Sayyiduna Sa’d (may Allah be pleased with him) says: On the day of the conquest of Makkah, ‘Abdullah bin Sa’d bin Abi Sarh hid with Sayyiduna ‘Uthman bin ‘Affan (may Allah be pleased with them). He brought him and made him stand before the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and said: O Messenger of Allah! Accept allegiance from ‘Abdullah. The Prophet raised his head and looked towards him three times, and each time he refused. After doing this three times, he accepted his allegiance. Then he turned to his companions and said:“Was there not among you any intelligent man who, when he saw me withholding my hand from accepting his allegiance, would stand up and kill him?”The companions said: O Messenger of Allah! We do not know what is in your heart. Why did you not signal to us with your eyes? The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said:“It is not befitting for a Prophet to be deceitful with his eyes.”

Sayyiduna Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) says: My beloved friend (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) commanded me with seven things: (1) He commanded me to love the poor and to keep close to them; (2) He commanded me to look at those who are below me and not to pay attention to those who are above me; (3) He commanded me to maintain ties of kinship even if they turn away from me; (4) He commanded me not to ask anything from anyone; (5) He commanded me to speak the truth even if it is bitter; (6) He commanded me not to fear the blame of any blamer in the matter of Allah; and (7) He commanded me to recite «لاحول ولا قوة الا بالله» abundantly, for these words are among the treasures beneath the Throne. And in another narration: "These words are a treasure from among the treasures of Paradise."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna ‘Abdah bin Hazn (may Allah be pleased with him) that the owners of camels and the owners of goats began to boast to one another. The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:“Musa (peace be upon him) was sent, and he was a shepherd of goats. Dawud (peace be upon him) was sent, and he too was a shepherd of goats. And when I was granted prophethood, I too was a shepherd of goats at the place of Ajyad.”

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to sit on the ground, eat while sitting on the ground, milk the goat, and accept the invitation of a slave who invited him to eat barley bread.

Sayyiduna Abu Ayyub (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) used to ride a donkey, mend his own shoes, and patch his own shirt, and he used to say: "Whoever turns away from my Sunnah is not from me."

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: "Whoever humbles himself for the sake of Allah, Allah will raise him in status."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Iyad bin Himar (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) delivered a sermon to the people and said in it: "Indeed, Allah Almighty has revealed to me that you should adopt humility, and none of you should boast over another or oppress another."

Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "That person is not arrogant who eats with his servant, rides a donkey in the markets, and ties the legs of a goat and milks it."

The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed, Allah has forgiven your lie because of your affirmation of «لا اله الا الله» ." This hadith has been narrated mursal from Sayyiduna Anas, Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar, Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas, and Hasan al-Basri (may Allah be pleased with them), and these are the words from the hadith of Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him). And it is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to a man: "O so-and-so! Did you do such and such?" He replied: "No! By the One besides whom there is no deity." But the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) knew that this person had done that deed. Then he (the Prophet) said this statement to him.

Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Just as Allah Almighty has distributed your sustenance among you, likewise He has distributed your character among you. And indeed, Allah gives the world to the one He loves and to the one He does not love, but He grants faith only to the one He loves. So whoever is miserly in spending wealth, fears fighting the enemy, and is distressed by hardship and toil at night, then he should frequently recite these words: «سبحان الله والحمدلله ولا اله الا الله، و الله اكبر» ."