Asim ibn Hubayra

Asim ibn Hubayra was one of the companions of Abd Allah ibn Mas'ud, according to Fudayl ibn Abi Rufayda; Ahmad ibn Hanbal gives him a short chapter titled "The renunciation of Asim ibn Hubayra" in Kitab al-Zuhd. ¹

• Fudayl ibn Abi Rufayda relates that Asim told him: when you finish the call to prayer and say "there is no god but God", then say "and I am one of the Muslims". ¹
• Mughira relates that Asim saw a drum or tambourine, took it from its owner and kept striking it to pierce it, but could not. ¹

The chapter continues with reports about others, among them Abu Maysara's words when lying down, "would that my mother had not borne me", which he explained by saying we have been told we will come to the Fire but not that we will come away from it, and Abu Wa'il's words on the Qur'an reciters of his time. ¹

• The chapter is short and gives no year of death.