Narrated by Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id Al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) from the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him): He said, "There was a man among the Children of Israel who had killed ninety-nine (99) people (unjustly). Then (feeling remorseful) he set out to ask about the matter, so he came to a monk (priest) and asked him, 'Can my repentance be accepted?' He replied, 'No.' So the man killed that priest as well. Then he continued to ask about the matter until another man (another priest) told him, 'Go to such-and-such a town.' On the way, death overtook him. (As he was dying,) he turned his chest towards that town. Now the angels of mercy and the angels of punishment began to dispute over him. So Allah Almighty commanded (the town) to which he was going (for repentance) to come closer to him, and commanded the town from which he had left to move farther away from him. Then He said to the angels, 'Measure the distance between the two towns from where he died.' It was found that he was a handspan closer to the town he was heading for repentance, so he was forgiven."

Narrated Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him): The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "A man bought a house from another man. The one who bought it found a pot full of gold in that house. He said to the seller, 'Brother, take your pot, for I bought the house from you, not the gold.' The seller replied, 'I sold you the house and everything in it.' So both of them disputed and went to a third person. He asked, 'Do you have any children?' One said, 'I have a son,' and the other said, 'I have a daughter.' He said, 'Marry the two of them to each other and spend the gold on both of them and also give charity.'"

Narrated from Sayyiduna Usama bin Zaid (may Allah be pleased with him): He was asked, "What have you heard from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) about the plague?" Sayyiduna Usama (may Allah be pleased with him) said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "The plague is a punishment that was sent upon a group from the Children of Israel, or (he said) upon people before you (the narrator is unsure). So when you hear that it has broken out in a land, do not go there, and when it breaks out in the land where you are, do not leave from there with the intention of fleeing."

Umm al-Mu'mineen Aisha Siddiqa (may Allah be pleased with her) says: I asked the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) about the plague, so he (peace be upon him) said: "The plague is a punishment; Allah sends this punishment upon whom He wills, and Allah has made it a mercy for the Muslims. When the plague spreads somewhere and a Muslim remains in his town with patience and seeking reward, and does not flee, believing that only what Allah has decreed for him will befall him, then he will receive the reward of a martyr."

Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with them) says: It is as if I am seeing the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) at this moment, describing the condition of a prophet from among the prophets of Bani Israel: "His people beat him so much that he became covered in blood, and he would wipe the blood from his face and (when he regained consciousness) he would say: O Allah! Forgive my people, for they do not know."

Narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "A man was dragging his lower garment with pride, he was made to sink into the earth, and he will continue to sink and writhe in it until the Day of Resurrection."