Volume 4, Book 56, Number 838:
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet said, “There is always goodness in horses.
Volume 4, Book 56, Number 807:
Narrated Abu Said Al-Khudri:
While we were with Allah’s Apostle who was distributing (i.e. some property), there came Dhu-l-
Khuwaisira, a man from the tribe of Bani Tamim and said, “O Allah’s Apostle! Do Justice.” The Proph –
et said, “Woe to you! Who could do justice if I did not? I would be a desperate loser if I did not do
justice.” ‘Umar said, “O Allah’s Apostle! Allow me to chop his head off.” The Prophet said, “Leave him,
for he has companions who pray and fast in such a way that you will consider your fasting negli –
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gible in comparison to theirs. They recite Qur’an but it does not go beyond their throats (i.e. they do
not act on it) and they will desert Islam as an arrow goes through a victim’s body, so that the hunter,
on looking at the arrow’s blade, would see nothing on it; he would look at its Risaf and see nothing:
he would look at its Na,di and see nothing, and he would look at its Qudhadh ( 1 ) and see nothing
(neither meat nor blood), for the arrow has been too fast even for the blood and excretions to smear.
The sign by which they will be recognized is that among them there will be a black man, one of
whose arms will resemble a woman’s breast or a lump of meat moving loosely. Those people will ap –
pear when there will be differences amongst the people.” I testify that I heard this narration from Al –
lah’s Apostle and I testify that ‘Ali bin Abi Talib fought with such people, and I was in his company.
He ordered that the man (described by the Prophet ) should be looked for. The man was brought and
I looked at him and noticed that he looked exactly as the Prophet had described him.
Volume 4, Book 56, Number 823:
Narrated Abu Bakra:
Once the Prophet brought out Al-Hasan and took him up the pulpit along with him and said, “This
son of mine is a Saiyid (i.e. chief) and I hope that Allah will help him bring about reconciliation
between two Muslim groups.”
Volume 4, Book 56, Number 808:
Narrated ‘Ali:
I relate the traditions of Allah’s Apostle to you for I would rather fall from the sky than attribute
something to him falsely. But when I tell you a thing which is between you and me, then no doubt,
war is guile. I heard Allah’s Apostle saying, “In the last days of this world there will appear some
young foolish people who will use (in their claim) the best speech of all people (i.e. the Qur’an) and
they will abandon Islam as an arrow going through the game. Their belief will not go beyond their
throats (i.e. they will have practically no belief), so wherever you meet them, kill them, for he who
kills them shall get a reward on the Day of Resurrection.”
Volume 4, Book 56, Number 824:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
The Prophet had informed us of the death of Ja’far and Zaid before the news of their death reached
us, and his eyes were shedding tears.
Volume 4, Book 56, Number 809:
Narrated Khabbab bin Al-Arat:
We complained to Allah’s Apostle (of the persecution inflicted on us by the infidels) while he was
sitting in the shade of the Ka’ba, leaning over his Burd (i.e. covering sheet). We said to him, “Would
you seek help for us? Would you pray to Allah for us?” He said, “Among the nations before you a (be –
lieving) man would be put in a ditch that was dug for him, and a saw would be put over his head
and he would be cut into two pieces; yet that (torture) would not make him give up his religion. His
body would be combed with iron combs that would remove his flesh from the bones and nerves, yet
that would not make him abandon his religion. By Allah, this religion (i.e. Islam) will prevail till a
traveler from Sana (in Yemen) to Hadrarmaut will fear none but Allah, or a wolf as regards his
sheep, but you (people) are hasty.
Volume 4, Book 56, Number 810:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
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The Prophet noticed the absence of Thabit bin Qais. A man said, “O Allah’s Apostle! I shall bring
you his news.” So he went to him and saw him sitting in his house drooping his head (sadly). He
asked Thabit, “What’s the matter?” Thabit replied, “An evil situation: A man used to raise his voice
over the voice of the Prophet and so all his good deeds have been annulled and he is from the people
of Hell.” The man went back and told the Prophet that Thabit had said so-and-so. (The sub-narrator,
Musa bin Anas said, “The man went to Thabit again with glad tidings).” The Prophet said to him, “Go
and say to Thabit: ‘You are not from the people of Fire, but from the people of Paradise.”
Volume 4, Book 56, Number 811:
Narrated Al-Bara’ bin ‘Azib:
A man recited Surat-al-Kahf (in his prayer) and in the house there was a (riding) animal which
got frightened and started jumping. The man finished his prayer with Taslim, but behold! A mist or a
cloud hovered over him. He informed the Prophet of that and the Prophet said, “O so-and-so! Recite,
for this (mist or cloud) was a sign of peace descending for the recitation of Quran.”