Volume 8, Book 73, Number 43:
Narrated ‘Aisha:
The Prophet said “Gabriel continued to recommend me about treating the neighbors Kindly and
politely so much so that I thought he would order me to make them as my heirs.
Volume 8, Book 73, Number 42:
Narrated Jarir bin ‘Abdullah:
The Prophet said, “He who is not merciful to others, will not be treated mercifully.
Volume 8, Book 73, Number 41:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
The Prophet said, “If any Muslim plants any plant and a human being or an animal eats of it, he
will be rewarded as if he had given that much in charity.”
Volume 8, Book 73, Number 40:
Narrated An-Nu’man bin Bashir:
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Allah’s Apostle said, “You see the believers as regards their being merciful among themselves and
showing love among themselves and being kind, resembling one body, so that, if any part of the body
is not well then the whole body shares the sleeplessness (insomnia) and fever with it.”
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 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 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.
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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.”)