Among them was Saʿd, the freedman of Abū Bakr—though some say he was the Prophet’s freedman ﷺ.

Abū Dāwūd al-Tayālisī relates: “Abū ʿĀmir told us, from al-Ḥasan, from Saʿd the freedman of Abū Bakr al-Ṣiddīq, that the Messenger of Allah said to Abū Bakr—while Saʿd was still Abū Bakr’s slave and the Prophet was pleased with his service—‘Set Saʿd free.’ Abū Bakr replied, ‘O Messenger of Allah, we have no other servant here but him.’ He answered, ‘Set Saʿd free; men will come to you, men will come to you.’” Aḥmad transmits the same report through Abū Dāwūd al-Tayālisī.

Abū Dāwūd al-Tayālisī also says: “Abū ʿĀmir told us, from al-Ḥasan, from Saʿd, who said, ‘I placed some dates before the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and the people began to eat them two at a time, so the Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade eating two dates together.’” Ibn Mājah records it as well, through Bundār from Abū Dāwūd.

Another of them was ʿAbd Allāh ibn Rawāḥah. On the day of ʿUmrat al-Qaḍāʾ he entered Mecca leading the Prophet’s she-camel ﷺ and chanting:

“Clear the way, O children of the unbelievers, from his path!
Today we strike you over its interpretation,
As once we struck you over its revelation—
A blow that severs heads from their resting place
And makes a friend forget his friend.”

As noted earlier in detail, ʿAbd Allāh ibn Rawāḥah was killed a few months later at the Battle of Muʾtah.

Among them also was ʿAbd Allāh ibn Masʿūd ibn Ghāfil ibn Ḥabīb ibn Shamkh, Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Hudhalī,