Volume 8, Book 76, Number 480:
Narrated Warrad:
(the clerk of Al-Mughira bin Shu’ba) Muawiya wrote to Al-Mughira: “Write to me a narration you
have heard from Allah’s Apostle.” So Al-Mughira wrote to him, “I heard him saying the following
after each prayer: ‘La ilaha illal-lahu wahdahu la sharika lahu, lahu-l-mulk wa lahuI-hamd, wa
huwa ‘ala kulli Shai-in qadir.’ He also used to forbid idle talk, asking too many questions (in
religion), wasting money, preventing what should be given, and asking others for something (except
in great need), being undutiful to mothers, and burying one’s little daughters (alive).”
Volume 8, Book 76, Number 481:
Narrated Sahl bin Sa’d:
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Allah’s Apostle said, “Whoever can guarantee (the chastity of) what is between his two jaw-bones
and what is between his two legs (i.e. his tongue and his private parts), I guarantee Paradise for him.”
Volume 8, Book 76, Number 482:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah’s Apostle said, “Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day should talk what is good or keep
quiet, and whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day should not hurt (or insult) his neighbor; and
whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, should entertain his guest generously.”
Volume 8, Book 76, Number 483:
Narrated Abu Shuraih Al-Khuza’i:
My ears heard and my heart grasped (the statement which) the Prophet said, “The period for keep –
ing one’s guest is three days (and don’t forget) his reward.” It was asked, “What is his reward?” He
said, “In the first night and the day he should be given a high class quality of meals; and whoever be –
lieves in Allah and the Last Day, should entertain his guest generously; and whoever believes in Allah
and the Last Day should talk what is good (sense) or keep quiet.”
Volume 8, Book 76, Number 484:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
That he heard Allah’s Apostle saying, “A slave of Allah may utter a word without thinking whether
it is right or wrong, he may slip down in the Fire as far away a distance equal to that between the
east.”
Volume 8, Book 76, Number 475:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
Once Allah’s Apostle led us in prayer and then (after finishing it) ascended the pulpit and pointed
with his hand towards the Qibla of the mosque and said, “While I was leading you in prayer, both
Paradise and Hell were displayed in front of me in the direction of this wall. I had never seen a better
thing (than Paradise) and a worse thing (than Hell) as I have seen today, I had never seen a better
thing and a worse thing as I have seen today.”
Volume 8, Book 76, Number 465:
Narrated ‘Aisha:
A complete month would pass by during which we would not make a fire (for cooking), and our
food used to be only dates and water unless we were given a present of some meat.
Volume 8, Book 76, Number 466:
Narrated ‘Aisha:
that she said to Urwa, “O, the son of my sister! We used to see three crescents in two months, and
no fire used to be made in the houses of Allah’s Apostle (i.e. nothing used to be cooked).” ‘Urwa said,
“What used to sustain you?” ‘Aisha said, “The two black things i.e. dates and water, except that Allah’s
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Apostle had neighbors from the Ansar who had some milch she-camels, and they used to give the
Prophet some milk from their house, and he used to make us drink it.”