It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Qatadah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Sometimes I stand to lead the prayer with the intention of making it long, but then I hear the cry of a child, so I shorten my prayer so that this may not cause hardship for his mother.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Qatadah (may Allah be pleased with him) that once I was with some companions of the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). All of them were in the state of Ihram except for one man. That man saw a game animal, took his whip, attacked it, and hunted it. Then he ate from it, and we also ate from it, and we also saved some of it as provision for the journey. When we reached the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), we said, "O Messenger of Allah! That man was not in the state of Ihram; he hunted the animal, he ate from it, and so did we, and we still have a little of its meat left." The Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "You may eat it."

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Qatadah (may Allah be pleased with him) that once the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sent us with an army towards "Saif al-Bahr" on the occasion of one of his Umrahs, and it was agreed with us that we would meet at the place "Qudayd." So we set out; some of us were in the state of Ihram and some were not, and I was among those who were not in Ihram. Then he mentioned the complete hadith and said: "This is the foreleg that is left, which I have roasted and cooked very well." The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Bring it here." I brought it to him, and the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) began to tear it with his teeth and eat it (because it is easily digestible), while the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was in the state of Ihram, until he finished eating it.

The previous hadith is also narrated through this second chain of transmission.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) that I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: Whoever is blessed with seeing me in a dream, he will soon see me while awake, or he should be certain that he has indeed seen me, for Satan does not have the power to assume my form or appearance. It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) that I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: Whoever is blessed with seeing me in a dream, he should be certain that he has indeed seen me.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Qatadah (may Allah be pleased with him) that once I saw two men, a Muslim and a polytheist, fighting on the battlefield. Then suddenly I saw a polytheist who was advancing to help his polytheist companion against the Muslim. I reached him and struck his hand, which cut off his hand. He grabbed my neck with his other hand, and by Allah! He did not let me go until I felt the knock of death, and if his blood had not flowed so much, he would have killed me. Anyway, he fell, and I killed him, and I myself became exhausted. Meanwhile, a man from the people of Makkah passed by him and took all his equipment and left. When we were done and the flames of battle had subsided, the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said that whoever has killed a disbeliever, his equipment belongs to him. Upon this, I said, O Messenger of Allah! I killed a man who had a lot of equipment, but after killing him I became so exhausted that I did not know who took his equipment. A man, who was from the people of Makkah, said, O Messenger of Allah! He is telling the truth, I took his equipment, so please give him something else from me regarding his equipment (and let this equipment remain with me). Upon hearing this, Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) said, Do you want to distribute the equipment of a lion among the lions of Allah, "who fights in the way of Allah"? Return his equipment to him. The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, Abu Bakr has spoken the truth, return the equipment of his slain to him. So I took it and sold it, and with its price I bought a garden in Madinah Munawwarah, which was the first wealth I had ever bought.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Qatadah (may Allah be pleased with him) that once we were praying with the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) when we heard the sound of some people running. The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) called them after finishing the prayer and asked, "What was the matter?" They replied, "O Messenger of Allah! We wanted to join the prayer quickly." The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Do not do so. When you come for prayer, make calmness and tranquility obligatory upon yourselves. Pray as much as you catch, and complete what you miss."

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Saeed (may Allah be pleased with him) that a person better than me narrated to me: When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) began digging the trench, he would dust off the head of Hazrat Ammar (may Allah be pleased with him) and would say, "O son of Sumayyah! Alas, a rebellious group will martyr you."

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Qatadah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to Hazrat Ammar (may Allah be pleased with him): "O son of Sumayyah! A rebellious group will martyr you."

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Qatadah (may Allah be pleased with him) that once we set out on a journey with the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). At night, we said, "O Messenger of Allah! If we camp for a little while, it would be better." The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "I fear that you may sleep through the time of prayer, so who will wake us for the prayer?" Hazrat Bilal (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "O Messenger of Allah! I will wake you." So the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) camped, and we all lay down. Hazrat Bilal (may Allah be pleased with him) also sat leaning against his mount, and he too fell asleep. The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) woke up when the sun had already risen. The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) woke Hazrat Bilal (may Allah be pleased with him) and said, "Bilal! What happened to the thing you told us?" He replied, "O Messenger of Allah! By the One Who sent you with the truth, such sleep has never overcome me before." The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Allah, the Exalted, kept your souls in His possession for as long as He willed, and then returned them when He willed." Then he ordered the people, so they dispersed to relieve themselves, performed ablution, and when the sun had risen high, the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) led them in the Fajr prayer.