It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "Make things easy, do not make them difficult; give people reassurance, do not make them averse."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that a man stayed as a guest among the Children of Israel, and there was a female dog in the house. They said to her: O dog, do not bark at our guest. But her puppies began to bark. They related this incident to their Prophet (peace be upon him), and he said: Its example is like that of the nation that will come after you, in which the foolish people will dominate over the scholars.