It is narrated from Sayyiduna Sa'd bin Abi Waqqas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The supplication of Dhu al-Nun (Yunus, peace be upon him) which he made while he was in the belly of the fish: 'La ilaha illa anta subhanaka inni kuntu minaz-zalimin' ((O Allah,) there is no true god except You; You are free of all imperfection; indeed, I have been among the wrongdoers) [Surah al-Anbiya: 87] . The fact is that whenever any Muslim man supplicates with it in any matter at all, Allah Almighty certainly answers his supplication." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, 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) concerning this saying of Allah Almighty: "And he called out within the darknesses" [Surah al-Anbiya: 87] ; he said: (These darknesses are) the darkness of the night, the darkness of the belly of the fish and the darkness of the sea. 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 Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) concerning this saying of Allah Almighty: "And We made his wife fit for him" [Surah al-Anbiya: 90] ; he said: There was some sharpness (length) in the tongue of the wife of Zakariyya (peace be upon him), so Allah Almighty set it right (that is, He brought refinement to her manners and speech). This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) that he delivered a sermon to us. He praised and extolled Allah Almighty as He deserves, then said: "I enjoin upon you the fear (taqwa) of Allah, and that you praise Him as He deserves, and that you keep your hope (raghbah) mixed with fear (rahbah), for Allah Almighty praised Zakariyya (peace be upon him) and his family, saying: 'Indeed, they used to hasten to good deeds and call upon Us in hope and fear, and they were humble before Us' [Surah al-Anbiya: 90] . Then, O servants of Allah, know that Allah has taken your souls as a pledge in return for His right, and has taken firm covenants from you upon that. He has bought from you this small, transient life in exchange for the many everlasting blessings of the Hereafter. And here among you is the Book of Allah, whose light is never extinguished and whose wonders never come to an end. So seek illumination from its light, take admonition from His Book, and take guidance from it for the Day of Darkness (the Day of Resurrection), for Allah created you only for His worship, and He has appointed over you noble recording angels who know your every deed. Then, O servants of Allah, know also that you pass your mornings and evenings within an appointed term whose knowledge has been hidden from you. So if you are able to have the moments of your life come to an end while you are engaged in deeds of obedience to Allah, then do so; and you will never be able to do that except with the help of Allah. So race (towards good deeds) in the moments of respite before death comes, before your life ends and it pushes you back to your evil deeds. For some people wasted the respite of their lives on others and forgot their own end, so I forbid you from becoming like them. So hurry, hurry, and save yourselves, save yourselves, for behind you is a pursuer (death) chasing you with great diligence, whose pace is very swift." The chain of narration of this hadith is sahih (authentic), 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) that on the night the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was taken on the Night Journey (Mi'raj), he (peace and blessings be upon him) met Sayyiduna Ibrahim, Sayyiduna Musa and Sayyiduna Isa (peace be upon them). They began discussing the Hour among themselves. First they asked Sayyiduna Ibrahim (peace be upon him), but he had no knowledge of it (of its time). Then Sayyiduna Musa (peace be upon him) was asked, and he too had no knowledge of it. Then the discussion turned to Sayyiduna Isa (peace be upon him), and he said: "Allah Almighty has made a covenant with me regarding all matters other than the actual time of the Hour's occurrence (that is, no one but Allah knows its time)." Then he mentioned the emergence of the Dajjal and said: "I will descend and kill him. Then, when people return to their lands, they will be confronted by Gog and Magog (Ya'juj and Ma'juj), who 'will rush down from every elevation.' They will not pass by any water without drinking it, nor by anything without destroying it. Then the people will cry out humbly to Allah, and Allah Almighty will cause Gog and Magog to die, until the earth, polluted by their stench, will cry out to Allah. Then the people will turn to me, and I will supplicate, and Allah Almighty will send down rain from the sky, which will carry their bodies and throw them into the sea. Then the mountains will be crushed to dust, and the earth will be spread out and extended like adim (tanned, cleaned leather). And Allah has promised me that when these things happen, the Hour will be for people like a pregnant woman whose term is complete, whose family does not know when she will suddenly give birth, by night or by day." Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I found the confirmation of this in the Book of Allah: "Until, when Gog and Magog are let loose, and they rush down from every elevation, and the true promise draws near" [Surah al-Anbiya: 96, 97] . He said: On the Day of Resurrection, every place from which people come forth will be called hadab (an elevation). The chain of narration of this hadith is sahih (authentic), but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it. As for Mu'thir, he is not an unknown narrator; he narrated hadith from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud and Sayyiduna al-Bara' bin Azib (may Allah be pleased with them both), and a large group of the Tabi'un narrated from him.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he said: When this verse was revealed: "Indeed, you and what you worship besides Allah are the fuel of Hell; you will all enter it" [Surah al-Anbiya: 98] , the polytheists said (by way of objection): The angels, Isa and Uzayr (peace be upon them) are also worshipped besides Allah (so will they too go to Hell?). Upon this, this verse was revealed: "Had these (objects of worship) truly been gods, they would not have entered it (Hell)" [Surah al-Anbiya: 99] , meaning those false deities whose worship they were pleased with. Then Allah Almighty revealed (concerning the sacred personalities) this verse: "Indeed, those for whom the best (reward) has already gone forth from Us, they will be kept far from it (Hell)" [Surah al-Anbiya: 101] , and what is meant by this is Sayyiduna Isa, Sayyiduna Uzayr (peace be upon them) and the angels. The chain of narration of this hadith is sahih (authentic), but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Imran bin Husayn (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was on one of his journeys, and his Companions had become spread apart in their pace of travel (that is, some ahead and some behind). Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) raised his voice with these two verses: "O mankind, fear your Lord. Indeed, the convulsion of the Hour is a tremendous thing. On the Day you see it, every nursing mother will be distracted from the child she nurses, and every pregnant woman will deliver her burden, and you will see the people as if intoxicated, while they are not intoxicated; but the punishment of Allah is severe" [Surah al-Hajj: 1-2] . When his Companions heard this, they urged their mounts on and understood that he (peace and blessings be upon him) was about to say something important. Then, when they had gathered around him, he (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "Do you know what day that is?" They said: Allah and His Messenger know best. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "That is the day when Adam (peace be upon him) will be called. His Lord will call him and say: 'O Adam, send forth the party of Hell.' He will say: 'O Lord, and what is the party of Hell?' Allah will say: 'From every thousand, 999 to Hell and 1 to Paradise.'" The narrator says: On hearing this, the Companions became so grief-stricken and silent that not even a smile could be seen on anyone. When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saw this state, he said: "Keep doing good deeds and rejoice. By the One in whose Hand is the soul of Muhammad, you are with two creations who, in whatever group they are included, turn it into a multitude: Gog and Magog (Ya'juj and Ma'juj), and with you also are those who have perished from the children of Adam and the offspring of Iblis." The narrator says: This removed the people's grief. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Do good deeds and rejoice. By the One in whose Hand is the soul of Muhammad, you among mankind are only like a mark on the foreleg of an animal, or a mole on the side of a camel." The chain of narration of this hadith is sahih (authentic), but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it. Most of the Imams of Basrah hold that al-Hasan al-Basri heard from Imran bin Husayn; however, the two Shaykhs did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Imran bin Husayn (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to recite this verse: "And you will see the people as if intoxicated, while they are not intoxicated; but the punishment of Allah is severe" [Surah al-Hajj: 2] . The chain of narration of this hadith is sahih (authentic), but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) concerning this statement of Allah Almighty: "formed and unformed" [Surah al-Hajj: 5] , that he said: Mukhallaqah (formed) refers to the (embryo) that takes on a living form, and ghayr mukhallaqah (unformed) refers to that which is miscarried incomplete (before its development is complete). The chain of narration of this hadith is sahih (authentic), but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) concerning this statement of Allah Almighty: "Whoever thinks that He will not help him" [Surah al-Hajj: 15] , that he said: (Its meaning is:) whoever thinks that Allah Almighty will not help Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) (in this world and the Hereafter). The chain of narration of this hadith is sahih (authentic), but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.