محمد بن يزيد

Muḥammad ibn Hammām related to us. He said: Muḥammad ibn Yazīd related to us. He said: Ḥafṣ ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān related to us, from Abū Ḥanīfa, from al-Haytham, from ʿĀmir, from Masrūq, from ʿĀʾisha, may God be pleased with her: The Messenger of God, God bless him and grant him peace, would take kisses from her face while he was fasting.

The phrase “take from her face” is rendered as kissing in this context.

Muḥammad ibn Hammām related to us. He said: Muḥammad ibn Yazīd related to us. He said: Ḥafṣ ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān related to us, from Abū Ḥanīfa, from ʿAlqama ibn Marthad, from Ibn Burayda, from his father, who said: One day they discussed ill fortune in the presence of the Messenger of God, God bless him and grant him peace. The Messenger of God, God bless him and grant him peace, said: “Ill fortune is in three things: the horse, the house and the woman. The ill fortune of a horse is that it is unruly and refuses to be ridden; the ill fortune of a woman is that she is bad-tempered and barren; and the ill fortune of a house is that it is cramped and has bad neighbors.”

Muḥammad ibn Hammām related to us. He said: Muḥammad ibn Yazīd related to us. He said: Ḥafṣ ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān related to us, from Abū Ḥanīfa, from Ḥammād, from Ibrāhīm, may God have mercy on them, from ʿAbd Allāh ibn Masʿūd, may God be pleased with him, who said: The shorter Sūrat al-Nisāʾ abrogated every waiting period: “As for pregnant women, their term is until they deliver their burden” [al-Ṭalāq 65:4].

“The shorter Sūrat al-Nisāʾ” refers here to Sūrat al-Ṭalāq, as the quoted verse indicates.

Muḥammad ibn Hammām related to us. He said: Muḥammad ibn Yazīd related to us. He said: Ḥafṣ ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān related to us, from Abū Ḥanīfa, from ʿAbd al-Malik, from Nāfiʿ, may God have mercy on them, from Ibn ʿUmar, may God be pleased with them both, who said: Kaʿb ibn Mālik, may God be pleased with him, came to the Prophet, peace be upon him, and asked about a shepherdess tending his flock. Fearing that a sheep would die, she had slaughtered it with a flint. The Prophet, peace be upon him, instructed him to eat it.

Muḥammad ibn Manṣūr related to us. He said: Muḥammad ibn Yazīd related to me. He said: I heard Ḥafṣ ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān say: “Abū Ḥanīfa knew the Qurʾan by heart and would complete it thirty times in a month.”

Muḥammad ibn Hammām al-Naysābūrī related to us. He said: Muḥammad ibn Yazīd related to us. He said: Ḥammād ibn Qīrāṭ related to us. He said: Ibrāhīm ibn Ṭahmān related to us. He said: Abū Ḥanīfa related to us, from Ḥammād, from Ibrāhīm, may God have mercy on them: He was asked about a sick person who loses consciousness. He said: “As for the prayers of one day, he makes them up. If it exceeds that, he is excused from them, God willing.”

Muḥammad ibn Isḥāq al-Simsār related to us. He said: Muḥammad ibn Yazīd related to us. He said: Ḥammād ibn Qīrāṭ related to us, from Ibrāhīm ibn Ṭahmān, from Abū Ḥanīfa, from Ḥammād, from Ibrāhīm, may God have mercy on them, who said: When a man and a woman are buried together in one grave, the woman is placed behind the man, and a barrier of earth is placed between them.

Muḥammad ibn Isḥāq al-Simsār related to us. He said: Muḥammad ibn Yazīd related to us. He said: Al-Jārūd ibn Yazīd related to us. He said: Abū Ḥanīfa related to us, from ʿAlī ibn al-Aqmar: The Messenger of God, God bless him and grant him peace, passed a man praying with his garment hanging loose and folded it around him.

It was related to me from Muḥammad ibn Yazīd. He said: Ḥammād ibn Qīrāṭ related to us. He said: I asked Abū Ḥanīfa about reciting “In the name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful.” He said: “Recite it silently to yourself.”

Abū Bakr ibn Muḥammad ibn Hammām al-Naysābūrī related to us. He said: Muḥammad ibn Yazīd related to me. He said: Bishr ibn Abī al-Azhar related to me, from Abū Ḥanīfa, from ʿUthmān al-Aʿshā, from Muʿāwiya al-Ḥaḍramī, who said: The cavalry was presented before ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib, may God be pleased with him. Ibn Muljam passed before him, and he asked him about his lineage. He claimed descent from someone other than his father. ʿAlī told him: “You lie.” This happened repeatedly: each time he ascribed himself to someone other than his father, ʿAlī said: “You lie.” Finally he ascribed himself to his own father, and ʿAlī said: “You speak the truth. The Messenger of God, God bless him and grant him peace, told me that my killer resembles a Jew—or is a yellow-complexioned Jew.”

Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Hammām al-Sabzawārī related to us. He said: Muḥammad ibn Yazīd related to us. He said: ʿĀmir ibn al-Furāt al-Nasawī related to us. He said: Abū Ḥanīfa related to us, from al-Qāsim ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān, from his father, from ʿAbd Allāh ibn Masʿūd, may God be pleased with him, who said: The Messenger of God, God bless him and grant him peace, taught us the marriage sermon: “Praise belongs to God. I praise Him, seek His help, believe in Him and rely upon Him. We seek refuge in God from the evil within ourselves and from our bad deeds. Whomever God guides, none can lead astray; whomever He leads astray, none can guide. I testify that there is no god but God alone, without partner, and that Muḥammad is His servant and messenger. ‘You who believe! Be mindful of God, in whose name you ask one another, and of ties of kinship. God is ever watchful over you’ [al-Nisāʾ: 1]. ‘You who believe! Be mindful of God as He deserves, and do not die except as Muslims’ [Āl ʿImrān: 102]. ‘You who believe! Be mindful of God and speak upright words. He will set your deeds right for you and forgive your sins. Whoever obeys God and His Messenger has attained a tremendous triumph’ [al-Aḥzāb: 70].”

The first Qurʾānic quotation and verse references follow the supplied Arabic, without silently harmonizing them to the standard verse text.

Muḥammad ibn Hammām related to us. He said: Muḥammad ibn Yazīd related to us. He said: ʿĀmir ibn al-Furāt related to us. He said: Abū Ḥanīfa related to us, from Sālim al-Afṭas, from Saʿīd ibn Jubayr, may God have mercy on them, who said: I accompanied Ibn ʿUmar, may God be pleased with them both, to Mecca. He spotted a kite on a camel’s back and threw at it while he was in the consecrated state of pilgrimage.

Muḥammad ibn Yazīd related to us. He said: ʿĀmir ibn al-Furāt related to us. He said: Abū Ḥanīfa related to us, from Ḥammād, from Ibrāhīm, may God have mercy on them, who said: The sacrificial offering is obligatory upon the inhabitants of towns.

Muḥammad ibn Isḥāq al-Simsār related to us. He said: Muḥammad ibn Yazīd related to us. He said: ʿĀmir ibn al-Furāt related to us. He said: Abū Ḥanīfa related to us, from Ḥammād, from Ibrāhīm, from al-Aswad, may God have mercy on them, who said: I prayed behind ʿUmar for two years and never saw him perform the qunūt supplication in the dawn prayer.

ʿAmr ibn ʿĀṣim related to us. He said: I heard Muḥammad ibn Yazīd say: I used to visit ʿĀmir ibn al-Furāt and write down from him. One day he said to me: “Have you studied Abū Ḥanīfa’s books?” I replied: “I seek reports. What would I do with Abū Ḥanīfa?” He said: “I do not think you will ever succeed. I sought transmitted traditions for nearly ninety years, yet did not properly understand cleansing after relieving oneself until I studied Abū Ḥanīfa’s books.”

I was told from Muḥammad ibn Yazīd, who said: Ismāʿīl ibn Ibrāhīm al-Ṣāʾigh informed us—he was well regarded and ascetic, and his father Ibrāhīm al-Ṣāʾigh had sat with several Successors. He said: Abū Ḥanīfa related to us, from Ḥammād, from Ibrāhīm, may God have mercy on them, who said: Conceal what you wish and reveal what you wish: no servant secretly harbors good without God clothing him in its garment, nor secretly harbors evil without God clothing him in its garment.