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Musnad Ahmad 937:11

Hadith of Abu Dharr al-Ghifari (RA)

حديث أبي ذر الغفاري رضي الله عنه

Hadith 937:11

Ya'qub narrated to us, my father narrated to us, from Ibn Ishaq, Sulayman al-A'mash narrated to me, from Mujahid ibn Jabr Abu al-Hajjaj, from 'Ubayd ibn 'Umayr al-Laythi, from Abu Dharr, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "I have been given five things that no prophet before me was given: I have been aided by fear, so the enemy is struck with fear of me from a distance of a month's journey; the earth has been made a place of prostration and a means of purification for me; the spoils of war have been made lawful for me, and they were not made lawful for anyone before me; I have been sent to the red and the black; and it was said to me: 'Ask, and you shall be given.' So I reserved it as an intercession for my nation, and it shall be attained, if Allah wills, by whoever meets Allah not associating anything with Him." Al-A'mash said: Mujahid used to hold the view that "the red" refers to mankind, and "the black" refers to the jinn.

حدثنا يعقوب، حدثنا أبي، عن ابن إسحاق، حدثني سليمان الأعمش، عن مجاهد بن جبر أبي الحجاج، عن عبيد بن عمير الليثي، عن أبي ذر، قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: "أوتيت خمسا لم يؤتهن نبي كان قبلي: نصرت بالرعب، فيرعب مني العدو عن مسيرة شهر، وجعلت لي الأرض مسجدا وطهورا، وأحلت لي الغنائم ولم تحل لأحد كان قبلي، وبعثت إلى الأحمر والأسود، وقيل لي: سل تعطه، فاختبأتها شفاعة لأمتي، وهي نائلة منكم إن شاء الله من لقي الله لا يشرك به شيئا " قال الأعمش: فكان مجاهد يرى: "أن الأحمر: الإنس، والأسود: الجن "