The Book of Virtues

Jabir ibn Abdullah reported that the Messenger of Allah said: My example and yours is like that of a man who lit a fire. Locusts and moths began falling into it, and he kept driving them away. I am holding you by your waists to keep you from the Fire, but you slip from my hands.

Abu Musa reported that the Prophet said: When Allah, Mighty and Glorious, wills mercy for a community among His servants, He takes its Prophet before it and makes him a forerunner and a provision laid up for it. When He wills the destruction of a community, He punishes it while its Prophet is still alive and destroys it as he looks on. This brings him satisfaction after they rejected him and disobeyed his command.

Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-As reported that the Messenger of Allah said: My Cistern is a month journey across, with all its sides equal. Its water is whiter than silver, its fragrance sweeter than musk, and its cups are like the stars in the sky. Whoever drinks from it will never thirst again. Asma bint Abi Bakr reported that the Messenger of Allah said: I will be at the Cistern, watching to see which of you comes to me. Some people will be taken away before reaching me. I will say: My Lord, they are from me and from my community. It will be said: Do you know what they did after you? By Allah, they kept turning back on their heels after you. Ibn Abi Mulayka would say: O Allah, we seek refuge in You from turning back on our heels or being led astray from our religion.

Aisha reported: I heard the Messenger of Allah say among his Companions: I will be at the Cistern, waiting for those of you who come to me. By Allah, some men will be held back from me. I will say: My Lord, they are from me and from my community. He will say: You do not know what they did after you. They kept turning back on their heels.