It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that once we were sitting with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in a tent, about forty people in total. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Are you pleased and satisfied that you will be one fourth of the people of Paradise?" We replied: Yes! Then he asked: "Are you pleased to be one third?" We again replied in the affirmative. He said: "By Him in Whose hand is the soul of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), I hope that you will be half of the people of Paradise, because only that person will enter Paradise who is a Muslim, and your proportion among those who commit shirk is like a white hair on the skin of a black ox, or a black hair on the skin of a red ox."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that your Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) was given the keys to everything except five things. Then he recited this verse: «‏‏‏‏﴿إِنَّ اللّٰهَ عِنْدَهُ عِلْمُ السَّاعَةِ وَيُنَزِّلُ الْغَيْثَ وَيَعْلَمُ مَا فِي الْأَرْحَامِ وَمَا تَدْرِي نَفْسٌ مَاذَا تَكْسِبُ غَدًا وَمَا تَدْرِي نَفْسٌ بِأَيِّ أَرْضٍ تَمُوتُ إِنَّ اللّٰهَ عَلِيمٌ خَبِيرٌ﴾» ‏‏‏‏ [لقمان: 34] "The knowledge of the Hour is with Allah alone. He sends down the rain, and He knows what is in the wombs. No soul knows what it will earn tomorrow, and no soul knows in which land it will die. Surely, Allah is All-Knowing, All-Aware."

Abu Majid says that once I was sitting with Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him). Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said that I remember that in Islam, the first time a man's hand was cut off was for theft. People brought him to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! He has committed theft. At this, the color of the blessed face of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) changed. Someone asked: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! What happened? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "You people have become helpers of Satan against your companion, while Allah is forgiving and loves forgiveness, and it is not permissible for any ruler that a case of hadd (prescribed punishment) comes to him and he does not enforce it." Then he recited this verse: «﴿وَلْيَعْفُوا وَلْيَصْفَحُوا أَلَا تُحِبُّونَ أَنْ يَغْفِرَ اللّٰهُ لَكُمْ وَاللّٰهُ غَفُورٌ رَحِيمٌ﴾» [النور: 22] "They should have forgiven and overlooked. Do you not wish that Allah should forgive you? And Allah is Most Forgiving, Most Merciful."

The previous hadith is also narrated through this second chain, however, in this one it is also mentioned that it seemed as if ashes were scattered on the radiant face of the Prophet (peace be upon him).

Ibrahim bin Suwaid, who was the imam of their mosque after Alqamah, says that once Sayyiduna Alqamah (may Allah be pleased with him) led us in the Zuhr prayer. I do not remember whether he prayed three rak‘ahs or five. When the people mentioned this to him, he asked me, "O one-eyed! What is your opinion?" I said, "The people are correct." Upon this, he performed the prostration of forgetfulness (sajda sahw), and after that, he narrated a hadith from Sayyiduna Ibn Mas‘ud (may Allah be pleased with him).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Bad omen is shirk. There is none among us except that it occurs to him, but Allah removes it through reliance (tawakkul) upon Him."

Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Whatever things I have forgotten, I have forgotten, but I have not forgotten that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), at the end of the prayer, would turn to the right and to the left saying "As-salamu 'alaykum wa rahmatullah," until the whiteness of his cheeks would be visible.

Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The best of people are those of my generation, then those who come after them, then those who come after them, then those who come after them. After that, there will come a people whose testimony will precede their oath and whose oath will precede their testimony."

Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that once the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) led a prayer. I do not remember whether there was some deficiency or excess in it. In any case, when he finished the prayer with salam, we informed the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Upon hearing this, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) folded his legs and performed two prostrations of forgetfulness (sahw). Then, turning towards us, he said: "If there had been any new command regarding the prayer, I would certainly have informed you. The fact is that I am also a human being; just as you forget, I too can forget. If I forget, then remind me. And if any of you ever becomes doubtful in his prayer, he should carefully consider and adopt the cautious opinion, and after finishing the prayer with salam, he should perform two prostrations of forgetfulness."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When you are three people, then two of you should not whisper to each other excluding the third, for that will cause him grief. And no woman should touch her naked body to another woman so that she describes her physical features to her husband in such a way as if he is seeing her with his own eyes."