It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: There are some signs of hypocrites by which they are recognized: their greeting consists of words of curse, their food is obtained by plundering, their spoils of war are acquired through dishonesty, they remain near the mosques yet are far (from them), even when coming for prayer they turn their backs to it, they are arrogant, they do not befriend anyone nor does anyone befriend them, at night there is the sound of bamboo and during the day there is noise and commotion.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) that once some people asked the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), will we see our Lord on the Day of Resurrection?" The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) replied, "Is there any difficulty in seeing the sun when there are no clouds in between?" The people said, "No, O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Then you will see your Lord in the same way. Allah will gather the people on the Day of Resurrection and will say: 'Whoever used to worship something, let him follow it.' So whoever used to worship the sun will follow it, and whoever used to worship the moon will follow it, and whoever used to worship idols and devils will follow them. Only the hypocrites of this Ummah will remain. Allah will come to them in a form which they do not recognize and will say, 'I am your Lord.' They will say, 'We seek refuge in Allah from you. We will stay here until our Lord comes. When our Lord comes, we will recognize Him.' Then Allah will come to them in a form which they recognize and will say, 'I am your Lord.' They will reply, 'Indeed, You are our Lord.' Then all will follow Him, and a bridge (Sirat) will be set up over the back of Hell. The first to cross it will be the Messengers. On that day, no one will be allowed to speak except the Messengers, and the words of the Messengers on that day will be, 'O Allah, grant safety, grant safety.' In Hell, there will be thorns like the thorny bush called Sa'dan. Have you seen the thorns of Sa'dan?" The Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) said, "Yes, O Messenger of Allah!" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "They will be like the thorns of Sa'dan. No one knows their size except Allah. People will be caught according to their deeds. Some believers will be saved because of their (good) deeds, and some will be recompensed for their deeds, and some will cross the bridge and be saved. Until, when Allah has finished judging between His servants and, by His mercy, wills to take out from Hell whomever He wishes among those who did not associate anything with Allah, and upon whom Allah has mercy, and who used to say 'La ilaha illallah,' the angels will recognize such people by the mark of prostration on their faces. Allah has forbidden the Fire to consume the mark of prostration on a human being. Then those people will be brought out with burnt bodies, and then the water of life will be poured over them, so they will grow fresh as a seed grows out of the mud. Then one man will remain whose face will be towards Hell, and he will say, 'O my Lord, turn my face away from Hell, for its stench has harmed me and its heat has burnt me.' He will keep supplicating, then Allah will turn to him and say, 'If I grant you this, will you ask for anything else?' He will say, 'By Your honor, I will not ask for anything else.' So Allah will turn his face away from Hell (and towards Paradise). Then he will say, 'O my Lord, bring me to the gate of Paradise.' Allah will say, 'Did you not promise Me that you would not ask for anything else?' Alas, son of Adam, you are very treacherous in promises. He will keep asking Allah until the Lord will say, 'If I grant you this, will you ask for anything else?' He will say, 'No, by Your honor, I will not ask for anything else.' Allah will take from him whatever promises He wills, according to the firmness of the new promise, and will place him at the gate of Paradise. When he stands there, all of Paradise will be visible to him, with all its comforts and joys. He will remain silent as long as Allah wills, then he will say, 'O my Lord, admit me into Paradise.' Allah will say, 'Did you not promise Me that you would not ask for anything else after this?' He will say, 'O my Lord, do not make me the most wretched of Your creation.' He will keep asking Allah in this way until Allah will smile. When Allah will smile, He will say, 'Enter Paradise.'"

Hazrat Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sent ten men as a reconnaissance party and appointed Asim bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him) as their leader. Thus, they set out as scouts. When they reached the place of Hadda, which is between Asfan and Makkah, the tribe of Hudhail, i.e., Banu Lihyan, became aware of them, and a hundred archers set out after them. When they reached the place where the scouts had sat and eaten dates—which they had brought from Madinah as provisions—they said, "These are dates from Madinah." Then, because of the traces of the dates, they followed them. When Hazrat Asim and his companions saw the disbelievers, they took refuge on a high place. The disbelievers surrounded them from all sides and said, "Come down and surrender yourselves to us. We promise that we will not kill anyone." The leader of the group, Hazrat Asim (may Allah be pleased with him), replied, "By Allah, today I will not come down into the protection of a disbeliever. O Allah, inform our Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) of our situation." When the disbelievers heard this, they shot arrows at them and martyred seven men, including Asim. The remaining three men—Khubaib Ansari, Zaid bin Dathina, and another person—accepted the promise and came under the protection of the disbelievers. When the disbelievers gained control over them, they removed the strings from their bows and tied them up tightly. The third man among them said, "This is the first breach of promise. By Allah, I will not go with you. I must follow the path of these martyrs." The disbelievers tried to drag him along and made every effort to take him, but he did not go. In the end, they killed him. Khubaib and Ibn Dathina were taken away, and after the incident of Badr, both were sold. Khubaib was bought by the descendants of Harith bin Amir. On the day of the Battle of Badr, Khubaib had killed Harith bin Amir. In any case, Khubaib remained imprisoned with them. The daughter of Harith narrates that when all the disbelievers gathered to kill Khubaib, he asked me for a razor to groom himself, and I gave it to him. Khubaib seated one of my sons on his thigh. I was not aware of this until I came to him and saw that my son was sitting on his thigh and the razor was in his hand, so I became anxious. Khubaib noticed the fear on my face and said, "Do you fear that I will kill him? By Allah, I will not do so." The daughter of Harith says, "By Allah, I have never seen a better captive than Khubaib. By Allah, one day I saw him, though he was bound in chains, holding a bunch of grapes in his hand and eating from it, even though there was no fruit in Makkah at that time. In reality, it was a provision granted by Allah to Khubaib." When the disbelievers took Khubaib out of the Haram to the area of Hill to kill him, before being killed, Khubaib said, "Let me go so that I may perform two rak'ahs of prayer." The disbelievers let him go. Khubaib performed two rak'ahs and then said, "If I did not think that you would assume I was afraid of death, I would have prolonged the prayer." Then he said, "O Allah, destroy them all, do not leave a single one of them." After this, he recited these verses: "If I am killed in the state of Islam, then I do not care on which side I fall in Allah's path. My being killed is for Allah's cause, and if Allah wills, He will bless the severed limbs." After this, the son of Harith killed Khubaib. Hazrat Khubaib was the first Muslim who established the practice of performing two rak'ahs of prayer for every Muslim who is captured and killed in the path of Allah. The supplication that Hazrat Asim (may Allah be pleased with him) made at the time of his martyrdom was accepted by Allah, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was informed of their martyrdom, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) described the hardships of Asim and others to the companions (may Allah be pleased with them). Since Hazrat Asim (may Allah be pleased with him) had killed a great leader of the Quraysh disbelievers on the day of Badr, the disbelievers sent some people to bring back some sign of Asim so that he could be identified by it. But some bees (wasps) protected the body of Hazrat Asim (may Allah be pleased with him), and the disbelievers could not cut any flesh from his body.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) that once I went with the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) to a funeral. When I was walking at my own pace, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would go ahead of me. Then when I started running, I would get ahead. Suddenly, my eyes fell on a man at my side, so I thought in my heart, "By the friend Abraham! The earth is folded up for the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)."

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade placing hands on the waist during prayer.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Mercy is a part of the Most Merciful, which will come on the Day of Resurrection and will say: 'O Lord, I was broken, I was wronged, O Lord, I was treated badly.'"

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) that once I submitted in the presence of the Messenger of Allah, "O Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him), when I see you, my heart becomes cool and my eyes find peace. Please tell me the origin of everything?" The Noble Prophet (peace be upon him) said, "Everything has been created from water." I submitted, "Tell me something that if I hold on to it, I will enter Paradise?" The Noble Prophet (peace be upon him) said, "Spread peace, feed food, maintain ties of kinship, and stand in prayer at night when people are sleeping, and you will enter Paradise in peace."

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The people of Paradise will enter Paradise in such a way that their bodies will be free of hair, they will be young, fair-complexioned, with curly hair and eyes with kohl, their age will be thirty-three years, and they will be in the form and appearance of Hazrat Adam (peace be upon him), sixty cubits tall and seven cubits wide.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade letting the garment hang in prayer in such a way that it is not on the form of the body and there is nothing to prevent it.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The souls of humans are like assembled troops; so those souls which become acquainted with one another develop affection among themselves, and those which do not become acquainted develop differences among themselves.