Ubadah bin Nusayy, via Abd al-Rahman bin Ghanm, from Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him)

Sayyiduna Mu'adh bin Jabal (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he said: "The galaxy (the Milky Way) in the sky is the sweat of the serpent that is beneath the Throne."

Sayyiduna Mu'adh bin Jabal (may Allah be pleased with him) said that when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) intended to send Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him) to Yemen, he consulted some of his Companions, among them Sayyiduna Abu Bakr, Sayyiduna Umar, Sayyiduna Uthman, Sayyiduna Ali, Sayyiduna Talhah, Sayyiduna al-Zubayr and Sayyiduna Usayd bin Hudayr (may Allah be pleased with them). He consulted all of them, and Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Had you not consulted us, we would not have spoken. He said: "In matters about which no revelation comes to me, I am like one of you." The narrator said: So the people spoke, each person giving his opinion. Then he said: "O Mu'adh! What is your opinion?" He said: My opinion is what Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) said. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, dislikes above His heaven that Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) should err."

Sayyiduna Mu'adh bin Jabal (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would sometimes wash the limbs of ablution once, sometimes twice, and sometimes three times each; he did all of these.

Sayyiduna Mu'adh bin Jabal (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to perform dry ablution (tayammum) with the soil of the earth, and I saw him wipe his hands and face only once.

Sayyiduna Mu'adh bin Jabal (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) wipe his face with the edge of his garment during ablution.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Mu'adh bin Jabal (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) recited it (this verse) as: "hal tastati'u rabbaka" (that is: Can you (ask) your Lord?).

Sayyiduna Mu'adh bin Jabal (may Allah be pleased with him) said: We went on the expedition of Khaybar with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and we obtained some sheep (as spoils). The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) distributed a portion of them among us, which sufficed us, and he placed the rest in the general spoils.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Mu'adh bin Jabal (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to encourage his Companions to engage in single combat (mubarazah) with the enemy.

Abdur Rahman bin Ghanm al-Ash'ari (may Allah have mercy on him) said: When Sayyiduna Shurahbil bin Hasanah (may Allah be pleased with him) conquered Qinnasrin, he obtained cattle and sheep there, so he distributed them among the people, and some were left over, so he put their price into the spoils. Ibn Ghanm said: I told this to Sayyiduna Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him), and he said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) distributed the livestock of Khaybar among us, then some of it was left over, so he (peace and blessings be upon him) sold it and put its price into the (remaining) shares.

Sayyiduna Mu'adh bin Jabal (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) passed by me while I was skinning a sheep, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me: "O Mu'adh, give it here - or: show me -" Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) pushed (his hand) between the meat and the skin twice, then said: "O Mu'adh, do it like this." Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) went on to the prayer.

Abdur Rahman bin Ghanm (may Allah have mercy on him) said: I asked Sayyiduna Mu'adh bin Jabal (may Allah be pleased with him): Do you use the tooth-stick (miswak) while fasting? He said: Yes. I said: At what time of the day do you use it? He said: At whatever time of the day you wish, in the morning if you wish, or in the evening if you wish. I said: People dislike it in the evening. He asked: Why? I said: They say that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The smell of the fasting person's mouth is more pleasing to Allah than the fragrance of musk." So he said: Subhan Allah! When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered them to use the tooth-stick, he (peace and blessings be upon him) knew that the fasting person's mouth would inevitably have khuluf (a change of odour) - even if he used the tooth-stick - and he (peace and blessings be upon him) was not one to order them to make their mouths foul deliberately. There is no good in that; rather, there is harm in it, except for one who is afflicted with a trial he cannot avoid. I said: And is the dust in the path of Allah likewise? Is only the one rewarded for it who is compelled to it and finds no way to escape it? He said: "Yes, and whoever deliberately throws himself into hardship has no reward in it."

Sayyiduna Mu'adh bin Jabal (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered ablution (wudu) on account of eating what has been cooked by fire only in the sense of washing the hands and the mouth for cleanliness, and it is not obligatory.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Ubaydah bin al-Jarrah (may Allah be pleased with him) and Sayyiduna Mu'adh bin Jabal (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "If a pregnant woman kills deliberately, she shall not be executed until she gives birth to what is in her womb, and until arrangements are made for the (child's) care. And if she commits adultery, she shall not be stoned until she gives birth to what is in her womb, and until arrangements are made for its care."