Abdullah bin Ma’qil says that once my father was present in the company of Sayyiduna Ibn Mas’ud (may Allah be pleased with him), and he heard Sayyiduna Ibn Mas’ud (may Allah be pleased with him) saying that I myself heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saying:“Remorse is also repentance.”

Sayyiduna Ibn Mas’ud (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that when we used to sit in Tashahhud with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), we would say:“Peace be upon Allah from His servants, peace be upon Jibreel, peace be upon Mika’eel, peace be upon so-and-so and so-and-so.”When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) heard us saying this, he said:“Indeed, Allah Himself is the embodiment of peace, so when any one of you sits in Tashahhud, he should say: «”التَّحِيَّاتُ لِلّٰهِ وَالصَّلَوَاتُ وَالطَّيِّبَاتُ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ وَرَحْمَةُ اللّٰهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْنَا وَعَلَى عِبَادِ اللّٰهِ الصَّالِحِينَ“ - إِذَا قُلْتَهَا أَصَابَتْ كُلَّ عَبْدٍ صَالِحٍ فِي السَّمَاءِ وَفِي الْأَرْضِ - ”أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلٰهَ إِلَّا اللّٰهُ وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهُ وَرَسُولُهُ“» ‘All verbal, physical, and bodily acts of worship are for Allah alone. O Prophet (peace and blessings be upon you)! May Allah’s peace, mercy, and blessings descend upon you. Peace be upon us and upon the righteous servants of Allah.’ – When he says this phrase, it will include every righteous servant in the heavens and the earth – ‘I bear witness that there is no deity except Allah, and that Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) is His servant and His Messenger.’ Then after this, he may supplicate for whatever he wishes.”

Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that once we were with the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), and we passed by a place where there were many ants. A man set fire to an ant hill. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "It is not appropriate for any human to punish with the punishment of Allah."

Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O group of women! Give charity, for you are the majority in Hell." A woman—who was not among the tall women—stood up and said: "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! What is the reason for this?" He said: "The reason is that you curse a lot and are ungrateful and disobedient to your husbands."

Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) says: Safeguard this Qur'an, for it slips away from people's hearts faster than a camel escapes from its rope. And he said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "It is a very bad thing for a person to say, 'I forgot such-and-such verse,' rather he should say, 'It was made to be forgotten by me.'"

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that once some people came to the service of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said, "One of our companions is suffering from an illness. Can we treat him by cauterization?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) remained silent for a while without giving any answer, and after some time said, "If you wish, cauterize him, and if you wish, heat a stone and apply it."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) say: "A person continues to speak the truth until he is recorded with Allah as a 'truthful one (Siddiq)', and likewise, a person continues to tell lies until he is recorded with Allah as a 'liar (Kadhdhab)'."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Mas’ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that we young men were once with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and we had nothing with us. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to us:“O group of young men! Whoever among you has the ability to marry, he should get married, for marriage lowers the gaze and protects the private parts. And whoever is not able to marry should observe fasting, for fasting diminishes sexual desire.”

Abdur Rahman bin Yazid says that once on the day of Ashura, Ash'ath bin Qais came to Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him), who was eating at that time. He said, "O Abu Muhammad! Come forward to eat." Ash'ath said, "Is today not the day of Ashura?" Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) replied, "Do you even know what the day of Ashura is? Before the command of fasting in Ramadan was revealed, the Prophet (peace be upon him) used to fast on this day. When the command of fasting in Ramadan was revealed, this fast was abandoned."

Alqamah says that once we were sitting with Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him), and Zaid bin Hudair was also with us. After a little while, Sayyiduna Khabbab (may Allah be pleased with him) also arrived and said: O Abu Abdur Rahman! Do all these people recite the Qur'an in the same way as you do? He replied: If you wish, you may ask any one of them to recite, and he will recite it to you. He said: Fine, then he said to me, "You recite." Zaid bin Hudair said: You are asking him to recite, even though he is not one of the great reciters among us? He replied: Beware! If you wish, I can tell you what the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said about your tribe and his tribe. Anyway, I recited fifty verses of Surah Maryam to them. Sayyiduna Khabbab (may Allah be pleased with him) praised me. Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Whatever I can recite, he can also recite. Then Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said to Sayyiduna Khabbab (may Allah be pleased with him): Has the time not yet come for you to remove this ring? Sayyiduna Khabbab (may Allah be pleased with him) said: After today, you will not see it on my hand. That ring was made of gold.