It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he said: "Indeed, Allah Almighty has favoured Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) above the inhabitants of the heavens and above the inhabitants of the earth." The people asked: "O Abu al-Abbas! By what has Allah favoured him (peace and blessings be upon him) above the inhabitants of the heavens?" He said: "Allah Almighty has said (about the inhabitants of the heavens): 'And whoever of them says: I am a god besides Him, We will recompense him with Hell; thus do We recompense the wrongdoers' [Surah al-Anbiya': 29] . And for Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) He said: 'Indeed, We have granted you a clear victory, so that Allah may forgive you your former and later shortcomings' [Surah al-Fath: 1-2] ." The people asked: "Then by what has He favoured him above the inhabitants of the earth?" He said: "Indeed, Allah Almighty said (about the other messengers): 'And We did not send any messenger except in the language of his people, so that he might make things clear to them' [Surah Ibrahim: 4] . And for Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) He said: 'And We have not sent you except to all mankind as a bearer of glad tidings and a warner' [Surah Saba': 28] . So Allah sent him to all the jinn and mankind." The chain of this hadith is sahih (authentic), because a group of the Imams of Islam have used al-Hakam bin Aban as evidence, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him), regarding this saying of Allah Almighty: "And they returned their hands to their mouths" [Surah Ibrahim: 9] , that he said: "They bit their hands with their teeth (in rage)." 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 Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him), regarding this saying of Allah Almighty: "And they returned their hands to their mouths," that he said: "Like this," and he put his hand into his mouth and bit it, and said: "They bit their fingers in rage." This hadith, with this addition, is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he said: When Allah Almighty revealed this verse to His Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "O you who believe! Protect yourselves and your families from a Fire" [Surah al-Tahrim: 6] , the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) recited it to his Companions one night (or during a day), and a young man fell down unconscious. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) placed his blessed hand on his heart, and it was beating. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O young man! Say 'La ilaha illallah' (there is no god but Allah)." He said it, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) gave him the glad tidings of Paradise. The Companions said: "O Messenger of Allah! Is (this glad tiding) for him alone from among all of us?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Have you not heard this saying of Allah Almighty: 'That is for whoever fears standing before Me and fears My threat' [Surah Ibrahim: 14] ?" The chain of this hadith is sahih (authentic), but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said regarding this saying of Allah Almighty: "And he will be given to drink of festering water, which he will try to gulp down" [Surah Ibrahim: 16-17] : "It will be brought near to him and he will loathe it. Then when it is brought closer to him, it will roast his face and the skin of his scalp will fall off. Then when he drinks it, it will cut his intestines until they come out from his rear." Allah Almighty says: "And they will be given boiling water to drink, which will cut their intestines" [Surah Muhammad: 15] . And Allah Almighty says: "And if they cry for relief, they will be relieved with water like molten copper which roasts the faces; how wretched a drink!" [Surah al-Kahf: 29] This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Imam Muslim, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna al-Bara' bin Azib (may Allah be pleased with them both), regarding this saying of Allah Almighty: "Their greeting on the Day they meet Him will be: Peace" [Surah al-Ahzab: 44] , that he said: "It will be the day they meet the Angel of Death. The soul of no believer is taken except that the Angel of Death greets him with salam." The chain of this hadith is sahih (authentic), but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: A basket containing unripe dates was brought to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). He (peace and blessings be upon him) recited this verse: "The parable of a good word is like a good tree" [Surah Ibrahim: 24] , and then said: "It is the date palm." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Imam Muslim, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Abu al-Tufayl Amir bin Wathilah that he said: I heard Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) stand up and say: "Ask me before you are unable to ask, for after me you will not be able to ask anyone like me." At this Ibn al-Kawwa' stood up and asked: "Who are those about whom Allah has said: 'Those who exchanged the favour of Allah for disbelief and settled their people in the home of ruin' [Surah Ibrahim: 28] ?" Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "They are the hypocrites of Quraysh." Then he asked: "And who are those about whom He said: 'Those whose effort is lost in the life of this world while they think that they are doing well in their deeds' [Surah al-Kahf: 104] ?" Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "The people of Harura' (the Khawarij) are among them." This hadith is sahih (authentic) with a high ('ali) chain, and Bassam bin Abd al-Rahman al-Sayrafi is one of the trustworthy narrators of Kufah whose hadiths are collected, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Amr Dhu Murr that Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said regarding this saying of Allah Almighty: "And they settled their people in the home of ruin" [Surah Ibrahim: 28] : "These are the two most wicked clans of Quraysh: Banu Umayyah and Banu al-Mughirah. As for Banu al-Mughirah, Allah cut off their root on the day of Badr; and as for Banu Umayyah, they have been given respite until an appointed time." The chain of this hadith is sahih (authentic), but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that she said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) recited this verse: "On the Day the earth will be changed into another earth, and the heavens too, and they will all come forth before Allah, the One, the Irresistible" [Surah Ibrahim: 48] . I asked: "Where will the people be on that Day?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "On the Sirat (the bridge)." The chain of this hadith is sahih (authentic), but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.