Narrator

Anas ibn Mālik

أنس بن مالك

Abū Ḥamzah

Dates: 612–712 CE / 10 BH–93 AH
Relation to the Prophet ﷺ: Personal servant of the Prophet ﷺ from age 10; given to the Prophet ﷺ by his mother Umm Sulaym
Hadith narrated: 2,286

Servant of the Messenger

Known for

Narrated 2,286 hadith — third among the companions. Outlived almost all his peers, transmitting the Prophet's ﷺ life into the next century.

Life

Anas was given to the Prophet ﷺ as a personal servant by his mother Umm Sulaym when Anas was ten years old. He served him for the rest of the Prophet's ﷺ life — ten years — and later said: "He never once said to me, for anything I did: why did you do that? Nor for anything I didn't do: why didn't you do that?"

Anas's proximity gave him access to the Prophet's ﷺ private life in a way few others had. He narrated 2,286 hadith. He lived to be over a hundred — the last surviving senior companion in Basra — and was a direct source for the next generation of scholars including al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrī.

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Passages that mention Anas

"entering upon the Prophet and seeing him cutting pumpkin. When asked about it the Prophet said we are increasing our food with it. Anas ibn Malik narrated that a tailor invited the messenger of Allah peace be upon him to a meal. Anas accompanied him and they were served barley bread and a broth with pumpkin and dried meat. Anas observed the Prophet peace be upon him picking the pumpkin from around the bowl and from that day Anas loved pumpkin. Aisha may Allah be pleased with her reported that the Prophet peace be upon him loved and honey. Umm Salama shared that she once presented a roasted shoulder to the"

Source in The Sublime Beauty →
"witnessed Badr. He replied, where would I be absent from Badr? May your mother be bereaved. Muhammad ibn Sa'd reported that Anas ibn Malik went out with the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, to Badr while he was a young boy serving him. Our teacher, the scholar Abu al-Hajjaj al-Mizi, in his Tathheeb, noted that the Ansari said this, and no one from the companions of the battles mentioned it. Anas ibn Mu'ad ibn Anas ibn Qais ibn Ubaid ibn Zayd ibn Mu'awiyah ibn Amr ibn Malik ibn al-Najari, Anasa al-Habashi, the freedman of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, Aus ibn Thabit ibn al-Mundir al-Najari, Aus ibn Khali ibn Abd Allah ibn al-Harith"

Source in First Revelation to Badr →
"and treat them well for as long as they accompany him, except that they will lead him to paradise. Anas reported that the Messenger of God, peace be upon him, said, whoever has two daughters or two sisters and treats them well for as long as they accompany him, will be with me in paradise like these, holding two fingers together. Anas also narrated that the Messenger of God, peace be upon him, said, whoever goes to one of the markets of the Muslims, buys something, and brings it home specifically for the females over the males, God will look upon him, and whoever God looks upon, he will not punish. Anas further reported that the"

Source in Etiquette of Marriage →
"apparent to him that the enemy had appeared before him, he warned him due to his knowledge of it, and his voice reaching them was among the great miracles. Anas Ibn Malik, may Allah be pleased with him, recounted an encounter with Uthman, may Allah be pleased with him. Anas had looked intently at a woman on his way, admiring her beauty. When he entered, Uthman said, one of you enters with the trace of fornication apparent in his eyes. Do you not know that the fornication of the eyes is the gaze? You must repent or I will punish you. Anas asked, is there revelation after the Prophet? Uthman replied, no, but insight,"

Source in The Book of the Wonders of the Heart →
"some will intercede for assemblies, while others will intercede for tribes, and he graded it as sound. Al-Bazar narrated from the hadith of Anas that the man will intercede for one or two or three men. The hadith of Anas tells us, A man from the people of Paradise will look down on the people of Hell on the day of resurrection. This narration recorded by Abu Mansur Al-Daylami is noted to have a weak chain, yet it describes the intercession and extraction from Hell. Another hadith from Anas states, I am the first of the people to be resurrected when they are raised. This is recorded by Al-Tirmidhi who graded it as"

Source in The Book of the Remembrance of Death and the Afterlife →
"that the messenger of Allah peace be upon him said eat oil and use it for anointing for it is from a blessed tree. It was noted that Abdul Razak was inconsistent in attributing this narration. Anas ibn Malik shared that the Prophet peace be upon him liked pumpkin. When food was brought to him or he was invited Anas would place pumpkin before him knowing that he loved it. Jabir ibn Tariq a companion of the messenger of Allah peace be upon him recounted entering upon the Prophet and seeing him cutting pumpkin. When asked about it the Prophet said we are increasing our food with it. Anas ibn Malik narrated that a"

Source in The Sublime Beauty →

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