It is narrated from Urwah, regarding the names of those of Banu Zuhrah and their allies who took part in the Battle of Badr with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), that al-Miqdad bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) was among them.

Shabab al-Usfuri states that Ibn Ishaq said: Al-Miqdad (may Allah be pleased with him) is attributed to al-Aswad bin Abd Yaghuth bin Wahb bin Abd Manaf bin Zuhrah because he had taken him as his adopted son. And according to another view, he is attributed to al-Aswad bin Abi Qays bin Abd Manaf bin Zuhrah.

It is narrated from Sufyan bin Suhbanah al-Mahri that he said: I was a companion of al-Miqdad bin al-Aswad (may Allah be pleased with him) in the Days of Ignorance. He had killed someone among his people, because of which he fled to the tribe of Kindah and became their ally. Then there too blood was shed by him (someone was killed), so he fled to Makkah and became an ally of al-Aswad bin Abd Yaghuth; for this reason he is attributed to him (al-Aswad).

Muhammad bin Abdullah bin Numayr states that the kunyah of al-Miqdad bin al-Aswad (may Allah be pleased with him) was Abu Ma'bad. He passed away in the year thirty (30) AH, having reached about seventy years of age. He used to dye his beard yellow. He died at al-Juruf, from where he was carried on the shoulders of men (to Madinah); Sayyiduna Uthman bin Affan (may Allah be pleased with him) led his funeral prayer, and he was buried in Jannat al-Baqi'.

Muhammad bin Umar states: Al-Miqdad bin Amr bin Tha'labah bin Malik bin Rabi'ah (this is his lineage), and the narrator traced his lineage up to Quda'ah. His kunyah was Abu Ma'bad. In the Days of Ignorance he had made an alliance (a pact) with al-Aswad bin Abd Yaghuth al-Zuhri, who took him as his adopted son, because of which he was called al-Miqdad bin al-Aswad. Then when this verse of the Qur'an was revealed: "Call them (the adopted sons) by (the names of) their (real) fathers" [Surah al-Ahzab: 5] , he began to be called al-Miqdad bin Amr. According to the narration of Ibn Ishaq, al-Miqdad (may Allah be pleased with him) took part in the second emigration to Abyssinia. He took part in the Battles of Badr, Uhud, al-Khandaq and all the campaigns with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and he was counted among the renowned archers from the Companions of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him).

Ibn Umar (Muhammad bin Umar) states that Musa bin Ya'qub narrates from his paternal aunt, and she from her mother Karimah bint al-Miqdad, that she described the features of her father (al-Miqdad, may Allah be pleased with him) before the people and said: "He was tall, of a light brown complexion, with a large belly. The hair of his head was thick, and he used to dye his beard yellow; his beard was handsome, neither very thick nor very thin. His eyes were large, his eyebrows were joined together, and his nose was prominent." Karimah bint al-Miqdad further said: "Al-Miqdad (may Allah be pleased with him) passed away at al-Juruf, three miles from Madinah; he was carried on the shoulders of men and buried in Madinah. Uthman bin Affan (may Allah be pleased with him) led his funeral prayer. This happened in the year thirty-three (33) AH, and on the day he died he was around seventy years of age."

Muhammad narrated from Asim bin Umar and Abdullah bin Ja'far regarding the Mu'akhat (the establishing of brotherhood) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) established brotherhood between al-Miqdad and Jubayr bin Atik (may Allah be pleased with them both).

It is narrated from Sa'd bin Ibrahim that he said: Al-Miqdad bin al-Aswad (may Allah be pleased with him) came (to Makkah) and said: "I will become the ally of the most honoured person of this city." So he became the ally of al-Aswad bin Abd Yaghuth. The narrator said: He was called al-Miqdad bin al-Aswad, whereas in reality he is al-Miqdad bin Amr al-Bahrani, and not Ibn al-Aswad al-Kindi.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: I witnessed a deed of al-Miqdad (may Allah be pleased with him) such that had I been its doer, it would have been dearer to me than anything that could be weighed against it. He came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) while he was supplicating against the polytheists. Al-Miqdad (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "By Allah, O Messenger of Allah! We will not say to you what the people of Musa (peace be upon him) said to him: 'Go, you and your Lord, and fight; we are sitting right here.' [Surah al-Ma'idah: 24] Rather, we will fight (against the enemies) on your right, on your left, in front of you and behind you." Abdullah said: I saw the blessed face of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) light up at this, and it greatly pleased him. This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it!

It is narrated from Abu Rashid al-Hubrani that he said: I saw Sayyiduna al-Miqdad bin al-Aswad (may Allah be pleased with him), the guard of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), sitting in Hims on one of the chests of the money-changers; because of his size he was spilling over the chest (that is, his body was heavy), and he intended to go out for jihad. I said to him: "(Because of your age and weight) Allah Almighty has already excused you." He said: "Surah al-Buhuth (that is, Surah al-Tawbah) has refused to accept this excuse from us, (in which Allah says): 'Go forth, whether light or heavy.' [Surah al-Tawbah: 41] " The narrator Baqiyyah said that Surah al-Buhuth means Surah al-Tawbah. This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it. And I have already mentioned, at the beginning of the virtues of Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him), this hadith of Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him): The first seven people who openly declared their Islam were the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), Abu Bakr, Ammar, his mother Sumayyah, Suhayb, Bilal and al-Miqdad (may Allah be pleased with them).