It is narrated from Sayyiduna al-Muhajir bin Qunfudh (may Allah be pleased with him); he said: I passed by the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) while he (peace and blessings be upon him) was performing ablution. I greeted him with salam, but he (peace and blessings be upon him) did not respond. Then, when he (peace and blessings be upon him) had finished the ablution, he returned my greeting and, apologising to me, said: "Nothing prevented me from returning your greeting except that I disliked mentioning the name of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, without being in a state of purity."

Mention of the virtues of Sayyiduna Ka'b bin Ujrah al-Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him). It is narrated from Ahmad bin Zuhayr that Ka'b bin Ujrah bin Adi al-Ansari, whose forefathers were called "al-Qawaqil", entered the state of ihram from Syria at the time when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) set out for al-Hudaybiyah intending Umrah. His arrival coincided with the departure of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), so he went with him (peace and blessings be upon him). Ka'b bin Ujrah (may Allah be pleased with him) was an ally of Banu Awf bin al-Harith.

It is narrated from Abu Thumamah; he said: I met Sayyiduna Ka'b bin Ujrah (may Allah be pleased with him) and asked: O Abu Muhammad, what did the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) order you at the time of al-Hudaybiyah regarding your ihram? He said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me: "Shave your head, shave your head."

It is narrated from Muhammad bin Umar that Sayyiduna Ka'b bin Ujrah (may Allah be pleased with him) passed away in Madinah in 52 AH, and at that time he was 75 years old.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to Sayyiduna Ka'b bin Ujrah (may Allah be pleased with him): "O Ka'b bin Ujrah, I seek refuge for you with Allah from the rule of the foolish." He said: O Messenger of Allah, what is the rule of the foolish? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "There will be rulers after me; whoever goes in to them, affirms their lies and helps them in their oppression, then he has nothing to do with me and I have nothing to do with him, and he will never come to me at the Pond (al-Kawthar)."

It is narrated from Muhammad bin Umar that the lineage of Abu Qatadah is: Abu Qatadah bin Rib'i bin Baldamah bin Khunas bin Sinan bin Ubayd bin Adi bin Ghanm bin Ka'b bin Salimah bin Sa'd bin Ali bin Asad bin Saridah bin Tazid bin Jusham bin al-Khazraj. There is a difference of opinion about his name: Muhammad bin Ishaq used to say that his name was al-Harith bin Rib'i; Abdullah bin Muhammad bin Umarah said that his name was al-Nu'man bin Rib'i; and some said Amr bin Rib'i. He took part in the battles of Uhud and al-Khandaq and all the engagements after them alongside the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him).

Yahya bin Abdullah bin Abi Qatadah narrates from his father, and he from Sayyiduna Abu Qatadah (may Allah be pleased with him), that on the day of Dhu Qarad the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) met me. He (peace and blessings be upon him) looked at me and supplicated: 'Allahumma barik lahu fi sha'rihi wa basharihi' (O Allah, bless him in his hair and his skin), and said: "May your face prosper." I said: And your face too, O Messenger of Allah. He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "Did you kill Mas'adah?" I said: Yes. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Then what is this (mark) on your face?" I said: O Messenger of Allah, an arrow struck me. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Come close." I came close, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) applied his saliva to it, and after that the wound never ached nor did it ever fester. Yahya bin Abdullah says that Sayyiduna Abu Qatadah (may Allah be pleased with him) passed away in Madinah in 54 AH, when he was seventy years old. Muhammad bin Umar (al-Waqidi) says that among the children of Abu Qatadah and the people of Madinah there is no disagreement that he passed away in Madinah; however, the people of Kufah have narrated that he passed away in Kufah.

It is narrated from Ibrahim bin al-Mundhir that Abu Qatadah bin Rib'i (may Allah be pleased with him), one of Banu Salimah, passed away in Madinah in 54 AH, when he was seventy years old. Mention of the virtues of Sayyiduna Thawban (may Allah be pleased with him), the freed slave of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him).

It is narrated from Yahya bin Ma'in that the kunyah of Thawban, the mawla (freed slave) of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), was Abu Abdullah.

It is narrated from Khalifah bin Khayyat that Thawban (may Allah be pleased with him), the mawla of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), was originally from Yemen. He came as a captive of war, then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) favoured him and set him free. His kunyah was Abu Abdullah, and he passed away in Egypt in 54 AH.