Volume 5, Book 58, Number 155:
Narrated Qatada:
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Anas said, “The Quran was collected in the lifetime of the Prophet by four (men), all of whom were
from the Ansar: Ubai, Muadh bin Jabal, Abu Zaid and Zaid bin Thabit.” I asked Anas, “Who is Abu
Zaid?” He said, “One of my uncles.”
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 156:
Narrated Anas:
On the day of the battle of Uhud, the people ran away, leaving the Prophet , but Abu- Talha was
shielding the Prophet with his shield in front of him. Abu Talha was a strong, experienced archer
who used to keep his arrow bow strong and well stretched. On that day he broke two or three arrow
bows. If any man passed by carrying a quiver full of arrows, the Prophet would say to him, “Empty it
in front of Abu Talha.” When the Prophet stated looking at the enemy by raising his head, Abu Talha
said, “O Allah’s Prophet! Let my parents be sacrificed for your sake! Please don’t raise your head and
make it visible, lest an arrow of the enemy should hit you. Let my neck and chest be wounded instead
of yours.” (On that day) I saw ‘Aisha, the daughter of Abu Bakr and Um Sulaim both lifting their
dresses up so that I was able to see the ornaments of their legs, and they were carrying the water
skins of their arms to pour the water into the mouths of the thirsty people and then go back and fill
them and come to pour the water into the mouths of the people again. (On that day) Abu Talha’s
sword fell from his hand twice or thrice.
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).”