It is narrated from Sayyiduna Adi bin Hatim (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: I said: "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), we hunt game and we find no knife except a sharp-edged stone or a split piece of stick." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Make the blood flow (that is, slaughter it) with whatever you wish, and mention the name of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Imam Muslim, and the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it. The Book of Slaughtering (Kitab al-Dhaba'ih) is completed here, and now the Book of Repentance and Turning to Allah (Kitab al-Tawbah wa al-Inabah) begins.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that Quraysh said to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "Pray to your Lord to turn (the mount of) Safa into gold for us, and we will believe in you." He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "Will you do so?" They said: "Yes." So he (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed. Then Jibril (peace be upon him) came to him and said: "Allah Almighty sends you greetings of peace and says: If you wish, Safa will become gold, but whoever disbelieves after that, I will punish him with a punishment with which I have not punished anyone among all the worlds; and if you wish, I will open for them the door of repentance and mercy." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Rather, the door of repentance and mercy." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain, and they (the two Shaykhs) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Part of a person's good fortune is that his life is long and Allah grants him the ability to turn back (in repentance) to Him." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain, and they (the two Shaykhs) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Wathilah bin al-Asqa' (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Allah Almighty said: I am as My servant thinks of Me, so let him think of Me whatever he wishes." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain, and they (the two Shaykhs) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed, thinking well of Allah Almighty is part of the excellent worship of Allah." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Imam Muslim, and the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: The Truthful and the one confirmed as truthful (peace and blessings be upon him) told us, narrating from his Lord, the Mighty and Majestic, that Allah Almighty said: "A good deed is rewarded tenfold, or I will increase it even more; and an evil deed is recompensed with a single sin like it, or I will forgive it. And if you were to meet Me with an earthful of sins, provided that you had not associated anything with Me, I would meet you with forgiveness just as great." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain, but the two Shaykhs did not record it with this wording.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) narrated from Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, that Allah Almighty said: "O My servants, you commit sins by night and by day, and I am the One who forgives all sins and I do not mind, so seek My forgiveness and I will forgive you. O My servants, all of you are hungry except the one whom I feed, so ask Me for food and I will feed you. O My servants, all of you are naked except the one whom I clothe, so ask Me for clothing and I will clothe you. O My servants, if the first of you and the last of you, your humans and your jinn, were (as pious) as the heart of the most God-fearing man among you, that would not add anything to My dominion. O My servants, if the first of you and the last of you, your humans and your jinn, were like the heart of the most wicked man among you, that would not decrease My dominion in the slightest. O My servants, if the first of you and the last of you, your humans and your jinn, gathered on a single plain and asked of Me, and I gave every person what he asked for, that would not decrease the treasures I possess even as much as the water of the sea is decreased when a needle is dipped into it and taken out. O My servants, it is only your deeds that I am preserving for you, so whoever finds good (in recompense), let him praise Allah Almighty, and whoever finds something other than that, let him blame no one but himself." 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 Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that Sayyiduna Abu Dharr al-Ghifari (may Allah be pleased with him) urinated while standing, and some drops of his urine splashed onto his shins and feet. A man said to him: "Drops of your urine have got onto your feet and shins." He gave him no reply until he reached the house of some people and asked them for water for ablution. They brought out water, so he performed ablution and washed his shins and feet. Then he turned to that man and asked: "What did you say?" He said: "Now you have done it (by washing)." Sayyiduna Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "This is the remedy for this (outward impurity), and the remedy for sins is that you seek forgiveness from Allah, the Mighty and Majestic." Although this report is mawquf (a Companion's statement), its chain from Sayyiduna Anas to Sayyiduna Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with them both) is sahih (authentic), and this is its (proper) place.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "A servant committed a sin and said: 'O my Lord, I have committed a sin, so forgive me.' His Lord said: 'My servant knows that he has a Lord who forgives sin and also takes to account for it.' So Allah forgave him. Then he refrained (from sins) for as long as Allah willed, then he committed another sin and said: 'O my Lord, I have committed a sin, so forgive me.' His Lord, the Mighty and Majestic, said: 'My servant knows that he has a Lord who forgives sin and also takes to account for it. I have forgiven My servant, so let him do what he wishes.' Then he sinned a third time and said: 'Lord, forgive me my sin.' Allah, Glorified and Exalted, said: 'My servant committed a sin and he knows that he has a Lord who forgives sin and also takes to account for sin. (O servant,) do what you wish, I have forgiven you.'" This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), and they did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever commits a sin and knows that he has a Lord who, if He wishes, will forgive him and, if He wishes, will punish him, it is a right upon Allah Almighty (out of His generosity) that He forgive him." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain, and they (the two Shaykhs) did not record it.