‘He died in 86 AH,’ and Ibn Abī Ḥātim offered neither criticism nor commendation of him. Ibn Ḥibbān, however, listed him in al-Thiqāt (1/227) and referred to him by the kunya Abū Ṣāliḥ.

B – ʿĀṣim b. ʿUbayd Allāh b. ʿĀṣim b. ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb relates: A man once sharpened his knife, then grabbed a sheep to slaughter it. ʿUmar struck him with his whip and said, “Are you torturing a living soul? Why did you not do that before taking hold of it?” Reported by al-Bayhaqī (9/280–281).

C – Muḥammad b. Sīrīn reports that ʿUmar, may Allah be pleased with him, saw a man dragging a sheep to slaughter it. He hit him with his whip and said, “Lead it—shame on you!—to its death gently.” Al-Bayhaqī also transmitted this.

D – Wahb b. Kaysān relates: Ibn ʿUmar saw a shepherd grazing his flock in poor ground, while he himself had noticed a better spot. Ibn ʿUmar said, “Woe to you, shepherd, move them over there, for I heard the Prophet ﷺ say, ‘Every shepherd is responsible for his flock.’” Aḥmad recorded it (no. 5869) with a sound chain.

E – Muʿāwiyah b. Qurrah said: Abū al-Dardāʾ owned a camel called ‘Damūn.’ Whenever someone borrowed it he would say, “Do not load it with more than such-and-such, for it cannot bear any heavier load.” When death approached him he said, “O—”