Volume 5, Book 58, Number 200:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
That once he was in the, company of the Prophet carrying a water pot for his ablution and for
cleaning his private parts. While he was following him carrying it(i.e. the pot), the Prophet said,
“Who is this?” He said, “I am Abu Huraira.” The Prophet said, “Bring me stones in order to clean my
private parts, and do not bring any bones or animal dung.” Abu Huraira went on narrating: So I
brought some stones, carrying them in the corner of my robe till I put them by his side and went
away. When he finished, I walked with him and asked, “What about the bone and the animal dung?”
He said, “They are of the food of Jinns. The delegate of Jinns of (the city of) Nasibin came to me–and
how nice those Jinns were–and asked me for the remains of the human food. I invoked Allah for
them that they would never pass by a bone or animal dung but find food on them.”
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Volume 5, Book 58, Number 168:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Gabriel came to the Prophet and said, “O Allah’s Apostle! This is Khadija coming to you with a dish
having meat soup (or some food or drink). When she reaches you, greet her on behalf of her Lord
(i.e. Allah) and on my behalf, and give her the glad tidings of having a Qasab palace in Paradise
wherein there will be neither any noise nor any fatigue (trouble) . ”
Narrated ‘Aisha: Once Hala bint Khuwailid, Khadija’s sister, asked the permission of the Prophet to
enter. On that, the Prophet remembered the way Khadija used to ask permission, and that upset him.
He said, “O Allah! Hala!” So I became jealous and said, “What makes you remember an old woman
amongst the old women of Quraish an old woman (with a teethless mouth) of red gums who died
long ago, and in whose place Allah has given you somebody better than her?”

Volume 5, Book 58, Number 181:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, “The most true words said by a poet was the words of Labid.” He said, Verily,
Everything except Allah is perishable and Umaiya bin As-Salt was about to be a Muslim (but he did
not embrace Islam).

Volume 5, Book 58, Number 126:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Ansar said (to the Prophet ), “Please divide the date-palm trees between us and them (i.e.
emigrants).” The Prophet said, “No.” The Ansar said, “Let them (i.e. the emigrants) do the labor for us
in the gardens and share the date-fruits with us.” The emigrants said, “We accepted this.”
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Volume 5, Book 58, Number 142:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
A man came to the Prophet. The Prophet sent a messenger to his wives (to bring something for that
man to eat) but they said that they had nothing except water. Then Allah’s Apostle said, “Who will
take this (person) or entertain him as a guest?” An Ansar man said, “I.” So he took him to his wife and
said to her, “Entertain generously the guest of Allah’s Apostle ” She said, “We have got nothing except
the meals of my children.” He said, “Prepare your meal, light your lamp and let your children sleep if
they ask for supper.” So she prepared her meal, lighted her lamp and made her children sleep, and
then stood up pretending to mend her lamp, but she put it off. Then both of them pretended to be
eating, but they really went to bed hungry. In the morning the Ansari went to Allah’s Apostle who
said, “Tonight Allah laughed or wondered at your action.” Then Allah revealed:
“But give them (emigrants) preference over themselves even though they were in need of that And
whosoever is saved from the covetousness Such are they who will be successful.” (59.9)

Volume 5, Book 58, Number 123:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet or Abul-Qasim said, “If the Ansar took their way through a valley or a mountain pass,
I would take Ansar’s valley. And but for the migration, I would have been one of the Ansar.” Abu
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Huraira used to say, “The Prophet is not unjust (by saying so). May my parents be sacrificed for him,
for the Ansar sheltered and helped him,” or said a similar sentence.

Volume 5, Book 57, Number 57:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The people used to say, “Abu Huraira narrates too many narrations.” In fact I used to keep close to
Allah’s Apostle and was satisfied with what filled my stomach. I ate no leavened bread and dressed
no decorated striped clothes, and never did a man or a woman serve me, and I often used to press my
belly against gravel because of hunger, and I used to ask a man to recite a Quranic Verse to me al –
though I knew it, so that he would take me to his home and feed me. And the most generous of all
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the people to the poor was Ja’far bin Abi Talib. He used to take us to his home and offer us what was
available therein. He would even offer us an empty folded leather container (of butter) which we
would split and lick whatever was in it.

Volume 5, Book 57, Number 29:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
While we were with Allah’s Apostle he said, “While I was sleeping, I saw myself in Paradise, and
suddenly I saw a woman performing ablution beside a palace. I asked, ‘For whom is this palace?’
They replied, ‘It is for ‘Umar.’ Then I remembered ‘Umar’s Ghira (self-respect) and went away
quickly.” Umar wept and Said, O Allah’s Apostle! How dare I think of my ghira (self-respect) being
offended by you?