Volume 8, Book 75, Number 359:
Narrated ‘Aisha:
When Allah’s Apostle was healthy, he used to say, “No prophet dies till he is shown his place in
Paradise, and then he is given the option (to live or die).” So when death approached him(during his
illness), and while his head was on my thigh, he became unconscious for a while, and when he re –
covered, he fixed his eyes on the ceiling and said, “O Allah! (Let me join) the Highest Companions
(see Qur’an 4:69),” I said, “So, he does not choose us.” Then I realized that it was the application of the
statement he used to relate to us when he was healthy. So that was his last utterance (before he died),
i.e. “O Allah! (Let me join) the Highest Companions.”
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Volume 8, Book 75, Number 360:
Narrated Qais:
I came to Khabbab who had been branded with seven brands(1) and he said, “Had Allah’s Apostle
not forbidden us to invoke (Allah) for death, I would have invoked (Allah) for it.”
Volume 8, Book 75, Number 345:
Narrated Jarir:
Allah’s Apostle said to me. “Will you relieve me from Dhi-al-Khalasa? ” Dhi-al-Khalasa was an
idol which the people used to worship and it was called Al-Ka’ba al Yamaniyya. I said, “O Allah’s
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Apostle I am a man who can’t sit firm on horses.” So he stroked my chest (with his hand) and said, “O
Allah! Make him firm and make him a guiding and well-guided man.” So I went out with fifty (men)
from my tribe of Ahrnas. (The sub-narrator, Sufyan, quoting Jarir, perhaps said, “I went out with a
group of men from my nation.”) and came to Dhi-al-Khalasa and burnt it, and then came to the
Prophet and said, “O Allah’s Apostle! I have not come to you till I left it like a camel with a skin dis –
ease.” The Prophet then invoked good upon Ahmas and their cavalry (fighters).
Volume 8, Book 75, Number 346:
Narrated Anas:
Um Sulaim said to the Prophet “Anas is your servant.” The Prophet said, “O Allah! increase his
wealth and offspring, and bless (for him) what ever you give him.”
Volume 8, Book 75, Number 347:
Narrated ‘Aisha:
The Prophet heard a man reciting (the Qur’an) in the mosque. He said,” May Allah bestow His
Mercy on him, as he made me remember such and-such Verse which I had missed in such-and-
such Sura.”
Volume 8, Book 75, Number 348:
Narrated ‘Abdullah:
The Prophet divided something (among the Muslims) and distributed the shares (of the booty). A
man said, “This division has not been made to please Allah.” When I informed the Prophet about it, he
became so furious that I noticed the signs of anger on his face and he then said, “May Allah bestow
His Mercy on Moses, for he was hurt with more than this, yet he remained patient.”
Volume 8, Book 75, Number 349:
Narrated ‘Ikrima:
Ibn ‘Abbas said, “Preach to the people once a week, and if you won’t, then preach them twice, but if
you want to preach more, then let it be three times (a week only), and do not make the people fed-up
with this Qur’an. If you come to some people who are engaged in a talk, don’t start interrupting their
talk by preaching, lest you should cause them to be bored. You should rather keep quiet, and if they
ask you, then preach to them at the time when they are eager to hear what you say. And avoid the
use of rhymed prose in invocation for I noticed that Allah’s Apostle and his companions always
avoided it.”
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Volume 8, Book 75, Number 350:
Narrated Anas:
Allah’s Apostle said, “When anyone of you appeal to Allah for something, he should ask with de –
termination and should not say, ‘O Allah, if You wish, give me.’, for nobody can force Allah to do
something against His Will.