Mus'ab bin Abdullah al-Zubayri narrates from his father that the mother of Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) was Umm Abd bint Abd bin al-Harith bin Zuhrah.

Yahya bin Ma'in narrates that the kunyah of Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) was Abu Abd al-Rahman.

It is narrated from Ibrahim al-Nakha'i that Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) gave Alqamah the kunyah "Abu Shibl" while no child had yet been born to him. When he was asked about this, he related that Alqamah had narrated to him from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had given him the kunyah "Abu Abd al-Rahman" before any child was born to him.

Ibrahim narrates that Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) was very refined in temperament and extremely intelligent and perceptive. His mother was Umm Abd bint Abd bin al-Harith bin Zuhrah, and it is also said that she was from the tribe of al-Qarah.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "I saw myself in a state where I was the sixth person to accept Islam, and at that time there was no other Muslim on the face of the earth besides us." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Urwah bin al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with him) that among the allies of Banu Zuhrah bin Kilab who took part in the Battle of Badr was Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him). Urwah further narrates that among those who made the first emigration to Abyssinia, before the departure of Sayyiduna Ja'far bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him), was Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him).

Abdullah bin Sakhbarah narrates: I was with Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him). He was of a brown complexion, there was a special dignity and charm about his person, and he was a man of slender and lean build.

Khalifah bin Khayyat narrates that Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) passed away in Madinah, and Sayyiduna al-Zubayr bin al-Awwam (may Allah be pleased with him) led his funeral prayer.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) established brotherhood (mu'akhah) between Sayyiduna al-Zubayr bin al-Awwam and Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with them both). This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Amir bin Abdullah bin al-Zubayr that Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him), during his illness, made this bequest: that his affair is entrusted to Allah; then he appointed Sayyiduna al-Zubayr bin al-Awwam and his son Sayyiduna Abdullah bin al-Zubayr as his executors, and said that the two of them have full authority in looking after his affairs and in their decisions; and that the daughters of Abdullah shall not be given in marriage without the permission of the two of them, and that in this matter Zaynab (his wife) is not exempt either.