Narrated 'Abdur-Rahman bin Yazid: We came to Hudhaifah and said: 'Inform us of the closest to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) in guidance and conduct, so that we may take from him and hear from him.' He said: 'The closest of the people in guidance, conduct, and character used to be 'Abdullah bin Mas'ud, until he would hide from us in his house. And the guarded ones (guarded by Allah from straying in word and deed) from the Companions of Muhammad (ﷺ) know that Ibn Umm 'Abd (a nickname for 'Abdullah bin Mas'ud) is from among the most intimately close to Allah of them.'
Read More..Narrated 'Ali: that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: If I was going to appoint anyone of them as a leader without any consultation, I would appoint Ibn Umm 'Abd over them.
Read More..Narrated 'Ali: that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: If I was going to appoint anyone as a leader without any consultation, I would appoint Ibn Umm 'Abd.
Read More..Narrated 'Abdullah bin 'Amr: that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Take the Qur'an from four: From Ibn Mas'ud, Ubayy bin Ka'b, Mu'adh bin Jabal, and Salim the freed slave of Abu Hudhaifah.
Read More..Narrated Khaithamah bin Abi Sabrah: I came to Al-Madinah, so I asked Allah to make it easy for me to sit with one who is righteous. He made Abu Hurairah accessible to me, so I sat with him and said to him: 'Indeed, I asked Allah to make it easy for me to sit with who is righteous, and it is to you that I was guided.' So he said to me: 'From where are you?' I said: 'From the people of Al-Kufah, I came to search out good and to seek it.' So he said: 'Is there not among you Sa'd bin Malik whose supplication is answered, Ibn Mas'ud, the one who used to carry the water for purification and the sandals of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), and Hudhaifah, the keeper of the secrets of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), and 'Ammar whom Allah has guarded from Shaitan upon the tongue of His Prophet, and Salman the companion of the Two Books?'
Read More..Narrated Hudhaifah: that they said: O Messenger of Allah, if you were to appoint someone as a successor. He said: If I were to appoint a successor over you, and you were to disobey him, you would be punished. But whatever Hudhaifah narrates to you, then believe him, and whatever 'Abdullah teaches you to recite, then recite it.
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