It is narrated on the authority of Mu'adh bin Jabal: I was riding behind the Prophet ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) and there was nothing between him and me but the rear part of the saddle, when he said: Mu'adh bin Jabal: To which I replied: At your beck and call, and at your pleasure, Messenger of Allah! ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) He moved along for a few minutes, when again he said: Mu'adh bin Jabal: To which I replied: At your beck and call, and at your pleasure, Messenger of Allah! ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) He then again moved along for a few minutes and said: Mu'adh bin Jabal: To which I replied. At your beck and call, and at your pleasure. Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) He, (the Holy Prophet) said: Do you know what right has Allah upon His servants? I said: Allah and His Messenger know best. He (the Holy Prophet) said: Verily the right of Allah over His servants is that they should worship Him, not associating anything with Him. He (the Holy Prophet) with Mu'adh behind him, moved along for a few minutes and said: Mu'adh bin Jabal: To which I replied: At your beck and call, and at your pleasure, Messenger of Allah! ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) He (the Holy Prophet) said: Do you know what rights have servants upon Allah in case they do it (i. e. they worship Allah without associating anything with Him)? I (Mu'adh bin Jabal) replied: Allah and His Messenger know best. (Upon this) he (the Holy Prophet) remarked: That He would not torment them (with the fire of Hell).

It is narrated on the authority of Mu'adh bin Jabal that he observed: I was riding behind the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) on an ass known as 'Ufair. He (Mu'adh) observed: He (the Holy Prophet) said: Mu'adh, do you know what right has Allah over His bondsmen and what right have His bondsmen over Him? Mu'adh added: I replied: Allah and his Messenger know best. Upon this he (the Holy Prophet ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) remarked: The right of Allah over His bondsmen is that they should worship Allah and should not associate anything with Him, and the right of His bondsmen over Allah, Glorious and Sublime, is that He does not punish him who associates not anything with Him. He (Mu'adh) added: I said to the Messenger of Allah: Should I then give the tidings to the people? He (the Holy Prophet) said: Do not tell them this good news, for they would trust in it alone.

It is narrated on the authority of Mu'adh bin Jabal that the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: Mu'adh, do you know the right of Allah over His bondsmen? He (Mu'adh) said: Allah and His Apostle ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) know best. He (the Messenger of Allah) ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: That Allah alone should be worshipped and nothing should be associated with Him. He (the Holy Prophet) said: What right have they (bondsmen) upon Him in case they do it? He (Mu'adh) said: Allah and His Apostle ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) know best. He (the Holy Prophet) said: That He would not punish them.

It is narrated on the authority of Aswad bin Hilal that he heard Mu'adh say this: The Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) called, me and I replied to him. He (the Holy Prophet) said: Do you know the right of Allah upon the people? and then followed the hadith (mentioned above).

It is reported on the authority of Abu Hurairah (RA): We were sitting around the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) (may peace and blessings be upon him). Abu Bakr (RA) and Umar were also there among the audience. In the meanwhile the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) got up and left us, He delayed in coming back to us, which caused anxiety that he might be attacked by some enemy when we were not with him; so being alarmed we got up. I was the first to be alarmed. I, therefore, went out to look for the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) (may peace and blessings be upon him) and came to a garden belonging to the Banu an-Najjar, a section of the Ansar went round it looking for a gate but failed to find one. Seeing a rabi' (i. e. streamlet) flowing into the garden from a well outside, drew myself together, like a fox, and slinked into (the place) where God's Messenger was. He (the Holy Prophet) said: Is it Abu Hurairah (RA) ? I (Abu Hurairah (RA)) replied: Yes, Messenger of Allah. He (the Holy Prophet) said: What is the matter with you? replied: You were amongst us but got up and went away and delayed for a time, so fearing that you might be attacked by some enemy when we were not with you, we became alarmed. I was the first to be alarmed. So when I came to this garden, I drew myself together as a fox does, and these people are following me. He addressed me as Abu Hurairah (RA) and gave me his sandals and said: Take away these sandals of mine, and when you meet anyone outside this garden who testifies that there is no god but Allah, being assured of it in his heart, gladden him by announcing that he shall go to Paradise. Now the first one I met was Umar. He asked: What are these sandals, Abu Hurairah (RA) ? I replied: These are the sandals of the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) with which he has sent me to gladden anyone I meet who testifies that there is no god but Allah, being assured of it in his heart, with the announcement that he would go to Paradise. Thereupon 'Umar struck me on the breast and I fell on my back. He then said: Go back, Abu Hurairah (RA) , So I returned to the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) , and was about to break into tears. 'Umar followed me closely and there he was behind me. The Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) (may peace and blessings be on him) said: What is the matter with you, Abu Hurairah (RA) ? I said: I happened to meet 'Umar and conveyed to him the message with which you sent me. He struck me on my breast which made me fall down upon my back and ordered me to go back. Upon this the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: What prompted you to do this, 'Umar? He said: Messenger of Allah, my mother and father be sacrificed to thee, did you send Abu Hurairah (RA) with your sandals to gladden anyone he met and who testified that there is no god but Allah, and being assured of it in his heart, with the tidings that he would go to Paradise? He said: Yes. Umar said: Please do it not, for I am afraid that people will trust in it alone; let them go on doing (good) deeds. The Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: Well, let them.

It is reported on the authority of Anas bin Malik (RA) that the Prophet ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) of Allah (may peace and blessings be upon him) addressed Mu'adh bin Jabal as he was riding behind him to which he replied: At thy beck and call, and at thy pleasure, Messenger of Allah. He again called out: Mu'adh, to which he (again) replied: At thy beck and call, and at thy pleasure. He (the Holy Prophet) addressed him (again): Mu'adh, to which he replied: At thy beck and call, and at thy pleasure, Messenger of Allah. Upon this he (the Holy Prophet) observed: If anyone testifies (sincerely from his heart) that there is no god but Allah, and that Muhammad is His bondsman and His messenger, Allah immuned him from Hell. He (Mu'adh) said: Messenger of Allah, should I not then inform people of it, so that they may be of good cheer? He replied: Then they would trust in it alone. Mu'adh told about it at the time of his death, to avoid sinning.

It is narrated on the authority of 'Itban bin Malik that he came to Madinah and said: Something had gone wrong with my eyesight. I, therefore, sent (a message to the Holy Prophet): Verily it is my ardent desire that you should kindly grace my house with your presence and observe prayer there so, that I should make that corner a place of worship. He said: The Prophet ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) came there, and those amongst the Companions whom Allah willed also accompanied him. He entered (my place) and offered prayer at my residence and his Companions began to talk amongst themselves (and this conversation centered round hypocrites), and then the conspicuous one, Malik bin Dukhshum was made the target and they wished that he (the Holy Prophet) should curse him and he should die or he should meet some calamity. In the meanwhile the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) (may peace and blessings be upon him) completed his prayer and said: Does Malik bin Dukhshum not testify the fact that there is no god but Allah and verily I am the messenger of Allah. They replied: He makes a profession of it (no doubt) but does not do it out of (sincere) heart. He (the Holy Prophet) said: He who testifies that there is no god but Allah and I am the messenger of Allah would not enter Hell or its (flames) would not consume him. Anas said: This hadith impressed me very much and I told my son to write it down.

It is narrated on the authority of Anas that 'Itban bin Malik told him that he became blind. He sent a message to the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) that he should come and mark a place of worship for him. Thereupon came the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) and his people and then there was a discussion among them about a man who was known as Malik bin Dukhshum, and subsequently the narrator described the hadith of Sulaiman bin Mughira as stated above.

It is narrated on the authority of 'Abbas bin 'Abdul-Muttalib that he heard the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) saying: He relished the flavor of faith (Iman) who became the book of faith pleased with Allah as Lord, with al-Islam as the code of life and with Muhammad as the Messenger (of Allah).

It is narrated on the authority of Abu Hurairah (RA) that the Prophet ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: Iman has over seventy branches, and modesty is a branch of Iman.