Volume 8, Book 73, Number 55:
Narrated Abu Musa:
The Prophet said, “A believer to another believer is like a building whose different parts enforce
each other.” The Prophet then clasped his hands with the fingers interlaced. (At that time) the Proph –
et was sitting and a man came and begged or asked for something. The Prophet faced us and said,
“Help and recommend him and you will receive the reward for it, and Allah will bring about what
He will through His Prophet’s tongue.”
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Volume 8, Book 73, Number 56o:
Narrated Abu Musa:
Whenever a beggar or a person in need came to the Prophet, the Prophet would say “Help and re –
commend him and you will receive the reward for it, and Allah will bring about what he will
through His Prophet’s tongue
Volume 7, Book 67, Number 442:
Narrated Abu Musa:
The Prophet said, ‘The example of a good pious companion and an evil one is that of a person car –
rying musk and another blowing a pair of bellows. The one who is carrying musk will either give
you some perfume as a present, or you will buy some from him, or you will get a good smell from
him, but the one who is blowing a pair of bellows will either burn your clothes or you will get a bad
smell from him.”
Volume 7, Book 66, Number 376:
Narrated Abu Musa:
A son was born to me and I took him to the Prophet who named him Ibrahim, did Tahnik for him
with a date, invoked Allah to bless him and returned him to me. (The narrator added: That was Abu
Musa’s eldest son.)
Volume 7, Book 62, Number 103:
Narrated Abu Musa:
The Prophet said, “Set the captives free, accept the invitation (to a wedding banquet), and visit the
patients.”
Volume 6, Book 61, Number 579:
Narrated Abu Musa:
The Prophet said, “The example of a believer who recites the Qur’an and acts on it, like a citron
which tastes nice and smells nice. And the example of a believer who does not recite the Qur’an but
acts on it, is like a date which tastes good but has no smell. And the example of a hypocrite who re –
cites the Qur’an is like a Raihana (sweet basil) which smells good but tastes bitter And the example of
a hypocrite who does not recite the Quran is like a colocynth which tastes bitter and has a bad
smell.”
Volume 6, Book 61, Number 568:
Narrated Abu Musa:
That the Prophet said to him’ “O Abu Musa! You have been given one of the musical wind-instru –
ments of the family of David .’
Volume 6, Book 61, Number 552:
Narrated Abu Musa:
The Prophet said, “Keep on reciting the Qur’an, for, by Him in Whose Hand my life is, Quran runs
away (is forgotten) faster than camels that are released from their tying ropes.”
Volume 6, Book 60, Number 208:
Narrated Abu Musa:
Allah’s Apostle said, “Allah gives respite to the oppressor, but when He takes him over, He never
releases him.” Then he recited:–
“Such is the seizure of your Lord when He seizes (population of) towns in the midst of their wrong:
Painful indeed, and severe is His seizure.’ (11.102)