And with the same chain of narration (it is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas, may Allah be pleased with them both) that Sayyiduna Sa'd bin Ubadah, may Allah be pleased with him, asked the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, about an issue: My mother has passed away and she had a vow (which was obligatory) that she did not fulfill? So the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Fulfill (the vow) on her behalf."

It is narrated from the wife of the Prophet, Sayyida Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever makes a vow to obey Allah, let him obey Allah; and whoever makes a vow to disobey Allah, let him not disobey Allah."

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: "None of you should say, 'Woe to the disgrace of time!' for Allah alone is the changer of time."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) that (once) the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) went towards the graveyard and said: "Peace be upon you, O abode of the believers! And, God willing, we will join you. I wished that I could see my brothers!" The Companions said: O Messenger of Allah! Are we not your brothers? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Rather, you are my Companions, and my brothers are those who have not yet come (into the world), and I will be present at the (Kawthar) pond before them." The Companions asked: O Messenger of Allah! How will you recognize those members of your Ummah who will come after you (in the world)? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "What do you think, if a man has horses among which some have white faces and white feet, and they are among black horses, will he not recognize his own horses?" The people replied: Surely, he will recognize them. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "These people (my Ummah) will come on the Day of Resurrection in such a state that their faces and hands and feet will be shining white, and I will be present at the pond before them. Then some people will be driven away from my pond just as a lost camel is driven away. Then I will call out to them (three times): Come here, come here, come here! Then it will be said (to me): They changed (your Sunnah and the religion of Islam) after you. So I will say: Be gone, be gone, be gone."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna ‘Ubādah bin Sāmit (may Allah be pleased with him) that we pledged allegiance to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) that we would listen and obey whether in ease or in hardship, whether we are pleased or displeased, and that we would not fight against the rulers. Wherever we may be, we will speak the truth and remain steadfast upon it. We will not fear the blame of any blamer regarding Allah.

And with the same chain of narration (it is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar, may Allah be pleased with them both) that when we would pledge allegiance to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, to listen and obey, the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, would say to us: "As much as you are able."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) that I went towards (Mount) Tur, and (on my return) I met Ka‘b al-Ahbar, so I sat with him. He told me things from the Torah, and I narrated to him the hadiths of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). I also told him that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:“The best day on which the sun rises is Friday. On this day Adam (peace be upon him) was created, and on this day he was sent down (from Paradise), and on this day his repentance was accepted, and on this day he died, and on this day the Hour will be established. Every animal listens attentively, fearing the Hour, from the morning of Friday until the sun rises, except for jinn and humans. And in this day there is a moment in which, if a Muslim servant is praying and asks Allah for something, He grants it to him.”Ka‘b said: This occurs once a year. I said: (No), rather it happens every Friday. Then Ka‘b read the Torah and said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) has spoken the truth.

Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Then I met Sayyiduna Busrah ibn Abi Busrah al-Ghifari (may Allah be pleased with him), and he said: Where have you come from? I said: From Tur. He said: If I had met you before you went, you would not have gone there. I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: No journey should be undertaken (for prayer or reward) except to three mosques: al-Masjid al-Haram, this mosque of mine (the Prophet’s Mosque), and the mosque of Ilya or Bayt al-Maqdis. The narrator is uncertain about the words“mosque of Ilya or Bayt al-Maqdis”(and both refer to the same mosque, i.e., al-Masjid al-Aqsa).

Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Then I met Sayyiduna ‘Abdullah ibn Salam (may Allah be pleased with him), so I told him about my sitting with Ka‘b and the hadith I narrated about Friday, and I said that Ka‘b said: This moment occurs once a year. He said: Ka‘b was mistaken. I said: Then Ka‘b read the Torah and said: Rather, it happens every Friday. So ‘Abdullah (ibn Salam, may Allah be pleased with him) said: Ka‘b has spoken the truth.

Then Sayyiduna ‘Abdullah ibn Salam (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Do you know at what time this hour occurs? I said: Please tell me and do not withhold it from me. So Sayyiduna ‘Abdullah ibn Salam (may Allah be pleased with him) said: It is at the last moment of Friday. Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: How can it be the last moment, when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:“When a Muslim servant is praying,”and at that time prayer is not performed? So Sayyiduna ‘Abdullah ibn Salam (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Did the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) not say that whoever sits waiting for the prayer is considered to be in prayer until he prays? (Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah, may Allah be pleased with him, said:) I said: Yes, he did say that. So he said: That is what is meant.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "A people will emerge among you such that you will consider your prayers insignificant compared to their prayers, your fasts compared to their fasts, and your deeds compared to their deeds. They will recite the Qur'an but it will not go beyond their throats. They will go out of the religion just as an arrow passes through its prey. If you look at the arrowhead, you will find nothing (of blood, etc.) on it; if you look at the shaft, you will find nothing on it; if you look at its feathers, you will find no trace on them; and you will doubt about the arrow's nock (the place where the bowstring rests) whether there is any effect on it or not."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) went towards (the battle of) Khandaq, and he saw a young Ansari man who had recently gotten married. He said, "O Messenger of Allah! Allow me to go home once more." So the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) gave him permission. When the young man reached near his house, he saw that his wife was standing between the two doors. He took a spear and advanced to strike his wife, but she said, "Do not be hasty, go inside and see what is there." Then he entered the house and saw that a snake, coiled up, was present on his bed. When he saw the snake, he pierced it with the spear and lifted it up. Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The snake writhed and died on the spear, and the young man also fell down (and passed away). When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was informed of this, he said: "There are such jinn in Madinah who have become Muslims. If you see any of them, warn them for three days (to leave our house), then if they appear after that, kill them, for it is a devil (a disbelieving jinn)." Imam Malik (may Allah have mercy on him) said: He should come before it and say three times: I adjure you by Allah and by the Day of Judgment: leave, do not appear before us, and do not come here again.

And with this chain of narration, it is reported from ‘Ubaydullah bin ‘Abdullah bin ‘Utbah bin Mas‘ud (may Allah have mercy on him), that he was informed by Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) and Sayyiduna Zayd bin Khalid al-Juhani (may Allah be pleased with him) that two men presented their dispute in the gathering of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). One of them said:“O Messenger of Allah! Decide between us according to the Book of Allah.”The other, who was more intelligent of the two, said:“Yes, O Messenger of Allah! Decide between us according to the Book of Allah, and allow me to speak.”The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said:“Speak.”So he said:“My son was a «عسيف» laborer for this man, and he committed adultery with this man’s wife. Then it was reported that my son would be stoned. So I gave one hundred sheep and a slave-girl as ransom. Then afterwards, I asked the people of knowledge, and they informed me that my son should be given one hundred lashes and exiled for one year, and stoning is only for his wife.”The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said:“By Him in Whose hand is my soul, I will judge between you both according to the Book of Allah. Your sheep and your slave-girl will be returned to you.”The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) ordered that his son be given one hundred lashes and exiled for one year, and he ordered Sayyiduna Anas al-Aslami (may Allah be pleased with him) to go to the wife of the other man, and if she confessed to adultery, then she should be stoned. The woman confessed, so she was stoned. Imam Malik said: «عسيف» refers to a laborer.