Jafar bin al-Zubayr from al-Qasim

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 Almighty created the creation and decreed the decree, and took the covenant of the prophets while His Throne was upon the water. So the people of Paradise are those who are its people, and the people of Hell are those who are its people." The Companions said: O Prophet of Allah, then what are deeds for? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Every people acts according to its station." At this Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Then we shall strive hard, O Messenger 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) said: "As soon as the first drop of the martyr's blood falls, his sins are forgiven; with the second drop he is clothed in the garments of faith; and with the third drop he is married to the wide-eyed maidens of Paradise (al-hur al-'in)."

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 one who calls the adhan is forgiven as far as his voice reaches, and his reward is equal to the reward of those who pray with 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: "When Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, created the creation and decreed the decree, He took the people of the right in His right hand and the people of the left in His left hand. Then He said: 'O people of the right!' They said: 'Here we are, at Your service and ready to obey You.' He said: 'Am I not your Lord?' They said: 'Yes, indeed.' Then He said: 'O people of the left!' They said: 'Here we are, at Your service and ready to obey You.' He said: 'Am I not your Lord?' They said: 'Yes, indeed.' Then He mixed them together. At this someone said: 'O my Lord! Why did You mix them together?' He said: 'They have deeds besides that which they will do, so that on the Day of Resurrection they cannot say: We were unaware of this.' Then He returned them into the loins of Adam (peace be upon 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: "Whichever Muslim performs ablution (wudu) well and then offers the obligatory prayer, it is for him like a Hajj; and if he offers a voluntary prayer, it is for him like an Umrah."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) that a man asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), saying: I touched my private part while I was praying. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "There is no harm; it is only a part of your own body."

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: "A man stands up from his seat for his brother, except Banu Hashim: they do not stand up for anyone."

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 about the raised couches, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "If a couch were dropped from the top of them, it would keep falling for a hundred years before it reached the bottom."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) slept until he began to snore, then he said: "Ablution (wudu) is obligatory on one who sleeps lying down."

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: "Whoever takes a loan intending to repay it, Allah will repay it on his behalf on the Day of Resurrection. And whoever takes a loan not intending to repay it, and then dies, Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, will say on the Day of Resurrection: 'I had thought that I would not take My servant's right.' So some of his good deeds will be taken and added to the good deeds of the other; and if he has no good deeds, some of the other's bad deeds will be taken and placed upon 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: "Whoever owes a debt and intends to repay it, then dies without leaving enough to settle it, Allah will pardon him and will satisfy the creditor however He wills, and his satisfaction is Allah's responsibility."

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: "It is not fitting for a servant that he comes to his brother and asks him for a loan, and the brother has the means (to give) yet still refuses."

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 Friday prayer is (obligatory) on fifty men, and there is no Friday prayer on fewer than fifty."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to wear a ring on his right hand.

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: "One who is observing a voluntary fast has the choice (to break it or to keep it) until midday."

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: "When the circumcised part passes beyond the circumcised part, the ritual bath (ghusl) becomes obligatory."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was asked: Will the people of Paradise visit one another? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The one of higher rank will visit the one below, but the one below will not visit the one of higher rank, except those who loved one another for the sake of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic: they will go wherever they wish in Paradise on she-camels laden with cushions."

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 about the verse "They will remain therein for ages" [Surah al-Naba: 23]: "One age is thirty thousand years."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) that "al-kanud" (the ungrateful) was mentioned before the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Al-kanud is the one who eats alone, withholds his help, and beats his slave."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Dry ablution (tayammum) is one strike for the face and one strike for the two palms."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever spits towards his qiblah and does not cover it, it (the spittle) will come on the Day of Resurrection in the form of black marks, until it lands between his two eyes."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever relates a report just as he heard it, then if it is righteousness and truth, its reward is yours; and if it is a lie, its sin is upon the one who started it."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, is beautiful and loves beauty."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever steps over a gathering of people without their permission is disobedient."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The Hour will not be established until you become (once again) people who fight one another, and until a man goes to a Nabataean woman and marries her for the sake of his livelihood, and abandons his paternal cousin, not even looking at her."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Among my Ummah there will be people who go to the market and buy a shirt for half a dinar or a third of a dinar, then praise Allah when they put it on, and the shirt will not even have reached their knees before they are forgiven."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Ask Allah for al-Firdaws, for it is the centre of Paradise, and the people of al-Firdaws hear the creaking of the Throne."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Were it not that the poor tell lies, whoever turned them away (empty-handed) would never succeed."

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: "If the poor were truthful, whoever turned them away (empty-handed) would never succeed."

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: "A day will come upon Hell when it will be like a ripened red crop, and its doors will keep flapping open and shut."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "If the son of Adam had two valleys, he would wish for a third as well; and wealth was made only for establishing the prayer and giving zakah. Nothing fills the belly of the son of Adam except dust, and Allah accepts the repentance of whoever repents."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The one on the right (the angel) is a trustee over the one on the left (the angel). So when the servant does a good deed, he records it tenfold; and when he does a bad deed and the one on the left wants to record it, the one on the right says to him: 'Hold back.' So he holds back. If the servant seeks forgiveness from Allah, it is not recorded; and if he remains silent, it is recorded against him."

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 religion in one who has no trustworthiness."

Sayyiduna Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: We were with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) on a journey, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) did not wake from sleep until the heat of the sun troubled him between his shoulders. When he (peace and blessings be upon him) woke, the people waited for a while; then he (peace and blessings be upon him) had the prayer called, stepped forward and led them in prayer. When he had finished leading the prayer, he said: "When one of you falls asleep and his eyes overcome him, let him do likewise, for Allah takes the souls at the time of their death, and the one that does not die He takes (temporarily) in its sleep."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) that a man came who had missed the prayer, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him: "Pray." Then he said: "Is there no one who will give charity to this man and pray with him?" So a man stood up and prayed with him, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "This too is a congregation."