The account of the bird was transmitted by Abu Dawud al-Tayalisi, and the episode involving the boy was narrated by several other authorities.

Imam Ahmad relates in his Musnad, on the authority of Yaʿla ibn Murrah al-Thaqafi, who said:

“Three incidents I personally witnessed from the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him. While we were travelling with him, we passed a camel that was being used to draw water. When the camel saw him, it moaned and lowered its neck to the ground. The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, stopped beside it and said, ‘Where is the owner of this camel?’ Its owner came, and he said, ‘Sell it to me.’ The man replied, ‘Rather—’”}