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'Ammar ibn Yasir رضي الله عنه
Two Bricks at a Time
When the Prophet's Mosque was built in Madinah, the Companions carried the bricks one at a time. 'Ammar, in his enthusiasm, carried two at a time.
The Prophet ﷺ brushed the dust from his head and said, "Poor 'Ammar! A transgressing party will kill him. He calls them to Paradise, and they call him to the Fire" (Sahih al-Bukhari 447).
The Prophet ﷺ also said of him that he was filled with faith to the tips of his toes, and he would be welcomed warmly whenever he asked leave to enter. The words about the transgressing party became one of the Prophet's ﷺ unseen reports that scholars later recalled when 'Ammar died.
Zeal in the service of Allah is loved, and the Prophet ﷺ cared for those who laboured.
Do you do your share for the community with energy, or with the minimum?
- Sahih al-Bukhari 447 Sahih · in the two Sahihs
- Sahih Muslim 2916 Sahih · in the two Sahihs
- Sunan Ibn Majah, Introduction (the virtues of 'Ammar)Grade not recorded here
- Jami' al-Tirmidhi, Book of Virtues (manaqib 'Ammar)Grade not recorded here
What the hadith grades mean
- Sahih (authentic): an unbroken chain of trustworthy, precise narrators, free of hidden flaws or contradiction. It is acted upon.
- Hasan (good): like sahih, but a narrator's precision is slightly lighter. It is also accepted and acted upon. "Hasan sahih" means it reaches sahih by its routes.
- Da'if (weak): a break in the chain or a narrator who is not reliable enough. It is not used to establish beliefs or rulings.
- Very weak (munkar, matruk): a seriously flawed chain or a narrator accused of lying. It is not relied on at all.
- Mawdu' (fabricated): falsely attributed to the Prophet ﷺ. It may not be narrated as his words except to warn against it.
- The two Sahihs: every hadith with a full chain in Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim is accepted as sahih by the scholars of hadith.
- Historical report: biographies and histories (Ibn Ishaq, Ibn Sa'd, al-Tabari) record events with chains that are often incomplete. They are used for the story, not for rulings.
- Hadith scholars grade a narration; the four madhhabs do not. Where a hadith carries a ruling, the page shows which schools act on it.
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