It is narrated from Hazrat Samurah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Every boy is held in pledge for his 'aqiqah, so sacrifice should be offered for him on the seventh day, his name should be given on that day, and his head should be shaved.

It is narrated from Hazrat Samurah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The seller and the buyer (the one who sells and the one who buys) have the option (to cancel the sale) as long as they do not separate from each other, and each of them can take what he is pleased with in the sale. Thalabah bin Abad Abdi says: One day I was present at the sermon of Hazrat Samurah (may Allah be pleased with him), so he mentioned this hadith in his sermon referring to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), saying: One day, I and an Ansari boy were practicing archery during the blessed era of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). When, in the eyes of the onlookers, the sun had risen to the height of two or three spears, it suddenly became dark as if the grass of Tanumah had turned black. Then the narrator mentioned the entire hadith.

Narrated to us, narrated to us ‘Affan, narrated to us Abu ‘Awanah, narrated to us Al-Aswad ibn Qays, from Tha‘labah ibn ‘Abbad, from Samurah ibn Jundub, who said: He stood one day as a preacher and mentioned in his sermon a hadith. He said: While I and a boy from the Ansar were shooting at two targets of ours during the time of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, the sun rose, and it was in the eye of the beholder at the length of two spears, and he continued the hadith. Then he said: "Amma ba‘du," and he said: Then he grasped the tips of his fingers, then he said, or he stood—I am uncertain again, but I have memorized what he said, and he did not advance a word from its place nor delay anything. And Abu ‘Awanah said: While I and a boy from the Ansar, and he also said: Then it blackened until it became, and Abu ‘Awanah said: "Zuwool," but "Zuwool" is more correct.

Abdullah narrated to us, Khalaf ibn Hisham and Abdul Wahid ibn Ghiyath narrated to us, they said: Abu Awanah narrated to us, from Al-Aswad ibn Qays, from Tha'labah, from Samurah, from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, the like of it.

It is narrated from Hazrat Samurah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade seclusion.

It is narrated from Hazrat Samurah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Every boy is in pledge for his 'aqiqah, so sacrifice should be offered for him on the seventh day, his name should be given on that day, and his head should be shaved.

The previous hadith is also meant by this second chain of narration, however, in this the narrator of the hadith, Qatadah, has described the details of slaughtering the animal in such a way that a piece of wool or cotton should be taken and stood in front of the veins of the slaughtered animal, then it should be placed on the head of the child. When the blood starts to flow, the head should be washed and then the hair should be shaved.

It is narrated from Hazrat Samurah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The neighbor of the house has more right to the house than others.

It is narrated from Hazrat Samurah (may Allah be pleased with him) that once we were present in the service of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) when a bowl of tharid was brought. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ate from it, and the people also ate from it. People kept eating from it until near the time of Zuhr; a group would come and eat, then stand up, and after them another group would come, and this continued. Someone asked, "Is food being continuously added to this bowl?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "What are you amazed at? Blessing has been placed in it from the sky."

It is narrated from Hazrat Samurah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever kills his slave, we will kill him, and whoever cuts off his slave’s nose, we will cut off his nose. It is narrated from Hazrat Samurah (may Allah be pleased with him) that whoever castrates his slave, we will castrate him.