It is narrated from Hazrat Utbah (may Allah be pleased with him) that a man asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), "O Messenger of Allah! (peace and blessings be upon him) What happened to you in the beginning?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: My wet nurse was from Banu Sa'd bin Bakr. One day, I went out with one of her sons among the goats. We had not taken any provisions with us, so I said, "Brother, go to mother and bring some provisions." He went, and I stayed with the goats. Meanwhile, two white birds like vultures came and began to ask each other, "Is this the one?" The other replied in the affirmative. So they quickly approached me, seized me, laid me on my back, and split open my stomach. Then they took out my heart and split it, and from it they removed two black clotted pieces of blood. One said to the other, "Bring me cold water," and they washed my stomach with it. Then he asked for snow water and washed my heart with it. Then he asked for tranquility (sakinah) and scattered it into my heart. Then he said to the other, "Now sew him up," so he stitched me up and placed the seal of Prophethood. After that, one of them said to the other, "Place him on one side of the scale and a thousand men from his Ummah on the other side." Suddenly, I saw a thousand men above me, and I feared they might fall upon me. Then he said, "If he is weighed against his entire Ummah, his side will still be heavier." Then both of them left me, and I was overcome with intense fear. I went to my foster mother and informed her of what had happened to me. Upon hearing this, she became frightened, fearing that something might have affected me, and said, "I seek Allah's protection for you." Then she prepared her camel, seated me on the saddle, mounted behind me herself, and we traveled until we reached my mother. She said to my mother, "I wish to return my trust and responsibility." Then she narrated the incident that had happened to me, but my mother was not overawed by it and said, "I saw a light emanating from myself by which the palaces of Syria were illuminated."

It is narrated from Hazrat Utbah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: If a person is given the opportunity to spend every single moment from the day of his birth until his death in old age in the pleasure of Allah, even then on the Day of Resurrection he will consider it insignificant and trivial.

It is narrated from Hazrat Utbah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: If a person is given the opportunity to spend every single moment from the day of his birth until his death in old age in the pleasure of Allah, even then on the Day of Resurrection he will consider it little and insignificant, and he will wish to be sent back to the world so that he may attain more reward and recompense.

It is narrated from Hazrat Utbah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Those who die in the plague and the martyrs will come. The people of the plague will say, "We are martyrs." The Lord will say, "Look at their wounds. If their wounds are fragrant like the wounds of the martyrs, then they will be counted among the martyrs and will be with them." When it will be seen, their wounds will resemble the wounds of the martyrs.

Yazid Dhu Misr says that once I went to Hazrat Utbah (may Allah be pleased with him) and said, "O Abu al-Waleed! I went out in search of a sacrificial animal, but I could not find any animal except one whose tooth was broken. What is your opinion?" He replied, "Why did you not bring it to me?" I said, "Subhan Allah! The sacrifice would be valid from your side but not from mine?" He said, "Yes! Because you have doubt, and I have no doubt. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) only forbade Musaffarah, the horned animal whose horn is uprooted, Bukha’a, Mushee’ah, and Kasra’." Musaffarah means the animal whose ear is cut from the root and its hole is visible. Bukha’a means the animal whose eye is defective. Mushee’ah means the animal that, due to weakness and helplessness, cannot walk with the goats. Kasra’ means the animal whose bone is broken and cannot walk straight. The previous hadith is narrated from this second chain.

Ahmad ibn Janab narrated to us, Isa ibn Yunus narrated to us, and he mentioned something similar to it.

It is narrated from Hazrat Utbah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The caliphate will remain among the Quraysh, authority will remain among the Ansar, the call (to Islam) will remain among the Abyssinians, and migration will remain among the general Muslims, and after that there will still be emigrants."

Yazid bin Zaid, may Allah have mercy on him, says that once in the evening I was heading towards the mosque. On the way, I met Hazrat Utbah Mazni, may Allah be pleased with him. He asked me, "Where are you going?" I said, "I am going to the mosque." He said, "Receive glad tidings! I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: Whoever leaves his house in the morning or evening for the mosque, one of his steps erases a sin and the other raises him one degree."

It is narrated from Hazrat Utbah (may Allah be pleased with him) that once I asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) for clothes to wear. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) gave me two linen garments to wear. When I put them on, I felt that among all the companions (may Allah be pleased with them), I was wearing the finest clothes.

It is narrated from Hazrat Utbah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: Killing is of three types. One is the Muslim man who fights in the way of Allah with his life and wealth; when he faces the enemy, he is killed while fighting. He is the martyr who will boast under the Throne of Allah in Allah’s tent, and the Prophets will have superiority over him only because of the rank of Prophethood. The second is the Muslim man who is burdened with sins and slips; he fights in the way of Allah with his life and wealth; when he faces the enemy, he is killed while fighting. This person will be cleansed of sins and slips because the sword wipes away sins, and he will be given the choice to enter through any of the gates of Paradise, for Paradise has eight gates and Hell has seven gates, some of which are more virtuous than others. And the third is the hypocrite man who fights in the way of Allah with his life and wealth; when he faces the enemy, he is killed while fighting. This person will go to Hell because the sword does not wipe away hypocrisy. The previous hadith is also narrated through this second chain.