It is narrated from Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to Hazrat Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him): Listen and obey, even if a Habashi (Ethiopian), whose head is like a raisin, is appointed as your governor.

It is narrated from Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to come to us and joke with my younger brother. One day, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saw him sad and said, "O Abu Umair! What happened to the Nughair?"—the little bird that had died. And a sheet was spread for us, upon which the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) led the prayer, and we stood in rows behind him.

It is narrated from Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would go to relieve himself, I and a boy like me would carry a water vessel and a spear, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would cleanse himself with water.

It is narrated from Hazrat Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: None of you should wish for death because of any hardship that befalls him. If wishing for death becomes necessary, then he should say: O Allah! Keep me alive as long as life is better for me, and grant me death when death is better for me.

It is narrated from Hazrat Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The nephew of a people is counted among them.

It is narrated from Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to say: The real good is the good of the Hereafter, or he would say: O Allah! There is no good except the good of the Hereafter, so reform the Ansar and the Muhajireen.

It is narrated from Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would go into prostration, I would see the whiteness of his blessed armpit.

It is narrated from Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) gave a wedding feast on the occasion of Hazrat Zainab (may Allah be pleased with her), and he did not give a better wedding feast on the occasion of marrying any of his other wives than this. Thabit Banani (may Allah have mercy on him) asked Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him), "What did the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) serve at the wedding feast?" He replied, "The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) served them bread and meat, and he served so much that the people themselves stopped eating."

It is narrated from Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that sometimes the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would raise his head from prostration or bowing, and would pause between the two for such a long time that we would begin to think that perhaps the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had forgotten.

It is narrated from Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that once the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was on a journey and the camel driver was driving the mounts of the Mothers of the Believers. He began to drive the animals quickly, upon which the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said with a smile, "Anjasha! Drive gently with these glass vessels."