From the Musnad of Abdullah bin Masud (may Allah be pleased with him)

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: One night we kept talking in the presence of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) until our conversation (made us lose track of time and) kept us up late. In the morning we went early to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The prophets were shown to me with the followers from their nations. There was a prophet with whom was a large group of his nation, and there was a prophet with whom there was no one. And Allah has told you about the people of Lut, saying: 'Is there not among you a man of sound judgement?' [Hud: 78]." He said: "Until Musa bin Imran (peace be upon him) passed by, with the group of the Children of Israel who were with him. I said: O my Lord! Where is my Ummah? He said: Look to your right. And I saw that the hills of Makkah were filled with the faces of men. He said: Are you content, O Muhammad? I said: I am content, O my Lord. He said: Look to your left. I looked, and the horizon was filled with the faces of men. He said: Are you content, O Muhammad? I said: I am content, O my Lord. He said: And along with these there are seventy thousand (more) who will enter Paradise without reckoning."
Hearing this, Sayyiduna Ukkashah bin Mihsan al-Asadi (may Allah be pleased with him) came forward and said: O Messenger of Allah! Pray to Allah to make me one of them. He (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed: "O Allah! Make him one of them." Then another man stood up and said: O Messenger of Allah! Pray to Allah to make me one of them. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Ukkashah has beaten you to it." Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to them: "May my father and mother be ransomed for you! If you are able to be among the seventy thousand, then be among them; if you are unable and fall short, then be among the people of the hills; and if you are unable and fall short in that too, then be among the people of the horizon, for I saw some people crowding together in great numbers." Then he said: "I hope that the followers of my Ummah will be a quarter of Paradise." At this the people said takbir (Allahu Akbar). Then he said: "I hope that they will be half of the people of Paradise." At this too the people said takbir. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) recited this verse: 'A large company of the earlier ones, and a few of the later ones' [Al-Waqi'ah: 14].
Then the people began discussing among themselves who these seventy thousand would be. Some said: They are people who were born in Islam and died upon it. Eventually the matter reached the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "They are those who do not seek ruqyah, do not take evil omens, and put their trust in their Lord."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: One night we talked a great deal in the presence of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him); then in the morning we came to him (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The prophets were shown to me with their nations. A prophet would pass and with him would be a large group; a prophet and with him a band; a prophet and with him a few individuals; and a prophet with whom there was no one. Until Musa (peace be upon him) passed before me, and with him was a great throng of the Children of Israel, and they pleased me greatly. I asked: Who are these? It was said: This is your brother Musa, and with him are the Children of Israel. I asked: Then where is my Ummah? It was said: Look to your right. I looked, and the hills were filled with the faces of men. Then it was said to me: Look to your left. I looked, and the horizon was filled with the faces of men. Then it was said to me: Are you content? I said: I am content, O my Lord; I am content, O my Lord. Then it was said to me: Along with these there are seventy thousand (more) who will enter Paradise without reckoning."
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "May my father and mother be ransomed for you! If you are able to be among the seventy thousand, then do so; if you fall short, then be among the people of the hills; and if you fall short in that too, then be among the people of the horizon, for I saw some people crowding together." At this Sayyiduna Ukkashah bin Mihsan al-Asadi (may Allah be pleased with him) stood up and said: O Messenger of Allah! Pray for me that Allah makes me one of the seventy thousand. He (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed for him. Then another man stood up and said: O Messenger of Allah! Pray to Allah to make me one of them. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Ukkashah has beaten you to it."
The narrator said: Then we began talking among ourselves and said: Who will these seventy thousand be? (It was said:) People who were born in Islam and remained upon it until they died. This reached the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "They are those who do not have themselves cauterised, do not seek ruqyah, do not take evil omens, and put their trust in their Lord."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: One night we were sitting and talking in the presence of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Then (the narrator) related it like the hadith of Ma'mar.

Sayyiduna Imran bin Husayn (may Allah be pleased with him) also narrated a similar hadith from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).

A similar hadith is also narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him).

A hadith like it is also narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him).

It is narrated about Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that he was in one of the gardens of Madinah, teaching his two sons to recite (the Qur'an). Meanwhile two birds - two crows or two doves - passed by him, fluttering. Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) looked at them and said: By Allah! If these two (sons) were to die, I would grieve for them only as much as I would grieve for these two birds if they fell down dead. And indeed I feel for them what a father feels for his children; but I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "The Hour will not be established until the hypocrites of every tribe become its chiefs." That is why I wish that we die before that time.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "On the Day of Resurrection the feet of the son of Adam will not move away from before his Lord until he is asked about five things: about his life, in what he spent it; about his youth, in what he wore it out; about his wealth, from where he earned it and on what he spent it; and what he did with what he knew."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) related that between their (the Muslims') accepting Islam and the revelation of this verse, in which Allah reproaches them, there were only four years: "And let them not be like those who were given the Scripture before, and the time became long for them, so their hearts hardened; and many of them are defiantly disobedient" [Surah Al-Hadid: 16].

Sayyiduna Wabisah al-Asadi (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I was in my house in Kufah when I heard (a voice) at the door of the house: "Assalamu alaykum (peace be upon you); may I come in?" I said: "Wa alayka al-salam (and upon you be peace); come in." When he entered, it was Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him). I said: "O Abu Abd al-Rahman! What kind of hour for a visit is this?" - and it was around midday - He said: "The day grew long for me, so I thought of someone I could talk with."
The narrator said: Then he began narrating to me hadith of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and I narrated to him as well. Then he (himself) began speaking and said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "There will be a fitnah (tribulation) in which the one sleeping will be better than the one lying down, the one lying down better than the one sitting, the one sitting better than the one standing, the one standing better than the one walking, and the one walking better than the one riding, and the one riding in it better than the one galloping (towards the fitnah). All those killed in it will be in the Fire."
The narrator said: I asked: "O Messenger of Allah! When will that be?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "That will be in the days of harj (killing and turmoil)." I asked: "When will the days of harj be?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When a man cannot trust even the one sitting with him." I asked: "If I live to see that time, what do you command me?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Restrain yourself and your hand, and go into your house." I asked: "O Messenger of Allah! What if someone breaks into my house?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Then go into your room." I asked: "What if someone breaks into my room too?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Then go into your masjid (place of prayer) and do like this" - and he (peace and blessings be upon him) held his wrist with his right hand - "and say: My Lord is Allah, until you die in that state."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The last person to enter Paradise will be walking on the Bridge (Sirat), at times walking and at times falling on his face, while the Fire scorches him. When he has passed it, he will turn to look at it and say: Blessed is He who saved me from you; He has given me what He has not given anyone of the earlier or the later people. Then a tree will be raised up for him, and he will say: O my Lord! Bring me near to this tree so that I may rest in its shade and drink of its water. Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, will say: O son of Adam! Perhaps if I give you this, you will ask Me for something else. So He will bring him near to it, while his Lord knows that he will do so, and he will rest in its shade and drink of its water. Then another tree will be raised up for him, more beautiful than the first. He will say: O my Lord! Bring me near to it so that I may rest in its shade and drink of its water, and I will not ask You for anything besides it. And his Lord knows that he will do so, because he will be seeing something he cannot bear to resist. Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, will say: O son of Adam! Did you not make a covenant with Me that you would not ask for anything besides it? He will say: Yes, O my Lord, but this one - I will not ask You for anything besides it. And his Lord knows that he will do so, and He excuses him, because he will be seeing something he cannot bear to resist. Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, will say: Perhaps if I bring you near to it, you will ask Me for something else. He will make a covenant that he will not, so Allah will bring him near to it, and he will rest in its shade and drink of its water. Then a tree will be raised up for him by the gate of Paradise, more beautiful than the first two. He will say: O my Lord! Bring me near to this one, so that I may rest in its shade and drink of its water. Allah, Exalted be His mention, will say: O son of Adam! Did you not make a covenant with Me that you would not ask for anything besides it? He will say: O my Lord! This one - I will not ask You for anything besides it. Allah will say: Perhaps if I bring you near to it, you will ask Me for something else. He will make a covenant that he will not, while his Lord knows that he will do so, and his Lord excuses him, because he will be seeing something he cannot bear to resist. So Allah will bring him near to it, and he will hear the voices of the people of Paradise and say: O my Lord! Admit me into it. Allah will say: O son of Adam! Are you content that I give you the world and another like it along with it? He will say: Are You mocking me, when You are the Lord of the worlds?"
The narrator said: Hearing this, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) laughed, then said: "Will you not ask me why I laughed?" The Companions said: "O Messenger of Allah! Why did you laugh?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "(I laughed) at the laughter of the Lord of the worlds, the Blessed and Exalted, when he said: Are You mocking me, when You are the Lord of the worlds? Allah will say: No, I am not mocking, but I am able to do whatever I will."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The deeds of the children of Adam are presented every Monday and every Thursday. Then Allah shows mercy to those who show mercy and forgives those who seek forgiveness, then He leaves the people of rancour with their rancour."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that he heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "A time will surely come upon the people when you will envy a man for being lightly burdened (having little wealth) just as today he is envied for having much wealth and many children, until one of you passes by his brother's grave and rolls about on it as an animal rolls about in its pasture, and says: Would that I were in his place! He will have no longing for Allah, nor any good deed that he has sent ahead; rather (this wish) will be because of the affliction that has befallen him."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that he heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "When a servant prays and does not complete its humility (khushu') and its bowing, and keeps looking about, his prayer is not accepted. And whoever drags his garment (on the ground) out of pride, Allah will not look at him (with mercy) on the Day of Resurrection, however honoured he may be in the sight of Allah."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that he heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Whoever wears silk in this world will not wear it in the Hereafter."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "A person will be with the one he loves."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I was a witness over them as long as I remained among them."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him): The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to command us to pray at the eclipse of the sun and the moon, (and he would say:) "When you see that an eclipse has occurred, hasten at once to the prayer, for if what you fear does happen, you will not be in a state of heedlessness; and if it does not, you will still have gained good and earned it."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: I passed by the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) while he (peace and blessings be upon him) was praying, and I greeted him (peace and blessings be upon him) with salam, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) answered me with a gesture.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "There was no prophet but that he had close companions (hawariyyun) who followed his way and adopted his Sunnah. Then after them there will come unworthy successors who will say what they do not do, and do what you consider evil. Whoever strives against them with his hand is a believer, whoever strives against them with his tongue is a believer, and whoever strives against them with his heart is a believer; beyond that there is not even a mustard seed's weight of faith."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever is struck by a need and brings it before people, his poverty will not be relieved; and whoever brings it before Allah, Allah will soon make him self-sufficient, either with a reward that comes later or with sufficiency that comes soon."

A hadith like it is also narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The Hour has drawn near, yet it only grows further away from them."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Treat yourselves with cow's milk, for I hope that Allah has placed healing in it, because it (the cow) eats from (the leaves of) trees."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Any Muslim who, on hearing the call to prayer, says Allahu Akbar, bears witness that there is no true god but Allah, bears witness that Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) is the Messenger of Allah, and then says: 'Allahumma a'ti Muhammadan al-wasilata wa al-fadilah, waj'alhu fi al-a'lina darajatahu, wa fi al-mustafayna mahabbatahu, wa fi al-muqarrabina dhikrah' (O Allah, grant Muhammad the Wasilah and excellence, place his rank among the most exalted, his love among the chosen ones, and his mention among those brought near) - intercession becomes due for him on the Day of Resurrection."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was angry, his (peace and blessings be upon him) cheeks would turn red.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, is with the judge as long as he does not deliberately do injustice."

It is narrated from one of the Companions of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) - most likely Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) - that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded them to pray Zuhr in the cooler time, (and said:) "For the heat is from the exhalation of Hell."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: We complained to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) about praying in the intense midday heat, but he (peace and blessings be upon him) did not remove our complaint.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When one of you fears a ruler, let him say: O Allah, Lord of the seven heavens and Lord of the Mighty Throne! Be my protector from the evil of so-and-so son of so-and-so - that is, let him name the one he fears - and from the evil of the jinn and mankind and their followers, lest any of them transgress against me. Mighty is the one under Your protection, exalted is Your praise, and there is no god besides You."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that a rooster crowed in the presence of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and a man said: O Allah, curse it. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Do not curse it, and do not revile it, for it calls to the prayer."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The one who remembers Allah among the heedless is like the one who stands firm (the patient one) among those who flee."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him): This verse was revealed concerning a group of Arabs who used to worship a group of the jinn; then those jinn became Muslim while that group of Arabs did not know of it, (in Allah's saying:) "Those whom they call upon themselves seek a means of access to their Lord" [Surah al-Isra: 57].

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "There is no believing servant who weeps out of fear of Allah and tears come from his eye, even if they are only the size of a fly's head, except that Allah makes him forbidden to the Fire."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The people closest to me on the Day of Resurrection will be those who send the most blessings (salah) upon me."

Sayyidah Zaynab (may Allah be pleased with her), the wife of Sayyiduna Abdullah, narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) - the narrator said: I do not know it except that he narrated it as a saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "A woman is not to be married in addition to her paternal aunt, nor in addition to her maternal aunt; and a woman is not to stipulate the divorce of her sister so that she may turn over the whole bowl that is her share (that is, take the entire right for herself)."