It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that when the illness of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) became severe, he said: "O Ali! Bring me a piece of paper so that I may write something by which my Ummah will be saved from going astray." Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) says that I feared that before I could bring the paper, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) might pass away, so I said: I will remember it myself. At that time, the Prophet's (peace and blessings be upon him) head was between my arms. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) advised regarding prayer, zakat, and treating slaves well, and while saying this, he passed away. And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) instructed to say «لَا إِلٰهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهُ وَرَسُوْلُهُ» and said: "Whoever bears witness to both of these, the fire of Hell is forbidden for him."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "Accept the invitation of the one who invites you, and do not return a gift, and do not harm the Muslims."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), he said: The last words of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) were: "Be steadfast in prayer, guard the prayer, and fear Allah regarding your slaves."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Darda’ (may Allah be pleased with him) that he used to say to the people:“We know you better than animal healers know animals. We know those among you who are good and those among you who are bad. Your good people are those from whom good is expected and from whose evil people are safe. And the bad ones are those from whom no good is expected and from whose evil there is no safety, and even their freed slave is not truly free.”

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him), he says: The ungrateful one is he who withholds his gifts, camps separately during (a journey), and beats his slave.

It is narrated from Hasan al-Basri (may Allah have mercy on him) that a man ordered his slave to bring water on his camel, but the slave fell asleep (and did not bring the water). So the man brought a flame of fire and put it on the slave’s face. The slave (in panic, ran and) fell into a well. When morning came, he went to Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) (and explained the situation). When Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) saw his face, he set him free.

It is narrated from Sayyida Umrah Ansariyyah (may Allah be pleased with her) that Sayyida Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) set one of her slave girls free as a mudabbirah. Later, Sayyida Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) fell ill, so her nephews consulted a non-Arab physician about her condition. He said, "The woman you are talking about is under a spell; her slave girl has done magic on her." When Sayyida Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) was informed, she asked the slave girl, "Have you done magic on me?" She replied, "Yes!" Sayyida Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) asked, "Why did you do this? Now you will never be freed from slavery." Then she said, "Sell her to that Arab tribe whose treatment of slaves is the worst."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came while he had two slaves with him. From among them, he (peace be upon him) gave one to Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) and advised: "Do not beat him, for I have been forbidden from beating praying (Muslim) slaves, and since he has come to us, I have seen him performing prayer." And one slave was given to Sayyiduna Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him), and he (peace be upon him) thus advised: "Accept my counsel of goodness regarding him." So he freed him. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) inquired: "What did you do with that slave?" He replied: "You commanded me to accept your counsel of good treatment regarding him, so I set him free."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that when the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) arrived in Madinah Tayyibah, he had no servant with him. So Sayyiduna Abu Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him) took my hand and brought me to the service of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and said: O Messenger of Allah! Anas is a very intelligent and clever boy, so let him serve you. Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) says that I served the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) in Madinah from his arrival until his passing, both at home and on journeys. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) never said to me about any (inappropriate) action, "Why did you do this?" nor did he ever say about something I did not do, "Why did you not do this?"

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "When a slave steals, then sell him, even if he is sold for one nash (twenty dirhams)." Imam Bukhari (may Allah have mercy on him) says that a nash is twenty dirhams, a nawāh is five dirhams, and an uqiyyah is forty dirhams.