Narrating this story Anas reported the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم as saying: it is Allah’s right that nothing should become exalted in the world but he lowers it.

Hammam said: A man came and praised Uthman in his face, Al-Miqdad bin Al-Aswad took dust and threw it on his face, saying: the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said: when you see those who are given to praising people, throw dust in their faces.

Abu Bakrah said that when a man praised another man in his face in the presence of the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said: You have beheaded your friend (saying it three times). He then said: One who cannot help expressing praise of his compnion, should say: I consider him such and such (as he intends to say), but I do not declare him pure with Allah.

Narrated Abdullah ibn ash-Shikhkhir: I went with a deputation of Banu Amir to the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم , and we said: You are our lord (sayyid). To this he replied: The lord is Allah, the Blessed and Exalted. Then we said: And the one of us most endowed with excellence and superiority. To this he replied: Say what you have to say, or part of what you have to say, and do not let the devil make you his agents.

Abdullah bin Mughaffal reported the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم as saying: Allah is gentle, likes gentleness, and gives for gentleness what he does not give for harshness.

Narrated Aishah, Ummul Muminin: Al-Miqdam ibn Shurayh, quoting his father, said: I asked Aishah about living in the desert. She said: The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم used to go to the desert to these rivulets. Once he intended to go to the desert and he sent to me a she-camel from the camel of sadaqah which had not been used for riding so far. He said to me: Aishah! show gentleness, for if gentleness is found in anything, it beautifies it and when it is taken out from anything it damages it. Ibn al-Sabbah said in his version: Muharramah means a mount which has not been used for riding.

Narrated Jarir: The Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said: He who is deprived of gentleness is deprived of good.

Narrated Saad: The Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said: There is hesitation in everything except in the actions of the next world.

Narrated Abu Hurairah: The Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said: He who does not thank Allah does not thank people.

Narrated Anas ibn Malik: The Immigrants (Muhajirun) said: Messenger of Allah! the Helpers (Ansar) got the entire reward. He said: no, so long as you pray to Allah for them and praise them.