Abu Abd al-Rahman said: And it was in my father's book: Yazid ibn Harun narrated to us, Fa'id ibn Abd al-Rahman informed us, he said: I heard Abdullah ibn Abi Awfa, he said: A man came to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and said: O Messenger of Allah, here is a boy who is in the throes of death, and it is said to him: Say: There is no god but Allah, but he is unable to say it. He said: "Did he not use to say it during his life?" He said: Yes. He said: "So what prevented him from saying it at his death?" Then he mentioned the rest of the hadith at length. My father did not narrate these two hadiths, he struck them out from his book, because he was not satisfied with the hadith of Fa'id ibn Abd al-Rahman, and he considered him abandoned in hadith.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abdullah bin Abi Awfa (may Allah be pleased with him) that once we were on a journey and we could not find water. After a short while, we saw water at a place. People started bringing water to the service of the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Whenever someone brought water, the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would say: "The water-bearer of any people drinks last." This continued until all the people had drunk the water.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abdullah bin Abi Awfa (may Allah be pleased with him) that once we were with the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) on a journey in the month of Ramadan. When the sun had set, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked for water. Someone said, "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! There is still some part of the day left." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) again asked him to bring water. This happened three times. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "When the sun sets here and the night comes to this place, then the fasting person should break his fast."

Saeed bin Jumhan (may Allah have mercy on him) says that we were fighting the Khawarij along with Hazrat Abdullah bin Abi Awfa (may Allah be pleased with him) when a slave of Hazrat Abdullah bin Abi Awfa (may Allah be pleased with him) joined the Khawarij. They were on that side and we were on this side. We called out to him, saying, "O Firoz! O Firoz!" and said, "O wretch! Your master, Hazrat Ibn Abi Awfa (may Allah be pleased with him), is here." He replied, "They would have been good people if they had migrated from among you." They asked, "What is this enemy of Allah saying?" We conveyed his statement to them, so he said, "Will I migrate again after the migration I made with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)?" Then he said, "I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: Glad tidings for the one who kills them or whom they kill."

Saeed bin Jumhan (may Allah have mercy on him) says that once I was present in the service of Hazrat Ibn Abi Awfa (may Allah be pleased with him), and by that time his eyesight had gone. He asked me, "Who are you?" I replied, "I am Saeed bin Jumhan." He asked, "How is your father?" I said, "He was killed by the Azariqah." He said twice, "May the curse of Allah be upon the Azariqah. The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) told us that they are the dogs of Hell." I asked him, "Is this meant only for the people of the Azariqah sect or for all the Khawarij?" He replied, "It is meant for all the Khawarij." Then I said, "Sometimes the ruler also commits oppression and injustice against the people." He pressed my hand hard and pinched me very sharply and said, "O Ibn Jumhan! Woe to you, follow the main body (sawad-e-azam), follow the main body. If the ruler listens to you, then go to his house, to him, and mention to him what you know. If he accepts it, very good, otherwise you are not more knowledgeable than him."

It is narrated from Hazrat Ibn Abi Awfa (may Allah be pleased with him) that when someone would bring the zakat of his wealth to the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would supplicate for him. One day, I also brought the zakat of my father's wealth, so the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Allah, send blessings upon the family of Abu Awfa."

Hijri says that I participated in the funeral of the daughter of Abdullah bin Abi Awfa (may Allah be pleased with him). He himself was riding a black mule. The women said to his guide, "Take him ahead of the funeral." So he did so. I heard him asking, "Where is the funeral?" (because he had become blind). The guide replied, "Behind you." After this happened once or twice, he said, "Did I not forbid you from taking me ahead of the funeral?" Then he heard the voice of a woman who was wailing. He stopped her and said, "Did I not forbid you from this? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade wailing. However, if you wish to shed tears, then do so." Then, when the funeral was placed in front, he moved forward, said four takbirs, and stood for a little while. Seeing this, some people began to say "Subhan Allah." He turned and said, "Did you think I was going to say a fifth takbir?" They replied, "Yes." He said, "The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), after saying the takbirs, would also stand for a little while." Then, when the funeral was placed, Abdullah bin Abi Awfa (may Allah be pleased with him) sat down. Someone asked him about the meat of domesticated donkeys. He replied, "On the occasion of the Battle of Khaybar, we found some domesticated donkeys outside the city. People attacked them and slaughtered them. While their meat was still boiling in some pots, the Prophet's (peace and blessings be upon him) announcer called out, 'Pour it away.' So we poured it away." And I saw on the body of Abdullah bin Abi Awfa (may Allah be pleased with him) a very fine garment made of green silk.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Qatadah (may Allah be pleased with him) that when the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) led us in prayer, in the first two rak'ahs of Zuhr and Asr, he would recite Surah Al-Fatihah and any two other surahs, and sometimes he would recite a verse aloud so that we could hear it. He would make the first rak'ah of Zuhr relatively long and the second rak'ah shorter. He would do the same in the Fajr prayer as well.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Qatadah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: When any one of you drinks something, he should not breathe into the vessel; when he enters the toilet, he should not clean himself with his right hand; and when he urinates, he should not touch his private part with his right hand.

It is narrated mursal from Abdullah bin Abi Talha, may Allah have mercy on him, that the Noble Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: When any one of you eats food, he should not eat with his left hand; when he drinks, he should not drink with his left hand; when he holds something, he should not hold it with his left hand; and when he gives something, he should not give it with his left hand.