It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) concerning this saying of Allah Almighty, "Allah is the Light of the heavens and the earth; the example of His light" [Surah al-Nur: 35] , that he said: (It means) the example of the light of the one who believes in Allah. And concerning "is like a niche" he said that it refers to the recess or opening in which a lamp is placed. 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 Usayd (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Eat olive oil and also anoint (your bodies) with it, for it comes from a blessed tree." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it, and it also has a supporting narration (shahid) through another sahih chain.

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: "Eat olive oil and anoint yourselves with it, for it is pure and blessed."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) concerning this saying of Allah Almighty, "In houses which Allah has permitted to be raised and in which His name is remembered, He is glorified therein in the mornings and the evenings by men whom neither trade nor sale distracts from the remembrance of Allah" [Surah al-Nur: 36, 37] , that he said: Allah Almighty has set forth this example, "The example of His light is like a niche within which is a lamp; the lamp is within glass" [Surah al-Nur: 35] , for those people whom neither trade nor buying and selling makes heedless of the remembrance of Allah. They were the people who engaged most in trade and buying and selling in society, yet these worldly occupations never made them heedless of the remembrance of Allah. 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 Salam (may Allah be pleased with him) that the mosques have certain constant attendants (worshippers) who remain fixed there like its pillars (pegs). They have companions from among the angels: if they are ever absent from the mosque, the angels ask about them; if they fall ill, they visit them; and if they are in some need, they help them. This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) and is mawquf (a Companion's own statement), but they did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Uqbah bin Amir al-Juhani (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: We were with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) on a journey, and we used to take turns grazing the camels. When my turn came, I released my camels into the pasture and then came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) was delivering a sermon to the people. I heard him (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: "Any Muslim who performs ablution and performs it well (completely), then stands for his prayer and knows what he is saying (in the prayer) (that is, prays with attention and understanding), will finish (the prayer) in the same state as on the day his mother gave birth to him, with no sin remaining upon him." The narrator says: At that I could not control myself and cried out: "Wonderful, wonderful! How excellent!" Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), who was beside me, said: "Are you amazed at this? Before you came, he (peace and blessings be upon him) said something even more excellent than this." I said: May my father and mother be ransomed for you, what is it? He told me that he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever performs ablution and performs it well (completely), then, on finishing his ablution, says: 'Ashhadu an la ilaha illallah wa ashhadu anna Muhammadan abduhu wa rasuluh' (I bear witness that there is no god but Allah, and I bear witness that Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) is His servant and Messenger), all eight gates of Paradise are opened for him, and he may enter through whichever of them he wishes." Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "On the Day of Resurrection the people will be gathered on a single bare plain, where the sight of the beholder will take them all in and the voice of the caller will reach them all. Then a caller will call out three times: 'The people of the gathering will know today who is deserving of honour and nobility.' Then he will say: 'Where are those whose sides used to keep away from their beds (that is, those who prayed tahajjud)?' Then he will say: 'Where are those whom neither trade nor sale distracted from the remembrance of Allah [Surah al-Nur: 37] ?' Then a caller will call out: 'The people of the gathering will know today who is deserving of honour and nobility.' Then he will say: 'Where are the hammadun, those who used to praise their Lord abundantly (in every state)?'" This hadith is sahih (authentic), and it has several routes from Abu Ishaq, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it. It was our duty to mention it in the Book of Ablution, but at that time we were unable to. Then, when I saw that Imam Ishaq al-Hanzali had recorded its routes under this saying of Allah, "Men whom neither trade nor sale distracts from the remembrance of Allah," I followed him.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that he called for something to drink. When it was brought, he said: Give it to the people to drink. They said: We are fasting. Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: But I am not fasting. Then he drank the drink and (recited): "They fear a Day in which hearts and eyes will be overturned" [Surah al-Nur: 37] . 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 Ubayy bin Ka'b (may Allah be pleased with him) concerning this saying of Allah Almighty, "Allah is the Light of the heavens and the earth" [Surah al-Nur: 35] , that he recited this verse and then said: "And those who disbelieve, their deeds are like a mirage in a barren plain which the thirsty one thinks is water, until, when he comes to it, he finds it to be nothing, and he finds Allah there, who pays him his account in full; and Allah is swift in reckoning" [Surah al-Nur: 39] . He said: Likewise, the disbeliever will come on the Day of Resurrection thinking that he has some good with Allah, but he will not find it, and Allah will admit him into the Fire. Then he gave another example for the disbeliever and said: "Or (their example is) like the darknesses in a deep sea, covered by wave upon wave, above which are clouds; darknesses, one above another. When one puts out his hand, he can hardly see it. And the one for whom Allah has not made light has no light" [Surah al-Nur: 40] . He said: So he moves about in five kinds of darkness: his speech is darkness, his deeds are darkness, his entering is darkness, his exiting is darkness, and his destination on the Day of Resurrection is the darknesses of Hell. 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 Umamah al-Bahili (may Allah be pleased with him) that, addressing (the people) at a funeral at one of the gates of Damascus, he said: O people! Morning and evening you are in a station (this world) in which you are dividing good deeds and bad deeds, and soon you will depart from here to another station, and it is this one (he pointed towards the grave), which is the house of loneliness, the house of darkness, the house of worms and the house of narrowness, except for the one for whom Allah makes it spacious. Then you will move from there to the stations of the Day of Resurrection. You will still be in some of those stations when a matter from Allah's command will overwhelm the people, by which some faces will turn white and some faces will turn black. Then you will move from there to another station, where intense darkness will overwhelm the people. Then light will be distributed: the believer will be given light, while the disbeliever and the hypocrite will be left out and will not be given anything. This is the example which Allah has set forth in His Book: "Or (their example is) like the darknesses in a deep sea, covered by wave upon wave, above which are clouds; darknesses, one above another. When one puts out his hand, he can hardly see it. And the one for whom Allah has not made light has no light" [Surah al-Nur: 40] . The disbeliever and the hypocrite will not be able to get light from the believer's light, just as a blind man cannot get light from the sight of one who sees. The hypocrites will say to those who believe: "Wait for us, so that we may take some of your light. It will be said: Go back behind you and seek light there" [Surah al-Hadid: 13] . This is the scheme by which Allah kept the hypocrite deceived. Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, has said: "They seek to deceive Allah, but it is He who deceives them (as the outcome of their schemes)" [Surah al-Nisa: 142] . So they will return to the place where the light was distributed, but they will find nothing there. Then they will turn back towards the believers, and a wall will be set up between them: "with a gate, within which is mercy and on whose outer side is punishment. They will call out to them: Were we not with you?" We prayed as you did and took part in the military expeditions with you. "They will say: Yes indeed, but you put yourselves into trial, you waited, you doubted, and false hopes deceived you until the command of Allah came, and the great deceiver (Satan) deceived you concerning Allah" [Surah al-Hadid: 13-14] . He recited up to "and wretched is the destination" [Surah al-Hadid: 15] . 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 Ubayy bin Ka'b (may Allah be pleased with him) that when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and his Companions came to Madinah and the Ansar gave them shelter, all the Arabs shot at them from a single bow (that is, united in hostility against them). Their condition was such that they would not spend the night without weapons, nor would they rise in the morning without weapons. So the Companions said: "Do you think we will ever live such a life that we spend the night in safety and tranquility, fearing no one but Allah?" Then this verse was revealed: "Allah has promised those among you who believe and do righteous deeds that He will surely grant them succession in the land, just as He granted it to those before them, and that He will surely establish for them their religion which He has approved for them, and that He will surely exchange their state of fear for security" [Surah al-Nur: 55] . And He said: "And whoever disbelieves after that," that is, whoever is ungrateful for this blessing, "then it is they who are the defiantly disobedient" [Surah al-Nur: 55] . This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.