Sayyiduna Mu'adh bin Jabal (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Do not let the Jews stay with you, for Allah has placed a collar of humiliation on their necks forever, and they have reviled Allah in a way that none of Allah's creation has done; they said Allah is the third of three."

Hazrat Hakeem bin Jubair (may Allah have mercy on him) says: Sayyiduna Umar bin Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) wrote that keep your nails safe in the enemy's land because they are also weapons.

Narrated by Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him): We were one thousand four hundred on the day of Hudaybiyyah. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Today, you are the best people on the face of the earth." Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "If I could see, I would show you the place of the tree."

Hazrat Abdur Rahman bin Ziyad bin An'um (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that our elders told us that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The purest earning of a Muslim is his arrows in the way of Allah, the trade of his own hands, and the produce of his land."

It is narrated from Abdur Rahman bin Yazid bin Jabir, may Allah have mercy on him, that Sayyiduna Ka'b, may Allah be pleased with him, used to say: "The sustenance of this Ummah is at the tips of their spears and with their bows as long as they do not engage in agriculture. When they engage in agriculture, they will become like common people, and Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, will continue to grant them until He gives them the best of livestock to ride."

It is narrated from Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him) that Sayyiduna Umar bin Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) heard a man making this supplication: "O Allah! I spend my wealth, my life (and sometimes he would say: my children) in Your path." So Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Will none of you remain silent? If a trial comes, he should be patient, and if well-being is granted, he should be grateful."

Narrated by Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him): The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "War is deception."

It is narrated from Hazrat Bukair (may Allah have mercy on him) that when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) appointed Sayyiduna Usama bin Zaid (may Allah be pleased with them both) as commander, people objected. So the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "You speak about Usama being young in age, and you spoke in the same way about his father. By Allah! He is worthy of leadership." Hazrat Bukair (may Allah have mercy on him) says: I was informed that Hazrat Ubaidah bin Sufyan (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "I hope this decision remains in effect till today." It is narrated from Sulaiman bin Yasar (may Allah have mercy on him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) appointed Usama (may Allah be pleased with him) as commander over an army and ordered that the village of Yabna be burned. When the army set out, Usama delayed a little until the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) passed away. Then Usama came to Sayyiduna Abu Bakr Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) and said: "What do you command me?" He replied: "Act upon what the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded you; I will neither add to it nor subtract from it." People said: "If you send Usama and take the nearby people with him, the Bedouin Arabs will become apostates and attack Madinah." Sayyiduna Abu Bakr Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "By Allah! Even if wild beasts devour me, I will not revoke the command of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). Go, Allah will help us. But if you wish, you may keep Sayyiduna Umar bin Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) with you." Usama said: "I went to Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) and gave him permission." So Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "May Allah have mercy on you."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) stood on the pulpit and said: "Some people have criticized Usama's leadership just as they had previously criticized his father's leadership, even though both of them were worthy of it."

Hazrat Abu Malik (may Allah have mercy on him) said: The first verses of Surah Bara’ah, more than forty verses, were revealed from {انْفِرُوا خِفَافًا وَثِقَالًا} to {إِنْ كُنْتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ}.