Volume 5, Book 58, Number 157:
Narrated Sad bin Abi Waqqas:
I have never heard the Prophet saying about anybody walking on the earth that he is from the
people of Paradise except ‘Abdullah bin Salam. The following Verse was revealed concerning him:
“And a witness from the children of Israel testifies that this Qur’an is true” (46.10)
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 158:
Narrated Qais bin Ubad:
While I was sitting in the Mosque of Medina, there entered a man (Abdullah bin Salam) with signs
of solemnity over his face. The people said, “He is one of the people of Paradise.” He prayed two light
Rakat and then left. I followed him and said, “When you entered the Mosque, the people said, ‘He is
one of the people of Paradise.’ ” He said, “By Allah, one ought not say what he does not know; and I
will tell you why. In the lifetime of the Prophet I had a dream which I narrated to him. I saw as if I
were in a garden.” He then described its extension and greenery. He added: In its center there was an
iron pillar whose lower end was fixed in the earth and the upper end was in the sky, and at its upper
end there was a (ring-shaped) hand-hold. I was told to climb it. I said, “I can’t.” “Then a servant came
to me and lifted my clothes from behind and I climbed till I reached the top (of the pillar). Then I got
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hold of the hand-hold, and I was told to hold it tightly, then I woke up and (the effect of) the hand-
hold was in my hand. I narrated al I that to the Prophet who said, ‘The garden is Islam, and the
hand-hold is the Most Truth-worthy Hand-Hold. So you will remain as a Muslim till you die.” The
narrator added: “The man was ‘Abdullah bin Salam.”
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 159:
Narrated Abu Burda:
When I came to Medina. I met Abdullah bin Salam. He said, “Will you come to me so that I may
serve you with Sawiq (i.e. powdered barley) and dates, and let you enter a (blessed) house that in
which the Prophet entered?” Then he added, “You are In a country where the practice of Riba (i.e.
usury) is prevalent; so if somebody owe you something and he sends you a present of a load of
chopped straw or a load of barley or a load of provender then do not take it, as it is Riba.”
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 160:
Narrated Jarir bin ‘Abdullah:
Allah’s Apostle has never refused to admit me since I embraced Islam, and whenever he saw me,
he would smile. (In another narration) Jarir bin ‘Abdullah narrated: There was a house called Dhul-
Khalasa in the Pre-lslamic Period and it was also called Al-Ka’ba Al-Yamaniya or Al-Ka’ba Ash-
Shamiya. Allah’s Apostle said to me, “Will you relieve me from Dhul-Khalasa?” So I left for it with
150 cavalrymen from the tribe of Ahmas and then we destroyed it and killed whoever we found
there. Then we came to the Prophet and informed him about it. He invoked good upon us and upon
the tribe of Ahmas.
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 145:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
The Prophet said, “The Ansar are my near companions to whom I confided my private secrets,
People will go on increasing but the Ansar will go on decreasing; so accept the good of the good-
doers amongst them and excuse the wrong-doers amongst them. “
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 161:
Narrated ‘Aisha:
On the day of the battle of Uhud the pagans were defeated completely. Then Satan shouted loudly,
“O Allah’s slaves! Beware the ones behind you!” So the front files attacked the back ones. Then Hud –
haifa looked and saw his father, and said loudly, “O Allah’s slaves! My father! My father!” By Allah,
they did not stop till they killed him (i.e. Hudaifa’s father). Hudhaifa said, “May Allah forgive you!”
The sub-narrator said, “By Allah, because of what Hudhaifa said, he remained in a good state till he
met Allah (i.e. died).”
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 146:
Narrated Al-Bara:
A silken cloth was given as a present to the Prophet . His companions started touching it and ad –
miring its softness. The Prophet said, “Are you admiring its softness? The handkerchiefs of Sad bin
Muadh (in Paradise) are better and softer than it.”
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 162:
Narrated ‘Ali:
I heard Allah’s Apostle saying (as below).
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