Once, when he was ill, he said to his companion:
“Perhaps Allah the exalted will accept two deeds of mine. Firstly, that I do not indulge in any vain discourse, nor speak behind anyone’s back. Secondly, I do not hold any grudge or malice in my heart against another Muslim.”
(al-tabqat al-kubra li-ibni sa‘d, vol. 3, p. 420, bab abu dujana(ra), darul kutub al-‘ilmiyah, beirut 1990)