Musnad of Abdullah bin Mas'ud

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him): Abd al-Rahman bin Yazid (may Allah have mercy on him) said: We performed Hajj with Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him), until, when true dawn broke, he stood up and performed the Fajr prayer. He said: I said to him: "You did not use to pray this prayer at this time (so early)?" And he (usually) used to pray it when it had become fully light. Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Indeed, I saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) perform the prayer on this day, at this place, at this very time", that is, at Muzdalifah.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was praying, and when he (peace and blessings be upon him) prostrated, Sayyiduna Hasan and Sayyiduna Husayn (may Allah be pleased with them both) climbed onto his (peace and blessings be upon him) blessed back. When the people tried to stop them, he (peace and blessings be upon him) gestured to them: "Leave them both (that is, do not stop them)." Then when he (peace and blessings be upon him) finished the prayer, he (peace and blessings be upon him) seated them both in his blessed lap and said: "Whoever loves me, let him love these two as well."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The believer is not one who curses much, nor one who taunts, nor one who speaks indecently, nor one who is foul-mouthed."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him): "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) would (sometimes) fall asleep while in prostration, and his (peace and blessings be upon him) sleep was known only by the sound of his (peace and blessings be upon him) heavy breathing (snoring); then he (peace and blessings be upon him) would stand up for his prayer (without making a new ablution)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him): Abu Aqrab al-Asadi (may Allah have mercy on him) said: I came to Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) while he was sitting on the roof of an upper room, and I too sat there with him. He was repeatedly saying: "Allah and His Messenger spoke the truth, Allah and His Messenger spoke the truth." He said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had informed us: "Laylat al-Qadr is in the middle of the last seven days (of Ramadan), and its sign is that on its morning the sun rises in such a state that it has no rays (no dazzling brightness)." (Abu Aqrab (may Allah have mercy on him) said:) So I climbed up high and looked, and found the sun just as had been described, whereupon I too said: "Allah and His Messenger spoke the truth."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that when he heard about an incident of the earth sinking, he said: "We, the Companions of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), used to regard the divine signs as a source of blessing, while you regard them merely as a means of frightening. Once we were with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and we had no water with us. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'Look for someone who has (some) water.' So water was searched for and a little water was brought. He (peace and blessings be upon him) poured it into a vessel and placed his blessed hand in it, and springs of water began to gush forth from between his (peace and blessings be upon him) fingers. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'Come to this blessed, pure water, and the blessing is from Allah alone.' (Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said:) I filled my stomach with that water, and the people drank their fill themselves and gave others to drink as well." Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "We used to hear the food glorifying (Allah) while it was being eaten."

Jarir (may Allah have mercy on him) narrated something similar from Mansur (may Allah have mercy on him) with the same chain, except that he did not mention Alqamah (may Allah have mercy on him) in it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him): We were with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) in a cave when Surah "By those sent forth in succession" (al-Mursalat) was revealed to him (peace and blessings be upon him), and we were receiving it directly from his (peace and blessings be upon him) blessed tongue, when suddenly a snake came out from one side of the cave. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Kill it." We rushed quickly to kill it, but it managed to escape before us. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "It has been protected from your harm just as you have been protected from its harm."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him): The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me: "Recite Surah al-Nisa' to me." I said: "Shall I recite it to you when this Qur'an was revealed to you yourself?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I love to hear it from someone other than myself." Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Then I recited before him (peace and blessings be upon him) until, when I reached this verse: "So how will it be when We bring from every nation a witness, and We bring you as a witness over these?", tears began to flow from both his (peace and blessings be upon him) eyes.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "Beware of these (claims of) martyrdom, that a man says: 'So-and-so has been martyred', whereas one man fights merely out of tribal zeal, another fights to display his bravery and does not even know for what purpose he is fighting, and another fights to gain the world. I will tell you its real truth: the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sent a group on a military expedition. Only a little while had passed when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) stood up, praised and extolled Allah Almighty, and then said: 'Your brothers met the enemy, and the enemy (surrounded and) wiped them out, and not a single one of them escaped. They met their Lord and said: "Our Lord, convey to our people that we are surely pleased (with our station) and (our Lord) is pleased with us." And I (the Prophet) have brought you their message on their behalf, that they are pleased and Allah is pleased with them.' So bear witness (to martyrdom) only regarding people like these." There is a break (inqita') in the chain of this narration, because Abu Ubaydah (may Allah have mercy on him) is not established to have heard from his father, Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him).

It is narrated from al-Aswad (may Allah have mercy on him) that he was with Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) at Mina. When Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) led four rak'ahs there, Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him), on finishing his prayer, said: "I prayed two rak'ahs at this very place with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) also prayed two rak'ahs, and Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) also prayed two rak'ahs." The narrator said: I think he also mentioned that Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) too used to pray only two rak'ahs (at first); then he said: "Today he prayed four rak'ahs." Al-Aswad (may Allah have mercy on him) said: I said to him: "O Abu Abd al-Rahman, did you not give the salam after the first two rak'ahs, so that you could pray the latter two rak'ahs as voluntary prayer?" He replied: "Disagreement is an evil."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Staying up late at night talking (or telling stories) is not proper except for two kinds of people: one who is praying, or one who is travelling."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The believer is not one who taunts, nor one who curses much, nor indecent and foul-spoken, nor vulgar."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to seek refuge from the evil of Satan the accursed in these words: 'A'udhu billahi minash-shaytanir-rajim, min hamzihi wa nafthihi wa nafkhihi' (I seek refuge in Allah from Satan the accursed: from his hamz (a state of madness or epilepsy), his nafth and his nafkh). In explanation of these words it was said: "'Hamz' means a state of madness or epilepsy, 'nafth' means magic, and 'nafkh' means arrogance."

It is narrated from Usayr bin Jabir (may Allah have mercy on him): A black windstorm arose in Kufah, and a man came whose only habit was that he kept calling out: "O Abdullah bin Mas'ud, the Hour has come!" Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) was reclining at the time; he sat up straight and said: "The Hour will not be established until inheritance is no longer divided and no joy is taken in spoils of war." Then, pointing with his hand towards Syria (al-Sham), he said: "An enemy will gather against the Muslims, and the people of Islam will gather against them." I asked: "Do you mean the Romans?" He said: "Yes." He further said: "During that battle there will be a severe retreat. The Muslims will form a detachment pledged to death, which will not return unless victorious. They will fight the enemy until night comes between them; then these will return and those will return, neither being victorious, and that particular detachment will have perished. Then the Muslims will form another detachment pledged to death, which will not return unless victorious. They will fight until evening, until night comes between them; then these will return and those will return, neither being victorious, and that detachment too will have perished. Then the Muslims will form a detachment pledged to death, which will not return unless victorious. They will fight until evening; then these will return and those will return, neither being victorious, and that detachment too will have perished. Until, when it is the fourth day, the remaining Muslims will rise up to face the enemy, and Allah Almighty will decree defeat for the enemy, and they (the enemy) will be killed in a slaughter the like of which has never been seen before (or the narrator said: the like of it has not been seen), so much so that a bird will pass by their flanks and will fall dead before it can pass beyond them. When the children of one father count themselves, they will find only one man alive out of a hundred. So over what spoils of war will joy be taken, and what inheritance will be divided? While they are in this state, they will suddenly hear news even more dreadful than that: a crier will come to them shouting that the Dajjal has come behind them among their families. So they will abandon whatever is in their hands and set off, and they will send ten horsemen as a vanguard. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'I certainly know their names, the names of their fathers and even the colours of their horses; they will be the best horsemen on the face of the earth on that day (or he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: they will be among the best horsemen on the face of the earth on that day).'"

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "We used to take part in military expeditions with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and our wives were not with us. So we said: 'O Messenger of Allah, should we not have ourselves castrated (to end desire)?' He (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade us from that and granted us the concession to marry a woman in exchange for a garment." Then Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) recited this blessed verse: "O you who believe, do not make unlawful the good things that Allah has made lawful for you."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him): A man was (absorbed) in his kingdom and sovereignty when a thought came to him and he became certain that the luxury in which he was living would one day come to an end, and that this worldly preoccupation had made him neglectful of the worship of his Lord. So he slipped quietly out of his palace at night until he reached another kingdom. There he settled on the seashore and began making mud bricks, so that he could feed himself with the wages and worship his Lord. Then the king in whose realm that man was living came to know of his worship and his circumstances, so he sent for him, but the worshipper refused to come to him. When the king saw this, he rode out to him himself. When the worshipper saw the king coming, he began to flee from there. The king pursued him on his mount and called out: "O servant of Allah, you have no danger from me." Then the king dismounted and asked about his circumstances. The worshipper said: "I am so-and-so, and I was the ruler of such-and-such a kingdom. I realised that the perishable splendour in which I was would come to an end, and that it had kept me away from the worship of my Lord." Hearing this, the king said: "You are not more entitled than me to what you have done (that is, I too wish to travel this path)." Then he let his mount go and joined the worshipper, and the two of them began worshipping Allah together. Then they both prayed to Allah Almighty to grant them death together, and so they both died together and were buried. Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "If I were in the sandy plain of Egypt (Rumaylah), I would show you their two graves exactly according to the signs that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) described to us."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him), concerning the saying of Allah Almighty: "And whoever intends therein deviation or wrongdoing, We will make him taste a painful punishment", said: "If a man firmly intends any deviation in it (the Sacred Precinct) while he is (at that time) at Aden Abyan, even then Allah Almighty will make him taste a painful punishment." Imam Shu'bah (may Allah have mercy on him) clarified that his teacher had narrated this report in a marfu' form (attributing it to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)), but "I am not presenting it to you as marfu' (rather, as mawquf)."

Umm al-Fayd (may Allah have mercy on her) related that she heard Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) saying that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever says these ten phrases a thousand times on the night of Arafah, he will not ask Allah Almighty for anything except that Allah will surely grant it to him, provided it is not a request for cutting off ties of kinship or for some sin: 'Subhanalladhi fis-sama'i 'arshuh' (Glory be to the One whose Throne is in the heaven), 'Subhanalladhi fil-ardi mawti'uh' (Glory be to the One whose footstool of authority is in the earth), 'Subhanalladhi fil-bahri sabiluh' (Glory be to the One whose way is in the sea), 'Subhanalladhi fin-nari sultanuh' (Glory be to the One whose dominion is in the Fire), 'Subhanalladhi fil-jannati rahmatuh' (Glory be to the One whose mercy is in Paradise), 'Subhanalladhi fil-quburi qada'uh' (Glory be to the One whose decree is in the graves), 'Subhanalladhi fil-hawa'i ruhuh' (Glory be to the One whose command of life is in the air), 'Subhanalladhi rafa'as-sama'' (Glory be to the One who raised the heaven), 'Subhanalladhi wada'al-ard' (Glory be to the One who spread out the earth), 'Subhanalladhi la manja minhu illa ilayh' (Glory be to the One from whose punishment there is no refuge except in Him)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) (Amr bin Maymun (may Allah have mercy on him) said that Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated this hadith to us in the treasury (Bayt al-Mal)) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came out to us at Mina and sat leaning his blessed back against a red dome (tent). Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) began to address us and said three times: "None will enter Paradise except a Muslim soul." Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "Are you not pleased to be a quarter of the people of Paradise?" The Companions said: "Yes!" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Are you not pleased to be a third of the people of Paradise?" They said: "Yes!" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "By the One in whose hand is my soul, I certainly hope that you will be half of the people of Paradise. And I will inform you of its reality: the likeness of the believers compared to other people is like a white hair on the body of a black ox, or a black hair on the body of a white ox."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him): "A prominent scholar of the Jews came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: 'When it is the Day of Resurrection, Allah Almighty will place the heavens on one finger, the earths on one finger, the mountains and the trees on one finger, the water and the soil on one finger, and all creation on one finger; then He will shake them and say: I am the King, I am the King.' (Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said:) I saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) smile so broadly, in amazement at what he said and confirming it, that his (peace and blessings be upon him) blessed molars became visible. Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) recited this blessed verse: 'And they did not appraise Allah with the appraisal that is His due' up to 'High above what they associate with Him.'"

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to his Companions: "Let none of you convey to me anything (unpleasant) about any of my Companions, for I love that when I come out to you, my heart is pure and clear of every kind of ill feeling (towards all of you)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that a man came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), I met a woman in a garden, and I embraced her, kissed her and did with her everything (other than intercourse) that a man does with a woman, except that I did not have intercourse with her." The narrator said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) remained silent on hearing this, until this noble verse was revealed: "Indeed, good deeds remove evil deeds. That is a reminder for those who remember." Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) called the man and recited this verse to him. At this Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), is this ruling specifically for this man, or is it general for all people?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "No, rather it is general for all people."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "I was with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in a palm grove in Madinah, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) was leaning on a palm stick, when he (peace and blessings be upon him) passed by a group of the Jews." Some of them said (to the others): "Do not ask him any question (about the soul)", but they asked him (peace and blessings be upon him). So he (peace and blessings be upon him) paused, leaning on that stick, and it seemed as though revelation was coming down to him (peace and blessings be upon him). Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) recited (in accordance with the divine revelation) this verse: "They ask you about the soul. Say: The soul is from the command of my Lord, and you have not been given of knowledge except a little."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that when this noble verse was revealed: "There is no blame upon those who believe and do righteous deeds", the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "It was said to me (through revelation) that you are among them."

Suwayd bin Sa'id (may Allah have mercy on him) and Abd al-Ghaffar (may Allah have mercy on him) also narrated this report to us like it (like the previous hadith).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was asked about Laylat al-Qadr, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Which of you remembers the night of the reddish dunes (al-Sahbawat)?" Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "O Messenger of Allah, may my father and mother be sacrificed for you, I remember it. At that time I had a few small dates in my hand with which I was taking suhur, and I was hiding myself from (the onset of) dawn until dawn broke; and that, if Allah wills, was the twenty-seventh night."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Shurayh al-Khuza'i (may Allah be pleased with him) that the sun was eclipsed during the caliphate of Sayyiduna Uthman bin Affan (may Allah be pleased with him), and at that time Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) was present in Madinah. He relates that Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) came out (for the prayer) and led the people in a prayer of two rak'ahs, each rak'ah of which had two prostrations. Then Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him), having finished the prayer, went into his house, while Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) sat down near the chamber of Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her), and we sat with him. He said: "Indeed, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to command us to pray when the sun or the moon is eclipsed, and he used to say: 'When you see that it has been eclipsed, hasten to the prayer, for if it turns out to be that (Hour) which you are warned of, it will come while you are not in a state of heedlessness, and you will have attained good' - or he said: 'you will have earned it.'"

It is narrated from Ikrimah (may Allah have mercy on him) that he said: "Ablution may be performed with nabidh when we do not find anything other than it (water)." And Imam al-Awza'i (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "If it (the nabidh) has become intoxicating, then ablution is not to be performed with it."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that a man came to him and asked: "Have you heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say anything about horses?" He replied: "Yes, I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: 'Goodness and blessing is tied to the forelocks of horses until the Day of Resurrection. Buy (horses) relying on Allah, and take loans (for that) relying on Allah.'" It was said: "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), how should we buy and take loans relying on Allah?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Say: 'Aqridna ila maqasimina' (Lend to us until our shares (of the spoils) are distributed), and 'Bi'na ila an yaftaha Allahu lana' (Sell (a horse) to us until Allah grants us victory). You will remain upon goodness as long as your jihad remains fresh and green. And soon, at the end of time, there will be people who will express doubts about jihad; so wage jihad in their time as well, and fight, for fighting in those days will be most fresh and flourishing (in terms of reward)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the people used to recite aloud behind the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) (in prayer), so the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to them: "You have confused the (recitation of the) Qur'an for me."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "We (initially) used to give the greeting of salam during the prayer; then we were told (by the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)): 'Indeed, in the prayer there is a great occupation (with worship and intimate supplication).'"

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever is afflicted with poverty or hardship and presents it before people (that is, relies on them to fulfil his need), his need will not be removed. And whoever presents his need and poverty before Allah, Allah Almighty will soon grant him sufficiency and independence, whether that relief reaches him immediately (in this world) or after some time (when it has been decreed for him)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that we were with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) on one of his journeys when suddenly we heard the voice of a caller calling out: 'Allahu akbar, Allahu akbar' (Allah is the Greatest, Allah is the Greatest). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "(This man) is upon the fitrah (the natural religion)." Then he called out: 'Ash-hadu an la ilaha illa Allah, ash-hadu an la ilaha illa Allah' (I bear witness that there is no true god except Allah, I bear witness that there is no true god except Allah). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "He has come out of the Fire." So we hurried towards him (to see the situation), and we found that he was a herdsman tending livestock, upon whom the time of prayer had come, so he had called the adhan for it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "People may pardon one another in matters of the hudud (the punishments prescribed by Allah) as long as the matter has not been brought before the authorities; but once the matter reaches the ruler, he shall judge between them according to the Book of Allah."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "At the end of time there will emerge people who are young in age and immature in intellect. They will speak (apparently) the best of words, and they will recite the Noble Qur'an, but it will not go beyond their throats. They will pass out of the religion of Islam just as an arrow passes through the game. So whoever encounters them should fight them, for killing them is a cause of reward with Allah Almighty for the one who kills them."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The Noble Qur'an was revealed in seven ahruf (modes), and each harf among them has an outward meaning and an inner meaning."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that we asked our Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) about the pace of walking with a funeral, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Somewhat less than a fast pace (adopt a moderate pace), for if he (the deceased) is a person of good, you are hastening him towards good, and if he is something other than that, then distance (from you) is best for the people of the Fire. The funeral is to be followed, and it does not follow anyone; and whoever walks ahead of the funeral is not among those who accompany the funeral."

It is narrated from al-Qasim bin Abd al-Rahman (may Allah have mercy on him) that Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) sold some slaves from among the slaves of the public treasury to Sayyiduna al-Ash'ath (may Allah be pleased with him). Then, when he came to him to demand (settlement of) the price, they disagreed about the price, whereupon Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Would you be content that I judge between you and me according to the judgement of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)?" (His (peace and blessings be upon him) saying is:) "When the buyer and the seller disagree, the word of the seller is what counts, or else the two of them cancel the sale."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) supplicated, saying: 'Allahumma barik li-ummati fi bukuriha' (O Allah, bless my Ummah in the early part of their day (the early morning hours)).