The Prophet (ﷺ) said to Abu Talha, "Choose one of your boys to serve me." So Abu Talha took me (to
serve the Prophet (ﷺ) ) by giving me a ride behind him (on his camel). So I used to serve Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)
whenever he stayed somewhere. I used to hear him saying, "O Allah! I seek refuge with you (Allah)
from (worries) care and grief, from incapacity and laziness, from miserliness and cowardice, from
being heavily in debt and from being overpowered by other men." I kept on serving him till he
returned from (the battle of) Khaibar. He then brought Safiya, the daughter of Huyay whom he had
got (from the booty). I saw him making a kind of cushion with a cloak or a garment for her. He then
let her ride behind him. When we reached a place called As-Sahba', he prepared (a special meal
called) Hais, and asked me to invite the men who (came and) ate, and that was the marriage banquet
given on the consummation of his marriage to her. Then he proceeded till the mountain of Uhud
appeared, whereupon he said, "This mountain loves us and we love it." When he approached Medina,
he said, "O Allah! I make the land between its (i.e., Medina's) two mountains a sanctuary, as the
prophet Abraham made Mecca a sanctuary. O Allah! Bless them (the people of Medina) in their Mudd
and the Sa' (units of measuring).
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 80, Hadith 60
Yahya related to me from Malik from Abu'z Zinad from al-Araj from
Abu Hurayra that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant
him peace, saw a man driving forward a camel which he was going to
sacrifice, and he told him to ride it. The man said, "Messenger of
Allah, it is an animal that I am going to sacrifice," and he replied,
"Ride it, woe on you," either the second or the third time.
Muwatta Malik Book 20, Hadith 143
While I was praying in the Mosque, Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) called me but I did not respond to him. Later I
said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! I was praying." He said, "Didn't Allah say'--"Give your response to Allah
(by obeying Him) and to His Apostle when he calls you." (8.24)
He then said to me, "I will teach you a Sura which is the greatest Sura in the Quran, before you leave
the Mosque." Then he got hold of my hand, and when he intended to leave (the Mosque), I said to
him, "Didn't you say to me, 'I will teach you a Sura which is the greatest Sura in the Quran?' He said,
"Al-Hamdu-Li l-lah Rabbi-l-`alamin (i.e. Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the worlds) which is Al-Sab'a
Al-Mathani (i.e. seven repeatedly recited Verses) and the Grand Quran which has been given to me."
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 65, Hadith 1