what you reject, and you will say, “He is One, He is One; support us against those who oppress us and shield us from those who attack us.” (1)

Al-Ḥasan ibn Sufyān narrated—from Yaḥyā ibn Ayyūb, from ʿAbd al-Jabbār ibn Wahb, from ʿAbd Allāh al-Sulamī, from Shurayḥ—who said: “The Badr veterans, among them ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb, told me that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, ‘Whenever a young man turns away from the pleasures and pastimes of the world and devotes the vigor of his youth to obeying Allah Most High, Allah grants him the reward of seventy-two siddīqs. Then He says: O young man who has abandoned his desire for My sake and worn himself out in My service, you are with Me like some of My angels.’” This is a gharib (uncommon) ḥadīth. (2)

Abū Dāwūd (3) said: We were told by Ṣadaqah ibn Mūsā; Abū ʿImrān al-Jawnī told us, from Qays ibn Zayd—Abū Dāwūd said: or from Zayd ibn Qays—from the judge of the two garrison-cities, Shurayḥ; from ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Abī Bakr al-Ṣiddīq, that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: “Allah Almighty summons the debtor on the Day of Resurrection and says, ‘Son of Adam, why did you neglect people’s rights? Why did you squander their wealth?’ He replies, ‘My Lord, I did not ruin it; I was overtaken by either drowning or burning.’ Allah, glorified be He, says, ‘Today I am more entitled to settle your debt,’ whereupon his good deeds outweigh his bad deeds and he is commanded to enter Paradise.” This wording is that of Abū Dāwūd. Yazīd ibn Hārūn also transmitted it from Ṣadaqah with the same chain and in his version adds: “Allah places something in his scale and it becomes heavy.” Al-Ṭabarānī related it through Abū Nuʿaym from Ṣadaqah with this chain, and he likewise narrated it from Ḥafṣ ibn ʿUmar and Aḥmad ibn Dāwūd al-Makkī, both of whom said: “Muslim ibn Ibrāhīm told us; Ṣadaqah conveyed the report”—and Allah, exalted and Most High, knows best.

ʿAbd al-Raḥmān (4) ibn Ghanm (5), the Ashʿarī, resided in Palestine. He narrated from a number of Companions, and some said he himself was a Companion. ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb sent him to Syria to teach its people their religion, and he was counted among the devout worshippers.

Junādah ibn [Abī] Umayyah (6), the Azdī, took part in the conquest of Egypt. Muʿāwiyah appointed him commander of the naval raids, and he was renowned for bravery and righteousness. He died in Syria at roughly eighty years of age.