“The Messenger ofAllah(ﷺ) sent us, (we were) three hundred men, carrying our provisions on ournecks. Our provisions ran out until there would be for (every) manamong us one date (a day).” Then it was said: “O Abu ‘Abdullah,howcan one date satisfy a man?” He said: “When we no longer hadit, werealized how much it was worth. Then we came to the sea andfound awhale that had been thrown up by the sea, and we ate from itforeighteen days.”

“The Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) passed by us when we were fixing a hut of ours, and said: ‘Whatis this?’ I said: ‘It is a hut of ours that has fallen intodisrepair.’ The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘The matter (ofdeath)may come sooner than that.’”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) passedby adome-shaped structure at the door of a man among the Ansar andsaid:‘What is this? ‘They said: ‘A dome that was built byso-and-so.’The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘All wealth thatis like this(extravagant) will bring evil consequences to its owneron the Day ofResurrection.’ News of that reached the Ansari, so hedemolished it.Then the Prophet (ﷺ) passed by (that place) later onand did not seeit. He asked about it and was told that its owner haddemolished itbecause of what he had heard from him. He said: ‘MayAllah have mercyon him, may Allah have mercy on him.’”

“I had built a house to sheltermefrom the rain and the sun, during the time of Allah’s Messenger(ﷺ), and no creature of Allah helped me in building it.”

“We came to Khabbabtovisit him (when he was sick), and he said: ‘I have been sick for along time, and were it not that I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)say: “Do not wish for death,” I would have wished for it.’ Andhesaid: “A person will be rewarded for all his spending, exceptfor(what he spends) on dust,” or he said, “on building.”

“I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: ‘If you weretorely upon Allah with the reliance He is due, you would be givenprovision like the birds: They go out hungry in the morning and comeback with full bellies in the evening.”

“We entered upon the Prophet (ﷺ) when he was doing something,sowe helped him with it. Then he said: ‘Do not despair of provisionso long as your heads are still moving, for a person’s mother bearshim red with raw skin, then Allah provides for him.’”

“The heart of the son of Adam has an inclination towardseverydesirable thing, so whoever follows all of those inclinations,Allahwill not care which one will cause his doom. And whoever reliesuponAllah, Allah will protect him from the pain of scatteredinclinations.”

“I heard the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ)say: ‘No one of you should die except thinking positively ofAllah.’”

“The stronger believer is better and more beloved to Allah thantheweak believer, although both are good. Strive to seek that whichwillbenefit you and do not feel helpless. If something overwhelmsyou,then say: Qaddarallah, wa ma sha'a fa’al (It is the decree ofAllah and what He wills He does). And beware of (saying) ‘If only,’for ‘If only’ opens the door to Satan.”

“Awise word is the lost property of the believer, so whereverhe findsit, he has more right to it.”

“I heard Ibn ‘Abbas saying that the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) said: ‘Two blessings which many people squander: Good healthandfree time.’”

“A man came to the Prophet (ﷺ)andsaid: ‘O Messenger of Allah, teach me but make it concise.’ Hesaid: ‘When you stand to pray, pray like a man bidding farewell. Donot say anything for which you will have to apologize. And give uphope for what other people have.’”

Another chain reports a similar hadith.

“Noone will enter Paradise who has pride in his heart equal totheweight of a grain of mustard seed, and no one will enter Hell whohasfaith in his heart equal to the weight of a grain of mustard seed.”

“Allah, the Glorified, says: ‘Pride is My cloak and greatness Myrobe, and whoever competes with Me with regard to either of them, Ishall throw him into Hell.’”

“Allah the Glorified, says: ‘Pride is My cloak and greatness Myrobe, and whoever competes with Me with regard to either of them, Ishall throw him into Hell.”

“Whoever humbles himself one degree for the sake of Allah, Allahwill raise him in status one degree, and whoever behaves arrogantlytowards Allah one degree, Allah will lower him in status one degree,until He makes him among the lowest of the low.”

“If a female slave amongthepeople of Al-Madinah were to take the hand of the Messenger ofAllah(ﷺ), he would not take his hand away from hers until she hadtakenhim wherever she wanted in Al-Madinah so that her needs may bemet.”

“The Messenger of Allah(ﷺ)used to visit the sick, attend funerals, accept the invitationsofslaves and ride donkeys. On the day (of the battle) of Quraizah andNadir, he was riding a donkey. On the day of Khaibar he was riding adonkey that was bridled with palmfibers and beneath him was apacksaddle made of palmfibers.”