The Book of the Merits of the Companions

Abu Huraira reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was on the mountain of Hira' that it stirred; thereupon Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said:

Hira! be calm, for there is none upon you but a Prophet, a Siddiq, a Shahid, and there were upon it Allah's Prophet (ﷺ), Abu Bakr, 'Umar, Uthman, 'Ali, Talha, Zubair, Sa'd b. Abi Waqqas (Allah be pleased witli them).

Hisham reported on the authority of his father ('Urwa b. Zubair) that A'isha said:

BY Allah, both fathers of yours are amongst those who have been men. tioned in this verse:" Those who responded to the call of Allah and the Messenger after the misfortune had fallen upon thein".

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Hishan through the same chain of transmitters but with this addition (that by both fathers of yours) he meant Abu Bakr and Zubair.

'Urwa reported:

'Aisha said to me: Your fathers (Zubair and Abu Bakr) were amongst those about whom (it has been revealed):" Those who responded to the call of Allah and His Messenger after the misfortune had fallen upon them."

Anas reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:

For every Umma there is a man of trust and the man of trust of this Umma is Abu 'Ubaida b. Jarrah.

Anas reported that the people of Yemen came to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and said:

Send with us a person who should teach us Sunnah and al-Islam, whereupon he (the Prophet) caught hold of the hand of Ubaida and said: He is a man of trust of this Umma.

Hudhaifa reported that the people of Najran came to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and said:

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) , send along with us a man of trust; whereupon he said: I would definitely send to you a man of trust, a man of trust in the true sense of the term. Thereupon his Companions looked up eagerly and he sent Abu Ubaida b. Jarrah.

This hadith has been reported on the authority of Abu Ishaq with the same chain of transmitters.

Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying to Hasan:

O Allah, behold, I love him. You too love him and love one who loves him.

Abu Huraira reported:

I went along with Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) at a time during the day but he did not talk to me and I did not talk to him until he reached the market of Bani Qainuqa`. He came back to the tent of Fatima and said: Is the little chap (meaning Hasan) there? We were under the impression that his mother had detained him in order to bathe him and dress him and garland him with a sweet garland. Not much time had passed that he (Hasan) came running until both of them embraced each other, thereupon Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: O Allah, I love him; love him You and love one who loves him (Hasan).

Al-Bara' b. Azib reported:

I saw Hasan b. 'Ali upon the shoulders of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and he was saying: O Allah, I love him, and love him You.

Al-Bara' b. Azib reported:

I saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) with Al-Hasan b. 'Ali placed upon his shoulders and he was saying: O Allah, I love him, and love him You.

Iyas reported on the authority of his father:

I (had the honour of) leading the white mule on which rode Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and with him were Hasan and Husain, till it reached the apartment of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ). The one amongst them was seated before him and the other one was seated behind him.

'A'isha reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) went out one norning wearing a striped cloak of the black camel's hair that there came Hasan b. 'Ali. He wrapped hitn under it, then came Husain and he wrapped him under it along with the other one (Hasan). Then came Fatima and he took her under it, then came 'Ali and he also took him under it and then said:

Allah only desires to take away any uncleanliness from you, O people of the household, and purify you (thorough purifying)

Salim b. 'Abdullah reported on the authority of his father:

We were in the habit of calling Zaid b. Harith as Zaid b. Muhammad until it was revealed in the Qur'an:" Call them by the names of their fathers. This is more equitable with Allah" (This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Qutaiba b. Sa'd)

This hadith has been narrated on the authority 'Abdullah through another chain of transmitters.

Ibn 'Umar reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) sent an expedition and appointed Usama b. Zaid as its chief. The people objected to his command, whereupon Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) stood up and said:

You object to his command and before this you objected to the command of his father (Zaid). By Allah, he was fit as the commander and he was one of the dearest of persons to me and after him, behold! this one (Usama) is one of the dearest of persons to me.

Salim reported on the authority of his father that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said on the pulpit:

You object to the command of Usima b. Zaid as you had objected before to the command of his father (Zaid). By Allah, he was most competent for it and, by Allah, he was dearest to me amongst people and, by Allah, the same is the case with Usama b. Zaid. He is most dear to me after him and I advise you to treat him well for he is pious amongst you.

Abdullah b. Abu Mulaika reported that Abdullah b. Jafar said to Ibn Zubair:

Do you remember (the occasion) when we three (i. e. I, you and lbn 'Abbas) met Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and he mounted us (on his camel) but left you? He said: Yes.

This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Habib b. Ash-Shahid.