Volume 8, Book 73, Number 148:
Narrated Al-Azraq bin Qais:
We were in the city of Al-Ahwaz on the bank of a river which had dried up. Then Abu Barza Al-
Aslami came riding a horse and he started praying and let his horse loose. The horse ran away, so
Abu Barza interrupted his prayer and went after the horse till he caught it and brought it, and then
he offered his prayer. There was a man amongst us who was (from the Khawari) having a different
opinion. He came saying. “Look at this old man! He left his prayer because of a horse.” On that Abu
Barza came to us and said, “Since the time I left Allah’s Apostle, nobody has admonished me; My
house is very far from this place, and if I had carried on praying and left my horse, I could not have
reached my house till night.” Then Abu Barza mentioned that he had been in the company of the
Prophet, and that he had seen his leniency.
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Volume 2, Book 22, Number 302:
Narrated Al-Azraq bin Qais:
We were at Al-Ahwaz fighting the AlHaruriya (tribe). While I was at the bank of a river a man
was praying and the reins of his animal were in his hands and the animal was struggling and he was
following the animal. (Shu’ba, a sub-narrator, said that man was Abu Barza al-Aslaml). A man from
the Khawarij said, “O Allah! Be harsh to this sheik.” And when the sheik (Abu Barza) finished his
prayer, he said, “I heard your remark. No doubt, I participated with Allah’s Apostle in six or seven or
eight holy battles and saw his leniency, and no doubt, I would rather retain my animal than let it re –
turn to its stable, as it would cause me much trouble. “