We were at a place which was a thoroughfare for the people, and the caravans used to pass by us and
we would ask them, "What is wrong with the people? What is wrong with the people? Who is that
man?. They would say, "That man claims that Allah has sent him (as an Apostle), that he has been
divinely inspired, that Allah has revealed to him such-and-such." I used to memorize that (Divine)
Talk, and feel as if it was inculcated in my chest (i.e. mind) And the 'Arabs (other than Quraish)
delayed their conversion to Islam till the Conquest (of Mecca). They used to say." "Leave him (i.e.
Muhammad) and his people Quraish: if he overpowers them then he is a true Prophet. So, when
Mecca was conquered, then every tribe rushed to embrace Islam, and my father hurried to embrace
Islam before (the other members of) my tribe. When my father returned (from the Prophet) to his
tribe, he said, "By Allah, I have come to you from the Prophet (ﷺ) for sure!" The Prophet (ﷺ) afterwards said
to them, 'Offer such-and-such prayer at such-and-such time, and when the time for the prayer becomes
due, then one of you should pronounce the Adhan (for the prayer), and let the one amongst you who
knows Quran most should, lead the prayer." So they looked for such a person and found none who
knew more Quran than I because of the Quranic material which I used to learn from the caravans.
They therefore made me their Imam ((to lead the prayer) and at that time I was a boy of six or seven
years, wearing a Burda (i.e. a black square garment) proved to be very short for me (and my body
became partly naked). A lady from the tribe said, "Won't you cover the anus of your reciter for us?"
So they bought (a piece of cloth) and made a shirt for me. I had never been so happy with anything
before as I was with that shirt.
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 64, Hadith 335
“I accompanied Shaddad bin Aws on a journey, so he said: ‘Should I not teach you what the Messenger of Allah used to teach us? That you say: “O Allah, I ask You for steadfastness in the affair and I ask You for determination upon guidance, and I ask You to make me grateful for Your favor, and excellence in worshiping You, and I ask You for a truthful tongue and a sound heart, and I seek refuge in You from the evil of what You know, and I ask You for the good of what You know, and I seek Your forgiveness for that which You know. Verily, You are the Knower of all that is hidden (Allāhumma innī as’alukath-thabāta fil-amri, wa as’aluka `azīmatar-rushdi, wa as’aluka shukra ni`matika, wa ḥusna `ibādatika, wa as’aluka lisānan ṣādiqan wa qalban salīman, wa a`ūdhu bika min sharri mā ta`lamu, wa as’aluka min khairi mā ta`lamu, wa astaghfiruka mimmā ta`lamu innaka anta `allāmul-ghuyūb).’” He said: ‘The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “There is no Muslim who lays down to sleep while reciting a Surat from Allah’s Book, except that Allah entrusts an angel, so that nothing approaches him to harm him until he awakens, whenever he awakens.”
Jami` at-Tirmidhi Book 48, Hadith 38
“I said, I must
observe how the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) prays tonight. So I lay down
at his door. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) got up and prayed two brief
Rak’ah, then two long ones, which were very, very long, then two
Rak’ah which were shorter than the ones preceding them, then two
Rak’ah which were shorter than the ones preceding them, then two
Rak’ah which were shorter than the ones preceding them, then two
Rak’ah, then Witr. That was thirteen Rak’ah.”
Sunan Ibn Majah Book 5, Hadith 560
I got a she-camel in my share of the war booty on the day (of the battle) of Badr, and the Prophet (ﷺ) had
given me a she-camel from the Khumus. When I intended to marry Fatima, the daughter of Allah's
Apostle, I had an appointment with a goldsmith from the tribe of Bani Qainuqa' to go with me to bring
Idhkhir (i.e. grass of pleasant smell) and sell it to the goldsmiths and spend its price on my wedding
party. I was collecting for my she-camels equipment of saddles, sacks and ropes while my two shecamels
were kneeling down beside the room of an Ansari man. I returned after collecting whatever I
collected, to see the humps of my two she-camels cut off and their flanks cut open and some portion
of their livers was taken out. When I saw that state of my two she-camels, I could not help weeping. I
asked, "Who has done this?" The people replied, "Hamza bin `Abdul Muttalib who is staying with
some Ansari drunks in this house." I went away till I reached the Prophet (ﷺ) and Zaid bin Haritha was
with him. The Prophet (ﷺ) noticed on my face the effect of what I had suffered, so the Prophet (ﷺ) asked.
"What is wrong with you." I replied, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! I have never seen such a day as today.
Hamza attacked my two she-camels, cut off their humps, and ripped open their flanks, and he is sitting
there in a house in the company of some drunks." The Prophet (ﷺ) then asked for his covering sheet, put it
on, and set out walking followed by me and Zaid bin Haritha till he came to the house where Hamza
was. He asked permission to enter, and they allowed him, and they were drunk. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) started
rebuking Hamza for what he had done, but Hamza was drunk and his eyes were red. Hamza looked at
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and then he raised his eyes, looking at his knees, then he raised up his eyes looking at
his umbilicus, and again he raised up his eyes look in at his face. Hamza then said, "Aren't you but the
slaves of my father?" Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) realized that he was drunk, so Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) retreated, and we
went out with him.
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 57, Hadith 1