It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Allah Almighty has promised me that He will admit seventy thousand people from my Ummah into Paradise without reckoning. Yazid bin Akhnas (may Allah be pleased with him) heard this and said, "By Allah! In your Ummah, these will be as few as the red fly among flies." The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: My Lord has promised me seventy thousand in such a way that with every thousand there will be seventy thousand, and on top of that, there will be a threefold increase. Yazid bin Akhnas (may Allah be pleased with him) asked, "O Messenger of Allah! What will be the width of your Hawd (cistern)?" The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: As much as the distance between Aden and Oman, or even double that, into which water will flow from two spouts of gold and silver. He asked, "O Messenger of Allah! What will the water of your Hawd be like?" The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whiter than milk, sweeter than honey, and more fragrant than musk. Whoever drinks its water once will never feel thirsty again, and the color of his face will never turn dark.

Imam Ahmad’s son says that I found this hadith written in my father’s own handwriting among his writings, but he had marked it, which, in my opinion, indicates an error in the chain of narration. This hadith was narrated by Zaid from Abu Salam, from Hazrat Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him). The hadith is as follows: Hazrat Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Learn the Qur’an, for it will intercede for its reciters on the Day of Resurrection. Learn the two radiant surahs, Surah Al-Baqarah and Al-Imran, for these two surahs will come on the Day of Resurrection in the form of two canopies or two flocks of birds in ranks, and they will defend their reciters. Then he said: Learn Surah Al-Baqarah, for acquiring it is a blessing and abandoning it is a cause of regret, and falsehood (magicians) cannot overcome it.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) that once a man came to the service of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was at that time throwing pebbles at the Jamarat. The man asked, "O Messenger of Allah! Which jihad is the most beloved to Allah Almighty?" The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) remained silent. Then he came again to the second Jamrah and repeated the same question. The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) again remained silent. Then he came again to the third Jamrah and repeated the same question. So the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "It is to speak the truth before a tyrant ruler."

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) that a man asked the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), "What is faith?" The Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) replied, "When you feel sorrow over your evil deed and happiness over your good deed, then you are a believer." He asked, "What is sin?" The Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) replied, "When something pricks your heart, then leave it."

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Every rope of Islam will be untied one by one, and whenever one rope is untied, people will cling to the next one. The first rope to be untied will be that of justice, and the last to be untied will be that of prayer.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) that I heard the sermon of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) during the Farewell Pilgrimage. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was mounted on his camel, with his feet in the stirrups, which made him elevated, and he was saying: "Do you not hear?" Then the last person said, "What do you wish to say? (Your voice is reaching us and we are listening.)" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Worship your Lord, perform the five daily prayers, fast for one month, pay the zakat of your wealth, obey your leader, and enter the Paradise of your Lord." The narrator asked Hazrat Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) at what age he heard this hadith, and he replied: "When I was thirty years old."

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Ablution becomes an expiation for past sins, and prayer becomes a cause for rewards. Someone asked him, "Did you really hear this hadith from the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)?" He replied, "Yes! Not once or twice, nor three, four, or five times (but countless times I have heard it)."

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) that once we were sitting in the gathering of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) when a man came and said, "O Messenger of Allah! I have committed a sin, so punish me according to the Book of Allah." In the meantime, the prayer was established, and the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) led us in prayer. After finishing, when he was about to leave, that man also followed behind, and I too followed him. He repeated his statement. The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him, "Is it not so?" The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Then Allah has forgiven your sin."

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whenever a people go astray after having been upon guidance, they become involved in disputes and quarrels." Then the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) recited this verse: "They have nothing to offer you except dispute; rather, they are a quarrelsome people."

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Fever is the effect of the furnace of Hell. If a Muslim gets fever, then it is his portion from Hell (which is given to him in this world and in the Hereafter he is saved from Hell).