Imām Aḥmad said: Muḥammad ibn Jaʿfar and Bahz related to us; both said: Shuʿbah narrated to us, from al-Ḥakam, from Ibn Abī Rāfiʿ, from Abū Rāfiʿ, that the Messenger of Allah—peace and blessings be upon him—appointed a man from Banū Makhzūm over the alms-tax. The man said to Abū Rāfiʿ, “Come with me so that you may receive a share of it.” Abū Rāfiʿ replied, “Not until I go to the Messenger of Allah—peace and blessings be upon him—and ask him.” He went to the Prophet and asked, whereupon he said:

“Alms are not lawful for us, and the client (mawlā) of a people is counted as one of them.” (1)

Ath-Thawrī has transmitted the same report through Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Abī Laylā on the authority of al-Ḥakam. (2)

Abū Yaʿlā likewise records in his Musnad (3) that while they were at Khaybar they were struck by severe cold. The Messenger of Allah—peace and blessings be upon him—said:

“Whoever has a blanket should share it with the one who has none.”

Abū Rāfiʿ continues: “I found no one willing to share his blanket with me, so I went to the Messenger of Allah. He spread his own blanket over me and we slept until morning. When we awoke, the Messenger of Allah—peace and blessings be upon him—found a snake at his feet and said, ‘Abū Rāfiʿ, kill it! Kill it!’”

All the major compilers have recorded ḥadīths from him, and he died during the caliphate of ʿAlī—may Allah be pleased with him.

Among them is Anasah ibn Bādah, known as Abū Misraḥ—some say Abū Masrūḥ—one of the native-born of al-Sarāt and counted among the Emigrants. ʿUrwah, al-Zuhrī, Mūsā ibn ʿUqbah, Muḥammad ibn Isḥāq, al-Bukhārī, and others state that he was present at Badr. They add that he was one of those who granted visitors permission to enter upon the Prophet—peace and blessings be upon him—when he was seated.

Khalīfah ibn Khayyāṭ records (6): ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad related to us, from ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Abī Thābit, from Dāwūd ibn al-Ḥuṣayn, from ʿIkrimah, from Ibn ʿAbbās, that Anasah, the freedman of the Messenger of Allah—peace and blessings be upon him—was martyred at Badr. Al-Wāqidī (7) remarked, “This is not sound in our view. I have found the scholars asserting that he was also present at Uḥud, that he lived for some time thereafter, and that he died during the caliphate of Abū Bakr—may Allah be pleased with him.” He left no ḥadīth. (8)

Also among them is Ayman ibn ʿUbayd ibn Zayd, the Ethiopian (9). Ibn Mandah traced his lineage to ʿAwf ibn al-Khazraj, though this is open to question. He was the son of