The words of Ubayd bin Umayr

It is narrated from Ubayd bin Umayr that when the winter season came he would say: O people of the Qur'an, the night has become long for your prayers and the day has become short for your fasts, so make the most of it.

It is narrated from Ubayd bin Umayr that he said: The one among you who strives hardest is like one who plays among the earlier people.

It is narrated from Ubayd bin Umayr that he said: Indeed, the people of the graves wait expectantly for news. When the news does not come to them, they say: Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'un (We belong to Allah and to Him we return). He has gone along a path other than ours.

It is narrated from Ubayd bin Umayr that he said: On the Day of Resurrection a huge, tall man will be brought and placed in the Balance, and with Allah his weight will not equal even the wing of a mosquito. Then he recited this verse: "And We will assign them no weight on the Day of Resurrection" [Al-Kahf: 105].

It is reported from Ubayd bin Umayr regarding the verse of the Qur'an, "For everyone who turns back to Allah and keeps guard" [Qaf: 32]. He said: This is about the man who sits in any gathering and then, when he rises, keeps seeking forgiveness from Allah.

It is narrated from Ubayd bin Umayr that he said: It is part of the truthfulness and goodness of faith to perform ablution thoroughly at disliked times. It is part of the truthfulness and goodness of faith that a man is alone with a beautiful woman and then leaves her, leaving her only for the sake of Allah.

It is narrated from Ubayd bin Umayr regarding the saying of Allah, "Cruel, and besides that, of base origin" [Al-Qalam: 13], that he said: This is the one who eats much and drinks much, powerful and tough, yet when he is weighed he does not equal the weight of a barley grain. An angel will throw seventy thousand of the likes of him into Hell in a single go.

It is narrated from Ubayd bin Umayr regarding "For everyone who turns back to Allah and keeps guard" [Qaf: 32] that he said: This is the man who remembers his sins in solitude and then seeks forgiveness for them.

It is narrated from Ubayd bin Umayr regarding "Every day He is upon some affair" [Al-Rahman: 29] that he said: It is of His affair that He frees a captive, or answers one who supplicates, or heals one who is sick, or gives to one who asks.

It is narrated from Ubayd bin Umayr that he said: You are recorded with Allah along with your names, your marks, your companions of assembly and your outward features.

It is narrated from Ubayd bin Umayr regarding the saying of Allah, "Poverty and affliction touched them" [Al-Baqarah: 214]: Al-Ba'sa' means poverty and al-Darra' means affliction. Then he said: Al-Sarra' means ease and al-Darra' means hardship.

It is narrated from Ubayd bin Umayr that he said: A man had three friends, some of whom were closer to him than others. He (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Then a calamity befell this man. So he met the closest of his friends and said: O so-and-so, such and such a calamity has befallen me, and I would like your help. That friend said: I am not one to do this. So the man went to the next closest friend and said: O so-and-so, such and such a calamity has befallen me, and I would like your help. That friend said: I will walk with you to where you wish to go. Then when you arrive, I will come back and leave you. Then the man went to the lowliest friend and said: O so-and-so, the matter is this: such and such a calamity has befallen me, and I would like your help. That friend said: I will go with you wherever you go, and wherever you enter I will enter. Ubayd said: The first friend is his wealth, which he left among his family; nothing of that wealth follows him. The second friend is his family and clan, who go with him as far as his grave and then leave him and come back. The third friend is his deeds, which are with him wherever he goes and which enter with him wherever he enters.

It is narrated from Ubayd bin Umayr that he said in explanation of "The day some of the signs of your Lord come" [Al-An'am: 158]: The rising of the sun from the place of its setting.

It is narrated from Ubayd bin Umayr that he said: Indeed, Allah Almighty has made things lawful and made things unlawful. So whatever Allah has made lawful, regard it as lawful, and whatever Allah has made unlawful, avoid it. And some things among these Allah Almighty has left, neither making them unlawful nor making them lawful. This is a pardon from Allah. Then he (may Allah have mercy on him) recited this verse: "O you who believe, do not ask about things" to the end of the verse [Al-Ma'idah: 101].

It is narrated from Ubayd bin Umayr that he said: Allah Almighty too continues to have a concern for the servant for as long as the servant remains in need of Allah.

It is narrated from Ubayd bin Umayr that he said: Indeed, the people of the graves also receive the dead person just as a rider is received. They question him. When they ask him: What became of so-and-so? asking about someone among those who have died, this dead person says: Did he not come to you? At this they say: Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'un (We belong to Allah and to Him we return) [Al-Baqarah: 156]. He has been taken to his abode, Hawiyah.

Abdullah bin Ubayd bin Umayr narrates from his father that indeed the grave says: O son of Adam, what have you prepared for me? Do you not know that I am the house of estrangement, the house of solitude, the house of devouring, and the house of worms?

It is narrated from Ubayd bin Umayr that he said: Nuh (peace be upon him) had to deal even with such a man among his people who choked him until he fell down unconscious. The narrator said: Then he recovered, and he was saying: O my Lord, forgive my people, for they do not know.

It is narrated from Ubayd bin Umayr: When the flood of drowning came upon the people of Nuh, he said: Among those people was a woman who had a child with her. The narrator said: The woman raised the child to her waist. When the water reached the waist, she raised the child to her chest. Then when the water reached the chest, she raised the child to her breast. Allah Almighty said: If I were to have mercy on any of these people, I would have mercy on this woman, meaning because of her mercy toward the child.

It is narrated from Ubayd bin Umayr that he said: When Allah Almighty intends good for a servant, He grants him understanding of the religion and inspires in him guidance in it.

It is narrated from Ubayd bin Umayr that he said: On the Day of Resurrection it will be said to Ibrahim (peace be upon him): Enter Paradise by whichever of the gates of Paradise you wish. The narrator said: Ibrahim will say: O my Lord, my father? It will be said to Ibrahim: He is not of those with you. But when Ibrahim persists in asking, it will be said to him: Look at your father. The narrator said: When he looks, he will have become a hyena. At this Ibrahim will say: I have no need of him. Then his heart will become indifferent toward him. Ibrahim will be taken to Paradise and his father will be taken to Hell.

It is narrated from Ubayd bin Umayr that he said: On the Day of Resurrection the poor among the Muhajirun will come with their spears and their swords dripping blood. The narrator said: It will be said to them: "Remain as you are until you are brought to account." The narrator said: They will reply: "Have you given us anything for which you would bring us to account?" The narrator said: So the matter will be examined, and nothing will be found with them except the camel saddles on which they made their emigration. The narrator said: So they will enter Paradise 500 years before the rest of the people.

It is narrated from Ubayd bin Umayr, concerning {Indeed, He is ever Forgiving to those who constantly turn back to Him} [Al-Isra: 25], that he said: The awwab (one who constantly turns back to Allah) is the man who remembers his sins in solitude and then seeks forgiveness for them.

It is narrated from Ubayd bin Umayr that he said: When Allah Almighty intended to destroy the People of the Elephant, He sent against them birds brought forth from the sea, resembling swallows. Each one of these birds carried three stones of white and black: two stones in its claws and one stone in its beak. He (may Allah have mercy on him) said: So these birds came until they formed rows above the heads of the People of the Elephant, then they cried out and dropped the stones that were in their beaks and claws. Every stone that struck a man's head came out through his rear, and on whatever part of the body it fell, it came out through the other side. The narrator said: And Allah Almighty sent a violent wind which struck the stones, and it increased their force even further, and so all of those people were destroyed.