Whenever any food or drink, even medicine, was brought before Hazrat Urwah bin Zubair, he would eat or drink it and say: All praise is due to that Lord who guided us, fed us, gave us drink, and bestowed blessings upon us. He is Allah, the Greatest. O Lord! Your blessing has come to us at a time when we were completely engaged in wrongdoing. We have entered the morning and evening well because of this blessing. If You will, complete this blessing for us and grant us the ability to be grateful. There is no goodness except Your goodness. There is no true deity except You. O Lord of the righteous and Sustainer of all the worlds, all praise is due to Allah. There is no true deity except Him. Whatever Allah wills, happens. No one has any power except through Allah. O Allah, bless our sustenance and save us from the punishment of Hell.

Imam Malik, may Allah have mercy on him, was asked: What is the ruling if a woman eats food with a non-mahram man or with her slave? He replied: There is nothing objectionable in it as long as it is in accordance with dignity (i.e., in a manner that is appropriate for that woman), and that is when there are other people present in that place. And he said: A woman also eats with her husband, sometimes with others whom the husband feeds, sometimes with her brother, and it is disliked for a woman to be alone with a non-mahram.

Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Beware of meat (that is, of eating too much meat and becoming accustomed to it), because the desire for meat develops just as the desire for wine develops from drinking it (then it becomes difficult to give up).

It is narrated from Yahya bin Saeed that Sayyiduna Umar bin Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, saw Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah Ansari, may Allah be pleased with him, carrying a load of meat with him. Sayyiduna Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, asked: What is this? He replied: O Commander of the Faithful! We desired to eat meat, so we bought meat for one dirham. Sayyiduna Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, said: Does none of you wish to restrain his own appetite and feed his neighbor, or feed his cousin? Have you forgotten this verse: «﴿أَذْهَبْتُمْ طَيِّبَاتِكُمْ فِي حَيَاتِكُمُ الدُّنْيَا وَاسْتَمْتَعْتُمْ بِهَا﴾» meaning: "You have exhausted your pleasures during your worldly life and enjoyed them, so this Day you will be punished with a humiliating punishment." Until the end of the verse.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to wear a ring of gold. One day, he stood up and threw it away and said: "I will never wear it again." The people also threw away their rings.

Sadaqah bin Yasar asked Sa'id bin al-Musayyib about wearing a ring. He said: Wear it! And tell people that I have told you to wear it.

It is narrated from ‘Abbad bin Tamim that Sayyiduna Abu Bashir Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) informed him that he was with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) on a journey, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sent a message through a man while the people were sleeping:“Let there not remain any necklace of string or any amulet on the neck of any camel except that it be cut off.”

Imam Malik (may Allah have mercy on him) said: I think those people used to tie those amulets for protection against the evil eye.

Sayyiduna Abu Umamah bin Sahl bin Hunaif (that is, As'ad) used to say: My father performed ghusl at Kharrar (a place near Juhfah), so he took off his cloak, and Sayyiduna Amir bin Rabi'ah was watching, and Sayyiduna Sahl was fair-skinned. Sayyiduna Amir bin Rabi'ah, upon seeing him, said: I have never seen a man like you, nor the skin of any virgin woman. Immediately, Sayyiduna Sahl developed a fever, and it was a severe fever. Then someone came to the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) and informed him that Sayyiduna Sahl had developed a fever, and now he would not be able to go with you, O Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him). So the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) came to Sayyiduna Sahl, and Sayyiduna Sahl related what Sayyiduna Amir bin Rabi'ah had said. Upon hearing this, the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: "Will one of you kill his brother? (And to Sayyiduna Amir he said) Why did you not say «بَارَكَ اللّٰهُ» ? (That is, may Allah bless, or 'Masha Allah la quwwata illa billah' as in another narration). The evil eye is true. Perform wudu for Sahl." Then Sayyiduna Amir performed wudu for Sayyiduna Sahl (this is mentioned in another hadith), after which Sayyiduna Sahl recovered and went with the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Umamah bin Sahl bin Hunayf (i.e., As'ad) that Sayyiduna 'Amir bin Rabi'ah saw Sayyiduna Sahl bin Hunayf while he was bathing and said: "I have never seen a man like you, nor have I seen such skin even on a veiled (never going outside) woman." As soon as he said this, Sayyiduna Sahl (may Allah be pleased with him) fell down at his place (becoming ill). People came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! Will you not look after Sayyiduna Sahl bin Hunayf (may Allah be pleased with him)? By Allah, he cannot even lift his head." The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "In your opinion, who has cast the evil eye on him?" They said: "Sayyiduna 'Amir bin Rabi'ah (may Allah be pleased with him) has." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) called Sayyiduna 'Amir bin Rabi'ah (may Allah be pleased with him), became angry with him, and said: "Why does one of you kill his brother? Why did you not say «بَارَكَ اللّٰهُ» ? Now wash for his sake." Sayyiduna 'Amir (may Allah be pleased with him) washed his face, hands, elbows, knees, the edges of his feet, and the part of his body under the waist-wrapper with water, and collected that water in a vessel. That water was poured over Sayyiduna Sahl (may Allah be pleased with him), and he became well and walked with the people.

It is narrated from Humaid bin Qais Makki that the two sons of Ja'far bin Abi Talib came to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him. He said to their nurse: "What is the reason these boys are thin?" She replied: "O Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him! They are affected by the evil eye, and we have not performed incantations for them because we do not know whether you like it or not." The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Perform incantations for them, because if anything could overtake destiny, it would be the evil eye."