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Narrated `Abdullah bin `Amr: Once Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) remained behind us in a journey. He joined us while we were performing
ablution for the `Asr prayer which was over-due. We were just passing wet hands over our feet (not
washing them properly) so the Prophet (ﷺ) addressed us in a loud voice and said twice or thrice, “Save
your heels from the fire.”

Narrated Anas: Whenever the Prophet (ﷺ) spoke a sentence (said a thing), he used to repeat it thrice so that the people
could understand it properly from him and whenever he asked permission to enter, (he knocked the
door) thrice with greeting.

Narrated Anas: Whenever the Prophet (ﷺ) asked permission to enter, he knocked the door thrice with greeting and
whenever he spoke a sentence (said a thing) he used to repeat it thrice. (See Hadith No. 261, Vol. 8).

Narrated Anas bin Malik: One day Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) came out (before the people) and `Abdullah bin Hudhafa stood up and asked
(him) “Who is my father?” The Prophet (ﷺ) replied, “Your father is Hudhafa.” The Prophet (ﷺ) told them
repeatedly (in anger) to ask him anything they liked. `Umar knelt down before the Prophet (ﷺ) and said
thrice, “We accept Allah as (our) Lord and Islam as (our) religion and Muhammad as (our) Prophet.”
After that the Prophet (ﷺ) became silent.

Narrated Abu Musa: The Prophet (ﷺ) was asked about things which he did not like, but when the questioners insisted, the
Prophet got angry. He then said to the people, “Ask me anything you like.” A man asked, “Who is my
father?” The Prophet (ﷺ) replied, “Your father is Hudhafa.” Then another man got up and said, “Who is
my father, O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) ?” He replied, “Your father is Salim, Maula (the freed slave) of Shaiba.”
So when `Umar saw that (the anger) on the face of the Prophet (ﷺ) he said, “O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)! We repent
to Allah (Our offending you).

Narrated Zaid bin Khalid Al-Juhani: A man asked the Prophet (ﷺ) about the picking up of a “Luqata” (fallen lost thing). The Prophet (ﷺ) replied,
“Recognize and remember its tying material and its container, and make public announcement (about
it) for one year, then utilize it but give it to its owner if he comes.” Then the person asked about the
lost camel. On that, the Prophet (ﷺ) got angry and his cheeks or his Face became red and he said, “You
have no concern with it as it has its water container, and its feet and it will reach water, and eat (the
leaves) of trees till its owner finds it.” The man then asked about the lost sheep. The Prophet (ﷺ) replied,
“It is either for you, for your brother (another person) or for the wolf.”

Narrated Abu Mas`ud Al-Ansari: Once a man said to Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) “O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)! I may not attend the (compulsory
congregational) prayer because so and so (the Imam) prolongs the prayer when he leads us for it. The
narrator added: “I never saw the Prophet (ﷺ) more furious in giving advice than he was on that day. The
Prophet said, “O people! Some of you make others dislike good deeds (the prayers). So whoever leads
the people in prayer should shorten it because among them there are the sick the weak and the needy
(having some jobs to do).

Narrated `Umar: My Ansari neighbor from Bani Umaiya bin Zaid who used to live at `Awali Al-Medina and used to
visit the Prophet (ﷺ) by turns. He used to go one day and I another day. When I went I used to bring the
news of that day regarding the Divine Inspiration and other things, and when he went, he used to do
the same for me. Once my Ansari friend, in his turn (on returning from the Prophet), knocked
violently at my door and asked if I was there.” I became horrified and came out to him. He said,
“Today a great thing has happened.” I then went to Hafsa and saw her weeping. I asked her, “Did
Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) divorce you all?” She replied, “I do not know.” Then, I entered upon the Prophet (ﷺ) and
said while standing, “Have you divorced your wives?” The Prophet (ﷺ) replied in the negative. On that I
said, “Allahu-Akbar (Allah is Greater).” (See Hadith No. 119, Vol. 3 for details)

Narrated `Abdullah bin Abi Mulaika: `Uqba bin Al-Harith said that he had married the daughter of Abi Ihab bin `Aziz. Later on a woman
came to him and said, “I have suckled (nursed) `Uqba and the woman whom he married (his wife) at
my breast.” `Uqba said to her, “Neither I knew that you have suckled (nursed) me nor did you tell
me.” Then he rode over to see Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) at Medina, and asked him about it. Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said,
“How can you keep her as a wife when it has been said (that she is your foster-sister)?” Then `Uqba
divorced her, and she married another man.

Narrated Abu Jamra: I was an interpreter between the people and Ibn `Abbas. Once Ibn `Abbas said that a delegation of the
tribe of `Abdul Qais came to the Prophet (ﷺ) who asked them, “Who are the people (i.e. you)? (Or) who
are the delegates?” They replied, “We are from the tribe of Rabi`a.” Then the Prophet (ﷺ) said to them,
“Welcome, O people (or said, “O delegation (of `Abdul Qais).”) Neither will you have disgrace nor
will you regret.” They said, “We have come to you from a distant place and there is the tribe of the
infidels of Mudar intervening between you and us and we cannot come to you except in the sacred
month. So please order us to do something good (religious deeds) and that we may also inform our
people whom we have left behind (at home) and that we may enter Paradise (by acting on them.)” The
Prophet ordered them to do four things, and forbade them from four things. He ordered them to
believe in Allah Alone, the Honorable the Majestic and said to them, “Do you know what is meant by
believing in Allah Alone?” They replied, “Allah and His Apostle know better.” Thereupon the Prophet (ﷺ)
said, “(That means to testify that none has the right to be worshipped but Allah and that Muhammad is
His Apostle, to offer prayers perfectly, to pay Zakat, to observe fasts during the month of Ramadan,
(and) to pay Al-Khumus (one fifth of the booty to be given in Allah’s cause).” Then he forbade them
four things, namely Ad-Dubba.’ Hantam, Muzaffat (and) An-Naqir or Muqaiyar (These were the
names of pots in which alcoholic drinks used to be prepared). The Prophet (ﷺ) further said, “Memorize
them (these instructions) and tell them to the people whom you have left behind.”