Yahya related to me from Malik from Abu Bakr ibn Nafi
from his father Nafi from Abdullah ibn Umar that the
Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him
peace, ordered the moustache to be trimmed and the beard
to be left.
Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab that
Humay ibn Abd ar-Rahman ibn Awf heard Muawiya ibn Abi
Sufyan say from the mimbar in the year that he performed
the hajj, holding a lock of hair (i.e. a hairpiece) which
he took from one of his guards, "People of Madina! Where
are your learned men? I heard the Messenger of Allah, may
Allah bless him and grant him peace, forbid the like of
this, saying, 'The Banu Israil were destroyed when their
women started to use this.' "
Yahya related to me from Malik that Ziyad ibn Sad heard
Ibn Shihab say, "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless
him and grant him peace, let his hair hang down his
forehead as Allah willed, and afterwards he parted it."
Malik said, "There is no harm in a man's looking at the
hair of his son's wife or the hair of his wife's mother."
Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi that Abdullah
ibn Umar disapproved of castration and said, "The
completeness of the created form is in the testicles."
Yahya related to me from Malik that Safwan ibn Sulaym
heard that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him
peace, said, "I and the one who guards the orphan, whether
for himself or for someone else, will be like these two in
the Garden, when he has taqwa," indicating his middle and
index fingers.
Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said that
Abu Qatada al-Ansari said to the Messenger of Allah, may
Allah bless him and grant him peace, "I have a lot of hair
which comes down to my shoulders, shall I comb it?'' The
Messenger of Allah. may Allah bless him and grant him
peace, said, "Yes, and honour it." Sometimes Abu Qatada
oiled it twice in one day because the Messenger of Allah,
may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said to him. "Honour
it."
Yahya related to me from Malik from Zayd ibn Aslam that
Ata ibn Yasar told him that the Messenger of Allah, may
Allah bless him and grant him peace, was in the mosque
when a man came in with dishevelled hair and beard. The
Messenger of Allah. may Allah bless him and grant him
peace, motioned with his hand that he should be sent out
to groom his hair and beard. The man did so and then
returned. The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and
grant him peace, said, "Isn't this better than that one of
you should come with his head dishevelled, as if he were a
shaytan?"
Yahya related to me from Malik that Yahya ibn Said said
that Muhammad ibn Ibrahim at-Taymi had informed him that
Abu Salama ibn Abd ar-Rahman said "Abd ar-Rahman ibn al-Aswad
ibn Abdal-Yaghuth used to sit with us and he had a white
beard and hair. One day he came to us and he had dyed them
red, and the people said to him, 'This is better.' He
said. 'A'isha the wife of the Prophet, may Allah bless him
and grant him peace, sent her slave girl Nukhayla to me
yesterday. She swore that my hair would be dyed and she
informed me that Abu Bakr as-Siddiq used to dye his hair.'
"
Yahya said that he heard Malik say about dyeing the
hair black, 'I have not heard anything certain on that,
and other colours than that are preferable to me."
Yahya said, "Not to dye at all is permitted, Allah
willing, and there is no constraint on people concerning
it."
Yahya said that he had heard Malik say, "There is no
clear indication in this hadith that the Messenger of
Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, did not
dye his hair. Had the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless
him and grant him peace, dyed his hair, A'isha would have
sent a message to that effect to Abd ar-Rahman ibn al-Aswad."
Yahya related to me from Malik that Yahya ibn Said said
that he had heard that Khalid ibn al-Walid said to the
Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him
peace, "I have nightmares." The Messenger of Allah, may
Allah bless him and grant him peace, said to him, "Say, 'I
seek refuge with the complete words of Allah from His
anger and His punishment and the evil of His slaves, and
from the evil suggestions of the shayatin and from their
being present (at death).' "
Audhu bi kalimati' llahi't-tammati min ghadabihi wa
iqabihi wa sharri ibadihi wa min hamazati' sh-shayatin wa
an yahdurun.
Yahya related to me from Malik that Yahya ibn Said
said, "When the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him
and grant him peace, was taken on the Night Journey, he
saw an evil jinn seeking him with a torch of fire.
Whenever the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and
grant him peace, turned, he saw him. Jibril said to him,
'Shall I teach you some words to say? When you say them,
his torch will be put out and will fall from him.' The
Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him
peace, said, 'Yes, indeed.' Jibril said, 'Say, 'I seek
refuge with the Noble Face of Allah and with the complete
words of Allah which neither the good person nor the
corrupt can exceed, from the evil of what descends from
the sky and the evil of what ascends in it, and from the
evil of what is created in the earth and the evil of what
comes out of it, and from the trials of the night and day,
and from the visitations of the night and day, except for
one that knocks with good, O Merciful!" "'
Audhu bi wajhi'llahi' l-karim wa bi
kalimati'llahi't-tammati. Allati la yujawazu hunna barra
wa la fajir, min sharri ma yanzil min as-sama, wa sharri
ma yaruju fiha, wa sham ma dhara' fi'l-ard, wa sharri ma
yakhruju minha, wa min fitani'l-layli wa'n-nahar, wa min
tawariqi'l-layli wa'n-nahar illa tariqan yatruq bikhayr ya
Rahman!
Yahya related to me from Malik from Suhayl ibn Abi
Salih from his father from Abu Hurayra that a man of the
Aslam tribe said, "I did not sleep last night." The
Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him
peace, said to him, "For what reason?" He said, "A
scorpion bit me." The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless
him and grant him peace, said, "Had you said in the
evening, 'I seek refuge with the complete words of Allah
from the evil of what He has created, 'it would not have
happened."
Audhu bi kalimati'llahi't-tammati min sharri ma khalaq
.
Yahya related to me from Malik from Summayy, the mawla
of Abu Bakr from al-Qa'qa ibn Hakim that Kab al-Ahbar
said, "Had it not been for some words which I said, the
jews would have made me into a donkey." Someone asked him
what they were. He said, "I seek refuge with the immense
Face of Allah - there is nothing greater than it - and
with the complete words of Allah which neither the good
person nor the corrupt can exceed and with all the most
beautiful names of Allah, what I know of them and what I
do not know, from the evil of what He has created and
originated and multiplied."
Audhu bi wajhi'llahi l-adheem aladhee laysa shay'un
adham minh, wa bi kalimati'llahi't-tammati, alatee la
yujawizu hunna barra wa la fajir, wa bi
asma'illahi'l-husna kulliha ma alamtu minha wa ma lam alam,
min sharri ma khalaqa wa bara'a wa dhara'a.
Yahya related to me from Malik from Abdullah ibn Abd
ar-Rahman ibn Mamar from Abu'l-Hubab Said ibn Yasar that
Abu Hurayra said, "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless
him and grant him peace, said, 'Allah, the Blessed, the
Exalted, will say on the Day of Rising, "Where are those
who loved each other for My majesty? Today I will shade
them in My shade on the day when there is no shade except
My shade." "'
Yahya related to me from Malik from Khubayb ibn Abd
ar-Rahman al-Ansari from Hafs ibn Asim that either Abu
Said al-Khudri or Abu Hurayra said, "The Messenger of
Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said,
'There are seven whom Allah will shade in His shade on the
day on which there is no shade except His shade: a just
imam, a youth who grows up worshipping Allah, a man whose
heart is attached to the mosque when he leaves it until he
returns to it, two men who love each other in Allah and
meet for that and part for that, a man who remembers Allah
when he is alone and his eyes overflow with tears, a man
who refuses the approaches of a noble, beautiful woman,
saying "I fear Allah," and a man who gives sadaqa and
conceals it so that his left hand does not know what his
right hand gives.' "
Yahya related to me from Malik from Suhayl ibn Abi
Salih from his father from Abu Hurayra that the Messenger
of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said,
"If Allah loves a slave, he says to Jibril, 'I love
so-and-so, so love him,' so Jibril loves him and then
calls out to the people of heaven, 'Allah loves so-and-so,
so love him,' and the people of heaven love him, and then
acceptance is placed in the Earth for him." When Allah is
angry with a slave, Malik said, "I consider that he says
the like of that about His anger."
Yahya related to me from Malik from Abu Hazim ibn Dinar
that Abu Idris al-Khawlani said, "I entered the Damascus
mosque and there was a young man with a beautiful mouth
and white teeth sitting with some people. When they
disagreed about something, they referred it to him and
proceeded from his statement. I inquired about him, and it
was said, 'This is Muadh ibn Jabal.' The next day I went
to the noon-prayer, and I found that he had preceded me to
the noon prayer and I found him praying."
Abu Idris continued, "I waited for him until he had
finished the prayer. Then I came to him from in front of
him and greeted him and said, 'By Allah! I love you for
Allah!' He said, 'By Allah?' I said, 'By Allah.' He said,
'By Allah?' I said, 'By Allah.' He said, 'By Allah?' I
said, 'By Allah.' "
He continued, "He took me by the upper part of my cloak
and pulled me to him and said, 'Rejoice! I heard the
Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him
peace, say, "Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, said, 'My
love is obliged for those who love each other in Me, and
those who sit with each other in Me, and those who visit
each other in Me, and those who give to each other
generously in Me.' " ' "
Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that
Abdullah ibn Abbas said, "Equanimity, gentleness, and good
behaviour are one twenty-fifth of prophecy."