Some years after the conquest of Egypt, Abū Dharr happened to pass by the two sons of Shurahbīl ibn Ḥasana while they were disputing over the place of a single brick, so he left the land.

In Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī it is narrated from Sulaymān ibn Ṣurad who said: I heard the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—say, when the Confederates had been driven away from him: “Now we shall attack them, and they will not attack us.” And that is exactly what happened.

And in Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim it is related from ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAmr that the Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—said: “When Persia and Byzantium are opened up for you, what kind of people will you be then?” ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn—