It is reported from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) concerning this saying of Allah Almighty: "And measure precisely in the linking (of the rings)" [Surah Saba: 11] , that he said: (It means) do not make the nails so thin that they become loose and slip out, nor make them so thick that they break the rings of the coat of mail; rather, keep it balanced and in proper measure. This is a gharib (unusual) statement in tafsir, and because of Abd al-Wahhab bin Mujahid the two Shaykhs did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that Sulayman bin Dawud (peace be upon him) died while he was standing in prayer, and the devils did not come to know of it until the termites ate his staff and he fell down. It was his practice that whenever a plant grew, he would ask it: For what ailment are you? And it would tell him, as Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, has told: "And to Sulayman (We subjected) the wind, its morning course a month and its evening course a month, and We made a spring of molten copper flow for him" [Surah Saba: 12] , the whole passage. Then when the carob plant grew, he asked it: For what have you grown? It said: For the ruin of this mosque. He said: The ruin of this mosque will only happen at the time of my death. Then he stood up and began to pray. This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that a man asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) about "Saba'", what it is: a man, a woman or a land? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "He was a man to whom ten sons were born; six of them went to Yemen and four went to Syria. Among the Yemeni tribes are Madhhij, Kindah, Azd, the Ash'aris, Anmar and Himyar (which is the best of them all), and among the Syrian tribes are Lakhm, Judham, Amilah and Ghassan." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is reported from Sayyiduna Farwah bin Musayk al-Muradi (may Allah be pleased with him) that he asked the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) about Saba', (saying): O Messenger of Allah, what is Saba': a man, a mountain or a valley? The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Rather, he was a man to whom ten children were born; four went towards Syria and six towards Yemen. Those who went to Syria were Lakhm, Judham, Amilah and Ghassan, and those who went to Yemen were Himyar, Madhhij, Azd, Kindah, the Ash'aris and Anmar, from whom the tribe of Bajilah came."

Sayyiduna Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that one night I looked for the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and found him (peace and blessings be upon him) standing in prayer. He (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed a very long prayer, then said: "Tonight I have been given five things which were not given to any prophet before me: I have been sent to the red and the black (that is, to all humans and jinn); I have been helped by awe, so that the enemy is struck with awe even while he is a month's journey away; the earth has been made for me a place of prostration and a means of purification (for tayammum); the spoils of war have been made lawful for me, which were not lawful for anyone before me; and it was said to me: Ask and you will be given, so I have kept this supplication hidden as intercession for my Ummah. So this intercession will reach everyone who did not associate anything with Allah." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it in this wording, although they have recorded different words of it separately.

It is reported from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) concerning this saying of Allah Almighty: "But how can they attain it from a place far off?" [Surah Saba: 52] , that he said: They will ask to be returned (to the world), but now it is no longer the time for return. 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) that he said: When we narrate a hadith to you, we also present its confirmation from the Book of Allah. Indeed, when a servant says: 'Subhan Allah, wal-hamdu lillah, wa la ilaha illallah, wallahu akbar, wa tabarak Allah' (Glory be to Allah, all praise is for Allah, there is no god but Allah, Allah is the Greatest, and blessed is Allah), an angel takes hold of these words, gathers them beneath his wings and flies upward with them. Whatever gathering of angels he passes by, those angels seek forgiveness for the one who said these words, until through these words access is gained to the presence of the Most Merciful. Then Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) recited this verse: "To Him ascend the good words, and righteous deeds raise them." [Fatir: 10] 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 Rimthah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: I came with my father to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). My father greeted him (peace and blessings be upon him) with peace, and we sat for a while talking. Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) asked my father: "Is this your son?" He said: Yes, by the Lord of the Ka'bah! He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked again: "Really?" He said: I bear witness to it. The narrator says: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) smiled because of the strength of the resemblance between me and my father and because of my father's firm oath upon it. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Know that this son of yours will not be held responsible for any crime of yours, nor will you be held responsible for any crime of his." Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) recited these verses: "And no bearer of burdens shall bear the burden of another" [Surah al-An'am: 164] , up to this saying of his: "This (Messenger) is a warner among the warners of old." [Surah al-Najm: 56] 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 Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he said: When the surah "Glorify the name of your Lord, the Most High" was revealed, he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "All of this (teaching) is also present in the scriptures of Ibrahim (peace be upon him)." Then when the surah "By the star when it descends" was revealed and he (peace and blessings be upon him) reached this point: "And Ibrahim (peace be upon him), who fulfilled (his obligations)" [al-Najm: 37] , he said: "He fulfilled (his obligations)," meaning he discharged all the responsibilities from "that no bearer of burdens shall bear the burden of another" up to this saying: "This (Messenger) is a warner among the warners of old" [al-Najm: 38-56] . 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 al-Darda' (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saying concerning this saying of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic: "Among them is one who wrongs himself, among them is one who is moderate, and among them is one who is foremost in good deeds" [Surah Fatir: 32] : "The one foremost in good deeds (sabiq) and the moderate one (muqtasid) will enter Paradise without reckoning, while the one who wrongs himself (zalim li-nafsihi) will be given an easy reckoning, and then he too will enter Paradise." There is a difference among the narrations from Imam al-A'mash regarding the chain of this hadith: Imam al-Thawri narrated it from al-A'mash, through Abu Thabit, from Sayyiduna Abu al-Darda' (may Allah be pleased with him); according to one statement, al-Thawri narrated it from al-A'mash, from Abu Thabit, from Sayyiduna Abu al-Darda' (may Allah be pleased with him); and according to another statement, Imam Shu'bah narrated it from al-A'mash, from a man of the tribe of Thaqif, from Sayyiduna Abu al-Darda' (may Allah be pleased with him). And when the narrations of a hadith are this numerous, it becomes clear that the hadith has an authentic basis.