Anas said that when the Prophet made a statement he repeated it
three times so that it would be understood, and that when he met a company and gave them a salutation he did it three times. Bukhari
transmitted it.
Shaqiq said that ‘Abdallah b. Mas'ud used to exhort the people
every Thursday. A man said, “ I wish, Abu ‘Abd ar-Rahman , that you
would give us a daily exhortation.” He replied, “My dislike of wearying you prevents me from that, so I am considerate in my exhortations
to you as God’s messenger was to us for fear of causing us aversion.”
(Bukhari and Muslim.)
Abu Mas'ud al-Ansari told of a man who came to the Prophet and
said, “My camel has become jaded, so give me a mount.” On his replying that he had none, a man said, “Messenger of God, I can guide him
to one who will give him a mount.” God’s messenger then said, “He
who guides to what is good will have a reward equivalent to that of him
who does it.” Muslim transmitted it.
‘Abdallah b. ‘Amr reported God’s messenger as saying, “God does
not take away knowledge by removing it from men, but takes it away
by taking away the learned, so that when He leaves no learned man, men
will take ignorant men as leaders. Causes will be presented to them
and they will pass judgement without knowledge, erring and leading
others into error.” (Bukhari and Muslim.)
