Volume 5, Book 57, Number 6:
Narrated Abu Said Al-Khudri:
Allah’s Apostle addressed the people saying, “Allah has given option to a slave to choose this world
or what is with Him. The slave has chosen what is with Allah.” Abu Bakr wept, and we were aston –
ished at his weeping caused by what the Prophet mentioned as to a Slave ( of Allah) who had been
offered a choice, (we learned later on) that Allah’s Apostle himself was the person who was given the
choice, and that Abu Bakr knew best of all of us. Allah’s Apostle added, “The person who has favored
me most of all both with his company and wealth, is Abu Bakr. If I were to take a Khalil other than
my Lord, I would have taken Abu Bakr as such, but (what relates us) is the Islamic brotherhood and
friendliness. All the gates of the Mosque should be closed except the gate of Abu Bakr.”
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Volume 5, Book 57, Number 1:
Narrated Abu Said Al-Khudri:
“Allah’s Apostle said, “A time will come upon the people, when a group of people will wage a holy
war and it will be said, ‘Is there amongst you anyone who has accompanied Allah’s Apostle?’ They
will say, ‘Yes.’ And so victory will be bestowed on them. Then a time will come upon the people when
a group of people will wage a holy war, and it will be said, “Is there amongst you a none who has ac –
companied the companions of Allah’s Apostle?’ They will say, ‘Yes.’ And so victory will be bestowed
on them. Then a time will come upon the people when a group of people will wage a holy war, and
it will be said, “Is there amongst you anyone who has been in the company of the companions of the
companions of Allah’s Apostle ?’ They will say, ‘Yes.’ And victory will be bestowed on them.”

Volume 4, Book 56, Number 807:
Narrated Abu Said Al-Khudri:
While we were with Allah’s Apostle who was distributing (i.e. some property), there came Dhu-l-
Khuwaisira, a man from the tribe of Bani Tamim and said, “O Allah’s Apostle! Do Justice.” The Proph –
et said, “Woe to you! Who could do justice if I did not? I would be a desperate loser if I did not do
justice.” ‘Umar said, “O Allah’s Apostle! Allow me to chop his head off.” The Prophet said, “Leave him,
for he has companions who pray and fast in such a way that you will consider your fasting negli –
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gible in comparison to theirs. They recite Qur’an but it does not go beyond their throats (i.e. they do
not act on it) and they will desert Islam as an arrow goes through a victim’s body, so that the hunter,
on looking at the arrow’s blade, would see nothing on it; he would look at its Risaf and see nothing:
he would look at its Na,di and see nothing, and he would look at its Qudhadh ( 1 ) and see nothing
(neither meat nor blood), for the arrow has been too fast even for the blood and excretions to smear.
The sign by which they will be recognized is that among them there will be a black man, one of
whose arms will resemble a woman’s breast or a lump of meat moving loosely. Those people will ap –
pear when there will be differences amongst the people.” I testify that I heard this narration from Al –
lah’s Apostle and I testify that ‘Ali bin Abi Talib fought with such people, and I was in his company.
He ordered that the man (described by the Prophet ) should be looked for. The man was brought and
I looked at him and noticed that he looked exactly as the Prophet had described him.

Volume 4, Book 56, Number 792:
Narrated Abu Said Al-Khudri:
The Prophet said, “A time will come when the people will wage holy war, and it will be asked, ‘Is
there any amongst you who has enjoyed the company of Allah’s Apostle?’ They will say: ‘Yes.’ And
then victory will be bestowed upon them. They will wage holy war again, and it will be asked: ‘Is
there any among you who has enjoyed the company of the companions of Allah’s Apostle ?’ They will
say: ‘Yes.’ And then victory will be bestowed on them.”

Volume 4, Book 56, Number 762:
Narrated Abu Said Al-Khudri:
The Prophet was shier than a veined virgin girl.
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Volume 4, Book 56, Number 676:
Narrated Abu Said Al-Khudri:
The Prophet said, “Amongst the men of Bani Israel there was a man who had murdered ninety-
nine persons. Then he set out asking (whether his repentance could be accepted or not). He came
upon a monk and asked him if his repentance could be accepted. The monk replied in the negative
and so the man killed him. He kept on asking till a man advised to go to such and such village. (So he
left for it) but death overtook him on the way. While dying, he turned his chest towards that village
(where he had hoped his repentance would be accepted), and so the angels of mercy and the angels
of punishment quarrelled amongst themselves regarding him. Allah ordered the village (towards
which he was going) to come closer to him, and ordered the village (whence he had come), to go far
away, and then He ordered the angels to measure the distances between his body and the two vil –
lages. So he was found to be one span closer to the village (he was going to). So he was forgiven.”
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Volume 4, Book 55, Number 567:
Narrated Abu Said Al-Khudri:
The Prophet said, “Allah will say (on the Day of Resurrection), ‘O Adam.’ Adam will reply, ‘Labbaik
wa Sa’daik’, and all the good is in Your Hand.’ Allah will say: ‘Bring out the people of the fire.’ Adam
will say: ‘O Allah! How many are the people of the Fire?’ Allah will reply: ‘From every one thousand,
take out nine-hundred-and ninety-nine.’ At that time children will become hoary headed, every
pregnant female will have a miscarriage, and one will see mankind as drunken, yet they will not be
drunken, but dreadful will be the Wrath of Allah.” The companions of the Prophet asked, “O Allah’s
Apostle! Who is that (excepted) one?” He said, “Rejoice with glad tidings; one person will be from you
and one-thousand will be from Gog and Magog.”
The Prophet further said, “By Him in Whose Hands my life is, hope that you will be one-fourth of
the people of Paradise.” We shouted, “Allahu Akbar!” He added, “I hope that you will be one-third of
the people of Paradise.” We shouted, “Allahu Akbar!” He said, “I hope that you will be half of the
people of Paradise.” We shouted, “Allahu Akbar!” He further said, “You (Muslims) (compared with
non Muslims) are like a black hair in the skin of a white ox or like a white hair in the skin of a black
ox (i.e. your number is very small as compared with theirs).”

Volume 4, Book 54, Number 519:
Narrated Abu Said al-Khudri:
Allah’s Apostle said, “There will come a time when the best property of a man will be sheep which
he will graze on the tops of mountains and the places where rain falls (i.e. pastures) escaping to pro –
tect his religion from afflictions.”
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