It is narrated from Mus'ab bin Abdullah al-Zubayri that Huwaytib bin Abd al-Uzza bin Abi Qays bin Abd Wadd bin Nasr bin Malik bin Hisl al-Amiri was among those who accepted Islam at the Conquest of Makkah. He died in the last part of the governorship of Sayyiduna Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him), at the age of one hundred and twenty. His mother, and the mother of his brother Ruhm bin Abd al-Uzza, was Zaynab bint Alqamah bin Ghazwan bin Yarbu' bin Munqidh bin Amr bin Mu'ays. Huwaytib sold a house in Madinah to Sayyiduna Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) for forty thousand dinars. When people expressed amazement at this large sum, he said: "What are forty thousand dinars to a man who has four dependents?"

It is narrated from Huwaytib bin Abd al-Uzza that he said: In the Age of Ignorance we were sitting one day in the courtyard of the Ka'bah when suddenly a woman came seeking the refuge of the Ka'bah from her husband. Her husband came after her and stretched out his hand to seize her, and his hand withered (dried up) on the spot. I saw him in the era of Islam, and he was indeed crippled.

Ibrahim bin Ja'far bin Mahmud bin Muhammad bin Maslamah al-Ashhali narrates from his father that Sayyiduna Huwaytib bin Abd al-Uzza (may Allah be pleased with him) lived to the age of one hundred and twenty years, sixty of which he spent in the Age of Ignorance and sixty in Islam. When Marwan bin al-Hakam became governor of Madinah for the first time, Huwaytib bin Abd al-Uzza went to him together with eminent elders such as Hakim bin Hizam and Makhramah bin Nawfal. They conversed there and then departed. Some time after that Huwaytib went to Marwan again and talked with him. Marwan asked him how old he was. When he told him his age, Marwan said: "O elder! Your acceptance of Islam was delayed so long that the young outstripped you." Huwaytib replied: "By Allah! Not once but many times I firmly resolved to accept Islam, but every time your father (al-Hakam bin al-As) stood in the way and stopped me. He would say: 'Will you abandon the honour of your forefathers and their ancient religion for the sake of a newly invented religion and become someone's follower?'" Hearing this, Marwan fell silent and regretted what he had said. Then Huwaytib added: "Did Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) not tell you how much harm he suffered from your father when he accepted Islam?" This increased Marwan's grief further. Then Huwaytib said: "Among the elders of Quraysh who remained on the religion of their people until the Conquest of Makkah, there was none who disliked the Conquest of Makkah more than I did, but the decrees of destiny cannot be averted. I took part in the Battle of Badr with the idolaters and saw lessons with my own eyes there: I saw the angels killing and taking captives between the heaven and the earth, and I became certain that this man (Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him)) was protected by Allah. But I did not mention to anyone what I had seen. Then we returned to Makkah in defeat and stayed in Makkah, while the men of Quraysh accepted Islam one by one. Then on the day of al-Hudaybiyah I was present at the peace treaty and exerted myself to bring the matter to completion. Throughout this my heart kept inclining towards Islam, but Allah does what He wills. When the treaty was written, I was among its witnesses. At that time I said: Quraysh will see from Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) only what displeases them, for they were content merely to hold him off with their bare hands. Then when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came for the Umrah of al-Qada' and Quraysh went out of Makkah, Suhayl bin Amr and I were among those who remained behind in Makkah so that we could send the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) away when the appointed time ended. So when the period of three days was over, Suhayl bin Amr and I came to him (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: The term of your condition has been fulfilled; now leave our city. Thereupon he (peace and blessings be upon him) called out loudly: 'O Bilal! Let not the sun set while anyone of the Muslims who came with us remains in Makkah.'"

Through the chain of Muhammad bin Umar (al-Waqidi), Ibrahim bin Ja'far bin Mahmud narrates from his father, and al-Mundhir bin Jahm also narrates, that Sayyiduna Huwaytib bin Abd al-Uzza (may Allah be pleased with him) said: When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) entered Makkah in the year of the Conquest, I became extremely afraid. I left my house and scattered my family in different places so that they would be safe. Then I went and hid in the garden of Awf. There I met Sayyiduna Abu Dharr al-Ghifari (may Allah be pleased with him). There was a close friendship between him and me, and friendship is always beneficial. When I saw him, I began to run away from him (in fear). He called out: "O Abu Muhammad!" I answered: "Labbayk (Here I am)." He asked: "What is the matter with you?" I said: "I am afraid." He said: "There is no fear for you. Come, you are under the protection of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic." So I came back to him and greeted him with salam. He said: "Go to your house." I said: "Where is there a way for me to my house? By Allah! I do not think I will reach my house alive; rather, before that I will be seized and killed, or they will break into my house and kill me. And my family are also in scattered places." He said: "Gather your family in one place, and I will go with you to your house." So he went with me and kept calling out along the way: "Indeed Huwaytib has been granted safety, so let no one harm him." Then Sayyiduna Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) went to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and informed him (peace and blessings be upon him). He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Have not all the people been granted safety, except those whom I ordered to be killed?" Huwaytib says: At this I was reassured, and I brought my family back to their homes. Then Sayyiduna Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) came to me again and said to me: "O Abu Muhammad! Until when, and how far? You have been left behind in all the battles; much good has escaped you, but much good still remains. So go to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and accept Islam, so that you may be safe. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) is the most righteous of people, the most attentive to the ties of kinship and the most forbearing. His honour is your honour, and his might is your might." I said: "I will go with you and present myself before him (peace and blessings be upon him)." So I went out with him until I came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) at al-Batha'. At that time Sayyiduna Abu Bakr and Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) were with him (peace and blessings be upon him). I stood by his head (peace and blessings be upon him) and asked Sayyiduna Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) what should be said when greeting him (peace and blessings be upon him). He said: "Say: 'As-salamu alayka ayyuha an-Nabiyyu wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh' (Peace be upon you, O Prophet, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings)." I said those same words, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) replied: "And upon you be peace, O Huwaytib!" Then I said: "I bear witness that there is no true god except Allah and that you are the Messenger of Allah." The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "All praise is for Allah, who has guided you." Huwaytib says: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was very pleased at my acceptance of Islam. He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked me for a loan of wealth, and I lent him (peace and blessings be upon him) forty thousand dirhams. I took part with him (peace and blessings be upon him) in the Battles of Hunayn and Ta'if, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) gave me one hundred camels from the spoils of Hunayn.

Abd al-Rahman bin Abi al-Zinad narrates from his father that Sayyiduna Huwaytib bin Abd al-Uzza (may Allah be pleased with him) sold his house in Makkah to Sayyiduna Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) for forty thousand dinars. It was said to him: O Abu Muhammad! Forty thousand dinars (is a very large sum)! He replied: "What are forty thousand dinars to a man who has five dependents?" Abd al-Rahman bin Abi al-Zinad says: At that time he gave priority to providing their food for every month. The narrator says: Then Huwaytib moved to Madinah and settled there. His house there was at al-Balat, near the writers of the Mushafs. Huwaytib bin Abd al-Uzza (may Allah be pleased with him) died in Madinah in 54 AH, and at the time of his death he was one hundred and twenty years old. Mention of the virtues of Sayyiduna Yazid bin Shajarah al-Rahawi (may Allah be pleased with him).

It is narrated from Mus'ab bin Abdullah al-Zubayri that Abu Shajarah Yazid bin Shajarah al-Rahawi (may Allah be pleased with him), the Companion of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), died in the land of Rum in 58 AH.

It is narrated from Abd al-Aziz bin Hamzah that he said: I heard Yazid bin Shajarah (may Allah be pleased with him) in the land of Rum saying: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Swords are the keys of Paradise."

Mujahid narrates from Sayyiduna Yazid bin Shajarah al-Rahawi (may Allah be pleased with him), who was one of the commanders of Syria, and Sayyiduna Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) used to appoint him to lead the armies. One day he addressed us and said: "O people! Remember the blessings of Allah upon you. If only you could see what I see (of lights and manifestations) in black, red, green and white, and see what (good and blessing) there is in these saddles! Indeed, when the prayer is established, the gates of the heaven, the gates of Paradise and the gates of Hell are opened, and the wide-eyed maidens (hur al-'in) are adorned and they look down (upon the battlefield). Then when one of you advances to fight, they supplicate: (O Allah!) Keep him firm, (O Allah!) Help him. And when he turns his back, they veil themselves from him and say: O Allah, forgive him; O Allah, have mercy on him. So fall upon the faces of the enemy, may my father and mother be ransomed for you! For when one of you advances (on the battlefield), as soon as the first drop of his blood falls, his sins fall away from him just as the leaves of a tree fall, and two of the wide-eyed maidens descend to him and wipe the dust from his face. He asks them: Since when have you been (waiting for me)? They say: No, rather you tell us since when you have been (on your way to us)? And he is clothed in a hundred robes such that if they were placed between these two fingers of mine, meaning the index finger and the middle finger, they would fit between them. They are not woven by human beings, but are from the garments of Paradise. Surely you are recorded with Allah by your names, your marks, your ornaments, your secret conversations and your gatherings. Then when the Day of Resurrection comes, it will be said: O so-and-so! This is your light; and O so-and-so! You have no light. And indeed Hell has a shore like the shore of the sea, in which there are venomous creatures and snakes like palm trees, and scorpions like mules. When the people of Hell cry out for relief (from the punishment), it will be said: Go out to that shore. So they will go out, and those harmful creatures will seize their lips and faces, and will keep them covered for as long as Allah wills. Then they will flee from them, seeking refuge back in the Fire. And itching will be set upon them until they scratch their skin so that the bone becomes visible. Then one of them will say to another: O so-and-so! Does this hurt you? He will say: Yes. Then he will say: This is because of how you used to hurt the believers."

Mention of the merits of Sayyiduna Maslamah bin Mukhallad al-Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him). It is narrated from Mus'ab bin Abdullah al-Zubayri that the kunyah of Maslamah bin Mukhallad bin al-Samit bin Niyar al-Khazraji was Abu Ma'n. According to one view he died in Egypt, and according to another in Madinah in 60 AH. He took part in the Battle of Uhud and in all the other battles. Concerning him Sayyiduna Hassan bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him) says (in pride): "Know that this is my maternal uncle, of whom I am proud; so (if anyone has the courage) let every man show me his maternal uncle (who is like him)."

It is narrated from Ibrahim bin Maysarah that he said: I heard Mujahid saying: "I prayed behind Maslamah bin Mukhallad in Egypt. He recited Surah al-Baqarah and did not drop (by mistake) even a single waw or alif from it."