It is narrated from Hazrat Salman Farsi (may Allah be pleased with him) that once some polytheists mocked the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saying, "We see that your Prophet even teaches you the manner of relieving yourselves." Hazrat Salman Farsi (may Allah be pleased with him) replied, "Yes! He commands us that we should not face the Qiblah at that time, should not clean ourselves with the right hand, and should not suffice with less than three stones, nor with dung or bone."

It is narrated from Hazrat Salman Farsi (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to accept gifts for himself but did not accept charity.

It is narrated from Hazrat Salman Farsi (may Allah be pleased with him) that once some polytheists mocked the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saying, "We see that your Prophet even teaches you the manner of relieving yourselves." Hazrat Salman Farsi (may Allah be pleased with him) replied, "Yes! He commands us that we should not face the Qiblah at that time, should not clean ourselves with the right hand, and should not suffice with less than three stones, nor with dung or bone."

Amr bin Qurrah (may Allah have mercy on him) says that Hazrat Hudhaifa (may Allah be pleased with him) used to live in the city of Mada'in and would mention some things that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had said. One day Hazrat Hudhaifa (may Allah be pleased with him) came to Hazrat Salman Farsi (may Allah be pleased with him). Hazrat Salman Farsi (may Allah be pleased with him) said to him, "Hudhaifa! The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sometimes spoke certain things in anger and sometimes in happiness. I know that once the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said while delivering a sermon: 'If I have ever spoken harshly to any of my followers in anger or cursed or reproached him, then I am also from among the children of Adam, and just as ordinary people get angry, I also get angry. And Allah has made me a mercy to the worlds. O Allah! Make these words of mine a source of mercy for that person on the Day of Resurrection.'"

Abu Uthman says that once I was with Hazrat Salman Farsi (may Allah be pleased with him) under a tree. He took hold of a dry branch of it and shook it, so its leaves began to fall. Then he said, "O Abu Uthman! Why do you not ask me why I did this?" I said, "Why did you do this?" He said, "Once I was with the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) under a tree, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did the same with me, and the same question and answer took place. After that, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said that when a Muslim performs ablution well and offers the five prayers, his sins fall away just as these leaves are falling." Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) recited this verse: 'And establish prayer at the two ends of the day and at the approach of the night. Indeed, good deeds do away with misdeeds. That is a reminder for those who remember.'

It is narrated from Hazrat Salman Farsi (may Allah be pleased with him) that once some polytheists mocked the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saying, "We see that your Prophet even teaches you the manner of relieving yourselves." Hazrat Salman Farsi (may Allah be pleased with him) replied, "Yes! He commands us that we should not face the Qiblah at that time, should not clean ourselves with the right hand, and should not suffice with less than three stones, nor with dung or bone."

Muhammad ibn Ja'far narrated to us, Shu'bah narrated to us from Mansur from Ibrahim from 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Yazid that a man from the polytheists said to a man from the companions of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, "Did he teach you all of this?" Then he mentioned the hadith.

It is narrated from Hazrat Salman Farsi (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever performs ghusl on Friday, attains purity as much as possible, applies oil, uses the fragrance of his house, then sets out towards the mosque and does not separate two people, offers prayer as much as possible, and remains silent when the Imam is delivering the sermon, then all his sins are forgiven until the next Friday.

When the final moments of Hazrat Salman Farsi (may Allah be pleased with him) approached, he began to weep and said that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had taken a covenant from us and left us upon that covenant: that in this world, the most possessions we should have should be no more than the provisions of a traveler. The narrator says that after the passing of Hazrat Salman Farsi (may Allah be pleased with him), when we examined his estate, the total value of all his belongings was only a little over twenty or thirty dirhams.

It is narrated from Hazrat Salman Farsi (may Allah be pleased with him) that we were from the children of the chiefs of Persia... Then, while mentioning the entire hadith (which is about to come at 24138), he said: I kept traveling through the ups and downs of the land until I passed by a tribe of villagers, so they made me a slave and sold me, and a woman bought me. I heard those people mentioning the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), but by that time life had become bitter. I said to my mistress, "Give me a day off." She gave me a day off. I set out from there, cut some wood, sold it, prepared food, and brought it to the service of the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and presented it before him. The Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) asked, "What is this?" I replied, "This is charity." The Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said to his companions, "You all eat it," but the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) did not eat from it. I thought to myself that this is a sign (which has been fulfilled). After some time, once again, I asked my mistress for a day off, which she gave me. As before, I cut wood, sold it, prepared food, and brought it to the service of the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). The Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) was sitting among his companions. I placed the food before the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). The Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) asked, "What is this?" I replied, "This is a gift." The Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) extended his hand and also said to the companions (may Allah be pleased with them), "Eat, in the name of Allah." Then I went and stood behind the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). The Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) lifted his cloak, and there the Seal of Prophethood became visible. As soon as I saw it, I said, "I bear witness that you are the Messenger of Allah." The Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) asked, "What is the matter?" I told the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) about that man and asked, "O Messenger of Allah! Will that man enter Paradise, because he was the one who told me that you are the Prophet of Allah?" The Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said, "Only that person will enter Paradise who is a Muslim." I repeated my question, and the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) gave the same answer again.