It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Rifa’ah ‘Adawi (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: I came to the service of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) while he was delivering a sermon. I said: O Messenger of Allah! A stranger has come to you who asks about his religion. He does not know what his religion is. So the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) left the sermon and came to me. Then a chair was brought, and I think its legs were made of iron. (Humaid says: In my opinion, it was made of black wood, which he thought was iron.) So the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) sat on it. Then he began to teach me the commands that Allah had taught him. Then afterwards, the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) completed his sermon.

It is narrated from Musa bin Dehqan (may Allah have mercy on him) that I saw Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) sitting on the bridal throne while he was wearing red clothes.

It is narrated from Imran bin Muslim (may Allah have mercy on him) that I saw Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) sitting on a couch while he had placed one leg over the other.

It is narrated from Sa'id Maqbari (may Allah have mercy on him) that I passed by Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) while he was standing and talking with a man. I also stood by them, so he struck my chest and said: When you see two men talking, do not stand by them or sit with them without their permission. I said: Abu Abdur Rahman! May Allah do good to you, I only stood here hoping to hear something good from you.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both), he said: Whoever listens to the conversation of a people while they dislike it, molten lead will be poured into his ears. And whoever fabricates a false dream will be compelled to tie a knot in a barley grain.

Narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "When there are three people, two of them should not converse secretly excluding the third."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "When you are three people, then two should not converse privately excluding the third, for this will distress him."

Abu Salih says that Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates, and he relates from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) a narration similar to this. Abu Salih says: We asked, "What if there are four?" He replied: "Then there is no harm."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "If there are three people, then two of them should not converse privately excluding the third until they join other people, because that will make the third person sad."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that when there are four people, then there is no harm if two of them converse separately.