It was narrated that Abu Hurairah and Ibn 'Abbas said: "Faith increases and decreases."

It was narrated that Abu Darda' said: "Faith increases and decreases."

Ibn Buraidah narrated that his father said: "The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'Allah has commanded me to love four people, and He told me that He also loves them.' He was asked: 'O Messenger of Allah, who are they?' He said: ''Ali is one of them,' and he said that three times, 'and Abu Dharr, Salman and Miqdad.'"

It was narrated that Anas bin Malik said: "The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'I have been tortured for the sake of Allah as no one else has, and I have suffered fear for the sake of Allah as no one else has. I have spent three days when Bilal and I had no food that any living being could eat but that which could be concealed in the armpit of Bilal.'"

It was narrated from Salim that: A poet praised Bilal bin 'Abdullah and said: "Bilal bin 'Abdullah is better than any other Bilal." Ibn 'Umar said: 'You are lying. The Bilal of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) is better than any other Bilal.'"

It was narrated that Abu Laila Al-Kindi said: "Khabbab came to `Umar and said: 'Come close, for no one deserves this meeting more than you, except `Ammar.' Then Khabbab started to show him the marks on his back where the idolaters had tortured him."

It was narrated that 'Abdullah bin 'Amr said: "I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: 'There is no one on earth, or under the sky, who speaks more truthfully than Abu Dharr.'"

It was narrated that Bara' bin 'Azib said: "The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was given a gift of a length of silk fabric. The people started passing it around to one another. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'Are you admiring this?' They said: 'Yes, O Messenger of Allah.' He said: 'By the One in Whose Hand is my soul! The handkerchief of Sa'd bin Mu'adh in Paradise is better than this.'"

It was narrated that Jabir said: "The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'The Throne of The Most Merciful trembled upon the death of Sa'd bin Mu'adh.'"

It was narrated that Jarir bin 'Abdullah Al-Bajali said: "The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) never refused to see me from the time I became Muslim, and whenever he saw me he would smile at me. I complained to him that I could not sit firmly on a horse, so he struck me on the chest with his hand and said: 'O Allah, make him firm and cause him to guide others and be rightly-guided.'"

It was narrated that Abu Hurairah said: "The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'Do not revile my Companions, for by The One in Whose Hand is my soul! If any one of you were to spend the equivalent of Mount Uhud in gold, it would not equal a Mudd spent by anyone of them, nor even half a Mudd."

It was narrated from 'Abdul-Muhaimin bin 'Abbas bin Sahl bin Sa'd from his father, from his grandfather, that: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "The Ansar are an inner garment and the people are an outer garment. If the people were to head towards one valley or a narrow mountain pass and the Ansar towards another, I would travel to the valley of the Ansar, and were it not for the Hijrah, I would have been a man from among the Ansar."

Kathir bin 'Abdullah bin 'Amr bin 'Awf narrated from his father: That his grandfather said: "The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'May Allah have mercy on the Ansar, and the children of the Ansar, and the grandchildren of the Ansar.'"

It was narrated that Ibn 'Abbas said: "The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'There are those who recite the Qur'an but it does not go any deeper than their collarbones. They will pass through Islam like an arrow passing through its target.'"

It was narrated from Abu Zubair that Jabir bin 'Abdullah said: "The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was in Ji'ranah and he was distributing gold nuggets and spoils of war which were in Bilal's lap. A man said: 'Do justice, O Muhammed!' He said: 'Woe to you! Who will do justice after me if I do not do justice?' 'Umar said: 'O Messenger of Allah! Let me strike the neck of this hypocrite!' The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'This man has some companions who recite the Qur'an but it does not go any deeper than their collarbones. They will pass through Islam like an arrow passing through its target.'"

It was narrated that Ibn Awfa said: "The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'The Khawarij are the dogs of Hell.'"

It was narrated from Mundhir bin Jarir that his father said: "The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'Whoever introduces a good practice that is followed, he will receive its reward and a reward equivalent to that of those who follow it, without that detracting from their reward in their slightest. And whoever introduces a bad practice that is followed, he will receive its sin and a burden of sin equivalent to that of those who follow it, without that detracting from their burden in the slightest.'"

It was narrated that Abu Hurairah said: "A man came to the Prophet, who encouraged the people to give charity to him. A man said: 'I have such and such,' and there was no one left in that gathering who did not give him something in charity, to a greater or lesser extent. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'Whoever initiates a good practice that is followed, he will receive a perfect reward for that, and a reward equivalent to that of those who follow it, without that detracting from their reward in the slightest. And whoever introduces a bad practice that is followed, he will receive the complete burden of sin for that, and a burden of sin equivalent to that of those who follow it without that detracting from their burden in the slightest.'"

It was narrated from Anas bin Malik that: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "Every caller who invites people to misguidance and is followed, will have a burden of sin equal to that of those who follow him, without that detracting from their burden in the slightest. And every caller who invites people to true guidance and is followed, will have a reward equal to that of those who follow him, without that detracting from their reward in the slightest.'"

It was narrated that Abu Juhaifah said: "The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'Whoever introduces a good practice that is followed after him, will have a reward for that and the equivalent of their reward, without that detracting from their reward in the slightest. Whoever introduces an evil practice that is followed after him, will bear the burden of sin for that and the equivalent of their burden of sin, without that detracting from their burden in the slightest.'"