Volume 8, Book 73, Number 36:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
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Allah’s Apostle said, “The one who looks after and works for a widow and for a poor person is like
a warrior fighting for Allah’s Cause.” (The narrator Al-Qa’nabi is not sure whether he also said “Like
the one who prays all the night without slackness and fasts continuously and never breaks his fast.”)
Volume 8, Book 73, Number 21:
Narrated Hakim bin Hizam:
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That he said, “O Allah’s Apostle! What do you think about my good deeds which I used to do dur –
ing the period of ignorance (before embracing Islam) like keeping good relations with my Kith and
kin, manumitting of slaves and giving alms etc; Shall I receive the reward for that?” Allah’s Apostle
said, “You have embraced Islam with all those good deeds which you did.
Volume 8, Book 73, Number 37:
Narrated Abu Sulaiman and Malik bin Huwairith:
We came to the Prophet and we were (a few) young men of approximately equal age and stayed
with him for twenty nights. Then he thought that we were anxious for our families, and he asked us
whom we had left behind to look after our families, and we told him. He was kindhearted and mer –
ciful, so he said, “Return to your families and teach them (religious knowledge) and order them (to
do good deeds) and offer your prayers in the way you saw me offering my prayers, and when the
stated time for the prayer becomes due, then one of you should pronounce its call (i.e. the Adhan),
and the eldest of you should lead you in prayer.
Volume 8, Book 73, Number 22:
Narrated Sa’id:
Um Khalid bint Khalid bin Said said, “I came to Allah’s Apostle along with my father and I was
wearing a yellow shirt. Allah’s Apostle said, “Sanah Sanah!” (‘Abdullah, the sub-narrator said, “It
means, ‘Nice, nice!’ in the Ethiopian language.”) Um Khalid added, “Then I started playing with the
seal of Prophethood. My father admonished me. But Allah’s Apostle said (to my father), “Leave her,”
Allah’s Apostle (then addressing me) said, “May you live so long that your dress gets worn out, and
you will mend it many times, and then wear another till it gets worn out (i.e. May Allah prolong your
life).” (The sub-narrator, ‘Abdullah aid, “That garment (which she was wearing remained usable for a
long
Volume 8, Book 73, Number 38:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah’s Apostle said, “While a man was walking on a road. he became very thirsty. Then he came
across a well, got down into it, drank (of its water) and then came out. Meanwhile he saw a dog
panting and licking mud because of excessive thirst. The man said to himself “This dog is suffering
from the same state of thirst as I did.” So he went down the well (again) and filled his shoe (with wa –
ter) and held it in his mouth and watered the dog. Allah thanked him for that deed and forgave him.”
The people asked, “O Allah’s Apostle! Is there a reward for us in serving the animals?” He said, “(Yes)
There is a reward for serving any animate (living being) .”
Volume 8, Book 73, Number 23:
Narrated Ibn Abi Na’m:
-smelling flowers in this world.”
Volume 8, Book 73, Number 39:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah’s Apostle stood up for the prayer and we too stood up along with him. Then a bedouin
shouted while offering prayer. “O Allah! Bestow Your Mercy on me and Muhammad only and do not
bestow it on anybody else along with us.” When the Prophet had finished his prayer with Taslim, he
said to the Bedouin, “You have limited (narrowed) a very vast (thing),” meaning Allah’s Mercy.
Volume 8, Book 73, Number 24:
Narrated ‘Aisha:
(the wife of the Prophet) A lady along with her two daughters came to me asking me (for some
alms), but she found nothing with me except one date which I gave to her and she divided it between
her two daughters, and then she got up and went away. Then the Prophet came in and I informed
him about this story. He said, “Whoever is in charge of (put to test by) these daughters and treats
them generously, then they will act as a shield for him from the (Hell) Fire.”