It is narrated from Sayyiduna Sa'd bin Abi Waqqas (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever makes the supplication of Yunus (peace be upon him) which he made in the belly of the fish, his supplication will be answered." This is a corroborating report (shahid) for the preceding hadith.

It is narrated from Wahb bin Munabbih (may Allah have mercy on him) that he said: "Yunus bin Matta (peace be upon him) was a righteous servant, but there was a harshness in his nature. So when the heavy burden of prophethood was placed upon him, and it has burdens that only a few people are able to bear, he was crushed beneath that burden just as a weak animal is crushed under a load. So he put that (responsibility) down from his hands and ran away from there. Allah Almighty says to His Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him): 'So be patient, as the messengers of firm resolve were patient.' [Surah al-Ahqaf: 35] And He said: 'So be patient with the decision of your Lord, and do not be like the man of the fish (Yunus, peace be upon him), when he called out while he was filled with grief.' [Surah al-Qalam: 48] That is, do not abandon My command the way he abandoned it."

It is narrated from Hasan al-Basri (may Allah have mercy on him) that he said: "When Yunus (peace be upon him) reached the belly of the fish, he thought that death had come to him. So he moved his two feet, and they were moving. At this he prostrated and said: 'Ya rabbi, ittakhadhtu laka masjidan fi mawdi'in lam yasjud fihi ahad' (O my Lord! I have made for You a place of prostration in a spot where no one has prostrated before)." An account of the Prophet of Allah Dawud (peace be upon him), the one given the Zabur (Psalms).

It is narrated from Wahb bin Munabbih (may Allah have mercy on him) that he said: "The lineage of the Prophet of Allah Dawud (peace be upon him) is: Dawud bin Isha bin Uwbid bin Ba'az bin Salmun bin Nahshun bin Nadab bin Ram bin Hasrun bin Faras bin Yahudha bin Ya'qub bin Ishaq bin Ibrahim al-Khalil (peace be upon them). He was a man of short stature, with blue eyes, little hair, a pure heart, and he was a faqih (one of deep understanding)."

It is narrated from Zayd bin Aslam (may Allah have mercy on him) concerning the saying of Allah Almighty: "Have you not seen those who left their homes in their thousands, fearing death" up to: "And Allah is All-Knowing of the wrongdoers" [Surah al-Baqarah: 243 - 246] , that he said: "Allah Almighty revealed to their prophet that among the children of so-and-so there is a man through whom Allah Almighty will have Jalut killed, and his sign is that you will place this horn on his head and water will gush forth from it. So he (the prophet) came to that man and said: Allah Almighty has revealed to me that among your children there is a man through whom Allah Almighty will have Jalut killed. He said: Yes, O Prophet of Allah! Then he presented before him twelve men like pillars (strong and tall), among whom was one man more handsome than all of them. So the prophet began to bring them before the horn, but he saw no sign. At this the prophet said: Do you have any children besides these? The man said: Yes, O Prophet of Allah! I have a son of short stature; I felt ashamed to show him to people, so I have sent him among the goats (to graze them). The prophet asked: Where is he? He said: He is in such and such a valley. So the prophet went out to him (and when he saw him) said: Indeed this is the one. Then he placed the horn on his head and it gushed forth (with water)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When Allah Almighty created Adam (peace be upon him), He passed His hand over his back, and from his back came out all the souls that Allah was to create among his offspring until the Day of Resurrection. And Allah Almighty placed between the eyes of every human being among them a gleam of light. Then they were presented to Adam (peace be upon him), and he said: O my Lord! Who are these? Allah Almighty said: These are your offspring. Adam (peace be upon him) saw a man among them the gleam between whose eyes pleased him greatly. He said: O my Lord! Who is this? Allah Almighty said: This is a man from the last nations among your offspring, who is called Dawud. Adam (peace be upon him) asked: O Lord! How long have You set his lifespan? Allah Almighty said: Sixty years. Adam (peace be upon him) said: O my Lord! Take forty years from my lifespan and add them to his. So when the (appointed) lifespan of Adam (peace be upon him) was complete, the Angel of Death came to him. Adam (peace be upon him) said: Do forty years of my life not remain? The angel replied: Did you not give those forty years to your son Dawud? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: So Adam (peace be upon him) denied, and his offspring began to deny; he forgot, and his offspring began to forget; and he erred, and his offspring began to err." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Muhammad bin Ishaq (may Allah have mercy on him) that he said: "And between Musa (peace be upon him) and Dawud (peace be upon him) there was a span of five hundred and sixty-nine (569) years."

It is narrated from al-Suddi (may Allah have mercy on him) concerning the saying of Allah Almighty: "And We strengthened his kingdom" [Surah Sad: 20] , that he said: Every day and night four thousand, four thousand (that is, eight thousand in all) guards used to protect him. Al-Suddi further said: Dawud (peace be upon him) had divided his time (days) into three parts: one day for judging between the people, one day for withdrawing in seclusion for his worship, and one day for being with his wives. He had ninety-nine wives. In the books (scriptures) that he used to read, he would find the virtues of Ibrahim, Ishaq and Ya'qub (peace be upon them). When he read this in those books he said: "O my Lord! I see that my forefathers who passed before me have taken away all the good, so grant me the like of what You granted them, and deal with me as You dealt with them." The narrator says: So Allah Almighty revealed to him: "Your forefathers were put through trials with which you have not been tried: Ibrahim was tried with sacrificing his son, Ishaq was tried with the loss of his eyesight, and Ya'qub was tried with grief over separation from Yusuf, while you have not been tried with anything of that." Dawud (peace be upon him) said: "O my Lord! Try me as You tried them, and grant me the like of what You granted them." Allah Almighty revealed to him: "You are going to be tried, so be on your guard." He remained after that for as long as Allah willed, when Satan came to him, having taken the form of a dove of gold, until it landed between his feet while he was standing in prayer. He reached out to take it, and it flew off through the window. He looked to see where it would land and sent (someone) after it. Then he saw a woman bathing on her roof, and he saw that she was one of the most beautiful of women in form. She happened to glance round and saw him, so she let her hair down and covered herself with it, and that increased his desire for her. He asked about her and was told that she had a husband, and that her husband was away at such and such a frontier post. So he sent word to the commander of the frontier post ordering him to send him against such and such an enemy. He sent him, and victory was granted to him; he kept on sending him until he was killed the third time, and he (Dawud) married his wife. When he had gone in to her, only a short while passed before Allah sent two angels in the form of two men. They sought to enter upon him and found it was his day of worship, and the guards prevented them from entering upon him, so they climbed over the wall of the prayer chamber (mihrab) to him. While he was praying, he suddenly became aware of the two of them sitting before him, and he was alarmed by them. They said: Do not fear; we are only "two litigants, one of whom has wronged the other, so judge between us with truth and do not be unjust" [Surah Sad: 22] , meaning: do not deviate. And he mentioned the whole long account of his acknowledging his error.

Muhammad bin Ja'far bin Muhammad narrates from his father that he said: Allah Almighty chose for His prophethood and selected for His messengership Dawud bin Isha, and Allah Almighty gathered for him that light and wisdom, and in addition gave him the Zabur from Himself. Dawud bin Isha ruled for seventy (70) years; he did justice among the people, one with another, and judged between them with fairness and grace by means of what Allah had taught him and the wisdom He had granted him. Our Lord commanded the mountains and they obeyed him, iron was made soft for him by the command of Allah, and our Lord commanded the angels and they would carry the Ark (tabut) for him. Dawud (peace be upon him) continued to administer the knowledge of Allah and His light, judging according to what He made lawful and forbidding what He made unlawful, until, when Allah Almighty intended to call him to Himself (to take his soul), He revealed to him: "Entrust the light of Allah and His wisdom, what is manifest of it and what is hidden, to your son Sulayman bin Dawud." So he did so.

It is narrated from Imam al-Sha'bi concerning the saying of Allah Almighty: "And We have already written in the Zabur after the Reminder", that he said: "This means in the Zabur of Dawud (peace be upon him), after the mention of Musa (peace be upon him) (the Torah)." Then concerning "that the earth will be inherited by My righteous servants" [Surah al-Anbiya: 105] he said: "This means Paradise." (From here) begins the account of the Prophet of Allah Sulayman bin Dawud (peace be upon them both) and the kingship that Allah granted him.