It is narrated from Layla (may Allah be pleased with her), the freed slave-woman of Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her), that she said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) went to relieve himself. I went there afterwards and did not see anything there; rather, I noticed the fragrance of musk. I said: O Messenger of Allah, I did not see anything there! He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed, the earth has been commanded to absorb the waste of us, the community of prophets." Imam al-Hakim (may Allah have mercy on him) says: There still remained a group of the female Companions whom I have not mentioned, so that the book would not become lengthy and brevity would be maintained. Also, I have written a separate book on the virtues of the Companions, and after the pure wives I found virtues for only a few of the female Companions. So I sought Allah's guidance through istikharah and made this the conclusion of the book of the merits of the Companions. Now comes the mention of the virtues of the tribes. These are chapters that the two Shaykhs did not mention in their books, among them the mention of the virtues of Quraysh.