—It was transmitted solely by Muḥammad ibn Bakkār ibn Bilāl, on his authority.

Ibrāhīm related that Ibn Masʿūd said, “Among the young men of Quraysh, the one who kept the firmest hold over himself regarding worldly matters was ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿUmar.” (1)

Ibn ʿAwn—reporting from Ibrāhīm, from al-Aswad, from ʿAbd Allāh—said, “I remember us when we were many in number, and there was not among us a single youth who exercised greater self-control than Ibn ʿUmar.” (2)

Abū Saʿd al-Baqqāl—on the authority of Abū Ḥuṣayn, from Shaqīq, from Ḥudhayfah—said, “Whenever any one of us is examined, a penetrating or bone-breaking flaw is uncovered, save in ʿUmar and his son.” (3)

Sālim ibn Abī al-Jaʿd narrated—from Jābir, “None of us has encountered this world without being swayed by it, except Ibn ʿUmar.” (4)

From ʿĀʾishah: “I never saw anyone who clung more firmly to the original command than Ibn ʿUmar.”

Abū Sufyān ibn al-ʿAlāʾ al-Māzinī—on the authority of Ibn Abī ʿAtīq—reported that ʿĀʾishah said to Ibn ʿUmar, “What kept you from forbidding me to set out?” He replied, “I saw that a man had prevailed upon you, and I assumed you would not oppose him”—meaning Ibn al-Zubayr.

Abū Salamah ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān said, “Ibn ʿUmar died while equalling his father in virtue.”

Abū Isḥāq al-Sabīʿī said, “We used to visit Ibn Abī Laylā, and they would gather…”