مسند إسحاق بن راهويه
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Musnad Ishaq ibn Rahwayh
Isḥāq said:
Bishr ibn al-Mufaḍḍal ibn Lāḥiq informed us; Khālid ibn Dhakwān informed us, on the authority of al-Rubayyiʿ bint Muʿawwidh ibn ʿAfrāʾ, who said: “We used to accompany the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on military expeditions. We would provide them with water, attend to their needs, and bring the slain and the wounded back to Madinah.”
Reference:
Thulāthiyyāt Isḥāq ibn Rāhawayh 1
قَالَ إِسْحَاقُ: أَخْبَرَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ الْمُفَضَّلِ بْنِ لَاحِقٍ، أَنْبَأَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ ذَكْوَانَ، عَنِ الرُّبَيِّعِ بِنْتِ مُعَوِّذِ بْنِ عَفْرَاءَ، قَالَتْ:
«كُنَّا نَغْزُو مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ، فَنَسْقِيهِمُ الْمَاءَ، وَنَخْدُمُهُمْ، وَنَرُدُّ الْقَتْلَى وَالْجَرْحَى إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ».
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Chain: Isḥāq ibn Rāhawayh → Bishr ibn al-Mufaḍḍal ibn Lāḥiq → Khālid ibn Dhakwān → al-Rubayyiʿ bint Muʿawwidh ibn ʿAfrāʾ (may Allah be pleased with her) → the Prophet ﷺ.
Rijāl: (1) Bishr ibn al-Mufaḍḍal: Thiqa, thabt, and devoted to worship. Ibn Ḥajar described him as “reliable, precise, and devout,” while al-Dhahabī described him as a ḥujjah. (Taqrīb al-Tahdhīb, 1/171.) (2) Khālid ibn Dhakwān: Ibn Maʿīn declared him thiqa; Ibn Ḥajar classified him as ṣadūq. (Tahdhīb al-Kamāl, 8/60; Taqrīb al-Tahdhīb, 1/285.) (3) Al-Rubayyiʿ bint Muʿawwidh: A female Companion.
Takhrīj: Isḥāq ibn Rāhawayh, al-Musnad (2261); al-Bukhārī, al-Jihād wa-l-Siyar, chapter on women returning the wounded and the slain (2883), and al-Ṭibb, chapter on a man treating a woman and a woman treating a man (5679); Aḥmad (27017); and al-Nasāʾī, al-Sunan al-Kubrā (8830). Al-Bukhārī also transmits a closely related wording at no. 2882.
Rijāl: (1) Bishr ibn al-Mufaḍḍal: Thiqa, thabt, and devoted to worship. Ibn Ḥajar described him as “reliable, precise, and devout,” while al-Dhahabī described him as a ḥujjah. (Taqrīb al-Tahdhīb, 1/171.) (2) Khālid ibn Dhakwān: Ibn Maʿīn declared him thiqa; Ibn Ḥajar classified him as ṣadūq. (Tahdhīb al-Kamāl, 8/60; Taqrīb al-Tahdhīb, 1/285.) (3) Al-Rubayyiʿ bint Muʿawwidh: A female Companion.
Takhrīj: Isḥāq ibn Rāhawayh, al-Musnad (2261); al-Bukhārī, al-Jihād wa-l-Siyar, chapter on women returning the wounded and the slain (2883), and al-Ṭibb, chapter on a man treating a woman and a woman treating a man (5679); Aḥmad (27017); and al-Nasāʾī, al-Sunan al-Kubrā (8830). Al-Bukhārī also transmits a closely related wording at no. 2882.
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Isḥāq said:
Bishr ibn al-Mufaḍḍal informed us; Khālid ibn Dhakwān informed us, on the authority of al-Rubayyiʿ bint Muʿawwidh ibn ʿAfrāʾ, who said: On the morning of ʿĀshūrāʾ, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent word to the settlements of the Anṣār, saying: “Whoever among you began the day fasting should complete his fast, and whoever began the day not fasting should fast for the remainder of the day.”
Reference:
Thulāthiyyāt Isḥāq ibn Rāhawayh 2
قَالَ إِسْحَاقُ: أَخْبَرَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ الْمُفَضَّلِ، أَنْبَأَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ ذَكْوَانَ، عَنِ الرُّبَيِّعِ بِنْتِ مُعَوِّذِ بْنِ عَفْرَاءَ، قَالَتْ:
أَرْسَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ غَدَاةَ عَاشُورَاءَ إِلَى قُرَى الْأَنْصَارِ، فَقَالَ:
«مَنْ كَانَ مِنْكُمْ أَصْبَحَ صَائِمًا فَلْيُتِمَّ صَوْمَهُ، وَمَنْ كَانَ مِنْكُمْ أَصْبَحَ مُفْطِرًا فَلْيَصُمْ مَا بَقِيَ مِنْ يَوْمِهِ».
| Grade: | Ṣaḥīḥ |
Chain: Isḥāq ibn Rāhawayh → Bishr ibn al-Mufaḍḍal → Khālid ibn Dhakwān → al-Rubayyiʿ bint Muʿawwidh ibn ʿAfrāʾ (may Allah be pleased with her) → the Prophet ﷺ.
Rijāl: For Bishr ibn al-Mufaḍḍal and Khālid ibn Dhakwān, see footnote 1. Al-Rubayyiʿ is a female Companion.
Takhrīj: Isḥāq ibn Rāhawayh, al-Musnad (2262); al-Bukhārī, al-Ṣawm, chapter on children fasting (1960); and Muslim, al-Ṣiyām, chapter on the fast of ʿĀshūrāʾ (1136). Muslim transmits the report through Bishr ibn al-Mufaḍḍal from Khālid ibn Dhakwān, with an extended conclusion describing how the Companions encouraged their young children to fast.
Rijāl: For Bishr ibn al-Mufaḍḍal and Khālid ibn Dhakwān, see footnote 1. Al-Rubayyiʿ is a female Companion.
Takhrīj: Isḥāq ibn Rāhawayh, al-Musnad (2262); al-Bukhārī, al-Ṣawm, chapter on children fasting (1960); and Muslim, al-Ṣiyām, chapter on the fast of ʿĀshūrāʾ (1136). Muslim transmits the report through Bishr ibn al-Mufaḍḍal from Khālid ibn Dhakwān, with an extended conclusion describing how the Companions encouraged their young children to fast.
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Isḥāq said:
Sufyān informed us, on the authority of Ziyād ibn ʿIlāqah, who heard it from Usāmah ibn Sharīk (may Allah be pleased with him). Usāmah was present with the Prophet ﷺ while the Bedouins were asking him, “Would we incur blame for such-and-such? Would we incur blame for such-and-such?”
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ replied: “O servants of Allah, Allah has removed blame, except from a person who unjustly violates his brother’s honor; he is the one who has incurred blame and brought ruin upon himself.”
They asked, “O Messenger of Allah, should we seek medical treatment?” He replied: “Seek treatment, for Allah has not sent down any illness without also sending down a remedy for it, except death.”
They asked, “O Messenger of Allah, what is the finest gift a servant may be granted?” He replied: “Excellent character.”
Reference:
Thulāthiyyāt Isḥāq ibn Rāhawayh 3
قَالَ إِسْحَاقُ: أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ زِيَادِ بْنِ عِلَاقَةَ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَهُ مِنْ أُسَامَةَ بْنِ شَرِيكٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ، وَشَهِدَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَالْأَعْرَابُ يَسْأَلُونَهُ: هَلْ عَلَيْنَا جُنَاحٌ فِي كَذَا؟ هَلْ عَلَيْنَا جُنَاحٌ فِي كَذَا؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ:
«عِبَادَ اللَّهِ، رَفَعَ اللَّهُ الْحَرَجَ، إِلَّا امْرَأً اقْتَرَضَ مِنْ عِرْضِ أَخِيهِ شَيْئًا، فَذَلِكَ الَّذِي حَرِجَ وَهَلَكَ».
فَقَالُوا: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، أَنَتَدَاوَى؟ قَالَ:
«تَدَاوَوْا؛ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ لَمْ يُنْزِلْ دَاءً إِلَّا أَنْزَلَ لَهُ دَوَاءً، إِلَّا الْمَوْتَ».
قَالُوا: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، فَمَا أَفْضَلُ مَا أُعْطِيَ الْعَبْدُ؟ فَقَالَ:
«خُلُقٌ حَسَنٌ».
| Grade: | Ṣaḥīḥ |
Chain: Isḥāq ibn Rāhawayh → Sufyān ibn ʿUyaynah → Ziyād ibn ʿIlāqah → Usāmah ibn Sharīk (may Allah be pleased with him) → the Prophet ﷺ.
Rijāl: (1) Sufyān here is Ibn ʿUyaynah. He was an imām, ḥāfiẓ, jurist, and authoritative proof. Ibn Ḥajar described him as “thiqa, ḥāfiẓ, a jurist, an imām, and a ḥujjah,” while noting that his memory changed slightly near the end of his life and that he sometimes practiced tadlīs, though from reliable narrators. (Taqrīb al-Tahdhīb, no. 2451.) (2) Ziyād ibn ʿIlāqah: Thiqa. Ibn Maʿīn, al-Nasāʾī, al-ʿIjlī, and Yaʿqūb ibn Sufyān all declared him reliable. (3) Usāmah ibn Sharīk: Companion.
Takhrīj: Isḥāq ibn Rāhawayh, al-Musnad (2348); Abū Dāwūd, al-Ṭibb (3855); al-Tirmidhī, al-Ṭibb (2038), who graded the treatment portion ḥasan ṣaḥīḥ; al-Nasāʾī, al-Sunan al-Kubrā (7554); Ibn Mājah, al-Ṭibb (3436); and Aḥmad (18454). Al-Nawawī classified its isnād as ṣaḥīḥ, and Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr also authenticated the report.
Variant note: The recension of Musnad Isḥāq reads “except death” (إِلَّا الْمَوْتَ). The more widespread wording in the Sunan collections reads “except old age” (إِلَّا الْهَرَمَ), while “death” is also established as a transmitted variant. The wording “he unjustly violated his brother’s honor” translates Isḥāq’s reading, اقْتَرَضَ مِنْ عِرْضِ أَخِيهِ; other routes contain variants such as اقْتَرَفَ رَجُلًا مُسْلِمًا.
Rijāl: (1) Sufyān here is Ibn ʿUyaynah. He was an imām, ḥāfiẓ, jurist, and authoritative proof. Ibn Ḥajar described him as “thiqa, ḥāfiẓ, a jurist, an imām, and a ḥujjah,” while noting that his memory changed slightly near the end of his life and that he sometimes practiced tadlīs, though from reliable narrators. (Taqrīb al-Tahdhīb, no. 2451.) (2) Ziyād ibn ʿIlāqah: Thiqa. Ibn Maʿīn, al-Nasāʾī, al-ʿIjlī, and Yaʿqūb ibn Sufyān all declared him reliable. (3) Usāmah ibn Sharīk: Companion.
Takhrīj: Isḥāq ibn Rāhawayh, al-Musnad (2348); Abū Dāwūd, al-Ṭibb (3855); al-Tirmidhī, al-Ṭibb (2038), who graded the treatment portion ḥasan ṣaḥīḥ; al-Nasāʾī, al-Sunan al-Kubrā (7554); Ibn Mājah, al-Ṭibb (3436); and Aḥmad (18454). Al-Nawawī classified its isnād as ṣaḥīḥ, and Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr also authenticated the report.
Variant note: The recension of Musnad Isḥāq reads “except death” (إِلَّا الْمَوْتَ). The more widespread wording in the Sunan collections reads “except old age” (إِلَّا الْهَرَمَ), while “death” is also established as a transmitted variant. The wording “he unjustly violated his brother’s honor” translates Isḥāq’s reading, اقْتَرَضَ مِنْ عِرْضِ أَخِيهِ; other routes contain variants such as اقْتَرَفَ رَجُلًا مُسْلِمًا.
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Isḥāq said:
Wakīʿ informed us; Maʿrūf al-Makkī informed us, saying: I heard Abū al-Ṭufayl (may Allah be pleased with him) say: “When I was a boy, I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ circumambulating the House upon a camel and touching the Black Stone with his hooked staff.”
Reference:
Thulāthiyyāt Isḥāq ibn Rāhawayh 4
قَالَ إِسْحَاقُ: أَخْبَرَنَا وَكِيعٌ، أَنْبَأَنَا مَعْرُوفٌ الْمَكِّيُّ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ أَبَا الطُّفَيْلِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ يَقُولُ:
«رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ، وَأَنَا غُلَامٌ، يَطُوفُ بِالْبَيْتِ عَلَى بَعِيرٍ، وَيَسْتَلِمُ الْحَجَرَ بِمِحْجَنِهِ».
| Grade: | Ṣaḥīḥ |
Chain: Isḥāq ibn Rāhawayh → Wakīʿ ibn al-Jarrāḥ → Maʿrūf ibn Kharrabūdh al-Makkī → Abū al-Ṭufayl ʿĀmir ibn Wāthilah (may Allah be pleased with him) → the Prophet ﷺ.
Rijāl: (1) Wakīʿ ibn al-Jarrāḥ: Thiqa, ḥāfiẓ, and devoted to worship. Ibn Ḥajar described him as “reliable, a master memorizer, and devout,” while al-Dhahabī counted him among the eminent authorities. (Taqrīb al-Tahdhīb, 1/1037.) (2) Maʿrūf ibn Kharrabūdh al-Makkī: Ibn Ḥajar classified him as ṣadūq who occasionally erred and described him as a learned authority on historical reports. Ibn Maʿīn weakened him, while other critics strengthened him; Abū Ḥātim stated that his reports may be recorded and considered. His narration here is accepted because the report is recorded through him in Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim and is corroborated by other authentic accounts. (3) Abū al-Ṭufayl ʿĀmir ibn Wāthilah: Companion and generally recognized as the last surviving Companion.
Takhrīj: Isḥāq ibn Rāhawayh, al-Musnad (939); Muslim, al-Ḥajj, chapter permitting circumambulation while mounted and touching the Corner with a staff (1275); Abū Dāwūd (1879); and Ibn Mājah (2949). Muslim’s version adds that the Prophet ﷺ kissed the hooked staff after touching the Corner with it. The act of performing ṭawāf while mounted and touching the Corner with a hooked staff is also corroborated by the report of Ibn ʿAbbās in al-Bukhārī (1607) and Muslim (1272).
Rijāl: (1) Wakīʿ ibn al-Jarrāḥ: Thiqa, ḥāfiẓ, and devoted to worship. Ibn Ḥajar described him as “reliable, a master memorizer, and devout,” while al-Dhahabī counted him among the eminent authorities. (Taqrīb al-Tahdhīb, 1/1037.) (2) Maʿrūf ibn Kharrabūdh al-Makkī: Ibn Ḥajar classified him as ṣadūq who occasionally erred and described him as a learned authority on historical reports. Ibn Maʿīn weakened him, while other critics strengthened him; Abū Ḥātim stated that his reports may be recorded and considered. His narration here is accepted because the report is recorded through him in Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim and is corroborated by other authentic accounts. (3) Abū al-Ṭufayl ʿĀmir ibn Wāthilah: Companion and generally recognized as the last surviving Companion.
Takhrīj: Isḥāq ibn Rāhawayh, al-Musnad (939); Muslim, al-Ḥajj, chapter permitting circumambulation while mounted and touching the Corner with a staff (1275); Abū Dāwūd (1879); and Ibn Mājah (2949). Muslim’s version adds that the Prophet ﷺ kissed the hooked staff after touching the Corner with it. The act of performing ṭawāf while mounted and touching the Corner with a hooked staff is also corroborated by the report of Ibn ʿAbbās in al-Bukhārī (1607) and Muslim (1272).
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Isḥāq said:
Sufyān informed us, on the authority of Abū al-Zubayr, on the authority of Jābir ibn ʿAbd Allāh (may Allah be pleased with him and his father), who said: “Garlic was not available in our land; rather, we had onions and leeks, and we were prohibited [from attending the mosque after eating them].”
Reference:
Thulāthiyyāt Isḥāq ibn Rāhawayh 5
قَالَ إِسْحَاقُ: أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا، قَالَ:
«لَمْ يَكُنِ الثُّومُ بِأَرْضِنَا، بَلْ كَانَ الْبَصَلُ وَالْكُرَّاثُ، فَنُهِينَا عَنْهُ».
| Grade: | Ḍaʿīf |
The particular isnād is ḍaʿīf according to the stricter method of ḥadīth criticism because of the muʿanʿan transmission of Abū al-Zubayr from Jābir; however, its intended legal meaning is ṣaḥīḥ. Classifying it as ḥasan li-ghayrihi is defensible with respect to the operative meaning of not attending the masjid after consuming garlic, but should not be understood as establishing every expression in this wording through multiple independent routes
Chain: Isḥāq ibn Rāhawayh → Sufyān ibn ʿUyaynah → Abū al-Zubayr Muḥammad ibn Muslim ibn Tadrus → Jābir ibn ʿAbd Allāh (may Allah be pleased with him and his father) → the Prophet ﷺ, implicitly through Jābir’s statement concerning what “we were prohibited” from doing.
Rijāl: (1) Sufyān ibn ʿUyaynah: See footnote 4. (2) Abū al-Zubayr Muḥammad ibn Muslim ibn Tadrus: Ibn Ḥajar classified him as ṣadūq but stated that he practiced tadlīs. The majority regarded him as fundamentally reliable, but a number of critics declined to accept his reports from Jābir when he narrated merely with ʿan and did not expressly state that he had heard the report. The present chain contains precisely such an ʿanʿanah. (3) Jābir ibn ʿAbd Allāh: Companion.
Takhrīj: The precise wording appears in Isḥāq ibn Rāhawayh, al-Musnad (936). Its operative meaning is corroborated by the authentic reports of Jābir recorded by al-Bukhārī (855) and Muslim (564): whoever eats garlic or onions is instructed to remain away from the mosque because people and angels are disturbed by their odor. Reports concerning leeks convey the same ruling.
Translation note: The Arabic statement فَنُهِينَا عَنْهُ is elliptical and literally means, “and we were prohibited from it/on its account.” The bracketed phrase in the translation is an explanatory clarification and from the established narrations of Jābir; it is not presented as an unexpressed portion of the Arabic text. The historical statement that garlic was unavailable in their land is peculiar to this route and is not independently established by the cited corroborating reports.
Chain: Isḥāq ibn Rāhawayh → Sufyān ibn ʿUyaynah → Abū al-Zubayr Muḥammad ibn Muslim ibn Tadrus → Jābir ibn ʿAbd Allāh (may Allah be pleased with him and his father) → the Prophet ﷺ, implicitly through Jābir’s statement concerning what “we were prohibited” from doing.
Rijāl: (1) Sufyān ibn ʿUyaynah: See footnote 4. (2) Abū al-Zubayr Muḥammad ibn Muslim ibn Tadrus: Ibn Ḥajar classified him as ṣadūq but stated that he practiced tadlīs. The majority regarded him as fundamentally reliable, but a number of critics declined to accept his reports from Jābir when he narrated merely with ʿan and did not expressly state that he had heard the report. The present chain contains precisely such an ʿanʿanah. (3) Jābir ibn ʿAbd Allāh: Companion.
Takhrīj: The precise wording appears in Isḥāq ibn Rāhawayh, al-Musnad (936). Its operative meaning is corroborated by the authentic reports of Jābir recorded by al-Bukhārī (855) and Muslim (564): whoever eats garlic or onions is instructed to remain away from the mosque because people and angels are disturbed by their odor. Reports concerning leeks convey the same ruling.
Translation note: The Arabic statement فَنُهِينَا عَنْهُ is elliptical and literally means, “and we were prohibited from it/on its account.” The bracketed phrase in the translation is an explanatory clarification and from the established narrations of Jābir; it is not presented as an unexpressed portion of the Arabic text. The historical statement that garlic was unavailable in their land is peculiar to this route and is not independently established by the cited corroborating reports.
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