It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "There are three things on which I swear, and a fourth such that, if I were to swear on it too, I hope I would not be sinning: Allah Almighty will not make a servant who has a share in Islam like one who has no share in it; whichever servant Allah Almighty takes under His guardianship in this world, He will not hand him over to anyone else on the Day of Resurrection; and no man loves a people except that he will be with them or among them. And the fourth, on which I hope I would not be sinning were I to swear, is this: whichever servant Allah Almighty covers in this world, He will cover him in the Hereafter as well." The narrator said: I narrated this hadith to Umar bin Abd al-Aziz, and he said: When you hear a hadith like this from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) through Urwah from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her), memorise it and preserve it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Uqbah bin Amir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever sees a fault (in someone) and covers it is like one who has saved a girl buried alive by bringing her out of her grave." This hadith is sahih al-isnad (its chain is authentic), but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.