A man who is asked: How are you this morning?

Ibn Abi Amrah said that it was asked: "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), in what state did you reach the morning?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "In a good state, better than a people who do not attend funerals and do not visit the sick."

Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I asked: "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), in what state did you reach the morning?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "In a good state, better than a man who did not reach the morning fasting and did not visit a sick person."

Khaythamah said: I asked Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her): "In what state did you reach the morning?" She said: "With the favours of Allah."

Ibn Awn said: I passed by Amir al-Sha'bi while he was sitting in the courtyard of his house, and I asked: "How are you?" He said: When Shurayh was asked "How are you?" he would say: "I am in His favours," and he would point with his index finger towards the sky.

Bakr said that a man asked Abu Tamimah al-Hujaymi: "How are you?" He said: "I am between two favours: I am between concealed sins and a praise that none of these people knows about. By Allah, I have not attained it, nor am I worthy of it."

Mughirah said that when Ibrahim was greeted with salam, he would reply: "Wa alaykum," and when he was asked "How are you?" he would reply: "I am in the favour of Allah."

Isma'il bin Abi Khalid said that a man asked Imam al-Sha'bi: "O Abu Amr, in what state did you reach the morning?" He said: "In favours." I asked: "In whose favours?" He said: "In the favours of Allah."

Mughirah said that when Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) was asked during an illness "How are you?" he would say: "In a very bad state," and he would recite this verse: "And We shall test you with evil and good" [Al-Anbiya: 35].

Ayyub said that a man met Ikrimah in Madinah and asked: "How are you?" He said: "I am in a bad state. Both my hands are cracked, and I am like this and like this." The narrator said: He used to interpret this verse in this way: "And We test you with evil and good as a trial, and to Us you will be returned" [Al-Anbiya: 35].

Ata bin al-Sa'ib said that when Abu Abd al-Rahman al-Sulami was asked "How are you?" he would say: "In well-being, and we give thanks to Allah."

Ata said: I mentioned this to Abu al-Bakhtari, and he said three times: "Where did he take this way from?"

Ibn Awn said that a man met Imam Muhammad (Ibn Sirin) and asked: "How are you?" He said: "I am in a very bad state. I get hungry and I do not have the strength to eat my fill, and I get thirsty and I do not have the strength to quench my thirst."