Showing posts with label Hadith. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hadith. Show all posts

Thursday, September 4, 2014

Hadith Narrated by 'Ali ibn Abi Talib: Part III

















It was narrated by 'Affan from Shu'ba, reported by 'Ali ibn Mudrik, who said: I heard Abu Zur'a ibn 'Amr ibn Jarir who narrates from 'Abdullah ibn Nujay from his father from 'Ali from the Prophet, that he [the Prophet] said: 'The angels do not enter a house in which there is a dog or an image.'
Hadith #815, Musnad Ibn Hanbal

It was narrated by 'Abdullah from Salih ibn 'Abdullah al-Tirmidhi from Hammad from 'Asim from 'Ubaydullah al-Qawariri from Hammad, who [al-Qawariri] said in his report, from 'Asim ibn Abu al-Najud from Zirr, meaning Ibn Hubaysh, from his father Juhayfa, who said: I heard 'Ali say: 'Shall I not tell you of the best of this Umma after its prophet [Muhammad]?  [It is] Abu Bakr.'  Then he said: 'Shall I not tell you of the best of this Umma after Abu Bakr?  [It is] 'Umar.'
Hadith #833, Musnad Ibn Hanbal

It was narrated by Muhammad ibn Ja'far from Shu'ba from Salama ibn Kuhayl from al-Sha'bi that 'Ali flogged Shuraha on Thursday and stoned her [to death] on Friday. saying: 'I flogged her in accordance with the Book of God [the Qur'an, for adultery] and stoned her in accordance with the sunna of the Messenger of God.'
Hadith #839, Musnad Ibn Hanbal

It was narrated by 'Abdullah from Muhammad ibn Sulayman al-Asadi Luwaun from Yahya ibn Abu Za'ida from 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Ishaq from Ziyad ibn Zayd al-Suwa'i from Abu Juhayfa from 'Ali, who said: 'It is from the sunna [of the Prophet] that in prayer one places one hand over the other beneath the navel.'
Hadith #875, Musnad Ibn Hanbal

It was narrated by Asud ibn 'Amir from Shu'ba, who said: The command reported from Abu Muhammad from 'Ali, who said the Prophet sent him to Madina and commanded him to level the graves.
Hadith #881, Musnad Ibn Hanbal

 It was narrated by Ishaq ibn Ibrahim al-Razi from Salama ibn al-Fadl from Muhammad ibn Ishaq from Zayd ibn Abu Habib from Marthad ibn 'Abdullah al-Yazayni from 'Abdullah ibn Zubayr al-Ghafa'i from 'Ali ibn Abi Talib that the Messenger of God used to ride a donkey named 'Ufayr.
Hadith #886, Musnad Ibn Hanbal

It was narrated by Husayn ibn al-Hasan al-Ashqar from Ibn Qabus ibn Abu Zabyan al-Janbi from his father from his grandfather from 'Ali, who said: 'When I killed Marhab [ibn Abu Zaynab, a chief of the Arab Jewish Khaybar Oasis tribes killed in the Battle of Khaybar], I brought his head to the Prophet (lama qataltu Marhab jintu bi-rasihi ila al-Nabi).'
Hadith #888, Musnad Ibn Hanbal

It was narrated by 'Abdullah from Shayban Abu Muhammad from Hammad ibn Salama from Yunus ibn Khabbab from Jarir ibn Hayyan from his father that 'Ali said to his father [Ibn Khabbab's]: 'I shall certainly send you on the same [type of] mission as the Messenger of God  sent me on: Level every grave and destroy every idol.'
Hadith #889, Musnad Ibn Hanbal

It was narrated by 'Ali ibn Bahr from 'Abdullah ibn Ibrahim ibn 'Umar ibn Kayyan,m who said of his father, I heard him report that 'Abdullah ibn Wahb from his father from Abu Khalifa from 'Ali ibn Talib, who said the Messenger of God said: 'God is kind and loves kindness, and He rewards kindness in a way that He does not reward harshness.'
Hadith #902, Musnad Ibn Hanbal 


 




Sunday, August 31, 2014

Hadith on Jihad: Part III


















It was narrated by Hisham ibn 'Ammar from al-Walid ibn Muslim from Yahya ibn al-Harith al-Dhimari from al-Qasim from Abu Umama from the Prophet, who said: 'The one who does not fight [man lam yaghzu] or equip a warrior [lam yujahhizu ghazi-yan] or remain behind to care for a warrior's family [lam yakhluf ghaziyan fi ahlihi bi-khayr], God will send upon him a calamity before Yaum al-Qiyama.'
-Hadith #2762, Sunan Ibn Maja

It was narrated by Hisham ibn 'Ammar from al-Walid from Abu Rafi'a, who was Isma'il ibn Rafi'a, from Sumayy, mawla Abu Bakr from Abu Salih from Abu Hurayra, who said that the Messenger of God, who said: 'The one who meets God without a mark on him from [jihad] in His path [fi sabilihi], he will meet Him [God] with a deficiency [laqiya Allah wafihi thulma].'
-Hadith #2763, Sunan Ibn Maja

It was narrated by 'Isa ibn Yunus al-Ramli from Muhammad ibn Shu'ayb ibn Shabur from Sa'id ibn Khalid ibn Abu Tuwayl, who said: I heard Anas ibn Malik say: I heard the Messenger of God say: 'Standing guard in the path of God [harasu laylat fi sabil Allah] is better than a man fasting and praying among his people [afdal siyam rajul waqiyamihi fi ahlihi alf-a sana-tin].  The year is 360 days, and a day is like a thousand years.'
-Hadith #2770, Sunan Ibn Maja

It was narrated by Ahmad bin 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Bakkar ibn 'Abd al-Malik ibn al-Walid ibn al-Walid ibn Bushr ibn Abu Arta from al-Walid from Shayban from al-A'mash from Abu Salih from Ibn 'Abbas from the Prophet, who said: 'If you are called up to fight, then go forth to fight [idha astunfiru-tum fa-infiru].'
-Hadith 2772, Sunan Ibn Maja

It was narrated by Ya'qub ibn Humayd ibn Kasib from Sufyan ibn 'Uyayna from Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Rahman, mawla Abu Talha, from 'Isa ibn Talha from Abu Hurayra that the Prophet said: 'The dust (acquired) in the path of God (fighting in jihad) and the smoke of the Hellfire will never be mixed within a Muslim.'
-Hadith 2774, Sunan Ibn Maja

It was narrated by Muhammad ibn Sa'id ibn Yazid ibn Ibrahim al-Tustari from Abu 'Asim from Shabib from Anas ibn Malik, who said: the Messenger of God said: 'The one who goes out in the path of God [man raha rawhat fi sabil Allah], for him will be the same amount of musk on Yaum al-Qiyama as the amount of dusk which came on him (from jihad fi sabil Allah).'
-Hadith #2775, Sunan Ibn Maja 



Hadith Narrated by 'Ali ibn Abi Talib: Part II






















It was narrated by Hajjaj from Isra'il from Abu Ishaq from Hani from 'Ali, who said: 'Al-Hasan most resembles the Messenger of God in [his] chest and head, and al-Husayn most resembles the Prophet in what is lower [on the body] than that.
-Hadith #774, Musnad Ibn Hanbal

It was narrated by 'Affan from Abu 'Awana from 'Abd al-A'la al-Tha'labi from Abu 'Abd al-Rahman al-Sulami from 'Ali from the Prophet, who said that he [the Prophet] said: 'Whoever deliberately lies about his dreams will be made to tie a grain of barley on Yaum al-Qiyama.'
-Hadith #789, Musnad Ibn Hanbal

It was narrated by 'Abdullah from Muhammad bin Sulayman Luwayn from Hudayj from Abu Ishaq from Abu Hudhayfa from 'Ali, who said the Prophet said: 'I went outside when the moon rose as if it was half a bowl (jafna).'  Then he said: 'Tonight is Laylat al-Qadr.'
-Hadith #793, Musnad Ibn Hanbal

It was narrated by Ibrahim ibn Hasan ibn Hasan ibn 'Ali ibn Abi Talib, from his father, that his grandfather said:  'Ali ibn Abi Talib said: The Messenger of God said: 'At the end of time (akhir al-zaman), there will appear a people called the Rafida [and] they will reject Islam [yarfuduna al-Islam].'
Hadith #808, Musnad Ibn Hanbal

It was narrated by 'Abdullah from 'Abd al-A'la ibn Hammad from Dawud ibn 'Abd al-Rahman al-'Attar from Abu 'Abdullah Maslama al-Razi from Abu 'Amr al-Bajali, from Abd al-Malik ibn Sufyan al-Thaqafi from Abu Ja'far Muhammad ibn 'Ali from Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyya, who said that his father said: The Messenger of God said: 'Verily God the Almighty loves the servant [of His] who often falls into sin and who then repents greatly.'
Hadith #810, Musnad Ibn Hanbal

It was narrated by 'Abdullah from Muhammad ibn Abu Bakr al-Muqaddimi from Hammad ibn Zayd from Ma'mar from al-Zuhayri from 'Abdullah ibn Muhammad ibn 'Ali from 'Ali, who said that the Prophet on the day of Khaybar forbade mut'a [mut'a marriage] and the flesh of donkeys.'
-Hadith #812, Musnad Ibn Hanbal

Sunday, August 24, 2014

Hadith Narrated by 'Ali ibn Abi Talib: Part I













It was narrated by Waki'a from Sufyan from Habib from Abu Wa'il from Abu al-Hayyaj al-Asadi, who said: 'Ali said to me, 'I shall send you on the same mission as that on which the Messenger of God (upon him be peace) sent me [Ab'athuka 'ala ma ba'athani 'alayhi Rasul Allah]: Do not leave any image without erasing it [an la tada'a timthala-an ila tamasta-hu] and any elevated (ornate) grave without leveling it [wa la qabr-an mushrifa-an ila sawwayta-hu].
Hadith #741, Musnad Ibn Hanbal (in the Musnad 'Ali ibn Abi Talib); sahih isnad

It was narrated by Waki'a from Sharik from Simak from Hunash from 'Ali, who said: The Messenger of God (upon him be peace) said: 'If two individuals engaged in a dispute sit before you, do not speak until you have listened to the second one in the same way as you have listened to the first.
Hadith #745, Musnad Ibn Hanbal (in the Musnad 'Ali ibn Abi Talib); hasan hadith, da'if isnad

It was narrated by Muhammad bin Ishaq from Yazid bin Abu Habib from 'Abd al-'Aziz bin Abu al-Sa'aba from 'Abdullah ibn Zurayr al-Ghafiqi, who said: I heard 'Ali say: 'The Messenger of God (upon him be peace) held some gold in his right hand and some silk in his left hand; he then raised both his hands and said: 'These two things are forbidden for the men of my Umma.'
Hadith #750, Musnad Ibn Hanbal (in the Musnad 'Ali ibn Abi Talib); sahih hadith

It was narrated by Muhammad bin Ja'far from Shu'ba from Abu Ishaq from Najiyya bin Ka'b, who reported from 'Ali, who  came to the Prophet (upon him be peace) and said: 'Abu Talib has died.'  The Prophet (upon him be peace) said: 'Go and bury him.'  'Ali then said: 'He died a mushrik.'  He [the Prophet] said: 'Go and bury him.'  'Ali then said: 'When I had finished burying him, I came back to the Prophet (upon him be peace) and he said, 'Do ghusl.' '
Hadith #759, Musnad Ibn Hanbal (in the Musnad 'Ali ibn Abi Talib); sahih isnad

 It was narrated by Muhammad bin Ja'far from Sa'id...Abu 'Aruba...from al-Hakam bin 'Utayba from 'Abd al-Rahman bin Abu Layla from 'Ali ibn Abi Talib, who said: 'The Messenger of God (upon him be peace) instructed me to sell two slave brothers [ghulamayn akhawayn], so I sold them, but separately [fa-bi'tuhuma wa farraqtu baynahuma].  I mentioned this to the Prophet (upon him be peace) and he said: 'Go and find the two of them, take them both back, and do not sell them except together.'
Hadith #760, Musnad Ibn Hanbal (in the Musnad 'Ali ibn Abi Talib); hasan hadith, da'if isnad due to it being broken/munqaṭiʻ


Saturday, August 23, 2014

Hadith on Jihad: Part II























"Imam al-Sadiq said: 'He who is slain in the path of God will not recount anything of his sins [his sins will be forgiven]."
-Hadith from Furu' al-Kafi, vol. 5

"It was narrated by Abu Zakariyya Yahya bin Durust (al-Basri) from Abu Isma'il from Yahya bin Abu Kathir from Abu Salama from Bushr bin Sa'id from Zayd bin Khalid al-Juhani from the Messenger of God (upon him be peace], who said: 'Who so ever prepares a ghazi in the path of God, it will be as if he has participated in a military expedition (faqad ghaza), and who so ever looks after the family of a ghazi, it will be as if he has participated in a military expedition (faqad ghaza)."
-Hadith #1628 from the Jami' of al-Tirmidhi (sahih hadith)

Friday, August 22, 2014

Hadith on Jihad: Part I



"It was narrated from Abu Bakr bin Abu Shayba and Abu Kurayb, who said: It was narrated from 'Ubaydullah bin Musa from Shayban from Firas from 'Atiyya from Abu Sa'id al-Khudri from the Messenger (upon him be peace): 'The mujahid in God's path has a guarantee from God.  Either He will raise him [the mujahid] to His forgiveness and mercy, or He will send him back with a reward [ajr] and war spoils [ghanima].  The example of the mujahid in God's path is that of one who fasts and prays at night without stopping, until he returns."
Sunan Ibn Majah, hasan hadith 2754 

"It was narrated by Abu Bakr bin Abu Shayba from Yunus bin Muhammad from Layth bin Sa'd from Yazid bin 'Abdullah bin al-Had from al-Walid bin Abu al-Walid from 'Uthman bin 'Abdullah bin Suraqa from 'Umar bin al-Khattab, who said: 'I heard the Messenger of God (upon him be peace) say:' 'Whoever equips a ghazi in the path of God until he is fully equipped and supplied will have a reward like his [the ghazi], until he dies or returns.'"
Sunan Ibn Majah, sahih hadith 2758

"It was narrated from Hisham bin 'Ammar from 'Abd al-Rahman bin Zayd bin Aslam from Abiya from Mus'ab bin Thabit from 'Abdullah bin al-Zubayr, who said: 'Uthman bin 'Affan addressed the people  and he said, O' People!  I heard a hadith from the Messenger of God (upon him be peace) and nothing kept me from narrating it to you except for the fact that I did not want to lose you and your companionship.  So it is up to you.  I heard the Messenger of God (upon him be peace) saying, 'Whoever spends a night guarding the frontier [man rabata laylatan fi sabil Allah] in the path of God, it will be like a thousand nights spent in fasting and prayer [kanat ka-alf laylat siyamiha waqiyamiha].'"
Sunan Ibn Majah, da'if hadith 2766

Wednesday, July 9, 2014

Hadith on Shrines as Places of Worship from Sahih al-Bukhari



وَأَخْبَرَنِي عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ، أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ، وَعَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عَبَّاسٍ، رضى الله عنهم قَالاَ لَمَّا نَزَلَ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم طَفِقَ يَطْرَحُ خَمِيصَةً لَهُ عَلَى وَجْهِهِ، فَإِذَا اغْتَمَّ كَشَفَهَا عَنْ وَجْهِهِ وَهْوَ كَذَلِكَ يَقُولُ ‏ "‏ لَعْنَةُ اللَّهِ عَلَى الْيَهُودِ وَالنَّصَارَى، اتَّخَذُوا قُبُورَ أَنْبِيَائِهِمْ مَسَاجِدَ ‏"‏‏.‏ يُحَذِّرُ مَا صَنَعُوا‏.‏

Hadith #4443, Kitab al-Maghazi (Military Expeditions of the Prophet Muhammad), Sahih al-Bukhari: 

Narrated from 'Ubaydullah bin 'Abdullah bin 'Utba, 'Aisha, and 'Abdullah ibn 'Abbas, may God be pleased with them: They said: "When God's Messenger became seriously ill, he started to cover his face with his woolen sheet, and when he felt short of breath, he removed it from his face and said, "That (this) is so.  May God curse (God's curse) be upon the Jews and the Christians [who have taken] took the graves of their prophets [as] places of worship; he intended to warn [the Muslims against] what they had done."

This hadith is mawquf (attributed to one of the Sahaba).  A version of this hadith also appears in Sahih Muslim.

Friday, July 19, 2013

Ramadan Lecture: Ramadan, Fasting, & the Qur'anic and Hadith Traditions (Sayyid Mahdi al-Modarresi)





Al-Sayyid Mahdi al-Modarresi is a graduate of the al-Qa'im theological seminary in the Sayyida Zaynab district near Damascus, Syria and the seminaries of Qum in Iran.  He is a member of a famous juridical family.  His father is Ayatullah Hadi al-Modarresi and his uncle is the Iraqi grand ayatullah Muhammad Taqi al-Modarresi.  The al-Modarresi family is connected through marriage and scholarship to the transnationally-influential Shirazi family of Twelver Shi'i religious jurists (fuqaha').

Sunday, July 1, 2012

Anwar al-'Awlaqi: On Zina & Fornication

Saturday, June 16, 2012

Jonathan A. C. Brown: "Hadith: Muhammad's Legacy in the Medieval and Modern World"



A discussion with Prof. Jonathan A. C. Brown of Georgetown University, an expert on hadith, speaks about his book on hadith, which should become the standard introduction to the study of the traditions attributed to the Prophet Muhammad and, for Shi'i Muslims, also the Shi'i Imams.  Full disclosure, he is also a friend.

Sunday, November 21, 2010

O' God, Revealer of the Book, Mover of Clouds, Defeat Them & Shake Them!

One of Al-Sahab's newest introductory segment for its videos, featuring its name with moving, moon-lit clouds and gold bullets emblazoned with its name.

Prayer of the Prophet Muhammad said the night before a battle, as recorded in reports about his sayings and actions (ahadith), such as hadith #2661 in Book 4: Kitab al-Jihad of Sahih al-Bukhari, one of the six collections of ahadith considered to be the most reliable by Sunni Muslims. It is from these ahadith that Al-Qa'ida Central (AQC; Qaeda, Qaida) took its name for its media outlet, the Al-Sahab (Clouds) Media Foundation.

Narrated Salim Abu An-Nadr:

(the freed slave of 'Umar bin 'Ubaidullah) I was Umar's clerk. Once Abdullah bin Abi Aufa wrote a letter to 'Umar when he proceeded to Al-Haruriya. I read in it that Allah's Apostle in one of his military expeditions against the enemy, waited till the sun declined and then he got up amongst the people saying, "O people! Do not wish to meet the enemy, and ask Allah for safety, but when you face the enemy, be patient, and remember that Paradise is under the shades of swords." Then he said, "O Allah, the Revealer of the Holy Book, and the Mover of the clouds and the Defeater of the clans, defeat them, and grant us victory over them."


اللهم منزل الكتاب, سريع الحساب, مجري السحاب, هازم الأحزاب ، اهزم الأحزاب, اللهم اهزمهم وزلزلهم

"O' God, Revealer of the Book, the One who is Swift in Calling into Account, the Mover of Clouds, Defeater of the Clans.....Defeat the clans, O' God, defeat them and shake them!"

Sunday, September 12, 2010

Hadith of the Prophet on Kindness to Animals


"We were on a journey with the Apostle of God, and he left us for a while. During his absence, we saw a bird called hummara with its two young and took the young ones. The mother bird was circling above us in the air, beating its wings in grief, when the Prophet came back and said: "Who has hurt the FEELINGS of this bird by taking its young? Return them to her."

-Narrated by 'Abd al-Rahman bin 'Abdullah bin Mas'ud

Friday, June 4, 2010

Four Hadith on Jihad from Sahih al-Bukhari, One of the Sunni Sahihayn

Abu 'Abdullah Muhammad ibn Isma'il ibn Ibrahim al-Bukhari al-Jufi (usually referred to as Imam al-Bukhari), was born in 810 and died in 870 C.E. in the important Central Asian city of Bukhara, which is now in modern day Uzbekistan. He is one of the two most important and highly-regarded Muslim compilers of ahadith (singular: hadith), traditions of the Prophet Muhammad's reported sayings, judgments, and actions. The other is Abu'l Husayn Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj Wushayri al-Nishaburi ("one from Nishapur," a city in the region of Khurasan in modern day Iran), known more commonly as by his shortened name, Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj or "Imam Muslim." Their two collections are among the "six books" that today make up the Sunni hadith cannon.

Their two ahadith collections, Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim, are the most widely respected and commonly referred to collections of ahadith by Sunni Muslims and Islamicist scholars alike. Shi'is, particularly Twelver Shi'is, have their own ahadith collections and do not generally consider the Sahihayn ("two Sahih collections" of al-Bukhari and Muslim) to be reliable. "Sahih" is a technical term referring to the "soundness" of the ahadith contained in the collections, a judgment based on a number of factors including the asaneed (singular: isnad) or the chains of transmission (transmitters) through which the ahadith are narrated). A detailed Sunni Muslim hagiographical biography of al-Bukhari can be found HERE.

The translations below are largely based on those of Muhammad Muhsin Khan's dual-language translation of Sahih al-Bukhari, published by Dar us-Salam Publications. I have made some amendments.
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Hadith #2797, Kitab al-Jihad, Sahih al-Bukhari

Abu al-Yaman from al-Zuhri from Sa'id ibn al-Musayyab narrated from Abu Hurayrah: The Prophet said: "By Him [God] in Whose Hands my soul is: Were it not for some men amongst the Believers [Muslims] who dislike to be left behind me and whom I cannot provide with means of conveyance, I would certainly never remain behind any Sariyah [battalion, military unit] going out for jihad [struggle, in this case armed struggle] in the Path of God [as ordained by God in the Qur'an]. By Him in Whose hands my soul is: I would love to be martyred [fighting] in the path of God and then come back to life and be martyred again, and then come back to life and be martyred again."

Hadith #2817, Kitab al-Jihad, Sahih al-Bukhari

Muhammad bin Nashar from Ghundar from Sh'ubah narrated by Anas ibn Malik: The Prophet said: "Nobody who enters Paradise likes to return to the world even if he got everything on the Earth, except a martyr who wishes to return to the world so that he may be martyred ten times because of the honor and dignity he receives from God."

These two hadith are famous ones and are quoted by jihadi-takfiris, including Al-Qa'ida Central leader Usama bin Laden in the introductory segment to the video series Wind of Paradise, a series of four videos (currently) dedicated to the group's "martyrs" in the Afghanistan-Pakistan theater. See the short embedded video below [starts at the1:43-minute mark].


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Hadith #2841, Kitab al-Jihad, Sahih al-Bukhari

Shayban from Yahya from Abu Salamah narrated by Hurayrah: The Prophet said, "Whoever spends two things in the Path of God [as ordained by Him in the Qur'an] will be called by all the gatekeepers of Paradise who will be saying, 'O so-and-so, come here!'" Abu Bakr [the first caliph or head of the Muslim community following the Prophet's death in 632 C.E.] said: "O, Messenger of God! Such persons will never be destroyed." The Prophet said: "I hope you will be one of them."
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Hadith #2818, Kitab al-Jihad, Sahih al-Bukhari

'Abdullah ibn Muhammad from Mu'awiya ibn 'Amr Abu Ishaq from Musa ibn 'Uqbah from Salam Abu al-Nadr, Mawla of 'Umar ibn 'Ubayd Allah, narrated from 'Abdullah ibn Abu Awfa: The Messenger of God said: "Know that Paradise is in the shade of swords."

Friday, May 21, 2010

Three Hadith on the Greeting of Peace (As Salaamu 'Alaykum) from Usul al-Kafi, Compiled by Shi'i Scholar al-Kulayni

Abu Ja'far Muhammad bin Ya'qub bin Ishaq al-Kulayni al-Razi (864-941 C.E.) was a ninth/tenth century Twelver Shi'i religious scholar and muhaddith, a scholar and specialist in hadith (plural: ahadith), reports of the Prophet Muhammad's sayings and actions as recorded by transmitters from Companions of the Prophet. For Twelver Shi'is, ahadith may also be sayings and actions of the 14 "Infallibles," individuals whom they believe to be inerrant. These 14 include the 12 Imams, descendants of the Prophet through his cousin and son-in-law, 'Ali bin Abi Talib, and, more specifically, 'Ali's son Husayn, the third Imam.

Al-Kulayni, as he is usually known, compiled one of the four collections of ahadith (al-kutub al-arb'ah) considered canonical by Twelver Shi'is, Kitab al-Kafi ("Sufficient Book"). The two hadith below come from the one part of the collection, Furu' al-Kafi (approximately, "Sufficient Branches"). Both address the issue of jihad ("struggle"), which has numerous varieties in Sunni and Shi'i jurisprudence, including the now well-known military jihads, offensive and defensive. Honorific formulas repeated after the name of scholars, Infallibles, and the Prophet are omitted.
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Hadith #3638, Book of Social Manners, Chapter 10, Hadith #1

'Ali ibn Ibrahim narrated from his father Hammad ibn 'Isa from Rib'i ibn 'Abdullah from Abu 'Abdullah (sixth Imam, Ja'far al-Sadiq), who said: "The Messenger of God would offer greetings of peace to women and they would respond to him. The commander of the faithful (Amir al-Mu'mineen; first Imam, 'Ali ibn Abi Talib) would offer greetings of peace to women but he disliked offering it to young women. He would say: 'I fear their voice may attract me and a feeling may cause me more harm than the reward for offering the greeting of as salaamu 'alaykum.'"

Hadith #3640, Book of Social Manners, Chapter 11, Hadith #2
Muhammad ibn Yahya narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn 'Isa from Muhammad ibn Yahya from Ghiyath ibn Ibrahim from Abu 'Abdullah (sixth Imam, Ja'far al-Sadiq), who said: "The commander of the faithful (first Imam, 'Ali ibn Abi Talib) has said, 'Do not initiate the offering of as salaamu 'alaykum to the People of the Book (Christians, Jews, Sabians), but if they offer it, just reply, 'wa 'alaykum' ("the same unto you")."

Hadith #3639, Book of Social Manners, Chapter 11, Hadith #1
'Ali ibn Ibrahim narrated from his father Ibn Abu 'Umayr from Ibn 'Udhaynah from Zurara from Abu Ja'far (fifth Imam, Muhammad al-Baqir) who said: "Once, a Jew [a Jewish person, yahudi) went into the presence of the Messenger of God while [his wife] 'A'isha* was with him. The Jew said, "Sam 'alaykum" (wrath, condemnation upon you) instead of "As salaamu 'alaykum" (upon you be peace). The Messenger of God replied, "'Alaykum" ("the same unto you"). Then another Jew came and said the same thing as the one before and the Messenger of God responded in the same manner as he had before. Then a third Jew came. He also said the same thing that the other two had said before and the Messenger of God responded just as he did the previous two times.

'A'isha became angry and said: "'Alaykum al-Sam (wrath, condemnation upon you), O' group of Jews, brethren of monkeys and swine.' The Messenger of God said to her, "O' 'A'isha, if hurling insults were to appear with a shape and form, it would have a very evil shape. Wherever gentleness is placed it beautifies this place and removing gentleness is only to make it a despised place."

'A'isha then asked, "O' Messenger of God, did you not hear their words, 'al-Sam 'alaykum'?" The Messenger of God said, "I heard them, but did you not note how I have replied to them? I said: ''Alaykum" (and unto you). Whenever a Muslim offers you the greeting of peace, say: 'As salaamu 'alaykum,' but when a non-Muslim says something to you in their way, just say ' 'Alayka' (and unto you).'

Sunday, May 9, 2010

Two Hadith on Racism from Usul al-Kafi, Compiled by Shi'i Scholar al-Kulayni

Abu Ja'far Muhammad bin Ya'qub bin Ishaq al-Kulayni al-Razi (864-941 C.E.) was a ninth/tenth century Twelver Shi'i religious scholar and muhaddith, a scholar and specialist in hadith (plural: ahadith), reports of the Prophet Muhammad's sayings and actions as recorded by transmitters from Companions of the Prophet. For Twelver Shi'is, ahadith may also be sayings and actions of the 14 "Infallibles," individuals whom they believe to be inerrant. These 14 include the 12 Imams, descendants of the Prophet through his cousin and son-in-law, 'Ali bin Abi Talib, and, more specifically, 'Ali's son Husayn, the third Imam.

Al-Kulayni, as he is usually known, compiled one of the four collections of ahadith (al-kutub al-arb'ah) considered canonical by Twelver Shi'is, Kitab al-Kafi ("Sufficient Book"). The two hadith below come from the one part of the collection, Furu' al-Kafi (approximately, "Sufficient Branches"). Both address the issue of jihad ("struggle"), which has numerous varieties in Sunni and Shi'i jurisprudence, including the now well-known military jihads, offensive and defensive. Honorific formulas repeated after the name of scholars, Infallibles, and the Prophet are omitted.

Update: Thanks to Alexander, for a key question (see Comments): The Arabic term being translated in the two hadith below (which are not my own) is عصبية or variants thereof, which can also be rendered as "bigotry" or "blind, absolute tribal loyalty" (right or wrong).
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Usul al-Kafi (Sufficient Foundations), Hadith #2542, Chapter 119 (Hadith #2)

" 'Ali bin Ibrahim narrated from his father from Ibn Abu 'Umayr from Hisham bin Salim, and Durust bin Abu Mansur from Abu 'Abdullah (sixth Imam, Ja'far al-Sadiq): 'The Messenger of God has said, 'Whoever practices racial discrimination or it is practiced for him has removed the collar of belief from his neck.''"
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Usul al-Kafi (Sufficient Foundations), Hadith #2547, Chapter 119 (Hadith #7)

" 'Ali bin Ibrahim narrated from his father and 'Ali bin Muhammad al-Qasani from al-Qasim bin Muhammad from al-Minqari from 'Abd al-Razzaq from Mu'ammar from al-Zuhri who said: 'Once, 'Ali bin Husayn (fourth Imam) was asked about racist feelings. He said, 'The racist feeling that is a sin is the one that makes a person consider the evil-doers of his own people to be better than the virtuous individuals of another people. A man's loving his own people is not racism, but it is a sin to help one's own people to commit injustice."

Friday, May 7, 2010

Two Hadith on Jihad(s) from Furu' al-Kafi, Compiled by Shi'i Scholar al-Kulayni

Abu Ja'far Muhammad bin Ya'qub bin Ishaq al-Kulayni al-Razi (864-941 C.E.) was a ninth/tenth century Twelver Shi'i religious scholar and muhaddith, a scholar and specialist in hadith (plural: ahadith), reports of the Prophet Muhammad's sayings and actions as recorded by transmitters from Companions of the Prophet. For Twelver Shi'is, ahadith may also be sayings and actions of the 14 "Infallibles," individuals whom they believe to be inerrant. These 14 include the 12 Imams, descendants of the Prophet through his cousin and son-in-law, 'Ali bin Abi Talib, and, more specifically, 'Ali's son Husayn, the third Imam.

Al-Kulayni, as he is usually known, compiled one of the four collections of ahadith (al-kutub al-arb'ah) considered canonical by Twelver Shi'is, Kitab al-Kafi ("Sufficient Book"). The two hadith below come from the one part of the collection, Furu' al-Kafi (approximately, "Sufficient Branches"). Both address the issue of jihad ("struggle"), which has numerous varieties in Sunni and Shi'i jurisprudence, including the now well-known military jihads, offensive and defensive. Honorific formulas repeated after the name of scholars, Infallibles, and the Prophet are omitted.

The translations below are my own.
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Kitab al-Jihad (Book of Jihad), Furu' al-Kafi, hadith #8172

عدة من أصحابنا عن أحمد بن محمدعن علي بن الحكم عن أبان عن أبي عبد الله، قال قال رسول الله : الخير كله في السيف و تحت ظل السيف و لا يقيم الناس إلا بالسيف و السيوف مقاليد الجنة و النار .

"A number of our Companions (narrate) from Ahmad bin Muhammad from 'Ali bin al-Hakam from Aban from Abu 'Abdullah (sixth Imam, Ja'far al-Sadiq), said that the Messenger of God said: 'All goodness is in the sword and being in the sword's shadow and not evaluating the people except (by) the sword, and the swords are keys (in the sense of being "integral") to Paradise and the Conflagration (Hell)."
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Kitab al-Jihad (Book of Jihad), Furu' al-Kafi, hadith #8180

علي بن ابراهيم عن أبيه عن النوفلي عن الشكوني عن ابي عبد الله، أن النبي بعث بسرية فلما رجعوا قال مرحباً بقوم قضوا الجهاد الأصغر و بقي الجهاد الأكبر قيل يا رسول الله و ما الجهاد الأكبر قال جهاد النفس.

" 'Ali bin Ibrahim (narrated) from his father from al-Nawfali from al-Shakuni from Abu 'Abdullah (sixth Imam, Ja'far al-Sadiq), that the Prophet dispatched a raiding part/small military detachment and when they returned he said: "Greetings, people who have spent time/been engaged in the Lesser Jihad ("struggle"; military struggle), the Greater Jihad remained. They said, O' Messenger of God, what Jihad is the greatest? He said: 'Jihad of the self.'"

Struggle of the self" (jihad al-nafs) refers to the struggle against temptation and to better oneself with regard to living a moral and upright lifestyle, according to Islamic principles as expounded in the Qur'an and the Prophet's example. Similarly-worded ahadith also appear in Sunni ahadith collections.