It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Darda (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever is given a share of gentleness, is given a share of goodness, and on the Day of Resurrection, there will be nothing heavier in the scale of deeds than good character.

Alqamah says that once I prayed two rak'ahs in the Grand Mosque of Damascus, Syria, and prayed for good company. There I met Hazrat Abu Darda (may Allah be pleased with him). He asked me, "Where are you from?" I replied, "I am from the people of Kufa." He said, "Do you recite the Holy Qur'an according to the recitation of Ibn Mas'ud?" I said, "Yes!" He said, "Recite Surah Al-Lail for me." I recited it in that way. He said, "I heard the Prophet reciting it in this manner. These people want me to recite 'wa ma khalaqa', but I will not accept what they say."

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Darda (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: On the Day of Judgment, the most excellent and heaviest thing in the scale of deeds will be good character.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Darda (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) explained the Quranic verse "Lahumul bushra fil hayaatid dunya" by saying that "bushra" refers to good dreams which a Muslim sees himself or which someone else sees for him.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Darda (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) explained the Quranic verse "Lahumul bushra fil hayaatid dunya" by saying that "bushra" refers to good dreams which a Muslim sees himself or which someone else sees for him.

Hazrat Umm Darda, quoting Abu Darda, narrates that I heard the Prophet say: When a Muslim prays for his brother in his absence, his prayer is accepted, and an angel is appointed at his head for this purpose. Whenever he prays for good for his brother, the angel says "Ameen" to it and says, "And for you the same."

Safwan bin Abdullah, whose wife was Darda, says: Once I came to Syria and visited Hazrat Abu Darda (may Allah be pleased with him), but he was not at home; however, his wife was present. She asked me, "Do you intend to perform Hajj this year?" I replied in the affirmative. She said, "Pray for good for us as well, because the Prophet used to say that when a Muslim prays for his brother in his absence, the prayer is accepted, and an angel is appointed at his head for this purpose. Whenever he prays for good for his brother, the angel says 'Ameen' to it and says, 'May you also have the same.'" Then I went to the market and met Hazrat Abu Darda (may Allah be pleased with him) as well. He also said the same thing to me and narrated the same hadith from the Prophet.

It is narrated from Hazrat Asma (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Do not combine hunger and lying."

Hazrat Asma bint Yazid (may Allah be pleased with her), who belonged to Banu Abdul-Ashhal, says that once the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) passed by us while we were with some women. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) greeted us with salam and said: "Protect yourselves from being ungrateful to those who do good to you." We asked: O Messenger of Allah! What is meant by being ungrateful to those who do good? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "It may be that one of you stays at her parents' home for a long time waiting for a proposal, then Allah grants her a husband and gives her wealth and property through him, and then one day, in anger, she says: 'I have never seen any good from you.'"

It is narrated from Hazrat Asma bint Yazid (may Allah be pleased with her) that I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Do not secretly kill your children, for as a result of intimacy with the wife during the period of breastfeeding, when the nursing child grows up, the horse throws him off its back (he cannot sit firmly on the horse)."