Khalid bin Madan from Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him)

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) that when the food was taken away from in front of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), he would say: "All praise is for Allah, abundant, pure and blessed praise, from which we are not made free of need, nor is it abandoned, and nor, O our Lord, are we free of need of You."

Sayyiduna Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had his dining cloth taken up, he would say: "All praise is for Allah, abundant, pure and blessed praise, from which we are not made free of need, nor is it abandoned, and nor, O our Lord, are we free of need of You."

Sayyiduna Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say at the end of the meal: "All praise is for Allah, abundant, pure and blessed praise, from which we are not made free of need, nor is it abandoned, and nor are we free of need of it."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) that at the end of his meal the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would say: "All praise is for Allah, abundant praise, pure and blessed, from which we are not made free of need, nor is it abandoned, and nor, O our Lord, are we free of need of You."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever goes early in the morning to the mosque with the intention of learning good or teaching it will have a reward like that of a pilgrim who has completed his Hajj."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The days will not pass until a group from my Ummah drinks wine and calls it by a name other than its real name."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, blames for incapacity (laziness), so exert your utmost effort; then if you are overcome, say: I have put my trust in Allah, or say: Allah is sufficient for me, and He is the best Disposer of affairs."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whatever a man spends on his household, his family, his children and his servants is charity for him."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, loves gentleness and is pleased with it, and He gives for it help that He does not give for harshness."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "There is no servant who enters Paradise except that women from the wide-eyed houris will sit at his head and at his feet and sing to him in a voice more beautiful than any that jinn and humans have ever heard; and it will not be with the flutes of Satan, but with the glorification and sanctification of Allah."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was asked: Will the people of Paradise have marital relations? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Again and again, abundantly, but there will be no emission of semen and no death."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever dies while guarding the frontier in the path of Allah, Allah will keep him safe from the trial of the grave."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Modesty and reticence of speech are part of faith; they both bring one near to Paradise and keep one far from Hell. And obscenity and foul speech are from Satan; they both bring one near to Hell and keep one far from Paradise." At this a Bedouin said to Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him): We say in poetry that reticence of speech is part of foolishness. He said: Do you see me saying, "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said," and you want to make it seem better with your foul-smelling poetry (that is, you present your poetry against the saying of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him))?

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Any man whose face becomes covered with dust in the path of Allah, Allah will keep him safe from the smoke of Hell on the Day of Resurrection; and any man whose feet become covered with dust in the path of Allah, Allah will keep his feet safe from Hell on the Day of Resurrection."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "What a good man I am for the worst of my Ummah!" A man from among those sitting with him (peace and blessings be upon him) said: O Messenger of Allah, then how are you for the best of them? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "As for the worst of my Ummah, Allah will admit them into Paradise through my intercession, and as for the best of them, Allah will admit them into Paradise through their deeds."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever prays the Friday prayer, fasts on that day, visits a sick person, attends a funeral and attends a marriage, Paradise becomes obligatory for him."