Sunan al-Nasa'i — The Book of the Commencement of the Prayer

Zaid bin Thabit said: “Why do I see you reciting short surahs in Maghrib when I saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) reciting the longer of the two long surahs in it?” I said: “O Abu Abdullah, what is the longer of the two long surahs?” He said: “Al-A’raf.”

“I heard the Messenger of Allah say: “No Sadaqah is due on less than five Awsaq of silver, no Sadaqah is due on less than five Dhawd (head) of camels, and no Sadaqah is due on less than five Awsuq of dates.”

“The Messenger of Allah said: ‘I have exempted you from (having to pay Zakah on) horses and slaves. Pay the Zakah on your wealth, for every two hundred (Dirhams), five.”‘

A similar report was narrated from ‘Abdul-A’la.

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade to eat the flesh of lizard.

“Allah’s Messenger only poked out their eyes because they had poked out the eyes of the camel driver.” Abu ‘Eisa said: This Hadfth is Gharib. We do not know anyone who mentioned it other than this shaikh, from Yazid bin Zurai. And it is in accordance with the meaning of Allah’s saying: “And wounds equal for equal” It has been reported that Muhammad bin Sirin said: “The Prophet only did this to them before the legislated punishments were revealed.”

“The Prophet (ﷺ) prohibited predator skins.”

“Our Lord descends every night to the nearest heaven, until the last third of the night remains, so He says: ‘Who is calling upon Me so that I may answer him? Who is asking from Me so that I may give him? And who is seeking forgiveness from Me, so that I may forgive him.’”

“Never was a Hadith unclear to us – the Companions of the Messenger of Allah – and we asked ‘Aishah, except that we found some knowledge concerning it with her.”