Hisham bin Urwah narrates from his father, who said: I asked Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her): Did the hair of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) turn white? She said: Allah Almighty did not blemish him with white hair. This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain and is well-preserved (mahfuz) from Hisham, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Thabit that Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) was asked: How many of the Prophet's (peace and blessings be upon him) hairs were white? He said: Allah Almighty protected him from (excessive) old age; there were only nineteen or eighteen white hairs on his blessed head. This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Muslim, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it. These words (Allah protected him from old age) are well known from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her), but as a saying of Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) they are very gharib (singular).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Burdah (may Allah be pleased with him) that Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) brought out for us a patched cloak and a coarse waist-wrapper and said: "The soul of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was taken while he was in these two garments." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had a horse called "al-Murtajiz" (the melodious one). This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that the name of the horse of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was "al-Murtajiz"; the name of his (peace and blessings be upon him) she-camel was "al-Fasawa", of his mule "Duldul", of his donkey "Ufayr", of his coat of mail "al-Fudul", and the name of his (peace and blessings be upon him) sword was "Dhu al-Faqar".

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Maysarah al-Fajr (may Allah be pleased with him); he said: I said: O Messenger of Allah, when were you made a Prophet? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I was a Prophet even when Adam (peace be upon him) was still in the stage between the soul and the body." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it, and it is supported by the hadith of al-Awza'i, which is as follows:

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was asked: When was prophethood established for you? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "In the interval between the creation of Adam (peace be upon him) and the breathing of the soul into him."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Do not revile Waraqah (bin Nawfal), for I have seen one or two gardens for him (in Paradise)." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it. And the purpose of recording this hadith here is the following:

It is narrated from Abd al-Malik bin Abdullah bin Abi Sufyan bin al-Ala bin Jariyah al-Thaqafi (and he was a very reliable narrator); he said: Waraqah bin Nawfal bin Asad bin Abd al-Uzza composed these verses about the matters of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) that Sayyidah Khadijah (may Allah be pleased with her) had mentioned to him: "O people! How astonishing are the turns of time and destiny, and there is no changing what Allah has decreed. Even Khadijah calls me so that I may inform her, though she has no knowledge of the hidden matters of the unseen. She came to ask me about him (peace and blessings be upon him) so that I might tell her about a matter which, I think, will soon come to the people in the last age. She told me of something I had heard of in the ancient times and ages gone by: that Jibril (peace be upon him) would come to Ahmad (peace and blessings be upon him) and tell him that he has been sent to mankind. So I said: Perhaps the One in whom you place your hope will fulfil it for you, so hope for good and wait. And send him to me so that I may ask him about his affair, what he sees in sleep and in wakefulness. Then when he came to us and spoke such astonishing words that the skin and the hair on the upper body stood on end, (he told us:) I saw the Trustworthy one of Allah (the angel), who confronted me in a most awe-inspiring form. Then it continued, and the fear from the trees around me that were greeting me almost terrified me. So I said: My guess is (and who knows whether this guess of mine will prove true) that you will soon be sent and will recite the revealed surahs, and if you proclaim your call, I will sacrifice my life for you by striving (jihad) alongside you, without any reproach of favour and without any resentment."

It is narrated from Qubath bin Ashyam al-Kinani al-Laythi (may Allah be pleased with him); he said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was made a Prophet exactly forty years after the Year of the Elephant. This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it. Imam Bukhari recorded the hadith of Ikrimah from Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he (peace and blessings be upon him) was sent at the age of forty. And the proof of the soundness of the hadith of Qubath bin Ashyam is that the leader of the Tabi'in adopted this very view.