This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Ibn 'Umar and the words are: That he said there would be before you a Cistern extending from Jarba' and Adhruh and the same has been transmitted on the authority of Ibn Muthanna and the wording is: "My Cistern."

Thauban reported Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) as saying: I would be pushing back from my Cistern the crowd of people. I would strike away from it (the Cistern) with my staff the people of Yemen until the water (of the Haud) would spout forth upon them. He was asked about its breadth. He said: From this place of mine to 'Amman, and he was asked about the drink and he said: It is whiter than milk and sweeter than honey. There would spout into it two streamlets having their sources in Paradise. The one is from gold and the other is from silver. This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Hisham with the same chain of transmitters and the words are: "I would be on the Day of Resurrection near the bank of the Cistern."

This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Anas with a slight variation of wording.

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Jabir bin 'Abdullah through another chain of transmitters.

'Ubaydullah ibn Mu'adh narrated to me, my father narrated to us, Shu'bah narrated to us, from Qatadah, he heard 'Abdullah ibn Abi 'Utbah narrating, from Abu Sa'id al-Khudri.

And Zuhayr ibn Harb, and Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna, and Ahmad ibn Sinan narrated to us. Zuhayr said: 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Mahdi narrated to us, from Shu'bah, from Qatadah, he said: I heard 'Abdullah ibn Abi 'Utbah say: I heard Abu Sa'id al-Khudri say:

"The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, was more modest than a virgin in her seclusion, and when he disliked something, we would recognize it in his face."

Anas reported that Allah's Messenger (صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ) had a camel-driver who had a very melodious voice. Allah's Messenger (صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ) said to him: Anjasha, drive slowly; do not break the vessels of glass, meaning the weak women.

'Ubadah bin Samit reported that when wahi (inspiration) descended upon Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) , he felt a burden on that account and the colour of his face underwent a change.

Al-Bara' reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was of medium height, having broad shoulders, with his hair hanging down on the lobes of his ears. He put on a red mantle over him, and never have I seen anyone more handsome than Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) .

Anas reported that the hair of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) came upon his shoulders.

Jabir bin ahadeeth reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) had a broad face with reddish (wide) eyes, and lean heels. Shu'bah reported: I said to Simak: What does this dali-ul-fam mean? And he said: This means broad face. I said: What does this ashkal mean? He said: Long in the slit of the eye. I said: What is this manhus-ul-aqibain? He said: It implies little flesh at the heels.

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Muthanna through the same chain of transmitters.

Anas (b. Malik) was asked about the old age of Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) . He said: Allah did not blemish him with white hair.

Jabir bin ahadeeth was asked about the old age of Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) . He said: When he oiled his head nothing was seen (as a mark of old age) and when he did not apply oil something (of the old age) became visible.

Jabir. ahadeeth reported: I saw the seal on his back as if it were a pigeon's egg.

Jabir reported that he heard Mu'awiyah say in his address that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) died at the age of sixty-three, so was the case with Abu Bakr (RA) and 'Umar, and I (am now) sixty-three.

Anas reported a hadith like this from Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) through another chain of transmitters.

Abu Hurairah (RA) reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying that Allah, the Exalted and Majestic, said: It is not meant for a servant of Mine that he should say: I am better than Yunus bin Matta (peace be upon him).

Abu al-Aliya said: The son of the uncle of your Prophet (ﷺ) , i. e. Ibn Abbas (RA) , reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: It is not meant for a servant that he should say: I am better than Yunus bin Matta (and this Matta) is the name of his father.

Abu Hurairah (RA) reported: It was said to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as to who was the most worthy of respect amongst people. He said: The most God-conscious amongst you. They said: It is not this that we are asking about, whereupon he said: Then he is Yusuf, the Apostle (ﷺ) of Aliah and the son of Allah's Apostle, Ya'qub, who was also the son of Allah's Apostle, the friend of Allah (Ibrahim). They said: This is not what we are asking you. He said: You mean the tribes of Arabia? Those who are good in pre-Islamic days are good in Islam (after embracing Islam) when they get an understanding of it.

Abdullah reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: If I were to choose from my Umma anyone as my bosom friend, I would have chosen Abu Bakr.

'Abdullah reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: If I were to choose as my bosom friend I would have chosen the son of Abu Quhafa (Abu Bakr) as my bosom friend.

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Abu Hurairah (RA) through another chain of transrritters.

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of 'Ubaidullah with the same chain of transmitter but with the addition of the words:" He abandoned saying prayer over the hypocrites who had died."

Abu Musa al-Ash'ari reported that while Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was in one of the gardens of Madinah, reclining against a pillow and fixing a stick in a mud, that a person came asking for the gate to be opened, whereupon he said: Open it for him and give him glad tidings of Paradise and, lo, it was Abu Bakr. I opened (the gate) for him and gave him the glad tidings of Paradise. Then another person asked for the door to be opened, whereupon he said: Open it and give him the glad tidings of Piradise. He said: I went away and, lo, it was 'Umar. I opened it for him and gave him the glad tidings of Paradise. Then still another man asked for the door to be opened, and thereupon Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) said: Open it and give him the glad tidings of Paradise after a trial would afflict him. I went and, lo, it was 'Uthman bin 'Affan. 1 opened the door and gave him the glad tidings of Paradise and informed him (what the Holy Prophet (ﷺ) had said). Thereupon he said: O Allah, grant me steadfastness. Allah is one Whose help is to be sought.

Sa'd bin Abi Waqqas reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) left ' Ali Ibn Abi Talib (RA) behind him (as he proceeded) to the expedition of Tabuk, whereupon he ('Ali) said: Allah's Messenger, are you leaving me behind amongst women 4nd children? Thereupon he (the Holy Prophet) said: Aren't you satisfied with being unto me what Aaron was unto Moses (ؑ) but with this exception that there would be no prophet after me.

Sa'd reported Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) as saying to 'Ali (RA) : Aren't you satisfied with being unto me what Aaron was unto Moses (ؑ)?

This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Ibn Rumh with a slight variation of wording.

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of 'Ali through another chain of transmitters.

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Yabyl bin Sa'id with the same chain of transmitters.

This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Simak and the hadith transmitted on the authority of Shu'bah (the words are): When they intended to feed her (Sa'd'. s mother), they opened her mouth with the help of a stick and then put the feed in her mouth, and in the same hadith the words are: He struck the nose of Sa'd and it was injured and Sa'd had (the mark) of wound on his nose.

Hudhaifa reported that the people of Najran came to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and said: Allah's Messenger, send along with us a man of trust; whereupon he said: I would definitely send to you a man of trust, a man of trust in the true sense of the term. Thereupon his Companions looked up eagerly and he sent Abu Ubaida bin Jarrah.

Abu Musa reported Allali's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: There are many persons amongst men who are quite perfect but there are not perfect amongst women except Mary, daughter of 'Imran, Asiya wife of Pharaoh, and the excellence of 'A'isha as compared to women is that of Tharid over all other foods.

'A'isha reported: I heard that never a prophet dies until he is given an option to opt the life of (this) world or that of the Hereafter. She further said: I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) say in his last illness in which he' died. I heard him saying in gruffness of the voice: Along with those persons upon whom Allah bestowed favours from amongst the Apostles, the testifiers of truth, the martyrs, the pious and goodly company are they (iv. 69). (It was on bearing these words) that I thought that he had been given choice (and he opted to live with these pious persons in the Paradise).

Abu Musa (RA) reported: I came to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and thought that 'Abdullah was amongst the members of the family, or like that.

Abu Ishaq reported that he heard Abu'l-Ahwas say: I was along with Abu Musa and Abu Mas'ud as Ibn Mas'ud died and one of them said to the other: Do you find one like him besides him? Thereupon he said: Do you say this (no one can be his rival)? He was admitted (to the company of the Holy Prophet (ﷺ)) whereas we were detained and he had been present in the company of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) whereas we had been absent.

This tradition has been transmitted on the authority of Shu'bah through A'mash, but there is a difference of order of the four.

Masruq reported: They made a mention of Ibn Mas'ud before 'Abdullah bin 'Amr (RA) , whereupon he said: He is a person whose love is always fresh in my heart after I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: Learn the recitation of the Qur'an from four persons: from Ibn Mas'ud, Salim, the ally of Abu Hudhaifa, Ubayy bin Ka'b, Mu'adh bin Jabal.

Anas is reported to have said: Four persons collected the Qur'an during the lifetime of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and all of them were Ansar: Mu'adh bin Jabal, Ubayy bin Ka'b, Zaid bin Thabit, Abu Zaid. Qatada said: Anas, who was Abu Zaid? He said: He was one of my uncles.

Anas bin Malik (RA) reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said to Ubayy bin Ka'b: I have been commanded to recite to you the Sura (al- Bayyinah) which opens with these words (Lam Yakunil-ladhiyna Kafaruu) He said: Has he mentioned to you my name? He said: Yes; thereupon he shed tears of joy.

Al-Bara' reported that a garment of silk was presented to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) . His Companions touched it and admired its softness; there- upon he said: Do you admire the softness of this (cloth)? The handkerchiefs of Sa'd bin Mu'adh in Paradise are better than this.