It is narrated from Sayyiduna al-Aswad bin Khalaf (may Allah be pleased with him) that he saw the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) taking the pledge of allegiance from the people on the day of the Conquest of Makkah. He said that he (peace and blessings be upon him) was seated near a corner of the house of Ibn Samurah. Sayyiduna al-Aswad (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I saw that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sat down, and the young, the old and the women all came to him, and they all pledged allegiance to him on Islam and the testimony. I asked: What is meant by the testimony? He said: On belief in Allah and on bearing witness that "there is no true god except Allah".

It is narrated from Sayyiduna al-Aswad bin Khalaf (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) took Sayyiduna Husayn (may Allah be pleased with him) in his lap and kissed him, then turned to the people and said: "Indeed, children are a cause of miserliness, cowardice, ignorance and grief (for a person)."

Muhammad bin Isma'il narrates that Muhammad bin al-Aswad bin Khalaf bin Abd Yaghuth al-Qurashi is counted among the people of Makkah.