It is narrated from Hazrat Abdullah bin Abi Awfa (may Allah be pleased with him) that once we were with the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) on a journey in the month of Ramadan. When the sun had set, the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered someone, "O so-and-so! Get down and mix sattu (barley drink) for us." He said, "O Messenger of Allah! There is still some part of the day left." The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) again told him, "Get down and mix sattu." So he acted upon this. The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) took the vessel in his hand and drank from it. After that, pointing with his hand towards the west, he said, "When the sun sets here and the night comes from here, then the fasting person should break his fast."

Abdullah bin Abi Al-Mujahid says that there was a difference of opinion between Hazrat Abdullah bin Shaddad (may Allah be pleased with him) and Abu Burdah (may Allah be pleased with him) regarding the issue of deferred sale. Both of them sent me to Hazrat Abdullah bin Abi Awfa (may Allah be pleased with him) saying: Ibn Shaddad and Abu Burdah convey their greetings to you and are asking whether you people used to conduct deferred sales of wheat, barley, and olives during the blessed era of the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him)? He replied: Yes! During the time of the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), after acquiring war booty, we used to conduct deferred sales with wheat, barley, raisins, or whatever things people had. I asked him: Was it with those who owned fields or those who did not own fields? He replied: We did not ask them about this matter. Then both of them sent me to Hazrat Abdur Rahman bin Abza (may Allah be pleased with him). I asked him about this issue, and he gave the same answer as Hazrat Ibn Abi Awfa (may Allah be pleased with him). It is narrated from Hazrat Abdullah bin Abi Awfa (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Turn over the pots and whatever is in them.

Shaibani (may Allah have mercy on him) says that I heard Ibn Abi Awfa (may Allah be pleased with him) saying that the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade nabidh (fermented drink) in green pitchers. I asked him, "What is the ruling regarding white pitchers?" He replied, "I do not know."

Abu Ya'foor says that one of my partners asked Abdullah bin Abi Awfa (may Allah be pleased with him) in my presence about the ruling on locusts. He replied, "There is no harm in it," and said, "I participated in seven battles with the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), and during those battles we used to eat locusts."

It is narrated from Hazrat Abdullah bin Abi Awfa (may Allah be pleased with him) that once we were with the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) on a journey in the month of Ramadan. When the sun had set, the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered someone, "O so-and-so! Get down and mix sattu (barley drink) for us." He said, "O Messenger of Allah! There is still some part of the day left." The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) again told him, "Get down and mix sattu." So he acted upon this. The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) took the vessel in his hand and drank from it. After that, pointing with his hand towards the west, he said, "When the sun sets here and the night comes from here, then the fasting person should break his fast."

It is narrated from Hazrat Ibn Abi Awfa (may Allah be pleased with him) that once some donkeys came into our possession outside the settlement. The Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Whatever is in the pots, throw it all out." Saeed bin Jubair (may Allah have mercy on him) explained the reason for this, that they used to eat filth.

It is narrated from Hazrat Ibn Abi Awfa (may Allah be pleased with him) that when the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would raise his head from bowing (ruku), he would say "Sami' Allahu liman hamidah" and then say: "O our Lord Allah! All praise is for You, equal to the fullness of the heavens and the earth, and equal to the fullness of whatever else You will."

It is narrated from Hazrat Abdullah bin Abi Awfa (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to supplicate: O Allah! Purify me with snow, hail, and cold water. O Allah! Cleanse my heart from slips just as a white garment is cleansed from dirt. Place between me and my sins as much distance as there is between the east and the west. O Allah! I seek refuge in You from a heart devoid of humility, a soul that is never satisfied, an unaccepted supplication, and knowledge that is of no benefit. O Allah! I seek refuge in You from these four things. O Allah! I ask You for a life of piety, a good death, and a return free from disgrace.

It is narrated from Hazrat Ibn Abi Awfa (may Allah be pleased with him) that when Hazrat Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him) reached Yemen, he saw that the Christians there prostrated before their priests and religious leaders. It occurred to his heart that the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) is even more deserving of such reverence. Therefore, after returning from Yemen, he submitted, "O Messenger of Allah! I saw the Christians prostrating before their priests and religious leaders. It comes to my heart that you are more deserving of such reverence than them." The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "If I were to command anyone to prostrate before another, I would have commanded a woman to prostrate before her husband. And no woman can fully fulfill the rights of Allah until she fully fulfills the rights of her husband, even if the man desires to fulfill his wish from her while she is baking bread on the stove, she should fulfill his wish."

The previous hadith is also narrated through this second chain, but with this addition: "I asked those people, 'Why do you do this?' They said, 'This was the way of honoring the prophets (peace be upon them) before us.' I said, 'Then we are more entitled to do this with our Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him).' The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said, 'Just as they altered their books, they also lied about their prophets. Allah Almighty has given us something better in its place, that is, Salam (greeting of peace), which is the way of honoring among the people of Paradise.'"

Ali narrated to us, Mu'adh ibn Hisham narrated to us, my father narrated to me, from al-Qasim ibn 'Awf, a man from the people of Kufa, one of the Banu Murrah ibn Hammam, from 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Layla, from his father, from Mu'adh ibn Jabal, who said: He came to al-Sham and saw the Christians, and he mentioned its meaning, except that he said: So I said, "Why do you do this?" They said, "This was the greeting of the prophets before us." So I said, "We are more deserving to do this with our Prophet." So the Prophet of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "They have lied about their prophets just as they have altered their book. Indeed, Allah, Mighty and Majestic, has given us something better than that: the greeting of peace, the greeting of the people of Paradise."