so I said, “May my father and mother be ransomed for you! Why do I see you looking so changed?”
He answered, “Nothing has entered my stomach for three days.”

I went out and came upon a Jewish man watering his camels. I drew water for him, receiving one date for every bucket I pulled. When I had gathered a pile of dates, I brought them to the Prophet ﷺ.

He asked, “Do you love me, Kaʿb?”
I replied, “By my father, yes.”
He said, “Poverty reaches the one who loves me more swiftly than a flood reaches its course, and hardship will befall you—so prepare for it with tajfāf (a protective shield).”

Later the Prophet ﷺ missed him. When they told him, “He is ill,” he went to visit him and said, “Receive glad tidings, Kaʿb.”
His mother exclaimed, “Congratulations to you—Paradise is assured!”
The Prophet ﷺ said, “Who is this woman making claims on Allah’s behalf?”
He answered, “It is my mother.”
The Prophet ﷺ said, “How do you know, Mother of Kaʿb? Perhaps Kaʿb has uttered something that will not benefit him, or withheld something that will not avail him.”

Narrated by al-Ṭabarānī. ⦗1⦘

Misʿar narrated from Thābit ibn ʿUbayd, who said:
“My father sent me to Kaʿb ibn ʿUjrah. I found him with one hand severed, so I returned and said, ‘You have sent me to a man whose hand is cut off!’ He replied, ‘His hand has already entered Paradise, and—Allah willing—the rest of him will follow.’ ⦗2⦘

15 – ʿAmr ibn al-ʿĀṣ ibn Wāʾil al-Sahmī * (ʿ)
The eminent scholar, Abū ʿAbd Allah—some say Abū Muḥammad—al-Sahmī.