Syedna Abu Hurairah, may Allah be pleased with him, narrates that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: Gold locusts were sent down upon Ayub (peace be upon him), and he began to gather them. Allah Almighty said: O Ayub, have I not made you free of need? He replied: O my Lord! Who can ever be satisfied with Your mercy or Your bounty?

(Second chain) The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: Ayub was bathing naked when golden locusts began to fall upon him. He started gathering them in his garment. The Lord, Exalted is He, called out: O Ayub! Did I not make you independent of that which you see? He said: Yes indeed, O my Lord! But I can never be free of need from Your blessings.

Abu Alia says: The cousin of your Prophet narrated to me that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: Allah Almighty said: It is not permissible for any servant to say: I am better than Yunus bin Matta. The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, attributed him to his father.

(Second chain) It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: It is not permissible for any man to say: I am better than Yunus bin Matta. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) attributed him to his father. He committed a sin, but then Allah Almighty chose him.

Narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Ja'far (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: It is not permissible for any prophet to say: I am better than Yunus bin Matta.

Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: … … , in this hadith, instead of the word "prophet," the word "servant" is used.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Sa’d (may Allah be pleased with him), he says: I passed by Sayyiduna Uthman bin Affan (may Allah be pleased with him) while he was sitting in the mosque, and I greeted him with salam, but he looked at me intently and did not reply to my salam. So I went to the Commander of the Faithful, Sayyiduna Umar bin Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him), and said: O Commander of the Faithful! Has anything new appeared in Islam? I said it twice. He said: No, what is the matter? I said: There is nothing, except that I just passed by Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him), greeted him with salam, he looked at me intently, but did not reply to my salam. Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) called Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) and said to him: What prevented you from replying to your brother’s salam? He said: I did not do any such thing. Sayyiduna Sa’d (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Why not, it happened like this, until both of them swore an oath. Then Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Yes, indeed, and I seek forgiveness from Allah and turn to Him in repentance. Just now, when you passed by me, I was recalling in my heart a hadith I heard from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). No, by Allah, whenever I remember that hadith, a veil comes over my eyes and my heart. Sayyiduna Sa’d (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I will also tell you something. One day, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) wanted to tell us something about the first supplication, then a Bedouin came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and kept him busy. When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) stood up, I followed him. When I feared that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) would reach his house ahead of me, I struck my foot on the ground. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) turned towards me and said: Who is this? Abu Ishaq? I said: Yes, O Messenger of Allah! He said: What is it? I said: By Allah! Nothing, except that you mentioned the first supplication, then this Bedouin came and kept you busy. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Yes, it is the supplication of the man of the fish, when he was in the belly of the fish, he supplicated: {لَا اِلٰہَ اِلَّا اَنْتَ سُبْحَانَکَ اِنِّیْ کُنْتُ مِنَ الظّٰلِمِیْنَ} (There is no deity worthy of worship except You; You are pure; indeed, I am among the wrongdoers). Any Muslim who calls upon his Lord with these words for anything, Allah will answer his call.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) passed by the valley of Harshe during the journey of Hajj, he (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: Which valley is this? The people said: This is the valley of Harshe. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: It is as if I am seeing Yunus bin Matta, he is riding a red, fleshy she-camel, he is wearing a woolen cloak, the bridle of his she-camel is made of palm fibers, and he is reciting the Talbiyah.

Syedna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that a Muslim and a Jew insulted each other. The Muslim said: "By Him Who chose Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) over all the worlds!" The Jew said: "By Him Who chose Musa (peace be upon him) over all the worlds!" Hearing this, the Muslim became angry and slapped the Jew on the eye. The Jew came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and informed him of the details of the dispute. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) asked the Muslim, and he admitted it. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Do not give me superiority over Musa. Indeed, people will fall unconscious on the Day of Resurrection. I will be the first to regain consciousness, and I will find Musa (peace be upon him) standing and holding onto the side of the Throne. So I do not know whether he also fell unconscious and regained consciousness before me, or Allah the Exalted exempted him."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Do not give preference among the noble Prophets.