It is narrated from Umar bin Ali bin Husayn; he said: I was walking with my uncle Muhammad bin Ali bin Husayn, and I said: "People claim that Sulayman bin Dawud (peace be upon them both) asked his Lord for a kingdom that would befit no one after him, and they took it to the limit of twenty." He said: "I do not know what the people's stories are, but my father Ali bin Husayn narrated to me from his father, from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), that he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'Allah Almighty will never grant a king in the nation of a prophet who has passed away before him a lifespan as long as the life that prophet spent among his nation.'"

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) concerning this saying of Allah Almighty: "And (remember) Dawud and Sulayman, when they gave judgement concerning the field, when the sheep of the people strayed into it at night" [Surah al-Anbiya: 78] ; he said: "It was a vineyard whose clusters had sprouted, and the sheep ruined it." He further said: "So Dawud (peace be upon him) judged that the sheep be given to the owner of the vineyard. Upon this Sulayman (peace be upon him) said: 'O Prophet of Allah! Could there be a judgement other than this?' Dawud (peace be upon him) asked: 'What is that?' Sulayman (peace be upon him) said: 'You should hand the vineyard over to the owner of the sheep so that he tends it until it returns to its former state, and hand the sheep over to the owner of the vineyard so that he benefits from them. Then, when the vineyard has returned to its original state, you return the vineyard to its owner and the sheep to their owner.'" (Concerning this) Allah Almighty says: "So We gave Sulayman understanding of it, and to each of them We gave judgement and knowledge" [Surah al-Anbiya: 79]