Zinnairah al-Rumiya aka Zinnirah the Roman رضي الله عنها

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Zinnairah al-Rumiya aka Zinnirah the Roman رضي الله عنها is one of those companions of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم whom we know very little of, but what we know is enough knowledge worthy of a lifetime only if we could internalize it.

She did not have a high ranking in society but rather she was a concubine of the Banu Makhzum and a slave of Umar Ibn Al Khattab رضي الله عنه (Before he reverts to Islam).

She embraced Islam at a time in Makkah when only the weak were accepting Islam. These so-called weak and the poor would one day be legends whose legacy will stand preserved with the Ummah of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم till the Day of Reckoning while those that oppressed them have long turned to dust, forgotten. She is said to be amongst the first to embrace Islam in Makkah.

Despite the crazy torture that the followers of Muhammad ﷺ were subjected to in front of her very eyes, the light of faith started to enter and enlighten her heart. She became a Muslim knowing full well that she would face difficulties. When it was found out that she had accepted and become a follower of Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم she was asked to renounce her new religion. We need to keep in mind that like Bilal Ibn Rabah رضي الله عنه, she was a slave and as such had no tribe that offered her protection. She was completely at the mercy of her owner.

To find that your slave was taking a stand and going against the practices of their master was something uncommon and literally unheard of. It was a smear on the public standing of the owner. As soon as her master heard that she had become a Muslim he inflicted unimaginable torture on her. His reputation had been tarnished within the tribe after all. He thought he would be able to make her give up her newfound faith and make her worship their pagan idols again. Despite the tortures inflicted upon her, Zinnirah رضي الله عنها persevered in her belief. .

This perseverance of  Zinnirah رضي الله عنها drove her owner crazy. When he failed, he called upon the Pharaoh of this Ummah, Abu Jahl, who took pleasure in torturing and inflicting harm upon the followers of Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم.  He started torturing her thinking he would be able to extinguish the light of faith in her. However,  Zinnirah persevered in a literally inhuman show of belief. This just drove him even mad and he increased the level of torture.

Zinnirah رضي الله عنها was the epitome of tawakkul. As long as her faith held on to Allah as her Lord, she was ready to face any harm that came her way. SubhanAllah these are the true women of the Ummah of Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم and we call ourselves men today.

Of the constant torture being inflicted on Zinnirah رضي الله عنها, she became very weak and lost her eyesight. Abu Jahl, May Allah’s Curse be upon him whose heart was locked shut with the padlock of disbelief loathed at her condition and proclaimed, “Our Gods Lat and Uzza made you blind because you gave up worshipping them. Give up Islam and they will make your eyes see again.”

As they say, donkeys never learn, and Abu Jahl couldn’t see her tawakkul in the decree of Allah. She never believed that pieces of stone that people carved with their own hands could harm or bring any benefit to anyone. Forget others, those pieces of stone couldn’t help themselves if they were falling face-first to the ground. She realized that this was a test for her and held firmly the rope of Allah. She addressed Abu Jahl as follows with all her sincerity:

“No. I swear by Allah that Lat and Uzza, which you worship as gods but which are only pieces of wood and stone, can neither harm nor benefit anyone. They do not know who worships them and they are unaware of those who do not worship them. This is the job of my Lord. My Lord has the power to make me see again.”

Abu Jahl was astonished when he received this unexpected answer. When he overcame his astonishment, he started to hit Zinnirah رضي الله عنها in his futile anger. After a while, he stopped completely exhausted, yet couldn’t exhaust the flow of Iman in her heart.

Zinnirah رضي الله عنها would reply to him, “My Lord has the power to make me see again.” Nothing for Allah is impossible. He says, “Be” and it is. Allah definitely has absolute and complete power over everything. As is reported, Zinnirah started to see again the following morning.

When the polytheists who came to resume the torture in the morning saw that she could see again, they were astounded. Their belief in their idols weakened. Some of them nearly became Muslims. However, Abu Jahl intervened. He said, “Were you not astonished by those insane people who follow Muhammad? If what Muhammad brought was true and something good, we would go to it first. Can Zinnirah find the truth before us? Which one of you saw it?”

Those who were near him believed in his lies because they were heedless and had this tribal superiority complex. Instead of reflecting on the miracle that they had just witnessed, they said, “This is Muhammad’s magic.”

Allah replies to them in the Quran where he says:

وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لِلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَوْ كَانَ خَيْرًۭا مَّا سَبَقُونَآ إِلَيْهِ ۚ وَإِذْ لَمْ يَهْتَدُوا۟ بِهِۦ فَسَيَقُولُونَ هَـٰذَآ إِفْكٌۭ قَدِيمٌۭ ١١

“And those who disbelieve say of those who believe, “If it had [truly] been good, they would not have preceded us to it.” And when they are not guided by it, they will say, “This is an ancient falsehood.”

[Surah Al Ahqaf : Ayat 11]

Abu Bakr رضي الله عنه bought and freed her, along with her companion in slavery Lubaynah. The Khalil of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم is famous for purchasing freedom and setting free many slaves who were being tortured in Makkah. Such was his care for Muslims and his attitude towards money.

To come to the point in history again where Muslims are being oppressed not as physically as in the early Makkan era yet, but nevertheless, it is a source of guidance and strengthens our belief in the decree of Allah.  When such people such as these who were just a few in number could stand strong with their faith firm in Allah trusting full well that Allah will deliver them to security, then surely we, numbering around 2 Billion can have an iota of that belief. These were people who had not read or seen the golden conquest of Islam or heard the proclamation of Tawhid resounding in the vast Haramain we see today, where they were put to torture. We have read and seen Makkah as it is today. Will we then not have faith that indeed Allah will eventually and always be victorious.

Yes, today we don’t bear physical torture or oppression but our mind is bombarded and attacked till it becomes restless regarding the validity of our faith. In times like these, of utmost importance is tarbiyah for our youth and learning to strengthen our Aqeedah. We need to man up and take pride in our religion. Don’t water it down, wallahi don’t be ashamed. I see Muslim youth today trying to explain away basic tenets of Islam and that is really scary.

We should know that just because we are undergoing a difficulty doesn’t mean that Allahﷻ has forsaken us rather we NEED to think of it as a test from Allahﷻ that should enhance our faith in Him because our Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم told us that Allahﷻ tests them whom He loves. Another important point we learn from this story is that numbers and quantity don’t matter to Allahﷻ. It's always the quality that Allah looks at. Remember the 313 against the 1000 in Badr, with faith so strong that angels descended to aid them. Our teacher Sheikh Sajid Umar advises us to work and have complete faith in the will and decree of Allahﷻ and if Allahﷻ accepts, then angels will indeed descend to assist us in our affairs by the permission of Allahﷻ.

She رضي الله عنها got rid of spiritual slavery though she remained a slave materially. Where do we stand today?

References

al-Isaba, 4: 312; Sirah, 1: 340; Usdu’l-Ghaba, 5: 463; Insanu’l-Uyun, 1: 239.
Muhammad ibn Saad. Kitab al-Tabaqat al-Kabir vol. 8. Translated by Bewley, A. (1995). The Women of Madina, pp. 180-181.
Muhammad ibn Ishaq. Sirat Rasul Allah. Translated by Guillaume, A. (1955).
The Life of Muhammad, p. 144. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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"The Life & Character of the Seal of the Prophets(saw) – Part 9". 17 August 201

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Umm Waraqah bint 'Abdullah b. Al-Harith Ansariahرضي الله عنه

 

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Umm Waraqah bint 'Abdullah b. Al-Harith Ansariahرضي الله عنه (commonly known as Umm Waraqah; Arabic: أم ورقة بنت عبد الله بن الحارث) was one of the female companions of Prophet Muhammad Rasulullahﷺ. She was a learned, scholarly, pious, and modest lady. She was appointed by Islamic, Rasulullahﷺ to lead prayers at her household.

Umm Waraqah bint 'Abdullah b. Al-Harith Ansariahرضي الله عنه was a woman who wanted to fight in the way of Allah and to become a martyr. While an army was being established for the Battle of Badr, she went to the Prophet (pbuh) and said, “O Messenger of Allah! Will you allow me to take part in the army? I will cure the wounded soldiers and look after the patients. Maybe Allah will allow me to become a martyr." However, the Prophet (pbuh) did not allow women to participate in the Battle of Badr. Nevertheless, he said to Umm Waraqah bint 'Abdullah b. Al-Harith Ansariahرضي الله عنه, “Allah will allow you to become a martyr. After that incident, the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) addressed her as "martyr" whenever he saw her.  

But there is one particular question that as we covered the qurra, the reciters around Rasulullahﷺ, came up a few times, particularly from the sisters. Was there any female hafidhah? Were there any women who memorized the Qur'an alongside those luminaries that we mentioned that preserved the Qur'an? And to preface that answer you have to start off with the fact that literacy as a whole, literacy as a whole was not common to the Arabs. So if literacy rates were poor as a whole, then naturally you will find that the literacy rates for women would be less than men in that society. So there weren't many people who could read or write at the time. They were few and those who could read and write ended up becoming scribes of Rasulullahﷺ and from the women that number would even be much less of people that could read and write at the time. But there is one particular woman who was known to have gathered the Qur'an, to have memorized the Qur'an, and to have been proficient in its memorization and its recitation. 

And her name is Umm Warakah bint Abdullah ibn al-Harith. Umm Warakah bint Abdullah ibn al-Harith رضي الله عنه,. Now her story is that she was a very wealthy woman, a very noble woman from Al-Khazraj in Madinah and she basically was the sought-after woman at the time when Islam came to Al-Madinah. And SubhanAllah when she embraced the da'wah of Mus'ab ibn Umair رضي الله عنه before the coming of Rasulullahﷺ, she had unique circumstances that allowed her to excel in immediately memorizing the Qur'an. 

For one, she was one of the few literate women who existed in Al-Madinah, one of the few literate people periods but she also was literate. The second thing is that she inherited a huge amount of wealth. So she wasn't someone that had to worry about her wealth or her day to day and she wasn't someone that was involved in the politics of Al-Madinah before the coming of Islam. So she wasn't involved in Bu'ath, she wasn't involved in any of the wars that took place. So she really had the opportunity to immediately dedicate herself exclusively to the Qur'an, exclusively to the da'wah of Mus'ab ibn Umair رضي الله عنه which of course was the da'wah of Rasulullahﷺ. 

Now when Rasulullahﷺ came to Madinah, she was one of those who dedicated herself amongst the mothers of the believers and amongst some of the female scholars at the time with particular proficiency in the recitation of the Qur'an and there is something that surrounds her of a controversy of sorts which is that Rasulullahﷺ told her to lead the people of her household in prayer. So when you have the controversy and when I say controversy it's not a controversy within the tradition, it's a controversy obviously a modern controversy that those that try to suggest, the people that try to suggest that Rasulullahﷺ had allowed for a woman to lead a mixed congregation of men and women, men and women used the narration of Umm Waraqah رضي الله عنه that when she came to Rasulullahﷺ and she memorized the Qur'an and she was literate and she clearly became scholarly and distinguished pretty early on, Rasulullahﷺ commanded her to lead her home in prayer. 

The problem is that there is no indication, it's such an ambiguous narration to use for something so extreme in terms of overturning the consensus in that regard to say that Umm Waraqah رضي الله عنه's narration justifies that. The only thing we have is that Rasulullahﷺ commanded her to lead the folk in her home, who could have been children, that could have been servants because again she was a very wealthy woman at the time, it could have meant many things, it could have meant unique circumstances but what we do know is that she was someone who was a distinguished reciter of the Qur'an and she used to teach the women of Madinah the Qur'an and she used to recite the Qur'an amongst the most proficient of the reciters. 

Now subhanallah the next several biographies we're going to cover, all of them have significant twists and turns. These stories are not all rosy in the sense that there is a lot of difficulty these people encounter. Umm Waraqah رضي الله عنه came to the Prophet salallahu alayhi wasalam and asked the Prophet salallahu alayhi wasalam something very specific and this is the spirit of the ansar of the Prophet salallahu alayhi wasalam. She came to Rasulullahﷺ at the time of Badr, when the battle of Badr is taking place and she said to Rasulullahﷺ, [ Ya Rasulullah, i'dhin li fil ghazwi maak], O Messenger of Allah let me go out and battle with you, let me be a part of the battle with you and she said, [Umaridu mardaakum], and even if it's just there to treat the sick amongst you but I want to be there in the battlefield with you. Now when she says I want to be there on the battlefield with you, she says something very specific, she says [ la'allallaha an yarzuqani shahada,] I want Allah to grant me shahada, martyrdom. 

The Ansar, the spirit of the Ansar wanted to be there with Rasulullahﷺ in his most difficult moments. Remember the story of the man that came to Rasulullahﷺ and said to Rasulullahﷺ as he was going out in the battle and Rasulullahﷺ asked him what are you here for, he said [li udra wibisah minha huna,] to be struck with an arrow right here, I'm going to be with you and I'm going to be struck with an arrow right here. And Rasulullahﷺ said [ustuq illaha yastuq,] be truthful with Allah and Allah will be truthful with you. So [Umaridu mardaakum] says to Rasulullahﷺ pretty explicitly, I want to be a martyr, I want to be out there and I want to be a martyr with you. 

Rasulullahﷺ responds to her and says [qarri fee baytik fa inna allaha ta'ala yarzuquk shahada,[ stay in your home and trust me that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is going to bestow upon you shahada. Fa kana tu samma ash shahida,] Rasulullahﷺ told her that you are actually going to be a martyr, but not in the battlefield, but you will be a shahidah. So she actually had the nickname in the time of Rasulullahﷺ amongst Rasulullahﷺ and his companions as Ash Shahida, as the martyr. So imagine walking amongst the companions and everyone knows you're going to be martyred. How? Allahu Alam. But your nickname is Ash Shahida. 

So she goes on and she kind of occupies this position as being the female teacher of the Quran, the greatest authority from the women of the Quran in Madinah, teaching the Quran, reciting the Quran. She's a hafizah of the Quran. There are students of the Quran going to her and reciting to her to be corrected. She also becomes famous for her Siyam and for her Qiyam, for her fasting, and for her prayer at night. So she used to pray at night and people would go by her home and they could hear her recitation at night. All of this is very significant for the reason of how she eventually will pass away. It will be a long time. So Umm Waraqah رضي الله عنه. goes on and she maintains the status in the time of Abu Bakr as-Siddiq رضي الله عنه. And she maintains the status in the time of Umar Ibn Al Khattab رضي الله عنه. 

And her home is a wealthy home and her home is a home of ilm, where people go and study with her. And she aged significantly. So she became a very old woman in the time of Umar bin al-Khattab رضي الله عنه., which suggests that she was elderly when Islam came. So she's in her 60s or 70s in the time of Caliphate Umar bin al-Khattab رضي الله عنه.. And Umar Umar bin al-Khattab رضي الله عنه. would do his night patrols. Right? Umar bin al-Khattab رضي الله عنه., says in the morning one day, he says, He said, I didn't hear her qira'ah last night. SubhanAllah, that's how much you could depend upon walking by this woman's home and hearing her recitation of the Quran. 

That I didn't hear the Qur'an of my aunt. And this was obviously an honorific title that he was giving to her last night. And the Prophet ﷺ used to visit her, al-Shaheedah, and people used to say, let's go visit al-Shaheedah Umaraka, let's go visit the martyr Umaraka. So  Umar bin al-Khattab رضي الله عنه. went to check on her home. And essentially what had happened to Umaraka رضي الله عنه., this scholar of the Quran, this teacher of the Quran, is that because she was so wealthy, she had a male and female servant that plotted against her and basically martyred her and took all of her wealth. 

So Saiyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab رضي الله عنه went to her home and found that she had been killed by two servants who basically stole all of the wealth. And subhanAllah, obviously as I said there are twists and turns in this. This is the hafizah of the female companions of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ. And she was murdered in her home. SubhanAllah. And the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ told her she would be a shaheedah. And Umar bin al-Khattab رضي الله عنه., when he saw her in the state, he said, sadaqah Rasool Allah ﷺ [ahina kana yaqool, intaliqu bina nazoor al-shaheedah]. SubhanAllah. He said that Rasulullah ﷺ was truthful when he used to say, let's go visit the martyr. 

Let's go visit a shahidah. So subhanAllah, she's known as the hafizah of the female companions of the Prophetﷺ. And also, the circumstances under which her martyrdom took place, and her shahadah took place was very unique. Umar bin al-Khattab رضي الله عنه. himself personally found the two that murdered her and they were executed for murdering her. So she had this reputation of being the martyred hafizah. Basically the shaheedah and hafidah amongst the companions رضي الله عنه. 

The Prophet visited Umm Waraqah bint 'Abdullah b. Al-Harith Ansariahرضي الله عنه from time to time and asked her how she was. The Companions showed respect to her.

Umm Waraqah bint 'Abdullah b. Al-Harith Ansariahرضي الله عنه had a great deal of knowledge about religious issues. She tried to practice Islam in the best way. She helped her family with it.

She had a male and a female slave. She told her inheritors to free them after her death. The slaves wanted to be free at once. With the delusion of Satan, they martyred her to be set free.

This incident took place during the caliphate of Saiyiduna Umar Ibn Al Khattabرضي الله عنه. As soon as Saiyiduna Umar Ibn Al Khattabرضي الله عنه. heard about it, he said, "The Messenger of Allah told the truth." He understood that the martyrdom of Umm Waraqah took place as the Messenger of Allah had foreseen.

This incident distressed the Muslims a lot. Saiyiduna Umar Ibn Al Khattabرضي الله عنه. wanted the killers to be caught at once. They were caught and executed. The first people to be hanged in Madinah were those two slaves.

Saiyiduna Umar Ibn Al Khattabرضي الله عنه. said to his friends from time to time, “Let us go and visit the grave of that martyr.” Then, they would go and visit her grave.

May Allah be pleased with them! [1]

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[1] Usdu’l-Ghaba, 5: 626.

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Jabir bin Samurah

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Jabir bin Samurah رضي الله عنه

Jabir bin Samurah رضي الله عنه (Arabic: جابر بن سمرة) is a friend of Prophet Muhammad Rasulullahﷺ and the narrator of the Hadith of the Twelve Caliphs. In addition to narrating hadiths from Prophet Muhammad Rasulullahﷺ, he also narrated hadiths from Saiyidina Ali رضي الله عنه-and Umar bin Khattabرضي الله عنه- Bukhari and Muslims recorded the famous hadith in the Shahihain. The writers of the book of Ahlussunnah narrations also narrate narrations from him.

Jabir ibn Samurah ibn Junadah رضي الله عنه- A companion who narrated many Hadiths from  Prophet Muhammad Rasulullahﷺ.

Jabir ibn Samurah ibn Junadah رضي الله عنه-h said: I sat with Prophet Muhammad Rasulullahﷺ more than one hundred times, and he used to offer his first sermon then sit down then stand up for the second sermon. Jabir ibn Samurah ibn Junadah رضي الله عنه- said: Rasulullahﷺ used to pass by and wipe our cheeks, and once he passed by and wiped my cheek, and the cheek which he wiped was better than the other.

Jabir ibn Samurah ibn Junadah رضي الله عنه- narrated: `Umar delivered a sermon in Al Jabiyah, one of the villages of Damascus northern As-Sanamin of Horan, and said: Prophet Muhammad Rasulullahﷺ stood as a preacher and said: "Honor my Companions then those who are closer to them than those who are closer to them, then lying spreads to the extent that man testifies without being asked to testify and until a person swears without being asked to swear. So, whoever seeks Paradise should adhere to the Muslim community, for Satan is with one person, but he is far from the two. No man should be alone with a woman, for their third shall be Satan. The one who is pleased with good deeds and sad for his bad deeds is a true believer." 

Jabir ibn Samurah ibn Junadah رضي الله عنه- narrated: Prophet Muhammad Rasulullahﷺ used to pray similar to your Salah. Still, he used to lighten Salah and recite Surat Al Waqi`ah or its equivalent in Fajr Salah.

He also said: Prophet Muhammad Rasulullahﷺ used to recite in Fajr Salah Surat Qaf then I saw his Salah light.

Jabir ibn Samurah ibn Junadah رضي الله عنه- settled in Kufah and built a house there in Banu Suwa'ah then he died during the caliphate of `Abdul-Malik ibn Marwan. Al Hafizh said in Al Isabah: in 74 AH.[3]

Wallazi nafsi biyadih (وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ) 

(By the One in whose hands my soul is (his power)

حديث جابر بن سمرة رضي الله عنه

Chapter Hadith Jabir bin Samurah رضي الله عنه

From Jabir bin Samurah, from Rasulullahﷺ said:

إِذَا هَلَكَ قَيْصَرُ فَلَاَ قَيْصَرَ بَعَدَُّ, وَإِذَا هَلَكَ كِسرَى فَلَ كَسرى بَعدَهُ, وَالَّذِي نَفْسي بِيَدِِِ, لَتُنفَقَنَّ كُنُوزُهُمَا فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ.

Meaning: "If Caesar dies then there will be no more Caesar after him (in Syria) and if Kisra dies then there will be no more Kisra after him (in Iraq). By the One in Whose hands my soul is (His power), verily the treasures of their treasury will be spent in the way of God."

Narrated by al-Bukhari (6629)-

Hadith History of Ahmad No. 20050 – Book No. 11. Musnad of the people of Bashrah - Chapter: Hadith Jabir bin Samurah رضي الله عنه

Narrated to us Abdullah, narrated to me [Abu Bakar Khallad bin `Aslam] narrated to us [Nadlar bin Syumail] narrated to us [Syu'bah] from [Simak] said, I heard [Abu TSaur bin Ikrimah bin Jabir bin Samurah] from [Jabir bin Samurah], that the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, was asked about praying in the goat shed, so he allowed it. When asked about praying in the camel shed, he forbade it. Then he was asked about ablution after eating camel meat, so he said: "Perform ablution!" Then he was asked about ablution after eating goat meat, so he said: "If you want, please perform ablution, if not then there is no need to perform ablution."

Musnad Ahmad #19922

مسند أحمد ١٩٩٢٢: حَدَّثَنَا بَهْزٌ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ حَدَّثَنَا سِمَاكٌ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ جَابِرَ بْنَ سَمُرَةَ يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ لَا يَزَالُ الْإِسْلَامُ عَزِيزًا إِلَى اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ خَلِيفَةً فَقَالَ كَلِمَةً خَفِيفَةً لَمْ أَفْهَمْهَا قَالَ قُلْتُ لِأَبِي مَا قَالَ قَالَ قَالَ كُلُّهُمْ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ

Musnad Ahmad 19922: Narrated to us [Bahz], narrated to us [Hammad bin Salamah], narrated to us [Simak], he said: I heard [Jabir bin Samurah] say: I heard the Prophet Shallallahu 'Alaihi Wasallam say : "Islam will always be strong until twelve caliphs appear from my ummah," Jabir continued: "Then he said in a low voice that I did not understand him. Then I asked my father what he said him, my father replied: he said: "All from Quraysh."

Musnad Ahmad #19923

مسند أحمد ١٩٩٢٣: حَدَّثَنَا بَهْزٌ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ سِمَاكٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ جَابِرَ بْنَ سَمُرَةَ يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ كَذَّابُونَوَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْ السَّاعَةِ

Musnad Ahmad 19923: Narrated to us [Bahz], narrated to us [Hammad bin Salamah] from [Simak] he said: "I heard [Jabir bin Samurah] say: Rasulullah Sallallahu 'Alaihi Wasallam said: "There will appear liars before the Day of Resurrection."

Musnad Ahmad #19924

مسند أحمد ١٩٩٢٤: حَدَّثَنَا بَهْزٌ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ سِمَاكٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ مَا كَانَ فِي رَأْسِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مِنْ الشَّيْبِ إِلَّا شَعَرَاتٌ فِي مَفْرِقِ رَأْسِهِ إِذَا ادَّهَنَ وَارَاهُنَّ الدُّهْنُ

Musnad Ahmad 19924: It was narrated to us [Bahz], it was narrated to us by [Hammad bin Salamah] from [Simak] from [Jabir bin Samurah], he said: "There was no gray hair on the head of the Messenger of Allah, may God bless him and grant him peace, except for a few strands, but when oiled, the oil will cover the gray hair."

Musnad Ahmad #19925

مسند أحمد ١٩٩٢٥: حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا مُجَالِدٌ عَنْ عَامِرٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ السُّوَائِيِّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ فِي حَجَّةِ الْوَدَاعِ لَا يَزَالُ هَذَا الدِّينُ ظَاهِرًا عَلَى مَنْ نَاوَأَهُ لَا يَضُرُّهُ مُخَالِفٌ وَلَا مُفَارِقٌ حَتَّى يَمْضِيَ مِنْ أُمَّتِي اثْنَا عَشَرَ أَمِيرًا كُلُّهُمْ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ قَالَ ثُمَّ خَفِيَ عَلَيَّ قَوْلُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ وَكَانَ أَبِي أَقْرَبَ إِلَى رَاحِلَةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مِنِّي فَقُلْتُ يَا أَبَتَاهُ مَا الَّذِي خَفِيَ عَلَيَّ مِنْ قَوْلِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ يَقُولُ كُلُّهُمْ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ قَالَ فَأَشْهَدُ عَلَى إِفْهَامِ أَبِي إِيَّايَ قَالَ كُلُّهُمْ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ

Musnad Ahmad 19925: It was narrated to us [Ibn Numair], it was narrated to us [Mujalid] from [Amir] from [Jabir bin Samurah As Suwa`i] he said: I heard the Messenger of Allah sallallahu 'alaihi wasallam saying during hajj wada': "This religion will always appear strong from those who are hostile to it, there will be no harm to those who disagree or who destroy it until the passing of twelve caliphs from my ummah," Jabir continued: But there was something I did not understand from the words of the Messenger of Allah, may God bless him and grant him peace, while my father was near the vehicle of the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, so I asked: 'O father, what sentence did the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, say? sallam that is vague to me?, my father replied: he said: "Everything is from Quraysh." So I testify to my father's understanding of me that he said: "Everything is from Quraysh."

Musnad Ahmad #19926

مسند أحمد ١٩٩٢٦: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كَامِلٍ حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ حَدَّثَنَا سِمَاكُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ قَالَ نَبَّأَنِي جَابِرُ بْنُ سَمُرَةَ أَنَّهُ رَأَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ خَطَبَ قَائِمًا عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ ثُمَّ يَجْلِسُ ثُمَّ يَقُومُ فَيَخْطُبُ قَائِمًا قَالَ فَقَالَ لِي جَابِرٌ فَمَنْ نَبَّأَكَ أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَخْطُبُ قَاعِدًا فَقَدْ كَذَبَ فَقَدْ وَاللَّهِ صَلَّيْتُ مَعَهُ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ أَلْفَيْ صَلَاةٍ

Musnad Ahmad 19926: It was told to us [Abu Kamil], it was told to us [Zuhair], it was told to us [Simak bin Harb], he said: It was told to me [Jabir bin Samurah] that he saw the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace preach while standing on the pulpit, then sit down and then stand up for the sermon again." Simak said: Then Jabir said to me: "Whoever tells you that he preaches while sitting, then he has lied, indeed I have prayed with him more than a thousand times."

Musnad Ahmad #19927

مسند أحمد ١٩٩٢٧: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كَامِلٍ حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ حَدَّثَنَا سِمَاكُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ جَابِرًا عَنْ صَلَاةِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ كَانَ يُخَفِّفُ وَلَا يُصَلِّي صَلَاةَ هَؤُلَاءِ قَالَ وَنَبَّأَنِي أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ يَقْرَأُ فِي الْفَجْرِ بِ ق وَالْقُرْآنِ الْمَجِيدِ وَنَحْوِهَا

Musnad Ahmad 19927: Narrated to us [Abu Kamil], narrated to us [Zuhair], narrated to us [Simak bin Harb], he said: "I once asked [Jabir bin Samurah] about the prayer of the Messenger of Allah, may God bless him and grant him peace." Wasallam, Jabir said: Rasulullah Sallallahu 'Alaihi Wasallam used to lighten his prayer, unlike the prayers of the people, " Jabir told me that Rasulullah Sallallahu 'alaihi wa sallam used to recite in his Fajr prayer with surat Qaaf walqur`aanil Majiid and the like."

Musnad Ahmad #19928

مسند أحمد ١٩٩٢٨: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كَامِلٍ وَأَبُو النَّضْرِ قَالَا ثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ حَدَّثَنَا سِمَاكُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ جَابِرَ بْنَ سَمُرَةَ أَكُنْتَ تُجَالِسُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ نَعَمْ كَثِيرًا كَانَ لَا يَقُومُ مِنْ مُصَلَّاهُ الَّذِي يُصَلِّي فِيهِ الصُّبْحَ حَتَّى تَطْلُعَ الشَّمْسُ فَإِذَا طَلَعَتْ الشَّمْسُ قَامَ وَكَانَ يُطِيلُ قَالَ أَبُو النَّضْرِ كَثِيرَ الصُّمَاتِ فَيَتَحَدَّثُونَ فَيَأْخُذُونَ فِي أَمْرِ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ فَيَضْحَكُونَ وَيَتَبَسَّمُ

Musnad Ahmad 19928: Narrated to us [Abu Kamil] and [Abu An Nadlr], both of them said: Narrated to us [Zuhair], narrated to us [Simak bin Harb], he said: "I once asked [Jabir bin Samurah]: "Do you often associate with Rasulullah Sallallahu 'Alaihi Wasallam?" He replied: "Yes, he did not stand up from the place of the dawn prayer until the sun rose, when the sun had risen, he stood up and extended his prayer, " [Abu Nadlr] said: "He was a silent figure, when the companions who were with him were talking about jahiliyyah, then they laughed, but he only smiled."

Musnad Ahmad #19929

مسند أحمد ١٩٩٢٩: حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ زَائِدَةَ عَنْ سِمَاكٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذَا صَلَّى الْفَجْرَ قَعَدَ فِي مُصَلَّاهُ حَتَّى تَطْلُعَ الشَّمْسُ قَالَ وَكَانَ يَقْرَأُ فِي صَلَاةِ الْفَجْرِ بِ ق وَالْقُرْآنِ الْمَجِيدِ وَكَانَتْ صَلَاتُهُ بَعْدُ تَخْفِيفًا

Musnad Ahmad 19929: Has narrated to us [Husain bin Ali] from [Za`idah] from [Simak] from [Jabir bin Samurah] he said: "When the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, finished the Fajr prayer, he sat in his place until the sun rose and he recited in the dawn prayer with Qaaf walqur`aanil Majiid, "after that he lightened his prayer.""

Musnad Ahmad #19930

مسند أحمد ١٩٩٣٠: حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنٌ عَنْ زَائِدَةَ عَنْ سِمَاكٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَخْطُبُ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ قَائِمًا فَمَنْ حَدَّثَكَ أَنَّهُ جَلَسَ فَكَذِّبْهُ قَالَ وَقَالَ جَابِرٌ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَخْطُبُ خُطْبَتَيْنِ يَخْطُبُ ثُمَّ يَجْلِسُ ثُمَّ يَقُومُ فَيَخْطُبُ وَكَانَتْ خُطْبَةُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَصَلَاتُهُ قَصْدًا

Musnad Ahmad 19930: Has narrated to us [Husain bin Ali] from [Za`idah] from [Simak] from [Jabir bin Samurah] he said: "Rasulullah Shallallahu 'Alaihi Wasallam delivered the Friday sermon while standing, whoever says he khutbah while sitting then deny it." Simak said: Jabir said: "The Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, used to give two sermons. He would give a sermon and then sit down, after that he would stand up for another sermon. The sermon and prayer of the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, were moderate."

Musnad Ahmad #19931

مسند أحمد ١٩٩٣١: حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ آدَمَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْأَحْوَصِ عَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ صَلَّيْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الْعِيدَيْنِ غَيْرَ مَرَّةٍ وَلَا مَرَّتَيْنِ بِغَيْرِ أَذَانٍ وَلَا إِقَامَةٍ

Musnad Ahmad 19931: It was narrated to us [Yahya bin Adam], it was narrated to us [Abul Ahwash] from [Simak bin Harb] from [Jabir bin Samurah] he said: "I prayed two Eids (Eid al-Fitr and Adlha) with the Messenger of Allah Shallallahu 'Alaihi Wasallam not just once or twice, with no call to prayer and Iqomat."

Musnad Ahmad #19932

مسند أحمد ١٩٩٣٢: حَدَّثَنَا حُمَيْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرُّؤَاسِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ عَنْ سِمَاكٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أُخْبِرَ أَنَّ رَجُلًا قَتَلَ نَفْسَهُ قَالَ إِذَنْ لَا أُصَلِّيَ عَلَيْهِ

Musnad Ahmad 19932: Has narrated to us [Humaid bin Abdurrahman Ar Ru`asy], has narrated to us [Zuhair] from [Simak] from [Jabir bin Samurah] that it was reported to the Prophet Shallallahu 'Alaihi Wasallam about someone who committed suicide, then He said: "In that case, I will not pray for him.

Musnad Ahmad #19933

مسند أحمد ١٩٩٣٣: حَدَّثَنَا حُمَيْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ عَنْ سِمَاكٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ كَانَ بِلَالٌ يُؤَذِّنُ إِذَا زَالَتْ الشَّمْسُ لَا يَخْرِمُ ثُمَّ لَا يُقِيمُ حَتَّى يَخْرُجَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ فَإِذَا خَرَجَ أَقَامَ حِينَ يَرَاهُ

Musnad Ahmad 19933: Has narrated to us [Humaid bin Abdurrahman Ar Ru`asy], has narrated to us [Zuhair] from [Simak] from [Jabir bin Samurah] that Bilal recites the call to prayer when the sun sets, He does not reduce it and does not recite the iqamat until the Prophet Shallallahu 'Alaihi Wasallam came out, Jabir continued: "When Bilal saw that he had come out, he recited the iqamat."

Musnad Ahmad #19934

مسند أحمد ١٩٩٣٤: حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ آدَمَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْرَائِيلُ عَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ قَالَ نَبَّأَنِي جَابِرُ بْنُ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ كَانَ مُؤَذِّنُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُؤَذِّنُ ثُمَّ يُمْهِلُ فَلَا يُقِيمُ حَتَّى إِذَا رَأَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ خَرَجَ أَقَامَ حِينَ يَرَهُ

Musnad Ahmad 19934: [Yahya bin Adam] told us, [Israel] told us from [Simak bin Harb] he said: [Jabir bin Samurah] told me that the mu'adzin of Rasulullah Sallallahu 'Alaihi Wasallam was common waiting after calling the adhan, and not calling the iqamat until he saw Rasulullah Sallallahu 'Alaihi Wasallam coming out, when he saw him coming out (of the house) then the prayer was established."

Musnad Ahmad #19935

مسند أحمد ١٩٩٣٥: حَدَّثَنَا هَاشِمُ بْنُ الْقَاسِمِ حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ حَدَّثَنَا سِمَاكُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ قَالَ نَبَّأَنِي جَابِرُ بْنُ سَمُرَةَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ يَخْطُبُ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ قَائِمًا ثُمَّ يَجْلِسُ ثُمَّ يَقُومُ فَيَخْطُبُ قَائِمًا فَمَنْ نَبَّأَكَ أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَخْطُبُ جَالِسًا فَقَدْ كَذَبَ فَقَدْ وَاللَّهِ صَلَّيْتُ مَعَهُ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ أَلْفَيْ صَلَاةٍ

Musnad Ahmad 19935: It was told to us [Hasyim bin Qasim], it was told to us [Zuhair], it was told to us [Simak bin Harb], he said: It was told to me [Jabir bin Samurah] that the Messenger of Allah, may God bless him and grant him peace, preached while standing on the pulpit and then sat down, after that he stood up for the (second) sermon, and whoever tells you that he preached while sitting, then he has lied, indeed I have prayed with him more than a thousand times."

Musnad Ahmad #19936

مسند أحمد ١٩٩٣٦: حَدَّثَنَا هَاشِمٌ حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ حَدَّثَنَا سِمَاكٌ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ كَانَ بِلَالٌ يُؤَذِّنُ إِذَا دَحَضَتْ ثُمَّ لَا يُقِيمُ حَتَّى يَرَى النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَإِذَا رَآهُ أَقَامَ حِينَ يَرَاهُ

Musnad Ahmad 19936: It was narrated to us [Hasyim], it was narrated to us [Zuhair], it was narrated to us [Simak bin Harb], from [Jabir bin Samurah] that Bilal used to say the adhan when the sun set, and he did not say the iqamat until seeing the Prophet sallallahu 'alaihi wasallam seen, when he is seen, then the prayer is established after he sees him."

Musnad Ahmad #19937

مسند أحمد ١٩٩٣٧: حَدَّثَنَا أَسْوَدُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شَرِيكٌ عَنْ سِمَاكٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ شَهِدْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ مِائَةِ مَرَّةٍ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ وَأَصْحَابُهُ يَتَذَاكَرُونَ الشِّعْرَ وَأَشْيَاءَ مِنْ أَمْرِ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ فَرُبَّمَا تَبَسَّمَ مَعَهُمْ

Musnad Ahmad 19937: It was narrated to us [Aswad bin 'Amir], it was narrated to us [Shyarik] from [Simak] he said: I asked [Jabir bin Samurah] he said: "I witnessed the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, more than a hundred times in the mosque, while his companions recited poetry to each other and all the ignorant things they had done, then they laughed while he only smiled at them."

Musnad Ahmad #19938

مسند أحمد ١٩٩٣٨: حَدَّثَنَا أَسْوَدُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شَرِيكٌ عَنْ سِمَاكٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ أَنَّ مَاعِزًا جَاءَ فَأَقَرَّ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَرْبَعَ مَرَّاتٍ فَأَمَرَ بِرَجْمِهِ

Musnad Ahmad 19938: It was narrated to us [Aswad bin Amir], it was narrated to us [Syarik] from [Simak] from [Jabir bin Samurah] that Ma'iz came and confessed to adultery in front of the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, up to four times. , then he ordered that he be stoned

Musnad Ahmad #19939

مسند أحمد ١٩٩٣٩: حَدَّثَنَا أَسْوَدُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شَرِيكٌ عَنْ سِمَاكٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ كُنَّا إِذَا جِئْنَا إِلَيْهِ يَعْنِي النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ جَلَسَ أَحَدُنَا حَيْثُ يَنْتَهِي

Musnad Ahmad 19939: Has narrated to us [Aswad bin Amir], has narrated to us [Sharik] from [Simak] from [Jabir bin Samurah], he said: "When we came to him that is to Prophet Muhammad Rasulullahﷺ, then one of us will sit close to him until his business is done."

Musnad Ahmad #19940

مسند أحمد ١٩٩٤٠: حَدَّثَنَا أَسْوَدُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شَرِيكٌ عَنْ سِمَاكٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ رَجَمَ يَهُودِيًّا وَيَهُودِيَّةً

Musnad Ahmad 19940: It was narrated to us [Aswad bin Amir], it was narrated to us [Sharik] from [Simak] from [Jabir bin Samurah], he said: that the Prophet Shallallahu 'Alaihi Wasallam once stoned a Jewish man and woman , "

References

[1] Usd Al Ghabah fi Ma`rifat As-Sahabah of Ibn Al Athir: (1/ 254),

At-Tabaqat Al Kubra of Ibn Sa`d (6/ 24), and Al Isabah fi Tamiyiz As-Sahabah of Ibn Hajar: (2/ 42) No. (1014).

[2]Ibn `Asakir: Mukhtasar Tarikh Dimashq: (5/ 356) and Kanz Al `Ummal of Al Burhan Fawry (vol. 11) No. (32487).

[3] and Al Isabah fi Tamiyiz As-Sahabah of Ibn Hajar: (2/ 42).