The virtues of Abdullah bin Masoud, may God be pleased with him مناقب عبد الله بن مسعود رضي الله عنه

3549 – حدثنا حفص بن عمر: حدثنا شعبة، عن سليمان قال: سمعت أبا وائل قال: سمعت مسروقا قال: قال عبد الله بن عمرو:إن رسول الله ﷺ لم يكن فاحشا ولا متفحشا، وقال: (إن من أحبكم إلي أحسنكم أخلاقا) وقال: (استقرئوا القرآن من أربعة: من عبد الله بن مسعود، وسالم مولى أبي حذيفة، وأبي بن كعب، ومعاذ بن جبل).

3550 – حدثنا موسى، عن أبي عوانة، عن مغيرة، عن إبراهيم، عن علقمة: دخلت الشأم فصليت ركعتين، فقلت: اللهم يسر لي جليسا صالحا، فرأيت شيخا مقبلا، فلما دنا قلت: أرجو أن يكون استجاب، قال: من أين أنت؟ قلت: من أهل الكوفة، قال: أفلم يكن فيكم صاحب النعلين والوساد والمطهرة، أو لم يكن فيكم الذي أجير من الشيطان، أو لم يكن فيكم صاحب السر الذي لا يعلمه غيره، كيف قرأ ابن أم عبد: {والليل إذا يغشى}. فقرأت: {والليل إذا يغشى. والنهار إذا تجلى. والذكر والأنثى}. قال أقرأنيها النبي ﷺ فاه إلى في، فما زال هؤلاء حتى كادوا يردونني.

3551 – حدثنا سليمان بن حرب: حدثنا شعبة، عن أبي إسحاق، عن عبد الرحمن بن يزيد قال: سألنا حذيفة عن رجل قريب السمت والهدي من النبي ﷺ حتى نأخذ عنه، فقال: ما أعرف أحدا أقرب سمتا وهديا ودلا بالنبي ﷺ من ابن أم عبد.

3552 – حدثني محمد بن العلاء: حدثنا إبراهيم بن يوسف بن أبي إسحاق قال: حدثني أبي، عن أبي إسحاق قال: حدثني الأسود بن يزيد قال: سمعت أبا موسى الأشعري رضي الله عنه يقول: قدمت أنا وأخي من اليمن، فمكثنا حينا، ما نرى إلا أن عبد الله بن مسعود رجل من أهل بيت النبي ﷺ ، لما نرى من دخوله ودخول أمه على النبي ﷺ .

3549 - Hafs bin Umar narrated to us: Shu`bah narrated to us, on the authority of Sulayman, who said: I heard Abu Wa’il say: I heard Masruq say: Abdullah bin Amr said: The Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, was neither obscene nor vulgar, and he said: “The most beloved of you to me is the one with the best character.” And he said: “Learn the Qur’an from four: Abdullah bin Mas`ud, Salim, the freed slave of Abu Hudhayfah, Ubayy bin Ka`b, and Mu`adh bin Jabal.”

3550 - Musa narrated to us, on the authority of Abu Awana, on the authority of Mughira, on the authority of Ibrahim, on the authority of Alqamah: I entered Ash-Sham and prayed two rak’ahs, and I said: O Allah, make it easy for me to find a righteous companion. I saw an old man approaching, and when he came near I said: I hope he has answered my prayer. He said: Where are you from? I said: From the people of Kufa. He said: Was there not among you the owner of the sandals, the pillow, and the water-tub, or was there not among you the one who was protected from Satan, or was there not among you the owner of the secret that no one else knows? How did Ibn Umm Abd recite: {And the night when it covers}? So I recited: {And the night when it covers. And the day when it appears. And the male and the female}. He said: The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, recited it to me, his mouth to my mouth, and these people kept on reciting it until they almost turned me away.

3551 - Sulayman ibn Harb narrated to us: Shu`bah narrated to us, on the authority of Abu Ishaq, on the authority of Abd al-Rahman ibn Yazid, who said: We asked Hudhayfah about a man who was close in character and guidance to the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, so that we could learn from him. He said: I do not know anyone who was closer in character, guidance, and guidance to the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, than Ibn Umm Abd.

3552 - Muhammad ibn al-Ala’ told me: Ibrahim ibn Yusuf ibn Abi Ishaq told us: My father told me, on the authority of Abi Ishaq, who said: Al-Aswad ibn Yazid told me: I heard Abu Musa al-Ash’ari, may God be pleased with him, say: My brother and I came from Yemen, and we stayed for a while, and we did not think anything but that Abdullah ibn Mas’ud was a man from the family of the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, because of what we saw of him and his mother entering upon the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace.