It is narrated from Hazrat Ibn Abi Awfa (may Allah be pleased with him) that when the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would raise his head from bowing (ruku), he would say "Sami' Allahu liman hamidah" and then say: "O our Lord Allah! All praise is for You, equal to the fullness of the heavens and the earth, and equal to the fullness of whatever else You will."

It is narrated from Hazrat Abdullah bin Abi Awfa (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to supplicate: O Allah! Purify me with snow, hail, and cold water. O Allah! Cleanse my heart from slips just as a white garment is cleansed from dirt. Place between me and my sins as much distance as there is between the east and the west. O Allah! I seek refuge in You from a heart devoid of humility, a soul that is never satisfied, an unaccepted supplication, and knowledge that is of no benefit. O Allah! I seek refuge in You from these four things. O Allah! I ask You for a life of piety, a good death, and a return free from disgrace.

It is narrated from Hazrat Ibn Abi Awfa (may Allah be pleased with him) that when Hazrat Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him) reached Yemen, he saw that the Christians there prostrated before their priests and religious leaders. It occurred to his heart that the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) is even more deserving of such reverence. Therefore, after returning from Yemen, he submitted, "O Messenger of Allah! I saw the Christians prostrating before their priests and religious leaders. It comes to my heart that you are more deserving of such reverence than them." The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "If I were to command anyone to prostrate before another, I would have commanded a woman to prostrate before her husband. And no woman can fully fulfill the rights of Allah until she fully fulfills the rights of her husband, even if the man desires to fulfill his wish from her while she is baking bread on the stove, she should fulfill his wish."

The previous hadith is also narrated through this second chain, but with this addition: "I asked those people, 'Why do you do this?' They said, 'This was the way of honoring the prophets (peace be upon them) before us.' I said, 'Then we are more entitled to do this with our Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him).' The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said, 'Just as they altered their books, they also lied about their prophets. Allah Almighty has given us something better in its place, that is, Salam (greeting of peace), which is the way of honoring among the people of Paradise.'"

Ali narrated to us, Mu'adh ibn Hisham narrated to us, my father narrated to me, from al-Qasim ibn 'Awf, a man from the people of Kufa, one of the Banu Murrah ibn Hammam, from 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Layla, from his father, from Mu'adh ibn Jabal, who said: He came to al-Sham and saw the Christians, and he mentioned its meaning, except that he said: So I said, "Why do you do this?" They said, "This was the greeting of the prophets before us." So I said, "We are more deserving to do this with our Prophet." So the Prophet of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "They have lied about their prophets just as they have altered their book. Indeed, Allah, Mighty and Majestic, has given us something better than that: the greeting of peace, the greeting of the people of Paradise."

It is narrated from Hazrat Ibn Abi Awfa (may Allah be pleased with him) that when someone would bring the zakat of his wealth to the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would supplicate for him. One day, I also brought the zakat of my father's wealth, so the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Allah, send blessings upon the family of Abu Awfa."

Ismail (may Allah have mercy on him) says that I asked Hazrat Ibn Abi Awfa (may Allah be pleased with him), "Did the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) give glad tidings to Hazrat Khadijah (may Allah be pleased with her)?" He replied, "Yes! The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) gave her the glad tidings of a palace made of wood in Paradise, in which there will be neither noise nor fatigue."

It is narrated from Hazrat Ibn Abi Awfa (may Allah be pleased with him) that we set out with the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) for Umrah, performed the Tawaf of the House of Allah, then went out and performed Sa’i between Safa and Marwah. We were walking with the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) protecting him from the people of Makkah, lest any polytheist might shoot an arrow at him or cause him any harm. I heard him supplicating against the armies of the polytheists: "O Allah, Revealer of the Book! Swift in reckoning, Defeater of the armies, defeat them and shake them."

Talhah (may Allah have mercy on him) says that I asked Abdullah bin Abi Awfa (may Allah be pleased with him), "Did the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) make any will (wasiyyah)?" He replied, "No." I said, "Then how did he command the Muslims to make a will while he himself did not make one?" He replied, "The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) made a will to act upon the Book of Allah (but did not make any specific will to anyone)."

It is narrated from Hazrat Ibn Abi Awfa (may Allah be pleased with him) that a man came to the service of the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said, "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! I cannot memorize even a small portion of the Holy Qur'an, so teach me something that will suffice for me." The Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Say: Subhan Allah, walhamdulillah, wa la ilaha illallah, wallahu akbar, wa la hawla wa la quwwata illa billah." He said, "O Messenger of Allah! This is for Allah, what is there for me?" The Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Say: O Allah! Forgive me, have mercy on me, grant me well-being, guide me, and provide for me." Then that man turned and went away, and he had tightly closed both his hands. The Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "This person has gone away with his hands filled with goodness."

It is narrated from Hazrat Ibn Abi Awfa (may Allah be pleased with him) that once I was present in the service of the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) when a slave (boy) came and said, "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! This is an orphan boy whose wife, mother, and an orphan sister are with him. Feed us from those things which Allah has fed you. May Allah give you so much from Himself that you become pleased." Then the narrator mentioned the complete hadith.

It is narrated from Hazrat Ibn Abi Awfa (may Allah be pleased with him) that a man came to the service of the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said, "O Messenger of Allah! There is a boy here who is near death. He is being prompted to say 'La ilaha illallah' but he is unable to say it." The Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked, "Did he not recite this kalimah during his life?" He said, "Why not!" The Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Then at the time of death, someone has prevented him..." Then the narrator mentioned the complete hadith.

Benefit: Abdullah, the son of Imam Ahmad, says that my father did not narrate these two hadiths, but he had written them in the book and then crossed them out, because he did not trust the ahadith of Faid bin Abdur Rahman, and in his view, he was abandoned in hadith.

Abu Abd al-Rahman said: And it was in my father's book: Yazid ibn Harun narrated to us, Fa'id ibn Abd al-Rahman informed us, he said: I heard Abdullah ibn Abi Awfa, he said: I was with the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, when a boy came to him and said: O Messenger of Allah, there is here an orphan boy who has a widowed mother and an orphan sister; feed us from what Allah, the Exalted, has fed you; may Allah give you from what is with Him until you are pleased. Then he mentioned the hadith in full.