It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that once the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me: Why did you not marry a virgin, so that you could play with her and she could play with you?

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that when the news of Najashi's death reached, he said: "Today, a righteous man of Abyssinia (the king of Abyssinia, Najashi) has passed away. Come, form rows." So we formed rows, and along with the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), we offered his funeral prayer. Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) says: "I was in the second or third row, and his name was Ashamah."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that a child was born to an Ansari, and he wanted to name him Muhammad. So we came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and asked. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Name yourselves after me, but do not take my kunyah (patronymic), because I have been sent among you as a distributor."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that a child was born to an Ansari. He wanted to name him Muhammad. We said to him, "We will not allow you to do this until we ask the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)." So he placed his son on his shoulder and came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and inquired. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "You may name him with my name, but do not use my kunyah for your kunyah."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: "Woe to the heels from the fire of Hell."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was delivering a sermon when a man came and sat down. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked him: "Have you prayed?" He replied, "No." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered him to pray two rak'ahs.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever has a piece of land, he should cultivate it himself. If he cannot do so or is unable to, then he should give it to his brother as a gift, but not on rent.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade making nabidh by mixing unripe and ripe dates, or by mixing raisins and dates.

Muhammad bin Amr says that once pilgrims came to Madinah Munawwarah. We asked Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) about the timings of the prayers: he informed us that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to perform the Zuhr prayer at midday, the Asr prayer when the sun was still shining, the Maghrib prayer when the sun had set, and the Isha prayer sometimes early and sometimes late. When he saw that the people had gathered, he would perform it early, and when he saw that the people had not yet arrived, he would delay it. And he used to perform the Fajr prayer when it was still dark.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that in the blessed era of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), an Ansari man whose name is mentioned freed his slave, whose name was Yaqub, saying, "After my death, you are free," and he had no other wealth besides him. When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) learned of his destitute condition, he said, "Who will buy this slave from me?" Na'eem bin Abdullah bought him for eight hundred dirhams. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) gave him that money and said, "When any of you is in difficulty, he should begin charity with himself; if anything remains, then on his children, then on his close relatives, and then spend on those to his right and left."