—was lying asleep on her lap. The Prophet asked, “Do you love him?” She replied, “Yes.” He said, “Allah loves him more than you do; I can almost see him upon the lofty pavilions of Paradise.”

Jaʿfar relates that a quince was presented to the Prophet ﷺ, who then gave three of them to Muʿāwiyah and said, “Meet me with these (1) in Paradise.” I (the author) say: Jaʿfar was martyred before Muʿāwiyah entered Islam.

Hudhayfah reports, traced back to the Prophet: “Muʿāwiyah will be resurrected wearing a cloak woven from the light of faith.”

Abū Saʿīd relates, traced back to the Prophet: “Muʿāwiyah will emerge from his grave clad in a robe of fine brocade, studded with pearls and rubies.”

From ʿAlī: “Gabriel descended and said, ‘Appoint Muʿāwiyah as your scribe, for he is trustworthy.’”

Abū Hurayrah transmits, traced back to the Prophet: “The trustees are three: myself, Gabriel, and Muʿāwiyah,” and Wāthilah reports a narration to the same effect.

Abū Hurayrah also narrates that the Prophet ﷺ handed Muʿāwiyah an arrow and said, “Keep it until you meet me with it in Paradise.”

Anas relates, traced back to the Prophet: “I shall miss no one but Muʿāwiyah; I will not see him for seventy years. Then, afterwards, he will approach riding a she-camel made of musk, and I will ask, ‘Where have you been?’ He will answer, ‘In a meadow beneath the Throne …,’” and so on to the end of the ḥadīth (2).

Some narrators state: “Gabriel came with a leaf of myrtle on which was written: ‘There is no god but Allah, love—”