It is narrated from Haritha bin Mudarrib, he says: I went to serve Sayyiduna Khabbab (may Allah be pleased with him), he had undergone seven cauterizations for the treatment of an illness, but there was no relief. He said: If I had not heard from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) that none of you should wish for death, I would certainly have wished for death. I have seen myself with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) in such a state that I did not have even a single dirham, and now the situation is that there are forty thousand dirhams in one corner of my house. After this, his shroud was brought to him, he looked at it and began to weep, and then said: We have such a shroud, but Sayyiduna Hamza (may Allah be pleased with him) also was there, and for his shroud there was only a striped sheet; when it was placed over his head, his feet would be uncovered, and when it was placed over his feet, his head would be uncovered. In the end, it was placed over his head and idhkhir grass was placed over his feet.

Sayyiduna Khabbab bin Al-Aratt (may Allah be pleased with him) says: We migrated with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) for the pleasure of Allah Almighty, so our reward became assured with Allah (as He has promised). Then among us were some who departed to Allah without having consumed the reward of their deeds; among them was Sayyiduna Mus'ab bin Umair (may Allah be pleased with him), who was martyred on the day of Uhud. For his shroud, we could find only one sheet, and it was so short that when we covered his head, his feet became uncovered, and when we covered his feet, his head became uncovered. Eventually, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered us to cover his head and to place idhkhir (a type of grass) on his feet. While among us are also those whose fruit has ripened and now he is gathering it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Khabbab (may Allah be pleased with him) that we complained to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) about the oppression of the disbelievers, while he was lying in the shade of the Ka'bah with a cloth placed under his head. We said to him: "Why do you not supplicate to Allah for our help?" The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Those before you also faced such situations that a man would be dug into the ground and made to stand in it, and then a saw would be placed on his head and he would be cut into two pieces. Even such oppression would not turn them away from their religion. And iron combs would be run over their bodies, tearing the flesh from their bones and nerves, yet they would not turn back from their religion. By Allah, Allah will surely complete and make His religion prevail to such an extent that a rider will travel from Madinah Munawwarah to Hadramaut and will fear none but Allah. He will not even fear a wolf attacking his sheep. But you are being impatient."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sent a group of ten men to spy on the people of Makkah and appointed Sayyiduna Asim bin Thabit bin Aqlaḥ Al-Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him), the maternal grandfather of Asim bin Umar bin Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him), as their leader. These people set out, and when they reached the place of Haddah between ‘Usfan and Makkah Mukarramah, a tribe of Banu Hudhail, Banu Lihyan, became aware of them. They set out towards them as a group of about one hundred archers, following their footprints until they reached a place where these people had stayed. Seeing the remains of their food, they said,“These are the pits of dates from Yathrib.”They continued to follow their traces and signs. When Asim and his companions learned about these disbelievers, they climbed a high hill. The disbelievers surrounded them and said,“Come down and surrender yourselves to us. We promise you that we will not kill any of you.”The leader of the group, Sayyiduna Asim bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him), said,“By Allah! I will never seek protection from any disbeliever. O Allah! Inform Your Prophet of our situation.”The disbelievers showered arrows upon the Muslims and martyred seven of them, including Sayyiduna Asim (may Allah be pleased with him), and the remaining three—Sayyiduna Khubaib Al-Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him), Sayyiduna Zayd bin Dathinah (may Allah be pleased with him), and a third person—fell for their promise and agreement. When the disbelievers had full control over them, they untied the strings of their bows and tied up the three of them. The third man among them said,“This is your first act of treachery. By Allah! I will not go with you at all,”and pointing to the slain, i.e., the martyred companions, he said,“These people are the best example for me.”The disbelievers dragged him and tried their best, but he refused to go with them. Eventually, the disbelievers killed him as well, and they took Sayyiduna Khubaib (may Allah be pleased with him) and Sayyiduna Zayd bin Dathinah (may Allah be pleased with him) and sold them in Makkah. This entire incident took place after Badr. The descendants of Harith bin Nawfal bin Abd Manaf bought Sayyiduna Khubaib (may Allah be pleased with him), because Sayyiduna Khubaib (may Allah be pleased with him) had killed Harith bin Amir bin Nawfal on the day of Badr, so he remained with them as a captive until they planned to kill him. Khubaib (may Allah be pleased with him) asked a daughter of Harith for a razor so that he could remove unnecessary hair before being killed. She brought him the razor. Her small son came towards Khubaib (may Allah be pleased with him) without her noticing. When she came looking for him, she saw that Khubaib (may Allah be pleased with him) had the child sitting on his thigh and the razor in his hand. The woman narrates,“When I saw this scene, I became frightened. Khubaib (may Allah be pleased with him) sensed my anxiety and said, ‘Do you fear that I will kill him? I would never do such a thing.’ She says, ‘I have never seen a better captive than Khubaib (may Allah be pleased with him). By Allah! One day I saw him with a bunch of grapes in his hand, eating from it, even though he was bound in chains and there was no fruit available in Makkah at that time.’ She used to say, ‘That was sustenance which Allah Almighty had granted to Khubaib (may Allah be pleased with him).’ When they took Khubaib (may Allah be pleased with him) out of the Haram to kill him, Sayyiduna Khubaib (may Allah be pleased with him) said to them, ‘Let me perform two rak‘ahs of prayer.’ They allowed him, so he performed two rak‘ahs of prayer. Then he said, ‘By Allah! If you did not think that I was afraid of death, I would have prayed even more. O Allah! Count their number, destroy them one by one, and do not leave any of them.’ Then he said, ‘As I am being killed in the state of Islam, I do not care on which side I fall in the way of Allah. This treatment is happening to me in the way of Allah, that is, as a result of believing in Allah. If Allah wills, He will bless even my scattered limbs.’ After this, Abu Sarwah ‘Uqbah bin Harith got up and martyred him. Sayyiduna Khubaib (may Allah be pleased with him) established this practice for every Muslim that when he is being unjustly killed, he should perform prayer before being killed. Allah Almighty accepted the supplication of Asim bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him) on the day of his martyrdom, and on the same day, Allah informed His Messenger and his companions of their incident. When the Quraysh learned of the killing of Sayyiduna Asim bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him), they sent people for further confirmation so that they could bring back some part of his body. Sayyiduna Asim (may Allah be pleased with him) had killed a great chief among the leaders of Quraysh on the day of Badr. When those people arrived, Allah Almighty sent a swarm of bees there, which covered the body of Asim (may Allah be pleased with him) like a cloud and protected his body from those Qurayshi representatives, so they could not cut any part of his body.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Amr bin Umayyah Damri (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sent him alone to the Quraysh as a spy. He says: I came to the wood upon which Khubaib (may Allah be pleased with him) was hung. I was also afraid of the Quraysh lest they see me. I climbed up that wood and untied the rope of Khubaib (may Allah be pleased with him), and he fell to the ground. When I turned my attention towards him, the body of Khubaib (may Allah be pleased with him) was not visible to me; it seemed as if the earth had swallowed him. Until now, no trace of his body has been seen.

It is narrated from Bishr Taghlabi that he used to sit with Sayyiduna Abu Darda (may Allah be pleased with him). He related that there was a companion of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in Damascus, who was called Ibn Hanzaliyah (may Allah be pleased with him). He was a reclusive type of person, mingled very little with people, remained engaged in prayer, and after finishing prayer, until he reached home, he would remain busy in the glorification and exaltation of Allah Almighty. One day, we were sitting with Sayyiduna Abu Darda (may Allah be pleased with him) when he (Ibn Hanzaliyah) passed by us. Sayyiduna Abu Darda (may Allah be pleased with him) said to him, "Please say something to us, we will benefit from it and nothing will be diminished from you." He narrated that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "If Khuraim Asadi did not have two things, he would be a very good man: one is that his hair is long up to his shoulders, and the other is that his lower garment hangs below his ankles." In another narration, the words are: "If he would shorten his hair and also shorten his garment." When this reached Sayyiduna Khuraim (may Allah be pleased with him), he immediately took a knife and cut his hair up to his ears and raised his garment up to the middle of his shins. Qais says: After this incident, I once went to the service of Sayyiduna Amir Muawiyah (may Allah be pleased with him), where an elderly man was present, his hair above his ears and his garment up to the middle of his shins. When I inquired about him, those present said that this is Sayyiduna Khuraim Asadi (may Allah be pleased with him).

It is narrated from ‘Ammarah bin Khuzaymah al-Ansari that his uncle, who was a Companion, related to him that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) bought a horse from a Bedouin. The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him: Come with me and receive the price of the horse. The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was swift in pace, while the Bedouin was slow, so the Bedouin lagged behind, and some people came to the Bedouin and began to bargain with him for the horse. They did not know that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had already finalized the deal for the horse with him. Until someone offered the Bedouin a higher price than what the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had agreed upon. The Bedouin called out to the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): If you want to buy this horse, then buy it, otherwise I am selling it to someone else. When the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) heard the Bedouin’s voice, he stopped and said: Did I not already buy this horse from you? He said: By Allah, no, I have not sold it to you. The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Why not, I have already bought it from you. People gathered around the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and the Bedouin, and they were talking among themselves, when the Bedouin said: If you are truthful, then present a witness who will testify that I sold this horse to you. At that moment, a Muslim stepped forward and said to the Bedouin: Woe to you, the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) always speaks the truth, he does not lie. Then Sayyiduna Khuzaymah (may Allah be pleased with him) arrived and heard the conversation between the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and the Bedouin. The Bedouin was saying: Present a witness who will testify that I sold this horse to you. Sayyiduna Khuzaymah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I testify that you have sold this horse to the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) turned to Sayyiduna Khuzaymah (may Allah be pleased with him) and said: On what basis are you giving this testimony? He said: O Messenger of Allah! On the basis of your truthfulness, for you always speak the truth. So the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) considered the testimony of Sayyiduna Khuzaymah (may Allah be pleased with him) alone as equal to that of two witnesses.

Amarah bin Khuzaymah narrates from his uncle that Sayyiduna Khuzaymah bin Thabit Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) saw in a dream that he prostrated on the forehead of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). When he mentioned this dream to the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) lay down before him and said: "Fulfill your dream in this way." Thus, he prostrated on the forehead of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Zayd bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him) that when the manuscripts of the Noble Qur’an were being written, I lost track of one verse. I myself used to hear this verse from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), but I could not find it written with anyone. Eventually, I found it written with Sayyiduna Khuzaymah Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him). That verse was: {مِنَ الْمُؤمِنِیْنَ رِجَالٌ صَدَقُوْا مَاعَاہَدُوا اللّٰہَ عَلَیْہِ فَمِنْھُمْ مَنْ قَضٰی نَحْبَہٗ وَمِنْھُمْ مَّنْ یَّنْتَظِرُ وَمَا بَدَّلُوْا تَبْدِیْلًا۔} … Among the believers are men who have been true to their covenant with Allah; some of them have fulfilled their vow, and some of them are still waiting, but they have never changed (their commitment) in the least. (Surah Al-Ahzab: 23) Sayyiduna Khuzaymah (may Allah be pleased with him) was called Dhu’sh-Shahadatayn, meaning“the possessor of two testimonies.”The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) considered his single testimony equal to two testimonies. Zuhri says that he was martyred at the time of Siffin in the company of Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him).

The wife of Sayyiduna Rafi‘ bin Khadij (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that on the day of Uhud or Khaybar, an arrow struck Sayyiduna Rafi‘ (may Allah be pleased with him) in the chest while he was with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). He came to the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: O Messenger of Allah! Please pull out this arrow. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Rafi‘! If you wish, I can pull out both the arrow and its head, but if you wish, I can pull out the arrow and leave its head inside, and I will bear witness for you on the Day of Resurrection that you were martyred in the way of Allah. He said: O Messenger of Allah! Then please pull out the arrow and leave its head inside, and bear witness for me on the Day of Resurrection that I was martyred in the way of Allah. So the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) pulled out the arrow and left its head inside.