Volume 4, Book 56, Number 797:
Narrated Zainab bint Jahsh:
That the Prophet came to her in a state of fear saying, “None has the right to be worshiped but Al –
lah! Woe to the Arabs because of evil that has come near. Today a hole has been made in the wall of
Gog and Magog as large as this.” pointing with two of his fingers making a circle. Zainab said, “I said,
‘O Allah’s Apostle! Shall we be destroyed though amongst us there are pious people? ‘ He said, ‘Yes, if
evil increases.”
Narrated Um Salama: The Prophet woke up and said, “Glorified be Allah: What great (how many)
treasures have been sent down, and what great (how many ) afflictions have been sent down!”
Volume 4, Book 56, Number 766:
Narrated Anas:
Allah’s Apostle did not use to raise his hands in his invocations except in the Istisqa (i.e. invoking
Allah for the rain) in which he used to raise his hands so high that one could see the whiteness of his
armpits. (Note: It may be that Anas did not see the prophet (as) raising his hands but it has been nar –
rated that the Prophet (as) used to raise his hands for invocations other than Istisqa. See Hadith No.
612 Vol. 5. and Hadith No. 807 & 808 Vol 2.)
Volume 4, Book 56, Number 782:
Narrated Anas:
Once during the lifetime of Allah’s Apostle, the people of Medina suffered from drought. So while
the Prophet was delivering a sermon on a Friday a man got up saying, “O Allah’s Apostle! The horses
and sheep have perished. Will you invoke Allah to bless us with rain?” The Prophet lifted both his
hands and invoked. The sky at that time was as clear as glass. Suddenly a wind blew, raising clouds
that gathered together, and it started raining heavily. We came out (of the Mosque) wading through
the flowing water till we reached our homes. It went on raining till the next Friday, when the same
man or some other man stood up and said, “O Allah’s Apostle! The houses have collapsed; please in –
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voke Allah to withhold the rain.” On that the Prophet smiled and said, “O Allah, (let it rain) around us
and not on us.” I then looked at the clouds to see them separating forming a sort of a crown round
Medina.
Volume 4, Book 56, Number 767:
Narrated Abu Juhaifa:
By chance I went to the Prophet at noon while he was at Al-Abtah (resting) in a tent. Bilal came
out (of the tent) and pronounced the Adhan for the prayer, and entering again, he brought out the
water which was left after Allah’s Apostle had performed the ablution. The people rushed to take
some of the water. Bilal again went in and brought out a spear-headed stick, and then Allah’s Apostle
came out. As if I were now looking at the whiteness of his leg. Bilal fixed the stick and the Prophet
offered a two-Rakat Zuhr prayer and a two-Rak’at ‘Asr prayer, while women and donkeys were
passing in front of the Prophet (beyond the stick) .
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Volume 4, Book 56, Number 783:
Narrated Ibn Umar:
The Prophet used to deliver his sermons while standing beside a trunk of a datepalm. When he
had the pulpit made, he used it instead. The trunk started crying and the Prophet went to it, rubbing
his hand over it (to stop its crying).
Volume 4, Book 56, Number 768:
Narrated ‘Aisha:
The Prophet used to talk so clearly that if somebody wanted to count the number of his words, he
could do so. Narrated Urwa bin Az-Zubair: ‘Aisha said (to me), “Don’t you wonder at Abu so-and-so
who came and sat by my dwelling and started relating the traditions of Allah’s Apostle intending to
let me hear that, while I was performing an optional prayer. He left before I finished my optional
prayer. Had I found him still there. I would have said to him, ‘Allah’s Apostle never talked so quickly
and vaguely as you do.’ “
Volume 4, Book 56, Number 784:
Narrated Jabir bin ‘Abdullah:
The Prophet used to stand by a tree or a date-palm on Friday. Then an Ansari woman or man said.
“O Allah’s Apostle! Shall we make a pulpit for you?” He replied, “If you wish.” So they made a pulpit
for him and when it was Friday, he proceeded towards the pulpit (for delivering the sermon). The
date-palm cried like a child! The Prophet descended (the pulpit) and embraced it while it continued
moaning like a child being quietened. The Prophet said, “It was crying for (missing) what it used to
hear of religious knowledge given near to it.”
Volume 4, Book 56, Number 769:
Narrated Abu Salama bin ‘Abdur-Rahman:
That he asked ‘Aisha “How was the prayer of Allah’s Apostle in the month of Ramadan?” She
replied, “He used not to pray more than eleven Rakat whether in Ramadan or in any other month. He
used to offer four Rakat, let alone their beauty and length, and then four Rakat, let alone their beauty
and length. Afterwards he would offer three Rakat. I said, ‘O Allah’s Apostle! Do you go to bed before
offering the Witr prayer?’ He said, ‘My eyes sleep, but my heart does not sleep.”‘