to him. Then Abū Salamah ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān came and asked, “In your view, was ʿUmar superior, or his son?”
They answered, “ʿUmar, of course.”
He replied, “ʿUmar lived in a time when he had equals, whereas Ibn ʿUmar remained in a time when he had no equal.”

Ibn al-Musayyib said, “If I were to bear witness that anyone belongs to Paradise, I would bear witness for Ibn ʿUmar.” Two reliable authorities transmitted this from him.

Qatādah related, “I heard Ibn al-Musayyib say, ‘On the day Ibn ʿUmar died, he was the best person left alive.’”

Tāwūs said, “I have never seen anyone more scrupulously God-fearing than Ibn ʿUmar.” A similar report is transmitted from Maymūn ibn Mihrān.

Juwayriyyah narrated from Nāfiʿ: “Ibn ʿUmar would sometimes wear a cloak of fine silk worth five hundred dirhams.” (1)

With a middle-grade chain, Ibn al-Ḥanafiyyah said, “Ibn ʿUmar was the finest man of this ummah.”

ʿAmr ibn Dīnār reported that Ibn ʿUmar said, “I have not planted a single sapling since the Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed away.” (2)

Mūsā ibn Dehqān said, “I saw Ibn ʿUmar wearing his lower garment halfway down his shins.” (3)

Al-ʿUmari, on the authority of Nāfiʿ, reported that Ibn ʿUmar wrapped a turban and let its tail hang between his shoulders. (4)

Wakīʿ, on the authority of al-Naḍr Abū Luʾluʾah, said, “I saw Ibn ʿUmar wearing a black turban.”