It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Three kinds of people will be destroyed at the Reckoning: the generous, the brave and the scholar (who act for show)." The chain of this hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs; although it is gharib (unusual) and shadhdh (anomalous), it is an abridged part of the first hadith and serves as a supporting narration (shahid) for it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "Were it not for the covenant that Allah Almighty took from the People of the Book, I would not have told you anything (of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him))." Then he recited this verse: "And when Allah took a firm covenant from those who were given the Book, that you shall surely make it clear to the people and not conceal it." [Surah Al Imran: 187] This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Imam Muslim; I know of no hidden defect ('illah) in it, but the two Shaykhs did not record it.

Asim bin Muhammad bin Zayd narrates from his father that on Friday Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) would stand beside the pulpit, put the straps of his sandals over his forearms, take hold of the knob of the pulpit and say: "Abu al-Qasim (peace and blessings be upon him) said, Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said, the Truthful and Confirmed One (peace and blessings be upon him) said." Then during this he would also say: "Woe to the Arabs from an evil that has drawn near." Then, when he sensed the movement of the door of the maqsurah as the imam came out, he would sit down. This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it in this way. The purpose here is not to authenticate the hadith "Woe to the Arabs", because it is found with the two Shaykhs; rather, the purpose is to show that it is recommended to narrate hadith on the pulpit before the imam comes out.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Rafi' (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Let me never find any of you reclining on his adorned couch, when a command of mine reaches him, something I have ordered or forbidden, and he says: 'I do not know; whatever (command) we found in the Book of Allah, we followed it (and left the rest).'" Sufyan bin Uyaynah kept this chain intact, and it is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs, but they did not record it. In my view, they left it because of a disagreement of the Egyptians about this chain.

It is narrated from Ubaydullah bin Abi Rafi' that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Let me never know of a man reclining, when a command or prohibition of mine reaches him, and he says: 'We do not know; this is the Book of Allah, and this (command) is not in it.'"

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Rafi' (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said, while the people were gathered around him: "Let me never know of any of you that a command or prohibition of mine reaches him while he is reclining on his couch, and he says: 'Whatever we find in the Book of Allah, we will act upon it, and otherwise not.'" I hold to my principle that the addition of a trustworthy narrator is accepted, and Sufyan bin Uyaynah is a trustworthy, firm hafiz. We have relied on his memorisation because this hadith has two further authentic supporting narrations (shahid).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna al-Miqdam bin Ma'dikarib al-Kindi (may Allah be pleased with him) that on the day of Khaybar the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) declared certain things unlawful, among them the domestic donkey and other things. Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Soon a man among you will be sitting reclining on his couch; a hadith of mine will be narrated to him, and he will say: 'Between me and you is the Book of Allah (and it is sufficient). Whatever we find lawful in it, we will regard as lawful, and whatever we find unlawful in it, we will regard as unlawful.' (Listen!) Indeed, whatever the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) has made unlawful is just like what Allah has made unlawful."

It is narrated from Imam al-Hasan al-Basri that Sayyiduna Imran bin Husayn (may Allah be pleased with him) was relating the Sunnah of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) when a man said to him: "O Abu Nujayd, recite the Qur'an to us (that is, speak only of the Qur'an)." Imran (may Allah be pleased with him) said to him: "You and your companions read the Qur'an. Could you tell me (from the Qur'an alone) about the prayer, its rules and its limits? Could you tell me the details of zakah on gold, camels, cattle and the other kinds of wealth? The truth is that I was present (with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)) and you were absent." Then he said: "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) prescribed for us in zakah such and such (details)." The man said: "You have given me life; may Allah keep you well throughout your life." Al-Hasan al-Basri said: That man did not die before he came to be counted among the jurists of the Muslims. Uqbah bin Khalid al-Shanni is one of the trustworthy narrators of Basra; his hadiths are few, and they do not even reach a full ten.

It is narrated from Hisham bin Hujayr that Tawus used to pray two rak'ahs after Asr. Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said to him: "Leave them." He said: "They were forbidden only lest they be made a means of reaching the sunset." Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: "Indeed, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade (any) prayer after Asr, and I do not know whether you will be punished or rewarded for it, because Allah Almighty says: 'It is not for a believing man or a believing woman, when Allah and His Messenger have decided a matter, that they should have any choice in their affair.' [Surah al-Ahzab: 36] " This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs, and it is in agreement with the encouragement to follow the Sunnah, but they did not record it with this wording.

Sa'd bin Ibrahim narrates from his father that Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) said to Ibn Mas'ud, Abu al-Darda and Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with them): "What is this abundance of hadith (being narrated) from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)?!" And I think he kept them confined in Madinah until he (Umar, may Allah be pleased with him) was martyred.