It is narrated from Imam al-Sha'bi (may Allah have mercy on him) that Sayyiduna al-Mughirah bin Shu'bah (may Allah be pleased with him) remained governor of Kufah for ten years and passed away in the year 50 AH; then Sayyiduna Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) handed over the governorship of Kufah to Ziyad. The narrations are entirely sound that Sayyiduna al-Mughirah (may Allah be pleased with him) became governor of Kufah in the year 41 AH and passed away in the year 50 AH.

It is narrated from Abdullah bin Zalim that Sayyiduna al-Mughirah bin Shu'bah (may Allah be pleased with him) used to revile Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) in his sermons, and he had appointed preachers who would revile him. Once, while he was delivering a sermon and saying unseemly words about Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), Sayyiduna Sa'id bin Zayd bin Amr bin Nufayl al-Adawi (may Allah be pleased with him) was seated beside me. He struck my hand with his hand and said: "Do you see what this man is saying? (Or he said: what these people are saying?) I bear witness concerning these nine persons that they are in Paradise, and if I were to swear an oath concerning the tenth as well, I would be truthful. We were with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) on (Mount) Hira: myself, Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman, Ali, Talhah, al-Zubayr, Sa'd and Abd al-Rahman bin Awf (may Allah be pleased with them), and the mountain began to tremble. At this the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'Be still! For upon you there is none but a Prophet, a Siddiq or a martyr.'"

It is narrated from Sayyiduna al-Mughirah bin Shu'bah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: One night we were travelling with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). He (peace and blessings be upon him) struck the neck of my she-camel with his hand and then asked: "Do you have water?" I said: Yes, I have this leather water-skin with me. The narrator says: Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) dismounted and relieved himself, then came to me and asked: "Do you need to relieve yourself?" I said: No. So he (peace and blessings be upon him) washed his hands three times, rinsed his mouth three times, put water into his nose three times and washed his blessed face three times. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) wanted to bring out his forearms, but he (peace and blessings be upon him) was wearing a narrow-sleeved woollen cloak, so he (peace and blessings be upon him) could not bring his forearms out of it. So he (peace and blessings be upon him) brought his hands out from under the cloak and then washed his forearms three times each. After that he (peace and blessings be upon him) wiped over his head and wiped over his leather socks. Then we went on and reached the people, and Sayyiduna Abd al-Rahman bin Awf (may Allah be pleased with him) was leading them in prayer. I wanted to inform him of the presence of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), but he (peace and blessings be upon him) stopped me. So we prayed one rak'ah with them and then completed our second rak'ah (after the salam). This hadith is gharib and sahih in its chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it with this wording.

It is narrated from Abu Wa'il that he said: I was present at the Battle of Qadisiyyah. Sayyiduna al-Mughirah bin Shu'bah (may Allah be pleased with him) set out (towards Rustam). When he came near Rustam's throne, he leapt up and sat with him on the throne. At this the courtiers made snorting sounds of contempt. Sayyiduna al-Mughirah bin Shu'bah (may Allah be pleased with him) said to them: "Why are you alarmed at this? I will get up now and go back to my place, and this master of yours will return to his place." They said: Tell us why you have come here. Sayyiduna al-Mughirah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "We were astray; then Allah Almighty raised among us a Prophet who guided us to His religion and granted us provision. Among that provision was a grain that is found in these lands of yours. When we ate it and fed our families, they said: We will have no rest until you settle us in these lands." They said: In that case we will kill you. Sayyiduna al-Mughirah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "If you kill us, we will enter Paradise, and if we kill you, you will go to the Fire (Hell)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Qurrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that on the day of the Battle of Qadisiyyah, Sayyiduna al-Mughirah bin Shu'bah (may Allah be pleased with him) was sent as an envoy to the chief of the Persians. He said: "Send ten men with me." So they sent ten men with him. He put his garments in order, took a small shield and went until they reached them. He said: "Put down a shield for me to sit on," and then he sat on it. That non-Arab said: "O people of the Arabs! I know what has driven you to come to us. You are a people who do not find enough food in your land to eat your fill. Take from us as much grain as you need, for we are a Magian people and we dislike shedding your blood, lest you make our land impure." Sayyiduna al-Mughirah (may Allah be pleased with him) replied: "By Allah! That is not why we have come. Rather, we were a people who worshipped stones and idols; when we saw a stone better than another, we would throw the first away and take up the other. We did not know our Lord, until Allah sent to us a Messenger from among ourselves. He invited us to Islam and we followed him. We have not come for food; rather, we have been commanded to fight our enemy who has not accepted Islam. We have come here to kill your fighters and to take your offspring captive. As for what you said about food, by my life! We truly did not have enough food to eat our fill, and sometimes we did not even get enough water to drink. Then we came to this land of yours and found abundant food and water here. So by Allah! We will not leave this place until this land becomes either ours or yours." At this the non-Arab said in Persian: "He has spoken the truth." Then he said: "Your eye will be put out tomorrow." And the very next day his eye was lost; an arrow had struck him. This hadith is gharib and sahih in its chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Mus'ab bin Abdullah that Sayyiduna Rukanah bin Abd Yazid bin Hashim bin al-Muttalib bin Abd Manaf (may Allah be pleased with him) passed away in Madinah in the early period of the rule of Sayyiduna Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him), in the year 40 AH.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Rukanah bin Abd Yazid (may Allah be pleased with him) that he wrestled with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) threw him down. Sayyiduna Rukanah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: "The difference between us and the polytheists is (wearing) turbans over caps."

It is narrated from Muhammad bin Abdullah bin Numayr that Sayyiduna Amr bin al-As (may Allah be pleased with him) passed away in the year 42 AH.

It is narrated from Mus'ab bin Abdullah al-Zubayri that Sayyiduna Abu Abdullah Amr bin al-As bin Wa'il bin Hashim bin Su'ayd bin Sahm bin Amr bin Husays bin Ka'b bin Lu'ayy bin Ghalib (may Allah be pleased with him) was short in stature and used to dye his hair black. His mother's name was al-Nabighah bint Khuzaymah bin al-Harith; it is also said that she was al-Nabighah bint Harmalah, a captive from the tribe of Anazah. His maternal brother was Urwah bin Abi Uthathah al-Adawi, who was among those who emigrated to Abyssinia, while his full brother Hisham bin al-As (may Allah be pleased with him) was martyred at the Battle of Ajnadayn. According to one report, Sayyiduna Amr bin al-As (may Allah be pleased with him) passed away in the year 51 AH. And Allah knows best.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The two sons of al-As are believers: Hisham and Amr (may Allah be pleased with them both)."