Suhaymān ibn al-Mughīrah narrated—through Ḥumayd ibn Hilāl, from Abū Burdah—who said:

“I entered upon Muʿāwiyah when the ulcer had afflicted him. He said, ‘Come closer, my nephew.’ I looked and saw that it had already been treated (1)—that is, his ulcer—so I said, ‘There is no harm upon you.’ Just then his son Yazīd came in, and Muʿāwiyah said to him, ‘If authority ever passes to you, look after this man, for his father was a brother—or rather an intimate friend—of mine, though I have seen in battle what he has not.’ (2)

Abū Burdah also said: My father told me, ‘Bring me everything you have written.’ He then erased it and said, ‘Preserve it in your memory as I have preserved it.’ (3)

Ibn ʿAwn reported—from al-Ḥasan—who said:

“The two arbiters were Abū Mūsā and ʿAmr; one of them sought this world, while the other sought the Hereafter.” (4)

Ḥammād ibn Salamah narrated—through Qatādah, from Abū Mijlaz—that Abū Mūsā said:

“I perform ghusl in a dark house, and I hunch my back out of modesty before my Lord.” (5)

Zuhayr ibn Muʿāwiyah related—from ʿAbd al-Malik ibn ʿUmayr—who said:

“I saw Abū Mūsā enter through this gate wearing a muqattaʿ and a ḥīrī mitraf (an elegant striped mantle from Ḥīrah).” (6)