It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Shaddad (may Allah be pleased with him) that a group of three men from Banu Udhrah came to the service of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and accepted Islam. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said to the noble Companions (may Allah be pleased with them), "Who will take care of them?" Sayyiduna Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him) offered himself, so these people stayed with Sayyiduna Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him). During this time, the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) dispatched an army, and one of them joined it and attained martyrdom there. After some time, the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) dispatched another army, and the second man also joined it and was martyred during that time, while the third person died a natural death. Sayyiduna Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him) says that I saw all three of them—who used to stay with me—in Paradise in a dream. The one who died a natural death was ahead of the other two, the one who was martyred later was in the second position, and the one who was martyred first was last. I was greatly surprised at this. I mentioned this to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), so the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said, "Why are you surprised at this? There is no one superior in the sight of Allah than that believer who is granted a long life in the state of Islam, due to his tasbih (glorification), takbir (saying Allahu Akbar), and tahlil (saying La ilaha illallah)."

Once, Sayyiduna Uthman Ghani (may Allah be pleased with him) looked down from his upper chamber at those people who had besieged him and greeted them with salam, but they did not respond. Then Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) asked whether Sayyiduna Talha (may Allah be pleased with him) was present among that group. Sayyiduna Talha (may Allah be pleased with him) replied: Yes! I am present. Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) «إِنَّا لِلّٰهِ» and said: I am greeting a group in which you are also present, yet you do not return the salam. Sayyiduna Talha (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I have replied. Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Is this how a reply is given, that my voice reaches you but your voice does not reach me? Talha! I ask you by Allah, did you hear the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "It is not permissible to shed the blood of a Muslim except for one of three reasons: if he becomes an apostate after accepting faith, or if he commits adultery while being married, or if he kills someone and is killed in retaliation"? Sayyiduna Talha (may Allah be pleased with him) affirmed this, upon which Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) said Allahu Akbar and declared: By Allah! Since I have known Allah, I have never denied Him. Likewise, neither in the time of ignorance nor in Islam have I ever committed adultery; I refrained from this act in the time of ignorance due to natural aversion, and in Islam I have protected my chastity from it. Also, I have never killed any person for whose killing I could be lawfully killed in retaliation.

Sayyiduna Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that once two men came to the service of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and both accepted Islam at the same time. One of them strove much harder than his companion. This person, who strove harder, participated in a battle and was martyred. The other man lived for another year after him and then passed away a natural death. Sayyiduna Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him) says that he saw in a dream that he was near the gate of Paradise. Suddenly, he saw both of them. A man came out from Paradise and gave permission for the one who died later to enter first. After a short while, he came out and gave permission for the martyr to enter as well. Then both of them came to me and said, "You should return, your time has not yet come." When morning came and Sayyiduna Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him) mentioned this dream to the people, they were greatly surprised. When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came to know of it, he said, "What are you surprised about?" The people said, "O Messenger of Allah! This man strove more and was martyred in the way of Allah, yet the other man entered Paradise before him." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Did he not live for another year after him?" The people said, "Yes, he did." He said, "Did he not reach the month of Ramadan and fast during it?" The people said, "Yes, he did." He said, "Did he not perform so many prostrations during the year?" The people said, "Yes, he did." Upon this, he said, "That is the reason why the difference between them is as great as the distance between the heavens and the earth."

Abu al-Nadr says that during the time of Hajjaj bin Yusuf, an elder from Banu Tamim came and sat next to me in a mosque in Basra. He also had a scroll in his hand. He said to me, "O servant of Allah! What do you think, can this letter benefit me in front of this king?" I asked, "What kind of letter is this?" He replied, "This is the statement of the Prophet (peace be upon him) which he had written for us, that there should be no excess in the collection of zakat from us." I said, "By Allah! I do not think this letter will benefit you (because Hajjaj is very oppressive), but tell me, what is the matter of this letter?" He said, "Once I came to Madinah with my father; at that time I was a young man. We wanted to sell one of our camels. My father was a friend of Sayyiduna Talhah bin Ubaidullah (may Allah be pleased with him), so we went and stayed with him. My father said to him, 'Come with me and help me sell this camel.' He said, 'The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) has forbidden that a townsman should buy or sell on behalf of a villager. However, I will go with you and sit with you. You present your camel before the people. Whomever I am satisfied with, that he will pay the price and prove to be truthful, I will tell you to sell it to him.' So we went out and reached the market and stopped at a place. Sayyiduna Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him) sat nearby. Many people came and bargained, until a man came who was ready to pay our asking price. My father asked him, 'Shall I deal with him?' He replied in the affirmative and said, 'I am satisfied that he will pay your price in full, so sell this camel to him.' So we sold the camel to him. When we received the money and our need was fulfilled, my father said to Sayyiduna Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him), 'Please have a letter written by the Prophet (peace be upon him) for us, stating that there should be no excess in the collection of zakat from us.' He replied, 'This is for you and for every Muslim.' The narrator says, 'That is why I wanted to have a letter from the Prophet (peace be upon him) with me.' Anyway, Sayyiduna Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him) went with us to the service of the Prophet (peace be upon him) and said, 'O Messenger of Allah! This person, who is from a village, is our friend. He wishes that you have a letter written for him of this nature, that there should be no excess in the collection of zakat from him.' He said, 'This is for him and for every Muslim.' My father said, 'O Messenger of Allah! I wish to have a letter from you on this subject with me.' So the Prophet (peace be upon him) had this letter written for us."

The last hadith of Talha ibn Ubaydullah, may Allah be pleased with him.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Zubair (may Allah be pleased with him) that when this verse was revealed: «ثُمَّ إِنَّكُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ عِنْدَ رَبِّكُمْ تَخْتَصِمُونَ» [الزمر: 31] "Then on the Day of Resurrection you will dispute before your Lord," he asked: O Messenger of Allah! Is the disputing meant here the disputing with opponents in this world? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Yes." Then when this verse was revealed: «ثُمَّ لَتُسْأَلُنَّ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَنِ النَّعِيمِ» [التكاثر: 8] "On that Day you will surely be questioned about the blessings," Sayyiduna Zubair (may Allah be pleased with him) asked: O Messenger of Allah! About which blessings will we be questioned? When all we have is dates and water. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Beware! The time of blessings is also soon to come."

Once, Sayyiduna Umar Farooq (may Allah be pleased with him) said to Sayyiduna Abdur Rahman bin Awf, Sayyiduna Talha, Sayyiduna Zubair, and Sayyiduna Sa’d (may Allah be pleased with them): I ask you by Allah and by the One by whose command the heavens and the earth are established, do you know that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:“Inheritance is not established in our wealth; whatever we leave behind is all charity”? They replied in the affirmative.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Zubair bin Al-Awwam (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "It is better for a person to pick up his rope, gather firewood with it, bring it to the market, place it there, and sell it, thereby attaining self-sufficiency and spending on himself, than to go around asking people, whether they give him or not."

Sayyiduna Zubair bin Al-Awwam (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that on the day of the Battle of Uhud, the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) combined his parents for me. (That is, he said to me: "May my father and mother be sacrificed for you.")

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Zubair (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that on the day of the Battle of the Trench, I and Umar bin Abi Salamah were on a mound called Atm Hassaan, in which the pure wives of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) were present. Sometimes he would lift me up high, and sometimes I would lift him up high. When he lifted me up high, I used to recognize my father when he passed by Banu Qurayzah. He was participating in jihad with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) on the occasion of the Battle of the Trench, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was saying, "Who will go to Banu Qurayzah and fight them?" On his return, I said to my father, "Dear father! By Allah! I recognized you at that time when you were going towards Banu Qurayzah." He replied, "Son! On that occasion, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) gathered his parents for me and said, 'May my mother and father be sacrificed for you.'"