Abd ar-Rahman ibn Samurah
أبو سعيد عبد الرحمن بن سمرة بن حبيب
Companion, died 50 AH in Basra. Named in the chains of 24 narrations of the library, 4 in Bukhari, 2 in Muslim, 4 in Abu Dawud.
24narrations name him
7collections
50 AHhe died, in Basra
Narrations he is named in
Sunan Abi Dawud
Sunan Abi Dawud 1195SahihDuring the lifetime of the Messenger of Allah I was shooting some arrows when an eclipse of the sun tok place. I, therefore, threw them (the arrows) away and said: I must see how the Messenger of Allah acts in a solar eclipse today. So I came to him; he was…Sunan Abi Dawud 2929SahihThe Messenger of Allah said to me: Abdul al-Rahman ibn Samurah, do not ask for the position of commander, for if you are given it after asking you will be left to discharge it yourself, but if you are given it without asking you will be helped to discharge it.Sunan Abi Dawud 3277SahihThe Prophet said to me: Abd al-Rahman ibn Samurah, when you swear an oath and consider something else to be better than it, do the thing that is better and make atonement for your oath.Sunan Abi Dawud 3278SahihA similar tradition has been transmitted by Abd al-Rahman ibn Samurah through a different chain if narrators. This version has: “Make atonement for your oath and then do the thing that is better.”