Sayyiduna Muawiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: I heard the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) say: When Allah intends good for someone, He grants him understanding of the religion. And (the Noble Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said:) I am only a distributor, and it is Allah Who gives. And remember, this Ummah will always remain established on Allah’s command (the religion), so whoever opposes them will not be able to harm them until the Day of Resurrection arrives.

Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that we were with the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) when a date palm stalk was brought to him. The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Among the trees, there is a tree... (and he narrated the entire hadith). (See the Book: The Statement of Knowledge... Chapter: The Imam asking questions to his companions to test their knowledge...) And in this narration (Ibn Umar, may Allah be pleased with them both) added that I was the youngest, so I remained silent.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas’ud (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: Envy (jealousy) is not permissible except in two (types of) people: (1) The person whom Allah has given wealth and granted him the ability and determination to spend it in the (right) way; (2) The person whom Allah has granted knowledge and wisdom, and he judges (and acts) according to it and teaches it to others.

Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them) reports that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) once embraced me to his chest and said: "O Allah! Grant him knowledge of Your Book."

Narrated Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them) said: I once rode a donkey and at that time I was close to puberty, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) was offering prayer at Mina without any wall (sutrah) in front of him. I passed in front of part of the row and let the donkey loose so that it could graze, and I joined the row. No one stopped me from doing this.

Narrated by Sayyiduna Mahmud bin Rabi' (may Allah be pleased with him): I remember a spurt of water from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), which he took from a bucket and threw into my mouth, and I was five years old at that time.

`Sayyiduna Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates from the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) that he (peace be upon him) said: The example of the guidance and knowledge with which Allah has sent me is like that of a heavy rain which falls upon the earth. The land which is clean absorbs the water, then much grass and fodder grows from it. And the land which is hard retains the water. Then Allah benefits people through it; they drink from it, give it to their animals to drink, and irrigate their crops. And some of the rain falls on another part of the land which is a barren plain; it neither retains the water nor grows any vegetation. Thus, this is the example of the person who understands the religion of Allah and benefits from what Allah has sent me with, so he learns it and teaches it. And the example of the person who does not even raise his head towards it and does not accept the guidance with which I have been sent by Allah (is like the barren, waterless land and the plain field).

Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed, (these things) are among the signs of the Hour: knowledge will be taken away, ignorance will remain, wine will be drunk in abundance, and adultery will be committed openly."

Narrated from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: (Today) I will narrate to you a hadith such that after me (perhaps) no one will narrate it to you. I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) say: "Among the signs of the Hour is that knowledge will decrease and ignorance will prevail, and adultery will become widespread, and women will increase in number while men will decrease, to the extent that for fifty women there will be only one man to look after (support) them."

Narrated Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them) that: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) say: "While I was sleeping, (in a dream) a bowl of milk was brought to me, so I drank from it until I began to feel that its nourishment was coming out of my fingernails. Then I gave the remainder to Umar bin Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him)." The Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) asked: O Messenger of Allah! What interpretation did you give to it? He (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) replied: "Knowledge."