Ahmad ibn Abd Allah al-Salihi informed us; Abu Sa‘id Muhammad ibn Musa al-Sayrafi informed us; Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Abd Allah al-Saffar informed us; Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Isa al-Barni related to us; Muhammad ibn Kathir related to us; Sufyan al-Thawri related to us from al-A‘mash, from Abu Wa’il, from Masruq, from Abd Allah ibn Umar, who said: “The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, was neither obscene nor given to obscenity. He would say: ‘The best of you are those of finest character.’”
Ahmad ibn Abd Allah al-Salihi informed us; Abu Sa‘id Muhammad ibn Musa al-Sayrafi informed us; Abu al-Abbas al-Asamm informed us; Muhammad ibn Hisham ibn Mallas related to us; Marwan al-Fazari related to us; Humayd al-Tawil related to us from Anas: A woman encountered the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, on one of the streets of Medina and said, “Messenger of Allah, I have a need to ask of you.” He said, “O mother of so-and-so, sit in whichever lane of Medina you wish, and I will sit with you.” Anas said: So she did so, and the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, sat with her until he attended to her need (1) (2).
Abd al-Wahid al-Mulayhi informed us; Ahmad ibn Abd Allah al-Nu‘aymi informed us; Muhammad ibn Yusuf informed us; Muhammad ibn Isma‘il said: Muhammad ibn Isa related to us; Hushaym related to us; Humayd al-Tawil informed us; Anas ibn Malik related to us, saying: Even a slave-girl among the slave-girls of the people of Medina would take the hand of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and lead him wherever she wished (3) (4).
Abd al-Wahid al-Mulayhi informed us; Abu Muhammad ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Shurayh informed us; Abu al-Qasim Abd Allah ibn Muhammad ibn Abd al-Aziz al-Baghawi informed us; Ali ibn al-Ja‘d related to us; Imran ibn Yazid al-Taghlibi informed us from Zayd [ibn al-Ammi] (5), from Anas ibn Malik: Whenever the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, shook a man’s hand, he would not withdraw his hand until the other man withdrew his hand (6); nor would he turn his face away from the man’s face until the other turned his face away (7). Nor was he ever seen stretching out his knees before anyone sitting with him (8).