Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came out during the illness in which he (peace and blessings be upon him) passed away, with a bandage tied around his (peace and blessings be upon him) head. I followed behind him (peace and blessings be upon him) until he (peace and blessings be upon him) ascended the pulpit and said: "At this moment I am standing at the Pool of Kawthar (waiting for you)." Then he said: "A servant was offered the world and its adornment, but he chose the Hereafter." No one among the people grasped the depth of this except Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him). He said: May my mother and father be sacrificed for you! Rather, we would ransom you with our lives, our children, our wealth and our dependants. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) came down from the pulpit, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) was not seen (on it) again up to this hour. This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), and the purpose of bringing it here is to show that it is permissible for people to say to one another "May I be your ransom" or "Ju'iltu fidak" (May I be made your ransom).

Sayyiduna Buraydah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: I was in the mosque and Abu Musa al-Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him) was reciting. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came out and asked: "Who is this?" I said: O Prophet of Allah! I am Buraydah, may I be sacrificed for you. So he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "This man has been given a share of the melodious voices (mazamir) of the family of Dawud." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it with this wording.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with them both): We were sitting around the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) when the trials (fitan) were mentioned. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When you see the people with their covenants corrupted, their trusts taken lightly, and they have become like this" (and he (peace and blessings be upon him) interlaced his fingers). I said: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! What should I do, may Allah make me your ransom? He said: "Keep to your house, control your tongue, take what is recognised as good, leave what is objectionable, concern yourself with your own particular affairs, and leave aside the affairs of the common people." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.