Khalid bin Sa'id bin Amr bin Sa'id narrates from his uncle Khalid bin Sa'id al-Akbar (may Allah be pleased with him) that when he came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) from Abyssinia, his daughter Umm Khalid was with him. He brought her to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and she was wearing a yellow shirt which the girl liked very much. She understood some words of the Abyssinian language, so the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), jesting with her, said to her in the Abyssinian language: 'Sanah, sanah', which in Abyssinian means "Good, good." Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), praying for her long life, said: 'Abli wa akhliqi, abli wa akhliqi' (Wear it out and make it old, wear it out and make it old). The narrator said: By Allah, she wore those clothes out thoroughly and was then blessed to wear new clothes. Then the girl leaned towards the back of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and placed her hand on the Seal of Prophethood. Her father wanted to stop her, so the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Leave her (say nothing to her)." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain, because the two Shaykhs agreed on recording the hadith of Ishaq bin Sa'id bin Amr bin Sa'id from his forefathers and paternal uncles. This is the same Umm Khalid bint Khalid bin Sa'id bin al-As whom her father brought to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) as a small child; she attained the companionship of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and also narrated hadith from him.

Sayyidah Umm Khalid bint Khalid bin Sa'id bin al-As al-Akbar (may Allah be pleased with her) said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) seeking refuge from the punishment of the grave. Mention of the merits of Safwan bin Makhramah al-Zuhri (may Allah be pleased with him):

Mus'ab bin Abdullah al-Zubayri said: Among Banu Zuhayr is Safwan bin Makhramah bin Nawfal; it was after him that his father Makhramah was given his kunyah (Abu Safwan). He is the brother of al-Miswar bin Makhramah, and his mother was Atikah bint Awf, the sister of Sayyiduna Abd al-Rahman bin Awf (may Allah be pleased with him).

Al-Qasim bin Safwan al-Zuhri narrates from his father (a Companion of the Messenger) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Delay the Zuhr prayer until it is cooler, for the intensity of the heat is from the raging of Hell." Imam al-Hakim Abu Abdullah Muhammad bin Abdullah al-Hafiz said: This is the mention of the merits of Salamah bin Hisham bin al-Mughirah bin Abdullah bin Umar bin Makhzum (may Allah be pleased with him). He was among the early Muslims in Makkah. He emigrated to Abyssinia, then returned to Makkah, whereupon Abu Jahl imprisoned him, beat him, and kept him hungry and thirsty. So the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to supplicate for him in the prayers and in the qunut.

It is narrated from al-Waqidi (that the preceding details about Salamah bin Hisham (may Allah be pleased with him) are reported in the same way).

Muhammad bin Umar said: After that, Salamah bin Hisham (may Allah be pleased with him) escaped (from captivity) and joined the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) in Madinah; this was after the Battle of the Trench. On his arrival his mother, Duba'ah bint Amir bin Qurt, said (these verses in joy): "O Allah, Lord of the honoured Ka'bah, grant Salamah victory over every enemy. He is highly skilled in obscure and intricate affairs; one of his hands is generous in giving and the other bestows favours." He then remained constantly in the service of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) until he (peace and blessings be upon him) passed away. Then, when Sayyiduna Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) dispatched armies for jihad against the Romans, he went to Syria with the Muslims. Salamah (may Allah be pleased with him) was martyred at Marj al-Suffar in Muharram of the year 14 AH, during the caliphate of Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him). Mention of the merits of Sayyiduna Sa'd bin Ubadah al-Khazraji, the Naqib (may Allah be pleased with him).

It is narrated from Urwah, concerning the names of those of the Ansar from Banu Sa'idah bin Ka'b bin al-Khazraj who were present at the Pledge of Aqabah: among them is Sa'd bin Ubadah bin Dulaym bin Harithah bin Hazimah. He was a naqib (representative), and he was also present at the Battle of Badr.

It is narrated from Imam al-Zuhri that Sayyiduna Sa'd bin Ubadah (may Allah be pleased with him) was the standard-bearer (flag-carrier) of the Ansar alongside the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) at the Battle of Badr and in other battles.

Yahya bin Abd al-Aziz bin Sa'id described the lineage of Sayyiduna Sa'd bin Ubadah as follows: Yahya bin Abd al-Aziz bin Sa'id bin Sa'd bin Ubadah bin Dulaym bin Harithah bin al-Nu'man bin Abi Hazimah bin Tha'labah bin Tarif bin al-Khazraj bin Sa'idah bin Ka'b bin al-Khazraj. Muhammad bin Umar said: The kunyah of Sayyiduna Sa'd bin Ubadah (may Allah be pleased with him) was Abu Thabit, and he was counted among the 'kamalah' (that is, those who knew writing, swimming and archery). He was one of the seventy Ansar who pledged allegiance to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) on the Night of Aqabah, and this is agreed upon in the reports of all the narrators. He was also one of the twelve nuqaba' (representatives) of the Ansar. He was an extremely generous chief. He did not (personally) take part in the Battle of Badr. It is mentioned that he was preparing fully to go out for the battle and was going to the homes of the Ansar urging them to go out for jihad, but before he could set out he was bitten by some venomous creature, and because of this he stayed behind. So the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said about him: "Although Sa'd was not able to take part in the Battle of Badr, he was very eager (desirous) to take part in it." He did, however, take part in the battles of Uhud, the Trench and all the other battles.

Muhammad bin Abdullah bin Numayr said: Sayyiduna Sa'd bin Ubadah (may Allah be pleased with him), whose kunyah was Abu Thabit, died at Hawran in the land of Syria when two and a half years of the caliphate of Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) had been completed; that was at the end of the year 15 AH.