Anas ibn Malik said, "The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant
him peace, used to often say, 'O Allah, I seek refuge with You from worry,
sorrow, incapacity, laziness, cowardice, avarice, being overburdened by
debt and being overcome by other men.'"
'A'isha said, "Do not forget to stand up at night to pray. The
Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, did not neglect to do
it. If he was either ill or lazy, he prayed sitting down."
Ash-Sharid said, "The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him
peace, rode with me behind him and said, "Do you know any of the poetry
of Umayya ibn Abi's-Salt?' 'Yes,' I replied and recited a line. 'Go on,'
he said, until I had recited a hundred lines."
