It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that once the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) gathered us together, and at that time we were forty people. I was the last among them to arrive. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "You people will attain victory and help. Whoever among you reaches that time should fear Allah, enjoin good, and forbid evil. And whoever deliberately attributes a lie to me should make his abode in Hell." According to Yazid, there is also this addition: "He should maintain the ties of kinship."

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: "May Allah keep fresh and flourishing the person who hears a hadith from us, memorizes it, and conveys it to others, for many of those to whom the hadith is conveyed are better at preserving it than those who heard it."

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 superiority of prayer in congregation over prayer performed alone is twenty-five degrees."

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 superiority of prayer in congregation over prayer performed alone is twenty-five degrees, and each of these degrees will be like his prayer."

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) was granted comprehensive words of goodness, opening and concluding words. Thus, the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "When you sit after two rak'ahs, say: «التَّحِيَّاتُ لِلّٰهِ وَالصَّلَوَاتُ وَالطَّيِّبَاتُ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ وَرَحْمَةُ اللّٰهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْنَا وَعَلَى عِبَادِ اللّٰهِ الصَّالِحِينَ 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 of Allah be upon him)! Peace be upon you, and the mercy and blessings of Allah descend upon you. Peace be upon us and upon the righteous servants of Allah. I bear witness that there is no deity except Allah and that Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) is His servant and His Messenger.' And after this, he may supplicate for whatever he likes." And on one occasion, the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "Shall I not tell you what «عضه» is? It is that tale-bearing which creates hatred among people." And the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "A person continues to speak the truth until he is written as «صديق» with Allah, and likewise, a person continues to lie until he is written as «كذاب» with Allah." And on one occasion, the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "Shall I not tell you what 'al-'adhah' is? It is that tale-bearing which creates hatred among people." And the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "A person continues to speak the truth until he is written as a siddiq (truthful) with Allah, and likewise, a person continues to lie until he is written as a kadhdhab (liar) with Allah."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "If I were to take anyone as a close friend (khalil), I would have taken Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to supplicate: «اللّٰهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْهُدَى وَالتُّقَى وَالْعَفَافَ وَالْغِنَى» "O Allah! I ask You for guidance, piety, chastity, and self-sufficiency (freedom from need before the creation)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to recite this verse in this way: «‏‏‏‏﴿وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا الْقُرْآنَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِنْ مُدَّكِرٍ﴾» ‏‏‏‏ [القمر: 17] .

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that once the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) performed a prostration of recitation at the end of Surah An-Najm, and all the Muslims also prostrated, except for one man from the Quraysh who took a handful of dust and brought it to his forehead and prostrated on it. Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) says that later, I saw him killed in a state of disbelief.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that once I was praying when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) passed by, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said from a distance: "O Ibn Umm 'Abd! Ask, you will be given." There was competition between the two Shaykhs to convey this good news to me. Sayyiduna 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said that in whatever matter Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) competed with me, he always surpassed me. In any case! They informed me that I never abandon this supplication: «اللّٰهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ نَعِيمًا لَا يَبِيدُ وَقُرَّةَ عَيْنٍ لَا تَنْفَدُ وَمُرَافَقَةَ النَّبِيِّ مُحَمَّدٍ فِي أَعْلَى الْجَنَّةِ جَنَّةِ الْخُلْدِ» "O Allah! I ask You for such blessings that never end, for such coolness of the eyes that never ceases, and I ask You for the companionship of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in the eternal Paradise."