Thabit bin Qutbah Ansari said that Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) used to narrate two or three hadiths in a month.

Abdul Malik bin Ubaid said that Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) passed by us, so we said: Please narrate to us something from what you heard from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). He said: «واتحلل» that is, by saying «أو كما قال» and the like, I will make it permissible.

Imam Muhammad (Ibn Sirin), may Allah have mercy on him, said that Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik, may Allah be pleased with him, used to narrate less from the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and when he would narrate something from the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, he would say: «أو كما قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم» .

Muhammad said: Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him), whenever he narrated a hadith from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), he would say: «أو كما قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم» .

Saib bin Yazid narrated: I set out towards Makkah with Sayyiduna Sa’d (may Allah be pleased with him), and until our return to Madinah, I did not hear him narrate any hadith from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him).

Qarza bin Ka'b said that when the Ansar were leaving Madinah, Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said to them as he bid them farewell: "Do you know why I have come with you to see you off?" We said: "Because of the virtue of the Ansar." He said: "You are going to a people whose tongues move with the recitation of the Holy Qur'an like the branches of a date palm. So do not narrate the hadith of the Messenger to them, and I am your partner in this." Qarza said: "Therefore, I did not narrate any hadith, even though I had heard hadiths from them just as my companions had heard hadiths from them."

Qarazah bin Ka'b said that Sayyiduna Umar bin Al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, sent a group of the Ansar towards Kufa, and I was among them. Sayyiduna Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, walked with us until he reached Sirar, which is a place with water on the road to Madinah. Then, while dusting off his feet, he said: "You will reach people in Kufa who will have the humming of the Qur'an. They will come to you and say, 'The companions of Muhammad have arrived.' They will come and ask you about hadith, so listen! «اسباغ الوضوء» is three times, and two times (also) suffices." Then he said: "When you reach Kufa, you will meet a group who will have the humming of the Qur'an. They will say, 'The companions of Muhammad have arrived, the companions of Muhammad have arrived.' They will come to you and ask about hadith, so narrate to them the least from the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and I am also with you in this matter (i.e., in this regard)." Qarazah said: "I used to sit with the people, they would discuss hadith, and I was the one who remembered the most among them, but when I remembered the advice of Sayyiduna Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, I would remain silent." Imam Darimi Abu Muhammad, may Allah have mercy on him, said: "In my view, what is meant by this is narrating hadith about the battles of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, and it is not intended to avoid narrating his Sunnah and obligations."

Alqamah said: Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud, may Allah be pleased with him, said: «قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم» Then he began to tremble and said: «نحو ذلك أو فوق ذلك» (that is, «قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم نحو ذلك أوفوق ذلك» the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said something like this or more or less like this).

Mujahid said: I was with Sayyiduna Ibn Umar, may Allah be pleased with them both, on the road to Madinah. I never heard him narrate any hadith from the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, except that he said: I was with the Noble Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, when a cluster of dates was brought to him. The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Among the trees, there is a tree whose example is like that of a Muslim." I thought to say that it is the date palm tree, but I saw that I was the youngest, so I remained silent. Sayyiduna Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, said: If only you had said it, and I would have attained this honor and distinction.

Salih al-Dhan said: I never heard Jabir bin Zayd say: «قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم» and he considered this a very serious matter and avoided it, lest a lie be attributed to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him.