Qabeesah bin Jabir narrates that once I brought an old woman from Banu Asad to the service of Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him)... so he said: I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "May Allah curse the woman who plucks hair, the one who creates gaps between her teeth, and the one who tattoos, who alter the creation of Allah."

Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) reports that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Abusing a Muslim is wickedness, and fighting him is disbelief."

Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him) says that once a man from Banu Bajilah—whose name was Nahik bin Sinan—came to the service of Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) and said: "I recite the Mufassalat (short surahs) in one rak'ah." Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Like inferior poetry? Or like low-quality prose? Whereas they have been called Mufassalat for this very reason so that you may recite them separately. I also know examples where the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) recited two surahs in one rak'ah." And by this, the first twenty surahs of the Mufassalat according to the compilation of Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) are meant, which include Surah Rahman and Surah Najm—these two surahs in one rak'ah, and in another rak'ah, Surah Dukhan and Surah Naba.

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: "Every deceiver will have a flag on the Day of Resurrection, and it will be announced that this is the deception of such-and-such person."

Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "It is extremely bad for any man among you to say, 'I have forgotten such and such verse.' Rather, he should say, 'Such and such verse has been made to be forgotten by me.' Guard this Qur'an, for it escapes from people's hearts more swiftly than a camel escapes from its rope."

Ibn Sakhbara (may Allah have mercy on him) says that on the occasion of Hajj, I set out from Mina to Arafat with Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him). He kept reciting the Talbiyah throughout the journey. He was a man with curly hair and wheat-colored complexion. He had two braids and, like the villagers, had wrapped a blanket around himself. Seeing him reciting the Talbiyah, many people gathered around him and began to say: "O villager! Today is not the day of Talbiyah, today is the day of Takbir." Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) turned to me and said: "People are unaware or have forgotten. By the One who sent Muhammad (peace be upon him) with the truth, I set out with the Prophet (peace be upon him), and the Prophet (peace be upon him) did not abandon the Talbiyah until the stoning of Jamrat al-Aqabah. However, in between, the Prophet (peace be upon him) would also say Tahleel and Takbir."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that I never saw the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) supplicating against the Quraysh except on one day. Once, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was praying, and some people from the Quraysh were present on his right and left, and a camel's entrails were lying near the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The people of Quraysh said, "Who will take these entrails and put them on his back?" 'Uqbah bin Abi Mu'ayt volunteered himself, brought the entrails, and placed them on the back of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), due to which the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) could not raise his head. When Sayyidah Fatimah (may Allah be pleased with her) found out, she came quickly, removed it from the back of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), threw it far away, and began to curse those who had committed this vile act. After finishing the prayer, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Allah! Seize the chiefs of Quraysh. O Allah! Seize 'Utbah bin Rabi'ah, Shaybah bin Rabi'ah, Abu Jahl, 'Uqbah bin Abi Mu'ayt, Ubayy bin Khalaf, or Umayyah bin Khalaf." Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) says that I saw all of them killed at the Battle of Badr and dragged and thrown into a well, except for Umayyah or Ubayy, whose limbs had been cut off, so he was not thrown into the well.

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: "The best of people are those of my generation, then those who come after them, then those who come after them, then those who come after them. After that, there will come a people whose testimony will precede their oath, and whose oath will precede their testimony."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud, may Allah be pleased with him, that all the nations were presented before the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, then his own nation was presented, whose great number pleased the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, very much. The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, was informed that along with these people, there are seventy thousand individuals who will enter Paradise without any reckoning.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that on the day of the Battle of Badr, we were three men riding on one camel each. In this way, Sayyiduna Abu Lubabah (may Allah be pleased with him) and Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) were companions of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). When it was the Prophet’s (peace and blessings be upon him) turn to walk on foot, both of them said, "We will walk in your place (you remain riding)." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "You two are not stronger than me, nor am I in less need of reward than you."