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 129:
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet saw the women and children (of the Ansar) coming forward. (The sub-narrator said,
“I think that Anas said, ‘They were returning from a wedding party.”) The Prophet stood up and said
thrice, “By Allah! You are from the most beloved people to me.”
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 130:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
Once an Ansari woman, accompanied by a son of hers, came to Allah’s Apostle. Allah’s Apostle
spoke to her and said twice, “By Him in Whose Hand my life is, you are the most beloved people to
me.”
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 131:
Narrated Zaid bin Al-Arqam:
The Annwar said, “O Allah’s Apostle! Every prophet has his own followers and we have followed
you. So will you invoke Allah to let our followers be considered from us (as Ansar too)?” So he in –
voked Allah accordingly.
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 132:
Narrated Abu Hamza:
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(A man from the Ansar) The Ansar said, “Every nation has followers and (O Prophet) we have fol –
lowed you, so invoke Allah to let our followers be considered from us (as Ansar like ourselves).” So
the Prophet said, “O Allah! Let their followers be considered as Ansar like themselves.”