1989 – ʿAbd Allah narrated to us; he said, “My father narrated to us; ʿAbd al-Raḥmān narrated to us, from ʿAbd al-Wāḥid—that is, Ibn Ziyād—from ʿAbd Allah ibn al-Rabīʿ ibn Khuthaym, from Abū ʿUbaydah, who said:

Whenever he visited ʿAbd Allah, no one else was allowed in until each of the two had finished with his companion. He would say, ‘If the Messenger of Allah ﷺ were to see you, he would love you; and whenever I see you, I am reminded of the mukhbitīn (the devoutly humble).’