Volume 8, Book 76, Number 471:
Narrated ‘Aisha:
Allah’s Apostle said, “Do good deeds properly, sincerely and moderately and know that your deeds
will not make you enter Paradise, and that the most beloved deed to Allah’s is the most regular and
constant even though it were little.”
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Volume 8, Book 76, Number 470:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah’s Apostle said, “The deeds of anyone of you will not save you (from the (Hell) Fire).” They
said, “Even you (will not be saved by your deeds), O Allah’s Apostle?” He said, “No, even I (will not be
saved) unless and until Allah bestows His Mercy on me. Therefore, do good deeds properly, sincerely
and moderately, and worship Allah in the forenoon and in the afternoon and during a part of the
night, and always adopt a middle, moderate, regular course whereby you will reach your target
(Paradise).”
Volume 8, Book 76, Number 469:
Narrated ‘Aisha:
The most beloved action to Allah’s Apostle was that whose doer did it continuously and regularly.
Volume 8, Book 76, Number 468:
Narrated Masruq:
I asked ‘Aisha “What deed was the most beloved to the Prophet?” She said, “The regular constant
one.” I said, “At what time did he use to get up at night (for the Tahajjud night prayer)?’ She said, “He
used to get up on hearing (the crowing of) the cock (the last third of the night).”
Volume 8, Book 76, Number 467:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah’s Apostle said, “O Allah! Give food to the family of Muhammad.”
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.”
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 464:
Narrated Qatada:
We used to go to Anas bin Malik and see his baker standing (preparing the bread). Anas said, “Eat.
I have not known that the Prophet ever saw a thin well-baked loaf of bread till he died, and he never
saw a roasted sheep with his eyes.”