ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Mubārak narrated from Layth, from Mujāhid, who said: “No deceased person dies without being shown the people with whom he used to sit; if he was of the people of remembrance, he is shown the people of remembrance, and if he was of the people of amusement, he is shown the people of amusement.” (1)

Ahmad reported: Hāshim ibn al-Qāsim told us, Muhammad ibn Ṭalḥah told us, from Zubayd, from Mujāhid, who said: “Iblīs said: ‘If the son of Adam escapes me, he will not escape me in three things: taking wealth without right, [withholding it from its rightful due], and [squandering it] where it does not belong.’” (2)

Ahmad also said: Ibn Numayr narrated to us; al-Aʿmash said, “Whenever I saw Mujāhid I thought he was a kharbandaj (a stable-hand), a man whose donkey has gone astray and who is therefore distressed.” (3)(4)

Layth narrated from Mujāhid, who said: “Whoever honours and exalts himself debases his religion, and whoever humbles himself elevates his religion.” (5)

Shuʿbah narrated from al-Ḥakam, from Mujāhid, who said: Ibn ʿUmar once said to me, “O Abū al-Ghāzī, how long did Noah remain on earth?” I replied, “A thousand years minus fifty.” He said, “People have done nothing but decline in their lifespans, their physiques, and their manners.” (6)

Abū Bakr ibn Abī Shaybah (7) narrated from Ibn ʿUlayyah, from Layth, from Mujāhid, who said: “The scholars have gone; only the learners remain. The most diligent among you today is but a mere player compared with those before you.”

Ibn Abī Shaybah also narrated from Ibn Idrīs, from Layth, from Mujāhid, who said: “If a Muslim gained nothing from his brother except that modesty before him kept him from sin, that would be enough good.”

He also said: “The jurist is the one who fears Allah, even if his knowledge is slight; the ignorant person is the one who disobeys Allah, even if his knowledge is abundant.”

And he said: “When a servant turns to Allah with his heart, Allah turns the hearts of the believers toward him.”