Those Named Muttalib

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever strives and works for his parents in order to make them independent (of asking) and keep them free of need from people, he is in the path of Allah. Whoever toils for his wife or children in order to provide for them and keep them free of need from people, he too is in the path of Allah. Whoever works for himself with the intention of making himself independent and keeping himself from (asking) people, he too is in the path of Allah. And whoever toils for the sake of amassing more and more wealth, he is in the path of Satan."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Abd al-Karim al-Jazari (may Allah have mercy on him) except Ishaq bin Usayd, and al-Layth is alone in narrating it, and this hadith is not narrated from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) except with this chain."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that a man greeted the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) with salam while he (peace and blessings be upon him) was in prayer, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) replied with a gesture. Then, when he (peace and blessings be upon him) had ended the prayer with the salam, he said: "We used to return the greeting of salam during prayer, then we were forbidden from that."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Ibn Ajlan (may Allah have mercy on him) except al-Layth."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna al-Fadl bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Prayer is two by two (rak'ahs), with the tashahhud after every two rak'ahs; and (in prayer) humble yourself, be submissive and show your neediness, then spread out your hands," meaning raise them towards your Lord, with their palms facing your face, "and say: O my Lord, O my Lord! Whoever does not do this, his prayer is deficient."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "Of those who narrated it from Abd Rabbih bin Sa'id, no one gave a sound chain for this hadith except al-Layth; Shu'bah (may Allah have mercy on him) narrated it from Abd Rabbih bin Sa'id and was inconsistent (idtirab) in its chain."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Preserve your father's friendship and affection, do not cut it off, (otherwise) Allah Almighty will extinguish your light."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Abdullah bin Dinar except Khalid bin Yazid."

Sayyiduna Mu'awiyah bin Abi Sufyan (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that he heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Whoever supplicates with these five phrases will be given by Allah whatever he asks of Him: 'La ilaha illallahu wallahu akbar, la ilaha illallahu wahdahu la sharika lah, lahul-mulku wa lahul-hamdu wa huwa 'ala kulli shay'in qadir, la ilaha illallahu, wa la hawla wa la quwwata illa billah' (There is none worthy of worship except Allah, and Allah is the Greatest; there is none worthy of worship except Allah, alone, with no partner; His is the dominion and His is all praise, and He has power over all things; there is none worthy of worship except Allah; and there is no power to avoid sin and no strength to do good except through Allah)."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Abu Ishaq, from Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him), except al-Layth bin Sa'd."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu al-Darda' (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, descends (in a manner befitting His majesty) when the last three hours of the night remain. In the first of these hours He looks into the Book which no one but He looks into, and He erases what He wills and confirms (what He wills). Then in the second hour He looks at the Garden of Eden ('Adn), which is His dwelling in which He dwells, and none is with Him there except the prophets, the martyrs and the truthful (siddiqun); and in it are blessings that no eye has seen and that have never occurred to the heart of a human being. Then in the last hour of the night He descends (to the lowest heaven) and says: 'Is there anyone seeking forgiveness, that I may forgive him? Is there anyone asking, that I may give him? Is there anyone supplicating, that I may answer him?' until the dawn breaks. And this is the meaning of the saying of Allah Almighty: 'And (adhere to) the recitation at dawn; indeed, the recitation at dawn is ever witnessed (by the angels),' for Allah and His angels are present at it."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu al-Darda' (may Allah be pleased with him) that a man came to him and mentioned that his urine had been retained and that he was suffering from a urinary stone. So he taught him the ruqyah (incantation) which he had heard from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): 'Rabbuna Allahu alladhi fis-sama', taqaddasa ismuka, amruka fis-sama'i wal-ard, kama rahmatuka fis-sama'i faj'al rahmataka fil-ard, waghfir lana hubana wa khatayana, anta rabbut-tayyibin, fa-anzil shifa'an min shifa'ika wa rahmatan min rahmatika 'ala hadhal-waja'' (Our Lord is Allah who is in the heaven, holy is Your name, Your command is (in force) in the heaven and the earth; just as Your mercy is in the heaven, so place Your mercy on the earth, and forgive us our sins and our faults. You are the Lord of the pure, so send down a healing from Your healing and a mercy from Your mercy upon this pain). (He said that by this) he would recover, and he instructed him to recite it as a ruqyah over him; so he did so, and he was cured.
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "These two hadiths are not narrated from Abu al-Darda' (may Allah be pleased with him) except with this chain, and al-Layth bin Sa'd is alone in narrating both of them."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever says these words in the morning: 'So glorify Allah when you reach the evening and when you reach the morning' up to 'and thus will you be brought out (from the graves),' will make up whatever (good) he missed in that day; and whoever recites them in the evening will make up whatever (good) he missed in that night."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "This hadith is not narrated from Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) except with this chain, and al-Layth is alone in narrating it."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that some Muslim people used to stay with the polytheists against the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), increasing their numbers. Then (in battle) an arrow would come, shot at one of the polytheists, and (that Muslim, being struck by it) would be killed. So Allah, Majestic is His majesty, revealed: "Indeed, those whose souls the angels take while they are wronging themselves, (the angels) say: 'In what condition were you?'" up to "and evil it is as a destination."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Abu al-Aswad except al-Layth bin Sa'd and Ibn Lahi'ah."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "This world is an enjoyment to be made use of, and the best of its enjoyment is a righteous spouse."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Abu Abd al-Rahman al-Hubuli except Shurahbil bin Sharik and Abd al-Rahman bin Ziyad bin An'um."

The Mother of the Believers, Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her), narrates that the wife of Sayyiduna Rifa'ah al-Qurazi (may Allah be pleased with him) came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: "O Messenger of Allah, I married Abd al-Rahman bin al-Zabir (may Allah be pleased with him), and by Allah, all he has is something like this fringe of cloth." The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Perhaps you want to return to Rifa'ah? No (that cannot be), until he (the second husband) tastes your sweetness and you taste his sweetness."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Ayyub bin Musa except al-Layth."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "A woman is not to be married while her paternal aunt (is married to the same man), nor while her maternal aunt (is)."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Ayyub bin Musa except al-Layth, and no one placed Abd al-Malik bin Yasar between Sulayman bin Yasar and Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) except Ayyub bin Musa; whereas a group narrated it from Bukayr, from Sulayman, from Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him)."

Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah and Sayyiduna Abu Ayyub al-Ansari (may Allah be pleased with them both) both narrate that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "No person abandons a Muslim in a place where his honour is being attacked and his sanctity violated, except that Allah Almighty will abandon him in a place where he would love to be helped. And no person helps a Muslim in a place where his honour is being attacked and his sanctity violated, except that Allah Almighty will help him in a place where he would love to be helped."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "This hadith is not narrated from Jabir and Abu Ayyub (may Allah be pleased with them both) except with this chain, and al-Layth is alone in narrating it."

It is narrated from the Mother of the Believers, Sayyidah Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her), that she heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "A time will surely come upon people in which the truthful will be called a liar and the liar will be believed, the trustworthy will be deemed a traitor and the traitor will be considered trustworthy, a man will give testimony without being called to testify and swear an oath without being asked to swear, and the most prosperous of people in this world will be a base son of a base man (luka' bin luka') who believes neither in Allah nor in His Messenger."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "This hadith is narrated from Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her) only with this chain; Layth is alone in narrating it."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever offers an apology to his brother and he does not accept his excuse, upon him will be a sin like the sin of one who collects unlawful levies." Abu al-Zubayr (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "Al-makkas means al-'ashshar (the collector of tolls)."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Abu al-Zubayr except Abu Amr al-Abdi, and no one from Abu Amr except Ibrahim bin A'yan; Layth is alone in narrating it."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever honours and respects a Muslim person, he is in fact honouring Allah Almighty."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Abu al-Zubayr except Bahr, and no one from Bahr except Ibrahim; Layth is alone in narrating it."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When a father looks at his child and the child makes him happy, the reward of freeing a slave is recorded for the child." It was said: "O Messenger of Allah, even if he looks three hundred and sixty times?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Allah is the Greatest."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from al-Hakam bin Aban except Ibrahim bin A'yan; Layth is alone in narrating it, and it is narrated from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) only with this chain."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "No son can repay the right of his father, unless he finds him a slave and buys him and sets him free."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Kharijah bin Mus'ab except Ibrahim; Layth is alone in narrating it."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that a man said: "O Messenger of Allah, which charity is the best?" The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "That you give charity while you are eager for wealth and miserly, hoping for a long life and fearing poverty and want; and do not delay until, when death has come upon you, you start saying: 'Give so much to so-and-so, and give so much to so-and-so,' when that wealth has by then already become (the heir's)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu al-Darda' (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The example of the one who gives charity or frees a slave at the time of death is like that of a person who gives (leftover food) as a gift after he himself has eaten his fill."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Yazid bin al-Aswad al-Suwa'i (may Allah be pleased with him): We prayed the Fajr prayer with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) at Mina, and there were two men at the back of the mosque who had not prayed. He (peace and blessings be upon him) had them called, and (out of fear) their muscles were trembling. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "What prevented you from praying with us?" They said: "O Messenger of Allah, we had already prayed in our lodgings." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Do not do that. When you have prayed in your lodgings and then come to an imam who has not yet prayed, pray with him as well; it will be a voluntary (nafl) prayer for you."

Sayyiduna Ma'qil bin Yasar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Whoever interferes in the prices of the Muslims in order to make things expensive for them, it is a right upon Allah Almighty to throw him into the greatest part of the Fire."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated these hadiths from Ibrahim bin A'yan (may Allah have mercy on him) except Layth bin Sa'd (may Allah have mercy on him)."

The Mother of the Believers, Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her), said: "One day I came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) was standing in the mosque praying. The door on the side of the qiblah was closed, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) was standing apart at one side of the mosque. I knocked asking for the door to be opened, and when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) heard my voice, he reached out his hand (towards the door) and opened the door, then continued his prayer."

The Mother of the Believers, Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her), said that Sayyiduna Ali bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) while he (peace and blessings be upon him) was praying. So he stood at his (peace and blessings be upon him) side and joined him (peace and blessings be upon him) in the prayer. Then a scorpion came until it reached the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him); then it left him (peace and blessings be upon him) and went towards Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), and he struck it with his sandal until he killed it, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saw no harm in killing it.
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "These two hadiths are narrated from Imam al-Awza'i (may Allah have mercy on him) only with this chain; Layth bin Sa'd (may Allah have mercy on him) is alone in narrating them both."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When the iqamah for the prayer has been called, there is no prayer except the obligatory prayer for which the iqamah has been called."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Abu Salamah (may Allah have mercy on him) except Ayyash bin Abbas (may Allah have mercy on him), and no one narrated it from him except his son Abdullah (may Allah have mercy on him)."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Umm Kulthum bint Uqbah (may Allah be pleased with her) that she heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "He is not a liar who goes about making peace between people and passes on good words with his speech."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Imam Malik (may Allah have mercy on him) except Yahya bin Ayyub (may Allah have mercy on him); Layth bin Sa'd (may Allah have mercy on him) is alone in narrating it."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When one of you catches two rak'ahs on Friday, he has caught the Jumu'ah; and when he catches one rak'ah, let him add another rak'ah to it; and if he does not catch even one rak'ah, let him pray four rak'ahs."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith with these words from Imam al-Zuhri (may Allah have mercy on him) except al-Zayyat."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that a slave girl came to Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) and said: "My master accused me and made me sit on fire until my private part was burned." Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) asked her: "Did he see you doing that?" She said: "No." He asked: "Did you confess anything to him?" She said: "No." Then Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Bring him to me." When Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) saw the man, he said: "Do you punish with a punishment like Allah's punishment?" He said: "O Commander of the Believers, I suspected her regarding her chastity." He (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Did you see her doing it?" The man said: "No." He said: "Did she confess it to you?" He said: "No." Then Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "By the One in Whose hand my soul is! Had I not heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say, 'A slave is not given retaliation against his master, nor a child against his father,' I would certainly have taken retaliation for her from you." Then he brought him out and gave him one hundred lashes. Then he said to the slave girl: "Go, you are free for the sake of Allah, and you are the freed woman of Allah and His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). I bear witness that I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: 'Whoever is burned with fire or mutilated is free, and is the freed person of Allah and His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him).'" Layth (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "This ruling is acted upon."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Ibn Jurayj (may Allah have mercy on him) except Umar bin Isa (may Allah have mercy on him); Layth (may Allah have mercy on him) is alone in narrating it."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Ayyub al-Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, let him honour and respect his guest; and whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, let him honour his neighbour; and whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, let him not enter the bathhouse without wearing a waist-wrap; and whoever among your women believes in Allah and the Last Day, let her not enter the bathhouse."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "This hadith is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Ayyub (may Allah be pleased with him) only with this chain; Layth (may Allah have mercy on him) is alone in narrating it."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he passed by Sayyiduna Mu'adh bin Jabal (may Allah be pleased with him), who was standing at his door making gestures with his hand as if he were talking to himself. Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with them both) asked him: "O Abu Abd al-Rahman, what is the matter with you? Are you talking to yourself?" He said: "What is wrong with me? The enemy of Allah (Satan) wants to turn me away from what I heard from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). He says to me: 'Will you spend your whole life toiling in your house? Why do you not go out to the gathering?' Yet I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: 'Whoever strives in the path of Allah is under the guarantee of Allah; whoever visits a sick person is under the guarantee of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic; whoever goes to the mosque in the morning or the evening is under the guarantee of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic; whoever goes to a ruler to honour and support him is under the guarantee of Allah; and whoever sits in his house and does not backbite anyone with evil is under the guarantee of Allah.' So does the enemy of Allah want to take me out of my house to the gathering?"
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "This hadith is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with them both), through Sayyiduna Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him), only with this chain; Layth (may Allah have mercy on him) is alone in narrating it."
It is like this (Qays bin Nafi') in the Dar al-Haramayn edition, and the correct name is probably (Qays bin Rafi').

The Mother of the Believers, Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her), said that a man came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) in the mosque and said: "I am burnt (ruined)!" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "How is that?" He said: "I had intercourse with my wife in Ramadan." The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him: "Give charity." He said: "I have nothing." Then he sat down. Meanwhile, a person came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) driving a donkey loaded with food. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Where is the one who was burnt a little while ago?" He said: "Here I am." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Take this and give it in charity." He said: "O Messenger of Allah, to someone needier than me? My family has nothing to eat." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Then you (and your family) eat it yourselves."

The Mother of the Believers, Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her), said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to pray twelve rak'ahs at night; then, when the dawn became clear, he would pray two rak'ahs, then lie down on his right side until he went out (to the mosque) for the prayer.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: "I spent a night with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). He (peace and blessings be upon him) got up and kept praying two rak'ahs at a time until he completed ten rak'ahs; then he prayed three rak'ahs of witr; then he lay down and slept until he began to snore, and his (peace and blessings be upon him) sleep used to be with snoring. Then the mu'adhdhin called him (peace and blessings be upon him) for the Fajr prayer, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) went out (to the mosque) and did not perform (a new) ablution."

Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) said: We mentioned onions and leeks (kurrath) in the presence of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and a man said: "There is something even worse than that." The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "What is it?" He said: "Garlic. O Messenger of Allah, do you declare it unlawful?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "No, (it is not unlawful), but whoever eats it should not come near the mosque until its smell has gone."

Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) said: A man from Bahrain came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) did not return his greeting. He had a gold ring on his hand and was wearing a silk cloak. The man went back grieved and complained about it to his wife. She said: "Perhaps the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) disliked your cloak and your ring, so throw them off." So he threw them both off, then came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) in the morning, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) returned his greeting. He said: "O Messenger of Allah, I came to you a little while ago and you turned away from me?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "There was a live coal of fire in your hand." He said: "Then I came with many live coals!" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "What you brought is of no more benefit to you than the stones of the Harrah; it is only the enjoyment of the worldly life." He asked: "Then what should I wear as a ring?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "(Wear) a band of silver, or iron, or brass."

Sayyiduna Abu Umamah al-Bahili (may Allah be pleased with him) said: A man freed six of his slaves in his will, while he had no wealth other than them. News of this reached the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) became very angry with him. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) cast lots among those slaves and freed one third of them.

It is narrated from Shu'bah, the freed slave of Ibn Abbas (may Allah have mercy on him), or Kurayb, the freed slave of Ibn Abbas (may Allah have mercy on him), that Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) passed by Abdullah bin al-Harith bin Rabi'ah while he was praying, with the hair of his head braided and tied up from behind. Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) stopped by him, did not move away, and began to undo the knot of his hair, and Abdullah bin al-Harith let him undo it until he had finished undoing it; then he sat down. When Ibn al-Harith finished the prayer, he came to him and said: "Why did you do what you just did with my head?" He said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "The example of one who prays with the hair of his head tied up from behind is like one who prays wrapped up (with hands and feet bound)."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Amr bin al-Harith except Layth bin Sa'd."

Sayyiduna Abu Ayyub al-Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "(Going out) for one evening or one morning in the path of Allah is better than everything upon which the sun rises and sets."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Shurahbil except Layth bin Sa'd and Sa'id bin Abi Ayyub."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna al-Mustawrid (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said to Sayyiduna Amr bin al-As (may Allah be pleased with him): "Will the Hour be established while the Romans are the most numerous of people?" Sayyiduna Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Think carefully about what you are saying!" He replied: "I am only telling you what I heard from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)." Then Sayyiduna Amr bin al-As (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "If you say that, (then it may well be true), for they have four qualities: they are the quickest of people to turn back and attack after retreating; they are the best of people towards the poor, the needy and the weak; they are the most forbearing of people at a time of tribulation; and the fourth quality is very good and fine: they are the foremost of people in resisting the oppression of kings."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "This hadith is narrated from Sayyiduna al-Mustawrid (may Allah be pleased with him) only with this chain; Musa bin Ulayy (may Allah have mercy on him) is alone in narrating it."

Sayyiduna al-Hajjaj bin Amr al-Mazini (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to pray tahajjud after his sleep, and he used to use the tooth-stick (miswak) before praying tahajjud."