We were in our country when flags and banners were raised. I said: What is this?
The (the people) said: This is the banner of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). So I came to him. He was (sitting) under a tree. A sheet of cloth was spread for him and he was sitting on it. His Companions were gathered around him. I sat with them.
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) mentioned illness and said: When a believer is afflicted by illness and Allah cures him of it, it serves as an atonement for his previous sins and a warning to him for the future.
But when a hypocrite becomes ill and is then cured, he is like a camel which has been tethered and then let loose by its owners, but does not know why they tethered it and why they let it loose.
A man from among those around him asked: Messenger of Allah, what are illnesses? I swear by Allah, I never fell ill.
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Get up and leave us. You do not belong to our number. When we were with him, a man came to him. He had a sheet of cloth and something in his hand.
He turned his attention to him and said: Messenger of Allah, when I saw you, I turned towards you. I saw a group of trees and heard the sound of fledglings. I took them and put them in my garment. Their mother then came and began to hover round my head. I showed them to her, and she fell on them. I wrapped them with my garment. They are now with me.
He said: Put them away from you. So I put them away, but their mother stayed with them.
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to his companions: Are you surprised at the affection of the mother for her young?
They said: Yes, Messenger of Allah. He said: I swear by Him Who has sent me with the Truth, Allah is more affectionate to His servants than a mother to her young ones. Take them back put them and where you took them from when their mother should have been with them. So he took them back.
Sunan Abi Dawud Book 21, Hadith 1
I saw `Umar bin Al-Khattab (when he was stabbed) saying, "O `Abdullah bin `Umar! Go to the
mother of the believers Aisha and say, `Umar bin Al-Khattab sends his greetings to you,' and request
her to allow me to be buried with my companions." (So, Ibn `Umar conveyed the message to `Aisha.)
She said, "I had the idea of having this place for myself but today I prefer him (`Umar) to myself (and
allow him to be buried there)." When `Abdullah bin `Umar returned, `Umar asked him, "What (news)
do you have?" He replied, "O chief of the believers! She has allowed you (to be buried there)." On
that `Umar said, "Nothing was more important to me than to be buried in that (sacred) place. So, when
I expire, carry me there and pay my greetings to her (`Aisha ) and say, `Umar bin Al-Khattab asks
permission; and if she gives permission, then bury me (there) and if she does not, then take me to the
graveyard of the Muslims. I do not think any person has more right for the caliphate than those with
whom Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) (p.b.u.h) was always pleased till his death. And whoever is chosen by the
people after me will be the caliph, and you people must listen to him and obey him," and then he
mentioned the name of `Uthman, `Ali, Talha, Az-Zubair, `Abdur-Rahman bin `Auf and Sa`d bin Abi
Waqqas.
By this time a young man from Ansar came and said, "O chief of the believers! Be happy with Allah's
glad tidings. The grade which you have in Islam is known to you, then you became the caliph and you
ruled with justice and then you have been awarded martyrdom after all this." `Umar replied, "O son of
my brother! Would that all that privileges will counterbalance (my short comings), so that I neither
lose nor gain anything. I recommend my successor to be good to the early emigrants and realize their
rights and to protect their honor and sacred things. And I also recommend him to be good to the Ansar
who before them, had homes (in Medina) and had adopted the Faith. He should accept the good of the
righteous among them and should excuse their wrongdoers. I recommend him to abide by the rules
and regulations concerning the Dhimmis (protectees) of Allah and His Apostle, to fulfill their
contracts completely and fight for them and not to tax (overburden) them beyond their capabilities."
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 23, Hadith 146
Yahya related to me from Malik from Rabia ibn Abi Abd ar-Rahman
that on one occasion A'isha, the wife of the Prophet, may Allah bless
him and grant him peace, was sleeping with the Messenger of Allah, may
Allah bless him and grant him peace, in one garment, when suddenly she
jumped up sharply. The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and
grant him peace, said to her, "What's the matter with you? Are you
losing blood?", meaning menstruating. She said, "Yes." He said, "Wrap
your waist-wrapper tightly about you, and return to your sleeping-
place."
Muwatta Malik Book 2, Hadith 95