Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) says that I have fasted thirty days of Ramadan with the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) more frequently than I have fasted twenty-nine (29) days.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) preferred the meat of the foreleg of a goat among the meat with bones, and it was the meat of the foreleg in which poison was mixed and given to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) to eat, and the general belief was that it was the Jews who had mixed poison in the food of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that some statements have an effect like magic, and we believed that the Jews had mixed poison in the food of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "For each one of you, a companion from among the jinn and a companion from among the angels has been appointed." The noble Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) asked: "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! Even with you?" He replied: "Yes! But Allah has helped me against him, so now he only commands me to speak the truth."

Abu Ishaq Shaibani says that once I came to Hazrat Zir bin Hubaish, there was a doorman appointed at his door, love for me was created in his heart (and he let me in), there were some young men with him, they said: ask him about the explanation of «﴿فَكَانَ قَابَ قَوْسَيْنِ أَوْ أَدْنَى﴾ [النجم: 9] » , so I asked him for its explanation, then he said: Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated this hadith to us that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saw Hazrat Jibreel (peace be upon him) who had six hundred wings.

Masruq (may Allah have mercy on him) says that we were sitting with Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) and he was teaching us the Qur'an. In the meantime, a man came and said: O Abu Abdur Rahman! Did you people ask the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) how many caliphs there will be in this Ummah? Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) replied: Since I have come to Iraq, no one before you has asked me this question until today. Then he said: Yes! We did ask the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) this question, and he (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "There will be twelve caliphs, like the number of chiefs of Bani Israel."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that he was present with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) on the night of the jinn. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him: "Abdullah! Do you have water with you?" He replied that he had nabidh in a vessel. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Pour it over my hands." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) performed ablution with it and said: "O Abdullah bin Mas'ud! This is both a drink and purifying."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade combining two transactions in one matter. The narrator explains its meaning as: that a person says, "This item is for such-and-such price if bought on credit, and for such-and-such price if paid in cash."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Islam began as something strange and it will soon return to being strange as it began, so glad tidings are for the strangers." Someone asked: Who are the strangers? He replied: "Those who are drawn out from the tribes."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that there was a man who, apart from affirming the Oneness of Allah, had never performed any good deed. When his death approached, he said to his family: "When I die, seize me and burn me, then when I have been burnt and turned to coal, crush me, then on a day when a strong wind is blowing, scatter me in the sea." His family did as he had instructed, but he was still within Allah's grasp. Allah asked him: "What made you do this?" He replied: "Your fear." Upon this, Allah forgave him.