Hazrat Sila bin Ashyam (may Allah have mercy on him) says: I do not know which of these two days brings me more happiness. One is the day when I begin my day with the remembrance of Allah, and the other is the day when I go out for some need of mine and I am confronted with the remembrance of Allah.

Hazrat Abu Rafi’ah (may Allah have mercy on him) says that since the time the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) taught me Surah Al-Baqarah, I have never forgotten this Surah, and whatever I have found in the entire Qur’an is also mentioned in this Surah. And I have never felt any back pain due to standing in prayer at night.

Hazrat Sillah narrates that I saw in a dream that Hazrat Abu Rifa’ah was riding a swift she-camel and I was on a heavy camel. I was following behind him. He was carrying me along, swaying me. The interpretation of this dream was given that I would follow Abu Rifa’ah and endure hardship in it.

Hazrat Humaid bin Hilal narrates that Hazrat Abu Rifa’ah used to heat water for his companions during travel, while he himself performed ablution with cold water. Then he would say, "You feel it, and I will feel it."

Hazrat Mutarrif (may Allah have mercy on him) says that if there were any pure and clean-hearted person in this Ummah, it would be Maz‘ur.

Hazrat Mutarrif, may Allah have mercy on him, said that I consider myself and Maz‘ur as one person. Then he said that whoever likes to see two people of Paradise should look at these two. Maz‘ur heard this, and I saw signs of displeasure on his face. So he said, "O Allah, You know us and he does not know us."

Hazrat Abu Raja (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that the place of tears of Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) had become like worn-out straps due to the flowing of tears.

Hazrat Mughira bin Saad bin Akhram says that when Abdullah used to pass by the blacksmiths in the market and saw the things taken out from their fire, tears would come to his eyes.

Hazrat Abi Salih narrates that when the people of Yemen came during the time of Abu Bakr and they heard the Qur'an, they began to weep. Abu Bakr said, "We used to be like this as well, then our hearts became hardened."

It is narrated from Abu Saeed, the freed slave of Abu Asid, that when Umar had finished the prayer, he sent the people out of the mosque and started walking towards us. When he saw his companions, he put down the "Durrat" and sat down, and said, "Pray." So all the people started praying. Then they began to pray one by one, until it was my turn to pray, and I also prayed, and at that time I was a slave. I saw Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) that he prayed and wept so much that even a woman whose child is lost does not weep that much. I thought to myself, "Is this the same person about whom people say that he is very hot-tempered?"