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 soil 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.

Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) says that there are two statements, one of which I heard from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and the other I say from myself. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "Whoever dies in a state in which he associates partners with Allah, he will enter Hell," and I say that whoever dies in a state in which he does not associate anyone with Allah, he will enter Paradise.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When you are three people, then two should not whisper to each other excluding the third, for that will cause him grief. And no woman should touch her naked body to another woman so that she describes her physical features to her husband in such a way as if he is seeing her with his own eyes."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that once some people asked: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! Will we be held accountable for the deeds committed during the time of ignorance? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When you accept Islam and adopt good deeds, then you will not be held accountable for the deeds of the time of ignorance, but if you continue to do evil deeds after accepting Islam, then you will be held accountable for both the former and the latter deeds."

One day, Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I have been informed that you are waiting for me. I have not come to you only because I do not like to make you weary. And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would also leave out some days from admonition and advice for the same reason, as he too did not like us to become weary.

Abu Wa'il says that once we went to the service of Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) after the Fajr prayer and stood at the door and greeted him with salam. We were granted permission. A man said, "I recite the Mufassalat (short surahs) in one night." Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "Like poetry?" I also know such examples that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) recited two surahs in one rak'ah, of which eighteen surahs are from the Mufassalat and two surahs are from Al-Ham.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that once I asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "Which sin is the greatest?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Associating partners with Allah, especially when it is Allah Who created you." I asked: "After that, which sin is the greatest?" He said: "Committing adultery with your neighbor's wife."

Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: I used to herd the goats of 'Uqbah bin Abi Mu'ayt. One day, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) passed by me with Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) while escaping from the polytheists, and he said: "O boy! Do you have any milk?" I replied: I am entrusted with them, so I cannot give you any. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Is there any goat among them that a male has not mounted?" I replied: Yes! And I brought such a goat to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) passed his hand over its udder and prayed, so milk descended into it. Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) brought a hollow stone from inside, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) milked it into that, drank himself, gave Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) to drink, and I also drank. Then, addressing the udder, he said: "Shrink back," so the udder shrank back again. After a little while, I came to the service of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! Teach me this matter as well. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) passed his hand over my head and prayed for me: "May Allah send His mercy upon you, you are an intelligent boy." I memorized seventy surahs from the blessed mouth of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) which no one can dispute with me about.

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) said: "If I were to take anyone as a close friend (khalil), I would have taken Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) as my close friend, but he is my brother and companion, and your Prophet is the close friend (khalil) of Allah, the Exalted."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that on the day of the Battle of Uhud, the women were behind the Muslims and were tending to the wounded among the polytheists. If I swear by Allah, my oath will be true (and I will not be lying) that on that day, none of us desired the world, until Allah revealed this verse: «﴿مِنْكُمْ مَنْ يُرِيدُ الدُّنْيَا وَمِنْكُمْ مَنْ يُرِيدُ الْآخِرَةَ ثُمَّ صَرَفَكُمْ عَنْهُمْ لِيَبْتَلِيَكُمْ﴾» [آل عمران: 152] “Some of you desire the world and some of you desire the Hereafter, then Allah turned you away from them so that He may test you.”When the companions of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) disobeyed the Prophet’s command and did not comply, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was left alone among only nine individuals, seven of whom were Ansar and two were from Quraysh, and the tenth was the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) himself. When the polytheists attacked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), he said:“May Allah have mercy on the one who repels them from us.”Upon hearing this, an Ansari advanced, fought for a while, and was martyred. In this way, one by one, all seven Ansari companions (may Allah be pleased with them) were martyred. Seeing this, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:“We have not done justice to our companions.”Shortly after, Abu Sufyan came (who had not yet accepted Islam) and began to chant the slogan of victory for Hubal. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:“Respond to him: Allah is Most High and Most Great.”Abu Sufyan said:“We have ‘Uzza, and you have no ‘Uzza.”The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:“Respond to him: Allah is our Protector and you have no protector.”Then Abu Sufyan said:“Today is in retaliation for the day of Badr; a day for us and a day against us; a day we suffered and a day we rejoiced; Hanzalah for Hanzalah, so-and-so for so-and-so, and so-and-so for so-and-so.”The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:“There is still no equality between us and you; our slain are alive and provided for, while your slain are punished in the Fire of Hell.”Then Abu Sufyan said:“Some of the bodies have been mutilated; this was not the work of our leaders. I neither ordered it nor forbade it, I neither like it nor dislike it, I was neither pleased nor displeased by it.”When the companions (may Allah be pleased with them) saw, they found that the belly of Sayyiduna Hamza (may Allah be pleased with him) had been ripped open, and Abu Sufyan’s wife Hind had taken out his liver and chewed it, but could not eat it. When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saw his body, he asked:“Did she eat any of it?”The companions (may Allah be pleased with them) replied:“No.”The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:“Allah does not want any part of Hamza’s body to enter the Fire.”Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) placed his body in front and offered his funeral prayer. Then the body of an Ansari was brought and placed beside Sayyiduna Hamza (may Allah be pleased with him), and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) offered his funeral prayer as well. Then the Ansari’s body was taken away and Sayyiduna Hamza’s body was left there. Then another body was brought and placed beside Sayyiduna Amir Hamza (may Allah be pleased with him), and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) offered his funeral prayer for him as well. Then his body was taken away and Sayyiduna Hamza’s body was left there. In this way, on that day, the funeral prayer for Sayyiduna Hamza (may Allah be pleased with him) was offered seventy times.