Al-Layth reported on the authority of Yazīd ibn [Abī] Ḥabīb (1), from Sālim Abū al-Naḍr, who said: Marwān once attended a funeral. After performing the prayer over the deceased he departed, whereupon Abū Hurayra remarked, “He has earned one qīrāṭ and missed another qīrāṭ.” When this reached Marwān, he came running—his knees showing—and sat down until he was granted permission to enter.

Al-Madāʾinī narrated, through Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad, from Jaʿfar ibn Muḥammad, that Marwān had loaned ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn six thousand dinars when the latter returned to Medina after the martyrdom of his father al-Ḥusayn. As death approached Marwān he instructed his son ʿAbd al-Malik not to reclaim anything from ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn. ʿAbd al-Malik conveyed this to him, but he refused to accept; after persistent urging, he acceded.

Al-Shāfiʿī said: Ḥātim ibn Ismāʿīl narrated to us, from Jaʿfar ibn Muḥammad, from his father, that al-Ḥasan and al-Ḥusayn used to pray behind Marwān, did not repeat the prayer, and regarded it as valid.

ʿAbd al-Razzāq transmitted, through al-Thawrī, from Qays ibn Muslim, from Ṭāriq ibn Shihāb, who said: The first person to place the sermon before the prayer on the day of ʿĪd was Marwān. A man objected, “You have contravened the sunnah!” Marwān replied, “What you speak of has been abandoned.” Abū Saʿīd then said, “This man has fulfilled his duty. I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say:
“Whoever among you sees an evil, let him change it with his hand; if he cannot, then with his tongue; and if he cannot, then with his heart—and that is the weakest form of faith.” (2)

They say that when he served as deputy governor in Medina, whenever a thorny problem arose he would gather the Companions who were present and consult them.

They also say that he collected the various ṣāʿ-measures, chose the most accurate of them, and the measure thereafter bore his name; it was called “Marwān’s ṣāʿ.”

Al-Zubayr ibn Bakkār said: Ibrāhīm ibn Ḥamza narrated to us; Ibn Abī ʿAlī al-Lahhabī (3) told me, from Ismāʿīl ibn Abī Saʿīd al-Khudrī, from his father, who said: Abū Hurayra left Marwān’s presence and met some people who had just come from him. They said, “O Abū Hurayra, he has just made us bear witness that he has freed one hundred slaves this very moment.” Abū Hurayra pressed my hand and said, “O Abū Saʿīd, one yak (4) earned lawfully is better than a hundred slaves.” Al-Zubayr added: “The yak (5) means ‘one.’”

Imām Aḥmad said: ʿUthmān ibn Abī Shaybah narrated to us; Jarīr narrated to us, from al-Aʿmash, from ʿAṭiyya, from