The words of Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with him)

It is narrated from Humayd bin Hilal that Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) used to say: Leave alone what does not concern you, do not speak about matters unrelated to you, and store up your tongue just as you store up your expenses.

It is narrated from Ghutayf bin al-Harith al-Kindi that he said: I and some of my companions were in the presence of Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with him). The narrator says: I heard him saying: When a servant is placed in the grave, the grave speaks to him and says: O son of Adam, did you not know that I am the house of solitude, the house of darkness and the house of truth? O son of Adam, what deceived you about me? You used to walk around me faddadan. The narrator says: I asked Ghutayf: O Abu Asma, what is faddadan? He said: That is, with arrogance. My companion, who was older than me, said to Ghutayf: And if that person is a believer? Ghutayf said: His grave is made wide for him, his dwelling is made green and his soul is raised up to Paradise.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: All of you people will be gathered together, and then it will be said: Where are the poor and the destitute of this Ummah? So they will come forth. It will be said: What do you have? They will say: O our Lord, we were put to trial and we were patient, and You know best. The narrator says: I think he also said: You gave wealth and authority to people other than us. Upon this it will be said: You have spoken the truth. So they will enter Paradise a good while before the rest of the people, and the owners of wealth and authority will remain in the severity of the reckoning. The narrator says: I said: Where will the people of faith be on that day? He (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Chairs of light will be set for them, clouds will shade them, and that day will be shorter for them than an hour of a day.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "There is no group that gathers and remembers Allah except that Allah Almighty remembers them in a group more honoured and more noble than their own. And there is no group that disperses without having remembered Allah except that this gathering will be a cause of regret for them on the Day of Resurrection."

It is narrated from Abu Uthman al-Nahdi that he said: We sent a woman to Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) to ask him: "Which is the sin that Allah Almighty will not forgive?" He said: "There is no sin or deed between the earth and the heavens from which a person repents to Allah before death except that Allah Almighty accepts his repentance."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "Every person will meet Allah Almighty with some sin, except Yahya bin Zakariyya." Then he recited this verse: "And a leader and chaste" [Al Imran: 39]. Then he (may Allah be pleased with him) picked up a small thing from the ground and said: "He did not have (any fault) even the size of this, and even so he was slaughtered."

Khaythamah reports about Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with him). He said: I went to him (may Allah be pleased with him) while he was looking into the Qur'an. The narrator said: I asked: "What are you reading?" He said: "My portion that I am to recite in the night prayer tonight."

It is narrated from Abu Imran that Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) was sitting with a fire in front of him when suddenly it let out a gasping roar. He (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "By the One in whose hand is my soul! This fire too seeks refuge with Allah Almighty from the greater Fire," or he said: "from the Fire of Hell." The narrator said: Then he saw the moon as it inclined toward setting, and they said: "By Allah! It is weeping now."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "I would love to have been this tree."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "The world is the prison of the believer and the paradise of the disbeliever. When death comes to the believer he is set free, to roam wherever he wishes."