It is narrated from Yazid bin Amirah that when the time of death drew near for Sayyiduna Mu'adh bin Jabal (may Allah be pleased with him), it was said to him: O Abu Abd al-Rahman! Give us advice. He said: Sit me up. Then he said: Indeed, knowledge and faith remain (firm) in their place; whoever seeks them will find them. He said this three times. And seek knowledge from these four people: Uwaymir Abu al-Darda, Salman al-Farisi, Abdullah bin Mas'ud, and Abdullah bin Salam (may Allah be pleased with them), who was formerly a Jew and then accepted Islam, for I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "He is the tenth of ten (given glad tidings) in Paradise." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain, but the two Shaykhs did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Sa'd bin Abi Waqqas (may Allah be pleased with him) that a bowl of food was brought to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). He (peace and blessings be upon him) ate from it and some food was left over. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "A man from the people of Paradise will now appear from this mountain pass and he will eat this leftover food." Sayyiduna Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with him) says: I had left my brother Umayr performing ablution (as I came), so I said (to myself): It will be Umayr. But Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Salam (may Allah be pleased with him) came and ate that food. This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain, but the two Shaykhs did not record it.

It is narrated from Ibn Ishaq concerning the lineage of Sayyiduna Salamah bin Salamah bin Waqsh (may Allah be pleased with him) that he is Salamah bin Salamah bin Waqsh bin Zughbah bin Za'ura bin Abd al-Ashhal bin Jumah bin Jusham bin al-Harith bin al-Khazraj bin Amr bin Malik bin Aws.

It is narrated from Urwah, in the mention of those of the Ansar, then of the Aws, then of Banu Abd al-Ashhal, who took part in the pledge of al-Aqabah, that Sayyiduna Salamah bin Waqsh (may Allah be pleased with him) took part in the battle of Badr.

It is narrated from Muhammad bin Umar that the kunyah of Sayyiduna Salamah bin Salamah bin Waqsh (may Allah be pleased with him) was "Abu Awf". According to the statement of all the historians, he took part in the first pledge of al-Aqabah and the second pledge of al-Aqabah along with the seventy Companions, and they all agree that Sayyiduna Salamah (may Allah be pleased with him) took part in the battles of Badr, Uhud and the Trench and in all the battles with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). He died in the year 45 AH at the age of seventy and was buried in Madinah.

It is narrated from Shabab bin Khayyat that Abu Awf, Sayyiduna Salamah bin Salamah bin Waqsh (may Allah be pleased with him), died in the year 45 AH and was laid to rest in Madinah.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Salamah bin Salamah bin Waqsh (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: We had a Jewish neighbour among Banu Abd al-Ashhal. One day he came out of his house and came and stood by the gathering of Banu Abd al-Ashhal. Salamah says: At that time I was a young man, wearing a cloak and lying in the courtyard of my family's house. That Jew mentioned the Resurrection, being raised again, the reckoning, the Scale, Paradise and Hell. He was saying these things before those people of Yathrib who were idol-worshippers and did not believe in being brought back to life after death. They said to him: "Woe to you, O so-and-so! Do you think that this is really going to happen, that people will be raised after death to Paradise and Hell and will be recompensed there for their deeds?" He replied: "Yes, by the One by whom oaths are sworn!" They asked: "O so-and-so! What is the sign of that?" Pointing with his hand towards Makkah, he said: "A Prophet is going to be sent from the direction of these lands." They asked: "When do you think he will appear?" He looked at me, and I was the youngest of them all in age, and said: "If this boy lives out his life, he will reach him (the time of that Prophet)." Salamah says: By Allah! Not many days and nights had passed before Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, sent the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), while that Jew was still alive among us. We believed in him (peace and blessings be upon him), but he disbelieved out of rebellion and envy. We said to him: "Woe to you, O so-and-so! Are you not the one who told us all this about him (peace and blessings be upon him)?" He said: "Yes, but this is not him (that Prophet)." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Imam Muslim, but the two Shaykhs did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Salamah bin Salamah bin Waqsh (may Allah be pleased with him) that he and Jubayrah bin Mahmud attended a feast. Salamah was in a state of ablution. They ate, and then when they came out, Salamah performed ablution again. Jubayrah asked him: "Were you not in a state of ablution?" He replied: "Certainly, but I saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him): we came out of a similar feast to which we had been invited, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was in a state of ablution. He (peace and blessings be upon him) ate and then performed ablution, so I said: O Messenger of Allah! Were you not in a state of ablution? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'Yes, but new circumstances keep occurring, and this (food) is among the things that have occurred.'" Layth bin Sa'd says that Zayd bin Jubayrah reported from his father Jubayrah bin Mahmud that Sayyiduna Salamah (may Allah be pleased with him) was the last of the Companions of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) to die, except for Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him), who remained alive after him.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Salamah bin Salamah bin Waqsh (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) made this supplication: 'Allahumma ighfir lil-Ansar, wa li-abna'il-Ansar, wa li-mawalil-Ansar' (O Allah, forgive the Ansar, forgive the sons of the Ansar, and forgive also the allies (freed slaves) of the Ansar).

It is narrated from Urwah bin al-Zubayr that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), while going towards Badr, met a Bedouin at al-Rawha. The people asked him for news of the enemy, but he had no information. The Companions said to him: Greet the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) with peace. He asked in amazement: Is the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) among you? They said: Yes. The Bedouin said: If you really are the Messenger of Allah, then tell me what is in the belly of this she-camel of mine? Then Sayyiduna Salamah bin Salamah bin Waqsh (may Allah be pleased with him), who was still a young lad, replied: Do not ask the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) this; I will tell you: you mounted her with lust, so in her belly is your own offspring. At this the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Salamah! You have spoken indecently to this man." Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) turned away from that man and did not speak a word to him, until, when the Companions returned (from Badr), the Muslims met them at al-Rawha and began to congratulate them. Sayyiduna Salamah bin Salamah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: O Messenger of Allah! What are these people congratulating us for? By Allah! We found there (in the enemy army) only bald old men like tethered camels, and we killed them. So the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed, every people has its own firasah (insight), and only the nobles recognise it." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain, even though it is mursal, and it contains mention of a merit of Sayyiduna Salamah bin Salamah (may Allah be pleased with him).