Ahadith

Jabir relates: The Holy Prophet said to me: When the revenues of Bahrain are received, I shall give you thus, and thus and thus. But he died before the revenues were received. When they were received Abu Bakr caused it to be announced: Anyone to whom the Holy Prophet had made a promise or owed anything should come forward. So I went to him and said to him: The Holy Prophet had said to me thus and thus. He took a double handful out of the money and gave it to me. I counted it and found it was five hundred dirhems. He said to me: Take twice as much more (Bokhari and Muslim). (Al-Furqan 65)

This hadith is the same as No. 155. (Al-Furqan 65)

Adiyy ibn Hatim relates that the Holy Prophet said: Shield yourselves against the Fire even if it be only with half a date given in alms, and one who cannot afford even that much should at least utter a good word (Bokhari and Muslim). (Al-Furqan 65)

Abu Hurairah relates that the Holy Prophet said: A good word is charity (Bokhari and Muslim). (Al-Furqan 65)

This hadith is the same as No. 121. (At-Taubah 21, Ha Mim As-Sajdah 32, As-Saffat 103, Hud 71, Hud 73, Aal-e-`Imran 41, Aal-e-`Imran 47)

Anas relates that the Holy Prophet would repeat his words three times so that his meaning was fully grasped, and when he came upon a party of people and greeted them he would repeat the salutation three times (Bokhari). (At-Taubah 21, Ha Mim As-Sajdah 32, As-Saffat 103, Hud 71, Hud 73, Aal-e-`Imran 41, Aal-e-`Imran 47)

Ayesha relates that the Holy Prophet spoke simply so that all those who listened to him understood him (Abu Daud). (At-Taubah 21, Ha Mim As-Sajdah 32, As-Saffat 103, Hud 71, Hud 73, Aal-e-`Imran 41, Aal-e-`Imran 47)

Jarir ibn Abdullah relates that the Holy Prophet asked him on the occasion of the Farewell Pilgrimage to tell the people to be quiet, and then said: Do not revert to disbelief after me, cutting off each other's heads (Bokhari and Muslim). (At-Taubah 21, Ha Mim As-Sajdah 32, As-Saffat 103, Hud 71, Hud 73, Aal-e-`Imran 41, Aal-e-`Imran 47)

Shagiq ibn Salamah relates: Ibn Mas‘ud used to preach to us every Thursday. A man said to him: Abu Abdur Rahman, I wish you would preach to us every day. He said: What stops me from doing it is the fear lest 1 should bore you. I adopt the same method in preaching to you that the Holy Prophet adopted in preaching to us out of fear of boring us (Bokhari and Muslim).

Amr ibn Yassir relates that he heard the Holy Prophet say: The length of a person’s Prayer arfd the brevity of his sermon testify to his intelligence. Make your Prayer long and your sermons short (Muslim).