Sayyiduna Umar bin Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) says that I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: Among the Tabi‘in, there is a best person whose name is Uwais. He has a mother (meaning, among his relatives, only his mother will be alive) and he will have a whiteness (i.e., a skin condition). You should ask him to pray for you.

Sayyiduna Usayr bin Jabir says that when people came to Sayyiduna Umar bin Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) from Yemen for help (that is, those who came from every country to join the Islamic army for jihad), he would ask them, "Is there anyone among you named Uwais bin Amir?" Until Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) himself came to Uwais and asked, "Is your name Uwais bin Amir?" He replied, "Yes." Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) asked, "Are you from the branch of Qarn of the Murad tribe?" He replied, "Yes." He asked, "Did you have leucoderma which has been cured except for a spot the size of a dirham?" He replied, "Yes." Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) asked, "Do you have a mother?" He replied, "Yes." Then Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: 'Uwais bin Amir will come to you with the auxiliary army of the people of Yemen. He is from the Murad tribe, from the branch of Qarn. He had leucoderma which has been cured except for a spot the size of a dirham. He has a mother. His condition is such that if he swears by Allah, Allah will fulfill it. So if you are able, ask him to pray for you.' So pray for me." Thus, Uwais prayed for Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) for forgiveness. Then Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) asked, "Where do you intend to go?" He replied, "To Kufa." Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "Shall I write a letter for you to the governor of Kufa?" He replied, "I prefer to remain among the humble." When the next year came, a person from among the chiefs of Kufa performed Hajj. He met Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), who asked him about Uwais. He replied, "I left Uwais in such a state that there were few possessions in his house and he was in straitened circumstances." Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: 'Uwais bin Amir will come to you with the auxiliary army of the people of Yemen. He is from the branch of Qarn of the Murad tribe. He had leucoderma which has been cured except for a spot the size of a dirham. He has a mother with whom he is dutiful. If he swears by Allah, Allah will fulfill it. So if you are able, ask him to pray for you.'" Upon hearing this, that person went to Uwais and said, "Pray for me." Uwais replied, "You have just returned from a righteous journey (i.e., Hajj), so pray for me." Then the person said, "Pray for me." Uwais gave the same reply. Then he asked, "Did you meet Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him)?" The person replied, "Yes, I met him." Uwais then prayed for him. At that time, people understood the status of Uwais. He then left from there. Usayr said, "I gave him a cloak to wear. Whenever anyone saw him, they would say, 'Where did Uwais get this cloak from?'"

Sayyiduna Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) reports that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "You will conquer a land called Egypt where the unit of currency will be the qirat (qirat is a piece of dirham and dinar, and it was widely used in Egypt). Treat its people well, for they have a covenant and kinship with you (because Lady Hajar, the mother of Isma'il, was from Egypt, and she is the mother of the Arabs) { یا یہ فرمایا کہ ان کا تم پر حق ہے اور ان سے دامادی کا رشتہ بھی ہے } (and that relationship was that the mother of the Prophet's son, Sayyiduna Ibrahim, was Maria, who was from Egypt). So when you see two men fighting over a brick's space there, leave that place." Then Sayyiduna Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) says: "I saw that Abdur Rahman bin Shurahbil bin Hasana and his brother Rabee'ah were fighting over a brick's space, so I left that place."

Sayyiduna Abu Barzah (may Allah be pleased with him) reports that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sent a man to a certain tribe of the Arabs. The people there spoke ill of him and beat him. He came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and related what had happened. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "If you had gone to the people of Oman, they would not have spoken ill of you nor beaten you (because the people there are good)."

Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) says that we were sitting with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) when Surah Al-Jumu’ah was revealed. When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) recited this verse:“Glory be to Allah Who sent a Messenger among the unlettered (Arabs) and among others who have not yet joined them”(Al-Jumu’ah: 3), a man asked,“O Messenger of Allah! Who are these people other than the Arabs?”The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not answer him until he asked once, twice, or three times. At that time, Sayyiduna Salman Al-Farsi (may Allah be pleased with him) was also sitting among us. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) placed his blessed hand on him and said,“If faith were at Thurayya (the Pleiades, a star), even then some men from his people would attain it.”

Narrated Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "You will find people like a hundred camels, among which not even one is fit (skilled and excellent) for riding. (In the same way, among a hundred people, you will hardly find one who is excellent, refined, wise, virtuous, fortunate, good-mannered, righteous, pious, or a true monotheist and religious person.)"

Abu Nofal says: I saw Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Zubair (may Allah be pleased with him) at the pass of Madinah (that is, the pass of Makkah which is on the way to Madinah). He says that the people of Quraysh would pass by him and other people as well (Hajjaj had crucified him and left him there), until Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) also passed by him. He stood there and said: "Peace be upon you, O Abu Khubaib!" (Abu Khubaib is the kunyah of Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Zubair, and Abu Bakr and Abu Bukair are also his kunyahs). "Peace be upon you, O Abu Khubaib! Peace be upon you, O Abu Khubaib!" (From this it is understood that saying salam to the deceased three times is recommended). "By Allah, I used to forbid you from this. By Allah, I used to forbid you from this. By Allah, I used to forbid you from this." (That is, from taking up the caliphate and government). "By Allah, as far as I know, you were one who fasted, prayed at night, and maintained ties of kinship. By Allah, the group of which you are considered bad is indeed an excellent group." (He said this in irony, meaning it is actually a bad group, and in another narration it is clearly stated that it is a bad group). Then Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) left from there. Then the news of Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) standing there and speaking reached Hajjaj, so he had him taken down from the cross and thrown into the Jewish cemetery. (And Hajjaj did not understand what difference this would make. Wherever a person falls, it is necessary that his deeds are good).

Then Hajjaj sent for his mother, Sayyidah Asma bint Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with them both), but she refused to come to Hajjaj. Hajjaj sent again and said: "If you wish, come; otherwise, I will send someone who will grab you by your hair and drag you here." She still refused to come and said: "By Allah, I will not come to you unless you send the one who will drag me by my hair to you." Finally, Hajjaj said: "Bring me my shoes," and putting on his shoes arrogantly, he went until he reached Sayyidah Asma (may Allah be pleased with her) and said: "Have you seen what I have done to the enemy of Allah?" (This Hajjaj said according to his own belief about Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Zubair, whereas he himself was the enemy of Allah). Sayyidah Asma (may Allah be pleased with her) said: "I have seen that you have ruined Abdullah bin Zubair's worldly life, and he has ruined your Hereafter. I have heard that you used to call Abdullah bin Zubair 'the son of the woman with two belts'? By Allah, I am indeed the woman with two belts. With one belt, I used to carry food for the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) so that animals would not eat it, and the other belt was what a woman needs." (Sayyidah Asma (may Allah be pleased with her) had torn her belt into two pieces: with one she tied her waist, and with the other she made a spread for the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him). This was the virtue of Sayyidah Asma (may Allah be pleased with her), which Hajjaj considered a fault and used to call Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Zubair 'the son of the woman with two belts' to humiliate him).

"So beware, for the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) told us that in Thaqif there would arise a great liar and a great oppressor. We have seen the liar, and as for the oppressor, I do not consider anyone but you." Hearing this, Hajjaj stood up and gave no reply to Sayyidah Asma (may Allah be pleased with her).