Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah

It is narrated from Hazrat Jabir that he said: There was no one among us who encountered the world except that he inclined towards it and the world inclined towards him, except Hazrat Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with him).

It is narrated from Hazrat Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he said: Whoever is given the world, it will decrease his degrees with Allah, even if this servant is honorable in the sight of Allah.

Hazrat Ibn Tawoos narrates from his father, who says that I have not seen a person more pious than Hazrat Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both).

It is narrated from Hazrat Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he said: A person is counted among the people of knowledge when he does not envy those above him, does not consider those below him insignificant, and does not seek wealth through his knowledge.

It is narrated from Hazrat Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he said: No servant can attain the reality of faith until people begin to consider him mad because of his religion.

It is narrated from Hazrat Saeed bin Jubair that he says: I went to Hazrat Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them), and I saw that he had spread his elbows and was reclining on a cushion filled with grass.

It is narrated from Hazrat Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he said: At the time when a believer emerges from the grave, the best of the forms he used to see will come to welcome him. The believer will say to it, "Who are you?" It will say to the believer, "I am the same (deed) that was with you in the world. I will not leave you until I make you enter Paradise."

It is narrated from Hazrat Qatadah that he says Hazrat Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them) was asked whether the companions of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to joke with one another. He replied: Yes. But their faith in their hearts was stronger than mountains.

A person narrates that whenever Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) saw someone following the Sunnahs of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), he would think that something had affected that person.

It is narrated from Hazrat Amr that Hazrat Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them) used to say: Since the blessed soul of the Noble Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) was taken, I have not placed one brick upon another, nor have I planted any tree.

It is narrated about Hazrat Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he disliked praying at those marks which Marwan had made with stone.

Hazrat Abu Sahl says that I heard Hazrat Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them) regarding this verse { کُلُّ نَفْسٍ بِمَا کَسَبَتْ رَہِینَۃٌ إِلاَّ أَصْحَابَ الْیَمِینِ }. He (may Allah be pleased with him) said: This refers to the children of the Muslims.

It is narrated about Hazrat Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he said to Humran: Do not meet Allah with such a responsibility for which you have nothing to fulfill it, because on the Day of Resurrection there will be neither dirham nor dinar. And people will be rewarded only according to their deeds.

It is narrated about Hazrat Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he used to say: I found my companions upon a certain matter. So if I oppose them, I fear that I may not be able to join them.

It is narrated from Hazrat Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) regarding { أَوْ خَلْقًا مِمَّا یَکْبُرُ فِی صُدُورِکُمْ }. He (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Death. If you had been dead, I would have brought you back to life.

It is narrated from Hazrat Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) regarding { فَلاَ اقْتَحَمَ الْعَقَبَۃَ }. He said: This is a mountain of Zallal in Hell.

Hazrat Nafi narrates about Hazrat Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them) that whenever he would recite this verse, he would weep: {إِنْ تُبْدُوا مَا فِی أَنْفُسِکُمْ أَوْ تُخْفُوہُ یُحَاسِبْکُمْ بِہِ اللَّہُ }.

Hazrat Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them) said: Display goodness. Do not display evil.

It is narrated from Hazrat Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) regarding وَبِالأَسْحَارِ هُمْ يَسْتَغْفِرُونَ. He said: Those people perform prayers.

It is narrated from Hazrat Nafi' that he said: Hazrat Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them) used to do a certain act by introducing himself, which he would not do among the general people.

It is narrated from Muhammad that whenever Hazrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) would wake up at night, he would perform prayer.

It is narrated from Maymun who says that it was said to Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them): Zaid bin Thabit has passed away and he left behind one hundred thousand dirhams. He (may Allah be pleased with him) said: But you should not leave behind one hundred thousand dirhams.

Hazrat Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) recited this verse: { أَلَمْ یَأْنِ لِلَّذِینَ آمَنُوا أَنْ تَخْشَعَ قُلُوبُہُمْ لِذِکْرِ اللہِ } and began to weep.

It is narrated about Hazrat Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with both of them) that he was traveling on the road to Makkah when he lowered the head of his mount and said: Perhaps the track may coincide with the track, meaning the track of the mount of the Noble Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him).

It is narrated from Hazrat Adam bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: I heard Hazrat Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) say: Oppose the ways of the polytheists.

It is narrated from Hazrat Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) regarding { فَوَرَبِّکَ لَنَسْأَلَنَّہُمْ أَجْمَعِینَ } that there will be a question about La ilaha illallah.

It is narrated from Hazrat Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) regarding { وَإِذَا وَقَعَ الْقَوْلُ عَلَیْہِمْ أَخْرَجْنَا لَہُمْ دَابَّۃً مِنَ الأَرْضِ تکلمہم }: When people will not enjoin good and will not forbid evil.

It is narrated from Hazrat Nafi‘ that Hazrat Ibn ‘Umar (may Allah be pleased with them) used to dislike speaking while reciting (the Qur’an)… or he said… they would not speak about their intended matter until they had finished… or he said… they would not speak until they had finished. But one day, when I was sitting with him with the Mushaf and he was reciting, he reached a verse and said: “Do you know about whom this verse was revealed?”

It is narrated from Maymun that he says: Abdullah ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both), along with some of his companions, went to visit Abdullah bin Amir when he was ill, and people thought that he would die. So the people said to him: "Glad tidings to you, for you have constructed many reservoirs at Arafat from which the pilgrims to the House of Allah drink their fill, and you have dug wells in the wilderness." The narrator says that the people mentioned many good deeds. The narrator says that then the people began to say: "InshaAllah, we hope for good for you." Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) remained silent. Then later, when he spoke, it was said: "O Abu Abdur Rahman, what do you say?" He (may Allah be pleased with him) replied: "When the earnings are pure, the spending is good. Soon you will arrive, and then you will know."

It is narrated from Thuwair that he says: Abdullah ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them) passed by a deserted place, and a man was with him. He said: Call out. So he called out, but Abdullah ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them) did not reply to him. Then he (may Allah be pleased with him) said to him: Call out. Then he replied to him. Those people have gone, and their deeds have remained.