Sayyidah Safiyyah bint Ubayd (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: She heard the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) saying: "Whoever among you is able to die in Madinah should do so, because whoever dies here, I will intercede for him (the narrator is in doubt, perhaps these are the words:) 'I will bear witness for him.'"

Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates this statement of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "O Allah! Place blessing for us in our mudd and our sa’ and, along with this blessing, add two more blessings." (Imam Ibn Hibban, may Allah have mercy on him, says:): Abu Sa'id Mawla Mahri was from Egypt. His name is Bakr bin Amr, while Abu Sa'id Maqburi was from the people of Madinah. His name is Kaysan; he was a freed slave of Banu Laith. Both narrators are trustworthy and reliable. Both of these individuals have narrated traditions from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him).

Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: It was submitted, "O Messenger of Allah! Our (people of Madinah's) sa’ is the smallest sa’ and our mudd is the smallest mudd." So the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "O Allah! Put blessing for us in our sa’ and mudd and in what is little and what is much for us, and along with this blessing, grant us two more blessings."

Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates this statement of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him): "O Allah! Bless the measuring instruments of these people. Bless their Sa’ and their Mudd." The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) meant the people of Madinah.

Sayyiduna Ali bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: We set out with the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) until we reached the rocky plain at the place of "Suqya." The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: Bring me water for ablution. When the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) performed ablution, he stood up, faced the Qiblah, then said the Takbir, then made this supplication: "O Allah! Indeed, Sayyiduna Ibrahim (peace be upon him) was Your servant and Your close friend. He prayed to You for blessings for the people of Makkah. I, Muhammad, am Your servant and Your Messenger. I pray to You for the people of Madinah that You place blessings in their mudd and their sa’ just as You placed blessings for the people of Makkah, and along with that blessing, add two more blessings."

Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: When people would see the first fruit, they would bring it to the service of the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would take it and make this supplication: "O Allah! Put blessing for us in our fruits, put blessing for us in our city, put blessing for us in our sa‘ and our mudd. O Allah! Indeed, Sayyiduna Ibrahim (peace be upon him) was Your servant and Your prophet, and I am also Your servant and Your prophet. He prayed to You for Makkah, and I pray to You for Madinah for the like of what he prayed for Makkah, and along with it, as much more in addition." Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would call the youngest child present there and give him that fruit.

Lady Aisha Siddiqa (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: One night the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) got up, put on his clothes (i.e., wrapped his cloak), and went outside. Lady Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: I instructed my maid Barirah to follow the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), so she went after him. The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) went to Baqi‘ and stayed there for as long as Allah willed. Then he returned, and Barirah arrived before him. She informed me, but I did not mention anything to the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) until morning came. Then I mentioned this matter to the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), and he said:“I was sent to the people of Baqi‘ so that I may supplicate for mercy for them.”

Sayyida Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates this statement of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "The legs of this (pulpit) of mine are fixed in Paradise."

Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah, may Allah be pleased with him, narrates this statement of the Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him: "The space between my house and my pulpit is a garden from the gardens of Paradise, and my pulpit will be upon my cistern (Hawd)." (Imam Ibn Hibban, may Allah have mercy on him, says:): Regarding the words transmitted in both these narrations, we have already explained in our books that the Arabs, in their idiom, sometimes use the name of the intended thing for its cause. When a Muslim, by obeying Allah near the pulpit of the Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, attains closeness to Him and hopes for acceptance and the reward of Paradise, then here the name of the intended thing, which is Paradise, is used for its cause, which is the pulpit. Similarly, the statement of the Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, "a garden from the gardens of Paradise," and likewise his statement, "my pulpit is upon my cistern," means that a person should hope to drink from the Hawd al-Kawthar and reach the gardens of Paradise. He will reach there because of his obedience and submission at this place in the world. This is similar to the statement of the Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him: "The one who visits a sick person is in a garden of Paradise." So when a person visiting the sick is, at the time of his visit, in such a state that he can hope to reach a garden of Paradise, and this is the intended meaning, then here the name of the intended thing is used for its cause. An example of this is the statement of the Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him: "Paradise is under the shade of swords." There are many more such examples, which we will soon mention further in this book, if Allah...

Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) says: If I see a deer grazing in Madinah Munawwarah, I will not try to catch it, because the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) has stated: "The area between these two boundaries is a sanctuary (Haram)."