It is narrated from Mus'ab bin Abdullah that Sayyidah Umm Farwah bint Abi Quhafah (may Allah be pleased with her) was the sister of Sayyiduna Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) and the paternal aunt of Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her). Her mother was Hind bint Nuqayd. Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) married her to al-Ash'ath bin Qays, and she bore him Muhammad, Ishaq, Habbanah and Qaribah. She lived on after the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Mention of Umaymah bint Ruqayqah (may Allah be pleased with her).

It is narrated from Sayyidah Umaymah bint Ruqayqah al-Tamimiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her) that she said: I pledged allegiance to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) together with the Muslim women. We said: O Messenger of Allah, we have come to you (peace and blessings be upon him) to pledge allegiance on the condition that we will not associate anything with Allah, we will not steal, we will not commit fornication, we will not kill our children, we will not bring forth a slander that we have invented between our hands and our feet, and we will not disobey you (peace and blessings be upon him) in anything good. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "In what you are able to do and have the strength for." We said: Allah and His Messenger are more merciful to us than we are to ourselves. Then we said: O Messenger of Allah, take our pledge. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Go, I have accepted your pledge. My speaking to one woman is like my speaking to a hundred women." And the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) did not shake hands with any woman among us.

It is narrated from Muhammad bin Umar (al-Waqidi) that in the name of Sayyidah Umaymah bint Ruqayqah, Ruqayqah is the name of her mother. Her father was Abdullah bin Bijad, and her mother, Ruqayqah bint Khuwaylid, was the sister of the Mother of the Believers Sayyidah Khadijah bint Khuwaylid (may Allah be pleased with her). Sayyidah Umaymah took up residence away from her homeland, and she was married to Habib bin Ku'ayb al-Thaqafi, by whom she had children. She lived on after the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and narrated reports from him (peace and blessings be upon him).

It is narrated from Muhammad bin al-Munkadir that Sayyidah Umaymah (may Allah be pleased with her), the maternal aunt of Sayyidah Fatimah (may Allah be pleased with her), the daughter of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), said: We pledged allegiance to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) took from us the pledge that we would not associate anything with Allah. After that, the narrator mentioned a report similar to the hadith of Ibn Ishaq. Mention of Sayyidah Barirah (may Allah be pleased with her), the freed slave-woman of Sayyidah Aishah. The two Shaykhs agreed on this hadith of Yazid bin Ruman from Urwah, that Barirah said: Three rulings of the Sunnah came about concerning me: meat was given to me as charity, and I gifted it to Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her), and so on (it is a long hadith), in which the wala' and the nine uqiyahs of the mukatabah (freedom contract) are mentioned. Mention of Layla, the slave-woman of Sayyidah Aishah.

It is narrated from Layla (may Allah be pleased with her), the freed slave-woman of Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her), that she said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) went to relieve himself. I went there afterwards and did not see anything there; rather, I noticed the fragrance of musk. I said: O Messenger of Allah, I did not see anything there! He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed, the earth has been commanded to absorb the waste of us, the community of prophets." Imam al-Hakim (may Allah have mercy on him) says: There still remained a group of the female Companions whom I have not mentioned, so that the book would not become lengthy and brevity would be maintained. Also, I have written a separate book on the virtues of the Companions, and after the pure wives I found virtues for only a few of the female Companions. So I sought Allah's guidance through istikharah and made this the conclusion of the book of the merits of the Companions. Now comes the mention of the virtues of the tribes. These are chapters that the two Shaykhs did not mention in their books, among them the mention of the virtues of Quraysh.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jubayr bin Mut'im (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "A man of Quraysh has as much strength as two men who are not of Quraysh." Imam al-Zuhri says that this refers to their understanding, insight and soundness of judgment. This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it.

Ubayd bin Rifa'ah bin Rafi' al-Zuraqi narrates from his father, and he from his grandfather (Rifa'ah bin Rafi', may Allah be pleased with him), that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him): "O Umar, gather your people (Quraysh) for me." So he gathered them, then he came to him (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: O Messenger of Allah, I have gathered them. Shall they come in to you, or will you come out to them? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Rather, I will come out to them." When the Muhajirun and the Ansar heard this, they said: Surely some revelation has come down concerning Quraysh. So the onlookers and listeners came to hear what would be said to them. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) stood among them and asked: "Is there anyone among you other than yourselves?" They said: Yes, among us are our allies, our sisters' sons and our freed slaves (mawali). The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Our allies are from us, our sisters' sons are from us, and our mawali are from us." Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Listen! My friends among you are those who are God-fearing. If you are those, then well and good; otherwise, look to yourselves, and look well, lest people come (on the Day of Resurrection) with deeds while you come with burdens (of sin), and you are turned away from." Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) called out in a loud voice and said three times: "Indeed, Quraysh are a trustworthy people. Whoever seeks out their stumbles (or tries to harm them), Allah will throw him down on his nose." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain, but the two Shaykhs did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he said: We were in the courtyard of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) when a woman passed by. A man among the people said: This is the daughter of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). Abu Sufyan said: The likeness of Muhammad among Banu Hashim is that of a fragrant flower in the midst of a stench. The woman went and informed the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) of this. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came out, and anger was evident on his blessed face (peace and blessings be upon him). He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "What is the matter with these people whose words are reaching me? Indeed, Allah, Mighty and Majestic, created seven heavens and chose the highest of them, and settled in it whomever He willed of His creation. Then He created the creation and chose the children of Adam; from the children of Adam He chose the Arabs; from the Arabs He chose the tribe of Mudar; from Mudar He chose Quraysh; from Quraysh He chose Banu Hashim; and from Banu Hashim He chose me. So I am the best of the best. Therefore, whoever loves the Arabs loves them because of his love for me, and whoever hates the Arabs hates them because of his hatred for me."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he said: Once we were sitting in the courtyard of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). Then the narrator mentioned the whole hadith in the same way, in full. It has also been said about this chain that it is narrated through Muhammad bin Dhakwan from Amr bin Dinar, and he from Abdullah bin Umar.

Amr bin Uthman bin Affan narrates from his father (Sayyiduna Uthman, may Allah be pleased with him) that he said to me: O my son, if you are ever made governor and put in charge of any affair of the people, then honor and respect Quraysh, for I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Whoever humiliates Quraysh, Allah, Mighty and Majestic, will disgrace him."