them on to it, and it became steady. The angels marvelled at the strength of the mountains and asked their Lord whether there was anything in His creation stronger than the…Mishkat al-Masabih 1856Abu Talha was the one among the Ansar who possessed most palm trees, the property he prized most being Bairaha which was opposite the mosque and was often entered by God’s messenger who drank some of the sweet water it contained.
When this verse came down…Mishkat al-Masabih 1857He reported God’s messenger as saying, “The most excellent sadaqa consists in your satisfying a hungry stomach.”*
Baihaqi transmitted it in Shuab al-iman.
* Literally “liver.”Mishkat al-Masabih 1874HasanAnas ibn Malik told of God’s messenger saying when Ramadan began, “This month has come to you, and it contains a night which is better than a thousand months. He who is deprived of it is deprived of all good, but only those who are denied prosperity are…Mishkat al-Masabih 1892SahihThe Prophet said:, “Take a meal a little before dawn, for there is a blessing in taking a meal at that time.”Mishkat al-Masabih 1901HasanThe Prophet used to break his fast before praying with some fresh dates, but if there were no fresh dates he had a few dry dates, and if there were no dry dates he took some mouthfuls* of water.
*Mirqat explains this as three mouthfuls, but ‘three’ does not…Mishkat al-Masabih 1920DaifAnas told of a man coming to the Prophet and saying, “I have a complaint in my eyes, so may I apply collyrium while I am fasting?” He replied, “Yes.”Mishkat al-Masabih 1932SahihIn the course of a journey with the Prophet when some of them were fasting and others broke their fast, they alighted at a stage on a hot day, and while those who fasted collapsed those who had broken their fast rose and set up the tents and watered the…