Harith bin Laqit (may Allah have mercy on him) says that some of us were such that when his mare gave birth, he would slaughter it and say, "What guarantee is there of my life that I will ride it?" Then a decree from Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) came to us stating, "Preserve the sustenance that Allah gives you, for indeed the Day of Judgment is still far off."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "If the Day of Resurrection is about to be established and one of you has a date-palm sapling in his hand, then if he is able to plant it before the Resurrection is established, he should plant it."

It is narrated from Dawud bin Abi Dawud (may Allah have mercy on him) that Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Salam (may Allah be pleased with him) said to me: If you hear that the Dajjal has appeared and you are planting something in the ground, do not hurry, rather plant it well, because people will continue to live even after that.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "Three supplications are (surely) accepted: the supplication of the oppressed, the supplication of the traveler, and the supplication of the parent against his child."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that he heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) on the pulpit: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) looked towards Yemen and said, "O Allah! Turn their hearts towards us." And he looked towards Iraq and supplicated in the same way, rather, he supplicated in the same way while looking in every direction and said, "O Allah! Grant us sustenance from the produce of the earth and bless us in the measures of mudd and sa’ (units of measurement)."