It is narrated from Hazrat Harith bin Qais that he said: When you are engaged in a worldly matter, then hasten, and when you are involved in an affair of the Hereafter, then delay as much as possible. And when you are praying and Satan comes to you and says: "You are showing off," then (even so) lengthen your prayer further.

It is narrated from Hazrat A’mash that he says Hazrat Khaythamah said: You and Ibrahim sit in the mosque and a crowd gathers around you. Whereas I saw Harith bin Qais that when two people gathered near him, he would leave them and stand up.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Al-Ahwas that he said: A man used to knock on the tent. The narrator says: Then he would find a buzzing sound like that of bees for them. What has happened to these people that they feel secure regarding that which those people used to fear?

It is narrated from Hazrat Abdullah bin Rabee’ah that he says: Utbah bin Farqad said to Abdullah bin Rabee’ah: O Abdullah! Will you not help me regarding your nephew? He said: What help is that? He said: In the work I am engaged in, let him assist me in it. So Abdullah said to him: O Amr! Obey your father. The narrator says then he looked towards Hazrat Mu’addad, who was also sitting. He said: Do not obey them { وَاسْجُدْ وَاقْتَرِبْ } The narrator says that upon this Hazrat Amr said: O my father! I am merely a slave who is working to free his neck. The narrator says that upon this Utbah began to weep and said: O my son! I have two kinds of love for you: one is love for the sake of Allah, and (the other) is a father’s love for his son. The narrator says then Hazrat Amr said: O my father! You brought to me wealth amounting to seventy thousand. So if you are asking me about this wealth, then here it is, take it. Otherwise, leave me so that I may spend it. Utbah said to him: You may spend it. The narrator says then he spent it in such a way that not even a single dirham remained from it.

Hazrat Ammarah says that we set out towards Makkah and the family of Hazrat Shurayh was also with us. So Shurayh came out with us to see us off and said: Among their words was also this: Strive well in walking, for your mounts will not benefit you in any way from Allah. And a person does not leave anything from this world lighter than his own life. Ammarah says I remembered his words and benefited from them.

Hazrat Muhammad bin Fudayl narrates from his father, who says: I heard Mahan Hanafi say: Does it not bring shame to any of you that his riding animal or the clothes he wears remember Allah more than he does? Mahan was not negligent in saying takbeer and tahlil.

It is narrated from Ibrahim that he said: I saw Mahan Hanafi, and Hajjaj had ordered that he be crucified at his door. The narrator says: I saw him at that time while he was on the scaffold, engaged in tasbih (glorifying Allah), takbir (declaring Allah's greatness), tahlil (declaring the oneness of Allah), and praising and glorifying Allah. When he reached twenty-nine, he gestured with his hand, and in that state he was struck with a spear. Then, even after a month, I saw him counting the number twenty-nine with his hand. The narrator says: At night, a light would be seen near him.