Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that a man passed by the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) while a group of people were sitting with him. One of the men sitting with the Prophet said about the man who passed by: "I love him for the sake of Allah." The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) asked: "Have you informed him?" He replied: "No." The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "Go and inform him." So he went to him and informed him. The man replied: "May the One for whose sake you love me, love you in return." Then that man came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and told him what he had said. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "You will be with the one whom you love, and you will receive the reward you hope for."

Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that a man passed by the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) while a few people were sitting with him. One of the men sitting with the Prophet said about the man who passed by: "I love him for the sake of Allah." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "Have you informed him?" He replied: "No." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Go and inform him." So he went to him and informed him. The man replied: "May the One for whose sake you love me, love you in return." Then that man came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and told him what he had said. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "You will be with the one whom you love, and you will receive the reward you hope for."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Darda (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "When two people love each other for the sake of Allah, then among them, the one who loves his brother more than the other is more beloved to Allah."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When a person comes to his brother and meets him for the sake of Allah Almighty, a caller from the heavens calls out: 'Be happy, and Paradise becomes pure for you.' Otherwise, Allah Almighty says in His sovereignty over the Throne: 'My servant has met (his brother) for My sake; hosting him is incumbent upon Me, and I do not like to host him with anything less than Paradise.'"

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When Allah Almighty intends good and prosperity for a household, He grants them gentleness."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Show gentleness so that gentleness will be shown to you."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "Shall I not inform you about a person upon whom the Fire is forbidden, or the Fire which is forbidden upon him? He is the one who is close to people, gentle, and easy-going."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to her: "Whoever is granted gentleness, has been given a share of goodness and well-being in this world and the Hereafter. And maintaining ties of kinship, good character, and treating neighbors well (such acts of goodness) populate homes (and tribes) and increase lifespans."

Sayyiduna Miqdam bin Shurayh (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates from his father, he says: I asked Sayyidah Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) about desert life. She said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) used to go to these sand dunes. Once, when he intended to live in the desert, he sent to me a she-camel from the camels of charity, upon which no one had yet ridden, and said: "Aisha! Be gentle, for whenever gentleness is found in something, it adorns it, and whenever gentleness is taken away from something, it makes it defective."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ubaydullah bin Ma'mar (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "Any household that is granted gentleness, it will benefit them, and any that is not granted (gentleness), then (harshness) will harm them."