`Abdallah b. `Amr reported God's messenger as saying, "Ask four people to recite the Quran: `Abdallah b. Mas'ud, Salim client of Abu Hudhaifa, Ubayy b. K a`b and Mu'adh b. Jabal." (Bukhari and Muslim.)

`Alqama said: I went to Damascus, and when I had prayed two rak'as I asked God to provide me with a good companion. I then came to some people and sat with them, and an old man came and sat down beside me. When I had asked who was he and was told that he was Abud Darda' I said, "I asked God to provide me with a good companion and He has provided me with you." He asked me who I was, and when I told him I belonged to al-Kufa he said, "Do you not have among you Ibn Umm `Abd who looked after the sandals, cushion and ablution i.e., vessel, and the one whom God protected from the devil at the tongue of his Prophet (meaning `Ammar)? And do you not have among you the one who was entrusted with the Prophet's secrets which no one but he knew" (meaning Hudhaifa)? Bukhari transmitted it.

Jabir reported God's messenger as saying, "I was shown paradise and saw the wife of Abu Talha and I heard a rustling in front of me, and there was Bilal." Muslim transmitted it.

Sa'd said: When six of us were with the Prophet the polytheists said to him, "Drive these people away and let them not have the audacity to address us." I was present, also Ibn Mas'ud, a man of Hudhail, Bilal, and two men whose names I cannot remember. Then what God willed occurred to God's messenger's mind and he thought about it. God most high then sent down, "Do not drive away those who call on their Lord morning and evening, seeking His face." Muslim transmitted it.

Abu Musa told that the Prophet said to him, "You have been given one of the pipes of David, Abu Musa." Bukhari and Muslim.

Anas told that in the time of God's messenger four people knew the whole Quran: Ubayy b. Ka'b, Mu'adh b. Jabal, Zaid b. Thabit and Abu Zaid. Anas was asked who Abu Zaid was and replied that he was one of his paternal uncles. Bukhari and Muslim.

Khabbab b. al-Aratt said: We emigrated along with God's messenger seeking the face of God most high, so our reward will come from God. Some of us have passed away not enjoying any of their reward,'Abdallah b. Mas'ud among whom was Mus'ab b. `Umair who was killed at the battle of Uhud, for whom only a coarse cloth could be found as a shroud. When we covered his head, his feet appeared and when we covered his feet his head appeared, so the Prophet said, "Cover his head and put some rushes over his feet." Among us there were some for whom their fruit flourished, and they were plucking it. (Bukhari and Muslim.)

Jabir told that he heard the Prophet say, "The Throne shook on account of the death of Sa`d b. Mu'adh." In a version he said, "The Throne of the Compassionate One shook on account of the death of Sa'd b. Mu'adh." (Bukhari and Muslim.)

Al-Bara' said: A silk robe was presented to God's messenger and his companions began to touch it and marvel at its softness, so he said, "Do you marvel at the softness of this? Sa'd b. Mu'adh's headband in paradise is better and softer than it." (Bukhari and Muslim.)

Umm Sulaim told that she said, "Messenger of God, Anas is your servant. Make supplication to God for him." He said, "O God, multiply his property and his children, and bless him in what Thou givest him." Anas said, "I swear by God that my property is abundant and that my children and grandchildren exceed the neighbourhood of a hundred in number to-day." (Bukhari and Muslim.)