Mālik narrated from Nāfiʿ:

“Ibn ʿUmar and Ibn ʿAbbās used to sit for the people when the pilgrims arrived. I would spend one day with this one and another day with that one. Ibn ʿAbbās would answer every question put to him and issue legal opinions accordingly, whereas Ibn ʿUmar refused more questions than he answered.

Al-Layth ibn Saʿd and others said: A man once wrote to Ibn ʿUmar, ‘Write to me all of knowledge.’ He replied, ‘Knowledge is vast, but if you can meet Allah with a back unburdened by people’s blood, an empty stomach from their wealth, a tongue restrained from their honour, and while adhering to the unity of the community, then do so.’

Manṣūr ibn Zādān narrated from Ibn Sīrīn:

A man said to Ibn ʿUmar, ‘Shall I prepare some jawārish (a digestive tonic) for you?’ He asked, ‘What is that?’ The man answered, ‘Something you take when food sits heavy; if you use a little of it, it eases digestion.’ Ibn ʿUmar said, ‘I have not eaten to satiety for four months—not because I am unable, but because I lived among people who would eat their fill once and go hungry once.’ ⦗1⦘

Al-Ḥārith ibn Abī Usāmah transmitted from a man:

An umm walad of ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Marwān wrote to her agent asking him to obtain a slave-boy, saying, ‘He must be knowledgeable of the Sunnah, a reader of the Book of Allah, eloquent, chaste, extremely modest, and little given to disputation.’ The agent wrote back, ‘I have searched for such a boy and found none with these qualities except ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿUmar. I tried to bargain with his family, but they refused to sell him.’

Baqiyyah narrated from Ibn Ḥidhyam, from Wahb ibn Abān al-Qurashī:

Ibn ʿUmar once set out on a journey. As he was travelling, he came upon a lion in the road that had blocked the people. Ibn ʿUmar dismounted, went up to the lion, took hold of its ear, moved it off the road, and said, ‘I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say, “If the son of Adam feared none but Allah, nothing else would be empowered over him.”’