It is narrated from Sayyiduna al-Miqdam bin Ma'dikarib al-Kindi (may Allah be pleased with him) that on the day of Khaybar the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) declared certain things unlawful, among them the domestic donkey and other things. Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Soon a man among you will be sitting reclining on his couch; a hadith of mine will be narrated to him, and he will say: 'Between me and you is the Book of Allah (and it is sufficient). Whatever we find lawful in it, we will regard as lawful, and whatever we find unlawful in it, we will regard as unlawful.' (Listen!) Indeed, whatever the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) has made unlawful is just like what Allah has made unlawful."

It is narrated from Imam al-Hasan al-Basri that Sayyiduna Imran bin Husayn (may Allah be pleased with him) was relating the Sunnah of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) when a man said to him: "O Abu Nujayd, recite the Qur'an to us (that is, speak only of the Qur'an)." Imran (may Allah be pleased with him) said to him: "You and your companions read the Qur'an. Could you tell me (from the Qur'an alone) about the prayer, its rules and its limits? Could you tell me the details of zakah on gold, camels, cattle and the other kinds of wealth? The truth is that I was present (with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)) and you were absent." Then he said: "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) prescribed for us in zakah such and such (details)." The man said: "You have given me life; may Allah keep you well throughout your life." Al-Hasan al-Basri said: That man did not die before he came to be counted among the jurists of the Muslims. Uqbah bin Khalid al-Shanni is one of the trustworthy narrators of Basra; his hadiths are few, and they do not even reach a full ten.

It is narrated from Hisham bin Hujayr that Tawus used to pray two rak'ahs after Asr. Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said to him: "Leave them." He said: "They were forbidden only lest they be made a means of reaching the sunset." Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: "Indeed, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade (any) prayer after Asr, and I do not know whether you will be punished or rewarded for it, because Allah Almighty says: 'It is not for a believing man or a believing woman, when Allah and His Messenger have decided a matter, that they should have any choice in their affair.' [Surah al-Ahzab: 36] " This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs, and it is in agreement with the encouragement to follow the Sunnah, but they did not record it with this wording.