It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that when it rained from the sky, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) would uncover his back from his garment until the rain touched him (peace and blessings be upon him). He (peace and blessings be upon him) was asked: Why do you do this? He said: "Because it (the rain) has only just come (down) from its Lord, the Mighty and Majestic." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Imam Muslim, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that a windstorm overtook the people on the road to Makkah while Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) was performing Hajj. When the wind grew fierce, Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) asked those around him: What is the wind? No one gave him an answer. Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: When I learned of this, I urged my mount on until I reached him and said: O Commander of the Believers! I have been told that you asked about the wind. I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "The wind is from the mercy (rawh) of Allah Almighty; it sometimes brings mercy and sometimes punishment. So do not revile it; rather, ask Allah for its good and seek refuge with Allah from its evil." 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.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Salamah bin al-Akwa' (may Allah be pleased with him) that when a strong wind blew, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) (the narrator attributing it to him, if Allah wills) would supplicate: 'Allahumma laqhan la 'aqiman' (O Allah, make it beneficial and fertilising, not barren and destructive). This chain of narration is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to mention Sayyidah Khadijah (may Allah be pleased with her) very often. I said (out of jealousy): Allah has given you a replacement for an old woman from among the old women of Quraysh (Hammad sometimes said "akhlafaka" and sometimes "a'qabaka", meaning Allah has given you better in her place), one with red gums (meaning her teeth had fallen out from old age), who passed away long ago. Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: (On hearing this) the colour of his (peace and blessings be upon him) face changed, a change I had only seen at the descent of revelation, or on his seeing clouds with thunder and lightning, until he (peace and blessings be upon him) knew whether these clouds were of mercy or of punishment. This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Imam Muslim, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) heard the rumbling of thunder and the crack of lightning, he would supplicate: 'Allahumma la taqtulna bi-ghadabika, wa la tuhlikna bi-'adhabika, wa 'afina qabla dhalika' (O Allah, do not kill us with Your wrath, do not destroy us with Your punishment, and grant us well-being before that). This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

Ibn Sirin narrates: We had supper with Sayyiduna Abu Qatadah (may Allah be pleased with him) on the roof of our house. Suddenly a star fell (a shooting star), and we began to watch it. He forbade us from that and said: Do not watch a star as it falls, for we used to be forbidden from that. 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 Ubadah bin al-Samit (may Allah be pleased with him) that one day the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came out on his mount, and the Companions were walking ahead of him. Mu'adh bin Jabal (may Allah be pleased with him) said: O Prophet of Allah! Do you permit me to come close to you and go forward, with a glad heart? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Yes." Mu'adh came close, and the two of them went along together. Mu'adh said: May my father be sacrificed for you, O Messenger of Allah! I ask Allah to make our death come before your passing. (Allah forbid) if we have to remain after you, which deeds should we do? He (peace and blessings be upon him) remained silent, then said: "Jihad in the path of Allah." Then he said: "Jihad is an excellent thing, but there is something that gives people even more control than that." Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him) asked: Is it fasting and charity? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Fasting and charity are excellent things." Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him) mentioned every good deed that a person does, and each time he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "There is something better than that for people." Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him) said: May my mother and father be sacrificed for you, what is that thing? He (peace and blessings be upon him) pointed to his mouth and said: "Silence, except from good." Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him) asked: Will we be held to account even for what our tongues speak? He (peace and blessings be upon him) struck the thigh of Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him) and said: "O Mu'adh! May your mother lose you (this is an Arabic idiom). Will people be thrown on their faces into Hell for anything other than the harvest of their tongues (evil speech)?! So whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, let him speak good or keep silent from evil. Speak good and you will gain; keep silent from evil and you will be safe." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it. Imam al-Hakim says that this establishes the permissibility of a student supplicating for his teacher that "I should die before you", for I have already presented before this sahih (authentic) narrations establishing the permissibility of people saying "May Allah make me your ransom" ("Ja'alaniya Allahu fidak").

Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbidding that two men should lie together in a single cloth with their bodies touching (without any barrier), and likewise that two women should lie together in a single cloth with their bodies touching. This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Muslim, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade that a woman should touch the body of another woman (without clothing), or that a man should touch the body of another man. Ibn Abi Layla says: I hold that this act deserves a discretionary punishment (ta'zir). Muhammad bin Abd al-Rahman bin Abi Layla belonged to one of the most eminent households of the Companions from the Ansar and was the mufti of his time in Kufah; since he held that there is ta'zir for it, there is a precedent to follow in it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "No man should touch the body of another man (at the private parts), nor should a woman touch the body of another woman." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Bukhari, and the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) have agreed on the authenticity of this hadith.