The words of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him)

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: Allah Almighty says: O son of Adam, devote yourself to My worship and I will fill your heart with richness and close off your poverty. Otherwise I will fill both your hands with occupations and will not close off your poverty.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: The soul of the believer is not taken until he sees the glad tidings. Then when his soul is taken, he calls out, and there is no animal in the house, small or large, except that it hears his voice, apart from humans and jinn: Hurry with him to the Most Merciful of those who show mercy. Then when he is placed on the bier, he says: How slowly you people walk! Then when he is placed in his grave, he is made to sit up, and he will be shown his place in Paradise and what Allah has prepared for him, and his grave will be filled with mercy, fragrance and musk. The narrator says: He will say: O my Lord, send me forward. It will be said: Your time has not yet come. You have brothers and sisters who have not yet joined you. But sleep, with your eyes at rest. Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: By the One in whose hand is my soul, no well-fed, pampered young man or young woman in this world sleeps a sleep as sweet and as short as that sleep will be, until he raises his head to the glad tidings on the Day of Resurrection.

It is narrated from Ubayd bin Bab that he said: I was pouring water from a waterskin over Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) when a man passed by him, and he (may Allah be pleased with him) asked: O so-and-so, where are you heading? He said: To the market. He (may Allah be pleased with him) said: If you can buy death before you come back, then buy it. The narrator says: Then he (may Allah be pleased with him) turned to me and said: Indeed, I fear Allah regarding that which is sought in haste before its decreed time.

It is narrated from Abu Hazim that he said: I passed with Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) by the grave of someone freshly buried, and he said: That two light rak'ahs, which you consider insignificant, should be his provision is dearer to me than your world.

It is narrated from Abu Uthman that he said: It reached me from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: Allah Almighty rewards a believer for one good deed with one million good deeds. So I went to him and said: O Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), it has reached me from you that you say that Allah Almighty rewards a believer for one good deed with one million good deeds? He said: Yes, and with two million as well. In the noble Qur'an it says concerning this: "Indeed, Allah does not wrong anyone by even an atom's weight, and if it is a good deed, He multiplies it." So who knows the measure of those multiples? "And He gives from Himself a great reward" [Surah An-Nisa: 40]. He said: It is Paradise.

It is narrated from Abu Hazim that Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Whoever clothes someone in an old garment, Allah Almighty will clothe him in silk in return for it; and whoever clothes someone in a new garment, Allah Almighty will clothe him in istabraq (brocade) in return for it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that a guest sought permission from a man of the Ansar. This Ansari had food only for himself and his children. So he said to his wife: Put the children to sleep and put out the lamp. The narrator says: Upon this, this verse was revealed: "And they prefer others over themselves, even though they are in want themselves. And whoever is saved from the greed of his own soul, it is they who are the successful" [Surah Al-Hashr: 9].

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: When a person dies, the angels say: What has he sent ahead? And the people say: What has he left behind?

It is narrated from Ubayd that he said: I passed by a date palm with Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) and he said: O Allah, feed us dates that the children of Adam have not pollinated.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: Whoever has wept out of fear of Allah, the fire of Hell will not consume him until milk goes back into the udder. And the dust of the path of Allah and the smoke of Hell can never come together in the nostrils of a Muslim servant.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: Whoever removes an evil from a believer, it is as if he has brought back to life a girl who was buried alive.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: There is no good in idle speech.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: A man passed by a dog lying beside a well, a dog that was close to death from thirst. The man found nothing with which to give it water, so he took off his leather sock, scooped up water for it and gave it to drink. So Allah Almighty dealt with his account and admitted him to Paradise.

It is narrated from Abu Salamah that he said: I went to Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) while he was ill. I held him from behind in my lap and said: O Allah, grant healing to Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him). But he said: O Allah, make it more severe.