It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) that once the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was smiling. We asked, "O Messenger of Allah! What makes you smile?" The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) replied, "I am amazed at that nation which is dragged towards Paradise in chains." (Their deeds are taking them towards Hell, but Allah's mercy is taking them towards Paradise.)

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) that once I presented myself before the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and requested, "Command me to do an action that will admit me into Paradise." The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Make fasting obligatory upon yourself, for there is no deed like fasting." Then I again presented myself in the court of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), and the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Continue to make fasting obligatory upon yourself."

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: In the last era of this Ummah, there will come some people who will have whips in their hands like the tails of cows. Their mornings will be spent in the displeasure of Allah and their evenings in His wrath.

Sayyar says that some people brought heads from Iraq and hung them at the door of the mosque. Hazrat Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) came, entered the mosque, performed two rak'ahs, then came out, raised his head towards them, and said three times: "Under the shade of the sky, they are the worst of those killed, and under the shade of the sky, the best of those killed was the one whom they martyred." Then he said three times: "They are the dogs of Hell," and began to weep. After a little while, when he returned, someone asked, "O Abu Umamah! When you said 'dogs of Hell,' did you hear this from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) or are you saying it from your own opinion?" He replied, "Subhan Allah! If I had heard something from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) up to seven times and then omitted the mention of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in between, I would be very bold indeed." He was asked, "Then why were you weeping?" He replied, "I felt pity for them."

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) that I heard the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: None of you should come to prayer while forcibly restraining urine or the like; no person should enter a house without permission; and whoever leads people in prayer should not supplicate only for himself, leaving the people aside.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever passes his hand over the head of an orphan solely for the sake of Allah, then for every hair over which his hand passes, he will receive good deeds in return. And whoever treats well any orphan boy or girl under his care, I and he will be in Paradise like this—saying this, the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) showed a slight gap between his index and middle fingers.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) that when the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) returned from Khaybar, he had two slaves with him. The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) gave one of the slaves to Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) and said, "Do not beat him, because I have forbidden beating those who pray, and I have seen him praying." The other slave was given to Hazrat Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him), and he said, "I advise you to treat him well." So he set him free. One day, the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked him, "What happened to that slave?" He replied, "O Messenger of Allah! You advised me to treat him well, so I set him free."

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) that I heard the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: A Muslim can grant protection to another Muslim.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Allah Almighty has promised me that He will admit seventy thousand people from my Ummah into Paradise without reckoning. Yazid bin Akhnas (may Allah be pleased with him) heard this and said, "By Allah! In your Ummah, these will be as few as the red fly among flies." The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: My Lord has promised me seventy thousand in such a way that with every thousand there will be seventy thousand, and on top of that, there will be a threefold increase. Yazid bin Akhnas (may Allah be pleased with him) asked, "O Messenger of Allah! What will be the width of your Hawd (cistern)?" The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: As much as the distance between Aden and Oman, or even double that, into which water will flow from two spouts of gold and silver. He asked, "O Messenger of Allah! What will the water of your Hawd be like?" The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whiter than milk, sweeter than honey, and more fragrant than musk. Whoever drinks its water once will never feel thirsty again, and the color of his face will never turn dark.

Imam Ahmad’s son says that I found this hadith written in my father’s own handwriting among his writings, but he had marked it, which, in my opinion, indicates an error in the chain of narration. This hadith was narrated by Zaid from Abu Salam, from Hazrat Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him). The hadith is as follows: Hazrat Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Learn the Qur’an, for it will intercede for its reciters on the Day of Resurrection. Learn the two radiant surahs, Surah Al-Baqarah and Al-Imran, for these two surahs will come on the Day of Resurrection in the form of two canopies or two flocks of birds in ranks, and they will defend their reciters. Then he said: Learn Surah Al-Baqarah, for acquiring it is a blessing and abandoning it is a cause of regret, and falsehood (magicians) cannot overcome it.