Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that once I asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "Which deed is most beloved to Allah?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) replied: "Performing prayer at its proper time, showing kindness to parents, and striving in the path of Allah."

Wabisa Asadi, may Allah have mercy on him, says that once I was at my home in Kufa when there was a sound at the door: "Assalamu Alaikum! May I come in?" I said: "Wa Alaikum Assalam! Please come in." I saw that it was Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud, may Allah be pleased with him. I said: "O Abu Abdur Rahman! You have come to visit at this time?" It was midday (and it was very hot). He said: "Today has been a very long day for me. I was thinking about whom I should go and talk to (I thought of you, so I came to you)." Then he began to narrate to me the ahadith of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and I began to narrate to him. During this, he narrated this hadith: "I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: 'A time of tribulation is soon to come. In that time, the one who is asleep will be better than the one lying down, the one lying down will be better than the one sitting, the one sitting will be better than the one standing, the one standing will be better than the one walking, the one walking will be better than the one riding, and the one riding will be better than the one running. All those killed in that time will go to Hell.'"

I asked: "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! When will that be?" He said: "Those will be the days of Harj." I asked: "What is meant by the days of Harj?" He said: "When a person will not feel safe with his companion." I asked: "If I reach that time, what do you command me to do?" He said: "Restrain yourself and your hand, and stay inside your house." I asked: "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! Tell me, if someone enters my house, what should I do?" He said: "Go into your room." I asked: "If he enters my room, what should I do?" He said: "Go into your mosque and do this." Saying this, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) made a fist with his right hand and placed it on his thumb and said: "Keep saying, 'My Lord is Allah,' until death comes to you upon this faith and belief."

The previous hadith is also narrated through this second chain of transmission.

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 forgot such and such verse,' rather he should say, 'Such and such verse was made to be forgotten by me.'"

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud, may Allah be pleased with him, regarding the Qur'anic verse: «‏‏‏‏﴿لَقَدْ رَأَى مِنْ آيَاتِ رَبِّهِ الْكُبْرَى﴾» ‏‏‏‏ [النجم: 18] "Indeed, he certainly saw some of the greatest signs of his Lord," that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, saw a green silk garment of Paradise (which Jibreel, peace be upon him, was wearing) and which covered the horizon.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that once a man came to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and said: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him)! I met a woman in a garden, I pulled her towards myself, embraced her, kissed her, and did everything with her except for intercourse. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) remained silent for a while, and the man left. Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said that if he had concealed his sin, Allah would have concealed it for him. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) looked around and said: "Call him back to me." So the people called him back. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) recited this verse before him: «﴿وَأَقِمِ الصَّلَاةَ طَرَفَيِ النَّهَارِ وَزُلَفًا مِنَ اللَّيْلِ إِنَّ الْحَسَنَاتِ يُذْهِبْنَ السَّيِّئَاتِ ذَلِكَ ذِكْرَى لِلذَّاكِرِينَ﴾» [هود: 114] "Establish prayer at the two ends of the day and at some hours of the night. Indeed, good deeds erase bad deeds. That is a reminder for those who remember." Sayyiduna Mu'adh bin Jabal (may Allah be pleased with him) asked: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him)! Is this command specific to him? He replied: "No, rather this command is for every person of my Ummah who commits such an act."

The previous hadith is also narrated through this second chain of transmission.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever supports and helps his people in something that is unjust and wrong, his example is like that of a camel which falls into a well and then tries to come out of the well by the support of its tail."

Abdur Rahman bin Yazid says that I departed from the plain of Arafat with Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him). When he reached Muzdalifah, upon arrival, Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) led us in Maghrib and Isha prayers with adhan and iqamah, and in between he called for food, ate, and then slept. When the early time of Fajr began, he woke up and offered the Fajr prayer in the darkness, and said that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) had delayed these two prayers at this place from their (usual) times: Maghrib because people arrive here at night, and Fajr was offered at that time. Then he stood (for wuquf), and when it became bright, he said: "If the Commander of the Faithful now departs, he will do the right thing." So, Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) had not even finished his words when Sayyiduna Uthman Ghani (may Allah be pleased with him) departed from there.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud, may Allah be pleased with him, that during an incident of Laylat al-Jinn, I was with the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him. When the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, returned from there, he was out of breath. I asked: Is everything alright? He said: "O Ibn Mas'ud! My death had come very near."