Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah

It is narrated from Hazrat Aamir bin Abd Qais that he says: There are four things in luxury: women, clothing, food, and sleep. As for women, by God, for me seeing a woman and seeing a goat are the same. And as for clothing, by God! Whatever cloth I have found to cover my private parts, I do not care for any other clothing. And as for food and sleep, indeed both of these overpower me. By God! I will trouble myself with both of them. Hasan says: By God! He harmed both of them.

It is narrated from Hasan that he said: I went to the house of Hazrat Amir, and he had only one pitcher in which was water for his ablution and drinking, or a basket in which was his food.

It is narrated from Hasan that he said: The part of the body of Hazrat Amir bin Abd Qais that touched the ground was as hard as that of a camel.

It is narrated from Sahm bin Shaqiq that he says: I went to Hazrat Amir bin Abd Qais and sat at his door. Then he came out after taking a bath, so I said: I think you like bathing. He replied: I bathe often. Then he asked: What do you need? I said: I have come for hadith. He said: Do you think that I love hadith?

It is narrated from Hazrat Muhammad bin Sirin that he says Hazrat Amir bin Abdullah was asked, "Why have you not married?" He replied, "I have no desire for it, nor do I have wealth. Therefore, I cannot deceive any Muslim woman."

It is narrated from Hazrat Thabit that he says Hazrat Aamir bin Abd Qais said to his two paternal cousins: Entrust your matter to Allah.

Hazrat Amir bin Abdullah says that I find myself saddened by four things about Basra: its muezzins responding to each other, the thirst of the hot summer afternoons, the fact that my friends are there, and that it is my homeland.

Hazrat Saeed Jariri narrates that he says when Hazrat Amir bin Abdullah was exiled, some of his brothers went out to accompany him. So he went to the place of Zuhr in the Mirbad and said: I will supplicate, you say Ameen. The brothers said: Ask, this is what we ourselves desire from you. He, may Allah have mercy on him, supplicated: O Allah! Whoever did wrong to me, lied about me, exiled me from my city, and caused separation between me and my brothers, O Allah! Increase his wealth and his children, keep his body healthy, and grant him a long life.

It is narrated from Hazrat Malik bin Dinar that he said: The person who himself had seen Amir bin Abd Qais informed me that he (Amir) asked for olive oil, then poured it into his hand and rubbed one hand over the other, then recited this verse of the Holy Qur'an: { وَشَجَرَۃً تَخْرُجُ مِنْ طُورِ سَیْنَائَ تَنْبُتُ بِالدُّہْنِ وَصِبْغٍ لِلآکِلِینَ }. The narrator says that then he applied the oil to his head and beard.

Hazrat Malik bin Dinar narrates from a man that Hazrat Amir bin Abdullah was in the courtyard of his house when a dhimmi was being oppressed. The narrator says: So Hazrat Amir threw down his cloak and said, "Shall I remain alive while I see the covenant of Allah being broken?" Thus, he saved him.

It is narrated from Hazrat Fudail bin Zaid Raqashi. He says: Do not let people make you heedless of your own self, because your matter will be with yourself, not with them. And do not say: "Today passed by us in such and such a way," because whatever you do in it will all be counted against you. And you will not find anything swifter or better in seeking than the good deed that follows a major sin.

It is narrated from Hazrat Qasama bin Zuhair that he says: Give comfort to the hearts through remembrance.