It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Saeed Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: A man will enter Paradise who never performed any good deed. He is the one who, during his terminal illness, instructed his family that when I die, burn me in fire, crush my ashes, and scatter half of them in the sea and half on land. Allah commanded the land and the sea, and they gathered all his particles together. Allah asked him: Why did you do this? He replied: Out of fear of You. Because of this, Allah forgave him.

Hazrat Abu Saeed Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Hearts are of four types: the Ajrad heart, meaning an empty heart in which a lamp can be lit; the Aghlaf heart, meaning a heart covered with veils; the Mankus heart, meaning an inverted heart; and the Musfah heart, meaning a barren plain. The Ajrad heart is the heart of a Muslim, whose lamp is its light. The Aghlaf heart is the heart of a disbeliever. The Mankus heart is the heart of a hypocrite, who, after recognizing the truth, denies it. The Musfah heart is the heart in which there is both faith and hypocrisy. The example of faith in it is like greenery that grows with good and pure water, and the example of hypocrisy is like a wound in which pus and blood increase. Now, whichever of the two becomes dominant, its effect prevails over it.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Saeed Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The Day of Judgment will not be established until a man from my Ahl al-Bayt, with a broad forehead and a prominent nose, becomes the caliph. He will fill the earth with justice and fairness just as it was previously filled with oppression and injustice, and he will remain for seven years.

Hazrat Abu Saeed Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Soon my call will come and I will answer it. I am leaving among you two important things, one of which is greater than the other: one is the Book of Allah, which is a rope hanging from the sky to the earth, and the other is my Ahl al-Bayt. These two things will not separate from each other until they come to me at the Pond of Kawthar. Now see how you act regarding my succession in these two matters?

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Saeed Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that once the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) planted a stick in front of him, a second one near it, and a third one farther away. Then he asked the companions (may Allah be pleased with them), "Do you know what this is?" They said, "Allah and His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) know best!" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "This is man, and this is his death, and this is his hopes, which keep going beyond him to reach farther."

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Saeed Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: If any Muslim makes a supplication in which there is no aspect of sin or severing of family ties, Allah surely grants him one of three things: either his supplication is accepted immediately, or it is stored for him for the Hereafter, or a calamity similar to it is averted from him. The companions (may Allah be pleased with them) said: In that case, we will supplicate abundantly. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Allah is even more abundant.

Hazrat Abu Saeed Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that once the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) addressed the people and said: Allah Almighty gave one of His servants the choice between the world and coming to Him, and that servant chose to go to Allah. Upon hearing this, Hazrat Siddiq Akbar (may Allah be pleased with him) began to weep. We were greatly surprised at his weeping, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had merely informed about a man; what was there to cry about? But later it became clear that by "servant" the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) meant himself, and it became evident that Hazrat Siddiq Akbar (may Allah be pleased with him) was the most knowledgeable among us. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: In terms of companionship and financial support, the person who has done the greatest favors to me among the people is Abu Bakr. If I were to take anyone as a close friend (khalil) other than my Lord, I would have taken Abu Bakr, but Islamic brotherhood and affection are sufficient. And except for Abu Bakr's door, all other doors opening into the mosque should be closed. The previous hadith is also narrated through this second chain of transmission.

Yunus narrated to us, Fulayh narrated to us, from Salim Abu al-Nadr, from Ubayd ibn Hunayn, and Busr ibn Sa'id, from Abu Sa'id al-Khudri, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, delivered a sermon and mentioned the hadith.

Narrated to us Suraij, narrated to us Fulayh, from Abu al-Nadr, from Ubayd ibn Hunayn, from Abu Sa'id al-Khudri, that he narrated to him that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, addressed the people, and mentioned the hadith.

Hazrat Abdur Rahman bin Abi Amrah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that once Hazrat Abu Saeed (may Allah be pleased with him) was informed about a funeral. When he arrived, people had already settled in their places. Seeing him, people began to move from their spots and some stood up so that he could sit in their place. But he said, "No, I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say that the best gathering is the one which is more spacious." Then he went and sat in a spacious place in another corner.