Al-Hakam ibn ʿUtaybah narrated from Qays, who said, “Khalid led us in prayer at Yarmuk wearing only a single garment.” (1)

Mujalid transmitted from Qays, who said:
“I entered upon Abu Bakr during his final illness while Asmaʾ bint ʿUmays was fanning him. I can almost still see the tattoo on her forearm. He then said to my father, ‘Abu Hazim, I have confirmed the grant of your horse to you.’” (2)

82 – al-ʿAlāʾ ibn Ziyād ibn Maṭar ibn Shurayḥ al-ʿAdawī * (q)
An exemplar in worship, Abū Naṣr al-ʿAdawī of Basra.

He transmitted mursal reports going back to the Prophet ﷺ, and related traditions from ʿImrān ibn Ḥuṣayn, ʿIyāḍ ibn Ḥimār, Abū Hurayrah, Muṭarrif ibn al-Shikhkhīr, and others.

Those who reported from him include al-Ḥasan, Asīd ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Khathʿamī, Qatādah, Maṭar al-Warrāq, Awfā ibn Dilham, Isḥāq ibn Suwayd, and many more.

He was a devout, God-fearing man, constant in humble obedience to Allah and frequently moved to tears out of awe for Him.

Qatādah said, “Al-ʿAlāʾ ibn Ziyād wept until his eyesight grew dim, and whenever he…”