surging through their streets.
I asked, “What is the matter with these people?”
Some of them replied, “Are you not from this town?”
I said, “No.”
They said, “The leader of the Muslims, Ubayy ibn Kaʿb, passed away today.” (1)

Ayyub narrated—from Abu Qilabah, from Abu al-Muhallab, from Ubayy—who said, “We complete its recitation in eight nights,” meaning the Quran. (2)

Salam ibn Miskin narrated to us: ʿImran ibn ʿAbd Allah said that Ubayy ibn Kaʿb asked ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb, “Why do you not appoint me to office?” He replied, “I would hate for your religion to be sullied.” (3)

Al-Aʿmash reported—from Ḥabīb ibn Abī Thābit (4), from Saʿīd ibn Jubayr (5), from Ibn ʿAbbās—who said:
ʿUmar declared, “Let us set out for the land of our people.”
I was at the rear of the group with Ubayy ibn Kaʿb when a cloud rose, and he prayed, “O Allah, divert its harm from us.”
When we caught up with the others, their baggage was drenched.
ʿUmar asked, “Were you not struck by what struck us?”
I replied, “Abu al-Mundhir said, ‘O Allah, divert its harm from us.’”
He said, “Why did you not pray for us as well?” (6)

Maʿmar said, “Most of Ibn ʿAbbās’s knowledge came from three people: ʿUmar, ʿAlī, and Ubayy.”

Masruq said, “I asked Ubayy about something, and he said, ‘Has it happened yet?’ I replied, ‘No.’ He said:”