Mus'ab bin Abdullah al-Zubayri said: Among Banu Zuhayr is Safwan bin Makhramah bin Nawfal; it was after him that his father Makhramah was given his kunyah (Abu Safwan). He is the brother of al-Miswar bin Makhramah, and his mother was Atikah bint Awf, the sister of Sayyiduna Abd al-Rahman bin Awf (may Allah be pleased with him).

Al-Qasim bin Safwan al-Zuhri narrates from his father (a Companion of the Messenger) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Delay the Zuhr prayer until it is cooler, for the intensity of the heat is from the raging of Hell." Imam al-Hakim Abu Abdullah Muhammad bin Abdullah al-Hafiz said: This is the mention of the merits of Salamah bin Hisham bin al-Mughirah bin Abdullah bin Umar bin Makhzum (may Allah be pleased with him). He was among the early Muslims in Makkah. He emigrated to Abyssinia, then returned to Makkah, whereupon Abu Jahl imprisoned him, beat him, and kept him hungry and thirsty. So the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to supplicate for him in the prayers and in the qunut.