1838 – Rifāʿah ibn Rāfiʿ al-Zurqī—may Allah be pleased with him—said: Gabriel came to the Prophet ﷺ and asked, “How do you rank the people of Badr among you?” He replied, “They are among the best of the Muslims,” or words to that effect. Gabriel then said, “So too are the angels who witnessed Badr.” Reported by al-Bukhārī.

1839 – Ibn ʿUmar—may Allah be pleased with them both—narrated that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “When Allah the Exalted sends a punishment upon a people, it strikes everyone who is among them; then they will be resurrected according to their deeds.” Agreed upon.

1840 – Jābir—may Allah be pleased with him—reported: There was once a palm-trunk that the Prophet ﷺ would stand beside while delivering the sermon. When the pulpit was placed for him, we heard that trunk give a sound like the cry of a she-camel in labor (1) until the Prophet ﷺ stepped down, placed his hand on it, and it became quiet.

In another wording: On the Friday when the Prophet ﷺ sat on the pulpit, the palm tree beside which he used to preach cried out until it nearly split apart.

In yet another wording: It cried like a small child; the Prophet ﷺ came down, took it, and embraced it, whereupon it moaned like a child being calmed, until it settled. He ﷺ said, “It wept because of what it used to hear of the remembrance of Allah.” Reported by al-Bukhārī.

1841 – Abū Thaʿlabah al-Khushanī, Jurthūm ibn Nāshir—may Allah be pleased with him—reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Indeed Allah the Exalted has prescribed obligations, so do not neglect them; He has set limits, so do not overstep them; He has forbidden certain things, so do not violate them (2); and He has remained silent about other matters as a mercy to you, not…"