It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Zaid that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said to me, "Come near me." Then he passed his blessed hand over my head and beard and prayed, "O Allah, grant him beauty and grant permanence to his beauty." The narrator says that Hazrat Abu Zaid lived to be over a hundred years old, but only a few hairs of his head and beard turned white, and till his last breath he always kept smiling, and never was any sign of distress seen on his face.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Zaid Ansari that on the day of Eid al-Adha, the Prophet (peace be upon him) was passing between our houses when he smelled the aroma of roasted meat. The Prophet (peace be upon him) asked, "Who has slaughtered an animal?" One of us came out and said, "O Messenger of Allah, eating on this day is a necessity, so I slaughtered my animal so that I could eat myself and also feed my neighbors." The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, "Offer the sacrifice again." He said, "By Him besides whom there is no other deity, I have only a six-month-old kid or a pregnant goat." He said this sentence three times, so the Prophet (peace be upon him) said, "Then slaughter that, but after you, it will not suffice for anyone else."

It is narrated from Hazrat Naqadah Asadi that the Prophet (peace be upon him) sent him to a man to get a she-camel, but that person refused to give the she-camel. Then he sent him to another man, and that man sent the she-camel to the service of the Prophet (peace be upon him). When the Prophet (peace be upon him) saw that Naqadah had brought the she-camel, he said, "O Allah, grant blessing in this she-camel and to the one who sent it." Naqadah submitted, "O Messenger of Allah, please also pray for the one who brought it." The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, "And grant blessing to the one who brought it as well." Then, on the order of the Prophet (peace be upon him), it was milked, and it gave plenty of milk. The Prophet (peace be upon him), praying for the first man who had refused to give the she-camel, said, "O Allah, increase so-and-so's wealth and children." And for the second man who had sent the she-camel, he said, "O Allah, grant him sustenance daily and gradually."

It is narrated from a Companion that once in Wadi al-Qura, the Prophet (peace be upon him) was riding his horse. A man from Banu Qain asked the Prophet (peace be upon him), "O Messenger of Allah, who are these people?" The Prophet (peace be upon him) replied, "They are those upon whom is wrath," and he pointed towards the Jews. He asked, "Then who are these?" He replied, "They are the misguided," and he pointed towards the Christians. And a man came to the Prophet (peace be upon him) and said, "Your such-and-such slave has been martyred." The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, "Rather, he is dragging his cloak in Hellfire; this is the punishment for the cloak he took by betraying from the spoils of war."

Abu Alaa says that I was sitting with Mutarrif in the camel market when a Bedouin came. He had a piece of leather with him. He said, "Does anyone among you know how to read?" I said, "Yes," and took that piece of leather from him. It was written on it: "In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. From Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah, to Banu Zuhayrah bin Aqeesh, which is a tribe of 'Ukl. If they acknowledge the share of the Prophet ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) and the selection from the spoils of war (ghanimah), then they are under the protection of Allah and His Messenger."

Someone asked that Bedouin, "Have you heard anything from the Prophet ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) that you can narrate to us?" He said, "Yes." The people said to him, "Then narrate it to us as well, may Allah have mercy on you." He said, "I heard the Prophet ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) say: Whoever wishes that the malice in his chest be removed, he should fast the month of patience (Ramadan) and three days in every month."

Someone asked him, "Did you really hear this hadith yourself from the Prophet ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم )?" He said, "I did not think that you would accuse me of lying about the Prophet ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ). By Allah, after today I will never narrate any hadith to you again." Then he left.

It is narrated from a man of Banu Aqeesh, who also had a letter from the Prophet (peace be upon him), that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Fasting three days every month keeps malice away from the chest.

Abu Qatadah and Abu Dhamma, who used to travel frequently to this place, say: We reached a Bedouin man who told us that once the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) took my hand and began to teach me those things which Allah had taught him, and said: Whatever you leave out of fear of Allah, Allah will grant you something better than it. Abu Alaa says: I was sitting with Mutarrif in the camel market when a Bedouin came; he had a piece of leather with him. He said: Does anyone among you know how to read? I said: Yes, and took that piece of leather from him. It was written on it: In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. From Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah, to Banu Zuhayrah bin Aqeesh, who are a tribe of 'Ukl. If they confirm that they acknowledge the share of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and his selection in the spoils (ghanimah), then they are under the protection of Allah and His Messenger.

Narrated to us by Rawh ibn ‘Ubadah, narrated to us by Qurrat ibn Khalid, he said: I heard Yazid ibn ‘Abd Allah ibn al-Shikhkhir, he said: We were sitting in the Mirbad, and a man from the people of the desert came upon us. When we saw him, we said: This seems to be a man not from the people of the city. He said: Yes. And with him was a letter on a piece of leather, and he said (and perhaps he said: on a piece of a bag). He said: This is a letter that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, wrote for me. In it was: "In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate. This is a letter from Muhammad the Prophet, the Messenger of Allah, to the sons of Zuhayr ibn Uqaysh, and they are a clan from ‘Ukl: If you establish the prayer, give the zakat, separate yourselves from the polytheists, and give the fifth from the spoils, then the share of the Prophet and the chosen portion" (and perhaps he said: "and his chosen portion"), "then you are safe by the security of Allah and the security of His Messenger." And he mentioned the meaning of the hadith of al-Jurayri.

A Bedouin man says that his father was a captive with the Prophet (peace be upon him). He says: I heard the Prophet (peace be upon him) say that the prayer is not accepted in which Surah Al-Fatihah is not recited.

It is narrated from an Ansari companion that the Prophet (peace be upon him) prescribed the following treatment for the disease of sciatica: Take the fat of an Arab ram, which should be neither very large nor very small, melt it, and divide it into three parts. Drink one part of it on an empty stomach each day.