It is narrated from Sayyiduna Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he returned from Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) and related that yesterday, when we were sitting in his company, he asked the noble Companions: "Has any of you heard a hadith from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) about the tribulations that will arise before the Day of Judgment?" All of them replied: "We have all heard much from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) about this." He said: "Perhaps you think I am referring to the tribulation of a man regarding his family and wealth?" The people said: "Yes." He said: "I am not asking about that. Those tribulations are erased by prayer, fasting, and charity. I am asking whether any of you has heard from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) about those tribulations which will come with the intensity and force of the waves of the sea." Sayyiduna Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him) says that upon hearing this, everyone fell silent. I understood that Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) wanted to ask me. I said: "I have heard." He said: "Very good." Sayyiduna Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him) says: Then I related that tribulations will continuously cover the hearts of people just as the reeds of a mat are closely joined together. The hearts that do not become familiar with these tribulations, that is, do not get involved in them, will have white dots placed upon them, and the hearts that become familiar with these tribulations, that is, get involved in them, will have black dots placed upon them. Until the hearts of people, that is, the people themselves, will become of two kinds. One kind will be those whose hearts will be clear like a polished stone; as long as the heavens and the earth remain, that is, until the Day of Judgment, no tribulation will be able to harm them. The other kind will be those whose hearts will be black and crooked (and at the same time, he turned his palm upside down to show this); such people will follow only their desires, and they will not consider any good as good or any evil as evil.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) sent the brother of Sayyida Umm Sulaym (may Allah be pleased with her), my maternal uncle Haram, along with a group of seventy men, and these people were killed on the day of Bi’r Ma‘unah. In those days, the leader of the polytheists was ‘Amir bin Tufayl bin Malik al-‘Amiri. He came to the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) and made an offer that you accept one of three things from me: (1) The rural areas be yours and the urban areas be mine, or (2) After you, the caliphate be given to me, or (3) I will gather Banu Ghatafan and fight you with a thousand camels and a thousand she-camels. (On this occasion, you prayed: O Allah, help me against ‘Amir.) So, he was in a household of Banu Fulan when he was afflicted with plague. He said: This is just a swelling like the swelling of camels in the house of a woman of Banu Fulan. Bring my horse to me. His horse was brought to him, he mounted it, and he died on its back.

The brother of Sayyida Umm Sulaym (may Allah be pleased with her), Sayyiduna Haram (may Allah be pleased with him), along with two men—one of whom was from Banu Umayyah and the other was lame (‘A‘raj)—set out together. He said to the two of them: Stay close to me so that I may reach them. If they do not do anything to me, that is better, but if something else happens, you will be close to me, and if they kill me, you will at least be able to inform your companions behind. So, Haram (may Allah be pleased with him) approached them and said: Will you allow me to convey the message of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) to you? They said: Yes. He began to speak to them, and they signaled to one of their men from behind him, and he struck him with a spear, which passed through his body. Sayyiduna Haram (may Allah be pleased with him) then said: Allahu Akbar! By the Lord of the Ka‘bah, I have succeeded! Then they killed the other two except for the lame one, who was on the top of the mountain, so he was saved.

Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) says: In connection with this incident, this verse was revealed to us, and it used to be recited regularly, but it was later abrogated: بَلِّغُوا قَوْمَنَا أَنَّا لَقِینَا رَبَّنَا فَرَضِیَ عَنَّا وَأَرْضَانَا. (Convey to our people that we have met our Lord, and He is pleased with us and has made us pleased.) The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) invoked curses for forty days upon Ri‘l, Dhakwan, Banu Lihyan, and Banu ‘Usayyah, who had disobeyed Allah and His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him and his family).

It is narrated from Umm al-Mu’minin Sayyida Aisha Siddiqa (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had a pulpit placed in Masjid al-Nabawi for Sayyiduna Hassan (may Allah be pleased with him), so that he could sit on it and recite poetry in defense of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) in response to the satirical verses of the disbelievers. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to say: As long as Hassan defends the Messenger of Allah, Allah Almighty helps him through the Holy Spirit, that is, Jibreel (peace be upon him).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Bara’ bin Azib (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) said to Sayyiduna Hassan bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him): Respond to the satire of the polytheists, Gabriel is with you.

Sayyiduna Hanzalah bin Huzaym (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that his father took him and seated him near the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: "My son has a beard, meaning he is of mature age, and there are those younger than him as well. He is the youngest. Please supplicate to Allah Almighty for him." The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) placed his hand on his head and said: "May Allah bless you." Dhiyal says: I saw Sayyiduna Hanzalah (may Allah be pleased with him) that when a man's face or an animal's udder would become swollen and such a man or animal would be brought to Sayyiduna Hanzalah (may Allah be pleased with him), he would say 'Bismillah' and place his hand on that part of his head where the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had placed his blessed palm, and then he would pass his hand over the sick man or animal, and its swelling would disappear.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Wahshi bin Harb (may Allah be pleased with him) that Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) appointed Sayyiduna Khalid bin Walid (may Allah be pleased with him) against the apostates and said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say, "Khalid bin Walid (may Allah be pleased with him) is the best servant of Allah and the best individual of the people. He is one of the swords of Allah, which Allah Almighty has unleashed upon the disbelievers and the hypocrites."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him), he says: We set out in the company of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). When we reached the mountain pass called Laft, Sayyiduna Khalid bin Walid (may Allah be pleased with him) appeared before us from the pass. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him): Look, who is coming? Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: This is Sayyiduna Khalid bin Walid (may Allah be pleased with him). The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: He is the best servant of Allah.

It is narrated from Abdur Rahman bin Azhar, he says that Sayyiduna Khalid bin Walid (may Allah be pleased with him) was wounded that day and he was the leader of the cavalry detachment of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). Ibn Azhar says: When Allah Almighty defeated the disbelievers and the Muslims returned to their tents, I saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) coming while walking among the Muslims, saying: "Who will inform me about the tent of Khalid bin Walid (may Allah be pleased with him)?" I hurried ahead of you, I was an adult in those days, and I kept calling out: "Is there anyone who can inform about the tent of Khalid bin Walid (may Allah be pleased with him)?" Until we kept walking and entered his tent. I saw that Khalid (may Allah be pleased with him) was reclining on the back part of his saddle. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came near him and looked at his wound. It is narrated from Zuhri, I think that Abdur Rahman bin Azhar also stated that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) applied his blessed saliva to his wound.

Sayyiduna Amr ibn al-As (may Allah be pleased with him), while narrating the incident of his acceptance of Islam, says: Then, with the intention of accepting Islam, I set out to go to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). This incident took place a little before the conquest of Makkah. I met Khalid ibn al-Walid (may Allah be pleased with him), who was coming from the direction of Makkah. I asked him: O Abu Sulayman! Where are you headed? He said: By Allah! Now the path has become clear and evident, and that man, meaning Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), is truly the Prophet of Allah. By Allah, I am going to accept Islam; how long will I keep wandering here and there? Hearing his words, I said: By Allah! I too have come with the intention of becoming a Muslim and accepting Islam. Thus, both of us reached the presence of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). Sayyiduna Khalid ibn al-Walid (may Allah be pleased with him) stepped forward, accepted Islam, and pledged allegiance. At the end of this hadith, it is mentioned that one of the narrators of this hadith, Ibn Ishaq, stated that a very trustworthy person narrated to me that when Khalid ibn al-Walid (may Allah be pleased with him) and Amr ibn al-As (may Allah be pleased with him) became Muslim, Uthman ibn Talhah ibn Abi Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him) also became Muslim along with them.