Hazrat Muhammad bin Umar bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with him, may Allah have mercy on him) narrates the saying of Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him): By Him Who split the grain and created the living being, it is easier to move mountains from their place than to remove a predetermined kingship.

Hazrat Abdur Rahman bin Asma (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that I was with Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), when a messenger from Hazrat Muawiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) came with a gift and said that this item has been sent by the Commander of the Faithful. Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) accepted it. When the messenger left, we asked, "O Mother of the Believers, are we not believers and is he not our leader?" She replied, "You are, God willing, believers, and he is your leader."

Hazrat Tamim bin Hazlam narrates that the incident of addressing an Amir of Kufa as "Amir" for the first time happened as follows: Hazrat Mughirah bin Shu'bah (may Allah be pleased with him) came out of his palace when a man from the tribe of Kindah approached him and greeted him by calling him "Amir." He replied, "What is this? I am just an ordinary person among the people." Thus, this title was abandoned for a period of time, but later it was adopted again.

Hazrat Muhammad bin Munkadir says that I heard Hazrat Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) say that I went to Hajjaj and I did not greet him with Salam.

Hazrat Muhammad bin Munkadir narrates that Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them) received the message that allegiance was being taken for Yazid bin Muawiyah. He said, "If this is good, we will be pleased, and if this is evil, we will be patient."

Hazrat Qais, may Allah have mercy on him, narrates that I saw Hazrat Abdullah bin Masood, may Allah be pleased with him, demanding those dirhams from Hazrat Saad, may Allah be pleased with him, which he had lent him from the Bayt al-Mal. Hazrat Saad, may Allah be pleased with him, said, "I consider you a bad visitor." Hazrat Ibn Masood, may Allah be pleased with him, said, "Return the money." He replied, "O Ibn Masood! Are you not a slave of the tribe of Huzail?" The narrator says that upon this Hazrat Ibn Masood, may Allah be pleased with him, said, "Are you not the son of Humainah?" The narrator says that the nephew of Hazrat Saad, may Allah be pleased with him, said, "Indeed, both of you are companions of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, people look at you." So Hazrat Saad, may Allah be pleased with him, raised his hands saying, "O Allah! Lord of the heavens and the earth." Hazrat Ibn Masood, may Allah be pleased with him, said, "Say whatever you wish, but do not curse." The narrator says that Hazrat Saad, may Allah be pleased with him, said, "By Allah, if it were not for the fear of Allah, I would have supplicated against you with such a supplication that would not have missed you." The narrator says that Hazrat Ibn Masood, may Allah be pleased with him, left just as he had come.

Ziyad is the narrator who says that when Hazrat Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) intended to flog Walid, he said to Hazrat Talha, "Stand up and flog him." He replied, "I am not one to flog." So Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) stood up and flogged him. Then Walid said, "I am the companion of Makina." The narrator says that I asked Ziyad, "What does it mean, the companion of Makina?" He replied, "Makina was a woman with whom he used to converse."

Hazrat Qais narrates that during the incident of Jamal, Marwan was with Hazrat Talha (may Allah be pleased with him). When the battle flared up, Marwan said that after today, I will not seek retribution for my blood. The narrator says that then he shot an arrow at him which struck his knee, and the bleeding did not stop until he was martyred. The narrator says that Hazrat Talha (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "Leave him, for this arrow has been sent by Allah, the Exalted."

Hazrat Uyainah narrates that one day Hazrat Abu Bakrah (may Allah be pleased with him) met Hazrat Mughirah bin Shu'bah (may Allah be pleased with him) at midday, while he had covered his head with a cloth. Hazrat Abu Bakrah asked, "Where are you going?" He replied, "I am going for a need." He (Abu Bakrah) said, "One goes to be present before the leader; the leader himself does not go to anyone."

Hisham bin Urwah narrates that it has reached me that Hazrat Mughirah bin Shu’bah (may Allah be pleased with him) became the leader of Hajj. He received the message that the leader was coming to him, so he came to him on the day of Arafah, and out of happiness, he made it a day of Eid.