Al-Ajlaḥ transmitted, on the authority of Ibn Abī al-Hudhayl, that ʿUmar summoned Zayd ibn Ṣuḥān, had him sit pillion on his saddle just as you seat your own governors, then turned to the people and said, “Deal with Zayd—and with the companions of Zayd—in this way.” ⦗1⦘

Simāk reported from al-Nuʿmān Abū Qudāmah that he once marched in an army commanded by Salmān al-Fārisī, and Zayd ibn Ṣuḥān was the one who led them in prayer, acting on Salmān’s instructions. ⦗2⦘

Simāk also narrated—on the authority of an unnamed man ⦗3⦘—that on Fridays Salmān would say to Zayd ibn Ṣuḥān, “Rise and remind your people.”

Ibn Saʿd related—through Ḥajjāj ibn Nuṣayr, ʿUqbah al-Rifāʿī, and Ḥumayd ibn Hilāl—that Zayd ibn Ṣuḥān once rose before ʿUthmān and said, “Commander of the Faithful, you have swerved and your community has swerved with you. Set yourself aright and they will do the same.” ʿUthmān asked, “Will you listen and obey?” Zayd answered, “Yes.” ʿUthmān then said, “Depart for Syria.” So Zayd divorced his wife and went to the place ʿUthmān had directed. ⦗4⦘

Ayyūb al-Sakhtiyānī, on the authority of Ghailān ⦗5⦘ ibn Jarīr, said: Zayd ibn Ṣuḥān was carried from the field, gravely wounded, on the Day of the Camel (Yawm al-Jamal) ⦗6⦘. People entered to visit him and said, “Rejoice in Paradise!” He replied, “You say that confidently, but it could be the Fire—you do not know. We invaded a people in their own land and killed their ruler. Would that, when we were wronged, we had borne it with patience.” ⦗7⦘