It is reported from the elders of Banu Abd al-Ashhal that Abu al-Haytham bin al-Tayyihan (may Allah be pleased with him) died in the year 20 AH in Madinah.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that one day the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came out of his house at midday and saw Sayyiduna Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) sitting in the mosque. He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "O Abu Bakr! What has brought you out of your house at this hour?" He said: O Messenger of Allah! The same need (hunger) that brought you out. Then Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) came, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "O son of al-Khattab! What has brought you out?" He too said the same as Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) had said. So the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sat with the two of them and talked, and then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Do you have the strength for us to go to these date-palm orchards" (he (peace and blessings be upon him) pointed towards the houses of the Ansar) "so that, if Allah wills, we may find food, drink and shade?" We said: Yes. Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) set off, and we went along with him (peace and blessings be upon him). Mention of the virtues of Sayyiduna Sa'id bin Amir bin Hidhyam (may Allah be pleased with him).

Mus'ab bin Abdullah al-Zubayri said: Sa'id bin Amir bin Hidhyam bin Salaman bin Rabi'ah bin Sa'd bin Jumah (may Allah be pleased with him) was an illustrious Companion. Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) appointed him commander (governor) over some of the army districts of al-Sham, and he died there in the year 20 AH while still in office.

It is narrated from Zayd bin Aslam that Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) asked Sayyiduna Sa'id bin Amir bin Hidhyam (may Allah be pleased with him): Why do the people of al-Sham love you so much? He said: I go on jihad together with them, and I show them sympathy and share with them equally. Then Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) gave him ten thousand (dirhams), but he returned them and said: I have slaves and horses, and I am well off; I want my work to remain a charity for the Muslims (purely for the sake of Allah). Sayyiduna Umar said: Do not do that, for the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) gave me wealth less than this, and I said the same as you are saying; then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me: "When Allah gives you wealth that you did not ask for and that your soul did not crave, then take it, for it is provision from Allah that He has granted you." Mention of the virtues of Anas bin Marthad bin Abi Marthad al-Ghanawi (may Allah be pleased with him).

Muhammad bin Umar said: The kunyah of Anas bin Marthad bin Abi Marthad al-Ghanawi was Abu Yazid. He was an ally of Sayyiduna Hamzah bin Abd al-Muttalib (may Allah be pleased with him). He died in Rabi' al-Awwal in the year 20 AH, and there was a difference of twenty-one years between his age and that of his father. I have already mentioned Abu Marthad al-Ghanawi and then his son Marthad, and this is his grandson; all three generations are Companions of the Messenger. Mention of the virtues of Usayd bin Hudayr al-Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him).

Muhammad bin Ishaq said: The kunyah of Usayd bin Hudayr bin Simak bin Atik bin Rafi' bin Imri' al-Qays bin Zayd bin Abd al-Ashhal was Abu Yahya, and he died in the year 20 AH.

Muhammad bin Abdullah bin Numayr said: Abu Yahya Usayd bin Hudayr (may Allah be pleased with him) died in the year 20 AH. He had taken part in the Pledge of al-Aqabah and was then appointed a naqib (chief representative). Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) led his funeral prayer in Madinah, and he was buried in al-Baqi'. He had two kunyahs: Abu Yahya and Abu Husayn. His father's title was "Hudayr al-Kata'ib" (Hudayr of the battalions), and Usayd had no offspring.

Muhammad bin Umar said: The kunyah of Usayd bin Hudayr bin Simak was Abu Yahya; he was also called Abu al-Husayn and Abu Bahr. Usayd was counted, both in the Jahiliyyah and in Islam, among the most honoured of his people, a man of intellect and sound judgement. He was counted among the "Kamalah" (that is, those who knew writing, swimming and archery). His father, Hudayr al-Kata'ib, was likewise before him; he was the chief of the Aws on the day of the Battle of Bu'ath and was killed on that day. According to all the reports, Usayd was one of the seventy of the Ansar who pledged allegiance to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) on the Night of al-Aqabah, and he was one of the twelve nuqaba' (chief representatives). The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) established brotherhood between Usayd bin Hudayr and Zayd bin Harithah (may Allah be pleased with them both). Usayd could not take part in the Battle of Badr; besides him, other senior Companions and nuqaba' also stayed behind from Badr, because they did not think that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) would face any war or fighting. However, he took part in the Battle of Uhud and received seven wounds on that day, and when the people scattered he stood firm with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). He took part in the Battle of al-Khandaq and all the battles alongside the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Usayd bin Hudayr (may Allah be pleased with him) that he was reciting on the roof of his house, and he had a very beautiful voice. He narrates: While I was reciting, suddenly something like a cloud covered me. At that time my wife was in the house and the horse was tethered in the courtyard, and I feared that (through the horse taking fright) my wife might miscarry, so I stopped reciting. At this the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "You should have continued reciting, for it was an angel who had come to listen to the Qur'an." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it, because Sufyan bin Uyaynah narrated it from al-Zuhri in mursal form.

Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said that Usayd bin Hudayr (may Allah be pleased with him) was among the most virtuous of people. He used to say: "If only I remained in any one of the three states in which I (sometimes) am, I would be one of the people of Paradise without any doubt: first, when I am reciting the Qur'an or listening to it; second, when I am listening to the sermon of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him); and third, when I am attending a funeral. For whenever I have attended a funeral, I have not thought within myself of anything other than what is being done with the deceased and what its end is going to be." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.