He also said, "One of the slaves of the Ansar had a son whom he
named Muhammad, The Ansar said, 'We will not give you the kunya of the
Messenger of Allah until we have sat in the road and asked the Prophet
about the Final Hour.' The Prophet said, 'You have come to me to ask me
about the Hour?' 'Yes,' we replied. He said, 'There is no one alive now
who will see it, even if he lives a hundred years.' We said, 'A slave of
the Ansar has had a son and named him Muhammad. The Ansar said, "We will
not call you by the kunya of the Messenger of Allah."' The Prophet said,
'You have done well. Call yourselves with my name, but do not use my kunya.'"
Jabir said, "In Madina, the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless
him and grant him peace, was thrown from a horse onto a palm trunk and
dislocated his foot. We used to visit him in the room of 'A'isha. We came
upon him while he was praying sitting down and we prayed standing behind
him. He indicates to us that we should sit down. When he finished the prayer,
he said, 'When the Imam prays sitting, then pray sitting. When he prays
standing, then pray standing. Do not stand while the imam is sitting as
the Persians do with their great men.'"
Jabir ibn 'Abdullah reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah
bless him and grant him peace, passed through the market, entering from
part of the high part of the city and the people were on both sides of
him. He passed by a dead one-eared goat and reached out and took its ear.
Then he said, "Who would like to buy this for a dirham?" They said, "Why
would we want it when it is worthless? What would we do with it?" He said,
"Would you like to have it?" "No," they replied. He asked them that three
times and they said, "No, by Allah! If it were alive, it would have a defect
as it only has one ear. Why would we want it when it is dead?" The Prophet
said, "By Allah, this world is less in the sight of Allah than this goat
is to you."
