Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:“Narrate (their traditions) from the Children of Israel, there is no harm in it, for among them are astonishing events.”Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) narrated this incident:“Some people from the Children of Israel set out and reached a cemetery. There they said, ‘If we pray two rak‘ahs and supplicate to Allah Almighty to bring out a dead person (from the grave) for us, so that we may ask him about death.’ So they did so. While they were in this state, a man raised his head out of a grave in that cemetery. He was wheat-colored and there was a mark of prostration on his forehead. He said, ‘O people! What do you want from me? A hundred years have passed since my death, but the heat (effects) of death have not yet ended. So you should supplicate to Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, to return me to the state in which I was.’”

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Snakes are deformed forms of the jinn, just as monkeys and pigs are (some of) the deformed forms of the Children of Israel."

Imam Nafi narrates from Saibah, the slave woman of Fakih bin Mughira, that she went to Sayyidah Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) and, seeing a spear in her house, asked: "O Mother of the Believers! What do you do with this spear?" She replied: "We kill lizards with it, because the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'When Ibrahim (peace be upon him) was thrown into the fire, every animal tried to extinguish the fire (made an effort), except the lizard, which blew on it (to ignite the fire).' The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered it to be killed."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The snake is a wicked (i.e., mischievous) animal, the scorpion is a wicked animal, the mouse is a wicked animal, and the crow is a wicked animal."

Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) took hold of my hand and said: "Allah Almighty created soil on Saturday, mountains on Sunday, trees on Monday, disliked things on Tuesday, light on Wednesday, animals on Thursday, and Adam (peace be upon him), who was the last of creation, was created on Friday after the time of Asr, in the last hour of Friday. This hour is between Asr and the night (sunset)."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The angels were created from light, Iblis was created from blazing fire, and Adam (peace be upon him) was created from that which has already been described."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them) narrates that when an Abyssinian was buried in (the graveyard of) Madinah, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "He has been buried in the very earth from which he was created."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "On the night I was taken on the Night Journey, I saw some people whose lips were being cut with scissors of fire. I said: O Jibreel! Who are these people? He said: These are the preachers of your ummah who command the people to do good, but forget their own selves, even though they recite the Book. Do they not have sense?"

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: "Sihān, Jihān, Euphrates, and Nile are all among the rivers of Paradise."

Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "These four rivers spring from Paradise: the Euphrates, the Nile, the Sayhan, and the Jayhan."