It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Saeed (may Allah be pleased with him) that once Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) sent a piece of gold from Yemen wrapped in tanned leather—"whose clay had not been spoiled"—to the service of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) distributed it among Zaid al-Khair, Aqra’ bin Habis, Uyainah bin Hisn, and Alqamah bin Alathah or Amir bin Tufail, four men. Some of the companions (may Allah be pleased with them) and the Ansar felt uneasy about this. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to them, "Do you not consider me trustworthy? I am the trustee of the One who is in the heavens. News from the heavens comes to me morning and evening." Meanwhile, a man with deep-set eyes, red cheeks, broad forehead, thick beard, his lower garment raised high, and his head shaved, came and said, "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! Fear Allah." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) looked up at him and said, "Wretched one! Am I not the most deserving among the people of the earth to fear Allah?" Then that man turned his back and walked away. Hazrat Khalid bin Walid (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! Allow me to strike his neck?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Perhaps he performs prayer." He said, "Many who pray say with their tongues what is not in their hearts." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "I have not been commanded to pierce people's hearts or to split open their bellies." Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) looked at him as he was turning away and said, "Remember! From the progeny of this man will come a people who will recite the Qur'an but it will not go beyond their throats, and they will go out of the religion as an arrow passes through its prey. They will kill the Muslims and leave the idolaters. If I find them, I will kill them as the people of 'Ad were killed."

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Saeed Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: How can I live a life of ease and comfort when the angel who is to blow the trumpet has placed the trumpet to his mouth, has lowered his forehead, has turned his ears attentively, and is waiting for when he will be commanded to blow the trumpet?

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Saeed Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: There is no zakat on wheat or dates less than five wasq, no zakat on silver less than five uqiyah, and no zakat on camels less than five. It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Saeed Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Five wasq.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Saeed Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that during the blessed era of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), one sa’ of dates or barley, cheese or raisins used to be given as Sadaqat al-Fitr. Then, during the era of Hazrat Amir Muawiyah (may Allah be pleased with him), wheat became available and his opinion was that its one mudd is equal to two (other items).

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Saeed Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: None of you should consider himself so insignificant that he withholds saying a word for the sake of Allah’s pleasure when he has the right to say it. For Allah will ask him: What prevented you from saying that word? The servant will say: My Lord! I was afraid of the people. Allah will say: I was more deserving that you should fear Me.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Saeed Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Sell gold for gold and silver for silver in equal amounts, do not increase or decrease in them, and do not sell any of them that is absent for one that is present.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Saeed (may Allah be pleased with him) and Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) used to offer voluntary prayers on his mount, regardless of which direction it was facing, and he would perform this prayer by gestures, bowing lower in prostration than in bowing.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Saeed Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: There is no prayer after the Asr prayer until sunset, and after the Fajr prayer until sunrise.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Saeed Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever does not thank people, does not thank Allah either.

Abu Salamah (may Allah have mercy on him) says that once I went to Abu Sa'id Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) and requested that we go to the garden and talk there. He set out, and I requested him to tell me whatever he had heard from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding Laylat al-Qadr. He said: Once the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) performed i'tikaf during the first ten days of Ramadan; we also performed i'tikaf with him. Jibreel came to him and said: "That which you are seeking is ahead." (So the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, performed i'tikaf during the middle ten days, and the same thing happened.) When the morning of the twentieth day came, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) stood up to deliver a sermon and said: "Whoever was in i'tikaf should remain in his i'tikaf. I saw Laylat al-Qadr, but then its exact date was made to be forgotten by me. However, during that night, I saw myself prostrating in mud. At that time, there were no clouds in the sky, but suddenly clouds appeared. In those days, the roof of the Prophet's Mosque was made of wood. That very night, it rained, and I saw that there were marks of mud on the Prophet's (peace and blessings be upon him) nose and forehead. This was the confirmation of the Prophet's (peace and blessings be upon him) dream."