Qays al-Ghifari narrates from his father (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: We were in the Suffah after Maghrib when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came and said: "O so-and-so, go with so-and-so; and O so-and-so, go with so-and-so," until I remained as the fifth of five (who had not been sent with anyone). Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Come with me." So we went with him (peace and blessings be upon him) and came to Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her); this was before the commands of hijab were revealed. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Aishah, feed us," and she brought jashishah (a dish of coarsely ground grain). Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Aishah, feed us (more)," and she brought hays (a mixture of dates, ghee and dried curd), a small amount about the size of a bird. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Aishah, give us something to drink," and she brought a large bowl ('uss) of milk or drink. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "If you wish, sleep here with us, and if you wish, go back to the mosque and sleep there." The narrator said: We slept in the mosque. In the last part of the night the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came to me and found me sleeping on my stomach; he (peace and blessings be upon him) stirred me with his foot and said: "What kind of sleep is this of yours? This is a posture that Allah dislikes - or he said: that Allah detests." There is disagreement from Yahya bin Abi Kathir in the narration of its chain, and the final conclusion is that the correct name is Qays bin Tikhfah al-Ghifari; and the hadith of Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) is a supporting witness (shahid) for it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) passed by a man who was lying on his stomach. He (peace and blessings be upon him) nudged him with his foot (as a signal) and said: "Indeed, this is a way of lying down that Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, does not love." 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 the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade a man from sitting between the sun and the shade (half in the sun and half in the shade). This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

Sayyiduna Qays bin Abi Hazim narrates from his father (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saw me sitting in the sun and said: "Move into the shade, for it is blessed."

Qays bin Abi Hazim narrates from his father (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saw my father sitting in the sun and said: "Move into the shade, for it is blessed." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, even though Shu'bah narrated it as mursal, for Minjab bin al-Harith and Ali bin Mushir are both trustworthy (thiqah) narrators.

Sa'id bin Abi al-Hasan narrates: We were in a house for (giving) testimony when Sayyiduna Abu Bakrah (may Allah be pleased with him) entered, and a man stood up from his place for him. Abu Bakrah (may Allah be pleased with him) said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "A man should not make another get up from his place and then sit there himself; and do not wipe your hand on the garment of one whom you do not own." The two Shaykhs agreed on the hadith about sitting (after making another rise from his place), but they did not record the hadith about the garment, although it has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Buraydah narrates from his father (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade two ways of sitting and two ways of dressing. As for the two ways of sitting: (one is) sitting between the shade and the sun, and the other is sitting in ihtiba' (drawing the knees up to the stomach and binding them with the hands or a cloth) in such a way that there is a risk of the private parts being exposed. The two ways of dressing are: one, that you pray in a single garment without doing tawashshuh with it (throwing one end over the opposite shoulder), and the other, that you pray in trousers alone with no upper wrap (rida') over you.

Aishah bint Talhah narrates from Sayyidah Aishah, the Mother of the Believers (may Allah be pleased with her), that she said: I have not seen anyone more like the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) in standing and sitting, in habits and manner, in way of life and in conduct, than Fatimah, the daughter of the Messenger of Allah (may Allah be pleased with her). Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: When she came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), he (peace and blessings be upon him) would stand up for her, kiss her and seat her in his place; and when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came to her, she would rise from her place, kiss him (peace and blessings be upon him) and seat him (peace and blessings be upon him) in her place. Then, when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) fell ill, Sayyidah Fatimah (may Allah be pleased with her) came, bent over him (peace and blessings be upon him) and kissed him (peace and blessings be upon him); then she raised her head and began to weep, then she bent over him (peace and blessings be upon him) again and raised her head and began to laugh. (Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said:) I said (to myself): I used to think that she was the most sensible of our women, but she too has turned out to be (as emotional as) other women. When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) passed away, I asked her: I saw that when you bent over the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and raised your head, you wept; then you bent over again and raised your head, and you laughed. What made you do that? She replied: "Then I would have been one who divulges (secrets). (The matter was that) he (peace and blessings be upon him) told me that he would pass away in this very illness, so I wept (on hearing it); then he (peace and blessings be upon him) told me that I would be the first of his family to join him (peace and blessings be upon him), so at that I laughed (with joy)." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it with this wording; they both only agreed on the hadith of al-Sha'bi from Masruq from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that whenever the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) spoke, he would repeat it three times so that it would be (well) understood. This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it (in this book).

Ibn al-Ala' bin al-Hadrami narrates from his father that he wrote a letter to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and (at the beginning of the letter) wrote his own name first. This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it.