It is narrated from Mus'ab bin Abdullah that: Al-Ahnaf bin Qays bin Husayn bin al-Nazzal bin Ubayd was a mukhadram (one who lived in both the pre-Islamic era and the era of Islam); he lived in the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sent his agent for collecting charity to his people, and al-Ahnaf helped the agent of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) fully, upon which the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) supplicated for him. He relates that: Al-Ahnaf's real name was al-Dahhak, and it is also said that it was Sakhr bin Qays bin Mu'awiyah bin Husayn. He was "ahnaf" (crooked in the foot) from birth, and his mother said in his childhood: "By Allah! Were it not for the crookedness in his foot, there would be no boy in the settlement like him." And he was the most forbearing man among all the Arabs.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna al-Ahnaf bin Qays (may Allah be pleased with him) that during the time of Sayyiduna Uthman bin Affan (may Allah be pleased with him), while I was performing tawaf of the House of Allah, a man from Banu Layth took hold of my hand and asked: Shall I not give you glad tidings? I said: Certainly. He said: Do you remember when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sent me to your people, Banu Sa'd, and I was presenting Islam to them, and you said: He (the Prophet) calls to good and commands righteousness? Then I told this to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) supplicated: "O Allah! Forgive al-Ahnaf bin Qays." So al-Ahnaf used to say: In my view, none of my deeds is more hopeful for me than this supplication.

It is narrated from Khalifah bin Khayyat that: Al-Aswad bin Sari' bin Himyar bin Ubadah bin al-Nazzal bin Murrah bin Ubayd; he had a house in Basrah next to the Jami' Mosque, on the side facing Banu Tamim, and he died during the caliphate of Sayyiduna Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna al-Aswad bin Sari' (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: O Messenger of Allah! Shall I not recite to you the words of praise with which I have praised my Lord, the Mighty and Majestic? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed, your Lord, the Mighty and Majestic, loves praise," and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said nothing more on that. This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna al-Aswad bin Sari' al-Tamimi (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: I came to the Prophet of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: O Prophet of Allah! I have composed some verses in which I have extolled Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, and praised you. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Recite what you have said in extolling Allah, and leave aside what you have said in praising me." So I began reciting. Just then a tall man with a prominent nose came in, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me: "Stop." When he left, he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Recite." I began reciting again. Only a little while had passed when he came back, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) again said: "Stop." When he left (again), he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Recite." I said: O Prophet of Allah! Who is this man at whose coming you say "Stop," and at whose leaving you say "Recite"? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "This is Umar bin al-Khattab, and he has nothing to do with falsehood (idle amusement)." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Khalifah bin Khayyat that: Jariyah bin Qudamah bin Zuhayr bin Husayn bin Razah bin As'ad bin Bujayr bin Rabi'ah bin Ka'b; his kunyah was Abu Ayyub and Abu Yazid, and he had a house in Basrah in Sikkat al-Bukhariyyah.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jariyah bin Qudamah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: O Messenger of Allah! Tell me something that will benefit me, and keep it short so that I may remember it. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Do not become angry." He (peace and blessings be upon him) repeated the same thing several times: "Do not become angry."

It is narrated from Urwah bin al-Zubayr that when the people set out for Hajj in the year 9 AH, Urwah bin Mas'ud al-Thaqafi, the paternal uncle of Sayyiduna al-Mughirah bin Shu'bah, came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) as a Muslim. He asked the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) for permission to return to his people. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I fear that they will kill you." He said: If they found me asleep, they would not wake me (that is, they honour me so much). So the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) gave him permission. He reached his people as a Muslim. At the time of Isha the people of Thaqif came to him, and he invited them to Islam. The people accused him, disobeyed him and made him hear things he had not expected. Then those people left him, until, when the time of suhur came and dawn broke, Urwah stood up in his house, called the adhan for the prayer and proclaimed the two testimonies of faith. Then a man of Thaqif shot him with an arrow and martyred him. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The example of Urwah is like that of the man of Ya-Sin; he called his people to Allah Almighty, and they killed him."

It is narrated from Khalifah bin Khayyat that: Mujashi' bin Mas'ud bin Tha'labah bin Wahb bin A'idh bin Rabi'ah; his kunyah was Abu Sulayman. The mother of him and of his brother Mujalid was Mulaykah bint Sufyan bin al-Harith bin Asad bin Khuzaymah. Mujashi' was martyred on the day of the Lesser Battle of the Camel in the year 36 AH, and was buried in his house among Banu Sulaym near Banu Sadus. He had more than one house in Basrah, one of which was near the Jami' Mosque.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Mujashi' bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: After the Conquest of Makkah, I brought my brother Mujalid to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: "O Messenger of Allah! I have brought my brother Mujalid to you so that you may take his pledge of allegiance for hijrah." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The people of hijrah have gone away with its merit." I said: "Then, O Messenger of Allah, on what will you take his pledge?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I take his pledge on Islam, faith and jihad."