that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Hasten to do deeds before trials like pieces of the dark night: a man will be a believer in the morning and a disbeliever in the evening, or he will be a believer in the evening and a disbeliever in the morning, selling his religion for a worldly gain."

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ: «بَادِرُوا بِالْأَعْمَالِ فِتَنًا كَقِطَعِ اللَّيْلِ الْمُظْلِمِ، يُصْبِحُ الرَّجُلُ مُؤْمِنًا وَيُمْسِي كَافِرًا، أَوْ يُمْسِي مُؤْمِنًا وَيُصْبِحُ كَافِرًا، يَبِيعُ دِينَهُ بِعَرَضٍ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا».

I prayed Asr behind the Prophet ﷺ in Madinah. He offered taslim (i.e. finished his prayer), then stood up quickly and stepped over the people's necks to one of his wives' rooms. The people were alarmed by his haste. Then he came out to them and saw that they were surprised by his speed, so he said: "I remembered that we had some gold with us, and I disliked that it should keep me back, so I ordered that it be distributed."

صَلَّيْتُ وَرَاءَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ بِالْمَدِينَةِ الْعَصْرَ، فَسَلَّمَ ثُمَّ قَامَ مُسْرِعًا، فَتَخَطَّى رِقَابَ النَّاسِ إِلَى بَعْضِ حُجَرِ نِسَائِهِ، فَفَزِعَ النَّاسُ مِنْ سُرْعَتِهِ. فَخَرَجَ عَلَيْهِمْ فَرَأَى أَنَّهُمْ عَجِبُوا مِنْ سُرْعَتِهِ، فَقَالَ: «ذَكَرْتُ شَيْئًا مِنْ تِبْرٍ عِنْدَنَا، فَكَرِهْتُ أَنْ يَحْبِسَنِي، فَأَمَرْتُ بِقِسْمَتِهِ»

On the day of Uhud, a man said to the Prophet ﷺ, "What do you think: if I am killed, where will I be?" He said, "In Paradise." Then he threw away some dates in his hand and fought until he was killed.

قَالَ رَجُلٌ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ: أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ قُتِلْتُ، فَأَيْنَ أَنَا؟ قَالَ: «فِي الْجَنَّةِ». فَأَلْقَى تَمَرَاتٍ فِي يَدِهِ، ثُمَّ قَاتَلَ حَتَّى قُتِلَ.

A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "O Messenger of Allah, which charity is greatest in reward?" He said, "That you give charity while you are healthy and stingy, fearing poverty and hoping for wealth, and that you do not delay until, when it reaches the throat, you say: 'Such-and-such for so-and-so, and such-and-such for so-and-so,' when it has already become for so-and-so."

جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، أَىُّ الصَّدَقَةِ أَعْظَمُ أَجْرًا؟ فَقَالَ: «أَنْ تَصَدَّقَ وَأَنْتَ صَحِيحٌ شَحِيحٌ تَخْشَى الْفَقْرَ وَتَأْمُلُ الْغِنَى، وَلاَ تُمْهِلُ، حَتَّى إِذَا بَلَغَتِ الْحُلْقُومَ قُلْتَ: لِفُلاَنٍ كَذَا، وَلِفُلاَنٍ كَذَا، وَقَدْ كَانَ لِفُلاَنٍ».

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ took a sword on the Day of Uhud and said, "Who will take this from me?" They stretched out their hands, each man among them saying, "I will, I will." He said, "So who will take it with its due right?" The people held back, so Simak b. Kharashah, Abu Dujanah, said, "I will take it with its due right." So he took it and split the heads of the polytheists with it.

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَخَذَ سَيْفًا يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ، فَقَالَ: «مَنْ يَأْخُذُ مِنِّي هَذَا؟» فَبَسَطُوا أَيْدِيَهُمْ، كُلُّ إِنْسَانٍ مِنْهُمْ يَقُولُ: أَنَا أَنَا. قَالَ: «فَمَنْ يَأْخُذُهُ بِحَقِّهِ؟» قَالَ: فَأَحْجَمَ الْقَوْمُ، فَقَالَ سِمَاكُ بْنُ خَرَشَةَ أَبُو دُجَانَةَ: أَنَا آخُذُهُ بِحَقِّهِ. قَالَ: فَأَخَذَهُ، فَفَلَقَ بِهِ هَامَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ.

We came to Anas b. Malik and complained to him about what we were suffering from al-Hajjaj. He said: "Be patient, for no time will come upon you except that the one after it will be worse than it, until you meet your Lord." I heard it from your Prophet ﷺ.

أَتَيْنَا أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ فَشَكَوْنَا إِلَيْهِ مَا نَلْقَى مِنَ الْحَجَّاجِ. فَقَالَ: «اصْبِرُوا، فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَأْتِي عَلَيْكُمْ زَمَانٌ إِلَّا الَّذِي بَعْدَهُ شَرٌّ مِنْهُ حَتَّى تَلْقَوْا رَبَّكُمْ». سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ نَبِيِّكُمْ ﷺ.

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Hasten to do good deeds before seven things [overtake you]: Are you waiting for (1) poverty that makes one forgetful, or (2) wealth that makes one transgress, or (3) an illness that ruins, or (4) old age that brings senility, or (5) death that comes suddenly, or (6) the Dajjal, for he is the worst absent one who is awaited, or (7) the Hour, for the Hour is more calamitous and more bitter."

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ: «بَادِرُوا بِالأَعْمَالِ سَبْعًا: هَلْ تَنْظُرُونَ (١) إِلاَّ فَقْرًا مُنْسِيًا، (٢) أَوْ غِنًى مُطْغِيًا، (٣) أَوْ مَرَضًا مُفْسِدًا، (٤) أَوْ هَرَمًا مُفَنِّدًا، (٥) أَوْ مَوْتًا مُجْهِزًا، (٦) أَوِ الدَّجَّالَ فَشَرُّ غَائِبٍ يُنْتَظَرُ، (٧) أَوِ السَّاعَةَ فَالسَّاعَةُ أَدْهَى وَأَمَرُّ».

That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said on the day of Khaybar: "I will surely give this banner to a man who loves Allah and His Messenger; Allah will grant victory through his hands." Umar b. al-Khattab said: "I never desired leadership except on that day." He said: So I pressed forward for it, hoping that I would be called for it.

He said: Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ called Ali b. Abu Talib and gave it to him, and said: "Go, and do not turn around until Allah grants you victory." He said: So Ali went a little way, then stopped and did not turn around, and shouted: "O Messenger of Allah, on what basis should I fight the people?" He said: "Fight them until they testify that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah. If they do that, then they have protected from you their blood and their wealth except by its due right, and their reckoning is with Allah."

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ يَوْمَ خَيْبَرَ: «لأُعْطِيَنَّ هَذِهِ الرَّايَةَ رَجُلاً يُحِبُّ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ يَفْتَحُ اللَّهُ عَلَى يَدَيْهِ». قَالَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ: مَا أَحْبَبْتُ الإِمَارَةَ إِلاَّ يَوْمَئِذٍ. قَالَ: فَتَسَاوَرْتُ لَهَا رَجَاءَ أَنْ أُدْعَى لَهَا.

قَالَ: فَدَعَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ، فَأَعْطَاهُ إِيَّاهَا، وَقَالَ: «امْشِ وَلاَ تَلْتَفِتْ حَتَّى يَفْتَحَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْكَ». قَالَ: فَسَارَ عَلِيٌّ شَيْئًا، ثُمَّ وَقَفَ وَلَمْ يَلْتَفِتْ، فَصَرَخَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، عَلَى مَاذَا أُقَاتِلُ النَّاسَ؟ قَالَ: «قَاتِلْهُمْ حَتَّى يَشْهَدُوا أَنْ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ، فَإِذَا فَعَلُوا ذَلِكَ فَقَدْ مَنَعُوا مِنْكَ دِمَاءَهُمْ وَأَمْوَالَهُمْ إِلاَّ بِحَقِّهَا، وَحِسَابُهُمْ عَلَى اللَّهِ».