It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "A son was born to Sulayman bin Dawud (peace be upon them both), and he said to the devils: 'Where shall we hide him from death?' They said: 'We will take him to the east.' Sulayman (peace be upon him) said: 'Death will reach him there too.' They said: 'Then we will take him to the west.' He said: 'Death will reach him there too.' They said: 'We will take him to the seas.' Sulayman (peace be upon him) said: 'Death will reach him there too.' Then they said: 'We will place him between the heaven and the earth.' (So they did that.) And the Angel of Death came to Sulayman (peace be upon him) and said: 'O son of Dawud, I was commanded to take a soul. I searched for it in the east and did not find it, I searched for it in the west and did not find it, I searched for it in the seas, and I searched for it in the depths of the earths but did not find it. Then, while I was ascending, I found it and took it.' And the body of that child came and fell upon the chair of Sulayman (peace be upon him). This is what is meant by the saying of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic: 'And We certainly tried Sulayman and placed upon his chair a body; then he turned back (to Allah).'"
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Muhammad bin Amr except Yahya bin Kathir, and his son is alone in narrating it."