It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jubayr bin Mut'im (may Allah be pleased with him) that people say (about me) that there is arrogance in me, yet I have ridden a donkey, I have held a sheep (or milked it), and I have worn a coarse wrap. And the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever does these things (that is, adopts such simplicity), there is no share of arrogance left in him." This hadith is sahih al-isnad (its chain is authentic), but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Abu Sallam al-Aswad that it reached Umar bin Abd al-Aziz (may Allah have mercy on him) that he narrated the hadith about the Pond (al-Kawthar) via Sayyiduna Thawban (may Allah be pleased with him). So he sent for him, and he was brought on the post horses (al-barid). When he arrived and entered, he greeted with salam and said: "O Commander of the Believers, riding the post mount has been very hard on my legs." Umar bin Abd al-Aziz said with sympathy: "O Abu Sallam, we did not intend to cause you hardship, but a hadith reached me which you narrate via Sayyiduna Thawban (may Allah be pleased with him) from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) about the Pond (al-Kawthar), and I wanted to hear it from your own lips, face to face." Abu Sallam said: I heard Sayyiduna Thawban (may Allah be pleased with him) say that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "My Pond is as wide as (the distance) from Aden to Amman al-Balqa'. Its water is whiter than milk and sweeter than honey, and its cups are as numerous as the stars. Whoever drinks a single draught from it will never feel thirst afterward. The first to arrive at it will be the poor among the Muhajirun, with dishevelled hair and soiled clothes, those who cannot marry women of comfort and luxury, and for whom (the great people's) doors are not opened." (On hearing this,) Umar bin Abd al-Aziz said: "But I have married a woman of comfort and luxury, Fatimah bint Abd al-Malik, and doors are opened for me. Now I will not wash my head until it becomes dishevelled, nor (will I wash) the garment that touches my body until it becomes dirty." This hadith is sahih al-isnad (its chain is authentic), but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Samurah bin Jundub (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Hold fast to these white garments. Let your living wear them, and shroud your dead in them, for they are among the best of your garments." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it, because Sufyan bin Uyaynah and Isma'il Ibn Ulayyah narrated it from Ayyub in mursal form.

In the narration of Sufyan bin Uyaynah from Sayyiduna Samurah bin Jundub (may Allah be pleased with him), it is mentioned that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Hold fast to these white garments. Let your living wear them, and shroud your dead in them."

The wording of the narration of Isma'il Ibn Ulayyah from Sayyiduna Samurah bin Jundub (may Allah be pleased with him) is that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Hold fast to these white garments. Let your living wear them, and shroud your dead in them, for they are the best of your clothing."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The best of your garments are the white ones, so clothe your living in them and shroud your dead in them. And among the best of your kohl is ithmid, for it sharpens the eyesight and makes the eyelashes grow." This hadith is sahih al-isnad (its chain is authentic), but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it. As for the hadith of Samurah bin Jundub, I have already set out the disagreement over it in the hadith of Abu Qilabah, and it has a chain that is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim):

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Samurah bin Jundub (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Wear white clothing, for it is purer and finer, and shroud your dead in it." 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 Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them both); he said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came to us and saw a man whose hair was dishevelled, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Could this man not find something with which to tidy his hair?!" And he (peace and blessings be upon him) saw another man whose clothes were dirty and said: "Could this man not find something with which to clean his clothes?" 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 Umm al-Husayn al-Ahmasiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her); she said: I saw the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) wearing a cloak which he (peace and blessings be upon him) had wrapped under his armpit; it is as if I can see the muscle of his upper arm quivering. Then I heard him (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: "O people, fear Allah, and even if an Abyssinian slave is appointed as your leader, listen to him and obey him as long as he establishes the Book of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, among you." This hadith is sahih al-isnad (its chain is authentic), but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Sulaym al-Hujaymi (may Allah be pleased with him); he said: I met the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) on one of the roads of Madinah. He (peace and blessings be upon him) was wearing a cotton waist-wrapper with spread-out fringes. I said: 'Alayka al-salam' (Upon you be peace), O Muhammad! or, O Messenger of Allah! He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "'Alayka al-salam' is the greeting of the dead, 'Alayka al-salam' is the greeting of the dead, 'Alayka al-salam' is the greeting of the dead. (Rather,) say 'Salamun alaykum, salamun alaykum, salamun alaykum' (Peace be upon you); that is, say it like this." The narrator said: Then I asked him (peace and blessings be upon him) about the waist-wrapper. He (peace and blessings be upon him) bent his back and took hold of the middle part of his shin, and said: "Up to here; and if you refuse, then here, above the ankles; and if you refuse (even that), then Allah Almighty does not love anyone who is arrogant and boastful." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.