It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Zayd Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him), he says: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me: Come near to me. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) passed his hand over his head and beard and made this supplication: O Allah! Make him beautiful and make his beauty everlasting. ‘Alba says: Sayyiduna Abu Zayd (may Allah be pleased with him) lived to be one hundred and six or seven years old, but the hair of his head and beard had very little whiteness, his face was completely smooth, and until his death, no wrinkles appeared on it.

(Second chain) It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Zaid (may Allah be pleased with him), he says: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me: May Allah grant you beauty. It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that he was handsome and had excellent features.

(Third chain) It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Zaid Amr bin Akhtab, may Allah be pleased with him, he says: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, asked for water. I brought a vessel of water to him, in which there was water and a hair. I removed the hair and presented the water to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him. So the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, prayed for me like this: O Allah! Make him beautiful. The narrator says: I saw Abu Zaid, may Allah be pleased with him, at the age of (93) years, and according to another narration, at the age of (94) years, that there was not a single white hair on his head or beard.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Zaid (may Allah be pleased with him), he says: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me: O Abu Zaid! Come close to me and pass your hand over my back. At the same time, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) removed the cloth from his back, so I passed my hand over the blessed back of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and took the Seal of Prophethood between my fingers and pressed it to see. He was asked: What was that seal like? He said: It was on the shoulder of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and there were hairs grown on it.

(Second chain) It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Zaid Amr bin Akhtab (may Allah be pleased with him), he says: I saw the seal that was between the shoulders of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). Abu Zaid joined three fingers together and indicated that it was like this; I had touched it with my hand.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Zaid (may Allah be pleased with him), he says: I fought thirteen battles in the company of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). The narrator Shu’bah said: Sayyiduna Abu Zaid (may Allah be pleased with him) was the grandfather of this ‘Uzrah.