It is narrated from Sayyiduna al-Zubayr bin al-Awwam (may Allah be pleased with him) that on the day of Uhud the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) presented a sword and said: "Who will take this sword with its due right?" I stood up and said: O Messenger of Allah! I will. But he (peace and blessings be upon him) turned away from me. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) asked the same again; I stood up again and said: O Messenger of Allah! I will. He (peace and blessings be upon him) turned away again. Then, when he (peace and blessings be upon him) said the same a third time, Sayyiduna Abu Dujanah Simak bin Kharashah (may Allah be pleased with him) stood up and said: O Messenger of Allah! I take it with its due right, but what is its due right? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "That you do not kill a Muslim with it, and that you do not flee with it from a disbeliever." The narrator says: He (peace and blessings be upon him) handed that sword to him. It was the habit of Abu Dujanah (may Allah be pleased with him) that when he firmly intended to fight, he would tie a band around his head as a sign of it. Sayyiduna al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with him) says: I said (to myself): Today I will certainly see what feats he shows. So whichever enemy came before him, he cut him down, until he reached the women at the foot of the mountain who were beating their tambourines, and one woman among them was reciting these verses: "We are the daughters of the highborn, we walk upon precious velvet cushions; if you stand firm (before the enemy), we will embrace you warmly and spread out the beds, and if you turn your backs and flee, we will part from you as one who hates parts." Sayyiduna al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with him) says: Abu Dujanah raised his sword to kill a woman, but then held back his hand. When the battle was over, I said to him: I saw all the scenes of your bravery, but I did not understand your raising the sword against the woman and then not striking her. He replied: By Allah! I honoured the sword of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) too much to kill a woman with it. This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs did not record it. Mention of the virtues of Sayyiduna Tha'labah bin Anamah al-Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him):

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Urwah bin al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with him), concerning those of Banu Adi who took part in the Battle of Badr with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), that among them was Sayyiduna Tha'labah bin Anamah bin Adi (may Allah be pleased with him), and he was martyred on the day of the Battle of al-Khandaq.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that Sayyiduna Tha'labah bin Anamah (may Allah be pleased with him) came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) while he was seated. He gave the greeting of salam, and there was a gold ring on Tha'labah's finger. He (peace and blessings be upon him) did not return his greeting. He greeted again, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) did not reply. Then he greeted a third time, and still he (peace and blessings be upon him) did not reply. So someone present there said: Tha'labah greeted you three times and you did not reply? The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Do you not see that he is splashing my face with an ember of fire that is in his hand?!" Hearing this, Tha'labah immediately threw the ring away. Mention of the virtues of Sayyiduna Rafi' bin Malik al-Zuraqi (may Allah be pleased with him):

Ibn Ishaq, in listing the names of the participants of the Battle of Badr belonging to Banu Zurayq bin Amir, states: Sayyiduna Rafi' bin Malik bin al-Ajlan al-Zuraqi (may Allah be pleased with him).

Sayyiduna Rafi' bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) relates: I prayed behind the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and sneezed, and I said: 'Alhamdu lillahi hamdan kathiran tayyiban mubarakan fihi mubarakan alayhi, kama yuhibbu rabbuna wa yarda' (All praise is for Allah, praise that is abundant, pure and blessed, in which blessing has been placed, as our Lord loves and is pleased with). When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) finished the prayer, he turned around and asked: "Who was the one who spoke (these words) in the prayer?" Rifa'ah bin Rafi' (may Allah be pleased with him) said: O Messenger of Allah! It was me. He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "What did you say?" He said that he had said (the words mentioned above). Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "By the One in whose hand is my soul! Thirty-odd angels rushed towards these words to see which of them would take them up."

Muhammad bin Salih bin Hani has narrated a report of the same meaning through another chain, in which words similar to the previous hadith are reported. Mention of the virtues of Sayyiduna Rifa'ah bin Rafi' al-Zuraqi (may Allah be pleased with him):

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Urwah bin al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with him), concerning those of the Ansari tribe of Banu Zurayq who took part in the Pledge of Aqabah: among them was Sayyiduna Rifa'ah bin Rafi' bin Malik bin al-Ajlan bin Zurayq, and he was a representative (naqib) (of his people). He is also mentioned among the participants of the Battle of Badr.

Shabab al-Usfuri relates that the mother of Sayyiduna Rifa'ah bin Rafi' bin Malik bin al-Ajlan bin Amr bin Amir bin Zurayq bin Abd Harithah, and the mother of his brother Khallad bin Rafi', was Umm Malik bint Ubayy Ibn Salul. Sayyiduna Rifa'ah bin Rafi' passed away when Sayyiduna Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) came to power (as caliph).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Rifa'ah bin Rafi' bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him): On the day of Badr, people gathered around Umayyah bin Khalaf (to kill him). I too advanced towards him and saw that a piece of his armour had been cut away beneath his armpit. So I struck him there with my sword a blow that cut him down. Likewise, on the day of Badr I was hit by an arrow which destroyed my eye; the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) put his blessed saliva in it and prayed for me, and after that it never caused me any pain. This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Rifa'ah bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him): On the day of Badr we set out (towards the battlefield), and we could not find the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) (among us). So all the companions began calling out to one another: Is the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) with you? All the people stopped there until the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) arrived, and with him was Sayyiduna Ali bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him). The people said: O Messenger of Allah! We had lost you. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Abu al-Hasan (Ali) had a cramp (pain) in his stomach, so I stayed behind because of him."