Ahmad ibn al-Barqī said: Approximately fifty hadith are transmitted from him.

Ibn Yūnus stated: He reached Egypt by sea in the year 46 AH. (1)

Abū Zurʿah al-Naṣrī said: He came to Damascus during the caliphate of Muʿāwiyah. (2)

Al-Khaṭīb remarked: He took part in the campaign against the Khārijites alongside ʿAlī. (3)

Jaʿfar ibn Jisr ibn Farqad narrated: My father told us—ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Ḥarmalah—from Saʿīd ibn al-Musayyib—from Ibn ʿUmar, who said:

“The people of Madinah said to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, ‘Enter the city in safety and guidance.’ He entered, and the people came out to look at him; whenever he passed a group they would say, ‘Messenger of Allah, stay here.’ He replied, ‘Leave her, for she is under command,’ meaning the she-camel, until she knelt at the door of Abū Ayyūb. (4)”

Yazīd ibn Abī Ḥabīb narrated—from Abū’l-Khayr, from Abū Ruhm—that Abū Ayyūb told him:

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ lodged in the lower part of our house while I was in the upper room. Some water spilled in the room, so Umm Ayyūb and I hurried with a quilt of ours, mopping up the water. I then went down and said, ‘Messenger of Allah, it is not proper for us to be above you; please move to the upper room.’ He ordered his belongings and they were moved—his possessions were few.

“I said, ‘Messenger of Allah, whenever you sent down food I would look, and if I saw the trace of your fingers I would place my own hand where yours had been…’ (5)"