Sufyān al-Thawrī never ceased loving Khalid ibn Maʿdān from the moment he heard this report about him. (1)

Al-Walīd ibn Muslim narrated from ʿAbdah bint Khalid, who said:
“Hardly ever would Khalid retire to his bed without speaking of his longing for the Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—and for his Companions from among the Emigrants and the Helpers. He would name them one by one and say:
‘They are my root and my branch; toward them my heart yearns. My yearning for them has grown long—so, my Lord, hasten to take me back to You.’
Sleep would overtake him while he was still repeating this.” (2)

Ibn al-Mubarak narrated from Thawr, from Khalid ibn Maʿdān, who said:
“A man does not attain complete understanding until he views people, in the sight of Allah, as no more than camels, then turns back to his own soul (3) and regards it as the most contemptible of them all.” (4)

Shujāʿ ibn al-Walīd narrated from ʿAmr al-Iyāmī, from Khalid ibn Maʿdān, who said:
“There is no human being who does not possess four (5) eyes: two in his head with which he sees the affairs of this world, and two in his heart with which he sees the affairs of the Hereafter. When Allah intends good for a servant, He opens the two eyes in his heart, so he beholds through them what has been promised in the unseen, and thus believes in the unseen by means of the unseen.” (6)

Baqiyyah narrated from Bahīr, from Khalid ibn Maʿdān, who said:
“When Abraham, the intimate friend of Allah, was brought a cluster of grapes, he would eat them one by one, mentioning Allah with every single grape.” (7)

Al-Awzāʿī said: “It reached me from Khalid ibn Maʿdān that he used to say, ‘Eating with praise is better than eating in silence.’” (8)