Al-Ṭabarānī also transmits from him that, concerning the Almighty’s words,
“Repel [evil] with that which is better” (Fussilat 41:34),
he said, “Greet him with salām when you meet him,” while others said, “It is to shake hands.”
ʿAmr ibn Murrah relates from him that he said:
Allah—Mighty and Majestic—revealed to David, peace be upon him: “Be wary lest Allah seize you for a sin on account of which He will not even look at you; you will meet Him when you meet Him with no plea.”
Ibn Abī Shaybah narrates, through Abū Umāmah, from al-Aʿmash, from Mujāhid:
There was a destitute household in Madīnah who owned the head of a sheep. When they later obtained some other food, they said, “Let us send this head to someone poorer than we are.” They sent it off, and it kept circulating through Madīnah until it returned to the very people from whom it had first departed.
He likewise records, through Abū al-Aḥwaṣ, from Manṣūr, from Mujāhid, that he said:
No believer dies without the heavens and the earth weeping for him for forty mornings.
He further said about Allah’s words,
“So they are only preparing for their own souls” (al-Rūm 30:44):
“This refers to the grave.”
Al-Awzāʿī transmits, through ʿAbdah ibn Abī Lubābah, from Mujāhid, that he said:
One hundred thousand of the Children of Israel used to perform the pilgrimage; when they reached the boundary posts of the Sacred Precinct they removed their sandals and entered the ḥaram barefoot.
Yaḥyā ibn Saʿīd al-Qaṭṭān reported that Mujāhid, regarding the Almighty’s words,
“O Mary, be devoutly obedient to your Lord” (Āl ʿImrān 3:43),
said: “Seek stillness.”
Concerning,
“Rouse, whomever you can among them, with your voice” (al-Isrāʾ 17:64),
he said: “the flutes.”
On,
“ankālan wa jaḥīman” (al-Muzzammil 73:12),
he said: “shackles.”
On,
“There is no proof between us and you” (al-Shūrā 42:15),
he said: “no dispute.”
On,
“Then, on that Day, you will surely be asked about bliss” (al-Takāthur 102:8),
he said: “about every enjoyment in this world.”
Ibn al-Daybiʿ relates, through Jarīr ibn ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd (1), from Manṣūr, from Mujāhid, that he said:
Iblīs wailed four times: when he was cursed; when he was cast down; when the Prophet ﷺ was sent; and when the sūrah “Praise belongs to Allah, Lord of the worlds” was revealed—this was revealed in Madīnah.
People used to say: the wail (rannah) and the snort (nakhrah) are from Satan; cursed is the one who wails or snorts.
Ibn Nujayḥ likewise transmits from him, regarding Allah’s words,
“Do you build a sign on every elevation, merely to play?” (al-Shuʿarāʾ 26:128),
that he said: “pigeon-tower forts.”
And he said, concerning,
“Spend of the good things you have earned” (al-Baqarah 2:267):
“[That refers to] commerce.”