The moon was split into two parts during the lifetime of the Prophet.

We have been powerful since `Umar embraced Islam.

We migrated with Allah's Apostle (See Hadith No. 253 below).

I am from Ram-Hurmuz (i.e. a Persian town).

Qur'an 28.85'...will bring you home' means to Mecca.

The Prophet got married while he was in the state of Ihram.

I saw him as a slave, (namely, Barira's husband).

The Prophet forbade taking the earnings of a slave girl by prostitution.

We slaughtered a horse during the lifetime of Allah's Apostle and ate it.

The hair of the Prophet used to hang down up to his shoulders.

The head-hair of the Prophet used to hang down to his shoulders.

The Prophet said, Enjoining, all that is good is a Sadaqa."

Never was the Prophet asked for a thing to be given for which his answer was 'no'.

The Prophet said, "Relieved or relieving. And a believer is relieved (by death).

The oath of the Prophet used to be: "No, by Him who turns the hearts."

The Prophet ordered us to help others to fulfill the oaths.

The Prophet forbade the selling of the Wala' (of slaves) or giving it as a present.

The Prophet said, "Set free the captives and accept invitations."

I heard `Umar (delivering a sermon) on the pulpit of the Prophet.

The Prophet frequently used to swear, "No, by the One Who turns the hearts."

The Prophet said, "I am your predecessor at the Lake-Fount."

The people say that Abu Huraira narrates too many narrations. In fact Allah knows whether I say the truth or not. They also ask, "Why do the emigrants and the Ansar not narrate as he does?" In fact, my emigrant brethren were busy trading in the markets, and my Ansar brethren were busy with their properties. I was a poor man keeping the company of Allah's Apostle and was satisfied with what filled my stomach. So, I used to be present while they (i.e. the emigrants and the Ansar) were absent, and I used to remember while they forgot (the Hadith). One day the Prophet said, "Whoever spreads his sheet till I finish this statement of mine and then gathers it on his chest, will never forget anything of my statement." So, I spread my covering sheet which was the only garment I had, till the Prophet finished his statement and then I gathered it over my chest. By Him Who had sent him (i.e. Allah's Apostle) with the truth, since then I did not forget even a single word of that statement of his, until this day of mine. By Allah, but for two verses in Allah's Book, I would never have related any narration (from the Prophet). (These two verses are): "Verily! Those who conceal the clear signs and the guidance which we have sent down .....(up to) the Merciful.' (2.159-160)

Whenever Allah's Apostle completed the prayer with Taslim, the women used to get up immediately and Allah's Apostle would remain at his place for someone before getting up. (The sub-narrator (Az- Zuhri) said, "We think, and Allah knows better, that he did so, so that the women might leave before men could get in touch with them).

Only Um Hani narrated to me that she had seen the Prophet offering the Duha prayer. She said, "On the day of the conquest of Mecca, the Prophet entered my house, took a bath and offered eight rak`at (of Duha prayers. I had never seen the Prophet offering such a light prayer but he performed bowing and prostrations perfectly .

I came riding on my she-ass and had (just) then attained the age of puberty. Allah's Apostle was praying at Mina. I passed in front of a part of the first row and then dismounted from it, and the animal started grazing. I aligned with the people behind Allah's Apostle (The sub-narrator added that happened in Mina during the Prophet's Hajjat-al-Wada`.)

Whenever Allah's Apostle ordered us to give in charity we would go to the market and work as porters to earn a Mudd (two handfuls) (of foodstuff) but now some of us have one-hundred thousand Dirhams or Diners. (The sub-narrator) Shaqiq said, "I think Abu Mas`ud meant himself by saying (some of us) .

The Prophet said, "The people of my generation are the best, then those who follow them, and then whose who follow the latter. After that there will come some people whose witness will go ahead of their oaths, and their oaths will go ahead of their witness." Ibrahim (a sub-narrator) said, "We used to be beaten for taking oaths by saying, 'I bear witness by the Name of Allah or by the Covenant of Allah."

That he was in the company of Allah's Apostle on some of his journeys. (The sub-narrator `Abdullah adds, "I think that Abu Bashir also said, 'And the people were at their sleeping places.") Allah's Apostle sent a messenger ordering: "There shall not remain any necklace of string or any other kind of necklace round the necks of camels except it is cut off."

The Prophet said, "The best people are those living in my generation, and then those who will follow them, and then those who will follow the latter. Then there will come some people who will bear witness before taking oaths, and take oaths before bearing witness." (Ibrahim, a sub-narrator said, "They used to beat us for witnesses and covenants when we were still children.")

The Prophet said, "The most awful (meanest) name in Allah's sight." Sufyan said more than once, "The most awful (meanest) name in Allah's sight is (that of) a man calling himself king of kings." Sufyan said, "Somebody else (i.e. other than Abu Az-Zinad, a sub-narrator) says: What is meant by 'The king of kings' is 'Shahan Shah.,"

The Prophet said, "If anyone of you sees a dream that he likes, then it is from Allah, and he should thank Allah for it and narrate it to others; but if he sees something else, i.e., a dream that he dislikes, then it is from Satan, and he should seek refuge with Allah from its evil, and he should not mention it to anybody, for it will not harm him."

Regarding the above narration, The Prophet said, "I do not know what Allah will do to him (Uthman bin Maz'un)." Um Al-`Ala said, "I felt very sorry for that, and then I slept and saw in a dream a flowing spring for `Uthman bin Maz'un, and told Allah's Apostle of that, and he said, "That flowing spring symbolizes his good deeds."

Abu Huraira said, "The Prophet saw a man driving a Badana (sacrificial camel). The Prophet (p.b.u.h) said (to him), 'Ride on it.' He replied, 'It is a Badana.' The Prophet again said, 'Ride on it!' Abu Huraira added, 'Then I saw that man riding it, showing obedience to the Prophet (p.b.u.h), and a shoe was (hanging) from its neck.' "

Narrated Abu Huraira:

From the Prophet: (as above).

Allah's Apostle said, "Whoever manumits his share of a slave, then it is essential for him to get that slave manumitted' completely as long as he has the money to do so. If he has not sufficient money to pay the price of the other shares (after the price of the slave is evaluated justly), the manumitted manumits the slave partially in proportion to his share.

`Ubaidullah narrated as above in brief.

The Prophet performed ablution by washing the body parts only once.

The Prophet performed ablution by washing the body parts twice.

The Prophet and Maimuna used to take a bath from a single pot.

We never considered yellowish discharge as a thing of importance (as menses).

The Prophet prayed seven rak`at together and eight rak`at together.

I used to recognize the completion of the prayer of the Prophet by hearing Takbir.

The Prophet (p.b.u.h) said, "Allow women to go to the Mosques at night."

We used to offer the Jumua prayer early and then have the afternoon nap.

We used to offer the Jumua prayer with the Prophet and then take the afternoon nap.

The Prophet turned his cloak inside out on Istisqa.

No doubt the Prophet ordered people to manumit slaves during the solar eclipse.

The prayer of the Prophet used to be of thirteen rak`at, i.e. of the night prayer.