Reports on holding fast to the jama'ah and the prohibition of leaving it, and other matters

Sayyiduna Usamah bin Sharik (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Any man who goes out to cause division in my Ummah, strike his neck."
Zayd bin Ata' bin al-Sa'ib narrated this hadith in this way from Ziyad bin Ilaqah, from Usamah, whereas the correct version is from Sayyiduna Arfajah (may Allah be pleased with him); and Muhammad bin Bishr likewise narrated it from Mujalid.

Sayyiduna Usamah bin Sharik (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever causes division in my Ummah while they are united, strike off his head, whoever he may be."

Sayyiduna Usamah bin Sharik (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The Hand of Allah is over the Jama'ah (the united community); whoever separates from it, Satan snatches him away just as a wolf snatches a stray sheep from the flock."

Sayyiduna Usamah bin Sharik (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said one day: "Last night my Companions were weighed: Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) was weighed, then Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) was weighed, then Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) was weighed."
Yazid bin Harun narrated it in this way, whereas Sa'dawayh narrated it from Abd al-A'la bin Abi al-Musawir, from Ziyad bin Ilaqah, from Qutbah bin Malik, from Sayyiduna Arfajah (may Allah be pleased with him).

Sayyiduna Usamah bin Sharik (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "In the black seed (nigella) there is a cure for every disease except death."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ya'la bin Murrah (may Allah be pleased with him) and Sayyiduna Usamah bin Sharik (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said concerning wiping over leather socks (khuffs): "For the traveller, three days (and three nights), and for the resident, one day and one night (are permitted)."

Sayyiduna Usamah bin Sharik (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: "No one will enter Paradise merely on the basis of his deeds." We said: O Messenger of Allah, not even you? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "No, not even I, unless Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, covers me with His mercy." And he (peace and blessings be upon him) placed his hand on his head.

It is narrated with the same chain; he said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: "There is not one of you but that a devil is assigned to him." We said: O Messenger of Allah, and with you too? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "And with me too, but Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, helped me against him, so he became Muslim."

Sayyiduna Usamah bin Sharik al-Tha'labi (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I was with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) when a funeral bier was brought before him so that he could pray over it. He (peace and blessings be upon him) turned and saw a woman approaching, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Send her back." So she was sent back repeatedly until she went out of sight. When he (peace and blessings be upon him) saw that she had gone out of sight, he said the takbir over the deceased.