Both authors of the Ṣaḥīḥ have likewise recorded this report through the narration of Shuʿbah in similar wording.

Muslim also transmits it, through Saʿīd ibn Abī ʿArūbah, from Qatādah, from Abū Naḍrah, from Abū Saʿīd, recounting the story of the delegation in almost the same sequence. In his version the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to al-Ashajj of ʿAbd al-Qays:

“You possess two traits that Allah loves: forbearance and deliberation.”

Another report adds: “—traits that Allah and His Messenger love.”

Al-Ashajj asked, “Messenger of Allah, did I acquire these qualities, or has Allah created me with them?”

He replied, “Rather, Allah has created you with them.”

So he said, “Praise be to Allah who has endowed me with two qualities loved by Allah and His Messenger.”

Imām Aḥmad relates: Abū Saʿīd, the client of Banī Hāshim, told us; Muṭar ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān told us; Hind daughter of al-Wāziʿ reported that she heard al-Wāziʿ say:

I came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ together with al-Ashajj al-Mundhir ibn ʿĀmir—-or ʿĀmir ibn al-Mundhir—-and with us was a man who was afflicted. When they reached the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and saw him, they leapt from their mounts, approached him, and kissed his hand. Al-Ashajj, however, dismounted, hobbled his camel, took out his saddlebag, opened it, produced two white garments of his own, put them on, then returned to his animals and secured them. Only then did he come to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, who said:

“O Ashajj, within you are two qualities that Allah and His Messenger love: forbearance and deliberation.”

He asked, “Messenger of Allah, are these qualities I have cultivated, or has Allah created me with them?”

He replied, “Rather, Allah has created you with them.”

Al-Ashajj said, “Praise be to Allah who has created me with two qualities loved by Allah and His Messenger.”

Al-Wāziʿ then said, “Messenger of Allah, my maternal uncle here is afflicted; pray to Allah for him.” He asked, “Where is he? Bring him to me.” I did just as al-Ashajj had done: I clothed the man in his two garments and brought him forward. The Prophet ﷺ grasped a portion of his cloak—raising it until we could see the whiteness of his armpit—then struck the man on the back and said:

“Come out, enemy of Allah!”

The man turned away, his face restored, seeing with the sight of one who is sound.

Al-Ḥāfiẓ al-Bayhaqī likewise reports, through the chain of Hūd ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Saʿd, that he heard his grandfather Mazīdah al-ʿAṣarī say: