It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Ghailan that he says Hazrat Mutarrif ibn al-Shakhir used to make this supplication: O Allah! I seek refuge with You from the evil of the king, and from the evil of that upon which their pens run. And I seek refuge with You from speaking such a truth by which I seek anything other than Your obedience. And I ask You to protect me from adorning myself before people with something that makes me despicable in Your sight. And I seek refuge with You from seeking help from You in Your disobedience because of any hardship that befalls me. And I seek refuge with You from becoming a lesson for any of Your creation. And I seek refuge with You from making anyone among those I know more fortunate than me. O Allah! Do not disgrace me, for You know me. O Allah! Do not punish me, for You have power over me.

Hazrat Ghailan bin Jarir says that he heard Hazrat Mutarrif saying: (It seems) as if the hearts are not ours and as if the purpose of the hadith is someone other than us.

Hazrat Ghailan narrates, he says that I heard Hazrat Mutarrif say: If a messenger from my Lord were to come to me and give me the choice to either go to Paradise, or to Hell, or to become dust, then I would prefer to become dust.

It is narrated from Hazrat Mutarrif that he said: {إنَّ الَّذِینَ یَتْلُونَ کِتَابَ اللہِ وَأَقَامُوا الصَّلاَۃَ } till the end. He said: This is the verse of the reciters.

It is narrated from Hazrat Thabit that he says: Every person among the people is foolish in dealing between himself and his Allah. However, the foolishness of some people is less in degree than that of others.

It is narrated from Hazrat Thabit that he says Hazrat Mutarrif used to say: O Allah! Accept from me the prayer of one day. O Allah! Accept from me the fast of one day. O Allah! Write a good deed for me. Then he used to recite this (verse): "Indeed, Allah accepts the deeds of the righteous."

Hazrat Mutarrif bin Abdullah says: If I had two souls, I would send one ahead of the other. If it reached goodness, I would send the other after it; otherwise, I would hold the second one back. But there is only one soul. I do not know whether it will reach goodness or evil?

Hazrat Thabit narrates that Hazrat Mutarrif said: If the hope and fear of a believer are weighed, neither will outweigh the other.

Hazrat Muhammad bin Wasi’ Azdi narrates: He says, I was sitting in a gathering in which Hasan, Hazrat Mutarrif, and so-and-so, so-and-so people—Muhammad bin Wasi’ mentioned several people—were present. Then Hazrat Sa’id bin Abu al-Hasan spoke. The narrator says, then he made supplication and in his supplication he said: O Allah! Be pleased with us. O Allah! Be pleased with us—he said this two or three times. The narrator says, Hazrat Mutarrif was sitting at the edge of the gathering. He said: O Allah! If You are not pleased with us, then forgive us. The narrator says, because of this statement, all the people began to weep.

It is narrated from Hazrat Mutarrif that he said: There were such people. They were monkeys. And there were such people who were submerged in the water of humans.