Ibn Awn says that among the people of Basra, Muslim bin Yasar held a higher status than Hasan al-Basri, until his rank diminished due to his association with Ibn al-Ash'ath. Therefore, Abu Sa'id Hasan al-Basri remained of high status, while the other's rank declined.

Umair bin Hani narrates that Hajjaj’s companion Munqidh informed me that when Hajjaj killed Saeed bin Jubair, for three nights he remained awake saying,“How Saeed bin Jubair has become my enemy.”

Abdullah bin Salimah narrates that during the Battle of Siffin, a poet was satirizing Hazrat Muawiyah __REF_N__ and Amr bin Aas __REF_N__, and Ammar __REF_N__ was saying, "Stay close to the two elders." At this, a man said, "You say this even though you are a companion of the Messenger of Allah __QUR_N__?" Hazrat Ammar __REF_N__ replied, "If you wish to sit, then sit, and if you wish to go, then go."

Muhammad bin Sirin narrates that Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them) used to say: May Allah have mercy on Abdullah bin Zubair, for he desired the dinar of Syria, and may Allah have mercy on Marwan, for he desired the dirham of Iraq.

It is narrated from Hasan that Ziyad sent a message to Hakam bin Amr Ghafari, who was the governor of Khurasan, stating that the Commander of the Faithful says that gold and silver should be set aside for him and not distributed among the people. In reply, he wrote: I have received your letter in which you mentioned that the Commander of the Faithful has sent this message that gold and silver should be set aside for him, and before the letter of the Commander of the Faithful, I have read the Book of Allah. By Allah, if the heavens and the earth were completely closed upon a servant, and then he feared Allah, Allah would make a way out for him. And peace be upon you. Then he said to the people: Bring your wealth to me in the morning. So they brought it, and he distributed all that wealth among them.

It is narrated from Abdullah bin Muhammad bin Umar bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Zubair (may Allah be pleased with him) was always with us as if he were a member of our household, until he reached his son Abdullah, and he diverted his attention from us.

Ubadah bin Nusayy narrates that the companions (may Allah be pleased with them) mentioned poets in the presence of the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم . When the name of Imru’ al-Qais was mentioned, he said: The mention of this poet will remain on people’s tongues in this world as well as in the Hereafter, and on the Day of Resurrection he will be carrying the banner of poetry in Hell, or he said, carrying the banner of poetry in the Fire.

Hunaidah bin Khalid Khuzai reports that the first head to be sent as a gift in Islam was the head of Ibn al-Hamiq.

Abu Juwayriyah Jarami narrates: I was among those who were heading towards Syria on the day of the Battle of Khazir. When we confronted the opposing side, a strong wind blew in their camp, and they fled. So we killed them all night until morning. Ibrahim bin Ash’ath said: Last night I killed a man from whom a great fragrance was emanating, and I think that man was Ibn Marjanah himself. I killed him in such a way that both his feet fell towards the east and his head towards the west, or his head fell towards the east and his feet towards the west. He says: I went and saw, and by God, that man was indeed Ibn Marjanah.

Abu Juham Qurashi narrates from his father, he said that some bad news about me reached Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), so he had me flogged. Then he received news that Hazrat Muawiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) had written me a letter, so he sent two men to search my house. They found that letter in my house. So I said to one of those men, who was from my family, "You are from my family, so conceal my matter." That man went to Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) and told him the matter. Abu Juham says that then my father and Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) mounted and set out, and he said to him, "We have investigated about you, and that matter has turned out to be completely false." My father said, "The matter for which you had me flogged is even more baseless than this."