Abu Ishaq reported that he heard Abu'l-Ahwas say: I was along with Abu Musa and Abu Mas'ud as Ibn Mas'ud died and one of them said to the other: Do you find one like him besides him? Thereupon he said: Do you say this (no one can be his rival)? He was admitted (to the company of the Holy Prophet ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم )) whereas we were detained and he had been present in the company of Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) whereas we had been absent.