It is narrated from Jubayr bin Nufayr that when (the city of) Dara was conquered, Sayyiduna Iyad bin Ghanm al-Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him) dealt harshly with its ruler (or punished him). Sayyiduna Hisham bin Hakim (may Allah be pleased with him) came to him and spoke to him severely. Then, after some days had passed, Hisham came to him to apologise. Hisham said to him: Do you not know that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "On the Day of Resurrection, the most severely punished of people will be the one who causes people the most suffering in this world"? Iyad replied: O Hisham! We too have heard what you heard, seen what you saw, and kept the company of the one whose company you kept (that is, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)). O Hisham! Did you not hear the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Whoever has advice for a person in authority (sultan) should not express it publicly; rather, he should take him by the hand and take him aside in private. Then, if he (the ruler) accepts the advice, well and good; otherwise, he has fulfilled the duty that was upon him." O Hisham! You are indeed bold against the authority appointed by Allah; do you not fear that the authority of Allah may kill you, and you would be called one slain by the authority of Allah? This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

Jubayr bin Nufayr narrates from Sayyiduna Iyad bin Ghanm (may Allah be pleased with him) that one day the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me: "O Iyad! Do not marry an old or a barren woman, for (on the Day of Resurrection) I will take pride in your great numbers (over the other nations)." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it. Mention of the virtues of Sayyiduna al-Bara' bin Malik al-Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) (the brother of Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik).