Yahya bin Abdullah bin Abi Qatadah narrates from his father, and he from Sayyiduna Abu Qatadah (may Allah be pleased with him), that on the day of Dhu Qarad the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) met me. He (peace and blessings be upon him) looked at me and supplicated: 'Allahumma barik lahu fi sha'rihi wa basharihi' (O Allah, bless him in his hair and his skin), and said: "May your face prosper." I said: And your face too, O Messenger of Allah. He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "Did you kill Mas'adah?" I said: Yes. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Then what is this (mark) on your face?" I said: O Messenger of Allah, an arrow struck me. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Come close." I came close, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) applied his saliva to it, and after that the wound never ached nor did it ever fester. Yahya bin Abdullah says that Sayyiduna Abu Qatadah (may Allah be pleased with him) passed away in Madinah in 54 AH, when he was seventy years old. Muhammad bin Umar (al-Waqidi) says that among the children of Abu Qatadah and the people of Madinah there is no disagreement that he passed away in Madinah; however, the people of Kufah have narrated that he passed away in Kufah.

It is narrated from Ibrahim bin al-Mundhir that Abu Qatadah bin Rib'i (may Allah be pleased with him), one of Banu Salimah, passed away in Madinah in 54 AH, when he was seventy years old. Mention of the virtues of Sayyiduna Thawban (may Allah be pleased with him), the freed slave of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him).