Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that my father married me to a woman from the Quraysh. When I went to her, due to my strength and enthusiasm for acts of worship such as prayer and fasting, I did not pay any attention to her. The next day, my father, Sayyiduna Amr ibn al-As (may Allah be pleased with him), came to his daughter-in-law and asked her, "How did you find your husband?" She replied, "The best husband, who did not even seek my shadow nor did he approach my bed." Hearing this, he came to me and reproached me severely, saying harsh words and said, "I married you to a woman of good lineage from the Quraysh, and you showed such negligence, and did this and that." Then he went to the service of the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) and complained about me. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) summoned me, and I presented myself. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked me, "Do you fast during the day?" I replied, "Yes." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked, "Do you stand in prayer at night?" I replied, "Yes." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "But I fast and also leave fasting (i.e., do not fast every day), I pray at night and also sleep, and I go to women (i.e., fulfill marital relations). Whoever turns away from my Sunnah has nothing to do with me." Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Recite the Qur'an once a month." I said, "I feel I have more strength than that." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Then complete it in three nights." After that, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Fast three days every month." I said, "I feel I have more strength than that." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) kept giving me some concession until finally he said, "Then fast one day and leave fasting one day. This is the best fast, and this was the way of my brother, Sayyiduna Dawud (peace be upon him)." Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Every worshipper has an enthusiasm, and every enthusiasm has a period of decline—either towards the Sunnah or towards innovation. Whoever's decline is towards the Sunnah, he is guided, and whoever's decline is towards something else, he is destroyed." Mujahid (may Allah have mercy on him) says that when Sayyiduna Abdullah ibn Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) became old and weak, even then he continued to fast in this manner, and sometimes he would combine several fasts together so that one would strengthen the other, and then he would leave fasting for the same number of days. Similarly, in the recitation of the Qur'an, sometimes he would increase or decrease, but he would definitely complete the number of seven or three. Later, he used to say, "If I had accepted the concession of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), it would have been more beloved to me than turning away from it, but now I do not like to oppose the state in which I parted from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) that I heard the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: Whoever attributes something to me which I have not said, he should make his abode in Hell. Also, the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), prohibiting wine, gambling, chess, and the wine of chena, said: "Every intoxicating thing is forbidden."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Amr, may Allah be pleased with him, that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Whoever on the face of the earth says: La ilaha illallah, Allahu Akbar, Subhanallah, Alhamdulillah, La hawla wa la quwwata illa billah, these phrases will be an expiation for all his sins, even if they are as much as the foam of the sea."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) that there was a woman named "Umm Mahzool" who used to commit adultery and would make it a condition for her sustenance from the one who committed adultery with her. A Muslim came to the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) to seek permission to be close to her, or he mentioned her to the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) recited this verse before him: "Only a man who is himself an adulterer or a polytheist marries an adulteress."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Amr, may Allah be pleased with him, that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Whoever remained silent has attained salvation."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Amr, may Allah be pleased with him, that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Whenever any person among the people suffers any physical pain, Allah commands His guardian angels to continue writing all the good deeds that My servant used to do every day and night, as long as he remains in My protection."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) that during the blessed era of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), there was a solar eclipse. The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) stood up for prayer, so we also stood with him. The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) stood for such a long time that we began to think that perhaps he would not bow (ruku‘). Then he bowed, and while raising his head from ruku‘, it did not seem as if he would do so. When he raised his head from ruku‘, it did not seem as if he would go into prostration (sajdah), but he went into prostration, and it felt as if he would not raise his head from sajdah. Then when he sat up, it seemed as if he would not perform sajdah again, but then he performed the second sajdah, and while raising his head from it, it did not seem as if he would do so. In the second rak‘ah, he did the same. During this, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) kept blowing on the ground, and in the sajdah of the second rak‘ah, he kept saying:“O Lord, will You punish them while I am present among them? O Lord, will You punish us even though we are seeking forgiveness?”After this, when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) raised his head, the solar eclipse had ended. The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) completed his prayer, and after praising and glorifying Allah, he said:“O people! The sun and the moon are two of the signs of Allah. If either of them is eclipsed, then hasten towards the mosques. By the One in Whose hand is my soul, Paradise was presented before me, and it was brought so close to me that if I wished to take one of its branches, I could have done so. Similarly, Hell was also presented before me, and it was brought so close to me that I began to blow (to extinguish it) out of fear that it might fall upon you. And I saw in Hell a woman from the tribe of Himyar, who was dark-skinned and tall. She was being punished because of a cat which she had tied up; she neither fed it nor gave it water, nor did she let it go so that it could eat the insects of the earth by itself. Whenever that woman moved forward, the same cat would bite her in Hell, and if she moved back, it would bite her from behind. I also saw there a man from Banu Da‘da‘, and I saw a man with a staff, who was leaning on his staff in Hell. This person used to steal the belongings of the pilgrims with his staff, and when the pilgrims found out, he would say, ‘I did not steal it; this thing just got stuck to my staff.’”

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) that I saw the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) standing on his mount in the plain of Mina. Meanwhile, a man came and said, "O Messenger of Allah! I thought that shaving the head comes before sacrifice, so I had my head shaved before offering the sacrifice." The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Go and offer the sacrifice, there is no harm." Another man came and said, "O Messenger of Allah! I thought that sacrifice comes before stoning, so I offered the sacrifice before stoning." The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Now go and perform the stoning, there is no harm." On that day, for every question of this nature that was asked to the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), he replied, "Now do it, there is no harm."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Amr, may Allah be pleased with him, that the Noble Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Those who act with justice and fairness in the world will, on the Day of Resurrection, be seated upon pulpits of pearls before the Most Merciful, by virtue of their justice and fairness."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Amr, may Allah be pleased with him, that he heard the Noble Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, say: "Convey from me, even if it is only one verse. You may also mention the stories of Bani Israel, there is no harm in it. And whoever attributes a lie to me should prepare his abode in Hell."