It is narrated from Sayyiduna Sa'b bin Jaththamah (may Allah be pleased with him) that once the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) was in the state of Ihram, and I presented to him the meat of a wild donkey as a gift, but the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) returned it to me. When he saw signs of sadness on my face, he said that there is no reason for returning it except that we are in the state of Ihram. Sufyan says that this mentioned hadith of Sayyiduna Sa'b was narrated to us by Amr bin Dinar from Imam Zuhri, and until then we had not met Imam Zuhri. In this hadith, Amr had said that the children of the polytheists are from among them, but when Imam Zuhri came to us, I inquired from him about this hadith, and he did not say these words; rather, he said: they are better than their forefathers.

Sufyan said: Amr ibn Dinar narrated to us this hadith of As-Sa'b, from Az-Zuhri, before we met him, and he said in it: "They are from their fathers." But when Az-Zuhri came to us, I checked with him, and he did not say that; rather, he said: "They are better than them."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Sa'b bin Jathamah, may Allah be pleased with him, that it was asked from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, about the families of those polytheists upon whom a night raid is carried out, and during that time their women and children are also killed? So the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: They (the women and children) are also among the polytheists (therefore, they will be counted among the polytheists).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Sa'b bin Jathamah (may Allah be pleased with him) that once the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) passed by me while I was at the place of Abwa or Waddan. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) was in the state of Ihram. I presented him with the meat of a wild donkey as a gift, but the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) returned it to me. When he saw signs of sadness on my face, he said that there is no reason for returning it except that we are in the state of Ihram.

The previous hadith is also narrated through this second chain of transmission.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Sa'b (may Allah be pleased with him) that I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) say: It is not permissible for anyone except Allah and His Messenger to declare any area as a prohibited area.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdur Rahman bin Sannah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: Islam began as something strange, and it will become strange again as it began, so glad tidings are for the strangers. Someone asked: O Messenger of Allah! Who are the strangers? He said: Those who rectify (reform) when people become corrupt. By Him in Whose Hand is my soul, a time will surely come when faith will withdraw to Madinah just as a stream withdraws to its source. And by Him in Whose Hand is my soul, Islam will enter between the two mosques just as a snake enters its hole.

Faid says that once I went out with Ibrahim bin Abdur Rahman, he sent a message to Ibn Sa’d and called him. While we were at the place of ‘Arj, Ibn Sa’d reached us. Remember, he is the son of Sayyiduna Sa’d who showed the Prophet (peace be upon him) the way on the night of migration. Ibrahim said to him,“Tell me the hadith that your father narrated to you?”He said,“My father narrated this hadith to me: The Prophet (peace be upon him) came to our place, and with him was Sayyiduna Abu Bakr As-Siddiq, whose daughter used to be nursed at our place. The Prophet (peace be upon him) wanted to find a shortcut to reach Madinah Munawwarah. Sa’d said, ‘There is a mountain path, but two bandits from the tribe of Aslam live there, who are called ‘Mahanan’. If you wish, we can take that route.’ The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, ‘Take us by their place.’ So we set out. When we reached there, one of them said to the other, ‘This is a Yamani man.’ The Prophet (peace be upon him) invited them to Islam and offered them to accept Islam. They accepted Islam. Then the Prophet (peace be upon him) asked them their names. They said, ‘We are Mahanan’ (which literally means ‘despicable people’). The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, ‘No, you both are Makraman’ (which means ‘honorable people’). Then the Prophet (peace be upon him) instructed them also to reach Madinah Munawwarah. We kept walking until we reached near Quba, where we met Banu Amr bin Awf. The Prophet (peace be upon him) asked them, ‘Where is Abu Umamah As’ad bin Zurarah?’ Sa’d bin Khaythamah replied, ‘O Messenger of Allah! He has gone before me. Should I not inform him?’ The Prophet (peace be upon him) then continued on his way until, when the date palms became visible, it was found that the road was crowded with people. The Prophet (peace be upon him) looked at Sayyiduna Abu Bakr As-Siddiq and said, ‘Abu Bakr! This is our destination. I saw in a dream that I was descending at some ponds like the ponds of Banu Mudlij.’

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Miswar bin Yazid that once the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) led a loud prayer and left out a verse in it. After the prayer, a man said: O Messenger of Allah! You left out such and such verse. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Why did you not remind me?

Saeed bin Abu Rashid says that once in Homs I met Tanuqi, who had come to the Prophet (peace be upon him) as an envoy from Heraclius. He was my neighbor, had become extremely old, and had reached the age of senility. I said to him, "Why don't you tell me something about the letter of Heraclius to the Prophet (peace be upon him) and the letter of the Prophet (peace be upon him) to Heraclius?" He said, "Why not. The Prophet (peace be upon him) was at Tabuk. He sent Sayyiduna Dihya Kalbi to Heraclius. When the blessed letter of the Prophet (peace be upon him) reached Heraclius, he gathered the Roman priests and chiefs, closed the door of the room, and said to them, 'This man has come to me, as you have seen. In the letter sent to me, I have been invited to accept one of three options: either I follow his religion, or I pay them tax in the form of wealth for the land and the land remains with us, or I fight them. By Allah! In the light of the books you read, you know that they will even gain the ground beneath my feet. So why don't we follow their religion or pay tax in the form of wealth for our land?' Upon hearing this, a similar sound came from all their throats, so much so that they took off their caps and said, 'Are you inviting us to leave Christianity, or that we become slaves to a Bedouin who has come from Hijaz?' When Heraclius saw that if these people left him in this state, they would cause turmoil against him throughout Rome, he immediately changed his stance and said, 'I only said this to see your firmness and strength upon your religion.' Then he called an Arab man from the tribe of Tayyib, who was appointed as the chief over the Christian Arabs, and said, 'Bring me a man who has a strong memory and knows the Arabic language, so that I may send him with a reply to this man's letter.' He brought me. Heraclius handed me his letter and said, 'Take this letter of mine to that man. If you cannot remember all his words, then at least remember three things: see whether he mentions the letter I sent him or not; see whether, when he reads my letter, he mentions the Torah or not; and look at his back, do you see anything strange?' I took Heraclius's letter and set out, and reached Tabuk. The Prophet (peace be upon him) was sitting among his companions in an area near water, encircling his legs with his hands. I asked the people, 'Where is your companion?' They pointed him out to me. I came and sat before the Prophet (peace be upon him), handed him the letter, which he placed in his lap, and asked me, 'Where are you from?' I said, 'I am a Tanuqi man.' The Prophet (peace be upon him) asked, 'Do you feel any inclination towards the Hanifiyyah, the religion of your father Ibrahim?' I said, 'I am an envoy of a people and upon the religion of a people. Until I return to them, I cannot turn away from this religion.' Upon this, the Prophet (peace be upon him) smiled and began to recite this verse: 'You cannot guide whom you love, but Allah guides whom He wills, and He knows best those who are guided.' O Tanuqi brother! I wrote a letter to Kisra, he tore it up; Allah will tear him and his kingdom apart. I wrote a letter to Najashi, he tore it up; Allah will break him and his kingdom. I wrote a letter to your king, but he preserved it; therefore, as long as there is any good in life, his awe and authority will remain over the people.' I thought in my heart that this was the first of the three things the king had advised me about. So I took an arrow from my quiver and wrote this on the sheath of my sword. Then the Prophet (peace be upon him) gave that letter to a man sitting on his left. I asked the people, 'Who is this person reading the letter?' The people said, 'Sayyiduna Amir Muawiyah (may Allah be pleased with him).' Anyway, in our king's letter it was written, 'You invite me to that Paradise whose width is like the heavens and the earth, prepared for the righteous...'