It is narrated from Hazrat Ziyad bin Naeem Hadhrami (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Allah has made four things obligatory in Islam. If a person acts upon even three of them, he will not benefit from them until he brings all of them together: prayer, zakat, fasting, and Hajj.

It is narrated from Hazrat Uqbah bin Aamir (may Allah be pleased with him) that I will not attribute to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) anything which he did not say. I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) say: Whoever attributes a false statement to me, let him prepare his abode in Hell.

And I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say that there are two men from my Ummah, one of whom wakes up at night and prepares himself for ablution. At that time, there are some knots tied upon him. So when he performs ablution, as he washes his hands, one knot is untied; when he washes his face, another knot is untied; when he wipes his head, another knot is untied; and when he washes his feet, another knot is untied. And Allah, the Exalted, says to those who are unseen: "Look at My servant who has struggled against his own self. Whatever My servant asks of Me, he will be granted."

It is narrated from Hazrat Uqbah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded me to recite the Mu'awwidhat (the Surahs in which the words "Qul A'udhu" occur) after every prayer.

It is narrated from Hazrat Uqbah bin Aamir (may Allah be pleased with him) that my sister had vowed to perform Hajj on foot, but the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said that Allah has no need for your sister to put herself in hardship; she should ride and offer a sacrifice.

It is narrated from Hazrat Uqbah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Allah Almighty says, O son of Adam! Perform four rak'ahs for Me in the first part of the day, I will suffice you by their blessing until the end of the day.

Abu Ali Hamdani, may Allah have mercy on him, says that once I set out on a journey, and with us was Hazrat Uqbah bin Amir, may Allah be pleased with him. We said to him, "May Allah's mercy be upon you, you are a companion of the Prophet (peace be upon him), so please lead us in prayer." He refused and said, "I heard the Prophet (peace be upon him) say: Whoever leads the people in prayer, performing it on time and completely, he will receive the reward as well as the followers, but whoever is negligent in it, its burden will be upon him alone, not upon the followers."

It is narrated from Hazrat Uqbah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The one who recites the Qur'an aloud is like one who gives charity openly, and the one who recites the Qur'an quietly is like one who gives charity secretly.

It is narrated from Hazrat Ubadah bin Samit (may Allah be pleased with him) that once the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) went to visit Hazrat Abdullah bin Rawahah (may Allah be pleased with him) when he was ill. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had not yet left his bedside when he said: "Do you know who are the martyrs of my Ummah?" The companions (may Allah be pleased with them) replied: "The martyr is the Muslim who is killed in the battlefield." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "If it were so, then the martyrs of my Ummah would be very few. The Muslim who is killed (unjustly) is also a martyr, the one who dies in a plague is also a martyr, and the woman who dies due to her child (i.e., the woman who dies during childbirth due to the pain of delivery) is also a martyr."

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Amir Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him) that one of his men was killed in the Battle of Autas. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Amir! Did you not feel any sense of honor?" Abu Amir (may Allah be pleased with him) recited this verse: "O you who believe! Take care of your own selves. If you are guided, no one who goes astray can harm you." Upon this, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) became angry and said, "Where are you going? The meaning of the verse is: O believers! If you are guided, then misguided disbelievers cannot harm you in any way."