Muhammad bin Ja'far bin Muhammad narrates from his father; he said: Sulayman bin Dawud (peace be upon them both) was given dominion over the easts and the wests of the earth, and Sulayman bin Dawud (peace be upon them both) ruled for seven hundred years and six months. He ruled over all the people of the world, the jinn, humans, devils, beasts, birds and predatory animals, and he was given knowledge of everything and the speech (mantiq) of everything. In his time wondrous things (crafts) were made that people have heard of, and they were made subservient to him. He continued managing the command of Allah, His light and His wisdom, until, when Allah Almighty willed to take his soul, He revealed to him: "Entrust the knowledge of Allah and His wisdom to your brother and to the children of Dawud (peace be upon him)." And they were four hundred and eighty men who were prophets without a messengership.

It is narrated from Imam al-Sha'bi; he said: The Banu Ishaq compiled a chronology from the sending of Musa (peace be upon him) until the kingdom of Sulayman bin Dawud (peace be upon them both). He said: "And Sulayman (peace be upon him) became the heir of Dawud (peace be upon him)." He further said: "Allah sent prophethood to him, and he asked Allah for a kingdom that would befit no one after him, so Allah made the jinn, humans, birds and the wind subservient to him."

It is narrated from Muhammad bin Ka'b; he said: It has reached us that the army of Sulayman bin Dawud (peace be upon them both) (extended over) one hundred farsakhs: twenty-five of them for humans, twenty-five for the jinn, twenty-five for wild animals and twenty-five for birds. He had a thousand houses of glass upon wood, in which were three hundred free wives and seven hundred slave-women. He commanded the violent wind and it lifted him, then he commanded the wind and it travelled with him. Then, while he was travelling between the heaven and the earth, Allah Almighty revealed to him: "I have added to your kingdom that no one among the creation will speak about anything except that the wind will come and inform you of it."