Hazrat Khabbab said: Soon there will be cries; prepare for them.

Hazrat Ibn Abi Bakrah says that I have traveled through these cities, but I have not seen anyone more devoted to Tahajjud and more engaged in remembrance (dhikr) than the people of Basra.

Hazrat Abu Abdur Rahman Salmi says that every morning an angel comes to you with a white record of deeds and has goodness written in it. When the sun rises, the angel departs for his need, and when you perform the Asr prayer, he has goodness written in it. Thus, if there is goodness at the beginning and end of the record of deeds, it is hoped that the goodness of these two parts will suffice for the middle part as well.

Hazrat Khalid bin Ma'dan says that people will pass by the Fire and it will be extinguished. They will say, "Where is the Fire that was promised to us?" It will be said to them, "When you passed by it, it was extinguished."

Hazrat Abdur Rahman bin Sabit narrates that Hazrat Saeed bin Aamir bin Huzaym was the governor of Egypt. Hazrat Umar bin Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) came to know about him that there were times when his stove would not be lit. Hazrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) sent some wealth for the support of him and his family. Hazrat Saeed bin Aamir (may Allah be pleased with him) said to his wife, "Why don't we give this wealth to such a trader who will earn profit for us from it?" His wife said, "You may do so." Then he gave that wealth in charity and did not keep anything for himself. After some time, he became needy and required wealth, so his wife said, "If you had kept some of those dirhams with you, it would have been good, today we are in need of them." Hazrat Saeed bin Aamir (may Allah be pleased with him) did not pay attention to her words. His wife repeated the same thing, but he again turned away. When she saw that he was not paying attention, she began to reproach him. Hazrat Saeed bin Aamir (may Allah be pleased with him) sought help from Hazrat Khalid bin Waleed (may Allah be pleased with him). Hazrat Khalid bin Waleed (may Allah be pleased with him) spoke to her and said, "You have caused distress to Saeed." The wife of Hazrat Saeed said the same thing to him as well. When the person who had received the dirhams came to know about this, he sat down on his knees and said, "I do not like at all that on the Day of Judgment I should be prevented from entering the first group, even if in exchange I am given everything in the world. And if a single houri were to reveal her fingers to the people of the earth, her fragrance would be perceived by all."

Hazrat Malik bin Mughul narrates that a man passed by Rabee’ bin Rashid, who was sitting near a cobblers’ stall. That man said to him,“It would be good if you go to the mosque and converse with your Muslim brothers.”Hazrat Rabee’ replied to him,“If the remembrance of death departs from my heart even for a moment, I think my heart would become corrupted.”

Hazrat Ismail bin Shoaib narrates that Hazrat Abu Zumail Rabee’ bin Rashid was once traveling towards Makkah. He said,“If I come to know which of my deeds is most beloved to my Lord, I will pay great attention to it.”Then, in a dream, he saw gratitude and remembrance (of Allah).

Hazrat Umar bin Zar says that Hazrat Rabee’ bin Abi Rashid met me in a market of Sadah. He shook hands with me and said,“O Abu Zar! Whoever asks Allah for His pleasure is, in fact, asking Allah for a very great thing.”

Hazrat Awn bin Shaddad says that when the time of death of Harm bin Hayan Abdi approached, people said to him, "O Harm! Please make a will." He said, "I advise you to pay off my debt." Then people asked, "How do you advise us to live our lives?" He recited from Surah An-Nahl { ادْعُ إِلَی سَبِیلِ رَبِّکَ بِالْحِکْمَۃِ وَالْمَوْعِظَۃِ الْحَسَنَۃِ } to {إنَّ اللَّہَ مَعَ الَّذِینَ اتَّقَوْا وَالَّذِینَ ہُمْ مُحْسِنُونَ }.

Hazrat Harm used to supplicate with this prayer: O Allah! I seek refuge from the evil of a time in which their youth are victims of rebellion, their elders are entangled in hopes, and their deaths have drawn near.