It is narrated from Hazrat Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that one of my uncles once invited the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) for a meal and said, "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! I wish that you eat food at my house and pray there." So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came. There was a mat in the house which had become old and black. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered it to be placed in a corner, it was dusted and water was sprinkled on it. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed there and we also prayed with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).

It is narrated from Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that on the day of the Battle of Badr, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Who will go and see what has become of Abu Jahl?" Hazrat Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) went for this service. He saw that the two sons of Afraa had struck him until he was lifeless. Hazrat Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) caught Abu Jahl by his beard and said, "Are you Abu Jahl?" He replied, "Have you ever killed a man greater than me?"

It is narrated from Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that an Ansari woman (along with her child) came to the service of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to her in private: "By Him in Whose hand is my soul, you people are the most beloved to me among all people." He said this sentence three times.

It is narrated from Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said regarding the Ansar: "You are the most beloved of all people to me."

Bukair bin Wahb, may Allah have mercy on him, says that once Hazrat Anas, may Allah be pleased with him, said to me: "I will narrate to you a hadith which I do not narrate to everyone, and it is this: Once the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, stood at the door of a house while we were inside it, and said: 'There will be leaders from among the Quraysh, and they will have rights over you, and you will have rights over them in the same way. When people ask them for mercy, they should show mercy; when they make a promise, they should fulfill it; when they judge, they should judge with justice. Whoever does not do so, upon him is the curse of Allah, the angels, and all people.'"

Hamzah (may Allah have mercy on him) says that once Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) said to him, "Shall I narrate to you a hadith from which Allah may benefit you?" And that is: Whenever the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) halted at a place, he would not depart from there before performing the Zuhr prayer. Muhammad bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) asked Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him), "O Abu Hamzah! Even if it was at midday?" He replied, "Yes! Even if it was at midday." Hamzah (may Allah have mercy on him) says that once, by the bank of the Nile River, I met Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him), and between me and him was Muhammad bin Amr. Then the narrator mentioned the complete hadith.

Abdu-s-Samad narrated to us, Shu'bah narrated to us, Hamzah ad-Dabbi narrated to us, he said: I met Anas ibn Malik at the mouth of the Nile, and Muhammad ibn Amr was walking between me and him, and he mentioned the like of it. He said: Muhammad ibn Amr said: Even if it is at midday?

Abu Fazarah (may Allah have mercy on him) says that once he asked Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) about the two rak‘ahs before Maghrib, so he replied that during the blessed era of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), we used to hasten towards them. After that, when he asked again, he did not mention the blessed era of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).

Abu Sadaqah, who was the freed slave of Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him), says that I asked Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) about the prayer of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). He replied that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to perform the Zuhr prayer after the sun had passed its zenith, the Asr prayer between those two prayers, the Maghrib prayer at the time of sunset, the Isha prayer after the disappearance of twilight, and the Fajr prayer when the dawn had appeared, until the eyes could see clearly.

It is narrated from Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: On the Day of Resurrection, a person from among the people of Hell, who will have the lightest punishment, will be asked: "Tell me, if you had everything that is on the face of the earth, would you give it as ransom for yourself?" He will say, "Yes!" Allah will say, "I asked you for something even lighter than this in the world. I took a covenant from you in the loins of Adam that you would not associate anyone with Me, but you did not accept without committing shirk."