Anas said, "I was serving the Messenger of Allah, may Allah blesshim and grant him peace, one day. When I thought I had finished servinghim, I said, 'The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, ishaving a midday nap.' So I left him and there were some children playing.I stood looking at them and their game. The Prophet, may Allah bless himand grant him peace, came out, and came up to them and greeted them. Thenhe called me and sent me to get something he needed. He remained in theshade until I came back to him. I was late for my mother and she and heasked, 'What kept you?' I replied, The Prophet, may Allah bless him andgrant him peace, sent me for something he needed.' 'What was it?' she asked.I replied, 'It is a secret of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and granthim peace.' She said, Keep the secret of the Messenger of Allah, may Allahbless him and grant him peace.' I did not tell anyone that secret. If Ihad told it, I would have told it to her.'"
Abu Hurayra described the Messenger of Allah, may Allah blesshim and grant him peace, with the words, "He was of medium height, butnearer to being tall. He was very white with a black beard and good frontteeth. He had long eye-lashes. He was very broad between the shouldersand had full cheeks. He walked on his entire foot, but they did not havea hollow. He turned completely towards people or turned his back completely.I have not seen anyone like him before or since.'"
Aslam said, "'Umar said to me, 'If I send you to a man, do nottell him why I sent you to him. If you do, Shaytan will prepare a lie forhim in that.'"
Mujahid said, "It is disliked for a man to look sharply at hisbrother or to follow him with his glance when he leaves or to ask him,'Where have you come from and where are you going?'"
Malik ibn Zubayd said, "We passed by Abu Dharr at ar-Rabadha.He said, 'Where have you come from?' We said, 'Makka - or from theAncient House.' He said, 'Is this what you have done?' We said, 'Yes.'He said, 'And was there commerce or selling with it?' 'No,' he replied.He said, 'Then resume your actions anew.'"
Ibn 'Abbas reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him andgrant him peace, said, "Whoever fashions an image will have to breathelife into it and he will be punished since he will not be able to breathelife into it. Anyone who claims to have seen a vision in a dream will haveto string two beads of barely together and he will be punished becausehe will not be able to string them together. Anyone who listens to people'sconversation when they move away from him will have molten lead pouredinto his ears."
Al-'Iryan ibn al-Haytham said, "My father came to Mu'awiya whenI was a body. When he reached him, he said, 'Welcome, welcome.' A man wassitting with him on the elevated seat. He said, 'Amir al-Mu'minin, whois this you are welcoming?' He said, 'This is the master of the peopleof the east. This is al-Haytham ibn al-Aswad.' I asked, 'Who is this?'They replied, 'This is 'Abdullah ibn 'Amr ibn al-'As.' I said to him, 'Abuso-and-so. From where will the Dajjal emerge?' He said, 'I have not seenthe people of a town who asked about what is far nor left what is near.You are from the people of a town.' Then he said, 'He will emerge fromthe land of Iraq with the trees and palm trees.'"
Abu'l-'Aliyya said, "I sat with Ibn 'Abbas on an elevated seat."
Abu Khulda reported that he heard Anas ibn Malik when he was withal-Hakam, the amir of Basra, on a seat. He said, "When the Prophet, mayAllah bless him and grant him peace, was hot, he delayed the prayer untila cooler time of the day. When it was cold, he made the prayer early."
Anas ibn Malik said, "I came to the Prophet, may Allah bless himand grant him peace, while he was on a seat with a bad woven on it. Hehad a pillow under his head made of skin stuffed with fibre. There wasa cloth between his skin and the seat. 'Umar visited him and wept. TheProphet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, 'What made youweep, 'Umar?' He said, 'By Allah, Messenger of Allah, I am only weepingsince I know that you are more noble with Allah than Chosroes and Caesar.They both live in what they live of this world while you, Messenger ofAllah, are in the place I see.' The Prophet, may Allah bless him and granthim peace, said, 'Are you not content, 'Umar, that they have this worldwhile we have the Next?' I replied, 'Yes, Messenger of Allah.' He said,'That is the way of it.'"
Abu Rifa'a al-'Adawi said, "I came to the Messenger of Allah,may Allah bless him and grant him peace, while he was speaking [i.e. onJumu'a]. I said, 'Messenger, a stranger man has come to ask about his deen.He does not know what his deen is.' He turned to me and stopped speaking.He was brought a chair which I think had iron legs. (Hamid [one of thetransmitters] said, 'I think that it was black wood like iron).'] He satdown on it and began to teach me what Allah had taught him. Then he finishedhis speech."
Musa ibn Dihqan said, "I saw Ibn 'Umar sitting on a bridal seatwearing a red garment."
(sic) 'Imran ibn Muslim said, "I saw Anas sitting on a bed, placingone foot over another."
Sa'id al-Maqburi said, "I passed by Ibn 'Umar who had a man withhim with whom he was conversing. I went to them, and he struck me on thechest and said, 'When you find two men conversing, do not go up to themnor sit with them until they give you permission.' I said. 'May Allah makeyou prosper, Abu 'Abdu'r-Rahman. I hoped that I would hear something goodfrom you.'"
Ibn 'Abbas said, "Whoever listens to people's conversations whenthey do not want him to do so will have molten lead poured into his ears.Anyone who lies about a dram will be obliged to string a barley bead."
'Abdullah reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah blesshim and grant him peace, said, "When there are three people, two shouldnot converse together to the exclusion of the third."
'Abdullah reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and granthim peace, said, "When there are three people, two should not conversetogether to the exclusion of the third for that would grieve him."
Ibn 'Umar reported something similar from the Prophet, may Allahbless him and grant him peace. He stated, "We said, 'If there are four?'He said, 'Then it will not harm him.'"
'Abdullah reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and granthim peace, said, "Two should not converse to the exclusion of another untilthey are mixing with people since that would distress him."
Ibn 'Umar said, "When there are four, there is no harm."
Abu Burda ibn Abi Musa said, "I sat with 'Abdullah ibn Sallam.He said, 'You have sat down with us, but now it is time for us to leave.'I said, 'If you like.' He got up and I followed him to the door."
Qays related that his father arrived while the Messenger of Allah,may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was speaking. He stood in thesun and the Prophet told him to move to the shade.