'Umar said, "Sometimes some of the men of Quraysh sat at the door
of Ibn Mas'ud. When the shadows shifted from west to east, he said, 'Get
up, Any time spent here after this is for Shaytan.' He made everyone he
passed by get up. While we were getting up, someone said to him, 'This
is the mawla of the Banu'l-Hashas who composes poetry.' 'Umar called and
said, 'What have you got to say?' The man said:
'Say farewell to Salma if you prepare to go in the morning,
White hair and Islam is enough prohibition for a man'
'Umar said, 'Enough! You have spoken the truth. You have spoken the truth.'"
As-Sa'ib ibn Yazid said, "'Umar, may Allah be pleased with him,
used to pass by us in the middle of the day - or near to it - and
say, 'Get up and take a midday nap. Any time spent here after this is for
shaytan.'"
Anas said, "At the time that wine was made unlawful, there was
no drink that the people of Madina liked better than that made from dried
dates and unripe dates. I used to give the drink to the Companions of the
Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. They were
in the home of Abu Talha when a man passed by and announced, 'Wine has
been forbidden.' They did not say, 'When?' or 'Wait until we see.' They
said, 'Anas, break them!' Then they said in the presence of Umm Sulaym,
'Wait until it becomes cool and we have washed ourselves.' Then Umm Sulaym
put perfume on them. Then they went to the Prophet, may Allah bless him
and grant him peace, and the news was as the man had said."
Khawwat ibn Jubayr said, "Sleep at the beginning of the day is stupidity, in the middle of it is (an act of) character,and at the end of it is imbecility."
Maymun (ibn Mahran) said, "I asked Nafi', 'Did Ibn 'Umar ever
invite people to a banquet?' He said, 'A camel of his once broke something
and so we sacrificed it. Then Ibn 'Umar said, "Gather the people of Madina
for me." I said, "Abu 'Abdu'r-Rahman, for what? We do not have any bread."
He said, "O Allah, praise belongs to You. These are bits of meat and this
is broth," or he said, "Broth and meat chunks. Whoever wishes can eat and
whoever wishes can leave it."'"
