Ibn `Abbas reported God's messenger as saying, "0 God, Thou hast caused the first members of Quraish to experience punishment; now cause the last of them to experience generosity." Tirmidhi transmitted it.

Abu `Amir al-Ash`ari reported God's messenger as saying, "Asad and the members of Ash'ar [*] are good. They do not fly when fighting and are not treacherous. They pertain to me and I to them." *Mirqat, 5:511, suggests the reading Asd and says that both Ash'aruna and Ash'ariyuna are used. It says the former here refers to Azd Shanu'a. But there was a branch of Quraish called Asad. Tirmidhi transmitted it, saying this is a gharib tradition.

Anas reported God's messenger as saying, "Azd is God's Azd in the earth. People wish to lower them, but God refuses to do anything but exalt them. A time is certainly coming to mankind when a man will express the wish that his father had belonged to Azd and that his mother had belonged to Azd." Tirmidhi transmitted it, saying this is a gharib tradition.

`Imran b. Husain told that the Prophet at the time of his death disliked three tribes, Thaqif, the B. Hanifa and the B. Umayya. Tirmidhi transmitted it, saying this is a gharib tradition.

Ibn `Umar reported God's messenger as saying, "Thaqif will have among them a great liar and one who causes destruction." `Abdallah b. Asma told that it was said the great liar was al-Mukhtar b. Abu `Ubaid [1] and the one who causes destruction al-Hajjaj b. Yusuf. [2] Hisham b. Hassan said they calculated the number of those in custody killed by al-Hajjaj and it reached a hundred and twenty thousand. 1. He caused a rising in Kufa claiming to be in support of Muhammad Ibn al-Hanafiya, declaring that the Mahdi would soon appear, and demanding vengeance for Husain's death. He was killed in 67 A.H. 2. The Umayyad governor notorious for his vindictiveness. Tirmidhi transmitted it.

Muslim told in his sahih that when al-Hajjaj killed `Abdallah b. az-Zubair Asma' said God's messenger had told them that Thaqif would have among them a great liar and one who would cause destruction, adding that they had seen the great liar, and that she thought the one who would cause destruction was no other than [al-Hajjaj] , The complete form of the tradition will be given in Section III. Muslim.

Jabir told that when the people said, "Messenger of God, Thaqif's arrows have scorched us, so supplicate God to punish them," he said, "O God, give guidance to Thaqif." Tirmidhi transmitted it.

`Abd ar-Razzaq quoted his father [1] as saying on the authority of Mina' [2] that Abu Huraira told that when they were with the Prophet a man who he thought belonged to Qais came to him and said, "Messenger of God, curse Himyar." He turned away from him, so he came round the other side, but he turned away from him. He then came round the other side, and the Prophet turned away from him again and then said, "May God show mercy to Him yar! Their mouths speak peace, their hands provide food, and they are people of security and faith." Hammam b. al-Harith an-Nakha'i. A client of the Ansar. Tirmidhi transmitted it, saying this is a gharib tradition which he knew only among the traditions of `Abd ar-Razzaq, and rejected traditions are transmitted on the authority of this Mina'.

He told that God's messenger asked him to what tribe he [*] belonged, and that when he replied that he belonged to Daus he said, "I did not think that Daus had a single man with any good in him." *i.e., Abu Huraira. Tirmidhi transmitted it.

Salman reported God's messenger as saying, "Do not hate me and so abandon your religion." He asked how he could hate him when he was the means by which God had guided them, and he replied, "By hating the Arabs and so hating me." Tirmidhi transmitted it, saying this is a hasan gharib tradition.