Al-Musayyab bin Rafi' narrates that when Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) lost his sight, a man came to him and said: "If you agree for seven days that you will pray only lying down, by gestures, I will treat you, and you will recover, if Allah wills." He sent word for advice to Sayyidah Aishah and Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with them both) and other Companions, and all of them said: "Just consider: if you were to die during these seven days, what would become of those prayers of yours (which you prayed lying down)?" So he did not have his eye treated and left it as it was. Next follows the mention of the merits of Sayyiduna Awf bin Malik al-Ashja'i (may Allah be pleased with him).

Khalifah bin Khayyat narrates that the kunyah of Awf bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) was Abu Abd al-Rahman, and according to one view Abu Amr, and he lived in Syria (al-Sham).

The kunyah of Awf bin Malik al-Ashja'i (may Allah be pleased with him) was Abu Muhammad, and his residence was in Hims.

Hisham bin Muhammad al-Kalbi narrates that when the command of zakah was revealed, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sent Sayyiduna Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) to Sayyiduna Awf bin Malik al-Ashja'i (may Allah be pleased with him). Abu Bakr said to Awf: "Allah Almighty has revealed the command of sadaqah (zakah)." He asked: "What is sadaqah?" He said: "One camel out of every forty camels." Awf said: "Take any camel you choose from among these camels." Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) chose a camel that was suited for his saddle (for travelling). Awf said: "This is my own riding camel (that is, it is very valuable)." Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "This is better for increasing your reward." Awf said: "Then take its young one along with it as well." So Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) brought that camel and its young one to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and described all of Awf's conduct. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Go back to him and give him the glad tidings that Allah has built a palace for him in Paradise."

Muhammad bin Umar narrates that Sayyiduna Awf bin Malik al-Ashja'i (may Allah be pleased with him) took part in the Battle of Khaybar with the Muslims, and on the day of the Conquest of Makkah the banner of the tribe of Ashja' was with him. Then, during the caliphate of Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him), he moved to Syria and settled in Hims. He lived until the beginning of the caliphate of Abd al-Malik bin Marwan and died in the year 73 AH. His kunyah was Abu Amr.

Sayyiduna Awf bin Malik al-Ashja'i (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: I came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) during the Battle of Tabuk. It was the last part of the pre-dawn time, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) was in his tent. I greeted him with salam and asked: "O Messenger of Allah, may I come in?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Come in." I asked: "Shall I come in completely?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Yes, come in completely." Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Six signs will appear before the Hour: the first is the death of your Prophet - say: one." I said: One. "The second is the conquest of Bayt al-Maqdis - say: two." I said: Two. "The third is a plague that will destroy you suddenly, just as the throat disease (qu'as) destroys sheep - say: three." I said: Three. "The fourth is that wealth will become so abundant among you that a man will be given a hundred dinars and will still remain displeased with it (that is, he will consider it little) - say: four." I said: Four. "The fifth is a tribulation that will arise among you, and hardly any tent or house of clay will remain which it does not enter - say: five." I said: Five. "And the sixth is a truce that will be between you and Banu al-Asfar (the Romans). They will gather an army against you for nine months (the length of a woman's pregnancy); then they will betray you and advance upon you under eighty banners, and under every banner there will be twelve thousand soldiers."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Awf bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "My Ummah will split into seventy-odd sects. The greatest of them in terms of tribulation for my Ummah will be a group who will judge matters by analogy with their own opinion, and so (in this way) they will make the unlawful lawful and the lawful unlawful."

Ibrahim bin Ishaq al-Harbi narrated from Mus'ab bin Abdullah al-Zubayri; he said: The first child born among the Muslims after the Hijrah was Sayyiduna Abdullah bin al-Zubayr bin al-Awwam bin Khuwaylid bin Asad bin Abd al-Uzza. His mother is Sayyidah Asma bint Abi Bakr al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with them both), and his maternal grandmother was Qatlah bint Abd al-Uzza bin Abd Asad bin Nasr bin Malik bin Hisl bin Amir bin Lu'ayy. Abdullah's kunyah was Abu Bakr.

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) named Sayyiduna Abdullah bin al-Zubayr "Abdullah".

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both); he said: The Islamic calendar began from the year in which the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came to Madinah, and in that same year Sayyiduna Abdullah bin al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with them both) was born.