It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Rafi’ (may Allah be pleased with him) that once we slaughtered a goat for the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) instructed us, so we presented a small portion of it to him. The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ate from it and then stood up to pray, and in between, he did not perform fresh ablution.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Rafi’ (may Allah be pleased with him) that when Imam Hasan (may Allah be pleased with him) was born to Hazrat Fatimah (may Allah be pleased with her), I saw that the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) himself gave the call to prayer (adhan) in his ear.

Hazrat Abu Rafi’ (may Allah be pleased with him) says that once the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) visited all his noble wives in a single day, and after being with each one, he performed ghusl (ritual bath). Someone asked,“O Messenger of Allah! If you had performed ghusl only once (would there have been any harm)?”The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) replied,“This way is purer, better, and more conducive to cleanliness.”

Amr bin Shuraid narrates that Hazrat Sa’d bin Abi Waqqas (may Allah be pleased with him) and Hazrat Abu Rafi’ (may Allah be pleased with him) were bargaining with each other over a matter, so Hazrat Abu Rafi’ (may Allah be pleased with him) said: If I had not heard the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) say, "The neighbor who is closer has more right," I would never have given you this land.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Rafi’ (may Allah be pleased with him) that once Arqam (may Allah be pleased with him) or his son passed by me. They had been appointed for the collection of zakat. They invited me to go with them. I presented myself before the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and asked him about this. The Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: O Abu Rafi’! Zakat is forbidden for Muhammad and the family of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), and the freed slave of a people is counted among them.

Muhammad ibn Ja'far narrated to us, Shu'bah narrated to us, from Mukhawwal, from Abu Sa'd, who said: I saw Abu Rafi' come to al-Hasan ibn Ali while he was praying, and he had tied up his hair, so he released it or forbade him from that, and said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, "saw a man praying with his head tied up, and he forbade him," or he said: "The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, forbade a man from praying while his hair is tied up."

Abu Kamil narrated to us, Zuhayr narrated to us, Mukhawwal narrated to us, from Abu Sa'id the mu'adhdhin, and he mentioned its meaning. Mukhawwal said: from Abu Sa'id al-Madani, and he mentioned its meaning. He said: Abu Ja'far says: O Abu Sa'id, did you see him? ...

Sufyan narrated to us, Salih ibn Kaysan narrated to us, from Sulayman, who said: Abu Rafi‘ said: He did not command me to make him dismount, but I pitched his tent and he dismounted. ‘Abdullah said: My father said: I asked Ibn ‘Uyaynah about this.

Sufyan narrated to us, from Abu al-Nadr, from Ubayd Allah ibn Abi Rafi', from his father, from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, who said: "Let me not find one of you reclining on his couch, when a matter from my command comes to him, of what I have commanded or forbidden, and he says: 'We do not know; whatever we find in the Book of Allah, we follow it.'"

Zakariya ibn ‘Adi narrated to us, ‘Ubayd Allah ibn ‘Amr narrated to us, from ‘Abd Allah ibn Muhammad ‘Aqil, who said: I asked ‘Ali ibn Husayn, he said: Abu Rafi‘, the freed slave of the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم , informed me that when Hasan ibn ‘Ali al-Akbar was born, his mother Fatimah wanted to perform ‘aqiqah with two rams, but the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said: "Do not perform ‘aqiqah for him, but shave his head and then give charity in silver equal to the weight of his hair in the way of Allah." Then Husayn was born after that, and she did the same.