Abū al-Malīḥ narrated from Furāt ibn al-Sāʾib, who said:
“I was in the mosque of Malatya (1) and we began to speak about these deviant sects. I left the gathering and fell asleep, and I heard a voice calling out, ‘The path is with Maymūn ibn Mihrān.’”

ʿAbd Allāh ibn Jaʿfar al-Raqqī said: ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAmr related to us, from ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Zāʾidah, who said:
“A military levy was imposed upon the people of al-Raqqah, and Maymūn ibn Mihrān equipped it with arrows. Maslama remarked, ‘Abū Ayyūb has arisen today in our service as a Shimrī (2).’”

Yaʿlā ibn ʿUbayd reported: Hārūn al-Barbarī told us:
“Maymūn ibn Mihrān wrote to ʿUmar ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz: ‘I am an old, frail man, yet you have charged me to judge between the people.’ At that time he was responsible for land-tax collection and the judiciary in al-Jazīrah. ʿUmar wrote back to him:
‘I have not burdened you with anything that will overwhelm you. Collect the lawful portion of the land-tax and give judgment according to what becomes clear to you. If something is confusing, refer it to me, for if people were to abandon a matter whenever it became difficult, neither religion nor worldly life would stand.’”

Jaʿfar ibn Burqān narrated from Maymūn ibn Mihrān, who said:
“A person is not truly God-fearing until he holds himself to account more strictly than a business partner would his associate, and until he knows the source of his clothing, his food, and his drink.”

Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal said: ʿAbd Allāh ibn Maymūn narrated to us, from al-Ḥasan ibn Ḥabīb, who said:
“I saw Maymūn wearing a woollen cloak beneath his outer clothes. I asked him, ‘What is this?’ He replied, ‘Yes, but do not tell anyone about it.’”

Jāmiʿ ibn Abī Rāshid said: I heard Maymūn ibn Mihrān say:
“Three duties must be fulfilled toward both the righteous and the wicked: the trust, the covenant, and the ties of kinship.”