The words of Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with him)

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him); he said: "There was no man among us who found the world but that he inclined towards it and it inclined towards him, except Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with him)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both); he said: "Whoever receives the world, it will reduce his ranks with Allah, even if this servant is honored in the sight of Allah."

Ibn Tawus narrates from his father; he said: "I have not seen anyone more God-fearing than Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both); he said: "A man becomes one of the people of knowledge only when he does not envy those above him, does not look down on those below him, and does not seek wealth by means of his knowledge."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both); he said: "No servant can reach the reality of faith until he counts people as fools in regard to his religion."

It is narrated from Sa'id bin Jubayr; he said: I came to Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both), and I saw that he had spread out his forearms and was resting on a pillow stuffed with palm fibre.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both); he said: "When the believer comes out of his grave, the finest of the forms he has ever seen will meet him. The believer will say to it: 'Who are you?' It will say to the believer: 'I am the one who was with you in the world. I will not leave you until I have made you enter Paradise.'"

It is narrated from Qatadah; he said that Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) was asked: "Did the Companions of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) laugh with one another?" He said: "Yes, but the faith in their hearts was firmer than the mountains."

A certain person relates that when anyone saw Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) following the Sunnahs of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), he would think that something was affecting him.

It is narrated from Amr that Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) used to say: "Since the soul of the Prophet (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 Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he disliked praying facing the markers that Marwan had made of stone.

Abu Sahl says: I heard Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) concerning this verse: "Every soul is held in pledge for what it has earned, except the companions of the right" [Al-Muddaththir: 38-39]. He said: "This refers to the children of the Muslims."

It is narrated about Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he said to Humran: "Do not meet Allah with an obligation for whose fulfilment there is nothing, for on the Day of Resurrection there will be no dirham or dinar, and people will be recompensed only through their deeds."

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

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) concerning the verse "or any creation that seems great in your breasts" [Al-Isra: 51]. He said: "Death. If you were death, I would bring you to life."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) concerning the verse "But he did not attempt the steep pass" [Al-Balad: 11]. He said: "It is a slippery mountain in Hell."

Nafi' narrates about Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that whenever he recited this verse, he wept: "And whether you show what is within yourselves or conceal it, Allah will call you to account for it" [Al-Baqarah: 284].

Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: "Make a display of good. Do not make a display of evil."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) concerning the verse "and in the hours before dawn they seek forgiveness" [Al-Dhariyat: 18]. He said: "They pray."

It is narrated from Nafi'; he said that Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) would do something privately, for himself alone, that he would not do among people in general.

It is narrated from Muhammad that whenever Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) woke up at night, he would pray.

It is narrated from Maymun; he said that it was said to Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both): "Sayyiduna Zayd bin Harithah (may Allah be pleased with him) has died and has left a hundred thousand dirhams." He said: "But do not you leave a hundred thousand dirhams."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) recited this verse: "Has the time not come for those who believe that their hearts should humble themselves to the remembrance of Allah?" [Al-Hadid: 16], and he wept.

It is narrated about Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he was travelling on the road to Makkah when he bent the head of his mount and said: "Perhaps a footprint may fall upon a footprint," meaning the footprint of the mount of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).

That is: the foot of the mount of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).

It is narrated from Adam bin Ali; he said: I heard Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) saying: "Oppose the ways of the polytheists."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) concerning the verse "So by your Lord, We shall surely question them all" [Al-Hijr: 92] that the question will be about La ilaha illa Allah (There is no god but Allah).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) concerning the verse "And when the Word falls upon them, We will bring forth for them a creature from the earth that will speak to them" [Al-Naml: 82]: "When people no longer enjoin what is good and no longer forbid what is evil."

It is narrated from Nafi' that when Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) recited, he disliked speaking; or he said: he would not speak of what he intended until he had finished; or he said: he would not speak until he had finished. Except that one day, when I was sitting with him with the mushaf and he was reciting, he (may Allah be pleased with him) reached a verse and said: "Do you know concerning whom this verse was revealed?"

It is narrated from Maymun; he said that Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both), together with some of his companions, visited Abdullah bin Amir while he was ill, and people thought that he would die. The people said to him: "Glad tidings to you, for you have had many pools built at Arafat from which the pilgrims of the House of Allah will drink, and you have had wells dug in the wilderness." The narrator said: The people mentioned many good things. The narrator said: Then the people said: "If Allah wills, we hope for good for you." Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) sat in silence. When he was slow to speak, Abdullah bin Amir said: "O Abu Abd al-Rahman, what do you say?" He (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "When earnings are pure, spending is good. And soon you will arrive, and then you will know."

It is narrated from Thuwayr; he said that Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) passed by a ruin, and a man was with him. He said: "Call out." So he called out, but Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) did not answer him. Then he (may Allah be pleased with him) said to him: "Call out." Then he answered him: "They have gone, and their deeds have remained."