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.

It is narrated from Hazrat Mutarrif that he said: People's intellects are according to their times.

It is narrated from Hazrat Mutarrif ibn al-Shakhir regarding the saying of Allah Almighty { کَانُوا قَلِیلاً مِنَ اللَّیْلِ مَا یَہْجَعُونَ }, he says: Very few nights would come upon them in which they would sleep.

It is narrated from Hazrat Mutarrif that he said: Among matters, the best are those that are moderate.

Hazrat Thabit narrates about Hazrat Mutarrif that he set out from his village. The narrator says that he used to travel at night, and his staff would give him light.

It is narrated from Hazrat Thabit that Hazrat Mutarrif said: If I possessed the entire world and then Allah Almighty were to take this world from me in exchange for that sip of water which He will give me to drink on the Day of Judgment, then indeed I would have received the price (worth) of my world.