It is narrated from Mujahid that on the occasion of the conquest of Makkah, Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) was present and he was twenty years old. He had a splendid horse and a rather heavy spear. Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) went to cut grass for his horse, so the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Indeed, Abdullah is a righteous man, indeed, Abdullah is a righteous man.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, that he presented himself before the Noble Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, at the time of the Battle of Uhud. At that time, he was fourteen years old, and the Prophet did not permit him to participate in the battle. Then he presented himself at the time of the Battle of the Trench, and at that time he was fifteen years old, so the Noble Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, permitted him to participate in the battle.

It is narrated from Anas bin Sirin, he says: I asked Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with him): Should I recite (Qur'an) behind the Imam? He said: The recitation of the Imam is sufficient for you. I said: I recite at length in the two Sunnah rak'ahs of Fajr. He said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to perform two rak'ahs at night. I said: I have asked you about the two rak'ahs of Fajr. He said: You are a man of thick intellect, do you not see that I have just started the matter, that is, listen to the whole thing. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to perform two rak'ahs at night, and when he feared the coming of morning, he would perform one witr, then lie down. You may also say that he would sleep, and if you wish, you may say that he would not sleep. Then, as soon as the adhan was called, he would get up and perform these two rak'ahs, so where is the length in them? After that, I asked: If a person makes a bequest of his wealth in the way of Allah, can the expenses of Hajj also be paid from that wealth? He said: If you do so, it will also be counted in the way of Allah. I asked: If a person misses one rak'ah with the Imam, after the Imam says salam, can he stand to make up the missed rak'ah before the Imam rises? He said: When the Imam says salam, then the follower will stand. I asked: If a person receives more than his original wealth in exchange for a loan, what is its legal ruling? He said: On the Day of Resurrection, for every deceiver, a flag will be placed near his buttocks in proportion to his deception.

It is narrated from Ubaid bin Juraij that he asked Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with him): O Abu Abdur Rahman! You do four such acts that none of your companions do. He said: Ibn Juraij! Which ones are those? Ibn Juraij said: I have seen you, while performing Tawaf of the House of Allah, touch only its two Yemeni corners. I have seen you use shoes made of leather without hair and dyed. I have seen you dye your hair or clothes with yellow color, and when people in Makkah begin reciting Talbiyah upon sighting the crescent of Dhul-Hijjah, you do not recite Talbiyah until the Day of Tarwiyah, that is, the eighth of Dhul-Hijjah. Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) replied: As for your first question, that while performing Tawaf of the House of Allah I touch only its two Yemeni corners and not the other two Iraqi corners, the reason is that I saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) touch only those two Yemeni corners of the House of Allah. Your second question is about the shoes made of dyed leather without hair; I saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) wear such shoes made of dyed leather without hair, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) would even perform ablution in them, so I also wear the same kind of shoes. As for dyeing hair or clothes with yellow color, I saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) dye with this color, so I also prefer to dye with this color. And as for your question about Talbiyah, I saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) would not recite Talbiyah until his she-camel stood up to depart for the journey of Hajj.

It is narrated from Abu Ishaq, he says: I heard from a man of the people of Najran, he said: I asked Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) that I want to ask you about two issues, one is about the sale of dates in Salam (i.e., if a person makes a deal for dates with the owner before the crop is ready, is this permissible?), and the second question is about dried dates (munqā) and fresh dates. Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) replied: A man was brought before the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) who was in a state of intoxication; he had drunk nabidh made from dried dates and fresh dates. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) enforced the prescribed punishment on him and forbade making nabidh by mixing the two (because nabidh prepared by mixing both becomes intoxicating very quickly). And a man had made a Salam sale of dates with another; by chance, the date trees did not bear fruit. The owner came to the man to collect his agreed amount, but the other refused to pay. Both came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him): The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked the owner: Did your date trees bear fruit? He said: No. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Then on what basis do you consume his wealth? And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade Salam sale until the fruit's quality becomes apparent.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Talhah bin Ubaidullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The members of this household—Abdullah, Abu Abdullah, and Umm Abdullah—are all good people.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr bin al-As (may Allah be pleased with him), he says: My father married me to a Qurayshi woman. When I entered upon her, I did not pay her any attention nor gave her any time, because I had been given great strength to worship in the form of fasting and prayer. When Sayyiduna Amr bin al-As (may Allah be pleased with him) came to his daughter-in-law and asked her: How did you find your husband? She said: He is the best man, or he is the best husband; he neither sought my company nor recognized my bed (meaning, due to being occupied in worship, he did not even come near his wife). Hearing this, my father turned to me, reproached me greatly, and spoke harshly, saying: I married you to a Qurayshi woman of noble lineage, and you have separated yourself from her and have done such and such. Then he went to the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and complained about me to him. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) called me, and I came to him. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Do you fast during the day? I said: Yes. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: And do you stand in prayer at night? I said: Yes. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: But I fast and I break my fast, I pray and I sleep, and I fulfill the rights of my wives. Whoever turns away from my Sunnah is not from me.

Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Complete the recitation of the Qur’an in a month. I said: I find myself stronger than that. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Then complete it in ten days. I said: I consider myself stronger than that. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Then complete it in three days. In another narration: Complete the recitation in seven days and do not do more than that. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Fast three days in every month. I said: I am stronger than that. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) kept increasing for me until he said: Fast one day and break your fast the next day; these are the best fasts, and these are the fasts of my brother Dawud (peace be upon him).

Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Every worshipper has zeal and eagerness, then after every eagerness comes slackness and deficiency. Its end is either towards the Sunnah or towards innovation. So, whoever’s end is towards the Sunnah, he will be guided, and whoever’s end is in another form, he will be destroyed.

Imam Mujahid says: When Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) became weak and old, he would fast according to that amount; sometimes he would fast several days consecutively, then break his fast for the same number of days consecutively, and his purpose in this was to gain strength. Similarly, he would do with his Qur’anic portion; some nights he would recite more, and some nights less, but the total amount would be the same, either completing the Qur’an in seven days or in three days.

And Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) used to say later: If I had accepted the concession of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), it would have been more beloved to me than anything in the world that could be compared to it. But now, I dislike to oppose the routine of action upon which I parted from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr bin al-As (may Allah be pleased with him) says: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me: I have been informed that you stand in prayer all night and fast every day. I said: Yes, O Messenger of Allah! He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Fast sometimes and leave it sometimes, and stand in prayer at night and also sleep, because your body has a right over you, your wife has a right over you, and your guest has a right over you. Fast three days in a month, that is sufficient for you. But I was strict, so the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was also strict with me. I said: O Messenger of Allah! I have strength for more than that. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Then fast three days every week. But I was strict, so the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was also strict with me, and I said: O Messenger of Allah! I have the strength to fast more than that. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Then fast like the Prophet Dawud (peace be upon him) and do not increase upon that. I said: O Messenger of Allah! How did Dawud (peace be upon him) fast? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: He would fast one day and leave fasting the next day.

Yahya bin Hakim bin Safwan narrates that Abdullah bin Amr bin As said: I memorized the entire Qur’an and then recited it in one night. So the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: I fear that time will become prolonged for you and you will become weary, so complete the Qur’an in one month. He says, I said: O Messenger of Allah! Grant me permission, let me benefit from my strength and youth. The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: Complete the Qur’an in twenty days. I said: O Messenger of Allah! Grant me permission, let me benefit from my strength and youth. The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: Complete it in ten days. I said: O Messenger of Allah! Grant me permission, let me benefit from my strength and youth. He said: Complete the Qur’an in seven days. I said: O Messenger of Allah! Grant me permission that I may benefit from my strength and youth, so the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, refused to grant permission to complete the Qur’an in less than that period.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with him), he says: Whatever I heard from the Messenger of Allah, I used to write it down with the intention of memorizing it. But the Quraysh forbade me from this and said: You write down whatever you hear from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), even though the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) is a human being; sometimes he speaks in a state of anger and sometimes in a normal state. So I stopped writing down his words, but when I mentioned this to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), he said: You should write, by the One in whose hand is my soul, nothing comes out of my mouth except the truth.