Acting upon the Book and the Sunnah

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: One day the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came out to us, and it seemed as though he were bidding farewell. He said: "I am the unlettered Prophet." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said this three times. (Then he said:) "There will be no Prophet after me. I have been given clear and comprehensive words. I know the angels who guard Hell and the angels who carry the Throne. Ease has been granted to me, well-being has been granted to me and well-being has been granted to my Ummah. As long as I am among you, obey and follow; and when I depart, it is obligatory upon you to follow the Book of Allah Almighty: treat as lawful what it makes lawful and treat as unlawful what it makes unlawful."
Ahmad recorded it; its chain contains Ibn Lahi'ah, who is da'if (weak).

Sayyiduna Ibn Shurayh al-Khuza'i (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came out to us and said: Do you not bear witness that there is no god but Allah Almighty and that I am indeed the Messenger of Allah? The people replied: Yes! (That is, we bear witness to this.) The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: This Qur'an, one end of it is in the Hand of Allah Almighty and one end is in your hands, so hold fast to it! After it you will never go astray and never be ruined.
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir, and its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih.

Sayyiduna Jubayr bin Mut'im (may Allah be pleased with him) said: We were with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) at al-Juhfah when he said: Do you not bear witness that there is no god but Allah Almighty, He alone is God, He has no partner, that I am indeed the Messenger of Allah, and that the Qur'an has indeed come from Allah Almighty? We said: Yes! (That is, we bear witness to this.) The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Then receive the good news! One end of this Qur'an is in the Hand of Allah Almighty and one end is in your hands, so hold fast to it! After it you will never be ruined and never go astray.
Al-Bazzar recorded it, and al-Tabarani in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir and al-Mu'jam al-Saghir; its chain contains Abu Ubadah al-Zuraqi, who is matruk al-hadith (abandoned in hadith).

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever follows the Book of Allah, Allah Almighty will guide him (away) from misguidance and protect him from an evil reckoning on the Day of Resurrection. The (proof) of this is that Allah Almighty has said: 'And whoever follows My guidance will neither go astray nor be wretched.'"
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir and al-Mu'jam al-Awsat; its chain contains Abu Shaybah, who is extremely da'if (weak).

Sayyiduna Ma'qil bin Yasar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Act upon the Qur'an! Treat as lawful what it makes lawful, treat as unlawful what it makes unlawful, follow it, and do not deny anything of it. Whatever seems ambiguous to you, refer it to Allah Almighty and to those in authority after me, so that they may inform you about it. Believe in the Torah, the Gospel, the Psalms and whatever the Prophets were given by their Lord. May the Qur'an and the clear explanation it contains cure you, for it (the Qur'an) is an intercessor whose intercession will be accepted, and an advocate whose word will be believed. Each of its verses contains light until the Day of Resurrection. I was given Surah al-Baqarah from the Dhikr; I was given Surah Ta Ha and Surah al-Tur from the Tablets of Sayyiduna Musa (peace be upon him); I was given Surah al-Fatihah and the closing verses of Surah al-Baqarah from a treasure beneath the Throne; and I was given the Mufassal as an extra." Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir, and in one of his narrations the wording is: "Whatever doubt you have about it, ask the people of knowledge about it and they will tell you."
This narration has two chains: one of them contains Abdullah bin Abi Humayd, and the hadith scholars are agreed that he is da'if (weak); the other contains Imran al-Qattan, whom Ibn Hibban mentioned in Kitab al-Thiqat, while the rest declared him da'if (weak).

Sayyiduna Abu Ayyub al-Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates the statement of Sayyiduna Awf bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him): "Once, at midday, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came out to us, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) was somewhat troubled. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'As long as I am among you, obey me; and it is obligatory upon you (to follow) the Book of Allah: treat as lawful what it makes lawful and treat as unlawful what it makes unlawful.'"
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir, and its narrators have been declared trustworthy.

Sayyiduna Zayd bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I am leaving among you two things as successors: the Book of Allah and my Ahl al-Bayt (family). These two will not separate from each other until they come to me at the Pond (al-Kawthar)."
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir, and its narrators are thiqat (trustworthy).

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever goes to the authority of Allah on earth in order to humiliate it, Allah Almighty will humiliate that person, in addition to the (punishment) stored up for him in the Hereafter." Musaddad added the words: "The authority of Allah Almighty on earth means the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Prophet."
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir; its chain contains Husayn bin Qays Abu Ali al-Rahabi, whom Imam Bukhari (may Allah have mercy on him), Imam Ahmad and a group declared da'if (weak). It has been stated that a man named Abu Mihsan said: He (i.e., Husayn bin Qays Abu Ali al-Rahabi) is a truthful man. (Al-Haythami says:) I say: Who is a man named Abu Mihsan compared with these (i.e., Imam Bukhari (may Allah have mercy on him), Imam Ahmad and others)?

Sayyiduna Thawban (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Beware! The millstone of Islam will keep turning." The narrator asked: O Messenger of Allah! What should we do? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Present the hadith attributed to me to the Book of Allah; whatever (hadith) agrees with it (the Book of Allah) is from me, and I am the one who said it."
Al-Tabarani recorded it; its chain contains Yazid bin Rabi'ah, who is matruk (abandoned) and munkar al-hadith (his narrations are rejected).

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The Jews were asked about Sayyiduna Musa (peace be upon him), and they said much about him, adding and subtracting, until they (the Jews) committed disbelief. The Christians were asked about Sayyiduna Isa (peace be upon him), and they said much about him, adding and subtracting, until they (the Christians) committed disbelief. Soon hadiths will spread in my name. Whatever hadith of mine reaches you, recite the Book of Allah and compare it with it: whatever hadith agrees with the Book of Allah, I said it, and whatever hadith does not agree with the Book of Allah, I did not say it."
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir; its chain contains Abu Hadir Abd al-Malik bin Abd Rabbih, who is munkar al-hadith (his narrations are rejected).

Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever learns the Qur'an and stays occupied with it night and day, treating as lawful what it makes lawful and treating as unlawful what it makes unlawful, Allah Almighty makes his flesh and his blood forbidden to the Fire, and makes the noble, righteous (angels) his companions, until, when the Day of Resurrection comes, the Qur'an will be a proof in his favour."
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Saghir; its chain contains Khulayd bin Da'laj, whom Imam Ahmad, Yahya and al-Nasa'i declared da'if (weak). Abu Hatim said: He is salih (acceptable) but not solid. Ibn Adi said: Other narrators have corroborated him in the hadiths he narrates.

Sayyiduna Mu'adh bin Jabal (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Mu'adh! Indeed, the Qur'an restrains the believer from many of the desires of his self."
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat; its chain contains Amr bin al-Husayn, who is matruk (abandoned).

Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The most excellent speech is the Book of Allah, (and the most excellent) way is the way of Sayyiduna Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). The worst of matters are newly invented matters, and every innovation is misguidance. Whoever leaves behind wealth, it goes to his family; and whoever leaves behind debt or dependants, they will be my responsibility."
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat. Shaykh Jamal al-Din al-Mizzi attributed part of it to Imam al-Nasa'i (may Allah have mercy on him), and it appears that this part is in al-Sunan al-Kubra. Its chain contains Muhammad bin Ja'far bin Muhammad bin Ali al-Hashimi, whom Ibn Adi mentioned.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Indeed, this Qur'an is an intercessor whose intercession will be accepted. Whoever follows it, it will lead him to Paradise; and whoever abandons it (the narrator is unsure; or perhaps the words are:) whoever turns away from it (the narrator is unsure; or perhaps it was some other similar word), he will be driven by the back of his neck towards Hell.
Al-Bazzar recorded it in this way as mawquf (a statement of) Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him).

Through another chain, a similar narration is reported from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said this.
The narrators of the marfu' hadith from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) are thiqat (trustworthy), while among the narrators of the athar (report) from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) is al-Mu'alla al-Kindi, whom Ibn Hibban declared thiqah (trustworthy).

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Some people were sitting near the door of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), arguing about the Qur'an. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came out to them, and (due to the intensity of his anger) the colour of his (peace and blessings be upon him) face had changed. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: O people! It was because of this that the nations before were destroyed. Indeed, one part of the Qur'an confirms another, so do not deny one part of it by means of another.
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir; its chain contains Salih bin Abi al-Akhdar, who is one of those whose hadith is written down despite his weakness.