And with this chain (it is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah, may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Allah the Exalted said: Whoever does an act in which he associates others with Me, then all of that act is for the one he associated, and I am free from the need of partners from the shirk."

And with this chain (it is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah, may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "The gates of Paradise are opened on Monday and Thursday, then every (Muslim) servant who did not associate anything with Allah is forgiven, except for the man who harbors enmity between himself and his brother. Then it is said: Hold both of them back (grant them respite) until they reconcile."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Zayd bin Khalid al-Juhani (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) led us in the morning prayer at Hudaybiyyah after a night of rain. When he finished the prayer and turned to the people, he said: "Do you know what your Lord has said?" The people replied: "Allah and His Messenger know best." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "(Allah says:) Some of My servants have entered the morning as believers and some as disbelievers. Whoever says that the rain has fallen by the grace and mercy of Allah, then he is a believer in Me and a disbeliever in the stars. And whoever says that the rain has fallen because of such-and-such a star, then he is a disbeliever in Me and a believer in the stars."

And with this chain (it is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah, may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "There was a debate between Sayyiduna Adam, peace be upon him, and Sayyiduna Musa, peace be upon him. Musa, peace be upon him, said to him: Are you the Adam who caused people to be expelled from Paradise and made them slip? So Adam, peace be upon him, replied to him: Are you the Musa whom Allah gave knowledge of everything and chose among the people with His message? He said: Yes. Adam, peace be upon him, said: Do you blame me for something which Allah had written in my destiny before my creation?"

It is narrated from Tawoos (the Tabi'i) that I found a group among the companions of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) saying that everything is by decree (qadar). Tawoos said: I heard Abdullah ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) say that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: "Everything is by decree, even incapacity and intelligence are by decree."

And with the same chain of narration, it is narrated from (Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah, may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "No woman should demand the divorce of her sister so that she may empty her bowl (for herself) and marry; for she will only get what has been decreed for her."

And with this chain (it is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah, may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Allah laughs at two men (in a manner befitting His Majesty), one of whom kills the other, yet both enter Paradise. One of them fights in the way of Allah and is killed, then Allah grants the killer the ability to repent (accept Islam), then he fights and is martyred."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Our Lord, Blessed and Exalted, descends to the lowest heaven every night in the last third of the night and says: Who is there who supplicates to Me so that I may answer his supplication? Who is there who asks of Me so that I may give to him? Who is there who seeks forgiveness from Me so that I may forgive his sins?"

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Hakam (may Allah be pleased with him) that I came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: O Messenger of Allah! I have a slave girl who used to tend my goats. When I came to her, one goat was missing. I asked her about it, and she said: A wolf ate it. I became angry with her, and I am from the children of Adam. So I slapped her on the face. It is obligatory upon me to free a slave; should I free her? Then (when he brought his slave girl), the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) asked the slave girl: "Where is Allah?" She said: "He is in the sky." He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "Who am I?" She said: "You are the Messenger of Allah." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Free her."

And with this chain of narration, it is narrated from Umm al-Mu’minin Sayyida Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that Sayyiduna Harith bin Hisham (may Allah be pleased with him) asked the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him): O Messenger of Allah! How does revelation come to you? The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) replied:“Sometimes it comes like the ringing of a bell, and this is hard upon me. Then when it ends, I remember what was revealed. And sometimes the angel comes to me in the form of a man and speaks to me, and I remember what he says.”Sayyida Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) said: I have seen revelation descending upon you on a very cold day, and when it ended, sweat would be pouring from your forehead.