It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Allah Almighty sent Nuh (peace be upon him) at the age of forty, and he remained among his people for nine hundred and fifty years (a thousand years less fifty), calling them to the religion. And he lived for sixty years after the Flood, until people became many and spread out." The two Shaykhs agree on the hadith of intercession narrated by Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah and Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with them both) from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), in which it says that the people will come to Nuh (peace be upon him) and say: "You are the first messenger sent to the earth."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Imran bin Husayn and Sayyiduna Samurah bin Jundub (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The sons of Nuh (peace be upon him) were three: Sam, Ham, and Yafith, who is the father (forefather) of the Romans." The chain of this hadith is sahih (authentic), but the two Shaykhs did not record it.