4/351 – Abu Yaḥyā—some say Abu Muḥammad—Sahl ibn Abī Ḥathmah al-Anṣārī (may Allah be pleased with him) related: ʿAbd Allāh ibn Sahl and Muḥayyisa ibn Masʿūd went out to Khaybar, which at that time was under a peace pact. They separated, and Muḥayyisa later came upon ʿAbd Allāh ibn Sahl lying in a pool of his own blood, murdered. He buried him, then returned to Madinah. After that, ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Sahl and Muḥayyisa and Ḥuwayyisa—the two sons of Masʿūd—went to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). ʿAbd al-Raḥmān began to speak, but the Prophet said, “Give precedence, give precedence,” for he was the youngest of them, so he fell silent and the other two spoke. The Prophet then said, “Will you swear an oath and thereby secure the right to your slayer?” and he went on to mention the remainder of the report. Agreed upon.

His words, “Give precedence, give precedence,” mean: let the eldest speak.

5/352 – Jābir (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would place two of the martyrs of Uḥud together in a single grave and then ask, “Which of them had memorised more of the Quran?” When he was pointed to one of them, he would put him first in the niche. Related by al-Bukhārī.

6/353 – Ibn ʿUmar (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrated that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “I saw in a dream that I was using a siwāk. Two men came to me, one older than the other. I handed the smaller siwāk to the younger of the two, but it was said to me, ‘Give precedence,’ so I gave it to the elder of them.” Muslim records it with a connected chain, and al-Bukhārī cites it in suspended form.

7/354 – Abu Mūsā (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “Among…"