and your father (1) among those of whom He said: “We removed whatever rancor was in their hearts, so they became brothers, reclining on couches facing one another” (al-Ḥijr 15:47).

Two men who were sitting there—one of them al-Hārith al-Aʿwar—remarked, “Allah is too just to accept them (2) and then make them brothers in Paradise.”

ʿAlī replied, “Stand up and be off to the furthest, most desolate land! Who else could that verse refer to if it is not me and Talhah? Nephew, whenever you have a need, come to us (4).”

From Abū Hurayrah:
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “On the Day of Uhud I looked around and found no one near me except Gabriel on my right and Talhah on my left (5).”

Because of this it was recited:
“On the day of the mountain pass, Talhah nursed Muhammad’s wounds
In that hour when all grew tight and closed around him.
With his two palms he warded off the spears, till they severed
His fingers beneath their points, and they were left paralyzed.
He was the people’s leader after Muhammad,
Steadying the millstone of Islam until it came to rest.”

Talhah himself said, “On the Day of Uhud I was struck over my entire body—even on my private part.”

Ibn Saʿd (6) said: Muḥammad ibn ʿUmar related to us, reporting from Isḥāq ibn Yaḥyā, from his grandmother Saʿdā bint ʿAwf, who said: “Talhah was killed while his steward still held one million dirhams (7) and two…"