Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that I participated in the battle of Tustar with Hazrat Abu Musa Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him). One day, I missed my Fajr prayer and was not able to offer the prayer until half the day had passed. Even if I were given the whole world in exchange for that prayer, I would not be pleased.

Hazrat Abu Farqad narrates that when we conquered the market of Ahwaz under the leadership of Hazrat Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him), a man from the polytheists ran away. Two Muslims also ran after him. While running, one of the Muslims said to him, "Matras." Hearing this, he stopped, and they caught him and brought him to Hazrat Abu Musa. Hazrat Abu Musa was beheading the prisoners; when it was this man's turn, the Muslims who had caught him said that he had been granted protection. Hazrat Abu Musa asked, "How was he granted protection?" The man said, "He was running away, and I said to him, 'Matras,' so he stopped." Hazrat Abu Musa asked, "What does 'Matras' mean?" He replied, "It means 'Do not be afraid.'" Hazrat Abu Musa said, "This is protection. Let the man go." Therefore, the man was set free.

Hazrat Sudais Adawi narrates that we participated in the battle of Ablah with our leader. There we were victorious, then we went to Ahwaz, where there were people from Sudan and from that region. We fought a fierce battle with them and we were victorious. Many captives fell into our hands and we distributed them among ourselves. Some people received one and some received two captives. We also had intercourse with our slave women. When Hazrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) was informed of this, he wrote us a letter in which it was written that you have no right to take possession of these captives, release all the captives and you are not the owners of any of them. Take tribute from them according to the amount of land they possess. So, after this order came, we released all the captives. Many of the Sudanese people over whom we prevailed resembled the Arabs. They kept long beards, wore izar, and sat with their legs circled. A letter was written to Hazrat Umar about them, so he said: Bring these people close to you, and whoever among them accepts Islam, include him among the Muslims. When they mingle with the people, there will be no harshness left in them. The people of that region were stronger than them. A letter was also written to Hazrat Umar about them, and he replied: Bring them close, and whoever accepts Islam, include him among the Muslims.

Hazrat Muhallab says that we attacked the people of Manazir and gained dominance over them. They had a treaty with the Muslims. Because of this, Hazrat Umar wrote to us in a letter that whatever you have taken from them, return it, even return those women of theirs who have become pregnant.

Hazrat Abu Zar’ah bin Amr bin Jarir narrates that among the companions of Hazrat Abu Musa, there was a man who was very brave and courageous. When the Muslims obtained spoils of war, Hazrat Abu Musa did not give him his full share. He refused to accept the lesser share. Hazrat Abu Musa had him given twenty lashes and his head shaved. He gathered his hair and presented himself before Hazrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), struck his hair on Umar’s chest, and said,“By God! If it were not for that!”Hazrat Umar said,“He speaks the truth, if it were not for Hell.”Then Hazrat Umar asked him the reason, so he told the whole story and said that Hazrat Abu Musa thinks that he will not be held accountable for this. Hazrat Umar said,“To me, establishing equality among people is better than obtaining spoils of war.”Then Hazrat Umar wrote a letter to Hazrat Abu Musa, in which, after greetings, he said,“So-and-so son of so-and-so has informed me of this, and I swear to you that if you committed this injustice to him in front of people, then sit among the people and let him take retribution, and if you did it in private, then let him take retribution in private.”People requested Hazrat Umar to forgive him. Hazrat Umar said,“I cannot set aside justice for anyone.”When the letter reached him, he sat for retribution and raised his head towards the sky, but the man said,“I have forgiven you.”

36092 - Hammad also said: So Abu Musa gave him some of his share, and Jarir also said: And I am the closest of the people (to him) (1), (he said: and he also said) (2): I have pardoned him for the sake of Allah (3).

Hazrat Samak bin Salamah narrates that when the Muslims conquered Tustar and advanced to fight the enemy, a wealthy man from there betrayed the Muslim warriors and captured them. Then he lit a furnace and placed pork and wine with them, saying, "Either eat this or you will be thrown into the furnace." So, whoever drank the wine and ate the pork was released. These things were presented before Hazrat Naheeb bin Harith, but he refused. As a result, he was thrown into the furnace. When the Muslims returned from their military campaigns and besieged the city, and peace was made with the people of Tustar, peace was also made with that wealthy man. One day, Hazrat Naheeb's nephew said to his uncle, "O uncle, this man is the killer of Naheeb." He replied, "Now these people have come under the protection of the Muslims, so we cannot say anything to them now." When the entire incident was reported to Hazrat Umar, he said, "May Allah have mercy on Naheeb. If he had eaten those things out of compulsion to save his life, there would have been no sin."

36094 - Simak said: It reached me that Umar was informed of that, and he said: May Allah have mercy on him, and what would have been upon him if he had eaten (1).

Hazrat Kulayb Jurmi narrates that when we laid siege to the area called Tawj, our leadership was in the hands of Mujashi‘ bin Mas‘ud of Banu Sulaym. When we conquered Tawj, at that time I was wearing an old shirt. I went to a slain non-Arab and took off his shirt, washed it, cleaned it, and wore it to enter the settlement. From the settlement, I took a needle and thread and sewed my shirt. After that, Hazrat Mujashi‘ addressed the warriors and said, "O people! Do not commit any kind of dishonesty. Whoever commits dishonesty will have to account for it on the Day of Judgment, even if it is just a needle." Then I took off that shirt and tore again the part of my shirt that I had sewn with that thread. Then I put the needle and thread back where I had taken them from. Then, in my lifetime, I saw the time when people would commit dishonesty in large quantities, and if they were asked what they were doing, they would say, "Our share in the spoils is more than this."

Hazrat Muhammad bin Abdur Rahman’s father narrates that when Hazrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) received the news of the conquest of Tustar, he asked,“Did anything strange happen there?”He was informed that a Muslim had become an apostate and joined the polytheists, and that they had captured him. Hazrat Umar asked,“Then what did you do with him?”The people replied,“We killed him.”He said,“Why did you not imprison him? You should have kept him in prison for three days, given him a loaf of bread each day, and invited him to return to Islam. If he repented, well and good; otherwise, you could have killed him.”Then Hazrat Umar prayed,“O Allah! Bear witness, I neither gave this order nor am I pleased with it.”