It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Remember Allah so abundantly that (people, seeing you,) begin to say: He has become majnun (mad)." This is a sahifah (written collection) of the Egyptians whose chain is sahih (authentic), and its narrator Abu al-Haytham Sulayman bin Ubayd al-Utwari is among the reliable people of Egypt.

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that when something came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that pleased him, he would say: "All praise is for Allah, by whose grace all good deeds are brought to completion." And when something came to him that he disliked, he would say: "All praise is for Allah in every circumstance." This hadith is sahih al-isnad (its chain is authentic), but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Nu'man bin Bashir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Those who mention the greatness and majesty of Allah, uttering the tahmid, tasbih, takbir and tahlil: these (words) bend around the Throne, with a humming like the humming of bees, mentioning the one who said them. Does not any of you love to have something with the Most Merciful that keeps reminding (Him) of him?" This hadith is sahih al-isnad (its chain is authentic), but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Mu'adh bin Jabal (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever's last words are 'La ilaha illallah' (There is no god but Allah) will enter Paradise." This hadith is sahih al-isnad (its chain is authentic), but the two Shaykhs did not record it. There is an incident of Abu Zur'ah al-Razi connected with this hadith, which I have mentioned in my book "al-Ma'rifah".

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr bin al-As (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever says one hundred times in a day: 'La ilaha illallah wahdahu la sharika lah, lahul-mulku wa lahul-hamd, wa huwa 'ala kulli shay'in qadir' (There is no god but Allah, alone, He has no partner; His is the dominion and His is all praise, and He has power over all things), then on that day no one before him will surpass him and no one after him will reach him, except someone who has done a deed even better than his."

I heard the teacher Abu al-Walid al-Qurashi (may Allah have mercy on him) say that he heard Ibrahim bin Abi Talib, and he heard Ishaq bin Ibrahim al-Hanzali say: When the narrator from Amr bin Shu'ayb is trustworthy (thiqah), it is just as though Ayyub were narrating from Nafi' and he from Ibn Umar. Imam al-Hakim says: From the beginning of the book up to this point I had not narrated any hadith of Amr bin Shu'ayb, and at the beginning of this book I have mentioned the position of Imam Abd al-Rahman bin Mahdi that leniency may be shown in the chains of narrations about the virtues of deeds.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Shaddad bin Aws (may Allah be pleased with him), while Sayyiduna Ubadah bin al-Samit (may Allah be pleased with him) was present there confirming him, that he said: We were in the presence of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) when he (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "Is there any stranger (that is, anyone from the People of the Book) among you?" We said: No, O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered the door to be closed and said: "Raise your hands and say: 'La ilaha illallah' (There is no god but Allah)." So we kept our hands raised for a while, then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) lowered his hand and said: "All praise is for Allah. O Allah, You sent me with this very word, You commanded me with it, and You promised me Paradise for it, and indeed You do not break Your promise." Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Rejoice, for Allah has indeed forgiven you." Imam al-Hakim says: The condition of Isma'il bin Ayyash is just like that of the narrator of the previous hadith; he is one of the imams of the people of Syria, but poor memory has been attributed to him, and I hold to my condition regarding narrators like him.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna al-Bara' bin Azib (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever says ten times: 'La ilaha illallah, wahdahu la sharika lah, lahul-mulku wa lahul-hamd, wa huwa 'ala kulli shay'in qadir' (There is no god but Allah, alone, He has no partner; to Him belongs the dominion and to Him belongs all praise, and He has power over all things), will receive a reward equal to freeing a slave." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: I said: O Messenger of Allah! May my father and mother be ransomed for you, which speech is most beloved to Allah Almighty? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "That which Allah Almighty has chosen for His angels (and it is): 'Subhana Rabbi wa bihamdihi, Subhana Rabbi wa bihamdihi' (Glorified is my Lord with His praise, glorified is my Lord with His praise)." This hadith is sahih on the condition of Imam Muslim, but the two Shaykhs did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever says 'Subhana Allahil-'Azim' (Glorified is Allah, the Most Great), a date palm is planted for him in Paradise." This hadith is sahih on the condition of Imam Muslim, but the two Shaykhs did not record it.