Abu Dharr (RA) reported: Allah's Apostle ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said to me: Don't consider anything insignificant out of good things even if it is that you meet your brother with a cheerful countenance.

Abu Musa reported that when any needy (person) came to Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) with a need he commanded him to his Companions, saying: Make a recommendation for him, and you would get the reward. Allah, however, gives the verdict through the tongue of His Apostle ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) what He likes most.

Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah narrated to us, Sufyan ibn 'Uyaynah narrated to us, from Burayd ibn 'Abd Allah, from his grandfather, from Abu Musa, from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him.

And Muhammad ibn al-'Ala' al-Hamdani narrated to us (and the wording is his), Abu Usamah narrated to us, from Burayd, from Abu Burdah, from Abu Musa, from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, who said:

"The example of the righteous companion and the bad companion is like the carrier of musk and the blower of the bellows. The carrier of musk will either give you some, or you will buy from him, or you will find from him a pleasant fragrance. And the blower of the bellows will either burn your clothes, or you will find from him a foul odor."

Muhammad ibn Abdullah ibn Quhzadh narrated to us, Salamah ibn Sulayman narrated to us, Abdullah informed us, Ma'mar informed us, from Ibn Shihab, Abdullah ibn Abi Bakr ibn Hazm narrated to me, from Urwah, from Aisha.

And Abdullah ibn Abdur-Rahman ibn Bihram and Abu Bakr ibn Ishaq narrated to me, and the wording is theirs, they said: Abu al-Yaman informed us, Shu'ayb informed us, from al-Zuhri, Abdullah ibn Abi Bakr narrated to me, that Urwah ibn al-Zubayr informed him, that Aisha, the wife of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said:

A woman came to me with her two daughters, and she asked me, but I did not find anything with me except one date, so I gave it to her. She took it and divided it between her two daughters, and she did not eat anything from it. Then she got up and left with her two daughters. Then the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, entered upon me, and I told him her story. The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Whoever is tested with anything from daughters and treats them well, they will be a shield for him from the Fire."

'A'isha reported:A poor woman came to me along with her daughters. I gave her three dates. She gave a date to each of them and then she took up one date and brought that to her mouth in order to eat that, but her daughters expressed desire to eat it. She then divided the date that she intended to eat between them. This (kind) treatment of her impressed me and I mentioned that which she did to Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ). Thereupon he said: Verily Allah has assured Paradise for her, because of (this act) of her, or He has rescued her from Hell-Fire.

Malik reported Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) as saying: He, who brought up two girls properly till they grew up, he and I would come (together) (very closely) on the Day of Resurrection, and he interlaced his fingers (for explaining the point of nearness between him and that person).

Abu Hurairah (RA) reported Allah's Apostle ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) as saying: Anyone amongst the Muslims, three of whose children die, and he resigns himself calmly to the will of God, Fire will not touch him but for the fulfilment of the oath.

This hadith has been reported by Zuhri on the authority of Malik, and in the hadith transmitted on the authority of Sufyan (the words are): "He would enter into Fire, except for the fulfilment of the oath."

Abu Hurairah (RA) reported that Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said to a woman of the Ansar: In case anyone amongst you sees the sad demise of three children of (hers) and she resigns herself to the will of God hoping to get reward, she would be admitted to Paradise. A woman from amongst them said: Allah's Messenger, even if they (the children who die) are two. Thereupon, he (the Holy Prophet,) said: Even if they are two.

Abu Sa'id Khudri reported that a woman came to Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) and said: Allah's Messenger, men receive your instructions; kindly allocate at your convenience a day for us also, on which we would come to you and you would teach us what Allah has taught you. He said: You assemble on such and such a day. They assembled and Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) came to them and taught them what Allah had taught him and he then said: No woman amongst you who sends her three children as her forerunners (in the Hereafter) but they would serve him as a protection against Hell-Fire. A woman said: What about two and two and two? Thereupon Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: Even if they are two and two and two.