The words of Safwan bin Muhriz

It is narrated from al-Hasan, who said: Safwan bin Muhriz used to say: "When I have eaten a loaf with which I strengthen my back and drunk a jug of water, then ruin upon the world and its people."

Ghaylan bin Jarir reports about Safwan bin Muhriz. He said: Safwan and his brothers would gather and talk with one another, but they did not see any signs of tenderness. The narrator said: Then the people would say: "O Safwan, say something to your companions." The narrator said: Safwan would say: "Alhamdulillah (All praise is for Allah)." At this, tenderness would come over the people, and their tears would flow as though they were the mouths of water-skins.

It is narrated about Safwan bin Muhriz that when he recited this verse he would weep, until I thought that the bones of his chest had been crushed: "And those who did wrong will soon come to know to what place they will return."

It is narrated from Thabit that Safwan bin Muhriz had a room of reeds in which there was a beam. The beam broke, and it was said to him: "Why do you not repair it?" He said: "Leave it, for I too must die tomorrow."

It is narrated from Safwan bin Muhriz concerning the saying of Allah: "Indeed, We have brought them forth in a new creation and made them virgins, loving, of equal age" [Al-Waqi'ah: 35-37], that he said: "By Allah, some of them will be old women who drag themselves along. Allah Almighty will make them as you have heard."

Al-Mu'alla bin Ziyad says that Safwan bin Muhriz had a cellar in which he used to weep, and he would say: "If the soul wished, I could see the place of martyrdom."