Sayyiduna Mu’adh bin Jabal (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: When the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) sent him to Yemen, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) went out with him to give him advice. Sayyiduna Mu’adh was riding while the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was walking on foot beneath his mount. When he finished, he said:“O Mu’adh! It may be that after this year you will not meet me again. It may be that this time you will pass by my grave and my mosque.”So Sayyiduna Mu’adh (may Allah be pleased with him) began to weep out of fear of separation from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) turned his attention towards Madinah and said:“My family thinks that they are closer to me than all other people, but in reality, those who are most pious are closest to me, whoever they may be and wherever they may be. O Allah! I do not declare lawful for them any corruption in that which You have declared righteous. By Allah! These people will fall upside down regarding the religion of my Ummah just as a vessel is turned upside down in the field.”

Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: It was asked, "O Messenger of Allah! Who is the most honorable?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The one who is the most pious." The people said, "We are not asking you about this." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Then are you asking about the chiefs of the Arabs? Those among you who were considered the best in the pre-Islamic period will also be considered the best in Islam, provided they gain understanding (of religious teachings)."

Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "There was a man among the people of earlier times to whom Allah Almighty had granted abundance in wealth and children. When his time of death approached, he gathered his children and asked: 'What kind of father have I been to you?' They replied: 'You were the best father.' He said: 'By Allah! I have not stored any good deeds for the court of Allah Almighty, so now my Lord will punish me. So when I die, burn me, then crush me, and scatter me in a fast-blowing wind.' Allah Almighty said: 'Stand up.' So the man stood up. Allah Almighty asked: 'Why did you do this?' He replied: 'Out of fear of You.'”The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "By Him in Whose hand is my soul, Allah Almighty forgave him."

Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id Khudri, may Allah be pleased with him, narrates: The Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "There was a man among those before you who had not stored any good deeds for the sake of Allah Almighty. When he was about to die, he said to his sons: O my sons! What kind of father was I to you? They replied: You were the best father. The man said: When I die, burn me, then crush me, and when a strong wind is blowing, scatter me. The Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, said: That man died, and it was done to him as he had asked. Allah Almighty said to him: Be (as you were), and he stood up as a human even before the blink of an eye. Allah Almighty said: O My servant, why did you do this? He replied: O my Lord! Out of fear of You. The Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, said: Allah Almighty rewarded him by forgiving him." The narrator named Mu'tamir states: My father narrated this to me. I related this narration to Abu 'Uthman Nahdi, and he said: Sulaiman narrated this hadith to me in the same way, but he added these words: "You should throw me into the river."

Sayyiduna Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates this statement of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "A grave-robber passed away. He said to his son: Burn me, then crush me and scatter me in the wind. He was asked: Why did you do this? He replied: O my Lord! Out of fear of You. So the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Allah Almighty forgave him."

Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said regarding this verse: (The command of Allah, the Exalted, is) "When the matter will be decided and those people will be in heedlessness." The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said: This is about the world.

Sayyiduna Iyad bin Himar (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: He heard the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) saying this during a sermon:“Indeed, Allah Almighty has commanded me to convey to you the things He has taught me and which you are unaware of. Today, at this place, I will teach you those things.”(Allah Almighty says:) Every thing that I have given to My servant as a gift is lawful, and I have created all My servants as Muslims. Then the devils come to them and lead them astray regarding their religion, and declare unlawful for them those things which I have made lawful for them, and command them to associate partners with Me, though I have not sent down any strong proof regarding this. (The Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, says: Allah Almighty looked towards the people of the earth and declared His anger upon all the Arabs and non-Arabs,) except for the remnants among the People of the Book; He did not express anger towards them. Then Allah Almighty says: O Muhammad! I have sent you so that I may test you and test people through you, and I have revealed to you a Book which water cannot wash away (i.e., it will never be erased); the awake and the sleeping will recite it. (The Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, says:) Allah Almighty has commanded me to inform the Quraysh of this. I said: In that case, they will crush my head and grind me. Then Allah Almighty said: You should drive them out as they drove you out, and fight them as they fought you, and spend (in the way of Allah), you will be provided for, and send a force, We will send five times as many as that, and whoever obeys you, join with him in fighting against the one who disobeys you. The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: The people of Paradise are of three types: a just, truthful, and guided leader; a person who is kind, soft-hearted, and gentle towards every close relative and every Muslim; and a person who is chaste, poor, and truthful. The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: The people of Hell are of five types: a tyrant whose greed is not hidden, even if it is very subtle; a person who deceives you morning and evening regarding your wife and wealth; a weak person who is under your control, they do not seek family or wealth. A man asked him: O Abu Abdullah! Will these people be from the Mawali or from the Arabs? He replied: They will be from the followers. This will be for the one who commits adultery as a sin in the sanctity of another (i.e., he will not marry), and“shanzir”means one who commits indecency. Then the narrator also mentioned miserliness and lying.

Sayyiduna Iyad bin Himar (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) delivered a sermon to us and said:“Indeed, Allah Almighty has commanded me to teach you today those things of knowledge which Allah has granted me. Allah Almighty said to me: I have created all My servants as Muslims, and whatever I have granted to My servants, it is lawful for them. The devils come to people and mislead them regarding their religion; they declare unlawful for them those things which I have declared lawful for them, and they command them to associate partners with Me, about which I have not sent down any command.”(The Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, says:)“Before sending me as a Prophet, Allah Almighty turned His attention to the earth and expressed displeasure towards all the Arabs and all the non-Arabs, except for a few remnants among the People of the Book. Allah said to me: I have revealed a Book which water cannot wash away; recite it in both sleep and wakefulness. Allah commanded me to inform the Quraysh of this. I said: O my Lord! In that case, they will crush my head and grind it to dust. Allah Almighty said: Expel them as they expelled you, and fight them as they fought you, and spend (in My cause), We will spend on you, and send forth an army, We will send five like it, and whoever obeys you, fight alongside him against the one who disobeys you.”

Sayyiduna Samurah bin Jundub Fazari (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) used to ask,“Has anyone seen a dream?”Then, whoever Allah willed, that person would relate his dream before you. One day, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to us:“Last night, two angels came to me; they had been sent to me. Both of them said to me: ‘Come with us.’ So I went with them. We passed by a man who was lying down, and another man was standing at his head with a stone in his hand. He would strike the stone on the head of the man lying down, crushing his head with it, then the stone would roll away far. The man would go to retrieve the stone, pick it up, and return to the man. (The narrator says:) I think these words are also in the narration: until the man would become as he was before, then he would repeat the same action as he did the first time.”The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:“I asked: ‘Glory be to Allah! What is the matter with these two?’ The two angels said to me: ‘Keep moving, keep moving.’ The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘I kept moving with them until we came to a man who was lying on his back, and another man was standing beside him with an iron hook. He would come to one side of his mouth and tear his mouth up to the back of his neck, and then tear his nostril up to the back of his neck, and his eye up to the back of his neck. Then he would go to the other side and do the same as he did on the first side. When he finished the second side, the first side would be restored as it was before, and he would repeat the same action as he did the first time.’ The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘I said: Glory be to Allah! What is the matter with these two?’ The two angels said: ‘Keep moving, keep moving.’ I kept moving with them, then we came to a building like a furnace. The narrator named ‘Awf says: I think these words are also in the narration: from it were coming loud cries and voices. We looked inside, and there were naked men and women, and flames of fire were rising from beneath that furnace. When a flame reached them, they would scream and cry out. I asked: ‘Who are these people?’ The two angels said to me: ‘Keep moving, keep moving.’ The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘We came to a river (the narrator says: I think these words are also in the narration) whose water was red like blood. In that river, a man was swimming, and on the bank of the river was another man who had collected many stones. When the swimmer came to the man who had the stones, he would open his mouth, and the other man would throw a stone into his mouth.’ The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘I asked: Who are these people?’ The two angels said to me: ‘Keep moving, keep moving.’ The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘We kept moving, then we came to a man whose appearance was extremely ugly. Of all the ugly people you have seen in your life, he was like them. That man was near a fire, trying to kindle it, and he was running around it.’ The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘I asked the two of them: What is the matter with him?’ They said to me: ‘Keep moving, keep moving.’ Then we moved on until we came to a garden in which there was spring all around. In the middle of the garden stood a tall man, so tall that I could not see his head. I saw many children around him, but I had never seen anyone more beautiful than them.’ The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘I asked the two of them: Who are these people?’ They said to me: ‘Keep moving, keep moving.’ Then we kept moving until we came to a large, widespread tree. I had never seen a tree bigger or more beautiful than it. The two angels said to me: ‘Climb it.’ The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘We climbed it, and we reached a city whose buildings were made of bricks of gold and silver. We came to the gate of the city. We asked for the gate to be opened, and it was opened. We said: Among the people here, half are those whom you have seen as the most beautiful people, and half are those whom you have seen as the most ugly.’ The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘The two angels said to those people: Go and enter that river. The river was wide and flowing. Its water was as white as pure milk. The people went and entered it. When they returned, their defects had disappeared, and their faces had become extremely beautiful.’ The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘The two angels said to me: This is the Garden of Eden, and this is your abode.’ The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘I looked up towards the heights, and there was a palace like a white cloud. The two angels said to me: This is your residence.’ The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘I said to them: May Allah bless you both. Give me a chance to enter it.’ The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘They said to me: Not yet, you will enter it.’ The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘I asked: The astonishing things I saw last night, what is the reality of what I saw?’ The angels said to me: ‘We will tell you the reality of it. As for the first man you came to, whose head was being crushed with a stone, he was the one who learned the Qur’an and then neglected it, and used to sleep through the obligatory prayer times. As for the man whose mouth, eyes, and nostrils were being torn to the back of his neck, he was the one who would leave his house and tell a lie, and his lie would spread throughout the world. As for the naked men and women who were in the furnace-like building, they were the men and women who committed adultery. As for the man who was in the river and was taking stones into his mouth, he was the one who consumed usury. As for the extremely ugly man who was near the fire and was kindling it, he was ‘Malik’, the keeper of Hell. As for the tall man who was in the garden, he was Sayyiduna Ibrahim (peace be upon him). As for the children around him, every child is born upon the natural disposition (fitrah).’ The narrator says: One of the Muslims asked: ‘O Messenger of Allah! What is the ruling regarding the children of the polytheists?’ The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘The children of the polytheists are also (born upon the fitrah).’ As for those people, half of whom were beautiful and half ugly, they are those who did both good and bad deeds. Allah forgave them.”

Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates this statement of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "If a believing servant were to know the punishment present with Allah Almighty, then no one would hope for Paradise; and if a disbelieving person were to know the mercy of Allah Almighty, then no one would despair of Paradise."