He was one of the ten Companions who were given the glad tidings of Paradise. A number of hadiths are transmitted from him. In the Musnad of Baki ibn Makhlad, counting repetitions, there are thirty-eight hadiths on his authority. Two of his reports are agreed upon by both al-Bukhari and Muslim, while al-Bukhari alone transmits two others and Muslim alone transmits three. (1)
Those who narrated from him include his sons — Yahya, Musa, and ‘Isa — as well as al-Sa’ib ibn Yazid, Malik ibn Aws ibn al-Hadathan, Abu ‘Uthman al-Nahdi, Qays ibn Abi Hazim, Malik ibn Abi ‘Amir al-Asbahi, al-Ahnaf ibn Qays al-Tamimi, Abu Salama ibn ‘Abd al-Rahman, and others.
Abu ‘Abd Allah ibn Manda said: “He was a man of brown complexion, with abundant hair that was neither tightly curled nor completely straight, handsome of face; when he walked he was quick-paced, and he did not dye his hair.” (2)
Ibrahim ibn al-Mundhir al-Hizami reported, on the authority of ‘Abd al-‘Aziz ibn ‘Imran: “He narrated to me …”