It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that two men argued about the mosque whose foundation was laid on piety. One said: "It is the mosque of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)", while the other said: "It is the mosque of Quba." Then the two of them came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and asked him (peace and blessings be upon him) about it, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The mosque whose foundation was laid on piety is this mosque of mine."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Ayyub al-Ansari, Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah and Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with them) that when this verse was revealed: "In it are men who love to purify themselves" [Surah al-Tawbah: 108] , the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O company of the Ansar, Allah Almighty has praised you most highly regarding purification. So what is this purification of yours?" They said: "We perform ablution (wudu) for the prayer, we take the ritual bath (ghusl) after major ritual impurity (janabah), and we cleanse ourselves (istinja) with water." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "That is it (the excellent way), so hold fast to it." This hadith is sahih in its chain, and the two Shaykhs did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was asked about "al-Sa'ihin" (those who travel), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "They are those who fast." [Surah al-Tawbah: 112] This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), and they did not record it. However, most of the students of Ibn Uyaynah narrated it as mursal and did not mention Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) in its chain.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: I heard a man seeking forgiveness for his parents while they were both polytheists. I said: "Why are you praying for forgiveness for your parents when they are polytheists?" He said: "Did Sayyiduna Ibrahim (peace be upon him) not seek forgiveness for his father while he was a polytheist?" So I mentioned this to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), upon which this verse was revealed: "It is not for the Prophet and those who believe to ask forgiveness for the polytheists, even if they are relatives, after it has become clear to them that they are the people of Hellfire. And Ibrahim's (peace be upon him) asking forgiveness for his father was only because of a promise he had made to him; but when it became clear to him that he was an enemy of Allah, he disassociated himself from him. Indeed, Ibrahim (peace be upon him) was tender-hearted and forbearing" [Surah al-Tawbah: 113 - 114] . This hadith is sahih in its chain, and the two Shaykhs did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that when Abu Talib died, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O uncle, may Allah have mercy on you and forgive you. I will keep seeking forgiveness for you until Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, forbids me." So the Muslims too began seeking forgiveness for their deceased polytheist relatives, and Allah Almighty revealed this verse: "It is not for the Prophet and those who believe to ask forgiveness for the polytheists, even if they are relatives, after it has become clear to them that they are the people of Hellfire" [Surah al-Tawbah: 113] . This hadith is sahih in its chain, and the two Shaykhs did not record it. After it, Abu Ali (may Allah have mercy on him) told us: "I do not know anyone other than Abu Humah al-Yamani who narrated this hadith from Sufyan with a connected chain, and he is trustworthy (thiqah), whereas the other students of Ibn Uyaynah narrated it from him as mursal."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that when death approached Abu Talib, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came to him, and with him were Abdullah bin Abi Umayyah and Abu Jahl bin Hisham. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him: "O uncle, your right over me is the greatest, and you have done me great kindness; your right over me is even greater than that of my father. So say a word by which my intercession for you will become due on the Day of Resurrection. Say: 'La ilaha illallah' (There is no god but Allah)." The two of them said: "Will you turn away from the religion of Abd al-Muttalib?" So he fell silent. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) repeated his words, and he said: "I am upon the religion of Abd al-Muttalib", and he died in that state. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I will keep seeking forgiveness for you as long as I am not forbidden concerning you." So Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, revealed this verse: "It is not for the Prophet and those who believe to ask forgiveness for the polytheists" to its end, and "And Ibrahim's asking forgiveness for his father" to the end of the verse [Surah al-Tawbah: 113 - 114] . This hadith is sahih in its chain, and the two Shaykhs did not record it, because Yunus and Uqayl narrated it from al-Zuhri, from Sa'id, as mursal.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) went out to look over the graveyard, and we went out with him (peace and blessings be upon him). He (peace and blessings be upon him) instructed us, so we sat down. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) passed between the graves until he reached a particular grave, and there he spoke in private communion for a long time. Then the sound of the Messenger of Allah's (peace and blessings be upon him) weeping (sobbing) rose, and we too began to weep because of the weeping of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came towards us, and Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) went forward to meet him (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: "O Messenger of Allah, what made you weep? Your weeping has made us weep too and has greatly alarmed us." So he (peace and blessings be upon him) came and sat with us and said: "Did my weeping alarm you?" We said: "Yes, O Messenger of Allah." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The grave at which you saw me in private communion is the grave of my mother, Aminah bint Wahb. I asked my Lord for permission to visit her and He granted me permission for that; and I asked His permission to seek forgiveness for her, and I was not given permission for that. And this verse was revealed to me: 'It is not for the Prophet and those who believe to ask forgiveness for the polytheists', until the verse was completed, 'And Ibrahim's asking forgiveness for his father was only because of a promise he had made to him.' So there came over me the same tenderness that comes over a child for his mother, and it was this tenderness that made me weep." [Surah al-Tawbah: 113 - 114] This hadith is sahih in its chain, but the two Shaykhs did not record it with this wording. However, Imam Muslim recorded the hadith of Yazid bin Kaysan, from Abu Hazim, from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), in brief on this subject.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he was asked concerning this saying of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic: "And His Throne was upon the water" [Surah Hud: 7] , upon what was the water (resting)? He said: "Upon the back (surface) of the wind." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), and they did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) intended to go on a military expedition, so he called Sayyiduna Ja'far (may Allah be pleased with him) and ordered him to stay behind in Madinah. He said: "O Messenger of Allah, I will never stay behind after you." Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) called me and, before I could say anything, made it binding on me to stay behind. He said: I began to weep (on hearing this), and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "O Ali, what is making you weep?" I said: "O Messenger of Allah, more than one thing is making me weep. First, tomorrow Quraysh will say: 'How quickly he stayed behind from his cousin and abandoned him!' The second thing is that I wanted to attain the blessing of striving (jihad) in the way of Allah, because Allah Almighty says: 'Nor do they tread any ground that enrages the disbelievers, nor do they inflict any injury upon an enemy' [Surah al-Tawbah: 120] (to the end of the verse). So I wanted to attain the bounty of Allah." The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "As for your saying that Quraysh will say that you abandoned your brother, you have the best example in me: they even called me a sorcerer, a soothsayer and a liar. Are you not pleased that you should be to me in the position of Harun (peace be upon him) to Musa (peace be upon him)? Except that there is no Prophet after me. And as for your desire to seek the bounty of Allah, here are some loads of black pepper that have come to us from Yemen; sell them, and you and Fatimah benefit from them until Allah grants you more of His bounty. For the welfare of Madinah is not possible without me or you." This hadith is sahih in its chain, and the two Shaykhs did not record it.

It is narrated from Abu al-Aliyah that he said: I was circumambulating the House with Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both). He took my hand and began teaching me the subtleties of speech. He said: "O Abu al-Aliyah, do not say: 'You turned away from the prayer (insaraftum)', but rather say: 'You completed the prayer (qadaytum)', because (Allah has used the words of turning away for the hypocrites, as) Allah Almighty says: 'They turned away; Allah has turned away their hearts' [Surah al-Tawbah: 127] ." This hadith is sahih in its chain, and the two Shaykhs did not record it.