It was recorded by Muslim (1) in a longer version.
Al-ʿAṭṭāf ibn Khālid, on the authority of ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Razīn, said:
“We came to Salamah ibn al-Akwaʿ at al-Rabadhah. He extended toward us a huge hand, as large as a camel’s hoof, and said, ‘With this very hand I pledged allegiance to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.’ We took hold of his hand and kissed it (2).”
Al-Humaydī relates: ʿAlī ibn Yazīd al-Aslamī (3) told us—transmitted by Iyās ibn Salamah from his father—who said:
“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ let me ride behind him on several occasions, wiped his blessed hand over my face several times, and prayed for my forgiveness repeatedly—so many times that they equaled the number of fingers on my two hands (4).”
Yazīd ibn Abī ʿUbayd reports from Salamah that he sought the Prophet’s ﷺ permission to live among the Bedouins, and the Prophet granted him leave (5). This was also recorded by Aḥmad in his Musnad, through Ḥammād ibn Masʿadah, from him.
Ibn Saʿd reports: Muḥammad ibn ʿUmar related to us; ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd ibn Jaʿfar transmitted from his father, from Ziyād ibn Mīnāʾ, who said:
“Ibn ʿAbbās, Abū Hurayrah, Jābir, Rāfiʿ ibn Khadīj, and Salamah ibn al-Akwaʿ, together with others of similar rank, used to issue legal verdicts in Medina,