It is narrated from Hazrat Mutarrif that he says: Indeed, Allah the Exalted shows mercy because of the mercy of a bird.

Hazrat Thabit says: I heard Hazrat Mutarrif say, "I do not pass by any group of people in whose gathering someone is saying something good about me." He says, "Then this settles into my heart."

It is narrated from Hazrat Mutarrif that he says: Surely, this death has spoiled the blessings of the people of luxury. So, seek from (Allah) such a blessing in which there is no death.

Hazrat Mu'alla (may Allah be pleased with him) bin Ziyad narrates, he says that Hazrat Mawraq 'Ajli says: "There is a deed which I have been seeking for ten years, but I have not been able to achieve it. And I am not going to give up seeking it." Mu'alla (may Allah be pleased with him) asked: "O Abu al-Mu'tamir! What is that?" Mawraq replied: "Silence from useless speech."

It is narrated from Hazrat Hafsa bint Sirin that she says Hazrat Muwarriq used to come to meet us. So one day he came to meet us and greeted (with salam). I replied to his greeting. She says, then he asked me something and I asked him something. I asked, "How are your family members? And how are your children?" He replied, "They are well." I said, "Then you should praise your Lord." He said, "By God! I fear that perhaps they may confine me to destruction."

Hazrat Ja'far bin Sulaiman narrates that some of our companions related to us, saying that Hazrat Mawraq 'Ajli used to engage in trade and would acquire wealth. But not even a single Friday would pass before none of that wealth remained with him. The narrator says: If any of his brothers met him, he would give him four hundred, five hundred, or three hundred and say, "Keep this with you for us until we need it." Then, when he met him again, he would say, "You keep it." The other person would say, "I do not need it." Upon this, he would say, "By God! We will never take this money back. You keep it."

It is narrated from Hazrat Qatadah that he says Hazrat Muwarriq Ajli said: I have seen the example of a believer in this world like that of a man sitting on a plank in the sea, saying, "O Allah, O Allah," hoping that Allah Almighty may save him.

It is narrated from Hazrat Muwarriq that he says: One who holds fast to obedience of God when people become cowardly from it, is like one who attacks again after retreating.

It is narrated from Hazrat Asim Ahwal. He says that I heard Hazrat Muwarriq Ajli say: I have not seen any man who combined dignity with wisdom and wisdom with dignity better than Muhammad, may Allah have mercy on him.

It is narrated from Hazrat Muwarriq that he said: The conversations of the people used to be indirect speech, by way of allusion.