Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) says that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) was the best in character among all people. One day, the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) told me to go for an errand, so I said, "By Allah, I will not go," but in my heart, I intended to go for the task he (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) had ordered. (According to the habit of childhood, I outwardly refused.) Eventually, I went out until I met some boys who were playing in the market (probably I started watching them, and thus got delayed in the task). Suddenly, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) came from behind and held me by the neck. I looked towards him and he (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) was smiling. He (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said, "O Unais!" (This is a diminutive form of Anas, said affectionately by the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), "Did you go where I told you to go?" I said, "Yes, O Messenger of Allah! I am going." Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "By Allah, I served the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) for nine years, and I do not remember that for any task which I did, he (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said, 'Why did you do this?' or for any task which I did not do, he (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said, 'Why did you not do it?'"

‘Sayyiduna Urwah bin Zubair says that’ Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) used to narrate and say,“Listen, O lady of the chamber! Listen, O lady of the chamber!”And Umm al-Mu’minin Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) was performing prayer. When she finished the prayer, she said to Urwah,“Did you hear Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) and how many narrations he related in that time? And the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to speak in such a manner that if someone wanted to count (his words), he could count them (i.e., he spoke slowly and clearly, and this is the proper etiquette. Speaking hastily and rapidly is not the way of wisdom and intelligence).”

Shafiq bin Abu Wa'il says that Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with them) used to give us admonition every Thursday. A person said, "O Abu Abdur Rahman!" (this is the kunyah of Sayyiduna Abdullah, may Allah be pleased with him), "we wish to listen to your talk and we like it. We wish that you narrate hadith to us every day." Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "The reason I do not narrate hadith to you every day is that I dislike putting you into boredom, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to choose a specific day among several days for us, because he disliked causing us distress (i.e., being burdensome)."

‘Abdullah ibn ‘Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) says that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was the most generous of all people in giving wealth, and his generosity was greatest in the month of Ramadan. And Jibril (peace be upon him) used to meet him every year in Ramadan until the end of the month. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would recite the Qur’an to him. When Jibril (peace be upon him) met him, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was more generous in giving wealth than the blowing wind. (It is understood from this that one should be more generous in a blessed month and at a blessed time.)

Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) says that it never happened that anything was asked from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and he said no.

Narrated from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that a man asked the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) for the sheep between the two mountains, so the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) gave them to him. He went back to his people and said, "O people! Accept Islam, for by Allah, Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) gives gifts without any fear of poverty." Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) said that a person would become Muslim only for worldly gain, then he would become such a Muslim that Islam would become dearer to him than the whole world. (At first he became Muslim out of greed, but later he became sincere.)

Narrated from Ibn Shihab, he states that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) fought in the battle of the conquest of Makkah. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) set out with the Muslims and fought in Hunayn, so Allah Almighty granted victory to His religion and to the Muslims. On that day, he (peace and blessings be upon him) gave Safwan bin Umayyah one hundred camels (from the spoils of war). Then he gave him another one hundred camels. Then he gave him another one hundred camels. Ibn Shihab says that Sa'id bin Musayyib narrated to me that Safwan said: By Allah, whatever the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) gave me, he gave me, and (before that) in my eyes he was the most disliked of all people. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) continued to give me until he became the most beloved of all people to me.

Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) says that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: If the wealth of Bahrain comes to us, I will give you this much, this much, and this much, and he indicated with both his hands (i.e., three handfuls). Then, before the wealth of Bahrain arrived, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) passed away. That wealth came to Sayyiduna Abu Bakr Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) after the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). He ordered a caller to announce that whoever the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) had promised something to, or whoever had a debt upon the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), should come. Hearing this, I stood up and said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) had promised me that if the wealth of Bahrain came, he would give me this much, this much, and this much. Hearing this, Sayyiduna Abu Bakr Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) gave me a handful and then said to me, "Count it." I counted it, and it was five hundred. Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "Take double of it as well" (so it became three handfuls).

Narrated from Sayyiduna Jubair bin Mut’im (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: I have several names; I am Muhammad, Ahmad, and Al-Mahi, meaning that through me Allah will erase disbelief. And I am Al-Hashir, people will be gathered to me on the Day of Resurrection for intercession. And I am Al-‘Aqib, meaning there will be no prophet after me. And Allah Almighty has named you (peace and blessings be upon him) Ra’uf and Rahim (very gentle and very merciful) (peace and blessings be upon him).

Abu Musa Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him) says that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) used to mention several names of himself to us, and he (peace be upon him) said: I am Muhammad (peace be upon him), and Ahmad, and Muqaffi (that is, Aqib), and Hashir, and the Prophet of Repentance, and the Prophet of Mercy (because repentance and mercy have been brought by him, peace be upon him).