Sayyiduna Ibn Mas’ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I did not feel any barrier regarding whispering, nor regarding such and such thing. The narrator says that my teacher forgot one thing and I forgot another. Once I came to my teacher and Malik bin Murarah Rahawi was also present there. I found him narrating at the end of the hadith: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! You can see how many camels have come into my share. I do not want anyone to surpass me by even two or four straps in this number. Is this arrogance? He said: “This is not arrogance. Arrogance is that a person rejects the truth and looks down upon people.”
Hadith Referenceمسند احمد / مسند المكثرين من الصحابة / 3644
Hadith Gradingحکم دارالسلام:حديث صحيح، وهذا إسناد صحيح إن ثبت سماع حميد بن عبدالله