Hazrat Ibn Masood (may Allah be pleased with him) says that the people of affliction will wish on the Day of Judgment that their bodies had been cut with scissors.

Hazrat Hisham, may Allah have mercy on him, narrates from his father that when Uthman, may Allah be pleased with him, became the caliph, people's waistbands used to be only sheets, and their shawls were also striped sheets. Among them, one would say to another that my sheet is better than your sheet.

Hazrat Abu Qatadah (may Allah have mercy on him) Al-Adawi said: Adhere to the company of this Sheikh, that is, Hasan Basri (may Allah have mercy on him), because I have not seen anyone whose opinion resembles the opinion of Umar bin Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) more than his.

Hazrat Mutarrif (may Allah have mercy on him) says that I do not say Ameen to anyone's supplication without hearing it, except for the supplication of Hasan Basri.

Hazrat Thabit (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that Abu Barzah (may Allah have mercy on him) used to remain in a soiled state, and ‘A’id bin ‘Amr Muzani used to wear fine clothes. A man came to one of them and said,“Do you not see your other brother who wears such and such clothes and turns away from your style of dress?”He replied,“Who can be like him? He has such and such virtue, and he has attained such and such rank.”Then the man went to the other, and he gave the same answer as the first.

Hazrat Asma bint Yazid narrates that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: The Greatest Name of Allah is in these two verses: { وَإِلَہُکُمْ إلَہٌ وَاحِدٌ لاَ إلَہَ إِلاَّ ہُوَ الرَّحْمَن الرَّحِیمُ } and in Surah Al-Fatiha and this verse of Surah Aal-e-Imran { الم اللَّہُ لاَ إلَہَ إِلاَّ ہُوَ الْحَیُّ الْقَیُّومُ }.

Hazrat Abdullah bin Buraidah (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates from his father that he (the Prophet e) heard a man supplicating: "O Allah, I ask You by the fact that You are Allah, the One, the Self-Sufficient, Who did not beget nor was begotten, and there is none comparable to Him." So he (the Prophet e) said: "You have supplicated to Allah by His Greatest Name; if He is supplicated by it, He grants, and if asked by it, He gives."

Hazrat Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) heard a man supplicating with these words: "O Allah, I ask You because all praise is due to You; there is no deity except You, You are One, You have no partner, the Most Gracious, the Originator of the heavens and the earth, Possessor of Majesty and Honor." So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "You have supplicated with Allah’s Greatest Name; when He is asked by it, He gives, and when supplicated by it, He responds."

It is narrated from Hazrat Ibn Sabit (may Allah have mercy on him) that someone supplicated during the time of the Noble Prophet e in these words: "Indeed, I ask You by Your Name, there is no deity except You, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate, the Originator of the heavens and the earth, and when You intend a matter, You only say to it 'Be,' and it is." So the Prophet e said, "You were near," or he said, "This man was very close to supplicating with the Greatest Name."

Hazrat Abu Darda and Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them) say that the Greatest Name of Allah is "Rabb".