It is narrated from Sayyida Aisha Siddiqa (may Allah be pleased with her) that there were certain actions which the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) wished to perform regularly, but he would refrain from them solely out of concern that people might start acting upon them and then Allah might make them obligatory upon them. The relief that was granted to people from Allah’s obligations was something the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) liked.

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aisha Siddiqa (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) never struck any of his servants or wives, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) never hit anyone with his own hand except in jihad. And if anyone ever behaved badly towards him, he (peace and blessings be upon him) never took revenge, except when the limits of Allah Almighty were violated. And whenever he was given the choice between two matters, and one of them was easier than the other, he (peace and blessings be upon him) would choose the easier one of the two, unless it was a sinful matter, in which case he (peace and blessings be upon him) would not choose it. If that matter was sinful, then he (peace and blessings be upon him) would be the farthest from it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him), he says: I have not found anyone more kind to his family than the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). The son of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), Sayyiduna Ibrahim (may Allah be pleased with him), had been sent to the upper suburbs of Madinah for nursing. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to go to see him, and we would also be with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would enter their house, even though there would be smoke rising in the house, because his foster father was a blacksmith. Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) would pick up Sayyiduna Ibrahim (may Allah be pleased with him), kiss him, and then return. The narrator Amr says: When Sayyiduna Ibrahim (peace be upon him) passed away, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Indeed, Ibrahim is my son. Since he passed away during the period of nursing, there will be wet nurses for him in Paradise who will complete his nursing.

Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that Sayyiduna ‘Uyaynah bin Hisn (may Allah be pleased with him) came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). When he saw that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was kissing Sayyiduna Hasan (may Allah be pleased with him) or Sayyiduna Husayn (may Allah be pleased with him), he said: O Messenger of Allah! Do not kiss this child; I have had ten children born to me, and I have not kissed any one of them. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever does not show mercy to others, mercy is not shown to him.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Amr bin Al-Aas (may Allah be pleased with him), he says: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) not secretly, but openly saying: Indeed, the family of so-and-so are not my friends; my friends are only Allah and the righteous believers.

Yahya bin Jazaar says: Some of the noble Companions went to the service of Umm al-Mu’minin Sayyida Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her) and submitted: O Umm al-Mu’minin! Please tell us about the confidential matters of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). She said: The outward and inward state of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was the same. Then she regretted her statement and said: I have disclosed the secret of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). Then when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) arrived and I informed him of this, he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: You have done right.

Sayyiduna Buraidah Aslami (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that one day the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came to us and called out three times: O people! Do you know what my example and your example is? The people replied: Allah and His Messenger know best. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: My example and your example is like those people who are afraid of an enemy attacking them, so they send someone to find out the situation. As he is on his way, he sees the enemy. He returns to warn his people, fearing that the enemy might reach his people before he can get there and warn them. So he waves his cloth and says: O people! The enemy has come, the enemy is upon you, (beware).