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: "Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, said: The son of Adam hurts Me; he says: Oh, the failure of time! So let none of you ever say 'O failure of time', for I am time (its Creator). It is I who keep turning over its night and its day, and when I will, I shall fold them both up." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), and they did not record it in this way.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the first thing Allah Almighty created was the Pen. He created it from a particular hija' (letters) before the Alif and the Lam, and it took the form of a pen of light. Then it was said to it: Begin (writing) on the Preserved Tablet. It said: O my Lord! What shall I write? He said: Whatever is to happen until the Day of Resurrection. Then, when Allah created the creation, He appointed over them guardian angels who preserve their deeds. Then, when the Resurrection was established and their deeds were presented before them, it was said: "This is Our record which speaks against you with the truth; indeed, We used to have transcribed whatever you used to do." [al-Jathiyah: 29] When the two records (the Preserved Tablet and the records of deeds) were compared, they were exactly the same. Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: Are you not Arabs? Can there be a copy (transcription) without an original book? This hadith is sahih (authentic) in its chain of narration, and 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 the saying of Allah Almighty: "or a trace of knowledge" [Surah al-Ahqaf: 4] , that he said: "What is meant by it is (ancient) writing, or the drawing of lines." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), and they did not record it. However, it has also been narrated from Imam al-Thawri through a chain that is not reliable.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) concerning the saying of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, "Or a trace of knowledge," that he said: "What is meant by it is fine handwriting." This is a strange addition in this hadith.

It is narrated from Sayyidah Umm al-Ala' al-Ansariyyah (may Allah be pleased with her), who had given the pledge of allegiance to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), that she said: When the Ansar drew lots for housing the Muhajirun, the lot of Sayyiduna Uthman bin Maz'un (may Allah be pleased with him) fell to stay with us. Then he fell ill, and we nursed him until he passed away, and we wrapped him in his shroud. She said: Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came in, and I said (addressing the deceased): "O Abu al-Sa'ib, may the mercy of Allah be upon you; my testimony is that Allah has certainly honoured you." On hearing this the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "How do you know that?" I said: "By Allah, O Messenger of Allah, I do not know." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "As for him, certainty (death) has come to him, and I hope for good for him from Allah." Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) recited this verse: "Say: I am not something new among the messengers, and I do not know what will be done with me or with you" [Surah al-Ahqaf: 9] . Umm al-Ala' said: "By Allah, I will never again declare anyone (definitively) pure after him." Umm al-Ala' said: I saw in a dream a flowing spring belonging to Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him), so I came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and mentioned it to him, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "That is his deed, which continues to flow for him." The two Shaykhs differed over recording this hadith: Imam Bukhari narrated it from Abdan in abridged form, while Imam Muslim did not record it.

It is narrated from Safwan bin Abdullah bin Safwan that he said: Sayyiduna Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with him) asked permission to visit Ibn Amir while there were silk cushions beneath him. Ibn Amir gave an order and they were removed. Then Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with him) entered, wearing a cloak of silk and wool. Ibn Amir said to him: "You asked permission to see me while there were silk cushions beneath me, so I ordered them to be removed." Sayyiduna Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with him) said to him: "O Ibn Amir, what an excellent man you are, provided you are not among those about whom Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, said: 'You exhausted your good things in your worldly life' [Surah al-Ahqaf: 20] . By Allah, lying on burning embers is dearer to me than lying on them (the silk cushions)." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it, and it is supported by the hadith of Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) saw a dirham in the hand of Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them both) and asked: "What is this dirham?" He said: "I want to buy a dirham's worth of meat for my family, for they have a great craving for it." At this Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Whenever you crave something, do you buy it? Does none of you want to fold his stomach (go hungry) for the sake of his cousin and his neighbour? Where has this verse gone from you: 'You exhausted your good things in your worldly life and took your enjoyment of them' [Surah al-Ahqaf: 20] ?"

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he said: Allah Almighty sent upon the people of Ad no wind except the size of (the hole of) this ring of mine. This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it, whereas Imam Muslim alone recorded, through the narration of Mas'ud bin Malik by way of Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas, the wording: "I have been helped by the east wind (saba)."

It is narrated from the Mother of the Believers, Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her), that she said: I never saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) laugh so fully that the back of his throat could be seen; he (peace and blessings be upon him) would only smile. She said: When he (peace and blessings be upon him) saw clouds or wind, signs of concern would appear on his (peace and blessings be upon him) blessed face. I said: "O Messenger of Allah, when people see clouds they rejoice, hoping there will be rain in them, but I see that when you see them, signs of dislike appear on your face!" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Aishah, what can make me secure that there is no punishment in it, when a people were punished by wind, and indeed a people saw the punishment coming?" Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) recited this verse: "Then when they saw it as a cloud approaching their valleys, they said: 'This is a cloud bringing us rain'" [Surah al-Ahqaf: 24] . This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it with this wording.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: A group of jinn came down to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) while he (peace and blessings be upon him) was reciting the Qur'an at Batn Nakhlah. When they heard the recitation, they said: "Be silent," and they told one another to keep quiet. They were nine jinn, one of whom was named Zawba'ah. Then Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, revealed this verse: "And (remember) when We directed to you a group of the jinn, listening to the Qur'an; and when they attended it, they said: Be silent" up to "manifest error" [Surah al-Ahqaf: 29 - 32] . This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.